姜黄素抑制大鼠气道平滑肌细胞增殖和诱导凋亡的作用

目的:探讨姜黄素对大鼠气道平滑肌细胞(airway smooth muscle cells,ASMCs)增殖和凋亡的影响.方法:采用改良组织块消化法培养原代大鼠气道平滑肌细胞,以PDGF诱导ASMCs增殖建立模型.MTT法检测不同浓度姜黄素抑制ASMCs增殖情况.Hoechst 33342染色和DNA Ladder检测细胞凋亡,Western Blot检测ERK1/2和磷酸化ERK1/2的表达.结果:①MTT检测给予姜黄素处理12 h后,与模型组相比较,10 μmol/l组、20μmol/l组和40 μmol/l组的细胞平均抑制率均增加显著.P<0.05;48 h后各浓度组抑制率均升高.②Hoechst 33342观察到10μmol/I、20μmol/1和40 μmol/l姜黄素组中强荧光细胞比例随姜黄素刺量增大而增多,细胞核内多个不均一蓝染现象.③DNA Ladder观察到40μmol/l组姜黄素处理组出现梯状分布.④姜黄素(40 μmol/1)与PDGF(20 ng/m1)共同处理30 min和60 min后P-ERK1/2蛋白表达水平显著降低.结论:姜黄素对ASMCs增殖有抑制作用,同时高浓度的姜黄素可促进AsMCs凋亡,可能与下调ERK1/2的表达有关.     

前列腺素E2对小鼠骨髓细胞增殖及DNA合成的影响

本文采用半固体单层琼脂培养和液体培养_3H-TdR掺入法观察PGE_2对小鼠骨髓CFU-GM增殖分化的影响,实验结果表明PGE_2可明显抑制CFU-GM增殖和分化,抑制率与PGE_2剂量呈负相关。其50％抑制率所对应的PGE_2剂量,琼脂培养法为4.8×10~(-8)mol/L, ~3H-TdR掺入法为3.5×10~(-8)mol/L,两种方法观察的结果相近。压片染色集落分类的结果还表明PGE_2对CFU-GM各类型集落形成均有明显的抑制作用。其中以CFU-M和CFU-GM抑制最为明显。1×10~(-8)—1.2×10~(-8)mol/L的PGE_2浓度就可抑制CFU-M和CFU-GM增殖50％,当PGE_2浓度增至7.3×10~(-8)mol/L时CFU-M增殖即被抑制90％,说明单核-巨噬系祖细胞对PGE_2是十分敏感的。PGE_2对粒系集落的抑制作用机理尚不清楚。     

放线菌素D对烟草花叶病毒RNA在离体烟叶中复制的影响

本文报道放线菌素D(AMD)在离体烟叶中对烟草花叶病毒(TMV)的增殖及其核酸(TMV-RNA)复制的影响。按每克叶片用40μgAMD处理,能抑制70％以上叶组织总RNA的合成,在此剂量下AMD对病毒增殖及其核酸复制的影响与用药的时间有密切关系。在接种病毒前5小时或于接种同时给药对病毒增殖和病毒RNA复制都有强烈的抑制作用,可抑制90％以上;而接种后8小时用药就不再表现抑制作用了;接种后24小时用药不但不表现抑制作用,相反对病毒增殖和TMV—RNA的复制都有一定的刺激作用。AMD对TMV增殖和对TMV-RNA复制的影响完全一致。     

乳酸杆菌发酵滤液对人宫颈癌细胞株Hela细胞的抑制作用

目的观察乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液及其主要成分对宫颈癌细胞株Hela细胞的体外增殖的影响,探索乳酸杆菌发酵滤液对宫颈癌细胞是否有抑制作用及解析作用的有效成分。方法用MTr法研究不同浓度乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用,在此基础上研究脂肪酸、菌体核酸在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用。结果不同浓度乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液及相关物质在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用显示：（1）乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液各浓度组对Hela细胞的生长均有抑制作用,且这种抑制作用呈剂量-时间依赖方式。24、48、72h达到半数抑制率的发酵滤液浓度分别为8．9％、5．3％、3．8％。（2）乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液脂肪酸对Hela细胞的生长有一定抑制作用,抑制率在7．0％～34．0％。（3）乳酸杆菌DM9811菌体核酸对Hela细胞的生长有抑制作用,抑制率为9．7％-53．4％,呈剂量一时间依赖方式。72h达到半数抑制率核酸的浓度为5．5μg/ml。结论乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液对Hela细胞的生长具有显著的抑制作用,其中脂肪酸组分是有效成分之一。     

ROS和丁内酯-Ⅰ抑制山羊卵母细胞的减数分裂

本文研究了ROS（Roscovitine）和丁内酯-Ⅰ（ButyrolactoneⅠ,BL-Ⅰ）两种细胞周期依赖性激酶抑制剂对山羊卵母细胞减数分裂恢复的抑制作用,并研究了抑制对卵母细胞成熟、激活和发育的影响。结果表明：ROS和BL-Ⅰ对山羊卵母细胞减数分裂恢复的抑制作用具有浓度依赖性;200μmol／LROS、100μmol／LBL-Ⅰ、100μmol／LROS＋6．25μmol／LBL-Ⅰ和50μmol／LROS＋25μmol／LBL-Ⅰ都能有效抑制山羊卵母细胞减数分裂的恢复,24h的抑制率分别为78．4％、80．9％、80．3％和77．8％。用ROS和BL-Ⅰ抑制24h后转为正常培养24h,各处理组卵母细胞的成熟率（分别为81．3％、81．9％、83．2％和85．2％）与对照组（83．0％）无显著差异;成熟卵母细胞的化学激活率分别为93．3％、96．2％、92．5％和90．5％,与对照组（97．8％）无显著差异。然而,抑制处理后卵母细胞的卵裂率和桑椹胚率降低,未能发育到囊胚。ROS和BL-Ⅰ抑制山羊卵丘扩展,并且转为正常培养后卵丘不能再扩展。ROS和BL-Ⅰ能够浓度依赖性地抑制山羊卵母细胞减数分裂,二者既可单独,又可降低浓度联合使用,但抑制山羊卵母细胞的浓度远高于牛和猪卵母细胞的;ROS和BL-Ⅰ抑制24h不影响山羊卵母细胞的成熟和激活能力,但影响卵母细胞的卵丘扩展和胚胎发育能力。因此,山羊卵母细胞减数分裂调控可能比它动物更精细。     

锰对PC12 细胞的增殖抑制与凋亡研究

目的:研究锰作用下PC12细胞的增殖抑制作用与凋亡相关的形态学、生化指标改变。方法:用200,400,600,800μmol/LMnCl2的培养液,分别作用对数生长期PC12细胞1,2,3,4d后,用MTT筛选锰的细胞毒性剂量;透射电镜观察细胞形态学变化;琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测MnCl2对PC12细胞基因组DNA的影响。结果:MTT实验显示200-800μmol/L MnCl2作用4天对PC12有显著的抑制作用,呈剂量和时间依赖趋势,600μmol/L MnCl2作用4d对PC12的抑制率可达50%以上。600μmol/L MnCl2作用4d电镜可见细胞凋亡,同样条件下细胞DNA碎片化。结论:PC12细胞在锰作用下发生增殖抑制,原因是锰诱导PC12细胞凋亡。     

大肠杆菌发酵生产SOD最佳条件研究

通过对大肠杆菌进行液体发酵培养,用正交实验探索了四种微量元素（Cu^2 ,Zn^2 ,Mn^2 ,Fe^2 )加入量,培养时间,摇床转速和培养温度等对大肠杆菌细胞增养生产SOD的影响,最佳工艺条件为：CuSO450μmol/L,ZnSO430μmol/L,MnSO450μmol/L,FeSO430μmol/L,培养时间14h,摇床转速200r/min,培养温度38℃,产酶量7726IU/g湿菌体。     

毛头鬼伞子实体中甾类化合物的结构鉴定及其抑制肿瘤细胞增殖活性的研究

从毛头鬼伞子实体中分离得到4个甾类化合物,通过波谱分析,分别鉴定为麦角甾醇(1)、啤酒甾醇(2)、麦角甾醇葡萄糖甙(3)和tuberoside(4)。4个化合物均为首次从毛头鬼伞中得到。通过体外细胞毒性筛选试验,结果表明化合物4有较强的抑制人乳腺癌细胞MCF-7和狗肾细胞MDCK增殖的活性,其抑制增殖的IC50值分别为10.9μg/mL(18.4μmol/L)和5.8μg/mL(9.8μmol/L)。化合物3对MCF-7和MDCK的抑制作用则较弱,当其浓度为10.0μg/mL(17.9μmol/L)时,对MCF-7和MDCK的增殖抑制率分别为12.5%和7.5%。     

超声波辅助处理对发根农杆菌介导的苦豆子遗传转化的影响

以发根农杆菌转化苦豆子的子叶和下胚轴外植体,结果表明,辅助以超声波处理有助于转化率的提高,当超声波(功率120W,震荡频率50kHz)处理25min时,转化率达到最高峰(子叶为83．7％,下胚轴为39．1％),分别高于对照(14．4％和9．8％)69．3％和29．3％。在此条件下,进一步添加AS l00μmol/L,可使转化率再进一步提高9．9％和7．6％。     

T-2毒素诱导人结肠癌细胞凋亡的实验研究

[目的]研究T-2毒素对人结肠癌细胞SW115的增殖抑制与凋亡作用。[方法]体外培养人结肠癌细胞SW115,加入浓度为1.6、8、40、200、1 000μg/m L的T-2毒素作用24 h,MTT法检测细胞增殖抑制率,流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡,Hoechest 33258染色法观察细胞凋亡形态,并检测Caspase-3的活性变化。[结果]与对照组相比,T-2毒素为40μg/m L时显著抑制SW115细胞增殖(P0.01),当T-2毒素达到200μg/m L,流式细胞仪检测凋亡率为27.55%,细胞内Caspase-3活性为0.597,差异具有统计学意义(P0.01)。[结论]T-2毒素对人结肠癌细胞SW115具有明显的抑制作用,具有诱导SW115细胞凋亡的作用。     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.