牛α—S1—酪蛋白—乙肝病毒表面抗原融合基因在转基因羊中的表达

利用ＤＮＡ重组技术,将牛α－Ｓ１酪蛋白调控区基因（１６ｋｂ的片段）与乙肝表面抗原基因拼接,构建了融合基因表达构件：λ１０６。构件经转基因技术转入山羊受精卵。待受精卵发育至成熟个体并分娩、泌乳,ＥＬＩＳＡ检测其乳汁中的ＨＢｓＡｇ,证明所构建的牛α－Ｓ１酪蛋白基因表达构件是可以在羊乳腺中表达乙肝表面抗原基因,并将其表达产物分泌到乳汁中。     

Endothelial cell junctions

In the course of a freeze-cleave study on intercellular junctions in the regenerating rat liver, we observed an unusual array of intramembranous particles located in regions of contact between endothelial cells lining the hepatic sinusoids. These arrays were characterized by an accumulation of particles which resembled a zonula occludens in their linear deployment but differed in that the contact regions were composed of individual particles which remained separated from each other by regular particle-free intervals.     

DNA sequences of three beta-1,4-endoglucanase genes from Thermomonospora fusca.

The DNA sequences of the Thermomonospora fusca genes encoding cellulases E2 and E5 and the N-terminal end of E4 were determined. Each sequence contains an identical 14-bp inverted repeat upstream of the initiation codon. There were no significant homologies between the coding regions of the three genes. The E2 gene is 73% identical to the celA gene from Microbispora bispora, but this was the only homology found with other cellulase genes. E2 belongs to a family of cellulases that includes celA from M. bispora, cenA from Cellulomonas fimi, casA from an alkalophilic Streptomyces strain, and cellobiohydrolase II from Trichoderma reesei. E4 shows 44% identity to an avocado cellulase, while E5 belongs to the Bacillus cellulase family. There were strong similarities between the amino acid sequences of the E2 and E5 cellulose binding domains, and these regions also showed homology with C. fimi and Pseudomonas fluorescens cellulose binding domains.     

Erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes in multiple sclerosis and the effect of hyperbaric oxygen

The activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase, were not significantly different from normal whereas that of superoxide dismutase was decreased (P<0.05) in erythrocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis. Assay of the lipid peroxidation product, malondialdehyde, after incubation of erythrocytes with 10 mM H₂O₂ under carefully controlled conditions (peroxide stress test) demonstrated that MS erythrocytes are significantly (P<0.001) less susceptible to H₂O₂-induced lipid peroxidation in vitro. This finding suggests that the level of an endogenous antioxidant, possibly vitamin E, may be elevated in MS red cells. After treatment with hyperbaric O₂, the activity of MS erythrocyte catalase is significantly (P<0.01) elevated by 2–6-fold.