小窝蛋白-1在细胞衰老及衰老相关疾病中的作用

胞膜小窝(caveolae)是细胞质膜内陷所形成的囊状结构.小窝蛋白(caveolin)是胞膜小窝区别于其它脂筏结构的特征性蛋白分子,维持胞膜小窝的结构和功能,包括3个家族成员小窝蛋白-1、小窝蛋白-2和小窝蛋白-3.其中,小窝蛋白-1是参与胆固醇平衡、分子运输和跨膜信号发放事件的主要结构成分,从而调节细胞的生长、发育和增殖．小窝蛋白-1在细胞衰老中起着重要调控作用,主要通过p53-p21及p16-Rb信号通路抑制细胞增殖、酪氨酸激酶的级联反应,调控粘连信号级联、胰岛素信号及雌激素信号系统等途径调控衰老进程．衰老过程中不同器官小窝蛋白-1变化趋势不尽一致．近年研究还发现,小窝蛋白-1与神经系统退行性疾病、糖尿病、动脉粥样硬化等衰老相关疾病密切相关,通过调节多条信号通路参与这些疾病的发生发展．本文结合最新研究进展,对小窝蛋白-1在细胞衰老进程的作用及参与衰老相关疾病进行综述．     

胞膜窖与钾离子通道

胞膜窖（caveolae）是细胞质膜内陷形成的凹陷小窝,参与细胞内多种重要的生理活动的调节.近年研究表明,电压门控钾离子通道、钙离子 激活的电压门控钾离子通道和ATP敏感的钾离子通道等多种钾离子通道家族 成员的功能调节与胞膜窖有关.本文概括介绍了胞膜窖和钾离子通道调节关系的研究进展．     

陕西宁强早志留世灰泥丘中微生物及其造岩意义

通过扫描电镜分析 ,在陕西宁强早志留世深缓坡微晶灰泥丘中发现 3种微生物化石 ,分别为 :( 1 )表面光滑卵球体 ,其大小为 5μm× 3μm ,壳体表面光滑 ,长轴端具有圆形凹坑或凸起 ,可能为芽体及芽痕 ;此类化石能与真菌类菌孢对比 ;( 2 )表面粗糙的椭球体 ,其大小为 60 μm× 50 μm ,壳体表面粗糙 ,具蠕虫状断续条纹 ,并有方解石胶结物生长 ;( 3)网格状结构 ,由钙化的胶质席状物及枝状物组成 ,网呈枝状分叉 ,盖覆于灰泥之上并参加造岩。经能谱分析 ,所有微生物化石均由碳酸钙组成 ,他们在灰泥丘的形成过程中起了重要的造岩作用     

小窝蛋白-1在免疫调节中的作用

小窝（caveolae）是一类特殊的膜脂筏,富含鞘磷脂和胆固醇。小窝蛋白-1（caveolin-1）是小窝的标志蛋白质,分子量约22 kD。后者不但直接参与小窝结构的形成、膜泡运输、胆固醇稳态维持,还通过其脚手架结构域（caveolin scaffolding domain,CSD）与众多信号分子相互作用调控细胞的生长、发育和分化,最终影响机体的生理和病理过程。近年发现,小窝蛋白-1和胞膜窖不但存在于内皮细胞、脂肪细胞、血管平滑肌细胞和纤维细胞中,还广泛表达于免疫细胞中,参与调节免疫细胞活化引起的炎症应答反应。本文结合最新的研究进展和前期结果,简要综述小窝蛋白-1在巨噬细胞、T细胞、B细胞以及中性粒细胞等免疫细胞内的调节作用,以及在细菌感染如绿脓杆菌、沙门氏菌和克雷伯杆菌的炎症中的信号转导研究进展。     

中国和越南秋海棠属种子微形态特征及其系统学意义

利用光学显微镜(Light Microscope)和电子显微镜(Scanning Electron Microscope)对中国和越南产47种秋海棠属(Begonia Linn.)种子的结构和表皮纹饰进行了观察并赋值分析。种子形状为椭球状、倒卵状和宽倒卵状,尺寸差异明显。种盖形状分为短棒状(Short-claviform)、火山口状(Broadly nipple-shaped)和坛口状(Obtuse)。纹饰分为条纹状(Straight striae)、波浪状纹(Undulated striae)、圆点状纹(Rounded Punctum)和人字状纹(Herringbone-shaped Punctum)。主成分分析和聚类分析的结果显示中国秋海棠属种类基于种子纹饰和结构等性状的聚类结果与基于胎座等性状划分的组不完全一致,但种子表面纹饰在种内具有一定的稳定性;种盖形状及种皮纹饰在形态相似种间有一定的差异。种子形态与其传播方式紧密相关,可能是对生境及传播方式的适应。     

国产蔷薇科绣线菊亚科的花粉形态

本文报道了国产蔷薇科绣线菊亚科(Spiraeoideae)8属9种植物花粉形态。该亚科花粉近球形,极面观三裂圆形。花粉通常较小,最小花粉见于Spiraeapurpurea,为1487(1275～1658)μm×1517(1275～1734)μm,其中Physocarpusamurensis的花粉比较大,为2797(1989～3825)μm×3091(2677～3366)μm。三孔沟,内孔为长方形,部分种内孔明显外突。沟较长,两端较窄,在Physocarpusamurensis观察到合沟现象。合沟出现时通常三沟在一极汇合,在另一极常不汇合。花粉外壁具穴状、条纹-穴状、条纹-网状、条纹状等数种纹饰。迄今为止,在Rosaceae观察到的所有花粉外壁纹饰中,除较为特化的刺状纹外,其余纹饰在该亚科均存在。在Rosaceae所有的花粉外壁纹饰中,穴状纹饰可能是较为原始的类型,条纹状-网状和条纹状依次是较为进化的,而刺状是最进化的纹饰。在Spiraea中,外壁纹饰有相对进化的条纹-网状和条纹状,然而未观察到穴状这一最原始类型,这表明该属及其属下种的分化程度可能较高。但因Spiraea所含种数较大,这一推论有待进一步深入论证。此外,花粉形态特征支持Takhtajan(1997)关于Spiraeoideae亚科下族与属的排序。     

金缕梅科的种子形态学及其系统学评价

本文利用光学显微镜及扫描电镜在属级水平上观察了金缕梅科全部6亚科中的21属41种1变种植物的种子特征,结果表明：该科的种子形状、颜色、大小及种脐特征在各亚科中有差异(除了双花木亚科与金缕梅亚科的大多数属是一致的)可作为区分亚科的特征之一。根据种皮的特征,可划分为5类：(1)种皮平滑或仅在边缘部分具条纹状纹饰(双花木亚科及金缕梅亚科中大部分属);(2)种皮具条纹状纹饰,条纹有波浪加厚或升高(马蹄荷亚科);(3)种皮具瘤状纹饰或具条纹和瘤状相间排列的纹饰(红花荷亚科);(4)种皮具条一网状纹饰(壳菜果亚科);(5)种皮具网状纹饰(枫香亚科)。种皮纹饰对亚科的划分具有一定意义。此外,还详细观察了该科的种皮结构,确认金缕梅科的种皮由外种皮及内种皮构成,而外种皮又进一步划分为外层、中层和内层,种皮各层的细胞层数对该科的分类价值不大。研究结果还表明：枫香亚科的种子特征明显不同于该科的其它成员。关于枫香亚科的系统位置还需深入研究。     

窖蛋白-1在干细胞增殖、分化及组织修复中的作用

干细胞(stem cell)是一类具有自我复制能力(self-renewing)的多潜能细胞.在一定条件下,它可以分化成多种功能细胞,是组织修复和再生的重要资源.胞膜窖(caveolae)是细胞膜内陷形成的一种特殊的脂筏结构, 含有丰富的胆固醇和鞘磷脂,在调节细胞內吞作用、蛋白质转运及细胞的信号转导中发挥重要作用.窖蛋白-1(caveolin-1,Cav-1)是组成胞膜窖的主要功能蛋白质,它不但参与胞膜窖的形成,在胆固醇平衡、膜泡运输等方面也发挥重要作用.最新研究发现,Cav-1在干细胞的增殖、分化及组织修复中发挥一定的作用.这里将Cav-1在干细胞中的主要作用进行综述     

我国曼陀罗属的花粉形态及其在分类上的意义

本文收集了国内曼陀罗属(Datura L.) 11个不同的生态型,在光学显微镜和扫描电镜下,进行了花粉粒形态的比较观察。该属花粉粒均为球形或稍扁,具3孔沟型。花粉粒外壁表面的纹饰可作为分属、分组、分种的依据之一。可分为三个类型,与植物形态分类基本一 致,即：具皱波-细网状纹饰(曼陀罗组); 具网状条纹或条纹,条脊表面有细颗粒或粗糙(洋金花组); 具条纹,条脊表面有蚕体状环纹及细颗粒(木本曼陀罗组)。种以下的变种或栽培变种,花粉粒的形态特征不足以作为分类的依据。     

基于光投影数字化传感系统的飞蝗表面三维结构

本文基于结构光投影数字化传感系统构建东亚飞蝗Locusta migratoria manilensis表面的三维结构。首先得到其外形尺寸和肢体各部分拓扑结构,然后从被调制的条纹结构光中恢复出物体表面高度变化的相位信息,再通过相位和高度的对应关系重建出物体表面三维特征。此结果将为农药研制和施用设计提供科学依据,对促进蝗虫的防治以及虚拟昆虫研究起到积极作用。     

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.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).