BACKGROUND： Previous studies have shown that p75 neurotrophin receptor plays an important role in peripheral nerve injury. However, the role of p75 neurotrophin receptor in the regeneration of peripheral nerves remai...BACKGROUND： Previous studies have shown that p75 neurotrophin receptor plays an important role in peripheral nerve injury. However, the role of p75 neurotrophin receptor in the regeneration of peripheral nerves remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE： To study the effect of p75 neurotrophin receptor on facial nerve regeneration. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： A randomized controlled experiment was performed in the Regeneration Laboratory of Flinders University, Australia and the Biomedical Laboratory of Dentistry School, Shandong University from March 2005 to February 2006. MATERIALS： Cholera toxin B subunit, fast blue, and biotin rabbit-anti goat IgG were provided by Sigma, USA; goat-anti choleratoxin B subunit ant/body was provided by List Biologicals, USA. METHODS： In p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout and wild type 129/sv mice, the facial nerves on one side were crushed. At days 2 and 4 following injury, regenerating motor neurons in the facial nuclei were labeled by fast blue, and the regenerating axon was labeled by the anterograde tracer choleratoxin B subunit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Axonal regenerative velocity and number were detected by immunohistochemical staining of choleratoxin B subunit, growth-associated protein, protein gene product 9.5, and calcitonin-gene-related peptide; survival of motor neurons in the facial nuclei was detected by retrograde fast blue. RESULTS： Axonal growth in the facial nerve of p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice was significantly less than in wild type mice. At day 7 after injury, the number of regenerating motor neurons in p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice remained significantly less than in wild type mice （P 〈 0.05）. The number of positively stained fibers for growth-associated protein-43, protein gene product 9.5, and calcitonin-gene-related peptide in p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice was significantly less than in wild type mice （P 〈 0.01）. CONCLUSION： p75 neurotrophin receptor promoted axonal regeneration and enhanced the survival rate of motor neurons following facial nerve injury.展开更多
The cloning in E. coli of a cholerae toxin gene that is A^-B^+ has been successfully constructed by using DNA recombinant techniques. E. coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid pMM-CTB have been shown to produce a...The cloning in E. coli of a cholerae toxin gene that is A^-B^+ has been successfully constructed by using DNA recombinant techniques. E. coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid pMM-CTB have been shown to produce a large amount of CTB subunits which are secreted as extracellular proteins.展开更多
目的构建霍乱弧菌肠毒素B亚单位(Cholera toxin B subunit,CTB)基因的大肠杆菌表达重组质粒,并观察其在大肠杆菌和双歧杆菌中的表达。方法从pBI121质粒PCR扩增获得CTB基因片断,克隆到大肠杆菌载体pGEX-4T-1上,构建重组质粒,然后转化大...目的构建霍乱弧菌肠毒素B亚单位(Cholera toxin B subunit,CTB)基因的大肠杆菌表达重组质粒,并观察其在大肠杆菌和双歧杆菌中的表达。方法从pBI121质粒PCR扩增获得CTB基因片断,克隆到大肠杆菌载体pGEX-4T-1上,构建重组质粒,然后转化大肠杆菌DH5α和双歧杆菌。转化菌经IPTG诱导,然后用SDS-PAGE和Western blot方法鉴定表达的重组蛋白。结果构建了重组质粒pGEX-4T-CTB,CTB基因片段分子量约为376bp;在大肠杆菌中表达出35kD的霍乱弧菌B亚单位融合蛋白,经SDS-PAGE分析,相对分子量与文献相符,表达的蛋白约占细菌总蛋白的10%;在双岐杆菌中也能得到正确表达,表达量较大肠杆菌低,占细菌总蛋白约5%。Western blotting结果确认了该条带为CTB基因的产物。结论构建的重组质粒pGEX-4T-CTB能够在大肠杆菌及双歧杆菌中获得表达。展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,No. Y2008C54
文摘BACKGROUND： Previous studies have shown that p75 neurotrophin receptor plays an important role in peripheral nerve injury. However, the role of p75 neurotrophin receptor in the regeneration of peripheral nerves remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE： To study the effect of p75 neurotrophin receptor on facial nerve regeneration. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： A randomized controlled experiment was performed in the Regeneration Laboratory of Flinders University, Australia and the Biomedical Laboratory of Dentistry School, Shandong University from March 2005 to February 2006. MATERIALS： Cholera toxin B subunit, fast blue, and biotin rabbit-anti goat IgG were provided by Sigma, USA; goat-anti choleratoxin B subunit ant/body was provided by List Biologicals, USA. METHODS： In p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout and wild type 129/sv mice, the facial nerves on one side were crushed. At days 2 and 4 following injury, regenerating motor neurons in the facial nuclei were labeled by fast blue, and the regenerating axon was labeled by the anterograde tracer choleratoxin B subunit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Axonal regenerative velocity and number were detected by immunohistochemical staining of choleratoxin B subunit, growth-associated protein, protein gene product 9.5, and calcitonin-gene-related peptide; survival of motor neurons in the facial nuclei was detected by retrograde fast blue. RESULTS： Axonal growth in the facial nerve of p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice was significantly less than in wild type mice. At day 7 after injury, the number of regenerating motor neurons in p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice remained significantly less than in wild type mice （P 〈 0.05）. The number of positively stained fibers for growth-associated protein-43, protein gene product 9.5, and calcitonin-gene-related peptide in p75 neurotrophin receptor knockout mice was significantly less than in wild type mice （P 〈 0.01）. CONCLUSION： p75 neurotrophin receptor promoted axonal regeneration and enhanced the survival rate of motor neurons following facial nerve injury.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The cloning in E. coli of a cholerae toxin gene that is A^-B^+ has been successfully constructed by using DNA recombinant techniques. E. coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid pMM-CTB have been shown to produce a large amount of CTB subunits which are secreted as extracellular proteins.
