核糖体相关基因在大鼠再生肝及肝肿瘤中表达异同的比较

目的在基因转录水平了解核糖体相关基因在大鼠再生肝(RL)和肝脏肿瘤(LT)中的表达异同。方法用搜索网站资料和查阅相关论文等方法获得核糖体发生、组装和功能相关基因及它们在肝脏肿瘤中的表达变化,用大鼠基因组230 2.0芯片检测它们在大鼠再生肝中的表达情况,用统计学方法比较上述基因在再生肝和肝脏肿瘤中的表达异同。结果初步证实上述基因中75个基因与肝再生相关。其中,18个基因在再生肝和肝脏肿瘤中表达上调,6个基因在两者中表达下调,51个基因在肝脏肿瘤中未发生有意义的表达变化。结论再生肝的核糖体相关基因表达谱与肝脏肿瘤有相同之处,也有不同之处,前者的基因表达更具阶段性和复杂性。     

IGF-1 Signaling Regulates Mitochondrial Remodeling during Myogenic Differentiation

Skeletal muscle is essential for locomotion, metabolism, and protein homeostasis in the body. Mitochondria have been considered as a key target to regulate metabolic switch during myo-genesis. The insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) signaling through the AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway has a well-documented role in promoting muscle growth and regeneration, but whether it is involved in mitochondrial behavior and function remains un-examined. In this study, we investigated the effect of IGF-1 signaling on mitochondrial remodeling during myogenic differentiation. The results demonstrated that IGF-1 signaling stimulated mitochondrial biogenesis by increasing mitochondrial DNA copy number and expression of genes such as Cox7a1, Tfb1m, and Ppargc1a. Moreover, the level of mitophagy in differentiating myoblasts elevated significantly with IGF-1 treatment, which contributed to mitochondrial turnover. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) and BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) were identified as two key mediators of IGF-1-induced mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy, respectively. In addition, IGF-1 supplementation could alleviate impaired myoblast differentiation caused by mitophagy deficiency, as evidenced by increased fusion index and myosin heavy chain expression. These findings provide new insights into the role of IGF-1 signaling and suggest that IGF-1 signaling can serve as a target for the research and development of drugs and nutrients that support muscle growth and regeneration.     

Decreased expression o ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase subunits in patients exhibiting mitochondrial myopathy with progressive exercise intolerance

The expression of mitochondrial proteins of two patients suffering from myopathy with progressive exercise intolerance and exhibiting a deficiency in the enzymatic activity of complex III (ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase) has been analyzed by immunological titration. In both patients, the Fe-S protein, the cytochrome b and the 9.5 kDa protein were decreased while the expression of the other complex III subunits were close to normal values. This data indicates that, in some mitochondrial myopathies, proteins of the respiratory chain complexes can be accumulated in mitochondria without being integrated into a functional complex. This may be explained either by a lack of control of the coordination between the synthesis of subunits of mitochondrial and nuclear origin or by a difference in the degradation rate of the various subunits which are not properly assembled.     

微生物药物研究中新技术和新方法的应用

微生物药物的研究包括微生物新药发现的研究与微生物药物生产技术革新的研究。本文介绍一些在微生物药物研究中领先技术和方法的应用，包括组合生物合成技术、基于微排的基因组技术、RNA聚合酶功能修饰技术和核糖体工程技术等新技术和方法。     

Identification of a new complementation group of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders and PEX14 as the mutated gene

Peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD) are lethal hereditary diseases caused by abnormalities in the biogenesis of peroxisomes. At present, 12 different complementation groups have been identified and to date, all genes responsible for each of these complementation groups have been identified. The peroxisomal membrane protein PEX14 is a key component of the peroxisomal import machinery and may be the initial docking site for the two import receptors PEX5 and PEX7. Although PEX14 mutants have been identified in yeasts and CHO-cells, human PEX14 deficiency has apparently not been documented. We now report the identification of a new complementation group of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders with PEX14 as the defective gene. Indeed, human PEX14 rescues the import of a PTS1-dependent as well as a PTS2-dependent protein into the peroxisomes in fibroblasts from a patient with Zellweger syndrome belonging to the new complementation group. This patient was homozygous for a nonsense mutation in a putative coiled-coil region of PEX14, c.553C>T (p.Q185X). Furthermore, we showed that the patient's fibroblasts lacked PEX14 as determined by immunocytochemical analysis. These findings indicate that there are 13 genotypes in PBD and that the role of PEX14 is also essential in humans.     

广东国境口岸五种蚊种核糖体基因第2内转录间隔区分子鉴定方法研究

[目的]建立国境口岸不同蚊种的核糖体基因第2内转录间隔区（rDNA-ITS2）分子鉴定方法及其系统进化关系。[方法]针对蚊虫的rDNA核酸序列保守性，设计扩增rDNA-ITS2编码区的PCR引物，对广州机场、江门和湛江等国境口岸采集的致倦库蚊、三带喙库蚊、白纹伊蚊、中华按蚊、骚扰阿蚊等成蚊和实验室喂养的蚊幼虫进行PCR扩增和序列测定，并与GenBank中已知蚊虫的rDNA-ITS2进行同源性比较和系统进化分析。[结果]不同蚊虫的rDNA-ITS2扩增片断长度不同，M2引物对致倦库蚊、三带喙库蚊、白纹伊蚊、骚扰阿蚊和中华按蚊的扩增片断分别为447bp-520bp、432bp-438bp、527bp-586bp、439bp-448bp和644bp。序列分析和系统进化关系显示，尖音库蚊组和三带喙库蚊聚类为库蚊属，再与白纹伊蚊和骚扰阿蚊聚类为库蚊亚科，库蚊亚科再与中华按蚊进行聚类，分子进化与蚊虫形态学鉴定的亲缘关系保持一致。[结论]建立的rDNA-ITS2分子鉴别技术可成功地应用于国境口岸范围内成蚊和幼蚊的亚科、属和种的区分和确定系统发育关系。这可以弥补蚊虫形态特征信息量的不足等传统分类系统的缺点，对国境口岸范围外来的或新发现的蚊种的鉴别提供了分子水平的技术依据。     

The Expression OF Peptide Hormones in Normal Cells and Tumour Cells

Insight in the mechanisms of peptide hormone expression has grown explosively by elucidation of gene, mRNA and. preprohor-mone structures for most hormone systems during the 1980s. in addition, information about the structure and substrate specificity of many prohormone processing enzymes is rapidly accumulating in these years. the preprohormones vary considerably in size and organization from poly- to monoprotein structures. According to the structural organization and sequence homology the hormones are grouped in families. the prohormones are processed to bioactive peptides by multiple enzymatic modifications during the intracellular transport from the rough endoplasmatic reticulum to the mature secretory granules. the modifications comprise different proteolytic cleavages and amino acid derivatizations. the same prohormone may be expressed in several different cell types that process the precursor in entirely different ways. Awareness of such cell-specific processing patterns is important for the understanding of ectopic synthesis in neuroendocrine tumours.     

Bisphenol-A inhibits mitochondrial biogenesis via impairment of GFER mediated mitochondrial protein import in the rat brain hippocampus

Mitochondrial biogenesis relies on different protein import machinery, as mitochondrial proteins are imported from the cytosol. The mitochondrial intermembrane space assembly (MIA) pathway consists of GFER/ALR and CHCHD4/Mia40, responsible for importing proteins and their oxidative folding inside the mitochondria. The MIA pathway plays an essential role in complex IV (COX IV) biogenesis via importing copper chaperone COX17, associated with the respiratory chain. BPA, an environmental toxicant, found in consumable plastics, causes neurotoxicity via impairment in mitochondrial dynamics, neurogenesis, and cognitive functions. We studied the levels of key regulatory proteins of mitochondrial import pathways and mitochondrial biogenesis after BPA exposure in the rat hippocampus. BPA caused a significant reduction in the levels of mitochondrial biogenesis proteins (PGC1α, and TFAM) and mitochondrial import protein (GFER). Immunohistochemical analysis showed reduced co-localization of NeuN with GFER, PGC-1α, and TFAM suggesting impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and protein import. BPA exposure resulted in damaged mitochondria with distorted cristae in neurons and caused a significant reduction in GFER localization inside IMS as depicted by immunogold electron microscopy. The reduced levels of GFER resulted in defective COX17 import. The translocation of cytochrome c into the cytosol and increased cleaved caspase-3 levels triggered apoptosis due to BPA toxicity. Overall, our study implicates GFER as a potential target for impaired mitochondrial protein machinery, biogenesis, and apoptosis against BPA neurotoxicity in the rat hippocampus.