Preparation and comparison of biological properties of recombinant carp (Cyprinus carpio) growth hormone and its Cys-123 to Ala mutant

Carp growth hormone (cGH) cDNA, in which Cys-123 was mutated to Ala, was prepared, transferred to the expression vector, expressed in Escherichia coli and the mutant was purified to homogeneity. The mutation only slightly improved yield of the monomeric fraction, indicating that Cys-123 is not involved in improper refolding. As compared to cGH, the mutant (cGH-C123A) exhibited lower binding affinity toward homologous liver receptors and lower bioactivity in a 3T3-F442A preadipocyte bioassay despite the fact that both hormones exhibited almost identical cross-reactivity with anti-cGH antibodies. These results, along with those of a structural comparison to hGH, suggest that Cys-123 is located in the hydrophobic core of the hormone, and is most likely affecting the conformation of the binding site. Dimeric forms of the hormone and its mutant were less active than their respective monomers. Homologous binding experiments using a carp liver microsomal fraction revealed a single receptor population with Kd = 0.77 nM and B_max = 241 fmol/mg microsomal protein.

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Résumé Un ADN complémentaire (cDNA) de l'hormone de croissance de carpe (cGH), dans lequel l'acide aminé Cys-123 a été muté en Ala, a été préparé, inséré dans un vecteur d'expression, et exprimé dans Escherichia coli. Le mutant a ensuite été purifié jusqu'à homogénéité. La mutation améliore seulement faiblement la production de la fraction monomérique, indiquant que le Cys-123 n'est pas impliqué dans un repliement erroné. Comparé à la cGH, sa forme mutée (cGH-C123A) montre une plus faible affinité de liaison vis à vis de récepteurs hépatiques homologues, et une plus faible activité biologique dans un test réalisé sur des préadipocytes 3T3-F442A; cela en dépit du fait que les deux hormones présentent des réactions croisées presque identiques avec un anticorps anti-cGH polyclonale. Ces résultats, associés à une comparaison à la structure de l'hGH, suggèrent que le Cys-123 est localisé dans la partie hydrophobique de l'hormone, et affecte, le plus vraisemblablement, la conformation du site de liaison. Les formes dimériques de l'hormone et de sa forme mutée sont moins actives que leurs monomères respectifs. Les études de liaison homologue, réalisées avec des fractions microsomales de foie, révèlent une population unique de récepteurs de Kd = 0,77 nM et de B_max = 241 fmol/mg de proteine microsomale.

     

Control of ion transport by the sperm duct epithelium of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

The sperm duct epithelium of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), mountedin vitro in Ussing-style epithelial chambers actively absorbs Na⁺ (measured as the short-circuit current, I_sc) and secretes K⁺ (measured using⁸⁶Rb⁺ as tracer). Dibutyryl-cyclic-adenosine monophosphate (db-cAMP) and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IMX) produce a rapid, sustained stimulation of both ion transport processes, but the hormone connected to the response is unknown. Purified sockeye salmon CON A2 gonadotropin (GtH) produces a dose-dependent, rapid and sustained rise in Na⁺ uptake and K⁺ secretion. The time course, electrophysiological and transport characteristics are similar to those evoked by IMX. Carbohydrate-poor (chum salmon CON A1) GtH is ineffective. Pretreatment of fish with 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17α,20β-P) significantly increases milt volume but is without effect on resting or stimulated (IMX + db-cAMP) levels of sperm duct ion transport. This is the first indication of a direct, rapid action of GtH on ion transport by the vertebrate blood-testis barrier. The results suggest direct involvement of GtH in control of later stages of sperm maturation.     

草鱼出血病细胞培养灭活疫苗的研究——疫苗株的免疫原性及其有效免疫剂量的比较

本文比较了疫苗株FR—854和FR—836—w的免疫原性,及其对三寸左右草鱼种的有效免疫剂量。疫苗株FR—854和FR—836—w均有较强的免疫原性,其保护力可达70％以上。但试验结果初步证明,FR—854疫苗比FR—836—w疫苗免疫原性更强。经统计分析,FR—854疫苗的免疫保护力可达88.9±12.0(6)％,血清中和抗体效价为160.5±58.9(6);而FR-838-W疫苗分别只有71.3±14.2(6)％、88.3±26.2(6);二者有显著的差异(0.05>P>0.01)。注射免疫三寸左右的草鱼种,FR—854的免疫剂量在3—5×10~(4.5)TCID_(50)/尾左右,FR—836—w在3—5×10~(7.5)TCID_(50)/尾左右,其免疫保护力可达80％左右,同时我们测得ER—854的半数免疫量为10~(5.1)TCID_(50)/ml。     

海洋低温蛋白酶生产菌YS-9412-130原生质体的制备与再生

以海洋低温蛋白酶生产菌株YS-9412-130为研究对象，从传代、菌龄、溶菌酶浓度与酶解时间、甘氨酸与EDTA预处理以及稳定剂对该菌原生质体形成与再生的影响进行研究。结果表明，在相同条件下，第一代菌至第五代菌原生质体的形成率分别为86．9％、70．3％、66．8％、63．4％、60．2％，再生率分别为10．5％、18．6％、17．9％、18．2％、17．8％；取该菌对数生长前期、对数生长中后期、稳定期部分菌液制备原生质体，原生质体的形成率分别为72．1％、70．4％、60．5％，再生率为13．4％、18．9％、10．4％；溶菌酶浓度为2．5mg／mL、5mg／mL、10mg／mL、20mg／mL，酶解60min，原生质体的形成率分别为40．6％、70．8％、81．8％、95．6％，原生质体的再生率为19．0％、19．2％、19．0％、10．6％；使用10mg／mL溶菌酶酶解YS-9412-130菌30min、60min、90min、120min，原生质体的形成率分别为30．8％、81．3％、81．7％、82．9％，原生质体的再生率分别为19．2％、19．3％、16．9％、11．2％；在细菌培养液中添加终质量浓度为5mg／mL、10mg／mL、20mg／mL和40mg／mL的甘氨酸，培养该菌16h后制备原生质体，原生质体的形成率分别为81．0％、81．1％、90．3％、90．8％、90．6％，再生率为19．1％、19．0％、19．3％、12．0％、9．0％；EDTA对原生质体的形成稍有促进作用，但作用超过30min会影响原生质体的再生；分别以0．6mol／L Kcl、0．3mol／L KCl＋0．3mol／L蔗糖、0．6mol／L蔗糖作为稳定剂，原生质体的再生率分别为10．9％、19．6％、25．9％。结论认为，YS-9412-130原生质体制备的最佳条件为选用第2代YS-9412-130菌，在培养基中添加终质度浓度为10mg／mL的甘氨酸培养16h后，再将菌体置于含有0．05mol／LEDTA的高渗溶液中30℃预处理30min，用10mg／mL溶菌酶，30℃酶解60min，再用0．6mol／L蔗糖作为原生质体再生培养稳定剂，比较适合于YS-9412-130原生质体的制备与再生。这一试验结果将为通过原生质体技术对YS-9412-130菌进行遗传改良提供重要参数。     

Substrate concentration affects the in vitro metabolism of 17-hydroxyprogesterone by ovaries of the carp,Cyprinus carpio

Carp ovarian tissue was incubated with ³H-17-hydroxyprogesterone in the presence of 0, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 μg ml⁻¹ unlabeled 17-hydroxyprogesterone. The pattern of metabolites formed showed a marked variation with substrate concentration. Formation of glucuronide and sulphate conjugates was important only at low substrate concentration. At high substrate concentration (10 and 100 μg ml⁻¹) 17,20α-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one was the major metabolite, but at intermediate concentrations polar 7α-hydroxypregnanetetrols predominated. The results support the hypothesis that at low substrate concentrations conjugating, 5α-reducing and 7α-hydroxylating enzymes, of high activity but low capacity, act as scavengers to deactivate any steroids formed during the relatively low pituitary gonadotrophin secretions which are necessary for oocyte development, but that during the prespawning gonadotrophin surge when high levels of substrate are present these enzymes are saturated and 17,20α-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20αP) becomes the major ovarian steroid. The possible role of 17,20αP during oocyte final maturation requires further examination.     

Circulating levels and in vitro production of two maturation-inducing hormones in teleost: 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and 17α,20β,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, in a daily spawning wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus

The female bambooleaf wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus, spawns daily during the spawning season, and exhibits a diurnal rhythm of ovarian development. In the present study, we have investigated: (1) circulating levels of 17a, 20-dihydroxy-4-pregnen- 17,20-P) and 17,20,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20-S) in females sampled at different times of the day during spawning season in captivity, and (2) in vitro production of 17,20-P and 20-S by follicle-enclosed oocytes at seven different develo tal stages. In addition, we developed a microtiter plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for 17,20-P. Serum levels of 17,20-P and 20-S showed similar diurnal changes; substantial increases in these levels occurred around the time of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). In vitro experiments showed that massive production of 17,20-P and 20-S occurred in follicles collected just before or during GVBD. Further, acute decreases in 17,20-P and 20-S production were found in the ovarian follicles just prior to ovulation, suggesting inactivation of the maturation-inducing hormone (MIH). These results, taken together with our previous data on the occurrence of GVBD in vitro, suggest a role for both 17,20-P and 20b-S as MIHs in the bambooleaf wrasse.     

Total and free thyroid hormones in plasma of tropical marine teleost fish

Plasma levels of L-thyroxine (T₄) and 3,5,3-triiodo-L-thyronine (T₃) and the percentage of plasma T₄ and T₃ present in the free (dialyzable) form (%FT₄ and %FT₃) were measured in 16 species (11 families) of tropical marine teleosts from an inshore Barbados reef. Mean plasma T₄ varied from 0.2 ng/ml to 42 ng/ml; mean plasma T₃ varied from < 0.2 ng/ml to 50 ng/ml. The highest T₄ and T₃ levels were recorded in parrot-fish and the lowest levels in filefish. The %oFT₄ and %FT₃ varied from 0.05–3.41%. Estimated levels of plasma free T₄ and free T₃ levels ranged from 0.4–466 pg/ml. The extremely wide inter- and intra-species ranges in levels of free T₄ and T₃ do not support a previous suggestion, based on temperate freshwater salmonid species, that free T₄ and T₃ levels in fish may fall within a relatively range narrow comparable to that of homeothermic vertebrates.     

短短芽胞杆菌FJAT-0809-GLX几丁质酶基因(chiD)的克隆与原核表达

以短短芽胞杆菌FJAT-0809-GLX基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增得到几丁质酶基因chiD序列,再将chiD序列连接到pMD18-T克隆载体上,形成重组载体pMD18-T-chiD,转化大肠杆菌DH5ɑ并测序,经过核苷酸和氨基酸序列分析获得几丁质酶基因chiD的序列片段为1 524 bp,编码507个氨基酸,理论蛋白质分子量约54.55 ku,其等电点约为5.77,表明该几丁质酶为酸性几丁质酶。将重组质粒pMD18-T-chiD双酶切后与表达载体pET-28a连接,构建重组表达载体pET28a-chiD,并转入大肠杆菌BL21中进行IPTG诱导表达,结果表明:重组蛋白质的分子量约55 ku,与预测的蛋白分子量结果一致。为了提高重组蛋白的表达量,对培养时间、IPTG浓度和温度3个参数进行优化,并将表达产物进行SDS-PAGE分析,最后得出重组载体pET28a-chiD的最佳诱导表达参数分别为8 h、0.5 mmol/L和28℃。这为短短芽胞杆菌来源的几丁质酶的进一步研究奠定了良好基础。     

全周期种植模式胶园土壤养分和微生物量碳分布特性

通过监测传统胶园与全周期种植模式胶园土壤的养分差异,探讨全周期种植方式对胶园土壤养分的影响。结果表明,传统胶园内离树越近的位点,土壤养分含量和微生物量碳越低;除速效磷外,全周期胶园内离树越近的位点,土壤养分含量和微生物量碳越高。总体而言,全周期胶园土壤全氮、无机氮和微生物量碳低于传统胶园,但均没有达到显著差异,而其土壤有机质、速效磷和速效钾含量高于传统胶园,其中速效磷含量达显著差异(P＜0.05)。与传统胶园相比,全周期种植模式主要影响土壤养分和微生物量碳的分布特征,其中土壤速效磷和速效钾含量亦相对较高,其他指标变化较小。     

过量表达拟南芥GPX3基因提高玉米苗期抗旱性研究

通过农杆菌介导法将拟南芥抗旱基因AtGPX3导入玉米自交系郑58中,用PCR和RT-PCR法对转化玉米进行检测,在水分胁迫下对T₁代转基因玉米和非转基因玉米进行抗旱性分析。结果表明,共得到56株转化苗,检测获得9个株系的30株T₀代转基因阳性植株,抗性植株阳性率为53.6%。RT-PCR检测表明,T₁代有6个株系为稳定遗传阳性株系,并且AtGPX3基因在转基因玉米中表达量大幅度提高。耐旱性分析表明,非胁迫条件下,非转基因和转基因株系中游离脯氨酸（Pro）和丙二醛（MDA）的含量基本无显著差异。在干旱胁迫条件下,转基因玉米叶片的Pro含量高于非转基因玉米,比非转基因株系提高了46.2%;MDA含量低于非转基因玉米,比非转基因玉米下降了34%。通过导入AtGPX3基因,可以提高玉米苗期的耐旱性。