不同体重对正常饮食下小鼠腹主动脉瘤进展影响的回顾性研究

目的 分析正常饮食情况下,术前体重对猪胰弹性蛋白酶(PPE)诱导的小鼠腹主动脉瘤进展的影响。方法 回顾分析本实验室最近半年44例PPE诱导的小鼠腹主动脉瘤模型中,术前不同体重对后期腹主动脉直径和腹主动脉瘤进展的影响,分析两者的相关性。对术前体重低于25 g的8例入选小鼠(模型组1)和术前体重高于30 g的8例入选小鼠(模型组2)进行体重、脂肪分布、腹主动脉直径、腹主动脉直径变化、腹主动脉瘤病变组织学和免疫组织化学比较。正常阴性对照小鼠未给与任何处理。结果 44例小鼠腹主动脉瘤血管直径和术前体重的相关系数为0.005,未发现体重对腹主动脉瘤进展有显著影响。进一步分析发现,模型1组和模型2组在术后14 d血管直径(1.35 mm vs 1.27 mm)和血管直径变化上(0.85 mm vs 0.72 mm)差异没有显著性。相比正常血管,模型组1和模型组2小鼠在术后14 d,腹主动脉肾下灌注段直径显著增加,全部形成动脉瘤。组织学呈弹性纤维断裂、平滑肌细胞耗竭、炎症反应增加和血管新生异常等典型的腹主动脉瘤病变特征。结论 在正常饮食小鼠,体重未见影响腹主动脉瘤的进展。     

微生物群体感应抑制剂及其在海洋生态中的应用

微生物具有结构多样性和功能多样性,其生态行为受多种信号因子的调节,其一便是群体感应信号(Quorum sensing,QS)。QS可作为菌群的通讯语言调节多种生物学功能,包括微生物被膜(Biofilm)的形成、毒力因子的表达、抗生素的分泌以及活性物质的生成等。相比之下,群体感应抑制剂(Quorum sensing inhibitor,QSI)的作用与QS相反,它能阻断QS信号的合成或传递、降低细菌致病性、干扰Biofilm的生成、阻断QS级联效应,因而被广泛应用于医药、农业和环境等领域。本文聚焦QSI,对其来源、特性、作用机制的最新进展进行总结,并对其在海洋生态领域上的应用进行综述,以期为QSI物质的开发和海洋生态资源的有效利用提供新思路。     

泛素化结合酶E2抑制剂对草菇15 ℃保鲜的影响

为了改进草菇低温保鲜方法,在15 ℃贮藏条件下,采用泛素化结合酶E2 (UBEV2)抑制剂对草菇子实体进行处理,并开展相关生理指标和基因表达检测。结果表明,使用100 μmol/L的UBEV2抑制剂L345-0044维持了草菇较好的品质,提高了草菇可溶性糖的含量。低温明显提升抑制剂处理下的碱性蛋白酶和中性蛋白酶活力,并证实了低温胁迫显著提高了抑制剂处理下的一种类型蛋白酶肽基赖氨酸金属内肽酶的表达。本研究证实了草菇可溶性糖和高活性的冷诱导金属内肽酶对于延长草菇的低温保鲜时间是必须的。     

新型冠状病毒相关TMPRSS2蛋白结构特征和抗原表位分析

采用生物信息学方法分析预测新型冠状病毒(Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2)跨膜蛋白酶丝氨酸2(transmembrane protease serine 2,TMPRSS2)的理化特性、结构特征和抗原表位,为抗SARS-CoV-2药物研...     

基质金属蛋白酶MMP-26能有效促进人绒毛膜上皮癌细胞JEG-3浸润能力

胚胎植入过程中,滋养层细胞浸润与肿瘤的迁移过程非常相似,但显著的区别在于前者是受严格调控的有节制的浸润,基质金属蛋白酶(MMPs)的许多成员在其中起重要的作用.MMP-26是近年来发现的MMPs家族的新成员,它在滋养层细胞中的作用所知甚少.利用国际常用的人滋养层细胞模型——人绒毛膜上皮癌细胞系(JEG-3)作为体外实验模型,探讨MMP-26在人滋养层细胞浸润调节中的作用.将含有MMP-26全长cDNA的pCR3.1质粒转染到JEG-3细胞中,获得过量表达MMP-26基因的稳定细胞系JEG-3/MMP-26;细胞浸润分析表明JEG/MMP-26细胞的浸润能力较母本细胞明显增强;RT-PCR和明胶酶谱分析显示JEG-3/MMP-26细胞中MMP-9的表达和分泌水平提高;双荧光免疫细胞化学进一步显示MMP-26和MMP-9蛋白在细胞中有共定位现象.上述结果表明MMP-26能有效促进人滋养层细胞浸润,其作用可能是通过与其他MMP分子(如MMP-9)的协调来实现的.     

细胞因子对血管平滑肌细胞MMP-2基因表达的诱导及其作用机制研究

为了探讨血管平滑肌细胞 ( VSMC)基质金属蛋白酶 - 2 ( MMP- 2 )基因的表达调控机制 ,利用Northern印迹杂交和 MMP- 2活性酶图分析检查 b FGF、TNF- α和 IL- 1 β对 VSMC MMP- 2基因表达的影响 ,应用电泳迁移率改变实验 ( EMSA)和 CAT分析对其作用机制进行研究 .结果证实 ,3种细胞因子均能显著诱导 MMP- 2基因表达 ,其作用强度依次为 b FGF>TNF-α>IL - 1β.将 MMP-2基因 5′侧翼 - 61 9～ 1 9bp调控序列克隆进携带报告基因的重组质粒 p SV0 - CAT后 ,经转染VSMC及 CAT分析显示 ,在上述 3种细胞因子的作用下 ,该调控序列可激活 cat基因表达 ,三者促进 cat表达的活性与其诱导 VSMC表达 MMP- 2的结果相一致 ;EMSA结果显示 ,被 b FGF和TNF- α刺激的 VSMC中产生与该基因调控区序列特异结合的转录调控因子 .提示细胞因子除可激活 VSMC细胞周期调节基因表达外 ,还可通过诱导 MMP- 2表达而发挥其对细胞外基质代谢的调节作用及参与 VSMC迁移的启动过程 ;细胞因子对 VSMC MMP- 2基因表达的诱导作用是通过促进转录调控因子的合成或活化而实现的 .     

Cleavage of the Carboxyl-Terminus of LEACS2, a Tomato 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Synthase Isomer, by a 64-kDa Tomato Metalloprotease Produces a Truncated but Active Enzyme

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid （ACC） synthase （ACS） is the principal enzyme in phytohormone ethylene biosynthesis. Previous studies have shown that the hypervariable C-terminus of ACS is proteolytically processed in vivo. However, the protease responsible for this has not yet been identified. In the present study, we investigated the processing of the 55-kDa full-length tomato ACS （LeACS2） into 52-, 50- and 49-kDa truncated isoforms in ripening tomato （Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Cooperation 903） fruit using the sodium dodecyl sulfate-boiling method. Meanwhile, an LeACS2-processing protease was purified via multi-step column chromatography from tomato fruit. Subsequent biochemical analysis of the 64-kDa purified protease revealed that it is a metalloprotease active at multiple cleavage sites within the hypervariable C-terminus of LeACS2. N-terminal sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight analysis indicated that the LeACS2-processing metalloprotease cleaves at the C-terminal sites Lys^438, Glu^447, Lys^448, Asn^456, Ser^460, Ser^462, Lys^463, and Leu^474, but does not cleave the N- terminus of LeACS2. Four C-terminus-deleted （26-50 amino acids） LeACS2 fusion proteins were overproduced and subjected to proteolysis by this metalloprotease to identify the multiple cleavage sites located on the N-terminal side of the phosphorylation site Ser^460. The results indisputably confirmed the presence of cleavage sites within the region between the α-helix domain （H14） and Ser^460 for this metalloprotease. Furthermore, the resulting C-terminally truncated LeACS2 isoforms were active enzymatically. Because this protease could produce LeACS2 isoforms in vitro similar to those detected in vivo, it is proposed that this metalloprotease may be involved in the proteolysis of LeACS2 in vivo.     

L-丝氨酸生产菌的选育及不同碳源对发酵的影响

以一株黄假单胞属(Pseudomonas flava)菌株A3为出发菌株,经过紫外(UV)诱变和硫酸二乙酯(DES)逐级诱变处理和选育,选育出一株能够以甲醇为唯一碳源的兼性甲基营养型菌JW-01(Mth^R、Gly^R)。在含甘氨酸30g/L、甲醇1%的发酵培养基中发酵3d后L-丝氨酸产量为6．2g/L,较出发菌株提高了67．6%。该菌具有较好的传代稳定性。     

Activation of gibberellin 2-oxidase 6 decreases active gibberellin levels and creates a dominant semi-dwarf phenotype in rice （Oryza sativa L.）

Gibberellin (GA) 2-oxidase plays a key role in the GA catabolic pathway through 2β-hydroxylation.In the present study,we isolated a CaMV 35S-enhancer activation tagged mutant,H032.This mutant exhibited a dominant dwarf and GA-deficient phenotype,with a final stature that was less than half of its wild-type counterpart.The endogenous bioactive GAs are markedly decreased in the H032 mutant,and application of bioactive GAs (GA3 or GA4) can reverse the dwarf phenotype.The integrated T-DNA was detected 12.8 kb upstream of the OsGA2ox6 in the H032 genome by TAIL-PCR.An increased level of OsGA2ox6 mRNA was detected at a high level in the H032 mutant,which might be due to the enhancer role of the CaMV 35S promoter.RNAi and ectopic expression analysis of OsGA2ox6 indicated that the dwarf trait and the decreased levels of bioactive GAs in the H032 mutant were a result of the up-regulation of the OsGA2ox6 gene.BLASTP analysis revealed that OsGA2ox6 belongs to the class III of GA 2-oxidases,which is a novel type of GA2ox that uses C20-GAs (GA12 and/or GA53) as the substrates.Interestingly,we found that a GA biosynthesis inhibitor,paclobutrazol,positively regulated the OsGA2ox6 gene.Unlike the over-expression of OsGA2ox1,which led to a high rate of seed abortion,the H032 mutant retained normal flowering and seed production.These results indicate that OsGA2ox6 mainly affects plant stature,and the dominant dwarf trait of the H032 mutant can be used as an efficient dwarf resource in rice breeding.     

紫萍叶状体衰老过程中的内肽酶谱变化和外源L-丝氨酸对内肽酶谱的影响

采用双向凝胶电泳技术分析紫萍叶状体衰老期间内肽酶同工酶的变化以及外源L-丝氨酸对内肽酶影响的结果表明,在衰老的紫萍叶状体中检测到9种内肽酶同工酶,丝氨酸内肽酶EP3可能在叶状体衰老的早期起作用,而半胱氨酸内肽酶EP9在第6天出现,是衰老后期活性最强的内肽酶。培养液中加入外源的L-丝氨酸后,叶状体蛋白质含量下降加剧,与衰老相关的内肽酶EP3、EP4和EP9的活性明显增强或提前出现。