Inhibitory effect of Tum5 on angiogenic activity of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and corneal neovascularization induce by alkali burn in rats / 眼科新进展

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effects of Tum5 on the angiogenesis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and alkali-induced corneal neovascularization.Methods HUVECs in logarithmic growth phase were divided into 4 groups,cells with untreated as normal control group,cells with the infection of rAdGFP virus as rAd-GFP group,cells with the infection of rAd-Tum5 virus as rAd-Tum5 group,and cells with the infection of rAd-Tum5 virus followed by VEGF treatment as rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group.Then cell proliferation,migration,and tube formation of HUVECs were examined by CCK-8,Transwell and Matrigel assays,respectively.Sixty-four healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =16) by using random number table,and they were normal control group,alkali-burn group,alkali-burn + rAd-GFP group,and alkali-burn + rAd-Tum5 group.The alkali-burn rat model was then established except normal control group,and the normal control group received no treatment,whereas the alkali-burn,alkali-burn + rAd-GFP,and alkali-burn + rAd-Tum5 groups received subconjunctival injection of equal volumes of sterilized saline,rAd-GFP virus,and rAd-Tum5 virus,respectively following the alkaline burn.The relative area of corneal neovascularization and the number of infiltrating inflammatory cells were recorded on day 1,7,and 14 after injection.Results The CCK-8 assay showed that the proliferative rate of rAd-Tum5 group was lower than that of the normal control group and rAd-GFP group (both P ＜0.01),while rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group exhibited a significantly greater cell proliferative capability than rAd-Tum5 group (P =0.004).There were no statistical differences between rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group,normal control group and rAdGFP group (all P ＞ 0.05).Transwell assay showed the significantly lower number of migrating cells in the rAd-Tum5 group than those in the normal control group and rAdGFP group (both P ＜ 0.01).The number of migrating cells in rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group was higher than those in rAd-Tum5 group (P =0.000);however,the migration capacity had not been restored to normal level,and rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group had significant difference with normal control group and rAd-Tum5 group (both P ＜0.05).Matrigel assay showed that the number of meshes in rAd-Tum5 group was lower than that in the normal control group and rAd-GFP group (both P ＜0.01);while the number of meshes in rAd-Tum5 + VEGF group was significantly increased compared with rAd-Tum5 group(P =0.001).The density and number of corneal neovascularization increased gradually from day 1 to day 14 after alkali burn,while the relative neovascularization area in the alkali-burn + rAd-Tum5 group was significantly reduced as compared to those in the alkali-burn group and alkali-burn + rAd-GFP group on day 7 and day 14,suggesting that Tum5 could reduce the growth rate and density of corneal neovascularization,so as to inhibit corneal neovascularization induced by alkali burn.On day 7 and 14 after alkali burn,in the normal control group,the corneas were intact,no infiltrating inflammatory cells and cells were arranged in an orderly manner.On day 7 after alkali burn,there were disordered epithelial structure,corneal edema and infiltrating inflammatory cells in alkali-burn group and alkali-burn + rAd-GFP group.The number of infiltrating inflammatory cells in alkaliburn + rAd-Tum5 group was significantly lower than that in alkali-burn group and alkali-burn + rAd-GFP group (both P ＜0.01).On day 14 after alkali burn,the number of infiltrating inflammatory cells in alkali-bum,alkali-burn + rAd-GFP and alkali-burn + rAd-Tum5 group were significantly lower than those on day 7,while the corneal epitheliums were intact and dropsy was alleviated,while the number of inflammatory cells was significantly lower than that in alkali burn group and alkali-burn + rAd-GFP group,with significant difference (both P ＜ 0.01).Conelusion Tum5 can inhibit the angiogenic capability of HUVECs by VEGF pathway,as well as suppress the alkali-burn-induced corneal neovascularization and inflammatory cell infiltration in rats.

Maximal sequence length of exact match between members from a gene family during early evolution / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

Mutation (substitution, deletion, insertion, etc.) in nucleotide acid causes the maximal sequence lengths of exact match (MALE) between paralogous members from a duplicate event to become shorter during evolution. In this work, MALE changes between members of 26 gene families from four representative species (Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, Mus musculus and Homo sapiens) were investigated. Comparative study of paralogous' MALE and amino acid substitution rate (d(A)<0.5) indicated that a close relationship existed between them. The results suggested that MALE could be a sound evolutionary scale for the divergent time for paralogous genes during their early evolution. A reference table between MALE and divergent time for the four species was set up, which would be useful widely, for large-scale genome alignment and comparison. As an example, detection of large-scale duplication events of rice genome based on the table was illustrated.

Two ancient rounds of polyploidy in rice genome / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

An ancient genome duplication (PPP1) that predates divergence of the cereals has recently been recognized. We report here another potentially older large-scale duplication (PPP2) event that predates monocot-dicot divergence in the genome of rice (Oryza sativa L.), as inferred from the age distribution of pairs of duplicate genes based on recent genome data for rice. Our results suggest that paleopolyploidy was widespread and played an important role in the evolution of rice.