小角X射线散射实验中蛋白质溶液的辐照损伤及防护方法

随着同步辐射光源（尤其是目前快速发展的第四代同步辐射光源）技术的进步,可用于实验的辐射通量越来越高,实验样品（特别是蛋白质等生物大分子样品）受到的辐照损伤也越来越严重。在全球现有的同步辐射装置上,蛋白质等生物大分子溶液专用小角X射线散射（SAXS）实验站的光子通量基本上都在1013cps量级。在如此高的通量下,蛋白质等生物大分子溶液样品在实验测量中受到的辐照损伤极其严重。如果没有有效的辐照防护措施,蛋白质溶液样品在毫秒级辐照时间内便会辐照损伤,导致不能获取有效的实验数据。辐照损伤严重制约了SAXS实验技术在蛋白质溶液样品方面的应用。因而,认识蛋白质溶液样品辐照损伤的产生机理、影响因素、判断标准,以及有效降低辐照损伤程度、延缓辐照损伤产生时间的方法,对于蛋白质等生物大分子溶液的散射实验具有重要的指导意义。本文在简要概述生物大分子溶液样品辐照损伤产生机理、影响因素、辐照剂量等基本概念的基础上,重点综述了同步辐射SAXS实验中辐照损伤的判断标准和防护措施。此外,本文还对比了各种防护措施的优缺点,讨论了在建HEPS新光源中SAXS束线可用的散射数据采集时间,指出辐照损伤防护剂是有价值的研究方向...     

健康/根腐病黄连深色有隔内生真菌多样性研究及定殖调查

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澳门特别行政区园林绿化植物病虫害调查初报

对澳门主要区域园林绿化植物病虫害进行的初步调查,共采集到病害标本85份,昆虫标本315份,鉴定确认危害澳门园林植物的病害有64种,害虫77种;其中还发现属于检疫对象的椰心叶甲为害椰树。并对发生较普遍和严重的病虫害提出了一些防治措施和建议。     

Alkalinization-Induced Changes in Intracellular Calcium in Rat Spinal Cord Neurons

It is well-known that pH changes can influence a lot of cellular processes. In this work, we have specifically studied the influence of alkalinization, which can be developed in spinal cord neurons during hyperventilation (respiratory alkalosis) and chronic renal failure (metabolic alkalosis) on calcium homeostasis. Application of Tyrode solution with increased pH (pH = 8.8) to secondary sensory neurons isolated from rat spinal dorsal horn induced elevation of intracellular free calcium concentration in the cytosol ([Ca2+]i) if applied after membrane depolarization. Repetitive application of alkaline solution led to disappearance of such elevations. Depletion of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium stores by 30 mM caffeine almost completely blocked the effect of elevated extracellular pH. If caffeine-induced [Ca2+]i transients were evoked during alkalinization, their amplitudes were decreased by 41%. Preapplication of 500 nM ionomycin resulted in disappearance of alkalinization-induced [Ca2+]i transients, whereas prolonged applications (for 20 min) of 200 nM thapsigargin, a blocker of Ca2+ ATPase of the endoplasmic reticulum, resulted in disappearance of the rapid phase of the [Ca2+]i transients induced by alkalinization. Preapplication of the mitochondrial protonophore CCCP (10 microM) also induced changes in the alkalinization-induced calcium response--it lost its peak and was transformed into an irregular wave terminating in several seconds. The data obtained indicate that alkalinization induces an increase of [Ca2+]i level in the investigated neurons via a combined action of both intracellular Ca2+-accumulating structures--the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. This suggestion was supported by morphological data that both structures in these neurons are tightly connected and may interact during release of accumulated calcium ions.     

Isolation and characterization of fragments of ATP-dependent protease Lon from Escherichia coli obtained by limited proteolysis

Conditions of limited proteolysis of the protease Lon from Escherichia coli that provided the formation of fragments approximately corresponding to the enzyme domains were found for studying the domain functioning. A method of isolation of the domains was developed, and their functional characteristics were compared. The isolated proteolytic domain (LonP fragment) of the enzyme was shown to exhibit both peptidase and proteolytic activities; however, it cleaved large protein substrates at a significantly lower rate than the full-size protease Lon. On the other hand, the LonAP fragment, containing both the ATPase and the proteolytic domains, retained almost all of the enzymatic properties of the full-size protein. Both LonP and LonAP predominantly form dimers unlike the native protease Lon functioning as a tetramer. These results suggest that the N-terminal domain of protease Lon plays a considerable role in the process of the enzyme oligomerization.     

Photohemolysis sensitized by deuteroporphyrin-IX derivatives: determination of binding strength of dyes to erythrocytes

A comparative analysis of the ability of 4-(1-methyl-3-hydroxybutyl)-deuteroporphyrin-IX (I) and 2,4-di-(1-methyl-3-hydroxybutyl)-deuteroporphyrin-IX (II) to photosensitize hemolysis of human erythrocytes was performed. The photohemolytic efficiency of dye I was shown to be about 60 times higher than that of dye II. It was found that a part of each dye tightly binds to erythrocyte membranes and is not removed by washing. A method for estimating the share of the dye tightly bound to the membrane (beta) was proposed, which takes into account the shielding effect produced by the free dye and the photohemolytic efficiency of the bound dye. It was shown that the beta values for dyes I and II are 86 and 61% and correlate with the coefficients of distribution of the dyes in the octanol/water system (20.7 and 17.0, respectively).     

Interaction between Tubulin and Na2+,K2+-ATPase in Brain Stem Neurons

Functionally active Na²⁺,K²⁺-ATPase isozymes containing three types of the catalytic subunits (1, 2, and 3) were obtained from calf brain by two methods: selective removal of contaminating proteins according to Jorgensen (1974) and selective solubilization of the enzyme with subsequent reformation of the membrane structure according to Esmann (1988). All preparations were characterized with respect to ouabain-inhibition constants. The presence of the cytoskeleton protein tubulin (3 isoform) in the high-molecular-weight complex of Na²⁺,K²⁺-ATPase 31 isozyme from brain stem axolemma and the junction between Na²⁺,K²⁺-ATPase 3 subunit and tubulin 3 subunit are shown for the first time.     

低免疫原性的新型葡激酶ΔNMSak在大肠杆菌中的高效表达和分离纯化

为了降低野生型葡激酶 (wild- type staphylokinase,wt- Sak)的免疫原性 ,对已构建的葡激酶N端缺失突变体 (ΔNSak) c DNA进行改造 ,将其主要的抗原决定簇编码序列突变为丙氨酸密码子 .该突变体 (ΔNMSak) c DNA与原核表达载体 p LY- 4重组后 ,转化大肠杆菌 JF1 1 2 5.经温度诱导 ,ΔNMSak获得高效表达 ,重组蛋白占全菌总蛋白的 60 % ,以包涵体形式存在 .包涵体经洗涤 ,8mol/L尿素溶解 ,稀释复性 ,离子交换色谱一步分离至电泳纯 ,纯度达 95%以上 ,分子量与理论值相符 ,比活性 8.5× 1 0 4 HU/mg.经 ELISA法、发色底物法测定 ,ΔNMSak与 wt- Sak制备的兔抗wt- Sak抗血清的免疫反应性显著降低 ,经抗血清温育后 ,wt- Sak活性下降程度远高于 ΔNMSak.ΔNMSak、wt- Sak分别免疫豚鼠 ,以 ELISA法测定豚鼠血清中相应抗体的效价 ,ΔNMSak组的抗体效价明显低于 wt- Sak组 ,表明 ΔNMSak的免疫原性显著下降 .     

DNA分子标记信息不完全的统计处理

显性分子标记提供的有关该标记基因型的遗传信息是不完全的 ,缺失标记则丧失了它本来可能提供的遗传信息 .根据遗传学和统计学的一些基本原理 ,导出了一种通用算法 ,可以在F₂ 代群体中系统地恢复基因组上所有显性和缺失标记的基因型信息 ,从而增进构建数量性状基因图和标记辅助选择等工作的效率和精度 .这一方法也可方便地推广应用于一个标记具有 3种基因型的各类群体 ,例如由F₂ 自交衍生的高世代群体和随交群体等     

Na+,K(+)-ATPase isozymes in the bovine brain grey matter and brain stem

Active preparations of Na+,K(+)-ATPase containing three types of catalytic isoforms were isolated from the bovine brain to study the structure and function of the sodium pump. Na+,K(+)-ATPase from the brain grey matter was found to have a biphasic kinetics with respect to ouabain inhibition and to consist of a set of isozymes with subunit composition of alpha 1 beta 1, alpha 2 beta m and alpha 3 beta m (where m = 1 and/or 2). The alpha 1 beta 1 form clearly dominated. For the first time, glycosylation of the beta 1-subunit of the alpha 1 beta 1-type isozymes isolated from the kidney and brain was shown to be different. Na+,K(+)-ATPase from the brain stem and axolemma consisted mainly of a mixture of alpha 2 beta 1 and alpha 3 beta 1 isozymes having identical ouabain inhibition constants. In epithelial and arterial smooth muscle cells, where the plasma membrane is divided into functionally and biochemically distinct domains, the polarized distribution of Na+,K(+)-ATPase is maintained through interactions with the membrane cytoskeleton proteins ankyrin and spectrin (Nelson and Hammerton, 1989; Lee et al., 1996). We were the first to show the presence of the cytoskeleton protein tubulin (beta 5-isoform) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in a high-molecular-weight complex with Na+,K(+)-ATPase in brain stem neuron cells containing alpha 2 beta 1 and alpha 3 beta 1 isozymes. Consequently, the influence of not only subunit composition, but also of glycan and cytoskeleton structures and other plasma membrane-associated proteins on the functional properties of Na+,K(+)-ATPase isozymes is evident.