基因编辑在线粒体疾病中的应用

线粒体作为细胞的能量工厂,在维持细胞能量代谢与人类生命活动中发挥着至关重要的作用.线粒体基因组的突变会导致一系列线粒体遗传代谢疾病的发生,严重威胁人类生命健康,发展靶向线粒体的基因编辑手段对于线粒体疾病的治疗具有重要意义.近年来,以限制性核酸酶、锌指核酸酶、转录激活因子样效应核酸酶、规律成簇的间隔短回文重复序列(CRISPR)以及碱基编辑器为代表的一系列基因编辑方法迅速发展.本文综合评述了基因编辑工具应用于哺乳动物细胞的线粒体DNA的研究进展、不足和发展方向,以期为线粒体疾病治疗技术的开发提供参考.     

大鼠肝细胞微粒体及线粒体的脂肪酸组成分析

线粒体(mitochondria)是一种重要的细胞器,除成熟红细胞外,普遍存在于各种细胞中,肝细胞内尤为丰富。线粒体是细胞能量代谢的中心,是细胞有氧呼吸的基地和供能的场所,细胞生命活动中需要的能量,约有95％由线粒体供应。微粒体(microsome)主要是细胞质内一些微细的内质网多能性结构,它与肝脏的解毒功能有关。     

细胞线粒体状态的热力学分析

近年来,线粒体在一些重大的代谢性疾病如糖尿病和神经退行性病变中的作用倍受关注。由于线粒体是细胞生产能量的“工厂”。线粒体的能量代谢理论研究带动了线粒体热力学研究的进展,也向化学热力学研究提出新的问题。本文在总结了化学渗透理论和近年来线粒体有关的生物化学研究新结果的基础上,对线粒体的工作及其调节机制了进行了分析,提出了线粒体工作状态受化学热力学机制控制的新观点。     

可固定性荧光探针:线粒体成像的可靠工具

线粒体是一种具有双层膜结构的细胞器,参与细胞新陈代谢过程的能量循环以及离子平衡过程,在细胞生理过程中具有极其重要的意义。一些小分子荧光染料/探针结构中带有正电荷,因受到线粒体内膜负电势的牵引而标记在线粒体上,为研究线粒体的形态或功能提供了重要的可视化成像工具。然而,大多数线粒体染料/探针对线粒体的靶向标记稳定性仍不够理想,因为线粒体电势处于不断的动态变化中,当电势降低时,对染料的亲和力相应降低。尤其在病理条件下(比如细胞凋亡)细胞代谢受到阻滞时,线粒体膜电势显著降低,阳离子染料将扩散离开线粒体,造成非特异性荧光。最近,Kim团队和本人课题组提出可固定线粒体探针的新概念,用活性基团将荧光分子探针通过共价键固定在线粒体中,开发了稳定靶向线粒体中的定量探测微环境p H值、粘度、膜电势荧光探针。我们认为,对于追踪和探测具有高度动态变化特性的线粒体而言,开发可固定的线粒体荧光分子探针是必然趋势,因此本文进行评述和展望。     

线粒体荧光标记的单颗粒水平高通量评估方法

线粒体是真核细胞能量代谢和信号转导的调控中枢,虽然各种灵敏、特异的线粒体荧光标记技术已经被广泛应用于线粒体研究,但仍缺乏单线粒体水平的荧光染色性能评估方法。基于超高灵敏流式检测技术( High sensitivity flow cytometry, HSFCM)能对单个线粒体进行高灵敏、高通量、多参数定量分析的独特优势,本研究发展了一种单线粒体水平的荧光标记高通量评估方法。将携带靶向线粒体绿色荧光蛋白基因的pAcGFP1-Mito质粒转染至人宫颈癌HeLa细胞中,用G418筛选出稳定转染细胞,分别从瞬时转染和稳定转染的细胞中提取线粒体。此外,从未转染质粒的正常HeLa细胞中提取线粒体,分别进行MitoTracker Green标记以及SYTO 62线粒体DNA染色,应用实验室自行研制的超高灵敏流式检测装置在单线粒体水平对这4种线粒体标记方法的荧光亮度、标记效率和稳定性进行评估。实验结果表明,稳定转染细胞中单个线粒体的绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)荧光亮度为瞬时转染的17.7倍,比MitoTracker Green标记的线粒体亮度高约两个数量级,且标记稳定性好。本研究为线粒体标记方法的选择提供了一种先进的分析方法。     

线粒体体外代谢热动力学研究

线粒体是细胞重要的细胞器之一，有细胞的“能源工厂”之称．因为线粒体内有许多酶，是特殊的酶催化氧化反应的场所山；所有动、植物细胞的线粒体都能通过各种营养物的氧化而产生“富能”物质ATP．采用一定的技术可将线粒体从细胞中分离出来，分离出来的线粒体中的酶系统还有一定的活性，而且线粒体内也有一定的营养物质，这样酶系统就能利用这些营养物进行代谢，从而释放出一定的能量．我们用微量热法对两种鱼肝脏线粒体进行了测量，发现线粒体代谢过程分四个阶段：停滞期、活性恢复期、稳定期、活性衰减期．在活性恢复期和活性衰减期，…     

量热法研究线粒体代谢的热力学和动力学行为

线粒体是细胞中极为重要的细胞器，是产生细胞所必需的“富能”物质ATP的重要场所，为细胞活动提供所需化学能．在生命体能量代谢过程中除一部分能量用于合成ATP外，其余则以热的形式释出．用精密热量计测出线粒体代谢过程中的热量输出对了解线粒体的功能和代谢机制具有十分重要的意义．用微量热法研究线粒体体外代谢已有一些报导［‘，’］．本工作用精密热量计和差式扫描量热仪侧定了水稻线粒体体外代谢热谱和DSC曲线，计算了水稻线粒体活性增长速率常数，比较了不同保藏时间的水稻线粒体体外代谢的差异，并初步探讨了水稻线粒体在变…     

有机分子荧光探针成像检测线粒体内ROS的研究进展

线粒体是细胞的"能量工厂",它利用氧气进行氧化磷酸化产生三磷酸腺苷(ATP),为细胞及生命体提供能量.同时,伴随着呼吸链中电子的泄漏,多种活性氧物种(ROS)在线粒体内快速产生.线粒体ROS在维持氧化还原平衡、参与调控细胞的增殖、分化、凋亡等行为方面发挥重要作用.当ROS水平超过机体抗氧化防御能力时,会导致疾病的发生.因此,发展准确检测线粒体ROS的方法,对深入探究ROS的细胞功能调控及相关疾病的发生发展意义重大.由于ROS存在浓度低、寿命短、反应活性高等特点,对其进行精准检测是化学、生物学及医学领域的一大挑战.荧光成像技术具有时空分辨率高、生物相容性好、灵敏度高等显著优势,成为实时检测细胞及活体内ROS的有力工具.近年来,相继发展了诸多荧光探针,实现了线粒体ROS的成像分析.本文着重总结与评述了近年来发展靶向线粒体、荧光可视化多种ROS有机分子探针工作的研究进展,并在构建新型线粒体荧光探针、进一步利用荧光成像方法深入剖析线粒体ROS的细胞学功能等方面进行了探讨与展望.     

差示扫描量热研究水稻线粒体能量释放动力学

线粒体是细胞的一个重要的亚细胞器．它通过呼吸作用为细胞各项活动提供能量，有细胞'动力戒'之称．生物摄取的食物通过代谢分解形成小分子产物之后，被输送至线粒体，经过氧化作用将其中贮存的能量逐步释放出来，并转化为三磷酸腺苦（ATP）以供生命机体各种活动的需要，因而它     

线粒体中无机物种的探测与线粒体功能的干预

线粒体是细胞内微小的细胞器,它通过产生ATP为细胞运转提供几乎全部所需的能量.线粒体广泛参与信号传导、能量代谢、自噬凋亡等细胞过程,对维持生物体正常生理功能至关重要.同时,其功能损伤也与癌症、阿尔兹海默症等多种疾病的发生和发展密切相关.线粒体功能需要在多种蛋白质和无机物种共同参与下才能完成,所以及时了解这些物种的分布和变化情况对维护线粒体生理功能非常重要.线粒体功能又可利用金属配合物的独特理化性质来进行干预或调控,从而实现预防或治疗疾病的目的.本文以探测线粒体无机物种和调控线粒体功能为主题,综述了近年来我国研究者在该领域取得的一些代表性研究成果,同时提出了发展中存在的问题和面临的挑战.     

Review: Dielectrophoresis in cell characterization

Many cellular functions are affected by and thus can be characterized by a cell's electrophysiology. This has also been found to correspond to other biophysical parameters such as cell morphology and mechanical properties. Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is an electrostatic technique which can be used to examine cellular biophysical parameters through the measuring of single or multiple cell response to electric field induced forces. This label-free method offers many advantages in characterizing a cell population over conventional electrophysiology methods such as patch clamping; however, it has yet to see mainstream pharmacological application. Challenges such as the transdisciplinary nature of the field bridging engineering and the biological sciences, throughput, specificity as well as standardization are being addressed in current literature. This review focuses on the developments of DEP-based cell electrophysiological characterization where determining cellular properties such as membrane conductance and capacitance, and cytoplasmic conductivity are the primary motivation. A brief theoretical review, techniques for obtaining these cell parameters, as well as the resulting cell parameters and their applications are included in this review. This review aims to further support the development of DEP-based cell characterization as an important part of the future of DEP and electrophysiology research.     

Mitochondria-penetrating peptides

Mitochondria are important targets for cancer chemotherapy and other disease treatments. Gaining access to this organelle can be difficult, as the inner membrane is a barrier limiting diffusive transport. A mitochondrial molecular carrier would be a boon to the development of organelle-specific therapeutics. Here, we report a significant advance in the development of mitochondrial transporters-synthetic cell-permeable peptides that are able to enter mitochondria. Efficient uptake of these mitochondria-penetrating peptides (MPPs) is observed in a variety of cell types, and organellar specificity is attained with sequences that possess specific chemical properties. The MPPs identified are cationic, but also lipophilic; this combination of characteristics facilitates permeation of the hydrophobic mitochondrial membrane. The examination of a panel of MPPs illustrates that mitochondrial localization can be rationally controlled and finely tuned by altering lipophilicity and charge.     

硅壳纳米颗粒对COS-7细胞的生物效应

从硅壳纳米颗粒对细胞存活率、细胞周期及细胞生长曲线的影响等方面系统地考察了包裹RuBpy染料的硅壳荧光纳米颗粒(FSiNPs)对美洲绿猴肾细胞(COS-7)的生物效应. 结果表明, FSiNPs对COS-7细胞的影响是浓度依赖性的, 低浓度(<0.2 μg/μL)的FSiNPs对细胞的存活率、细胞周期及整个生长过程均无负面影响, 但随着与COS-7细胞作用的FSiNPs浓度的增大, FSiNPs对COS-7细胞的毒性也逐渐增大, 尤其是对细胞周期及细胞生长曲线的影响更为敏感. 同时, 利用FSiNPs的荧光信号同步指示作用, 考察了COS-7细胞对FSiNPs的吞噬作用, 发现 FSiNPs通过细胞膜的吞噬作用随机地进入到细胞内, 一部分FSiNPs被细胞当成异物外排到细胞培养基中, 另一部分则进入到下一代细胞中. 随着细胞传代次数的增多和新生胞质的产生, FSiNPs在细胞内的含量逐渐减少, 最后消失. 在这一过程中, 细胞的形态和生长状况依然良好. 上述研究结果有望为FSiNPs在细胞生物学的研究和应用提供一定的安全标准, 并为开展基于新型纳米颗粒的纳米颗粒器件的研究与应用打下了基础.     

Carbohydrate biomarkers for future disease detection and treatment

Carbohydrates are considered as one of the most important classes of biomarkers for cell types,disease states,protein functions,and developmental states.Carbohydratebindersthat can specifically recognize a carbohydrate biomarker can be used for developing novel types of site specific delivery methods and imaging agents.In this review,we present selected examples of important carbohydrate biomarkers and how they can be targeted for the development of therapeutic and diagnostic agents.Examples are arranged ba...     

The potential of microelectrode arrays and microelectronics for biomedical research and diagnostics

Planar microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are devices that can be used in biomedical and basic in vitro research to provide extracellular electrophysiological information about biological systems at high spatial and temporal resolution. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) is a technology with which MEAs can be produced on a microscale featuring high spatial resolution and excellent signal-to-noise characteristics. CMOS MEAs are specialized for the analysis of complete electrogenic cellular networks at the cellular or subcellular level in dissociated cultures, organotypic cultures, and acute tissue slices; they can also function as biosensors to detect biochemical events. Models of disease or the response of cellular networks to pharmacological compounds can be studied in vitro, allowing one to investigate pathologies, such as cardiac arrhythmias, memory impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease, or vision impairment caused by ganglion cell degeneration in the retina.     

Exosome based miRNA delivery strategy for disease treatment

miRNA, which is a common non-coding RNA, can target various m RNAs to regulate their physiological activities. Therefore, mi RNAs play an important role in various physiological and pathological processes,and so they have been proposed as a powerful tool to treat different diseases efficiently. However, the characteristic of mi RNA degradation in vivo limits its further clinical application. Exosomes have the advantage of crossing the biological barrier and achieving long-distance communication ...     

SAR studies of quinoline and derivatives as potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

Quinoline analogs are an important class of N-based heterocyclic compounds, which have received extensive attention because of their use in medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis. Over the past few decades, several new scaffold-based functionalization synthesis strategies have been reported for quinolines. Quinoline derivatives have a wide range of biological activities, including anti-Alzheimer’s disease activity. Herein, we review research on quinoline and related analogs as anti-Alzheimer’s disease agents from 2001 to 2022 and particularly highlight the structure–activity relationships and molecular binding modes. This review provides information for the rational design of more effective and target-specific drugs for Alzheimer's disease.     

Effects of Specific Inhibitors for CaMK1D on a Primary Neuron Model for Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. Despite extensive research and targeting of the main molecular components of the disease, beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau, there are currently no treatments that alter the progression of the disease. Here, we examine the effects of two specific kinase inhibitors for calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type 1D (CaMK1D) on Aβ-mediated toxicity, using mouse primary cortical neurons. Tau hyperphosphorylation and cell death were used as AD indicators. These specific inhibitors were found to prevent Aβ induced tau hyperphosphorylation in culture, but were not able to protect cells from Aβ induced toxicity. While inhibitors were able to alter AD pathology in cell culture, they were insufficient to prevent cell death. With further research and development, these inhibitors could contribute to a multi-drug strategy to combat AD.     

The role of meningeal populations of type II innate lymphoid cells in modulating neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Recent research into meningeal lymphatics has revealed a never-before appreciated role of type II innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in modulating neuroinflammation in the central nervous system (CNS). To date, the role of ILC2-mediated inflammation in the periphery has been well studied. However, the exact distribution of ILC2s in the CNS and therefore their putative role in modulating neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and major depressive disorder (MDD) remain highly elusive. Here, we review the current evidence of ILC2-mediated modulation of neuroinflammatory cues (i.e., IL-33, IL-25, IL-5, IL-13, IL-10, TNFα, and CXCL16-CXCR6) within the CNS, highlight the distribution of ILC2s in both the periphery and CNS, and discuss some challenges associated with cell type-specific targeting that are important for therapeutics. A comprehensive understanding of the roles of ILC2s in mediating and responding to inflammatory cues may provide valuable insight into potential therapeutic strategies for many dementia-related disorders.Subject terms: Neuroimmunology, Neuroimmunology     

From diatoms to silica-based biohybrids

This critical review shows that diatoms can be a source of inspiration for the synthesis of advanced nanostructured biohybrids. These single cell microalgae are living inside a porous silica shell called 'frustule'. Mimicking this model, silica-based biohybrids have been produced via the so-called sol-gel process. Biomolecules such as proteins, enzymes or antibodies can be trapped within a silica matrix leading to hybrid biosensors and bioreactors. Whole cells remain viable and retain their metabolic activity leading to the formation of living biohybrids that offer new possibilities in the field of biotechnology and nanomedicine. Diatom frustules exhibit an incredible variety of sophisticated shapes; they can be used as 3D hierarchically structured materials for the realization of sensors, photonic devices or microfluidics. They can also be a model for the bio-templated synthesis of nanostructured materials. Diatom nanotechnology is becoming a new field of research where biologists and materials scientists are working together! (125 references).