利用CRISPR/Cas9系统构建稳定敲除TrxR1基因的HCT-116细胞株北大核心CSCD

为更好地研究靶向硫氧还蛋白还原酶1的小分子化合物的细胞内靶点选择性,利用CRISPR/Cas9系统构建稳定敲除TrxR1基因(编码硫氧还蛋白还原酶1)的HCT-116细胞株。首先根据TrxR1基因序列和CRISPR/Cas9靶点设计原则,设计并选择合适的敲除位点,再根据敲除位点序列设计敲除TrxR1基因的sgRNA干扰序列,以pCasCMV-Puro-U6空质粒载体为骨架构建能表达该sgRNA干扰序列的重组质粒。质粒共转染至HCT-116细胞后,利用嘌呤霉素筛选TrxR1敲除的HCT-116细胞,通过DNA测序、免疫蛋白印迹、TRFS-green荧光探针和细胞内TrxR1酶活力检测等方法鉴定和验证HCT-116细胞的TrxR1基因敲除效果。进一步通过CCK-8实验初步研究靶向TrxR1小分子化合物对细胞内TrxR1酶活力和细胞增殖力抑制的相关性。结果显示,表达sgRNA干扰序列的重组质粒可以敲除HCT-116细胞中TrxR1基因,筛选获得的稳定敲除细胞HCT116-TrxR1-KO中无TrxR1蛋白表达,而靶向TrxR1小分子抑制剂对该细胞无TrxR1酶活力和细胞增殖力抑制效果。本研究利用CRISPR/Cas9系统成功构建了HCT-116的TrxR1基因敲除的稳定细胞株,为进一步研究TrxR1在相关疾病的发生机制和治疗中的作用奠定了基础。     

Meta‐population structure and the evolutionary transition to multicellularity

The evolutionary transition to multicellularity has occurred on numerous occasions, but transitions to complex life forms are rare. Here, using experimental bacterial populations as proxies for nascent multicellular organisms, we manipulate ecological factors shaping the evolution of groups. Groups were propagated under regimes requiring reproduction via a life cycle replete with developmental and dispersal (propagule) phases, but in one treatment lineages never mixed, whereas in a second treatment, cells from different lineages experienced intense competition during the dispersal phase. The latter treatment favoured traits promoting cell growth at the expense of traits underlying group fitness – a finding that is supported by results from a mathematical model. Our results show that the transition to multicellularity benefits from ecological conditions that maintain discreteness not just of the group (soma) phase, but also of the dispersal (germline) phase.     

Lateral line scale types and review of their taxonomic distribution

The trunk canal of fishes is contained within a series of lateral line (LL) scales. To categorise LL scale structural types, and determine their distribution, an analysis of original data was undertaken using light and scanning electron microscopy in combination with a literature survey from over 1,000 species representative of most orders of bony fishes. Our categorisation of LL scales is based on the relationship between the tube, or ossified trunk canal segment, and associated scale. Tubular‐Scalar LL scales consist of a distinguishable tube and elasmoid scale in scale pockets. Four types occur only in species with elasmoid scales. Integrated LL scales do not develop in scale pockets, and their tube is enclosed or extended by a non‐elasmoid scale or spines. Integrated 1 and 2 LL scales co‐occur with ganoid and calcidermoid scales, and Integrated 3 LL scales occur when common scales are absent or elasmoid. Tubular LL scales are tubes only, occurring mainly in scaleless species or with calcidermoid and elasmoid scales. Non‐Tubular LL scales are composed only of a scale, co‐occurring mainly with cycloid scales. There is consistency of LL scale type in many orders, families and genera and the presence of different types within taxa can be meaningful.     

3种花色苷对DF-1细胞的影响

目的:探讨来自心里美萝卜、紫甘薯和紫玉米的3种不同的花色苷对DF-1细胞单层生长的影响。方法:直观观察3种花色苷对DF-1细胞生长的影响,初步摸索其最适终浓度;用MTT法检测花色苷在提高细胞活性方面的作用。结果:不同浓度的3种花色苷均对细胞单层生长有不同的影响,心里美萝卜花色苷、紫甘薯花色苷和紫玉米花色苷对细胞生长的最适终浓度分别为100、75和50μg/mL;用MTT法获得相应数据并制成细胞活性图表。结论:不同品种来源及不同浓度的花色苷对DF-1细胞单层生长均有明显影响,为今后开展花色苷促细胞生长,提高细胞抗病毒活性研究提供了数据基础。     

小麦温敏不育系YM3314的温敏特性及育性转换

以YM型小麦温敏雄性不育系YM3314为材料,通过分期播种和剪穗再生分蘖的育性试验分析各播期材料的育性与对应发育时期的气象因子相关性,以揭示YM型小麦温敏雄性不育系的温敏特性及其育性转换温度条件.结果表明:YM3314秋播完全不育或育性有稍微波动,春播稳定部分可育;各播期材料的育性与孕穗期和抽穗期日平均温度呈极显著正相关,而与孕穗期的平均相对湿度呈显著负相关;孕穗前5日至抽穗后5日是YM3314育性转换的关键时期,该段时期日平均气温达到18.18℃以上表现部分可育,低于18℃表现不育.研究证实,YM3314具有温度敏感特性,育性转换的敏感时期在孕穗前5日至抽穗后5日,育性转换的临界温度约18℃左右,在二系杂交小麦研究中有重要的利用价值.     

人乳头瘤病毒特异性T细胞系细胞冻存后细胞的存活率及功能

研究人乳头瘤病毒特异性T细胞系细胞冻存后细胞的存活率及功能。应用包含10%二甲基亚砜、90%小牛血清的冻存液冻存6个T细胞系(5个CD4 T细胞系,1个CD8 T细胞系)细胞,液氮中冻存32~54个月后复苏,台盼蓝染色法检测复苏后T细胞系细胞的存活率,用酶联免疫斑点法(enzyme-linked immunospot assay,ELISPOT)检测复苏后T细胞系细胞的功能。结果显示,6个T细胞系细胞液氮冻存解冻后细胞的存活率为24.7%~93.5%,过夜培养后细胞的存活率为2.5%~72.2%。CD8 T细胞系细胞的存活率高于CD4 T细胞系细胞。6个复苏后的T细胞系细胞在PHA诱导后均能分泌IFN-γ。人乳头瘤病毒特异性T细胞系细胞冻存复苏后能够保持较好的存活率和功能。     

2014年全球新药研发报告——第一部分：新药和生物制品（Ⅲ）

2014的新药批准和上市年终报告显示医药行业的活跃性持续保持在高位。截至2014年12月23日,共有55个新药和生物制品 首次上市。此外,29个重要的延伸性新药（新处方、新复方或已上市药物的新适应证）也在2014年上市。在这些新上市的药物中,最多 的是抗感染药物,有11个新药和生物制品。它们大多用于多药耐药菌引发的感染或丙肝的治疗。美国再一次成为这些新上市药物最青睐的 市场,该国是2014年半数以上新上市药物的首选地区。不过,日本在2014年开发上市新药的能力显著增强,多年来首次超越欧盟。另一 重要成果是：2014年上市的新药和生物制品中有15个获得罕见病用药资格,5个获得突破性治疗药物资格,以及3个获得合格传染病产 品（QIDP)资格。另外,2014年还有19个产品首度获批,将于2015年初上市。     

Simple But Efficacious Enrichment of Integral Membrane Proteins and Their Interactions for In-Depth Membrane Proteomics

Membrane proteins play essential roles in various cellular processes, such as nutrient transport, bioenergetic processes, cell adhesion, and signal transduction. Proteomics is one of the key approaches to exploring membrane proteins comprehensively. Bottom–up proteomics using LC–MS/MS has been widely used in membrane proteomics. However, the low abundance and hydrophobic features of membrane proteins, especially integral membrane proteins, make it difficult to handle the proteins and are the bottleneck for identification by LC–MS/MS. Herein, to improve the identification and quantification of membrane proteins, we have stepwisely evaluated methods of membrane enrichment for the sample preparation. The enrichment methods of membranes consisted of precipitation by ultracentrifugation and treatment by urea or alkaline solutions. The best enrichment method in the study, washing with urea after isolation of the membranes, resulted in the identification of almost twice as many membrane proteins compared with samples without the enrichment. Notably, the method significantly enhances the identified numbers of multispanning transmembrane proteins, such as solute carrier transporters, ABC transporters, and G-protein–coupled receptors, by almost sixfold. Using this method, we revealed the profiles of amino acid transport systems with the validation by functional assays and found more protein–protein interactions, including membrane protein complexes and clusters. Our protocol uses standard procedures in biochemistry, but the method was efficient for the in-depth analysis of membrane proteome in a wide range of samples.     

青花菜细胞质雄性不育系线粒体DNA的提取与RAPD分析

利用分子生物学方法提取青花菜不育系及其保持系线粒体的DNA,经琼脂糖凝胶电泳表明所提取的线粒体DNA纯度较高。通过40个引物进行随机引物多态性扩增,结果表明,由引物S66扩增出一条1 000 bp左右的特异条带BMS1000,该条带是不育系m tDNA所特有的,初步推断该特异条带可能与不育性相关。     

玉米优良自交系愈伤组织基因枪转化的研究

利用基因枪将Ｂｔ基因导入玉米Ｅ２８幼胚愈合组织中,在潮霉素浓度为５ｍｇ／Ｌ选择培养基上,经过３５天的继代和分化２次选择及４５天继代继续３次选择后分化再生成植株,ＰＣＲ及Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ分子杂交结果表明,潮霉素基因及Ｂｔ基因已导入并整合到玉米基因组中,Ｅ２８２次选择的转化频率达到７．８％,显著地高于３次选择２．９％的转化频率,选择至再生的时间缩短２５天;自交系Ｐａｌ３７２次选择的转化频率为１３．３％