蓝斑核对上呼吸道阻力肌—颏舌肌功能的影响

本实验在３８只经氨基甲酸乙酯麻醉的健康家兔上进行,观察了电、化学刺激蓝斑核（ＬＣ）对颏舌肌功能的影响。结果如下：（１）长串电脉冲刺激蓝斑核使颏舌肌肌电活动明显增强,表现为长吸性肌电积分幅度升高,膈肌亦出现与颏舌肌同步的肌电活动增强。（２）ＬＣ内微量注射胞体兴奋剂谷氨酸钠,也引起明显的颏舌肌和膈肌肌电活动增强。（３）上述电、化学刺激的区域对照和盐水对照实验,均未出现有意义的肌电改变。提示：电、化学刺激ＬＣ可特异性增强上呼吸道阻力肌──颏舌肌的紧张性活动,具有减小上呼吸道阻力的作用,这对于某些上呼吸道阻塞性疾病发病机制的研究可能具有重要的意义。     

Serological differentiation of acute and chronic schistosomiasis using Schistosoma mansoni recombinant protein RP26

We obtained a recombinant protein encoded by Schistosoma mansoni gene which was able to differentiate acute from chronic schistosomiasis when applied as antigen in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A cDNA clone encoding a 26 kDa recombinant protein (RP26) was selected by screening of an adult worm S. mansoni λZAP expression library with rabbit sera produced against PIII, an adult worm protein fraction already known to possess protective and immunomodulating effects. The clone cDNA presented 99% identity with S. mansoni Sm22.3 gene. We assayed IgG reactivity of sera from 18 patients with acute, 25 patients with chronic S. mansoni infection and 20 uninfected donors with RP26 in ELISA. Our results showed that 89% of sera were positive in acute schistosomiasis group, and only 26% in chronic group, without false-positive reactions in uninfected group. In mice the immune response to RP26 increased up to week 9 after infection and then diminished. We proposed that production of antibodies binding to RP26 stopped at the chronic stage of disease. The testing of sera from eight other parasitic infections with RP26 revealed no positive reactions in majority of sera. However, we observed low positive reaction in sera from 20% of leishmaniasis patients. Our results indicate that a recombinant protein RP26 can be used as immunodiagnostic reagent for detection of acute phase of schistosomiasis mansoni.     

基因组数据揭示肺形侧耳X1野生菌株后代单孢的特异交配型位点

肺形侧耳味道鲜美,营养丰富,深受广大消费者喜爱。它属于四极性异宗结合担子菌,但其交配型位点结构仍未被解析。本研究利用二代测序技术对肺形侧耳的基因组进行测序,通过生物信息学方法找到了肺形侧耳野生菌株X1菌株后代单核菌株的交配型位点。结果显示肺形侧耳的A交配型位点较为特异,2株原生质体单核化菌株（X1-1和X1-15）的A交配型位点结构差异较大,X1-1含一对保守的HD1和HD2基因,而X1-15除了一对HD1和HD2基因外,还含有额外的2个HD2基因和1个HD1基因。肺形侧耳的B交配型位点与其他担子菌的交配型位点相似,含有8个信息素受体基因和1个信息素前体基因。本研究揭示的肺形侧耳特异的交配型位点结构为后期的遗传育种提供了理论依据。     

DHPLC检测胃癌微卫星不稳定性

为探讨一种快速、简便、可靠的胃癌微卫星不稳定性（MSI）检测方法,变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳-银染法检测28例胃癌12个微卫星位点(D1S548、D1S552、D5S346、TP53、IGFIIR(G)8、IGFIIR(CT)5、TGFßRII(GT)3、TGFßRII(A)10、hMSH3(A)8、hMSH6(G)8、BAX(G)8和Bat26）,DHPLC柱温50℃检测Bat26位点。凝胶电泳发现MSI-H 2例（7.14%）,MSI-L胃癌15例（53.6%）,Bat26+2例均为MSI-H,Bat26改变和MSI-H表型一致（P<0.01,Fisher’s确切概率法）。DHPLC亦证实2例Bat26+胃癌,结果和凝胶电泳完全一致。结果表明,DHPLC检测Bat26位点是研究胃癌MSI-H的较好方法,有一定的临床应用价值。Abstact: To establish a fast, simple and solid method of studying microsatellite instability (MSI) in gastric cancer, a panel of 12 microsatellite sites,D1S548, D1S552, D5S346, TP53, IGFIIR(G)8, IGFIIR(CT)5, TGFßRII(GT)3, TGFßRII(A)10, hMSH3(A)8, hMSH6(G)8, BAX(G)8 and Bat26, were detected by denatured polyacrymide gel electrophoresis-silver stain in 28 gastric cancers. Bat26 was also analyzed by denatured high performance liquid chromatograph (DHPLC) at 50℃ in the DNASep Cartridge. Two MSI-H (7.14%) and 15 MSI-L cancers (53.6%) were identified in 28 gastric cancers. Bat26 was positive only in 2 MSI-H cancers. The alterations of Bat26 and MSI-H status were coincident (P<0.01). The two Bat26+ cancers were also confirmed by DHPLC. Results obtained from DHPLC and gel electrophoresis were completely consistent. Thus, DHPLC analysis of Bat26 site may be a favorable method of detecting MSI-H status in gastric cancer, and be of clinical importance.     

产壳聚糖酶菌株的筛选、鉴定及酶学特性分析

【目的】利用筛选培养基,从福建沿海潮间带泥样中分离筛选产壳聚糖酶的菌株,并研究菌株的产酶特性。【方法】通过形态学观察,结合26S rDNA序列进行分类鉴定,采用DNS法测定酶活力。【结果】筛选得到产壳聚糖酶的菌株KQ-1002与草酸青霉(Penicillium oxalicum)的同源性为99%,并初步鉴定为青霉属的一种。发酵培养的最适温度为30°C,最适碳源为1.0%水溶性壳聚糖,最适氮源为1.87%(NH4)2SO4,最适pH为6.0。该菌株液体发酵培养72 h产壳聚糖酶活性最高,经优化后最高产酶量为18 U/mL。纯化后的壳聚糖酶经SDS-PAGE分析其分子量约40 kD。酶促反应最适pH为5.0,最适反应温度为55°C,Km值为1.293 g/L。在离子浓度为1.0×10 3mol/L时,金属离子Cu2+、Hg2+、Ag+对酶的活性均有强烈的抑制作用。壳聚糖酶对不同底物及脱乙酰度的壳聚糖具有不同的降解作用。【结论】筛选获得产壳聚糖酶的真菌菌株KQ-1002的壳聚糖酶活力经优化后提高了约7倍,是一株具有研究和应用潜力的产壳聚糖酶菌株。     

Neuroimmunomodulative properties of dipeptidyl peptidase IV/CD26 in a TNBS-induced model of colitis in mice

Causal connections between dipeptidyl peptidase IV, also known as CD26 molecule (DPP IV/CD26) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been shown, but mechanisms of these interactions are unclear. Our hypothesis was that DPP IV/CD26 could affect the neuroimmune response during inflammatory events. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate its possible role and the relevance of the gut-brain axis in a model of IBD in mice. Trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced (TNBS) colitis was induced in CD26-deficient (CD26(-/-) ) and wild-type (C57BL/6) mice. Pathohistological and histomorphometrical measurements were done. Concentrations and protein expressions of DPP IV/CD26 substrates neuropeptide Y (NPY) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) were determined. Concentrations of IL-6 and IL-10 were evaluated. Investigations were conducted at systemic and local levels. Acute inflammation induced increased serum NPY concentrations in both mice strains, more enhanced in CD26(-/-) mice. Increased NPY concentrations were found in colon and brain of C57BL/6 mice, while in CD26(-/-) animals only in colon. VIP and IL-6 serum and tissue concentrations were increased in both mice strains in acute inflammation, more pronouncedly in CD26(-/-) mice. IL-10 concentrations, after a decrease in serum of both mice strains, increased promptly in CD26(-/-) mice. Decreased IL-10 concentration was found in brain of C57BL/6 mice, while it was increased in colon of CD26(-/-) mice in acute inflammation. DPP IV/CD26 deficiency affects the neuroimmune response at systemic and local levels during colitis development and resolution in mice. Inflammatory changes in the colon reflected on investigated parameters in the brain, suggesting an important role of the gut-brain axis in IBD pathogenesis.     

Pexophagy is responsible for 65% of cases of peroxisome biogenesis disorders

Peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs) is a group of diseases caused by mutations in one of the peroxins, proteins responsible for biogenesis of the peroxisomes. In recent years, it became clear that many peroxins (e.g., PEX3 and PEX14) play additional roles in peroxisome homeostasis (such as promoting autophagic degradation of peroxisomes or pexophagy), which are often opposite to their originally established functions in peroxisome formation and maintenance. Even more interesting, the peroxins that make up the peroxisomal AAA ATPase complex (AAA-complex) in yeast (Pex1, Pex6 and Pex15) or mammals (PEX1, PEX6, PEX26) are responsible for the downregulation of pexophagy. Moreover, this might be even their primary role in human: to prevent pexophagy by removing from the peroxisomal membrane the ubiquitinated peroxisomal matrix protein import receptor, Ub-PEX5, which is also a signal for the Ub-binding pexophagy receptor, NBR1. Remarkably, the peroxisomes rescued from pexophagy by autophagic inhibitors in PEX1^G843D (the most common PBD mutation) cells are able to import matrix proteins and improve their biochemical function suggesting that the AAA-complex per se is not essential for the protein import function in human. This paradigm-shifting discovery published in the current issue of Autophagy has raised hope for up to 65% of all PBD patients with various deficiencies in the AAA-complex. Recognizing PEX1, PEX6 and PEX26 as pexophagy suppressors will allow treating these patients with a new range of tools designed to target mammalian pexophagy.     

解脂亚罗酵母菌体外降甘油三酯降胆固醇效果研究

筛选出高效降三酰甘油降胆固醇菌株,为新型药物、食品的制备提供优良菌株。从样品中筛选分离出酵母菌株,并测定菌株降三酰甘油能力,采用磷硫铁比色法测定菌株降胆固醇能力,通过耐酸、耐胆盐及毒性实验研究菌株各项性能,通过生理生化及26S rDNA法对菌株进行鉴定。结果显示,试验筛选出1株高效降脂降胆固醇酵母菌EAM-ZT003T,降三酰甘油能力高达80.2%,菌株具有很好的耐酸、耐胆盐能力,为期42 d的小鼠毒性试验发现,小鼠未出现异常体征,未发现异常死亡,且解剖观察各器官一切正常,菌株经26S rDNA鉴定为解脂亚罗酵母菌(Yarrowia lipolytica)。     

[B10,22-Asp,B25-Tyr-NH2]-去β链C端五肽胰岛素的合成和性质

本文报道了[B10,22-Asp,B25-Tyr-NH2]-去B链羧端五肽胰岛素的制备及其生物活性。结果表明,这一类似物的生物活力比去五肽胰岛素(DPI)的活力高一倍,但却比Gerald所报道的[B10-Asp,B25-Tyr-NH_2]-DPI的活力低很多,说明后者的高活性可能依赖于分子中B22-Arg的存在。