春小麦幼苗硝酸还原酶活性与品种抗旱性的关系

报道了PEG溶液渗透胁迫下春小麦幼苗的NR活性及含氮物质的变化,并对NR活性作为评定春小麦品种抗旱性的指标进行了探讨。结果表明,抗旱性强的品种在无胁迫时NR活性一般较低,在胁迫时,酶活下降幅度较小,SI亦较小;抗旱性弱的品种具有相反的特征。说明春小麦幼苗NR活性与品种的抗旱性有着一定的关系。     

Potential aldose reductase inhibitors: 1,2,4-triazolidine-3,5-diones and 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-4,4-diethyl-3,5-isoxazolidinedione

1,2,4-Triazolidine-3,5-diones and the 3,5-isoxazolidinedione were, observed to be, potent inhibitors of rat lens aldose reductase activity. In vivo in streptozotocin-diabetic rats, selected agents at 20 mg/kg/day, orally for 21 days reduced significantly the sorbitol levels of rbc, lens and sciatic nerves, suggesting that these derivatives may have some usefulness to treat clinical complications of diabetes mellitus.     

猪肝胆绿素还原酶的纯化及某些性质的研究

通过高速离心(105,000×g),硫酸铵分级分离、NADP—agaxose层析和SephadexG—100层析,从猪肝的胞浆中分离获得胆绿素还原酶.经SDS—聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳表明,该酶达到均一程度,分子量约为47,000道尔顿.酶被纯化4200倍,回收率为38%.这种酶利用NADPH和NADH作为电子供体,对巯基试剂特别敏感.如DTNB、NEM、pCMB及IDA等,都能不同程度地抑制该酶的活性.由HgCl_2处理,该酶活性的抑制是不可逆的.该酶用NADPH或NADH作电子供体时的最适pH分别是pH7.4和pH7.0.     

The effect of hypoxia on hepatic cytochromes and heme turnover in rats in vivo

Summary We evaluated the effect of hypoxia (7% v/v) on hepatic heme turnover in vivo and microsomal heme protein content in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Hepatic heme protein turnover, measured as¹⁴CO-production during continuous infusion of 5-¹⁴C-aminolevulinic acid, a precursor of nonerythrogenic heme, was decreased 60% during hypoxia and returned to control levels promptly after reoxygenation. Hepatic cytochrome P-450 content was decreased in hypoxic and 24-h reoxygenated animals. We conclude that normobaric hypoxia decreases hepatic cytochrome P-450 which could contribute to decreased drug metabolism in hypoxia. This decrease is probably due to heme oxygenase-independent breakdown of hepatic heme.     

Development and hormonal control of thioredoxin and the thioredoxin-reductase system in the rat liver during the perinatal period

Summary The development and hormonal regulation of thioredoxin and of the thioredoxin-reductase system were investigated during the perinatal period in rat liver. An immunological procedure was developed in order to quantify thioredoxin in fetal and neonatal hepatocytes. Both immunoreactive thioredoxin and thioredoxin-reductase activity appeared on day 16.5 of pregnancy. The level of immunoreactive thioredoxin increased during the late fetal period, and its level was the same 24 h after birth. Moreover, its development was not subjected to hormonal regulation by corticosteroids and glucagon. In contrast, thioredoxin-reductase activity increased 3 times during the late fetal period and presented a marked increase 24 h after birth. In the absence of glucocorticoids there was no increase in the level of thioredoxin reductase, while administration of hydrocortisone acetate and glucagon to fetuses prematurely evoked its activity. This study suggests that if thioredoxin acts physiologically, this activity is related to the state of reduction of the molecule rather than to the total concentration in the liver.     

Site-directed mutagenesis reveals new and essential elements for iron-coordination of the sulfur oxygenase reductase from the acidothermophilic Acidianus tengchongensis

Previous study on refolding of sulfur oxygenase reductase (SOR) inclusion bodies from recombinant Escherichia coli showed that iron was critical to the activity of the SOR from Acidianus ambivalens. In this study, enzymatic assays showed that 2,2′-Dipyridyl, Tiron and 8-hydroxyquinoline, which are specific for chelating ferrous or ferric ions, strongly inhibited the activity of SOR from A. tengchongensis, suggesting that iron atom is essential for SOR activity. Alignment of several functionally identified S...     

Nitric oxide: a radical molecule in quest of free radicals in proteins

A number of enzymes use an amino acid free radical cofactor. Tyrosyl and tryptophanyl radicals react with nitric oxide (NO) with an almost diffusion-limited rate. The catalytically competent tyrosyl radical in ribonucleotide reductase (RR) and prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS) recombines with NO in a radical-radical reaction. The unstable adduct formed can dissociate to regenerate the tyrosyl radical. However, upon prolonged incubation with NO, the diiron center of mouse RR leaks out, while the adduct is sucessively oxidized into an iminoxyl radical and a nitrotyrosine in PGHS. These data provide a plausible mechanism for the physiological inactivation of RR observed in various models, and may help in understanding the inhibition of PGHS reported in some cases. Reversible combination with NO is an intrinsic property of tyrosyl radicals, which also occurs with Y_D ^• and Y_Z ^• in photosystem II, where NO has been useful in the analysis of the oxygen-evolving complex.     

3-酮基嘌呤还原酶(TSC10)表达载体的构建及其在毕赤酵母中的表达

目的：Tsc10基因所编码的3-酮基嘌呤还原酶是酵母中神经酰胺合成的重要因子,本文研究从酵母中提取神经酰胺经济、便捷、高效的方法。方法：1.利用构建含有tsc10基因的毕赤酵母GS115表达载体pPIC3.5K-tsc10。2.电转化法将该表达质粒转化到GS115感受态细胞中。3.用G418筛选以及PCR鉴定。4.使用qRT-PCR和SDS-PAGE进行检测。结果：经过G418筛选以及PCR鉴定后确定获得了包含tsc10基因的毕赤酵母转化子,经过qRT-PCR和SDS-PAGE进行检测后发现tsc10基因在20个阳性菌株中均可以稳定、高效表达。结论：本方法成功构建了3-酮基嘌呤还原酶高表达的毕赤酵母菌株,并为后续获得高收率神经酰胺奠定了基础。     

5—苯亚甲基—3—羧甲基若丹宁的合成

本文报导一种新型抗糖尿病药物—5-苯亚甲基—3-羧甲基若丹宁的合成方法。本法具有原料易得,操作简单,产率高,易纯化等优点。经熔点,IR谱、~1HNMR谐和元素分析,证明其结构是正确的。并经初步试验,有明显的降血糖作用。