食用菌多糖的研究

食用菌多糖具有独特的生理特性和极高的药用价值,已成为当前药物研发的热点。从食用菌多糖的化学结构、提取分离、药用价值和应用等几个方面对其进行了全面的总结和展望。     

线艺建兰的组织培养和快速繁殖(简报)

以线艺建兰茎尖、腋芽为外植体,接种在1/2MS 6-BA 3.0mg/L NAA 0.3mg/L培养基上形成原球茎,原球茎在1/2MS 6-BA 0.1mg/L NAA 1.0mg/L培养基上可大量增殖,并伸长生长形成丛生型根状茎;根状茎在MS 6-BA 2.0mg/L PP333 1.0mg/L NAA 0.5mg/L培养基上可分化成小苗,分化率达46.3%;小苗在MS IBA 1.0mg/L GA 0.5mg/L 香蕉泥100g/L的培养基上生根壮苗,生根率达100%.     

CAR-T cells and solid tumors: tuning T cells to challenge an inveterate foe

Recent reports on the impressive efficacy of adoptively transferred T cells to challenge cancer in early phase clinical trials have significantly raised the profile of T cell therapy. Concomitantly, general expectations are also raised by these reports, with the natural aspiration to deliver this therapy over a wide range of tumor indications. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) endow T cell populations with defined antigen specificities that function independently of the natural T cell receptor and permit targeting of T cells towards virtually any tumor. Here, we review the current clinical application of CAR-T cells and relate clinical efficacy and safety of CAR-T cell trials to parameters considered critical for CAR engineering, classified as the three T's of CAR-T cell manipulation.     

靶向细胞外基质磷酸糖蛋白的microRNA的筛选及鉴定

目的:寻找靶向细胞外基质磷酸糖蛋白(MEPE)基因的微小RNA(miRNA),并检测其对人HeLa细胞内源性Mepe基因表达的影响。方法:通过NCBI检索人源Mepe的3’UTR,利用miRNA预测工具TargetScan预测可能靶向Mepe的所有miRNA,通过双萤光素酶报告基因系统检测miRNA与Mepe3’UTR的结合情况,从而初步筛选出可能靶向Mepe的miRNA;同时,用Western印迹检测miRNA经转染后对Mepe基因表达的影响。结果:利用TargetScan预测出36条可能靶向Mepe的miRNA,根据分值及匹配情况从中挑选出6条进行验证;与转染空载体pGL3-cm的相对荧光素值相比,转染miR-376a的相对荧光素值降低较为明显,而当Mepe3’UTR与miR-376a结合位点突变后,miR-376a不能抑制萤光素酶的活性;Western印迹结果显示miR-376a能明显抑制MEPE的表达。结论:miRNA-376a可能是靶向Mepe基因的miRNA,为进一步研究MEPE的功能奠定了基础。     

实验动物皮肤病原真菌检测方法的改良

目的对实验动物皮肤病原真菌2种培养方法进行了比较。方法将采集到的3只皮肤真菌感染病兔样品经由沙氏平皿法和沙氏试管斜面培养法分别进行培养。结果在3只真菌感染病兔中应用试管斜面法我们只检测到1例皮肤病原真菌阳性,而采用沙氏平皿法3例阳性全部检出。结论结合临床检测经验,我们认为本研究的沙氏平皿法优于沙氏试管斜面法,在实验动物皮肤病原真菌常规检测中具有推广应用价值。     

A spatial analytical approach for selecting reintroduction sites for burbot in English rivers

1. Availability of suitable habitat is a prerequisite for species reintroduction success, and to ensure population persistence, investigations of a species’ habitat utilisation throughout its life history should be conducted as part of a feasibility study. 2. Habitat utilisation models for burbot, Lota lota, developed using data from field studies conducted in France and Germany and information from the literature were used to assess the feasibility of reintroducing burbot into rivers of its former native range in eastern England. 3. Per cent tree roots, aquatic vegetation and flow types were important predictors of adult burbot abundance. Furthermore, the habitat utilisation models were supplemented with information from the literature, which suggested that off‐channel habitat such as wetlands and backwaters is important for spawning and nursery stages. 4. An assessment of the habitat availability in the rivers of the burbot’s former native range using variables related to spawning and nursery and adult life stages showed that although adult habitat was widely distributed, the availability of spawning and nursery habitat was less abundant, potentially limiting successful reestablishment. 5. Potential suitable habitat was concentrated in the central and southern areas of the species’ former English distribution. Overall, rivers of the burbot’s former range potentially afford suitable habitat to sustain a reintroduced population. However, sites should be preferentially selected on the basis of having appropriate spawning and nursery areas.     

龙须藤叶粗提物的分离纯化及生物活性初探

为进一步研究和开发新植物源农药,拓宽龙须藤(Bauhinia championii)的生物活性研究,探索其不同组分潜在的杀菌和除草活性,该研究通过常温冷浸提取法提取、真空浓缩得到甲醇提取物。结果表明:用硅胶柱层析分离纯化,经TLC检识和碘缸显色后整合得到9个组分。反复重结晶7号和8号组分中析出的物质,经TLC检识和测熔点,得到1个纯化合物,编为33号,经波谱数据分析与molbase库对照,鉴定该化合物为(1R,2S,3S,4S,5S,6S)-6-甲氧基-1,2,3,4,5-环己烷五醇,是一种重要的工业原料。杀菌和除草活性试验结果显示,粗提物在1 000μg·m L~(-1)时对水稻稻瘟病菌的抑制率为(40.84±1.00)%,对稗草根的抑制率为(49.18±2.33)%;各组分在500μg·m L~(-1)时,4号组分对水稻稻瘟病菌的抑制率达到(44.19±0.76)%,2号和3号组分对稗草根的抑制率分别为(88.92±1.31)%和(90.99±1.45)%,3号和6号组分对马齿苋根的抑制率分别为(72.06±1.31)%和(89.92±1.73)%。这表明龙须藤叶提取物对水稻稻瘟病菌、稗草根和马齿苋根有良好的抑制效果,可进一步分离2号、3号、4号、6号组分,以获得高活性的单体化合物。     

Normal rainbow trout serum (RTS)-resistant variants of the infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV)-Jasper differ with respect to inhibition by RTS, serotype and cDNA sequence

In order to determine if the infectious pancreatic necrosis virus isolate IPNV-Jasper (Ja-ATCC) is homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to inhibition by normal rainbow trout serum (RTS), 50 clones were tested for sensitivity to RTS. The initial isolate was very sensitive to RTS, losing from 10(4) to 10(8) 50 % tissue culture infection dose (TCID50) ml(-1) with a 1:100 dilution of RTS. The sensitivity of the clones ranged from highly sensitive to completely resistant (0 to 10(8) TCID50 ml(-1) reduction). Eight percent of clones (4/50) were very sensitive to RTS (Ja-S) and 84% of clones (42/50) showed a mid-range of sensitivity to RTS. The final 8 % of clones (4/50) were resistant to RTS (Ja-R). Enzyme immunodot assay revealed that Ja-S clones showed a monoclonal reaction identical to the parents, Ja-ATCC; however, Ja-R clones differed by several epitopes from the parental strain. Analysis of Ja-S and Ja-R revealed that there were significant differences in their nucleic acid sequences for the capsid protein VP2. These 2 strains shared 80.7 and 86.5% identity in nucleic acid and in amino acid sequences, respectively. Ja-S had 99.7 and 91.0 % identity in nucleic acid sequences, and 99.5 and 95.9 % in amino acid sequences with Ja-ATCC and Jasper-Dobos (Ja-D), respectively, while Ja-R showed 80.6 and 79.8 % identity in nucleic acid sequences and 86.5 and 87.0 % in amino acid sequences with Ja-ATCC and Ja-D, respectively. In conclusion, the Ja-ATCC population was heterogeneous in terms of RTS sensitivity, serotype and cDNA sequences from the VP2 coding region.     

Immunophilin deficiency augments Ca2+-dependent glutamate release from mouse cortical astrocytes

Immunophilins are receptors for immunosuppressive drugs such as the macrolides cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK506; correspondingly these immunophilins are referred to as cyclophilins and FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs). In particular, CsA targets cyclophilin D (CypD), which can modulate mitochondrial Ca(2+) dynamics. Since mitochondria have been implicated in the regulation of astrocytic cytosolic Ca(2+) (Ca(cyt)(2+)) dynamics and consequential Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic release of glutamate, we investigated the role of CypD in this process. Cortical astrocytes isolated from CypD deficient mice Ppif(-/-) displayed reduced mechanically induced Ca(cyt)(2+) increases, even though these cells showed augmented exocytotic release of glutamate, when compared to responses obtained from astrocytes isolated from wild-type mice. Furthermore, acute treatment with CsA to inhibit CypD modulation of mitochondrial Ca(2+) buffering, or with FK506 to inhibit FKBP12 interaction with inositol-trisphosphate receptor of the endoplasmic reticulum, led to similar reductive effects on astrocytic Ca(cyt)(2+) dynamics, but also to an enhanced Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic release of glutamate in wild-type astrocytes. These findings point to a possible role of immunophilin signal transduction pathways in astrocytic modulation of neuronal activity at the tripartite synapse.