病毒微生物农药生产新工艺

本文综述了病毒微生物农药生产的新工艺,即应用昆虫培养细胞产生病毒微生物农药。同时还介绍了昆虫细胞培养基、培养方法和核多角体病毒生产的工艺过程。也指出应用昆虫培养细胞生产病毒存在的问题。     

Age-related differences in the effect of in vivo administration of indomethacin on hemopoietic cell lineages of the spleen and bone marrow of mice

During 21 days of indomethacin treatment, erythroid cells in the spleens of both young adult and older mice, and in the bone marrow of young adult mice, were increased significantly early, in treatment, relative to age-matched control organs, and remained high throughout treatment. During drug exposure, the numbers of myeloid cells in young adult bone marrow, but not spleen, were reduced, but in older mice these cells were elevated in both organs. Lymphoid cells in the young adult and older mouse spleens decreased and increased, respectively, during treatment, but were unchanged and decreased, respectively, in the bone marrow of young adult and older mice. Monocytemacrophage cells in the spleen were elevated but unchanged in the bone marrow of both age groups. During 14 days of indomethacin treatment of houng adult mice, the proportions of precursor cells in DNA synthesis of only the splenic erythroid lineage were increased. Thus, the major hemopoietic lineages in both the bone marrow and spleen are affected by exposure to indomethacin in a time-dependent and age-dependent manner. For all lineages studied, those of the bone marrow were least disturbed, and/or were first to recover, even during continued drug exposure.     

蝙蝠葛碱增强博莱霉素A5对肿瘤细胞的毒性

应用增殖抑制方法发现,无生长抑制作用的0.5mg ·L~(-1)的蝙蝠葛碱(Dau)使博莱霉素A_5单独对小鼠肉瘤S-180V细胞作用的I_(C50)值从2.1mg·L~(-1)降低到1.3mg·L~(-1),无抑制作用的1 mg·L~(-1) Dau使博莱霉素A_5单独对人喉癌HEP2细胞作用的I_(C50) 值从0.33 mg·L~(-1)降低到0.1 mg·L~(-1).克隆形成法证明:无细胞毒性的10 mg·L~(-1)的Dau明显增强博莱霉素A_5对HEP2细胞毒性.TFP法证实,有一定生长抑制作用的Dau对HEP2细胞内活化钙调素有影响.结果表明:蝙蝠葛碱有一定的增强博莱霉素A_5对肿瘤细胞的毒性.     

Ventral neural tube cells differentiate into hepatocytes in the chick embryo

A population of ventral neural tube cells has recently been shown to migrate out of the hind brain neural tube via the vagus nerve and contribute to the developing gastrointestinal tract. Since liver is also innervated by the vagus nerve, we sought to determine if these cells also migrate into the liver. Ventral neural tube cells in the caudal hindbrain of chick embryos were tagged with a replication-deficient retroviral vector containing the LacZ gene on embryonic day 2. Embryos were processed for detection of labeled cells on embryonic day 5 and 11. Labeled cells were seen in the liver on both days and identified as hepatocytes. Previously, it was believed that all hepatocytes develop from the gut endoderm. Results of the present study show an additional source for the formation of liver cells. Received 25 August 1998; received after revision 5 November 1998; accepted 5 November 1998     

Regulation of BMP4 on the proliferation and differentiation in SVZa neural stem cells

The neural stem cells in the anterior subventricular zone (SVZa) mainly generate the progenitors that will differentiate into neurons, and along a highly circumscribed migratory access Rostral migratory stream (RMS), they migrate to the olfactory bulbs (OB). To understand the effects of BMPs on SVZa neural stem cells, in this study BMP4 at various concentrations was used to induce SVZa neural stem cells, and the living cell labeling using BMP4 promotor conjugated with red fluorescence protein showed the expression of BMP4 dynamically. The results demonstrated that low BMP4 doses (1-5 ng/mL) promoted while high doses (10-100 ng/mL) inhibited the proliferation of SVZa neural stem cells, and BMP4 promotedneuron differentiation in the early stage (1-3 d), howeverm, it inhibited the neuron commitment after 4 d. Noggin, the antagonist of BMP4, blocked the physiological effects of BMP4. In OB, BMP4 is mainly to accelerate the progenitors to withdraw from the cell cycle and trigger the differentiation, and in RMS, it promotes the proliferation of committed progenitors and not differentiation, further in SVZa, BMP4 enhances astrocyte commitment.     

Anthrax lethal toxin: a weapon of multisystem destruction

Lethal toxin (LT) is a major virulence factor secreted by anthrax bacteria. It is composed of two proteins, PA (protective antigen) and LF (lethal factor). PA transports the LF inside the cell, where LF, a zinc-dependent metalloprotease cleaves the mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) enzymes of the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, thereby impairing their function. This disruption of the MAPK pathway, which serves essential functions such as proliferation, survival and inflammation in all cell types, results in multisystem dysfunction in the host. The inactivation of the MAPK pathway in both macrophages and dendritic cells leads to inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine secretion, downregulation of costimulatory molecules such as CD80 and CD86, and ineffective T cell priming. The net result is an impaired innate and adaptive immune response. Endothelial cells of the vascular system undergo apoptosis upon LT exposure, also likely due to inactivation of the MAPK pathway. The activity of various hormone receptors such as glucocorticoids, progesterone and estrogen is also blocked, due to inhibition of p38 MAPK phosphorylation, thus affecting the bodys response to stress. The present review summarizes the various disarming effects of Bacillus anthracis through the use of a single weapon, the lethal toxin.Received 12 June 2004; received after revision 13 July 2004; accepted 28 July 2004     

CD1d and natural T cells: how their properties jump-start the immune system

Cellular and humoral immune mechanisms recruited to defend the host from infectious agents depend upon the early immune events triggered by antigen. The cytokine milieu within which the immune response matures is the most important of many factors that govern the nature of the immune response. Natural T cells, whose function is controlled by CD1d molecules, are an early source of cytokines that can bestow type 1 or type 2 differentiative potential upon helper T lymphocytes. This review attempts to illuminate the glycolipid antigen presentation properties of CD1d, how CD1d controls the function of natural T cells and how CD1d and natural T cells interact to jump start the immune system. CD1d is postulated to function as a sensor, sensing alterations in cellular lipid content by virtue of its affinity for such ligands. The presentation of a neo-self glycolipid, presumably by infectious assault of antigen-presenting cells, activates natural T cells, which promptly release pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and jumpstart the immune system. Received 10 July 2000; received after revision 16 October 2000, accepted 16 November 2000     

自体肝癌细胞裂解物致敏的树突状细胞诱导抗肝癌免疫的体外研究

从术后肝癌病人的外周血中诱导树突状细胞（DC），并经自体肝癌细胞裂解物致敏DC，用流式细胞仪、^3H-TdR掺入法及MTT法检测了DC表面分子的表达、DC刺激T细胞的增殖效应及DC诱导的T细胞对肝癌细胞的杀伤作用，进而比较经自体肝癌细胞裂解物致敏的DC与其它条件下的DC功能的差异．结果显示：肝癌细胞裂解物致敏DC的功能较未致敏DC显著提高，其可诱导自体混合淋巴细胞强的增殖效应，同时诱导的T细胞对自体肝癌细胞有较强的杀伤率．     

Elafin重组腺病毒载体在气道上皮细胞中表达的时相性变化研究

为研究elafin重组腺病毒表达载体Ad～elafin转染气道上皮细胞的特性，探讨其在上皮细胞中表达的时相性变化，运用①应用原代培养技术培养人气道上皮细胞；②Ad—elafin表达载体转染气道上皮细胞；③在转染后不同的时相中，采用荧光显微镜观察报告基因GFP的表达，ELISA法单克隆抗体检测细胞上清液elafin蛋白的表达，Northern膜杂交检测elafin基因mRNA的表达量等方法进行研究．发现：①原代培养人气道上皮细胞约5d即可作为靶细胞。②转染Ad—elafin24h时，荧光显微镜下可见上皮细胞内有少量的GFP表达，随着时间的延长，细胞内荧光逐渐增加，96h时GFP荧光阳性的细胞约为80％。③转染24～96h，实验组细胞上清液elafin的含量高于对照组（p〈0．01）；同时elafinmRNA的水平高于对照组（P〈0．05，0．01），且elafin表达及elafinmRNA水平在一定时间内呈时间依赖性关系。结论：Elafin重组腺病毒表达载体Ad—elafin成功转染人气道上皮细胞，目的基因不仅能在上皮细胞中表达，而且elafin蛋白具有细胞外分泌作用．     

绵羊角蛋白关联蛋白KAP6-1基因5′端调控区的分子克隆及测序结果比较

根据绵羊毛囊角蛋白关联蛋白(KAP 6-1)基因已知DNA序列设计合成了两个特异性引物,以绵羊基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增出1 042 bp的特异性片段,连接到pM D 19T载体中获得该片段克隆.经过快速提质粒法筛选、限制性内切酶分析表明该克隆包含所需的目的片段.DNA测序结果也证明该克隆片段与原基因5′端调控区序列相比具有很高的一致性.研究结果为今后制备转基因克隆动物,在毛囊细胞中特异性表达绒毛生长调控基因奠定了基础.