缺氧诱导因子在新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎中的作用机制研究

该文探讨了缺氧诱导因子-1α(hypoxia inducible factor-1α,HIF-1α)在新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎(neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis,NEC)中的作用机制.收集8例NEC患儿小肠组织作为疾病组和6例胃肠道畸形患儿小肠组织作为对照组.将40只7日龄的C57BL...     

乙型脑炎病毒感染的神经元中干扰素诱导蛋白-10与肿瘤坏死因子-α的相关性及意义

乙型脑炎病毒（Japanese encephalitis virus,JEV）感染引起血脑屏障损伤与干扰素诱导蛋白-10(Interferon gamma-induced protein-10,IP-10)表达上调及下游肿瘤坏死因子-α(Tumor necrosis factor-α,TNF-α)释放增加有关,但IP-10及TNF-α在JEV感染引起神经元损伤中的作用并不清楚。为了研究JEV感染的神经元中IP-10与TNF-α的相关性及生物学意义,本研究以SH-SY5Y细胞为实验对象,建立JEV感染的细胞模型,转染阴性对照（Negative control,NC）siRNA或IP-10 siRNA,给予溶剂或重组人TNF-α干预。干预后,检测细胞中IP-10、p-JNK的表达水平,培养基中TNF-α的含量,细胞存活率及凋亡率,JEV的滴度及拷贝数。结果显示,JEV组细胞中IP-10的表达水平及培养基中TNF-α的含量均高于对照组（P<0.05）且IP-10的表达水平与培养基中TNF-α的含量具有正相关关系;敲低IP-10后,si-IP-10+JEV组细胞中IP-10、p-JNK的...     

THAP8基因可被HIF-1a上调并促进肺癌细胞活力、克隆形成和侵袭

死亡相关蛋白(Thanatos-associated proteins,THAP)家族的许多成员已被证实与细胞增殖、凋亡和癌症密切相关,而THAP8的功能尚不清楚.为了探究THAP8在癌症中的表达,对TCGA和Oncomine数据库进行了分析,发现THAP8 mRNA在肺癌组织的表达显著高于癌旁正常组织;接着采用荧光定...     

诱导多能干细胞来源的间充质干细胞的治疗潜力与应用风险

诱导多能干细胞衍生的间充质干细胞(iMSC)已被提出作为原代间充质干细胞(MSC)的替代来源,在疾病治疗相关研究中也显示出多种优势。但是iMSC更适用于何种疾病类型,以及是否具有潜在的风险均未被充分阐明。本研究利用公共数据库中的高通量测序数据,将iMSC与骨髓源的MSC(BM-MSC)、脂肪源的MSC(AD-MSC)和脐带源的MSC(UC-MSC)进行对比,通过不同生物信息学方法,包括差异表达基因分析、功能富集分析、蛋白质相互作用网络分析及CMap数据库筛选,结果表明,iMSC具有独特的基因转录特征,与3种常用的MSC在基因表达上存在显著差异,特别是在神经、肌肉发育和免疫调节相关基因表达上;差异基因的功能富集分析进一步证实,iMSC在神经相关疾病治疗中表现出潜在优势,同时具有较低的免疫原性,但也存在较高的成瘤性风险;通过CMap数据库分析,识别了可能抑制iMSC成瘤性的基因靶点和小分子抑制剂,为降低iMSC应用风险提供了可能的策略。综上所述,iMSC作为细胞治疗的潜在来源,在神经疾病治疗中具有潜在优势,但其安全性需通过更多实验和临床研究来验证。     

子宫内膜异位细胞改良体外培养技术的研究进展

体外细胞培养是子宫内膜异位性疾病研究的重要工具.本文回顾了细胞体外培养技术在分离、纯化环节的改良以及子宫内膜异位性疾病永生化细胞系改造中的研究进展,并总结了近几年来激素及细胞因子诱导培养、细胞共培养及三维培养技术在该疾病体外机制研究中的应用,并对其发展前景进行了展望.     

正常妊娠大鼠的Th2型免疫反应

采用流式细胞仪,^3H-TdR掺入和酶联免疫打点(enzyme-linked immunospot,ELISPOT)方法研究妊娠免疫学指标的改变。妊娠晚期大鼠脾脏单个核细胞表面分子主要组织相容性抗原Ⅱ(MHCⅡ)明显下调,外周血单个核细胞表达CD11c明显减少,共激活分子B7-1和B7-2未见改变;脾脏和外周血单个核细胞中Th2细胞因子IL-10、IL-4表达增多,TGFD阳性细胞数也明显增加,而Th1细胞因子IFNγ的产生未受抑制。此外,脾脏和外周血中单个核细胞的抗原特异性增殖未见改变,而腹腔淋巴结细胞的增殖明显升高。脾脏单个核细胞在妊娠晚期分泌较少的抗原特异性抗体。提示妊娠期性激素具有免疫调节作用,可能与怀孕时Th1细胞介导的自身免疫性疾病得到缓解有关。     

高温胁迫下葡萄叶片蛋白激酶的诱导形成与活性变化

以"京秀"葡萄(Vitis vinifera L.cv.Jingxiu)幼苗为试材,研究了高温胁迫激活的蛋白激酶的类型和活性.结果表明,高温胁迫10～60min明显地激活了一个分子量约为52 kD的蛋白激酶,该蛋白激酶能将凝胶中所嵌入的髓鞘碱性蛋白(MBP)磷酸化,在放射自显影中表现出很高的放射活性,而对凝胶中的组蛋白-Ⅲ(histone-Ⅲ)则没有这样的作用.在溶液反应体系中该蛋白激酶对MBP也表现出很高的磷酸化活性,而对histone-Ⅲ却无作用.Ca2 对其活性变化无显著影响.酪氨酸特异性蛋白磷酸酶(YOP)对该激酶的活性有显著的钝化作用.结果表明该52 kD蛋白激酶是MAPK家族中的一种.     

An engineered PrPsc-like molecule from the chimera of mammalian prion protein and yeast Ure2p prion-inducing domain

Production of the pathogenic prion isoform PrP^sc-like molecules is thought to be useful forunderstanding the mysterious mechanism of conformational conversion process of prion diseases andproving the “protein-only“ hypothesis. In this report, an engineered PrP^sc-like conformation was producedfrom a chimera of mammalian bovine prion protein (bPrP) and yeast Ure2p prion-inducing domain (UPrD).Compared with the normal form of bPrP, the engineered recombinant protein, termed bPrP-UPrD,spontaneously aggregated into ordered fibrils under physiological condition, displaying amyloid-likecharacteristics, such as fibrillar morphology, birefringence upon binding to Congo red and increasedfluorescence intensity with Thioflavine T. Limited resistance to protease K digestion and CD spectroscopyexperiments suggested that the structure of bPrP-UPrD had been changed, and adopted a new, high contentB-sheet conformation during the fibrils formation. Moreover, bPrP-UPrD amyloid fibrils could recruit moresoluble forms into the aggregates. Therefore, the engineered molecules could mimic significant behaviors of PrP^se and will be helpful for further understanding the mechanism of conformational conversion process.     

低氧对胚胎干细胞增殖的影响

目的:观察间歇性低氧和持续性低氧对体外培养的胚胎干细胞(ES细胞)增殖的影响.方法:利用细胞记数法和BrdU (5-溴脱氧尿苷)掺入的流式细胞分析检测细胞增殖,并用RT -PCR的方法检测低氧诱导因子(HIF-1a)的表达变化.结果:①将ES细胞分别放在低氧(3%～10% O2)和常氧(20% O2)的环境中培养24 h后,在低氧环境中培养的ES细胞数较常氧组明显减少;②将ES细胞分别给予间歇性低氧刺激(3%～10% O2),每天10 min,连续4 d后,发现3%低氧组较常氧对照组的细胞增殖明显升高.③用RT-PCR方法观察HIF-1a的表达与细胞增殖的关系,发现在常氧环境中培养的ES即有HIF-1a的表达,ES细胞在持续低氧24 h或间歇性低氧(3%～10% O2)刺激4 d后对HIF-1a的表达均无明显影响.结论:间歇性低氧(3% O2)可明显促进体外培养的ES细胞增殖,而持续性低氧抑制ES细胞增殖,间歇性低氧(3% O2)刺激促进ES细胞增殖的机制尚有待于进一步的研究.     

Ohmefentanyl stereoisomers induce changes of CREB phosphorylation in hippocampus of mice in conditioned place preference paradigm

The present study was designed to determine the changes of phosphorylation of cAMP-response element binding protein(CREB)in hippocampus induced by ohmefentanyl stereoisomers(F9202 and F9204) in conditioned place preference(CPP)paradigm.The results showed that mice receiving F9202 and F9204 displayed obvious CPP.They could all significantly stimulate CREB phosphorylation and maintained for a long time without affecting total CREB protein levels.The effect of F9204 was similar to morphine which effect was more potent and longer than F9202.We also examined the effects of ketamine,a noncompetitive N-mthyl-D-asartate receptor(NR)antagonist,on morphine-,F9202-and F9204-induced CPP and phosphorylation of CREB in hippocampus.Ketamine could suppress not only the place preference but also the phosphorylation of CREB produced by morphine,F9202 and F9204.These findings suggest that alterations in the phosphorylation of CREB be relevant to opiates signaling and the development of opiates dependence.NR antagonists may interfere with opiates dependence and may have potential therapeutic implications.