Adenohypophyseal degradation of thyrotropin releasing hormone regulated by thyroid hormones

Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH; pyroGlu-His-Pro-NH2) is important in the regulation of adenohypophyseal hormone secretion and also serves neurotropic functions in extra-hypothalamic brain areas, indicating that it is involved in neurotransmission and other forms of cellular communication. This hypothesis is strengthened by the observation that TRH is hydrolysed at the pyroGlu-His bond by a particulate enzyme located in the synaptosomal and adenohypophyseal plasma membrane. Furthermore, this enzyme has been identified as a heterogeneously distributed ectoenzyme which has a high degree of substrate specificity like the TRH-degrading serum enzyme studied previously. In the rat, the activity of the TRH-degrading serum enzyme has been shown to be influenced by the thyroid status of the animals; here I report that the activity of the membrane-bound TRH-degrading enzyme of the anterior pituitary is stringently controlled by thyroid hormones, but that the activity of the brain enzyme is not.     

运用爪蟾变态实验检测镉的甲状腺激素干扰效应

将NF51阶段非洲爪蟾(Xenopus laevis)蝌蚪暴露于Cd2+浓度为0.01,0.1和1mg.L-1的溶液中21d,观测Cd2+对爪蟾的生长、变态和甲状腺组织结构的影响.1mg.L-1Cd2+暴露组爪蟾蝌蚪与对照组相比,7d后,平均体重减少了0.39倍,体长和后肢长分别减少了0.17倍和0.27倍,发育阶段稍有延缓;21d后,1mg.L-1Cd2+暴露组爪蟾蝌蚪后肢长减小了0.11倍,延缓了1个发育阶段.其余各浓度组在7d和21d暴露后,体重、体长、后肢长和发育阶段与对照组无显著差异.21d后,Cd2+各浓度组甲状腺组织结构出现滤泡数目减少、胶质减少甚至空泡化等现象,1mg.L-1Cd2+暴露组甲状腺滤泡之间还出现溶通现象.结果表明CdCl2具有甲状腺激素干扰效应,并可能是由于该化合物直接作用于甲状腺组织引起.由此可见,爪蟾变态实验可以有效检测重金属盐的甲状腺激素干扰效应.     

小牛血去蛋白组分聚氰基丙烯酸正丁酯纳米粒的制备

采用乳化聚合法选用不同物质及条件制备小牛血去蛋白组分聚氰基丙烯酸正丁酯纳米粒,通过在透射电镜下观察其形态、高效液相测定包封率和载药量、正交设计法优化制备工艺,结果确定乳化聚合法制备的小牛血去蛋白组分聚氰基丙烯酸正丁酯纳米粒最佳制备工艺为：盐酸调节的pH值为2,搅拌速度为700r／min,搅拌时间为2h．在此条件下制备的小牛血去蛋白组分聚氰基丙烯酸正丁酯纳米粒载药量为85．8％．可见聚氰基丙烯酸正丁酯已成功包合小牛血去蛋白组分．     

莱茵衣藻腺苷二磷酸葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶的相互作用蛋白组分析

微藻利用光能和CO₂合成淀粉作为藻细胞的储能物质,是以燃料乙醇为代表的液体生物燃料的可持续原料来源.理解微藻淀粉代谢关键酶的催化机制和调控方式是基因工程操作以提高藻细胞淀粉积累能力的前提. 基于此,以莱茵衣藻淀粉合成代谢中的关键酶腺苷二磷酸葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶(AGPase)催化亚基为探针蛋白,获取该酶的GST融合蛋白后使用GST沉降分析实验结合HPLC-MS/MS的蛋白质检测技术及生物信息学分析方法获得一组与AGPase催化亚基存在相互作用蛋白质,主要包含分子伴侣蛋白、光合作用相关蛋白和信号蛋白分子等. 通过综合分析上述蛋白组的生理功能及亚细胞定位,揭示了它们通过与AGPase相互作用在淀粉合成代谢中的生物学意义.