P-糖蛋白的表达及其结合肽的筛选

为获得P 糖蛋白胞外段 ,构建了高效表达载体pGEX Pgp ,转化大肠杆菌DH5α ,进行表达、鉴定及纯化 ,以获得的融合蛋白为靶蛋白 ,筛选噬菌体随机 12肽库 ,免疫细胞化学方法进行鉴定 .SDS PAGE分析 ,表达出约 30kD大小的蛋白 ;从噬菌体随机肽库中筛选获得了与P 糖蛋白特异性结合的噬菌体阳性克隆 ,测序获得了其特异性结合肽序列 :NDGLLFTWQPSP .免疫细胞化学结果显示 :筛选得到的噬菌体阳性克隆可与耐药细胞BIU 87 ADM结合 ,而与敏感细胞BIU 87不结合 .结果表明 ,筛选获得的结合肽可与耐药的肿瘤细胞结合 ,表现出一定的肿瘤特异性 .P 糖蛋白结合肽的筛选 ,为进行人膀胱癌多药耐药的靶向治疗等工作奠定了基础 .     

Factors influencing shoot regeneration from cotyledons of tetraploid <Emphasis Type="Italic">Isatis indigotica</Emphasis> fort

Summary An efficient in vitro plant regeneration system from cotyledons was established in tetraploid Isatis indigotica Fort. Factors influencing shoot regeneration from cotyledons, including culture medium type, combinations of plant growth regulators, and sucrose concentrations in the medium, as well as illumination were investigated. Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium was found to be best for promoting shoot regeneration, followed by Gamborg's B₅ and White's medium. The highest shoot regeneration frequency was achieved from cotyledons cultured on MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mgl⁻¹ (8.9 μM) 6-benzyladenine and 1.0 mgl⁻¹ (5.4 μM) α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), with 97.9% regeneration, associated with a high number of multiple shoots developed per explant (8.6 shoots per explant). A sucrose concentration of 3% present in the medium and light conditions were beneficial for shoot regeneration. The shoots developed were rooted in a half-strength MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mgl⁻¹ (5.4 μM) NAA and successfully transplanted in soil in pots with over 85% survival. The establishment of an efficient plant regeneration procedure from cotyledons provides a basis for the rapid in vitro multiplication of tetraploid Isatis indigotica Fort., one of the most extensively used medicinal plants in China currently under great shortage.     

Synthesis and evaluation of novel benzothiazole derivatives based on the bithiophene structure as potential radiotracers for β-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease

In this study, six novel benzothiazole derivatives based on the bithiophene structure were developed as potential β-amyloid probes. In vitro binding studies using Aβ aggregates showed that all of them demonstrated high binding affinities with K_i values ranged from 0.11 to 4.64 nM. In vitro fluorescent staining results showed that these compounds can intensely stained Aβ plaques within brain sections of APP/PS1 transgenic mice, animal model for AD. Two radioiodinated compounds [¹²⁵I]-2-(5′-iodo-2,2′-bithiophen-5-yl)-6-methoxybenzo[d]thiazole [¹²⁵I]10 and [¹²⁵I]-2-(2,2′-bithiophen-5-yl)-6-iodobenzo[d]thiazole [¹²⁵I]13 were successfully prepared through an iododestannylation reaction. Furthermore, in vitro autoradiography of the AD model mice brain sections showed that both [¹²⁵I]10 and [¹²⁵I]13 labeled the Aβ plaques specifically with low background. In vivo biodistribution studies in normal mice indicated that [¹²⁵I]13 exhibited high brain uptake (3.42% ID/g at 2 min) and rapid clearance from the brain (0.53% ID/g at 60 min), while [¹²⁵I]10 showed lower brain uptake (0.87% ID/g at 2 min). In conclusion, these preliminary results of this study suggest that the novel radioiodinated benzothiazole derivative [¹²⁵I]13 may be a candidate as an in vivo imaging agent for detecting β-amyloid plaques in the brain of AD patients.     

‘红阳’猕猴桃叶盘高频直接再生体系的建立

以‘红阳’猕猴桃雌株幼叶为外植体,直接诱导产生不定芽,并对不定芽增殖以及生根体系进行优化,建立了高频再生体系。结果表明,在MS+3.0 mg/L BA+1.0 mg/L NAA培养基中,不定芽诱导率达100％,平均出芽数达18.67个/叶盘;在MS+2.0 mg/L BA+1.0 mg/L NAA+0.1 mg/L GA3培养基中,增殖率达100％,1~6代不定芽平均繁殖系数达8.63;不定芽在1/2 MS+0.8 mg/L IBA培养基中培养15 d,然后继代至含1/2 MS液体培养基的珍珠岩中培养15 d,生根率达100％,且其根系发育良好;98株试管苗移栽到土壤盆钵中,成活95株,成活率达96.94％。本试验成功建立了红阳猕猴桃叶片高频直接再生体系,该体系诱导产生不定芽周期短,出芽率高,不定芽增殖系数大,生根率高且根系发达,为红阳猕猴桃试管苗的工厂化生产和遗传转化奠定了基础。     

Comparative Analysis of Endogenous Hormones and Metabolite Profiles in Early-Spring Flowering Plants and Unflowered Plants Revealing the Strategy of Blossom

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Early-spring plants are a special type of plant that complete their life cycle promptly in cold, early spring. Very little effort has been made into researching...     

A multi‐year dormancy strategy in a cabbage beetle population in southeastern China

The life cycle of the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi in southeastern China is complex due to four options for adult development: summer diapause, winter diapause, prolonged diapsuse, and nondiapause. However, detailed information on the multi‐year emergence patterns of diapausing individuals in this beetle has not been documented. In this study, we monitored the adult emergence patterns of diapausing individuals and estimated the influence of the diapause‐inducing temperature and photoperiod on the incidence of prolonged diapause under seminatural conditions for several years. The duration of diapause for adults collected from the vegetable fields in different years varied from several months to 5 years. Approximately 25.9%–29.2% of individuals showed prolonged diapause (emergence more than 1 year after entering diapause) over the 5 years of observation. Furthermore, regardless of insect age, the emergence of diapausing adults from the soil always occurred between mid‐February and March in spring and between late August and mid‐October in autumn, when the host plants were available. The influence of diapause‐inducing temperatures (22, 25, and 28°C) combined with different photoperiods (L:D 12:12 h and L:D 14:10 h) on diapause duration was tested under seminatural conditions. Pairwise comparisons of diapause duration performed by the log‐rank test revealed that the low temperature of 22°C combined with the long photoperiod of L:D 14:10 h induced the longest diapause duration, whereas the low temperature of 22°C combined with the short photoperiod of L:D 12:12 h induced the highest proportion of prolonged diapause. This study indicates that C. bowringi adopts a multi‐year dormancy strategy to survive local environmental conditions and unpredictable risks.     

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of a gene encoding mannose-binding lectin from bulb of Zephyranthes grandiflora

In this paper we report on the molecular cloning, sequencing and partially characterisation of a lectin from bulb of the Chinese medicinal plant Zephyranthes grandiflora. The full-length cDNA of Z. grandiflora bulb lectin (ZGBL) consisted of 986 bp and contained a 576 bp ORF encoding a 191 amino acid protein. Bioinformatics analysis results clearly indicate that ZGBL belongs to the monocot mannose-binding lectin family, which contains 3 putative mannose-binding sites per subunit. RT-PCR analysis results indicate that ZGBL is constitutively expressed in all the tested tissue types including root, bulb, leaf and flower. Interestingly, ZGBL is more closely related to the Orchidaceae rather than the Amaryllidaceae family on molecular evolution.     

性别因素对GRK5缺陷小鼠AD样病理改变的影响

目的性别在阿尔茨海默病（AD）的发病中是一不容忽视的危险因素。研究揭示G蛋白偶联受体（GPCRs）激酶5（GRK5）缺陷引起的相关GPCRs脱敏障碍在早期AD病理发生机制中具有重要作用,而且GRK5敲除／缺陷（GRK5KO）小鼠表现出早期AD样病理特征和短时期记忆功能损害。但这种病理变化在不同性别间有无差异,目前不得而知。本研究旨在探讨GRK5KO小鼠出现的AD样病理变化是否存在性别差异。方法用Campbell-Switzer银染来观察老龄GRK5KO小鼠海马内肿胀轴突的病理变化;Western blotting检测海马内突触蛋白水平和数个胆碱能标记物的变化;同时对上述改变在不同性别间进行深入比较。结果雌性GRK5KO小鼠海马内肿胀轴突数目比雄性小鼠高出2．5倍;而且雌性GRK5KO小鼠海马内数个突触蛋白水平比雄性小鼠显著减低。双因素方差分析显示性别和GRK5缺陷双因素之间呈显著协同效应,共同促进了雌性GRK5KO小鼠轴突缺陷和部分突触蛋白水平的降低。另外,胆碱能标记物检测显示,雌性GRK5KO小鼠毒蕈碱受体2、4以及乙酰胆碱酯酶水平较雄性小鼠显著增高。结论在促进早期AD病理发生的过程中,GRK5缺陷和性别双因素表现出协同效应,共同加剧了雌性GRK5KO小鼠脑内的AD样病理改变。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Paradevosia shaoguanensis</Emphasis> gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from a Coking Wastewater

A Gram staining negative, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterial strain J5-3^T with a single polar flagellum was isolated from coking wastewater collected from Shaoguan, Guangdong, China. It was motile and capable of optimal growth at pH 6–8, 30 °C, and 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl. Its predominant fatty acids were 11-methyl C_18:1 ω7c (29.2 %), C_16:0 (20.6 %), C_19:0 cyclo ω8c (18.2 %), C_18:0 (11.0 %), and C_18:1 ω7c/C_18:1 ω6c (10.9 %) when grown on trypticase soy agar. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, two unknown glycolipids (GL1, GL2), and two unknown phospholipid (PL1, PL2). The predominant ubiquinone was Q-10, and the genome DNA G+C content was 61.7 mol %. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain J5-3^T belonged to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae in Alphaproteobacteria. It shared the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 93.8–96.1 % with the genus Devosia, 94.5–94.8 % with the genus Pelagibacterium, and <92.0 % with all the other type strains in family Hyphomicrobiaceae. It can be distinguished from the closest phylogenetic neighbors based on several phenotypic and genotypic features, including α-galactosidase activity, tetracycline susceptibility, major fatty acid composition, polar lipid profile, DNA gyrase B subunit (gyrB) gene sequence, and random-amplified polymorphic DNA profile. Therefore, we consider strain J5-3^T to represent a novel species of a novel genus within the family Hyphomicrobiaceae, for which the name Paradevosia shaoguanensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Paradevosia shaoguanensis is J5-3^T (=CGMCC 1.12430^T =LMG 27409^T).     

Amplified detection of nucleic acid by G-quadruplex based hybridization chain reaction

A protein-free, isothermal, self-amplified nucleic acid sensing system which was a G-quadruplex integrated hybridization chain reaction (GQ-HCR) system was developed. The G-quadruplex was closed two-thirds in the loop and one-third in the stem of one of the GQ-HCR hairpin probes. In the absence of the target molecule, the GQ-HCR probes stayed as inactive meta-stable hairpin structures and the G-quadruplex was inert. Reversely, the GQ-HCR probes could be cross-opened to start a hybridization chain reaction and the closed G-quadruplex could be released to be free when the GQ-HCR probes came across the target molecule. The GQ-HCR nucleic acid sensing system could detect as low as 7.5nM ssDNA or RNA by the colorimetric method and 4nM ssDNA by the fluorometric method. Less than 10 copies of dsDNA template could also be detected when PCR was combined with the GQ-HCR system (PCR+GQ-HCR). Because of these advantages, the GQ-HCR system was also studied for application in visual chip detection to obtain a satisfactory repeatable and specific result.