Changes of nuclear matrix proteins following the differentiation of human osteosarcoma MG-63 cells

Human osteosarcoma MG-63 cells were induced into differentiation by 5 mmol/L hexamethylene bisacetamide （HMBA）. Their nuclear matrix proteins （NMPs） were selectively extracted and subjected to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis. The results of protein patterns were analyzed by Melanie software. The spots of differentially expressed NMPs were excised and subjected to in situ digestion with trypsin. The maps of peptide mass fingerprinting were obtained by MALDI-TOF-MS analysis, and were submitted for NCBI database searches by Mascot tool. There were twelve spots changed remarkably during the differentiation induced by HMBA, nine of which were identified. The roles of the regulated proteins during the MG-63 differentiation were analyzed. This study suggests that the induced differentiation of cancer cells is accompanied by the changes of NMPs, and confirms the presence of some specific NMPs related to the cancer cell proliferation and differentiation. The changed NMPs are potential markers for cancer diagnosis or targets for cancer therapy.     

产纤维素菌株的分离鉴定及产量相关性

【背景】细菌纤维素是一种性能优异的新型天然生物纳米材料,但其发酵产量低、生产成本高,尚未得到大规模生产与应用。【目的】自然选育细菌纤维素高产菌株,并探索菌株产量与菌落形态、水果来源、菌株种属之间的关联。【方法】从15个不同种类的576份腐烂水果中自然选育产纤维素菌株,并按菌落形态进行分类。静置培养筛选高产纤维素菌株,并对所得菌株进行16SrRNA基因测序,鉴定其种属。【结果】获得134株产纤维素菌株,其中一株分离自芒果的汉氏驹形杆菌(Komagataeibacter hansenii)产量最高,为11.24 g/L。所得菌株按菌落形态可分为10个类别,高产纤维素菌株形态共同特征为黄色、圆形、边缘整齐或不规则、表面粗糙或褶皱、凸起(形态4、5、9)。苹果和梨来源中分离得到的菌株菌落形态多样性丰富,高产纤维素菌株的水果来源中芒果所占比值最高,其次为梨和苹果。所有菌株鉴定为5个属13个种,包含了醋酸杆菌属(Acetobacter)、驹形杆菌属(Komagataeibacter)、葡糖醋杆菌属(Gluconacetobacter)、沙雷氏菌属(Serratia)和乳酸杆菌属(Lactobacillus),其中高产纤维素菌株集中分布于汉氏驹形杆菌(K.hansenii)和中间驹形杆菌(K.intermedius)。【结论】筛到的菌株多样性丰富,并且得到多株高产纤维素菌株,其传代稳定性好,丰富了细菌纤维素生产菌株的来源。分析所得菌株产量与菌落形态、水果来源之间的关系可以为今后菌株筛选工作提供参考。     

3个六肽的胰岛素受体结合和体内生物活性

为了研究胰岛素受体结合部位的结构和功能,设计并用固相方法合成了３个六肽．在浓度大于１×１０３ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,ｃｙｃｌｏ（Ｐｈｅ－Ｐｈｅ－Ｖａｌ－Ｌｅｕ－Ｔｙｒ－Ｇｌｙ）具有明显的胰岛素受体结合活力;Ｈ－Ｐｈｅ－Ｐｈｅ－Ｖａｌ－Ｌｅｕ－Ｔｙｒ－Ｇｌｙ－ＯＨ的这一活力则不明显;而Ｈ－Ｇｌｙ－Ｇｌｕ－Ａｒｇ－Ｇｌｙ－Ｐｈｅ－Ｐｈｅ－ＯＨ则增强胰岛素和其受体的亲和性．然而,它们都没有体内生物活性．这表明：环六肽部分模拟了胰岛素受体结合部位的空间构象;胰岛素受体结合部位的疏水性和其中的Ｂ２３Ｇｌｙ－Ｂ２４Ｐｈｅ－Ｂ２５Ｐｈｅ对胰岛素和其受体的结合起重要作用．     

Noncanonical amino acid mutagenesis in response to recoding signal-enhanced quadruplet codons

While amber suppression is the most common approach to introduce noncanonical amino acids into proteins in live cells, quadruplet codon decoding has potential to enable a greatly expanded genetic code with up to 256 new codons for protein biosynthesis. Since triplet codons are the predominant form of genetic code in nature, quadruplet codon decoding often displays limited efficiency. In this work, we exploited a new approach to significantly improve quadruplet UAGN and AGGN (N = A, U, G, C) codon decoding efficiency by using recoding signals imbedded in mRNA. With representative recoding signals, the expression level of mutant proteins containing UAGN and AGGN codons reached 48% and 98% of that of the wild-type protein, respectively. Furthermore, this strategy mitigates a common concern of reading-through endogenous stop codons with amber suppression-based system. Since synthetic recoding signals are rarely found near the endogenous UAGN and AGGN sequences, a low level of undesirable suppression is expected. Our strategy will greatly enhance the utility of noncanonical amino acid mutagenesis in live-cell studies.     

Angiotensin 1-7 and its analogue decrease blood pressure but aggravate renal damage in preeclamptic mice

Preeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disease that affects the health of both the pregnant women and the fetus during pregnancy. Agonistic autoantibodies to the angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1-AA) play a significant role in the pathogenesis of PE. This study aimed to determine the effects of Angiotensin 1-7 (Ang 1-7) and its analogue AVE0991 on AT1-AA-induced PE model. Pregnant mice were divided into five groups: the normal pregnant group, AT1-AA-induced preeclampsia group, and AT1-AA-induced preeclampsia group treated with Losartan, Ang 1-7, and AVE0991, respectively. AT1-AA-induced PE model was established on gestational day 13 by tail intravenous injection of purified AT1-AA polyclonal antibody from serum of guinea pigs. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), urine albumin and urinary creatinine were measured on day 18 of pregnancy. The systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured from gestational day 13 to day 18. Renal structure changes were observed via light and electron microscopy. Compared with the normal pregnant group (NP group), AT1-AA-induced preeclampsia group (PE group) exhibited elevated blood pressure and proteinuria, consistent with the characteristics of PE. Ang 1-7 or AVE0991 treatment decreased blood pressure without showing renoprotective effects. The findings indicated that Ang 1-7 and its analogue reduced blood pressure but aggravated renal damage in AT1-AA-induced PE mice.     

EDIL3 influenced the αvβ3‐FAK/MEK/ERK axis of endothelial cells in psoriasis

One of the earliest events in the development of psoriatic lesion is a vascular network expansion. The abnormal vascular network is associated with increased endothelial cells (ECs) survival, proliferation, adhesion, migration, angiogenesis and permeability in psoriatic lesion. Our previous study demonstrated that epidermal growth factor‐like repeats and discoidin I‐like domains 3 (EDIL3) derived from psoriatic dermal mesenchymal stem cells (DMSCs) promoted cell–cell adhesion, migration and angiogenesis of ECs, but the molecular mechanism of upstream or downstream has not been explored. So, this study aimed to explore the association between EDIL3 derived from DMSCs (DMSCs‐derived EDIL3) and psoriasis‐associated angiogenesis. We injected recombinant EDIL3 protein to mouse model of psoriasis to confirm the roles of EDIL3 in psoriasis. Besides, we employed both short‐interference RNA (si‐RNA) and lentiviral vectors to explore the molecular mechanism of EDIL3 promoting angiogenesis in psoriasis. In vivo, this research found that after injected recombination EDIL3 protein, the epidermis thickness and microvessel density were both elevated. EDIL3 accelerated the process of psoriasis in the IMQ‐induced psoriasis‐like mouse model. Additionally, we confirmed that in vitro DMSCs‐derived EDIL3 is involved in the tube formation of ECs via αvβ3‐FAK/MEK/ERK signal pathway. This suggested that DMSCs‐derived EDIL3 and αvβ3‐FAK/MEK/ERK signal pathway in ECs play an important role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. And the modification of DMSCs, EDIL3 and αvβ3‐FAK/MEK/ERK signal pathway will provide a valuable therapeutic target to control the angiogenesis in psoriasis.     

厌氧条件下微生物将磷还原为磷化氢

【目的】磷化氢为磷的气态形式,将污水中磷通过转化为磷化氢的方式去除,为污水除磷提供新思路。【方法】采用厌氧持续培养的方式,以经过磷化氢处理和没有处理的水稻土分别作为接种物,在氧化还原电位(ORP)≤-300 m V、恒温35°C,避光持续培养160 d。【结果】培养器1出水总磷的去除率稳定达到25%,最高去除率为26.78%,气体磷化氢的产量达到130 ng/L以上。培养器2出水总磷去除达到23%,气体磷化氢的产量达到126 ng/L。【结论】对水稻土进行厌氧条件下连续培养,可以形成稳定的厌氧产磷化氢微生物体系,提高磷化氢的释放量。     

小麦农家品种大籽糙抗条锈性的遗传分析

以抗条锈病的农家品种大籽糙作父本、感病品种铭贤169作母本杂交获得F1代杂交种,F1代植株自交获得F2代种子,F1代植株与铭贤169回交获得 BC1代种子。在人工控制条件下,用我国小麦条锈菌优势小种条中28号和条中32号,分别对F1、F2、BC1代及其亲本的幼苗进行人工接种,研究了它们的抗性表现和杂交后代中抗条锈性的分离情况。结果表明,大籽糙对条中32号小种的抗性由一对隐性基因控制;对条中28号小种的抗性由一对显性基因和一对隐性基因的互补作用控制。 Abstract:Dazicao,a native wheat variety with stripe rust resistance from Henan,China,was crossed with susceptible cultivar Mingxian 169 as the female parent.The F1 progeny was selfed to produce F2 progeny and backcrossed with Mingxian 169 to produce BC1 progeny.In air-conditioned greenhouse,seedlings of the F1,F2,BC1 progenies and their parents were inoculated with the prevalent races CY28 and CY32 of Puccinia striiformis respectively.The phenotypes of the F1,F2 and BC1 plants were analyzed for resistance to the two races.The results indicated that the resistance in the Dazicao to race CY32 was controlled by one recessive gene,and the resistance to race CY28 by complementary action of one dominant gene and one recessive gene.