高血压病的复合超声心动图研究

现常用于检测高血压病的彩色、脉冲多普勒及二维、M型超声心动图几种方法,各有其优点与不足。本文利用其各自的优点,运用上述复合超声心动图法检测96例高血压病患者及86例正常人,进行了分析研究。认为,此法检诊高血压病是实用、可行的。     

黄芪改善红细胞变形能力的活性成分研究

膜荚黄芪(Astragalus Membrannaceus(Fisch)Bunge)为豆科紫云英属植物,其根作为传统中药黄芪之正品。本课题通过以改善红细胞变形能力为活性导向筛选,用核孔膜滤筛法,以IF值为指标,对膜荚黄芪的成分进行了系统分离和鉴定。结果表明:黄芪中的黄芪皂甙Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ(Astragaloside Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ)等皂甙类及芒柄花素(Formononetin),毛蕊异黄酮(Calycosin)等异黄酮类化合物,对孵化红细胞的变形能力有明显的改善作用,这可能是黄芪改善血液流变学指标的重要机理。     

Identification and molecular structural prediction analysis of a toxicity determinant in the Bacillus sphaericus crystal larvicidal toxin.

The operon containing the genes encoding the subunits of the binary crystal toxin of Bacillus sphaericus strain LP1-G, BinA and BinB (41.9 kDa and 51.4 kDa, respectively), was cloned and sequenced. Purified crystals were not toxic to Culex pipiens larvae. Comparison of the amino-acid sequences of this strain (Bin4) with those of the three other known toxin types (Bin1, Bin2 and Bin3) revealed mutations at six positions, including a serine at position 93 of BinA4, whereas all other types of BinA toxin from B. sphaericus had a leucine at this position. Reciprocal site-directed mutagenesis was performed to replace this serine in BinA4 from LP1-G with a leucine and the leucine in the BinA2 protein from strain 1593 with a serine. Native and mutated genes were cloned and overexpressed. Inclusion bodies were tested on C. pipiens larvae. Unlike the native Bin4 toxin, the mutated protein was toxic, and the reciprocal mutation in Bin2 led to a significant loss of toxicity. In vitro receptor-binding studies showed similar binding behaviour for native and mutated toxins. In the absence of any experimental data on the 3D structure of these proteins, sequence analysis and secondary-structure predictions were performed. Amino acid 93 of the BinA polypeptide probably belongs to an alpha helix that is sensitive to amino-acid modifications. Position 93 may be a key element in the formation of the BinA-BinB complex responsible for the toxicity and stability of B. sphaericus Bin toxins.     

一种新型T细胞免疫原的原核表达及对口蹄疫疫苗的免疫增强作用

主要探讨了T细胞免疫原TI对口蹄疫疫苗的免疫增强作用。设计并原核表达产生了一种包含口蹄疫病毒VP1,VP4,3A和3D蛋白上多个T细胞表位与两个通用T细胞表位的T细胞免疫原,命名为TI;同时表达了O和Asia 1两个型口蹄疫病毒 VP1 蛋白的串联编码基因,表达产物命名为OA-VP1。将上述T细胞免疫原分别与OA-VP1和口蹄疫灭活疫苗按不同剂量组合免疫小鼠,于免疫后不同时间测定各组小鼠的体液与细胞免疫应答情况。采用微量中和试验检测小鼠O型和Asia1型中和抗体,采用流式细胞检测技术和测定γ-干扰素的水平来分析不同免疫组小鼠细胞免疫的水平。结果显示,与灭活疫苗或OA-VP1单独免疫组相比,添加TI抗原后灭活疫苗 (P＜0.01) 和OA-VP1免疫组(P＜0.05)小鼠均能产生高水平的特异性中和抗体;且CD4+ T细胞数量显著增多,IFN-γ产生水平显著升高 (P＜0.01)。说明TI抗原具有很好的诱导特异性体液与细胞免疫应答的作用,是一种很好的免疫增效剂,可作为口蹄疫蛋白亚单位疫苗和灭活疫苗中的一种有效成分,以提高疫苗的免疫效果。     

shRNA靶向干扰COX-2抑制人肝癌裸鼠皮下移植瘤及其血管生成

目的:探讨重组干扰质粒pshRNA-COX-2对人肝癌细胞Hep3B裸鼠皮下移植瘤生长和肿瘤血管生成的抑制作用。方法:重组干扰质粒pshRNA-COX-2转染Hep3B细胞并筛选后,RT-PCR和Western blot检测COX-2mRNA和蛋白表达,RT-PCR检测VEGFmRNA表达。将被成功转染的Hep3B细胞种植于裸鼠皮下,测量肿瘤大小,4周后处死裸鼠,免疫组织化学法检测肿瘤组织中COX-2蛋白表达和肿瘤微血管密度(MVD)。结果:与未转染细胞相比,干扰组COX-2mRNA和蛋白表达抑制率分别为65.3%和52.8%(P<0.05),干扰组VEGFmRNA表达抑制率为56.5%(P<0.05)。干扰组瘤体大小明显小于阴性组和空白组(P<0.01)。干扰组COX-2得分和MVD均明显低于阴性组和空白组(P<0.01)。结论:pshRNA-COX-2通过抑制COX-2表达明显抑制人肝癌细胞Hep3B裸鼠皮下移植瘤生长和肿瘤血管生成。     

小麦eIF3c基因片段的克隆及序列分析

根据真核翻译起始因子eIF3c的保守序列,搜索小麦EST,由拼接的序列设计引物,从普通小麦‘川麦107'幼苗总RNA中克隆出1102bp的小麦eIF3c1基因片段命名为WeIF3c1.序列分析表明,该片段推断的氨基酸序列与两个拟南芥、水稻、甜樱桃、人类、线虫、老鼠等物种的真核翻译起始因子eIF3c相比较同源性分别为69、61%、85%、72%、38%、36%和38%.     

Immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and its receptor in rat digestive tract

GnRH(LH-RH) is first discovered in the hypothalamus and found to have a role in regulation of reproduction. With the study on it deepening, GnRH was demonnstrated that it also exists in a number of organs beyond the hypothalamus and acts on extrapituitary organs. To study whether digestive tract synthesizes GnRH and its receptor and, if it does, by what cells. In the experiment, the locallizations of GnRH and its receptors in rat digestive tract were studied using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. The parietal cells of gastric gland, the villous and glandular epithelium in small and large intestine and parasympathetic ganglion cells of myenteric plexus showed GnRH immunoreactivity; GnRH mRNA hybridization signal was detected. The epithelium of gastric pit and the cells above in digestive tract showed GnRH receptor immunoreactivity; GnRH receptor mRNA hybridization signal was detected. The immunoreactive and signal materials distributed in cytoplasm of all positive cells, with nuclei being immunonegative and with no hybridization signal. These results suggested that the digestive tract can produce GnRH and express GnRH receptor; GnRH may also be a gastrointestinal hormone.     

Regional differences in WT-1 and Tcf21 expression during ventricular development: implications for myocardial compaction

Background

Morphological and functional differences of the right and left ventricle are apparent in the adult human heart. A differential contribution of cardiac fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells (populations of epicardium-derived cells) to each ventricle may account for part of the morphological-functional disparity. Here we studied the relation between epicardial derivatives and the development of compact ventricular myocardium.

Results

Wildtype and Wt1^CreERT2/+ reporter mice were used to study WT-1 expressing cells, and Tcf21^lacZ/+ reporter mice and PDGFRα^-/-;Tcf21^LacZ/+ mice to study the formation of the cardiac fibroblast population. After covering the heart, intramyocardial WT-1+ cells were first observed at the inner curvature, the right ventricular postero-lateral wall and left ventricular apical wall. Later, WT-1+ cells were present in the walls of both ventricles, but significantly more pronounced in the left ventricle. Tcf21-^LacZ + cells followed the same distribution pattern as WT-1+ cells but at later stages, indicating a timing difference between these cell populations. Within the right ventricle, WT-1+ and Tcf21-lacZ+ cell distribution was more pronounced in the posterior inlet part. A gradual increase in myocardial wall thickness was observed early in the left ventricle and at later stages in the right ventricle. PDGFRα^-/-;Tcf21^LacZ/+ mice showed deficient epicardium, diminished number of Tcf21-^LacZ + cells and reduced ventricular compaction.

Conclusions

During normal heart development, spatio-temporal differences in contribution of WT-1 and Tcf21-^LacZ + cells to right versus left ventricular myocardium occur parallel to myocardial thickening. These findings may relate to lateralized differences in ventricular (patho)morphology in humans.     

人脑髓鞘碱性蛋白cDNA体外扩增、克隆和鉴定

采用聚合酶链反应(PCR)从人脑cDNA文库中扩增出600bp的髓鞘碱性蛋白(MBP)cDNA片段,与载体pGEM-3Zf(+)平端连接.重组质粒DNA转化宿主菌JM109,在含X-gal和IPTG的平板上直接筛选阳性克隆.限制性内切酶分析和成套引物扩增鉴定证明,该克隆含有7个外显子的21.5kD人脑MBP全长编码序列.     

Bibliometric analysis of Journal of Plant Ecology during 2017–2021

Issue Section: Editorial Journal of Plant Ecology (JPE) was founded in 2008. It is sponsored by the Botanical Society of China and the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and published by Oxford University Press, UK. JPE publishes diverse types of articles that fall into the broad scope of plant ecology, including plant ecophysiology, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, conservation ecology, evolutionary ecology, theoretical ecology and global change ecology.