Amino acid residues in transmembrane domain 10 of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B3 are critical for cholecystokinin octapeptide transport

Human organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATP) 1B1 and 1B3 are multispecific transporters that mediate uptake of amphipathic organic compounds into hepatocytes. The two OATPs contain 12 transmembrane domains (TMs) and share 80% amino acid sequence identity. Besides common substrates with OATP1B1, OATP1B3 specifically transports cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8). To determine which structural domains and/or residues are important for the substrate selectivity of OATP1B3, we constructed a series of chimeric proteins between OATP1B3 and 1B1, expressed them in HEK293 cells, and determined rates of uptake of CCK-8 along with surface expression of the proteins. Replacing TM10 in OATP1B3 with TM10 of OATP1B1 resulted in a dramatically reduced degree of CCK-8 transport, indicating that TM10 is crucial for recognition and/or translocation of CCK-8. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we identified three key residues within TM10, namely, Y537, S545, and T550. When we replaced these residues with the corresponding amino acid residues found in OATP1B1, the level of CCK-8 transport was similarly low as for the replacement of the whole TM10. Kinetic experiments showed that the K m values for CCK-8 transport in the TM10 replacement and triple mutant were only 1.3 and 1.1 microM, respectively, as compared to 16.3 microM for wild-type OATP1B3. Similarly, the V max values dropped from 495.5 pmol (normalized mg) (-1) min (-1) for wild-type OATP1B3 to 13.3 and 19.0 pmol (normalized mg) (-1) min (-1) for the TM10 replacement and triple mutant, respectively. Molecular modeling indicated that two of the three identified residues might form hydrogen bonds with CCK-8. In conclusion, we have identified three amino acid residues (Y537, S545, and T550) in TM10 of OATP1B3 that are important for CCK-8 transport.     

套式PCR检测体系扩增效率的分析及对假阳性的控制

用扩增效率等量化的指标来控制PCR检测过程中出现的假阳性,调查了受假阳性污染的试剂在特定的PCR检测系统和环境中产生假阳性的PCR循环数界限,采用模板量与扩增倍数的线性回归关系分析系统的扩增效率并以此测定计算了两个不同循环数系统（C27＋15）和C27＋20）的检测界限分别为0．78kg和0．065fg,提出以此检测界限的1／2量作为假阳性耐受量,两个不同循环数系统的假阳性耐受量分别为580个和48个拷贝。     

牛磺酸和力竭运动对大鼠血液生物化学的影响

30只雄性Wistar大鼠按体重随要分为安静组、运动组、服牛磺酸运动组。后两组进行跑台运动至力竭后即刻,取血测定血糖和血乳酸以及血清MDA、LDH、GOT和CK。结果表明：与运动组相比较,服牛磺酸运动阻力竭运动时间有延长趋势,说明补充牛磺酸提高大鼠运动能力;与安静组相比,运动组力竭运动后血糖显著降低,血清LD、MDA、CK、GOT和LDH都显著升高,提示大鼠长时间运动由于中枢疲劳和外周疲劳而导致力竭;与运动组相比较,服牛磺酸运动组血糖降低和血乳酸升高的程度有减小的趋势,而血清MDA、CK、GOT、LDH升高的程度显著减小。研究结果显示,补充牛磺酸能提高机体的运动能力其主要是通过抵抗要体外周疲劳的产生而实现的。     

西藏拉萨地区三叠系诺利阶牙形石分带及其国际对比

麦龙岗剖面位于西藏拉萨地区达孜县麦龙岗村 (N2 9°5 6′0 6″ ,E91°2 7′5 5″)。麦龙岗组中共发现牙形石 7属 :Epigondolella ,Hindeodella ,Priniodella ,Xaniognathodus,Lonchodina ,Metalonchodina和Enantiognathus属。其中Epigondolella属有 9种 ,包括 1新种和 1未定种 ,它们是E .primitia ,E .spiculata ,E .cf.spiculata ,E .tozeri,E .violinformissp .nov .,E .cf.triangularisuniformis,E .postera ,E .bidentata ,E .sp .。基于本次发现的化石材料 ,对西藏林周地区麦龙岗组进行新的牙形石带划分。自下而上划分为 :?Epigondolellaprimitia ,E .spiculata ,E .tozer i,E .postera和E .bidentata等带。与毛力等 (1987)、Orchard(1983,1991,1994 )和Krystyn(1977)的划分方案进行对比和讨论     

采后香蕉果实中多胺含量的变化

以巴西香蕉为试材,研究了果实中主要多胺类型,以及随贮期延长,果皮和果肉中精胺,亚精胺和腐胺3种多胺的变化情况。研究结果表明,在巴西香蕉果实中含有精胺,亚精胺和腐胺3种类型。随着贮期延长,精胺,亚精胺含量有所下降或基本保持不变,而腐胺则有所增加,这种变化在果皮,果肉中基本相同。     

银鲫生殖方式多样性的转铁蛋白的同工酶标记的遗传分析

用银鲫克隆D,克隆A和鲤鱼的精子分别与银鲫克隆F的卵子受精产生了三种繁殖组合FD,FA和FL;再用转铁蛋白和同工酶标记对这三种组合的遗传模式进行比较研究。结果发现,FL组合的子代具有其母本完全相同的体形和电泳图谱,表现出雌核生殖银鲫的克隆品性。而在FD组合中则出现了体形的分化和酶谱的多态性;在一些个体的蛋白座位上同时检测到了父本和母本各自特有的谱带,证明FD生殖过程中有性重组的发生。同时,在所研究的蛋白的不同座位上存在着极端的连锁不平衡现象,可以推断在FD的重组过程中多个基因座位组成的连锁群（甚至是染色体组）可能作为一个整体参与基因的传递。此外,不同的蛋白座位上都未观察到重组的纯合表型,暗示在不同的基因连锁群之间还可能存在一种平衡致死的机制。FA组合的F1代具有类似母本克隆F的体形和蛋白表型,FA组合俱本近交产生的F2代却同时出现了克隆F和克隆A的体形和表型。即父本和母本的染色体组都能够通过有性生殖传递给FA子代,然而可能由于父母本基因的不相容性而使F1代父本的基因表达受到抑制。相对于雌核生殖的克隆遗传 ,本研究的揭示出来的有性生殖特性及伴随的有性质组能够使银鲫在一定程度上卸去积累的遗传负荷并从其它种群获取新的基因型,以维持其遗传多样性。多种可选择的生殖方式可能对于银鲫在自然条件下的生态适应有着重要意义,对于银鲫的遗传选育和养殖管理也有一定的参考价值。     

单核细胞促进人外周血淋巴细胞离体增殖的自由基机理

在人外周血淋巴细胞培养体系中加入不同数量的单核细胞共同培养,以~3H-TdR掺入法和细胞色素C还原法分别测定淋巴细胞增殖能力和培养介质中O_2~-浓度;加入NADPH氧化酶抑制剂DPI实验性地下调O_2~-浓度,观察淋巴细胞增殖能力的变化。结果显示加入单核细胞可增加培养介质中O_2~-浓度,进而促进淋巴细胞增殖,提示O_2~-浓度的升高是淋巴细胞和单核细胞共培养体系中淋巴细胞增殖的重要因素。     

锯缘青蟹精巢发育的组织学观察

组织学观察表明,锯缘青蟹（Scylla serrata)精巢发育周期可以分为精原细胞期,精母细胞期,精子细胞期,精子期和休止期5个时期。在划分精巢发育期的基础上,结合生精小管直径的成熟节段比例这2个指标,可以较准确地反映锯缘青解精巢的发育状况。而成熟节段比例可以作为锯缘青蟹精巢发育的表征指标。     

Differential gene expression in fully-grown oocytes between gynogenetic and gonochoristic crucian carps.

Silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) is a unique triploid bisexual species that can reproduce by gynogenesis. As all other gynogenetic animals, it keeps its chromosome integrity by inhibiting the first meiosis division (no extrusion of the first pole body). To understand the molecular events governing this reproduction mode, suppression subtractive hybridization was used to identify the genes differentially expressed in fully-grown oocytes of the gynogenetic and gonochoristic crucian carp (gyno-carp and gono-carp). From two specific subtractive cDNA libraries, the clones screened out by dot blots and virtual Northern blots were chosen to clone full-length cDNA by RACE. Four differentially expressed genes were obtained. Two are novel genes and are expressed specifically in the oocytes. The gyno-carp stores much more mRNA of cyclin A2, a new member of the fish A-type cyclin gene, in its fully-grown oocyte than in the gono-carp. The last gene is histone H2A. The histone H2As of these two closely related crucian carps are quite different in the C-terminus. Preliminary characterization of the four genes has been analyzed by nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence and Northern analysis.