中国与“一带一路”参与国家抗击新冠肺炎疫情的国际科技合作现状与展望

2019年底暴发并席卷全球的新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情已经成为需要世界各国共同努力克服的全球重大卫生安全挑战。当前,中国已基本控制国内新冠肺炎疫情,并在疫情相关科学研究及公共卫生产品研发方面取得重大进展,同时加强了与“一带一路”参与国家开展国际科技合作。对中国与“一带一路”参与国家抗击新冠肺炎疫情的基础研究合作、国际科技合作项目等方面进行梳理,可以看到:中国与“一带一路”参与国家形成了领域交叉、节点多样的复杂合作网络,并主要与东南亚、中东欧和西亚各国合作密切;中国与“一带一路”参与国家的科研机构已在防控、流行病学和治疗等领域展开了大量实质研究,合作关系更偏向援助型合作。未来应加强与“一带一路”参与国家的生物技术产业合作与技术转移,发挥“一带一路”区域支点国家的示范效应等方面构建与“一带一路”参与国家更丰富、紧密、务实的科技合作关系。     

跨国种企作物育种专利布局及对我国的启示*

当前全球种业基本形成“两超、四强、差异化发展”新格局,种业巨头主导着全球作物育种技术研发和产业发展。通过深入分析和挖掘跨国种企作物育种专利,洞察其技术研发布局,为我国合理部署作物育种技术研发、改善知识产权布局与保护具有借鉴意义。基于Derwent Innovation(DI)专利数据库,以“两超四强”跨国种企2015~2019年申请的作物生物育种专利为研究对象,通过文本聚类法全面分析了“两超四强”跨国种企的生物育种研发布局,通过计量指标结合专家咨询遴选出其重点专利,厘清其技术研发重点。据此提出我国应当瞄准生物育种核心领域加强新兴前沿技术原始创新与集成开发,加强新型抗虫基因挖掘与抗虫新机制研发,强化生物育种核心技术链、产业链知识产权协同保护与布局,提升知识产权保护水平及全球化结合重点布局的知识产权战略意识的建议。     

DNA数据存储的科研概况国际对比与分析

全球数据量快速增长,成为数字经济发展的核心引擎,但传统数据存储介质受到功耗、体积、成本等限制,难以满足不断增长的数据存储需求。以脱氧核糖核酸(deoxyribonucleic acid,DNA)分子作为存储介质的新型存储方式引起了国内外高度重视,世界主要国家均对其研究进行了顶层规划,部署了一系列重要科研计划。但是,DNA数据存储作为一个新兴交叉研究领域,其发展的“源”与“流”仍存在需要深入分析的问题。针对该问题,从信息、半导体与合成生物学交叉融合的角度深入挖掘DNA数据存储发展的源头,对近年来国际上主要国家与地区在DNA数据存储领域的发展规划进行分析归纳,梳理国内外的科研项目规划布局,尤其是美国“半导体合成生物学联盟”推动的基础研究项目、美国国防部高级研究计划局(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,DARPA)与美国情报高级研究计划局(Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity,IARPA)推动的面向应用的集中攻关项目、欧盟的地平线2020计划以及我国的重点研发计划等。通过比较可发现,美国主要采用政府部门主导、应用目标导向的研究模式,欧盟与我国在“十三五”期间及时跟进;我国在“十四五”期间设立了重点研发计划“生物与信息融合(BT与IT融合)”,致力于推动DNA数据存储等领域的发展,实现DNA数据存储发展带动生化仪器乃至生物经济、数字经济的发展。探索DNA数据存储发展的“源”和“流”,为从事该领域的研究者识别真正制约该领域发展的“真问题”提供参考,也为科技管理部门研判DNA数据存储的国际发展趋势提供参考。     

我国体外诊断行业发展现状与对策建议*

体外诊断在疾病诊疗过程中扮演着非常重要的角色,素有“医生的眼睛”之称。新冠肺炎疫情让人们对生命健康的关注程度空前提高,在此背景下,体外诊断作为大健康产业的重要一环,迎来爆发式增长。概述全球和中国体外诊断行业发展现状,重点分析市场规模、竞争格局和国产化情况,分析现阶段我国体外诊断行业遇到的问题,并从突破原始性创新、加强资金保障、构建产业链生态、加大人才培养力度等方面提出建议和对策。     

全球生物经济演进规律与我国生物经济发展对策建议

随着全球资源的日益枯竭,为了应对环境、气候、资源问题以及粮食安全危机,各个国家纷纷探寻能够实现人类社会可持续发展的经济模式——生物经济。我国近日发布了《“十四五”生物经济发展规划》,首次将生物经济上升至国家战略发展高度。生物经济以生命科学和生物技术发展为核心,形成包括生物医药、生物农业、生物制造以及生物能源等新兴产业,是支撑未来可持续发展潜力较大的经济发展模式。概述了全球生物经济的演进规律、各个国家生物经济的发展概况以及我国生物经济的产业发展情况,并在百年未有之大变局叠加新冠疫情的复杂形势下,提出了关于我国未来生物经济发展的相关对策建议。     

“一带一路”与生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享: 关联、路径与策略

“一带一路”倡议的提出具有重要的时代意义和深远的历史影响。“一带一路”的持续推进和贯彻落实也使得其发展面向和具体内容日趋多元和丰富。生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享已成为全球生物多样性领域长期、持续关注的焦点领域和热门话题, 其在理念、目标、方式与主体等方面与“一带一路”高度契合。对于中国而言, 在“一带一路”背景下开展生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享应选择双边路径为主、多边路径为辅的方案。未来“一带一路”倡议下中国与沿线国家开展生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享可能的策略包括：提出地区或区域性生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享行动规划, 实施地区或区域性生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享行动倡议, 持续推动国内生物遗传资源获取管制法律和监管体制创设, 开展生物遗传资源获取和惠益分享能力建设项目。     

“2020年后全球生物多样性框架”的谈判进展以及对我国的建议

“2020年后全球生物多样性框架”是当前《生物多样性公约》谈判的焦点议题, 了解该议题的谈判进展将对我国顺利举办第15次缔约方大会(COP15)产生积极的作用。本文在梳理相关谈判进程的基础上, 分析了各方主要观点, 并就我国应对国际谈判并以东道国身份推进该框架的制定进程提出了建议。各方对制定框架的时间表、程序和一般性原则形成了较为一致的共识, 认为应尽快确定“2020年后全球生物多样性框架”的程序及时间表, 基于“爱知生物多样性目标”的执行经验、科学结论和和广泛的信息来源, 与“可持续发展目标”及其他国际进程衔接, 重视利用情景和模型, 并支持更多利益相关方参与制定过程。同时, 各方认为框架应主要包括土地利用、保护和恢复生物多样性的措施、解决生物多样性丧失的根本原因、主流化、能力建设、资源调动、国家承诺等要素。为应对国际谈判, 建议我国在《公约》谈判会议中适时提出以下观点: 重视实现可持续利用相关的目标; 提升评估指标体系的合理性; 科学制定措施。此外, 建议我国采取以下措施积极推进框架制定进程: 充分利用国际高级别会议, 提升政治重视程度; 积极与主要国际进程协作, 推进该框架深入讨论; 重视调动利益相关方积极性。     

论我国国家植物园体系建设: 以任务带学科构建国家植物园迁地保护综合体系

植物园诞生的原初是“皇家”或“国家”意志的产物, 植物园的概念从公元前2,800年我国的“神农本草园”起源, 至今已历经沧桑巨变, 而西方文艺复兴后演替出了现代植物园。科研、保护、教育与示范四大功能始终是植物园的主线。植物园作为专门从事野生植物收集、科学研究、引种驯化和保护利用的专业研究机构, 始终肩负着国家的重要使命。本文系统综述了植物园的起源与演变, 并对世界各国的国家植物园与国家植物园体系进行了系统梳理和分析。在对我国植物园历史与发展概况总结的基础上, 论述了我国国家植物园体系建设的定位与目标、区域布局、科学研究、人才队伍、基础设施等五个方面的思考, 以任务带学科构建我国国家植物园迁地保护综合体系。     

“食用菌产量和品质形成的分子机理及调控”项目简介——食用菌产业发展与技术创新的科学基础

食用菌以子实体为收获物,是优质蛋白的重要来源,我国重要的食物安全战略产业,已经成为我国粮、菜、果、油之后的第五大产值农作物,2013年产量3 169.68万吨（中国食用菌协会统计）,直接产值1 707亿元,间接产值6 828亿元,从业人口逾2 000万。我国食用菌产量已占全球总产量的75%以上。但是,与食用菌产业相关的基础科学研究严重匮乏,对产量和品质形成的关键科学问题研究的空白,严重制约着我国食用菌育种和栽培等产业技术的创新,导致单产低、质量差,产业链难以延长,产业效益持续下降,产业升级艰难。科学基础研究的缺乏,已经成为食用菌产业发展的瓶颈。2014年立项的国家重点基础研究发展计划（973）项目“食用菌产量和品质形成的分子机理及调控”（2014CB138300）,紧紧抓住困扰我国食用菌产业发展的科学问题,开展食用菌高效利用木质纤维素的分子机制、食用菌子实体形成发育的调控机理、食用菌温度响应的分子机制、食用菌活性物质及其合成代谢的分子基础和食用菌优异种质性状形成的遗传基础研究,拟阐释食用菌子实体形成的营养利用与遗传调控机制、食用菌抗逆性的温度响应机制和食用菌活性物质的合成代谢调控机理。构建食用菌科学理论体系,为食用菌产业关键技术创新奠定科学基础,为优质高产提供理论指导,为延长产业链,提高产业效益提供科学路径。     

我国“干细胞及转化研究”重点专项的组织实施及思考

“十三五”期间,我国设立了国家重点研发计划“干细胞及转化研究”重点专项(以下简称“专项”)。通过五年实施,专项取得了显著进展。通过对专项立项和实施情况的回顾,总结管理中的经验和不足,为“十四五”干细胞研究部署提出相关建议,以进一步增强我国干细胞及转化研究的核心竞争力,加快推进干细胞研究成果惠及人民健康。     

P700氧化还原动力学的测量方法及原理

P700氧化还原动力学技术可快速且无损地检测植物光系统I (PSI)的活性, 是光合研究领域中广泛使用的一种技术。该文系统归纳了P700氧化还原动力学的主要测量方法, 详细阐述其原理并探讨该技术的局限性, 旨在为深入研究光合作用机理提供技术支持。     

Species dependence of the redox potential of the primary electron donor p700 in photosystem I of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms revealed by spectroelectrochemistry

The redox potential of the primary electron donor P700, E(m)(P700/P700(+)), of Photosystem I (PSI) has been determined for 10 oxygenic photosynthesis organisms, ranging from cyanobacteria, red algae, green algae to higher plants, by spectroelectrochemistry with an optically transparent thin-layer electrode (OTTLE) cell to elucidate the scattering by as much as 150 mV in reported values of E(m)(P700/P700(+)). The E(m)(P700/P700(+)) values determined within error ranges of ± 1-4 mV exhibited a significant species dependence, with a span >70 mV, from +398 to +470 mV vs. the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE). The E(m)(P700/P700(+)) value appears to change systematically in going from cyanobacteria and primitive eukaryotic red algae, then to green algae and higher plants. From an evolutionary point of view, this result suggests that the species believed to appear later in evolution of photosynthetic organisms exhibit higher values of E(m)(P700/P700(+)). Further, the species dependence of E(m)(P700/P700(+)) seems to originate in the species-dependent redox potentials of soluble metalloproteins, Cyt c(6) and plastocyanin, which re-reduce the oxidized P700 in the electron transfer chain.     

P515的测量原理、方法和应用

光谱技术已广泛应用于光合研究领域,如光吸收信号P515和P700氧化还原动力学以及叶绿素荧光等,可快速、准确地检测植物的光合活性。P515信号广泛存在于高等植物和藻类中,是类囊体膜上的色素分子吸收光能后,其吸收光谱发生位移造成。利用光诱导的P515快速和慢速动力学,可检测PSI和PSII反应中心的比值、ATP合酶的质子...     

Equilibrium or disequilibrium? A dual-wavelength investigation of photosystem I donors

Oxidation of photosystem I (PSI) donors under far-red light (FRL), slow re-reduction by stromal reductants and fast re-reduction in the dark subsequent to illumination by white light (WL) were recorded in leaves of several C₃ plants at 810 and 950 nm. During the re-reduction from stromal reductants the mutual interdependence of the two signals followed the theoretical relationship calculated assuming redox equilibrium between plastocyanin (PC) and P700, with the equilibrium constant of 40 ± 10 (ΔE _m = 86–99 mV) in most of the measured 24 leaves of nine plant species. The presence of non-oxidizable PC of up to 13% of the whole pool, indicating partial control of electron transport by PC diffusion, was transiently detected during a saturation pulse of white light superimposed on FRL or on low WL. Nevertheless, non-oxidizable PC was absent in the steady state during fast light-saturated photosynthesis. It is concluded that in leaves during steady state photosynthesis the electron transport rate is not critically limited by PC diffusion, but the high-potential electron carriers PC and P700 remain close to the redox equilibrium.     

Effects of oxygen and photosynthesis carbon cycle reactions on kinetics of P700 redox transients in cyanobacterium <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arthrospira platensis</Emphasis> cells

Effects of oxygen and photosynthesis and respiration inhibitors on the electron transport in photosystem I (PSI) of the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis cells were studied. Redox transients of P700 were induced by illumination at 730 nm and monitored as kinetics of the absorption changes at 810 nm; to block electron influx from PSII, the measurements were performed in the presence of 30 microM 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU). Inhibitors of terminal oxidases (potassium cyanide and pentachlorophenol) insignificantly influenced the fast oxidation of P700 under aerobic conditions, whereas removal of oxygen significantly decelerated the accumulation of P700(+). In the absence of oxygen the slow oxidation of P700 observed on the first illumination was accelerated on each subsequent illumination, suggesting an activation of the carbon cycle enzymes. Under the same conditions, pentachlorophenol (an uncoupler) markedly accelerated the P700 photooxidation. Under anaerobic conditions, potassium cyanide (an inhibitor of carbon dioxide assimilation) failed to influence the kinetics of redox transients of P700, whereas iodoacetamide (an inhibitor of NADP(H)-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) completely prevented the photooxidation of P700. Thus, the fast photooxidation of P700 in the A. platensis cells under aerobic conditions in the presence of DCMU was caused by electron transport from PSI onto oxygen, and complicated transient changes in the P700 photooxidation kinetics under anaerobic conditions (in the presence of DCMU) were due to involvement of NADP+ generated during the reducing phase of the carbon cycle.     

Significant species-dependence of P700 redox potential as verified by spectroelectrochemistry: comparison of spinach and Theromosynechococcus elongatus

The redox potentials of P700, the primary electron donor of photosystem (PS) I, of spinach and Thermosynechococcus elongatus were determined by means of spectroelectrochemistry with an error range of +/-2-3 mV, to find that the redox potential of P700 in T. elongatus is lower by ca. 50 mV as compared with spinach. The shift in the P700 redox potential of PS I core particles prepared by harsh detergent treatments remained to within 10 mV for both organisms. These results show that the 50 mV difference in the P700 redox potential between the two organisms is not a detergent-induced artifact but reflects an intrinsic property of each PS I.     

Interaction between starch breakdown, acetate assimilation, and photosynthetic cyclic electron flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Spectroscopic studies on photosynthetic electron transfer generally are based upon the monitoring of dark to light changes in the electron transfer chain. These studies, which focus on the light reactions of photosynthesis, also indirectly provide information on the redox or metabolic state of the chloroplast in the dark. Here, using the unicellular microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we study the impact of heterotrophic/mixotrophic acetate feeding on chloroplast carbon metabolism by using the spectrophotometric detection of P700(+), the photooxidized primary electron donor of photosystem I. We show that, when photosynthetic linear and cyclic electron flows are blocked (DCMU inhibiting PSII and methylviologen accepting electrons from PSI), the post-illumination reduction kinetics of P700(+) directly reflect the dark metabolic production of reductants (mainly NAD(P)H) in the stroma of chloroplasts. Such results can be correlated to other metabolic studies: in the absence of acetate, for example, the P700(+) reduction rate matches the rate of starch breakdown reported previously, confirming the chloroplast localization of the upstream steps of the glycolytic pathway in Chlamydomonas. Furthermore, the question of the interplay between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic carbon metabolism can be addressed. We show that cyclic electron flow around photosystem I is twice as fast in a starchless mutant fed with acetate than it is in the WT, and we relate how changes in the flux of electrons from carbohydrate metabolism modulate the redox poise of the plastoquinone pool in the dark through chlororespiration.     

Dissection of respiratory and cyclic electron transport in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Cyclic electron transport (CET) is an attractive hypothesis for regulating photosynthetic electron transport and producing the additional ATP in oxygenic phototrophs. The concept of CET has been established in the last decades, and it is proposed to function in the progenitor of oxygenic photosynthesis, cyanobacteria. The in vivo activity of CET is frequently evaluated either from the redox state of the reaction center chlorophyll in photosystem (PS) I, P700, in the absence of PSII activity or by comparing PSI and PSII activities through the P700 redox state and chlorophyll fluorescence, respectively. The evaluation of CET activity, however, is complicated especially in cyanobacteria, where CET shares the intersystem chain, including plastoquinone, cytochrome b₆/f complex, plastocyanin, and cytochrome c₆, with photosynthetic linear electron transport (LET) and respiratory electron transport (RET). Here we sought to distinguish the in vivo electron transport rates in RET and CET in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The reduction rate of oxidized P700 (P700⁺) decreased to less than 10% when PSII was inhibited, indicating that PSII is the dominant electron source to PSI but P700⁺ is also reduced by electrons derived from other sources. The oxidative pentose phosphate (OPP) pathway functions as the dominant electron source for RET, which was found to be inhibited by glycolaldehyde (GA). In the condition where the OPP pathway and respiratory terminal oxidases were inhibited by GA and KCN, the P700⁺ reduction rate was less than 1% of that without any inhibitors. This study indicate that the electron transport to PSI when PSII is inhibited is dominantly derived from the OPP pathway in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

     

Photosynthetic electron transfer through the cytochrome b6f complex can bypass cytochrome f

The cytochrome b(6)f complex is an obligatory electron transfer and proton-translocating enzyme in all oxygenic photosynthesis. Its operation has been described by the "Q-cycle." This model proposes that electrons are transferred from plastoquinol to plastocyanin (the reductant of P700 in Photosystem I) through, obligatorily in series, the iron-sulfur and the cytochrome f redox centers in the cytochrome b(6)f complex. However, here we demonstrate that (a) the iron-sulfur center-dependent reductions of plastocyanin and P700 are much faster than cytochrome f reduction, both in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cytochrome f mutants and in the wild type, and (b) the steady-state photosynthetic electron transport does not correlate with strongly inhibited cytochrome f reduction kinetics in the mutants. Thus, cytochrome f is not an obligatory intermediate for electrons flowing through the cytochrome b(6)f complex. The oxidation equivalents from Photosystem I are delivered to the high potential chain of the cytochrome b(6)f complex both at the cytochrome f level and, independently, at another site connected to the quinol-oxidizing site, possibly the iron-sulfur center.     

Reduction of the primary donor P700 of photosystem I during steady-state photosynthesis under low light in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arabidopsis</Emphasis>

During steady-state photosynthesis in low-light, 830-nm absorption (A₈₃₀) by leaves was close to that in darkness in Arabidopsis, indicating that the primary donor P700 in the reaction center of photosystem I (PSI) was in reduced form. However, P700 was not fully oxidized by a saturating light pulse, suggesting the presence of a population of PSI centers with reduced P700 that remains thermodynamically stable during the application of the saturating light pulse (i.e., reduced-inactive P700). To substantiate this, the effects of methyl viologen (MV) and far-red light on P700 oxidation by the saturating light pulse were analyzed, and the cumulative effects of repetitive application of the saturating light pulse on photosynthesis were analyzed using a mutant crr2-2 with impaired PSI cyclic electron flow. We concluded that the reduced-inactive P700 in low-light as revealed by saturating light pulse indicates limitations of electron flow at the PSI acceptor side.