Proteomic analysis of differential protein expression in response to epidermal growth factor in neonatal porcine pancreatic cell monolayers

We have proposed that porcine neonatal pancreatic cell clusters (NPCCs) may be a useful alternative source of cells for islet transplantation, and that monolayer cultures might provide an opportunity to manipulate the cells before transplantation. In addition we previously identified 10 genes up-regulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) in cultured porcine NPCC monolayers. We have now analyzed the intracellular signaling pathways activated by EGF and searched for proteins differentially expressed following EGF treatment of the monolayers, using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). EGF treatment resulted in phosphorylation of both Erk 1/2 and Akt, as well as increased cell proliferation. Five unknown and 13 previously identified proteins were differentially expressed in response to EGF. EGF treatment increased the expression of several structural proteins of epithelial cells, such as cytokeratin 19 and plakoglobin, whereas vimentin, the intermediate filament protein of mesenchymal cells, and non-muscle myosin alkali chain isoform 1, decreased. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2/B1 factor, which promotes epithelial cell proliferation, and hemoglobin alpha I & II also increased, whereas cyclin A1, immunoglobulin heavy chain, apolipoprotein A1, 5,10-ethylenetetrahydrofolated reductase (5,10-MTHFR), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), co-lipase II precursor, and NAD+ isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD+ IDH) alpha chain proteins decreased. Our results show that EGF stimulates proliferation of pancreatic epithelial cells by simultaneously activating the MAPK and PI-3K pathways. HnRNP A2/B1, hemoglobin, cyclin A1, and ACE2 may play roles in the proliferation of epithelial cells in response to EGF.     

Primary cultures of fetal hepatocytes from the genetically obese Zucker rat: Protein synthesis

Summary Primary fetal hepatocytes derived from Zucker rats with expectedfa gene frequencies of 0.0 and 0.75 have been established and can be used to detect early effects of thefa gene on hepatocellular metabolism. Paired incubation experiments demonstrate that protein synthesis in 0.75fa gene cultures is significantly less than in 0.0fa gene cultures under basal conditions. Insulin stimulates protein synthesis in 0.0fa gene cultures but has no effect on 0.75fa gene cultures. Cycloheximide inhibits protein synthesis in both types of culture. NH₄Cl inhibits protein synthesis in 0.0 but not in 0.75fa gene cultures. These data suggest that fetal hepatocytes bearing thefa gene have in vitro a generally sluggish anabolic capacity and a blunted capacity to respond to insulin compared to fetal hepatocytes without thefa gene. These diminished capacities may be expressions of a genetic error in lysosomal function. A portion of this work was presented in preliminary form at the 1980 meeting of the Tissue Culture Association. This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grants AM19382 and AM06197.     

消减免疫法在单克隆抗体制备中的应用

单克隆抗体是现代生命科学研究的重要工具。常规的杂交瘤技术通常并不能获得特定目的抗原的单克隆抗体,而消减免疫法可在一定程度上弥补这一缺陷。消减免疫利用特殊的免疫耐受途径来大幅增加目的单抗的产生数目。它建立在宿主动物对免疫显性抗原或非目的抗原（耐受原）耐受的基础上,宿主动物可通过高区带耐受、新生期耐受和药物介导的耐受等3种方法获得耐受,然后再对已耐受的动物接种目的抗原（免疫原）,特异性抗体便随之产生。近20年来,用消减免疫法成功地制备了多种独特抗体。简要阐述了可用消减免疫法获得的单克隆抗体的制备。     

阿托伐他汀对高血压肾脏并发症炎性损伤的治疗作用(英文)

通过考察阿托伐他汀(atorvastatin, ATO) 对自发性高血压大鼠(spontaneously hypertensive rats, SHR) 肾脏炎性损害的影响, 探讨了 ATO 对高血压肾脏并发症的防治作用。将4周龄SHR分为高血压模型组和ATO治疗组(8mg/kg),以同周龄的Wistar-Kyoto大鼠为正常对照。灌胃给药8周后, 采用酶联免疫法(enzyme linked immunosorbent assay)测定血浆和肾组织血管紧张素Ⅱ(angiotensin, AngⅡ)含量;测定诱导性一氧化氮合酶(inducible nitric oxide synthase, iNOS)及细胞间粘附分子-1(intercellular adhesion molecule-1, ICAM-1) 的蛋白表达和亚硝酸阴离子(nitrite, NO2-)含量,以评价肾脏炎症状态; 以苏木素伊红(hematoxylin and eosin)和过碘酸六胺银染色(periodic acid-silver metheramine) 染色示SHR肾小球和肾间质形态学病变,并以尿蛋白含量为指标衡量肾脏功能。结果显示...     

大鼠肢体缺血预处理对肝缺血/再灌注损伤的保护作用

目的：研究肢体缺血预处理对大鼠肝缺血/再灌注损伤是否具有保护作用。方法：雄性SD大鼠32只,随机分为对照组（S组）;缺血/再灌注组（I/R组）;经典缺血预处理组（IPC组）;肢体缺血预处理组（远端缺血预处理组,RPC组）。S组仅行开腹,不作其他处理;IPC组以肝缺血5min作预处理;RPC组以双后肢缺血5min,反复3次作预处理,2个预处理组及I/R组均行肝缺血1h再灌注3h。取血用于血清谷丙转氨酶（ALT）与血清谷草转氨酶（AST）检测。切取肝组织用于测定湿干比（W/D）、中性粒细胞（PMN）计数及观察显微、超微结构的变化。结果：与I/R组比较,IPC组,RPC组ALT,AST,W/D值,及PMN计数均明显降低（P〈0.01）,肝脏的显微及超微结构损伤减轻。结论：肢体缺血预处理对大鼠肝脏I/R损伤有明显的保护作用,强度与经典缺血预处理相当,其机制可能与抑制肝脏炎症反应、减轻肝脏水肿、改善肝组织微循环有关。     

Quantitative and qualitative numerical alterations in splenocyte subpopulations of the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) across seasons

Abstract

Previous research in our laboratory has documented seasonal alterations in humoral and cell‐mediated immunity in cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) populations. Based on these observations, we hypothesized that these seasonal differences in immune function were attributable in part to qualitative and quantitative numerical changes in specific splenocyte subpopulations. Lymphocytes were harvested from spleens of 139 cotton rats collected from a tallgrass prairie in central Oklahoma from December 1991 to September 1992. Unique splenocyte subpopulations were identified using fluorescein conjugated cell surface markers (concanavalin‐A, peanut agglutinin, soybean agglutinin, Helix pomatia agglutinin, pokeweed mitogen, and rabbit‐anti‐rat immunoglobulin‐G). All subpopulations examined were more abundant in fall and winter than spring and summer. Several plausible explanations for seasonal variation in abundance of splenocyte subpopulations are discussed.     

有氧运动抑制自发性高血压大鼠心肌中HMGB1/TLR4炎症通路

目的:探讨有氧运动对自发性高血压大鼠心肌中高迁移率族蛋白1(high mobility group box-1 protein, HMGB1)/Toll样受体4(toll like receptor 4,TLR4)炎症通路的影响。方法:成年雄性大鼠分为三组:同源正常血压大鼠(Wistar-Kyoto rats,WKY),自发性高血压大鼠(spontaneoully hypertensive rat, SHR),自发性高血压大鼠运动组(SHR+exercise,SHR+EX)。运动为中等强度跑台运动,自制跑台,倾斜角设置为10度,运动强度逐步增强,持续12周。尾动脉检测血压,收集左心室,Masson染色检测心肌组织纤维化水平,RT-PCR法检测心肌中纤维化相关基因的m RNA水平,ELISA法检测炎症因子白介素6(Interleukin 6, IL-6)和肿瘤坏死因子α(tumor necrosis factor alpha, TNF-α)的蛋白水平,Western blot法检测HMGB1和TLR4的蛋白表达。结果:有氧运动可以明显降低SHR大鼠心肌中HMGB1(P0.05)和TLR4(P0.05)的蛋白表达以及炎症因子IL-6(P0.05)和TNF-α(P0.05)的蛋白水平。经过的有氧运动之后,SHR大鼠的体重(P0.05)、收缩压(P0.05)、舒张压明显降低(P0.05);心肌纤维化水平和心肌中I型胶原(P0.05)、转化生长因子-β(transforming growth factor-β,TGF-β,P0.05)、α平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-smooth muscle actin,α-SMA,P0.05)的m RNA水平出现显著下降。结论:有氧运动可抑制自发性高血压大鼠心肌中HMGB1/TLR4炎症通路。     

多形拟杆菌对肥胖大鼠减肥影响的初步研究及毒性实验

目的研究人体肠道内的多形拟杆菌对肥胖大鼠的减肥作用。方法从人体肠道中提取、分离和鉴定1株多形拟杆菌。建立高能饲料诱发的大鼠肥胖模型,给大鼠灌胃多形拟杆菌菌液,25 d后观察大鼠体重及肠道内多形拟杆菌的数量变化。结果灌胃多形拟杆菌菌液的给药组的大鼠体重与灌胃生理盐水的模型组相比,增长慢（P〈0.05）,差异有显著性,且体内拟杆菌数量多于模型组,差异有显著性（P〈0.05）。结论提示多形拟杆菌菌液对肥胖大鼠有一定的减肥作用。     

What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis

Circumcision is often claimed to be simpler, safer and more cost-effective when performed in the neonatal period as opposed to later in life, with a greater benefit-to-risk ratio. In the first part of this paper, we critically examine the evidence base for these claims, and find that it is not as robust as is commonly assumed. In the second part, we demonstrate that, even if one simply grants these claims for the sake of argument, it still does not follow that neonatal circumcision is ethically permissible absent urgent medical necessity. Based on a careful consideration of the relevant evidence, arguments and counterarguments, we conclude that medically unnecessary penile circumcision—like other medically unnecessary genital procedures, such as ‘cosmetic’ labiaplasty—should not be performed on individuals who are too young (or otherwise unable) to provide meaningful consent to the procedure.     

Effects of subchronic acrylamide treatment on the endocrine pancreas of juvenile male Wistar rats

Acrylamide (AA) is a well-known industrial monomer with carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic and endocrine disruptive effects on living organisms. AA has been the subject of renewed interest owing to its presence in various food products. We investigated the potential adverse effects of oral AA treatment on the endocrine pancreas of juvenile rats using histochemical, immunohistochemical, stereological and biochemical methods. Thirty juvenile male Wistar rats were divided into one control and two AA treatment groups: one treated with 25 mg/kg AA and the other treated with 50 mg/kg AA for 21 days. We found a significant decrease in β-cell mass. The significant decrease in β-cell optical density and unchanged blood glucose levels indicate that normoglycemia in AA treated rats may result from intensive exocytosis of insulin-containing secretory granules. By contrast with β-cells, we observed increased α-cell mass. The slight increase in α-cell cytoplasmic volume suggests retention of glucagon in α-cells, which is consistent with the significant increase in α-cell optical density for AA treated animals. The number of islets of Langerhans did not change significantly in AA treated groups. Our findings suggest that AA treatment causes decreased β-cell mass and moderate α-cell mass increase in the islets of Langerhans of juvenile male Wistar rats.