激光共聚焦显微镜与光学显微镜之比较

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在活细胞的动态检测、光学切片和三维结构重建等方面较光学显微镜有质的飞跃。本文对激光扫描共聚焦显微镜和光学显微镜进行了比较和讨论,并简单介绍多光子激光扫描显微镜。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在孢粉研究中的应用

在MRC1000型激光扫描共聚焦显微镜下,观察具有自发荧光的孢子、花粉、沟鞭藻以及疑源类等不同时代的化石标本,发现现代和第四纪孢粉具有较强的自发荧光,古生代的孢子自发荧光强度最弱。后者很难聚焦成清晰的二维投影图像。在观察孢粉样品过程中,选择合适的激光波长及激光扫描强度是关键的技术问题。一般以氪、氩离子激发为效果最佳,以波长488,568,647nm最合适。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微术在生物医学中的研究

激光扫描共聚焦显微技术的发展,为形态学、分子细胞生物学、神经科学、肿瘤医学、药理学、遗传学等领域的研究提供了新的先进研究方法和手段。本文对激光扫描共聚焦显微术在粘附细胞分选,动态荧光分析测定,显微细胞外科和光陷阱技术,荧光光漂白恢复技术以及三维图像重建功能等方面的研究进展进行了综述。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在蛋白质晶体生长研究中的应用

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜与普通光学显微镜相比,其分辨率高,同时具有可对样品进行非侵入性无损伤断层扫描,以及对样品形貌进行三维成建等特点,因此,可作为研究晶体生长强有利的工具。本文介绍了其在定量测量晶体的个数,重组三维图像以获得晶体生长的过程信息及测定晶体生长台阶动态变化等方面的应用。还对激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在晶体生长研究的其它方面应用前景作了展望。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察细菌生物膜形成的方法学研究

目的:建立激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察生物膜形成过程的方法,为进一步研究生物膜的形成机制奠定基础。方法:以临床分离金葡菌X428为研究对象,在盖玻片上形成生物膜,分别于接种后的4、8、12、16、24和48h取出玻片,采用免疫荧光技术标记多糖和细菌,激光扫描共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)观察生物膜形成情况。结果:取得了生物膜形成过程的不同时间点的CLSM图像,4h时细菌在盖玻片上粘附形成小菌落,8h和12h细菌聚集成簇,多糖基质产生并逐渐增多,至16h形成成熟生物膜结构;24h和48h生物膜已经播散,其结构变小。结论:应用免疫荧光技术和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术研究生物膜形成过程是一种简便可行的方法。     

活体染色显微技术和绿色荧光蛋白在本科实验教学中的应用

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜的原理和使用是本科生细胞生物学实验教学中的重要内容。目前,在细胞生物学实验教学中常使用绿色新鲜的植物叶片作为实验材料,在激光扫描共聚焦显微镜下对叶绿体的自发荧光进行观察。叶绿体的自发荧光信号强而且范围广,使学生难以清晰地理解特异性的荧光信号。该文通过对转p35S::Naa10-GFP基因拟南芥幼苗的根尖进行活体染色[碘化丙啶(propidium iodide,PI)和4′,6-二脒基-2-苯基吲哚(4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole,DAPI)染色],在不同的激发光下,收集相应的荧光信号,通过计算机辅助成像,获得不同颜色叠加的特异荧光信号图像。该实验设计简单可行,获得的图像清晰且便于观察,能够使初学者直观并且深刻理解激光扫描共聚焦显微镜的原理和使用方法,适合在高校细胞生物学实验教学中推广,同时也为研究其他蛋白质亚细胞定位提供技术参考。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在医学研究中的应用

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜（Confocal laser scanning microscope,CLSM）具有高分辨率、高灵敏度、三维重建、动态分析等优点,使图像更为精确清晰和数字化。该仪器现已广泛应用于细胞生物学、生理学、病理学、遗传学和药理学等研究领域中。本文简述了激光扫描共聚焦显微镜的结构、工作原理并归纳了其在医学各领域研究中的应用。     

共聚焦激光扫描显微镜在发育生物学中的应用

共聚焦激光扫描显微镜以高空间分辨率、非介入无损伤性连续光学切片、实时动态观察等优越性,应用于生物医学众多领域中。本文主要论述共聚焦激光扫描显微镜在发育生物学中的应用。     

共聚焦图像数据的三维重建和显示

本文介绍利用激光扫描共聚焦显微镜获得的共聚焦图像的三维重建和显示方法,并以ＡＣＡＳ Ｕｌｔｉｎａ３１２激光扫描共聚焦显微镜系统为例,分析了ＳＰＦ算法、投影算法和深度阴影算法等共聚焦图像数据的三维重建和图像显示方法的特点。     

共聚焦激光扫描显微镜技术

自1985年共聚焦激光扫描显微镜问世以来,该项技术一直在飞速发展和完善。近年来一系列新型的共聚焦显微镜相继研制成功和投入使用,如视频共聚焦激光扫描显微镜、双光子显微镜、4Pi显微镜、荧光寿命成像显微镜等,它们较传统共聚焦显微镜有着各自独特的优势,了解它们的基本性能和特点有助于其在生物学领域更为广泛深入的应用。     

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.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细