人乳中蛋白质的组成分析

在对人乳样品分离与纯化的基础上,采用“Bottom Up”并结合高效液相色谱（HPLC）和配有纳米喷雾（Nano-spray）技术的高分辨傅里叶变换离子回旋共振质谱（FT-ICR-MS）,将人乳各部分蛋白质样品酶解成多肽片段。 利用碰撞活化解离（CAD）和电子捕获解离（ECD）2种解离方式断裂机理的互补性规律,借助Mascot软件数据库,快速分析了人乳样品中乳脂部分、乳清部分和乳粒部分所含主要蛋白质的组成。人乳样品各部分的共同物性是均含有多种角蛋白、乳白蛋白、乳铁蛋白,但含量和种类各有不同,这既表明了人乳特殊的营养成分,又从另一角度显示出人乳各个部分营养价值的差异。     

Enhancement of Recombinant Human ADAM15 Disintegrin Domain Expression Level by Releasing the Rare Codons and Amino Acids Restriction

This study was aimed at increasing the production of the recombinant human ADAM15 disintegrin domain (RADD) in Escherichia coli by releasing the rare codons and restricting amino acid residues. Three different strategies for increasing RADD production were examined: to select the suitable host strain, to optimize the rare codons, and to delete the amino acids residues. The total fusion protein glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-RADD concentration of 298 mg/l and 326 mg/l were achieved by selecting E. coli Rosetta (DE3) as the host strain and by changing GGA to GGC at the GST-RADD cassette, respectively. The RADD concentration was increased by 35.7% by eliminating the “Pro-Glu-Phe” residues at the GST–RADD junction. By combinational utilizing the preferred codon introduction and amino acid sequence optimization in E. coli Rosetta (DE3), the highest RADD concentration of 68 mg/l was achieved. The proposed strategy may provide an alternative approach for other enhanced recombinant protein production by E. coli.     

Reversible pH Switch of Two‐Quartet G‐Quadruplexes Formed by Human Telomere

A four‐repeat human telomere DNA sequence without the 3′‐end guanine, d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)₂TTAGG] (htel1‐ΔG23) has been found to adopt two distinct two G‐quartet antiparallel basket‐type G‐quadruplexes, TD and KDH⁺ in presence of KCl. NMR, CD, and UV spectroscopy have demonstrated that topology of KDH⁺ form is distinctive with unique protonated T18?A20⁺?G5 base triple and other capping structural elements that provide novel insight into structural polymorphism and heterogeneity of G‐quadruplexes in general. Specific stacking interactions amongst two G‐quartets flanking base triples and base pairs in TD and KDH⁺ forms are reflected in 10 K higher thermal stability of KDH⁺. Populations of TD and KDH⁺ forms are controlled by pH. The (de)protonation of A20 is the key for pH driven structural transformation of htel1‐ΔG23. Reversibility offers possibilities for its utilization as a conformational switch within different compartments of living cell enabling specific ligand and protein interactions.     

具有生物活性的人带3蛋白胞质片段融合蛋白的克隆、表达与纯化

用PCR法从质粒pHB3中扩增了人红细胞带3蛋白胞质片段(CDB3)基因.PCR产物经限制性内切酶切割后与多克隆位点处带有编码6个组氨酸序列的高效表达载体pET28b连接,构建为重组子pCDBHistag.重组子经酶切及序列测定后在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中获得高效表达,可溶性目的蛋白占菌体总蛋白的40%左右.C端带有6个连续组氨酸的带3蛋白胞质片段作为融合蛋白不仅可以降低宿主菌蛋白酶对其水解程度,而且简化了目的蛋白的纯化过程.经一步螯合Ni²⁺的亲和层析获得了电泳纯的带3蛋白胞质片段融合蛋白.活性测定结果表明,带3蛋白胞质片段融合蛋白能够抑制醛缩酶(Aldolase)活性的70%,与文献报道的人红细胞内带3蛋白胞质片段具有相同的功能.     

Native Structure-Based Peptides as Potential Protein–Protein Interaction Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Human ACE2 Receptor

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-strand RNA virus that causes severe respiratory syndrome in humans, which is now referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since December 2019, the new pathogen has rapidly spread globally, with over 65 million cases reported to the beginning of December 2020, including over 1.5 million deaths. Unfortunately, currently, there is no specific and effective treatment for COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 relies on its spike proteins (S) to bind to a host cell-surface receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme-2(ACE2), and this interaction is proved to be responsible for entering a virus into host cells, it makes an ideal target for antiviral drug development. In this work, we design three very short peptides based on the ACE2 sequence/structure fragments, which may effectively bind to the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of S protein and may, in turn, disrupt the important virus-host protein–protein interactions, blocking early steps of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Two of our peptides bind to virus protein with affinity in nanomolar range, and as very short peptides have great potential for drug development.     

Differences in Human Plasma Protein Interactions between Various Polymersomes and Stealth Liposomes as Observed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

A significant factor hindering the clinical translation of polymersomes as vesicular nanocarriers is the limited availability of comparative studies detailing their interaction with blood plasma proteins compared to liposomes. Here, polymersomes are self-assembled via film rehydration, solvent exchange, and polymerization-induced self-assembly using five different block copolymers. The hydrophilic blocks are composed of anti-fouling polymers, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) or poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOXA), and all the data is benchmarked to PEGylated “stealth” liposomes. High colloidal stability in human plasma (HP) is confirmed for all but two tested nanovesicles. In situ fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements are then performed after incubating unlabeled nanovesicles with fluorescently labeled HP or the specific labeled plasma proteins, human serum albumin, and clusterin (apolipoprotein J). The binding of HP to PMOXA-polymersomes could explain their relatively short circulation times found previously. In contrast, PEGylated liposomes also interact with HP but accumulate high levels of clusterin, providing them with their known prolonged circulation time. The absence of significant protein binding for most PEG-polymersomes indicates mechanistic differences in protein interactions and associated downstream effects, such as cell uptake and circulation time, compared to PEGylated liposomes. These are key observations for bringing polymersomes closer to clinical translation and highlighting the importance of such comparative studies.     

Prediction of inter-residue contacts map based on genetic algorithm optimized radial basis function neural network and binary input encoding scheme

Summary Inter-residue contacts map prediction is one of the most important intermediate steps to the protein folding problem. In this paper, we focus on the problem of protein inter-residue contacts map prediction based on neural network technique. Firstly, we use a genetic algorithm (GA) to optimize the radial basis function widths and hidden centers of a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), then a novel binary encoding scheme is employed to train the network for the purpose of learning and predicting the inter-residue contacts patterns of protein sequences got from the protein data bank (PDB). The experimental evidence indicates the utility of our proposed encoding strategy and GA optimized RBFNN. Moreover, the simulation results demonstrate that the network got a better performance for these proteins, whose residue length falls into the area of (100, 300), and the predicted accuracy with a contact threshold of 7 Å scores higher than the other 3 values with 5, 6, and 8 Å .     

Quantitative Proteomics and Differential Protein Abundance Analysis after Depletion of Putative mRNA Receptors in the ER Membrane of Human Cells Identifies Novel Aspects of mRNA Targeting to the ER

In human cells, one-third of all polypeptides enter the secretory pathway at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The specificity and efficiency of this process are guaranteed by targeting of mRNAs and/or polypeptides to the ER membrane. Cytosolic SRP and its receptor in the ER membrane facilitate the cotranslational targeting of most ribosome-nascent precursor polypeptide chain (RNC) complexes together with the respective mRNAs to the Sec61 complex in the ER membrane. Alternatively, fully synthesized precursor polypeptides are targeted to the ER membrane post-translationally by either the TRC, SND, or PEX19/3 pathway. Furthermore, there is targeting of mRNAs to the ER membrane, which does not involve SRP but involves mRNA- or RNC-binding proteins on the ER surface, such as RRBP1 or KTN1. Traditionally, the targeting reactions were studied in cell-free or cellular assays, which focus on a single precursor polypeptide and allow the conclusion of whether a certain precursor can use a certain pathway. Recently, cellular approaches such as proximity-based ribosome profiling or quantitative proteomics were employed to address the question of which precursors use certain pathways under physiological conditions. Here, we combined siRNA-mediated depletion of putative mRNA receptors in HeLa cells with label-free quantitative proteomics and differential protein abundance analysis to characterize RRBP1- or KTN1-involving precursors and to identify possible genetic interactions between the various targeting pathways. Furthermore, we discuss the possible implications on the so-called TIGER domains and critically discuss the pros and cons of this experimental approach.     

微量元素与人体健康

通过对微量元素的历史本质及其作用形式的探讨,阐述了微量元素与人体健康的密切关系,同时说明了进行微量元素研究的重要性。     

Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Human Body Ash Residue

The article is devoted to the element composition of the human body ash residue of some Russian cities. It presents the element composition of the human body ash residue, the distribution of elements in the ash residue depending on age and sex. The specific elements of different cities, showing the possible influence of the environmental conditions on the element composition of the human body ash residue. The main objective of this paper is to study the element composition of the human body ash residue and determine the regional characteristics. The methods of instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were applied, an electronic microscope being used as a tool. The result of the research is 63 elements identified within in the human body ash residue. The issue is topical as it expands the knowledge of rare and radioactive elements within the human body and contributes to medicine, for example, by identifying the chemical elements to be included in a person's diet.     

The Anti-Tumor Effect and Underlying Apoptotic Mechanism of Ginsenoside Rk1 and Rg5 in Human Liver Cancer Cells

Ginsenoside Rk1 and Rg5 are minor ginseng saponins that have received more attention recently because of their high oral bioavailability. Each of them can effectively inhibit the survival and proliferation of human liver cancer cells, but the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Network pharmacology and bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that G-Rk1 and G-Rg5 yielded 142 potential targets, and shared 44 putative targets associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. Enrichment analysis of the overlapped genes showed that G-Rk1 and G-Rg5 may induce apoptosis of liver cancer cells through inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signal pathways. Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay was used to confirm the inhibition of cell viability with G-Rk1 or G-Rg5 in highly metastatic human cancer MHCC-97H cells. We evaluated the apoptosis of MHCC-97H cells by using flow cytometry and 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. The translocation of Bax/Bak led to the depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential and release of cytochrome c and Smac. A sequential activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3 and the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) were observed after that. The levels of anti-apoptotic proteins were decreased after treatment of G-Rk1 or G-Rg5 in MHCC-97H cells. Taken together, G-Rk1 and G-Rg5 promoted the endogenous apoptotic pathway in MHCC-97H cells by targeting and regulating some critical liver cancer related genes that are involved in the signal pathways associated with cell survival and proliferation.     

A New Protocol for Solubilization, Refolding and Purification of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor in Inclusion Bodies

Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) is a multifunctio- nal cytokine, which plays a key role in the immune system. High-level expression of rhG-CSF in Escherichia Coli (E.Coli) often accumulates in vivo as insoluble aggregates…     

基于启发式方法和支持向量机方法预测药物与人血浆蛋白结合率

应用启发式方法和支持向量机方法建立了70种药物与血浆蛋白结合率的定量构效关系模型, 研究了分子结构对药物与血浆蛋白结合率的影响. 两种方法均得到了较好的结果, 交互检验的相关系数平方分别为0.80和0.82; 通过对模型的稳定性和预测能力比较, 支持向量机建立的QSAR模型能够更好地预测药物与血浆蛋白结合率.     

籽粒铁、锌营养与人体健康研究进展

综述了解决人体微量元素缺乏的几种途径,即药物防治、饮食多样化、食品防御工程和生物防御工程。认为生物强化工程即通过育种途径来增加籽粒中微量元素含量以其节省费用、持久性、广泛性和安全性之优点而更具发展潜力。同时,总结了国内外关于籽粒微量元素营养,尤其是铁和锌营养的最新研究进展,并提出了农业工作者在该领域的切入点。     

毛细管电泳研究HIV抑制剂、Tat蛋白与RNA的相互作用

利用毛细管区带电泳法对新型HIV抑制剂(β 咔啉类药物)、HIVTat蛋白与HIVTARRNA竞争作 用中的反应物和产物进行分离,研究了这种新型HIV抑制剂与RNA的相互作用,证明了其结合比为1∶1,并 进一步测定了该反应的结合常数为2.76×104L/mol,与Tat蛋白和RNA的结合常数相近,说明这种抑制剂可 与蛋白竞争性地结合RNA,从而有效抑制病毒复制。此结果与生物学方法的结论一致。     

Study and Application on Polarographic Catalytic Wave of Human Serum Albumin in the Presence of Kio3

ABSTRACT

A polarographic catalytic wave of human serum albumin (HSA) in the presence of KIO³ was reported. In 0.1 M NaAc～HAc buffer (pH4.7) solution, a reduction wave of HSA with peak potential ?0.60 V (vs., Ag/AgCl) resulted from the reduction of five disulfide linkages to sulfhydryl group. In the presence of KIO³, HSA yielded a polarographic catalytic wave at the original potential due to reduction and regeneration of these disulfide linkages. The catalytic wave can be used to determine trace of HSA. In the 0.1 M HAc～NaAc (pH4.7±0.2) ～1×10^?3 M KIO³ solution, the peak current was linearly proportional to HSA concentration in the range of 1.5×10^?7～7.5×10^?7 M. The catalytic wave improved two orders of magnitude in sensitivity compared with corresponding reduction wave.     

光谱法研究盐酸克伦特罗与人免疫球蛋白之间的相互作用

在模拟生理条件下,采用荧光猝灭光谱、三维荧光光谱、紫外可见吸收光谱及圆二色谱法首次研究了盐酸克伦特罗(Clenbuterol hydrochloride,CL)与人免疫球蛋白G(Human immunoglobulin G,HIgG)之间的相互作用。根据Scatchard方程和Vant Hoff方程计算了不同温度下CL和HIgG的结合常数和热力学常数。荧光猝灭实验结果表明CL可以使HIgG发生荧光猝灭。在298、304、310 K温度下,CL与HIgG间的结合常数分别为2.95×104、2.35×104、1.82×104L/mol,结合位点数分别为0.84、0.87和0.94,表明两者之间的猝灭机理为静态猝灭。在CL与HIgG相互作用的体系中,其焓变和熵变的值分别为-30.47 kJ/mol和-16.58 J·K·mol-1,表明其结合过程可能同时存在几种作用力,主要为氢键和范德华力。通过三维荧光光谱和紫外光谱数据可知:CL的加入会引起HIgG二级结构的变化。此外,当HIgG与CL间的摩尔比为1∶4时,CL的加入可引起HIgGβ-折叠结构含量的减小。