AIM: To investigate the expression of lacrimal androgenbinding proteins(ABPs) in mice Pseudomonas aeruginosa(P. aeruginosa) keratitis.METHODS: P. aeruginosa mice model from different gender was developed by intra-stromal injection. The expression of lacrimal ABPs in lacrimal gland specimens from P. aeruginosa keratitis mice was detected by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction(q RT-PCR). Corneal virulence was evaluated based on clinical scores. To study the mechanism of lacrimal ABPs' expression, experimental subjects were pre-treated with 4 E-BP1 inhibitor, and were used to evaluate the expression levels by q RT-PCR.RESULTS: Compared with control groups, the expression of ABPα, ABPη and ABPζ in lacrimal gland from P. aeruginosa keratitis mice had no meaningful changes, while ABPε and ABPδ were significantly higher at 1 d after infection. The expression of ABPδ in lacrimal gland of male mice was higher than female mice, regardless of whether or not P. aeruginosa keratitis occurred. After 4 E-BP1 inhibitor subconjunctival injection or lacrimal injection, the expression of ABPδ and ABPε has no significant change compared with the control group.CONCLUSION: ABPδ and ABPε secreted by mice lacrimal gland may involve in the progress of alleviating the severity of corneal damage in P. aeruginosa keratitis. The expression of ABPδ and ABPε upon P. aeruginosa infection is independent of cap-dependent m RNA translation activated by 4 E-BP1. 相似文献
An automated assay of plasma prekallikrein is described. Prekallikrein was converted to kallikrein with Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase, and the hydrolytic activity of kallikrein to H-D-Pro-Phe-Arg-paranitroanilide subsequently measured.
The conversion was complete within 8 minutes and the amidolytic activity remained stable at least another 10 min at 37 ° C. This method worked in plasma deficient in Hageman factor (blood coagulation factor XII). Using anti-prekallikrein antibody and plasma deficient in prekallikrein, the amidolytic activity generated in normal plasma was identified as due to kallikrein. With plasma samples, the coefficients of variation (CV) for multiple measurements within run (n = 10) and between run (n = 10) were as low as 5.0% and 6.6%, respectively, and the minimum measurable concentration of prekallikrein in plasma was 10% of the normal level. 相似文献