Bacterial peptide deformylase inhibitor PMT analogs inhibit cancer cell growth by interacting with human peptide deformylase

Potent inhibitors of human peptide deformylase （HsPDF） were screened using known PMT analog inhibi- tors of bacterial peptide deformylase. Forty-three species of PMT analogs that are non-peptidyl bacterial PDF inhibitors like actinonin were selected using virtual screening GOLD. Ten species out of 43 that could bind to HsPDF were selected and their antitumor activities were tested. Among them, four species （PMT-172, PMT-173, PMT-199, and PMT-201） showed excellent growth inhibition of cancer cell in the MTT assay. HsPDF-PMT binding was confirmed through a 1H-CPMG-T2 filter NMR experiment leading to a significant change in peak intensity for PMT-172 and PMT-199. These results suggest that PMT analogs could possibly interact with HsPDF and be a novel anticancer drug candidate.     

三因素作用下混凝土耐久性试验研究

利用自制加载装置,研究硫酸盐侵蚀、干湿循环和弯曲荷载耦合作用时混凝土的损伤劣化规律.试验结果表明:弯曲荷载加速了硫酸盐对混凝土的侵蚀作用;在1年内,干湿循环对硫酸盐侵蚀混凝土的影响不明显;混凝土试件接近破坏时,重量稍有增加.钢纤维对混凝土重量损失影响不大,其主要作用是减缓混凝土相对动弹性模量的降低,并随钢纤维体积率增大而效果更佳.粉煤灰有利于提高混凝土抗硫酸盐侵蚀能力.     

Cellular peptide composition governed by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules present peptides derived from cellular proteins to cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), which check these peptides for abnormal features. How such peptides arise in the cell is not known. Here we show that the MHC molecules themselves are substantially involved in determining which peptides occur intracellularly: normal mouse spleen cells identical at all genes but MHC class I express different patterns of peptides derived from cellular non-MHC proteins. We suggest several models to explain this influence of MHC class I molecules on cellular peptide composition.     

Bacterial growth blocked by a synthetic peptide based on the structure of a human proteinase inhibitor

Cysteine proteinases are important not only in the intracellular catabolism of peptides and proteins and in the processing of prohormones and proenzymes, but also in the penetration of normal human tissue by malignant cells and possibly microorganisms, including viruses. Cystatin C is a human cysteine proteinase inhibitor present in extracellular fluids. We have synthesized peptide derivatives mimicking the proposed proteinase-binding centre of cystatin C and find that they irreversibly inhibit cysteine proteinases. Several bacteria produce proteinases, so we tested a tripeptide derivative (Z-LVG-CHN2) for in vitro anti-bacterial activity against a large number of bacterial strains belonging to thirteen different species. It was found to inhibit specifically the growth of all strains of group A streptococci. The susceptibility of these human pathogens to the peptide was compared with that to well-established anti-streptococcal antibiotics such as tetracycline and bacitracin. Moreover, the peptide was active in vivo against group A streptococci: mice injected with lethal doses of these bacteria were cured by a single injection of Z-LVG-CHN2. The cysteine proteinase produced by group A streptococci was isolated and found to be inhibited by Z-LVG-CHN2; moreover, excess proteinase relieved the growth inhibition caused by the peptide derivative, suggesting that the antibacterial activity of Z-LVG-CHN2 is due to inhibition of this cysteine proteinase. This strategy of blocking proteinases with peptide derivatives that mimic naturally occurring inhibitors could be useful in the construction of new agents against other microorganisms, including viruses.     

影响复迭代分形图的若干因素分析

提出影响复迭代变换Z=Zα C对应分形图的一系列因素,并利用计算机图示实验和数据分析方法对这些影响因素进行了分析。     

乳酸乳球菌电转化条件的研究

以质粒pTRKH2为材料,对乳酸乳球菌MG1614进行电转化条件的研究.实验结果表明,在电转化过程中,电场强度、电阻大小、细胞生长状态和电击后菌株复苏时间均对转化效率有明显影响,得到了乳酸乳球菌的最适电转化条件为:对数生长中期的细胞,经1%甘氨酸处理,在10kVcm电场强度、400Ω电阻下电转化,转化后细胞在SGM17培养液中培养2h后涂布选择性培养基,转化率(转化子个数与DNA质量之比)可达1.2×103个μg,比优化前的转化效率提高近100倍.     

三因素作用下的工期索赔

索赔是一种经济补偿行为,是承包商和业主之间承担风险比例的合理再分配,按索赔目的不同可以将索赔分为工期索赔和费用索赔。文章着重研究工期索赔的计算方法,将引起工期索赔的原因分为业主原因、承包商原因和不可抗力原因。通过算例研究三因素共同作用下的工期索赔问题,提出了计算方法,建立了数学模型。该方法可以使业主与承包商更加合理地分配不可抗力风险。     

Cellular transformation and the 'morphologic phenotype' of transformed cells.

Expression of the product of the transforming gene (src) of RNA tumour viruses promotes growth and usually alters the adhesion, appearance and surface properties of cultured fibroblasts. The latter group of properties termed the 'morphologic phenotype' of transformed cells is largely due to diminished cell-to-substratum adhesion. The role of cyclic AMP, cell surface protein (CSP), and other factors in producing the 'morphologic phenotype' are discussed. The effects of src expression bear a striking resemblance to the action of peptide hormones such as insulin on appropriate target cells.     

Galactosyltransferase and membrane glycoprotein abnormality in human platelets from Tn-syndrome donors.

Early studies on the analysis of membranes isolated from the erythrocytes of Tn-patients by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed a severe reduction in the staining capacity of glycophorin with the periodate-Schiff (PAS) reaction. A low sialic acid and galactose (Gal) content of the polyagglutinable red cells was confirmed while it was reported that the abnormal red cells of Tn-patients contained little or no UDPGal: GalNAc-beta-3-D-galactosyltransferase (T-transferase) activity. The glycoprotein (GP) abnormality in Tn-erythrocytes appeared to be due to incomplete synthesis of the alkali-labile oligosaccharide chaims of glycophorin. We now report studies on the membrane GP composition and the T-transferase activity of platelets isolated from there Tn-syndrome patients whose red cell membranes contain GP abnormalities which are typical of those found in this rare clinical condition.