重组马g-干扰素抗病毒活性测定及单克隆抗体抑制活性鉴定

为了测定大肠杆菌和杆状病毒表达的重组马g-干扰素是否具有抗病毒活性, 利用这两种干扰素处理马胎肾细胞(EFK-78), 然后接种表达绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)的重组水泡性口炎病毒(VSV*GFP), 观察干扰素对病毒表达GFP的抑制, 测出其抗病毒活性单位分别为1×103 AU/mL、1×105 AU/mL。评价了制备的九株抗重组马g-干扰素单克隆抗体是否可抑制重组马g-干扰素抗病毒活性, 证实其中一株可中和重组马g-干扰素的抗病毒活性。结果表明: 杆状病毒表达的马g-干扰素具有较高的抗病毒活性, 其活性可被一株制备的抗重组马g-干扰素单克隆抗体抑制; 首次获得原核表达的具有抗病毒活性的马g-干扰素。     

B Cell Epitopes within VP1 of Type O Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus for Detection of Viral Antibodies

In this study,the coding region of type O FMDV capsid protein VP1 and a series of codon optimized DNA sequences coding for VP1 amino acid residues 141-160(epitope1),tandem repeat 200-213(epitope2(+2)) and the combination of two epitopes(epitope1-2)was genetically cloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pPROExHTb and pGEX4T-1,respectively.VP1 and the fused epitopes GST-E1,GST-E2(+2)and GST-E1-2 were successfully solubly expressed in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli and Western blot analysis demonstrat...     

Analysis of synonymous codon usage in H5N1 virus and other influenza A viruses

In this study, we calculated the codon usage bias in H5N1 virus and performed a comparative analysis of synonymous codon usage patterns in H5N1 virus, five other evolutionary related influenza A viruses and a influenza B virus. Codon usage bias in H5N1 genome is a little slight, which is mainly determined by the base compositions on the third codon position. By comparing synonymous codon usage patterns in different viruses, we observed that the codon usage pattern of H5N1 virus is similar with other influenza A viruses, but not influenza B virus, and the synonymous codon usage in influenza A virus genes is phylogenetically conservative, but not strain-specific. Synonymous codon usage in genes encoded by different influenza A viruses is genus conservative. Compositional constraints could explain most of the variation of synonymous codon usage among these virus genes, while gene function is also correlated to synonymous codon usages to a certain extent. However, translational selection and gene length have no effect on the variations of synonymous codon usage in these virus genes.     

黑曲霉固态发酵苹果渣产β-甘露聚糖酶的工艺优化

目的:对黑曲霉SL-08固态发酵苹果渣生产β-甘露聚糖酶的生产工艺进行优化,旨在探寻苹果渣的综合利用方式,降低β-甘露聚糖酶的生产成本。方法:采用Plackett-Burman试验设计和响应面法进行优化。结果:最佳培养基组成为苹果渣与棉粕1∶1(w/w)、尿素2%(w/w)、KH2PO40.1%(w/w)、初始含水率59%(w/w)、CaCl20.2%(w/w)、MgCl20.1%(w/w),30℃恒温培养48h,β-甘露聚糖酶酶活力可达539U/g干曲,比基础培养基提高了28.3%,达到了以豆粕与麸皮为生产原料时的产酶水平。结论:采用黑曲霉SL-08对苹果渣进行固态发酵是一种有效的生物转化方式,既可用于β-甘露聚糖酶的生产,取代豆粕与麸皮等常规原料,降低生产成本;也可以对苹果渣进行综合利用。     

阿尔茨海默病核酸疫苗的构建及诱导体液免疫反应的初步研究

近年,内源性蛋白主动免疫预防和治疗阿尔茨海默病(AD)的策略成为AD研究领域的热点,并获得迅猛发展。构建了以β-片层结构的淀粉样蛋白(AB)及其可溶性与病理性突变体为抗原基因的DNA疫苗用于免疫小鼠,经过对免疫方案的探索和调整,结果能够打破其自身耐受,在外周血中诱发出较高滴度的抗-AB抗体。初步探讨了诱导体液免疫学效应的规律。并在原代培养的海马神经元AB毒性模型中验证了免疫后血清的生物学活性。     

Multiple strategies to improve sensitivity,speed and robustness of isothermal nucleic acid amplification for rapid pathogen detection

Background  

In the past decades the rapid growth of molecular diagnostics (based on either traditional PCR or isothermal amplification technologies) meet the demand for fast and accurate testing. Although isothermal amplification technologies have the advantages of low cost requirements for instruments, the further improvement on sensitivity, speed and robustness is a prerequisite for the applications in rapid pathogen detection, especially at point-of-care diagnostics. Here, we describe and explore several strategies to improve one of the isothermal technologies, helicase-dependent amplification (HDA).     

HIF-1α acts downstream of TNF-α to inhibit vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein expression and modulates the adhesion and proliferation of breast cancer cells

Metastasis is the leading cause of death in breast cancer patients. Recent evidence suggests that inflammation-related cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis, but the mechanism of its involvement remains elusive. In this study, we employed MCF-7 breast cancer cells as an experimental model to demonstrate that TNF-α inhibits breast cancer cell adhesion and cell proliferation through hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1α) mediated suppression of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP). We observed that TNF-α treatment attenuated the adhesion and proliferation of MCF-7 cells it also dramatically increased HIF-1α expression and decreased VASP expression. Through a variety of approaches, including promoter assay, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), we identified VASP as a direct target gene of HIF-1α. In addition, we confirmed that HIF-1α mediated the repression of VASP expression by TNF-α in MCF-7 cells. We also demonstrated that exogenous VASP expression or knockdown of HIF-1α relieved TNF-α induced inhibition of cell adhesion and proliferation. We identified a novel TNF-α/HIF-1α/VASP axis in which HIF-1α acts downstream of TNF-α to inhibit VASP expression and modulate the adhesion and proliferation of breast cancer cells. These data provide new insight into the potential anti-tumor effects of TNF-α.     

新疆博格达山地面生苔藓植被的数量分类与排序研究

 应用数量分类(TWINSPAN)和排序(DCA)方法,对新疆博格达山苔藓植被进行了多元分析。TWINSPAN结果表明,该地区苔藓植被可分为6个主要群落类型,即牛角藓-真藓(Cratoneuron-Bryum)群落、扭口藓-墙藓(Barbula-Tortula)群落、提灯藓-细罗藓(Mnium-Leskeella)群落、对叶藓-提灯藓(Distichium_Mnium)群落、墙藓-连轴藓(Tortula_Schistidium)群落、扭口藓-紫萼藓(Barbula_Grimmia)群落,它们分别分布于山地荒     

DL-蛋按酸及衍生物的合成与拆分研究进展

综述了蛋氨基酸及其衍生物的化学合成及化学拆分近年来的研究进展.第一部分讨论了DL-蛋氨酸及其衍生物的化学合成,包括丙烯醛法、丙二酸酯法,氨基内酯法等,并着重介绍了海因法.第二部分为 DL-蛋氨酸的手性拆分,主要包括膜分离,加合物、络合物形式分离,用苯丙氨酸拆分,衍生物分离等拆分方法,还介绍了生物酶拆分方法和其它有关拆分方法的进展.