转FL、GM-CSF基因的人骨髓基质细胞促进脐血CD34+细胞体外扩增

研究转FL、GM-CSF基因的基质细胞对脐血CD34+细胞的扩增效应.将转FL、GM-CSF基因的入骨髓基质细胞系与脐血CD34+细胞共培养,观察细胞总数、CD34+细胞数、CFU-GM的变化情况.培养到第4周时,第(4)组(SCF+IL-3+IL-6+GM-CSF+FL)和第(8)组(HFCL/hGM-CSF+HFCL/hFL+SCF+IL-3+IL-6)的细胞总数增加到最大,分别扩增了717±24.47和709±63.63,第1周,第(5)组(HFCL+SCF+IL-3+IL-6)扩增了10.5±2.08倍,较第(8)组减少(P＜0.05).第1周时,CD34+细胞总数第(4)组和第(8)组分别扩增了8.44倍和11.5倍(P＜0.05),CD34+细胞百分率第(7)组(FCL/hFL+SCF+IL-3+II,-6)为50.2%,第(6)组(HFCL/hGM-CSF+SCF+IL-3+IL-6)为28.95%(P＜0.01).第2周,各组CFU-GM增加显著,以第(4)组和第(8)组增加最为明显,以后随扩增时间延长,造血细胞集落数、集落体积逐渐减少.表明转FL、GM-CSF基因的基质细胞,能有效的协同其他细胞因子对脐血CD34+细胞产生明显的扩增作用,能显著改变基质细胞造血功能.     

Propagation of hepatitis A virus in human embryo fibroblasts

human diploid fibroblasts and human primary liver cell carcinoma cells (PLC/PRF/5) were infected with hepatitis A virus (HAV) adapted to growth in cell culture or derived directly from human stool. Viral antigen was expressed in PLC/PRF/5 cells 28 days after infection with cell culture-adapted HAV, and 50 days after infection with virus from human stool. In human fibroblasts the periods until first expression of viral antigen were 90 and 210 days, respectively. During further passages of HAV in fibroblasts the time of first appearance of antigen decreased to about 28 days. Biophysical properties of HAV extracted from infected fibroblasts were comparable to those of HAV derived directly from human stool. Immunofluorescence studies showed that the antigen was located exclusively within the cytoplasm of the infected fibroblasts. Kinetics of antigen production indicated that an equilibrium between virus multiplication and cell metabolism was reached in persistently infected fibroblasts.     

Capacitation-dependent concentration of lipid rafts in the apical ridge head area of porcine sperm cells

Lipid architecture of the plasma membrane plays an important role in the capacitation process of the sperm cell. During this process, an increase in membrane fluidity takes place, which coincides with a redistribution of cholesterol to the apical region of the head plasma membrane and subsequently an efflux of cholesterol. Cholesterol is also a major player in the formation of lipid rafts or microdomains in the membrane. Lipid rafts favour specific protein-protein interactions by concentrating certain proteins in these microdomains while excluding others. In this study, we investigated the organization of lipid rafts during in vitro capacitation of boar sperm cells. We report on the presence of the lipid raft-specific proteins caveolin-1 and flotillin-1 in sperm cells. Capacitation induced a change in membrane distribution of these proteins. Lipid analysis on detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) of sperm cells indicated that capacitation induces a lipid raft concentration rather than a disintegration of lipid rafts, because the total amount of lipid in the DRM fraction remained unaltered. Using a proteomic approach, we identified several major DRM proteins, including proteins involved in capacitation-dependent processes and zona pellucida binding. Our data indicate that sperm raft reorganization may facilitate capacitation-specific signalling events and binding to the zona pellucida.     

Chronic ethanol exposure differentially regulates NOS1 mRNA levels depending on rat brain area

In vitro experiments were performed on brainstem – spinal cord preparations from mouse neonates to compare the noradrenergic regulations of the respiratory network in the control C3H/HeJ strain and the transgenic Tg8 strain which has been created from the C3H/HeJ strain by deletion of the gene encoding monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), the main enzyme for serotonin degradation. In both control and MAOA-deficient strains, we show: (i) that the pontine A5 area exerts a potent inhibitory modulation on the respiratory rhythm generator; (ii) that noradrenaline application induces a tonic phrenic activity; and (iii) that noradrenaline increases the respiratory rhythm. The latter effect is however delayed and weak in the Tg8 strain. Therefore, MAOA-deficiency has only slightly altered the noradrenergic regulations of the respiratory network.     

应用FISH技术检测肺腺癌,鳞癌细胞部分染色体数量的改变

目的研究肺癌细胞７号，１７号及Ｙ染色体的数目改变及其意义。方法应用荧光原位杂交技术（ＦＩＳＨ）技术，对１７例腺癌和鳞癌的细胞印片进行检测。结果７号染色体：三体细胞占细胞总数的３１．７３％。１７号染色体：二体细胞占细胞总数的４３％。Ｙ染色体：单体细胞占细胞总数的５８．０４％。结论在肺腺癌和肺鳞癌中，７号染色体数目均有明显增加，并以三体所占比例最高。肺腺癌与肺鳞癌７号染色体数目分布差异明显。     

Tumor genes and their proteins in cytologic and surgical specimens: Relevance and detection systems

Oncogenesis is the consequence of a series of genetic alterations that allow unrestrained cellular growth, tissue invasion, and eventual metastases. Tumor-related genes can be classified into functional categories. Proto-oncogenes/oncogenes have a stimulatory role in cell growth, and the inactivation of cancer-suppressor genes/antioncogenes results in the loss of cell cycle regulation. More recently, three other groups of tumor-related genes have been recognized. They include the antiapoptosis genes which protect from programmed cell death, the antimetastasis genes, and multidrug resistance genes. Besides aiding in tumor diagnosis, the detection of such tumor-associated genes and their products allows the identification of individuals with an inherited predisposition to neoplastic growths, and the overexpression of many of these oncogene products has been shown to be a potential marker of tumor behavior and a predictor of treatment outcome and response. The ability to utilize DNA and RNA probes for nucleic acid hybridization and polymerase chain reaction procedures in cell and tissue preparations of solid tumors and lymphoid proliferations expands and complements the information provided by immunohistochemical techniques. These probes allow direct visualization and correlation of specific genes and their protein products with cytomorphologic features, and form a powerful addition to the armamentarium of the cytopathologist and surgical pathologist. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Simultaneous detection of fluorescent in situ hybridization and in vivo incorporated BrdU in a human bladder tumour

We have used fluorescent in situ hybridization and simultaneous in vivo bromodeoxyuridine labelling of a solid bladder cancer to examine tumour cell subsets for possible proliferative growth differences. In this dual-labelled preparation, most tumour cell nuclei exhibited monosomy 9, consistent with reported karyotypes of bladder cancer. Incorporated bromodeoxyuridine was visualized with a fluoresceinated antibody in 5-6 per cent of the tumour cells, concordant with S-phase estimates by cell cycle analysis of the flow cytometric DNA histogram. A majority of the bromodeoxyuridine-positive cells also carried the monosomy 9 chromosome abnormality. This is the first report to demonstrate the feasibility of combined in situ hybridization and detection of bromodeoxyuridine incorporated in vivo in human tumour cells in order to provide information on the growth rate of specific subsets of tumour cells identified by chromosomal constitution.     

眼附属器淋巴组织增生性病变的临床病理和分子遗传学特征及其意义

目的 分析眼附属器淋巴组织增生性病变的临床病理特点,探讨其分子遗传学特征及其意义.方法 收集1995-2007年37例眼附属器淋巴组织增生性病变石蜡组织标本(其中5例为反应性增生性病变,32例为淋巴瘤),依据2001年WHO肿瘤分类标准对32例淋巴瘤标本重新诊断分类.采用IgH、MALT1、bcl-6、c-Mye、bcl-2、CCND1、bcl-10、FOXP1双色分离重排探针、IgH/bcl-2双色融合易位探针和18号染色体着丝粒探针,利用间期荧光原位杂交(FISH)的方法 检测眼附属器淋巴组织增生性病变的分子遗传学特点.结果 32例淋巴瘤均为非霍奇金B细胞淋巴瘤.其中,黏膜相关淋巴组织结外边缘区B细胞淋巴瘤(MALT)淋巴瘤28例(87.5%),滤泡性淋巴瘤2例,弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤2例.60.7%(17/28)的眼附属器MALT淋巴瘤携带分子遗传学异常.其中,IgH基因断裂1例,但未找到与其发生相互易位的伙伴基因;基因3拷贝者16例,其中MALT1基因、bcl-6基因和c-Myc基因3拷贝的发生率分别为25%(7/28)、43%(12/28)和7%(2/28).16例基因3拷贝病例中,两种基因3拷贝合并存在者5例,其中bcl-6基因合并MALT1基因3拷贝者4例,bcl-6基因合并c-Myc基因3拷贝者1例.进一步研究显示,MALT1基因3拷贝者均存在18号染色体三体.2例滤泡性淋巴瘤都携带t(14;18)(q32;q21)/IgH-bcl-2.2例弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤均存在遗传学异常,1例表现为bcl-6基因3拷贝合并18号染色体三体,另1例表现为bcl-6基因3拷贝合并IgH和c-Myc基因双断裂.5例反应性淋巴组织增牛性标本均未见分子遗传学异常.结论 MALT淋巴瘤是眼附属器最常见的淋巴瘤类型;间期FISH有助于淋巴组织增生性病变的良恶性鉴别及淋巴瘤的分类;MALTI基因3拷贝者由18号染色体三体所致;18号染色体三体和bcl-6基因3拷贝(可能为3号染色体三体所致)是眼附属器MALT淋巴瘤常见的分子遗传学异常.     

原位检测新基因SNC66在胃癌组织与正常胃粘膜中的表达

目的: 观察新基因SNC66在胃癌组织中的表达水平,分析SNC66表达水平与胃癌发生的相关性。 方法:以β-actin为对照,对20例胃癌组织及其配对正常胃粘膜的石蜡切片,进行原位cRNA/mRNA分子杂交和原位RT-PCR扩增。 结果:两种检测方法表明,SNC66在正常胃粘膜组织中都呈强阳性表达。而在胃癌组织中,原位分子杂交检测表明,20例标本SNC66不表达和弱阳性表达各8例,强阳性表达4例。原位RT-PCR检测表明,当循环数为10时,此20例胃癌标本中不表达、弱阳性和呈强阳性表达数分别为6,9和5;而当循环数为25时,则4例不表达,16例呈强阳性表达。 结论:SNC66基因在胃癌组织中存在明显的表达降低和表达缺陷。SNC66可以作为一个胃癌负相关基因加以进一步研究。     

Production and release of infectious hepatitis C virus from human liver cell cultures in the three-dimensional radial-flow bioreactor

Lack of efficient culture systems for hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been a major obstacle in HCV research. Human liver cells grown in a three-dimensional radial-flow bioreactor were successfully infected following inoculation with plasma from an HCV carrier. Subsequent detection of increased HCV RNA suggested viral replication. Furthermore, transfection of HCV RNA transcribed from full-length cDNA also resulted in the production and release of HCV virions into supernatant. Infectivity was shown by successful secondary passage to a new culture. Introduction of mutations in RNA helicase and polymerase regions of HCV cDNA abolished virus replication, indicating that reverse genetics of this system is possible. The ability to replicate and detect the extracellular release of HCV might provide clues with regard to the persistent nature of HCV infection. It will also accelerate research into the pathogenicity of HCV, as well as the development of prophylactic agents and new therapy.