酶电极法测定肌苷片中肌苷

以固定化核苷磷酸化酶(EC 2.4.2.1)、黄嘌呤氧化酶(EC 1.2.3.2)与过氧化氢电极构成电流型酶电极,研究了肌苷酶电极分析法的各种分析条件及参数,并与紫外分光光度法对比测定了肌苷片中肌苷含量。酶电极法测定结果与紫外法测定结果之间有较好的一致性。采用酶电极法测定肌苷片中肌苷含量专一性高、成本低、分析速度快。     

Selective antiproliferative effects of thymidine

A substance with antiproliferative bioactivity in an aqueous extract ofCordyline terminalis was purified and identified by mass spectrometry to be the natural nucleoside, thymidine. 10^–5M Thymidine inhibited EL4 cell replication and decreased cell viability after 12–24 h. The effect was highly specific for this nucleoside. Treated cell cultures showed a significant increase in S phase cells and a corresponding decrease in G₁ phase cells. Nitrobenzylthioinosine (which prevented facilitated entry of thymidine) protected cells from the antiproliferative action of thymidine. A human breast cancer cell line (MCF7) was also growth-inhibited by 10^–5M thymidine but a murine lymphoma cell line (K36) was not. Thus, submillimolar thymidine has effects on cell proliferation which are selective both with respect to specificity for the compound and for different tumour cell lines.     

纳滤膜技术在核苷酸浓缩中的应用

介绍了纳滤膜技术用于浓缩核苷酸的系统工艺流程，对纳滤浓缩工艺特点和工业应用情况做了说明。     

用大肠杆菌游离细胞酶法合成核苷药物

研究了采用大肠杆菌游离细胞核苷磷酸化酶合成核苷药物过程中反应平衡常数和底物转化率的计算方法及其变化规律，阐明了游离细胞内核苷磷酸化酶的活力与细胞的培养、菌体的预处理方式密切相关。实验结果表明，大肠杆菌湿菌体经４℃干燥处理２￣３ｄ后，胞内核苷磷酸化酶不易失活，并能有效地降低胞内抑制物对酶反应的抑制作用。与湿菌体相比，干燥菌体用于酶反应时底物的转化率可提高３３．５％。     

An improved assay for UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase and other enzymes that have nucleotide products

UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase catalyses the interconversion UDPglucose plus pyrophosphate and glucose 1-phosphate plus UTP. Several assay methods for this enzyme have been described but the only one that can be used to investigate the specificity with respect to various UDPsugars is based on coupling to UTP formation. This assay employs phosphoglycerate kinase to catalyse the formation 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate which is then used to oxidise NADH in the presence of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. We have found that the activity of phosphoglycerate kinase towards UTP is low which limits the usefulness of the assay to very low rates, in agreement with the published recommendation of Hansen et al.⁵. Here it is shown that the dynamic range of the assay is increased by more than five fold on addition of nucleoside diphosphate kinase and ADP, which convert UTP to the preferred phosphoglycerate kinase substrate, ATP. It is also shown that the improved assay is suitable for enzymes with other nucleotide triphosphate products.     

中国南海软珊瑚化学成分Sinularia sp.的研究

通过柱层析和HPLC从中国南海软珊瑚中Sinularia sp.分离得到5个化合物,利用IDNMR、2D-NMR(1 H21 HCOSY,HMQC,HMBC)谱分析,确定了化合物的结构.确定化合物1为(Z)-N-[2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-3-methyldodec-2-enamide,化合物2为胸腺嘧啶(Thymine,T),化合物3为尿嘧啶(Uracil,U),化合物4为一核苷[1-(4-Hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-5-methyl-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione],化合物5为[1-(4-Hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione].     

鼠转移抑制基因（nm23－1）在大肠杆菌中的高效表达及活力鉴定

肿瘤转移是引起恶性肿瘤患者死亡的主要因素［１］。对肿瘤抑制基因的研究在临床上具有重要意义。ｎｍ２３基因是目前研究得较多和认为最有前途的肿瘤抑制基因，它已从小鼠黑色素瘤细胞系Ｋ－１７３５中克隆得到。有证据表明，来源于人的ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１和ｎｍ２３－Ｈ２基因的氨基酸序列分别与人红细胞ＮＤＰＫ的两个亚基Ａ、Ｂ等同，且与果绳ａｗｄ基因高度同源。本实验利用ｐＥＴ表达系统在大肠杆菌Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中高效表达了重组ｎｍ２３－１（鼠源），ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ扫描结果显示，表达量高达４３．２％。并对其表达产物进行了分离纯化和活力测定，证实ｎｍ２３－１蛋白确实具有ＮＤＰＫ的功能，从而为进一步探讨ｎｍ２３基因家族在抑制癌细胞转移方面的功能打下了良好的基础。     

尘螨肠道微生物蛋白核苷二磷酸激酶的克隆、表达及纯化

根据 GenBank 中 NDP kinase 的基因序列,采用生物信息学方法将其中稀有密码子改造为大肠埃希菌常用密码子并进行二级结构优化,合成 NDP kinase 基因,构建原核表达载体 pET28a-NDP kinase 并酶切鉴定其序列,在大肠埃希菌 BL21（DE3）中用异丙基-β-D-硫代半乳糖苷（IPTG）诱导表达,重组产物采用镍离子金属螯合亲和层析柱纯化.经密码子改造和二级结构优化后 NDP kinase 基因长度为490 bp,其编码蛋白理论分子量为21.5 kDa,重组表达载体经酶切鉴定与理论推测结果相符,在大肠埃希菌 BL21（DE3）中该基因经 IPTG 诱导可高效表达,纯化后的重组蛋白分子量约为21.5 kDa,其单一蛋白纯度达95;以上.本研究成功构建了尘螨肠道微生物蛋白核苷二磷酸酶（NDP kinase）基因的 pET28a 原核重组质粒,为进一步研究 NDP kinase 在尘螨疫苗免疫治疗中的作用机理提供了基础.