酪氨酸磷酸酶PRL-3增加胃癌细胞BGC823的SP细胞比例并提高其对化疗药物的耐受性

蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶PRL-3是近年发现的蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶家族成员,能促进肿瘤细胞的侵袭、转移及上皮细胞间质转型,提示PRL-3可能在肿瘤发生发展及诱导肿瘤干细胞生成中发挥重要作用.由于侧群(SP)细胞具有许多干细胞的性质,SP细胞分选是目前筛选和分离获得干细胞或前体细胞常用的有效方法.为探讨PRL-3在诱导干细胞生成中的潜在作用,本文在建立过表达PRL-3的人胃癌细胞BGC823的基础上,通过SP分选和CCK-8的方法分析PRL-3对BGC823细胞中SP细胞的比例以及对化疗药物耐受性的影响.结果提示,高表达PRL-3提高BGC823中SP细胞的比例（2.5% vs 9.4%）,同时增加BGC823对化疗药物紫杉醇和顺铂的耐受性（相对于对照细胞,其耐药指数分别为1.75和1.29）.由于SP细胞的产生和细胞耐药性的提高与ABC家族基因表达水平上调密切相关,通过定量 RT-PCR和Western印迹检测发现,PRL-3能上调ABCB1和ABCG2的表达.上述研究结果表明,PRL-3有可能通过上调ABCB1和ABCG2的表达,增加胃癌细胞BGC823的SP细胞比例并增加其对化疗药物的耐受性.     

30 nm染色质的体外组装和电镜分析

真核生物的基因组以染色质的形式存在,染色质在真核生物的基因表达调控及胚胎发育过程中起重要作用,为表观遗传提供一个重要的信息整合平台．染色质的高级结构,特别是 30 nm染色质的动态变化在基因转录沉默和激活过程中起着重要的调控功能．但是目前对30 nm 染色质纤维的组装及其精细结构的认识还十分有限．本文通过体外表达系统,表达未经修饰的组蛋白,并利用克隆构建的601DNA均一重复序列,通过逐步降低盐离子浓度并加入组蛋白H1或镁离子的方法,体外重组均一的30 nm染色质纤维．并利用镀金属、负染色制样和冷冻电镜制样等手段通过透射式电子显微镜(TEM)对30 nm纤维结构的形成原因、组蛋白H1的作用和核小体重复单位(nucleosome repeat lengths,NRLs)长度对30 nm染色质纤维的影响进行研究．研究结果显示在组蛋白H1或二价镁离子存在的情况下,均可形成30 nm染色质纤维．其形成的染色质拓扑结构有所不同．统计分析表明,不同长度核小体重复单位(NRLs)形成的染色质纤维直径有所不同(P < 0.05)．同时,我们得到了较为均一的冷冻电镜样品,为进一步研究30 nm染色质纤维的高级结构及理解体内染色质存在的形式及动态过程打下了较好的基础．     

响应面分析法优化当归粗多糖提取工艺

选取岷县当归药材为原料,采用水提醇沉法进行多糖提取,以当归粗多糖得率为指标,探讨加水量、回流提取时间、水提液的浓缩比、醇沉后所达含醇比例对当归多糖得率的影响。在单因素分析的基础上,采用响应面分析法(RSM)确定了当归粗多糖最佳提取条件为:加水量837.6 mL/100 g,浓缩后溶液体积为228.12 mL,最终含乙醇浓度为65.80%,回流提取时间2 h,在此条件下预测当归粗多糖得率理论的最佳值为10.44%,实际验证值为10.40%,两者相符,说明RSM法分析的可靠性。     

夜蛾科卵的数值分类研究（鳞翅目：夜蛾科）

本文以３４种卵作为分类单元,对４１个性状了数值分类研究。结果表明卵的形态特征可以作为夜蛾科分属的重要依据,并支持把黄地老虎归入Ａｇｒｏｔｉｓ属的观点。     

遗传重组微生物的环境监测

遗传重组微生物 (GMM)的环境监测作为生物安全性评价的重要内容之一,正越来越得到广大科研工作者的密切关注。综述了目前遗传工程菌和重组DNA的环境监测的主要方法。一是基于培养的方法,包括利用选择性培养技术,报告基因,基因探针和PCR,免疫监测等;一是基于免培养的方法,包括显微镜观测法,荧光原位杂交技术 (FISH),基于直接提取微生物总DNA的分子生物学方法等。重点介绍了目前常用的几种报告基因和基于直接提取总DNA的DGGE TGGE方法,同时指出我国应加强GMM遗传监控的分子生物学方法的研究及应用。     

NT-3 Expression in Spared DRG and the Associated Spinal Laminae as well as Its Anterograde Transport in Sensory Neurons Following Removal of Adjacent DRG in Cats

Neurotrophin-3 plays an important role in survival and differentiation of sensory and sympathetic neurons, sprouting of neurites, synaptic reorganization, and axonal growth. The present study evaluated changes in expression of NT-3 in the spinal cord and L6 dorsal root ganglion (DRG), after ganglionectomy of adjacent dorsal roots in cats. NT-3 immunoreactivity increased at 3 days post-operation (dpo), but decreased at 10 dpo in spinal lamina II after ganglionectomy of L1–L5 and L7–S2 (leaving L6 DRG intact). Conversely, NT-3 immunoreactivity decreased on 3 dpo, but increased on 10 dpo in the nucleus dorsalis. Very little NT-3 mRNA signal was detected in the spinal cord, despite the changes in NT-3 expression. The above changes may be related to changes in NT-3 expression in the DRG. Ganglionectomy of L1–L5 and L7–S2 resulted in increase in NT-3 immunoreactivity and mRNA in small and medium-sized neurons, but decreased expression in large neurons of L6 DRG at 3 dpo. It is possible that increased NT-3 in spinal lamina II is derived from anterograde transport from small- and medium-sized neurons of L6 DRG, whereas decreased NT-3 immunoreactivity in the nucleus dorsalis is due to decreased transport of NT-3 from large neurons in the DRG at this time. This notion is supported by observations on NT-3 distribution in the dorsal root of L6 after ligation of the nerve root. The above results indicate that DRG may be a source of neurotrophic factors such as NT-3 to the spinal cord, and may contribute to plasticity in the spinal cord after injury.     

Isolation and identification of a potential biocontrol agent Bacillus subtilis QM3 from Qinghai yak dung in China

Biocontrol agents have not been previously associated with yak dung. We describe here the isolation of strain QM3 from Qinghai yak dung in China. In vitro antagonistic assay showed that this strain could suppress the growth of various plant pathogens effectively, especially the pathogen Alternaria solani. Based on phenotypic, physiological, biochemical and phylogenetic (16S rDNA) studies, strain QM3 could be classified as a strain of Bacillus subtilis. Both OD₆₆₀ and inhibition effect of eight different kinds of culture media presented strongly significant difference with 0.006 (P < 0.01) and 0.003 (P < 0.01), respectively. Culture media YPF-Ca were selected from eight different kinds of culture media according to OD₆₆₀ and inhibitory effect. Different thermal treatments on the crude supernatant showed the antibiotic activity presented no significant (P = 0.54, P > 0.05) with ANOVA at the 5% level when temperature was no higher than 100°C. These results were similarly in agreement with the reported thermo-resistance of iturin antibiotics produced by Bacillus. This is the first report on the isolation of Bacillus subtilis from the yak dung.     

Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora,Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): Morphological Description and Phylogenetic Analyses Based on SSU rRNA and Group I Intron Sequences

ABSTRACT. A new marine cyrtophorian ciliate Trichopodiella faurei n. sp., which belongs to the order Dysteriida, family Hartmannulidae, was investigated at the morphological and molecular levels. A combination of morphological features of the organism including the oval body shape, 2–3 contractile vacuoles, 22–28 nematodesmal rods in the cytopharyngeal basket, and 31–39 somatic kineties, distinguishes it from all other known congeners. In reconstructed small subunit (SSU) rRNA phylogenies, T. faurei groups with Isochona, a representative genus of the subclass Chonotrichia. The similarity of the infraciliature between hartmannulids and several chonotrichian examples also suggests that these taxa should be closely related. A new S943 intron belonging to group IC1 was identified in the SSU rRNA gene of this species. This intron is phylogenetically related to the S891 introns previously found in the suctorians Acineta sp. and Tokophrya lemnarum, and their internal guide sequences share four nucleotides, indicating that these introns were vertically inherited from a common phyllopharyngean ancestor and that reverse splicing might have been involved in the transposition.     

Preliminary Study on Development,Germination and Desiccation Tolerance of Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae)

The developmental changes in morphology and germinability of Jatropha curcas seeds, effects of temperature and light on seed germination , and changes in desiccation tolerance of mature seeds were studied in this paper. The results indicated that J. curcas seeds reached a physiological maturation at 58 days after anthesis, and that seed germination percentage reached a peak at physiological maturation, and then decreased. The optimal germination temperature was 25 to 30℃. J. curcas seeds were insensitive to dehydration at physiological maturation . There was not a notable effect of light on seed germination. Therefore, J. curcas seed was a non-photoblastic and orthodox seeds .     

用超微细胞化学定位技术揭示ATP酶在紫茎泽兰高温适应性中的作用

【背景】外来人侵植物紫茎泽兰自然演化出耐高温种群,其适应机制与各种生理代谢有关。【方法】本文从超微细胞化学水平,对紫茎泽兰抗高温种群、敏感种群ATP酶活性定位,明确其在高温适应性中的作用,试图阐明该草的生态适应机制。【结果】正常情况下,紫茎泽兰ATP酶主要定位于细胞壁及细胞间隙周围的细胞壁表面;经40℃高温处理后,在不同的处理时间下,抗性、敏感种群之间ATP酶的活性表现出明显差异,其中以处理12h时差异最大,具体表现为抗高温种群的ATP酶活性明显高于敏感种群,ATP酶的定位点除细胞壁外,在细胞膜上也呈现大量的分布,而敏感种群在处理12h时的酶活性明显降低,只在细胞壁上有零星的分布。处理24h时,敏感种群叶片已完全萎蔫,细胞结构毁坏,细胞膜破损;而抗高温种群叶片仍然完好,细胞膜上仍有ATP酶分布。【结论与意义】经40℃高温处理后,紫茎泽兰抗高温种群ATP酶活性明显高于敏感种群,初步认为紫茎泽兰对高温的适应性与ATP酶活性相关。本研究为进一步阐明与紫茎泽兰适应性相关的入侵机理提供了资料。