Functional characterization of cadmium-responsive garlic gene AsMT2b： A new member of metallothionein family

METALLOTHIONEINS(MT)ARE LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT AND CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEINS.THE FIRST MT PROTEIN WAS ISOLATED FROM EQUINE RENAL CORTEX IN1957[1].GENES EN-CODING MTS OCCUR IN DIVERSE ORGANISMS SUCH AS ANIMALS,HIGHER PLANTS,EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS AND IN SOME…     

Copper and zinc dismetabolism in the mouse brain upon chronic cuprizone treatment

Recent reports describe successful treatment using copper chelation therapy in neurodegenerative animal models. However, the success claimed for chelation therapy in neurodegenerative diseases is still rather controversial. To acquire new information on copper metabolism/homeostasis, we utilized cuprizone, a very sensitive and selective copper-chelating agent with well-known neurotoxic properties, as a relevant chemical model in mice. Upon cuprizone treatment, mice developed a pronounced astrocytosis, with brain oedema and spongiosis characterised by vacuolisations of the neuropil predominantly in the white matter. In addition, cuprizone treatment severely altered copper and zinc homeostasis in the central nervous system (CNS) as well as in all other tissues examined, with increasing metal ion concentrations particularly in the CNS. Concomitant with this increase in the Cu and Zn concentration in the brain, metallothionein-I and -II were also highly immunoreactive in astrocyte, consistent with the astrocytosis and demyelination observed in our and other laboratories.Received 23 February 2005; received after revision 3 May 2005; accepted 13 May 2005     

Balb/C小鼠金属硫蛋白-1 cDNA的克隆及序列分析

以 RNA一步提取法 ,采用 RT-PCR技术成功地将 Balb/ C小鼠金属硫蛋白 -1 c DNA基因片段克隆于质粒 p UC-1 9上 ,并对克隆片段 c DNA进行核苷酸序列测定     

镉盐及镉与锌联合应用对lewis肺癌小鼠的影响

探讨4种镉盐对lewis肺癌的作用,以及锌与镉联合应用时锌的保护机制.建立lewis肺癌小鼠模型,随机分成不同的给药组.16 d后检测瘤重、胸腺指数、脾脏指数以及肝脏和肿瘤中的金属硫蛋白含量.氯化镉组对lewis肺癌抑制作用明显并可以增强荷瘤小鼠的免疫功能.1 mg·kg^-1氯化镉组与联合应用组相比肿瘤抑制率无显著性差异,而且后者小鼠肝脏中MT表达量显著增加.结果表明氯化镉可有效抑制lewis肺癌细胞的增殖,最佳抑制剂量为1 mg·kg^-1;在联合应用组中,氯化锌在不影响镉抗lewis肺癌效果的同时还能够进一步减轻镉对机体正常组织的毒性作用.     

转小鼠金属硫蛋白基因集胞藻6803及其野生藻培养

通过摇瓶培养考察转小鼠金属硫蛋白基因集胞藻６８０３及其野生藻的光合自养培养过程中碳源浓度、氮源浓度和光照度对这两种藻生长的影响。野生藻的最适生长碳源浓度（０．０５－０．５ｇ／Ｌ）比转基因藻的最适生长碳源浓度（０．０２－０．０５ｇ／Ｌ）高。氮源浓度对转基因藻和野生藻的影响趋势相同。在０．３－４．５ｇ／Ｌ范围内,随着氮源浓度的增高,藻体生长的最大细胞浓度降低。转基因藻生长的最佳光照度为１５００ｌｘ,野     

酵母细胞表达金属硫蛋白对铅离子的吸附研究

根据人肝金属硫蛋白的基因序列,结合酿酒酵母菌密码子使用规律,改造并合成了可在酵母细胞内高效表达的金属硫蛋白基因,并将该基因转入酵母细胞内进行了表达.以野生型菌株为对照,初步测定了酿酒酵母INVSC1-mt菌株对pb2+的吸附作用.研究结果表明,金属硫蛋白基因的表达有助于提高酿酒酵母细胞对pb2的吸附作用,其最大吸附量比野生型菌株提高了11％.同时,酿酒酵母INVSC1-mt菌株吸附pb2+的速度较快,在30 min时,其吸附率就达到了96.03％,吸附量为5.76 mg/g湿重细胞.而野生型菌株至120 min时,其吸附率才达到90.44％.