Application of Optical Protein-chip in Detecting Phage M13KO7

Abstract: Avidin layer was bound on the substrate surface of Silicon wafer modified with aldehyde. The interaction between avidin and biotin was adopted for the immobilization of mouse monoclonal biotin-anti-M13 (antibody GP3)-labeled biotin. The surface was incubated in a solution containing phage M13KO7, which was trapped by the antibody GP3 with the interaction between phage M13KO7 and antibody GP3, resulting in a variation of layer thickness that was detected by imaging ellipsometry. The results showed a saturated layer of antibody GP3 with a thickness about 6.9 nm on the surface of the silicon wafer. The specific interaction between phage M13KO7 and antibody GP3 resulted in a variation of layer thickness. The layer of phage M13KO7 bound with antibody GP3 was 17.5 nm in the concentration of 1.1×1010 pfu/mL. Each variation of the layer thickness corresponded to a concentration of phage M13KO7 in the range of 0.1×1010–2.5×1010 pfu/mL, with the sensitivity of 109 pfu/mL. Compared with other methods, the optical protein-chip, requiring only short measurement time, label free, is a quantitative test, and can be visualized. This study could be significant on the interactions between the antibody and the virus, showing potential in the early diagnosis of virosis.

Preparation and characterization of three monoclonal antibodies against HIV-1 p24 capsid protein

HIV4 p24 detection provides a means to aid the early diagnosis of HIV-1 infection, track the progression of disease and assess the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy. In the present study, three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) p3JB9, p5F1 and p6F4 against HI

植物激素对土壤污染早期诊断研究

通过菲污染诱导动态响应预实验确定了小麦为供试植物，赤霉素(GA3)、细胞分裂素的玉米素和玉米素核苷总含量(Z&ZR)以及脱落酸(ABA)为植物激素供试指标，并且确定试验终点为小麦生长14d。在预实验的基础上，以草甸棕壤为供试土壤，采用室内培养箱盆栽方法，进行多环芳烃菲、芘、荧蒽和苯并(a)芘单一，两-两复合以及三-三复合与3种植物激素的剂量-效应关系研究；3种植物激素对土壤重金属镉、铅、铜和锌单一污染诱导的响应关系研究。并以多环芳烃类的菲和重金属类的镉为代表污染物，进行小麦芽期生长指标及植物激素测定，研究植物激素与生长指标对污染物的响应及敏感性比较。 多环芳烃单一及复合污染诱导实验结果表明：ABA对菲、芘、荧蒽、苯并(a)芘单一及复合污染诱导的响应趋势一致，即随着污染诱导浓度增加，ABA含量显著增加；GA3与四种多环芳烃单一及复合污染诱导存在一定的响应关系，但响应趋势呈多样性变化；对于多环芳烃单一及复合污染诱导，随着污染物浓度增加，Z&ZR含量出现了先增加后减少的趋势，表现为显著的污染诱导抑制效应。ABA和Z&ZR对多环芳烃污染诱导响应敏感，这为其成为土壤污染诊断指标提供了可能性。 在不同的镉、铅、铜、锌污染处理中，小麦体内ABA含量均出现明显增加趋势，与多环芳烃污染胁迫响应一致；GA3含量对镉、铅、铜、锌四种重金属污染胁迫响应趋势相同，均为先增加后减少。对于土壤镉和铅污染胁迫Z&ZR表现为先增加后减少的响应趋势，而对于铜和锌污染胁迫，Z&ZR含量变化与镉、铅胁迫时不同。 植物激素与生长指标对污染胁迫的响应及敏感性比较研究表明，对多环芳烃菲污染诱导，植物激素含量同生长指标相比具有显著的敏感性。对重金属镉污染诱导，内源激素含量和生长指标敏感性都显著，小麦根和芽中ABA含量显著增加，进一步证明了其在植物污染抗逆中的作用机理。

On Combining Morphological Component Analysis and Concentric Morphology Model for Mammographic Mass Detection

Mammographic mass detection is an important task for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. However, it is difficult to distinguish masses from normal regions because of their abundant morphological characteristics and ambiguous margins. To improve the mass detection performance, it is essential to effectively preprocess mammogram to preserve both the intensity distribution and morphological characteristics of regions. In this paper, morphological component analysis is first introduced to decompose a mammogram into a piecewise-smooth component and a texture component. The former is utilized in our detection scheme as it effectively suppresses both structural noises and effects of blood vessels. Then, we propose two novel concentric layer criteria to detect different types of suspicious regions in a mammogram. The combination is evaluated based on the Digital Database for Screening Mammography, where 100 malignant cases and 50 benign cases are utilized. The sensitivity of the proposed scheme is 99% in malignant, 88% in benign, and 95.3% in all types of cases. The results show that the proposed detection scheme achieves satisfactory detection performance and preferable compromises between sensitivity and false positive rates.

Highly sensitive determination of the methylated p16 gene in cancer patients by microchip electrophoresis

The p16 tumor suppressor gene is inactivated by promoter region hypermethylation in many types of tumor. Recent studies showed that aberrant methylation of the p16 gene is an early event in many tumors, especially in lung cancer, and may constitute a new biomarker for early detection and monitoring of prevention trials. We detected tumor-associated aberrant hypermethylation of the p16 gene in plasma and tissue DNA from 153 specimens using a modified semi-nested methylation-specific PCR (MSP) combining plastic microchip electrophoresis or slab gel electrophoresis, respectively. Specimens were from 79 lung cancer patients, 15 abdominal tumor patients, 30 positive controls and 30 negative controls. The results showed that the positive rate obtained by microchip electrophoresis was more than 26.6% higher and the same speciticity was kept when compared with slab gel electrophoresis. The microchip electrophoresis can rapidly and accurately analyze the PCR products of methylated DNA and obviously improve the positive rate of diagnosis of cancer patients when compared with gel electrophoresis. This method with the high assay sensitivity might be used for detection of methylation of p16 gene and even to facilitate early diagnosis of cancer patients. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.