精氨酸酶Ⅰ参与环腺苷酸促进脑缺血再灌注大鼠的轴突再生

环腺苷酸（cAMP）作为细胞内的重要第二信使之一,主要通过激活下游cAMP依赖性蛋白激酶A（PKA）,进一步激活转录因子-cAMP效应元件结合蛋（CREB）,达到促进损伤轴突再生的作用.精氨酸酶Ⅰ主要是通过促进多胺的表达,从而克服髓鞘相关抑制因子对轴突再生的抑制作用,达到促进轴突再生的效果.在脑缺血中,cAMP促进轴突再生的过程是否有精氨酸酶Ⅰ的参与及其与RhoA信号通路的关系尚不清楚.本研究采用线栓法制备脑缺血再灌注模型（MACO）,采用Longa 5评分法对大鼠运动功能进行评分,利用逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）和Western蛋白印迹方法分别检测缺血灶周边脑组织生长相关蛋白43（GAP-43）和RhoA的mRNA和蛋白表达,免疫组化法进行GAP-43的形态学检测,作为轴突再生的标志.通过尾静脉注射cAMP类似物db-cAMP增加脑缺血后大鼠脑组织内cAMP的浓度后发现：db-cAMP处理可明显降低MACO大鼠的运动功能评分,且可促进GAP-43 mRNA及蛋白的表达,抑制RhoA mRNA及蛋白的表达,由此可见db-cAMP处理可促进脑缺血后大鼠运动功能的恢复,且这一过程与抑制RhoA通路,进而促进轴突再生有关;通过在db-cAMP的基础上给予精氨酸酶Ⅰ拮抗剂NOHA来降低精氨酸酶Ⅰ的活性发现：给予NOHA的大鼠运动功能评分明显增加,这一变化趋势与RhoA mRNA及蛋白表达的变化趋势相一致,而与GAP-43 mRNA及蛋白表达的变化趋势相反. 因此可推断：精氨酸酶Ⅰ参与了db-cAMP促进轴突再生、改善脑缺血后大鼠运动功能的过程,且与钝化RhoA通路有关.     

大鼠肾脏和其它组织中磷酸酪氨酸蛋白的研究

本文采用P-tyr-BSA为免疫原免疫家无得抗血清。将纯化的IgG与HRP偶联,建立了P-tyr-Pr的ELISA法,并测定了正常大鼠肾脏等组织中P-tyr-Pr含量,其分布规律如下:上清中P-tyr-Pr含量高者,其颗粒部分则低,反之亦然;其中肾脏上清中含量远比其它组织(脾、肺、肝等)高。在此基础上,又研究了膜性肾炎大鼠肾脏P-tyr-Pr含量,发现其上清中的含量远远高于正常大鼠肾脏中的含量。     

内源性睾酮水平在血样、尿样中的比对分析

[目的]探求在实验动物中内源性睾酮水平是否可以定性或者定量用于非损伤性方法检测.[方法]通过酶联免疫吸附法(Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,ELISA)对家兔和大鼠血样与尿样中的内源性睾酮进行测定分析,确定内源性睾酮水平在血样和尿样中的相关性.[结果]内源性睾酮含量在家兔、大鼠血样和...     

两种方法对上海及周边地区实验大小鼠螺杆菌携带情况的调查

目的了解上海及周边地区实验小鼠、大鼠螺杆菌携带情况,为我国实验动物等级及监测标准的制定提供参考和依据。方法PCR法共检测了352只小鼠（清洁级101只,SPF级251只）,101只大鼠（清洁级69只,SPF级32只）;ELISA法共检测了88只小鼠（清洁级26只,SPF级62只）,165只大鼠（清洁级84只,SPF级81只）;并对其中88只小鼠、101只大鼠的PCR和ELISA法阳性检测率进行比较。结果PCR法检测小鼠平均阳性率为35．8％（126／352）,清洁级阳性率为51．5％（52／101）,SPF级阳性率为29．5％（74／251）;大鼠平均阳性率为70．3％（71／101）,清洁级阳性率为69．6％（48／69）,SPF级阳性率为71．9％（23／32）;ELISA法检测小鼠平均阳性率为15．9％（14／88）,清洁级阳性率为19．2％（5／26）,SPF级阳性率为14．5％（9／62）;大鼠平均阳性率为52．7％（87／165）,清洁级53．6％（45／84）,SPF级51．9％（42／81）;88只小鼠PCR法阳性检测率为72．7％（64／88）,ELISA法阳性检测率为15．9％（14／88）;101只大鼠PCR法阳性检测率为70．3％（71／101）,ELISA法阳性检测率为49．5％（50／101）。结论上海及周边地区实验大鼠、小鼠中皆存在着不同程度的螺杆菌感染,两种方法阳性检出率比较结果表明回盲部内容物PCR法较检测血清中抗螺杆菌抗体ELISA法更为敏感。     

佛手柑内酯对大鼠成骨细胞增殖与分化的影响

为研究佛手柑内酯对大鼠成骨细胞增殖、分化的影响。原代培养新生大鼠颅骨细胞,利用MTT法、微量酶标法、酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)、q PCR等方法分别测定不同浓度佛手柑内酯对大鼠成骨细胞增殖,碱性磷酸酶(ALP),骨钙素(BGP),Ⅰ型胶原mRNA(CollagenⅠmRNA)表达的影响。结果显示,与对照组相比,佛手柑内酯作用于细胞24、48、72 h均对成骨细胞的增殖有促进作用(P0.05);作用48、72 h均能促进ALP、BGP、CollagenⅠmRNA表达(P0.05)。表明佛手柑内酯可促进大鼠成骨细胞的增殖和分化,为防治骨质疏松症的新药研究提供理论依据。     

自主跑轮运动通过STAT3信号调控海马小胶质细胞极化抑制慢性应激所致大鼠抑郁样行为

本文旨在观察自主跑轮运动对慢性浸水束缚应激(chronic water immersion restraint stress, CWIRS)所致的大鼠抑郁样行为的作用及可能机制。用CWIRS诱导Sprague-Dawley (SD)大鼠产生抑郁样行为,给予大鼠4周自主跑轮运动干预,同时在大鼠侧脑室注射脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)或STAT3过表达载体(pcDNA-STAT3)。用行为学实验检测大鼠抑郁样行为,用ELISA检测大鼠海马组织中多种炎症因子水平,用Westernblot检测大鼠海马组织中离子钙结合接头分子1(ionizedcalcium binding adaptor molecule 1, Iba1)、诱导型一氧化氮合酶(inducible nitric oxide synthase, iNOS)、精氨酸酶1 (arginase 1, Arg1)、磷酸化STAT3 (p-STAT3)和总STAT3 (t-STAT3)蛋白表达水平。结果显示,与应激组相比较,应激+运动组大鼠抑郁样行为显著改善,海马组织中白细胞介素-1β (interleukin-1...     

人VEGF基因转染大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞的实验研究

为建立hVEGF165基因转染大鼠间充质干细胞的方法．采用密度梯度离心-贴壁培养法获Wistar大鼠BMMSC,并测定其生长曲线和表面标志CD34、CD44、CD45及SH3,然后向成骨细胞及脂肪细胞诱导分化;用脂质体介导pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165转染BMMSC,观察转染后细胞形态和生长情况的变化,通过RT-PCR、Western和ELISA鉴定VEGF在细胞中的表达情况．经培养的大鼠BMMSC,CD44、SH3检测为阳性．CD45、CD34阴性,可诱导分化为成骨细胞和脂肪细胞;经RT-PCR、Western和ELISA检测证实阳离子脂质体能成功地将hVEGF165基因转染至大鼠BMMSC中,并获得有效的表达．真核表达栽体pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165在BMMSC中获有效表达,为VEGF基因转染BMMSC移植对心梗后大鼠心功能及心室重构的影响提供了实验依据．     

大鼠仙台病毒ELISA、间接免疫荧光和免疫印迹三种检测方法比较

目的比较ELISA（enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay）、IFA（immuno-fluorescence assay）和WB（Western blot）三种方法在大鼠仙台病毒血清学检测中的差异。方法仙台病毒蛋白抗原经凝胶电泳分离转移后用于血清学检测的WB方法;使用IFA、ELISA方法对20份无菌大鼠、227份SPF大鼠以及63份清洁级大鼠送检血清样品进行检测,阳性及可疑样品用WB方法进行了验证。结果 20份无菌大鼠血清样品被3种方法检测为仙台病毒抗体阴性;SPF级大鼠样品被IFA方法判定为阴性,1.32%（3/227）被ELISA方法判定为阳性,其中有2/3被WB确认为阳性;ELISA、IFA和WB在清洁级大鼠样品中检出仙台病毒的阳性率分别为为18.12%、11.34%和15.87%。结论三种检测方法灵敏度从高到低依次为ELISA、WB和IFA。WB方法可作为IFA和ELISA难以确定结果的替代方法。     

人精氨酸酶在毕赤酵母的高效表达、纯化和活性研究

目的：人精氨酸酶（Arginase, Arg）的基因arg在毕赤酵母高效分泌表达,建立相应纯化工艺路线,研究重组人精氨酸酶的活性。方法：将人精氨酸酶基因arg按正确的阅读框架插入到毕赤酵母表达载体pPIC9α信号肽基因后,构建得到重组毕赤酵母表达质粒。转化毕赤酵母GS115筛选高表达菌株。结果：成功构建了酵母表达载体pPIC-Arg,转化毕赤酵母GS115后筛选到分泌表达目的蛋白Arg的菌株,目标蛋白可以分泌到培养基中。经过膜过滤和凝胶过滤层析对培养基上清进行纯化,即可获得纯度达到95%的活性产物。活性测定表明,纯化的Arg比活性为310 IU/mg。结论：成功构建了Arg的毕赤酵母高效表达菌种,建立了目标物质的分离纯化工艺。     

中国和日本分离的几株流行性出血热病毒的抗原性比较

采用间接免疫荧光法(IFA)和ELISA法比较了几株中国和日本流行性出血热病毒(EHFV)的抗原性,IFA法不能区分大鼠属和姬鼠属来源的病毒,ELISA竞争试验表明,大鼠型病毒(R22、SR-11和TR-352株)与姬鼠型病毒(A 9株)存在弱单向交叉反应,交叉ELISA证实,A 9株与R22株、SR-11株和TR-352株均有较显著的抗原性差异,但R22,SR-11和TR-352株彼此间抗原性相近,本文讨论了有关EHFV抗原性比较中的一些问题。     

Assay and kinetics of arginase

A sensitive colorimetric assay for arginase was developed. Urea produced by arginase was hydrolyzed to ammonia by urease, the ammonia was converted to indophenol, and the absorbance was measured at 570 nm. The assay is useful with low concentrations of arginase (0.5 munit or less than 1 ng rat liver arginase) and with a wide range of arginine concentrations (50 microM to 12.5 mM). Michaelis-Menten kinetics and a Km for arginine of 1.7 mM were obtained for Mn2+-activated rat liver arginase; the unactivated enzyme did not display linear behavior on double-reciprocal plots. The kinetic data for unactivated arginase indicated either negative cooperativity or two types of active sites on the arginase tetramer with different affinities for arginine. The new assay is particularly well suited for kinetic studies of activated and unactivated arginase.     

Purification and properties of arginase of rat kidney

l-Arginase from rat kidney was partially purified and some properties were compared with those of l-arginase of rat liver. The kidney enzyme was firmly bound to the mitochondrial fraction and after solubilization required arginine or an unknown factor in tissue extracts for stabilization after dialysis. The two enzymes differed also in stability with respect to acetone treatment, heating or freezing. In further contrast with liver arginase, arginase from kidney was not adsorbed to CM-cellulose at pH7.5 and its activity was not increased by incubation with Mn(2+). Other differences were seen in relative specificities for substrates, ratio of hydrolysis rates with high and low concentrations of arginine and effects of certain inhibitors. Antisera prepared to pure liver arginase did not cross-react with partially purified kidney arginase.     

Isolation of human liver arginase cDNA and demonstration of nonhomology between the two human arginase genes

A human liver cDNA library was screened by colony hybridization with a rat liver arginase cDNA. The number of positive clones detected was in agreement with the estimated abundance of arginase message in liver, and the identities of several of these clones were verified by hybrid-select translation, immunoprecipitation, and competition by purified arginase. The largest of these human liver arginase cDNAs was then used to detect arginase message on northern blots at levels consistent with the activities of liver arginase in the tissues and cells studied. The absence of a hybridization signal with mRNA from a cell line expressing only human kidney arginase demonstrated the lack of homology between the two human arginase genes and indicated considerable evolutionary divergence between these two loci.     

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to rat liver arginase

Rat liver arginase was purified and five monoclonal antibodies were produced by fusion of spleen cells from a Balb/c mouse and the myeloma cell line P3-X36-Ag-U1. One, R2D19, of five antibodies belonged to the IgG2a subclass, the other four, R1D81, R1G11, R2E10, and R2G51, were of the IgG1 type. The R1D81 cross-reacted with human liver arginase. This antibody inhibited the arginase activity, competing with arginine. These results suggest that R1D81 binds to the catalytic site of arginase. The R2D19 also inhibited the enzyme activity but acted as a noncompetitive inhibitor. With the use of R1D81 and a polyclonal anti-human liver arginase antibody conjugated with alkaline phosphatase, a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the quantification of human arginase. Specificity of monoclonal antibodies for rat liver arginase was examined by means of the sandwich ELISA. Eight pairs of monoclonal antibodies could form a sandwich with the arginase. Only the R2E10 could be used for both the first and the second antibody in the sandwich system. In other cases, monoclonal antibodies could not be interchanged between solid and liquid phase.     

Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of cDNA for arginase of rat liver

A cDNA expression library constructed in a plasmid pUC8 from poly(A)+ RNA of rat liver was screened immunologically, using an antibody against arginase of rat liver. A cDNA clone was isolated and identified by hybrid-selected translation. The clone contained an insert approximately 1.35 kilobase pairs in length. In the bacterial clone, we detected a specific protein of Mr = about 43,000 that is slightly larger than the purified arginase (Mr = about 40,000) and a high activity of arginase was expressed. The arginase mRNA species of about 1600 bases long was detected in the liver, but not in the small intestine, kidney, spleen and heart of the rats.     

Purification of rat kidney arginases A1 and A4 and their subcellular distribution

Arginase A1 and arginase A4 were isolated from rat kidney. Arginase A4, which is the main form of arginase in rat kidney, was obtained at a highly purified preparation; its specific activity was 1057 mumoles ornithine . min-1 . mg-1 protein. The two forms differed in subcellular localization. Form A1 was restricted to the cytosol while form A4 occurred mainly in the mitochondrial matrix. Kidney arginases A1 and A4 were found to differ in immunological properties. Kidney arginase A1, in contrast to arginase A4, precipitated with antibodies against arginase A1 from rat liver. Arginase A1 from kidney was shown to differ from arginase A1 from the liver. The two enzymes could be distinguished by double diffusion test and immunoelectrophoresis.     

Types of arginase in rat tissues.

Significant amounts of arginase activity were found in homogenates of submaxillary salivary gland and epididymis, as well as of liver, kidney, mammary gland, and small intestine. The isoelectric point of arginase solubilized from kidney was at pH 7.0 in contrast to that of pH 9.4 characteristic of hepatic arginase in rat. The isozymic variants of arginase in the different tissues were identified by their electrophoretic migration on polyacrylamide gels and by titration of the enzymes against antibody prepared against purified rat liver arginase. Antibody titrations confirmed the indications obtained by electrophoresis that one type of arginase is limited to hepatic tissues (and possibly submaxillary gland) while the other type is found in all other tissues. The physiological role of arginase in hepatic tissues has been previously associated with the urea cycle; the possible function of arginase in proline synthesis in other tissues remains to substantiated.     

Inhibition of rat liver and kidney arginase by cadmium ion

Cadmium ion activates arginase from many species of organisms but is an inhibitor of arginase from many other species. The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibition of rat liver and kidney arginase by cadmium ion. Rat kidney arginase was inhibited by much lower concentrations of cadmium ion than rat liver arginase. Cadmium ion was a mixed noncompetitive inhibitor of both rat liver and kidney arginase. Cadmium ion enhanced the substrate activation of rat kidney arginase while still inhibiting the enzyme. Cadmium ion prevented the substrate inhibition of rat kidney arginase by fluoride while still inhibiting the enzyme. Cadmium ion also inhibited rat kidney arginase in the presence of manganese ion.     

Inhibition of rat liver and kidney arginase by cadmium ion

Cadmium ion activates arginase from many species of organisms but is an inhibitor of arginase from many other species. The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibition of rat liver and kidney arginase by cadmium ion. Rat kidney arginase was inhibited by much lower concentrations of cadmium ion than rat liver arginase. Cadmium ion was a mixed noncompetitive inhibitor of both rat liver and kidney arginase. Cadmium ion enhanced the substrate activation of rat kidney arginase while still inhibiting the enzyme. Cadmium ion prevented the substrate inhibition of rat kidney arginase by fluoride while still inhibiting the enzyme. Cadmium ion also inhibited rat kidney arginase in the presence of manganese ion.     

Substrate inhibition of rat liver and kidney arginase with fluoride

Fluoride is an uncompetitive inhibitor of rat liver arginase. This study has shown that fluoride caused substrate inhibition of rat liver arginase at substrate concentrations above 4 mM. Rat kidney arginase was more sensitive to inhibition by fluoride than liver arginase. For both liver and kidney arginase preincubation with fluoride had no effect on the inhibition. When assayed with various concentrations of L-arginine, rat kidney arginase did not have Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Lineweaver-Burk and Eadie-Hofstee plots were nonlinear. Kidney arginase showed strong substrate activation at concentrations of L-arginine above 4 mM. Within narrow concentrations of L-arginine, the inhibition of kidney arginase by fluoride was uncompetitive. Fluoride caused substrate inhibition of kidney arginase at L-arginine concentrations above 1 mM. The presence of fluoride prevented the substrate activation of rat kidney arginase.