太平洋牡蛎肌肉蛋白的模拟胃肠液消化研究

采用美国药典提供的模拟胃液、肠液配方,通过十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)和免疫印迹法(Western blot),分析了太平洋牡蛎肌肉过敏蛋白和非过敏蛋白在体外模拟胃液、肠液消化稳定性的差异.结果表明:在模拟胃液中,非过敏蛋白均能被胃蛋白酶快速降解,而主要过敏蛋白原肌球蛋白在60 min时仍未被...     

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳实验的“集成化”研究

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳是生物类相关专业学生必须掌握的一项实验技术。该项实验技术可以分析蛋白质及各种同工酶。教学实验中往往只能涉及蛋白质电泳或者是某一种同工酶的分析。为使学生能全面地掌握聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术,本实验教学示范中心开展了聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳实验的"集成化"研究与实践,并取得了满意的效果。     

菜豆种质盐溶蛋白遗传多态性分析

以39个菜豆品种和1个杂交后代为材料,通过SDS-PAGE技术获得了种子盐溶蛋白的亚基分布电泳图谱,比较了分布差异,并分析了其遗传表现.结果表明：40个供试种质的盐溶蛋白带型差异显著,电泳共分离出27条迁移率不同的条带,其中有4条保守带（均为100%表达）,分子质量分别为99.039、58.267、25.234、15....     

巴西橡胶树树皮蛋白质组学分析体系的构建

巴西橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)是一种重要的产胶植物,其体内合成和贮存胶乳的地方是乳管系统,而乳管主要分布于树皮中。以10年生巴西橡胶树无性系“热研88-13”为研究对象,采用改进的三氯乙酸(TCA) 丙酮沉淀法提取树皮蛋白,使用17 cm,pH 4~7的IPG胶条进行双向电泳,得到良好的蛋白图谱。PDQuest软件(Bio rad)分析银染后的凝胶,共得到约350个蛋白点。从这些蛋白点中随机选取10个蛋白点经基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI TOF MS)分析后,搜索NCBInr数据库对蛋白进行鉴定。结果显示,这些蛋白主要包括两种来源于巴西橡胶树中的重要蛋白,即橡胶小粒子蛋白(Small rubber particle protein)和橡胶树凝集因子(hevein),此外还有一些其他功能和未知功能的蛋白。     

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.     

Immunological systematics of the extinct quagga (Equidae)

Summary It has been debated whether the extinct quagga was a distinct fourth species of African zebra or whether it was merely the southern variant of the Plains zebra (Equus burchelli). Using a radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique, we have shown that proteins remaining in quagga skins from museums are much more similar to serum proteins of the Plains zebra than to those of the other two extant zebras.     

Malaria vaccine

Summary Among infectious diseases caused by protozoa, malaria is still the greatest killer of children. Mortality in adults living in endemic areas is significantly lower because they frequently acquire partial or complete immunity to the major pathogen,Plasmodium falciparum. This natural protection indicates that vaccination may be possible, and the first candidate antigens were cloned with the use of human immune sera as probes. Genetic and biochemical analysis of the parasite proteins revealed that they are polymorphic, and frequently gene sequences were discovered which were specific for a particular parasite isolate, which eliminated most antigens for purposes of vaccine development. The most promising candidate antigens today are the major surface proteins of sporozoites and blood stage parasites. However, the immune response against those is not sufficient for complete protection, and additional, intensive research is necessary to identify new molecules to be included in a vaccine cocktail against malaria. The current spread of the disease due to increasing drug resistance of parasites and mosquito vectors emphasizes the urgent need for a vaccine.     

Hemolysins: Pore-forming proteins in invertebrates

Summary Invertebrates possess lytic molecules which lyse vertebrate erythrocytes. In all the species studied so far, hemolytic activity depends on proteins which possess a wide range of reactivity. It is generally calcium-dependent and heat-labile, although calcium-independent and heat-stable hemolysins have also been detected. The molecules interact with sugars or lipids which could represent the membrane receptors by which circular lesions on target membranes are produced.On the basis of some analogies with vertebrate lytic molecules it is conceivable that the hemolysins evolved from a common ancestral gene which also led to vertebrate pore-forming proteins.     

用^211At和^131I标记蛋白质的研究

报道了砹—211和碘—131标记蛋白质的方法.通过过氧化氢或氯胺T直接氧化制备,使用凝胶色谱从反应产物中分离标记蛋白质,相对法比较放射性计数测定标记产率,过氧化氢适用于~(211)At标记蛋白质,氯胺T有利于~(131)I标记蛋白质.8次实验的结果表明,用过氧化氢氧化标记的~(211)At牛血清白蛋白产率96.4％,氯胺T氧化标记的~(?)I牛血清白蛋白产率66.1％.间接法标记蛋白质,放射性核素~(211)At同对氨基苯甲酸反应获得对—~(211)At—苯甲酸,经乙醚萃取和高效液体色谱分离,然后再偶联到免疫球蛋白或牛血清白蛋白上。动物实验结果表明,此种结合的标记蛋白质在体内稳定,标记率不低于初始~(211)At放射性活度的40%.