农杆菌浸润瞬时表达分析番木瓜miR162a的研究

农杆菌浸润瞬时表达方法不仅在蛋白互作、鉴定基因沉默抑制子及基因功能研究方面得到广泛应用,目前还应用在小RNA的研究中.在对植物microRNA的研究中,农杆菌浸润方法通过将将转基因导入农杆菌浸润本生烟瞬时表达,可以快速、稳定地对植物microRNA进行检测和鉴定,样品在几天内就可分析完成,比获得稳定遗传的转基因有优势.笔者借鉴国外拟南芥microRNA瞬时表达分析的方法,克隆了番木瓜的miR62a前体序列连接到双元表达载体pSuper1300上构建成35S::cpa-miR162a质粒,导人农杆菌GV3101后浸润本生烟,浸润后48 h提取本生烟叶片总RNA后通过miRNA northern blot检测到miR162a,而本生烟和番木瓜自身则无法检测到低丰度的miR162a.本文介绍的农杆菌浸润瞬时表达方法能够在体外加工产生成熟的miRNA,该技术有助于对microRNA的结构-功能的相关性及靶标验证进一步研究.     

肌肉注射硫酸安普霉素在猪体内的药代动力学和生物利用度研究

对6头健康猪单剂量静脉注射、肌肉注射国产硫酸安普霉素,研究其在猪体内的药代动力学和生物利用度.用微生物法测定血清药物浓度,结果平均回收率为99.03%,血清最低检测浓度为0.05μg/ml,日内日间变异系数为2.2%～5.1%,且血清浓度在0.05～3μg/ml范围呈良好线性关系(r＝0.9965).对猪静注、肌注硫酸安普霉素20mg/kg后,经MCPKP药代动力学计算机程序处理,体内药物运转符合开放型二室模型,肌肉注射0.856h后达峰药浓度Cmax为36.09±1.22μg/ml;t1/2分别为1.58±0.67h、1.06±0.11h,CLB分别为0.15L/kg/h、0.17 L/kg/h,V1分别为0.71L/kg、0.1L/kg,绝对生物利用度为AUC i.m/AUC i.v＝88.47%±3.32%,上述药代动力学数据为动物临床用药提供有价值的理论依据.     

Production and evaluation of monoclonal antibodies for the detection of beet mild yellowing luteovirus and related strains

A sugar-beet-infecting isolate of beet mild yellowing luteovirus (BMYV), and aBrassica-infecting isolate of beet western yellows luteovirus (BWYV) were used to produce monoclonal antibodies for epidemiological studies with BMYV and related field strains. Thirty-four monoclonal antibodies were tested for their reaction with 9 luteoviruses in triple-antibody-sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. One (MAFF 24) is now routinely used in the UK for detecting BMYV and BWYV in plants and aphids, although it does not discriminate between them. Heterologous reactions were detected between some of the monoclonal antibodies and potato leafroll virus (PLRV), bean leafroll virus (BLRV) and barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV-RPV). 38% of antibodies raised to BWYV reacted with PLRV compared with 4% of those raised to BMYV. Monoclonal antibodies were produced which distinguished a sugar-beet-infecting isolate of BMYV with differing host range and serological properties from the commonly-occurring field strain.     

Comparison of antibody values in sera of pigs vaccinated with a subunit or an attenuated vaccine against classical swine fever

Ten pigs, aged 85 days, were vaccinated with a subunit vaccine containing 32 g of classical swine fever virus glycoprotein E2 (gp E2) (group 1), and a further 10 pigs were vaccinated with a C strain vaccine (10^4±0.15 TCID₅₀/ml), produced by amplification in minipig kidney (MPK) cell culture (group 2). Nine non-vaccinated pigs served as a control group (group 3). Serum samples were collected before (day 0) and at 4, 10, 21 and 28 days after vaccination and were analysed by two commercially available enzyme immunoassays and by a neutralizing peroxidase-linked assay (NPLA). At the same times, peripheral blood was taken for determining the total leukocyte count and the body temperature was taken daily. Antibodies were not detected in serum samples collected before vaccination (day 0), and no side-effects that could be connected with vaccination were observed during the trial. Ten days after vaccination 6/10 pigs vaccinated with the subunit vaccine were seropositive. On days 21 and 28, the ratios of serologically positive to vaccinated pigs were 9/10 and 10/10, respectively. Four of the ten pigs that were vaccinated with the C strain vaccine were positive on day 21 and 9/10 on day 28. However, the results of the NPLA showed that only 4/10 pigs had an antibody titre >1:32 at the end of the trial in both the vaccinated groups, even though the subunit vaccine initiated an earlier and higher level of neutralizing antibodies than the vaccine produced from the C strain. Challenge was performed 28 days after vaccination on four randomly selected pigs from both vaccinated groups. The pigs survived the challenge without showing any clinical signs of classical swine fever (CSF), while two nonvaccinated control pigs died on the 10th and 12th days after infection.     

In vitro analysis of antiangiogenic activity of fungi isolated from clinical cases of equine keratomycosis

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this project was to explore the possibility that fungal organisms produce metabolites that inhibit angiogenesis. Procedures Fungal cultures were obtained from cases of keratomycosis, grown in Sabouraud's dextrose broth, and sterile filtered for use in experiments. The Matrigel assay was used to screen the filtrate samples for antiangiogenic activity. Matrigel is a basement membrane matrix that supports the differentiation of human umbilical vein endothelial (HUVE) cells into a capillary-like network of tubules. HUVE cells were cultured using standard techniques and passaged at confluence, with all cells being used at passage 3-6. HUVE cells (40 000 cells) were pipetted into each well of a 24-well tissue-culture plate coated with Matrigel. An aliquot of fungal media filtrate was added to each well and the plates allowed to incubate for 18 h, at which time they were evaluated for tubule formation. RESULTS: Two fungal isolates showed inhibition of tubule formation. The addition of 100, 200 and 400 &mgr;L of the fungal media filtrate from the first isolate (Fusarium sp. 99A34574) produced a consistent and dose-dependent inhibition of tubule formation. The second isolate (Aspergillus sp. 271599) did not show inhibition of tubule formation with 100 or 200 &mgr;L added to the wells, however, it did show inhibition at 400 &mgr;L/well. The remaining three isolates did not cause inhibition at any concentration. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that certain fungal organisms produce metabolites that inhibit tubule formation in vitro, and that these metabolites may play a significant role in altering the host vascular response to fungal infections of the cornea.     

鸡肝脏和肌肉组织中常山酮残留的ELISA检测

将常山酮进行人工改造,制备了半抗原常山酮琥珀酸衍生物（Hal-suc）.采用N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺活性酯法将半抗原与牛血清白蛋白（BSA）、卵清白蛋白（OVA）偶联,制备免疫原和包被原.动物免疫6次后采血制备抗血清,以间接ELISA法测定血清效价,测得抗血清的最佳工作浓度为1∶102 400.建立了常山酮在鸡肝脏和肌肉组织中检测的ELISA法,该方法在50、100、500 ng/g 的添加浓度水平下,在鸡肝脏和肌肉组织中测得的平均回收率范围分别为74.2%～96.8%和74.3%～90.0%,检测限分别为28和19 ng/g.     

Application of time-resolved fluorometry to immunoassays for bovine reproductive hormones

The principle of time‐resolved fluorometry with lanthanide chelates was established in the 1980s, but in the field of animal sciences it has not been widely applied to immunoassays. However, immunoassays that utilize time‐resolved fluorometry are possible alternatives to radioimmunoassays, since they can attain high sensitivity without safety risks. In this short review, we introduce the development of time‐resolved immunoassays for inhibin A, inhibin B and follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), and describe their application to the investigation of FSH regulation in male and female cattle. The results obtained using these newly developed immunoassays indicate that inhibin A acts as a feedback regulator for FSH secretion in female cattle, whereas inhibin A, and probably inhibin B, do so in male cattle.     

旋光法测定硫酸新霉素(饲料级)含量

本文采用旋光法测定硫酸新霉素(饲料级)含量,结果表明,硫酸新霉素浓度为1500～15000U/mL时,浓度与旋光度呈良好线性关系,相关系数r=0.9996(n=6)。与微生物法相比,旋光法具有简便、快速、易操作等优点。     

恒河猴血液细胞、生化和凝血功能正常参考指标的测定

测定分析人工饲养及在非麻醉(清醒)状态下108只健康成年恒河猴的血常规、血液生化及血小板和凝血功能正常值,并分析各项检测数据的性别差异。血常规测定值17项,其中,雌猴较雄猴极显著高(P<0·01)的项目为红细胞分布宽度(RDW)。血液生化测定值17项,其中,雌猴比雄猴显著低(P<0·05)的项目有丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT),显著高(P<0·05)的项目有碱性磷酸酶(ALP)。血小板和凝血功能测定值9项,其中,雌猴比雄猴明显高(P<0·05)的项目为活化部分凝血活酶时间(APTT),极显著高(P<0.01)的项目为凝血酶时间(TT)。建立了人工饲养条件下健康成年恒河猴的血常规、血液生化、血小板和凝血功能正常参考值指标,丰富和完善了恒河猴动物实验和疾病诊断中血液分析的基础知识。     

细胞因子的检测及其在鸡免疫抑制病中的应用

细胞因子的检测方法分免疫学检测法、分子生物学检测法和生物学活性检测法。感染鸡的多种病毒引起的免疫抑制与细胞因子的分泌水平和表达异常有关。因此,对细胞因子的检测为鸡病毒性免疫抑制病的发病机理和防制方法的研究提供了重要依据。