赤芝中新颖杂萜-三萜杂聚体的分离纯化及其改善C2C12细胞胰岛素抵抗作用

目的 赤芝 (Ganoderma lucidum) 在民间被用于糖尿病治疗,但缺乏数据支撑,需探索其化学成分及其是否具有抗糖尿病作用以利于临床推广。方法 采用多种分离技术,如 MCI gel CHP 20P、RP-18、Sephadex LH-20、硅胶柱色谱、 制备薄层色谱 (Preparative Thin-Layer Chromatography,PTLC) 和高效液相色谱 (High Performance Liquid Chromatography, HPLC) 等,对云南产赤芝的低极性成分进行研究,利用一维 (One Dimensional,1D) 和二维 (Two Dimensional,2D) 核磁共振波谱 (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy,NMR) 等方法鉴定化合物结构,在C2C12细胞胰岛素抵抗体外模型中研究其活性。结果 从云南2个产地赤芝中分离鉴定8个杂萜-三萜杂聚体类新化合物,ganolucinins D-K (1-8),其中化合物7和8可上调胰岛素受体底物1 (Insulin Receptor Substrate 1,IRS1) 和蛋白激酶B (Protein Kinase B,PKB/Akt) 磷酸化, 8可促进C2C12细胞葡萄糖摄取。结论 赤芝中可能存在一系列杂萜-三萜杂聚体类化合物,其中化合物8具有改善胰岛素抵抗潜力,可能是灵芝抗糖尿病的药效物质之一。     

体外培养诱导大鼠骨髓间质干细胞分化为肌样细胞的实验研究

目的:体外培养并诱导大鼠骨髓间质干细胞(MSCs)分化为肌样细胞。方法:采用常规技术对SD鼠MSCs进行体外培养传代、鉴定、诱导分化和免疫组化、透射电镜检测分析。结果:流式细胞仪检测, 细胞表达CD29和CD44, 不表达CD11b和CD45;经一定浓度5-氮杂胞苷和两性霉素B诱导分化后细胞desmin和myoglobin染色阳性;电镜观察肌样细胞胞浆靠胞膜缘可见无细胞器的条状肌丝区带。结论:传代贴壁生长的梭形细胞为MSCs。MSCs可能具有表达肌细胞的特异性启动或分化调控基因;5-氮胞苷等化合物可使DNA的胞嘧啶去甲基化, 从而诱导MSCs向肌源性细胞分化。临床有运用MSCs治疗肌萎缩性疾病的前景。     

Pseudosubstrate inhibition of protein kinase PKR by swine pox virus C8L gene product

The interferon-induced protein kinase PKR is activated upon binding double-stranded RNA and phosphorylates the translation initiation factor eIF2alpha on Ser-51 to inhibit protein synthesis in virally infected cells. Swinepox virus C8L and vaccinia virus K3L gene products structurally resemble the amino-terminal third of eIF2alpha. We demonstrate that the C8L protein, like the K3L protein, can reverse the toxic effects caused by high level expression of human PKR in yeast cells. In addition, expression of either the K3L or C8L gene product was found to reverse the inhibition of reporter gene translation caused by PKR expression in mammalian cells. The inhibitory function of the K3L and C8L gene products in these assays was found to be critically dependent on residues near the carboxyl-termini of the proteins including a sequence motif shared among eIF2alpha and the C8L and K3L gene products. Thus, despite significant sequence differences both the C8L and K3L proteins function as pseudosubstrate inhibitors of PKR.     

补肾化瘀解毒方药物血清对肺癌A549/DDP细胞的耐药逆转及MRP表达的影响

目的：探讨补肾化瘀解毒方药物血清对肺癌细胞耐药逆转作用及机制。方法:采用MTT及流式细胞术，分别观察补肾化瘀解毒方药物血清对肺癌A549/DDP耐药细胞的细胞毒作用和多药耐药相关蛋白（MRP）表达的影响。结果:补肾化瘀解毒方药物血清对肺癌耐药细胞有一定的杀伤作用，能增强顺铂（DDP）对肺癌敏感细胞和耐药细胞的杀伤作用，显著降低MRP的表达（P＜0.01），但对维拉帕米（VRP）的协同逆转作用不明显。结论:补肾化瘀解毒方药物血清具有增效和耐药逆转作用，其机制可能与其抑制肺癌耐药细胞MRP的表达有关。     

Cellular nonmuscle myosins NMHC‐IIA and NMHC‐IIB and vertebrate heart looping

Flectin, a protein previously described to be expressed in a left‐dominant manner in the embryonic chick heart during looping, is a member of the nonmuscle myosin II (NMHC‐II) protein class. During looping, both NMHC‐IIA and NMHC‐IIB are expressed in the mouse heart on embryonic day 9.5. The patterns of localization of NMHC‐IIB, rather than NMHC‐IIA in the mouse looping heart and in neural crest cells, are equivalent to what we reported previously for flectin. Expression of full‐length human NMHC‐IIA and ‐IIB in 10 T1/2 cells demonstrated that flectin antibody recognizes both isoforms. Electron microscopy revealed that flectin antibody localizes in short cardiomyocyte cell processes extending from the basal layer of the cardiomyocytes into the cardiac jelly. Flectin antibody also recognizes stress fibrils in the cardiac jelly in the mouse and chick heart; while NMHC‐IIB antibody does not. Abnormally looping hearts of the Nodal^{Δ 600} homozygous mouse embryos show decreased NMHC‐IIB expression on both the mRNA and protein levels. These results document the characterization of flectin and extend the importance of NMHC‐II and the cytoskeletal actomyosin complex to the mammalian heart and cardiac looping. Developmental Dynamics 237:3577–3590, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

阿托伐他汀对Lewis大鼠实验性自身免疫性心肌炎作用的研究

目的： 探讨阿托伐他汀对实验性自身免疫性心肌炎(EAM）大鼠Th1/Th2偏离的影响及对EAM的治疗价值。方法: 6-8周雄性Lewis大鼠31只，其中8只作为正常对照；23只以猪心肌肌球蛋白免疫制成EAM模型，免疫后随机分为阿托伐他汀大剂量（10 mg·kg^-1·d^-1）组、小剂量（1 mg·kg^-1·d^-1）组和未治疗组，连续用药 21 d。第 21 d，行超声心动图检测；取心肌组织，观察大体及镜下炎症程度；ELISA检测血浆IL-2、IL-4、IL-10及IFN-γ等细胞因子水平,并以IFN-γ/IL-4比值作为Th1/Th2偏离方向指标。结果: 阿托伐他汀使EAM大鼠心室肥厚减轻，LVEDd降低，射血分数增加；心脏重量/体重比值及炎症程度分级显著降低；Th1型细胞因子(IFN-γ, IL-2)水平降低，Th2型细胞因子水平(IL-4, IL-10)升高。3组间TC、TG及HDL-C水平未见明显差异。结论: 阿托伐他汀使Th1/Th2平衡向Th1方向偏离，抑制EAM炎症反应。表明阿托伐他汀的免疫调节效应及在自身免疫病治疗中的应用前景。     

Galactosylated PVDF membrane promotes hepatocyte attachment and functional maintenance

One of the major challenges in BLAD design is to develop functional substrates suitable for hepatocyte attachment and functional maintenance. In the present study, we designed a poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) surface coated with galactose-tethered Pluronic polymer. The galactose-derived Pluronic F68 (F68-Gal) was adsorbed on PVDF membrane through hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction between PVDF and the polypropylene oxide segment in Pluronic. The galactose density on the modified PVDF surface increased with the concentration of the F68-Gal solution, reaching 15.4 nmol galactosyl groups per cm2 when a 1 mg/ml of F68-Gal solution was used. The adsorbed F68-Gal remained relatively stable in culture medium. Rat hepatocytes attachment efficiency on F68-Gal modified PVDF membrane was similar to that on collagen-coated surface. The attached hepatocytes on PVDF/F68-Gal membrane self-assembled into multi-cellular spheroids after 1 day of culture. These attached hepatocytes in spheroids exhibited higher cell functions such as albumin synthesis and P450 1A1 detoxification function compared to unmodified PVDF membrane and collagen-coated surface. These results suggest the potential of this galactose-immobilized PVDF membrane as a suitable substrate for hepatocyte culture.     

人乳头瘤病毒18型L1-E6、L1-E7嵌合基因表达载体的构建及表达

目的 构建HPV 18 L1－E6，L1－E7嵌合基因的表达载体，并在CHO细胞中表达。方法 克隆HPV18 L1－E6和L1－E7基因，插入中介载体pGEMT-Easy中并测序鉴定。采用PCR定点突变法，突变L1－E6，L1－E7基因序列中与转化作用相关的位点，分别与L1基因连接后插入真核表达载体pVAX1，构建真核表达质粒pVAX-1L1 E6Mxx,L1E7Mxx。用磷酸钙沉淀法，转染CHO细胞，以抗HPV－18L1，抗E6和抗E7特异性单克隆抗体（mAb)做ELISA和免疫细胞化学法检测。结果 ELISA检测显示，转染各种pVAX1-LIE6Mxx-L1E7Mxx融合蛋白表达质粒的细胞提取物的P－N值均＞2．1；免疫细胞化学检测，在胞浆，胞核可见棕黄色颗粒。结论 我建的pVAX1-L1E6Mxx-E7Mxx融合蛋白质表达质粒，可在转当细胞内表达相应的L1－E6Mxx和L1－E7Mxx蛋白，为今后进行DNA疫苗的研究奠定了基础。     

Abeta-degrading endopeptidase,neprilysin, in mouse brain: synaptic and axonal localization inversely correlating with Abeta pathology

Metabolism of amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is closely associated with the pathology and etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since neprilysin is the only rate-limiting catabolic peptidase proven by reverse genetics to participate in Abeta metabolism in vivo, we performed detailed immunohistochemical analysis of neprilysin in mouse brain using neprilysin-deficient mice as a negative control. The aim was to assess, at both the cellular and subcellular levels, where Abeta undergoes neprilysin-dependent degradation in the brain and how neprilysin localization relates to Abeta pathology in amyloid precursor protein (APP)-transgenic mice. In hippocampus, neprilysin was present in the stratum pyramidale and stratum lacunosum-moleculare of the CA1-3 fields and the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus. Confocal double immunofluorescence analyses revealed the subcellular localization of neprilysin along axons and at synapses. This observation suggests that after synthesis in the soma, neprilysin, a type II membrane-associated protein, is axonally transported to the terminals, where Abeta degradation is likely to take place. Among various cell types, GABAergic and metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptor-positive neurons but not catecholaminergic or cholinergic neurons, expressed neprilysin in hippocampus and neocortex, implying the presence of a cell type-specific mechanism that regulates neprilysin gene expression. As expected, Abeta deposition correlated inversely with neprilysin expression in TgCRND8 APP-transgenic mice. These observations not only support the notion that neprilysin functions as a major Abeta-degrading enzyme in the brain but also suggest that down-regulation of neprilysin activity, which may be caused by aging, is likely to elevate local concentrations of Abeta at and around neuronal synapses.     

Interinstitutional variations of sensitometric curves of radiographic dosimetric films

Depth and field size dependence of the sensitometric curves of radiographic films have been studied by various groups. Limited information is, however, available on the magnitude of the variations in sensitometric curves applied in clinical practice in different institutions. In this study we assessed in a systematic way the effect of the various parameters influencing the shape of the sensitometric curve: batch composition, irradiation conditions, film processing, and film scanning. Two types of film, Kodak X-Omat V and CEA TVS, were irradiated, processed, and analyzed in three different institutions. The interinstitutional variation of the sensitometric curves, expressed as the OD variation at 50 cGy, can be up to 32% and is mainly caused by differences in film processing and to a lesser degree to differences in batch composition, film scanning, and irradiation conditions. For the Kodak films, the average OD difference at 50 cGy between the three institutions is 17% as a result of differences in batch composition and 25% due to differences in processing conditions. For the CEA films these data are 6% and 24%, respectively. The long-term variation of the sensitometric curves of KODAK films in one institution was smaller than the differences in batch composition between the three institutions. The sensitometric curves of CEA films showed in one institution a large variation with time; the shape gradually varied from sigmoidal to quasilinear. By using relative OD values rather than absolute OD values, variations in sensitometric curves of KODAK films can be reduced to 2%. Consequently, one sensitometric curve is sufficient to derive relative dose values. If processing conditions are well controlled, it might therefore be advantageous to determine the absolute OD only at one or two dose values, in combination with a "universal" relative sensitometric curve.