Inefficient formation of a complex among CXCR4, CD4 and gp120 in U937 clones resistant to X4 gp120-gp41-mediated fusion

Certain subclones (designated as minus clones) of the promonocytic U937 cell line do not support efficient infection and fusion mediated by T cell line adapted (TCLA) X4 HIV-1 gp120-gp41 (Env) although the CXCR4 and CD4 concentrations at their surfaces are similar to those at the surfaces of clones susceptible to HIV-1 entry (plus clones) (H. Moriuchi et al., J. Virol. 71, 9664-9671, 1997). To test the hypothesis that inefficient formation of gp120-CD4-CXCR4 complexes could contribute to the mechanism of resistance to Env-mediated fusion in the minus clones, we incubated plus and minus cells with HIV-1 LAI gp120 and coimmunoprecipitated CD4 by using anti-CXCR4 antibodies. The gp120 induced inefficient coimmunoprecipitation of CD4 in the minus clones but not in the plus ones. Overexpression of CD4 resulted in significant restoration of the minus clones' susceptibility to fusion in parallel with an increase in the amount of the gp120-CD4-CXCR4 complexes. These results not only suggest that the resistance to TCLA X4 HIV-1 entry in the U937 minus clones is due to the inability of these cells to efficiently form complexes among CD4, gp120, and CXCR4, but also provide a direct evidence for the correlation between fusion and the cell surface concentration of the complexes among CXCR4, CD4, and gp120. These data and similar recent observations in macrophages suggest that inefficient complex formation among CXCR4, CD4, and gp120 could be a general mechanism of cell resistance to gp120-gp41-mediated fusion and a major determinant of HIV-1 evolution in vivo.     

人工晶体植入前后视觉诱发电位的临床分析

目的:(1)探讨白内障囊外摘除术前术后及人工晶体植入术后视觉诱发电位幅值及潜时变化特征;(2)探讨白内障囊外摘除术术前P—VEP,F—VEP,F—ERG联合预测的必要性。方法:采用重庆泰克医电仪器公司产TEC—100C视觉电生理仪。对白内障患者实行分组测量。术前均测F—ERG,P—VEP,部分病例增测F—VEP。结果:114例术前F—ERG正常,P—VEP测量其P_(100)波幅值潜时均异常:P_(100)波幅值降低,潜时延长,术后及人工晶体植入后幅值,潜时都有所改善,而并发性白内障,代谢性白内障变化不明显。结论:据视觉诱发电位的变化,老年性白内障组,外伤性白内障组术后应及时装入人工晶体,并发性白内障组,代谢性白内障组装入人工晶体临床意义不大。术前联合测试(VEP ERG)对视力预后、以及眼底病变的定量诊断意义重大。     

女贞子、刺五加对T细胞促进作用的实验研究

女贞子和刺五加都是扶正中药.女贞子在体内体外对 T 细胞均有促进作用,但对其作用机理报导很少。刺五加是典型的“适应原样”药物,对机体免疫功能亦有促进作用,但其对 T 细胞的作用尚未见报导.     

The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) protein is part of a high molecular weight complex involved in biogenesis of early melanosomes

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding tendency and a ceroid-lipofuscin lysosomal storage disease result from defects of multiple cytoplasmic organelles: melanosomes, platelet dense granules and lysosomes. The HPS polypeptide, a 700 amino acid protein which is unrelated to any known proteins, is likely to be involved in the biogenesis of these different organelles. Here, we show that HPS is a non-glycosylated, non-membrane protein which is a component of two distinct high molecular weight complexes. In non-melanotic cells the HPS protein is contained almost entirely in an approximately 200 kDa complex that is widely distributed throughout the cytosol. In melanotic cells the HPS protein is partitioned between this cytosolic complex and a >500 kDa complex that appears to consist of the approximately 200 kDa complex in association with membranous components. Subcellular fractionation, immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy studies indicate that the membrane-associated HPS complex of melanotic cells is associated with tubulovesicular structures, small non-coated vesicles, and nascent and early-stage melanosomes. These findings suggest that the HPS complex is involved in the biogenesis of early melanosomes.     

Quantitation of human total IgG, kappa IgG and lambda IgG in serum using monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies to human IgG have been applied, in parallel with polyclonal antisera, to the routine quantitation of human IgG. Two monoclonal antibodies directed against spatially distinct epitopes have been used in combination to form insoluble complexes exhibiting turbidity. Quantitation was performed using a centrifugal fast analyser and a correlation coefficient of 0.979 was obtained for the two estimations. The technique has been further developed to allow the separate quantitation of kappa IgG and lambda IgG in whole serum.     

大脑中动脉供血区脑缺血后同侧丘脑继发性损害的MR实验研究

本文应用磁共振(magnetic resonance,MR)成像在体观察大脑中动脉(middle cerebral artery,MCA)供血区脑缺血后同侧丘脑的信号变化。结果显示:(1)通过MRA(magnetic resonance angiography)可以观测到单侧MCA的闭塞与血流再通,而供应丘脑的大脑后动脉信号无变化;(2)脑缺血后1d MR T2WI(T2weighted imaging)显示单侧MCA供血区原发病灶呈高信号,3d、7d时此原发病灶信号增高程度有所降低,至14d信号强度再次明显增高;(3)脑缺血后1d和3d时双侧丘脑T2信号无差别,7d和14d时脑缺血同侧丘脑T2信号减低,T2值降低;(4)MCA供血区脑缺血后原发病灶和同侧丘脑T2值的变化不同步。上述结果证实MR能够在活体显示MCA供血区脑缺血后同侧丘脑的继发性损害。     

Cloning and characterization of a novel gene which encodes a protein interacting with the mitosis-associated kinase-like protein NTKL

NTKL is an evolutionarily conserved kinase-like protein. The cell-cycle-dependent centrosomal localization of NTKL suggested that it was involved in centrosome-related cellular function. The mouse NTKL protein is highly homologous with human NTKL. A novel mouse protein was identified as an NTKL-binding protein (NTKL-BP1) by yeast two-hybrid screening, and the full-length cDNA was amplified based on the result of a sequence data analysis cloning strategy. The full-length cDNA sequence of the NTKL-BP1 gene consists of 2,537 bp, which encode 368 amino acids. A database search revealed that homologues of NTKL-BP1 exist in different organisms, including Arabidopsis thaliana, Drosophila melanogaster, Plasmodium falciparum, Geobacter metallireducens, Anopheles gambiae and human. It suggests that NTKL-BP1 is an evolutionarily conserved protein. The expression of NTKL-BP1 was observed in multiple normal mouse tissues. The interaction of the two proteins was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. Moreover, immunofluorescent staining indicated that NTKL and NTKL-BP1 were all localized in the cytoplasm.     

多层螺旋CT三维成像行国人气道径线分析

目的探讨国人气管和主支气管各种解剖径线的长度与角度.方法用多层螺旋CT三维成像法测定300例成年健康体检者锁骨胸骨端水平气管内径、锁骨胸骨端水平到隆突的气管长度,左、右主支气管和右中间支气管内径与长度,以及左、右主支气管长轴与矢状面的夹角.结果男性气管、左、右主支气管、右中间支气管内径与长度,以及右上肺叶支气管开口内径均大于女性,而女性左、右主支气管长轴与矢状面夹角均大于男性(p<0.05或0.01).成年人与老年人上述各解剖径线值差异无显著(p>0.05).左主支气管内径值与右主支气管内径值呈高度相关,且分别与气管内径值和身高呈高度相关(p<0.01).结论通过多层螺旋CT三维成像法测定国人气管、左和右主支气管径线值,获左、右主支气管内径值与患者身高和气管内径测量值的回归方程,可预测其左、右主支气管内径值.     

Anti-myeloperoxidase IgG subclass distribution and avidity in sera from patients with propylthiouracil-induced antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated vasculitis

OBJECTIVE: Propylthiouracil (PTU) could induce MPO-ANCA-positive vasculitis. The aim of this study was to compare the IgG subclass distribution and avidity of MPO-ANCA in sera from patients with primary ANCA-associated vasculitis (AASV) and PTU-induced vasculitis. METHODS: Nineteen patients with primary AASV with MPO-ANCA and thirteen patients with PTU-induced vasculitis were enrolled in the current study. Sera in both active phase and remission were collected. Anti-MPO IgG subclasses were detected by antigen specific ELISAs using specific monoclonal antibodies as second antibodies, and MPO-ANCA avidity was assessed by antigen-inhibition ELISAs. RESULTS: In primary AASV, all four anti-MPO IgG subclasses could be detected in active phase with IgG1 (100%), IgG2 (73.7%), IgG3 (63.2%) and IgG4 (94.7%), and in remission, IgG1 and IgG4 subclasses in most patients remained positive. However, in PTU-induced vasculitis, anti-MPO IgG3 subclass could not be detected, the anti-MPO IgG subclasses in active phase were IgG1 (100%), IgG2 (61.5%) and IgG4 (46.2%). Furthermore, five out of the six patients (88.8%) with PTU-induced vasculitis with positive IgG4 subclass in active phase turned to negative in remission, however, only eight out of the fourteen patients (57.1%) with primary AASV turned to negative. The median avidity constant of MPO-ANCA was 56 (8.96 to >140) x 10(7) mol/l for patients with primary AASV and 0.7 (<0.28 to >140) x 10(7) mol/l for patients with PTU-induced vasculitis respectively. Furthermore, the relative levels of MPO-ANCA avidity were associated with elevation of ESR in primary AASV and were associated with BVAS scores in patients with PTU-induced vasculitis, respectively. CONCLUSION: MPO-ANCA IgG subclass distribution and avidity were different between patients with primary AASV and PTU-induced vasculitis. It was suggested that the mechanism of ANCA production in PTU-induced vasculitis was different from that in primary AASV, and the avidity of MPO-ANCA might be associated with disease activity.     

狗股动脉弹性纤维的扫描电镜观察

用甲酸消化法制取正常股动脉弹性纤维标本，冷冻干燥后进行扫描电镜观察。见到内弹性膜上有许多散分布的窗孔，中膜的弹性经组织呈复杂的网状，外膜的弹性组织以粗大的纵向分层排列的弹性纤维为主。