Dual role of cAMP duringDictyostelium development

cAMP plays an essential role duringDictyostelium development both outside and inside the cell. Membrane-bound receptors and adenylyl cyclase are responsible for sensing and producing extracellular cAMP, whereas a phosphodiesterase is responsible for maintaining a low basal level. The molecular events underlying this type of hormone like signalling, which are now beginning to be deciphered, will be presented, in the light of cAMP analogue studies. The importance of intracellular cAMP for cell differentiation has been demonstrated by the central role of the cAMP dependent protein kinase. Mutants as well as strains obtained by reverse genetics will be reviewed which lead to our current understanding of the role of intracellular cAMP in the differentiation of both stalk and spore cells.     

Isolation and characterization of soybean NBS analogs

Isolation of plant resistance genes is greatly helpful to crop resistance breeding and the insight of resistance mechanism. The cloned plant resistance genes are classified into four classes according to their putative structural domain, of which the majority possesses nucleotide-binding site (NBS) domain that consists of P-loop, kinase2a and kinase3a. The conservation of this domain affords the potential possibility of cloning the plant resistance genes, which is homology-based cloning technique. In the present study, the degenerate oligonucleotide primers were designed according to the tobaccoN andArabidopsis RPS2, and 358 clones were isolated from the genomic DNA of resistance soybean cultivar Kefengl, resistant to soybean mosaic virus, and 4 open-reading NBS analogs were finally characterized and designated asKNBS1, KNBS2, KNBS3 andKNBS4. Southern hybridization suggested that they were present with multicopy in the soybean genome;KNBS4 was mapped to F linkage group andKNBS2 co-located J linkage group with the SCAR marker ofRsa resistant to soybean mosaic virus by RFLP analysis. Northern analysis suggested thatKNBS2- related sequence was low and constitutively expressed in the root, stem and leaves of soybean. The detailed characterization of NBS analogs is very helpful to ultimately cloning the soybean resistance gene.     

benztropine类多巴胺转运蛋白配体的QSAR研究

利用Hansch方法，研究了37种benztropine类化合物diphenylmethoxy部位苯环取代基结构与其活性的定量关系，结果表明：苯环取代基的电性和体积等均是影响该类化合物与多巴胺转运蛋白亲和力的重要因素，所得到的benztropine类化合物diphenylmethoxy部位取代基的综合结构效应，对进一步研究该部位与多巴胺转运蛋白相互作用的电性和立体性质及设计新的多巴胺转运蛋白配体具有指导意义。     

新型姜黄素结构衍生物抗肝癌细胞增殖作用的研究

采用MTT法对姜黄素结构衍生物（CCM系列化合物）进行抗人肝癌细胞Bel-7402和SMMC-7721活性筛选;利用流式细胞技术和荧光显微镜检测SMMC-7721细胞凋亡及周期分布;采用Western-Blot方法检测SMMC-7721中蛋白caspase-3和剪切后p17的表达.结果表明,化合物CCM-5和CCM-14抗肿瘤活性较好,其对SMMC-7721细胞的凋亡作用呈剂量依赖性,且凋亡率与阴性对照组相比有显著差异（P<0.01）;化合物浓度增高时,G0/G1期细胞减少,S期以及G2/M期细胞增加,凋亡峰SubG1峰增大;两个化合物均可增强caspase-3的表达,随着浓度的提高,caspase-3的表达趋势减弱,而剪切形式p17亚基表达量逐渐提高.因此,姜黄素结构衍生物CCM-5和CCM-14能抑制人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721细胞的增殖,促进凋亡,其作用机制可能与化合物诱导caspase-3活性的增强有关.     

Choline accumulation in isolated rat hepatocytes

Summary The accumulation of non-metabolized choline in isolated rat hepatocytes is concentrative in Na⁺ medium, whereas the accumulation does not exceed unity in a Li⁺ medium. Ouabain and 2,4-dinitrophenol inhibited the choline uptake. These results indicate that choline is taken up by rat hepatocytes via a Na⁺-and energy-dependent process, and choline oxidase is not directly connected with the choline transport system.     

Acyl fluorides as reactive mimics of aldehyde pheromones: hyperactivation and aphrodisiac inHeliothis virescens

Summary Substitution of fluorine for the aldehydic hydrogen provides behaviorally active, chemically reactive pheromone mimics. In male moths of the tobacco budwormHeliothis virescens, Z9–14:Acf and Z11–16:Acf cause hyperactivity and irreversible extension of the genitalia in over 80% of treated moths. In addition, a combination of the two components leads to 10–50% of the pairs involving one treated partner becoming locked in copula.Supported by NSF grant PCM-8112755 and DMB-8316931, by a Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1981–85), and by Teacher-Scholar Grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (1981–86) to G.D.P. Address correspondence to G.D.P.     

15种吡唑啉类似物对AW1神经细胞毒力测定与活体生物活性比较研究

利用MTT法测定15种吡唑啉类似物对RP-HzVNC-AW1(AW1)细胞的毒力,采用浸渍法测定这些化合物对东亚飞蝗(Locusta migratoria)3龄幼虫的触杀作用,并对其关联性进行比较.结果表明:15种吡唑啉类似物均对AW1细胞有增殖抑制作用,对东亚飞蝗都有触杀作用.结果显示,两类化合物中,1-苯基-3-(2-呋喃基)-5-取代吡唑啉类化合物(Ⅱ类)细胞毒力测定与活体生物活性关联性要好于1-乙酰基-3-(2-呋喃基)-5-取代吡唑啉类化合物(Ⅰ类),其中的Ⅱ5、Ⅱ8、Ⅱ9三种化合物对细胞的抑制率与对东亚飞蝗的校正死亡率均高于50%,抑制率分别为76.82%、75.41%和65.87%,校正死亡率分别为53.84%、52.91%和53.55%,细胞毒力与活体检测关联性很大.     

类姜黄素化合物的合成及对蛋白质非酶糖基化抑制活性的研究

通过芳香醛和环己酮及丙酮在乙酸-HC l催化缩合制备了两个系列(A、C)类姜黄素化合物,多酚羟基类姜黄素不需经过羟基保护一步直接缩合制得。对所合成的类姜黄素化合物对牛血清白蛋白非酶糖基化的抑制活性进行了研究,结果表明带酚羟基的类姜黄素均表现出一定的非酶糖基化的抑制活性,四羟基类姜黄素A2及C2表现出极强的非酶糖基化的抑制活性,IC50分别为5.1μmol/L和9.4μmol/L。     

An analysis of structure fitting and bioactivity between sex pheromone of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and its fluorinated analogs

A study on the structure-activty relationship between （Z）-hexadec-9-enal （Z-9-16：Ald） and its analog was conducted by comparing the structures of the sex pheromone of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera （Huebner） with its fluorinated analog using computer molecular fitting. It is demonstrated that the structure of analog substituting for hydrogen atom on the terminal carbon atom is similar to Z-9-16：Ald. The EAG result showed that there is no significant difference in activities between Z-9-16：Ald and its fluorinated analog synthesized.