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简介：Thepurposeofthestudyistoestablishafluorescencequantitativereversetranscriptionpoly-merasechainresponse(FQ-RT-PCR)methodforthequantitativedeterminationofIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAinThcells,withwhichtheThcellsstatusofthepatientswithgynaecologicaltumorsandchronicrenalfailure(CRF)canbeanalyzed.IL-2cDNAandIL-4cDNAwereprepared,andtheplasmidpMD18carryingIL-2cDNAorIL-4cDNAfragmentwasconstructedandclonedasthetemplateforquantitativedetermination.Theprimersandprobeslabelledwith6-carboxy-fluorescein(FAM)and6-carboxy-tetrarnethylrhodamine(TAMRA)wereprepared,andtheexperimentalconditionswereoptimizedtosetuptheFQ-RT-PCRmethodforquantitativedeterminationofIL-2mRNAandEL-4mRNA.Thcellsenrichedfromperipheralbloodmononuclearcells(PBMCs)of20healthyvolunteers(HVs),16gynaecologicalbenign(GB)cases,18gynaecologicalmalignant(GM)tumorcasesand16chronicrenalfailure(CRF)patientsweretestedforIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAbyFQ-RT-PCR.Thehouse-keepinggeneβ-actinwasusedastheinternalcontrolgeneoftheexperiment.Thestandardcurveforlogconcentrationofseriesofquantitativetemplatesvsthresholdcycle(CT)wasestablishedbylinearregression,andthelinearrangewas102-107copies/μl.TheimprecisiontestshowedtheCVofinter-assayandintra-assayofahighcontentsamplebyFQ-RT-PCRwere7.8%and12.5%,respectively.TheCVofinter-assayandintra-assayofalowcontentsamplewere10.8%and19.5%,respectively.TheIL-2mRNAexpressionsinThofthepatientswithgynaecologicalmalignanttumor(comparedwiththeHVsandthepatientswithgynaecologicalbenigndisease)andinThoftheCRFpatients(comparedwiththeHVs)weredeclinedsignificantlyandatthesametimetheIL-4mRNAexpressionincreasedsignificantly(P<0.001).Asimple,sensitiveandaccurateFQ-RT-PCRmethodforthequantitativedetectionofIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAhasbeenestablished.TheIL-2mRNAandIL-4m

简介：ToconstructandexpressthefusionproteinStx2B-IntiminC300ofEHEC0157:H7,andtofurtherinvestigateitsimmunoprophyiacticpotential,thegeneofStx2B(stx2b)fromEHEC0157:H7chromosomewasclonedintopMD18-Tvector.Thereafter,theamplifiedgenewasclonedintoprokaryoticexpressionplasmidpET-28a(+)-eaeC300,whichwasconstructedpreviously.TherecombinantpasmidpET-28a(+)-stx2b-eaeC300wastransformedintoE.coliBL21(DE3).Afterinducement,theproteinStx2B-IntiminC300wassuccessfullyexpressedandanalyzedwithsodiumdodecylsulfatepolyacrylamidegelelectrophoresis(SDS-PAGE),WesternblottingandN-terminalaminoacidresidualsequencing.Toevaluateitsimmunoprophyiacticpotential,itwasprimarilypurifiedbyion-exchangechromatographyandinjectedinto30BALB/cmicewithAl(OH)3inthesubscapularregion.Tendaysafterthelastboostervaccination,20micewereattackedwithEHEC0157:H7lysateandtheprotectiveefficacywasobserved.Inthepresentstudy,thegeneofStx2B-IntiminC300wassuccessfullyclonedintopET-28a(+)vector.TheresultsofSDS-PAGEandWesternblottingassayshowedthatthefusionproteinwassuccessfullyexpressedintheinclusionbodyform,accountingfor25%oftotalexpressionproducts,anditsmolecularweightwasabout43kDa.TheresultoftheN-terminalaminoacidresidualsequencingshowedthatitwasidenticaltothatofthemoleculardesigned.Thepuritywasabout75%afterprimarypurification.AnimaltestsrevealedthatthefusionproteinStx2B-IntiminC300haselicitedhightiterofprotectiveantibodyrelatively.TheseresultsdemonstratethatthefusionproteinStx2B-IntiminC300issuccessfullyexpressedinprokaryoticexpressionsystemandshowscertainimmunoprophyiacticpotential.

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简介：InordertorevealvariationandrevolutionofNPgenesofhumanavianH_5N_1influenzavirusstrains,theNPgeneofahumanavianH_5N_1influenzavirusstraininGuangdongwassequencedandtheglobalNPgenesofstrainswereretrieved.ThesequenceswereanalyzedbyDNAStar5.0,andtheevolu-tionaryspeedwasstudiedwithreferencetotheepidemiologicaldata.ItwasfoundthatNPgenesof45strainsduring1997-2006werehomologicallyclassifiedintothreegroups:strainsin1997-1998,strainsin2004-2005andstrainsfrom2003to2006.Therewere35substitutionsinNPsinallstrainsaccountingforaratioof7.03%(35/498).Anadditionalglycoproteindomain(NGT_(430-432))wasfoundinNPgenesinthestrainsof2003-2006,themutationofN_(370)SinGD-01-06resultedinoccurrenceofonemoreglyco-proteindomain(NES_(368-370)).Inthesynonymousvariation,K_svaluesinNPwere2.03×10~(-5)-2.55×10~(-5)Nt/dandK_avaluesinNPwere1.58×10(-6)-3.10×10~(-6)Nt/d.Theredidn′texistobviouslyselectivepres-sure.Anadditionalglycoproteindomainineverystrainof2003-2006andonemoreinstrainGD-01-06mightchangetheantigenicityofhumanavianH_6N_1influenzavirus.ThevariationonhumanavianH_5N_1influenzastrainsoccurredfrequentlyinthenaturalworld,whichwouldresultinhighprobabilityofhu-man-humantransmissionalongwiththenaturalevolutionofthevirus.

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简介：Toinvestigatetheroleofnegative-regulatoryfactorsA20,IRF-4andTRAF4ofthetoll-likereceptor(TLR)signalpathwaysinimmunologicalpathogenesisofKawasakidisease(KD),48childrenwithKawasakidisease,16childrenwithinfectiousdisease(ID)and16age-matchedhealthychildrenwerestudied.Reverse-transcriptionPCR(RT-PCR)andreal-timePCRwereusedtoevaluatetheexpres-sionlevelsofnegative-regulatoryandeffectivefactorsintoll-likereceptor4(TLR4)signalpathwaysandproinflammatoryfactorsinperipheralbloodmonocyte/macrophage(MC).Inthisstudy,expressionlevelsofTLR4,MD-2,MyD88,IRAK-4,TRAF6,TAK1,andTAB2mRNAinKDgroupweredetectedtobeelevatedsignificantlyduringacutephaseofKD.Transcriptionlevelsofnegative-regulatoryfactorsA20,IRF-4andTRAF4mRNAinKDorIDpatientsincreasedremarkably.However,expressionsofIRF-4andTRAF4inKDpatientsweredetectedtobelowerthanthatinIDpatients,exceptthattran-scriptionlevelsofA20werefoundtobehigherthanthatinIDpatients.Simultaneously,expressionsofproinflammatorycytokinessuchasL-1β,IL-6andTNF-αinKDpatientsweresignificantlyelevatedcom-paredwiththoseinIDpatients.Furthermore,itwasfoundthatstimulationoflipopolysaccharide(LPS)remarkablyup-regulatedtheexpressionsofnegative-regulatoryfactorsA20,IRF-4andTRAF4inKDpa-tientsorhealthyvolunteers.ThemRNAlevelsofallthethreefactorsinKDpatientswerefoundtobelowerthanthatinthelatter.Inaddition,transcriptionlevelsofIRF-4andTRAF4inKDpatientswithcoronaryarterylesion(KD-CAL~+)weredetectedtobelowerthanthoseinKDpatientswithoutcoronaryarterylesion(KD-CAL~-)duringacutephase,whilethatofA20inKD-CAL~+groupwerelowerthanthatinthelatter.AndthelevelsofexpressionsofproinflammatorycytokinesinKD-CAL~+groupwerefoundtobehigherthanthoseinKD-CAL-group(P<0.01).Thesefindingssuggestthataberrantexpressionofnegative-regulatoryfactorsofTLRssignalpathwaysmaybeinvolved

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