龙芽楤木总甙对前列腺素及环核苷酸的影响

用龙芽楤木总甙的生理盐水溶液给小鼠ip,连续7d。实验证明:龙芽楤木总甙能显著刺激前列腺素E_2和F_(2a)的合成,诱导cAMP含量明显增加,cGMP含量明显下降。对组织胺释放无影响,从而为在分子水平探讨该药作用机理提供了依据。     

硫酸镁雾化吸入辅助治疗对重症毛细支气管炎患儿气道阻力、肺功能及炎症因子的影响

目的 观察硫酸镁雾化吸入辅助治疗对重症毛细支气管炎患儿气道阻力、肺功能及炎症因子的影响。方法 选择于医院治疗的重症毛细支气管炎患儿88例,以随机数字表法分组,44例患儿为探究组,采用硫酸镁雾化吸入辅助常规治疗,44例患儿为参照组,采用常规治疗,两组患儿均连续治疗7 d,治疗前、后检测两组患儿炎症指标：肿瘤坏死因子α(tumor necrosis factor-α,TNF-α)、可溶性血管细胞黏附分子1(soluble vasccular cell adhesion molecule-1,sVCAM-1)、Nod样受体蛋白3(Nod-like receptor pyrin domain3,NLRP3)、嗜酸粒细胞阳离子蛋白(eosinophil cationic protein, ECP)水平：气道阻力指标：近端气道黏性阻力(R20)、气道总阻抗(Z5)、气道总黏性阻力(R5)、肺神经源性P物质水平;肺功能指标：有效呼吸道阻力(Reff)、第1秒用力呼气容积(forced expiratory volume in one second, FEV1)、最大呼气中段流量(maximal mi...     

Immunoglobulin mimicry by Hepatitis C Virus envelope protein E2

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) establishes persistent infection in the majority of infected individuals. The currently accepted hypothesis of immune evasion by antigenic variation in hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) of glycoprotein E2 does not however, explain the lack of subsequent immune recognition. Here, we show that the N-terminal region of E2 is antigenically and structurally similar to human immunoglobulin (Ig) variable domains. E2 is recognized by anti-human IgG antibodies and also possesses common amino acid (aa) sequence features of the conserved v-gene framework regions of human Ig light chains in particular but also heavy chains and T cell receptors. Using a position specific scoring system, the degree of similarity of HVR1 to Ig types correlated with immune escape and persistence in humans and experimentally infected chimpanzees. We propose a unique role for threshold levels of Ig molecular mimicry in HCV biology that not only advances our concept of viral immune escape and persistent infection but also provides insight into host-dependent disease patterns.     

Microarray analysis on Phase II drug metabolizing enzymes expression in pregnant rats after treatment with pregnenolone-16alpha-carbonitrile or phenobarbital

We previously reported the expression profiles of 9 cytochrome P450 isozymes (CYPs) proteins and those of 40 CYPs genes in pregnant rat's liver, placenta and fetal liver after treatment with pregnenolone-16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN) or phenobarbital (PB). This study was carried out focusing on the gene expression profiles of Phase II drug metabolizing enzymes, Glutathione S-transferase isozymes (GSTs) and UDP-glycosyltransferase isozymes (UDPGTs). Fischer 344 (F344) pregnant rats were daily treated intraperitoneally with 50 mg/kg of PCN or 80 mg/kg of PB from 13 to 16 days of gestation (DG). They were sacrificed on 17 DG, and microarray analysis using Affymetrix Rat Expression Array 230 A was performed. Among 16 GSTs genes examined in this study, 7 genes were significantly induced in dam's liver and 3 genes in fetal liver, respectively, in the PCN-group, while 8 genes were significantly induced in dam's liver and 1 gene in fetal liver, respectively, in the PB-group. On the other hand, among 11 UDPGTs genes examined, 5 genes were significantly induced in dam's liver and 3 genes in fetal liver, respectively, in the PCN-group, while 5 genes were significantly induced in dam's liver and 1 gene in fetal liver, respectively, in the PB-group. There were no significant changes in the placenta of all groups. This is the first report of the gene expression profiles of Phase II drug metabolizing enzymes in pregnant rat and fetal livers and placenta after treatment with typical inducers of drug metabolizing enzymes.     

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Tumor-Infiltrating NK Cells Reveals that Inhibition of Transcription Factor HIF-1α Unleashes NK Cell Activity

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α黑素细胞刺激素基因转染对小鼠骨髓来源的树突状细胞成熟的影响

为观察转染α黑素细胞刺激素(-αMSH)基因的树突状细胞(DC)的功能和特性,以腺相关病毒(AAV)为载体将α-MSH基因导入小鼠骨髓来源的未成熟DC(-αMSH-DC),用ELISA检测-αMSH-DC培养上清中-αMSH及IL-12水平,用流式细胞仪分析-αMSH-DC表面分子的表达,以-αMSH-DC提呈OVA抗原刺激致敏T细胞,通过ELISA测定IL-2水平来观察其抗原提呈功能。结果显示,在-αMSH-DC培养上清中检测到-αMSH的分泌,-αMSH-DC表面分子表达下调,分泌IL-12的能力降低,抗原提呈功能被抑制。-αMSH-DC可部分抵抗LPS上调表面分子表达和促进IL-12分泌的作用。表明-αMSH基因可籍AAV载体导入未成熟DC,并有效地表达,α-MSH基因修饰的DC成熟受到抑制。     

Comparative study of pituitary and bacteria-derived human growth hormone by monoclonal antibodies

We have established hybridoma lines which secrete mouse monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) to human pituitary growth hormone, hGH. Using indirect competitive ELISA and indirect passive hemagglutination inhibition twelve different Mabs were characterized with regard to cross-reactivity with the hGH-related hormones, human chorionic somatomammotropin, hCS, and human prolactin, hPRL. The reactivity of these Mabs with pituitary hGH was compared to that with either bacterially-produced methionyl-hGH or to that of reduced and S-carboxymethylated hGH, which has an altered conformation. None of the Mabs reacted with hPRL. Four did not react with hCS whereas the others showed varying degree of cross-reactivity with hCS. All Mabs reacted more weakly with reduced and S-carboxymethylated hGH than with the native form of the hormone, which was not seen with conventional rabbit antisera to hGH. Thus in the case of hGH the Mabs are superior to conventional antisera in revealing small conformational differences. However the pituitary and bacterially-derived methionyl-hGH were indistinguishable as determined by the 12 Mabs.     

Interactions of γ-immunoglobulins with lipid mono- or bilayers and liposomes. Existence of two conformations of γ-immunoglobulins of different hydrophobicities

Interactions between rabbit-γ-immunoglobulins and model membranes (lipid monalayers, planar lipid bilayers, liposomes) have been investigated. No significant interaction was observed with immunoglobulins. However, immunoglobulins dialysed first vs aqueous buffer having pH 2 or 3 and then dialysed against pH 7 buffer presumably adopt a new conformation which allows their bindings to model membranes. This binding is hydrophobic and the immunoglobulin region interacting with the lipid acyl chains is probably located in the heavy chain, as suggested by labelling in this region by a photosensitive probe previously incorporated into the lipid hydrophobic core. Cleavage at the hinge region by papain or pepsin, or heating above 38°C, induces the loss of the hydrophobic conformation responsible for hydrophobic bindings. The binding capacity of immunoglobulins heated above 38°C is restored after momentary dialysis at pH 2. The possible existence of two Ig isomers is discussed in relation to the mechanism of γ-immunoglobulin passage through the endoplasmic membrane and fixation into the plasma membrane.     

卡巴胆碱抑制肿瘤坏死因子所致微血管内皮细胞通透性增高

目的探讨卡巴胆碱对肿瘤坏死因子-α（tumor necrosis factor-α，TNF-α）诱导的增加微血管通透性的作用。方法采用FITC标记白蛋白漏出法、考马斯亮蓝染色法观察卡巴胆碱对TNF-α诱导微血管内皮细胞通透性，细胞形态和细胞骨架变化的影响。结果与对照组比较，TNF-α明显增加微血管内皮细胞通透性（P〈0．05），诱导细胞皱缩，细胞间隙增大和细胞骨架排列紊乱。给予卡巴胆碱可以明显抑制TNF-α诱导微血管内皮细胞通透性增加，并呈剂量依赖性，同时可以使细胞间隙明显减小，细胞骨架排列有序。结论卡巴胆碱可能通过抑制TNF-α对细胞骨架的损伤，进而抑制微血管通透性增加。     

Histidine-rich protein genes and their transcripts in Plasmodium falciparum and P. lophurae

The presence of histidine-rich protein (HRP) related genes and gene products in Plasmodium falciparum was demonstrated using a synthetic pentahistidine-encoding oligonucleotide and a cloned HRP cDNA probe prepared from the avian parasite P. lophurae. In Northern blotting experiments, two knobby clones of P. falciparum were found to contain a 3500 nucleotide RNA species that hybridized with the oligonucleotide and HRP cDNA probes. As this component had the expected size for an mRNA encoding an 80-90 kDa protein and was absent from two knobless clones of P. falciparum, we concluded that it represented a 'knob protein' mRNA. Using the restriction enzyme EcoRI, three identical cross-hydribizing HRP gene fragments were found in the DNA of both knobby and knobless clones of P. falciparum. These fragments differed in size from those present in P. lophurae. These results suggest that the absence of knob protein mRNA in knobless clones is not due to loss of the corresponding gene(s).