干预措施对噪声污染大鼠脑组织基因表达及去甲肾上腺素水平的影响

为了探索干预措施对噪声污染大鼠脑组织基因表达水平的影响, 将50只SPF级Wistar大鼠随机分为空白对照组、噪声污染组(分为30、60、80 dB三个组)、干预组(利血平+80 dB), 每组10只动物。每天刺激1次, 每次刺激30 min, 连续刺激15 d。第16天解剖出脑组织用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)检测基因表达水平。结果发现, 噪声污染组大脑前额叶皮质(PFC)和海马(Hipp)组织中去甲肾上腺素(noradrenaline,NA)水平比对照组分别升高了22.87%、50.35%、94.65%和 12.00%、31.76%、61.83%; 干预组NA水平比对照组分别降低了33.66%和52.06%; 去甲肾上腺素转运蛋白(noradrenaline transporter, NAt)水平比对照组分别升高了22.87%、50.35%、94.65%和12.00%、31.76%、61.83%, 干预组NAt水平比对照组分别降低了33.66%和52.06%; 脑源性神经营养因子(brain derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF)水平比对照组分别升高了24.87%、39.27%、67.41%和44.97%、80.81%、95.84%, 干预组BDNF水平比对照组分别升高了16.36%和14.34%, 升高程度明显低于噪声污染组; 酪氨酸激酶受体B(Tyrosine kinase B, TrkB)水平比对照组分别升高了32.64%、59.95%、82.64%和31.02%、57.31%、80.23%, 干预组TrkB水平比对照组分别升高了4.75%和10.52%, 升高程度明显低于噪声污染组。结果显示, 噪声污染使动物体内去甲肾上腺素等水平升高, 去甲肾上腺素是噪声污染引起组织器官损伤的主要因素, 脑源性神经营养因子和酪氨酸激酶受体B防止神经元受损死亡, 改善神经元的病理状态, 利血平使去甲肾上腺素耗竭, 保护组织器官免受噪声污染的损伤。     

miRNA-20a促进卵巢癌细胞OVCAR3的转移

目的检测miRNA．20a对卵巢癌细胞系OVCAR3转移能力的影响。方法通过实时定量RT-PCR验证反义寡核苷酸与小干扰RNA封闭与过表达的效果,然后利用MTF、软琼脂集落形成和transwell侵袭实验检测封闭和过表达miRNA．20a对OVCAR3细胞增殖及转移能力的影响。结果封闭内源性miRNA-20a后,细胞活性基本不受影响,但集落形成能力和细胞的转移能力明显降低。过表达miRNA-20a后,细胞活性基本不受影响,但集落形成能力和细胞的转移能力明显升高。结论miRNA-20a可能参与了卵巢癌细胞OVCAR3的转移。     

Nicotianamine,a Novel Enhancer of Rice Iron Bioavailability to Humans

Background

Polished rice is a staple food for over 50% of the world''s population, but contains little bioavailable iron (Fe) to meet human needs. Thus, biofortifying the rice grain with novel promoters or enhancers of Fe utilization would be one of the most effective strategies to prevent the high prevalence of Fe deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in the developing world.

Methodology/Principal Findings

We transformed an elite rice line cultivated in Southern China with the rice nicotianamine synthase gene (OsNAS1) fused to a rice glutelin promoter. Endosperm overexpression of OsNAS1 resulted in a significant increase in nicotianamine (NA) concentrations in both unpolished and polished grain. Bioavailability of Fe from the high NA grain, as measured by ferritin synthesis in an in vitro Caco-2 cell model that simulates the human digestive system, was twice as much as that of the control line. When added at 1∶1 molar ratio to ferrous Fe in the cell system, NA was twice as effective when compared to ascorbic acid (one of the most potent known enhancers of Fe bioavailability) in promoting more ferritin synthesis.

Conclusions

Our data demonstrated that NA is a novel and effective promoter of iron utilization. Biofortifying polished rice with this compound has great potential in combating global human iron deficiency in people dependent on rice for their sustenance.     

引入非天然氨基酸胶原蛋白表达及交联成键的优化

微生物重组表达胶原蛋白来源清洁,同时具有序列设计灵活和高产量高纯度等优点,作为生物材料在组织工程等领域具有广泛的应用前景。然而如何促进重组胶原分子交联,使其形成更加稳定的空间结构是设计重组胶原纳米材料需要克服的难点。文中通过双质粒系统将非天然氨基酸O-(2-溴乙基)-酪氨酸引入细菌胶原蛋白序列中,并对其发酵条件进行优化,结果表明在25 ℃下,以终浓度为0.5 mmol/L的IPTG和0.06%的阿拉伯糖诱导24 h可以获得高纯度含非天然氨基酸的胶原蛋白。将含非天然氨基酸的胶原蛋白与含半胱氨酸的胶原蛋白在pH为9.0的NH4HCO3缓冲液中进行交联,形成了最大分子粒径可达1 μm的聚集体,为重组胶原蛋白生物材料的设计提供了新思路。     

MicroRNA-221 promotes colorectal cancer cell invasion and metastasis by targeting RECK

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently emerged as regulators of metastasis. We provide insight into the behavior of miR-221 in colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis by showing that miR-221 is significantly upregulated in metastatic CRC cell lines and tissues. miR-221 overexpression enhances, whereas miR-221 depletion reduces CRC cell migration and invasion in vitro and metastasis in vivo. We identify RECK as a direct target of miR-221, reveal its expression to be inversely correlated with miR-221 in CRC samples and show that its re-introduction reverses miR-221-induced CRC invasiveness. Collectively, miR-221 is an oncogenic miRNA which may regulate CRC migration and invasion through targeting RECK.     

Involvement of regulatory volume decrease in the migration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

The transwell chamber migration assay and CCD digital camera imaging techniques were used to investigate the relationship between regulatory volume decrease (RVD) and cell migration in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (CNE-2Z cells). Both migrated and non-migrated CNE-2Z cells, when swollen by 47% hypotonic solution, exhibited RVD which was inhibited by extracellular application of chloride channel blockers adenosine 5‘-triphosphate (ATP), 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB) and tamoxifen. However, RVD rate in migrated CNE-2Z cells was bigger than that of non-migrated cells and the sensitivity of migrated cells to NPPB and tamoxifen was higher than that of nonmigrated cells. ATP, NPPB and tamoxifen also inhibited migration of CNE-2Z cells. The inhibition of migration was positively correlated to the blockage of RVD, with a correlation coefficient (r) = 0.99, suggesting a functional relationship between RVD and cell migration. We conclude that RVD is involved in cell migration and RVD may play an important role in migratory process in CNE-2Z cells.     

多发性骨髓瘤细胞中一个表达上调基因的克隆与分析

根据GenBank收录的多发性骨髓瘤细胞株 (ARH 77)表达上调ESTAF4 2 5 30 0设计引物 ,运用RT PCR检测了 5例多发性骨髓瘤患者及 4例正常人骨髓细胞中该EST的表达水平 .Northern印迹杂交分析该EST在多种组织中的表达 .进一步利用该EST作探针 ,筛选ARH 77cDNA文库 ,获得全长cDNA克隆 ,对该序列进行了分析 .结果显示 ,该EST在多发性骨髓瘤患者骨髓细胞中亦有较高的表达 ,而在正常人骨髓细胞中低表达 .经测序证实 ,该cDNA全长为 4 5 2bp(GenBank收录号 :AF4 87338) .预测其编码一个 5 7个氨基酸的小分子量蛋白质 ,属于与DNA复制有关的解旋酶 引物酶基因家族的新成员 .该基因在多发性骨髓瘤细胞中表达上调 ,其表达水平的改变可能与多发性骨髓瘤的发生与发展有关     

用原位分子杂交技术定位牛生长激素基因于5号染色体

本工作利用放射性标记的ｂＧＨ基因（３．０ｋｂ）为探针,通过原位杂交定位牛生长激素基因于染色体５ｑ２２－２６内。该结果与以前的ｂＧＨ基因定位的结果不同,讨论了基因探针、基因定位方法等方面与定位准确性的关系。