Identification of a Rough Strain of Escherichia coli O157:H7 That Produces No Detectable O157 Antigen

MA6, an O157:H7-like strain, did not react with most anti-O157 kits examined; however, it had the rfbE gene that is essential for O157 expression and carried O157:H7 virulence factors. Lipopolysaccharide analysis showed that MA6 is a rough strain that does not produce the O157 antigen, but genetically, it belongs in the O157:H7 clonal group.     

胃泌素对大鼠胃粘膜环氧合酶及生长因子表达的影响

目的：探讨胃泌素对大鼠胃粘膜环氧合酶（COX）及生长因子表达的影响。方法：雄性SD大鼠皮下注射胃泌素1 μg/kg、10 μg/kg或100 μg/kg，Western blot和免疫组化检查胃粘膜COX-1、COX-2、肝细胞生长因子（HGF）和肝素结合表皮生长因子样生长因子（HB-EGF）表达。评价胃泌素受体拮抗剂YM022对COX-1、COX-2、HGF和HB-EGF表达的影响。结果：胃泌素剂量依赖性地增加大鼠胃粘膜COX-2和HB-EGF表达，而对COX-1和HGF表达无明显影响；YM022阻断胃泌素诱导的COX-2和HB-EGF表达。 结论： 胃泌素调节大鼠胃粘膜COX-2和HB-EGF蛋白表达，提示COX-2和HB-EGF参与与胃泌素相关联的胃粘膜增生和胃癌等的发病过程。     

三维心电场的有限元仿真方法—心电场仿真三维模型的理论基础

心电场仿真是心电的前没课题。本文提出了心电场耗散能量的数学模型及有限元求解方程揭示 场活动规律。     

An effective method for quantitative evaluation of proteins adsorbed on biomaterial surfaces

An effective method for the quantitative evaluation of proteins adsorbed on biomaterial surfaces has been developed. First, the kinetic behavior of a range of human fibrinogen (Fib) adsorbed onto polystyrene (PS) films was investigated by using a reflectometry interference spectroscopy setup. The specific molecular number of adsorbed proteins, N(p,) was then defined. According to the definition, the numbers of Fib molecules adsorbed on PS films were calculated. An atomic force microscope (AFM) was used to scan the lateral distribution of the Fib molecules adsorbed on the PS films. From the AFM images, the practical specific molecular numbers were obtained by direct counting of the molecules. In order that the adsorbed number of Fib molecules on a unit area of the PS films could be counted easily, the solution concentration of proteins was reduced to 5 ag/mL (10(-18)g/mL). There was good consistency between the numbers calculated with the formula defined by us and the numbers counted from AFM images. Therefore, the results of the present study prove the validity of our definition of the specific molecular number of adsorbed proteins and the effectiveness of the reflectometry interference spectroscopy-based method for quantitative evaluation of adsorptive proteins.     

探讨BCG初次免疫结核杆菌DNA疫苗加强免疫方案的效应

目的:探讨BCG初次免疫(BCG-prime),结核杆菌共表达DNA疫苗加强免疫(DNA疫苗-boost)的策略对小鼠的免疫效果。方法:将BCG及结核杆菌重组DNA疫苗依次免疫小鼠,通过检测CTL和NK细胞的杀伤活性和特异性淋巴细胞增殖,以及小鼠血清抗体及细胞因子的水平,观测BCG-prime、共表达结核杆菌Ag85A/GM-CSFDNA疫苗boost策略对小鼠的免疫效果。结果:采用prime-boost免疫策略组的小鼠CTL的杀伤活性明显增强、特异性淋巴细胞明显增殖、IFN-γ的水平明显增高,NK细胞杀伤活性与对照组相比也有一定提高,但未超过BCG单独免疫效果。免疫小鼠血清特异性抗体的滴度超过单独DNA疫苗免疫组。结论:在采用BCG-prime-结核杆菌DNA疫苗boost免疫策略后,能增强对小鼠的免疫效应,尤其是Th1型细胞免疫反应增强明显,为进一步在动物体内进行保护性效应试验的研究提供了实验依据。     

Inhibition by halothane,but not by isoflurane,of oxidative response to opsonized zymosan in whole blood

In an attempt to clarify some apparent discrepancies in reports of the effects of anesthetic agents upon granulocyte function, we studied the effects of halothane and isoflurane, using techniques that allowed us to perform the assays in whole blood and in sealed vials to prevent volatile gas evolution; assay gas concentrations were measured, rather than inferred. Chemiluminescence, superoxide production, and hydrogen peroxide production were assessed after presentation of opsonized zymosan as a phagocytic stimulus. Incubation with halothane led to a highly statistically significant dose-related inhibition of Chemiluminescence (maximum 66%), H₂O₂ production (67%) and ·O ₂ ^– production (61%), within the concentration range observed in blood from patients undergoing general anesthesia. In contrast, the presence of isoflurane led to no statistically significant changes in any of the functions measured. Cells harvested from patients undergoing elective halothane anesthesia showed the same functional inhibition, but for quantitative differences likely due to the inability to control for dilution effects in clinical samples. It has been suggested that halothane anesthesia may be associated with excess mortality in septic patients; although the results we report are readily reversible, their presence during a prolonged anesthesia could be harmful in a patient who is not immunologically normal and/or who is already infected. Careful clinical trials will be necessary to determine if isoflurane is a superior agent in this context.     

PLPP2: Potential therapeutic target of breast cancer in PLPP family

PLPPs (Phospholipid phosphatases) are widely expressed in different human tissues, regulate cell signal transduction, and are overexpressed in cancers such as gliomas, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and so on. As a member of the PLPP family, PLPP2 (phospholipid phosphatase 2) plays a vital role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer, but its mechanism is still unclear. Our research found that PLPP2 was overexpressed in breast cancer, and the higher expression level of PLPP2 showed a worse prognosis for breast cancer patients. Further analysis showed that overexpression of PLPP2 affected the expression of CDC34 (cell-division cycle 34), LSM7 (Like-Smith 7), and SGTA (small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein alpha) through EMT (epigenetic-mesenchymal transition) related pathways to promote the occurrence and development of breast cancer. In vitro, silencing PLPP2 significantly reduced the proliferation, invasion, and migration abilities of human breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231. ER+ is a common subtype of breast cancer. Furthermore, we found that the overexpression of PLPP2 was significantly related to the poor prognosis of ER+ breast cancer. These results indicate that PLPP2 has value as a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer, especially for ER+ breast cancer.     

MRI刚性平移运动模糊图像建模与恢复

磁共振成像过程中,患者的轻微运动可产生运动伪影。运动伪影会使MR图像模糊,从而影响医生对病灶区域的准确检测。传统抑制运动伪影的方法大多基于运动模型已知的情况下,忽略频率编码期间产生的运动,对K空间数据进行处理达到修正伪影的目的。本研究针对任意的刚性平移运动可由无数的匀速直线运动复合而成的特点,建立了匀速直线运动模糊图像的数学模型,并尝试在图像域内用状态空间的方法和Hough变换的理论进行处理,对小幅度水平匀速运动模糊图像的修正取得了满意的结果。在处理任意方向的匀速直线运动时,由于谱线在旋转时不可避免地进行近似插值处理,虽然校正后的图像也有较大的改善,但还有待进一步研究。另外,对较大幅度水平匀速运动模糊图像的修正,还需要寻求更好的方法来准确估计谱线中相邻暗线之间的距离。通过上述理论及实验的分析验证可以看出,本研究所提出的方法对处理MRI运动模糊图像的研究有一定的理论意义。     

HSV-TK/GCV自杀基因系统治疗宫颈癌的研究

目的探讨HSV-TK/GCV自杀基因系统对人宫颈癌细胞系Hela体外及体内杀伤作用及其产生的旁观者效应.方法采用脂质体转染法将GINaTK载体转入包装细胞PA317.取病毒上清液感染人宫颈癌细胞Hela,得到带有HSV-TK基因的Hela/TK细胞,并将其分别用于体外和体内实验.结果载体HSV-TK导入了PA317细胞.体外实验结果显示,当Hela/TK细胞数占混合细胞10%时,低浓度(10μg/ml)的GCV就可将50%左右的肿瘤细胞杀死.体内实验结果显示GCV可明显抑制Hela/TK细胞在BALB/C小鼠体内的肿瘤形成.经GCV治疗后,肿瘤体积分别较对照组肿瘤体积缩小约11.1%、30.6%和47.2%(均P＜0.001);RT-PCR检测HSV-TK基因在肿瘤组织中有表达;实验组肿瘤组织与对照组相比存在明显的病理学改变.结论逆转录病毒可介导HSV-TK基因转入人宫颈癌细胞Hela并获稳定表达,HSV-TK/GCV自杀基因系统在体内外对宫颈癌细胞均有杀伤作用,且存在明显的旁观者效应.     

一个能诱生戊型肝炎病毒中和抗体的ORF2编码蛋白短片段

目的：比较戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）第4基因型ORF2编码蛋白片段pN472-C617（aa472～617）和pN477-C613（aa477～613）的免疫原性，找到能诱生HEV中和抗体的ORF2编码蛋白的更短片段。方法：表达和纯化pN472-C617和pN477-C613，分别免疫BALB/c小鼠，以间接ELISA检测免疫血清的抗体效价，并以基于PCR的体外中和试验检测免疫血清的中和活性。结果：pN472-C617和pN477-C613可在大肠杆菌高效可溶性表达，纯化后的重组蛋白能在小鼠体内诱导出高效价的抗体。基于PCR的体外中和试验显示pN472-C617免疫血清可有效中和HEV，阻断其在敏感细胞表面的吸附和细胞内复制；而两端仅比pN472-C617各短5个氨基酸的pN477-C613的免疫血清不具有中和HEV的活性。结论：重组蛋白pN472-C617具有良好的抗原性和诱生中和抗体的能力，是目前文献报道中含有HEV中和抗原表位的最短ORF2编码蛋白片段，可作为重组亚单位候选疫苗用于HEV疫苗的开发。