CD23 (the low-affinity IgE receptor) as a C-type lectin: a multidomain and multifunctional molecule

This review, regards the low-affinity receptor CD23 as a C-type lectin and compares it with other C-type lectins and C-type lectin-like receptors. C-type lectins such as the asialoglycoprotein receptor, as well as the dendritic cell immunoreceptor and the dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin on dendritic cell lectin, possess amino acid sequences which interact with Ca⁺⁺ and sugar, and many of them possess an endocytosis signal sequence that includes tyrosine or serine in the cytoplasmic region. In contrast, natural killer receptors lack the Ca⁺⁺ and sugar-binding amino acids but conserve homologous cysteines in the form of C-type lectin, and possess an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif in the cytoplasmic region which inhibits killer activity when they recognize the self major histocompatibility (MHC) class I molecule. Since human CD23a form has a similar amino acid sequence, the possibility that this sequence is an endocytosis signal or an ITIM is discussed. The function of the reverse RGD and RGD-binding inhibitory peptide in human CD23 from the point of view of the relation between a C-type lectin and MHC class II molecules is also considered. Received 21 May 2001; received after revision 28 November 2001; accepted 29 November 2001     

产氢菌的16S -23S rDNA间隔区的长度变异性分析

生物制氢细菌Rennanqilyf3的16S rRNA gene(rDNA)-23S rDNA间隔区碱基序列被测定，利用PCR扩增间隔区DNA，间隔区碱基序列存在长度多态现象．用这一长度多态现象进行产氢发酵细菌的辨认和识别，产氢发酵细菌Rennanqilyf3的16S rRNA gene(rDNA)-23S rDNA间隔区的PCR产品从1270到398bp，共有5个序列，碱基数目分别为1270、398、638、437和436bp。     

基于隧道效应的nm级三维轮廓仪的研究

介绍两种不同结构形式的基于电子隧道效应的ｎｍ级三维轮廓仪．其纵向分辨率可达００２ｎｍ，横向分辨率可达０２ｎｍ，扫描范围分别达到４０μｍ×４０μｍ和１４０μｍ×１４０μｍ．可直接对φ５０ｍｍ和φ１３０ｍｍ的大尺寸样品表面进行ｎｍ级的超微观形貌检测与分析．还给出了高定向石墨表现原子图像及一些超精密表面的超微观形貌测量的结果     

Characterization and localization of the rat,mouse and human testicular phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein

A cytosolic 23kDa protein was initially puified from bovine brain and shown to bind phosphatidylethanolamine. Later, it was also characterized in rat and human brain, and it is now known to be widespread, having been found in numerous tisues in several species. Here, we report the high level of mRNA and phosphatidyl ethanolamine binding protein expression in rat testis and to a lesser extent mouse testis. In human testis, although it was not detectable by Northern blot analysis, the mRNA was shown be present when PCR amplificatin was performed. Immunohistochemical experiments revealed that the testicular phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein (tPBP) is principally expressed in the elongated spermatids of both rat and mouse testis. This finding, and the association of tPBP with cellular membranes, suggest its possible implication in membrane remodelling during spermatid maturation.     

Displacement activity of some natural cularine alkaloids at striatal3H-SCH 23 390 and3H-raclopride binding sites

Five natural cularines isolated from the aerial parts ofSarcocapnos crassifolia (Fumariaceae) and a cularioid isolated from the bark ofGuatteria ouregou (Annonaceae) were tested for their ability to displace³H-SCH 23 390 and³H-raclopride from their striatal binding sites. Celtisine, breoganine and cularidine were able to inhibit the binding at D-1 and D-2 dopaminergic sites at nanomolar concentrations. Other alkaloids were active at micromolar concentrations. These data suggest that the presence of an oxepine system in the isoquinoline skeleton could lead to compounds which would be very active and possibly selective at dopaminergic receptor sites.     

1319nm与660nm双波长Nd:YAG激光器的研究

为研究获得高功率红光的有效方法,研制了一种准连续输出1319nm与660nm双波长Nd:YAG激光器.文中分析了波长1319nm激光的辐射跃迁能级,论述了抑制1064nm激光的生成从而提高1319nm激光输出等关键技术,研究了光学镜片的镀膜参数与腔型结构,实现1319nm激光连续输出最高功率43W,以1319nm激光为基频,置入KTP晶体内腔倍频,并设置声光Q开关,获得660nm红光准连续输出2W,实现1319nm与660nm双波长输出.     

Cs~+(Na~+)-DMF体系的~(133)Cs及 ~(23)Na NMR研究

本文用１３３Ｃｓ，２３Ｎａ ＮＭＲ方法测定了 ＤＭＦ体系中不同 ＣｓＩ、 ＮａＢｒ浓度下的化学位移；推算它们的缔合常数Ｋｉｐ分别为７．８（ｍｏｌ／ｌ）－１与２（ｍｏｌ／ｌ）－１。又测定不同浓度ＤＢＣ时 ＣＳＩ的化学位移；推测该体系可能形成 ＣＳ＋（ＤＢＣ）２夹心络合物，且估算络合平衡常数 Ｋ为 ４．２×１０４（ｍｏｌ／ｌ）－２。     

Upregulation of rat P23 (a member of the YjgF protein family) by fasting, glucose diet and fatty acid feeding

In a previous study, we identified and purified a 99-amino-acid rat liver-kidney perchloric-acid-soluble 23-kDa protein (P23) which displays 30% identity with a highly conserved domain of heat shock proteins (HSPs), as well as an AT-rich 3 untranslated region, which has also been described to play a role in H70 mRNA life span and protein expression. An identical perchloric-acid-soluble protein inhibiting protein synthesis in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system was also found 2 years later by another group. More recently, the novel, the YjgF, protein family has been described, comprising, 24 full-length homologues, including P23, highly conserved through evolution, and consisting of approximately 130 residues each and sharing a common ternary structure. Independent studies from different laboratories have provided various hypothetical functions for each of these proteins. The high degree of evolutionary conservation may suggest that these proteins play an important role in cellular regulation. Although the function of none of these proteins is known precisely, we present experimental evidence which, combined with the relationship to glucose-regulating protein revealed here, and the relationship to fatty-acid-binding protein revealed by others, allow us to propose a role for P23. In rat liver, P23 expression is developmentally regulated and modulated by dietary glucose, and its mRNA is induced by starvation, in the presence of fatty-acids and in 3-MeDAB-induced hepatomas. The mRNA encoding mouse liver P23 is also hormonally modulated in a mouse line AT1F8. These data indicate that P23 protein might be a key controller of intermediary metabolism during fasting.Received 7 June 2003; received after revision 8 September 2004; accepted 10 October 2004     

AtbZIP19和AtbZIP23蛋白的原核表达

bZIP类转录因子参与调控多种生物学过程,包括植物生长、花的发育、种子的成熟、衰老、光信号传导、损伤修复、病菌防御以及对各种环境胁迫的响应等。文章构建AtbZIP19和AtbZIP23基因的原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中进行了蛋白表达;提取拟南芥植株总RNA,通过RT-PCR克隆AtbZIP19与AtbZIP23基因cDNA全长;将pET-32a+载体和聚合酶链反应(PCR)产物进行双酶切,通过DNA连接反应将2个基因定向克隆到pET-32a+质粒中;经菌液PCR和测序鉴定获得阳性克隆后,将重组质粒转化至大肠杆菌原核表达菌株BL21(DE3),经异丙基硫代半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导后表达得到目的蛋白。     

ns级激光脉冲作用下CCD响应的实验研究

以1 064 nm,9.733 ns的脉冲激光作为光源,经积分球匀化后辐照于CCD,同时用光功率计测试进入CCD的脉冲激光功率。实验发现,当入射激光功率超过一定阈值,CCD某些像元的光电响应特性会发生改变,导致CCD的响应快速进入死区。当入射激光功率继续增大时,CCD将发生溢出及过饱和现象。实验中,观察并测量到了CCD发生光电响应特性改变、溢出及过饱和时的现象及对应的功率阈值。