Knockdown of miR-210 decreases hypoxic glioma stem cells stemness and radioresistance

Glioma contains abundant hypoxic regions which provide niches to promote the maintenance and expansion of glioma stem cells (GSCs), which are resistant to conventional therapies and responsible for recurrence. Given the fact that miR-210 plays a vital role in cellular adaption to hypoxia and in stem cell survival and stemness maintenance, strategies correcting the aberrantly expressed miR-210 might open up a new therapeutic avenue to hypoxia GSCs. In the present study, to explore the possibility of miR-210 as an effective therapeutic target to hypoxic GSCs, we employed a lentiviral-mediated anti-sense miR-210 gene transfer technique to knockdown miR-210 expression and analyze phenotypic changes in hypoxic U87s and SHG44s cells. We found that hypoxia led to an increased HIF-2α mRNA expression and miR-210 expression in GSCs. Knockdown of miR-210 decreased neurosphere formation capacity, stem cell marker expression and cell viability, and induced differentiation and G0/G1 arrest in hypoxic GSCs by partially rescued Myc antagonist (MNT) protein expression. Knockdown of MNT could reverse the gene expression changes and the growth inhibition resulting from knockdown of miR-210 in hypoxic GSCs. Moreover, knockdown of miR-210 led to increased apoptotic rate and Caspase-3/7 activity and decreased invasive capacity, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lactate production and radioresistance in hypoxic GSCs. These findings suggest that miR-210 might be a potential therapeutic target to eliminate GSCs located in hypoxic niches.     

鸵鸟性别鉴定的分子标记方法

鸵鸟(Struthiocamelus)属于平胸总目鸟类,雌雄鸵鸟在性成熟前外部形态相同,很难通过外观和形态来鉴定性别,给早期分群饲养造成了很大的困难。实验利用鸵鸟羽毛提取基因组DNA,之后利用EE0.6和CHD基因中2个引物组合对3对已知性别和9只未知性别鸵鸟的性别基因片段进行特异性扩增。结果显示,这对引物组合在雄性鸵鸟的DNA中未扩增出片段,在雌性鸵鸟DNA中扩增出1条片段,可以对鸵鸟的性别作出准确鉴定,从而解决幼雏期鸵鸟难以从外貌上区分其性别的问题。     

桥小脑角区脑膜瘤显微外科手术17例分析

目的:探讨桥小脑角脑膜瘤的临床表现及相应的手术治疗方案,提高显微外科手术治疗效果.方法:回顾分析我院近5年来收治的17例桥小脑角脑膜瘤患者,均采用枕下乙状窦后手术入路.结果:本组肿瘤全切率为88.3%面神经和位听神经功能大部分保留,无死亡病例.结论:术前详细的检查和完善的手术方案制订对桥小脑角区脑膜瘤的手术治疗至关重要,显微外科手术是治疗桥小脑角区脑膜瘤安全有效的方法     

renalase在人近曲肾小管上皮细胞系的表达与分泌

目的:探讨renalase在人近曲肾小管上皮细胞系(HK-2)的表达与分泌,为进一步研究细胞水平renalase及其通路建立稳定的实验平台。方法:以HK-2细胞系作为研究材料。①应用Westernblot方法检测renalase蛋白的表达。②用real-timePCR方法检测renalasemRNA表达的变化。③用ELISA方法检测细胞上清液中renalase的浓度。结果:在mRNA水平及蛋白水平均检测到renalase表达。结论:首次在mRNA水平及蛋白水平证实了HK-2细胞能够表达renalase,为进一步研究儿茶酚胺或缺血缺氧刺激下细胞renalase的表达奠定了基础。     

幕下小脑上入路松果体区神经内镜解剖学研究

目的:明确松果体区及其毗邻结构的神经内镜下解剖特点,探讨内镜下经幕下小脑上入路的解剖通路及手术操作技巧.方法:随机选取10%福尔马林固定的国人成年尸体头颅标本15例,在神经内镜下模拟幕下小脑上入路,观察松果体区解剖结构暴露范围与可调整程度,测量其手术入路相关解剖结构数据.结果:幕下小脑上入路中,内镜视野呆板固定,可调整性差.松果体区解剖结构显露不良,从而影响手术操作.结论:内镜下单纯利用幕下小脑上入路进入松果体区不可取,适当切除小脑上蚓时,幕下小脑上入路中进入第Ⅳ间隙后松果体区各解剖结构暴露良好,但内镜调整难度大,此手术入路可作为辅助手术间隙.     

Molecular characterization of the celiac disease epitope domains in α-gliadin genes in Aegilops tauschii and hexaploid wheats (Triticum aestivum L.)

Nineteen novel full-ORF α-gliadin genes and 32 pseudogenes containing at least one stop codon were cloned and sequenced from three Aegilops tauschii accessions (T15, T43 and T26) and two bread wheat cultivars (Gaocheng 8901 and Zhongyou 9507). Analysis of three typical α-gliadin genes (Gli-At4, Gli-G1 and Gli-Z4) revealed some InDels and a considerable number of SNPs among them. Most of the pseudogenes were resulted from C to T change, leading to the generation of TAG or TAA in-frame stop codon. The putative proteins of both Gli-At3 and Gli-Z7 genes contained an extra cysteine residue in the unique domain II. Analysis of toxic epitodes among 19 deduced α-gliadins demonstrated that 14 of these contained 1–5 T cell stimulatory toxic epitopes while the other 5 did not contain any toxic epitopes. The glutamine residues in two specific ployglutamine domains ranged from 7 to 27, indicating a high variation in length. According to the numbers of 4 T cell stimulatory toxic epitopes and glutamine residues in the two ployglutamine domains among the 19 α-gliadin genes, 2 were assigned to chromosome 6A, 5 to chromosome 6B and 12 to chromosome 6D. These results were consistent with those from wheat cv. Chinese Spring nulli-tetrasomic and phylogenetic analysis. Secondary structure prediction showed that all α-gliadins had high content of β-strands and most of the α-helixes and β-strands were present in two unique domains. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that α-gliadin genes had a high homology with γ-gliadin, B-hordein, and LMW-GS genes and they diverged at approximate 39 MYA. Finally, the five α-gliadin genes were successfully expressed in E. coli, and their expression amount reached to the maximum after 4 h induced by IPTG, indicating that the α-gliadin genes can express in a high level under the control of T₇ promoter.     

中国沙漠区一个新记录属——列胞藓属

报道了列胞藓[Conardia compacta (C.M.) Robins.]植物在中国内蒙古沙漠地区的新发现,标本存于内蒙古大学标本馆(HIMC).并对列胞藓植物体的形态结构特征、系统位置、地理分布和生境特点进行了详细观察分析.列胞藓的新发现扩展了其地理分布范围,说明小生境对苔藓植物的分布具有重要作用,对研究中国苔藓植物区系的多样性特点具有重要意义.     

缺血性脑血管病变组织中葡萄糖转运蛋白1的改变

葡萄糖通过血脑屏障从血液中进入脑组织必须依赖葡萄糖转运蛋白(glucose transporter,GLUT)的帮助.GLUT1是血脑屏障上最主要的GLUT,也是脑毛细血管壁内皮细胞的分子标记.动物研究显示在急性脑缺血后脑内的GLUT1表达增加.检测了7例慢性微血管缺血性脑血管病变(ischemic cerebrovascular diseases,ICVD)的尸检脑组织中的GLUT1水平,并与11例同龄对照组比较.结果发现GLUT1水平在ICVD组中降低.其降低可能是由于低氧诱导因子-1α(hypoxia-induciblefactor-1α,HIF-1α)的下调所致.但是,在ICVD脑组织中的GLUT1水平降低不伴随有蛋白质O-GlcNAc糖基化水平的下降.上述结果为探讨脑缺血病变的机理提供了新线索.     

棉花4-香豆酸辅酶A连接酶基因克隆及原核表达

本研究从棉花中克隆了一个4CL基因,命名为Gh4CL2(GenBank登录号为FJ848870)。研究结果表明:Gh4CL2基因cDNA全长2332bp,具有一个1725bp的开放阅读框,5′非编码区为64bp,3′非编码区为543bp,编码574个氨基酸,预测分子量约为62.106kD,等电点为5.94。氨基酸同源性分析发现,Gh4CL2与来自白杨、大豆和紫草的4CL一致性较高。进一步研究Gh4CL2基因的功能,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pET-28a-4CL2,经酶切鉴定后转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中。SDS-PAGE分析表明,最佳诱导表达条件为0.5mmol/LIPTG在37℃下诱导4h,重组蛋白主要以包涵体形式出现。     

黄顶菊入侵对土壤养分和酶活性的影响

比较了外来植物黄顶菊不同入侵程度土壤养分和土壤酶活性变化规律,探讨了外来植物入侵对土壤生态的影响机制。结果表明,与裸土和本地植物土壤相比,黄顶菊入侵显著提高了有机质、全氮、硝态氮和铵态氮的含量,而全磷和速效磷的含量有所下降,且随着入侵程度增强趋势更为明显。重度入侵土壤有机质较本地植物土壤提高5.7%,全氮提高23.4%;而重度入侵土壤全磷含量只有本地植物的85%,土壤速效磷含量则下降了50%。黄顶菊重度入侵土壤和轻度入侵土壤脲酶含量分别为0.04和0.03mg.g-1.24h-1,均显著高于裸土和本地植物土壤,土壤磷酸酶活性变化规律与之类似,而多酚氧化酶无明显的变化。黄顶菊入侵可以改变土壤养分和土壤酶活性,创造对自身生长有利的土壤环境,并借此增强其竞争能力,实现种群的进一步扩张。