铁离子还原法(FRAP)测定中国被毛孢菌丝体提取物抗氧化活性

FRAP法测定了6批人工培养中国被毛孢(Hirsutella sinensis)菌丝体热水和乙醇提取物的抗氧化活性.结果表明:1 mg/mL人工培养中国被毛孢丝体水提物和乙醇提取物的平均抗氧化活性分别相当于(327.5±42.1)μmol/mL Fe2+和(107.1±13.5)μmol/mL Fe2+;方法学研究显示重现性为3.8%;精密度为3.1%;可靠性相关系数R2为1.0000;回收率分别为(105.4±5.8)%(水提物)和(104.2±8.8)%(醇提物);该方法在30 min内结果的变异系数为3.0%.这些结果表明:中国被毛孢菌丝体热水和乙醇提取物均具有一定的抗氧化活性,用FRAP法测定具有良好的重现性、精密度、可靠性、回收率和稳定性.     

不同寄主红花寄生叶提取物抗氧化能力的研究

采用FRAP法和TEAC法测定了6种寄主植物(女贞、石榴、荷花玉兰、长梗柳、桑、夹竹桃)来源的红花寄生叶提取物抗氧化能力,并采用RP-HPLC检测了提取物中槲皮素和山奈酚质量分数.结果表明:红花寄生叶提取物具有较强的抗氧化能力,且活性强弱受不同提取剂和寄主植物的影响显著(p＜0.05).在3种提取剂中,以体积分数为80...     

组蛋白H2A与染色质的动态结合

在真核细胞中,核小体的核心结构组蛋白被DNA紧密缠绕,但是这种紧密的结合有时也可能变得松散,以利于其他蛋白与DNA的结合。将组蛋白H2A与绿色荧光蛋白的融合表达载体和核仁纤维蛋白(fibrillarin)与红色荧光蛋白的融合表达载体共转染COS7细胞,利用荧光漂白恢复(FRAP)技术研究了H2A在细胞核内的动态变化。结果显示,在少数间期细胞的核仁区有组蛋白聚集现象,且此区域内H2A的运动速度显著地高于非核仁区的H2A,推测该现象仅出现于细胞周期的某个时期。     

叉毛蓬体外抗氧化活性的研究

从植物中探寻能够清除自由基的天然抗氧化剂是目前天然产物化学研究热点之一,本文研究了新疆藜科植物叉毛蓬的抗氧化活性成分。本研究采用乙醇加热回流法提取叉毛蓬中的有效成分,依次用石油醚、氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇萃取,再分别以DPPH、邻苯三酚自氧化和FRAP三种抗氧化活性分析方法对乙醇粗提物及各段提取物进行抗氧化评价,且与阳性对照抗坏血酸(AA)和叔丁基对苯二酚(TBHQ)进行比较分析,结果表明:叉毛蓬不同溶剂提取物均有清除DPPH自由基、O2-·自由基的能力,也有一定的还原能力,但均弱于阳性对照AA和TBHQ。     

The effect of αB-crystallin and Hsp27 on the availability of translation initiation factors in heat-shocked cells

The mechanism of the translational thermotolerance provided by the small heat shock proteins (sHsps) αB-crystallin or Hsp27 is unknown. We show here that Hsp27, but not αB-crystallin, increased the pool of mobile stress granule-associated enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF)4E in heat-shocked cells, as determined by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Hsp27 also partially prevented the sharp decrease in the pool of mobile cytoplasmic EGFP-eIF4G. sHsps did not prevent the phosphorylation of eIF2α by a heat shock, but promoted dephosphorylation during recovery. Expression of the C-terminal fragment of GADD34, which causes constitutive dephosphorylation of eIF2α, fully compensated for the stimulatory effect of αB-crystallin on protein synthesis in heat-shocked cells, but only partially for that of Hsp27. Our data show that sHsps do not prevent the inhibition of protein synthesis upon heat shock, but restore translation more rapidly by promoting the dephosphorylation of eIF2α and, in the case of Hsp27, the availability of eIF4E and eIF4G. Received 9 December 2005; received after revision 16 January 2006; accepted 23 January 2006