CCL5/CCR5 axis promotes the motility of human oral cancer cells

CCL5 (previously called RANTES) is in the CC‐chemokine family and plays a crucial role in the migration and metastasis of human cancer cells. On the other hand, the effect of CCL5 is mediated via CCR receptor. RT‐PCR and flow cytometry studies demonstrated CCR5 but not CCR1 and CCR3 mRNA in oral cancer cell lines, especially higher in those with high invasiveness (SCC4) as compared with lower levels in HSC3 cells and SCC9 cells. Stimulation of oral cancer cells with CCL5 directly increased the migration and metalloproteinase‐9 (MMP‐9) production. MMP‐9 small interfering RNA inhibited the CCL5‐induced MMP‐9 expression and thereby significantly inhibited the CCL5‐induced cell migration. Activations of phospholipase C (PLC), protein kinase Cδ (PKCδ), and NF‐κB pathways after CCL5 treatment was demonstrated, and CCL5‐induced expression of MMP‐9 and migration activity was inhibited by the specific inhibitor of PLC, PKCδ, and NF‐κB cascades. In addition, migration‐prone sublines demonstrate that cells with increasing migration ability had more expression of MMP‐9, CCL5, and CCR5. Taken together, these results indicate that CCL5/CCR5 axis enhanced migration of oral cancer cells through the increase of MMP‐9 production. J. Cell. Physiol. 220: 418–426, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

CTSB promotes porcine preadipocytes differentiation by degrading fibronectin and attenuating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

The process of preadipocytes differentiation plays a vital role in adipose tissue expansion and many factors are involved in this event. Cathepsin B (CTSB), secreted from lysosome, has been reported in regulating a variety of physiological processes. In this study, we demonstrated CTSB promotes lipid accumulation and adipogenic genes expression in porcine primary preadipocytes by degrading fibronectin (Fn), a key component of extracellular matrix. Lithium chloride (LiCl) is an activator of Wnt/β-catenin signaling through stabilizing β-catenin. We found that CTSB can relieve the anti-adipogenic effects of LiCl, indicating that CTSB could impact Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Interestingly, Fn is an important target gene of Wnt/β-catenin. So we considered that CTSB promote preadipocytes differentiation by suppressing these two pathways.     

Population genetic structure and historical demography of the ground beetle Pheropsophus jessoensis from the Tsinling-Dabashan Mountains, central China based on mitochondrial DNA analysis

The population genetic structure and demographic history of the ground beetle Pheropsophus jessoensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Tsinling-Dabashan Mountains, central China were estimated using the mtDNACol-tRNALeu-mtDNAColl region as a molecular marker. 184 individuals from 25 local populations, were collected. The haplotype diversity (H(d)) of total and each individual sampled population was high, and was accompanied by lower nucleotide diversity (P(i)). AMOVA analysis suggested that most of the variation was within populations (92.17%), while differentiation of among populations only contributed 7.83% to the total. Mantel test results showed significant correlation between the pairwise calculated genetic distance and pairwise calculated geographical distance of the populations (R(xy) = 0.360529, P = 0.00001 < 0.01), indicating the presence of isolationby-distance. No phylogeographic structure was found within the Tsinling-Dabashan Mountains region. Statistical phylogeographic analysis indicated that the contemporary populations are derived from multiple ancestral-refugial source populations. Gene flow calculated through the N(m) was high between many pairs of populations, which was probably due to ancient vicariance and subsequent rapid expansion of populations. The results of neutral test, mismatch distribution analyses, and Bayesian Skyline Plot (BSP) analysis together indicated a sudden demographic expansion. The estimated expansion time of individual haplogroup and the whole sampled population were 0.012-0.278 Myr, and a sudden expansion was identified between 0.05 Myr to 0.01 Myr by BSP. The postglacial population expansion might lead to the lack of phylogeographic structure.     

薄层色谱-分光光度法测定樟芝菌粉中的总三萜含量

采用薄层色谱(TLC)-分光光度法测定樟芝菌粉中的总三萜含量.结果表明,适宜的展开剂组成为氯仿:甲醇＝9:1.该方法排除了樟芝菌粉中含有的脂肪等物质对测定总三萜含量的干扰,其准确度明显高于直接分光光度法和重量法,同时该方法具有较好的精密度,准确度及稳定性.     

降解三硝基甲苯的酵母和类酵母菌的研究

从受三硝基甲苯（TNT）严重污染的土壤和废水中分离筛选到17株可降解TNT的酵母菌和白地霉。其中6株为克鲁斯假丝酵母（Candidakrusei）,4株为橡树假丝酵母（C.quercitrusa）,一株为无名假丝酵母（C.famata）,一株为伯杰汉逊酵母（Hansenulabeijerinckii）,一株为亚膜汉逊酵母（H.subpelliculosa）,4株为白地霉（Geotrichumcandidum）。对其中6株菌进行了降解TNT的条件实验,发现降解TNT的适宜pH为7,温度为37～40℃。在含75～80mg／LTNT的培养基中,40h内能降解TNT56～74mg／L,去除率达71％～93％。在培养基中加入0．01％～0．05％的葡萄糖作碳源,或加入0.01％～0．1％的酵母膏对6株菌降解TNT的能力略有促进作用。加入铵盐作为氮源则明显抑制这些菌对TNT的降解。     

Enhanced production of (+)-terrein in fed-batch cultivation of Aspergillus terreus strain PF26 with sodium citrate

(+)-Terrein is a fungal metabolite with multiple biological activities, especially with great value in medicine. However, the mass production of single configuration terrein is still a big challenge. In this study, the effects of acetic acid, sodium acetate, citric acid and sodium citrate on the (+)-terrein production by Aspergillus terreus strain PF26 derived from marine sponge Phakellia fusca were investigated. Sodium citrate was selected for fed-batch cultivation because it showed the best effect on (+)-terrein production among the four regulators tested. As a result, 5.38 g/L (+)-terrein production was achieved by feeding 10 mM sodium citrate on the 3rd day in shake flask, which was 33.8 % higher than the control and represented the highest yield of (+)-terrein. In a 7.5-L stirred bioreactor, 2.58 g/L of (+)-terrein production was achieved by the feeding of 10 mM sodium citrate on the 8th day. The results from this study lay a basis for the high-yield production of (+)-terrein by fermentation.     

抗HIV-1 gp160独特型阳性抗体的序列分析及表达

为了确定从噬菌体抗体文库中筛选出的抗体的属性和方便目的基因的表达及其产物的纯化,对两株具有“１Ｆ７”独特型的抗ＨＩＶ－１ｇｐ１６０抗体基因进行了序列分析并构建了可溶性表达载体．发现３Ｂ株含有完整的Ｆａｂ段,１Ｄ株只有重链Ｆｄ段．序列测定表明两株克隆的Ｆｄ段基因完全相同,其可变区ＶＨ属于ＶＨⅠ亚群,而３Ｂ株的“轻链”序列与已知的人的κ和λ轻链无同源性．用从另外的Ｆａｂ抗体文库中筛选出来的３株抗乙肝表面抗原抗体的轻链与３Ｂ的重链重组,并选择一个ＨＩＶ－１ｇｐ１６０特异性较好的重组抗体株,命名为３Ｂｓ．构建了１Ｄ株与３Ｂｓ株的可溶性表达载体,免疫印迹实验证实了具有“１Ｆ７”独特型的抗ｇｐ１６０独特型阳性抗体的表达．     

点状气单胞菌引起虹鳟感染症及其病原学机制的初步研究

对山西省朔县省虹鳟试验场1987年8月在亲鱼中爆发的一次流行病进行了病原菌分离、培养、毒力试验和详细的生理生化测定,确定点状气单胞菌为其病原菌。并对该菌胞外产物的致病性进行了研究,通过测定其溶血活性、酪蛋白酶活性、对鱼致死性以及对其引起的组织病理学变化的观察,初步确定了胞外产物与该菌侵袭力的相关性。     

从酵母中提取谷胱甘肽的初步研究

考察了不同提取方法对从酵母中提取谷胱甘肽（ＧＳＨ）的影响,热水抽提由于其提取收率高（９０％）,耗时短（１０ｍｉｎ）经济性强而明显优于其它提取方法,对７３２阳离子交换树脂纯化ＧＳＨ进行了初步研究,主要研究了树脂颗粒大小对提纯ＧＳＨ的影响,采用６０～８０目的树脂,ＧＳＨ收率为５７．６％,虽然比８０目以上的树脂低１０％但前者操作作所需时间只有后者的１／３。     

分子氮影响下的蓝藻Anabaena7120乙炔还原

经分子氮预处理的蓝藻乙炔还原活性下降。分子氮对乙炔还原的抑制作用可因CO_2的加入而削弱,氮浓度增高时,CO_2的此种有益作用即消失。在5％ CO_2条件下:(1)光照强度大时,经分子氮预处理的蓝藻乙炔还原活性比未经处理的(氮气中)高些,弱光下则削弱,暗中削弱更大;(2)它受到光合抑制剂的抑制较大;(3)对CO_2和O_2的敏感度比未经氮预处理者小;(4)分子氢对其支持与来经氮预处理的相差甚微,但对其受O_2损伤时的保护作用则大些;(5)MSX对分子氮预处理的蓝藻乙炔还原也有明显的抑制,且比单加CO_2的大。