人工诱导泥鳅雌核发育的细胞学研究和诱导参数优化

为培育泥鳅(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)全雌品种,研究通过细胞荧光染色后进行细胞学观察确定人工诱导泥鳅雌核发育的热休克起始时间,并进一步利用核型和流式细胞分析等方法对人工诱导雌核发育泥鳅进行鉴定。结果显示,二倍体泥鳅受到灭活的鲤(Cyprinus carpio)精子刺激后,第二极体与卵核分开的时间在人工授精后3—5min;卵子在人工授精后3.5min后再热休克2min的诱导孵化率达到10.26%。通过分析野生型泥鳅胚胎、人工诱导雌核发育泥鳅胚胎、泥鳅×鲤杂交胚胎和单倍体泥鳅胚胎的发育,发现部分雌核发育的胚胎可以正常发育,而杂交胚胎和单倍体胚胎会出现明显的发育障碍。核型和流式细胞检测分析表明利用本研究获得的热休克参数进行处理可得到二倍体雌核发育子代,二倍率达64.71%。研究从细胞学层面获得泥鳅雌核发育的诱导参数,可为利用人工诱导雌核发育开展全雌泥鳅育种提供指导。     

异源精子诱导稀有鮈鲫的人工雌核发育

用经过紫外线灭活的异源精子启动稀有鮈鲫卵子发育,再经过热休克分别抑制极体排放和第一次卵裂,得到了极体雌核发育和有丝分裂雌核发育的存活个体。通过正交试验确定诱导极体雌核发育的最佳参数为受精后2min、40℃休克处理2min;诱导有丝分裂雌核发育的最佳参数为受精后17min、40℃休克处理2min。雌核发育个体的形态学特征没有显示出受到父本影响的迹象。RAPD分析表明雌核发育个体扩增片段全部来自于母本,没有发现异源父本DNA成分进入稀有鮈鲫基因组的迹象。实验中还发现,鲤×稀有鮈鲫的正常杂交组合能以极低的几率产生出雌核发育的稀有鮈鲫。     

两个雌核发育白鲢群体同工酶分析及遗传标记的确定

取源于武汉两个不同渔场两尾白鲢的卵子,经紫外照射遗传物质失活的鲤鱼精子刺激雌核发育和热休克诱导第二极体保留的基因组操作技术,获得了两个不同的人工雌核发育白鲢群体。采用聚丙烯酰胺垂直板电泳技术,分析了这两个不同人工雌核发育白鲢群体（分别称为Hy-G     

雌核发育兰州鲇胚胎发育和形态特征的研究

该研究通过紫外线(UV)灭活的黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)精子利用冷休克方法诱导兰州鲇(Silurus lanzhouensis)雌核发育二倍体(G_(2n))、单倍体(N)、杂交二倍体(H_(2n)),以及同源精子诱导的普通二倍体(2N)的胚胎发育时序和发育生物学特征进行了观察比较。结果显示,(1)受精率为2NH_(2n)NG_(2n),孵化率为2NG_(2n)N,畸形率为NG_(2n)2N。(2)在水温23 °C下,普通二倍体48 h孵化出膜,雌核发育二倍体51 h孵化出膜,杂交二倍体在神经胚期(26 h 20 min)停止发育,单倍体在出膜前期(43 h)停止发育。(3)各组胚胎发育形态上的差别主要表现在杂交二倍体未形成正常胚体,单倍体表现出典型的单倍体综合征,雌核发育二倍体初孵仔鱼在形态学上与普通二倍体无明显差异。该研究为兰州鲇雌核发育技术提供了技术支撑,同时也为单倍体、杂交和雌核发育胚胎的细胞生物学研究提供了理论依据。     

热休克法抑制第一次卵裂实现草鱼雌核发育的细胞学观察

用组织切片方法系统地观察了草鱼卵被经辐射处理的鲤精子激活后进行第一次卵裂的发育过程。实验表明：在24℃孵化水温下草鱼卵在被激活后24min进入第一次卵裂胶期,27－30min处于中期,33min进入后期。由此可知被激活的草鱼卵子在第24min时已经完成染色体的复制,使草鱼卵子雌核染色体人工加倍的最佳时期是在被激活后的27－30min这一时间区段内。此外,用不同热休克温度和不同的热休克强度处理已完成染色体复制的被激活草鱼卵,表明草鱼卵经41℃处理2min可得到较高比例的基因纯合型雌核发育二倍体鱼。     

人工诱导兴国红鲤三倍体最佳诱导条件的研究

采用冷休克处理兴国红鲤受精卵诱导产生三倍体鱼 ,初步探讨了获得三倍体兴国红鲤的最佳诱导条件 ,即最恰当的诱导温度 ,最恰当的诱导起始时间 ,最恰当的冷休克处理时间。结果表明 ,在人工授精后 5～ 8min ,将受精卵置于 0～ 2℃的冰水中冷休克处理 1 0～ 1 5min ,再迅速回温至正常水温 ( 2 0～ 2 5℃ )的水中发育 ,可以获得 ( 70± 5) %的三倍体兴国红鲤胚胎 ,孵化率为 50 %～ 70 % ,成活率可达 4 0 %～50 %以上 ,此为采用冷休克技术人工诱导兴国红鲤三倍体的最佳条件。     

斜带石斑鱼(♀)×鞍带石斑鱼(♂)受精细胞学的组织切片观察

人工诱导雌核发育二倍化的关键是掌握极体排出和卵裂的时机,掌握该规律最直接的方式即进行受精细胞学的研究。以鞍带石斑鱼(Epinephelus lanceolatus)为父本,斜带石斑鱼(Epinephelus coioides)为母本,通过人工授精获得受精卵,收集受精后不同时刻的卵子,经Smith′s液固定、石蜡包埋、切片、苏木精-伊红染色和显微组织观察。结果表明:受精后第30~60 s精子入卵;第3 min精子星光出现;第5 min卵子排出第二极体;第7~15 min雌雄原核相互靠近,并最终融合;第15 min以后合子核开始分裂。鞍带石斑鱼精子进入斜带石斑鱼卵子的时间与多数硬骨鱼类比较没有显著差别;但是,第二极体排出及第一次卵裂的时间较早。研究展示了斜带石斑鱼与鞍带石斑鱼杂交的受精细胞学的基本发育过程,并为后续的人工诱导石斑鱼雌核发育研究提供了理论依据。     

异源精子遗传物质对雌核发育草鱼基因组的影响分析

为分析外源精子对人工诱导雌核发育草鱼基因组的影响,用随机扩增多态性和微卫星技术对经两代连续人工诱导,遗传背景一致的雌核发育草鱼以及母本草鱼和父本鲤鱼的基因组DNA进行了比较分析。10个随机引物在雌核发育草鱼中共检测到104个RAPD位点,在鲤鱼中检测到103个位点。7对微卫星引物在雌核发育草鱼中共扩增出4个微卫星位点,在鲤鱼中检测到22个位点。两种方法在雌核发育草鱼和鲤鱼中所检测到的位点均没有一个相同。根据RAPD和微卫星分析数据进行的遗传相似度分析表明二代人工雌核发育草鱼群体与其一代人工诱导雌核发育草鱼母本的遗传相似度从0.9903到1.000,与父本鲤鱼的遗传相似度为0.000。这些实验结果证明在适当的紫外线处理强度下,鲤鱼精子的遗传物质能够被完全破坏,不会对雌核发育草鱼的基因组造成遗传污染。     

人工诱导雌核发育日本白鲫

分别用遗传失活的散鳞镜鲤(Cyprinus carpio L.)、团头鲂(Megalobrama amblycephala)精子诱导日本白鲫(Carassius cuvieri)进行雌核发育.未经冷休克处理,用UV照射过的镜鲤的精子(其最佳UV照射剂量为4 200 mJ/cm2)与日本白鲫卵子受精获得(32.4±3.3)%雌核发育单倍体和(0.7±0.3)%杂交二倍体,而照射过的团头鲂精子(其最佳UV照射剂量为3 600mJ/cm2)与日本白鲫卵子受精得到了(33.8±1.4)%雌核发育单倍体和(0.5-±0.3)%杂交二倍体.日本白鲫卵子分别经灭活的镜鲤、团头鲂的精子激活(精子经各自最佳UV剂量处理),施以冷休克处理(受精后2min,0-4℃,40min),其孵化率分别为(27.8±2.1)%和(29.4±3.3)%,发育到摄食期,其正常的雌核发育二倍体鱼苗分别为(15.7±3.4)%和(23.6±4.1)%,在镜鲤实验组中,其正常的雌核发育二倍体鱼苗占孵化鱼苗总数的56%,这比团头鲂实验组中正常雌核发育二倍体鱼苗的比率(达到80%)低,结果表明诱导日本白鲫雌核发育,与母本遗传关系远的团头鲂精子较镜鲤的更有效.从染色体数目、外形特征和性腺结构等方面证实雌核发育后代的生物学特性.雌核发育日本白鲫全为雌性,这表明其雌性是同配XX型.雌核发育日本白鲫在生产上将有着潜在的价值,如比普通日本白鲫长得更快,抗病能力强等.所有的雌核发育日本白鲫的染色体数目都是100,而所有的团头鲂与日本白鲫的杂交后代都是三倍体(3n=124),新三倍体鱼在鱼类养殖和理论研究中将存在潜在的价值.     

静水压诱导翘嘴鳜雌核发育的研究

为通过建立雌核发育纯系以实现快速优化种质资源, 文章以翘嘴鳜(Siniperca chuatsi)为研究对象, 探索出了一套静水压诱导雌核发育的方法: 将装有翘嘴鳜精子的培养皿置于摇床缓慢摇动, 在两只15 w的紫外灯管(培养皿与紫外灯管的垂直距离约17 cm)下照射18min, 然后与雌鱼卵子受精5min, 63 MPa静水压处理2min, 最后常规孵化。HRM分型技术检测其雌核发育群体的雌性率为100%。该方法简单快捷, 诱导孵化率(受精后72h的存活率)为7.56%, 比已有的冷休克诱导翘嘴鳜雌核发育的方法约提高3个百分点。研究结果可用于翘嘴鳜雌核发育品系的快速扩群, 也可用于翘嘴鳜抗逆相关品系的种质资源创制。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.