This study investigated the protective effects of ampelopsin on H2O2-induced oxidative injury in porcine kidney epithelial cell line, PK-15; cells were pretreated with medium containing 0, 15, 30, and 60 ug mL-1 ampe...This study investigated the protective effects of ampelopsin on H2O2-induced oxidative injury in porcine kidney epithelial cell line, PK-15; cells were pretreated with medium containing 0, 15, 30, and 60 ug mL-1 ampelopsin, respectively, for 1 h prior to the addition of 100 umol L-1 H2O2. After 2 h, the cell viability, intracellular superoxide dismutase （SOD） and glutathione peroxidase （GSH-Px） activity, cellular malondialdehyde （MDA） content, and DNA strand breakage were determined. Results showed that ampelopsin pretreatment did not modify the SOD and GSH-Px inactivation but significantly decreased MDA production; except for the medium dose （30 ug mL-1）, all the tested concentrations of ampelopsin did not significantly inhibit cell viability reduction and gave no influence on DNA damage. The results suggested that all the tested doses of ampelopsin pretreatment before H2O2 addition can protect PK-15 cell from H2O2-induced lipid peroxidation, which might not be mediated by the SOD and GSH-Px responsees. The appropriate dose of ampelopsin pretreatment prevents PK-15 cell from DNA damage and cell viability reduction.展开更多
A novel agent (hence termed as P2) was isolated from pig sera in China, which contained covalently bound circular genomic DNAs of 993 nucleotides. Sequence analyses indicated that the agent was closely related to the ...A novel agent (hence termed as P2) was isolated from pig sera in China, which contained covalently bound circular genomic DNAs of 993 nucleotides. Sequence analyses indicated that the agent was closely related to the porcine circovirus (PCV). The molecular clone of P2 was constructed subsequently and used for the following studies. Intracytoplasmic inclusions and intranuclear inclusions were only found in PK-15 cells transfected with the tandem dimer of P2 molecular DNA clone. Intracytoplasmic inclusions were round or irregular in shape and 0.1-0.4 μm in diameter, and intranuclear inclusions were electronically denser than intracytoplasmic inclusions and had two general shapes: round/small (0.1 μm in diameter) and hexagonal/large (0.5―1.4 μm in diameter). The inclusions were not membranously bound. The cells transfected with the tandem dimer of P2 molecular DNA clone were tested positive for P2 DNA at passages 5. The P2 antigen could be detected in both transfected and passaged PK-15 cells. This is the first report regarding the complete nucleotide sequence of a small DNA genome in a circovirus-like infectious agent in vitro.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Re-search Program of China (2004CB117507)supportprovided by the Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 11th Five-Year Plan period(2006BAD14B02-8)
文摘This study investigated the protective effects of ampelopsin on H2O2-induced oxidative injury in porcine kidney epithelial cell line, PK-15; cells were pretreated with medium containing 0, 15, 30, and 60 ug mL-1 ampelopsin, respectively, for 1 h prior to the addition of 100 umol L-1 H2O2. After 2 h, the cell viability, intracellular superoxide dismutase （SOD） and glutathione peroxidase （GSH-Px） activity, cellular malondialdehyde （MDA） content, and DNA strand breakage were determined. Results showed that ampelopsin pretreatment did not modify the SOD and GSH-Px inactivation but significantly decreased MDA production; except for the medium dose （30 ug mL-1）, all the tested concentrations of ampelopsin did not significantly inhibit cell viability reduction and gave no influence on DNA damage. The results suggested that all the tested doses of ampelopsin pretreatment before H2O2 addition can protect PK-15 cell from H2O2-induced lipid peroxidation, which might not be mediated by the SOD and GSH-Px responsees. The appropriate dose of ampelopsin pretreatment prevents PK-15 cell from DNA damage and cell viability reduction.
基金the State Key Basic Research Project (973 project) of China (Grant No. 2007CB116308)Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. 5910602)Postdoctoral Funds of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (Grant No. 6510501)
文摘A novel agent (hence termed as P2) was isolated from pig sera in China, which contained covalently bound circular genomic DNAs of 993 nucleotides. Sequence analyses indicated that the agent was closely related to the porcine circovirus (PCV). The molecular clone of P2 was constructed subsequently and used for the following studies. Intracytoplasmic inclusions and intranuclear inclusions were only found in PK-15 cells transfected with the tandem dimer of P2 molecular DNA clone. Intracytoplasmic inclusions were round or irregular in shape and 0.1-0.4 μm in diameter, and intranuclear inclusions were electronically denser than intracytoplasmic inclusions and had two general shapes: round/small (0.1 μm in diameter) and hexagonal/large (0.5―1.4 μm in diameter). The inclusions were not membranously bound. The cells transfected with the tandem dimer of P2 molecular DNA clone were tested positive for P2 DNA at passages 5. The P2 antigen could be detected in both transfected and passaged PK-15 cells. This is the first report regarding the complete nucleotide sequence of a small DNA genome in a circovirus-like infectious agent in vitro.
