毕氏海蓬子类囊体膜与卵磷脂重组脂质体的耐热性研究

采用卵磷脂(PC)构建脂质体,然后将毕氏海蓬子类囊体膜蛋白复合物重组到脂质体中.分析不同温度(25℃、35℃、45℃和55℃)处理后蛋白脂质体的电子传递活性、吸收光谱和荧光光谱的变化,以探讨膜脂与膜蛋白在高温胁迫下的交互作用.结果显示:蛋白脂质体光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)的放氧活性和光系统Ⅰ(PSⅠ)的耗氧活性随着PC比例的提高而增加,在PC与类囊体膜比例为4∶1(Lipid∶Chl,w/w)时达到最高,同时蛋白脂质体的吸收光谱和荧光光谱也呈上升趋势;在PC与类囊体膜重组比例为4∶1条件下,高温处理后的蛋白脂质体的PSⅡ放氧活性和PSⅠ耗氧活性显著大于未经重组的,其吸收光谱和荧光光谱峰值下降幅度低于未经重组的,且峰位基本没有变化.研究表明,PC可能通过增加结合天线的大小来促进蛋白脂质体对光能的吸收和能量从外周天线到PSⅡ和PSⅠ核心复合物的传递;在脂质体中,PC与类囊体膜的交互作用提高了PSⅡ和PSⅠ在高温胁迫下的光化学效率,增强了PSⅡ和PSⅠ的耐热性.     

TCR介导“inside-out”信号通路调控整合素的活化

整合素（integrin）是一类重要的跨膜黏附分子,在T细胞定向迁移到淋巴器官、感染或炎症部位以及T细胞与抗原呈递细胞（antigen presenting cell,APC）之间相互作用等过程中起重要作用。T细胞受到抗原或趋化因子等的刺激后,启动细胞内大量的信号传导分子,并形成＂inside-out＂信号通路,导致整合素构像的改变（conformation change）或促进整合素在细胞表面的聚集（integrinclustering）,最终增强整合素的affinity或avidity,促进其与配体结合的能力,提高淋巴细胞间的黏附。近年来的研究已经鉴定出调控整合素活化的多个关键的信号分子及其形成的信号转导复合体。该文主要阐述T细胞受到抗原刺激后,由T细胞受体（T cell receptor,TCR）介导的＂inside-out＂信号通路中关键的信号分子如ADAP、SKAP-55、RapL、Rap1、Talin和Kindlins等如何与上下游信号分子协同作用,调控整合素LFA-1活化的分子机制。     

Isolation and characterization of dengue virus serotype 2 from the large dengue outbreak in Guangdong,China in 2014

Dengue has been well recognized as a global public health threat,but only sporadic epidemics and imported cases were reported in recent decades in China.Since July 2014,an unexpected large dengue outbreak has occurred in Guangdong province,China,resulting in more than 40000 patients including six deaths.To clarify and characterize the causative agent of this outbreak,the acute phase serum from a patient diagnosed with severe dengue was subjected to virus isolation and high-throughput sequencing(HTS).Traditional real-time RT-PCR and HTS with Ion Torrent PGM detected the presence of dengue virus serotype 2(DENV-2).A clinical DENV-2 isolate GZ05/2014 was obtained by culturing the patient serum in mosquito C6/36 cells.The complete genome of GZ05/2014 was determined and deposited in Gen Bank under the access number KP012546.Phylogenetic analysis based on the complete envelope gene showed that the newly DENV-2 isolate belonged to Cosmopolitan genotype and clustered closely with other Guangdong strains isolated in the past decade.No amino acid mutations that are obviously known to increase virulence or replication were identified throughout the genome of GZ05/2014.The high homology of Guangdong DENV-2 strains indicated the possibility of establishment of local DENV-2 circulation in Guangdong,China.These results help clarify the origin of this epidemic and predict the future status of dengue in China.     

野大豆(Glycine soja)叶绿体的光谱及其激子能量转移

野大豆叶绿体在低温(77K)时出现三条荧光发射谱带,它们来源于不同的色素蛋白复合体。 在纳秒脉冲激光激发下,捕光天线色素的相对荧光量子产额,随激光强度的增加有明显下降现象。用激子理论和动力学方程讨论和计算了激子扩散参量。指出激子转移是随机的,非相干的。     

O‐GlcNAcylation of protein kinase A catalytic subunits enhances its activity: a mechanism linked to learning and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized clinically by memory loss and cognitive decline. Protein kinase A (PKA)‐CREB signaling plays a critical role in learning and memory. It is known that glucose uptake and O‐GlcNAcylation are reduced in AD brain. In this study, we found that PKA catalytic subunits (PKAcs) were posttranslationally modified by O‐linked N‐acetylglucosamine (O‐GlcNAc). O‐GlcNAcylation regulated the subcellular location of PKAcα and PKAcβ and enhanced their kinase activity. Upregulation of O‐GlcNAcylation in metabolically active rat brain slices by O‐(2‐acetamido‐2‐deoxy‐d ‐glucopyranosylidenamino) N‐phenylcarbamate (PUGNAc), an inhibitor of N‐acetylglucosaminidase, increased the phosphorylation of tau at the PKA site, Ser214, but not at the non‐PKA site, Thr205. In contrast, in rat and mouse brains, downregulation of O‐GlcNAcylation caused decreases in the phosphorylation of CREB at Ser133 and of tau at Ser214, but not at Thr205. Reduction in O‐GlcNAcylation through intracerebroventricular injection of 6‐diazo‐5‐oxo‐l ‐norleucine (DON), the inhibitor of glutamine fructose‐6‐phosphate amidotransferase, suppressed PKA‐CREB signaling and impaired learning and memory in mice. These results indicate that in addition to cAMP and phosphorylation, O‐GlcNAcylation is a novel mechanism that regulates PKA‐CREB signaling. Downregulation of O‐GlcNAcylation suppresses PKA‐CREB signaling and consequently causes learning and memory deficits in AD.     

厦门地区夏季播种的松花型花椰菜营养品质评价

以厦门地区夏季播种的抗热松花型台湾花椰菜Brassica oleracea var. botrytis品种为材料,比较各品种生物学性状、营养成分、矿质元素、能源、植物功能性指标,并以低能高营养的消费原则,采用平均隶属函数值对品种进行评价。结果表明,平均隶属函数值依次为‘雪松’(4.805) >‘香雪’(3.282) >‘雪丽’(2.279) >‘庆农S90’(1.037)。结合生育期考虑,‘雪松’为夏季较适合在厦门地区推广的松花型花椰菜抗热新品种。     

提高糖基化的酶蛋白可结晶性研究 *

糖基化修饰是一类重要的翻译后修饰,对蛋白质的表达调控,折叠,分泌和功能等方面发挥着关键作用.酶是由活细胞产生的具有高度特异性和高效催化性的生物催化剂,酶的糖基化修饰对其生物催化特性和稳定性具有重要影响.研究糖基化修饰对酶蛋白的影响机制需要获取糖基化酶蛋白的结构,X-射线晶体衍射学是获得结构信息的重要技术手段,在糖基化酶蛋白的晶体衍射研究中,复杂,多样,不均一的糖基化修饰限制了该类酶的晶体生长,这是影响糖基化的酶蛋白结构解析的关键瓶颈问题.因此,如何提高糖基化的酶蛋白可结晶性是当前蛋白质结构研究的热点和难点.糖苷酶的去糖基处理,糖基转移酶抑制剂的引入和异源表达体系优化等手段都是当前研究领域提高糖基化的酶蛋白可结晶性的重要策略,这些手段可以在避免损害糖基化的酶蛋白稳定性和催化活性的同时提高其均一性.     

以黑腹果蝇为寄主的蝇蛹金小蜂生长发育、繁殖及功能反应研究

蝇蛹金小蜂是铃木氏果蝇和黑腹果蝇的重要天敌,本研究以黑腹果蝇为寄主,测定了蝇蛹金小蜂云南种群的生长发育、繁殖及寿命。并在6个寄主密度梯度条件下研究了其寄生功能反应。结果显示蝇蛹金小蜂从卵到雌、雄成蜂的平均发育历期分别为16.10 d和14.67 d,雌蜂平均寿命为49.76 d,平均产子代数为93.28头/雌,子代雌性比为55.76%。在黑腹果蝇蛹为5、10、15、20、25和30头的密度梯度下,蝇蛹金小蜂的寄生功能反应符合Holling Ⅱ模型,其方程为Na=0.6261 No/(1+0.0632 No)。理论最高寄生量为N_a_(max)=9.0171,实际最高寄生量为7.00头(寄主密度为20头),蝇蛹金小蜂的寄生搜寻效应随寄主密度的增加而降低。综上结果,采自杨梅的蝇蛹金小蜂以黑腹果蝇作为寄主时具有较高繁殖力,较强的寄主适合度,是铃木氏果蝇和黑腹果蝇有效的生物防治作用因子。     

黑麂线粒体基因组序列分析

采用PCR产物直接测序方法测定了黑麂线粒体基因组全序列 ,初步分析了其基因组特点并定位了各基因的位置 .结果显示 :黑麂的线粒体基因组全序列长度为 1 6 35 7bp ,可编码 2 2种tRNA、2种rRNA、1 3种蛋白质 ,碱基组成及基因位置与小麂、赤麂和其它哺乳类动物的线粒体基因组相似 ;模拟电子酶切图谱与先前的报道基本一致 ;基于细胞色素b的全基因序列 ,分别以最大简约法、N J法、最大似然数法与其它 1 4种鹿类动物的相应序列进行了聚类分析 ,构建出相似的系统进化树 :初步确定了麂亚科动物在鹿科中处于与鹿亚科、北美鹿亚科并列的进化地位 .在此基础上 ,进一步以黑麂、赤麂、小麂的线粒体编码RNA和编码蛋白质的基因序列构建系统进化树 ,分析了三者的亲缘关系 .结果表明 :黑麂和赤麂亲缘关系较近 ,是较新的物种 ,而小麂是较为原始的物种     

过表达热休克蛋白70提高CHO细胞表达抗体的能力

通过在中国仓鼠卵巢细胞(CHO)中过表达热休克蛋白70以提高其表达抗体的能力。首先从中国仓鼠基因组DNA中扩取HSP70基因,构建真核表达质粒pcDNA3.1-HSP70,再将重组质粒稳定转染到CHO/dhfr-细胞中,筛选获得稳定的细胞系,运用RT-qPCR检测和Western blot分析HSP70基因的过表达。在过表达HSP70的CHO细胞组和对照细胞组(转染空载体pcDNA3.1的CHO细胞组)中分别转染表达抗-HBs的质粒,应用ELISA检测两组细胞表达抗-HBs的能力。RT-qPCR结果显示实验组CHO细胞中HSP70基因的表达量明显高于对照组细胞;ELISA检测结果表明过表达HSP70的CHO细胞组抗-HBs表达量高于对照组细胞(P<0.05)。研究揭示HSP70能有效促进细胞内分泌性蛋白的表达。