鸡减蛋综合征病毒(EDSV)基因组右末端结构的分析

从中国发病鸡中分离的鸡减蛋综合征病毒（ＥｇｇＤｒｏｐＳｙｎｄｒｏｍＶｉｒｕｓ,ＥＤＳＶ）弱毒株（ＡＡ－２）,其基因组全长约为３３ｋｂ。用限制性内切酶ＨｉｎｄⅢ水解ＥＤＳＶ全基因组,构建了以ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔⅡ（ＫＳ＋）为载体的右末端片段的克隆（约４．２ｋｂ）,对其进行了序列测定和结构分析。该片段全长４１８３个碱基对（ｂｐ）,位于基因组右末端８７．３ｍ．ｕ．－１００ｍ．ｕ．。结果显示,该片段与哺乳动物腺病毒右末端Ｅ４区结构不同,与禽Ⅰ型腺病毒代表株ＣＥＬＯ右末端片段亦无同源性。本文为深入了解ＥＤＳＶ基因组结构特点,ＥＤＳＶ与其他腺病毒基因结构与功能的进化关系和ＥＤＳＶ载体的构建奠定了分子生物学基础     

朱顶红花粉萌发过程中营养细胞质的超微结构变化

本文应用透射电镜对朱顶红成熟花粉水合、活化和萌发的动态过程中营养细胞质的结构和组成变化进行了观察。成熟花粉具质体、线粒体、内质网、高尔基体。微丝束以聚集体的形式存在。花粉活化后,细胞器的数目和结构发生显著变化：质体和线粒体的片层明显增加,内质网片层狭窄,高尔基体活跃产生小泡,脂体降解及微丝聚集体散开。花粉萌发后,细胞质中出现周质微管和被刺小泡,此期细胞器的变化不明显。微丝以纤丝状遍布整个花粉管中。     

黄体酮对3T3-L1脂肪前体细胞成脂分化后细胞中UCP2基因表达的影响

目的:观察体外培养条件下3T3-L1脂肪前体细胞诱导分化成的成熟脂肪细胞中解偶联蛋白2(UCP2)mRNA表达水平及黄体酮对其表达的影响。方法:体外培养3T3-L1脂肪细胞,在诱导3T3-L1脂肪细胞分化成熟后,经不同黄体酮浓度10μm/25μM/50μM/75μM/100μM刺激后,抽提总RNA,用RT-PCR检测UCP2 mRNA的表达。结果:黄体酮会促进成熟脂肪细胞中UCP2 mRNA的表达,(P<0.05)其中25μM浓度刺激下UCP2 mRNA表达量最高。结论:体外培养中,黄体酮对成熟脂肪细胞中UCP2 mRNA的表达与调控具有一定的影响。     

Secretion of firefly luciferase in E.coli

Summary A DNA segment carrying the full-length, intronless firefly luciferase gene was inserted into the high expression secretion vector, pIN-III -ompA. Upon induction of gene expression, luciferase activity was detected in extracts prepared from periplasmic fractions. The results indicated that the OmpA signal peptide was able to direct secretion of firefly luciferase across the cytoplasmic membrane. This has important implications for using this luciferase as a reporter in studying protein export and targeting.     

Prioritizing human cancer microRNAs based on genes' functional consistency between microRNA and cancer

The identification of human cancer-related microRNAs (miRNAs) is important for cancer biology research. Although several identification methods have achieved remarkable success, they have overlooked the functional information associated with miRNAs. We present a computational framework that can be used to prioritize human cancer miRNAs by measuring the association between cancer and miRNAs based on the functional consistency score (FCS) of the miRNA target genes and the cancer-related genes. This approach proved successful in identifying the validated cancer miRNAs for 11 common human cancers with area under ROC curve (AUC) ranging from 71.15% to 96.36%. The FCS method had a significant advantage over miRNA differential expression analysis when identifying cancer-related miRNAs with a fine regulatory mechanism, such as miR-27a in colorectal cancer. Furthermore, a case study examining thyroid cancer showed that the FCS method can uncover novel cancer-related miRNAs such as miR-27a/b, which were showed significantly upregulated in thyroid cancer samples by qRT-PCR analysis. Our method can be used on a web-based server, CMP (cancer miRNA prioritization) and is freely accessible at http://bioinfo.hrbmu.edu.cn/CMP. This time- and cost-effective computational framework can be a valuable complement to experimental studies and can assist with future studies of miRNA involvement in the pathogenesis of cancers.     

西藏南部定日、聂拉木地区早-中侏罗世有孔虫

记述早、中侏罗世有孔虫13属17种,标本采自西藏南部定日县的卧龙剖面及聂拉木县中尼公路5264km路标处剖面。早侏罗世普普嘎组以产大有孔虫为特征,在卧龙剖面仅有下侏罗统的中、上部,缺失下部地层;中侏罗世聂聂雄拉组以产小有孔虫为特征,基本没有大有孔虫。     

通过优化表达元件及培养基组分提高地衣芽胞杆菌中碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶产量

【背景】碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶(Subtilisin)是一种具有广泛用途的工业酶制剂。【目的】旨在通过优化启动子、信号肽及培养基组分来提高地衣芽胞杆菌中碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶产量。【方法】以地衣芽胞杆菌BL10为出发菌株,构建了含有4种不同类型启动子(PbacA、P43、PaprE和PsrfA)及4种不同类型信号肽(SPVpr、SPSacB、SPSacC和SPAprE)的碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶表达菌株,并在获得高产菌株的基础上进行培养基优化。【结果】4种启动子的表达水平为PbacAPaprEP43PsrfA,4种信号肽的分泌效率为SPAprESPSacCSPSacBSPVpr。其中,菌株BL10/pPbacA-aprE产生最高的碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶酶活(275.21 U/mL),相比于出发菌株BL10/pHY-aprE (167.98 U/mL)提高了64%。随后,通过对发酵培养基成分进行优化并结合正交优化,获得了一种高产碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶的培养基(g/L):玉米淀粉40.0,豆粕50.0,(NH4)2SO4 4.0,K2HPO4 3.0,CaCO3 1.0。最后,碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶酶活提高到747.37 U/mL,是初始酶活的4.45倍。【结论】为工业化高产碱性丝氨酸蛋白酶提供了一种有效策略。     

一种经microRNA敲低PD-1的新型慢病毒载体在CAR-T细胞中的应用

本研究将microRNA插入EF1α启动子的内含子中,构建携带沉默PD-1基因的miRNA的新型慢病毒载体,并将其应用于CAR-T细胞。通过流式细胞术检测慢病毒载体转导效率和PD-1沉默效率;Westernblotting检测PD-1蛋白表达差异;荧光定量PCR检测microRNA相对表达情况;荧光素酶生物发光法和流式细胞术检测CAR-T细胞的能力。结果显示与U6转录microRNA的载体相比较,将microRNA插入到EF1-α内含子中的病毒载体转导效率更显著,对PD-1的敲低效率均达90%以上,且Westernblotting结果验证了PD-1的敲低效果。另外通过荧光定量PCR,可显示出转导该新型慢病毒载体的Jurkat细胞内microRNA的相对表达量。荧光素酶生物发光法证实了CAR-T细胞针对靶细胞的特异杀伤性,流式细胞术结果表明沉默PD-1的CAR-T细胞相较于正常CAR-T细胞显示出更强的特异性杀伤能力。本研究成功构建了经microRNA敲低PD-1的新型慢病毒载体并验证了其转导效率的优越性,以及基于此载体表达的microRNA可高效地沉默PD-1;且应用此载体的CAR-T细胞能发挥更强的杀伤活性,从而为后续该CAR-T细胞治疗表达PD-L1的肿瘤奠定基础。