通过形成类胚体诱导人羊水多能干细胞向心肌细胞分化

由人羊水中分离羊水多能性干细胞,通过形成类胚体诱导其向心肌细胞分化.取人羊水标本进行体外培养,分离得到人羊水干细胞,已连续传代培养至42代,采用免疫细胞化学、RT-PCR和流式细胞仪技术对羊水干细胞的生物学特性进行检测.取10～15代羊水干细胞,悬浮培养使其形成类胚体,进而向心肌细胞诱导分化.培养的羊水干细胞呈成纤维样,表达部分胚胎干细胞特异标志基因,悬浮培养可形成类胚体.类胚体碱性磷酸酶(AP)检测呈阳性,表达三胚层特异标志基因fgf5、ζ-globin和α-fetoprotein.羊水干细胞形成类胚体后进行诱导,得到α-actin阳性细胞,表达心肌细胞特异标志基因Tbx5、Nkx2.5、GATA4和α-MHC.试验结果表明,从人羊水标本中可分离得到具有胚胎干细胞特性的细胞,经初步检测确定为羊水干细胞,并能通过形成类胚体诱导其向心肌细胞分化.     

针对在世界蔓延的艾滋病毒具有新作用机理的新药登场

在由病毒感染引起的疾病中,情况特别严重并且仍在继续的,是艾滋病。 全世界的艾滋病患者已超过3000万人,抗艾滋病病毒药约占抗病毒药市场的一半。     

磷脂酶A2在诱导红豆杉细胞产生活性氧中的作用

对磷脂酶A2(PLA2)在真菌诱导中国红豆杉细胞产生活性氧中的作用进行研究,结果表明：PLA2非特异抑制剂可降低真菌诱导子诱导产生的H2O22通过钙离子螯合和PLA2特异抑制剂实验,表明参与H2O2产生的PLA2为胞质CaO^2 依赖型2对PLA2诱导H202产生的机理进行分析,发现亚油酸可缓解PLA2抑制剂对诱导的活性氧的抑制作用,而且亚油酸单独处理可导致H2O2的发生,其它的脂肪酸也具有类似诱导H2O2发生的作用.不同离子型的脂肪酸对H2O2产生的影响不同,阴离子型脂肪酸较非离子型脂肪酸更能促进活性氧的发生.这些结果表明,PLA2可能通过产生脂肪酸或其衍生物激活H2O2的产生酶系.     

Inducible resistance to Fas—mediated apoptosis in B cells

Apoptosis produced in B cells through Fas(APO-1,CD95) triggering is regulated by signals derived from other surface receptors:CD40 engagement produces upregulation of Fas expression and marked susceptibility to Fas-induced cell death,whereas antigen receptor engagement,or IL-4R engagement,inhibits Fas killing and in so doing induces a state of Fas-resistance,even in otherwise sensitive,CD40-stimulated targets.Surface immunoglobulin and IL-4R utilize at least partially distinct path ways to produce Fas-resistance that differentially depend on PKC and STAT6,respectively.Further,surface immunoglobulin signaling for inducible Fas-resistance bypasses Btk,requires NF-κB,and entails new macromolecular synthesis.Terminal effectors of B cell Fas-resistance include the known anti-apoptotic gene products,Bcl-XL and FLIP,and a novel anti-apoptotic gene that encodes FAIM (Fas Apoptosis Inhibitory Molecule).faim was identified by differential display and exists in two alternatively spliced forms;faim-S is broadly expressed,but faim-L expression is tissue-specific.The FAIM sequence is highly evolu tionarily conserved,suggesting an important role for this molecule throughout phylogeny.Inducible resistance to Fas killing is hypothesized to protect foreign antigen-specific B cells during potentially hazardous interactions with FasL-bearing T cells,whereas autoreactive B cells fail to become Fas-resistant and are deleted via Fas-dependent cytotoxicity.Inadvertent or aberrant acquisition of Fas-resistance may permit autoreactive B cells to escape Fas deletion,and malignant lymphocytes to impede anti-tumor immunity.     

枸骨的组织培养与快速繁殖

1植物名称枸骨(flex cornuta Lindl.eX Paxt.),别名鸟不宿,猫儿刺. 2材料类别种子. 3培养条件种胚萌发培养基:(1)I/2MS GA,1.0mg·L-1(单位下同);壮苗培养基:(2)MS BA 1.5 NAA0.5;不定芽诱导培养基:(3)MS BA 2.0 NAA 0.1;增殖与继代培养基:(4)MS BA 3.0 KT 0.5 IBA 0.5;(5)MS BA2.0 KT0.5 113A0.5;生根培养基:(6)I/2MS IBA 0.2 NAA 0.2.以上培养基都加入3%蔗糖和0.7%琼脂粉,pH 5.6～5.8,高压锅121℃灭菌15 min.培养温度为(25 2)℃,光照强度为加40～50μmol·m-2·s-1,光照时间为14 h·d-1.     

钵水母水螅体横裂诱发条件及调控机制研究进展

横裂是水螅体世代向水母体世代转变的重要阶段.对水螅体横裂诱发条件及调控分子机制的研究不仅对水母爆发生态学和水母人工繁育具有重要意义,而且对比较研究两栖类、昆虫以及刺胞动物等具有复杂生活史生物的变态分子机制起源也具有很好的理论价值.现有研究表明,诱发水螅体横裂的自然环境因素有温度、光照、盐度和共生虫黄藻等,不同门类水母的横裂方式以及环境诱导因素各不相同.能够诱导水螅体横裂的化学因素有吲哚类化合物、9-顺式维甲酸、碘元素和过氧化氢等,其中吲哚类化合物对绝大多数水母水螅体都有诱导作用.尽管水螅体横裂的分子机制尚未明晰,但对海月水母的研究表明,RxR信号通路以及一种横裂诱导激素前体假定蛋白CL390在水母横裂过程中起着重要的作用,提示水母变态分子机制与两栖类和昆虫在分子水平上存在一定程度的共性.     

Geldanamycin induces CHOP expression through a 4-（2-aminoethyl）-benzenesulfonyl fluoride-responsive serine protease

Dear Editor： Geldanamycin is a benzoquinone ansamycin, which was originally described as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. However, subsequent studies have revealed that geldanamycin binds to and inhibits heat-shock protein 90 （Hsp90） activity [1]. Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone involved in the conformational maturation of proteins such as mutated p53, Raf- 1, Akt, Bcr-Abl, and ErbB2. It is suggested that agents inhibiting Hsp90 have anti-cancer properties, although the precise molecular mechanisms underlying the anti-cancer effects of geldanamycin are not well understood.     

甘露糖对大麦品种不同外植体生长的影响

以大麦栽培品种的茎尖、成熟胚为外植体,研究了不同甘露糖浓度对这些外植体愈伤组织诱导和生长的影响。结果表明:甘露糖浓度为20 g/L时,茎尖的叶片伸长和生根受到明显抑制;甘露糖浓度为10 g/L或15 g/L时,成熟胚的愈伤组织诱导率降低50%,甘露糖浓度为20 g/L或25 g/L时,成熟胚愈伤诱导和生长完全受到抑制,因此在以大麦茎尖和成熟胚为外植体的磷酸甘露糖异构酶(PM I)/甘露糖筛选中,可分别以20 g/L、25 g/L甘露糖作筛选压。另外,在培养早期阶段筛选比较适宜。     

三尖杉的离体胚培养

1植物名称三尖杉(Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook.f.)。2材料类别离体胚。3培养条件芽诱导培养基:MS 6-BA2.0mg·L-1(单位下同) IAA1.0 NAA0.1;芽增殖培养基:MS 6-BA2.0 IAA1.0 NAA1.0;生根培养基:1/2MS IBA1.0 NAA0.5 KT0.2。以上各培养基