人IL-1β重组表达载体在肝癌细胞的表达及对其NK细胞杀伤敏感性的影响

目的：构建全长人IL-1β真核表达载体,转染H7402肝癌细胞,分析对其NK细胞杀伤敏感性的影响。方法：RT-PCR法扩增人IL-1β基因全长编码序列,经T-A克隆,构建pIRES2-EGFP-IL-1β重组表达载体,采用阳离子聚合物jetPEI的方法转染H7402肝癌细胞,G418筛选获得稳定表达的细胞克隆,RT-PCR分析IL-1β的表达水平,MTT方法分析转染前后NK细胞对肝癌细胞杀伤活性的变化。结果：从LPS处理的人外周PBMCs总RNA中扩增出IL-1β（大小约829 bp）,先构建pMD18-IL-1β克隆载体,DNA序列鉴定正确后,利用Pfu DNA聚合酶将IL-1β基因亚克隆到pIRES2-EGFP中,构建真核表达载体pIRES2-EGFP-IL-1β,经PCR、限制性酶谱分析（BamHⅠ和EcoRⅠ）和DNA序列测定正确后,将其转染H7402肝癌细胞,G418筛选获得稳定表达IL-1β的细胞,与转染空载体的细胞相比,该细胞对NK-92细胞杀伤的敏感性显著降低,效靶比10∶1时下降了约30%。结论：促炎性细胞因子IL-1β能够显著增强肝癌细胞对NK细胞杀伤的抵抗性,可能是导致肝癌细胞发生天然免疫逃逸的重要机制。     

Particle agglutination assays for rapid detection of fibronectin, fibrinogen, and collagen receptors on Staphylococcus aureus.

Latex beads (0.8-micron diameter; Difco Laboratories) were coated with fibronectin, fibrinogen, collagen type I, or denatured collagen (gelatin) and evaluated in a particle agglutination assay (PAA) for the rapid detection of fibronectin, fibrinogen, or collagen binding to Staphylococcus aureus. These assays were compared with a commercial test for detecting the binding of fibrinogen and immunoglobulin G (Staphaurex). Bacterial cells (approximately 10(10) cells per ml) suspended in 0.02 M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) caused the clumping of standard fibronectin, collagen, gelatin, and fibrinogen latex suspensions within 2 min on glass slides. The test results were scored semiquantitatively from strongly positive ( ) to weakly positive (+) and negative (-) reactions. The negative PAA reactions corresponded to a median value of 11.5% relative to the binding of 125I-labeled protein to strain Cowan 1, indicating the high sensitivity of the test. The reactions with fibronectin and fibrinogen latex suspensions and with Staphaurex were optimal for cells grown on tryptic soy and brain heart infusion broth media. Blood agar was optimal for reactions with collagen and gelatin latex suspensions. Media containing high salts (mannitol salt agar and staphylococcus medium 110) enhanced the tendency of cells to autoaggregate. These assays were also clinically evaluated on 187 S. aureus isolates. The PAA reagents were stable, and the assays were highly specific, sensitive, and reproducible, thus making PAA suitable for the rapid screening of the binding of various bacterial pathogens to serum and connective-tissue proteins.     

Collagen binding, elastase production, and slime production associated with coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine intramammary infections.

Collagen binding, elastase production, slime production, and associated somatic cell counts were determined with 160 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine intramammary infections. Mean binding values for type I and II collagen with Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. chromogenes, and S. hyicus strains were 5.8, 6.6, and 7.4 and 4.3, 4.2, and 4.9%, respectively. Eleven of 28 (39.3%) S. epidermidis, 1 of 38 (2.6%) S. chromogenes, and 1 of 94 (1.1%) S. hyicus strains were elastase positive. Slime production was noted with 12 (42.9%) S. epidermidis, 1 (2.6%) S. chromogenes, and 11 (11.7%) S. hyicus strains. No differences in somatic cell counts were observed with type I or type II collagen binding, elastase production, or slime production with S. epidermidis or S. chromogenes. However, somatic cell counts associated with S. hyicus strains with collagen type I binding affinities of greater than 5 and type II binding affinities of greater than 3 were 320.7 x 10(3) compared with 163.9 x 10(3) for strains with lower binding affinities.     

Cellular localization of simian immunodeficiency virus in lymphoid tissues. II. In situ hybridization

Lymph nodes and spleens were collected at autopsy and by biopsy from 29 rhesus monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Lymph nodes were classified morphologically into stages of follicular hyperplasia, follicular involution, follicular depletion with normal or expanded paracortices, follicular and paracortical depletion, granulomatous lymphadenitis, or normal. The distribution of SIV RNA was determined by in situ hybridization using a nick translated, 35S labeled, SIVmac DNA probe. Numbers of SIV-infected cells were rare during follicular hyperplasia, numerous during follicular and paracortical expansion, and rare during follicular and paracortical depletion. The splenic morphology reflected that of the lymph nodes; however, the numbers of SIV-positive cells were uniformly lower. SIV RNA was frequently restricted to a single nucleus within multinucleate syncytial cells in two cases of granulomatous lymphadenitis. These results, combined with those of a previous study, provide evidence for antigen trapping in SIV-infected hyperplastic lymph nodes and for widespread viral infection of macrophages and lymphocytes during paracortical expansion.     

Genetic evidence on the origins of Indian caste populations

The origins and affinities of the approximately 1 billion people living on the subcontinent of India have long been contested. This is owing, in part, to the many different waves of immigrants that have influenced the genetic structure of India. In the most recent of these waves, Indo-European-speaking people from West Eurasia entered India from the Northwest and diffused throughout the subcontinent. They purportedly admixed with or displaced indigenous Dravidic-speaking populations. Subsequently they may have established the Hindu caste system and placed themselves primarily in castes of higher rank. To explore the impact of West Eurasians on contemporary Indian caste populations, we compared mtDNA (400 bp of hypervariable region 1 and 14 restriction site polymorphisms) and Y-chromosome (20 biallelic polymorphisms and 5 short tandem repeats) variation in approximately 265 males from eight castes of different rank to approximately 750 Africans, Asians, Europeans, and other Indians. For maternally inherited mtDNA, each caste is most similar to Asians. However, 20%-30% of Indian mtDNA haplotypes belong to West Eurasian haplogroups, and the frequency of these haplotypes is proportional to caste rank, the highest frequency of West Eurasian haplotypes being found in the upper castes. In contrast, for paternally inherited Y-chromosome variation each caste is more similar to Europeans than to Asians. Moreover, the affinity to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank, the upper castes being most similar to Europeans, particularly East Europeans. These findings are consistent with greater West Eurasian male admixture with castes of higher rank. Nevertheless, the mitochondrial genome and the Y chromosome each represents only a single haploid locus and is more susceptible to large stochastic variation, bottlenecks, and selective sweeps. Thus, to increase the power of our analysis, we assayed 40 independent, biparentally inherited autosomal loci (1 LINE-1 and 39 Alu elements) in all of the caste and continental populations (approximately 600 individuals). Analysis of these data demonstrated that the upper castes have a higher affinity to Europeans than to Asians, and the upper castes are significantly more similar to Europeans than are the lower castes. Collectively, all five datasets show a trend toward upper castes being more similar to Europeans, whereas lower castes are more similar to Asians. We conclude that Indian castes are most likely to be of proto-Asian origin with West Eurasian admixture resulting in rank-related and sex-specific differences in the genetic affinities of castes to Asians and Europeans.     

超声筛查胎儿发育异常的回归模型构建研究

目的 用Logistic多因素非条件回归分析，建立超声筛查胎儿发育异常回归模型。方法对影响胎儿发育异常的各个因素进行非条件Logistic回归分析，计算标准偏回归系数、0R值等。结果共有7个因素进入方程，从各影响因素的标准偏回归系及OR值大小分析，以股骨、孕妇年龄、羊水对回归模型影响较大。结论胎儿发育异常与多种因素有关，股骨短小的孕妇应作为超声重点监测对象。     

急性高原病患者支气管肺泡灌洗前后肺功能及血气的改变

目的:探讨急性高原反应(HAAR)及高原肺水肿(HAPE)的发病机理。方法:对10例HAAR患者及6例HAPE患者灌洗前和灌洗后进行肺功能和动脉血气检测, 并与10例高原健康者进行对比。结果:HAAR患者及HAPE患者灌洗前动脉血氧分压明显低于对照组, HAAR同HAPE均存在弥散功能障碍;HAPE肺弥散功能(DLCO%)由灌洗前的(76.01±6.29)%, 上升到灌洗后的(103.31±9.23)%;气体转化因子(DLCO/VA%)由灌洗前的(150.30±15.20)%, 上升到灌洗后的(176.04±16.10)%;动脉血氧分压(PaO₂)由(31.73±3.01)mmHg上升到(45.31±3.56)mmHg。而HAAR及对照组灌洗后上述指标差异不显著。结论:HAPE患者肺泡内大量的液体渗出是HAPE病情恶化的主要原因之一。HAAR属HAPE发展的初级阶段, 存在着间质性肺水肿。     

GnRH拮抗剂在体外受精-胚胎移植中的应用

目的探讨促性腺激素释放激素（GnRH）拮抗剂方案在体外受精-胚胎移植（IVF—ET）促超排卵中的应用效果。方法回顾性比较分析本中心2006年8月～2007年8月接受ⅣF—ET助孕治疗的患者中采用GnRH拮抗剂方案的54例患者和采用GnRH激动剂长方案的135例患者，观察其临床效果。结果两组Gn用量、HCG日内膜厚度、受精率、卵裂率之间比较无显著性差异；两组患者Gn使用天数、HCG日E2值、获卵数、冷冻率、种植率、妊娠率、OHSS发生率之间比较有显著性差异。结论GnRH拮抗剂联合促性腺激素促超排卵方案缩短用药时间，减少费用，并可显著降低OHSS的发生率，但冷冻率、妊娠率较GnRH激动剂长方案偏低。     

The adrenoleukodystrophies

Clinical, biochemical, and genetic studies of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) are of current interest for six main reasons. First, assays of plasma lipids or cultured skin fibroblasts or amniocytes permit precise diagnosis of persons affected by the disease, as well as prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection. Second, the general nature of the enzymatic defect has been identified and the ALD gene has been mapped to the q28 segment of the X-chromosome. Third, the disease is more common than had been previously recognized. We have identified 350 patients in over 200 kindreds. Fourth, phenotypic variability is a striking feature. The illness may present as a rapidly fatal neurological disorder in early childhood or as a chronic progressive paraparesis in young, middle-aged, or even older adults. The latter syndrome is referred to as adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). It is of particular interest that these variants occur regularly within the same kindred, so that the phenotypic variation cannot be attributed to different genetic mutations. A fifth feature of interest is that in this X-linked disorder 12 to 40% of female carriers show various degrees of neurological disability, although almost always milder than in the hemizygous male. Studies with cultured fibroblasts suggest that mutant ALD cell lines have a competitive advantage over normal cell lines, a phenomenon which has not been observed in any other disorder. Finally, ALD appears to be one example of a peroxisomal disorder. Knowledge about the normal function of this subcellular organelle has emerged only recently, and further studies of ALD and related disorders will contribute to this.