Adenoviral Vector Mediates High Expression Levels of Human Lactoferrin in the Milk of Rabbits

( Zeng Sheng Han ),( Qing Wang Li ),( Zhi Ying Zhang ),( Yong Sheng Yu ),( Bo Xiao ),( Shu Yun Wu ),( Zhong Liang Jiang ),( Hong Wei Zhao ),( Rui Zhao ),( Jian Li ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2008 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.18 No.1

The limitations in current technology for generating transgenic animals, such as the time and the expense, hampered its extensive use in recombinant protein production for therapeutic purpose. In this report, we present a simple and less expensive alternative by directly infusing a recombinant adenovirus vector carrying human lactoferrin cDNA into rabbit mammary glands. The milk serum was collected from the infected mammary gland 48 h post-infection and subjected to a 10% SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. An 80-kDa protein was visualized after viral vector infection. With this method, we obtained a high level of expressed human lactoferrin of up to 2.3 mg/ml in the milk. Taken together, the method is useful for the transient high-level expression recombinant proteins, and the approach established here is probably one of the most economical and efficient ways for large-scale production of recombinant proteins of biopharmaceutical interest.

Static and free vibration analysis of shallow sagging inclined cables

Zhi-Jiang Li,Peng Li,Zeng He,Ping Cao 국제구조공학회 2013 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.45 No.2

Based on link-model, we conducted a static analysis and computation of a three-span suspended cable structure in the present paper, and obtained the static configuration and tension distribution of the cable. Using the link and beam model based on finite element method, we analyzed the vibration modal of three-span suspended cable structure, and compared with the results obtained from ANSYS using link and beam element. The vibration modals of shallow sagging inclined cables calculated from proposed method agrees well with ANSYS results, which validates the proposed method. As a result, the influence of bend stiffness on in-plane natural frequencies is much greater than that on out-of-plane natural frequencies of inclined cables.

Static and free vibration analysis of shallow sagging inclined cables

Li, Zhi-Jiang,Li, Peng,He, Zeng,Cao, Ping Techno-Press 2013 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.45 No.2

Based on link-model, we conducted a static analysis and computation of a three-span suspended cable structure in the present paper, and obtained the static configuration and tension distribution of the cable. Using the link and beam model based on finite element method, we analyzed the vibration modal of three-span suspended cable structure, and compared with the results obtained from ANSYS using link and beam element. The vibration modals of shallow sagging inclined cables calculated from proposed method agrees well with ANSYS results, which validates the proposed method. As a result, the influence of bend stiffness on in-plane natural frequencies is much greater than that on out-of-plane natural frequencies of inclined cables.

Behavior and molecular physiology of nurses of worker and queen larvae in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Xu Jiang He,Liu Qing Tian,AndrewB. Barron,Cui Guan,Hao Liu,Xiaobo Wu,Zhi Jiang Zeng 한국응용곤충학회 2014 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.17 No.4

In a honey bee colony, worker bees rear a newqueen by providing herwith a larger cell inwhich to develop and alarge amount of richer food (royal jelly). Royal jelly and worker jelly (fed to developing worker larvae) differ interms of sugar, vitamin, protein and nucleotide composition. Here we examined whether workers attendingqueen andworker larvae are separate specialized sub-castes of the nurse bees.We collected nurse bees attendingqueen larvae (AQL) and worker larvae (AWL) and compared gene expression profiles of hypopharyngeal glandtissues, using Solexa/Illumina digital gene expression tag profiling (DGE). Significant differences in gene expressionwere found that included a disproportionate number of genes involved in glandular secretion and royal jellysynthesis. However behavioral observations showed that thesewere not two entirely distinct populations. Nurseworkers were observed attending both worker larvae and queen larvae, and there was no evidence of a specializedgroup of workers that preferentially or exclusively attended developing queens. Nevertheless, AQL attendedlarvaemore frequently compared toAWL, suggesting that nurses sampled attending queen larvaemay have beenthe most active nurses. This study serves as another example of the relationship between differences in gene expressionand behavioral specialisation in honey bees.

Prestressed concrete bridges with corrugated steel webs: Nonlinear analysis and experimental investigation

Xia-chun Chen,Zhi-zhou Bai,Yu Zeng,Rui-juan Jiang,Francis T.K. Au 국제구조공학회 2016 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.21 No.5

Concrete bridges with corrugated steel webs and prestressed by both internal and external tendons have emerged as one of the promising bridge forms. In view of the different behaviour of components and the large shear deformation of webs with negligible flexural stiffness, the assumption that plane sections remain plane may no longer be valid, and therefore the classical Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models may not be applicable. In the design of this type of bridges, both the ultimate load and ductility should be examined, which requires the estimation of full-range behaviour. An analytical sandwich beam model and its corresponding beam finite element model for geometric and material nonlinear analysis are developed for this type of bridges considering the diaphragm effects. Different rotations are assigned to the flanges and corrugated steel webs to describe the displacements. The model accounts for the interaction between the axial and flexural deformations of the beam, and uses the actual stress-strain curves of materials considering their stress path-dependence. With a nonlinear kinematical theory, complete description of the nonlinear interaction between the external tendons and the beam is obtained. The numerical model proposed is verified by experiments.

Histomorphological study on embryogenesis of the honeybee Apis cerana

Xiao Fen Hu,Li Ke,Zhi Jiang Zeng 한국응용곤충학회 2019 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.22 No.3

As important pollination species, honeybees play substantial impacts on the balance of global ecosystem, including two best-known honeybees Apis mellifera and Apis cerana. Embryogenesis is a fundamental stage of honeybee development and plays important roles in supporting the whole-life developmental process. However, few studies were reported on honeybee embryonic morphology using egg section, possibly due to the fragility of honeybee eggs and the difficulty of making embryonic sections. In this study, we reported a simply equipped method of frozen sectioning and PI (propidium iodide) staining to show the inner structure and cell distribution of A. cerena embryos at the different embryonic developmental stages. We found that the stages of A. cerena embryogenesis could also be typically classified into ten developmental stages, which are similar with the sister honeybee species, A. mellifera. To be noted, besides the cell distribution in the whole egg, we clearly observed the migration route of embryonic cells during the early embryonic development in A. cerena. This study provides a new insight into the whole process of honeybee embryogenesis from the perspective of egg sectioning, a histological basis for genetic manipulation using A. cerena eggs, and a reference method for egg sectioning for other insect species.

Sperm-mediated Gene Transfer in the Chinese Honeybee, Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Dong-Sheng Guo,Liang-Xian Sun,Zhi-Jiang Zeng,Xian-Bing Xie 한국응용곤충학회 2007 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.10 No.4

Transgenic Apis cerana cerana were produced by sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT). In the experiment, the foreign DNA was linearized and introduced with sperm during the instrumental insemination of virgin queen. The descendants of the experimental colonies were analyzed. In the green fluorescent-positive offspring, green fluorescence was observed for 1- to 2-day-old larvae, the predicted fragment was isolated by means of PCR amplification of genomic DNA and the expression of transferred genes was confirmed at transcriptional level by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. These results showed that the exogenous gene could be integrated in a fraction of the germ line cells of the queen Apis cerana cerana and transmitted to offspring by SMGT.

Radixin Knockdown by RNA Interference Suppresses Human Glioblastoma Cell Growth in Vitro and in Vivo

Qin, Jun-Jie,Wang, Jun-Mei,Du, Jiang,Zeng, Chun,Han, Wu,Li, Zhi-Dong,Xie, Jian,Li, Gui-Lin Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.22

Radixin, a member of the ERM (ezrin-radixin-moesin) family, plays important roles in cell motility, invasion and tumor progression. It is expressed in a variety of normal and neoplastic cells, including many types of epithelial and lymphoid examples. However, its function in glioblastomas remains elusive. Thus, in this study, radixin gene expression was first examined in the glioblastoma cells, then suppressed with a lentivirus-mediated short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) method.We found that there were high levels of radixin expression in glioblastoma U251cells. Radixin shRNA caused down-regulation of radixin gene expression and when radixin-silenced cells were implanted into nude mice, tumor growth was significantly inhibited as compared to blank control cells or nonsense shRNA cells. In addition, microvessel density in the tumors was significantly reduced. Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) and E-cadherin were up-regulated in radixin- suppressed glioblastoma U251 cells. In contrast, MMP9 was down-regulated. Taken together, our findings suggest that radixin is involved in GBM cell migration and invasion, and implicate TSP-1, E-cadherin and MMP9 as metastasis-inducing factors.

Sperm-mediated Gene Transfer in the Chinese Honeybee, Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Guo, Dong-Sheng,Sun, Liang-Xian,Zeng, Zhi-Jiang,Xie, Xian-Bing Korean Society of Applied Entomology 2007 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.10 No.4

Transgenic Apis cerana cerana were produced by sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT). In the experiment, the foreign DNA was linearized and introduced with sperm during the instrumental insemination of virgin queen. The descendants of the experimental colonies were analyzed. In the green fluorescent-positive offspring, green fluorescence was observed for 1- to 2-day-old larvae, the predicted fragment was isolated by means of PCR amplification of genomic DNA and the expression of transferred genes was conferred at transcriptional level by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. These results showed that the exogenous gene could be integrated in a traction of the germ line cells of the queen Apis cerana cerana and transmitted to offspring by SMGT.

The Effects of Puerarin on CYP2D6 and CYP1A2 Activities In Vivo

Jiao Zheng,Bin Chen,Bing Jiang,Ling Zeng,Zhi-Rong Tang,Lan Fan,Hong-Hao Zhou 대한약학회 2010 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.33 No.2

Ge-gen (Radix Puerariae) is used in traditional oriental medicine for various medicinal purposes. The drug is the root of a wild leguminous creeper, Pueraria lobata (Willd) Ohwi. It possesses a high content of avonoid derivatives, the most abundant of which is puerarin. Our goal was to find the effect of puerarin on cytochrome P450 enzymes in vivo. The study was conducted in 18 male volunteers of different genotypes (CYP2D6 *1/*1, *1/*10, *10/*10). Plasma was obtained at 6 h after oral administration and urine was collected from 0 to 8 h after probe drug administration. The logarithm value of metabolic rate decrease from -0.0055 ± 0.1887 to -0.1754 ± 0.2411 implied puerarin inhibited activity of CYP2D6. There was no significant relationship between the inhibition with the CYP2D6 genotypes. The paraxanthin/caffeine ratio in the plasma sample at 6th hour was increased by 30 ± 47% (p = 0.003), implied puerarin induced the activity of CYP1A2. While puerarin used together with the substrates of both enzymes, drug interaction worth the attention and at sometimes precautions are needed.