A chronocoulometric aptasensor based on gold nanoparticles as a signal amplification strategy for detection of thrombin

A sensitive chronocoulometric aptasensor for the detection of thrombin has been developed based on gold nanoparticle amplification. The functional gold nanoparticles, loaded with link DNA (LDNA) and report DNA (RDNA), were immobilized on an electrode by thrombin aptamers performing as a recognition element and capture probe. LDNA was complementary to the thrombin aptamers and RDNA was noncomplementary, but could combine with [Ru(NH₃)₆]³⁺ (RuHex) cations. Electrochemical signals obtained by RuHex that bound quantitatively to the negatively charged phosphate backbone of DNA via electrostatic interactions were measured by chronocoulometry. In the presence of thrombin, the combination of thrombin and thrombin aptamers and the release of the functional gold nanoparticles could induce a significant decrease in chronocoulometric signal. The incorporation of gold nanoparticles in the chronocoulometric aptasensor significantly enhanced the sensitivity. The performance of the aptasensor was further increased by the optimization of the surface density of aptamers. Under optimum conditions, the chronocoulometric aptasensor exhibited a wide linear response range of 0.1–18.5 nM with a detection limit of 30 pM. The results demonstrated that this nanoparticle-based amplification strategy offers a simple and effective approach to detect thrombin.     

斑马鱼心脏标志基因TNC多克隆抗体的制备及表达研究

TNC是心脏发育的标志基因,但该基因在斑马鱼中的表达尚未研究。斑马鱼TNC基因基因的开放阅读框含有5132bp,编码1710个氨基酸,采用生物信息学结合PCR的方法获得了斑马鱼TNC基因的片段。将所得的PCR片段插入原核表达载体pGEX-4T-1中,并将重组质粒（pGEX-4T-1-TNC）转化大肠杆菌BL21;通过IPTG诱导表达GST—TNC融合蛋白,通过尿素洗涤沉淀蛋白并切胶回收纯化融合蛋白,免疫新西兰大白兔制备多克隆抗体。Western blot和免疫组化分析表明,制备的抗体具有良好的高效价性和特异性。利用该抗体进行斑马鱼胚胎抗体染色分析表明,TNC蛋白在心脏组织中特异表达。     

无患子科三个单种属植物的染色体计数

报道无患子科（Sapindaceae）3个单种属植物的染色体数目,其中掌叶木属和茶条木属为首次报道。掌叶木属（Handeliodendron Rehd．）、茶条木属（Delayaya Franch．）、伞花木属（Eurycorymbus Hand．-Mazz．）植物的染色体数目分别为2n=40,28和26,且它们的染色体皆为小染色体。     

人羊膜间充质细胞具有向心肌样细胞分化的特性

摘 要 探讨人羊膜间充质细胞（human amniotic mesenchymal cells,hAMCs）向心肌细胞分化的能力。采用胶原酶消化法分离hAMCs,用流式细胞仪进行表型鉴定;用5-氮杂胞苷和碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（basic fibroblast growth factor,bFGF）诱导hAMCs向心肌细胞分化,免疫荧光染色法检测诱导后细胞中特异蛋白结蛋白和α-辅肌动蛋白的表达,RT-PCR检测心肌特异性转录因子Nkx2.5 、GATA-4和心肌特异性收缩蛋白α-肌球蛋白重链（α-myosin heavy chain,α-MHC）mRNA的表达。结果显示：①hAMCs原代培养至第6 d,贴壁细胞汇合度可达80%,呈漩涡状生长。传代后hAMCs增殖迅速,3~4 d细胞汇合度可达100%,细胞呈梭形或多角形。②hAMCs表达CD44和波形蛋白,不表达CK19。③hAMCs经诱导分化8~10 d后细胞排列紧密,多为长梭形。③hAMCs诱导2 w和4 w表达α-辅肌动蛋白和心肌特异性转录因子Nkx2.5。④诱导前后的hAMCs均表达结蛋白和GATA-4,但均未见α-MHC表达。说明hAMCs具有向心肌样细胞分化的能力,可望成为细胞心肌成形术（cellular cardiomyoplasty,CCM）的候选细胞。     

自复寄生蜂的生殖特性及其对生物防治的影响

自复寄生蜂营雌雄异律发育,雌蜂为初级寄生蜂,雄蜂为复寄生蜂。依据寄主类型产下的相应性别的后代,其性比受到寄主数量、初级寄主与二级寄主的相对丰度等因素影响。自复寄生蜂能够寄生和取食初级寄主,抑制有害昆虫的种群数量,同时能够寄生和取食同种和异种寄生蜂幼虫,产生致死干扰竞争作用。复寄生二级寄主时,易感时间窗口主要集中在老熟幼虫至预蛹阶段。与同种二级寄主相比,自复寄生蜂更倾向于寄生异种二级寄主或无选择倾向性,取食时,更倾向于异种二级寄主。自复寄生蜂特殊的生殖方式使其对生物防治的影响备受争议。在评价其生物防治价值时,应对其正面影响和负面影响做出全面权衡。本文对自复寄生蜂的生殖特性、对同种和其他种类寄生蜂产生的致死干扰竞争作用及其对生物防治的影响等问题的国内外研究进展进行了综述,以期为利用这种天敌资源开展有害生物综合治理提供依据。     

Circulating Mitochondrial DAMPs Are Not Effective Inducers of Proteinuria and Kidney Injury in Rodents

Mitochondria in eukaryotic cells are derived from bacteria in evolution. Like bacteria, mitochondria contain DNA with unmethylated CpG motifs and formyl peptides, both of which have recently been shown to be damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and induce immune response and cell injury. Based on the facts that circulating mitochondrial DAMPs (mtDAMPs) are increased in the patients of trauma or burn injury who also have proteinuria, that mtDAMPs can activate immune cells which in turn secrete glomerular permeability factors, that renal intrinsic cells express a variety of DAMP receptors, and that mtDAMPs can directly increase endothelial cell permeability in vitro, we hypothesized that mtDAMPs may be novel circulating factors inducing proteinuria and kidney injury. We tested this hypothesis by directly injecting mtDAMPs into rodents and examining urinary protein and kidney histology. We prepared mtDAMP samples, including mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and mitochondrial debris (MTD), from rodent liver. In mice, injection of mtDNA for 20 μg/ml initial concentration in circulation (much higher than the clinical range), did not cause any renal manifestations. However, an increased dose leading to 45 μg/ml initial concentration in circulation resulted in a transient, slight increase in urinary albumin. In rats, MTD injection resulting in 450 μg/ml initial concentration of MTD protein in circulation, which was much higher than the clinical range, caused mild, transient proteinuria and lung lesions. Multiple injections of such large amount of either mtDNA or MTD into rodents on 3 consecutive days also failed in inducing proteinuria and kidney injury. In summary, clinical levels of circulating mtDAMPs do not induce proteinuria and clinically irrelevant high levels of mtDAMPs cause only a transient and slight increase in urinary protein in rodents, suggesting that circulating mtDAMPs may not be responsible for the proteinuria and kidney injury in patients with trauma, burn injury, and other diseases.     

中国Btken-Ag的特性及其杀虫毒肽的研究

苏芸金芽孢杆菌肯尼亚亚种Ag株(Bacillus thuringiensis serovar.kenyae strainAg,以下简称为Btken-Ag)是血清型H4a-4c中对棉铃虫、粘虫等多种夜蛾科害虫具有高毒力的优良品系,经生理生化、H抗原、酯酶谱、抗生谱和质粒谱等性状比较分析,与标准株肯尼亚亚种023大体相同,但其质粒谱及伴孢晶体多肽组分与023明显有别.该菌株伴孢晶体多形,其主要杀虫成分为61000多肽,经ELISA同源分析,此毒肽与同血清型中的023、7501晶体蛋白高度同源,与商品生产株H3a-3b—HD-1株部分同源,与对蚊虫高效的H14-1897及球形芽孢杆菌Ts-1无同源性.此外,对H4中10株相关株、H7-5、HD-1及1897共13株进行了对棉铃虫、粘虫及蚊虫的杀虫毒力比较测定,其中Btken-Ag的优选株H4-1及b1-4对棉铃虫的毒力高于023株及HD-1株.     

结核分枝杆菌生物膜形成相关基因的筛选与鉴定

目的:通过菌落表型变化并结合生物膜生长缺陷筛选并鉴定可能与生物膜形成相关基因.方法:利用带有Himarl转座子的MycoMarT7转座子系统建立结核分枝杆菌H37Ra随机插入突变库;筛选细菌表面结构发生变化和生物膜形成有变化的突变菌株;运用T-A克隆法并结合抗性标记挽救法获得突变菌株的随机插入基因侧翼序列从而鉴定突变基因,并运用生物信息学方法分析预测突变基因的功能.结果:通过菌落形态变化及生物膜缺陷表型筛选出39株突变株,成功鉴定其中16株突变株,涉及16个基因发生突变,其中5个与脂质代谢相关,4个与细胞壁合成相关、2个与中间代谢和呼吸作用相关、1个调节蛋白相关基因,1个毒力相关基因,1个PE/PPE家族基因,还有2个功能未知基因.结合生物膜形成缺陷分析,其中8个基因可能与H37Ra体外生物膜的形成相关.结论:成功构建库容量约为l×104结核分枝杆菌转座子随机插入突变文库,筛选获得生物膜生长受损突变株及可能与结核分枝杆菌生物膜形成相关的基因信息,为后续深入开展生物膜形成机制研究奠定基础.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病毒实时qRT-PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

根据高效培养鸡传染性法氏囊病毒（IBDV）时对病毒滴度检测的需要,本文针对BDV的VP4基因的保守序列设计并合成了一对引物,以所构建的重组质粒作为阳性标准品,建立了检测IBDV核酸载量的SYBR Green I荧光定量实时RT-PCR(qRT-PCR)方法,结果表明,其Ct值与标准品模板在4.03×1E1～1E9 拷贝/μL范围内呈良好的线性关系,对IBDV核酸的最低检出量为40拷贝/μL,灵敏度是常规RT-PCR检测方法的1000倍;该方法不与其它禽源病毒发生交叉反应,批内变异系数小于0.05%。应用本方法对DF-1细胞中IBDV的增殖滴度进行了测定,并与经典的TCID50测定方法进行了比较。结果显示两种方法测定的IBDV在微载体悬浮培养和方瓶静态培养条件下DF-1细胞上的增殖曲线都具有一定的平行关系,且qRT-PCR方法比TCID50方法更加快速和敏感,更适合于对IBDV增殖滴度的实时快速测定。     

基于表面等离子体共振和电化学联用的DNA传感器研究进展

表面等离子共振(surface plasmon resonance,SPR)技术旨在检测物体表面附近折射率的变化,其特点是无标记、实时、灵敏和快速,该技术多用于研究分子的相互作用,包括动力学、效率常数和大分子构象变化等。电化学(electrochemical,EC)技术是一项用于定性定量研究电子转移、物质氧化还原、界面吸附等过程的成熟技术,具有简单、低成本和设备小型化的优点。现有的DNA杂交技术,例如光学、电化学或压电转导技术,主要关注于提高DNA杂交检测系统的选择性和灵敏度。传统的SPR在DNA分析方面,由于无法测量折射率的极小变化而在超灵敏检测中的应用受到限制。因此,随着纳米材料的研发和联用技术的飞速发展,SPR与EC联用的生物传感器研究越来越成为人们关注的热点。近年来,关于SPR和EC联用在DNA检测方面的综述鲜有报道。对SPR和EC检测DNA的技术原理、联用方法、应用进展等方面作出了简要的介绍,以期为表面等离子共振和电化学联用的DNA传感器相关研究提供参考。