The effects of LAMP1 and LAMP3 on M180 amelogenin uptake, localization and amelogenin mRNA induction by amelogenin protein

We previously demonstrated that the uptake of M180 amelogenin protein in dental epithelial cells (HAT-7) results in increased levels of amelogenin mRNA through enhanced mRNA stabilization. To determine the processes involved in the uptake of extracellular M180 amelogenin by cells and in amelogenin intracellular trafficking in the amelogenin protein-mediated amelogenin mRNA expression pathway, we investigated the effects of LAMP1 and LAMP3, which are candidate M180 amelogenin receptors, on M180 amelogenin uptake, localization and amelogenin mRNA induction by amelogenin protein, using anti-LAMP-1 and anti-LAMP-3 antibodies and siRNA analysis. The results indicate that LAMP3 blocking by anti-LAMP-3 decreases M180 amelogenin uptake, but does not affect amelogenin mRNA induction by amelogenin protein, suggesting that LAMP3 is related to amelogenin degradation. Down-regulation by siRNA of LAMP1, which is the receptor for small amelogenin protein (LRAP), does not affect M180 amelogenin uptake, localization or amelogenin mRNA induction by amelogenin protein. Thus, while LAMP1 is the specific receptor for LRAP, it is not a receptor for M180 amelogenin. These findings will aid further research into the understanding of M180 amelogenin function and expression.     

中国浙江新昌化石木研究

本文介绍了发现于中国东南沿海地区浙江省新昌县中生代地层中的一种化石木新种——新昌南洋杉型木 (Araucarioxylon xinchangense Duan sp. nov.)。这种化石木保存在早白垩世馆头组中、下部的紫红色泥砂岩中,分布在新昌县城西部,南北绵延25公里、东西宽约2公里的狭长地区。由于在化石木产区曾发现过多种植物化石,因而确定了该区在早白垩世时期处于我国的欧洲 中国植物区内,属亚热带 热带气候区,种种迹象表明此时气候有些干旱。同区发现的松柏目叶化石,其气孔构造与南洋杉科有一定的亲缘关系,这一点似乎与化石木之属可以对应。     

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。     

60Co-γ射线辐射诱变蝴蝶兰M1代花型突变体的RAPD分析

利用72个10bp随机引物对蝴蝶兰（F141780）及其60Co-γ射线辐射的8个表现型花型突变体进行RAPD分析。其中有30个引物能扩增出理想的带型,有4个随机引物扩增出的带型显示其中的25-6、304、30—8-2等3个突变体与对照品种之间具有稳定的多态性差异,即初定其为基因型花型突变体。     

不同寄主来源的串珠镰孢生物学性状及其在无性后代的遗传与变异

自安徽、山东、湖北、江苏等地多点采集棉花红腐病、水稻恶苗病、玉米穗腐病的病组织,经分离、鉴定和纯化,获得107个串珠镰孢（Fusarium monilifoFine）菌株。对上述来源于棉花、水稻、玉米的串珠镰孢的菌落形态、生长速率和产孢量等生物学性状及其在无性后代的遗传与变异进行了研究。结果表明,不同寄主来源的串珠镰孢菌株的菌丝生长温度范围和最适温度大致相同,但在菌落形态特别是色素方面存在明显差异,生长速率和产孢量也存在显著差异。棉花菌株的平均生长速率最大,玉米菌株生长速率最小,水稻菌株生长速率居中,相同群体的不同菌株间生长速率有极显著差异;玉米菌株产孢量最大,棉花菌株产孢量最小,水稻菌株产孢量居中。方差分析显示,不同寄主菌株群体间产孢量存在显著差异,而同一寄主群体的不同菌株间产孢量均无显著差异,说明菌株产孢量大小主要与其寄主种类有关,而与地区来源关系不大。遗传测定结果表明,分离自棉花、玉米和水稻的串珠镰孢的菌落形态和生长速率在单分生孢子后代均可稳定遗传;产孢量性状遗传有两种情况：分离自棉花和水稻的串珠镰孢菌株Fm1和Fm31的产孢量性状在单分生孢子后代均可稳定遗传,而分离白玉米的串珠镰孢菌株Fm19的产孢量性状在单分生孢子第一代（CG1）发生变异。     

枯草芽孢杆菌B115优化培养及其对气单胞菌的抗菌效果的研究

采用正交实验设计确定了枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）B115的基础培养基成份为：胰蛋白胨1％,酵母膏0．25％,氯化钠0．5％;添加成份最优组合为（NH4）2SO4 0.1％,（K2HPO4＋KH2PO4）（1．4＋0．6）％和柠檬酸三钠0．1％;添加成分最优组合与基础培养基培养产量比较,表明添加K^＋、NH4^＋和柠檬酸三钠能极显著地促进B115的生长。研究了B115对致病性气单胞菌的抗菌效果,结果表明：B115对BSK-10和CL990920有明显抑、杀菌效果,对TL970424无抑菌效果。     

Comparison of covalent immobilization of amylase on polystyrene pellets with pentaethylenehexamine and pentaethylene glycol spacers

α-Amylase from Aspergillus oryzae was covalently immobilized onto polystyrene pellets with pentaethylenehexamine (PS-PEHA-Ald) and pentaethylene glycol (PS-PG-Ald) carrying a terminal aldehyde group. Optimum immobilization occured at pH 8.0 and 25 °C, and at pH 7.0 and 35 °C for PS-PEHA-Ald and PS-PG-Ald, respectively. PS-PEHA-Ald immobilized enzyme retained approximately 75% of the initial activity over 45 days of storage, 70% of the initial activity after nine runs of recycling and displayed the better resistance to detrimental metal ions. PS-PG-Ald immobilized enzyme retained approximately 50% of the initial activity in 8h at 70 °C. The catalytic efficiencies of PS-PEHA-Ald immobilized and PS-PG-Ald immobilized amylase were 1.42 and 1.29 times higher than that of native enzyme. The activation energy of the reaction mediated by the amylase was reduced by 58.1% and 57.3% when PS-PEHA-Ald and PS-PG-Ald used as support respectively.     

外源基因转染导致小鼠体细胞过快衰老 及p16INK4a表达水平变化

对小鼠胎儿成纤维细胞进行外源基因转染时发现, 外源基因转染后的小鼠体细胞染色体端粒的长度以每代47 bp碱基缩短; 在转染后的衰老细胞中, 或细胞随着增龄, p16^INK4a 5′-调控区DNA甲基化程度逐渐降低; 利用RT-PCR与Northern blot证明, 衰老细胞与年轻细胞中的p16^INK4a基因的表达水平存在显著差异, 传代45代的细胞和外源基因转染后的衰老细胞p16^INK4a基因的表达水平大约是原代细胞的12~16倍, 而原代细胞与20代细胞间的差异很小。外源基因转染后的衰老细胞核移植后能支持克隆胚胎的体外早期发育。