Structural Modification of Stilbenoids from Acanthopanax leucorrhizus and Their Cytotoxic Activity

A new cis‐stilbenoid, 1,9‐dihydroxy‐10‐methoxy‐6H‐dibenzo[b,f]oxocin‐6‐one ( 2 ) was isolated from the AcOEt extract of the stem barks of Acanthopanax leucorrhizus, along with three known stilbenoids, 9‐hydroxy‐10‐methoxy‐6H‐dibenzo[b,f]oxocin‐6‐one ( 1 ), 5‐O‐methyl‐(E)‐resveratrol 3‐O‐β‐d ‐glucopyranoside ( 3 ), and (E)‐resveratrol 3‐O‐β‐d ‐xylopyranoside ( 4 ). Two derivatives ( 2a and 2b ) were synthesized by the structural modification of compound 2, which exhibited certain cytotoxic activities against HT‐29 and HeLa cell lines in vitro. All compounds were structurally characterized by comprehensive analysis of their spectroscopic data and comparison with literature information, and evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against three human tumor cell lines (HL‐60, HT‐29, and HeLa) by the standard MTT assay in vitro. The results showed that derivatives 2a and 2b exhibited strong activities than compounds 2 against HT‐29 and HeLa cell lines.     

山药化学成分的研究

从胡椒科植物山蒟中分得两个新木脂素类成分(Ia)和(Ⅱ),以及巴豆环氧素(Crorepoxide)(Ⅲ)和β-谷甾醇(Ⅳ)。经光谱分析及化学鉴定,(Ia)、(Ⅱ)为新结构,分别命名为山蒟素 B(hancinone)、山蒟素 C(hancinone C)。     

肺炎克雷伯菌菌毛粘附素克隆表达及其对体外培养细胞的粘附活性

摘要：【目的】肺炎克雷伯菌(K.pn)与宿主细胞的粘附是致病的首要条件,粘附过程主要通过菌毛粘附素MrkD蛋白介导。为了进一步分析MrkD蛋白与宿主细胞间的粘附机制,进一步确定MrkD蛋白的粘附阻断作用。【方法】构建肺炎克雷伯菌菌毛粘附素融合蛋白原核表达质粒pGEX-4T-mrkD,转入大肠杆菌BL21,优化诱导表达条件,表达产物经亲和层析纯化、凝血酶切除融合蛋白GST标签后,进行SDS-PAGE和Western blot鉴定。激光共聚焦显微镜定位MrkD蛋白在宿主细胞上的结合部位;通过粘附活性试验与粘附动力学实验研究了MrkD蛋白的生物活性。【结果】实验得到了分子量为35 kDa的MrkD蛋白,定位了MrkD蛋白在宿主细胞上的结合部位,并证明了MrkD蛋白可以显著影响肺炎克雷伯菌对宿主细胞的粘附力。【结论】本试验首次证实了MrkD蛋白的粘附阻断作用并观察到了其与宿主细胞的作用位点,为研究肺炎克雷伯菌的致病机制,寻找粘附素功能表位奠定了基础。     

稻瘟病菌T-DNA插入方法优化及其突变体分析

优化了农杆菌介导转化稻瘟病菌获得T-DNA插入突变的条件,包括选择转化子的潮霉素B用量,抑制农杆菌的抗生素头孢噻肟钠和羧苄青霉素的配比,不同转化阶段培养基的选择等。转化1×10⁶个孢子平均可获得约500个左右的转化子,PCR和TAILPCR检测表明约85%转化子中含T-DNA插入。对1520个突变体进行形态变异观察,发现菌落颜色突变的有15个;随机取58个突变体进行比较,发现产孢量减少的4个,孢子萌发率降低的8个,附着胞形成率降低的9个;还获得对水稻品种C101LAC（Pi-1）和751127（Pi-9）致病的突变体,为进一步克隆相应的无毒基因奠定了基础。     

NEK5 regulates cell cycle progression during mouse oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryonic development

NEK5, a member of never in mitosis‐gene A‐related protein kinase, is involved in the regulation of centrosome integrity and centrosome cohesion at mitosis in somatic cells. In this study, we investigated the expression and function of NEK5 during mouse oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryonic development. The results showed that NEK5 was expressed from germinal vesicle (GV) to metaphase II (MII) stages during oocyte maturation with the highest level of expression at the GV stage. It was shown that NEK5 localized in the cytoplasm of oocytes at GV stage, concentrated around chromosomes at germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) stage, and localized to the entire spindle at prometaphase I, MI and MII stages. The small interfering RNA‐mediated depletion of Nek5 significantly increased the phosphorylation level of cyclin‐dependent kinase 1 in oocytes, resulting in a decrease of maturation‐promoting factor activity, and severely impaired GVBD. The failure of meiotic resumption caused by Nek5 depletion could be rescued by the depletion of Wee1B. We found that Nek5 depletion did not affect CDC25B translocation into the GV. We also found that NEK5 was expressed from 1‐cell to blastocyst stages with the highest expression at the blastocyst stage, and Nek5 depletion severely impaired preimplantation embryonic development. This study demonstrated for the first time that NEK5 plays important roles during meiotic G2/M transition and preimplantation embryonic development.     

海南特有种东方琼楠种群结构特征

为探讨海南特有种东方琼楠(Beilschmiedia tungfangensis)种群结构特征,在海南尖峰岭林区设置20.4hm2样地,从种群径级结构、静态生命表、存活曲线、空间分布格局等方面进行分析。结果表明:1)东方琼楠种群径级分布呈倒"J"型,为增长型种群;2)在第Ⅲ级(DBH:10～15cm)时生命期望值最高,向大龄级和小龄级呈递减趋势;3)存活曲线接近DeeveyⅢ型,呈凹型;死亡率曲线和消失率曲线呈"V"型;4)不同分析方法均表明该种群呈聚集分布,且聚群强度较大;5)聚块性指数随径级呈"正余弦"变化。     

苹果树腐烂病菌非核糖体多肽合成酶基因VmNRPS12的功能

【目的】非核糖体多肽合成酶(NRPS)在植物病原真菌与其寄主互作过程中发挥着重要作用,明确Vm NRPS12基因在苹果树腐烂病菌致病过程中的功能,将为今后深入研究苹果树腐烂病菌NRPS作用机制提供理论依据。【方法】基于苹果树腐烂病菌全基因组数据,得到VmNRPS12基因。运用qRT-PCR技术分析VmNRPS12在侵染初期的表达水平,利用Double-joint PCR和PEG介导的原生质体转化获得该基因抗潮霉素的突变体,对突变体进行PCR检测及Southern blot验证得到敲除突变体,进一步通过重新导入该基因全长片段获得互补突变体,最后对野生型、敲除突变体和互补突变体进行菌落、产孢及致病力观察,对检测数据用SPSS软件进行差异显著性分析。【结果】定量分析显示该基因在侵染初期显著上调表达,且接种48 h后的表达量是对照的138.6倍。该基因的敲除突变体在营养生长及产孢方面与野生型菌株03-8相比无显著性差异,但致病力与野生型菌株03-8相比显著减弱,且互补突变体致病力近似恢复至野生型水平。【结论】VmNRPS12基因与苹果树腐烂病菌致病性相关。     

Bacterial expression and purification of human papillomavirus type 18 L1

The human papillomavirus (HPV) 18 L1 gene, which encodes the L1 major capsid protein, was isolated from a female patient in Pusan, Korea Republic and was cloned into pGEX-4T-1 vector. The HPV-18L1 gene was expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with a glutathione-S-transferase (GST) tag. The soluble recombinant fusion protein, GST-18 L1 fusion, was isolated to high purity. HPV-18 L1 was purified from the GST-18 L1 fusant after biotinylated thrombin cleavage, and then the treated thrombin was removed serially using streptavidin conjugated resin. The purified HPV-18 L1 was confirmed by western blotting using a rabbit anti-denatured papillomavirus polyclonal antibody. The virus-like particles (VLP) from the purified full-length 18 L1 protein without any extra amino acid sequences was observed through the analysis of the electron microscope. This is the first study to report the expression and purification of HPV-18 L1 in E. coli. This expression and purification system offers a simple method of expressing and purifying HPV L1 protein, and could potentially be an effective route for the development and manufacturing of highly purified HPV-18 L1-based cervical cancer vaccines.     

日本血吸虫Sj Cyclophilin B基因的克隆、表达及免疫保护效果分析

本研究克隆和表达了日本血吸虫Cyclophilin B(Sj CyPB)编码基因的cDNA,分析其在日本血吸虫不同发育阶段虫体的表达情况,评估该重组抗原在小鼠体内诱导的抗血吸虫免疫保护效果。本研究以日本血吸虫童虫cDNA为模板,RT-PCR扩增其基因全长cDNA,提交序列到NCBI,登录号为GQ403665。荧光实时定量PCR分析该基因在日本血吸虫不同发育阶段虫体的表达情况,构建重组表达质粒,表达纯化重组蛋白。利用Western blotting检测重组蛋白的抗原性。以重组抗原免疫小鼠,评估其对小鼠诱导的免疫保护效果。结果表明,RT-PCR获得了Sj CyPB编码基因的全长cDNA,其开放阅读框为672bp。经分析确定其为CyPs家族中的CyPB基因,命名为Sj CyPB。荧光实时定量PCR分析表明,该基因在18d童虫期表达量最高,32d次之。构建了重组表达质粒pGEX-6P-1-SjCyPB,并在大肠杆菌中成功表达,表达产物分子量为49.5kDa。Western blotting试验显示该重组蛋白具有良好的抗原性,在小鼠免疫试验中,与空白对照组比较,免疫组小鼠获得31.5%的减虫率和41.01%的肝脏减卵率。本研究获得了日本血吸虫童虫期高表达的Sj CyPB基因的全长cDNA,成功构建了Sj CyPB原核重组表达质粒,并在大肠杆菌中成功表达,证实该重组抗原在小鼠体内诱导产生了部分免疫保护效果。