Antibodies to epithelial desmosomes show wide tissue and species cross-reactivity

Many workers regard cell adhesion as a highly specific phenomenon, believing that different molecular mechanisms are involved in the adhesion of cells of different tissues and different species. We believe that the evidence from cell behaviour is against this view and that cells share common adhesion mechanisms (for reviews see refs 1, 2); however, molecular evidence is lacking. As an approach to providing such evidence we have begun to study desmosomes, the cell-surface organelles responsible for strong intercellular adhesion in epithelia. We have raised antisera against each of five high-molecular weight (MW) desmosomal components. Having determined the specificity of our antisera by immunoblotting, we show here that each gives a staining pattern corresponding to the distribution of desmosomes in a range of tissues from different vertebrate species, demonstrating that desmosomal components are widely shared and highly conserved.     

BAP31 is frequently overexpressed in patients with primary colorectal cancer and correlates with better prognosis

We previously showed that B cell receptor associated protein 31(BAP31) was significantly upregulated in colorectal cancer compared with normal mucosa epithelia. However, its expression pattern and pathological role in colorectal cancer are not clearly understood. In this study, we investigated whether the expression of BAP31 was associated with the clinicopathological parameters of colorectal cancer. The expression pattern of BAP31 was detected by immunohistochemistry on a tissue microarray in both primary ...     

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

Force generation by Myosin-II motors on actin filaments drives cell and tissue morphogenesis. In epithelia, contractile forces are resisted at apical junctions by adhesive forces dependent on E-cadherin, which also transmits tension. During Drosophila embryonic germband extension, tissue elongation is driven by cell intercalation, which requires an irreversible and planar polarized remodelling of epithelial cell junctions. We investigate how cell deformations emerge from the interplay between force generation and cortical force transmission during this remodelling in Drosophila melanogaster. The shrinkage of dorsal-ventral-oriented ('vertical') junctions during this process is known to require planar polarized junctional contractility by Myosin II (refs 4, 5, 7, 12). Here we show that this shrinkage is not produced by junctional Myosin II itself, but by the polarized flow of medial actomyosin pulses towards 'vertical' junctions. This anisotropic flow is oriented by the planar polarized distribution of E-cadherin complexes, in that medial Myosin II flows towards 'vertical' junctions, which have relatively less E-cadherin than transverse junctions. Our evidence suggests that the medial flow pattern reflects equilibrium properties of force transmission and coupling to E-cadherin by α-Catenin. Thus, epithelial morphogenesis is not properly reflected by Myosin II steady state distribution but by polarized contractile actomyosin flows that emerge from interactions between E-cadherin and actomyosin networks.     

A mirror-symmetric cell division that orchestrates neuroepithelial morphogenesis

The development of cell polarity is an essential prerequisite for tissue morphogenesis during embryogenesis, particularly in the development of epithelia. In addition, oriented cell division can have a powerful influence on tissue morphogenesis. Here we identify a novel mode of polarized cell division that generates pairs of neural progenitors with mirror-symmetric polarity in the developing zebrafish neural tube and has dramatic consequences for the organization of embryonic tissue. We show that during neural rod formation the polarity protein Pard3 is localized to the cleavage furrow of dividing progenitors, and then mirror-symmetrically inherited by the two daughter cells. This allows the daughter cells to integrate into opposite sides of the developing neural tube. Furthermore, these mirror-symmetric divisions have powerful morphogenetic influence: when forced to occur in ectopic locations during neurulation, they orchestrate the development of mirror-image pattern formation and the consequent generation of ectopic neural tubes.     

Localization of apical epithelial determinants by the basolateral PDZ protein Scribble

The generation of membrane domains with distinct protein constituents is a hallmark of cell polarization. In epithelia, segregation of membrane proteins into apical and basolateral compartments is critical for cell morphology, tissue physiology and cell signalling. Drosophila proteins that confer apical membrane identity have been found, but the mechanisms that restrict these determinants to the apical cell surface are unknown. Here we show that a laterally localized protein is required for the apical confinement of polarity determinants. Mutations in Drosophila scribble (scrib), which encodes a multi-PDZ (PSD-95, Discs-large and ZO-1) and leucine-rich-repeat protein, cause aberrant cell shapes and loss of the monolayer organization of embryonic epithelia. Scrib is localized to the epithelial septate junction, the analogue of the vertebrate tight junction, at the boundary of the apical and basolateral cell surfaces. Loss of scrib function results in the misdistribution of apical proteins and adherens junctions to the basolateral cell surface, but basolateral protein localization remains intact. These phenotypes can be accounted for by mislocalization of the apical determinant Crumbs. Our results show that the lateral domain of epithelia, particularly the septate junction, functions in restricting apical membrane identity and correctly placing adherens junctions.     

光同步网保护及恢复方式的选择

针对ＳＤＨ（同步数字系列）保护方式与网络拓扑结构、业务量分布模式、倒换时间要求等很多因素有关，且选择异常复杂等问题，本文对ＳＤＨ各种网络保护机理及特点进行了分析，并在此基础上，对ＳＤＨ网络保护及恢复方式的选择原则作了探讨，给出了３种具体话务模式下的选择方式     

Requirement for integrins during Drosophila wing development

The position-specific (PS) integrins of Drosophila are highly homologous to vertebrate integrins, most of which are cell-surface receptors for extracellular matrix components. Integrins are heterodimers, each consisting of noncovalently associated alpha- and beta-subunits. As for the subfamilies of vertebrate integrins, the same beta-subunit is found in both Drosophila PS integrins, combined with a specific alpha-subunit to generate either a complete functional PS1 or PS2 integrin. Both alpha- and beta-subunits are large transmembrane proteins (relative molecular masses greater than 100,000). Either one or both of these two PS integrins are expressed in most fly tissues during development. A particularly intriguing pattern of expression is found in the mature wing imaginal disc, where the PS1 integrin is expressed primarily on the presumptive dorsal wing epithelium, and the PS2 integrin is found almost exclusively on the ventral epithelium. Immediately after pupariation, the central wing pouch evaginates, folding along its centre to appose the epithelia that will secret the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the adult wing blade. Here we report the results of a genetic analysis indicating that both of the PS integrins are required to maintain the close apposition of the dorsal and ventral wing epithelia during morphogenesis. Also, we conclude that the integrins are not necessary for the maintenance of the cell lineage restriction between the two presumptive wing surfaces in the developing imaginal disc.     

黄缘盒龟肝脏与肾脏的超微结构

在透射电子显微镜下观察黄缘盒龟的肝脏和肾脏的超微结构.结果显示肝实质内结缔组织少,肝小叶分界不清楚;肝细胞具两种形态,即L细胞和D细胞.肾小球由毛细血管构成;肾小囊外壁由扁平细胞构成,内壁可见足细胞附于其上;颈段由单层纤毛立方上皮细胞构成,细胞核较大,细胞游离面有很多纤毛伸向管腔,细胞核周围排列密集的线粒体;近曲小管由单层柱状上皮细胞构成,细胞核圆形,位于细胞中部,胞质内含有丰富的线粒体;中间段由单层纤毛立方上皮构成;远曲小管由单层柱状上皮细胞构成,细胞核位于细胞中部,其周围分布有许多线粒体,细胞底部可见丰富的质膜内褶;收集管由单层柱状上皮细胞组成,胞质内可见较丰富的膜迷路.黄缘盒龟肝脏的超微结构与其他爬行动物相似.肾脏结构与其生态习性有关.     

R~n的全体闭集上的一种自然度量

在图象处理中 ,我们需要给 Rn的全体闭集上建立拓扑结构和度量结构 .一种自然的称之为 HM拓扑的拓扑结构已经建立 ,可以证明 HM拓扑是紧的可度量化空间 .本文中笔者给出这种拓扑以具体自然的度量刻画和序刻画     

Myosin-dependent junction remodelling controls planar cell intercalation and axis elongation

Shaping a developing organ or embryo relies on the spatial regulation of cell division and shape. However, morphogenesis also occurs through changes in cell-neighbourhood relationships produced by intercalation. Intercalation poses a special problem in epithelia because of the adherens junctions, which maintain the integrity of the tissue. Here we address the mechanism by which an ordered process of cell intercalation directs polarized epithelial morphogenesis during germ-band elongation, the developmental elongation of the Drosophila embryo. Intercalation progresses because junctions are spatially reorganized in the plane of the epithelium following an ordered pattern of disassembly and reassembly. The planar remodelling of junctions is not driven by external forces at the tissue boundaries but depends on local forces at cell boundaries. Myosin II is specifically enriched in disassembling junctions, and its planar polarized localization and activity are required for planar junction remodelling and cell intercalation. This simple cellular mechanism provides a general model for polarized morphogenesis in epithelial organs.     

Chloride and potassium channels in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia

Cystic fibrosis, the most common lethal genetic disease in Caucasians, is characterized by a decreased permeability in sweat gland duct and airway epithelia. In sweat duct epithelium, a decreased Cl- permeability accounts for the abnormally increased salt content of sweat. In airway epithelia a decreased Cl- permeability, and possibly increased sodium absorption, may account for the abnormal respiratory tract fluid. The Cl- impermeability has been localized to the apical membrane of cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. The finding that hormonally regulated Cl- channels make the apical membrane Cl- permeable in normal airway epithelial cells suggested abnormal Cl- channel function in cystic fibrosis. Here we report that excised, cell-free patches of membrane from cystic fibrosis epithelial cells contain Cl- channels that have the same conductive properties as Cl- channels from normal cells. However, Cl- channels from cystic fibrosis cells did not open when they were attached to the cell. These findings suggest defective regulation of Cl- channels in cystic fibrosis epithelia; to begin to address this issue, we performed two studies. First, we found that isoprenaline, which stimulates Cl- secretion, increases cellular levels of cyclic AMP in a similar manner in cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis epithelial cells. Second, we show that adrenergic agonists open calcium-activated potassium channels, indirectly suggesting that calcium-dependent stimulus-response coupling is intact in cystic fibrosis. These data suggest defective regulation of Cl- channels at a site distal to cAMP accumulation.     

体系拓扑结构对耦合神经元细胞中不同放电模式的调控作用

本文采用Hindmarsh-Rose(HR)神经元模型构建一个复杂网络,利用仿真模拟,研究了拓扑结构对复杂耦合神经元体系的集体响应能力的影响.选取细胞膜钙离子渗透性参数r为控制参量,当设置该参量处于不同分岔点附近的临界值时,体系可呈现出丰富的点火模式。此时,若适当调节拓扑结构参数,即可实现不同模式之间的双向转变:耦合合适的细胞数目,体系的点火模式可以从分岔图中的左侧不同态跃迁到右侧不同的状态,而当添加适量的随机长程链接时,则可以实现反向的转变.这些结果表明,生物体系可能通过改变其自身的拓扑结构,借助于不同态之间的跳变方式,来实现感受外界不同刺激信号的目的.这将有助于我们进一步揭示生物体系信息过程的内在机理.     

随机多孔介质中的不混溶驱替

对随机多孔介质中粘滞指进的分形性质进行研究,建立正方网格来模拟多孔介质中润湿流体的侵入和流动,运用决定论模型进行研究。结果表明,多孔介质的几何拓扑强烈地影响了粘滞指进的结构和驱替过程。粘滞指进图像扫及面积随着迭代次数n的增加而增大。增加迭代次数n和网格尺寸,会导致驱扫效率E的增大。     

拓扑指数在醚中的应用

根据醚分子中氧原子的结构特点,将氧原子与碳原子的相对分子质量之比作为其分子间距,建立醚分子的距离矩阵和邻接矩阵,将两矩阵相乘构建新的矩阵,利用构建的新矩阵的本征值,对醚的辛醇/水分配系数及溶解度进行拓扑学研究,取得了良好的相关性,相关系数r分别为0.993,0.988。对杂原子的处理后能够较好利用矩阵的本征值对物质的辛醇/水分配系数及溶解度进行拓扑学研究。     

Segregation of receptor and ligand regulates activation of epithelial growth factor receptor

Interactions between ligands and receptors are central to communication between cells and tissues. Human airway epithelia constitutively produce both a ligand, the growth factor heregulin, and its receptors--erbB2, erbB3 and erbB4 (refs 1-3). Although heregulin binding initiates cellular proliferation and differentiation, airway epithelia have a low rate of cell division. This raises the question of how ligand-receptor interactions are controlled in epithelia. Here we show that in differentiated human airway epithelia, heregulin-alpha is present exclusively in the apical membrane and the overlying airway surface liquid, physically separated from erbB2-4, which segregate to the basolateral membrane. This physical arrangement creates a ligand-receptor pair poised for activation whenever epithelial integrity is disrupted. Indeed, immediately following a mechanical injury, heregulin-alpha activates erbB2 in cells at the edge of the wound, and this process hastens restoration of epithelial integrity. Likewise, when epithelial cells are not separated into apical and basolateral membranes ('polarized'), or when tight junctions between adjacent cells are opened, heregulin-alpha activates its receptor. This mechanism of ligand-receptor segregation on either side of epithelial tight junctions may be vital for rapid restoration of integrity following injury, and hence critical for survival. This model also suggests a mechanism for abnormal receptor activation in diseases with increased epithelial permeability.     

保存人羊膜用于角膜缘缺陷兔眼表面重建

探讨羊膜移植术在角膜缘缺陷兔眼表面的作用,建立兔全角膜缘缺陷的动物模型,移植眼早期应用保存的人羊膜移植于受损区域,对照眼常规保守治疗,观察其角膜新生管及上皮层愈合情况。愈合后1个月,取角膜,做普通病理及扫描电镜检查。结果显示对照眼角膜上皮层愈合较慢,新生血管粗大丰富,愈合后上皮层不稳定,含有杯状细胞。羊膜移植的眼表面上皮层愈合快,新生血管细小,愈合后的上皮层光滑,稳定, 杯状细胞主要分布于周边角膜。表明羊膜移植能促进上皮细胞移行、增殖、获管稳定的眼表层。羊膜移植后,上皮仍为结膜型上皮。     

Scatter factor is a fibroblast-derived modulator of epithelial cell mobility

Various factors are known to regulate cell growth and differentiation, but less is known of agents which affect movement and positioning, particularly in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Cultured human embryo fibroblasts release a protein with a relative molecular mass (Mr) of approximately 50,000 (50K) that affects epithelial cells by causing a disruption of junctions, an increase in local motility and a scattering of contiguous sheets of cells. To investigate specificity, a range of cells has been examined for the ability to produce the factor and for sensitivity to its action. Most freshly isolated normal epithelia and epithelia from cell lines of normal tissue, but not epithelia from tumour cell lines or fibroblasts, were sensitive to scatter factor. In contrast, production of the factor, as identified by activity and by chromatography, was restricted to embryonic fibroblasts and certain variants of 3T3 and BHK21 cells and their transformed derivatives. We conclude that the scatter factor is a paracrine effector of epithelial-mesenchymal interaction, which affects the intercellular connections and mobility of normal epithelial cells. The factor might be involved in epithelial migration, such as occurs in embryogenesis or wound healing.     

无线传感网络覆盖中网络拓扑结构设计方法

无线传感网络覆盖可以合理分配网络的空间资源,更好地完成环境感知、信息获取等任务,当前无线传感网络覆盖方法不能对传感网络进行全面覆盖。提出一种新的用于无线传感网络覆盖的网络拓扑结构设计方法,将层次型拓扑结构作为无线传感网络拓扑基本结构,对其进行详细分析后,提出能量高效的拓扑控制算法:以同一概率周期性随机选择簇头,令无线传感网络的总体能量消耗均衡分配至各传感器节点中,实现簇中成员节点数据的均衡分布,完成无线传感网络拓扑结构的设计。实验结果表明,设计的网络拓扑结构可以合理调节传感节点的距离,可以覆盖整个无线传感网络,减少重复覆盖,具有很好的覆盖优化效果。