可跨膜SOD对肝癌及正常肝细胞增殖的作用

可跨膜融合蛋白PTD-SOD与肝癌细胞和正常肝细胞共培养,使细胞内SOD活力分别增加了52%和23%,提高胞内总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)水平达100%,同时降低ROS水平.实验结果显示,肝癌细胞增殖受到显著抑制,最高抑制率达91.91%,对正常肝细胞抑制率较小,为45.50%.     

贮藏温度对蓝莓活性成分及抗氧化活性的影响

研究不同贮藏温度下,蓝莓果实的活性成分及抗氧化活性的变化,确定蓝莓鲜果适宜的贮藏温度,并为研究蓝莓果实中主要的抗氧化成分提供参考.在贮藏温度为20~25,10~15,0~5℃下,于不同贮藏期取样测定蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮的质量分数;测定蓝莓对DPPH自由基（DPPH.）和羟自由基（OH.）的清除率,并分析3种活性成分与蓝莓抗氧化活性的相关性.结果表明,在不同的贮藏温度下,蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮的质量分数及抗氧化活性均呈现先上升后下降的趋势,在贮藏初期,较高的贮藏温度能明显促进蓝莓果实活性成分含量和抗氧化活性的增加,但在贮藏后期,较高的温度加速了蓝莓果实活性成分含量和抗氧化活性的下降速度,并缩短了蓝莓贮藏期;低温（0~5℃）能使蓝莓果实的活性成分含量和抗氧化活性始终维持在一个相对较高的水平,且能显著增加果实的贮藏期,是蓝莓较适宜的贮藏温度;蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮质量分数与其清除自由基的能力之间均呈显著正相关（P〈0.05）.     

鳞翅目昆虫细胞抗菌肽的诱导、筛选及抗菌活性的研究

选取3种离体培养的鳞翅目昆虫细胞系,采用热灭活的大肠杆菌诱导的方法,诱导其产生抗菌肽,并进行抗菌活性检测、诱导动力学研究及Tricine SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测分析．结果筛选到1株诱导抗菌活性较高的昆虫细胞系——粉纹夜蛾BTI-Tn-5B1细胞系,并发现该粉纹夜蛾5B1细胞在诱导后16h产生了1个分子量大约为8000的抗菌肽,抗菌活性检测表明其对金黄色葡萄球菌（Sta phylococcus aureus）、大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli K12D31）、德氏卑沙门氏菌（Salmonella derby）均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中特别是对革兰氏阴性菌——大肠杆菌K12D31和德氏卑沙门氏菌有较强的抑菌活性．     

Bitter peptides and bitter taste receptors

Bitter peptides are a structurally diverse group of oligopeptides often generated in fermented, aged, and hydrolyzed food products that make them unfavorable for consumption. Humans perceive bitterness by a repertoire of 25 human bitter receptors, termed T2Rs. Knowledge of the structural features of bitter receptors and of the factors that stimulate bitter receptors will aid in understanding the mechanism responsible for bitter taste perception. This article reviews the current knowledge regarding structural features of bitter peptides and bitter taste receptors. Received 24 November 2008; received after revision 11 December 2008; accepted 16 December 2008     

Apolipoprotein M affecting lipid metabolism or just catching a ride with lipoproteins in the circulation?

Apolipoprotein M (apoM) is a novel apolipoprotein found mainly in high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Its function is yet to be defined. ApoM (25 kDa) has a typical lipocalin ?-barrel fold and a hydrophobic pocket. Retinoids bind apoM but with low affinity and may not be the natural ligands. ApoM retains its signal peptide, which serves as a hydrophobic anchor to the lipoproteins. This prevents apoM from being lost in the urine. Approximately 5% of HDL carries an apoM molecule. ApoM in plasma (1 μM) correlates strongly with both low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and HDL cholesterol, suggesting a link to cholesterol metabolism. However, in casecontrol studies, apoM levels in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and controls were similar, suggesting apoM levels not to affect the risk for CHD in humans. Experiments in transgenic mice suggested apoM to have antiatherogenic properties; possible mechanisms include increased formation of pre-? HDL, enhanced cholesterol mobilization from foam cells, and increased antioxidant properties. Received 28 November 2008; received after revision 15 December 2008; accepted 16 December 2008     

Plasmonic biosensors and nanoprobes based on gold nanoshells

Gold nanoshells (GNSs), consisting of a dielectric core coated with gold, have gained extensive attention as they show readily tunable optical properties and good biocompatibility. As highly sensitive and label-free optical biosensors with wide applications, GNSs have been investigated in many fields including drug delivery, immunoassay, cancer treatment, biological sensing and imaging. Taking advantage of the adjustability of the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and the sensitivity of the surfaceenhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal of GNSs, we have developed diverse applications including plasmonic biosensors and nanoprobes based on GNSs. In this review we introduce plasmonic and electromagnetic properties and fabrication methods of GNSs. We describe research progress in recent years, and highlight several applications of GNSs developed by our group. Finally we provide a brief assessment of future development of GNSs as plasmonic materials that can be integrated with complementary analytical techniques.     

The Function and Development of Soybean Peptides

Soybean peptides are small molecules hydrolyzed soy protein, from three to six amino acid composition of the peptide mixture, inl000Da molecular weight below.Because it has a lot of good physical and chemical properties and physiological functions, in many areas has been widely used. This paper reviews the soybean peptide physical and chemical characteristics, physiological functions, technology and applications in the food industry.     

栀子蓝色素的制备及其抗氧化活性研究

用米曲霉发酵产物水解栀子苷,水解产物与味精反应制备栀子蓝色素,采用DM-2大孔树脂对产品进行精制,通过DPPH·捕获分光光度法测定栀子蓝色素精制前后的抗氧化活性.栀子蓝制备的最佳条件为:10.64 g栀子苷和129.36 g水混合后,加入米曲霉发酵液9.8 m L,在50℃,160¹80 r/min下水解6 h后,与3.15 g味精反应40 h,80℃保温30 min.所获栀子蓝色素粗品的色价(E1%1cm)为90.56,经DM-2大孔树脂纯化后产品色价提高至180.01%,收率为90.96%.抗氧化实验表明栀子蓝色素粗品和精制品均能有效清除DPPH·,且精制后的栀子蓝色素产品清除DPPH·的能力增强.     

目前内分泌研究进展

本文对传统内分泌腺之外的一些细胞和组织的内分泌功能作一概述，其中包括神经内分泌，胃肠道内分泌，血循环系统内分泌，免疫细胞内分泌及排泄系统内分泌，研究表明，人体所有的细胞事实上都具有产生激素的共同基因，都有合成和分泌激素的能力，只是他们在不同细胞表达的方式和数量不同而已。人们预言，内分泌功能是一切生命细胞最基本的特征之一，所有的细胞都具有内分泌功能。     

含丝氨酸残基手性肽核酸单体的合成

对文献合成方法进行了改进．以N—Boc氨基酸与自制甲烷磺酸酯反应，制备N—Boc氨基酸丙烯酯，以混合酸酐法实现关键中间体与1-胸腺嘧啶乙酸的缩合，总收率为26．4％，比文献方法提高了12％，成本降低，制备了含丝氨酸残基碱基为胸腺嘧啶的手性肽核酸单体．