快速培养纯化猪角朊细胞及复合羊膜体外培养实验研究

目的研究快速培养和纯化猪角朊细胞的方法及观察角朊细胞在脱细胞羊膜上的生长状况,为组织工程皮肤研究提供实验依据.方法采用加10%胎牛血清的人无血清角朊细胞培养基(defined keratinocyte-SFM,DKSFM)培养原代猪角朊细胞,分别用DKSFM(A组)、加5%胎牛血清的DKSFM(B组)、加10%胎牛血清的DKSFM(C组)培养传代猪角朊细胞,于接种后1、3、5和7 d观察猪角朊细胞的形态及生长曲线.利用猪角朊细胞与培养瓶黏附牢固的特点,用0.02%乙二胺四乙酸(ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid,EDTA)和0.05%胰蛋白酶分步消化,纯化细胞.将第2代猪角朊细胞接种在冻干脱细胞羊膜上,直接苏木素染色、石蜡切片、免疫组织化学染色等方法观察猪角朊细胞在脱细胞羊膜上的生长状况.结果采用加10%胎牛血清的DKSFM培养原代猪角朊细胞,细胞生长速度快,形态好,培养5 d铺满培养瓶底60%～70%.B组培养的传代猪角朊细胞生长速度较C组培养猪角朊细胞生长速度快.A组培养传代的角朊细胞,细胞生长缓慢.用0.02?TA和0.05%胰蛋白酶分步消化的方法纯化猪角朊细胞,可获得纯度为95%以上的猪角朊细胞.将第2代猪角朊细胞接种在脱细胞羊膜后12 d,可形成单层细胞,呈多角形、铺路石样排列;14 d和16 d细胞进一步密集,16 d细胞出现老化.结论 10%胎牛血清的DKSFM培养原代猪角朊细胞,5%胎牛血清的DKSFM培养传代猪角朊细胞,细胞生长速度快.用0.02?TA和0.05%胰蛋白酶分步消化的方法纯化猪角朊细胞,可以获得高纯度猪角朊细胞.脱细胞羊膜为猪角朊细胞提供良好的支架,接种培养后12 d,细胞形态最好.     

Development of an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of porcine pepsin as a milk clotting enzyme

An enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of porcine pepsin in milk‐clotting enzyme preparations has been developed. The assay is capable of detecting porcine pepsin in the range 1 μgto 1 mg ml^‐1 without enhancement or modification. The specificity of the technique was studied by inhibition assay. Slight cross‐reactions with bovine rennet and Mucor miehei rennet occurred at high concentrations (1.0 mg ml^‐1). The ELISA used in this investigation appears to provide a quick, sensitive and specific method for the detection of porcine pepsin and has potential applications in the dairy industry.     

Analysis of the subcellular localization of the proteins Rep, Rep' and Cap of porcine circovirus type 1

Porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) encodes two major ORFs. The cap gene comprises the major structural protein of PCV, the rep gene specifies Rep and Rep', which are both essential for initiating the replication of the viral DNA. Rep corresponds to the full-length protein, whereas Rep' is a truncated splice product that is frame-shifted in its C-terminal sequence. In this study, the cellular localization of PCV1-encoded proteins was investigated by immune fluorescence techniques using antibodies against Rep, Rep' and Cap and by expression of viral proteins fused to green and red fluorescence proteins. Rep and Rep' protein co-localized in the nucleus of infected cells as well as in cells transfected with plasmids expressing Rep and Rep' fused to fluorescence proteins, but no signal was seen in the nucleoli. Rep and Rep' carry three potential nuclear localization signals in their identical N-termini, and the contribution of these motifs to nuclear import was experimentally dissected. In contrast to the rep gene products, the localization of the Cap protein varied. While the Cap protein was restricted to the nucleoli in plasmid-transfected cells and was also localized in the nucleoli at an early stage of PCV1 infection, it was seen in the nucleoplasm and the cytoplasm later in infection, suggesting that a shuttling between distinct cellular compartments occurs.     

Mobilization of free Ca2+ measured during contraction-relaxation cycles in smooth muscle cells of the porcine coronary artery using quin2

Ca²⁺ mobilization in dispersed smooth muscle cells of the porcine coronary artery was investigated using the fluorescent Ca²⁺ indicator, quin2. The resting [Ca²⁺]_i was 113±8 nM (a mean±SE), and was independent of intracellular quin2 concentrations. Acetylcholine (ACh; over 10 nM) or caffeine (over 3 mM) transiently increased the intensity of fluorescence, thereby reflecting the elevation of intracellular free Ca²⁺ (Ca²⁺ transient), while excess K⁺ gradually increased and maintained the intensity of fluorescence. Application of EGTA reduced the resting intensity of the fluorescence and blocked the K⁺-induced Ca²⁺ transient, but did not supress the Ach-or caffeine-induced ones. Nisoldipine (0.1 M) did not affect the resting intensity of the fluorescence. This agent blocked the K⁺ induced but not the ACh-or caffeine-induced Ca²⁺ transient. Thus, sources of Ca²⁺ contributing to the K⁺-induced Ca²⁺ transient differ from those evoked by other agents. The amount of Ca²⁺, as estimated from the increased Ca²⁺ transient by caffeine or ACh, was increased in proportion to the excess K⁺-induced influx of Ca²⁺.     

Characterization of Porcine Zona Pellucida Antigens by Immunoaffinity Chromatography and by High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography

ABSTRACT: In the present work, 500 and 50,000 porcine zonae pellucidae were solubilized using Lithium-3,5-diiodosalicylate. The zona antigens were purified by immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) on immobilized antizona immunoglobulin G (IgG). The antizona-IgG was raised by immunization of female rabbits with 500 heat-solubilized porcine zonae. Four antigens could be detected following IAC: ZP I/1 (M_r = 42,000), ZP II/1 (M_r = 67,000), ZP II/2 (M_r = 32,000), ZP III/1 (M_r = 17,000). In a parallel experiment, 50,000 zonae were solubilized in a similar manner and the mixture was analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a protein column. Altogether, 9 protein peaks that contained the antigens ZP I/1, ZP II/1, ZP II/2, and ZP III/1 could be detected following HPLC. The carbohydrate composition is characteristic for O-glycosidic-glycoproteins. ZP II/1 and ZP II/2 are probably in close association within the zona. Based on the reaction of the antigens with antibodies induced by intact and heat-solubilized zonae, it is postulated that only ZP I/1 and ZP II/l are expressed on the surface in intact zonae.     

异种移植免疫学及其潜在风险的研究进展

同种器官移植成功率的提高导致了供体器官的严重短缺.采用解剖学上与人类相近的动物,比如猪的器官可以解决这种危机.但从猪到人的器官移植需要克服很多障碍,包括免疫学,生理学及其伦理道德问题.超急性排斥反应是猪到人异种器官移植的首要免疫学障碍,目前主要通过敲除半乳糖α1,3半乳糖(galactose-α1,3-galactose,Gal)抗原来克服超急性排斥反应.除此之外,仍有其它的非-Gal抗原可能引起猪到人的移植物的失功,例如N-羟乙酰神经氨酸等.除了免疫学障碍,猪器官携带的病毒及可能引起的异种移植的潜在风险也不容忽视.虽然现在还没有明显的实验数据显示猪到人的病原体的感染,但当猪到人的免疫学障碍被克服后,感染将成为又一研究热点.     

A porcine G9 rotavirus strain shares neutralization and VP7 phylogenetic sequence lineage 3 characteristics with contemporary human G9 rotavirus strains

Of five globally important VP7 (G) serotypes (G1-4 and 9) of group A rotaviruses (the single most important etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea worldwide), G9 continues to attract considerable attention because of its unique natural history. Serotype G9 rotavirus was isolated from a child with diarrhea first in the United States in 1983 and subsequently in Japan in 1985. Curiously, soon after their detection, G9 rotaviruses were not detected for about a decade in both countries and then reemerged in both countries in the mid-1990s. Unexpectedly, however, such reemerged G9 strains were distinct genetically and molecularly from those isolated in the 1980s. Thus, the origin of the reemerged G9 viruses remains an enigma. Sequence analysis has demonstrated that the G9 rotavirus VP7 gene belongs to one of at least three phylogenetic lineages: lineage 1 (strains isolated in the 1980s in the United States and Japan), lineage 2 (strains first isolated in 1986 and exclusively in India thus far), and lineage 3 (strains that emerged/reemerged in the mid-1990s). Currently, lineage 3 G9 viruses are the most frequently detected G9 strains globally. We characterized a porcine rotavirus (A2 strain) isolated in the United States that was known to belong to the P[7] genotype but had not been serotyped by neutralization. The A2 strain was found to bear serotype G9 and P9 specificities as well as NSP4 [B] and subgroup I characteristics. By VP7-specific neutralization, the porcine G9 strain was more closely related to lineage 3 viruses than to lineage 1 or 2 viruses. Furthermore, by sequence analysis, the A2 VP7 was shown to belong to lineage 3 G9. These findings raise intriguing questions regarding possible explanations for the emergence of variations among the G9 strains.     

Morphology of cardiac muscle in septic shock. Observations with a porcine septic shock model

The morphology of cardiac muscle was investigated in a porcine model of septic shock, created by intermitted application of Escherichia coli-endotoxin. The earliest lesions, found after 18 h of septic shock, were endothelial cell swelling, marked leucostasis and slight ischaemic alterations of the muscle fibres. At the end point of the experiments, after 48 h, some fibrin thrombi were found associated with more pronounced ischaemic alterations of cardiac muscle cells and some necrotic fibres. Comparing these findings with the severe endothelial and muscle fibre lesions found in skeletal muscle, the endothelial cells of the heart microvasculature, are clearly more resistant to the attack of the endotoxins and mediators liberated in septic shock.     

Investigating the effects of walnut ointment on non-healing burn wounds

Effective treatments for non-healing burn wounds are an unmet need for 95% of burn sufferers. Approaches currently available to treat non-healing burn wounds are not satisfactory due to undesirable side-effects or expense. The anti-oxidation and antibacterial activities of walnuts are recommended for treating chronic diseases. Walnut ointment has been developed and successfully applied to treat non-healing burn wounds in our hospital for decades. We report herein a detailed retrospective case review examining patients’ response to the walnut ointment. The walnut ointment has shortened healing time of non-healing burn wounds and improved clinical outcomes. In order to investigate the mechanism of action, walnut ointment has been applied on wounds of porcine full-thickness burn wound models. Histological and immunohistochemical analysis indicated our walnut ointment supports wound healing through promoting keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. Taken together, we recommend the walnut ointment offers an effective and economical treatment for patients presenting with non-healing burn wounds.