无蹼壁虎精子头部形成的研究

本文用透射电镜观察了无蹼壁虎精子头形成的过程。早期精细胞具有显著的高尔基复合体、线粒体集合及细胞质桥、接着高尔基体成熟面分泌出前顶体囊泡,并逐渐向核移动。以后精子形成可分四个时间：时间Ⅰ,当前顶体囊泡移至核膜时,核膜凹陷形成封闭的顶体囊泡,囊泡底部靠近核膜有一电子致密的顶体颗粒;时间Ⅱ,细胞核延长,顶体囊泡变扁平;时期Ⅲ,细胞核进一步延长,核内染色质纤维变粗并沿核纵轴方向排列有序;时间Ⅳ,精子发育     

中华鳖精子头部的形成

应用透射电镜技术详细研究了中华鳖精子头部形成过程的超微结构变化。结果显示,中华鳖精子头部的形成过程可分成5个连续时期：第1期前顶体泡形成并移向细胞核一侧,同侧核膜凹陷成浅窝。前顶体泡底部中央出现小的顶体颗粒,纤维物质层位于核前端与前顶体泡底壁之间,其核膜一侧的中央形成更小的顶体下颗粒,将与核内小管的形成有关。细胞核开始端移和变形。第Ⅱ期核浅窝逐渐外推,前顶体泡变成扁囊状覆盖于隆突的核顶端,顶体颗粒弥散成中等电子致密物分布于顶体帽中,纤维物质层发育为顶体下锥。环形核套微管在顶体后端的核周围逐渐形成,核内染色质开始浓缩成圆形颗粒,核膜下出现明显问隙,细胞核体积变小。顶体下颗粒消失,但其下端的核质中可见2-4条核内小管开始发生。第Ⅲ期拉长的细胞核前端突出于精子细胞外,表面有顶体复合体覆盖,核后端最宽并出现植入窝。染色质进一步浓缩,颗粒间隙变小,细胞核更细长。第Ⅳ期染色质浓缩成致密均质物,核肩之前的细胞核变细,成为核前突。环形核套微管先后改建为斜行和纵行核套微管,支持细胞突起形成“袖领”包绕顶体。第Ⅴ期核套微管解聚而消失,顶体周围的“袖领”也消失,顶体下间隙出现。结果显示中华鳖精子头部的形成过程,即核质浓缩的形态变化过程、顶体的形成和核内小管的发育与变化方面,存在许多与其他爬行动物不同之处。     

乌梢蛇精子头部形成的超微结构

摘要：为了解乌梢蛇（Zaocys dhumnades）精子形成的规律,用透射电镜对其头部超微结构进行了观察。结果表明,乌梢蛇精子头部形成可分为4个阶段：阶段Ⅰ,前顶体囊泡内的颗粒物质融合形成1个顶体颗粒而发育为顶体囊泡,随着顶体囊泡的增大,在顶体囊泡与核膜之间形成了致密的纤维物质层。阶段Ⅱ,顶体囊泡变扁平,顶体颗粒分散...     

中国雨蛙精子形成的研究

中国雨蛙的精子形成过程中,细胞核的浓缩经历了５个时期。从第１期进入第２期,染色质纤维增粗并聚集成卷曲的柱状结构。从第２期进入第３期,染色质纤维进一步增粗,细胞核逐渐伸直成柱状。进入第４期,染色质紧密聚集,纤维之间间隙很小。进入第５期,染色质纤维聚集成均匀的致密结构。伴随着染色质的浓缩,核膜数次更新,核内不参与浓缩的物质渐次从核中排出,核中出现一串核泡。顶体在染色质未浓缩之前（第１期）开始分化,由一     

东方扁虾精子的超微结构

利用电镜研究了东方扁虾（Ｔｈｅｎｕｓ ｏｒｉｅｎｔａｌｉｓ）精子的形态和结构。精子由核、膜复合物区和顶体区３部分组成。核内含非浓缩的染色质、微管及细纤维丝,外被核膜;５～６条辐射臂自核部位伸出,臂内充满微管。膜复合物区位于核与顶体之间,由许多膜片层结构及其衍生的囊泡共同组成。顶体区由顶体囊和围顶体物质组成,顶体结构复杂,由顶体帽、内顶体物质和外顶体物质等构成;围顶体物质呈细颗粒状,主要分布于顶体囊     

长江华溪蟹精子形成的研究

1994年9-11月,对采自安徽省宁国县的长江华溪蟹(Sinopotamon yangtsekiense),利用透射电镜技术,并结合细胞化学方法,研究了其精子形成过程。结果显示:早期精细胞圆形,胞质丰富,内含大量内质同小泡及线粒体。核也为圆形,较小。精细胞开始分化,细胞膨胀为长椭圆形,核质重新分布,分别移向细胞的两端。精子的顶体由高尔基体产生,其过程为:高尔基体分泌产生囊泡,继而形成原顶体囊,进一步发育成顶体囊,最后形成顶体。在顶体囊与核之间有膜复合体。中心粒位于核内面凹陷处。细胞化学反应显示,核杯为Feulgen阳性,顶体为PAS阳性。       

两种石龙子精子超微结构的比较

利用透射电镜研究多线南蜥和印度蜓蜥附睾精子的超微结构。两种卵胎生石龙子的精子具有一些有鳞类精子的共同特征,即具有顶体囊、顶体下锥、单个核前穿孔器和核喙,无核内管,纤维鞘伸入中段,与双联微管3和8相邻的外周致密纤维具双份纤维结构。多线南蜥和印度蜓蜥精子超微结构的种间差异主要表现在:多线南蜥精子核前方的顶体下锥电子密度较小,顶体囊具单侧嵴,横切面上可见非连续的致密体环或11个线粒体;印度蜓蜥无单侧嵴,横切面上可见连续的致密体环或12个线粒体。迄今未发现石龙子科精子的独征,但该科不同类群的顶体囊、顶体下腔、核前方的顶体下锥电子致密程度、核肩、纵切面线粒体与致密体的排列方式、横切面致密体环形状和线粒体等精子超微结构特征有一定程度的差异。这些差异可为研究石龙子科系统发生提供辅助信息。     

半滑舌鳎精子发生和精子形成的超微结构

用电子显微镜对半滑舌鳎(Cynoglossus semilaevis)精子发生的过程及精子的超微结构进行了观察。半滑舌鳎精巢属于小叶型,精小叶由各期生精细胞和支持细胞构成。半滑舌鳎的精子发生经历了初级精原细胞、次级精原细胞、初级精母细胞、次级精母细胞和精子细胞,再经过精子形成过程发育成为精子。初级精母细胞成熟分裂的前期Ⅰ,同源染色体经历了联会复合体形成和解聚的变化。在精子形成的过程中,精细胞大致经历了核质浓缩、线粒体迁移及鞭毛的发生等过程。核质浓缩时,精细胞核内位于植入窝周围的染色质首先由细颗粒状浓缩成粗大颗粒状,然后细胞核其他部位的染色质也逐渐浓缩成粗大颗粒状。这些已浓缩成粗大颗粒状的染色质再进一步浓缩为电子密度高的均匀状物质。随着核质的浓缩,核外膜与核内膜之间的间隙增大形成核膜间隙,核内一些没有参与染色质浓缩的物质通过出芽形成囊泡,先排入核膜间隙,然后再外排到细胞质中。核浓缩过程中细胞核的体积和表面积都大大缩小;鞭毛的形成与细胞核的浓缩是同步进行的,当一对中心粒移近细胞核时,核膜凹陷形成植入窝,其周围染色质浓缩的同时,远端中心粒(基体)逐渐向后产生轴丝。成熟精子无顶体,头细长,主要为核占据,核凹窝发达,线粒体4-5个环绕在鞭毛基部形成袖套,尾细长,具侧鳍,尾部轴丝为"9 2"结构。     

星豹蛛精子的超微结构和精子发生（蜘蛛目：狼蛛科）

报道星豹蛛(Pardosa astrigera)的精子发生过程和成熟精子的超微结构。研究表明,星豹蛛的精子发生有下列特征与其他蜘蛛的研究结果相同:1.染色质浓缩;2.精子的囊内形成;3.顶体泡出现,并有一直穿到核管的顶体丝;5.轴丝为9×2+3型;6.精子成熟时盘曲;7.精子在输精管内进行包装。同时,我们在研究中获得如下新的资料:1.在精原细胞、精子细胞和精巢外层出现上皮细胞;2.中心粒在精子发生的前期为平行排列,到后期变为垂直排列;3.微管环在前期见于核膜外,随后消失;后期见于细胞膜下,最后消失;4.没有线粒体和鞭毛通道,但在胞质中有成群的电子致密圆泡和一膜状结构;5.顶体泡锥形,部分内陷到核内;6.精子包装为闭精武。上述研究结果为今后深入探讨蜘蛛目的系统发生提供了参考资料。     

两种蝇类精细胞发育过程中细胞核的变态

本文用透射电子显微镜研究了大头金蝇(hrysomyia megacephala)和肥须亚麻蝇(Parasarcophaga crassipalpis)精细胞发育过程中细胞核的变态过程.精细胞从球形细胞演变为线形精子,核要经历四个时期,即:球核期,细胞为球形,核亦为球形,核膜与一般体细胞核无异;棒核期,核拉长如棒,顶体形成,核膜孔聚集于一侧;染色质凝聚期,染色质与核质分开,经过一系列变化,再凝聚成致密的块状,多余核质从核孔聚集处开口排出核外;成熟期,核变成一团电子密度极大的腊肠形.精细胞抛弃绝大部分细胞质和多余的结构,变成线形精子.以上演变过程两种蝇类完全相似,但在染色质凝聚期的变化中差异却很大:大头金蝇凝聚程序为:细纤维—粗纤维—块状—致密团;肥须亚麻蝇则为:蚁蚕状—纵列薄片状—厚片状—块伙—致密团.     

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.