Microtetraspora sp转化美伐他汀至普伐他汀发酵条件的研究

小四孢菌(Microtetraspora sp)在不同的转化培养基和培养条件下，转化美伐他汀(Mevastatin)为普伐他汀(Pravastatin)。在转化培养基A，初始底物浓度为500mg／L时，摇瓶发酵7d，转化率为50．14％，Pravastatin产量达260mg／L；在3L发酵罐中间歇补加底物和1～4g／L葡萄糖，培养11d，Pravastatin产量达375mg／L，转化率为45.2％。     

老鹳草鞣质类化合物的抗腹泻作用研究

对老鹳草总鞣质(HGT)的抗腹泻作用研究表明：HGT有较好的治疗腹泻作用，可减少番泻叶或蓖麻油所引起腹泻次数；并可显著抑制正常及推进功能亢进小鼠的墨水胃肠推进率。结果提示抑制胃肠推进运动是HGT止泻机理之一。     

硝呋太尔中有机溶剂残留量的GC测定

采用毛细管气相色谱法，以外标法测定硝呋太尔中有机溶剂甲醇、乙醇、二嚼烷、N，N-二甲基甲酰胺的含量。采用二乙烯基苯／苯乙烯多孔聚合物为固定液的毛细管石英色谱柱，程序升温的方法。各组分的线性关系良好(r均大于0．999)，平均回收率分别为99．2％、96．2％、90．7％和98．8％，检测限分别为2．9、3．0、2．2和1．8ng。     

Hemorrhagic activity of Bothrops venoms determined by two different methods and relationship with proteolytic activity on gelatin and lethality

The changes in hemorrhagic activity, proteolytic activity on gelatin and the lethal potency of four Bothrops venoms treated at different pH values or with EDTA were studied. Venoms from B. alternatus, B. jararaca, B. moojeni and B. neuwiedii of Argentina were preincubated at pH 5.8, 5.1 or 3.8 or with EDTA and the hemorrhagic activity expressed as size of the hemorrhagic lesion or as the amount of hemoglobin extracted, the proteolytic activity on gelatin and the lethal potency were determined. Although the MHDs recorded in rats were 19–56 fold higher than those recorded in mice, the A₅₅₀ extracted per gram of hemorrhagic haloes was very similar in rats or mice independent of the venom dose. Inhibition of proteolytic activity after preincubation at pH 5.1 or 3.8, agrees with the decreased amount of hemoglobin extracted from the hemorrhagic haloes, and with the increase in mean survival time after the i.p. injection to mice. Preincubation with EDTA resulted in 80% inhibition of hemorrhagic activity of B. jararaca venom and complete inhibition with the other Bothrops venoms tested. Measurement of the amount of hemoglobin extracted gives significant information in comparative studies, not available by measurement of the size of hemorrhagic haloes.     

TMB-8抑制5-HT和KCl引起大鼠脑血流量减少

目的研究TMB-8对5-HT和KCl引起的大鼠脑血流量(CBF)减少的作用。方法用激光多普勒血流仪测量大鼠CBF,在人工脑脊液灌流液中加入TMB-8和工具药进行干预。结果12.5, 25和50 μmol·L^-1 TMB-8对大鼠CBF无明显影响,TMB-8可抑制5-HT引起的大鼠CBF减少。在1 μmol·L^-1 5-HT引起大鼠CBF持续下降的状态下,TMB-8可浓度依赖的增加大鼠CBF。TMB-8也可抑制KCl引起的大鼠CBF减少。在20 mmol·L^-1 KCl引起大鼠CBF持续下降的状态下,TMB-8可浓度依赖的增加大鼠CBF。结论TMB-8可抑制5-HT和KCl引起的大鼠CBF减少,也可浓度依赖的增加被5-HT和KCl所减少的大鼠CBF,改善大鼠缺血区脑血供。     

Induction of carbohydrate‐specific antibodies in HLA‐DR transgenic mice by a synthetic glycopeptide: a potential anti cancer vaccine for human use

Abstract: Over the last few years, anticancer immunotherapy has emerged as a new exciting area for controlling tumors. In particular, vaccination using synthetic tumor‐associated antigens (TAA), such as carbohydrate antigens hold promise for generating a specific antitumor response by targeting the immune system to cancer cells. However, development of synthetic vaccines for human use is hampered by the extreme polymorphism of human leukocyte‐associated antigens (HLA). In order to stimulate a T‐cell dependent anticarbohydrate response, and to bypass the HLA polymorphism of the human population, we designed and synthesized a glycopeptide vaccine containing a cluster of a carbohydrate TAA B‐cell epitope (Tn antigen: α‐GalNAc‐Ser) covalently linked to peptides corresponding to the Pan DR ‘universal’ T‐helper epitope (PADRE) and to a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope from the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The immunogenicity of the construct was evaluated in outbred mice as well as in HLA transgenic mice (HLA‐DR1, and HLA‐DR4). A strong T‐cell dependent antibody response specific for the Tn antigen was elicited in both outbred and HLA transgenic mice. The antibodies induced by the glycopeptide construct efficiently recognized a human tumor cell line underlying the biological relevance of the response. The rational design and synthesis of the glycopeptide construct presented herein, together with its efficacy to induce antibodies specific for native tumor carbohydrate antigens, demonstrate the potential of a such synthetic molecule as an anticancer vaccine candidate for human use.     

Inhibition of Amiodarone‐Induced Lung Fibrosis but not Alveolitis by Angiotensin System Antagonists

Abstract: Earlier work in this laboratory showed that amiodarone induces apoptosis in alveolar epithelial cells by a mechanism inhibitable by angiotensin system antagonists. A variety of recent studies suggests a critical role for alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis. On this basis we hypothesized that amiodarone‐induced alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis and lung fibrosis in vivo might be inhibitable by the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor captopril or the angiotensin receptor antagonist losartan. Amiodarone‐induced lung fibrosis was induced in male Wistar rats by oral adminstration over six months. Replicate groups of rats received captopril or losartan in addition to amiodarone. Apoptosis was detected by increased total lung activity of caspase 3 and in situ end labeling (ISEL) of fragmented DNA. Collagen was localized and quantitated by the picrosirius red technique. Alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis was detected in amiodarone‐treated animals as early as three weeks after the start of amiodarone administration; by six months exposure, the incidence of alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis was significantly reduced by coadministration of captopril or losartan. Alveolar wall collagen accumulation also was significantly attenuated by captopril (100%) or losartan (74%), but neither agent blunted the accumulation of alveolar macrophages evoked by amiodarone (5.3‐fold at 6 months). Lung neutrophil content was unchanged by amiodarone treatment for three weeks or six months. These results indicate that amiodarone induces alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis in vivo that is inhibitable by angiotensin antagonists. They also support the hypothesis that blockade of angiotensin formation or function attenuates amiodarone‐induced lung fibrosis irrespective of the severity of alveolitis.