鲨鱼软骨血管生成抑制因子的纯化和功能

以中国东海鲸鲨软骨为原料,通过盐抽提、丙酮分级沉淀、离子交换层折、分子筛层析、高效液相色谱等步骤,获得鲨鱼软骨血管生成抑制因子－Ｉ（ｓｈａｒｋ ｃａｒｔｉｌｇａｅ ａｎｇｉｏｇｅｎｅｓｉｓ ｉｎｈｉｂｉｔｏｒｙ ｆａｃｔｏｒ－Ｉ,ＳＣＡＩＦ－Ｉ）,对其分子量、抑制血管生成及抑制肿瘤生长活性进行了研究。结果显示ＳＣＡＩＦ－Ｉ分子量１８ｋＤ,在细胞和整体水平上显著抑制新血管生成,显著抑制小鼠肿瘤的生长     

长江口中华鲟保护区鱼卵和仔鱼的分布特征

根据2004年5月和8月共2个航次对中华鲟（Acipenser sinensis）保护区及其邻近水域16个定点观测站进行的鱼卵和仔鱼调查资料,对该水域鱼卵仔鱼的种类组成和数量分布的季节变化特征以及有关的环境影响因子作了分析和探讨。结果表明：鱼卵仔鱼的种类组成和数量分布呈现明显的季节变化特征。春夏季种类组成变化大,种类数春季高于夏季;其中,以凤鲚(Coilia mystus)卵和仔鱼分布最多,其变动直接影响总量的变化;平面分布范围夏季较春季小,数量主要集中于崇明岛北部的北支水域和崇明东滩的东南部水域,崇明岛南部沿岸的北港水域相对较少;由于调查水域受长江径流的作用十分明显,因而数量分布和种类组成上随径流的变化表现出较明显的季节变动;南、北支水系的水文条件不同,海水由东向西楔入的程度不同,产生的环境状况影响了鱼卵仔鱼的平面分布格局。     

Retention of bacteria on a substratum surface with micro-patterned hydrophobicity

Bacteria adhere to almost any surface, despite continuing arguments about the importance of physico-chemical properties of substratum surfaces, such as hydrophobicity and charge in biofilm formation. Nevertheless, in vivo biofilm formation on teeth and also on voice prostheses in laryngectomized patients is less on hydrophobic than on hydrophilic surfaces. With the aid of micro-patterned surfaces consisting of 10-microm wide hydrophobic lines separated by 20-microm wide hydrophilic spacings, we demonstrate here, for the first time in one and the same experiment, that bacteria do not have a strong preference for adhesion to hydrophobic or hydrophilic surfaces. Upon challenging the adhering bacteria, after deposition in a parallel plate flow chamber, with a high detachment force, however, bacteria were easily wiped-off hydrophobic lines, most notably when these lines were oriented parallel to the direction of flow. Adhering bacteria detached slightly less from the hydrophilic spacings in between, but preferentially accumulated adhering on the hydrophilic regions close to the interface between the hydrophilic spacings and hydrophobic lines. It is concluded that substratum hydrophobicity is a major determinant of bacterial retention while it hardly influences bacterial adhesion.     

Genetic mutation analysis at early stages of cell line development using next generation sequencing

A central goal for most biopharmaceutical companies is to reduce the development timeline to reach clinical proof of concept. This objective requires the development of tools that ensure the quality of biotherapeutic material destined for the clinic. Recent advances in high throughput protein analytics provide confidence in our ability to assess productivity and product quality attributes at early stages of cell line development. However, one quality attribute has, until recently, been absent from the standard battery of analytical tests facilitating informed choices early in cell line selection: genetic sequence confirmation. Techniques historically used for mutation analysis, such as detailed mass spectrometry, have limitations on the sample number and turnaround times making it less attractive at early stages. Thus, we explored the utility of Next‐Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a solution to address these limitations. Amplicon sequencing is one such NGS technique that is robust, rapid, sensitive, and amenable to multiplexing, all of which are essential attributes for our purposes. Here we report a NGS method based upon amplicon sequencing that has been successfully incorporated into our cell line development workflow alongside other high‐throughput protein analytical assays. The NGS method has demonstrated its value by identifying at least one Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) clone expressing a variant form of the biotherapeutic in each of the four clinical programs in which it has been utilized. We believe this sequence confirmation method is essential to safely accelerating the time to clinical proof of concept of biotherapeutics, and guard against delays related to sequence mutations. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 32:813–817, 2016     

A genomewide admixture mapping panel for Hispanic/Latino populations

Admixture mapping (AM) is a promising method for the identification of genetic risk factors for complex traits and diseases showing prevalence differences among populations. Efficient application of this method requires the use of a genomewide panel of ancestry-informative markers (AIMs) to infer the population of origin of chromosomal regions in admixed individuals. Genomewide AM panels with markers showing high frequency differences between West African and European populations are already available for disease-gene discovery in African Americans. However, no such a map is yet available for Hispanic/Latino populations, which are the result of two-way admixture between Native American and European populations or of three-way admixture of Native American, European, and West African populations. Here, we report a genomewide AM panel with 2,120 AIMs showing high frequency differences between Native American and European populations. The average intermarker genetic distance is ~1.7 cM. The panel was identified by genotyping, with the Affymetrix GeneChip Human Mapping 500K array, a population sample with European ancestry, a Mesoamerican sample comprising Maya and Nahua from Mexico, and a South American sample comprising Aymara/Quechua from Bolivia and Quechua from Peru. The main criteria for marker selection were both high information content for Native American/European ancestry (measured as the standardized variance of the allele frequencies, also known as "f value") and small frequency differences between the Mesoamerican and South American samples. This genomewide AM panel will make it possible to apply AM approaches in many admixed populations throughout the Americas.     

8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine induces senescence-like changes in KG-1, human acute myelocytic leukemia cell line

8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine (oh⁸dG) treatment induced senescence-like changes in KG-1 cells, a human acute myelocytic leukemia cell line. The oh⁸dG-treated cells stained positive for senescence associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-galactosidase) and had enlarged cell shape, both of which are senescence indexes. The oh⁸dG-treated cells were also cell growth inhibited and arrested at G₁ in the cell cycle. The accumulation of cdk (cyclin dependent kinase) inhibitors, such as p16, p21, and p27, also implies that cellular senescence was induced in oh⁸dG-treated cells. However, these changes were not accompanied by cell differentiation or telomerase activity. Taken together, we conclude that oh⁸dG treatment of KG-1 cells induces cellular senescence.     

Panicle Water Potential, a Physiological Trait to Identify Drought Tolerance in Rice

Two upland rice varieties （IRAT109, IAPAR9） and one lowland rice variety （Zhenshan 97B） were planted in summer and treated with both normal （full water） and drought stress in the reproductive stage. Panicle water potential （PWP） and leaf water potential （LWP） were measured every 1.0-1.5 h over 24 h on sunny days. Both PWP and LWP of upland varieties started to decrease later, maintained a higher level and recovered more quickly than that of the lowland variety. The results show that PWP can be used as an indicator of plant water status based on the parallel daily changes, and the high correlation between PWP and LWP. Similar correlations were also observed between PWP, LWP and eight traits related to plant growth and grain yield formation. PWP seemed to be more effective for distinguishing the upland rice varieties with different drought-tolerant ability. Differences in PWP and LWP between upland and lowland rice varieties were also observed at noon even under normal water conditions, implying the incorporation of the drought-tolerant mechanism to improve the photosynthesis and yield of traditional paddy rice.     

气体分子的信号转导作用研究

气体分子在生物体内细胞通讯与信号传递过程中具有重要作用.对NO、CO、活性氧、H2S等气体性信号分子的信号转导作用进行了综述.