利用辐射杂种克隆板对猪NDUFS2(NADH dehydrogenase(ubiquinone)Fe-S protein 2)基因进行了染色体定位,克隆了该基因的CDS序列,用相关软件进行了基因结构和功能预测,并利用半定量RT-PCR对基因的组织表达谱进行了分析。研究结果表明:NDU...利用辐射杂种克隆板对猪NDUFS2(NADH dehydrogenase(ubiquinone)Fe-S protein 2)基因进行了染色体定位,克隆了该基因的CDS序列,用相关软件进行了基因结构和功能预测,并利用半定量RT-PCR对基因的组织表达谱进行了分析。研究结果表明:NDUFS2基因定位于猪的4号染色体SSC4q,与标记SW589紧密连锁。获得NDUFS2基因的CDS为1 392 nt,编码463个氨基酸。物种间系统进化树分析表明:猪与牛的NDUFS2基因序列同源性更高。结构预测发现猪NDUFS2基因具有一个NuoD保守结构域,与能量的产生和转化功能有关。根据组织表达谱分析结果,NDUFS2在猪的11种组织中的表达量有差异。展开更多
Dexamethasone has been widely used after various neurosurgical procedures due to its anti-inflammatory property and the abilities to restore vascular permeability,inhibit free radicals,and reduce cerebrospinal fluid p...Dexamethasone has been widely used after various neurosurgical procedures due to its anti-inflammatory property and the abilities to restore vascular permeability,inhibit free radicals,and reduce cerebrospinal fluid production.According to the latest guidelines for the treatment of traumatic brain injury in the United States,high-dose glucocorticoids cause neurological damage.To investigate the reason why high-dose glucocorticoids after traumatic brain injury exhibit harmful effect,rat controlled cortical impact models of traumatic brain injury were established.At 1 hour and 2 days after surgery,rat models were intraperitoneally administered dexamethasone 10 mg/kg.The results revealed that 31 proteins were significantly upregulated and 12 proteins were significantly downregulated in rat models of traumatic brain injury after dexamethasone treatment.The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis results showed that differentially expressed proteins were enriched in the mitochondrial dysfunction pathway and synaptogenesis signaling pathway.Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry results showed that Ndufv2,Maob and Gria3 expression and positive cell count in the dexamethasone-treated group were significantly greater than those in the model group.These findings suggest that dexamethasone may promote a compensatory increase in complex I subunits(Ndufs2 and Ndufv2),increase the expression of mitochondrial enzyme Maob,and upregulate synaptic-transmission-related protein Gria3.These changes may be caused by nerve injury after traumatic brain injury treatment by dexamethasone.The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee of Beijing Neurosurgical Institute(approval No.201802001)on June 6,2018.展开更多
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81771327(to BYL)the Platform Construction of Basic Research and Clinical Translation of Nervous System Injury,China,No.PXM2020_026280_000002(to BYL)the Scientific Research and Cultivation Fund of the Beijing Neurosurgical Institute,China,No.2020002(to FN).
文摘Dexamethasone has been widely used after various neurosurgical procedures due to its anti-inflammatory property and the abilities to restore vascular permeability,inhibit free radicals,and reduce cerebrospinal fluid production.According to the latest guidelines for the treatment of traumatic brain injury in the United States,high-dose glucocorticoids cause neurological damage.To investigate the reason why high-dose glucocorticoids after traumatic brain injury exhibit harmful effect,rat controlled cortical impact models of traumatic brain injury were established.At 1 hour and 2 days after surgery,rat models were intraperitoneally administered dexamethasone 10 mg/kg.The results revealed that 31 proteins were significantly upregulated and 12 proteins were significantly downregulated in rat models of traumatic brain injury after dexamethasone treatment.The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis results showed that differentially expressed proteins were enriched in the mitochondrial dysfunction pathway and synaptogenesis signaling pathway.Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry results showed that Ndufv2,Maob and Gria3 expression and positive cell count in the dexamethasone-treated group were significantly greater than those in the model group.These findings suggest that dexamethasone may promote a compensatory increase in complex I subunits(Ndufs2 and Ndufv2),increase the expression of mitochondrial enzyme Maob,and upregulate synaptic-transmission-related protein Gria3.These changes may be caused by nerve injury after traumatic brain injury treatment by dexamethasone.The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee of Beijing Neurosurgical Institute(approval No.201802001)on June 6,2018.