Rapid migration of host lymphocytes into the lymphoid tissue of the intestinal graft at early stage after transplantation

AIM:To determine the migration mode of host lymphocytes into the intestinal graft by analyzing different lymphoid compartments of the graft. METHODS:2, 4, 6 days after transplantation, murine intestinal grafts were harvested for histologic assessment. Lymphocytes were collected from mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), Peyer’s patch (PP), lamina propria lymphocytes (LPL) and intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in the graft for analyzing by cytometry. RESULTS:At the day 2 and day 4, no evidence of rejection in intestinal allograft was found, while the rejection signs were apparent at the 6th day. At day 2 and day 4, host lymphocytes had rapidly replaced donor cell in graft MLN and PP. The migration of host lymphocytes into the LPL and IEL was not as fast as MLN and PP, however, the near-total replacement took place at the 6th post transplant day. The host lymphocytes were activated at the early stage of recruitment into the graft. CONCLUSION:The rapid recruitment of recipient lymphocytes and early activation could be responsible for the formidable rejection of intestinal transplantation.     

苹果芽变选种鉴定及应用研究

芽变选种具有育种周期短、育种进程快的特点,是种质资源创新的重要途径。从形态学、解剖学、同工酶、孢粉学、染色体观察、生理生化特性及分子标记等方面对芽变鉴定的常规方法进行了综述,认为叶片栅栏组织比例、气孔密度、孢粉形态等是芽变品种鉴定的重要指标,同工酶技术及分子标记技术是芽变品种鉴定的重要手段。进一步对芽变发生的遗传类别及分子机理进行了初步探讨,对芽变选种的应用前景进行了展望。     

苹果新品种——早红的选育

早红是从意大利引进的嘎拉自然杂交种中选育出的一个早中熟优良品种。该品种果实近圆锥形,平均单果质量223g,果实底色绿黄,果面鲜红色,鲜艳光洁;果肉细、松脆、汁多,风味酸甜适度、有香味,可溶性固形物含量为12.8%,果肉硬度为7.1kg/cm2,品质上等。郑州地区果实8月上旬成熟,冷藏条件下,可贮藏30d左右。该品种生长势强,易形成短果枝,早果、丰产,可在嘎拉品种适栽区栽培。     

序贯培养法对猪孤雌激活胚胎发育能力的影响

经体外成熟、孤雌激活和培养获得猪胚胎,研究了不同培养体系、共培养体细胞和序贯培养对猪孤雌激活胚胎发育的影响。试验表明:孤雌激活卵母细胞在SOF 10?S培养体系中分裂效果最好,添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和颗粒细胞对胚胎发育有促进作用,培养6d后发育到桑囊胚的比率增加(P<0.05)。在序贯培养的前3d,SOF培养基(不含葡萄糖)和颗粒细胞对胚胎的发育有促进作用,分裂率(P<0.05)和突破4细胞阻滞的数目显著增加,在培养的后3d,添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和输卵管上皮细胞能支持较多胚胎发育到桑囊胚,桑囊胚的发育率为(59.5±3.2)%(P<0.05)。结果表明,SOF培养基和颗粒细胞 添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和输卵管上皮细胞的序贯培养系统能较好的促进胚胎的发育。     

斯氏艾美耳球虫的致病性及病理学研究

用纯种斯氏艾美耳球虫孢子化卵囊人工感染25只断奶幼兔,进行致病性和病理学研究。试验兔分为1个不感染对照组和4个感染组,各感染组每只幼兔分别口服感染2.0×103、1.0×104、5.0×104、2.5×105个孢子化卵囊。与对照组相比,接种2.0×103个和1.0×104个孢子化卵囊的两个感染组的平均病变记分、肝重指数、血清转氨酶活性有显著差异(P<0.05);接种5.0×104个和2.5×105个孢子化卵囊的两个感染组上述指标有极显著差异(P<0.01)。表明斯氏艾美耳球虫对幼兔具有很强的致病性,能导致严重的肝球虫病。     

绵羊体外成熟卵母细胞OPS法玻璃化冷冻保存试验

研究以EDFS30为玻璃化冷冻液,以卵母细胞解冻后孤雌激活和体外受精后的卵裂率、囊胚发育率作为评价指标,探讨了以OPS法玻璃化冷冻保存体外成熟绵羊卵母细胞的效果。结果表明:卵母细胞孤雌激活后的卵裂率,冷冻组(64.2%)显著(P<0.05)低于毒性组(76.7%)和对照组(79.1%),而毒性组和对照组无显著(P>0.05)差异;卵母细胞孤雌激活后的囊胚发育率,冷冻组(4.2%)和毒性组(5.8%)均显著(P<0.05)低于对照组(20.2%),毒性组和冷冻组无显著(P>0.05)差异;冷冻组和毒性试验组卵母细胞体外受精后的卵裂率和囊胚发育率(67.6%和7.1%;62.3%和9.1%)均显著低于对照组(78.4%和28.4%)(P<0.05),而毒性组和冷冻组无显著(P>0.05)差异。可见以EDFS30为玻璃化冷冻液,采用OPS法冷冻保存绵羊体外成熟卵母细胞会在一定程度上降低其受精能力和胚胎发育能力。     

新城疫病毒F、NP、M和HN基因在昆虫细胞内的共表达

为构建杆状病毒转移载体，通过PCR的方法将F48E9株新城疫病毒F基因上的StuⅠ位点和NP基因上的XbaⅠ位点进行突变，扩增出全长的F、NP以及F48E9株新城疫病毒M和HN基因片段，将其克隆到pMD18-T载体，再将F、NP、M和HN基因依次亚克隆到杆状病毒转移载体pAeAB4上，F基因和M基因均在p10启动子的操控之下，NP基因和HN基因构建到两个polyhedrin启动子下游，构建重组杆状病毒转移载体pAeAB4-F-NP-M-HN。pAeAB4-F-NP-M-HN与线性化的杆状病毒DNA共转染昆虫细胞Sf9，获得重组杆状病毒rBae-F-NP-M-HN。重组杆状病毒感染Sf9细胞，72h后收集细胞和培养上清。Western blot分析显示：M、NP、F和HN蛋白在培养上清中得到了共表达，大小与预期结果一致；感染细胞内只检测到了HN蛋白的表达。这表明M、NP、F和HN蛋白在昆虫细胞内共表达可以自我装配成病毒样颗粒，并且以出芽的方式释放到培养基中。该重组杆状病毒的获得为研究新城疫病毒各结构蛋白之间的相互作用和确定病毒粒子出芽的驱动力等方面奠定了基础。     

Protective effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on alveolar type II cells

AIM: To study the protective effect of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on alveolar type II cells (AT-Ⅱ) damaged by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).METHODS: AT-Ⅱ were placed in a 6 well cell culture cluster (0.5×106 cells/cm2) and divided into 3 groups: (1) control group (n=6), the medium consisted of RPMI-1640 without FBS. (2) LPS group (n=6), the medium consisted of RPMI-1640 without FBS supplemented with LPS (1 mg/L). (3) ANP group (n=6), the medium consisted of RPMI-1640 without FBS supplemented with LPS (1 mg/L) and ANP (10-8, 10-7, 10-6 mol/L). After 4, 12 and 24 h, the cell culture mediums of control group, LPS group and ANP (10-7 mol/L) group were collected, and those of the ANP (10-6, 10-8 mol/L) group were collected after 12 h. Alkaline phosphatase(AKP), lactate dehydrogenase(LDH), malondialdehyde(MDA), total phospholipids (TPL) and surface tension (ST) in the medium of every group were examined. RESULTS: AT-Ⅱ were characterized by AKP staining. The contents of LDH, AKP and MDA in the medium of every ANP group were lower than those in the corresponding LPS group. The TPL content in the medium of every ANP group was higher than that in the corresponding LPS group, and the change of ST of the medium was opposite to that of TPL. The effect at 12 h was the most significant, for example, at 12 h, the activities of AKP in the mediums were: control (43.5±10.4) U/L, LPS (98.1±16.4) U/L, LPS+ANP (10-6) (46.4±10.5) U/L, LPS+ANP(10-7) (60.7±9.5) U/L, LPS+ANP(10-8) (91.3±13.9) U/L.CONCLUSION: ANP protects the AT-Ⅱ from being damaged by LPS and promotes the secretion of pulmonary surfactants.     

Screening differentially expressed genes involved in apoptosis of primary cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons by mRNA differential display RT-PCR

AIM: To Screen and identify differentially expressed genes that involved in apoptosis model in rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs).METHODS: The rat cerebellar granule neurons were isolated and primarily cultured.Fluorescent differential display RT-PCR (FDD RT-PCR) was performed to screen differentially expressed ESTs in the apoptosis model of primarily cultured rat CGNs.ESTs were subcloned into pGEM-T EasyTM vector and then sequenced.Alignment assay in non-redunant database was applied for encoding information.Reverse Northern blotting was used to appraise the results from DDRT-PCR.RESULTS: 164 pieces of differentially expressed ESTs were obtained by FDDRT-PCR.17 of them were subcloned and sequenced.5 ESTs of 17 were confirmed to be positive results by reverse Northern blotting.CONCLUSION: DD-PCR is a rapid,simple-operation and sensitive method for screening differentially expressed genes,which would contribute to the molecular mechanisms of apoptosis/survive of CGNs.     

桑天牛卵啮小蜂孤雌生殖及体内沃尔巴克氏体(Wolbachia)的检测

桑天牛卵啮小蜂(Aprostocetus prolixus)有孤雌生殖现象,其后代几乎为雄性。沃尔巴克氏体(Wolbachia)是广泛分布于节肢动物体内的一类共生菌,参与多种调控寄主的生殖活动机制。通过对外膜蛋白基因(wsp)、细菌细胞分裂蛋白基因(ftsZ)和核糖体16S rDNA基因的特异性扩增,在米蛾(Corcyra cephalonica Stainton)的DNA中分别扩增出约600、1000和900 bp的片断,验证了米蛾体内已感染了Wolbachia;而在桑天牛卵啮小蜂的DNA中未扩增出任何片断,表明Wolbachia在桑天牛卵啮小蜂体内未被感染或感染率极低。