长链非编码RNA SPRY4-IT1对髓母细胞瘤增殖及侵袭转移的影响

目的：探讨长链非编码RNA SPRY4-IT1（LncRNA）对髓母细胞瘤增殖及侵袭转移的影响。方法：髓母细胞瘤Daoy细胞分为对照组和si-SPRY4-IT1组,分别利用脂质体Lipofectamine 2000将阴性对照荧光序列和SPRY4-IT1-siRNA转入细胞中,采用Real-time PCR检测转染后各组细胞中SPRY4-IT1的表达情况,CCK-8实验及平板克隆形成实验检测细胞增殖能力的变化,以细胞体外侵袭、迁移实验分别检测细胞侵袭、迁移能力的变化,Western blot检测SPRY4-IT1对基质金属蛋白酶（MMP）-2和MMP-9蛋白的影响。结果：si-SPRY4-IT1组SPRY4-IT1 mRNA表达水平、细胞体外增殖能力、细胞侵袭、迁移能力、细胞MMP-2蛋白表达均较对照组明显降低（P<0.05）,而MMP-9蛋白表达未见明显变化。结论：干扰长链非编码RNA SPRY4-IT1在髓母细胞瘤Daoy细胞中的表达能显著抑制细胞的增殖、侵袭和迁移能力。     

鸡贫血病毒凋亡素基因的可溶性融合表达及抗肿瘤活性分析

为获得高效可溶表达的鸡贫血病毒凋亡素基因(CAV-Apoptin),根据大肠杆菌密码子偏爱性优化CAV-Apoptin基因序列,将其连接到含msyB伴侣基因的pBCX载体上,转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)进行诱导表达,经SDS-PAGE鉴定后应用镍柱亲和层析纯化蛋白质,采用显微镜观察、CCK-8实验与DNA ladders测定其抗肿瘤细胞的活性。结果显示,成功构建大肠杆菌表达载体pBCX-CAV-Apoptin,在37℃正常培养条件下的大肠杆菌中得到大量可溶性表达产物,融合蛋白质分子量大小约为42 kDa,50 ml菌液即可获得1.5 mg左右的纯化重组蛋白,CCK-8实验结果显示纯化后的重组蛋白作用36 h后可对套氏淋巴瘤JEKO-1、REC-1细胞生长产生超过60%的抑制率;显微镜观察与DNA ladder实验证明重组蛋白可诱导JEKO-1、REC-1细胞的凋亡,对HUVEC没有诱导凋亡的作用。免疫印迹分析表明重组凋亡素对JEKO-1细胞诱导了Caspase-3的激活,而对Caspase-8的表达没有影响。研究表明融合蛋白msyB-CAV-Apoptin可达到高效可溶表达,且表达产物具有特异抗肿瘤活性。     

人巨细胞病毒抗原表位的重组表达及免疫原性分析

目的:用大肠杆菌表达系统表达人巨细胞病毒(HCMV)pp65蛋白和gB蛋白的优势抗原表位基因,制成HCMV亚单位疫苗,探究其在Balb/c小鼠体内的体液免疫和细胞免疫活性。方法:选取pp65蛋白的490~508aa和gB蛋白的607~621aa的基因片段,经PCR扩增目的片段,连接表达载体pET-32a(+),转化BL21(DE3)plys菌株,十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶(SDSPAGE)分析蛋白质表达,金属螯合亲和镍柱法纯化目的蛋白。重组蛋白免疫Balb/c小鼠,Western blotting法和间接ELISA法检测重组蛋白的体液免疫活性;通过流式细胞仪和双抗夹心ELISA法检测重组蛋白的细胞免疫活性。结果:获得分子质量约为22kDa的融合蛋白,Western blotting检测显示抗体有特异性,间接ELISA法检测其效价为1∶102 400。与对照组相比,实验组小鼠外周血中CD4~+T细胞和CD8~+T细胞的数量,以及IFN-γ、IL-2、IL-12的含量有显著提高(P0.01)。结论:制备的具有免疫优势抗原表位的重组蛋白能诱导小鼠产生较强的体液免疫和细胞免疫反应。     

超级早籼稻“中早39”的高产育种研究

利用高产早籼嘉育253和高产抗稻瘟病早籼品种中组3号为亲本,采用分离世代自然病圃鉴定结合稻瘟病混合菌株人工接种抗性筛选方法,通过系谱法和产量比较试验,最终选育获得高产抗稻瘟病早籼稻新品种中早39。对超级早籼稻品种中早39及其系谱亲本嘉育253和中组3号进行产量相关性状、光合特性、叶面积指数和光合色素含量等测定和比较分析,发现中早39的每穗总粒数和结实率优于其系谱亲本,库容优势明显;中早39在齐穗后20天保持最高的净光合速率,其叶面积指数和各光合色素含量也优于系谱亲本;因此,中早39具有超高产光合生理特性。育种初期选用了高产亲本,且在生育后期中早39比其系谱亲本具有更优的光合生理特性,是水稻高产育种中优良性状的整合和后期功能型超级稻特性的体现;中早39超高产优势来自于品种选育过程中源库的优化、株叶形态的改善;中早39的选育研究为水稻高产育种提供了参考信息。     

Ocean acidification has little effect on developmental thermal windows of echinoderms from Antarctica to the tropics

As the ocean warms, thermal tolerance of developmental stages may be a key driver of changes in the geographical distributions and abundance of marine invertebrates. Additional stressors such as ocean acidification may influence developmental thermal windows and are therefore important considerations for predicting distributions of species under climate change scenarios. The effects of reduced seawater pH on the thermal windows of fertilization, embryology and larval morphology were examined using five echinoderm species: two polar (Sterechinus neumayeri and Odontaster validus), two temperate (Fellaster zelandiae and Patiriella regularis) and one tropical (Arachnoides placenta). Responses were examined across 12–13 temperatures ranging from ?1.1 °C to 5.7 °C (S. neumayeri), ?0.5 °C to 10.7 °C (O. validus), 5.8 °C to 27 °C (F. zelandiae), 6.0 °C to 27.1 °C (P. regularis) and 13.9 °C to 34.8 °C (A. placenta) under present‐day and near‐future (2100+) ocean acidification conditions (‐0.3 pH units) and for three important early developmental stages 1) fertilization, 2) embryo (prehatching) and 3) larval development. Thermal windows for fertilization were broad and were not influenced by a pH decrease. Embryological development was less thermotolerant. For O. validus, P. regularis and A. placenta, low pH reduced normal development, albeit with no effect on thermal windows. Larval development in all five species was affected by both temperature and pH; however, thermal tolerance was not reduced by pH. Results of this study suggest that in terms of fertilization and development, temperature will remain as the most important factor influencing species' latitudinal distributions as the ocean continues to warm and decrease in pH, and that there is little evidence of a synergistic effect of temperature and ocean acidification on the thermal control of species ranges.     

Whole‐cell biocatalytic and de novo production of alkanes from free fatty acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Rapid global industrialization in the past decades has led to extensive utilization of fossil fuels, which resulted in pressing environmental problems due to excessive carbon emission. This prompted increasing interest in developing advanced biofuels with higher energy density to substitute fossil fuels and bio‐alkane has gained attention as an ideal drop‐in fuel candidate. Production of alkanes in bacteria has been widely studied but studies on the utilization of the robust yeast host, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, for alkane biosynthesis have been lacking. In this proof‐of‐principle study, we present the unprecedented engineering of S. cerevisiae for conversion of free fatty acids to alkanes. A fatty acid α‐dioxygenase from Oryza sativa (rice) was expressed in S. cerevisiae to transform C_12–18 free fatty acids to C_11–17 aldehydes. Co‐expression of a cyanobacterial aldehyde deformylating oxygenase converted the aldehydes to the desired alkanes. We demonstrated the versatility of the pathway by performing whole‐cell biocatalytic conversion of exogenous free fatty acid feedstocks into alkanes as well as introducing the pathway into a free fatty acid overproducer for de novo production of alkanes from simple sugar. The results from this work are anticipated to advance the development of yeast hosts for alkane production. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2017;114: 232–237. © 2016 The Authors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

He-Ne激光结合丹参对类风湿性关节炎大鼠血液流变学指标的影响

目的:研究He-Ne激光结合丹参对类风湿性关节炎大鼠的治疗效果,以便为临床提供治疗风湿病的参考依据。方法:通过对健康大鼠注射鸡Ⅱ型胶原诱导后,成功建立了大鼠类风湿性关节炎的模型,随机分组后给予治疗,分析大鼠体重、血液流变学指标的变化。结果:1.与空白对照组相比,不同处理组大鼠类风湿关节炎体重增长幅度不同(P<0.05),其中模型组最小,丹参结合激光治疗组最高。2.与空白对照组相比,不同处理组的全血还原粘度低切、全血粘度(低、中、高切)、红细胞聚集指数均降低(P<0.05),其中模型组大鼠最高;而激光结合丹参治疗组最低。但全血还原粘度中、高切和红细胞压积没有统计学差异(P>0.05)。结论:丹参结合激光对Ⅱ型胶原诱导类风湿性关节炎大鼠体重、血液流变学指标均有一定程度的改善。     

miR-411a-3p抑制羊驼黑色素细胞黑色素的生成

microRNA-411a-3p（miR-411a-3p）在不同毛色羊驼皮肤中差异表达,提示其可能在毛色形成中起调控作用。为证明miR-411a-3p在羊驼皮毛黑色素形成中的作用,本研究通过生物信息学预测及靶基因搜索,发现胰岛素样生长因子1受体（IGF1R）是miR-411a-3p的靶基因,继而构建了含Igf1r mRNA 3′-UTR的荧光素酶报告基因载体。报告基因转染结合报告酶活性测定证明,Igf1r是miR-411a-3p的靶基因。原位杂交显示,miR-411a-3p主要在羊驼黑色素细胞胞质中表达,提示其可能在黑色素细胞中具有重要作用。qRT-PCR揭示,棕色和黑色羊驼皮肤中miR-411a-3p表达量明显低于白色羊驼。qRT-PCR联合蛋白质印迹分析显示,在羊驼黑色素细胞过表达miR-411a-3p,伴随Igf1r下调,小眼畸形相关转录因子（Mitf）依赖的毛色基因酪氨酸酶（Tyr）、酪氨酸酶相关蛋白-2（Tyrp2）及黑色素表达水平明显下调。上述结果提示,miR-411a-3p可通过靶向抑制Igf1r负调控羊驼黑色素黑色素合成。该结果将加深我们对羊驼毛色形成机制的认识。     

抗CD20抗体高产细胞株的筛选及质量评估

目的:筛选高表达单克隆细胞株,并通过优化培养基及流加物,最终达到提高目的蛋白产量及质量的目的。方法:通过有限稀释法对转染目的蛋白的CHO-S细胞进行单克隆化,应用双抗夹心ELISA方法对单克隆细胞株抗体表达量进行初步评估,最后根据筛选细胞株的活率、密度、产量及代谢情况,选择2~3株单克隆细胞进行培养条件优化,并对获得的发酵液进行纯化捕获,根据抗体蛋白表达量、糖型、等电点、纯度、酸碱峰分布等进行相应的评估分析,筛选出最优细胞株及最优培养方案。结果:经过单克隆化处理以及培养条件优化,蛋白的表达量由初始的不到500mg/L提升到2 290mg/L,且抗体蛋白纯度高达97.48%。抗体蛋白质量分析结果显示B1方案为该实验最优培养方案。结论:通过细胞株筛选、培养基优化能显著提高抗体蛋白的产量及质量,同时对抗体蛋白糖型、等电点、纯度等均有一定程度的优化。因此工业生产中可以通过高表达克隆的筛选、培养工艺优化等对目的蛋白产量及质量进行一定程度的改善与提高,对后期实验研究及工业化方案开发都具有很好的指导意义。