核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒体外光催化灭活白血病HL60细胞实验研究

本文研究了核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒光对HL60细胞光催化灭活作用,并初步探讨了CdS量子点增强TiO_2光催化灭活效率的作用机理。实验利用超声法制备了核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒,使用CCK-8法检测了其对白血病HL60细胞的光催化灭活效果,并采用活性氧分析和荧光发光光谱等分析手段对CdS量子点增强TiO_2光催化灭活效率的作用机理进行了分析。细胞实验结果表明,在暗室条件下,随着CdS包裹的TiO_2外壳的增厚,细胞的暗室存活率从28.5%逐渐上升至80%;在可见光照下,细胞的存活率显著下降。CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒对HL60细胞的光催化灭活率均超过60%,其中CdS-TiO_2样品0.6对HL60细胞的光催化灭活效率最高,达到95%。根据荧光光谱和活性氧含量分析的结果推测,这可能是由于核壳结构的CdS内核与TiO_2外壳之间产生了有效的电子转移,抑制了TiO_2的空穴电子的复合,增强了TiO_2外壳的光催化活性,最终增加了TiO_2对HL60细胞的PDT灭活效果。     

高产油脂酵母菌选育及摇瓶发酵条件的研究

经紫外线和ＥＭＳ复合诱变选育出一株高产油脂的优良酵母菌株,命名为Ｌｉｐｏｍｙｃｅｓ．Ｓｔａｒｋｅｙｉ　ＨＬ。通过摇瓶培养,对各项与菌体产油脂相关的因素作了单因子实验,确定了摇瓶发酵培养的最佳产油脂条件：碳源,废糖液１６５．７ｍｌ／Ｌ;氮源,硫酸铵１．０８ｇ／Ｌ;Ｃ／Ｎ：６１：１;培养温度为２８℃;接种量１０％;发酵时间９６ｈ; ｐＨ５．０。最后可得油脂产量 ５．９ｇ／Ｌ;菌体生物量 １１．０ｇ／Ｌ;油脂含量 ５３．６％。对菌体内油脂组成进行了气相色谱与质谱分析,结果如下：软脂酸３３．２％,棕     

Phosphorylation of PSII proteins in maize thylakoids in the presence of Pb ions

Lead is potentially toxic to all organisms including plants. Many physiological studies suggest that plants have developed various mechanisms to contend with heavy metals, however the molecular mechanisms remain unclear. We studied maize plants in which lead was introduced into detached leaves through the transpiration stream. The photochemical efficiency of PSII, measured as an Fv/Fm ratio, in the maize leaves treated with Pb was only 10% lower than in control leaves. The PSII activity was not affected by Pb ions in mesophyll thylakoids, whereas in bundle sheath it was reduced. Protein phosphorylation in mesophyll and bundle sheath thylakoids was analyzed using mass spectrometry and protein blotting before and after lead treatment. Both methods clearly demonstrated increase in phosphorylation of the PSII proteins upon treatment with Pb²⁺, however, the extent of D1, D2 and CP43 phosphorylation in the mesophyll chloroplasts was clearly higher than in bundle sheath cells. We found that in the presence of Pb ions there was no detectable dephosphorylation of the strongly phosphorylated D1 and PsbH proteins of PSII complex in darkness or under far red light. These results suggest that Pb²⁺ stimulates phosphorylation of PSII core proteins, which can affect stability of the PSII complexes and the rate of D1 protein degradation. Increased phosphorylation of the PSII core proteins induced by Pb ions may be a crucial protection mechanism stabilizing optimal composition of the PSII complexes under metal stress conditions. Our results show that acclimation to Pb ions was achieved in both types of maize chloroplasts in the same way. However, these processes are obviously more complex because of different metabolic status in mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts.     

微囊藻毒素LR影响人肝细胞HL7702的ERK及JNK的蛋白磷酸化

微囊藻毒素(Microcystin,MCYST)是蓝藻的一些属产生的次级代谢产物,在发生水华的水体中普遍存在。微囊藻毒素LR(MCLR)是微囊藻毒素中存在最为普遍且毒性作用最强的一种。已有研究表明,微囊藻毒素可以诱发肝毒性并且与人群中的肝癌发生密切相关1,2,因此进一步阐明其致毒机理具有重要的意义。       

Cytokines, macrophage lipid metabolism and foam cells: implications for cardiovascular disease therapy

Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer globally and the principal contributing factor to the pathology is atherosclerosis; a chronic, inflammatory disorder characterized by lipid and cholesterol accumulation and the development of fibrotic plaques within the walls of large and medium arteries. Macrophages are fundamental to the immune response directed to the site of inflammation and their normal, protective function is harnessed, detrimentally, in atherosclerosis. Macrophages contribute to plaque development by internalizing native and modified lipoproteins to convert them into cholesterol-rich foam cells. Foam cells not only help to bridge the innate and adaptive immune response to atherosclerosis but also accumulate to create fatty streaks, which help shape the architecture of advanced plaques. Foam cell formation involves the disruption of normal macrophage cholesterol metabolism, which is governed by a homeostatic mechanism that controls the uptake, intracellular metabolism, and efflux of cholesterol. It has emerged over the last 20 years that an array of cytokines, including interferon-γ, transforming growth factor-β1, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-10, are able to manipulate these processes. Foam cell targeting, anti-inflammatory therapies, such as agonists of nuclear receptors and statins, are known to regulate the actions of pro- and anti-atherogenic cytokines indirectly of their primary pharmacological function. A clear understanding of macrophage foam cell biology will hopefully enable novel foam cell targeting therapies to be developed for use in the clinical intervention of atherosclerosis.     

8-chloroadenosine induced HL-60 cell growth inhibition, differentiation, and G(0)/G(1) arrest involves attenuated cyclin D1 and telomerase and up-regulated p21(WAF1/CIP1)

8-Chloroadenosine, an active dephosphorylated metabolite of the antineoplastic agent 8-chloroadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (8-Cl-cAMP), induces growth inhibition in multiple carcinomas. Here we report that 8-chloroadenosine inhibits growth in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells by a G(0)/G(1) phase arrest and terminates cell differentiation along the granulocytic lineage. The mechanism of 8-chloroadenosine-induced G(0)/G(1) arrest is independent of apoptosis. The expressions of cyclin D1 and c-myc in HL-60 are suppressed by 8-chloroadenosine, whereas the cyclin-dependent kinases inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) is up-regulated. 8-Chloroadenosine has less effect on the expressions of cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)2 and cdk4, G(1) phase cyclin-dependent kinases, and only moderately induces the expression of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) and the mitotic inhibitor p27(KIP1). Telomerase activity is reduced in extracts of 8-chloroadenosine treated HL-60 cells, but 8-chloroadenosine does not directly inhibit the catalytic activity of telomerase in vitro. Therefore, anti-proliferation of HL-60 cells by 8-chloroadenosine involves coordination of cyclin D1 suppression, reduction of telomerase activity, and up-regulation of p21(WAF1/CIP1) that arrest cell-cycle progression at G(0)/G(1) phase and terminate cell differentiation.     

The regulation of xanthophyll cycle activity and of non-photochemical fluorescence quenching by two alternative electron flows in the diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Cyclotella meneghiniana

Intact cells of diatoms are characterized by a rapid diatoxanthin epoxidation during low light periods following high light illumination while epoxidation is severely restricted in phases of complete darkness. The present study shows that rapid diatoxanthin epoxidation is dependent on the availability of the cofactor of diatoxanthin epoxidase, NADPH, which cannot be generated in darkness due to the inactivity of PSI. In the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, NADPH production during low light is dependent on PSII activity, and addition of DCMU consequently abolishes diatoxanthin epoxidation. In contrast to P. tricornutum, DCMU does not affect diatoxanthin epoxidation in Cyclotella meneghiniana, which shows the same rapid epoxidation in low light both in the absence or presence of DCMU. Measurements of the reduction state of the PQ pool and PSI activity indicate that, in the presence of DCMU, NADPH production in C. meneghiniana occurs via alternative electron transport, which includes electron donation from the chloroplast stroma to the PQ pool and, in a second step, from PQ to PSI. Similar electron flow to PQ is also observed during high light illumination of DCMU-treated P. tricornutum cells. In contrast to C. meneghiniana, the electrons are not directed to PSI, but most likely to a plastoquinone oxidase. This chlororespiratory electron transport leads to the establishment of an uncoupler-sensitive proton gradient in the presence of DCMU, which induces diadinoxanthin de-epoxidation and NPQ. In C. meneghiniana, electron flow to the plastoquinone oxidase is restricted, and consequently, diadinoxanthin de-epoxidation and NPQ is not observed after addition of DCMU.     

Identification of molecular targets for selective elimination of TRAIL‐resistant leukemia cells. From spots to in vitro assays using TOP15 charts

The resistance of malignant cells to chemotherapy calls for the development of novel anti‐cancer drugs. TNF‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a pro‐apoptotic cytokine, which selectively induces apoptosis in malignant cells. We derived two TRAIL‐resistant HL‐60 subclones, HL‐60/P1 and HL‐60/P2, from a TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line. To identify therapeutically exploitable “weaknesses” of the TRAIL‐resistant leukemia cells that could be used as molecular targets for their elimination, we performed proteomic (2‐DE) analysis and compared both TRAIL‐resistant subclones with the original TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 cells. We identified over 40 differentially expressed proteins. To significantly narrow the lists of candidate proteins, we excluded proteins that are known to be often differentially expressed, regardless of experiment type and tissue (the so‐called “TOP15” proteins). Decreased expression of DNA replication and maintenance proteins MCM7 and RPA32 in HL‐60/P1 cells, and the marked down‐regulation of enzyme adenosine deaminase in HL‐60/P2 cells, suggests increased sensitivity of these cells to DNA‐interfering drugs, and adenosine and its homologues, respectively. In a series of in vitro assays, we confirmed the increased toxicity of etoposide and cisplatin to TRAIL resistant HL‐60/P1 cells, and adenosine and vidarabine to HL‐60/P2, compared with TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 cells.     

心电数据管理系统中标准数据格式的分析

介绍了心电图机中三种标准化的存储格式,SCP,HL7aECG,DICOM,对这三种数据格式结构和主要特点进行了分析比较,对各自的优缺点进行了对比,随着网格化的发展,市场上会有会有越来越多的产家支持这几种通用的心电数据存储方式。     

急性早幼粒白血病HL60细胞电转染条件的优化

目的：比较不同电转染条件下,真核表达载体转染HL60细胞的效率,筛选得到针对HL60细胞最佳的电转染条件。方法：采用pDsRED-C1真核表达载体,分别在2mm和4mm电转杯中依照不同电转条件对HL60细胞进行转染,根据存活细胞所占比例确定电转参数;在转染48h后,比较不同质粒加入量及二甲基亚砜（dimethyl sulfoxide,DMSO）加入电转体系前后的细胞转染阳性率。调整G418筛选浓度,在选定转染条件下进行HL60细胞电转,采用流式细胞技术,细胞化学染色及超微结构观察,分析电转前后HL60细胞的生物学性状。应用相同条件再转染eYFP-C1质粒于HL60细胞,G418筛选后观察荧光表达情况。结果：HL60细胞在2mm和4mm电转杯中的死亡数量随电击强度和脉冲次数的增加而升高,且方形波较回旋波有更强的击穿细胞膜的能力;固定电转参数下,2mm和4mm电转杯中的HL60细胞电转阳性细胞数随加入质粒量的增加呈先升高后下降的趋势,且在相同质粒加入量,2mm电转杯比4mm电转杯有更高的转染效率;在相同电转参数和相同电转杯中,预冷条件下加入DMSO电转时阳性率比不加入DMSO进行电转的阳性率高近13倍;400μg/ml G418是最佳筛选浓度;选定最佳电转条件进行电转,通过筛选,没有发现细胞表面分化抗原CD11b和CD14的表达,细胞形态原始,未见凋亡现象发生。相同条件电转eYFP-C1空载质粒于HL60细胞仍然可以获得很好的转染效果。结论：HL60细胞电转染条件的改良,可以有效提高HL60细胞的电转阳性率,为后续细胞真核表达载体的转染及基因功能研究奠定基础。