Evidence of Antagonistic Regulation of Restart from G1 Delay in Response to Osmotic Stress by the Hog1 and Whi3 in Budding Yeast

Hog1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is activated by hyperosmotic stress, and this leads to cell-cycle delay in G₁, but the mechanism by which cells restart from G₁ delay remains elusive. We found that Whi3, a negative regulator of G₁ cyclin, counteracted Hog1 in the restart from G₁ delay caused by osmotic stress. We have found that phosphorylation of Ser-568 in Whi3 by RAS/cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) plays an inhibitory role in Whi3 function. In this study we found that the phosphomimetic Whi3 S568D mutant, like the Δwhi3 strain, slightly suppressed G₁ delay of Δhog1 cells under osmotic stress conditions, whereas the non-phosphorylatable S568A mutation of Whi3 caused prolonged G₁ arrest of Δhog1 cells. These results indicate that Hog1 activity is required for restart from G₁ arrest under osmotic stress conditions, whereas Whi3 acts as a negative regulator for this restart mechanism.     

猪瘟兔化弱毒E2蛋白A／D区的高效表达和蛋白纯化及其应用

本试验对表达猪瘟E2囊膜糖蛋白的原核表达载体pET—E2的表达条件进行了优化,在此基础上,对表达的蛋白质进行了纯化。在6mol/L盐酸胍存在的条件下,将包涵体溶解在Tris-HCl中,并直接用于His Band亲和层析。收集过柱产物并透析,在2％SDS条件下,对所得的重组蛋白质进行了定量。重组蛋白质被用来包被96孔ELISA板并应用于免疫猪瘟抗体水平的测定。     

我国猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株囊膜糖蛋白E0基因的克隆及序列测定

采用异硫氰酸胍一步法从４８０代猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株（ＨＣＬＶ）脾毒中提取总ＲＮＡ,以该ＲＮＡ为模板,进行反转录,然后采用套式ＰＣＲ扩增出ＨＣＬＶ的囊膜糖蛋白Ｅ０基因,琼脂糖凝胶电泳表明其大小与预计相符。将扩增出的Ｅ０基因克隆到ｐＧＥＭＴ载体中,用自动序列分析仪对其进行序列测定。将测得的序列及推导的氨基酸序列与国外测得的Ｃ株相应序列进行比较,结果发现,它们之间核苷酸序列同源性为９９．０８％,氨基酸序列同源性为９８．４２％。     

猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株cDNA片段的克隆及序列分析

猪瘟是猪最重要的传染病之一,往往给养猪业造成重大经济损失,猪瘟的病原为猪瘟病毒（ＨＣＶ）,属黄病毒科,瘟病毒属成员,其基因组为单股正链ＲＮＡ,长度为１２３ｋｂ,仅含有一个大的开放阅读框架,编码一个含３８９８个氨基酸残基（ＡＡ）的多聚前体蛋白［１,２］。目前已经定位的蛋白有５种,即Ｎｐｒｏ、Ｃ、Ｅ０、Ｅ１和Ｅ２,它们均由ＨＣＶＲＮＡ５′端所编码,除Ｎｐｒｏ外,其它４种均为ＨＣＶ的结构蛋白［３］。Ｎｐｒｏ为具有自我催化功能的蛋白水解酶,也是多聚蛋白Ｎ端的第一个蛋白水解酶,分子量为２３ｋＤ,Ｃ为构成…     

Stress responses in yeasts: what rules apply?

Living organisms have evolved a complex network of mechanisms to face the unforeseen nutritional and environmental circumstances imposed on their natural habitats, commonly termed “stress”. To learn more about these mechanisms, several challenges are usually applied in the laboratory, namely nutrient starvation, heat shock, dehydration, oxidative exposures, etc. Yeasts are chosen as convenient models for studying stress phenomena because of their simple cellular organization and the amenability to genetic analysis. A vast scientific literature has recently appeared on the defensive cellular responses to stress. However, this plethora of studies covers quite different experimental conditions, making any conclusions open to dispute. In fact, the term “yeast stress” is rather confusing, since the same treatment may be very stressful or irrelevant, depending on the yeast. Customary expressions such as “gentle stress” (non-lethal) or “severe stress” (potentially lethal) should be precisely clarified. In turn, although prototypic yeasts share a common repertoire of signalling responsive pathways to stress, these are adapted to the specific ecological niche and biological activity of each particular species. What does “stress” really mean? Before we go any deeper, we have to define this uncertain meaning along with a proper explanation concerning the terms and conditions used in research on yeast stress.     

猪瘟病毒石门株特异cDNA片段的扩增与序列分析

以猪瘟病毒感染细胞中提取的细胞总ＲＮＡ为模板,应用反转录─聚合酶链反应,在化学合成的两对特异引物引导下,成功地扩增出了两个石门株的ｃＤＮＡ片段。电泳证明它们的大小与预计的３４６ｂｐ和１２０ｂｐ完全一致。酶切分析证实了它们应有的酶切位点。随后对这两个片段进行了克隆和序列测定,并与国外株的序列进行了比较。结果证明本实验扩增的两个ｃＤＮＡ序列与Ａｌｆｏｒｔ株和Ｂｒｅｓｉａ株的同源性分别是９５．２％和９８．５％。     

猪肺源肝素的分离纯化及其成分鉴定

本文报告了从猪肺中用改进后的碱性氯化钠盐解法萃取的粗肝素为原料,以新型分离材料ＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｃｅｌ分离纯化,并与ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－５０进行比较,前者使粗肝素比活由１３．９ＵＳＰ／ｍｇ提高到２０３．６４ＵＳＰ／ｍｇ（美国药典单位）,纯化系数达到１４．６５,回收率达８６．９３％,而通过ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－５０分离纯化后的肺肝素其比活性提高到１０２．１０ＵＳＰ／ｍｇ,纯化系数为７．３５,回收率为７２．２２％,其比活性、总活性回收率及纯化系数等,ＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｃｅｌ均优于ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－５０。纯化相当量粗肝素所需时间、次数亦大大减少,并用醋酸纤维薄膜电泳,高效液相色谱进行性质和纯化鉴定,用红外光谱进行基团分析鉴定。