外源抗坏血酸与谷胱甘肽对打顶后烟草氧化 还原平衡及烟碱的影响

烟碱含量偏高是我国烤烟的现状。如何有效降低烟叶烟碱含量,提高烤烟工业可用性是烟叶生产中的一个难题。根据烟草打顶导致烟碱含量急剧上升和机械损伤造成细胞氧化迸发的的现象,本试验从打顶创伤引起的一系列生理变化入手,采取打顶后在伤口涂抹抗氧化剂抗坏血酸+谷胱甘肽(As A+GSH)和抗坏血酸(As A)两种方法来抑制活性氧含量的上升,探究茉莉酸刺激烟碱含量上升和活性氧含量之间的关系,并比较两种方法在抑制活性氧及烟碱上升的效果。结果发现,涂抹As A+GSH和As A处理对烟草叶片超氧阴离子、过氧化氢、丙二醛的上升有抑制效果,过氧化氢降解速度慢于超氧阴离子,在烟草内有积累现象。涂抹As A+GSH和As A处理在打顶6 h时茉莉酸含量低于常规打顶,对茉莉酸的产生有抑制效果。其中处理96 h后,打顶后涂抹As A+GSH的处理叶片烟碱含量比常规打顶低21.5%,打顶后涂抹As A的处理叶片烟碱含量比常规打顶低17.5%。且各检测指标之间存在显著或极显著的相关性。另外,打顶后24 h,各处理的活性氧含量回到对照(不打顶)的水平。试验表明,抗氧化型物质(As A+GSH)涂抹打顶后烟草的伤口能有效抑制活性氧、茉莉酸和烟碱含量的上升,且活性氧、茉莉酸、烟碱之间存在着密切联系。As A+GSH比As A有更强的抗氧化性,能更好地抑制打顶后烟碱的上升。     

Ontogeny of glutathione and glutathione-related antioxidant enzymes in rat liver

We conducted a comprehensive characterization of the ontogeny of glutathione (GSH) and its related enzymes in rat liver. GSH content and activities of glutathione reductase (GR), cytosolic glutathione-S-transferases (GST), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were determined in male rat livers (n = 4) at different developmental stages. Our results indicate total hepatic GSH content and GR, GST, and GPx activity were low in the perinatal period. GSH content remained relatively constant throughout postnatal development, but GR, GST, and GPx activity underwent significant increases to attain adult levels by late post-weaning. Whether the ontogenic pattern of GSH and its related enzymes explain, in part, the altered susceptibility of neonates to some toxicants requires further investigation. Our study provides fundamental biological information on the ontogeny of cytosolic antioxidant/detoxification enzymes in a relevant toxicological risk assessment species. Additional studies are needed to fully characterize the ontogeny of other xenobiotic detoxification enzymes to further promote the rat as a developmental toxicology model that can identify toxicokinetic reasons for differences in susceptibility to toxicity between the neonate and adult.     

Glutathione, Cysteine, and Ascorbate Concentrations in Clinically Ill Dogs and Cats

Background: Oxidative stress plays a role in the pathogenesis of many systemic diseases. Hospitalized human patients are glutathione, cysteine, and ascorbate deficient, and antioxidant depletion has been correlated with poor clinical outcome. To date little is known about antioxidant concentrations in hospitalized veterinary patients. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ascorbate, cysteine, or glutathione depletion is present in ill dogs and cats compared with healthy controls.
Hypothesis: Clinically ill dogs and cats would be antioxidant depleted, and depletion would correlate with illness severity and clinical outcome.
Animals: Clinically ill client-owned dogs (n = 61) and cats (n = 37), healthy control dogs (n = 37) and cats (n = 33).
Methods: Prospective, observational, case control study. Erythrocyte reduced glutathione, plasma cysteine, and plasma ascorbate were quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography.
Results: Clinically ill dogs had significantly lower erythrocyte glutathione concentrations (1.22 mM, range 0.55–3.61) compared with controls (1.91 mM, range 0.87–3.51; P = .0004), and glutathione depletion correlated with both illness severity ( P = .038) and mortality ( P = .010). Cats had higher ascorbate concentrations when ill (10.65 μM, range 1.13–25.26) compared with controls (3.68 μM, range 0.36–13.57; P = .0009).
Conclusions and Clinical Importance: Clinically ill dogs had decreased erythrocyte glutathione concentrations, which could be a marker of illness severity and prognostic of a poor outcome. Clinically ill cats had an unexpectedly high plasma ascorbate, which could represent a unique species response to oxidative stress.     

东方田鼠组织与血清中抗日本血吸虫相关蛋白的分离与筛选

本试验以兔、牛、人及感染日本血吸虫后小鼠血清蛋白为对照,分别提取东方田鼠和小鼠的心脏、肝脏、脾脏、肺脏、肾脏、肌肉、皮肤、骨髓和脑组织蛋白,进行聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,综合比较和筛选东方田鼠组织及血清中潜在的抗日本血吸虫相关蛋白组分。结果表明,随着感染日龄的增加,小鼠在感染日本血吸虫后12和45 d,其血清中85 ku附近蛋白质条带较东方田鼠表达量明显上调,且有继续升高的趋势;东方田鼠肝脏及血清中150 ku组分蛋白电泳条带与其他动物相同组织中相应蛋白质在表达量存在显著差异,蛋白质表达丰度高,该蛋白质组分可能与东方田鼠抗日本血吸虫作用相关。     

The pyrethroid resistance status and mechanisms in Aedes aegypti from the Guerrero state,Mexico

Dengue is one of the most important vector-borne diseases worldwide and is a public health problem in Mexico. Most programs in dengue endemic countries rely on insecticides for Aedes control. In Mexico, pyrethroid insecticides (mainly permethrin and deltamethrin) have been extensively used over a decade as adulticides and represented a strong selection for insecticide resistance for dengue vectors in several parts of the country. We studied the type, frequency and distribution of insecticide resistance mechanisms in Aedes aegypti from six municipalities in the state of Guerrero selected on the basis of historically intense chemical control and a high risk for dengue transmission. Ae. aegypti eggs were collected from October 2009 to January 2010 using ovitraps. F₁ adults, emerged from these collections, were exposed to permethrin, deltamethrin and DDT in WHO diagnostic tests and showed high resistance levels to both pyrethroids and DDT. This was consistent with the presence of increased metabolic enzyme activities and target site insensitivity due to kdr mutations. Biochemical assays showed elevated esterase and glutathione S-transferase activities in the six municipalities. The V1016I kdr mutation on the IIS6 domain of the sodium channel gene was present in an overall frequency of 0.80. A second mutation, F1534C on the IIIS6 domain of the same gene was also detected, being the first report of this mutation in Guerrero. The multiple resistance mechanisms present in Ae. aegypti from Guerrero state represent a warning for the efficacy of the pyrethroid usage and consequently for the success of the dengue control program.     

SO2对家蚕血淋巴中谷胱甘肽含量及相关酶活性的影响

通过分析在SO2胁迫下家蚕5龄幼虫血淋巴中谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量及相关酶活性的变化,探讨SO2对家蚕的毒理作用机制。当对家蚕5龄幼虫每天以40 mg/m3SO2熏气刺激6 h,蚕体血淋巴中的GSH含量显著降低,雄蚕GSH的平均含量为49.8μmol/L,雌蚕为41.0μmol/L,分别为对照的73.80%和55.76%,而谷胱甘肽硫-转移酶(GST)活性显著升高,雄蚕GST的平均活性为31.86 U/L,雌蚕为31.80 U/L,分别高于对照46.15%和27.30%。与此同时,γ-谷氨酰转肽酶(γ-GT)活性在蚕体中也有不同程度的升高,其中在雄蚕体内的变化极为显著;谷胱甘肽过氧化酶(GSH-Px)和谷胱甘肽合成酶系的活性在蚕体内均无显著变化。以上结果表明:SO2刺激可对家蚕血淋巴中的GSH含量及其相关酶的活性产生影响,且雌、雄蚕对SO2的敏感性不同;GSH含量的减少及其相关酶活性的上升,说明SO2对蚕体的毒害作用与其降低蚕体抗氧化物质水平、削弱抗氧化防御系统有关。     

编码日本血吸虫CIAPIN1 cDNA的克隆及其重组蛋白的原核表达

本研究利用生物信息学并结合分子生物学实验对日本血吸虫细胞因子诱导凋亡因子CIAPIN1（cytokine induced apoptosis inhibitor 1）基因进行了初步研究。研究表明日本血吸虫存在CIAPIN1同源基因,将其命名为SjCIAPIN1,SjCIAPIN1基因已知cDNA长1143 bp,包括完整的CDS,编码276个氨基酸,预测分子量为30.55863 kDa。通过原核表达系统对该蛋白进行了重组表达和纯化,并制备了多克隆抗体制备。Western blot分析表明,本研究制备的多克隆抗体能与SjCIAPIN1重组蛋白特异识别。     

日本血吸虫基因重组抗原rSj06868对小鼠的免疫保护效果

为克隆、表达日本血吸虫假想蛋白SJCHGC068068编码基因（暂命名为Sj06868）并观察重组抗原的免疫预防效果。应用PCR技术从日本血吸虫7 d童虫、14 d童虫mRNA反转录制备的cDNA中克隆到Sj06868基因的46-438 bp DNA片段,BLASTn分析未发现其他物种中的同源性序列,也未发现其保守序列和相关功能结构域。以pET32a为表达载体、Sj06868基因在大肠杆菌Rosetta（DE3）中获得高效表达,表达产物rSj068068分子量为36 kDa,能被感染血吸虫14 d兔血清识别。将纯化的重组抗原与佐剂ESSAI ISA 206 CELL混合后免疫BALB/c小鼠,与佐剂对照组和PBS对照组相比,分别获得了31.63%、29.19%减虫率以及55.63%、56.27%肝脏虫卵减少率。用ELISA检测各组血清中抗rSj068068特异性抗体结果显示,免疫组在攻击感染前、佐剂对照组和PBS对照组在感染后均产生了较高水平的特异性抗体。本研究结果说明,Sj068068是日本血吸虫特有的童虫期高表达基因,rSj068068在抗血吸虫疫苗和血吸虫感染的诊断方面均有潜在应用价值。