Purification of Glutathione Reductase from Bovine Brain, Generation of an Antiserum, and Immunocytochemical Localization of the Enzyme in Neural Cells

Glutathione reductase (GR) is an essential enzyme for the glutathione-mediated detoxification of peroxides because it catalyzes the reduction of glutathione disulfide. GR was purified from bovine brain 5,000-fold with a specific activity of 145 U/mg of protein. The homogeneity of the enzyme was proven by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining of the gel. The purified GR from bovine brain is a dimer of two subunits that have an apparent molecular mass of 55 kDa. The purified GR was used to generate a rabbit antiserum with the intention to localize GR in brain cells. The antiserum was useful for the detection of GR by double-labeling immunocytochemical staining in astroglia-rich and neuron-rich primary cultures from rat brain. In homogenates of these cultures, no significant difference in the specific activities of GR was determined. However, not all cell types present in these cultures showed identical staining intensity for GR. In astroglia-rich primary cultures, strong GR immunoreactivity was found in cells positive for the cellular markers galactocerebroside and C3b (antibody Ox42), indicating that oligodendroglial and microglial cells, respectively, contain GR. In contrast, only weak immunoreactivity for GR was found in cells positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein. In neuron-rich primary cultures, GAP43-positive cells stained with the antiserum against GR. These data demonstrate that, in cultures of neural cells, neurons, oligodendroglial cells, and microglial cells express high levels of GR.     

水稻矮缩病毒非结构蛋白基因S6的表达和抗血清的制备

经RT-PCR扩增出水稻矮缩病毒（RDV）中国分离物非结构蛋白基因S6,并克隆至pGEM-Teasy载体上,序列分析表明该基因与日本株具有高度同源性,并且含有较高比例的稀有密码子。将S6基因克隆到表达载体pGEX-6P-1,并转化大肠杆菌,该基因在大肠杆菌以包涵体形式大量表达,以表达的融合蛋白作抗原免疫家兔,制备抗S6蛋白的抗血清,ELISA测定表明,该血清与抗原共价特异性反应,抗血清的效价为1：3000.Western blot印迹实验表明该抗血清能特异性检测RDV感染的水稻组织中的S6蛋白,因而可作为感染RDV的水稻植株的分子手段。     

水稻矮缩病毒昆明分离物抗血清制备及免疫捕捉PCR检测

由水稻矮缩病毒(Rice dwarf viru S,RDV)引起的水稻矮缩病害,最早由日本报道,随后在东南亚等国以及我国的福建、云南等南方稻区普遍发生,云南主要发生于中部及南部地区[1].水稻在苗期至分蘖期感病后,植株矮缩,分蘖增多,叶片浓绿,僵直,出现白斑,生长后期病稻不能抽穗结实,在暴发流行年份可以引起水稻的严重减产.     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒E蛋白基因的表达

鸡传染性支气管炎(Infectious Bronchitis,IB)是由传染性支气管炎病毒(Infectious Bronchitis Virus,IBV)引起的鸡的一种急性、高度接触性传染病。该病是危害全球养禽业的重要传染病之一[1,2]。其感染的主要特征是气管啰音、咳嗽和打喷嚏?送猓?该病还可以引起蛋鸡产蛋量下降和蛋品质下降。雏鸡可由于呼吸道或肾脏的感染而死亡。虽然疫苗的使用对IB的流行起到了一定的预防和控制作用,但由于IBV血清型众多,不同血清型毒株之间具有较小的交叉保护性甚至无交叉保护性。因此,IB目前仍在免疫鸡群和非免疫鸡群发生和传播,给养禽业造成了严重…     

齿兰环斑病毒的鉴定及其抗血清的制备与应用

根据病毒生物学特性、粒体形态和血清学性质等初步确定从在厦门地区种植的表现为褪绿、褐色坏死斑症状的卡特兰(Cattleya)病株上分离的一个病毒分离物为齿兰环斑病毒(Odontoglossumringspotvirus,ORSV)。通过摩擦接种6科27种(或品种)指示植物,结果其中4科8种(或品种)表现症状,与烟草花叶病毒不同;理化性质试验表明稀释限点为5×10-5,致死温度为92℃～94℃,体外存活期超过3个月。提纯病毒为长约300nm,宽约18nm杆状粒体。SDS-PAGE电泳分析表明其外壳蛋白分子量约为17kDa。该分离物与ORSV抗血清具有强阳性反应、而与TMV抗血清反应微弱,认为该病毒为ORSV分离物。用纯化病毒免疫家兔,成功地制备出特异性抗血清,并通过Dot-ELISA法对厦门地区种植的兰花病株进行了检测研究。     

小麦TaMlo基因的原核表达、抗体制备及细胞化学分析(简报)

白粉病菌(Blumeria graminis)是一类高度专化性的寄生真菌,可侵染650多种单子叶植物和 9000多种双子叶植物,能够引起多种麦类作物的白粉病,给农业生产带来巨大的损失。由于白粉病菌生理小种多、变异快,所以利用专化性抗病基因难以解决植物的持久抗病性问题。人们在研究大麦白粉病时．发现大麦Mlo基因的隐性突变可导致大麦对绝大多数白粉病菌生理小种的高效持久的广谱抗病性。Schulze-Lefert等多家实验室合作于1997年成功克隆了野生的 Mlo基因。进一步研究表明．该基因编码一种植物特有的具有7个跨膜区和羧基端长尾的膜蛋白(Mlo),它可能对植物细胞的坏死起负调控作用。但Mlo基因如何表达及其在白粉病菌发育中的作用机制尚不清楚。     

鹅细小病毒vp基因片段的原核表达及抗血清的制备

以鹅细小病毒(Gooseparvovirus,GPV)HG5/82株基因组作为PCR反应模板,扩增vp基因3’端长864bp的基因片段,将其克隆到pMD18-TSimple克隆载体后转化入大肠杆菌TG1。筛选阳性质粒,并通过BamHⅠ和HindⅢ将外源基因定向克隆到原核表达载体pET-30a,阳性重组质粒经确证性序列测定,证明外源片断插入到pET-30a的预期位置。将其转入大肠杆菌BL21,经终浓度为0.6mmol/L的IPTG诱导,SDS-PAGE表明外源基因获得表达,融合蛋白分子量约为34kDa。将诱导后的工程菌用6mol/L盐酸胍裂解,经超声处理后离心,利用镍离子亲和树脂对裂解产物的上清进行纯化。用纯化的融合蛋白免疫新西兰白兔制备兔抗该融合蛋白的抗血清。Westernblotting结果表明制备的兔抗血清与该融合蛋白及亲本病毒的结构蛋白都具有反应性。结合前期工作进展对GPVVP蛋白的B细胞线性抗原表位进行定位。     

水稻矮缩病毒昆明分离物抗血清制备及免疫捕捉PCR检测

由水稻矮缩病毒(Rice dwarf virus,RDV)引起的水稻矮缩病害,最早由日本报道,随后在东南亚等国以及我国的福建、云南等南方稻区普遍发生,云南主要发生于中部及南部地区[1]。水稻在苗期至分蘖期感病后,植株矮缩,分蘖增多,叶片浓绿,僵直,出现白斑,生长后期病稻不能抽穗结实,在暴发流行年份可以引起水稻的严重减产。RDV在分类上属于呼肠孤病毒科(Reoviridae)植物呼肠孤病毒属(Phytoreovirus)成员,病毒粒子为正十二面体球形结构,直径约为69.3nm,无刺突,无脂蛋白外膜包被,具有双层的蛋白衣壳[2]。病毒基因组由12条双链RNA片段组成,其中S8编…     

Crystallins during Xenopus laevis free lens formation

Summary The ontogeny and localization of crystallins during free lens development (i.e. lens development without the optic vesicle) were investigated in Xenopus laevis using the indirect immunofluorescence staining method with an antiserum raised against homologous total lens soluble proteins. Since the developing free lenses pass through stages similar to those of the lenses regenerated from the inner cell layer of the outer cornea following lentectomy in the same species Freeman's classification was used to identify the stages of free lens development. The first appearance of a positive reaction occurred at early stage IV in a number of cells in an area where future lens fibre cells would develop. With further differentiation of the free lens more and more cells in the fibre area started to show a positive reaction and the first positive reaction in the epithelium was observed late in stage V. Histological examination revealed that a fully differentiated free lens and a normally developed lens are similar but that the free lens is smaller.     

Identification of the 5-Hydroxytryptamine2C Receptor as a 60-kDa N-Glycosylated Protein in Choroid Plexus and Hippocampus

Abstract: The rat 5-hydroxytryptamine_2C (5-HT_2C) receptor was identified as N -glycosylated polypeptide of 60-kDa apparent molecular mass using antibodies against its putative third and fourth (C-terminal) cytoplasmic domain. To show that the polypeptides detected on western blots and by immunoprecipitation represent the 5-HT_2C receptor, binding studies of the 5-HT_2C ligand [³H]-mesulergine to immunoprecipitates from extracts of pig choroid plexus were performed. We demonstrate the presence of a signal sequence that was cleaved off during membrane insertion resulting in a 38-kDa polypeptide. During further maturation, the receptor was N -glycosylated at two sites via a 48-kDa intermediate. This intermediate was far more abundant in choroid plexus than in hippocampus and may represent an intracellular receptor reserve. After transfection of 5-HT_2C cDNAs into cultured cells, polypeptides were observed that differed from the ones found in vivo due to abnormal N -glycosylation and possibly other alterations depending on the system used. Thus the 5-HT_2C receptor expressed in cell lines may also differ in function from the receptor in its native tissue.