围绝经期综合征舌苔脱落细胞凋亡调控蛋白与肝郁病理的相关性

通过研究围绝经期综合征舌苔脱落细胞调控蛋白与肝郁病理的相关性,为临床诊疗提供实验依据.本研究采用随机数字表法,选取50例健康妇女作为对照组,150例围绝经期综合征患者作为观察组,证素辨证计算肝郁积分,巴氏染色检测舌苔脱落细胞的成熟指数(MI)和成熟价值(MV),流式细胞仪检测舌苔脱落细胞凋亡指数,免疫组化检测舌苔脱落细胞调控蛋白.结果显示,围绝经期综合征肝郁积分明显高于健康妇女:肝郁病理改变,与舌苔脱落细胞MI的中层细胞数量呈正相关,与舌苔脱落细胞MI的表层细胞数量及MV呈负相关:肝郁病理改变,与舌苔脱落细胞凋亡指数、Fas、Bax的阳性率呈正相关,与舌苔脱落细胞中Bcl-2的阳性率呈负相关.提示肝郁病理是围绝经期综合征的核心病机之一,肝郁病理与舌苔脱落细胞的成熟度、凋亡指数及凋亡调控蛋白相关.     

非小细胞肺癌外周血有核细胞miRNA表达特点研究

miRNA在非小细胞肺癌的发生发展中发挥重要作用,为了解非小细胞肺癌患者外周血有核细胞的miRNA表达特征及其作用,采用第二代高通量测序技术对7例非小细胞肺癌患者和7例对照的外周血有核细胞miRNA表达水平进行检测,比较非小细胞肺癌患者与对照的外周血有核细胞miRNA表达特征,分析两者miRNA表达水平差异情况,共鉴定出非小细胞肺癌患者与对照的外周血有核细胞中有显著表达差异的miRNA 209种,其中肺癌样本miRNA表达上调的有138种,表达下调的有71种.研究结果显示非小细胞肺癌患者与对照样本的外周血有核细胞中miRNA表达具有显著差异,其中部分已被证实参与肿瘤发生、发展等过程.     

CeO2纳米颗粒对A549细胞的保护作用

探讨了CeO2纳米颗粒对体外培养的人肺腺癌细胞A549的生物效应.使用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对CeO2纳米颗粒进行了表征,采用噻唑蓝比色法测定了不同质量浓度CeO2纳米颗粒悬液对A549细胞活性的影响,对其抗氧化能力进行了检测,并且测定了30 nm CeO2作用24 h后细胞中的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽(G...     

水城产中华大蟾蜍血细胞的显微观察

为检测动物血细胞的形态参数这一生理指标具有区域性,应用常规血涂片Wright染色法对中华大蟾蜍(Bufo gargarizans)血细胞进行显微观察、形态参数测定、图示、描述和比较.结果表明:分布于不用地区的中华大蟾蜍各类血细胞在形态上区别不大,大小上存在差异.     

几种诱导昆虫细胞RNA干扰质粒的构建和效果比较

构建了四种可以在昆虫细胞中表达形成dsRNA的质粒,比较了其诱导RNA干扰,抑制目标基因———绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因表达的效果.四种质粒都不同程度地抑制了质粒介导的GFP表达,其中尤以单个果蝇hsp70启动子表达反向重复序列,并带有杆状病毒AcMNPV增强子hr5的质粒效果最佳,使GFP表达量下降到原来的3.9%.当用于抑制由杆状病毒介导的GFP表达时,以两个相向排列的AcMNPV ie1基因启动子的构造有明显的抑制效果.这些结果对于在昆虫细胞中有效地利用RNA i研究基因功能有参考意义.     

包囊游仆虫细胞的类中间纤维细胞骨架体系

应用生化分级抽提,并结合DGD包埋 去包埋透射电镜样品制备方法显示,包囊游仆虫营养细胞和休眠细胞中,均存在由直径10 nm左右的单根纤维及单根纤维聚集成的纤维束为结构单元形成的类中间纤维细胞骨架体系.其中,营养细胞的类中间纤维构成的细胞质三维网架,在细胞膜内缘以较密集的纤维网占有了整个表质层,在表质层内缘的细胞质深部纤维形成较松散的网络,网内常见附着有细胞器及一些电子密度颗粒;核纤层位于大核核膜内缘,纤维紧密聚集成网;核骨架纤维网分布比较致密,未见有电子密度颗粒附着.休眠细胞中含有与营养细胞相似的纤维网架结构,但位于细胞内不同层次的纤维网比营养细胞中的同种结构要致密得多,这可能与纤毛虫形成包囊时细胞大范围的收缩有关.并且值得注意的是,在休眠细胞包囊壁的内层壁中也观察到相似于中间纤维的纤维网络,其纤维网均匀和致密地分布在整个包囊壁层中.电泳图谱显示,纤毛虫形成包囊后,保留了营养细胞中的部分蛋白条带,失去了部分条带,新产生了一些特异的条带.结果表明,包囊游仆虫的类中间纤维 核骨架体系,是细胞在营养条件下和休眠状态下都稳定存在的结构,它可能起到比微管类骨架更重要的作用.并且休眠细胞中该体系产生的一些特异蛋白条带,可能是纤毛虫休眠生命活动中的重要蛋白.     

Human stem cells as a model for cardiac differentiation and disease

Studies on identification, derivation and characterization of human stem cells in the last decade have led to high expectations in the field of regenerative medicine. Although it is clear that for successful stem cell-based therapy several obstacles have to be overcome, other opportunities lay ahead for the use of human stem cells. A more immediate application would be the development of human models for cell-type specific differentiation and disease in vitro. Cardiomyocytes can be generated from stem cells, which have been shown to follow similar molecular events of cardiac development in vivo. Furthermore, several monogenic cardiovascular diseases have been described, for which in vitro models in stem cells could be generated. Here, we will discuss the potential of human embryonic stem cells, cardiac stem cells and the recently described induced pluripotent stem cells as models for cardiac differentiation and disease. Received 07 August 2008; received after revision 26 September 2008; accepted 03 October 2008     

In vivo matrix-guided human mesenchymal stem cells

Microfracture of subchondral bone results in intrinsic repair of cartilage defects. Stem or progenitor cells from bone marrow have been proposed to be involved in this regenerative process. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that mesenchymal stem (MS) cells can in fact be recovered from matrix material saturated with cells from bone marrow after microfracture. This also introduces a new technique for MS cell isolation during arthroscopic treatment. MS cells were phenotyped using specific cell surface antibodies. Differentiation of the MS cells into the adipogenic, chondrogenic and osteogenic lineage could be demonstrated by cultivation of MS cells as a monolayer, as micromass bodies or mesenchymal microspheres. This study demonstrates that MS cells can be attracted to a cartilage defect by guidance of a collagenous matrix after perforating subchondral bone. Protocols for application of MS cells in restoration of cartilage tissue include an initial invasive biopsy to obtain the MS cells and time-wasting in vitro proliferation and possibly differentiation of the cells before implantation. The new technique already includes attraction of MS cells to sites of cartilage defects and therefore may overcome the necessity of in vitro proliferation and differentiation of MS cells prior to transplantation. Received 3 November 2005; received after revision 15 December 2005; accepted 4 January 2006     

The protease-activated receptor-3 (PAR-3) can signal autonomously to induce interleukin-8 release

Protease-activated receptors (PARs) play a clear role in the burst of inflammatory reactions and immune responses. However, for PAR-3, the most elusive member of the PAR family, the functional role is still largely unclear. It has been claimed that PAR-3 does not signal autonomously, although the wide expression of human PAR-3 indicates its important physiological roles. We demonstrate that in HEK-293 cells, stably transfected with human PAR-3, thrombin induced calcium signaling, IL-8 gene expression and IL-8 release. We confirmed this finding using human lung epithelial and human astrocytoma cells that express endogenous PAR-3. Moreover, thrombin exposure of HEK-293 cells resulted in ERK1/2 activation coinciding with IL-8 release. The effects of thrombin were not dependent on PAR-1 activation, as confirmed by PAR-1 gene silencing. Thus, we propose that PAR-3 is able to signal autonomously to induce IL-8 release mediated by ERK1/2 phosphorylation, which contributes actively to inflammatory responses. Received 9 December 2007; received after revision 16 January 2008; accepted 18 January 2008     

Olfactory ensheathing cells are attracted to, and can endocytose, bacteria

Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) have been shown previously to express Toll-like receptors and to respond to bacteria by translocating nuclear factor-kappaB from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. In this study, we show that OECs extended significantly more pseudopodia when they were exposed to Escherichia coli than in the absence of bacteria (p=0.019). Co-immunoprecipitation showed that E. coli binding to OECs was mediated by Toll-like receptor 4. Lyso-Tracker, a fluorescent probe that accumulates selectively in lysosomes, and staining for type 1 lysosome-associated membrane proteins demonstrated that endocytosed FITC-conjugated E. coli were translocated to lysosomes. They appeared to be subsequently broken down, as shown by transmission electron microscopy. No obvious adherence to the membrane and less phagocytosis was observed when OECs were incubated with inert fluorescent microspheres. The ability of OECs to endocytose bacteria supports the notion that OECs play an innate immune function by protecting olfactory tissues from bacterial infection.