清除补体避免猪到猕猴异种心脏移植超急性排斥反应的实验研究

　目的　观察纯化的眼镜蛇毒因子(CVF) 对猪到猕猴异种心脏移植超急性排斥反应的影 响。方法　以幼猪为供者,施行猪到猕猴腹腔内异位心脏移植,实验组( n = 4) 使用CVF 完全清除受 者体内补体,对照组( n = 5) 不使用CVF ,两个组术后均采用环孢素A、甲泼尼龙和环磷酰胺抑制排斥 反应,通过检测血清C3 、C4 水平及总补体活性验证CVF 的效果,移植心停跳时切取移植心进行病理 检查。结果　在使用CVF 后,实验组血清C3 降为0 ,总补体活性CH50 值也几乎为0 ,未发现明显毒 副反应,移植猪心存活时间平均为11 d ,最长达13 d ,病理学提示均发生了延迟性异种排斥反应;对照 组3 个移植心在移植后60 min 内发生超急性排斥反应,另2 个分别存活22 h 及6 d。结论　纯化的 CVF 有良好的清除补体的作用,且未见明显副作用;使用CVF 可克服猪到猕猴异种心脏移植超急性 排斥反应的发生。

眼镜蛇毒因子消耗补体对大鼠移植心急性排斥反应的抑制作用

目的 研究中华眼镜蛇毒因子(CVF)消耗补体对大鼠心脏移植急性排斥反应的影响.方法 以近交系BN大鼠为供者,Lewis大鼠为受者,建立腹腔异位心脏移植模型.实验分为2组,每组8只.CVF组:心脏移植术前3 d、2 d时,经受者尾静脉注射CVF 50 μg/kg;术前12 h至移植心停跳时,经尾静脉注射CVF 20 μg/kg,每2 d注射1次.对照组:术前、术后不给予受者任何特殊处理.术后观察移植心的存活时间,测定术后第1、3、5和6d及移植心停跳时的血清总补体活性(CH50法)、移植心C3沉积及CD3+T细胞浸润情况,并观察移植心的病理变化.结果 CVF组和对照组的移植心存活时间分别为(11.69±0.72)d和(6.65±0.35)d,两组比较,差异有统计学意义(P＜0.01).CVF组移植心组织内C3沉积和CD3+T细胞浸润程度均较对照组同期明显减轻,病理损害程度也较对照组同期明显减轻.结论 CVF消耗补体对大鼠心脏移植急性排斥反应起到了明显的抑制作用,从而延长移植心存活时间.

蛇毒因子消耗补体对大鼠同种心脏移植急性排斥反应的影响

探讨蛇毒因子(CW)消耗补体对大鼠同种心脏移植急性排斥反应的影响。方法建立Wistar至sD大 鼠同种异位心脏移植模型，实验组经静脉注射CVF以消耗受体血清中补体，观察移植心存活时间，并从实验组和对照组中分别 抽取5只大鼠于术后1、3、5、6、7 d定时活杀，对比观察移植心急性排斥反应程度，血清补体活性以及CIM+、CD8+T细胞浸润程 度。结果使用CVF的实验组，其移植一fi,存活时间显著延长，平均达(32．39±23．82)d，部分移植心甚至达到长期存活，而对照 组为(6．60±0．65)d(P<0．01)，病理检查及免疫组化证实实验组急性排斥反应程度、组织内C3沉积情况和CD4+、CD8+T细胞 浸润程度均较同期对照组明显减轻。结论CVF清除补体可抑制大鼠同种心脏移植急性排斥反应，显著延长移植心存活 时间。

草鱼补体C3基因的克隆及在感染大中华鳋草鱼个体的表达分析

利用抑制差减杂交技术 ,构建了草鱼与大中华鳋感染相关的差减文库 ,测序得到一些免疫相关基因 ,其中包含与鲤补体C3高度同源的片段 .根据此片段设计引物 ,采用RACE(rapidamplificationofcDNAends)技术 ,克隆了草鱼补体C3的cDNA ,其全长5 171bp ,编码 16 77个氨基酸 .与已报道的补体C3一样 ,草鱼补体C3同样具有在功能上比较重要的残基以及保守的硫酯区 .草鱼补体C3与高等脊椎动物鸡、小鼠以及人的C3在氨基酸序列上有着相近的相同率 (37.9%～39.1%

Molecular cloning, promoter analysis and induced expression of the complement component C9 gene in the grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella

Complement-mediated killing of pathogens through lytic pathway is an important effector mechanism of innate immune response. C9 is the ninth member of complement components, creating the membrane attack complex (MAC). In the present study, a putative cDNA sequence encoding the 650 amino acids of C9 and its genomic organization were identified in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. The deduced amino acid sequence of grass carp C9 (gcC9) showed 48% and 38.5% identity to Japanese flounder and human C9, respectively. Domain search revealed that gcC9 contains a LDL receptor domain, an EGF precursor domain, a MACPF domain and two TSP domain located in the N-terminal and C-terminal, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that gcC9 is clustered in a same clade with Japanese flounder, pufferfish and rainbow trout C9. The gcC9 gene consists of 11 exons with 10 introns, spacing over approximately 7 kb of genomic sequence. Analysis of gcC9 promoter region revealed the presence of a TATA box and some putative transcription factor such as C/EBP, HSF, NF-AT, CHOP-C, HNF-3B, GATA-2, IK-2, EVI- 1, AP-1, CP2 and OCT-1 binding sites. The first intron region contains C/EBPb, HFH-1 and Oct-1 binding sites. RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis demonstrated that the mRNA and protein of gcC9 gene have similar expression patterns, being constitutively expressed in all organs examined of healthy fish, with the highest level in hepatopancreas. By real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis, gcC9 transcripts were significantly up-regulated in head kidney, spleen, hepatopancreas and down-regulated in intestine from inactivated fish bacterial pathogen Flavobacterium columnare-stimulated fish, demonstrating the role of C9 in immune response. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Studies of polysaccharides from three edible species of Nostoc (cyanobacteria) with different colony morphologies: Structural characterization and effect on the complement system of polysaccharides from Nostoc commune

The cyanobacterium Nostoc commune Vaucher produces quite complex extracellular polysaccharides. The cyanobacterium is nitrogen fixing, and on growing the cyanobacterium in media with and without nitrogen, different types of extracellular polysaccharides were obtained. These were also different from the polysaccharides present in N. commune collected in the field. High pH anion exchange chromatography (HPAEC) of weak acid hydrolysates of the culture-grown material demonstrated that, in this case, HPAEC was useful for comparison of the different polymers. The main differences between the polymers from the field group and the culture-grown samples were the presence of substantial amounts of arabinose, 2-O-methylglucose, and glucuronic acid in the latter. Methylation studies also revealed a difference in the branching points on the glucose units between the field and cultured samples, being 1,4,6 for the first and 1,3,6 for the latter. The field acidic fraction gave, on weak acid hydrolysis and separation on BioGel P2 and HPAEC, 12 oligosaccharide fractions that were isolated and studied by different mass spectroscopy techniques. The structures of the oligosaccharides were determined, and two different series that can originate from two repeating pentamers were identified: GlcAl-4/6GlcM1-4Ga11-4Glc1-4Xyl and GlcAl-4/6Glc1-4Ga11-4Glc1-4Xyl. The difference between these oligosaccharides lies in the methyl substituent on carbon 2 of the glucose unit next to the nonreducing glucuronic acid unit. The polysaccharides from field material were shown to have a strong effect on the complement system.