血清抑癌多肽作用机制的初步探讨——对癌细胞膜及其骨架的影响

本文研究血清抑癌多肽(SCSP)对癌细胞表面的效应和其表面蛋白质分子的侧向扩散及其内的F-actin的变化.扫描电镜观察结果是SCSP作用后,艾氏腹水癌细胞表面的微绒毛变为平坦而光滑的结构.从荧光漂白恢复技术测得的结果是上述癌细胞表面蛋白质分子的侧向扩散系数(?)降低.用Rhodamine—Pha-lloidin标记上述癌细胞得知其内的F—actin增加.从上述结果推测,在SCSP杀伤艾氏腹水癌细胞过程中,使F—actin在癌细胞内重组,有更多的F—actin与癌细胞质膜内大分子紧密相连,使癌细胞表面分子的活动性降低,故在癌细胞表面的结构变平,其蛋白质分子的扩散受限制而变慢.     

S180腹水癌小鼠体液脂蛋白的探讨

 通过对患S(180)腹水癌小鼠的血清脂蛋白琼脂糖电泳分析,表明患癌小鼠的β蛋白逐渐增多,电泳的迁移率有减慢的趋势。通过对无细胞的腹水研究,发现其中相当于极低密度脂蛋白部分对癌细胞有较高的杀伤活性,而对正常的骨髓细胞无明显作用。该部分脂蛋白电泳迁移率比血清各种脂蛋白的迁移率均快。     

肉瘤-180小鼠体液中抑癌因子的研究

本文报告从肉瘤-180小鼠腹水液中分离出抑癌因子,并将其与艾氏腹水瘤小鼠腹水中的抑癌因子进行比较。结果表明,二者具有相同的生物学特性和理化性质:1.它们均能杀伤不同的癌细胞株,但对正常细胞没有影响;2.经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,为泳动速率相同的均一多肽。     

创伤小鼠血清,巨噬细胞,Ts细胞对反抑制T细胞的影响

研究了创伤小鼠反抑制T细胞(Tcs)比例、功能的变化及创伤血清、巨噬细胞、抑制性T细胞(Ts)对正常小鼠Tcs细胞的影响。结果表明,创伤小鼠脾细胞中VVL~ 细胞百分率于伤后一过性减少,Tcs细胞在T淋转、IL-2、IL-2R检测系统中的反抑制活性均明显受抑;创伤小鼠血清、巨噬细胞、Ts细胞在体外对正常Tcs细胞反抑制活性(T淋转、IL-2、IL-2R检测系统)均具有不同程度的抑制作用,创伤后4天小鼠血清在体内对正常小鼠脾脏VVL~ 细胞百分率无明显影响,但可明显降低正常小鼠Tcs细胞的反抑制活性。表明创伤可致Tcs细胞比例及功能发生改变,创伤后血清、巨噬细胞、Ts细胞参与介导了Tcs细胞功能的受抑过程。     

CpG寡核苷酸联合热固化瘤苗对肝癌细胞Hca-F荷瘤小鼠的免疫治疗研究

目的探讨CpG寡核苷酸(ODN)联合热固化瘤苗的抗肿瘤作用。方法剥取肿瘤．称重并计算抑瘤率;MTT法测免疫小鼠CTL、Mψ和CTL细胞的体外杀伤活性;ELISA法测免疫小鼠血清中IL-10、IL-12水平。结果联合使用CpG ODN和热固化瘤苗可以诱导荷瘤小鼠的抑瘤作用,其抑瘤率与单独使用瘤苗或CpG ODN比较差异有显著性;联合使用CpG ODN和热固化瘤苗可以提高荷瘤小鼠NK、Mψ和CTL细胞的体外杀伤活性,与单独使用瘤苗组相比较,差异具有显著性,但与单独使用CpG ODN组相比较,NK、Mψ细胞的体外杀伤活性差异无显著性;联合使用CpG ODN和热固化瘤苗可以提高荷瘤小鼠血清中IL-12水平并降低血清中IL-10水平,与二者单独使用组比较差异都具有显著性。结论联合使用CpG ODN和热固化瘤苗能显著提高机体的免疫功能,尤其是特异性细胞免疫功能。     

昆虫抗菌肽的生物学特点及药物研发进展

昆虫抗菌肽是由昆虫细胞特定基因编码、由细胞核糖体合成的,具有体液免疫功能的一类碱性多肽,对细菌、真菌、病毒和原虫,甚至癌细胞都具有杀伤作用,有望开发成为新一代的抗菌药物。随着抗菌肽家族的不断扩大,其各方面的研究也日益深入。简要综述了昆虫抗菌肽的种类及结构特点、作用机制、生物活性、构效关系、药物开发情况。     

糖肽对小鼠Lewis肺癌实验性转移作用的初步病理观察

我们曾报道从小鼠Lewis肺癌组织通过蛋白水解酶及分子筛层析分离的总糖肽,在体外可明显地抑制某些肿瘤细胞及分离的层粘连蛋受体与基膜成分层粘连蛋白的识别和结合。本文报告将此糖肽与Lewis肺癌细胞混合,通过尾静脉注入小鼠体内,对实验性癌转移的抑制作用。初步病理结果表明,此糖肽几乎可以完全抑制实验性转移瘤的形成,保护小鼠不死于癌转移。提示糖肽可能具有阻断癌转移之作用。将实验组一部分存活小鼠再行同种癌细胞皮下接种,可以照常成瘤。表明糖肽阻抑实验性癌转移的效能可能并非调动了宿主的免疫机制所致。糖肽还可减慢皮下接种的癌细胞的生长速度,但对癌细胞并无直接毒性作用。     

酸性磷酸酶法检测体外培养细胞数

利用小鼠成纤维细胞系(NIH3T3)、小鼠骨髓瘤细胞系(SP2/0)、人大肠癌细胞系(LO-VO)和人白血病细胞系(K562),评价酸性磷酸酶(APA)法用于检测体外各类型细胞的增殖和杀伤作用。用直线回归分析光吸收度与每孔活细胞数的关系。结果表明,APA法能准确地反映检测的活细胞数(相关系数均>0.99)。本方法不仅能很好地检测表皮生长因子对细胞的增殖作用,也能够检测顺铂对体外细胞的杀伤作用。结果表明APA法简单、灵敏,可以用于上皮和间质等贴壁和悬浮生长的细胞计数。     

PVAX-MAGE-1基因疫苗延缓小鼠肝癌细胞H22腹水瘤和实体瘤的生长

为观察重组基因疫苗PVAX-MAGE-1的抑瘤效应,构建黑色素瘤抗原-1(melanoma antigen-1,MAGE-1)真核基因表达载体--PVAX-MAGE-1.以重组质粒免疫C57BL/6小鼠后,ELISA法检测表明,与对照鼠(PVAX-1和生理盐水注射小鼠)比较,免疫小鼠脾淋巴细胞上清液中的细胞因子IL-2和IFN-γ明显升高(P0.05);淋巴细胞-肿瘤细胞混合培养证明,免疫小鼠外周血CD8+T细胞对靶细胞的特异性杀伤作用明显增强(P0.05).体内实验证明,PVAX-MAGE-1免疫C57BL/6小鼠,可显著延缓移植性H22腹水瘤及实体瘤在小鼠体内的生长.实验结果提示,重组基因疫苗PVAX-MAGE-1有明显的延缓肿瘤生长的作用,其抑瘤作用与提高T淋巴细胞IL和IFN表达,增强对肿瘤杀伤作用直接相关.     

抑癌因子对Ehrlich腹水癌细胞结构、表面形态和聚集能力的影响

本文用透射与扫描电镜方法研究了抑癌因子对Ehrlich腹水癌细胞的作用。发现,在抑癌因子作用下,肿瘤细胞内部结构破坏,表面形态趋于简化。在抑癌因子作用早期(4—8小时),肿瘤细胞聚集能力增加,这种变化可能具有肿瘤专一性;在抑癌因子作用18小时时,肿瘤细胞聚集能力下降,这可能与此时细胞大部分死亡有关。     

In vivo and in vitro activation of pulmonary macrophages by IFN-gamma for enhanced killing of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis or Blastomyces dermatitidis

The fungicidal capacity of murine pulmonary macrophages (PuM) activated in vitro with IFN or lymphokines or in vivo with IFN was studied. PuM treated overnight with IFN (1000 U/ml), Con A-stimulated spleen cell culture supernatants, or lymph node cells plus Con A significantly killed yeast cells of the Gar w isolate of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 45.5 +/- 2.1%, 72.0 +/- 4.2%, and 51.5 +/- 0.7% respectively. Two other isolates of P. brasiliensis (Ru and LA) were also killed (45 and 34%) by PuM activated by lymph node cells plus Con A. Control PuM had lesser but significant capacity for killing of P. brasiliensis isolates, ranging from 15 to 22%. Killing of P. brasiliensis by PuM activated by Con A-stimulated spleen cell culture supernatants could not be significantly inhibited by superoxide dismutase, catalase, or azide. When mice were treated in vivo with 4 X 10(5) IFN U i.p. and PuM isolated 24 h later, the PuM had significantly enhanced ability to kill P. brasiliensis (47.0 +/- 6.3%) compared with PuM from control mice (25.0 +/- 4.2%). PuM thus activated also showed enhanced killing (43%) of a second isolate compared with control PuM (22%). PuM from IFN-treated mice were able to significantly kill Blastomyces dermatitidis (37.5 +/- 0.7%) compared with control PuM (4.5 +/- 6.3%). These results show that PuM can be activated in vitro and in vivo by IFN for enhanced fungicidal activity against two pulmonary fungal pathogens and suggests that immunologic production of IFN could be an important factor in host defenses against these diseases.     

Immunological basis for susceptibility and resistance to pulmonary blastomycosis in mouse strains

The immunological basis for a >10-fold resistance of outbred CD-1 mice compared to inbred BALB/c mice to pulmonary blastomycosis was investigated. Bronchoalveolar macrophages (BAM) from CD-1 mice killed yeast cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis (Bd) by 25% and this increased to 59% when activated by IFN-gamma. In contrast, BAM from BALB/c mice lacked significant killing (5%) of Bd but could be activated by IFN-gamma for enhanced killing (19%). Peritoneal macrophages (PM) from CD-1 mice had significant fungicidal activity for Bd (43%) and this increased to 63% with IFN-gamma treatment. By contrast, PM from BALB/c mice did not significantly kill Bd (14%) but were activated by IFN-gamma for significant killing (24%). Fungicidal activity of peripheral blood polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) from CD-1 (87%) was greater than that of BALB/c (75%) (P<0.05). Macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) production by BAM from BALB/c was significantly less than that from CD-1 in response to co-culture with Bd. IFN-gamma production by CD-1 spleen cells in response to concanavalin A (Con A, 1microg/ml) was 8-fold greater than that by BALB/c spleen cells. In contrast, BAM and PM from BALB/c mice in co-culture with Bd secreted several-fold more TNFalpha than BAM or PM from CD-1 mice. IL-2 production by BALB/c spleen cells in response to Con A was 3- to 4-fold greater than that by CD-1 spleen cells. Depressed IL-2 production by Con A stimulated CD-1 spleen cells correlated with depressed proliferative responses. Resistance of CD-1 mice to pulmonary blastomycosis correlates with enhanced fungicidal activity of BAM, PM, PMN, and IFN-gamma production by Con A stimulated spleen cells, compared to BALB/c mice. Consistent with the in vitro enhancement of effector cell function by IFN-gamma, in vivo therapy with IFN-gamma significantly (P<0.0001) improved survival of BALB/c mice with pulmonary blastomycosis.     

Chromosomal and Nonchromosomal Mutations Affecting the "Killer Character" of SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

The "killer character" of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a nonchromosomal genetic element which imparts to cells carrying it (a) the ability to kill cells which lack it, by secreting the soluble macromolecular killer substance and (b) the ability to resist the killing effects of the killer substance.-Mutants have been isolated from S. cerevisiae carrying the "killer character". Mutants were found in two nuclear genes (mak1 and mak2) involved in maintenance of the genetic element of the killer character. Mutants in three other nuclear genes could maintain the cytoplasmic genetic element normally; two of these were able to express resistance to killing, but not the ability to kill (kex1 and kex2), while the third could express the killing function, but was sensitive to killing and is thus a "suicide" strain (rex1). These five nuclear genes were all distinct.-Several mutants were detected which showed non-mendelian segregation indicating mutation of the "cytoplasmic" genetic element. Some such mutants had normal resistance to killing but were either unable to kill at all or showed marked reduction in the ability to kill. Others had lost both killing ability and resistance. None were suppressive.-Two nonkilling mutants, both of which showed cytoplasmic inheritance, were mated. A large, but variable, proportion of diploid colonies, plated after several generations of growth, showed normal killing which has then stably inherited on further subcloning.     

Nonspecific cytotoxicity of spleen cells and the specific cytotoxic action of thymus-derived lymphocytes in vitro

Spleen cells removed from immunized mice specifically kill allogeneic lymphoma cells in vitro, but in the presence of specific antigen nonspecific target cell growth inhibition also occurs. Only the specific target cell killing was found to be θ-sensitive, the nonspecific cytotoxicity was caused by a population of θ-resistant, adherent, and AMS-sensitive cells. Nonspecific cytotoxic effects were caused by spleen cells from normal mice after incubation with endotoxin, and these effects were inhibited by removal of the adherent cells.     

发酵灵芝菌粉抑制小鼠肿瘤及对正常小鼠免疫功能影响的研究

研究了发酵灵芝菌粉对接种S-180瘤细胞后的实验小鼠肿瘤的抑制作用、发酵灵芝菌粉对正常的实验小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬能力以及脾脏自然杀伤细胞活性的影响,结果表明发酵灵芝菌粉对小鼠移植性肿瘤的生长有明显的抑制作用,但对正常小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬能力以及脾脏自然杀伤细胞的活性无明显的免疫促进作用。     

胶原蛋白多肽-铬（Ⅲ）螯合物对糖尿病小鼠免疫力的影响

目的研究胶原蛋白多肽-铬（Ⅲ）（CPCC）螯合物对由四氧嘧啶诱发糖尿病小鼠的免疫力的影响。方法通过腹腔注射四氧嘧啶造小鼠糖尿病模型,观察胶原蛋白多肽-铬（Ⅲ）螯合物对小鼠血糖、脾指数、胸腺指数、脾细胞增殖能力、NK细胞杀伤活性、CD40、CD40L的表达等指标的影响。结果胶原蛋白多肽-铬（Ⅲ）螫合物可以有效预防小鼠血糖升高,对脾指数、胸腺指数有一定的恢复作用,脾细胞增殖能力明显增强,NK细胞的杀伤活性被提高,CD40、CD40L的阳性表达率增加。结论胶原蛋白多肽-铬（Ⅲ）能活化免疫细胞,恢复和改善小鼠机体的免疫功能,提高小鼠机体的免疫力,一定程度地减轻四氧嘧啶的毒性作用,降低血糖。     

HIV-2 gag-gp105嵌合基因DNA疫苗对小鼠的免疫原性研究

利用真核表达载体 pVAX1 构建 HIV-2 gag-gp105 嵌合基因的重组质粒 pVAX1gag-gp105,将其转入 BHK21细胞中,利用间接免疫荧光方法检测其表达情况。进一步分别将核酸疫苗质粒 pVAX1gag-gp105、对照组质粒pVAX1 和 PBS 溶液经肌肉注射免疫 BALB/c 小鼠,检测免疫小鼠脾 CD4 、CD8 T 细胞亚群的数量,脾特异性 CTL杀伤活性和血清抗体滴度。结果显示,重组核酸疫苗质粒 pVAX1gag-gp105 疫组小鼠脾 CD4 、CD8 T 细胞亚群的数值均比对照组高( P<0.01),脾特异性 CTL 杀伤活性与对照组相比差异极显著(P<0.01),血清抗体滴度显著高于对照组(P<0.01) 。以上结果表明,HIV-2 gag-gp105 嵌合基因 DNA 疫苗对 BALB/c 小鼠具有良好的体液和细胞免疫原性。     

Cloned protein antigen-specific, Ia-restricted T cells with both helper and cytolytic activities: mechanisms of activation and killing

Myoglobin-specific, Iad-restricted cloned helper T cells and T hybridomas were found to directly kill Iad-bearing, myoglobin-pulsed B lymphoma targets and could also kill bystander targets, but only in the presence of antigen-pulsed antigen presenting cells (APC). The induction of the killing requires recognition of processed antigen in the context of class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Despite the specificity of induction, the bystander killing suggests a nonspecific lytic mechanism. The direct killing can be inhibited only by cold specific targets, whereas the bystander killing can be blocked by both specific and nonspecific targets. The cold target inhibition seems to be due to interference with effector-to-target contact or proximity rather than due to high-dose suppression of T-cell activation. Experiments using T-cell supernatants or cyclosporin A suggested that the helper T cells kill targets by synthesizing short-range soluble factor(s) with nonspecific killing activity de novo during the effector phase, but only while antigen-specific signal transduction is occurring. The mechanism of cold target inhibition appears to be absorption or consumption of a short-acting cytotoxic lymphokine by cells which must be able to interact closely with the effector cell. Normal spleen B cells, despite their capability for activating the helper T cells, cannot inhibit specific killing or be killed by helper T cells, even after lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Thus, although killing by helper T cells may play a negative feedback role in the normal immune response, our data raise the possibility that the helper T-cell-mediated killing may contribute to the immune surveillance against malignancy by virtue of the preferential killing of tumor cells either directly or indirectly.     

Effector function of leucocytes from susceptible and resistant mice against distinct isolates of Candida albicans

Neutrophils and macrophages were generated in vitro from mice that display either high or low tissue susceptibilities to Candida albicans infection and their ability to phagocytose and kill three isolates of the yeast with different virulence characteristics was evaluated. In the absence of opsonization, phagocytosis by BALB/c and CBA/CaH neutrophils was comparable, but the killing was very poor. Opsonization with normal serum slightly decreased phagocytosis, but it had markedly different effects on killing, either enhancing or inhibiting candidacidal activity, depending on the combination of yeast isolate and mouse strain. In contrast, BALB/c macrophages showed high levels of phagocytosis and killing of both unopsonized yeasts and opsonized yeasts; whereas killing of unopsonized yeasts by CBA/CaH macrophages was poor, it was markedly enhanced by opsonization.