β-伴大豆球蛋白水解产物中糖肽的分离和鉴定

本研究对大豆蛋白水解产物中含糖的肽组分进行了分离和鉴定。从大豆蛋白中分离出相对纯度为75.5%、含糖量为3.23%的β-伴大豆球蛋白后,以β-伴大豆球蛋白为底物,用Alcalase进行酶解调制大豆肽。所得大豆肽经Sephadex G-25凝胶过滤,得到两个组分P1和P2,分子量较大P1含糖量为8.23%。用薄板层析对这一含糖的肽组分进行了鉴定,结果表明此含糖的肽为糖结合性肽。

海藻凝集素(三)

4.5 对海产无脊椎动物胚胎发育的影响 研究了红藻扇形盾果藻和冻沙菜凝集素对棘皮动物海胆或海盘车胚胎发育的影响。在低浓度上述海藻凝集素存在时,海胆受精卵胚胎发育停止于囊胚期,海盘车则在原肠期显示形态异常,抑制了原口陷入。同时还试验了6种源于陆地植物的凝集素,仅刀豆球蛋白A和小麦胚凝集素显示同样的作用。可以认为,这些现象是由于结合细胞膜引起的,而这些凝集素识别的糖链结构在体外水平上相互不同。

Clinical significance of loss of heterozygosity for M6P/IGF2R in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma

AIM:To investigate the relationship between loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for mannose 6-phosphate/insulin- like growth factor 2 receptor (M6P/IGF2R) and the outcomes for primary HCC patients treated with partial hepatectomy. METHODS: The LOH for M6P/IGF2R in primary HCC patients was assessed using six different gene-specific nucleotide polymorphisms. The patients studied were enrolled to undergo partial hepatectomy. RESULTS: M6P/IGF2R was found to be polymorphic in 73.3% (22/30) of the patients, and of these patients, 50.0% (11/22) had tumors showing LOH in M6P/IGF2R. Loss of heterozygosity in M6P/IGF2R was associated with significant reductions in the two year overall survival rate (24.9% vs 65.5%; P = 0.04) and the disease-free survival rate (17.8% vs 59.3%; P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: These results show M6P/IGF2R LOH predicts poor clinical outcomes in surgically resected primary HCC patients.

Ficolins and infectious diseases

Ficolins are serum complement lectins,with a structure similar to mannose-binding lectin （MBL） and lung surfactant protein （SP）-A and SP-D.Ficolins activate the lectin complement system and play important roles in host innate immunity.Ficolins are members of the collectin family of proteins,which act as pattern recognition receptors （PRRs）.They are soluble oligomeric defense proteins with lectin-like activity,and are able to recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns （PAMPs）,which are carbohydrate molecules on the surface of pathogens,and of apoptotic,necrotic,and malignant cells.Upon binding to their specific PAMPs,ficolins may trigger activation of the immune system either （1） by initiating activation of complement via the lectin pathway,（2） by a primitive type of opsonophagocytosis,or （3） by stimulating secretion of the inflammatory cytokines interferon （IFN）-γ,interleukin （IL）-17,IL-6,and tumor necrosis factor （TNF）-α,and production of nitric oxide （NO）by macrophages,thus limiting the infection and concurrently orchestrating the subsequent adaptive immune response.Recently,a number of reports have shown that dysfunction or abnormal expression of ficolins may play crucial roles in viral and bacterial diseases and in inflammation.This review summarizes the reports on the roles of ficolins in the infectious diseases,and provides insight into ficolins as novel innate immune therapeutic options to treat these diseases.

Genetic variation of mannose-binding protein associated with glomerular immune deposition in IgA nephropathy

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between codon 54 gene polymorphism of the host defense molecule, mannose-binding protein (MBP), and the patterns of glomerular immune deposition in IgA nephropathy (IgAN). METHODS: IgAN patients with different patterns of glomerular immune deposition were selected and divided into two groups. Group A consisted of 77 patients with glomerular IgA and C3 deposits, and Group AGM consisted of 70 patients with glomerular IgA, IgG, IgM, C3 and Clq deposits. Clinical features and laboratory relevant data of all patients were collected. One-hundred and forty healthy adults were recruited as normal controls. The MBP gene codon 54 GGC/GAC polymorphism was investigated by using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS: The genotype frequency of GGC/GAC heterozygotes was significantly higher in Group AGM as compared with that of Group A (41.4% vs 19.5%, P

On-line HPLC-DAD coupled with ESI-IT-TOF-MS and fluorescence detection to identify DNA-binding compounds from Lithospermum erythrorhizon using acridine orange as the fluorescence probe

We have developed an on-line detection method using acridine orange as the fluorescence probe and applied this method to rapidly identify active compounds in herbal medicines. This on-line method was equipped with a high-performance liquid chromatography tandem diode array detector, electrospray ionization-ion-trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry and DNA- acridine orange fluorescence detection （HPLC-DAD-MSn-DNA-AO-FLD）. A large amount of information could be simultaneously obtained during one run, which included HPLC fingerprint, ultraviolet spectra, total ion chromatograms, MSn data of high-resolution mass spectrometry and activity profile of each compound binding with DNA. The method also provided information on structureactivity relationships and mechanism of interaction. We used this on-line method to identify five DNA-binding activity components from Lithospermum erythrorhizon sample for the first time. The result showed that the parent nucleus of shikonin derivatives could bind with DNA. The structure-activity relationship showed that the parent nucleus of shikonin derivatives plays a major role in DNA binding, not the carboxyl group on the side chain. This simple, rapid, high precision and good stability on-line method should be useful for compound separation, structural identification and screening of DNA-binding compounds in herbal medicines.

Synthesis of a series of novel homo-and hetero-glycoclusters and their binding activities to DC-SIGN

As a dendritic cell-specific C-type lectin receptor, DC-SIGN plays an important role in the early stages of many viral infections, including HIV and Ebola, making it an interesting therapeutic target. It has been found that DC-SIGN can recognize both highly mannosylated and branched fucosylated oligosaccharides. Herein, we synthesized a new series of homo-and Man-Fuc heteroglycoclusters with diverse structures. The binding properties of these compounds to tetrameric extracellular DC-SIGN were assessed by surface plasmon resonance(SPR). Heteroglycocluster 17 b showed high DC-SIGN-binding activity(K;= 2.6 μM). The structural determinants of this high affinity of 17 b were rationalized by docking and compared with its much less potent isomer 17 a. Therefore, 17 b might serve as a base for the development of potent inhibitors of DC-SIGN-dependent viral infection.