Chemical ligation and cleavage on solid support facilitate recombinant peptide purification

Recombinant peptide technology offers a promising means alternative to chemical synthesis and natural extraction of peptides. The bottleneck in the process of recombinant peptide production is the paucity of efficient purification protocols to eliminate heterogeneity of the desired preparation. Here, we introduce a combination strategy to facilitate purification of recombinant therapeutic peptide via native chemical ligation and chemical cleavage on a solid support. In this study, one promising therapeutic peptide called for type-2 diabetes, GLP-1(7-37), was prepared with high yield and purity without an expensive HPLC purification. Furthermore, this method is also useful for the preparation of isotopically labeled NMR peptide samples. Hopefully, this strategy combining chemical ligation with chemical cleavage on a solid support will ameliorate the production of important recombinant pharmaceutical peptides.     

Estimation of Interaction Between Human Keratinocytes and Xenogenic Collagen in vitro

This paper describes the interaction observed between human keratinocytes and xenogenic collagen in vitro modified by HCl. Human keratinocytes were cultivated for 3–10 days, on modified and control support. Their growth, morphology and interaction with support were analyzed. It was found that on both control and experimental (modified) collagen cells proliferated in a similar way. Within 3–10 days, the culture became multilayered and mature and differentiation of cells was visible. Using electron microscope elements of basal membrane interacting with support were seen. On modified support processes of cells penetrating the support are occasionally seen. By use of the immunofluorescent, cytochemical techniques was found the presence of: BP-180 (antigen), β₄ integrin, laminin 5 and collagen IV, VII, VIIc. On the modified support the above listed elements appeared between 3 and 7 days of culture, whereas on the control between 7th and 10th days. On 10th day of culture, the presence of elements of basal membranes became less evident. Results give some hope for using xenogenic, modified collagen as support of keratinocytes culture in process of human skin engineering.     

榄香烯联合GP 化疗方案治疗晚期肺腺癌脑转移的临床观察

目的:观察中药制剂榄香烯联合GP化疗方案治疗晚期肺腺癌脑转移的疗效。方法:选取2009年6月28日至2011年5月30日就诊于我院的晚期肺腺癌脑转移患者34例,将34例晚期肺腺癌脑转移患者随机分为两组(A组和B组),A组:治疗组,17例,并给予患者榄香烯静脉滴注和GP化疗方案;B组:对照组,17例,给予患者GP化疗方案;观察两组疗效和安全性,并记录治疗前后相关的指标变化。结果:2个疗程的化疗结束后,A组:10例患者复查脑核磁发现脑转移瘤较前缩小,病灶部分缓解(P R);6例脑转移瘤病灶稳定(SD);1例疾病进展(PD);B组:5例患者复查脑核磁发现脑转移瘤较前缩小,病灶部分缓解(P R);9例脑转移瘤病灶稳定(SD);3例疾病进展(PD)。结论:采用榄香烯联合GP化疗方案治疗晚期肺腺癌脑转移,能有效地改善患者生活质量,疗效满意。     

Site-directing an intense multipoint covalent attachment (MCA) of mutants of the Geobacillus thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (BTL2): Genetic and chemical amination plus immobilization on a tailor-made support

Immobilized enzymes are preferred over their soluble counterparts due to their robustness in harsh industrial processes; the most stable enzyme derivatives are often produced through multipoint covalent attachment (MCA). However, most enzymes are unable to establish optimal MCA to electrophile-type supports given the heterogeneous distribution and/or low content of primary amino groups on their surfaces; this restricts both the diversity of areas prone to react and the number of attachments to the support. To overcome this we propose combining site-directed immobilization and protein engineering to increase the number of bonds between a specific enzyme surface and a tailor-made support. We applied this novel strategy to engineered mutants of the lipase 2 from Geobacillus thermocatenulatus with one Cys exposed residue, that after genetic amination and/or chemical amination, were immobilized on glyoxyl-disulfide support using a site-directed MCA protocol. Two highly stabilized derivatives of chemically aminated lipase variants, in which site-directed MCA implied the surrounding surface of residues Cys344 or Cys40, were produced: the first one was 2.4-fold more productive than the reference derivative (648 g of hydrolyzed ester); the second derivative was 40% more selective (EPA/DHA molar ratio) and as active (1 μmol g catalyst⁻¹ min⁻¹) as the reference in the production of PUFAs.     

基于COMSTAT软件对微生物被膜进行定量分析的方法与意义

目的:微生物被膜是一种具有协调性、功能性和高度结构性的膜状复合物,它可以为微生物提供良好的生存环境,免受外界因素的干扰。研究发现,具有产生微生物被膜能力的细菌治病性明显增强,而现今缺乏一种分析微生物被膜的有效手段。本文探讨利用COMSTAT软件对微生物被膜进行定量分析的方法和意义,为对微生物被膜定性定量分析提供支持手段,从而为研究微生物被膜致病性提供方法理论基础。方法:以葡萄球菌为研究模型,利用激光扫描共聚焦显微镜成像技术,结合COMSTAT微生物被膜分析软件对微生物被膜的单位面积生物量、基质覆盖率、平均厚度、粗糙系数等方面进行定量分析,研究了该葡萄球菌的生物被膜生长变化过程,并考察了抗生素对其生物被膜的抑制作用。结果:在葡萄球菌生物被膜生长过程中,生物量、平均厚度以及平均扩散距离等结构指标数值都有明显增加,而粗糙度和表面积与生物量比值呈现降低趋势,表明了微生物被膜由发生向成熟的转化过程。与此同时,经10μg/mL和100μg/mL的卡那霉素处理得到的葡萄球菌微生物被膜生长受到明显抑制,且随着卡那霉素的浓度增加,抑制效果随之增加。结论:本文运用COMSTAT软件的分析方法首次从生物量、平均厚度等结构指标数值的角度描述了葡萄球菌生物被膜,从而有效评价微生物被膜发生、发展、成熟以及崩解的生长过程。该技术在研究微生物被膜形成的理论机制方面存在潜在价值,可以为研究微生物被膜治病性提供理论基础,具有理论指导意义。     

引物间同源性和裂口对PCR扩增的影响

采用ＰＣ／Ｇｅｎｅ软件对能扩增出特异睡不能扩增的ＰＣＲ引物进行同源性比较,同源间“裂口（ｇａｐｓ）”差数的统计,得出源率小于或等于３５％,“裂口”差数大于或等于３,是获得理想ＰＣＲ扩增效果的关键参数之一的结论,为引物设计提供了一条直观的依据。     

翘嘴鳜per1 mRNA表达量分析中采用的内参基因稳定性比较

为筛选生物钟核心基因per1表达定量中的相对稳定性最好的内参基因,本研究取翘嘴鳜成鱼心脏、肝脏、肾脏、脑、红肌、白肌、肠、眼和脾等九个组织为研究对象,选取GAPDH、18S rRNA、β-actin、rps29、RPL13a、B2M和EF1a为内参基因,采用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)对per1基因mRNA表达水平进行检测分析。研究结果表明18S rRNA和GAPDH的平均稳定值M最低,相对表达量最稳定。以18S rRNA和GAPDH为内参基因时分析发现per1基因表达量在肝脏中最高。本研究为在鱼类per1 mRNA表达检测过程中选用稳定的内参基因提供了实验和理论参考。     

基于单细菌共焦拉曼光谱的细菌快速检测

【背景】目前利用共焦拉曼光谱技术进行成像和成分鉴别方面的研究较多,但如何快速检测与鉴别多种细菌方面的研究较少。【目的】基于共焦拉曼光谱技术,建立一种在单细菌水平上实现病原微生物快速分类鉴定的方法。【方法】以大肠杆菌为研究对象,利用共焦拉曼光谱技术在单细菌水平上进行了激发波长的优化试验,并研究了大肠杆菌存放时间对单细菌拉曼光谱信息的影响。同时,对白色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、沙门氏菌和铜绿假单胞菌进行了共焦拉曼光谱测试,并对5种细菌进行单细菌拉曼光谱的归属分析,设计共焦拉曼光谱技术结合支持向量机(support vector machine,SVM)模型学习算法,进行了5种细菌的快速分类鉴别。【结果】对于单细菌拉曼光谱探测,532、633和785 nm这3种常见的拉曼探测波长中,532 nm具有更好的激发效率和光谱信噪比。结合SVM模型对5种细菌的识别分类,SVM模型的灵敏度和特异性达到了96.00%以上,整体准确率为98.25%。不同存放时间下大肠杆菌拉曼光谱的重复性和稳定性都很好,且SVM模型匹配率均在90.00%以上。【结论】单细菌拉曼光谱结合SVM模型可对5种细菌进行快...