近日有急凍雞翼及其他產品被測量出擁有武肺存在,但武肺能否在雞翼或其他食物上大量繁殖呢?1011Please respect copyright.PENANAbwPB2IIWxW
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAxIBDulJO13
答案是,不可以。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAyO8pAO4AkJ
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAmhJCZHB9Cu
武肺進行大量繁殖的話,必需要借助活生生的細胞幫忙,而其中先決的一步就是要進入細胞體內。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZJ0mVNwN1
1011Please respect copyright.PENANADbLtocPtCd
武肺可否入侵細胞,基本上視乎可唔可以達成下列3個條件。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAY1Cxxgwotc
(圖1)1011Please respect copyright.PENANANcV79HEuzL1011Please respect copyright.PENANA7oB07FIKwN
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAOK9rN0gKYO
1. S protein與細胞表面的ACE2觸碰。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAsRf5og8LQm
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAaNXZIf57Oi
2. 細胞表面ACE2與S protein的形狀吻合,亦即是「啱嘴形」。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA07nlbqYVBj
1011Please respect copyright.PENANACy2OjbCZwI
3. 細胞表面擁有TMPRSS2蛋白質,能夠對S protein進行切割。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAMfoymzckor
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAeouIP4Tojb
滿足3大條件後,病毒就有能力能夠入侵細胞。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAhKOiKut9aO
當然,入侵細胞後還有很多因素決定武肺能否大量繁殖,但急凍雞翼連活生生的細胞也沒有,根本無可能可以大量繁殖。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA8qmcxIQI3x
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAzvlVjPFduS
何謂S protein和ACE2,可到我之前所寫的文章溫故知新。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA5sTcwNo0DS
https://www.penana.com/story/66244/%E7%A7%91%E6%99%AE%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E8%96%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%8F%80%E5%96%AE/issue/91011Please respect copyright.PENANAV8W7oNhdx0
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAezmyXAukGY1011Please respect copyright.PENANA5YmaF9QtxV
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAgWygkUPFnZ
(圖2)1011Please respect copyright.PENANAEB4KptzqZv
第二點所謂的「啱嘴型」,所指的就是ACE2的形狀能否與武肺的S protein形狀吻合,就好像砌Puzzle一樣,兩者不吻合的話就無法連結一起,勉強亦無幸福。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAuuwx6fgwZs
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAAZAtkriiyf
如圖中所見,正因為老鼠ACE2唔啱嘴型,所以武肺無法引致老鼠患上肺炎等病徵,袁教授等人因此亦改用啱嘴型的倉鼠作為武肺的動物實驗模型。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA7u0lrGFsYI
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA0XKum1zHfA
(Ref 1)有科學家嘗試將武肺打落豬、雞和鴨身上,最終無法在牠們的任何器官身上找到武肺,而且亦沒有出現任何病徵,因此斷定牠們並不會受到武肺感染。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAcdbmmctRPp1011Please respect copyright.PENANACdtJLfloZz
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA1T8P9k1lEV
(圖3)1011Please respect copyright.PENANAQqqpkQE4js
關於第三點,肺(Lung)及腎臟(Kidney)同樣擁有一定數量的ACE2及TMPRSS2(Ref2),因此將會成為武肺的主要針對對象。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA0nd9BUeeb7
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAbwDxhmuy4u
而心臟(Heart) 同樣擁有一定數量的ACE2,某程度亦解釋了為何武肺患者康復後會被發現心臟出現異樣。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAK5kkF4nEof
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA37Ua8U4uny
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAKx98Tg7O0F
而男性器官睪丸(Testis),亦是ACE2數量較多的器官(圖中沒有列出),所以,嗯......1011Please respect copyright.PENANAZ05knE35Xt
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA5of5Um2lQQ
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAYok4WBupsa
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAo8ci6xVlHX
如果想我快啲出文的話,請入去Penana網站科普專欄–薯不揀單俾一個like以及Bookmark,這對我非常之重要。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAVTQqUGJXie
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA6Xco9fO9Dw
Link: https://www.penana.com/story/66244/%E7%A7%91%E6%99%AE%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E8%96%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%8F%80%E5%96%AE/toc1011Please respect copyright.PENANAcpWS5CYqDR
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAkYZETDjUQq
同時亦可以在Penana網站裡按「買一嚿薯仔」,以課金的方式推動我繼續搜羅資料寫文,多謝。1011Please respect copyright.PENANA1FdxqD9ETv
1011Please respect copyright.PENANADn9lHbPb0J
Link:1011Please respect copyright.PENANAsMn06qEqLG
https://www.penana.com/user/27349/%E8%96%AF%E4%BB%94%E8%81%9E%E8%8C%B1%E8%8E%89/portfolio1011Please respect copyright.PENANAjbgoMoVttK
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA4jKYvfFRKA
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAd13N1eV68n
有興趣接收科普資訊的話,歡迎follow IG: potatopigtongue。1011Please respect copyright.PENANAZSeQWXKhJM
1011Please respect copyright.PENANA48bW9hXQAH
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAaQOAA4xR1T
1011Please respect copyright.PENANARFQsiKL5pn
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAQUQt5XX6ss
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAXirkr4AkSW
Ref1:https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6494/10161011Please respect copyright.PENANAjUWI5EjmcX
1011Please respect copyright.PENANAuFzqkU6oAJ
Ref2:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221323172030820X#fig11011Please respect copyright.PENANAw06Ov6CwjO
arrow_back
科普專欄–薯不揀單
more_vert
-
info_outline 資料
-
toc 目錄
-
share 分享
-
format_color_text 介面設置
-
exposure_plus_1 推薦
-
打賞
-
report_problem 檢舉
-
account_circle 登入
X
科普專欄–薯不揀單
作者:
薯仔聞茱莉

篇 #21
<<深入淺出–武肺會否在急凍雞翼上大量繁殖>>
喜歡 5
閱讀 1007
書籤 150
campaign
催更 0
打賞

按此加載下一章
X
每次催更後,作者都會收到通知!
smartphone100 → 催更
×
寫下你喜歡這個故事的地方
×
對此喜歡的人