空间诱变、γ射线及复合处理对光温敏核不育水稻1 S诱变效果的研究

利用空间诱变、60Co-γ射线单一与复合处理光温敏核不育水稻株1 S干种子,后经地面种植观察,统计当代生物学效应,二代研究其诱变效果。结果表明:三种处理方式对光温敏核不育水稻株1 S干种子的影响在当代性状上表现出来。从二代中选择出了一些有益的突变株系,及矮化独秆苗、矮化丛生苗等具有功能基因组学研究价值的突变类型。     

激光及其与γ射线复合处理水稻干种子提高诱变效果的研究

激光处理水稻种子,能诱发广泛的遗传变异。其突变频率与激光种类、剂量大小及处理材料的遗传背景有关。一定剂量的Ar~+激光或远红外激光加γ射线复合处理可显著的提高诱变频率。     

同步辐射(软X射线)辐照玉米的细胞学效应研究

利用同步辐射(软X射线)辐照玉米自交系H65和H14D种子,研究其M1代的细胞学效应,并以60Co-γ射线作对照。结果表明,软X射线辐照处理后,不仅能够诱发玉米M1代根尖细胞内核畸变和染色体畸变,而且还能够诱发染色体多种类型的变异,其变异频率随辐照剂量的增加而增大,辐照剂量与细胞总畸变率呈正相关。软X射线对玉米根尖细胞的有丝分裂具有明显地抑制作用,辐照剂量与细胞分裂指数呈负相关。软X射线辐照的细胞学效应与γ射线基本相似,但在诱发的细胞畸变率和染色体变异类型上存在一定的差异。两个供试品系对辐射的敏感性为H14D>H65。     

YAG与He—Ne激光处理籼稻恢复系干种子的诱变育种效果的研究

用ＹＡＧ,Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ激光处理籼稻处理系恢４８－２干种子,统计了其当代其生物学效应,Ｌ２代的突变频率,几种主要性状的变异系数及广义遗传力,Ｌ２代各处理选１０个突变株与多个不良系配组,表现熟期较早,综合性状较好的组合数,ＹＡＧ激光处理的高于Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ处理的,并选育出了一个较好的新的恢复系－恢４１。     

不同诱变因素对小麦性状的影响

以粉质、中杆、无芒小麦辐３６为材料，分别用Ｎ２激光、氮离子注入和＾６０Ｃｏγ射线三种诱变因素处理，对第二代植株高度有影响，经前二者处理的对株高有提高趋势，氮离子注入的，二代出现高杆植株占７２．６％，１焦耳Ｎ２激光处理的在二代中有４５．５％是高杆。＾６０Ｃｏγ射线处理的Ｍ２株高明显变矮，７９ｃｍ以下的单株占总株数中４６．３％；在芒性变异上出现顶芒和长芒类型，处理间诱变效果顺序为γ射线〉１焦耳Ｎ２激光     

航天与60 Co-γ射线辐射诱变对光温敏核不育水稻M1代农艺性状的影响研究

研究航天搭载、~(60)Co-γ射线及其复合处理光温敏核不育水稻干种子M_1代的发芽率、幼苗生长、植株生长发育及其农艺性状变化.结果表明,对M_1代的生物学效应(抑制或刺激),因不同性状和不同的处理方式而不同;两种光温敏核不育水稻在当代对三种不同诱变处理的辐射敏感性表现一致,而两种光温敏核不育水稻各自对三种不同诱变处理的敏感性不一致.     

激光辐照洋葱L1代的生理效应研究

采用ＣＯ２和Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ两种激光的三种剂量,分别辐照两个洋葱品种的湿种子,采用生理生化的方法,从过氧化氢酶、叶绿素、总糖总量等三个方面考查研究洋葱Ｌ１各处理的生物学效应。结果表明：Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ激光辐照洋葱Ｌ１代的过氧化氢酶、叶绿素、总糖含量的变异大于ＣＯ２激光辐照,可作为激光诱导变洋葱育种参考。     

激光—^60Co—γ辐射诱变小麦生物学效应初步研究

研究小麦品种“绵阳21号”和“汉源小麦”及其~(60)Co—γ一代(γ_1)等四个材料,经N_2和He—Ne激光辐照的20种处理(包括对照)的辐射生物学效应。试验结果表明,激光一代(L_1)植株高度,单株分蘖数,单株有效分蘖数,穗长,小穗数,不实小穗数,退化小穗数,小穗密度,主穗粒数,主穗粒重,分蘖穗粒重,单株粒重,抽穗期,叶面积,穗下轴长,倒一节间长,倒一节间粗等17种性状,都表现出不同处理所引起的生物效应差异。同株高,单株分蘖数、单株有效穗数、主穗长度、不实小穗数,主穗粒数、主穗粒重,单株粒重等8个性关变异系数的比较看出:He—Ne激光(照射10分钟)辐照干种子,“汉源小麦—γ_1”比“汉源小麦”产生的变异大,比对照(未照射)的变异更大。同时,发现不同品种所引起的抽穗期、株高、穗长等14种性状的变异分别达显著或极显著,由剂量不同引起抽穗期、主穗粒重和不实小穗数等三种性状的变异显著。     

激光辐照洋葱种子的生物学效应初探

采用Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ激光和ＣＯ２激光辐照洋葱两个品种的湿种子,采用随机区组设计,重复３次,利用生物统计学的方法,从个体水平上初步考查诱变Ｌ１代的生物学效应。结果表明：在出苗率、苗高、叶数、须根长、须根数、苗重、须根重等性状表现出不同处理所引起的生物学效应差异,激光种类不同,引起须根长的变异达到５％的显著差异,激光剂量不同引起须根数变异显著,苗高和苗重的变异达到极显著。     

外源DNA直接导入小麦及其在育种上的应用

本研究选用两个白粒小麦品种作供体,提取其总ＤＮＡ,采用花粉管直接携带法导入７５（１９８）红粒品种受体植株。ＤＮＡ导入的第一代（Ｄ１）,目的性状的转化频率为１．７５％和２．９４％。Ｄ２代变异率显著低于Ｄ１代。对Ｄ１,Ｄ２代所得目的性状变异后代,按照常规育种程序进行Ｄ３代观察与鉴定,得到已稳定遗传的后代,从中选取保持原品种其它优良性状而籽粒为的白色的变异类型混合脱粒,获得７５（１９８）改良新品系。     

Accurate qualitative and quantitative proteomic analysis of clinical hepatocellular carcinoma using laser capture microdissection coupled with isotope-coded affinity tag and two-dimensional liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a powerful tool that enables the isolation of specific cell types from tissue sections, overcoming the problem of tissue heterogeneity and contamination. This study combined the LCM with isotope-coded affinity tag (ICAT) technology and two-dimensional liquid chromatography to investigate the qualitative and quantitative proteomes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The effects of three different histochemical stains on tissue sections have been compared, and toluidine blue stain was proved as the most suitable stain for LCM followed by proteomic analysis. The solubilized proteins from microdissected HCC and non-HCC hepatocytes were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed with two-dimensional liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (2D-LC-MS/MS) alone or coupled with cleavable ICAT labeling technology. A total of 644 proteins were qualitative identified, and 261 proteins were unambiguously quantitated. These results show that the clinical proteomic method using LCM coupled with ICAT and 2D-LC-MS/MS can carry out not only large-scale but also accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis.     

激光联合环磷酰胺对荷瘤鼠脾重和外周免疫细胞数量影响的试验研究

目的:试验以小鼠S180腹水瘤为动物实验模型,对He-Ne激光照射与化疗药物联合应用对S180荷瘤鼠脾脏重量和免疫细胞数量影响作了系统性研究。方法:应用11.00J/cm2,14.67J/cm2和22.00J/cm2三种剂量He-Ne激光照射荷瘤鼠内眼角,同时联合应用化疗药物环磷酰胺,以观察其对荷瘤鼠脾脏重量和免疫细胞数量的影响。结果:健康小鼠脾脏随日龄增加呈持续上升趋势,肿瘤对照组及CYT对照组在第4d.显著升高。此后便持续下降,尤其是CYT对照组,第8d.荷瘤鼠脾脏萎缩极为严重。而CYT/He-Ne激光联合应用组小鼠脾脏在第4d.轻微下降后,便呈持续上升趋势;CYT对外周血白细胞总数、淋巴细胞数和中性幼稚细胞数有着显著的抑制作用(P<0.01,P<0.05)。CYT/He-Ne激光联合应用组白细胞总数和中性幼稚细胞数的变化较单纯CYT应用组为轻微。结论:He-Ne激光对CYT及肿瘤本身所致免疫抑制具有明显的改善效应。     

不同激光对雨生红球藻的刺激效应

本文研究了Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ激光和半导体激光对生产虾青素的雨生红球藻（Ｈａｅｍａｔｏｃｏｃｃｕｓ ｐｌｕｖｉａｌｉｓ）的生理刺激作用。对两种激光不同辐照剂量的生长刺激作用,叶绿素含量及虾青素累积速率的变化进行了比较。实验结果表明,低功率的红色激光对红球藻营养细胞的增殖具有明显的促进作用。     

伊犁黑蜂蜂胶对不同生长状态白假丝酵母菌抑菌作用的体外研究

目的探究伊犁黑蜂蜂胶对白假丝酵母菌游离状态及其生物膜状态的影响。方法采用NCCLS M27-A2酵母微量稀释法结合平板法测定蜂胶对游离状态下白假丝酵母菌的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)和最低杀菌浓度(MBC);玻片法在体外构建白假丝酵母菌生物膜模型,采用MTT法检测蜂胶对白假丝酵母菌生物膜状态下的最低生物膜清除浓度(MBEC)及抑制作用;激光共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)观察不同浓度蜂胶醇提取物对同一时间白假丝酵母菌生物膜的抑菌效果,并进行红蓝荧光染色定量分析。结果伊犁黑蜂蜂胶对浮游白假丝酵母菌的MIC为4mg/mL,MBC为8mg/mL;伊犁黑蜂蜂胶对生物膜状态下白假丝酵母菌的MBEC为16mg/mL,随着药物浓度的增加抑菌性逐渐增大,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);CLSM观察,伊犁黑蜂蜂胶作用于白假丝酵母菌生物膜后可使生物膜内活菌比例降低,生物膜活性减弱,生物膜内实验菌死亡率随蜂胶浓度增加呈上升趋势,与阴性对照组比较差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论伊犁黑蜂蜂胶在体外对不同状态下的白假丝酵母菌均起到了明显的抑制作用。     

Down-regulation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 adversely affects the expression of Alzheimer's disease-relevant genes and proteins

Beta-amyloid peptides play a major role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, preventing beta-amyloid formation by inhibition of the beta site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) 1 is considered as a potential strategy to treat AD. Cholinergic mechanisms have been shown to control amyloid precursor protein processing and the number of muscarinic M2-acetylcholine receptors is decreased in brain regions of patients with AD enriched with senile plaques. Therefore, the present study investigates the effect of this M2 muscarinic receptor down-regulation by siRNA on total gene expression and on regulation of BACE1 in particular in SK-SH-SY5Y cells. This model system was used for microarray analysis after carbachol stimulation of siRNA-treated cells compared with carbachol stimulated, non-siRNA-treated cells. The same model system was used to elucidate changes at the protein level by using two-dimensional gels followed by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) analysis. Taken together, the results indicate that the M2 acetylcholine receptor down-regulation in brains of patients with AD has important effects on the expression of several genes and proteins with major functions in the pathology of AD. This includes beta-secretase BACE1 as well as several modulators of the tau protein and other AD-relevant genes and proteins. Moreover, most of these genes and proteins are adversely affected against the background of AD.     

Laser temperature-jump, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic study of salt effects on duplex formation by dGCATGC

Salt effects on duplex formation by dGCATGC have been studied with spectroscopic, thermodynamic, and kinetic methods. Circular dichroism spectra indicate different salt conditions have little effect on the structures of the duplex and single strand. NMR chemical shifts indicate the structure of the duplex in 1 M NaCl is similar to that of the B-form determined previously in 0.5 M KCl [Nilges, M., Clore, G. M., Gronenborn, A. M., Brunger, A. T., Karplus, M., & Nilsson, L. (1987) Biochemistry 26, 3718-3733]. Optical melting experiments indicate the effect of Na+ concentration on melting temperature is similar to that expected for a polynucleotide with the same GC content. Laser temperature-jump experiments indicate the effect of Na+ concentration on the rate of duplex formation is much less than is observed for polynucleotides. The observations are consistent with expectations based on a counterion condensation model. This is surprising for a duplex with only 10 phosphates.     

Properties of morphologically variant haploid frog cells formed by combined treatment with Mengo virus and the polyene antibiotic mediocidin.

Comparisons have been made of cell surface glycoproteins, concanavalin A agglutinability, and cloning efficiencies in liquid media of ICR 2A (haploid frog cells), ICR 2A M (three cloned populations of haploid frog cells resistant to 5 microgram per ml of the polyene antibiotic mediocidin), and ICR 2A M/MV cells (five cloned populations of morphologically variant haploid frog cells produced by exposure of the parental cells to the combined effects of mediocidin and an RNA mammalian virus, Mengo virus). Independently isolated ICR 2A M/MV clones exhibited altered cell surface glycoproteins, increased concanavalin A agglutinability, and enhanced cloning efficiency in liquid media when compared with ICR 2A parental cells. In contrast, ICR 2A M cells had properties similar to ICR 2A cells, with the exception of the former's increased resistance to mediocidin. The differences in properties between ICR 2A M/MV and ICR 2A cells suggest that alterations resembling transformation have occurred in ICR 2A M/MV cells as a consequence of combined treatment with mediocidin and Mengo virus.     

Synergistic effects of arsenic trioxide and radiation in osteosarcoma cells through the induction of both autophagy and apoptosis

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor, occurring mainly in children and adolescents, and survival largely depends on their response to chemotherapy. However, the risk of relapse and adverse outcomes is still high. We investigated the synergistic anti-cancer effects of ionizing radiation combined with arsenic trioxide (ATO) and the mechanisms underlying apoptosis or autophagy induced by combined radiation and ATO treatment in human osteosarcoma cells. We found that exposure to radiation increased the population of HOS cells in the G(2)/M phase within 12 h in a time-dependent manner. Radiation combined with ATO induced a significantly prolonged G(2)/M arrest, consequently enhancing cell death. Furthermore, combined treatment resulted in enhanced ROS generation compared to treatment with ATO or radiation alone. The enhanced cytotoxic effect of combined treatment occurred from the increased induction of autophagy and apoptosis through inhibition of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in HOS cells. The combined treatment of HOS cells pretreated with Z-VAD, 3-MA or PEG-catalase resulted in a significant reduction of cytotoxicity. In addition, G(2)/M arrest and ROS generation could be involved in the underlying mechanisms. The data suggest that a combination of radiation and ATO could be a new potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of osteosarcoma.     

The Antiestrogens Tamoxifen and Fulvestrant Abolish Estrogenic Impacts of 17α-ethinylestradiol on Male Calling Behavior of Xenopus laevis

Various synthetic chemicals released to the environment can interfere with the endocrine system of vertebrates. Many of these endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) exhibit estrogenic activity and can interfere with sexual development and reproductive physiology. More recently, also chemicals with different modes of action (MOAs), such as antiestrogenic, androgenic and antiandrogenic EDCs, have been shown to be present in the environment. However, to date EDC-research primarily focuses on exposure to EDCs with just one MOA, while studies examining the effects of simultaneous exposure to EDCs with different MOAs are rare, although they would reflect more real, natural exposure situations. In the present study the combined effects of estrogenic and antiestrogenic EDCs were assessed by analyzing the calling behavior of short-term exposed male Xenopus laevis. The estrogenic 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), and the antiestrogenic EDCs tamoxifen (TAM) and fulvestrant (ICI) were used as model substances. As previously demonstrated, sole EE2 exposure (10−10 M) resulted in significant alterations of the male calling behavior, including altered temporal and spectral parameters of the advertisement calls. Sole TAM (10−7 M, 10−8 M, 10−10 M) or ICI (10−7 M) exposure, on the other hand, did not affect any of the measured parameters. If frogs were co-exposed to EE2 (10−10 M) and TAM (10−7 M) the effects of EE2 on some parameters were abolished, but co-exposure to EE2 and ICI (10−7 M) neutralized all estrogenic effects. Thus, although EDCs with antiestrogenic MOA might not exhibit any effects per se, they can alter the estrogenic effects of EE2. Our observations demonstrate that there is need to further investigate the combined effects of EDCs with various, not only opposing, MOAs as this would reflect realistic wildlife situations.     

The action of helium-neon laser radiation on the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The growth properties of M. tuberculosis subjected to the action of helium-neon laser radiation was studied. Laser radiation was shown to change the quantitative and qualitative composition of mycobacterial population. Disturbances in the viability of mycobacteria appear as a consequence of changes in the morphological structure of mycobacterial cells. The maximum effect of helium-neon laser radiation was achieved after the irradiation of M. tuberculosis culture on days 2-3 after inoculation. These results made it possible to suggest that the effect of helium-neon laser radiation was most pronounced in cells at the stage of mitosis (the logarithmic stage of growth) with the highest degree of metabolism.