Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to GS protein alpha-subunit sequence accelerate differentiation of fibroblasts to adipocytes.

Fully-differentiated mouse 3T3-L1 fibroblasts accumulate large amounts of lipid at 7-10 days after induction by insulin or by dexamethasone and a methyl xanthine. G proteins mediate transmembrane signalling from a diverse group of cell-surface receptors to effector units that include phospholipase C, adenylyl cyclase and ion channels. They are also targets of regulation themselves. 3T3-L1 fibroblasts display marked changes in levels of G protein when induced to differentiate to adipocytes. Here we show that cholera toxin, which ADP-ribosylates and activates the G protein subunit Gs alpha, blocks the induction of differentiation, whereas increasing intracellular cyclic AMP directly with the dibutyryl analogue or indirectly with pertussis toxin or forskolin does not affect differentiation. Oligodeoxynucleotides antisense to the sequence encoding Gs alpha accelerate differentiation markedly. The time course of adipogenesis declined from 7-10 days in controls to roughly 3 days in cultures treated with antisense-Gs alpha oligodeoxynucleotides, whereas oligodeoxynucleotides, antisense to Gi alpha 1, Gi alpha 3, and sense and missense to Gs alpha, had no such effect. Antisense-Gs alpha alone induced differentiation by day 7, indicating that Gs alpha activity modulates differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells, acting in a new role which is independent of increased intracellular cAMP.     

原癌基因c-jun对EDS诱导大鼠睾丸间质细胞凋亡的研究

本研究用c-junASODNs拮抗c-jun,用EDS诱导的大鼠睾丸间质细胞凋亡,通过琼脂糖凝胶电泳、Henchest33342染色荧光显微镜检查方法研究c-jun对EDS诱导的大鼠睾丸间质细胞凋亡的影响.实验结果显示0.5μmol/Lc-junASODNs抑制EDS诱导的离体间质细胞凋亡(P<0.01).提示c-jun有促进大鼠睾丸间质细胞凋亡的作用.     

原癌基因c-raf在精原干细胞中的表达及作用

本研究用基因测序和BLAST检验扩增的精原干细胞DNA和c-raf的同源性;用MTT法观察c-rafASODNs(反义c-raf寡脱氧核甘酸)拮抗c-raf对体外培养精原干细胞培养的作用,探讨原癌基因c-raf对体外精原干细胞培养增殖的影响.实验结果显示扩增的精原干细胞DNA和c-raf的同源性98%;c-rafASODNs对体外培养的精原干细胞存活呈剂量依赖性抑制作用(P<0.05).提示c-raf在精原干细胞中表达;原癌基因c-raf促进精原干细胞体外培养的增殖.     

CpG ODN对初生仔猪外周血CD4+和CD8+T淋巴细胞的影响

以猪伪狂犬病毒为模式病毒,研究了CpG ODN对仔猪外周血中CD4^＋,CD8^＋T淋巴细胞的影响．实验结果表明：疫苗组初生仔猪血液中CD4^＋／CD8^＋T淋巴细胞比例随年龄的增加逐渐降低,而CpG ODN能有效抑制其降低（P〈0．05）;CpG ODN的使用也可以阻止伪狂犬病毒导致的血液中CD4^＋T淋巴细胞比例的降低;联合免疫CpG ODN和猪伪狂犬病毒活疫苗,可以诱导初生仔猪血清中猪伪狂犬病毒特异性抗体迅速产生并达到较高的水平（P〈0．05）;这表明CpG ODN能显著增强动物的免疫应答能力．     

A 1.7-kilobase single-stranded DNA that folds into a nanoscale octahedron

Molecular self-assembly offers a means of spontaneously forming complex and well-defined structures from simple components. The specific bonding between DNA base pairs has been used in this way to create DNA-based nanostructures and to direct the assembly of material on the subnanometre to micrometre scale. In principle, large-scale clonal production of suitable DNA sequences and the directed evolution of sequence lineages towards optimized behaviour can be realized through exponential DNA amplification by polymerases. But known examples of three-dimensional geometric DNA objects are not amenable to cloning because they contain topologies that prevent copying by polymerases. Here we report the design and synthesis of a 1,669-nucleotide, single-stranded DNA molecule that is readily amplified by polymerases and that, in the presence of five 40-mer synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides, folds into an octahedron structure by a simple denaturation-renaturation procedure. We use cryo-electron microscopy to show that the DNA strands fold successfully, with 12 struts or edges joined at six four-way junctions to form hollow octahedra approximately 22 nanometres in diameter. Because the base-pair sequence of individual struts is not repeated in a given octahedron, each strut is uniquely addressable by the appropriate sequence-specific DNA binder.     

Misreading of DNA templates containing 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine at the modified base and at adjacent residues

It has been shown previously that deoxyguanosine residues in DNA are hydroxylated at the C-8 position both in vitro and in vivo to produce 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) by various agents that produce oxygen radicals such as reducing reagents-O2, metal ions-O2, polyphenol-H2O2-Fe3+, asbestos-H2O2 or ionizing radiation. These agents are mostly either mutagenic or carcinogenic; therefore, the formation of 8-OH-dG can also be considered a likely cause of mutation or carcinogenesis by oxygen radicals. It is of interest to know whether the 8-OH-dG residue in DNA is misread during DNA replication. To answer this question, we have examined the effect of the 8-OH-dG residue in DNA on the fidelity of DNA replication using a DNA synthesis system in vitro with Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment). The synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides, with or without an 8-OH-dG residue in a specified position, were chemically synthesized and used as templates for DNA synthesis under the conditions of the dideoxy chain termination sequencing method. Surprisingly, in addition to misreading of the 8-OH-dG residue itself, pyrimidines next to the 8-OH-dG residue (G has not yet been tested) were also misread.     

Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure

Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Although infection with microorganisms is not involved in the development of heart failure in most cases, inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of heart failure. However, the mechanisms responsible for initiating and integrating inflammatory responses within the heart remain poorly defined. Mitochondria are evolutionary endosymbionts derived from bacteria and contain DNA similar to bacterial DNA. Mitochondria damaged by external haemodynamic stress are degraded by the autophagy/lysosome system in cardiomyocytes. Here we show that mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy cell-autonomously leads to Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9-mediated inflammatory responses in cardiomyocytes and is capable of inducing myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiac-specific deletion of lysosomal deoxyribonuclease (DNase) II showed no cardiac phenotypes under baseline conditions, but increased mortality and caused severe myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy 10 days after treatment with pressure overload. Early in the pathogenesis, DNase II-deficient hearts showed infiltration of inflammatory cells and increased messenger RNA expression of inflammatory cytokines, with accumulation of mitochondrial DNA deposits in autolysosomes in the myocardium. Administration of inhibitory oligodeoxynucleotides against TLR9, which is known to be activated by bacterial DNA, or ablation of Tlr9 attenuated the development of cardiomyopathy in DNase II-deficient mice. Furthermore, Tlr9 ablation improved pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction and inflammation even in mice with wild-type Dnase2a alleles. These data provide new perspectives on the mechanism of genesis of chronic inflammation in failing hearts.     

诗与"在"--海德格尔诗学的阐释

海德格尔对荷尔德林诗歌的阐释，目的是进行诗与思的对话，归根结底还是探讨存在。诗与“在”的关系，是海氏诗学框架的核心内容，诗与“在”的关系又进一步引申为艺术与真理的关系，本从真理如何被遮蔽的问题入手，试图读解海德格尔诗学的内涵。艺术是无蔽的真理显明的一种方式，诗是危机的拯救，语言是存在的家园。海德格尔对诗与在的探讨最后又转入了对语言的探讨，无法走出语言的牢笼。只有在实践中，把艺术变成为社会变革的一个因素，才可以解放被传统理性压迫的力量，显现艺术的真理，确立艺术的价值。     

论信托财产的人格性

信托财产是信托关系的基本要素,由于信托的特殊性,信托财产与传统民法的财产有很大区别,正确给信托财产定位,是信托业得以健康发展的核心问题。信托财产的特性在于其人格性,而这种人格性的赋予是以交易成本最小化为动因,尽管信托财产人格性设计对受益人的利益有偏袒,但从社会成本而言,其目的在于促使交易成本最小化,当然,对信托财产的人格性不能绝对化,由于利益平衡的需求,往往在特定情况下对信托财产予以人格否认。