A common PDGF receptor is activated by homodimeric A and B forms of PDGF

The human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor complementary DNA was cloned and expressed by transfection of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) fibroblasts. The ability of CHO cells expressing the human receptor complementary DNA (CHO-HR5) to interact with different recombinant forms of PDGF (AA and BB homodimers) was tested. Both forms of PDGF bind to the transfected receptor, stimulate the receptor tyrosine kinase activity, and elicit a mitogenic response in a manner that was indistinguishable from the responses of Balb/c 3T3 cells to AA and BB forms of PDGF can be attributed to a single type of receptor and show that the AA form, like the BB form, is a true mitogen.     

Primary structure and biochemical properties of an M2 muscarinic receptor

A partial amino acid sequence obtained for porcine atrial muscarinic acetylcholine receptor was used to isolate complementary DNA clones containing the complete receptor coding region. The deduced 466-amino acid polypeptide exhibits extensive structural and sequence homology with other receptors coupled to guanine nucleotide binding (G) proteins (for example, the beta-adrenergic receptor and rhodopsins); this similarity predicts a structure of seven membrane-spanning regions distinguished by the disposition of a large cytoplasmic domain. Stable transfection of the Chinese hamster ovary cell line with the atrial receptor complementary DNA leads to the binding of muscarinic antagonists in these cells with affinities characteristic of the M2 receptor subtype. The atrial muscarinic receptor is encoded by a unique gene consisting of a single coding exon and multiple, alternatively spliced 5' noncoding regions. The atrial receptor is distinct from the cerebral muscarinic receptor gene product, sharing only 38% overall amino acid homology and possessing a completely nonhomologous large cytoplasmic domain, suggesting a role for the latter region in differential effector coupling.     

Human diabetes associated with a mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of the insulin receptor

Insulin receptor complementary DNA has been cloned from an insulin-resistant individual whose receptors have impaired tyrosine protein kinase activity. One of this individual's alleles has a mutation in which valine is substituted for Gly996, the third glycine in the conserved Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly motif in the putative binding site fo adenosine triphosphate. Expression of the mutant receptor by transfection into Chinese hamster ovary cells confirmed that the mutation impairs tyrosine kinase activity.     

Fibroblast growth factor receptor is a portal of cellular entry for herpes simplex virus type 1

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a ubiquitous pathogen responsible for considerable morbidity in the general population. The results presented herein establish the basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor as a means of entry of HSV-1 into vertebrate cells. Inhibitors of basic FGF binding to its receptor and competitive polypeptide antagonists of basic FGF prevented HSV-1 uptake. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells that do not express FGF receptors are resistant to HSV-1 entry; however, HSV-1 uptake is dramatically increased in CHO cells transfected with a complementary DNA encoding a basic FGF receptor. The distribution of this integral membrane protein in vivo may explain the tissue and cell tropism of HSV-1.     

Functional properties of rat brain sodium channels expressed in a somatic cell line

Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with complementary DNA encoding the RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit from rat brain led to expression of functional sodium channels with the rapid, voltage-dependent activation and inactivation characteristic of sodium channels in brain neurons. The sodium currents mediated by these transfected channels were inhibited by tetrodotoxin, persistently activated by veratridine, and prolonged by Leiurus alpha-scorpion toxin, indicating that neurotoxin receptor sites 1 through 3 were present in functional form. The RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit cDNA alone is sufficient for stable expression of functional sodium channels with the expected kinetic and pharmacological properties in mammalian somatic cells.     

Evidence of estrogen receptors in normal human osteoblast-like cells

In seven strains of cultured normal human osteoblast-like cells, a mean of 1615 molecules of tritium-labeled 17 beta-estradiol per cell nucleus could be bound to specific nuclear sites. The nuclear binding of the labeled steroid was temperature-dependent, steroid-specific, saturable, and cell type-specific. These are characteristics of biologically active estrogen receptors. Pretreatment with 10 nanomolar estradiol in vitro increased the specific nuclear binding of progesterone in four of six cell strains, indicating an induction of functional progesterone receptors. RNA blot analysis demonstrated the presence of messenger RNA for the human estrogen receptor. The data suggest that estrogen acts directly on human bone cells through a classical estrogen receptor-mediated mechanism.     

Salivary proline-rich protein genes on chromosome 8 of mouse

Endonuclease restriction (Hind III) fragments of DNA from Chinese hamster X mouse somatic cell hybrids hybridized with proline-rich protein complementary DNA clones only when the DNA was isolated from cells containing mouse chromosome 8, or a fragment of chromosome 8. The evidence suggests that proline-rich protein genes are located at the proximal portion of chromosome 8 toward the centromere.     

Amplification and enhanced expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in A431 human carcinoma cells

The sequence of the human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor shows great homology with the avian erythroblastosis virus v-erb B oncogene, raising the possibility that the receptor gene is identical to the c-erb B protooncogene. Human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells, which have an unusually high number of EGF receptors, were examined to determine whether elevated EGF receptor levels correlate with gene amplification. Southern blots of genomic DNA's from A431 and other human cell lines were probed with either a v-erb B gene fragment or a human EGF receptor complementary DNA clone (pE7), previously isolated from an A431 complementary DNA library. When either probe was used to analyze Eco RI- or Hind III-generated DNA fragments, EGF receptor DNA sequences were amplified about 30-fold in A431. Differences in the banding pattern of A431 DNA fragments relative to normal fibroblast DNA indicate the occurrence of a rearrangement in the region of the receptor gene. Furthermore, A431 cells contain a characteristic, prominent 2.9-kilobase RNA. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that, in A431 cells, gene amplification, possibly associated with a translocation event, may result in the overproduction of EGF receptor protein or the appearance of the transformed phenotype (or both).     

Gene for human insulin receptor: localization to site on chromosome 19 involved in pre-B-cell leukemia

Consistent chromosomal translocations in neoplastic cells may alter the expression of proto-oncogenes that are located near the breakpoints. The complementary DNA sequence of the human insulin receptor is similar to those of the EGF receptor (erbB oncogene) and products of the src family of oncogenes. With in situ hybridization and Southern blot analysis of somatic cell hybrid DNA, the human insulin receptor gene was mapped to the distal short arm of chromosome 19 (bands p13.2----p13.3), a site involved in a nonrandom translocation in pre-B-cell acute leukemia.     

Estrogen-receptor interaction

The interaction of estradiol with uterine cells involves the association of the hormone with an extranuclear receptor protein, followed by temperature dependent translocation of the resulting complex to the nucleus. During this process, the steroid binding unit of the protein undergoes an alteration, called "receptor transformation," that can be recognized by an increase in its sedimentation rate from 3.8S to 5.2S, and by its acquisition of the ability to bind to isolated uterine nuclei and to alleviate a tissue specific deficiency in the RNA synthesizing capacity of such nuclei. Receptor transformation can be effected in the absence of nuclei by warming uterine cytosol with estradiol. This preparation of transformed complex resembles that extracted from nuclei both in its sedimentation rate (5.3S) and in its ability to bind to uterine nuclei and augment RNA synthesis, properties that are not shown by the native complex. It is proposed that receptor transformation is an important step in estrogen action and that a principal role of the hormone is to induce conversion of the receptor protein to a biochemically functional form.     

Cloning and expression of a cocaine-sensitive dopamine transporter complementary DNA

A rat dopamine (DA) transporter complementary DNA has been isolated with combined complementary DNA homology and expression approaches. The DA transporter is a 619-amino acid protein with 12 hydrophobic putative membrane-spanning domains and homology to the norepinephrine and gamma-aminobutyric acid transporters. The expressed complementary DNA confers transport of [3H]DA in Xenopus oocytes and in COS cells. Binding of the cocaine analog [3H]CFT ([3H]2 beta-carbomethoxy-3 beta-(4-fluorophenyl)tropane) to transfected COS cell membranes yields a pharmacological profile similar to that in striatal membranes.     

A G protein mutant that inhibits thrombin and purinergic receptor activation of phospholipase A2

The stimulation of phospholipase A2 by thrombin and type 2 (P2)-purinergic receptor agonists in Chinese hamster ovary cells is mediated by the G protein Gi. To delineate alpha chain regulatory regions responsible for control of phospholipase A2, chimeric cDNAs were constructed in which different lengths of the alpha subunit of Gs (alpha s) were replaced with the corresponding sequence of the Gi alpha subunit (alpha i2). When a carboxyl-terminal chimera alpha s-i(38), which has the last 38 amino acids of alpha s substituted with the last 36 residues of alpha i2, was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells, the receptor-stimulated phospholipase A2 activity was inhibited, although the chimera could still activate adenylyl cyclase. Thus, alpha s-i(38) is an active alpha s, but also a dominant negative alpha i molecule, indicating that the last 36 amino acids of alpha i2 are a critical domain for G protein regulation of phospholipase A2 activity.     

Growth factors induce phosphorylation of the Na+/H+ antiporter, glycoprotein of 110 kD

The Na+/H+ antiporter, which regulates intracellular pH in virtually all cells, is one of the best examples of a mitogen- and oncogene-activated membrane target whose activity rapidly changes on stimulation. The activating mechanism is unknown. A Na+/H+ antiporter complementary DNA fragment was expressed in Escherichia coli as a beta-galactosidase fusion protein, and a specific antibody to the fusion protein was prepared. Use of this antibody revealed that the Na+/H+ antiporter is a 110-kilodalton glycoprotein that is phosphorylated in growing cells. Mitogenic activation of resting hamster fibroblasts and A431 human epidermoid cells with epidermal growth factor, thrombin, phorbol esters, or serum, stimulated phosphorylation of the Na+/H+ antiporter with a time course similar to that of the rise in intracellular pH.     

17β-雌二醇在土壤中迁移特征的研究

[目的]为了研究内源甾体雌激素在土壤中的迁移特征。[方法]以17β-雌二醇为对象,采用模拟土柱开展淋滤试验。[结果]表层土壤雌二醇在淋滤过程向深层土壤迁移,土壤有机质对雌二醇的迁移具有迟滞作用;当滤速为O．05L／（s·m2）、雌二醇添加量为1．25mg、淋滤时间为200min时,砂性土壤和黏性土壤中（距顶层土壤1．0m）雌二醇的残留浓度分别为0．06和0．18mg／kg;淋滤液中的腐植酸与土壤中的有机质发生竞争吸附,对E2的迁移起促进作用;而淋滤液中的无机盐（KCI）因促进土壤对E2的吸附,使得雌二醇在土壤中的迁移性能减弱。[结论]该研究可为土壤环境中雌激素污染控制提供科学依据。     

Antibodies to human c-myc oncogene product: evidence of an evolutionarily conserved protein induced during cell proliferation

Antisera to a synthetic c-myc peptide and to c-myc antigens synthesized from various portions of the human gene expressed in Escherichia coli were used in order to characterize the protein product of the human c-myc oncogene. Although the deduced molecular weight of the human c-myc protein is 49,000, these antisera precipitate a protein from human cells that migrates in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel as if its molecular weight were 65,000. In addition, the mouse c-myc protein, whether synthesized in cells or in a cell-free system directed by pure, synthetic messenger RNA, has analogous properties and is immunoprecipitated by the antiserum to the human c-myc protein. Similar proteins are immunoprecipitated from monkey, rat, hamster, and frog cells, suggesting evolutionary conservation of antigenic structure of the c-myc protein among vertebrates. In addition, and in a manner consistent with the behavior of its messenger RNA, the immunoprecipitable c-myc protein is sharply induced by the action of mitogens on resting human T cells.     

花䱻抗缪勒氏管激素基因克隆、抗体制备及其对外源雌激素的响应

【目的】克隆花䱻抗缪勒氏管激素基因Amh,分析其序列特征及亚细胞定位,检测不同浓度雌二醇处理下的表达变化规律,为后续研究Amh基因的功能及其在卵巢发育中分子机制提供理论参考。【方法】基于花转录组文库测序结果,克隆Amh基因cDNA序列,并对其进行生物信息学分析。构建重组表达质粒pET32a-Amh,转化大肠杆菌BL21感受态细胞,用纯化的重组蛋白免疫小鼠制备多克隆抗体。通过免疫荧光技术检测荧光信号确定蛋白的亚细胞定位情况。同时,利用实时荧光定量PCR检测Amh基因在雌二醇处理后的表达情况。【结果】克隆的花䱻Amh基因cDNA序列全长为1849 bp,开放阅读框（ORF）为1671 bp,编码556个氨基酸残基。系统进化分析结果显示,花䱻Amh基因与斑马鱼、鲤鱼等鲤科鱼类Amh基因聚为一支,表明其亲缘关系较近。将纯化的AMH重组蛋白免疫小鼠以制备AMH多克隆抗体,通过酶联免疫方法（ELISA）检测其抗体效价为2.4×106以上,Western blotting检测显示抗体具有特异性。AMH蛋白在花卵巢颗粒细胞表达。利用不同浓度的雌二醇处理花䱻60 d后发现,低浓度雌二醇（100 μg/g）促进花䱻卵母细胞生长,卵巢内皮质液泡数量增多。经雌二醇处理后,卵巢中Amh基因的表达量降低,说明雌激素在卵巢发育中对Amh基因表达具有抑制作用。【结论】Amh基因含有TGF-β家族典型的结构域,在卵巢颗粒细胞表达,且响应雌激素的调控,可能在花䱻卵巢发育中发挥调控作用。     

雌二醇及其受体在北方山溪鲵精巢中的周期性分布

用免疫组织化学方法检测雌二醇(estradiol)及其受体(estrogen receptor)在北方山溪鲵(Batrachuperus tibetanus)精巢发育周期中的表达变化。结果表明,在4~5月,雌二醇及受体在精原细胞的胞质中强表达;6月,雌二醇在精母细胞的胞质中表达较弱,其受体在精母细胞的核质中有较强表达;7月,雌二醇及受体在精子细胞的胞质中表达;8月,雌二醇及受体在精原细胞的胞质中和变态后的精子头部有弱表达;9-11月,两者均在精原细胞的胞质中及精子头部有较强表达。说明雌二醇及其受体存在于整个精巢周期中,二者在生精细胞中的强弱变化基本一致,其变化规律与精子发育周期密切相关;雌激素受体多存在于生精细胞的胞质中,雌激素可能以非基因组效应调控细胞的增殖,并与精子的发育成熟密切相关。