乙酰胆碱对大鼠头端延髓腹外侧区前交感神经元放电的作用

实验采用细胞外记录和微电泳等电生理方法,研究乙酰胆碱（ＡＣｈ）对氨基甲酸乙酯麻醉的大鼠头端延髓腹外侧区（ＲＶＬＭ）前交感神经元放电频率的影响。在ＲＶＬＭ共记录到３５个前交感神经元,微电泳ＡＣｈ能增加其放电（Ｐ〈０．０５）,并且具有剂量依赖性。其中２２个神经元微电泳Ｍ型胆碱受体阻断剂阿托品（ＡＴＲ）后能明显降低前交感神经元的基础放电（Ｐ〈０．０５）和完全阻断ＡＣｈ引起的神经元兴奋作用;分别向其余７和     

Chronic blockade of brain "ouabain" prevents sympathetic hyper-reactivity and impairment of acute baroreflex resetting in rats with congestive heart failure

In rats with congestive heart failure (CHF) post myocardial infarction (MI) acute blockade of brain "ouabain" reverses sympathetic hyperactivity and chronic blockade prevents the desensitization of baroreflex function. This study was conducted to determine: i) if chronic blockade of brain "ouabain" maintains normal sympathetic reactivity; and ii) if acute baroreflex resetting (another parameter of baroreflex function) also becomes impaired, and if so, does brain "ouabain" contribute to impairment in acute baroreflex resetting. CHF post MI was induced by acute coronary artery ligation in Wistar rats. Animals were treated with 200 microg x day(-1) i.c.v. or i.v. Fab fragments (which bind brain "ouabain" with high affinity), or treated with 200 microg x day(-1) i.c.v. gamma-globulins (control group). The length of treatment was 0.5-8 weeks or 4-8 weeks post MI. At 8 weeks mean arterial pressure (MAP), central venous pressure (CVP), heart rate (HR), and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were recorded in concious rats at rest and in response to: i) air-jet stress, ii) i.c.v. guanabenz (an alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist), and iii) a 30 min i.v. infusion of nitroprusside (NP). Excitatory responses to air stress and inhibitory responses to guanabenz of MAP, HR, and RSNA were significantly enhanced in rats with CHF versus the sham-operated treated group. This enhancement was prevented in the CHF group treated with i.c.v., but not i.v., Fab. Nitroprusside induced a sustained decrease in MAP (approximately 25 mmHg) and a transient decrease in CVP. Heart rate and RSNA increased significantly within 1 min of beginning the infusion. The peak increases as well as the product of changes in MAP-HR and RSNA-HR were significantly smaller in rats with CHF treated with gamma-globulins versus sham rats and versus CHF rats treated with i.c.v. Fab. In sham-operated rats and CHF rats treated with i.c.v. Fab, RSNA and HR began to decrease within 3-4 min of beginning the NP infusion and had returned to baseline by 20 min. In contrast, RSNA and HR remained increased throughout the infusion in the CHF rats treated with gamma-globulins. These data indicate that in rats with CHF acute resetting of the arterial baroreflex in response to a lower BP becomes impaired, and chronic blockade of brain "ouabain" prevents both this change in baroreflex resetting as well as sympathetic hyperactivity.     

Retinoid signaling is required to complete the vertebrate cardiac left/right asymmetry pathway

Vitamin A-deficient (VAD) quail embryos have severe abnormalities, including a high incidence of reversed cardiac situs. Using this model we examined in vivo the physiological function of vitamin A in the left/right (L/R) cardiac asymmetry pathway. Molecular analysis reveals the expression of early asymmetry genes activin receptor IIa, sonic hedgehog, Caronte, Lefty-1, and Fgf8 to be unaffected by the lack of retinoids, while expression of the downstream genes nodal-related, snail-related (cSnR), and Pitx2 is altered. In VAD embryos nodal expression in left lateral plate mesoderm (LPM) is severely downregulated and the expression domain altered during neurulation. Similarly, the expression of cSnR in the right LPM and of Pitx2 in the left side posterior heart-forming region (HFR) is downregulated in the VAD embryos. The lack of retinoids does not cause randomization or ectopic expression of nodal, cSnR, or Pitx2. At the six- to eight-somite stage nodal is expressed transiently in the left posterior HFR of normal quail embryos; this expression is missing in VAD embryos and may be linked to the loss of Pitx2 expression in this region of VAD quail embryos. Administration of retinoids to VAD embryos prior to the six-somite stage rescues the expression of nodal, cSnR, and Pitx2 as well as the randomized VAD cardiac phenotype. There is an absolute requirement for retinoids at the four- to five-somite developmental window for cardiogenesis and cardiac L/R specification to proceed normally. We conclude that retinoids do not regulate the left/right-specific sidedness assignments for expression of genes on the vertebrate cardiac asymmetry pathway, but are required during neurulation for the maintenance of adequate levels of their expression and for the development of the posterior heart tube and a loopable heart. Cardiac asymmetry may be but one of several critical events regulated by retinoid signaling in the retinoid-sensitive developmental window.     

Dynamics of ethanol translocation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as detected by (13)C-NMR

(13)C-NMR has yielded to the dynamics study of ethanol as carbon and energy source in the metabolic oscillation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Three ethanol fractions such as media, cytoplasm and mitochondria were observed and characterised by different longitudinal relaxation times and chemical shifts.     

High-throughput protein expression of cDNA products as a tool in functional genomics

A proteomics approach has been developed aimed to allow high throughput analysis of protein products expressed from cDNA fragments (expressed sequence tags, ESTs). The concept relies on expression of gene products to generate specific antibodies for protein analysis, such as immunolocalization of the proteins on cellular and subcellular level. To evaluate the system, 55 cDNA clones with predominantly unknown function were selected from a mouse testis cDNA-library. A bacterial expression system was designed that allowed robust expression and easy purification. Protein levels between 15 and 80 mg l(-1) were obtained for 49 of the clones. Five clones were selected for immunization and all yielded functional antibodies that gave specific staining in Western blot screening of samples from various cell types. Furthermore, extensive immunolocalization information on subcellular level was obtained for three of the five clones. All generated data were stored in a relational database, and are made available through a web-interface (http://www.biochem.kth.se/multiscale/), which also provides relevant links and allows homology searches from the original sequences. The possibility to allow analysis of gene products from whole genomes using this 'localization proteomics' approach is discussed.     

疱疹病毒定量PCR的建立

A single pair of oligonucleatide primer selected within a highly conserved region of the DNA polymerase gene in herpesviruses was synthesized. The competitive template DNA purified from cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA was used to carry out competiitve PCR amplification with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) DNA (target sequences). And anti-HSV1 effects of acyclovir (ACV) was investigated by the method.The results showed that the efficacy of PCR amplification was equal to each other(the ratio of the quantity of c…     

褐煤风化过程中微生物群落的演替

对采自辽宁省前屯煤矿的6种不同风化程度的褐煤样品进行扫描电子显微镜观察发现:刚采掘出来的褐煤表面几乎没有微生物存在.经5个月、1年及4年堆积风化的褐煤中也只见到休眠孢子和少量菌丝.将褐煤样品在潮湿状态下培养10天后,扫描电镜观察发现:刚采出来的褐煤及经5个月风化的褐煤表面有大量放线菌生长,而且菌落周围有褐煤被降解迹象.经1年风化的褐煤中除有大量放线菌及细菌生长外,真菌也有所增加.而在经4年风化褐煤中主要是真菌明显增加.平板计数结果同样说明褐煤风化过程中微生物存在演替现象:放线菌为褐煤初期降解的主要微生物,随后是细菌,在风化程度较高的褐煤中,真菌则为优势降解菌.三株优势放线菌为诺卡氏菌(Nocardia Sp.),束丝放线菌(Actinosynnema Sp.)和链霉菌(Streptomyces sp.).两株优势细菌均为节杆菌(Arthrobacter sp.).两株曲霉为栖土曲霉(A.terricola)及褚曲霉(A.ochraceous),为褐煤风化过程的优势真菌.     

Identification of trait-improving quantitative trait loci alleles from a wild rice relative,Oryza rufipogon.

Wild species are valued as a unique source of genetic variation, but they have rarely been used for the genetic improvement of quantitative traits. To identify trait-improving quantitative trait loci (QTL) alleles from exotic species, an accession of Oryza rufipogon, a relative of cultivated rice, was chosen on the basis of a genetic diversity study. An interspecific BC2 testcross population (V20A/O. rufipogon//V20B///V20B////Ce64) consisting of 300 families was evaluated for 12 agronomically important quantitative traits. The O. rufipogon accession was phenotypically inferior for all 12 traits. However, transgressive segregants that outperformed the original elite hybrid variety, V20A/Ce64, were observed for all traits examined. A set of 122 RFLP and microsatellite markers was used to identify QTL. A total of 68 significant QTL were identified, and of these, 35 (51%) had beneficial alleles derived from the phenotypically inferior O. rufipogon parent. Nineteen (54%) of these beneficial QTL alleles were free of deleterious effects on other characters. O. rufipogon alleles at two QTL on chromosomes 1 and 2 were associated with an 18 and 17% increase in grain yield per plant, respectively, without delaying maturity or increasing plant height. This discovery suggests that the innovative use of molecular maps and markers can alter the way geneticists utilize wild and exotic germplasm.     

Enantioselective Polymeric Transporters for Tryptophan, Phenylalanine, and Histidine Prepared Using Molecular Imprinting Techniques

Developing new methods for the separation of enantiomers is of great current interest because of the importance, challenge, and high cost associated with such separations. This is particularly true in the pharmaceutical industry because of the requirement for the high purity, including enantiopurity, of the final drug products. In this study, polymeric molecular transporters were prepared using molecular imprinting techniques with -tryptophan, -phenylalanine, and -histidine as the templates, respectively. It was found that the transporters thus prepared were able to transport the template amino acids across a hydrophobic chloroform layer in a U-tube at rates that were 1.34- to 3.8-fold higher than the transport of their -enantiomers. The magnitude of discrimination depends on the conditions of polymerization and the templates used. Molecular “receptors” prepared using molecular imprinting techniques could potentially be used for the separation of enantiomers through serial enantioselective transports.