太湖新银鱼m tDNA COII和Cytb基因的克隆与序列分析

设计了5对特异性引物,扩增、拼接并测定出太湖新银鱼线粒体tRNAAsp-COII-tRNALys和tRNAGlu-Cytb-tRNAThr两段基因序列片段。基因定位和序列分析发现,太湖新银鱼线粒体COII基因全序列长度为691 bp,序列AT含量为52.80%,编码230个氨基酸;线粒体Cytb基因序列全长为1141 bp,AT含量为48.90%,它编码380个氨基酸。分别位于线粒体COII和Cytb基因两翼的4个tRNA基因(tRNAAsp、tRNALys、tRNAGlu和tRNAThr)同时被测定出来。将太湖新银鱼与有明银鱼、小齿日本银鱼的同源序列进行比对分析,并基于线粒体COII Cytb基因合并数据的核苷酸和氨基酸两种序列形式,以黑斑蛙为外群,对10种鱼类进行分子系统树的构建,结果一致表明:小齿日本银鱼与有明银鱼的亲缘关系近于太湖新银鱼;鲱科与鲑科的亲缘关系近于银鱼科鱼类;此外在本研究硬骨鱼类的4个科中,白鲟科作为原始而古老的类群,是在系统进化的过程中首先分化出来的一支。     

基于COⅠ基因的中国广头叶蝉亚科系统发育初探

广头叶蝉亚科Macropsinae广泛分布于世界各地,其内部分类系统较混乱,部分族属级分类地位一直存在争议。本文选取23种叶蝉样本(内群22种+外群1种),分析其线粒体COⅠ基因部分片段的序列组成和遗传距离,基于最大似然法和贝叶斯法构建广头叶蝉亚科系统发育树。结果发现,COⅠ基因片段序列A+T含量(68. 3%)明显较G+C含量(31. 7%)高;遗传距离在种间、属间和亚科间的差异有统计学意义;系统发育树较好地支持了横皱叶蝉属Oncopsis和尖尾叶蝉属Pedionis的单系性,但广头叶蝉属Macropsis和暗纹叶蝉属Pediopsoides较为混乱。     

太湖新银鱼mtDNA COⅡ和Cytb基因的克隆与序列分析

设计了5对特异性引物,扩增、拼接并测定出太湖新银鱼线粒体tRNA^Asp-COⅡ—tRNAL^ys和tRNA^Glu-cytb—tRNA^Thr两段基因序列片段。基因定位和序列分析发现,太湖新银鱼线粒体COⅡ基因全序列长度为691bp。序列AT含量为52．80％,编码230个氨基酸;线粒体Cytb基因序列全长为1141bp,AT含量为48．90％,它编码380个氨基酸。分别位于线粒体COⅡ和Cytb基因两翼的4个tRNA基因（tRNA^Asp、tRNA^Lys、tRNA^Gls和tRNA^Thr）同时被测定出来。将太湖新银鱼与有明银鱼、小齿日本银鱼的同源序列进行比对分析,并基于线粒体COⅡ＋Cytb基因合并数据的核苷酸和氨基酸两种序列形式,以黑斑蛙为外群,对10种鱼类进行分子系统树的构建,结果一致表明：小齿日本银鱼与有明银鱼的亲缘关系近于太湖新银鱼;鲱科与鲑科的亲缘关系近于银鱼科鱼类;此外在本研究硬骨鱼类的4个科中,自鲟科作为原始而古老的类群,是在系统进化的过程中首先分化出来的一支。     

线粒体COⅠ和16S rRNA片段确定近江蛏和缢蛏属的分类地位

对5种双壳类软体动物(近江蛏Sinonovacula rivularis、缢蛏Sinonovacula constricta、小刀蛏Cultellus attenuatus、尖刀蛏Cultellus scalprum和大竹蛏Solen grandis)的线粒体基因COⅠ和16S rRNA部分序列进行测序和分析, 并结合GenBank中其他竹蛏超科和樱蛤超科物种COⅠ和16S rRNA片段, 计算种间遗传距离, 构建系统发育树, 探讨近江蛏及缢蛏属的分类地位。结果表明, 5个物种COⅠ和16S rRNA片段A+T含量均远高于G+C含量, 近江蛏与缢蛏之间的碱基序列差异和遗传距离均已达到种间差异水平, 确定近江蛏为缢蛏属的一个种。分别构建COⅠ(砂海螂为外群)和16S rRNA片段(密鳞牡蛎为外群)的Neighbor-Joining系统树, 两者的拓扑结构都明确显示, 缢蛏属为灯塔蛤科一个属, 灯塔蛤科录属于竹蛏超科, 而不录属于樱蛤超科。       

基于线粒体COⅠ基因部分序列的长江口舌鳎科鱼类系统分类研究

为了确定线粒体COⅠ基因在长江口舌鳎科鱼类系统分类及物种鉴定中的作用,本实验采用线粒体COⅠ基因特异扩增测序及GenBank已有序列联合配对分析的方法,对长江口舌鳎科2属9种鱼类39个COⅠ基因片段的序列进行比较和系统进化研究。采用MEGA 5.0软件进行统计分析,舌鳎科鱼类该片段的平均AT含量高于GC含量,第1密码子位点含量最高(51.8%～57.3%,平均53.8%),第2密码子的含量稳定,均为42.0%,第3密码子变化范围最大(28.1%～37.8%,平均32.4%)。依据Kimura-2-parameter模型,9种舌鳎科鱼类种间遗传距离平均值为0.191,种内为0.003,种间遗传距离是种内的63.7倍。采用最大简约法(MP) 和邻接法(NJ)构建系统发育树,显示长江口舌鳎科鱼类为明显的单系群,但舌鳎科鱼类内部的系统发育关系与形态分类划分的亚属并不完全一致,其中须鳎属的日本须鳎(Paraplagusis japonica)与拟舌鳎亚属的宽体舌鳎(Cynoglossus robustus)聚为一支。虽然三线舌鳎亚属的种类均可聚为独立的分支,但短吻三线舌鳎(C. abbreviatus)与紫斑舌鳎(C. purpureomaculatus)、长吻红舌鳎(C. lighti)与短吻红舌鳎(C. joyneri),两组间种间遗传距离分别为0.002和0.007,两组物种间均存在同种异名现象。本研究表明,线粒体COⅠ基因作为分子标记除了能筛选出同种异名种类外,还能够对舌鳎科鱼类进行有效的物种鉴定和系统进化分析,线粒体COⅠ基因作为分类条形码是可行的。     

基于线粒体COⅠ基因的沙鳅亚科鱼类DNA条形码及其分子系统发育研究

选择线粒体COⅠ基因作为分子标记,进行沙鳅亚科鱼类（Botiinae）DNA条形码及其分子系统发育研究。研究获得了沙鳅亚科7属19种共131个个体的COⅠ基因序列,利用MEGA5.0软件分析了沙鳅亚科鱼类COⅠ基因的序列特征,计算了种内及种间遗传距离。沙鳅亚科鱼类的分子系统发育关系的重建分别采用NJ法和Bayesian法。研究发现,沙鳅亚科COⅠ基因的碱基组成为: A 24.4%、T 29.5%、G 18.0%、C 28.1%。沙鳅亚科鱼类种内平均遗传距离为0.0020.000,种间平均遗传距离为0.1480.008。DNA条形码研究结果显示,所分析的19种沙鳅鱼类各自分别聚成单系分支,表明COⅠ基因在本研究中具有100%的物种鉴别率。同时,系统发育分析支持各属的单系性,并且结果显示沙鳅亚科鱼类聚为两个分支,其中一支由薄鳅属和副沙鳅属构成,另一分支则包括: （沙鳅属、色鳅属）和 中华沙鳅属、（缨须鳅属、安彦鳅属）。因此,COⅠ基因可以作为有效的分子标记对沙鳅亚科进行DNA条形码研究以及分子系统发育研究。       

基于DNA条形码的四川老君山国家级自然保护区尺蛾科昆虫种类鉴定

为了解四川老君山国家级自然保护区鳞翅目Lepidoptera尺蛾科Geometridae资源,于2019年6—8月和2020年5—6月通过灯诱法采集2 402号标本,运用DNA条形码技术对标本进行分子鉴定。通过BOLD数据库,邻接法构建系统发育树和ABGD在线工具对获得的297条线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶亚基Ⅰ(COⅠ)基因序列进行物种界定,结合BOLD和GenBank中70条相关种序列共367条COⅠ基因序列分析遗传距离。发现297条序列隶属于191种,其中95种鉴定到种,35种鉴定到属;鉴定到属或种水平的序列隶属于92属。计算遗传距离发现,种内遗传距离为0～4.36%,平均种内遗传距离为0.63%,种间遗传距离为3.43%～19.12%,平均种间遗传距离为11.91%。结果表明,保护区尺蛾科昆虫种类丰富,基于COⅠ基因的DNA条形码技术能有效区分尺蛾科物种。     

中国库蚊属四十个种(亚种)的分子系统发育关系研究(双翅目:蚊科)

【目的】对在中国有分布的库蚊属Culex种(亚种)的COⅠ序列和ITS2序列进行测序,构建和讨论这些种(亚种)的分子系统发育关系。【方法】测定了库蚊属20个种(亚种)的COⅠ和ITS2序列,并从NCBI数据库中下载了库蚊属另外20个种(亚种)的COⅠ和3个种(亚种)的ITS2序列。对库蚊属40个种(亚种)的COⅠ序列和其中23个种(亚种)的ITS2序列进行碱基构成、种间遗传距离和饱和度分析,并对COⅠ+ITS2序列进行ILD(incongruence length difference)检验。分别使用2种分子数据集(COⅠ和ITS2)的核苷酸序列,用最大似然法(ML)、贝叶斯法(BI)、邻接法(NJ)和最大简约法(MP)推断这些种的系统发育关系。通过Kishino-Hasegawa(KH)和ShimodairaHasegawa(SH)检验评估这4种系统树间的差异,确定最为合理的系统发育树。【结果】本研究新测序获得20种(亚种)的COⅠ和ITS2序列的长度范围分别为625~685 bp和300~559 bp。COⅠ和ITS2序列在库蚊属成对蚊种间的遗传距离分别是0.002~0.198和0.006~1.807。库蚊属23个种(亚种)的COⅠ+ITS2序列的ILD检验结果显示,数据集具有不相容性,因此COⅠ+ITS2序列不适用于这些种(亚种)的系统发育研究。经KH和SH检验显示,4种系统发育树中,基于COⅠ序列构建的BI树最为合理,而基于ITS2序列构建的MP树最为合理。基于COⅠ核苷酸序列所构建的BI树显示,除幼小库蚊Cx.infantulus和短须库蚊Cx.brevipalpis外,各亚属间成员聚类结果与传统的形态学归类结果吻合;路蚊亚属Lutiza和包蚊亚属Barraudius都归入库蚊亚属Culex内;梅蚊亚属Maillotia和新库蚊亚属Nexoculex聚为一支;库状蚊亚属Culiciomyia、真黑蚊亚属Eumelanomyia和簇角蚊亚属Lophoceramyia均显示为单系。基于ITS2序列所构建的MP树显示,各亚属间和种(亚种)间关系混乱。【结论】重建的分子系统发育树表明库蚊亚属不是一个单系群。在重建库蚊属系统发育关系时,相较于ITS2和COⅠ+ITS2,COⅠ是更为理想的分子标记。本研究构建的分子系统发育关系为中国库蚊属中各亚属和各种(亚种)之间的亲缘关系的研究奠定了基础。     

太湖新银鱼线粒体D-loop和Cytb片段序列结构与进化速率比较

共获得49个太湖新银鱼(Neosalanx taihuensis)个体的线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)全序列和控制区(D-loop)部分序列。所测线粒体D-loop部分序列长度变化范围为648～680bp,识别到位于前端的一个串联重复序列、一个终止相关序列(ETAS),3个中央保守区保守序列(CSB-F、CSB-E、CSB-D)及一个保守序列区保守序列(CSB-1),结构与其他鱼类的研究结果类似。太湖新银鱼线粒体Cyt b和D-loop片段的相对进化速率的比较研究结果表明,太湖新银鱼D-loop总的序列多态性位点的比例为0.83%,低于线粒体Cyt b部分总的序列多态性位点的比例(1.31%)。假设太湖新银鱼Cyt b基因平均进化速率相对值为1,贝叶斯(Bayes)MCMC模拟给出Cyt b基因的相对速率区间估计为1.000±0.131,而D-loop基因的相对速率为0.859±0.261,表明太湖新银鱼D-loop基因的进化速率低于Cyt b基因,同时,后验概率分布的变异方差也比较大。说明Cyt b基因比D-loop基因具有相对较高的进化速率,也相对更接近分子钟假设。因此,可以认为Cyt b基因比D-loop基因更适于太湖新银鱼种内及近缘种间相关分子生态及系统地理格局的研究。     

基于线粒体COⅠ基因的海陵岛鲷科鱼类系统发育分析

对采自海陵岛的6种鲷科鱼类(Sparidae)86个个体的线粒体COⅠ基因进行测序,结合Gen Bank上的17条同源序列,共7属11种103个个体进行系统进化分析。海陵岛11种鲷科鱼类COⅠ基因序列的T、C、A、G的平均含量分别为31.9%、27.6%、23.4%和17.1%,有保守位点359个,变异位点165个,简约信息位点162个,序列中转换大于颠换。Kimura 2-parameter种间遗传距离显示,真赤鲷和二长棘犁齿鲷的遗传距离小于前者与蓝点赤鲷的遗传距离。应用邻接法(NJ法)和最大似然法(ML法)对103条序列分别构建了鲷科鱼类的分子系统进化树。结果显示,鲷科鱼类分为两大类群,一类包括犁齿鲷属、赤鲷属、牙鲷属和四长棘鲷属,另一类包括平鲷属、棘鲷属和拟牛眼鲷属。根据种间遗传距离与系统发育树的结构特征推测,真赤鲷与二长棘犁齿鲷可能属于同一属,这与传统的形态分类学观点不完全相符。     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

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).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.