Effect of dihydroarteminisin against Schistosoma japonicum in vivo / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

Objective To investigate the sensitivity of dihydroartemisinin against different developmental stages of Schistosoma japonicum, so as to understand the effect of dihydroarteminisin against on S. japonicum. Methods Mice were infected with 40 S. japonicum cercariae on the abdomen. Dihydroartemisinin was given intragastrically at different developmental stages of S. japonicum , and the mice were sacrificed 50 days post-infection, the adult worms were collected, and the worm reduction rates and female worm reduction rates were calculated. ① On the 2nd h, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 28th, 35th day post-infection, the mice were administered intragastrically with dihydroartemisinin at a single dose of 300 mg/kg, and the effect of dihydroarteminisin on different developmental stages of S. japonicum were observed. ② The mice were administered with different doses of dihydroartemisinin on the 7th or 35th day post-infection, and the dose-effect was explored. ③ The mice were administered on the 7th day post-infection and re-administered on the 35th day post-infection, respectively with different doses of dihydroartemisinin, and the effect was evaluated. Results The dihydroartemisinin at a single dose of 300 mg/kg had obvious effect on 7-day schistosomula and 35-day adult worms, with 64.81% and 60.47% of worm reduction rates and 73. 81% and 90.48% of female worm reduction rates, respectively. When the mice on the 7th day post-infection were administered with 200, 300, 400 and 600 mg/kg dihydroartemisinin, the worm reduction rates were 46.84% , 60.63% , 59.55% and 60. 21% , respectively, and the female reduction rates were 59.73% , 72.29% , 72.58% and 76.61 % , respectively. While in the mice on the 35th day post-infection, the corresponding rates were 47. 23% , 62.33% , 76.31% and 83.63% , respectively, and 59. 73% , 89. 36% , 89.65% and 93.96% , respectively. When the mice were treated twice with dihydroartemisinin on the 7th day and 35th day post-infection, the worm reduction rates were 58. 16% , 82.66% ,83.42% and 83.79% , respectively, and the female worm reduction rates were 68.69% , 90.43% , 93.74% and 94.63% , respectively. Conclusions Dihydroartemisinin has effect against S. japonicum, and the 7-day schistosomulum and 35-day adult worm are sensitive to the drug.

Proteomics and its application in schistosome / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

This paper reviews the core technology of proteomics, namely separation, identification and bioinformatics prediction of proteins, and its development and application in schistosome research.

Target of Angiostatin / 中国药理学通报

Aim To investigate the specificity of angiostatin to vascular endothelial cells. Methods S-180 tumor imaging and autoradiography of angiogenesis on Matrigel model was developed with 99 Tcm-recombinant human angiostatin ( 99 Tcm-rhAS) as a tracer, and FCM on human microvascular endothelial cell-1 (HMEC-1) with FITC-rhAS or rhAS antibody. The binding protein of rhAS on HMEC-1 was isolated by af-finity chromatography, and the proteins was sequenced with MS. Results 99 Tcm-rhAS was concentrated on the tumor site in vivo, and the rhAS was specific to angiogenesis of tumor. There were some binding sites on the surface of HMEC-1. Three proteins which are able to bind rhAS were obtained by affinity chromatography, among which tubulin sequenced was an important target for tumor. Conclusion The angiostatin is specific to novel vascular endothelial cell, and its mechanism targeting tumor is complicated.

Purification of human urine erythropoietin and thrombomodulin / 中国生化药物杂志

Purpose　The aim is to isolate and purify the erythropoietin(EPO)and thrombomodulin(TM) from human urine.Methods　Purifying and isolating human urine with means of filtration and concentration,ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography and so on.Results　4.47 mg EPO and 9.92 mg TM were obtained from 2 000 kg human urine.Their molecular weights were(38.6±1.0)kD and (60±1.4)kD erespectively, the isoelectric point, 3.60±0.02 and 3.70±0.02, yield, 31.9% and 25.0%.The purified EPO and TM was shown to be highly homogeneous by capillary zone-electrophoresis(CZE),abundant Glu，Ala and Gly include on TM. Conclusion　The high purity EPO and TM was obtained.

Laboratory study on reproducibility of no-albumin human plasma by rivanol precipitation Ⅰ.Purification or isolation of protein C and protein S / 中国生化药物杂志

Purpose　The aim is to isolate and purify Protein C(PC) and Protein S(PS) from no-albumin human plasma by rivanol precipitation. Methods　The isolated and purified steps included adsorption onto and elution from barium, salting-out, ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography,preparative isoelectric focusing and so on. Results　The molecular weights of the obtained PC and PS were (61±0.9)kD and (83±0.8)kD, respectively, the isoelectric point, 4.70±0.03 and 5.20±0.03,and the yield, 28.3% and 12.6%. The purified PC and PS were shown to be highly homogeneous by capillary zone-electrophoresis(CZE), and rich in Glu, Leu and Gly or Asp, Glu and Leu respectively. Conclusion　 The methods could be used for large-scale isolation and purification of PC and PS from no-albumin human plasma.

Homology of 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene among species and strains of Schistosoma and sensitivity of PCR assay to detect single cercaria / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

Objective To research the homology of 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA(18S-rRNA) gene about Chinese Mainland and Philippine strains of Schistosoma japonicum,and Schistosoma mansoni,and the possibility to establish the PCR assay based on the gene for detecting the cercaria in a low density level. Methods The genomic DNAs of Chinese Mainland and Philippine strains of S.japonicum,and S.mansoni were extracted. The PCR assay was used to detect the identical target DNA elements in the above genome team and the homology of their genes was compared. The single cercaria was respectively treated with the method of heating in boiling water,the method of treating with ammonia and the method of treating with NaOH,HCl and ethanol,and the single treated cercaria and the single cercaria without treating were used as the templates to amplify the target DNA by using the PCR assay,and the detection rates of the PCR assay to detect the single cercaria treated with the different methods were calculated and compared. Results With the genomic DNAs of Chinese Mainland and Philippine strains of S.japonicum and S.mansoni as the templates,the target DNA element of which sequence length was 469 bp was all amplified by PCR. The target DNA was all amplified by PCR to the single cercaria treated with ammonia and the method of treating with NaOH,HCl and ethanol. However,only 50 percent of specimens of the single cercaria without treating and the single cercaria treated with the method of heating in boiling water were amplified to the target DNA by PCR. Conclusions The 18S-rRNA gene has the general homology among the species and strains of Schistosoma. The sensitivity of the PCR assay to detect the low density cercaria treated with ammonia or the method of treating with NaOH,HCl and ethanol is higher than that of the single cercaria without treating or treated with the method of heating in boiling water.

Comparison of the molluscicidal effect of three formulations of niclosamide against Oncomelania snails / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

0.05).In 0.063 mg/L active content of the three formulations,the death rates of SCN and ECN were higher than that of WPN,there was a significant difference between SCN and WPN or between ECN and WPN(P

Establishment and characteristics of a paclitaxel resistant human mammaryadenocarcinoma cell subline(MCF-7/Taxol) / 中国药理学通报

Aim To establish a new paclitaxel resistant human mammary adenocarcinoma cell subline(MCF-7/Taxol) and investigate its characteristics.Methods A paclitaxel resistant human mammary adenocarcinoma cell subline(MCF-7/Taxol) was developed by gradually increasing the concentration of Taxol from the parent cell line MCF-7 in vitro.The multidrug resistance of MCF-7/Taxol to anticancer agents was evaluated by SRB assay;the distribution of their cell cycles was detected by flow cytometry;the positive expression rate of P-gP、LRP、ToPoII、GST?、ER and PR was measured by S-P immunohistochemistry;the intracellular accumulation of Taxol was assessed by HPLC;the morphological features and the celluar ultrastructure characteristics were observed respectively by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.Results MCF-7/Taxol was resistant to several chemotherapy agents,such as Hydroxycamptothecine,Epirubicin,Doxorubicin,Mitoxantone and so on.The IC50 of MCF-7/Taxol to Taxol was 525 times higher than that of MCF-7,and the IC50 of MCF-7/Taxol stopped administrating Taxol for three months was 150 times higher than that of MCF-7.The multiplication time of MCF-7/Taxol was longer than that of the natural cell and the proportion of cells in S-phase increased while that in G1-phase decreased.The expression levels of P-gp、LRP and GST? increased,and ER and PR were not observed.The morphology of MCF-7/Taxol became larger and irregular,and the surface of natural cell was in the shape of floss,but MCF-7/Taxol was in the shape of bead.The intracellular of Taxol was observed in both MCF-7/Taxol and stoppage administrating.Conclusions MCF-7/Taxol cell subline was a typical multidrug resistant cell line which had basic characteristics of drug resistance cells.It was supposed that there was a cell subline which was tumor stem cell of MCF-7 included in this multidrug resistant cell line.