Establishment of an artificial β-cell line expressing insulin under the control of doxycycline

AIM: Artificial beta-cell lines may offer an abundant source of cells for the treatment of type I diabetes, but insulin secretion in beta-cells is tightly regulated in physiological conditions. The Tet-On system is a "gene switch" system, which can induce gene expression by administration of tetracycline (Tet) derivatives such as doxcycline (Dox). Using this system, we established 293 cells to an artificial cell line secreting insulin in response to stimulation by Dox. METHODS: The mutated proinsulin cDNA was obtained from plasmid pcDNA3.1/C-mINS by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and was inserted downstream from the promoter on the expression vector pTRE2, to construct a recombined expression vector pTRE2mINS. The promoter on pTRE2 consists of the tetracycline-response element and the CMV minimal promoter and is thus activated by the reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator (rtTA) when Dox is administrated. pTRE2mINS and plasmid pTK-Hyg encoding hygromycin were co-transfected in the tet293 cells, which express rtTA stably. Following hygromycin screening, the survived cells expressing insulin were selected and enriched. Dox was used to control the expression of insulin in these cells. At the levels of mRNA and protein, the regulating effect of Dox in culture medium on the expression of proinsulin gene was estimated respectively with Northern blot, RT-PCR, and radioimmunoassay. RESULTS: From the 28 hygromycin-resistant cell strains, we selected one cell strain (tet293/Ins6) secreting insulin not only automatically, but in response to stimulation by Dox. The amount on insulin secretion was dependent on the Dox dose (0,10,100,200,400,800 and 1000 microg.L(-1)), the level of insulin secreted by the cells treated with Dox (1000 microg.L(-1)) was 241.0pU.d(-1).cell(-1) , which was 25-fold that of 9.7pU.d(-1).cell(-1) without Dox treatment. Northern blot analyses and RT-PCR further confirmed that the transcription of insulin gene had already been up-regulated after exposing tet293/Ins6 cells to Dox for 15 minutes, and was also induced in a dose-dependent manner. However, the concentration of insulin in the media did not increase significantly until 5 hours following the addition of Dox. CONCLUSION: Human proinsulin gene was transfected successfully and expressed efficiently in 293 cells, and the expression was modulated by tetracycline and its derivatives, improving the accuracy, safety, and reliability of gene therapy, suggesting that conditional establishment of artificial beta-cells may be a useful approach to develop cellular therapy for diabetes mellitus.

Tomato expressing Arabidopsis glutaredoxin gene AtGRXS17 confers tolerance to chilling stress via modulating cold responsive components

Chilling stress is a production constraint of tomato,a tropical origin,chilling-sensitive horticultural crop.The development of chilling tolerant tomato thus has significant potential to impact tomato production.Glutaredoxins(GRXs)are ubiquitous oxidoreductases,which utilize the reducing power of glutathione to reduce disulfide bonds of substrate proteins and maintain cellular redox homeostasis.Here,we report that tomato expressing Arabidopsis GRX gene AtGRXS17 conferred tolerance to chilling stress without adverse effects on growth and development.AtGRXS17-expressing tomato plants displayed lower ion leakage,higher maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II(Fv/Fm)and increased accumulation of soluble sugar compared with wild-type plants after the chilling stress challenge.Furthermore,chilling tolerance was correlated with increased antioxidant enzyme activities and reduced H2O2 accumulation.At the same time,temporal expression patterns of the endogenous C-repeat/DRE-binding factor 1(SlCBF1)and CBF mediated-cold regulated genes were not altered in AtGRXS17-expressing plants when compared with wild-type plants,and proline concentrations remained unchanged relative to wild-type plants under chilling stress.Green fluorescent protein-AtGRXS17 fusion proteins,which were initially localized in the cytoplasm,migrated into the nucleus during chilling stress,reflecting a possible role of AtGRXS17 in nuclear signaling of chilling stress responses.Together,our findings demonstrate that genetically engineered tomato plants expressing AtGRXS17 can enhance chilling tolerance and suggest a genetic engineering strategy to improve chilling tolerance without yield penalty across different crop species.

Advances in the Regulation of RpoS Protein Expression and Its Function in Bacteria

RpoS protein is a σ factor of RNA polymerase that can control the expression of a group-specific gene, thus playing a vital role in bacteria. In bacteria, RpoS expression is under strict control and is mainly regulated at three levels： transcription level, translation level and post-translational level. Environmental stress enters bacterial cells through signal transduction and leads to a series of variations in microenvironment, thereby causing changes of regulator and controlling its levels based on the direct and indirect interaction between regulator and RpoS protein. In addition, RpoS protein has played special roles in bacteria, therefore the changes of RpoS protein levels will lead to variations in expression levels of a large number of genes, thereby causing variations of bacterial response to different environmental stress and changes of certain characteristics of bacteria, which provides a new strategy for the control of bacterial diseases in the future. This paper reviewed the recent progress on the regulation of RpoS protein expression and its function in several common bacteria. Due to the functional complexity of RpoS protein, there are still a lot of unknown functions to be further identified.

基于APM Express的网络教学平台的设计与实现

Internet技术的广泛应用和Web技术的不断发展,对传统的教学方式产生了深远的影响。基于网络的教学平台成为当今计算机应用的一个热点,利用APM Express开发组件,采用B/S体系结构搭建一个网络教学平台,详细描述了系统的功能、设计和实现,体现了网络教学平台的开放性、交互性和自主性等特点。

ω-转氨酶的筛选和异源表达用于制备S-甲氧基异丙胺

根据转氨酶家族进化分类和底物特异性,构建一个包含36个ω-转氨酶的酶库;将酶库中的基因克隆进大肠杆菌E.coli BL21 (DE3)中进行异源重组表达,考察酶蛋白表达水平并测定相应的酶活以及对映体选择性。通过筛选,获得最佳的ω-转氨酶为来源于巨大芽孢杆菌Bacillus megaterium的ω-转氨酶BmeTA,其重组表达粗酶活为2.0 U/mL,纯酶比活为9.5 U/mg蛋白;酶学性质表征发现其最适温度为35℃,最适pH为8.0。在此基础上进一步优化其催化反应工艺条件,在20 g/L加酶量、0.5 mmol/L辅酶添加量以及1.4的氨基供体/氨基受体比例条件下,反应18 h获得450 mmol/L的S-甲氧基异丙胺,原料转化率达到90%,为实现生物催化制备S-甲氧基异丙胺的工业化奠定基础。

Design and Implementation of Weibo Sentiment Analysis Based on LDA and Dependency Parsing

Information content security is a branch of cyberspace security. How to effectively manage and use Weibo comment information has become a research focus in the field of information content security. Three main tasks involved are emotion sentence identification and classification,emotion tendency classification,and emotion expression extraction. Combining with the latent Dirichlet allocation(LDA) model,a Gibbs sampling implementation for inference of our algorithm is presented,and can be used to categorize emotion tendency automatically with the computer. In accordance with the lower ratio of recall for emotion expression extraction in Weibo,use dependency parsing,divided into two categories with subject and object,summarized six kinds of dependency models from evaluating objects and emotion words,and proposed that a merge algorithm for evaluating objects can be accurately evaluated by participating in a public bakeoff and in the shared tasks among the best methods in the sub-task of emotion expression extraction,indicating the value of our method as not only innovative but practical.

Apoptosis,proliferation and p53 gene expression of H.pylori associated gastric epithelial lesions

AIM: To study the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and gastric carcinoma and its possible pathogenesis by H. pylori. METHODS: DNEL technique and immunohistochemical technique were used to study the state of apoptosis, proliferation and p53 gene expression. A total of 100 gastric mucosal biopsy specimens, including 20 normal mucosa, 30 H. pylori-negative and 30 H. pylori-positive gastric precancerous lesions along with 20 gastric carcinomas were studied. RESULTS: There were several apoptotic cells in the superficial epithelium and a few proliferative cells within the neck of gastric glands, and no p53 protein expression in normal mucosa. In gastric carcinoma, there were few apoptotic cells, while there were a large number of proliferative cells, and expression of p53 protein significantly was increased. In the phase of metaplasia, the apoptotic index (AI, 4.36%+/-1.95%), proliferative index (PI, 19.11%+/-6.79%) and positivity of p53 expression (46.7%) in H. pylori-positive group were higher than those in normal mucosa (P【0.01). AI in H. pylori-positive group was higher than that in H. pylori-negative group (3.81%+/-1.76%), PI in H. pylori-positive group was higher than that in H. pylori-negative group (12.25%+/-5.63%, P【0.01). In the phase of dysplasia, AI (2.31%+/-1.10%) in H. pylori-positive group was lower (3.05%+/-1.29%) than that in H. pylori-negative group, but PI (33.89%+/-11.65%) was significantly higher (22.09+/-8018%, P【0.01). In phases of metaplasia, dysplasia and gastric cancer in the H. pylori-positive group, AIs had an evidently graduall decreasing trend (P【0.01), while PIs had an evidently gradual increasing trend (P【0.05 or P【0.01), and there was also a trend of gradual increase in the expression of p53 gene. CONCLUSION: In the course of the formation of gastric carcinoma, proliferation of gastric mucosa can be greatly increased by H. pylori, and H. pylori can induce apoptosis in the phase of metaplasia, but in the phase of dysplasia H. pylori can inhibit cellular apoptosis. And H. pylori infection can strengthen the expression of mutated p53 gene.

Inhibition of human telomerase in MKN-45 cell line by antisense hTR expression vector induces cell apoptosis and growth arrest

AIM: To investigate the effects of antisense human telomerase RNA (hTR)on the biologic behavior of human gastric cancer cell line: MKN-45 by gene transfection and its potential role in the gene therapy of gastric cancer. METHODS: The hTR cDNA fragment was cloned from MKN-45 through RT-PCR and subcloned into eukaryotic expression vector (pEF6/V5-His-TOPO) in cis-direction or trans-direction by DNA recombinant methods. The constructed sense, antisense and empty vectors were transfected into MKN-45 cell lines separately by lipofectin-mediated DNA transfection technology. After drug selection, the expression of antisense hTR gene in stable transfectants and normal MKN-45 cells was detected by RT-PCR, the telomerase activity by TRAP, the apoptotic features by PI and Hoechst 33258 staining, the cell cycle distribution by flow cytometry and the population doubling time by cell counting. Comparison among the stable transfectants and normal MKN-45 cells was made. RESULTS: The sense, antisense hTR eukaryotic expression vectors and empty vector were successfully constructed and proved to be the same as original design by restriction endonuclease analysis and sequencing. Then, they were successfully transfected into MKN-45 cell lines separately with lipofectin. The expression of antisense hTR gene was only detected in MKN-45 cells stably transfected with antisense hTR vector (named as MKN-45-ahTR) but not in the control cells. In MKN-45-ahTR, the telomerase activity was inhibited by 75%, the apoptotic rate was increased to 25.3%, the percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phase was increased to 65%, the proliferation index was decreased to 35% and the population doubling time was prolonged to 35.3 hours. However, the telomerase activity, the apoptotic rate, the distribution of cell cycle, the proliferation index and the population doubling time were not different among the control cells. CONCLUSION: Antisense hTR can significantly inhibit telomerase activity and proliferation of MKN-45 cells and induce cell apoptosis. Antisense gene therapy based on telomerase inhibition can be a potential therapeutic approach to the treatment of gastric cancer.

猪急性腹泻综合征冠状病毒S蛋白多克隆抗体的制备及在检测该病毒感染中的应用

为制备猪急性腹泻综合征冠状病毒(SADS-CoV)纤突蛋白(S)的多克隆抗体(PAb),本研究经PCR扩增SADS-Co V S蛋白S1亚基C端结构域(S1-CTD)基因片段(384 bp),并将其克隆至原核表达载体p GEX-6p-1中,构建重组质粒p GEX-6p-1-S1-CTD,经双酶切和测序鉴定正确后,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞,利用IPTG诱导表达,通过western blot鉴定重组S1-CTD蛋白(rS1-CTD)的表达及反应原性。结果显示,r S1-CTD以包涵体的形式表达,在40 ku处出现特异性条带。诱导表达后的r S1-CTD经不同浓度尿素重悬并超声离心,SDS-PAGE检测后切胶纯化,得到纯化的重组蛋白。利用BCA试剂盒测得蛋白的浓度为33μg/m L。将该重组蛋白乳化后经3次免疫新西兰大白兔,并在3免一周后采血,分离血清获得S1-CTD蛋白PAb。将SADS-Co V感染Vero E6细胞24 h后,以获得的兔PAb为一抗,分别采用western blot和间接免疫荧光试验(IFA)检测该PAb的反应原性。Western blot结果显示,在约250 ku处出现特异性条带,而阴性对照组无该条带;IFA结果显示,SADS-Co V感染的细胞中出现绿色荧光,而阴性对照细胞无绿色荧光。将SADS-Co V感染仔猪的回肠组织制备病理切片,以制备的PAb为一抗,通过免疫组织化学(IHC)检测SADS-Co V的抗原。结果显示,该组织切片中出现棕色阳性信号,而阴性对照仔猪回肠组织切片则无该棕色信号。表明该PAb可与感染SADS-Co V的仔猪回肠组织中的相应抗原发生特异性免疫反应。综上所述,本实验制备的S1-CTD蛋白PAb具有良好的反应原性和免疫原性,可以用于western blot、IFA、IHC检测体内外SADS-Co V的感染,为后续SADS-Co V检测方法的建立及S蛋白生物学功能的研究奠定基础。

Tumor suppressor gene p16 and Rb expression in gastric cardia precancerouslesions from subjects at a high incidence area in northern China

AIM:To further understand the molecular basis for gastric cardia carcinogenesis and to provide etiological clues. METHODS: Endoscopic mucosa biopsy and histopathological examinations were made on 37 subjects from a high incidence area for both esophageal and gastric cardia carcinomas in northern China. All the biopsy samples were fixed in 850 ml. (-1)L alcohol and embedded in paraffin. Each block contained one piece of tissue and was serially section at 5 microm. Immunohistochemistry (ABC) was carried out on these gastric cardia samples to determine the alterations of p16 and Rb. RESULTS: Based on the histopathlogical examination there were 11 cases of chronic superficial gastritis, 12 cases of chronic atrophic gastritis and 14 cases of dysplasia. The immunostaining demonstrated different levels of unclear immunostaining of p16 and Rb in normal gastric cardia tissue and the tissues with different severity of lesions. With the lesions progressing, the positive immunostaining rates for p16 protein had a decreasing tendency. In contrast, the positive immunostaining rate for Rb protein had an increasing tendency. There was a significant negative relationship between the two parameters. Changes of p16 was CSG 11(100%), CAG 7(58%), DYS 4(29%) and changes of Rb was CSG 2(18%), CAG 8(67%) and DYS 12(86%), (P【0.05). CONCLUSION: The alterations of p16 and Rb protein may play a role in the early stages of gastric cardia carcinogenesis.

PCI Express专用DMA控制器设计与实现

针对PCI Express设备用户端较难充分利用PCI Express高数据带宽的问题,文中使用硬件描述语言设计了一种专用于PCI Express设备数据传输的高性能DMA控制器。该DMA控制器与PCI Express事务层直接连接,可以适用于Gen1到Gen3不同协议版本;用户端接口具有较高的通用性和扩展性,可高效的并发完成多个系统到卡(S2C)和卡到系统(C2S)的DMA操作。该DMA控制器的设计经过RTL仿真、FPGA验证,功能正确,工作稳定。测试结果表明,该DMA控制器对PCI Express带宽的利用率超过62%,达到了设计预期目的。

Synthesis,Expression and Purification of S1 and S2 Fragments of SARS S Protein in E.coli

[Objective] To obtain pure recombinant S1 and S2 of SARS S protein. [Method] Using asymmetric PCR and ligation with endonuclease, S1 and S2 fragments of SARSV HK strain S gene were synthesized. Then, these two fragments were inserted into plasmid pET28a to obtain recombinant vectors pET28a-S1 and pET28a-S2, respectively. These recombinant vectors were transformed into E. coli BL21, and expression of S1 and S2 fragments were induced by IPTG. The conditions of expression and purification were optimized. [Result] The S1 and S2 fragments were amplified and successfully expressed in E. coli. [Conclusion] This research provides detection antigens for follow-up development of SARS vaccine.

Differentially expressed genes in hepatocellular carcinoma induced by woodchuck hepatitis B virus in mice

INTRODUCTIONHepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is one of the major causes of death in the word.The mechanism of carcinogenesis is unknown,although it is widely accepted that HBV and HCV are clsely related to liver cancer[1-5[1-5].Previously,a variety of studies have described the differences in gene expression which distinguished tumor from nontumor[6-11].Cloning of the genes,especially the genes associated with HBV and HCV,is still very important to account for the development of liver cancer.

LIMITING EXPRESSION FOR GENERALIZED INVERSE A_(T,S)^(2) AND ITS CORRESPONDING PROJECTORS

This paper presents the limiting expression for the gen calized inverse A T.S(2) and itscorresgonding projectors Since comonon imnortors inverses,such as and AT.S(2) etc are all generalized in e e AT.S(2) In fact,we give a unified limiting formula of computine such imporiant generalined inverses and its corresponding proiectors,Based on this we estalish and imbedling method fire compoting the generalized in verse AT.S(2) The results extend earlier work by various authors.

Sentiment Analysis on Social Media Using Genetic Algorithm with CNN

There are various intense forces causing customers to use evaluated data when using social media platforms and microblogging sites.Today,customers throughout the world share their points of view on all kinds of topics through these sources.The massive volume of data created by these customers makes it impossible to analyze such data manually.Therefore,an efficient and intelligent method for evaluating social media data and their divergence needs to be developed.Today,various types of equipment and techniques are available for automatically estimating the classification of sentiments.Sentiment analysis involves determining people’s emotions using facial expressions.Sentiment analysis can be performed for any individual based on specific incidents.The present study describes the analysis of an image dataset using CNNswithPCA intended to detect people’s sentiments(specifically,whether a person is happy or sad).This process is optimized using a genetic algorithm to get better results.Further,a comparative analysis has been conducted between the different models generated by changing the mutation factor,performing batch normalization,and applying feature reduction using PCA.These steps are carried out across five experiments using theKaggledataset.The maximum accuracy obtained is 96.984%,which is associated with the Happy and Sad sentiments.

Expression of liver cancer associated gene HCCA3

AIM: To study and clone a novel liver cancer related gene, and to explore the molecular basis of liver cancer genesis. METHODS: Using mRNA differential display polymerase chain reaction (DDPCR), we investigated the difference of mRNA in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and paired surrounding liver tissues, and got a gene probe. By screening a human placenta cDNA library and genomic homologous extend, we obtained a full-length cDNA named HCCA3. We analyzed the expression of this novel gene in 42 pairs of HCC and the surrounding liver tissues, and distribution in human normal tissues by means of Northern blot assay. RESULTS: A full-length cDNA of liver cancer associated gene HCCA3 has been submitted to the GeneBank nucleotide sequence databases (Accession No. AF276707). The positive expression rate of this gene was 78.6% (33/42) in HCC tissues, and the clinical pathological data showed that the HCCA3 was closely associated with the invasion of tumor capsule (P=0.023) and adjacant small metastasis satellite nodules lesions (P=0.041). The HCCA3 was widely distributed in the human normal tissues, which was intensively expressed in lungs, brain and colon tissues, while lowly expressed in the liver tissues. CONCLUSION: A novel full-length cDNA was cloned and differentiated, which was highly expressed in liver cancer tissues. The high expression was closely related to the tumor invasiveness and metastasis,that may be the late heredited change in HCC genesis.

Cloning of UGT1A9 cDNA from liver tissues and its expression in CHL cells

AIM: To clone the cDNA of UGT1A9 from a Chinese human liver and establish the Chinese hamster lung (CHL) cell line expressing human UGT1A9. METHODS: cDNA of UGT1 A9 was transcripted from mRNA by reverse transcriptase-ploymerase chain reaction, and was cloned into the pGEM-T vector which was amplified in the host bacteric E.Coli DH5(alpha). The inserted fragment, verified by DNA sequencing, was subcloned into the Hind III /Not I site of a mammalian expression vector pREP9 to construct the plasmid termed pREP9-UGT1A9. CHL cells were transfected with the resultant recombinants, pREP9-UGT1A9, and selected by G418 (400 mg x L(-1)) for one month. The surviving clone (CHL-UGT1A9) was harvested as a pool and sub-cultured in medium containing G418 to obtain samples forUGT1A9 assays. The enzyme activity of CHL-UGT1A9 towards propranolol in S9 protein of the cell was determined by HPLC. RESULTS: The sequence of the cDNA segment cloned, which was 1666 bp in length, was identical to that released by Gene Bank (GenBank accession number: AF056188) in coding region. The recombinant constructed, pREP9-UGT1A9, contains the entire coding region, along with 18 bp of the 5' and 55 bp of the 3' untranslated region of theUGT1A9 cDNA, respectively. The cell lines established expressed the protein of UGT1A9, and the enzyme activity towards propranolol in S9 protein was found to be 101+/- 24 pmol x min(-1) x mg(-1) protein (n=3), but was not detectable in parental CHL cells. CONCLUSION: The cDNA of UGT1A9 was successfully cloned from a Chinese human liver and transfected into CHL cells. The CHL-UGT1 A9 cell lines established efficiently expressed the protein ofUGT1A9 for the further enzyme study of drug glucuronidation.

St udy on Hsp90 Expression in Different Tissues and Its Antibody in Serum of Chickens Infected with Marek's Diseases

To investigate the dynamic change of heat shock protein 90 （Hsp90） in the genesis and development of tumor, we successfully established tumor animal model using Marek’s disease and then determined the location of Hsp90 in the tumor tissue using immunohistochemistry method, the antibody titer level of Hsp90 in the serum and the expression level in the tissue using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） method. Our result showed that Hsp90 location in the tumor tissue was signiifcantly associated with the tumor cell and most in the cytoplasm of the tumor cell, and Hsp90 expression level in the tissue and the antibody titer level in the serum was most signiifcantly increased with the development of tumor. This is the ifrst report to show the presence of Hsp90 in tumor tissues induced by the Marek’s disease, with its expression correlated to the tumoral grading. These data may also be valuable for developing new molecular anti-cancer therapies.

Identification of differentially expressed genes in normal mucosa,adenoma and adenocarcinoma of colon by SSH

AIM: To construct subtracted cDNA libraries and further identify differentially expressed genes that are related to the development of colorectal carcinoma(CRC). METHODS: Suppression subtractive hybridization(SSH) was done on cDNAs of normal mucosa, adenoma and adenocarcinoma tissues from the same patient. Three subtracted cDNA libraries were constructed and then hybridized with forward and backward subtracted probes for differential screening. Positive clones from each subtracted cDNA library were selected for sequencing and BLAST analysis. Finally, virtual Northern Blot confirmed such differential expression. RESULTS: By this way, there were about 3-4 X 10(2) clones identified in each subtracted cDNA library, in which about 85% positive clones were differentially screened. Sequencing and BLAST homology search revealed some clones containing sequences of known gene fragments and several possibly novel genes showing few or no sequence homologies with any known sequences in the database. CONCLUSION: All results confirmed the effectiveness and sensitivity of SSH. The differentially expressed genes during the development of CRC can be used to shed light on the pathogenesis of CRC and be useful genetic markers for early diagnosis and therapy.

Loss of fragile histidine triad protein expression in inflammatory bowel disease

AIM： To investigate the expression of fragile histidine triad （FHIT） protein in 64 patients with ulcerative colitis （UC） and Crohn＇s disease （CD）, and its relation with clinicopathological data. METHODS： Rabbit-anti-FHIT antibody was used to detect FHIT protein expression in 64 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens of inflammatory bowel disease （IBD） by citrate-microwave-streptavidin （SP）-HRP immunohistochemical method. RESULTS： The positive FHIT protein expression was 22.79% ± 16.16%, 42.14% ± 16.82% in active and remittent phases of UC, 36.07% ± 19.23% in CD, and 57.05% ±8.86% in normal colon mucosa. Statistically significant differences in FHIT protein expression were observed between the active and remittent phases of UC, between the active phase of UC and normal colon mucosa, as well as between the remittent phase of UC and normal colon mucosa, and between CD and normal colon mucosa. CONCLUSION： Our results show that FHIT protein expression is completely absent or reduced in IBD, suggesting that the FHIT gene might be associated with the oncogenesis and progression of IBD, an early event from inflammatory conditions to carcinoma in IBD.