简介：WeclonedcDNAsforXenopusaldolasesA,BandC.Thesethreealdolasegenesarelocalizedondifferentchromosomesasasinglecopygene.Intheadult,thealdolaseAgeneisexpressedextensivelyinmuscletissues,whereasthealdolaseBgeneisexpressedstronglyinkidney,liver,stomachandintestine,whilethealdolaseCgeneisexpressedinbrain,heartandovary.InoocytesaldolaseAandCmRNAs,butnotaldolaseBmRNA,areextensivelytranscribed.Thus,aldolaseAandCmRNAs,butnotBmRNA,occurabundantlyineggsasmaternalmRNAs,andstrongexpressionofaldolaseBmRNAisseenonlyafterthelateneurulastage.WeconcludethataldolaseAandCmRNAsaremajoraldolasemRNAsinearlystagesofXenopusembryogenesiswhichproceedsutilizingyolkastheonlyenergysource,aldolaseBmRNA,ontheotherhand,isexpressedonlylaterindevelopmentintissueswhicharerequiredfordietaryfructosemetabolism.WealsoisolatedtheXenopusaldolaseCgenomicgene(ca.12kb)andfoundthatitspromoter(ca.2kb)containsregionsnecessaryfortissue-specificexpressionandalsoaGCrichregionwhichisessentialforbasaltranscriptionalactivity.

简介：Thedistributionofacetylcholinesterase(AChE)-positivestructuresinthedevelopingratspinalcordwasstudiedwithAChE-histochemistry.AChE-positiveperikaryawerefirstseenonembryonicday14(E14)intheventrolateralportionofthespinalcord.Fromthattimeonward.AChE=containingcellsappearedgraduallyintheintermediategray,dorsalhornandlateralspinalnucleusofthespinalcordinaventral-to-dorsal,andlateral-to-medialorder.Noobviousrostral-to-caudalsequencewasfound.Atbirth,thedistributionpatternofAChE-positiveperikaryawasbasicallysimilartothatinadults.AfterbirthadramaticincreaseintheAChEstainingintensityextendedfrompostnatalday5(P5)topostnatalday21(P21),Inaddition,twophasesoftransientAChEstainingwereobservedintheexternalsurfaceofthedorsalhornfromembryonicday15(E15)toembryonicday21(E21)andinthemarginallayerfromembryonicday21(E21)topostnatalday14(P14),respectively.

简介：Acanthamoebaarefree-livingprotozoaorganismsthatliveabroadinnature.PathogenicAcanthamoebacancauseafatalgranulomatousamoebicencephalitisandkeratitis.SomespeciesofAcanthamoebacaninducesometumorcellsapoptosisinvitro.Prom1996wehaveprovedthatAcanthamoebaLstrain(A.lugdunensis-A.quina),firstlygotbyusfromkeratitispatientsinChina,couldinducetumorcells'apoptosis,includingPC12,B16cellsetal.InthisresearchweprovedthatboththebodyandthelysisofAcanthamoebacouldinducemousemelanomaB16cellsapoptosis.Buttheapoptosismechanismwaspoorlyunderstood.