基因工程抗体研究进展

随着对分子生物学研究和抗体分子结构功能的深入研究,利用细胞工程和遗传工程对抗体分子进行改建并赋予其新的功能,进而开发了新的抗体应用领域,使单克隆抗体技术又向前发展了一步.基因工程抗体是按人类设计所重新组装的新型抗体分子,可保留或增加天然抗体的特异性和主要生物学活性,去除或减少无关结构,从而可克服单克隆抗体在临床应用方面的缺陷.     

A comparison of nonlethal sampling methods for amphibian gut microbiome analyses

Noninvasive sampling methods for studying intestinal microbiomes are widely applied in studies of endangered species and in those conducting temporal monitoring during manipulative experiments. Although existing studies show that noninvasive sampling methods among different taxa vary in their accuracy, no studies have yet been published comparing nonlethal sampling methods in adult amphibians. In this study, we compare microbiomes from two noninvasive sample types (faeces and cloacal swabs) to that of the large intestine in adult cane toads, Rhinella marina. We use 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate how microbial communities change along the digestive tract and which nonlethal sampling method better represents large intestinal microbiota. We found that cane toads' intestinal microbiota was dominated by Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria and Firmicutes and, interestingly, we also saw a high proportion of Fusobacteria, which has previously been associated with marine species and changes in frog immunity. The large and small intestine of cane toads had a similar microbial composition, but the large intestine showed higher diversity. Our results indicate that cloacal swabs were more similar to large intestine samples than were faecal samples, and small intestine samples were significantly different from both nonlethal sample types. Our study provides valuable information for future investigations of the cane toad gut microbiome and validates the use of cloacal swabs as a nonlethal method to study changes in the large intestine microbiome. These data provide insights for future studies requiring nonlethal sampling of amphibian gut microbiota.     

微生物群落结构探针杂交评价不同培养基从活性污泥分离优势菌群的能力

用ERICPCR （Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic ConsensusPCR）、苯酚羟化酶大亚基基因(LmPHs)扩增和群落结构探针分子杂交检测技术对LB、dCGY、MP和FWM 4种培养基从焦化废水处理厂2个曝气池活性污泥中分离优势功能菌群的能力进行了比较研究。LmPHs扩增显示7种回收菌群中均有以多亚基苯酚羟化酶为代谢途径的苯酚降解菌存在。用代表苯酚降解高峰期活性污泥优势菌组成的总DNA的ERICPCR产物经地高辛标记作为群落结构的混合探针M1和M8,对8种回收菌群的ERICPCR指纹图谱进行杂交检测,不同培养基回收优势菌的能力不同,以废水为基础的FWM培养基从活性污泥中回收到的优势菌种群最多(30.8%～42.9%)。本文建立了用微生物群落结构探针杂交技术对不同培养基回收分离优势菌能力进行评价的方法。     

噬菌蛭弧菌噬菌斑的鉴别与纯化的研究

本文报告了使用１／５００营养肉汤双层琼脂培养基,在含有宿主菌及寄生菌混合物的软琼脂层中,蛭弧菌、变形虫及鞭毛虫等均可形成噬菌斑,但其大小、形态、扩展速度不同。鉴别方法除依据噬菌斑形态特征外,主要靠相差显微镜下的形态学观察。蛭弧菌的纯化用单斑传代,一个直径为１ｍｍ的噬菌斑含有约１０^５－６ｐｆｕ／ｍｌ（每毫升噬菌斑形成单位）。     

湖南烙铁头蛇毒中一个新的舒缓激肽增强肽（TmF）

通过 70 %冷甲醇抽提、SephadexG 15分子筛和反相高效液相色谱C1 8层析 ,从湖南产烙铁头蛇毒 (Trimeresurusmucrosquamatus)冻干粉中纯化得到一个新的舒缓激肽增强肽 (BPP) ,命名为TmF。该小肽的氨基酸序列为pGlu Gly Arg Pro Leu Gly Pro Pro Ile Pro Pro (pGlu表示焦谷氨酸 )。序列结果分析表明 ,TmF和已经分离得到的BPPs有很高的序列同源性。MSI MS测定其分子量为 1.110 7kD。TmF的生物学活性和药理学活性检测的结果表明 ,它增强舒缓激肽 (BK) ( 1mg L)诱导的离体豚鼠回肠纵行肌收缩的活性为 ( 1.13± 0 .3)单位 (mg L) ;TmF ( 5 .0× 10 - 4mg kg)可以增强约 ( 14± 2 )mmHg的由BK( 5 .0× 10 - 5mg kg)诱导的舒张压下降 ;在抑制剂试验中 ,不同剂量的TmF和 5× 10 - 2 mg的血管紧张素转化酶保温 30min ,结果表明大约2 .0× 10 - 3mg的TmF表现出对ACE水解活性的半数抑制率 (IC50 )。     

地上部植食者褐飞虱对不同水稻品种土壤线虫群落的影响

地上和地下部生物群落的交互作用对于调控陆地生态过程具有重要作用。在盆栽条件下利用2×2析因设计研究了褐飞虱(Nilaparvata lugens)取食不同水稻品种后对土壤线虫群落的影响。结果表明, 褐飞虱侵害水稻9 d后, 感虫品种(广四和汕优63)的土壤线虫总数、属数及自生线虫(食细菌线虫、食真菌线虫和捕食性线虫)数量增加, 并且一般达到显著水平(P<0.05); 而上述指标在抗虫品种(汕优559和IR36)土壤中则呈现相反的趋势。植食性线虫数量在强感虫品种广四上显著增加(P<0.05), 而在强抗虫品种IR36上显著减少(P<0.05)。褐飞虱和水稻品种对土壤线虫的生态指数(线虫通道指数、Shannon-Wiener指数、成熟度指数、富集指数和结构指数)没有明显影响, 可能与供试土壤线虫群落组成单一及褐飞虱作用时间较短有关。总之, 褐飞虱强烈影响土壤线虫数量、群落组成和营养结构, 并且作用的方向(促进或抑制)和程度依赖于水稻的品种特性, 揭示出地上部植食者的短期侵害将对稻田土壤生态系统的结构和功能产生深远影响。     

罗伦隐球酵母胞外多糖的研究 Ⅰ.发酵条件

研究了罗伦隐球酵母(cryptococcus laurentii)产生胞外多糖的适宜条件。培养基组成(g/L):葡萄糖80.00,酵母膏1.25,KH_2PO_3.00,MgSO_4·7H_2O0.05,CaCO_3 10.00,pH6.0。在30℃,旋转式摇床(200r/min)上培养6天。胞外多糖产量最高可达17.38g/L,对底物的转化率为21.725％。     

A unique Mycobacterium ESX-1 protein co-secretes with CFP-10/ESAT-6 and is necessary for inhibiting phagosome maturation

The ESX-1 secretion system plays a critical role in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. marinum. To date, three proteins are known to be secreted by ESX-1 and necessary for virulence, two of which are CFP-10 and ESAT-6. The ESX-1 secretion and the virulence mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we have examined the M. marinum secretomes and identified four proteins specific to ESX-1. Two of those are CFP-10 and ESAT-6, and the other two are novel: MM1553 (homologous to Rv3483c) and Mh3881c (homologous to Rv3881c). We have shown that Mh3881c, CFP-10 and ESAT-6 are co-dependent for secretion. Mh3881c is being cleaved at close to the C-terminus during secretion, and the C-terminal portion is critical to the co-dependent secretion, the ESAT-6 cellular levels, and interaction with ESAT-6. The co-dependent secretion is required for M. marinum intracellular growth in macrophages, where the Mh3881c C-terminal portion plays a critical role. The role of the co-dependent secretion in intracellular growth correlates with its role in inhibiting phagosome maturation. Both the secretion and the virulence defects of the Mh3881c mutant are complemented by Mh3881c or its M. tuberculosis homologue Rv3881c, suggesting that in M. tuberculosis, Rv3881c has similar functions.