虎鼬肾组织结构及水通道蛋白1,2 的表达

<正>虎鼬(Vormela peregusna)属哺乳纲(Mammalia)食肉目(Carnivora)鼬科(Mustelidae)虎鼬属(Vormela),是虎鼬属唯一一种小型哺乳动物,主要分布在东欧到中国西部的广大干燥地区,主要以啮齿动物为食(雷刚等,2009)。目前国内外有关虎鼬的研究比较少,包括核型分析(许可芬和高行宜,1986)、分子遗传学研究(Rozhnov et al.,     

A re-examination of the minor role of unstirred layers during the measurement of transport coefficients of Chara corallina internodes with the cell pressure probe

The impact of unstirred layers (USLs) during cell pressure probe experiments with Chara corallina internodes has been quantified. The results show that the hydraulic conductivity (Lp) measured in hydrostatic relaxations was not significantly affected by USLs even in the presence of high water flow intensities ('sweep-away effect'). During pressure clamp, there was a reversible reduction in Lp by 20%, which was explained by the constriction of water to aquaporins (AQPs) in the C. corallina membrane and a rapid diffusional equilibration of solutes in arrays where water protruded across AQPs. In osmotic experiments, Lp, and permeability (Ps) and reflection (sigma s) coefficients increased as external flow rate of medium increased, indicating some effects of external USLs. However, the effect was levelling off at 'usual' flow rates of 0.20-0.30 m s(-1) and in the presence of vigorous stirring by air bubbles, suggesting a maximum thickness of external USLs of around 30 microm including the cell wall. Because the diameters of internodes were around 1 mm, internal USLs could have played a significant or even a dominating role, at least in the presence of the rapidly permeating solutes used [acetone, 2-propanol and dimethylformamide (DMF)]. A comparison of calculated (diffusion kinetics) and of measured permeabilities indicated an upper limit of the contribution of USLs for the rapidly moving solute acetone of 29%, and of 15% for the less rapidly permeating DME The results throw some doubt on recent claims that in C. corallina, USLs rather than the cell membrane dominate solute uptake, at least for the most rapidly moving solute acetone.     

3种模拟中医体征的体虚便秘大鼠模型建立及效果观察

目的：分别建立大鼠血虚、阴虚和阳虚便秘模型并比较其结肠动力、结肠水代谢、结肠黏液分泌和结肠水通道蛋白2（AQP2）的表达水平。方法：40只SD大鼠,雌雄各半,随机分为4组（n=10）：正常对照组（N）、血虚便秘组（XC）、阴虚便秘组（YC）、阳虚便秘组（YAC）。分别采用放血+洛哌丁胺、甲状腺素+洛哌丁胺、冰水刺激+洛哌丁胺建立血虚便秘、阴虚便秘、阳虚便秘大鼠模型,放血每周1次,药物每天灌胃1次,连续42 d。检测大鼠活动状态、体质量、大便性状、口肛传输时间、小肠推进率、粪便和结肠含水量等体征指标,对结肠组织进行AB-PAS染色和免疫组化染色,观察黏液分泌情况和AQP2表达水平。结果：与正常对照组比较,3种模型大鼠体重增长减慢;造模第40天自主活动量变化率由大到小依次为YC、XC和YAC;造模第30天出现固体硬质粪便,粪便评分升高顺序为XC、YC和YAC;口肛传输时间均显著延长、小肠推进率均显著降低（P < 0.05,P < 0.01）,肠动力减低顺序为YC、YAC和XC;粪便含水量均显著减少（P < 0.05,P < 0.01）,XC和YAC组大鼠结肠含水量显著减少（P < 0.05,P <0.01）,YC大鼠结肠含水量有减少趋势,结肠水代谢顺序为YC、YAC和XC;3种模型大鼠结肠黏膜层腺管和杯状细胞出现不同程度缩小,黏液分泌减少,分泌功能障碍顺序为YAC、YC和XC,且近端和远端结肠AQP2的表达均显著增加（P < 0.05,P < 0.01）,增加顺序近端结肠为YAC、YC、XC,远端结肠为YAC、XC和YC。结论：复合因素长期刺激均可建立符合中医体征的便秘大鼠模型,且各模型大鼠结肠运动、结肠水代谢、结肠黏液分泌和AQP2表达水平存在一定的差异。     

润肠通便合剂对便秘模型小鼠结肠MUC2、AQP3的影响

目的:研究润肠通便合剂对便秘模型小鼠的治疗作用及对结肠黏蛋白(MUC2)、水通道蛋白(AQP3)表达的影响。方法:将小鼠分为空白对照组、模型对照组、阳性对照组及润肠通便合剂高、中、低剂量组(40、20、10 ml/kg)(n=10),通过复方地芬诺酯(30 mg/kg灌胃1次或20 mg/kg灌胃14 d)来复制便秘动物模型,观测润肠通便合剂给药3 d对便秘小鼠排便、小肠推进的影响,给药14 d对便秘小鼠结肠病理学、含水量、结肠灌洗液(CLAF)中Muc2以及结肠AQP3基因表达水平,观测润肠通便合剂给药3 d或14 d对便秘小鼠排便、小肠推进、结肠病理学、含水量、结肠灌洗液(CLAF)中Muc2以及结肠AQP3基因表达水平的影响。结果:与空白对照组比较,模型对照组小鼠给予30 mg/kg复方地芬诺酯1次后,小肠推进长度及推进率显著降低,首便时间延长,6 h排便粒数减少;给予20 mg/kg复方地芬诺酯14 d后,小鼠结肠出现明显病理学变化,CLAF中Muc2的含量降低,近端结肠AQP3的基因表达水平升高,结肠湿干重比值降低(P<0.01)。与模型对照组比较,给予润肠通便合剂能明...     

Nitric oxide conduction by the brain aquaporin AQP4

Involvement of aquaporins in gas conduction across the membrane and the physiological significance of this process have attracted marked attention from both experimental and theoretical studies. Previous work demonstrated that AQP1 is permeable to both CO₂ and O₂. Here we employ various simulation techniques to examine the permeability of the brain aquaporin AQP4 to NO and O₂ and to describe energetics and pathways associated with these phenomena. The energy barrier to NO and O₂ permeation through AQP4 central pore is found to be only ～3 kcal mol^?1. The results suggest that the central pore of AQP4, similar to that of AQP1, can indeed conduct gas molecules. Interestingly, despite a longer and narrower central pore, AQP4 appears to provide an energetically more favorable permeation pathway for gas molecules than AQP1, mainly due to the different orientation of its charged residues near the pore entrance. Although the low barrier against gas permeation through AQP4 indicates that it can participate in gas conduction across the cellular membrane, physiological relevance of the phenomenon remains to be established experimentally, particularly since pure lipid bilayers appear to present a more favorable pathway for gas conduction across the membrane. With an energy well of ?1.8 kcal mol^?1, the central pore of AQP4 may also act as a reservoir for NO molecules to accumulate in the membrane. Proteins 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

The grapevine tonoplast aquaporin TIP2;1 is a pressure gated water channel

In plants, the vacuole is a multifunctional organelle with an important role in the maintenance of the intracellular space. Tonoplast membranes are highly permeable to water due to their content in aquaporins TIPs (Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins) that allow the rapid water influx creating an internal turgor pressure responsible for cell expansion, elongation and shape.     

Phylogeny and evolution of the major intrinsic protein family

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: MIPs (major intrinsic proteins) form channels across biological membranes that control recruitment of water and small solutes such as glycerol and urea in all living organisms. Because of their widespread occurrence and large number, MIPs are a sound model system to understand evolutionary mechanisms underlying the generation of protein structural and functional diversity. With the recent increase in genomic projects, there is a considerable increase in the quantity and taxonomic range of MIPs in molecular databases. RESULTS: In the present study, I compiled more than 450 non-redundant amino acid sequences of MIPs from NCBI databases. Phylogenetic analyses using Bayesian inference reconstructed a statistically robust tree that allowed the classification of members of the family into two main evolutionary groups, the GLPs (glycerol-uptake facilitators or aquaglyceroporins) and the water transport channels or AQPs (aquaporins). Separate phylogenetic analyses of each of the MIP subfamilies were performed to determine the main groups of orthology. In addition, comparative sequence analyses were conducted to identify conserved signatures in the MIP molecule. CONCLUSIONS: The earliest and major gene duplication event in the history of the MIP family led to its main functional split into GLPs and AQPs. GLPs show typically one single copy in microbes (eubacteria, archaea and fungi), up to four paralogues in vertebrates and they are absent from plants. AQPs are usually single in microbes and show their greatest numbers and diversity in angiosperms and vertebrates. Functional recruitment of NOD26-like intrinsic proteins to glycerol transport due to the absence of GLPs in plants was highly supported. Acquisition of other MIP functions such as permeability to ammonia, arsenite or CO2 is restricted to particular MIP paralogues. Up to eight fairly conserved boxes were inferred in the primary sequence of the MIP molecule. All of them mapped on to one side of the channel except the conserved glycine residues from helices 2 and 5 that were found in the opposite side.