Interaction between mitogenic lectins and plasma membranes of lymphocytes

Mitogenic signals from concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin were shown to undergo summation in time under conditions when each mitogen separately, if the duration of contact with lymphocytes during the experiment was the same (14 or 20 h), did not induce mitogenesis. The results are discussed from the standpoint of cell-cell interaction between lymphocytes. It is suggested that the ability of these signals to undergo time summation lies at the basis of the nonspecific mechanism of protection against tolerance.Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Biological Membranes, Biological Faculty, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow University. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR V. N. Orekhovich.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 88, No. 7, pp. 89–91, July, 1979.     

Significance of methods for purification of oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes for the efficiency of gene diagnosis by real-time PCR

Analysis of the use of real-time PCR with fluorescent registration of results for gene diagnosis of infectious diseases showed that the sensitivity and reliability of quantitative evaluation of DNA targets directly depended on the method of purification of oligonucleotide probes. Chromatographic behavior of synthetic probes carrying various fluorophores and fluorescence quenchers was analyzed. Approaches to optimization of purification methods are proposed enabling elimination of previously undetectable admixtures. The importance of these studies is explained by the need in extending the armory of methods for the development and production of diagnosticums for detection of infectious and hereditary diseases, identification of genetically modified organisms, and for a wide spectrum of research in molecular biology and medicine. __________ Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 145, No. 3, pp. 280–284, March, 2008     

心脏组织工程瓣脉动流培养系统的设计与构建

自行设计和制造平面和三维立体培养室及贮液室等构件,用医用硅胶管连接;转子泵作为动力源,贮液室通气口供给5%CO2 95%空气,恒温水浴箱保持构件37℃恒温,这样组成了种植细胞与生物瓣支架复合体的脉动培养系统,并进行生物力学和生物相容性测试,为心脏组织工程瓣的体外构建提供研究器材。结果显示,该装置密闭性能好,内环境能保持37±1℃、CO2浓度5%±1%、pH值6.8～7.5;流量在0.125～6.0L/min的范围内任意调节;同种瓣膜上的内皮细胞经2周培养后扩增约10倍;瓣膜支架的细菌和霉菌培养均为阴性,说明我们构建的脉动流培养系统能有效地模拟体内脉动流场实现种植细胞在体外的增殖、重塑,为心脏组织工程瓣的体外构建提供了一种新的实验方法。     

Comparison of deltaFVC between patients with allergic rhinitis with airway hypersensitivity and patients with mild asthma.

BACKGROUND: In asthmatic individuals, airway sensitivity and maximal airway response are increased. Airway sensitivity is usually evaluated by measuring the provocation concentration of inhaled methacholine or histamine that causes a decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second of 20% (PC20). The percentage decrease in forced vital capacity at the PC20 (deltaFVC) has been proposed as a surrogate marker for maximal airway response. Individuals with allergic rhinitis and no clinical evidence of asthma frequently exhibit airway hypersensitivity. OBJECTIVE: To compare the deltaFVC between patients with allergic rhinitis and mild asthmatic patients with a similar degree of airway hypersensitivity. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of methacholine challenge test data from 72 children with allergic rhinitis and airway hypersensitivity (methacholine PC20 < 16 mg/mL) (rhinitis group) and from 72 children with mild atopic asthma matched to the rhinitis group regarding the methacholine PC20 (asthma group). The deltaFVC was calculated on the concentration-response curve to methacholine. RESULTS: The mean +/- SD deltaFVC was significantly lower in the rhinitis group (15.0% +/- 3.6%) vs the asthma group (17.4% +/- 5.3%) (P = .002). There was no significant correlation between the deltaFVC and PC20 in the rhinitis (r = -0.101; P = .41) and asthma (r = -0.023; P = .85) groups when 2 patients with PC20 less than 1 mg/mL were excluded from each group. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with allergic rhinitis and airway hypersensitivity had a significantly lower deltaFVC than methacholine PC20-matched mild asthmatic patients, suggesting that the level of maximal airway response in patients with allergic rhinitis is lower than that in mild asthmatic patients with a similar degree of airway hypersensitivity.     

致癌物分子结构识别中的一种特征提取方法

本文论述基于拓扑参数的致癌物分子结构识别中的一种特征参数－－特征片段的提取方法；对一组活性已知的分子训练集，将其分子结构用ＫＬＮ编码法进行编码并输入计算机，在三个约束条件下用深度第一法对各分子进行结构分解，生成片段文件，并汇总成片段总库，然后用统计检验和聚类分析提取和优化特征片段，从而为识别模型提供合理有效的特征参数。     

粉尘螨主要变应原Derf1基因的改造与可溶性表达

目的在大肠杆菌中提高粉尘螨1类变应原（Derf1）的可溶性表达。方法用RT-PCR方法扩增得到Derf1的全长序列与成熟肽序列（mDerf1）；以已知DerP5基因的前导序列替换Derf1前导序列和原酶序列，重新构建出rDerf1基因；将上述3个基因分别克隆入原核表达载体pGEX-4T-1中表达，经Western-blot对三者的表达产物进行分析鉴定。结果Western-blot表明，pGEX-Derf1与pGEX-mDerf1的表达产物分别为分子量约63000与51000的重组蛋白质，重组蛋白质主要存在于细胞裂解液的沉淀中。pGEX-rDerf1大量表达了可溶性目的蛋白质，分子量约53000，并被成功地分离纯化。以上三种表达产物均可被鼠抗GST抗体与螨过敏患者血清特异地识别。结论表达了含Derf1，mDerf1与rDerf1的三种GST融合蛋白质，它们均具免疫反应性，纯化获得了GST-rDerf1融合蛋白质，为后期的诊断及治疗奠定了基础。     

Limits of phagocytic power of macrophages

The ability of peritoneal macrophages to take up different doses of antigen (sheep's erythrocytes) and of antigens differing in physicochemical properties (sheep's erythrocytes, rat erythrocytes, and typhoid vaccine) was studied. An increase in the dose of sheep's erythrocytes injected many times over had no effect on the quantity of antigen ingested by the macrophages within a definite time interval. In macrophages taken at short periods after injection of erythrocytes of the different species of animals into the mice, ability to take up these erythrocytes in vitro was sharply inhibited. Preincubation of macrophages (in vivo or in vitro) with all the antigens tested sharply increased their ability to phagocytose typhoid vaccine.Laboratory of Physiology and Regulation of Immunity, N. F. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR P. A. Vershilova.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsina, Vol. 84, No. 7, pp. 58–61, July, 1977.     

核素显像评价电刺激对健康青年人小肠运动功能影响的试验研究

目的利用放射性核素显像研究十二指肠电刺激对人小肠通过时间的影响。方法12例健康青年志愿者,男女各6例,年龄21～25岁,中位年龄23岁。在胃镜引导下留置导管至十二指肠水平部,并安置电极,将99mTc-DTPA(二乙撑三胺五乙酸)和乳果糖混合液注入导管,用单光子发射式计算机断层仪(SPECT)进行连续小肠显像。择日对受试者进行电刺激,刺激条件:频率13Hz、波宽300ms、刺激强度5mA的方波,采用上述方法进行显像。使用感兴趣区分析法,生成小肠时间-放射性曲线,计算出小肠半排时间(T50),比较刺激前后小肠半排时间的变化。结果电刺激前后小肠平均半排时间分别为(49.5±15.8)min和(29.6±10.9)min,刺激前后T50变化有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论放射性核素显像能很好地反映小肠运动变化,十二指肠电刺激能明显加快小肠运动。