裂解型腺病毒Ad-E1A对人脐静脉内皮细胞的影响

以QBI-293A细胞基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增E1A基因,酶切连接到pAdTrack-CMV转移质粒上,pAdTrack-CMV-E1A经PmeI线性化后,与pAdEasy-1共转化大肠杆菌BJ5183,筛选重组腺病毒质粒pAdEasy-1-pAdTrack-CMV-E1A,经PacI线性化,脂质体转染QBI-293A细胞,获得裂解型腺病毒Ad-E1A。裂解型腺病毒Ad-E1A在ECV304细胞内复制裂解,抑制细胞的生长,并可以降低VEGF的表达,探讨了Ad-E1A可能通过抑制ECV304细胞NF-κB的激活而引起细胞生长抑制的机制,说明Ad-E1A具有抑制肿瘤转移的功能。     

钙池操纵的Ca2+通道对炎症的调控

钙池操纵的Ca2 通道(store-operated Ca2 channels,SOC)广泛存在于细胞膜上,是非兴奋性细胞胞外钙内流的主要通道之一,参与多种生理和病理生理过程。参与炎症和免疫反应的主要细胞多为非兴奋性细胞,SOC对它们的功能维系作用日益为人们所重视。     

香溪河库湾春季水华期间可溶性碳动力学研究

2005年2月23日—4月28日,对三峡水库香溪河库湾内一样点进行每天采样,监测水体中叶绿素a与可溶性碳(DOC)浓度的变化,研究在春季水华暴发期间DOC的动力学特性。监测结果表明,随着时间的推移,叶绿素a有逐渐升高的趋势。其间共暴发了两次水华,其中第一次历时较短,第二次历时较长。DOC的变化趋势与叶绿素a基本吻合。整个暴发过程中的叶绿素a与DOC的回归分析表明,二者具有较好的相关性(R2=0.62),但第一次暴发过程中的相关性很高(R2=0.72),而第二次暴发过程中的相关性较低(R2=0.30)。根据天然水体中DOC来源的主要途径,推测在第一次暴发过程中DOC的来源主要是水体中藻类的光合作用的代谢产物,而第二次暴发过程中DOC的来源主要是水体中藻类死亡腐烂而产生的有机物质。     

苦茶Camellia assamica var.kucha茶多酚的HPLC-DAD/MS分析

苦茶是一种特殊的茶组植物,它以1,3,7,9-四甲基尿酸为主要的嘌呤生物碱。本文采用高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测/质谱联用(HPLC-DAD/MS)的方法对苦茶水提液中的茶多酚和嘌呤生物碱进行了定性分析,检测到3种嘌呤生物碱、7种儿茶素类化合物和2种非儿茶素类茶多酚(没食子酰奎宁酸酯和咖啡酰奎宁酸酯)。同时与传统绿茶在儿茶素类化合物的组成和含量上进行了比较,结果显示,苦茶中总儿茶素含量(13.82%)远高于传统绿茶(7.37%),但各儿茶素类化合物的相对组成比在两种茶中极其相近,均以酯型儿茶素为主。     

米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)FSO179产α-淀粉酶固体发酵优化的研究

米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)FSO179产α-淀粉酶固体发酵优化结果表明:最佳有机碳源为玉米粉,最佳有机氮源为花生饼粉;培养基正交试验表明最佳培养基配方为:花生饼粉20%,玉米粉5%,无机盐为c组配方;初始发酵pH为7.4;最适的发酵温度为33℃;在以上最适条件下固体培养6d,发酵产酶水平可达1300.6u/g,优化结果比初始设计提高了42.9%。该酶酶学特性研究表明:该酶作用的最适温度为55℃;最适作用pH为4.0;Fe2 、Ba2 、Cu2 、Mn2 、Fe3 金属离子对酶具较强抑制作用,而Ca2 对酶具有一定激活作用。     

基于主成分分析的古树土壤肥力综合评价

以广州市海珠区登记在册的40株古树为研究对象,调查其生长状况,采集土壤测定pH、EC值、容重、通气度、有机质、全N、全P、全K、水解N、有效P、速效K含量等11项理化指标,采用主成分分析和聚类分析对古树土壤肥力进行综合评价.结果表明:海珠区大多数古树土壤EC值偏低(<0.35 mS·cm-1),表现为强变异;土壤有机质...     

Genetic modifier of mitochondrial superoxide dismutase-deficient mice delays heart failure and prolongs survival

Mn superoxide dismutase (MnSOD)-deficient mice (Sod2?/?) suffer from mitochondrial damage and have various survival times and phenotypic presentations that are dependent on the genetic background of the mutant mice. The mitochondrial NADPH transhydrogenase (NNT) was identified as a putative genetic modifier based on a genome-wide quantitative trait association study on the molecular defect of the protein in more severely affected Sod2?/? mice and on the biological function of NNT. Hence, Sod2?/? mice on the C57BL/6J (B6J) background have the shortest survival time, and the mice are homozygous for the truncated Nnt allele (Nnt ^T ). On the other hand, genetic backgrounds that support longer survival of Sod2?/? mice all have at least one normal copy of Nnt (Nnt ^W ). To confirm the role of NNT in the phenotypic modification of Sod2?/? mice, we introduced a normal copy of Nnt allele from a C57BL/6 substrain into B6J-Sod2?/? mice and analyzed survival time, cardiac functions, and histopathology of the heart. The study results show that the presence of a normal Nnt allele preserves cardiac function, delays the onset of heart failure, and extends the survival of B6J-Sod2?/? mice to the end of gestation. Postnatal survival, however, is not supported. Consequently, the majority of B6J-Sod2?/? mice died within a few hours after birth and only a few survived for 5–6 days. The study results suggest that NNT is important for normal development and function of fetal hearts and that there may be other genetic modifier(s) important for postnatal survival of Sod2?/? mice.     

香蜜儿的组织培养与快速繁殖

1植物名称香蜜儿（Boronia heterophylla F.Muell.）。2材料类别茎段。3培养条件基本培养基为MS。（1）启动培养基（初代培养基）：MS＋6-BA2.0mg·L-1（单位下同）＋NAA0.2;（2）增殖培养基：MS＋6-BA1.0＋NAA0.1;（3）生根培养基：1/2MS＋NAA0.2＋IBA0.3＋2,4-D0.01。     

昆虫体内章鱼胺和酪胺的研究进展

章鱼胺(octopamine, OA)和酪胺(tyramine, TA)在昆虫体内扮演着各种重要的生理角色。它们协调控制着昆虫的各种器官和行为, 如调节外周淋巴器官功能和影响昆虫的学习与记忆、昼夜节律等, 使得昆虫能够以合理的方式来应对外界刺激, 并被认为在功能上对应于脊椎动物体内的肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素。虽然都是酪氨酸脱羧基产物, 且酪胺是章鱼胺的生物合成前体, 但它们都通过不同的G蛋白偶联受体在昆虫体内发挥不同的神经调控作用。近年来, 对昆虫体内章鱼胺和酪胺, 尤其是它们与对应受体作用的研究, 日益受到关注。本文对昆虫体内章鱼胺和酪胺的生物合成, 在神经和非神经组织中的分布, 被突触前结构的再摄取以及它们在昆虫体内的不同生理功能等方面的研究进展进行了综述, 特别对章鱼胺和酪胺受体基因的克隆、信号转导途径以及药理作用特性等相关研究的最新进展进行了详细评述。     

Two Kinetic Patterns of Epitope-Specific CD8 T-Cell Responses following Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Infection

Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (γHV68) provides an important experimental model for understanding mechanisms of immune control of the latent human gammaherpesviruses. Antiviral CD8 T cells play a key role throughout three separate phases of the infection: clearance of lytic virus, control of the latency amplification stage, and prevention of reactivation of latently infected cells. Previous analyses have shown that T-cell responses to two well-characterized epitopes derived from ORF6 and ORF61 progress with distinct kinetics. ORF6₄₈₇-specific cells predominate early in infection and then decline rapidly, whereas ORF61₅₂₄-specific cells continue to expand through early latency, due to sustained epitope expression. However, the paucity of identified epitopes to this virus has limited our understanding of the overall complexities of CD8 T-cell immune control throughout infection. Here we screened 1,383 predicted H-2^b-restricted peptides and identified 33 responses, of which 21 have not previously been reported. Kinetic analysis revealed a spectrum of T-cell responses based on the rapidity of their decline after the peak acute response that generally corresponded to the expression patterns of the two previously characterized epitopes. The slowly declining responses that were maintained during latency amplification proliferated more rapidly and underwent maturation of functional avidity over time. Furthermore, the kinetics of decline was accelerated following infection with a latency-null mutant virus. Overall, the data show that γHV68 infection elicits a highly heterogeneous CD8 T-cell response that segregates into two distinctive kinetic patterns controlled by differential epitope expression during the lytic and latency amplification stages of infection.Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (γHV68) is a mouse pathogen closely related to the human gammaherpesviruses Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi''s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Intranasal infection of mice with γHV68 leads to an acute infection in lung epithelial cells that is ultimately cleared and the concurrent establishment of latency in B cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages that undergoes amplification in the spleen and is maintained lifelong (11, 12). Even though γHV68 has the capacity to downregulate major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules (36), CD8 T cells specific for γHV68 are generated and have been shown to proliferate in response to cognate antigen, protect naive mice from γHV68 infection, lyse peptide-pulsed target cells in vivo and in vitro, and maintain the ability to produce antiviral cytokines (5, 6, 13, 27, 35). Until recently, knowledge of the antiviral CD8 T-cell repertoire in C57BL/6 mice was largely limited to two well-characterized epitopes derived from ORF6 and ORF61. T-cell responses to these epitopes have been shown to progress with distinct kinetics, with ORF6₄₈₇-specific cells predominating early in infection and ORF61₅₂₄-specific cells continuing to expand through early latency before declining and then persisting at higher levels late in infection (33). The difference in response kinetics correlates with the differential presentation of the epitopes, with the ORF6₄₈₇ epitope being expressed only during lytic infection and the ORF61₅₂₄ epitope being expressed both during lytic infection and during the latency amplification phase (22, 28). Additionally, the latency amplification phase is associated with the expansion of CD8 T cells with a Vβ4 T-cell receptor (TCR) component in several mouse strains (17), presumably due to a superantigen-like effect of the γHV68 M1 protein (4, 9).To better understand the breadth of the anti-γHV68 T-cell response, we used an enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) approach to identify new epitopes. We identified a large number of epitopes derived from 26 proteins that drive the acute CD8 T-cell response to γHV68, which then narrowed over time, resulting in a limited antiviral response during latency. We did not observe inflation of any of the responses, as has been demonstrated for some murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)-specific responses (20, 26). There was no evidence for functional exhaustion, as all detectable CD8 T-cell responses maintained functionality, but the responses declined in numbers over time. The decline in responses occurred over a broad kinetic range, which segregated into two general groups that correlated precisely with those previously described for ORF6 and ORF61. Thus, some responses declined rapidly after the acute phase of infection, while others declined more slowly.We examined two epitope-specific responses from each of the two patterns in detail over time for functional and phenotypic characteristics and found the responses to be highly heterogeneous, differing in TCR affinity, functional avidity, and proliferation rates. Importantly, slowly declining responses were not maintained as efficiently after infection with a latency-deficient virus, consistent with a role for epitope expression in driving the heterogeneous rate of decline in cell number after the acute infection. The data show that the response kinetics seen for the ORF6₄₈₇ and ORF61₅₂₄ responses are broadly applicable to multiple CD8 T-cell epitopes.