Specific anti-tumor effect induced by attenuated Salmonella typhimurium vaccine expressing extracellular region of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2

The purposes of this research were to study the stable expression of exogenous gene encoding therapeutic protein in attenuated Salmonella typhimurium, observe the metabolism of oral gene vaccine carried by attenuated Salmonella typhimurium in BALB/c mouse, and investigate the feasibility of prevention and treatment of tumors by the recombinant bacteria. Recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.1 VEGFR2(n1-7) was transformed into competent attenuated Salmonella typhimurium SL3261 to develop oral DNA vaccine SL3261-pcDNA3.1 VEGFR2(n1-7). To observe whether the exogenous gene can be expressed in the recombinant bacteria, PCR was performed to amplify the CMV promoter of the eukaryotic expression vector as the proof of stable expression of exogenous protein; transmission elec- tron microscopy (TEM) was applied to observe the morphology of the recombinant bacteria to confirm that the exogenous gene has no impact on the growth of the bacteria, and then BALB/c mice were immunized with the gene vaccine. After inoculation of the gene vaccine, the recombinant bacteria SL3261 could be detected in the tissues such as small intestine, colon, liver and spleen. And then, mice in each group were challenged with tumor cells. The results of animal experiment showed that tumor growth of the mice in experimental group was inhibited and survival time of immunized mice was prolonged compared with control groups. A higher lymphocyte infiltration in tumors from animals treated with DNA vaccine was observed. Immunohistochemical analysis of tumor samples revealed an en- hanced accumulation of CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes, as well as an increase in CD4 cells in the tumors of animals treated with the oral gene vaccine compared to tumors from control group mice. Ultrastructure of the tumor tissue showed that tumor cells in the samples of the immunized mice were well-differentiated. Our research confirmed that the exogenous gene can be stably expressed in the attenuated Salmonella typhimurium and has no impact on the growth of the recombinant bacteria; the exogenous gene can de delivered to the host by attenuated Salmonella typhimurium to produce anti-tumor effect with no obvious cytotoxity to the host. In this study, it is established that attenuated Salmonella typhimurium could be used as a vector for oral gene vaccine, and our study provided a theoretical basis for the body distribution and the metabolism of the recombinant bacteria. This strategy may provide a simple, safe and effective way for the prevention and treatment of tumors.     

Solving Non-Uniqueness in Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering Using Multidendrograms

In agglomerative hierarchical clustering, pair-group methods suffer from a problem of non-uniqueness when two or more distances between different clusters coincide during the amalgamation process. The traditional approach for solving this drawback has been to take any arbitrary criterion in order to break ties between distances, which results in different hierarchical classifications depending on the criterion followed. In this article we propose a variable-group algorithm that consists in grouping more than two clusters at the same time when ties occur. We give a tree representation for the results of the algorithm, which we call a multidendrogram, as well as a generalization of the Lance andWilliams’ formula which enables the implementation of the algorithm in a recursive way. The authors thank A. Arenas for discussion and helpful comments. This work was partially supported by DGES of the Spanish Government Project No. FIS2006–13321–C02–02 and by a grant of Universitat Rovira i Virgili.     

电动势的测定及其应注意的问题

本课题通过用不同的方法测定的电动势分析,经过电动势测定的误差分析,找到各种方法的利弊,并且对电极制备以及测定电动势的装置进行改进,近而对问题进行探讨。改进后找到实验和研究的捷径,从而在高等学校化学实验以及生产中节省很多的人力和财力。     

一类时滞系统的模糊预测控制方法

对模糊控制和预测控制相结合的控制方法进行研究,提出了一种简单易于实现的模糊预测控制的组合方法.此方法将模糊控制的定性分析特点和预测控制的定量分析特点有效地结合起来,同时积分器的引入可以消除稳态偏差.仿真结果表明,该方法对控制作用的滞后时间不确定的系统十分有效.     

A NEW DESCRIPA NEW DESCRIPTOR OF AMINO ACIDS BASED ON THE THREEDIMENSIONAL VECTOR OF ATOMIC INTERACTION FIELD

QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP (QSAR) IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC FIELDS AND CAN BE TERMED AS QUANTITATIVE SEQUENCE ACTIVITY MODELS(QSAM)[1] WHEN REFERRED TO THE RESEARCH ON RELATION- SHIPS BETWEEN STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITIES OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES, SUCH AS PROTEINS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS. HOW- EVER, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A QSAM MODEL,…     

基于动态拓扑有领航者的智能群体群集运动控制

对具有二次积分动态的智能群体跟随领航者实现群集运动编队,提出了一个分散控制方法对智能群体进行分散控制。基于动态时变有领航者的网络拓扑,用图论模型表示智能体之间的相互作用及通信关系,运用推广的Lyapunov理论、微分包含及非平滑分析进行了稳定性分析,并得到所有智能体速度方向收敛到同一方向并与领航者保持一致;所有智能体速度大小收敛并与领航者相同;互连的智能体之间没有碰撞发生;所有智能体的人工势场函数被最小化等重要结论。给出了一个仿真实例,验证了该方法的有效性。     

三维光盘存储系统中双光头同步控制的频域分析与辨识

详细介绍了双光头同步控制原理.对采集的伺服模块聚焦误差跟踪信号及共焦模块读写光头的聚焦线圈驱动信号进行了频域分析,并以此两路信号作为系统输入输出,分别对三种参数模型进行参数优化.根据3种模型的频率响应及阶跃响应,选择双光头同步控制过程的参数模型为[450]阶的ARX模型.实测曲线与模型仿真结果符合度(fit)为78.0259%.     

基于模糊综合评判工程建设项目合同模式分析

通过对建设项目合同的三种模式:固定价格合同、单价合同和成本加价合同的分析,建立了评价该模式指标体系,提出了模糊综合评判模型,为选择合适的建设项目合同模式提供一种可靠的分析方法。     

绿洲-荒漠生态系统演化因素及其非线性探讨——以新疆为例

对立统一于干旱区的绿洲—荒漠生态系统在降水等自然因素和人类活动等人为因素的影响下不断进行着演化.从长期看,这一演化过程具有不可预测性,短期内却有细微可预见性.现如今在绿洲扩展同时,荒漠也在扩展,整体趋势仍是荒漠在扩展.为维持绿洲的稳定性,促使绿洲—荒漠系统处于一种稳定的发展趋势,本文从分析绿洲-荒漠这对对立统一的生态系统入手,在探讨引起这对生态系统演化的自然因素和人为因素的基础上,确定了自然因素中的降水和人为因素中的政府调控行为为演化的主导因素,初步探索了促使这对生态系统统演化的主导因素作用所具有的非线性关系,这对维持绿洲的稳定性,抑制荒漠扩展有一定的实际意义.