结合基因功能分类体系Gene Ontology筛选聚类特征基因

使用两套基因表达谱数据,按各基因的表达值方差,选择表达变异基因对样本聚类,发现一般使用方差较大的前10％的基因作为特征基因,就可以较好地对疾病样本聚类。对不同的疾病,包含聚类信息的特征基因有不同的分布特点。在此基础上,结合基因功能分类体系(Gene Ontology,GO),进一步筛选聚类的特征基因。通过检验在Gene Ontology中的每个功能类中的表达变异基因是否非随机地聚集,寻找疾病相关功能类,再根据相关功能类中的表达变异基因进行聚类分析。实验结果显示：结合基因功能体系进一步筛选表达变异基因作为聚类特征基因,可以保持或提高聚类准确性,并使得聚类结果具有明确的生物学意义。另外,发现了一些可能和淋巴瘤和白血病相关的基因。     

超高分辨率毛细管等电聚焦—电喷雾质谱联用方法观察蛋白质亚型

在线的毛细管等电聚焦 电喷雾质谱联用 ,作为一种二维的分离系统 ,对毛细管等电聚焦过程中形成的蛋白质亚型进行了分析。这种分析系统通过使用中性的涂层毛细管 (80cm长 )、动态的毛细管位置调整方法和鞘流液接口得以建立。蛋白质首先在毛细管等电聚焦过程中根据它们等电点的差异得到分离 ,然后被电喷雾质谱鉴定。已聚焦好的蛋白质区带通过结合阴极移动和重力移动的方法从毛细管中流出而进入质谱仪。由于在此特定情况下这种方法具有极高的分辨率 ,有三种血红蛋白A和镰刀型血红蛋白的亚型 (具有几乎相同的电荷分布和分子质量 ,但它们的等电点差异在 0 .0 4到 0 .0 8之间 )和两种乳球蛋白A的亚型 (等电点差异为 0 .6 )被检测到。这些蛋白质亚型的等电点、相对含量和分子质量都通过毛细管等电聚焦 电喷雾质谱联用方法同时得到了确定。     

代谢型谷氨酸受体在突触可塑性中的作用研究进展

突触可塑性是近 30年来神经科学领域的研究热点之一 ,它主要包括长时程增强 (long termpotentiation ,LTP)和长时程抑制 (long termdepression ,LTD)。以往的研究已经证实 ,离子型谷氨酸受体 (iGluRs)中的NMDA受体和AMPA受体 ,在LTP和LTD的诱导和维持中通过阳离子内流 ,引起细胞内的级联反应而起作用。新近的研究发现 ,代谢型谷氨酸受体 (mGluRs)与G蛋白偶联 ,通过细胞内的多种信使系统介导慢突触传递。本文主要就mGluRs在不同脑区LTP和LTD中的作用进行综述     

Comparative proteomics analysis of silkworm hemolymph during the stages of metamorphosis via liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

The silkworm is a lepidopteran insect that has an open circulatory system with hemolymph consisting of blood and lymph fluid. Hemolymph is not only considered as a depository of nutrients and energy, but it also plays a key role in substance transportation, immunity response, and proteolysis. In this study, we used LC‐MS/MS to analyze the hemolymph proteins of four developmental stages during metamorphosis. A total of 728 proteins were identified from the hemolymph of the second day of wandering stage, first day of pupation, ninth day of pupation, and first day as an adult moth. GO annotations and categories showed that silkworm hemolymph proteins were enriched in carbohydrate metabolism, proteolysis, protein binding, and antibacterial humoral response. The levels of nutrient, immunity‐related, and structural proteins changed significantly during development and metamorphosis. Some, such as cuticle, odorant‐binding, and chemosensory proteins, showed stage‐specific expression in the hemolymph. In addition, the expression of several antimicrobial peptides exhibited their highest level of abundance in the hemolymph of the early pupal stage. These findings provide a comprehensive proteomic insight of the silkworm hemolymph and suggest additional molecular targets for studying insect metamorphosis.     

单相和两相发酵体系中Methylomonas Z201细胞的生长和环氧丙烷？…

研究了单相和两相发酵体系中甲基单胞菌Ｚ２０１细胞的生长和环氧丙烷的合成。在单相发酵体系中,底物丙烯和产物环氧丙烷抑制细胞生长,水相中环氧丙烷的浓度达到１．３ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ。在两相发酵体系中,十六烷作为生长底物甲烷以及反应底物丙烯和分子氧的“储器”,减小了丙烯对细胞生长的抑制作用,水相和十六烷相中环氧丙烷的浓度分别达到１．７ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ和２．６ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ。同休止细胞相比,单相和两相发酵体系中辅酶ＮＡ     

腺病毒载体衣壳蛋白质的遗传修饰

腺病毒载体是最早用于基因治疗研究的病毒载体之一,也是目前肿瘤基因治疗中最为常见的病毒载体之一,其主要通过靶细胞表面的天然柯萨奇腺病毒受体(coxsackie and adenovirus receptor,CAR)感染宿主细胞。由于大多数肿瘤细胞表面该受体表达水平较低,降低了腺病毒载体对靶细胞的感染效率,从而制约了腺病毒载体在肿瘤基因治疗中的应用。因此,如何提高腺病毒载体对靶细胞的感染效率是腺病毒载体应用于肿瘤基因治疗的关键。目前对腺病毒载体衣壳蛋白质(capsid protein)的遗传修饰是提高其对宿主细胞感染效率的主要途径。本文将对这一领域的主要研究进展作一综述,为该方面的研究提供有用的信息。     

Designing bifunctionalized gold nanoparticle for colorimetric detection of Pb2+ under physiological condition

In the present work, a kind of peptide functionalized gold nanoparticle (AuNP) has been synthesized and employed for colorimetric detection of Pb(2+) in both aqueous solution and living cell. The AuNPs are capped by two peptide ligands: glutathione (GSH) and pentapeptide (CALNN). The GSH is used as a functional group for selectively sensing Pb(2+) by coordination reaction, and CALNN is employed as a stabilize ligand for improving the stability of AuNPs under physiological condition, respectively. The AuNP enables to strongly interact with Pb(2+) that leads to distinct color change of solution. Under the optimized molar ratio of GSH to CALNN on the AuNP surface, the colorimetric assay for detecting Pb(2+) in living cell downs to 2.9 fmol Pb(2+)per cell (3 times of standard deviation, 3σ) with linear relationship from 2.9 to 37.7 fmol Pb(2+) per cell. In addition, the method also shows highly selective detection toward Pb(2+) against other common metal ions in both aqueous solution and living cell.     

草地螟中肠cDNA文库的构建及初步鉴定

以草地螟中肠为材料,分别采用、Oligotex mRNA kit、ZAP-cDNA(R)synthesis kit和ZAP-cDNA(R)Gigapack(R)Ⅲ Gold Cloning Kit提取草地螟幼虫中肠总KNA,分离纯化mRNA并构建了草地螟中肠cDNA表达文库.测得文库的原始滴度为3.73×106pfu/ml,蓝白斑测定重组率迭99.7%,插入片段平均长度约为1.8 kb.草地螟中肠cDNA表达文库的成功构建为利用文库筛选中肠靶标蛋白提供了材料来源,为研制、开发草地螟生防药剂的新靶标以及研究其作用的分子机制奠定了基础.     

Identification and characterization of FHL3 as a novel angiogenin-binding partner

Angiogenin (Ang) is known to induce cell proliferation and inhibit apoptosis by cellular signaling pathways and by direct nuclear functions of Ang, but the mechanism of action for Ang is not yet clear. The aim of present study was to identify novel binding partner of Ang and to explore the underlying mechanism. With the use of yeast two-hybrid screening system, Ang was used as the bait to screen human fetal hepatic cDNA library for interacting proteins. Four and a half LIM domains 3 (FHL3) was identified as a novel Ang binding partner. The interaction between Ang and the full length FHL3 was further confirmed by yeast two-hybrid assay, co-immunoprecipitation and GST pull-down assays. Furthermore, FHL3 was required for Ang-mediated HeLa cell proliferation and nuclear translocation of Ang. These findings suggest that the interaction between Ang and FHL3 may provide some clues to the mechanisms of Ang-regulated cell growth and apoptosis.     

细胞穿膜肽研究应用的新进展

细胞穿膜肽(Cell-penetrating peptides,CPPs)是一类能够穿过细胞膜或组织屏障的短肽。CPPs可通过内吞和直接穿透等机制运载蛋白质、RNA、DNA等生物大分子进入细胞内发挥其效应功能。相比于其他非天然的化学分子,CPPs具有生物相容性佳、对细胞造成的毒性小、完成入胞转运后可降解、并能与生物活性蛋白直接融合重组表达等优点,因此成为以胞内分子为靶标的药物递送技术发展的重要工具,并在生物医学研究领域具有良好的应用前景。文中针对CPPs的分类特点、入胞转运机制及其治疗应用的新近研究进展进行综述和讨论。