导管三维重构的基本方法

导管是被子植物运输水分和无机盐的管道,它由一串导管分子以穿孔端壁相互衔接而成。关于它在输水过程中的作用,常用的比较方法是通过离析来测定导管分子的长度和直径,或者是通过三切面来观察某一导管分子与邻近细胞的相互关系。由于上述方法所展示的仅仅是某一局部区域中木质部各种组成分子的平面关系或者是某一组成分子的变化模式,所     

小儿心脏超声图像三维重构和显示方法

采用坐标变换和线性插值的方法,对由超声仪采集而来的二维小儿心脏超声切面图像进行重构,产生三维模型,并显示出在该模型中任意位置和角度的切面图像,对3种显示切面图像的方法在效果和时间复杂度上进行了比较,表明了这些方法在显示切面图像方面的可行性。     

神经肽为老年性痴呆症和其他神经疾病的治疗展现了希望

许多方面的研究表现多种肽,包括神经因子,对老年性痴呆症显有重要的潜在治疗作用。神经因子用以治疗神经系统退化性病变,较之目前临床开发的许多姑息治疗具有更切实有效的可能性。     

电子显微三维重构技术发展与前沿

本文对电子显微三维重构技术(也称电镜三维重构,electron microscopy 3D reconstruction)进行简要介绍,并在此基础上对该技术当前研究的发展和前沿进行综述,包括高分辨率电镜三维重构、仪器设备性能突破、自动化数据收集和处理、高性能计算技术应用、二/三维图像处理技术的发展和创新、基于三维重构图的模型计算等方面,最后对电子显微三维重构技术的未来进行了展望。     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒的三维重构与衣壳蛋白特性

草鱼呼肠孤病毒(grass carp reovirus, GCRV)为呼肠孤病毒科水生呼肠孤病毒属一新成员. 最新的基因组序列分析发现, GCRV与哺乳动物呼肠孤病毒(mammalian reovirus, MRV)具有高度的同源性. 为了解GCRV致病机理, 进行了分辨率达到17 Å的三维重构与衣壳蛋白特性研究. 结果表明: GCRV颗粒呈多层排列, 包括RNA核心与内壳层、中间层及外壳层. 由200个按T = 13对称排列的三聚体组成外衣壳, 其典型特征是在5次轴上出现三聚体缺失凹陷区, 暴露出中间层三聚体亚单位. 内壳层由120个单体组成, 按T = 1排列, 结构特点与呼肠孤病毒科成员内衣壳特征相一致. 衣壳蛋白电泳显示, GCRV颗粒含有7种蛋白(VP1-VP7)组分, 与MRV衣壳蛋白特性相近, 两者在衣壳结构组成上的相似性与基因组序列的高度同源性相吻合. 此结果对进一步研究GCRV与宿主细胞相互作用机理具有指导意义.     

块染技术在生物样品超微结构三维重构中的应用

该文主要探究生物大分子和各种细胞器的空间位置、相互作用的细节信息,对解析生命过程至关重要。因此,通过体电子显微学技术,实现大尺度生物样品的超微结构的三维重构,对促进细胞生物学、神经生物学等的研究具有重要意义。然而,生物样品本身只能提供微弱的电子反差,电镜成像后样品的细节结构不清晰。染色技术可以有效地增大样品的电子散射差异,提高样品超微结构的电镜图像质量。近年来,已有大量研究使用块染技术实现了大尺度样品的超微结构成像,该文通过概述电镜样品的制备过程、染色方法和染色原理,比较了在块染过程中不同的桥联剂和块染剂的特点,以期为促进块染技术的应用和发展提供有效思路。     

冷冻电镜单颗粒三维重构密度掩模的自动生成方法研究

冷冻电镜单颗粒三维重构技术是用来解析生物大分子三维结构的常用方法.然而目前在单颗粒三维重构过程中,溶剂平滑操作还存在一定缺陷:没有一款主流的单颗粒三维重构程序能够自动寻找掩模(mask)三维密度图,使得三维重构过程难免受到噪音统计学模型计算偏差的干扰.为解决这一问题,本研究借鉴X射线晶体学中解析优化相位所广泛采用的溶剂平滑方法,采用高斯滤波、坎尼边缘检测、最小误差阈值处理等方法处理重构所得三维密度图,优化溶剂平滑操作,发展在单颗粒三维重构过程中自动寻找mask三维密度图的方法.运用三维密度图傅里叶壳层相关系数(fourier shell correlation,FSC)曲线图、模拟颗粒数据重构角度误差散点图等指标评估此方法的效果.结果表明,自动寻找mask密度图的方法能够较好地找到涵盖分子结构信号区域的mask密度图,较为明显提高三维重构所得密度图分辨率.     

家蚕传染性软化病病毒的冷冻电子显微镜三维重构

应用冷冻电子显微镜三维重构技术获得了家蚕传染性软化病病毒（Infectious flacherie virus,IFV）衣壳的三维立体结构.重构最终结果使用了5047个病毒粒子的数据.FSC曲线显示该重构结果的分辨率为18？.IFV的衣壳直径为302.4？,遵循拟T=3（P=3）二十面体对称.衣壳为单层,厚度15？,表面光滑致密,无明显突起或凹陷,无孔洞贯穿.将IFV衣壳结构与昆虫的类小RNA病毒-蟋蟀麻痹病毒（Cricket paralysis virus,CrPV）以及人小RNA病毒-人鼻病毒14（human rhinovirus14,HRV14）的衣壳进行比较,发现IFV衣壳结构与CrPV更为接近.与CrPV一样,IFV衣壳表面也缺少＂Rossmann峡谷＂.同时预测了IFV结构蛋白VP2和VP3的肽链折叠拓扑结构,并对亚基在衣壳表面的分布位置进行了推测.     

使用电子断层技术对IgG1抗体逐个分子的三维重构与结构分析

抗体(antibody)又称免疫球蛋白(immunoglobulin,Ig),是人体免疫反应的重要参与者.了解抗体的结构和结构动态特征,是理解人体免疫作用机理、修复或提高免疫能力、定向设计抗体以治疗各种疾病的基础.本文以人体IgG1抗体为对象,综述了使用透射电子显微学方法研究IgG1抗体结构方向的最新进展.详细介绍了使用逐个分子的电子断层三维重构技术(individual-particle electron tomography,IPET)对抗体进行结构研究的方法,包括样品制备、图像处理和数据分析等.并描述了利用该技术,在研究抗体结合肽分子后的结构形变和通过收集不同构象来研究抗体动态结构特征方面所取得的阶段性成果.最后,对尚待解决的关键问题与该技术未来的发展方向进行了讨论与展望.     

基于Hi-c数据的酵母染色体三维结构重构

通过染色体交互频率数据(Hi-c)来预测染色体三维空间结构是近年表观遗传研究热点。研究表明染色体三维空间结构在生物基因表达、调控等方面起到重要作用,对其进行三维重构是研究细胞代谢过程的基本途径。针对酵母Hi-c数据在不同染色体所呈现出的统计特征,拟合出每条染色体交互频率数据分布的数学模型,然后利用梯度上升迭代算法预测并重构其三维结构,并给出模型评估指标。实验结果表明,模型具有较高可重复性和预测精确度。     

Staining Senile Plaques using Bodian's Method Modified with Methenamine

A new method is presented for staining various types of senile plaques isolated from the brains of patients with Alzheimer type dementia and related diseases in paraffin embedded sections using a modified Bodian's method with methenamine. This methenamine-Bodian method made it possible to observe diffuse plaques and other amyloid deposits which are barely detected by Bodian's original method. The staining of senile plaques by the method presented here was comparable to that of immunostaining with anti-β-protein. The new method also stained neurofibrillary tangles. Therefore, the methenamine-Bodian method could be widely used for the detection of senile changes in paraffin embedded sections from autopsied human brains.     

阿尔茨海默氏症的研究进展

阿尔茨海默氏症是影响人类健康的主要疾病之一,也是目前人们研究的热点。除对人们普遍接受的阿尔茨海默氏症的病因---Aβ假说进行了综述分析,还对目前流行的阿尔茨海默氏症的几种治疗方法(如:β、γ分泌酶抑制剂、抗炎症药物、降低胆固醇水平药物、金属螯合剂、抗神经退化药物等)的研究进行了介绍,特别是对Aβ疫苗的最新研究进展和前景进行综述分析,为进一步工作打下了基础 。     

Methenamine-Silver Staining: a Simple and Sensitive Staining Method for Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles

An improved methenamine-silver impregnation method is presented which exhibits sensitivity for amyloid substances comparable to that of anti-β protein immunostaining. In optimally treated sections, this technique stained both β-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles, which are known to have a β-pleated structure. This simple procedure allows a large number of sections to be stained for routine examination.     

Beta-secretase-cleaved amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer brain: a morphologic study

β-amyloid (Aβ) is the main constituent of senile plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease. Aβ is derived from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) via proteolytic cleavage by proteases β- and β-secretase. In this study, we examined content and localization of β-secretase-cleaved APP (β-sAPP) in brain tissue sections from the frontal, temporal and occipital lobe. Strong granular β-sAPP staining was found throughout the gray matter of all three areas, while white matter staining was considerably weaker. β-sAPP was found to be localized in astrocytes and in axons. We found the β-sAPP immunostaining to be stronger and more extensive in gray matter in Alzheimer disease (AD) cases than controls. The axonal β-sAPP staining was patchy and unevenly distributed for the AD cases, indicating impaired axonal transport. β-sAPP was also found surrounding senile plaques and cerebral blood vessels. The results presented here show altered β-sAPP staining in the AD brain, suggestive of abnormal processing and transport of APP.     

二苯乙烯苷对AD模型鼠老年斑和行为障碍的影响

目的:观察二苯乙烯苷对Alzheimer病(AD)模型大鼠行为学及脑内海马区域老年斑的影响。方法:采用立体定向仪下于海马部位注射微量Aβ1-42造模,行Y-电迷宫实验检测学习记忆能力及刚果红染色法观察大鼠脑内老年斑的变化。结果:模型组躲避所需的电刺激次数明显增加(29.53±2.28),P<0.05,海马部位老年斑增多(6.87±1.21),P<0.01;二苯乙烯苷干预后,大鼠躲避所需的电刺激次数减少(19.13±2.47),P<0.05,同时,海马部位老年斑减少(4.13±1.19),P<0.05。结论:二苯乙烯苷能改善模型大鼠的学习记忆能力,抑制和清除海马结构中老年斑的沉积。     

载脂蛋白E基因多态性与阿尔茨海默病

利用PCR RFLP方法分析了中国汉族人群中 16 0例散发性阿尔茨海默病 (Alzheimerdisease,AD)患者和 195例正常对照老年人中载脂蛋白E(APOE)基因多态性分布的差异。结果表明 ,APOE 3种等位基因ε2、ε3和ε4的频率在AD组和对照组分别为 0 0 5 6、0 713、0 2 31和 0 0 82、0 84 4、0 0 74。APOEε4等位基因携带个体患AD的危险为非携带个体的 3 82倍 (χ2 =2 8 7,P <0 0 0 1)。 6 5岁以上APOEε4携带个体患AD的危险为非携带个体的 5 38倍(χ2 =2 9 8,P <0 0 0 1) ,说明年龄因素可能影响ε4与AD间的相互作用。APOE等位基因和基因型频率在轻、中和重度痴呆病人间的分布无明显差异 (P >0 0 5 ) ,提示APOE基因多态性可能与AD患者的痴呆程度无关联。APOEε4基因型频率在女性AD病人中的分布略高于男性AD病人 (4 3 0 %对 36 5 % ) ,女性ε4携带个体患AD的危险也高于男性ε4携带个体 (4 3倍对 3 3倍 ) ,但统计学分析未检测到这些差异的显著性 (P >0 0 5 )。ε2等位基因频率在AD患者男性亚组明显低于女性亚组 ,也低于对照人群的男性亚组 (P <0 0 5 ) ,提示ε2等位基因可能降低中国汉族男性人群AD发病的危险     

Heart Rate Variation, Age, and Behavior in Subjects with Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type

Minute-by-minute heart rate (HR) recordings over a period of 24 h were obtained once for 30 elderly subjects diagnosed as having senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT). Twenty-one of the subjects were studied in a hospital ward setting, and nine were studied in their own homes. Twelve were men and 18 were women. Eleven took some form of sedative medication; 10 took no medication. Thirty-minute mean values were unmasked to take account of the effects of activity and sleep on HR. Results indicate that the masked HR circadian rhythm of SDAT may be more often unimodal than that of normal subjects of similar age, and that phase shift of the endogenous, clock-mediated component of the rhythm (with higher HR at night) is to be expected in a proportion of individuals with SDAT.     

Detection of Neuritic Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model

Alzheimer''s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder leading to dementia. Neuritic plaque formation is one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer''s disease. The central component of neuritic plaques is a small filamentous protein called amyloid β protein (Aβ)¹, which is derived from sequential proteolytic cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase and γ-secretase. The amyloid hypothesis entails that Aγ-containing plaques as the underlying toxic mechanism in AD pathology². The postmortem analysis of the presence of neuritic plaque confirms the diagnosis of AD. To further our understanding of Aγ neurobiology in AD pathogenesis, various mouse strains expressing AD-related mutations in the human APP genes were generated. Depending on the severity of the disease, these mice will develop neuritic plaques at different ages. These mice serve as invaluable tools for studying the pathogenesis and drug development that could affect the APP processing pathway and neuritic plaque formation. In this protocol, we employ an immunohistochemical method for specific detection of neuritic plaques in AD model mice. We will specifically discuss the preparation from extracting the half brain, paraformaldehyde fixation, cryosectioning, and two methods to detect neurotic plaques in AD transgenic mice: immunohistochemical detection using the ABC and DAB method and fluorescent detection using thiofalvin S staining method.     

APP／PS双转基因阿尔茨海默病小鼠模型的老年斑及行为学动态分析

目的研究APP／PS1双转基因阿尔茨海默病小鼠模型老年斑形成和行为改变的动态过程。方法将转APPswe突变基因小鼠与转PSAE9基因突变小鼠杂交,PCR鉴定APPswe／PSAE9双突变转基因小鼠的基因表型,筛选阳性小鼠建立APPswe／PS／kE9双转基因C57BL／6J小鼠模型。抗邮免疫组化、改良Bieschowsky银染法、Thioflavin-S荧光分别动态检测3、4、5、6、9、12月龄APPswe／PSAE9双转基因小鼠大脑病理改变。荷兰Noldus公司EthovisionXT监测分析软件动态观察3、6、9月龄的APPswe／PSAE9双转基因小鼠Morris水迷宫行为学改变。利用SPSS16．0软件统计分析。结果建立了人APPswe／PSAE9双转基因阿尔茨海默病小鼠模型。3月龄APP／PS1双转基因小鼠大脑组织抗Aβ1—17免疫组织化学、改良Bieschowsky银染法、Thioflavin—S荧光未检测到有明显老年斑形成。4．5月龄APPswe／PSAE9双转基因小鼠大脑组织上述三种方法均可检测到老年斑。9、12月龄双转基因小鼠老年斑数量体积明显增加,出现与阿尔茨海默病患者较相似的老年斑改变。Morris水迷宫试验发现3、6、9月龄APPswe／PSAE9双转基因小鼠行为学结果与同月龄野生型小鼠有差异,说明与同月龄野生型小鼠相比出现记忆学习能力缺陷（P〈0．05）。结论成功建立了人APPswe／PSAE9双转基因小鼠阿尔茨海默病模型,为阿尔茨海默病发病机制研究和药物研发提供了有价值的动物模型。     

Elevated Levels of the Endosomal-Lysosomal Proteinase Cathepsin D in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Alzheimer Disease

Abstract: Lysosomal hydrolases are normally intracellular enzymes but are abundant extracellularly within senile plaques in Alzheimer disease and in other conditions where β-amyloid accumulates. To examine whether acid hydrolases released from abnormal hydrolase-laden neurons are detectable in CSF, we measured levels of the major aspartic proteinase of lysosomes, cathepsin D (Cat D), in ventricular CSF collected after death from 30 patients with Alzheimer disease, 14 patients with Huntington disease, and seven patients with other neurodegenerative diseases. The levels of Cat D-immunoreactive protein, expressed as micrograms per milliliter of protein, determined by western blot immunoassay using a polyclonal antiserum against human brain Cat D, were more than fourfold higher in the Alzheimer patients than in the other patient groups ( p < 0.0005). Cat D activity, assayed separately against [¹⁴C]methemoglobin at pH 3.2, was also significantly elevated but less than Cat D content. The lower specific activity of Cat D in Alzheimer CSF therefore indicated that the abnormally accumulated Cat D included a high proportion of inactive enzyme. These results indicate that abnormal Cat D release from affected neurons into the extracellular space is an active, ongoing process in Alzheimer brain. In addition, the levels of this enzyme and possibly other lysosomal hydrolases in CSF may prove to be useful biological markers of Alzheimer disease.