改构型酸性成纤维细胞生长因子对细胞增殖活性的影响

目的:研究aFGF和MaFGF对正常的肾小管上皮细胞及胃癌细胞增殖的影响。方法:用不同浓度的aFGF和MaFGF分别作用于肾小管上皮细胞及胃癌细胞,48h后采用WST-8法测定aFGF和MaFGF对两种细胞的促增殖活性。结果:在各浓度下,MaFGF组对肾小管上皮细胞和胃癌细胞的促增殖作用都显著低于aFGF组。结论:MaFGF对肾小管上皮细胞及胃癌细胞的促分裂活性较aFGF明显下降。     

华法令诱导大鼠体内主动脉的钙化作用

目的:研究华法令对大鼠体内主动脉的钙化作用。方法:采用华法令(3 mg/g饲料)的饲料喂养诱导大鼠体内动脉钙化。实验分3组(n=6),对照组、6 W钙化组、12 W钙化组。Von Kossa染色观察钙结节形成,邻甲酚酞络合酮比色法定量测定钙沉积含量。采用TUNEL染色法检测大鼠主动脉组织内血管平滑肌细胞(Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell,VSMC)凋亡。Western blot法检测大鼠主动脉组织中生长抑制特异蛋白6(Growth Arrest Specific Gene 6 Protein,Gas 6)蛋白表达水平。结果:钙化组钙结节、钙沉积含量及VSMC凋亡均高于对照组(P0.01)有显著差异。钙化形成与凋亡表达呈显著正相关(R2=0.8853,P0.0001);钙化组Gas 6蛋白表达量较对照组下调(P0.01)有显著差异。结论:华法令通过下调Gas 6蛋白诱导大鼠体内主动脉钙化形成。     

水稻离体育性变异研究

对野败型不育系珍汕９７Ａ、保持系珍汕９７Ｂ、恢复系ＩＲ２４、ＩＲ２６、泰引１号、明恢６３、红莲型不育系红源Ａ、包台型不育系包源Ａ、光敏核不育系农垦５８ｓ、温敏核不育系Ｗ６１５４ｓ等１０个水稻材料的幼穗在不同的培养基上培养、再生植株及对其后代进行育性鉴定,探讨了体细胞无性系变异中雄性不育突变发生的机率以及影响离体筛选雄性不育变异体因素。因素表明：在５个材料（珍汕９７Ｂ、红源Ａ、包源Ａ、Ｗ６１５４ｓ和     

Arachidonic acid production by Mortierella alpina with growth-coupled lipid synthesis

The fungus Mortierella alpina LPM 301, a producer of arachidonic acid (ARA), was found to possess a unique property of a growth-coupled lipid synthesis. An increase in specific growth rate (μ) from 0.03 to 0.05 h⁻¹ resulted in a two-fold increase in the specific rate of lipid synthesis (milligram lipid (gram per lipid-free biomass) per hour). Under batch cultivation in glucose-containing media with urea or potassium nitrate as nitrogen sources, the ARA content was 46.0 and 60.4% of lipid; 16.4 and 18.8% of dry biomass; and 4.2 and 4.5 g l⁻¹, respectively. Under continuous cultivation of the strain, the productivity of ARA synthesis was 16.2 and 19.2 mg l⁻¹ h⁻¹ at μ=0.05 and 0.03 h⁻¹, respectively.     

Effect of activated charcoal and 6-benzyladenine on in vitro nitrogen uptake by Lagerstroemia indica

A sterile hydroponic culture system suitable for studying nitrogen (N) uptake ofLagerstroemia indica L.in vitro was developed. Four different treatments were assayed: with and without activated charcoal (AC and NAC, respectively), with and without 50 μM of 6-benzyladenine (+BA and −BA, respectively). Medium pH, electrical conductivity (EC), NO₃ ⁻ and NH₄ ⁺ concentrations were measured weekly. At the end of the culture, propagules were sampled and SPAD indices, and shoot and root fresh weights were determined. Explants grown in media with activated charcoal were able to take up both NO₃ ⁻ and NH₄ ⁺, although NH₄ ⁺ uptake was lower. Subsequently the pH of the media was maintained between 5.5–6.0. In treatments with no addition of activated charcoal, NH₄ ⁺ uptake was preferential and the pH dropped to 3.1. Explants in these conditions were unable to raise the pH by taking up NO₃ ⁻, especially when root morphogenesis was inhibited by addition of BA. Supply of this PGR produced root growth inhibition, which was almost complete in the treatment without activated charcoal. This component significantly reduced the inhibitory effect of 50 μM BA on root growth. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

GADD45A protein plays an essential role in active DNA demethylation during terminal osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Methylation and demethylation of DNA are the complementary processes of epigenetic regulation. These two types of regulation influence a diverse array of cellular activities, including the maintenance of pluripotency and self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. It was generally believed that DNA demethylation occurs passively over several cycles of DNA replication and that active DNA demethylation is rare. Recently, evidence for active DNA demethylation has been obtained in several cancer, neuronal, and embryonic stem cell lines. Studies in embryonic stem cell models, however, suggested that active DNA demethylation might be restricted to the early development of progenitor cells. Whether active demethylation is involved in terminal differentiation of adult stem cells is poorly understood. We provide evidence that active DNA demethylation does occur during terminal specification of stem cells in an adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell-derived osteogenic differentiation model. The medium CpG regions in promoters of the Dlx5, Runx2, Bglap, and Osterix osteogenic lineage-specific genes were demethylated during the increase in gene expression associated with osteogenic differentiation. The growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45A was up-regulated in these processes. Knockdown of GADD45A led to hypermethylation of Dlx5, Runx2, Bglap, and Osterix promoters, followed by suppression of the expression of these genes and interruption of osteogenic differentiation. These results reveal that GADD45A plays an essential role in gene-specific active DNA demethylation during adult stem cell differentiation. They enhance the current knowledge of osteogenic specification and may also lead to a better understanding of the common mechanisms underlying epigenetic regulation in adult stem cell differentiation.     

索拉菲尼联合阿霉素对人肝癌细胞株HepG2的抑制作用

目的：探讨索拉非尼（Sorafenib）和阿霉素（adriamycin）联合用药对肝癌细胞株nepG2的作用及可能的机制。方法：以不同浓度索拉非尼和不同浓度阿霉素分别组成单药组和索拉非尼＋阿霉素联合用药组作用于HepG2细胞,MTT法检测增殖抑制率、流式细胞仪分析细胞周期和凋亡率。结果：索拉非尼、阿霉素单药与联用均能抑制HepG2细胞增殖,呈剂量依赖效应,两药联用有协同效应（P〈0.01）。索拉非尼、阿霉素单药与联用均能诱导HepG2细胞凋亡,并以联合组更为明显,与对照组比较有显著的统计学意义（P〈0.01）。索拉非尼及阿霉素单药作用均可使细胞周期阻滞于G0-G1期,联合用药组G0/Gl期细胞比率低于索拉非尼及阿霉素单药组,S期细胞比率高于单药组;阿霉素能抑制HepG2细胞Survivin mRNA表达诱导细胞的凋亡。结论：索拉非尼与阿霉素联合作用于人肝癌HepG2细胞具有协同作用,其机制可能是通过多途径共同抑制HepG2细胞增殖及诱导细胞凋亡。