Advances in alternative DNA delivery techniques

This review describes recent advances in alternative DNA-delivery techniques with particular emphasis on silicon carbide fibers, intact tissue electroporation, electrophoresis and microinjection. The advantages/disadvantages of each method along with a historical overview and theory of practice are discussed.     

Complete1H NMR assignments of synthetic glycopeptides from the carbohydrate-protein linkage region of serglycins

We present complete¹H NMR assignments for two synthetic glycopeptides representative of the carbohydrateprotein linkage region of serglycin proteoglycans. The peptides are: Ser(Galp-Xylp)-Gly-Ser-Gly-Ser(Galp-Xylp)-Gly and, Ser(Galp-Xylp)-Gly-Ser(Galp-Xylp)-Gly-Ser(Galp-Xylp)-Gly. A number of 2D NMR spectra together with a 3D NOESY-TOCSY spectrum were acquired at 600 MHz to complete the assignments of the glycopeptides dissolved in water with 40% trifluoroethanol. Preliminary analysis of the NMR data suggests folded structures for the glycopeptides.A preliminary account of this work was presented at an International Symposium held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in November, 1994 on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Professor Lennart Rodén.     

视黄酸对人肝癌细胞表面N糖链类型及天线数的影响

本文采用系列凝集素柱层析法,并配合外切糖苷酶处理研究了在视黄酸(RA)作用1—5天过程中人肝癌细胞株SMMC-7721细胞表面N糖链结构的变化。结果表明,RA促进3~H-甘露糖(Man)参入细胞表面N糖链,使高甘露糖型N糖链的百分比下降,复杂型百分比上升,并促进二天线N糖链的生物合成,使多天线特别是四天线和C_2,C_(21)b三天线N糖链的合成减少。结果提示,N糖链结构的这些变化可能是RA诱导SMMC-7721细胞向正常方向分化的结果。     

Primary structure of horse erythrocyte glycophorin HA. its amino acid sequence has a unique homology with those of human and porcine erythrocyte glycophorins

Summary The complete amino acid sequence of the major sialoglycoproteins of horse erythrocyte membranes, glycophorin HA, was determined by manual sequencing methods, using tryptic, chymotryptic, and cyanogen bromide fragments. Glycophorin HA is a polypeptide chain of 120 amino acid residues and contains 10 oligosaccharide units attached to the amino-terminal side of the molecule. Its amino terminus is pyroglutamic acid. All of the oligosaccharides are linked O-glycosidically to threonine or serine residues. The amino acid sequence is consistent with the transmembrane orientation of glycophorins.There is no significant homology between the glycosylated domains of horse, human, and porcine glycophorins, but there is a considerable homology between the hydrophobic domains of the three glycophorins, which interact with the lipid bilayer of the erythrocyte membrane.     

The restoration of the T-lymphoid system of nude mice: lower efficiency of nonlymphoid, epithelial thymus grafts.

The T-cell deficiency of nude mice is due to an abnormal differentiation of the thymus epithelium; it can be persistently corrected by grafting a neonatal thymus. However, grafted adult thymuses or epithelial thymuses are not repopulated by large numbers of host-derived lymphocytes, as is the case when a whole neonatal thymus is grafted. Furthermore, the repopulation of the spleen and lymph nodes by T cells is less pronounced than after whole neonatal thymus transplantation, and the restoration of the reactivity to T-cell mitogens is irregular. Therefore, the integrity and the age of the thymus graft are important for a good restoration of the T-lymphoid system of congenitally athymic animals.     

Purification of glycopeptides of human ceruloplasmin and immunoglobulin D by high-pressure liquid chromatography

To facilitate structural studies of glycoproteins, reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods have been developed for preparative isolation of glycopeptides and have been applied to human ceruloplasmin as an example of glycopeptides containing glucosamine (GlcN) and to human immunoglobulin D (IgD) for glycopeptides containing galactosamine (GalN). The use of RP-P columns and of trifluoroacetic acid and heptafluorobutyric acid as counterions was investigated. Various elution systems (both isocratic and programmed gradient) were used with n-propanol to assess the relative hydrophilicity of the peptides. The procedure developed for the GlcN glycopeptides of ceruloplasmin enabled purification of nine major chymotryptic peptides (ranging in size from 15 to 29 residues) and also of many minor peaks. These were characterized by amino acid and endgroup analysis, and the complete sequence of five was determined. These represent three different sites of GlcN attachment in the amino-terminal half of the ceruloplasmin chain. The procedures developed have enabled isolation of glycopeptides from ceruloplasmin having a single GlcN oligosaccharide attached; the latter are valuable for study of the structure and function of the carbohydrate groups. Separation of GalN glycopeptides from IgD was more difficult because of the high content of GalN in the hinge. Purification and sequence analysis was aided by partial removal of sugar by treatment with HF and by other methods. Four (or five) GalN oligosaccharides are attached to serine or threonine residues in the IgD hinge region, and all but one are in close proximity in the repeating sequence Ala-Thr-Thr-Ala-Pro-Ala-Thr-Thr.     

禿杉组织培养研究

本文详细报道了从秃杉(Taiwania flousiana Gaussen)离体胚诱导不定芽、不定根及从无菌苗茎端培养再生植株的过程。诱导不定芽要求较低的蔗糖浓度(以3％最好);同时BA是必须的,在附加0.1—3 mg/1 BA的White培养基上,从离体胚的子叶或胚轴上诱导了不定芽的发生(以1 mg/1最好);NAA与BA结合使用,对不定芽诱导无促进作用;适当提高光照有利于不定芽的诱导。在诱导不定芽的同时,在子叶表面还观察到有许多无结构的“不定突起”。不定芽起源于子叶表皮下1—2层细胞。IBA对诱导离体胚上产生不定根效果较好。在有或无生长素的培养基上,从生长1月龄的无菌苗茎端培养获得了不定根的产生,在加有细胞分裂索的培养基上,从无菌苗上产生了腋芽。     

几种因子对离体豌豆叶绿体蛋白质合成的影响

利用制备的豌豆完整叶绿体研究了离体条件下蛋白质合成的条件。结果表明：叶绿体蛋白质合成的饱和光强为450μmol-2s－1,合成的速率在最初5min内最大,此后随时间延长而合成速率下降;K 对蛋白质合成有促进作用,其最适浓度为30-40mmol/L,进一步增加浓度其促进作用反而降低;Mg2 在1mmol／L以下对蛋白质合成有轻微的促进作用,当浓度超过1．5mmol/L则开始产生明显的抑制;叶绿体的蛋白质合成随着外源氨基酸浓度的增加而很快地增加,但赵过200μmol/L以后蛋白质合成随浓度增加而有所降低。DCMU抑制叶绿体蛋白质的合成,当浓度达10μmol/L时,其抑制作用达41％。荧光自显影结果表明,叶绿体合成的主要问质蛋白为Rubisco大亚基,合成的类囊体膜蛋白中以32kD蛋白较为明显。     

N-糖基化移位对乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原中蛋白核酸疫苗的表达及免疫原性的影响

目的：研究N-糖基化移位对乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原中蛋白核酸疫苗体外蛋白表达及小鼠体内体液免疫及细胞免疫应答的影响。方法：通过基因工程中定点突变技术,将乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原中蛋白（MHBs）中第4位氨基酸上连接的糖链去除,或将糖链依次移位至第5、6或7位氨基酸,来构建N-糖基化去除及移位的核酸疫苗,分别命名为Adr—dN4、Adr-N4—5、Adr—N4．6、Adr—N4．7。用上述核酸疫苗与野生型MHBs核酸疫苗（pSW3891／MHBs／Adr,简称Adr）及空载体质粒pSW3891分别用脂质体瞬时转染293T细胞,应用蛋白印迹法检测MHBs的表达。采用肌肉注射法,以各组疫苗分别对BALB／c小鼠于第0、2、4和6周进行免疫．用ELISA法检测小鼠血清中抗．HBs抗体、ELISPOT法检测小鼠表面抗原多肽特异性分泌IFN-T的脾细胞数量。结果：蛋白印迹法结果显示Adr、Adr-dN4、Adr—N4．5、Adr—N4—6、Adr-N4—7体外转染293T细胞后,均可以在293T细胞内表达,且Adr、Adr-N4—5、Adr-N4—7可将表达产物分泌到细胞外。ELISA及EISPOT结果表明：Adr免疫组小鼠抗-HBs终点滴度及表面抗原特异性分泌IFN-γ的脾细胞数量,均略高于其他免疫组小鼠,但与Adr—N4—5、Adr．N4—7相比无统计学差异（P〉0．05）,与Adr-dN4和Adr—N4—6组相比有显著的统计学差异（P〈0．05）。结论：在第5或7位氨基酸附加N-连接糖链,能修补或替代Asn4连接糖链引导MHBs分泌的功能。HBs表达蛋白分泌到细胞外对诱导机体产生特异性细胞和体液免疫是至关重要的。