LncRNA TP73-AS1 enhances the malignant properties of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by increasing MMP14 expression through miRNA -200a sponging

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an invasive and aggressive cancer that remains a major threat to human health across the globe. Despite advances in cancer treatments and diagnosis, the prognosis of PDAC patients remains poor. New and more effective PDAC therapies are therefore urgently required. In this study, we identified a novel host factor, namely the LncRNA TP73-AS1, as overexpressed in PDAC tissues compared to adjacent healthy tissue samples. The overexpression of TP-73-AS1 was found to correlate with both PDAC stage and lymph node metastasis. To reveal its role in PDCA, we targeted TP73-AS1 using LnRNA inhibitors in a range of pancreatic cancer (PC) cell lines. We found that the inhibition of TP73-AS1 led to a loss of MMP14 expression in PC cells and significantly inhibited their migratory and invasive capacity. No effects of TP73-AS1 on cell survival or proliferation were observed. Mechanistically, we found that TP73-AS1 suppressed the expression of the known oncogenic miR-200a. Taken together, these data highlight the prognostic potential of TP73-AS1 for PC patients and highlight it as a potential anti-PDAC therapeutic target.     

Oxidation of tyrosine by peroxidase isozymes derived from peanut suspension culture medium and by isolated cell walls

A comparative study on tyrosine oxidation was made with a pure cationic and anionic peroxidase from peanut cell culture medium. The results showed that both isozymes possessed almost identical capacity to oxidize tyrosine to dityrosine, isodityrosine and polytyrosine with the main difference being the pH optimum (pH 4 for the anionic and pH 7 for the cationic isozyme). Variation of reaction time after 1.5 h incubation had little effect on the quantity and quality of the oxidation products. On the other hand, increase of enzyme units correspondingly increased tyrosine-oxidation. The removal of heme and carbohydrate moieties from the holoenzyme arrested the reaction thereby suggesting the role played by these moieties in stabilizing the active site of peroxidase isoenzymes. Isolated cell wall extracts catalyzed the tyrosine-oxidation equally well as the purified peroxidase. Even though polyclonal antibodies against anionic peroxidase inhibited the in vitro tyrosine reaction they did not affect the tyrosine oxidation by the cell walls, while the cationic antibodies did.Abbreviations A.PRX anionic peanut peroxidase - C.PRX cationic peanut peroxidase - PcAb polyclonal antibodies - ELISA enzyme-linked-immuno-sorbent-assay - TFMS trifluoromethane sulfonic acid     

Studies on anabolic steroids--12. Epimerization and degradation of anabolic 17 beta-sulfate-17 alpha-methyl steroids in human: qualitative and quantitative GC/MS analysis.

The epimerization and dehydration reactions of the 17 beta-hydroxy group of anabolic 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroids have been investigated using the pyridinium salts of 17 beta-sulfate derivatives of methandienone 1, methyltestosterone 4, oxandrolone 7, mestanolone 10 and stanozolol 11 as model compounds. Rearrangement of the sulfate conjugates in buffered urine (pH 5.2) afforded the corresponding 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes in a ratio of 0.8:1. These data indicated that both epimerization and dehydration of the 17 beta-sulfate derivatives were not dependent upon the respective chemical features of the steroids studied, but were instead inherent to the chemistry of the tertiary 17 beta-hydroxy group of these steroids. Interestingly, in vivo studies carried out with human male volunteers showed that only methandienone 1, methyltestosterone 4 and oxandrolone 7 yielded the corresponding 17-epimers 2, 5 and 8 and the 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes 3, 6 and 9 in ratios of 0.5:1, 2:1 and 2.7:1, respectively. No trace of the corresponding 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes derivatives of mestanolone 10 and stanozolol 11 was detected in urine samples collected after administration of these steroids. These data suggested that the in vivo formation of the 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes derivatives of 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroids is also dependent upon phase I and phase II metabolic reactions other than sulfation of the tertiary 17 beta-hydroxyl group, which are probably modulated by the respective chemical features of the steroidal substrates. The data reported in this study demonstrate that the 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes are not artifacts resulting from the acidic or microbial degradation of the parent steroids in the gut as previously suggested by other authors, but arise from the rearrangement of their 17 beta-sulfate derivatives. Unchanged oxandrolone 7 was solely detected in the unconjugated steroid fraction whereas unchanged steroids 1, 4 and 11 were recovered from the glucuronide fraction. These data are indirect evidences suggesting that the glucuronide conjugates of compounds 1 and 4 are probably enol glucuronides and that of compound 11 is excreted in urine as a N-glucuronide involving its pyrazole moiety. The urinary excretion profiles of the epimeric and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-ene steroids are presented and discussed on the basis of their structural features.     

不同利用方式下稻田效益的综合评价

一、引言评价是多目标系统优化和决策的基础。和任何其他农业生态系统一样,稻田生态系统具有多目标、多功能的特点,单项指标难以反映系统的优劣。目前,川东南地区稻田开发利用方式多种多样,但效益评价主要是采用简单的比较分析或粗放的定性描述,尚未形成系统的     

纪念蒋英教授

蒋英教授是著名的植物分类学家。他从事中国夹竹桃科、萝藦科、番荔枝科植物的专门研究和教育事业有五十四年历史,为祖国科学事业奋斗一生,作出了重大贡献。本文详细地介绍了他的生平、艰苦创业的经过、严谨治学精神、培养人才的经验,并总结了他一生的科研成就和八十多篇著作名录,供后人参考。     

烟草愈伤组织分化和芽原基形成期间呼吸代谢途径的改变

接种在继代培养基上的柳叶烟草愈伤组织,未观察到组织分化和芽原基形成。在分化培养基上生长的愈伤组织,接种后第6天可见拟分生组织和管胞分化,9—12天有芽原基形成,15—18天可观察到苗端结构。根据碘乙酸、Na_3PO_4和丙二酸抑制试验,以及3-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶与琥珀酸脱氢酶活性测定结果,初步表明烟草愈伤组织呼吸中存在有EMP、HMP和TCAC代谢途径.在发生输导组织和芽原基分化的愈伤组织中(接种后第6—12天),HMP途径的运行程度较高;而芽原基的继续生长(培养12天以后),则与EMP途径的增加有关;分化培养基上生长的愈伤组织,始终较继代培养愈伤组织具有较高的FCAC活性水平。     

Sequence analysis of a cDNA containing the gag and prot regions of the soybean retrovirus-like element, SIRE-1

SIRE-1 is a family of several hundred dispersed copies of a very large DNA element from Glycine max that has features characteristic of retroviruses and retrotransposons. A 2.4 kb SIRE-1-specific fragment was recovered from a soybean cDNA library and sequenced. The sequence contains two ORFs. Theoretical translation of ORF1 produces a gag-prot-like polyprotein containing highly conserved motifs found in retroelement nucleocapsids (CX₂CX₄HX₄C) and aspartic proteases (LDSG). The second ORF is foreshortened. The cDNA also contains nearly 200 bp of a putative 5 LTR just upstream of a tRNA primer-binding site.     

汉滩病毒核壳蛋白（NP）在杆状病毒系统的表达及其免疫原性研究

应用杆状病毒表达载体成功地表达了汉滩病毒７６－１１８株（ＨＴＮＶ）核壳蛋白,将ＨＴＮＶＳ基因插入杆状病毒转染质粒ｐＡｃＹＭＩＢ的多角体基因启动子下游附近,与经Ｂｓｕ３６１酶切线性化的杆状病毒（ＡｃＶＥＰＡ）ＤＮＡ共同转染Ｓ１９细胞,经空斑筛选获得了高效表达ＮＰ的重组杆状病毒（ＡｃＶＨａｎＳ）。经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ证实,表达产物与ＨＴＮＶ毒粒ＮＰ分子量均为５０ＫＤ左右,紫外扫