Influence of paricalcitol on renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy     

WANG Lai-liang  LUO Qun  CAI Ke-dan  ZHOU Fang-fang  GAO Yan-hong 《园艺学报》2015,31(4):719-724

AIM: To investigate the effect of paricalcitol (P) on renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis and the underlying mechanisms in diabetic nephropathy (DN).METHODS: DN rat model was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin after fasting. The animals were randomly divided into 2 groups:the DN rats in paricalcitol-intervened group (group P) were injected intraperitoneally with paricalcitol dissolved in propylene glycol after the day when the model was induced successfully at a dose of 0.4 μg/kg (3 times a week); the DN rats in DN group (group D) were given isopyknic propylene glycol. Normal control group (group C) was also set up. The samples of blood, urine and renal tissue were collected after intervention of paricalcitol for 12 weeks. The biochemical indexes were measured. The renal tissues were used for pathologic observation and determining the expression of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), Wnt-4, β-catenin and Klotho by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. In addition, the correlation among the above indexes was analyzed.RESULTS: (1) Scr, BUN and 24 h urine protein increased significantly in group D compared with group C, while decreased in group P compared with group D (P<0.05). (2) The area of renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis increased in group D compared with group C, while decreased in group P compared with group D (P<0.05). (3) The expression of Klotho decreased, while the expression of TGF-β1, Wnt-4 and β-catenin increased in group D compared with group C (P<0.05). Compared with group D, the expression of Klotho increased, while the expression of TGF-β1, Wnt-4 and β-catenin decreased in group P (P<0.05). (4) The expression of Klotho was negatively correlated with the fibrosis area, TGF-β1, Wnt-4 and β-catenin (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Paricalcitol inhibits renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in DN by promoting the expression of renal Klotho, and inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation and TGF-β1 synthesis.  相似文献   

Development New Molecular Markers for Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Analysis of the Seed Protein Content Based on Whole Genome Re-Sequencing in Soybean     

WANG Jia  ZENG ZhaoQiong  LIANG JianQiu  YU XiaoBo  WU HaiYing  ZHANG MingRong 《中国农业科学》2019,52(16):2743-2757

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Screening and Identification of Candidate Proteins Interacting with BmHSP60 in the Silkworm (Bombyx mori)     

DONG ZhanQi  JIANG YaMing  PAN MinHui 《中国农业科学》2019,52(2):376-384

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菜薹蛋白精氨酸甲基转移酶基因BrcuPRMT5的克隆及表达分析     

肖旭峰  张祎  吴智明  杨寅桂 《园艺学报》2017,44(6):1181-1188

以‘油青49’和‘油青甜菜薹80’菜薹茎尖为材料,采用RT-PCR和RACE技术克隆获得组蛋白甲基转移酶基因Brcu PRMT5的全长cDNA和gDNA序列。BrcuPRMT5 cDNA序列全长为2 117 bp,其中完整开放阅读框为1 929 bp,编码642个氨基酸,相对分子量为71.55 kD,理论等电点(p I)为5.87;多序列比对结果表明,Brcu PRMT5编码的氨基酸序列含有高等植物PRMT5基因1个高度保守的结构域;系统发育分析结果显示与大白菜、油菜及甘蓝的亲缘关系最近;亚细胞定位软件分析得知,Brcu PRMT5蛋白无跨膜区域,可能定位于线粒体中;对应的gDNA全长为4 151 bp,含有23个外显子和22个内含子,最长的外显子长度为140 bp,内含子的长度范围为50~150 bp。利用半定量RT-PCR和实时荧光定量PCR技术分析基因的表达,BrcuPRMT5在菜薹不同组织中均有表达,其中在花中表达量最高,叶次之,根中最低;BrcuPRMT5从苗期至完全抽薹开花期的表达量呈现上升趋势。BrcuPRMT5在菜薹花发育过程中可能起一定的调控作用。  相似文献   

Bioinformatics Analysis of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 (BMP4) of Sheep     

FAN Zhen-hua  ZHANG Qiu-yue  FAN Rui-wen  REN Yu-hong 《中国畜牧兽医》2015,42(6):1370-1376

The assay was aimed to explore the biological characteristics of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) of sheep,NCBI,DNAMAN DNAStar,TMHMM Server v.2.0,PsortⅡ,SignalP various bioinformatical softwares were used to speculate the physical and chemical properties,hydrophobic property,phosphorylation site,conservative structure domain,protein secondary structure of BMP4 protein.Also,the three-dimensional structure was forecasted with the SWISS-MODEL Workspace software.The results indicated that the BMP4 of sheep had high homologies with the BMP4 of various species.The encoded protein was a hydrophilic protein which was unstable.There was no transmembrane regions and it was likely to be located in the nucleus.What was more,there was signal peptide and eighteen phosphorylation sites.Through the forecast of functional domains,the protein had two functional domains,including the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily and TGF-beta propeptide superfamily.The result was consistent with the function of BMP4 gene family,it also demonstrated that BMP4 was a growth factor and it had the function of signal transduction.The amino acid homology between the predicted 3D structure of protein and template 3bmp.1.A was 88.29%.The bioinformatics analysis of BMP4 gene could provide reference for the further study in practice.  相似文献   

大鼠成熟的肺表面活性蛋白B的原核表达及纯化     

张潇骏  王万能  周继红  刘钦  顾仕苓  周代君  邱俊  代维  袁丹凤  刘大维 《动物医学进展》2016,(4):18-23

为表达和纯化SP-B蛋白,先对SP-B基因进行稀有密码子优化,PCR反应获得SP-B片段,构建重组质粒pGEX4T-1/SP-B,转化到E.coli BL21(DE3)中诱导表达;用SDS-PAGE与Western blot进行检测;用GSTPrep FF 16/10对融合蛋白进行纯化。经双酶切鉴定证实质粒中插入基因长250bp,测序结果与大鼠SP-B cDNA序列相符;质粒转化后用IPTG进行诱导,在分子质量约34ku处出现1个新条带,与pGEX4T-1/SP-B蛋白预期大小一致,且该融合蛋白能可溶性表达并被纯化。结果表明成功构建了pGEX4T-1/SP-B重组质粒,表达、纯化得到GST/SP-B蛋白,为研究肺表面活性物质替代药物奠定了基础。  相似文献   

Correlation between Mnk2 protein expression and prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma     

ZENG Bo  FU Min-yi  FENG Yan-fen  HAN Xiang-qian  ZOU Da-wei  LUO Hong-he  LEI Yi-yan 《园艺学报》2017,33(10):1864-1868

AIM: To investigate the protein expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting kinase-2 (Mnk2) and its prognostic effect in the patients with resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS: A total of 86 informative patients with surgically resected ESCC and 54 normal esophageal tissues were enrolled. Western blot and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were utilized to assess the protein expression of Mnk2, and its correlation with prognosis was statistically analyzed by the methods of Kaplan-Meier curve and Cox proportional hazard mode. RESULTS: The protein expression of Mnk2 was elevated in most of tumor tissues compared with the adjacent tissues. Clinicopathologic analysis showed that Mnk2 expression was significantly correlated with the TNM stage (P<0.05). Both disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of Mnk2 over-expression patients were shorter than those in Mnk2 negative expression group. Multivariate analysis confirmed that Mnk2 expression, as an independent and significant factor for both DFS and OS, predicted a poor prognosis of the patients with resected ESCC (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The expression of Mnk2 was significantly related to the TNM stages, and might be a novel predictor for prognosis in ESCC.  相似文献   

Can additional N fertiliser ameliorate the elevated CO2‐induced depression in grain and tissue N concentrations of wheat on a high soil N background?          下载免费PDF全文

M. Tausz  R. M. Norton  S. Tausz‐Posch  M. Löw  S. Seneweera  G. O'Leary  R. Armstrong  G. J. Fitzgerald 《Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science》2017,203(6):574-583

Elevated CO₂ stimulates crop yields but leads to lower tissue and grain nitrogen concentrations [N], raising concerns about grain quality in cereals. To test whether N fertiliser application above optimum growth requirements can alleviate the decline in tissue [N], wheat was grown in a Free Air CO₂ Enrichment facility in a low‐rainfall cropping system on high soil N. Crops were grown with and without addition of 50–60 kg N/ha in 12 growing environments created by supplemental irrigation and two sowing dates over 3 years. Elevated CO₂ increased yield and biomass (on average by 25%) and decreased biomass [N] (3%–9%) and grain [N] (5%). Nitrogen uptake was greater (20%) in crops grown under elevated CO₂. Additional N supply had no effect on yield and biomass, confirming high soil N. Small increases in [N] with N addition were insufficient to offset declines in grain [N] under elevated CO₂. Instead, N application increased the [N] in straw and decreased N harvest index. The results suggest that conventional addition of N does not mitigate grain [N] depression under elevated CO₂, and lend support to hypotheses that link decreases in crop [N] with biochemical limitations rather than N supply.  相似文献   

鸡白细胞介素2的克隆及其序列分析     

白程乐  申艳  高冬妮  于航  平文祥  葛菁萍 《中国农学通报》2017,33(26):117-122

旨在从分子生物学角度进一步研究鸡免疫刺激因子白细胞介素2(IL-2),探究IL-2蛋白结构。根据GenBank发表的IL-2序列设计引物扩增IL-2基因,将其克隆到p GM-T载体后进行鉴定,鉴定正确的pT-IL-2重组质粒,然后对其进行序列分析。应用生物信息学软件对IL-2序列进行跨膜区、磷酸化位点、氨基酸序列、开放阅读框进行分析和IL-2蛋白的三级结构进行预测。核苷酸序列测定结果表明:IL-2基因片段为430 bp,编码143个氨基酸。生物信息学分析结果表明:本实验获得的IL-2基因编码的蛋白质中含有1个丝氨酸和3个苏氨酸,这可能成为蛋白激酶磷酸化的位点。IL-2蛋白可能在5~28位含有跨膜区。其蛋白二级、三级结构预测结果显示其属于亲水性蛋白,多为α-螺旋、β-转角和N端无规卷曲结构。该结果为IL-2的分子生物学探究奠定了基础。  相似文献   

苦瓜对白粉病的抗性与相关生理生化指标的关系     

田丽波  商桑  杨衍  司龙亭 《西北农业学报》2015,24(9):166-173

为探讨苦瓜抗白粉病的生理生化机制,以对白粉病不同抗性的4个苦瓜品系为材料,研究苗期感染白粉病菌后,苦瓜叶片生理生化指标的变化。结果表明:接种后,叶绿素和可溶性蛋白质量分数均呈先上升后降低的趋势;可溶性糖质量分数呈下降-上升-下降-上升的趋势;抗病品系的可溶性糖、叶绿素质量分数和过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性均高于或显著高于感病品系和高感品系;抗病品系的抗坏血酸(AsA)质量分数的上升和下降的幅度均小于感病品系和高感品系;接种后10~20d,抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性表现为抗病品系感病品系高感品系。叶绿素、可溶性糖质量分数和POD、PPO活性与病情指数呈显著或极显著负相关。综上说明,白粉病菌侵染苦瓜后,抗病品系可通过保持较高的叶绿素质量分数,增加可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、AsA质量分数及增强POD、PPO、APX活性来提高抗病性。叶绿素、可溶性糖质量分数和POD、PPO活性均可作为苦瓜对白粉病抗性早期鉴定的指标。  相似文献