Protective effect of progesterone on PC12 cells injured by oxygen-glucose deprivation

AIM: To investigate the effects of progesterone on the cell viability and expression of glucose transporter type 3(GLUT3) in PC12 cells injured by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in attempt to prove the neuroprotection of progesterone (PROG) against the hypoxic-ischemic injury in cultured cells in vitro. METHODS: Well-differentiated PC12 cells induced by nerve growth factor were randomly divided into 3 groups. In normal group, the cells were cultured without OGD treatment. In OGD group, the culture medium was replaced by glucose-free medium and the cells were transferred to a humidified incubation chamber flushed by a gas mixture of 95% N₂ and 5% CO₂ for 30 min. After that, the cells were fed with glucose-supplemented medium and cultured under normoxic condition for 24 h. In PROG+OGD group, the cells were given the same treatments as those in OGD group except that the medium contained progesterone at concentration of 10 nmol/L. Cellular morphological changes were observed after OGD for 30 min. The cell viability was assessed by WST-8 assay. The degree of the cell damage was evaluated by determining lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage. The expression of GLUT3 at mRNA and protein levels was examined by RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS: Progesterone attenuated the cellular swelling, decreased the leakage of LDH and improved the viability of PC12 cells injured by OGD (P<0.01). The expression of GLUT3 at mRNA and protein levels in PC12 cells in PROG+OGD group was significantly higher than that in OGD group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Progesterone has protective effect on in vitro cultured PC12 cells injured by OGD. The mechanism may be related to the up-regulation of GLUT3 protein.     

奶牛S100A12基因克隆、原核表达及体外抗菌活性分析

克隆奶牛S100A12基因并在大肠杆菌中高效表达.采用RT-PCR扩增奶牛外周血白细胞中S100A12基因,构建原核表达载体pCold TF-S100A12,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中IPTG诱导表达并纯化.SDS-PAGE和Westernblotting分析显示S100A12基因以融合蛋白形式表达,表达量占菌体总蛋白的46.7％,纯化的重组蛋白(80 mg/L).琼脂扩散法测定重组蛋白对乳腺炎主要致病菌大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌活性.结果显示:重组蛋白对大肠杆菌有抗菌活性,而对金黄色葡萄球菌无抗菌活性.本研究为S100A12蛋白抗体制备及基因功能研究奠定了基础.     

添加V_(B_(12))、V_E、V_C对无角道塞特绵羊精液冷冻效果的影响

探讨在无角道塞特绵羊冷冻精液稀释液中添加VB12、VE、VC对精子冷冻品质的影响。在无角道塞特绵羊冷冻精液稀释液中添加不同质量浓度的VB12、VE、VC制作细管冻精,解冻后观察精子的成活率和顶体完整率等指标。结果显示,VB12添加0.003 g/L时能够显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.05)和精子顶体完整率(P0.05);VE添加2.5 g/L时,能够极显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.01)和顶体完整率(P0.01);VC的添加4.4 g/L时能够显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.05),但对冷冻后精子的顶体完整率无影响。在稀释液中添加VB12、VE和VC能使解冻后精子品质得到提高。VE添加后能够极显著提高冷冻精子的顶体完整率,应该优先考虑添加。     

刚果12号桉对4种豆科植物的化感作用

采用室内生物检测的方法研究了刚果12号桉叶片自然释放的挥发性物质、叶片水抽提物、叶片经水蒸气蒸馏所得的桉油、含挥发性水溶性物质的冷凝水和含水溶性非挥发性物质的渣汁3个组分以及桉树根际土壤水浸液对绿豆、大豆、柱花草与大翼豆4种受体植物的化感活性。结果表明：刚果12号桉叶片释放的挥发性物质对4种受体植物种子的萌发有强烈的抑制作用：桉叶水抽提物与根际土壤水浸液对绿豆、大豆、柱花草与大翼豆4种受体植物种子萌发与幼苗生长不但有一定抑制作用，而且土壤水浸液对绿豆、大豆和柱花草幼苗的根生长还有不同程度的促进作用，处理分别比对照高出13％、2％、23％。从桉油、冷凝水与渣汁3个组分的化感活性来看，渣汁的最强，桉油次之，冷凝水最低，即单位叶片中水溶性物质的化感活性比挥发性的高。这表明水溶性化感活性物质可能是刚果12号桉的主要化感作用物质。     

Anti-Inflammatory Components of the Starfish Astropecten polyacanthus

Inflammation is important in biomedical research, because it plays a key role in inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, allergies, asthma, and even cancer. In the present study, we describe the inhibitory effect of crude extracts and steroids isolated from the starfish Astropecten polyacanthus on pro-inflammatory cytokine (Interleukin-12 (IL-12) p40, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α)) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs). Among those tested, compounds 5 and 7 showed potent inhibitory effects on the production of all three pro-inflammatory cytokines with IC₅₀ values ranging from 1.82 ± 0.11 to 7.00 ± 0.16 μM. Potent inhibitory activities were also observed for compound 1 on the production of IL-12 p40 and IL-6 with values of 3.96 ± 0.12 and 4.07 ± 0.13 μM, respectively, and for compounds 3 and 4 on the production of IL-12 p40 with values of 6.55 ± 0.18 and 5.06 ± 0.16 μM, respectively. Moreover, compounds 2 (IC₅₀ = 34.86 ± 0.31 μM) and 6 (IC₅₀ = 79.05 ± 2.05 μM) exhibited moderate inhibitory effects on the production of IL-12 p40, whereas compounds 3 (IC₅₀ = 22.80 ± 0.21 μM) and 4 (IC₅₀ = 16.73 ± 0.25 μM) moderately inhibited the production of TNF-α and IL-6, respectively.     

马铃薯新品种天薯12 号的选育

天薯12号是以品系天97-8-98为母本,庄薯3号为父本杂交选育而成的马铃薯新品种。从出苗至块茎成熟126 d（ 天）
左右,属晚熟品种。薯块椭圆形,黄皮黄肉,芽眼浅而紫。单株结薯4.1 个,平均单薯质量105 g,大中薯率87.4%。每667 m²
产量在1 500 kg 以上,适于甘肃天水、临夏、定西、平凉、陇南等地种植。     

猪CFL2b/荧光蛋白融合基因在小鼠成肌细胞中的表达与定位

[目的]了解猪CFL2b基因在成肌细胞中的表达与定位。[方法]用RT-PCR方法扩增得到猪CFL2b基因,连接到T载体上,双酶切后通过定向克隆将其与真核表达载体pEGFP-N1的绿色荧光蛋白基因融合,构建CFL2b-荧光蛋白融合基因表达载体。然后经真核表达质粒-脂质体介导,导入C2C12细胞系。[结果]荧光显微镜观察显示:在空白载体pEGFP-N1转染的C2C12细胞中荧光布满整个细胞,而在转染阳性载体pEGFP-N1-CFL2b的C2C12细胞中荧光主要聚集在细胞质的肌动蛋白丝。表明转染的C2C12细胞系能够高效表达猪CFL2b蛋白,猪CFL2b基因表达的蛋白定位于细胞质中。[结论]该研究为CFL2b基因的功能及该基因与猪肉质性状的相关性的研究奠定了基础。     

Cytokine response in Balb/c mice infected with Francisella tularensis LVS and the Pohang isolate

We investigated the immune response induced by the Francisella (F.) tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS) and the Pohang isolate. After the Balb/c mice were infected intradermally (i.d) with 2 × 10⁴ cfu of F. tularensis LVS and Pohang, respectively, their blood and organs were collected at different times; 0, 3, 6, 24, 72, 96, 120 and 168 h after infection. Using these samples, RT-PCR and ELISA analysis were carried out for the comparative study of the cytokines, including TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IL-12. In the Pohang-infected mice at 120 h, the liver showed a 53 times higher level of TNF-α and a 42 times higher level of IFN-γ than the respective levels at the early time points after infection. The levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ induced by LVS were 5 times lower than those induced by the Pohang isolate. Also, the organs from the Pohang-infected mice showed higher levels of TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-12 than the levels in the LVS-infected mice. The blood from the Pohang-infected mice at 120 h revealed about a 40 times increased level of IFN-γ, and IL-10 was also increased by 4 times at 96 h compared to an early infection time point, while IL-4 was not induced during the whole infection period. These results suggest that F. tularensis may induce a Th1-mediated immune response to in vivo infection and the Pohang isolate has a higher capacity than the LVS to induce an acute immune response in Blab/c mice.     

水稻甬优12产量13.5t hm~(–2)以上超高产群体的生育特征

以籼粳交超级稻甬优12为试材、四叶一心期带蘖小苗移栽,超稀植(12.45×104穴hm–2)栽培,对高产(10.5~12.0 t hm–2)、更高产(12.0~13.5 t hm–2)、超高产(13.5 t hm–2)3个产量群体的产量及其结构、茎蘖动态、叶面积动态及干物质的积累与运转等进行了系统比较研究。结果表明,产量由高产(10.5~12.0 t hm–2)到更高产(12.0~13.5 t hm–2)再到超高产(13.5 t hm–2),群体的颖花量不断提高,结实率和千粒重略微下降。与高产和更高产群体相比,超高产群体茎蘖数起点较高,在有效分蘖临界叶龄期及时够苗,至拔节期群体茎蘖数稳步增长,达高峰苗,此后群体茎蘖数平缓下降,成穗率近60%;群体叶面积指数生育前期较小,最大值出现在孕穗期,为9.17,此后平缓下降,成熟期在4.0以上;群体干物质积累量在拔节期略低,此后各生育时期均升高,抽穗期为14.38 t hm–2,抽穗至成熟期为9.73 t hm–2,成熟期为24.11 t hm–2;群体根系干重、根冠比及单茎伤流强度在后期(抽穗至成熟期)均较高。