多种优质高分子量谷蛋白亚基的聚合育种研究

用携带HMW-GS14 15的小偃6号作为轮回亲本,携带HMW-GS5 10的法国优质面包小麦品系707作为供体亲本,在回交后代的BC1、BC2、BC3、BC3F1、BC3F2代其它农艺性状选择的基础上,利用1对特异引物逐代检测出携带优质,Dx5基因的单株进行回交和自交。BC1代中随机检测的58个单株的Dx5基因分布符合1对等位基因的遗传分离比例1：1;BC1代小麦相同3个单株3个不同生长季节Dx5基因检测的结果完全一致,检测结果非常稳定;已将优质Dx5基因导入BC3F2后代的部分单株内;携带Dx5基因的株系XN89-7-3微量SDS沉淀值为18．8mL,比小偃6号提高了23．68％;蛋白质电泳筛选出了6个聚合多种优质亚基且编码基因纯合的单株,微量SDS沉淀值为19．9mL,比小偃6号提高了30．92％;选择农艺性状与轮回亲本相似并具有Dx5基因特异扩增产物的单株进行回交或自交,可加快回交转育的进度。实践证明,回交转育与分子标记辅助选育相结合的育种方法是快速定向聚合多种优质HMW-GS基因的有效方法之一。     

部分小麦高分子量谷蛋白亚基组成分析

利用十二烷基硫酸钠聚丙烯胺凝胶电泳（SDS－PAGE）分析了85个小麦材料的高分子量谷蛋白亚基的构成,其结果表明：（1）目前生产中应用的优质小麦品种,大部分具有1A上的优质亚基1,1B上的14＋15／17＋18或1D上的5＋10,个别品种还同时聚合有1A,1B,1D上的优质亚基;（2）在所分析的28个八倍体小偃麦中,多数材料含有1,2^*和5＋10等优质亚基;（3）在本实验室创造的材料中,来源于中间偃麦草和普通小麦杂交的后代材料中大部分具有14＋15亚基。此外,个别种质材料还含有Payne亚基命名系统中未命名的一些稀有的高分子量谷蛋白亚基。     

杂交小麦品质改良技术体系的建立

利用生化标记辅助选择与温室加代回交育种相结合的方法,将优质高分子量谷蛋白亚基14＋15与5＋10的基因分别导入和聚合到高产杂交小麦‘西杂一号’亲本,用含有目标亚基的杂交小麦亲本组配杂交组合,获得含有单个优质亚基144-15、5＋10和聚合这两种优质亚基的‘西杂一号’,在保持原品种高产性状的同时提高了其HMW-GS组成品质评分,有望实现杂交小麦高产优质。     

SDS-PAGE分析转基因小麦与主栽小麦杂交后代的高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基

目的:高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基(HMW-GS)1Ax1、1Dx5是对小麦面包烘烤品质有重要影响的优质亚基。将转基因小麦株系与普通小麦栽培品种常规杂交并快速筛选后代,以选育含有外源优质亚基的主栽小麦品系。方法:将分别含有1Ax1、1Dx5亚基的转基因小麦株系B102-1-2、B73-6-1与3种普通小麦主栽品种鄂恩1号、鄂麦12号、日喀则8号常规杂交,用不连续SDS-PAGE方法鉴定12组杂交组合(正反交)F1代311颗籽粒的HMW-GS。结果:不连续SDS-PAGE分析大量子代带型,能够快速鉴定筛选出具有优质亚基的株系,转基因获得的外源优质HMW-GS基因在大部分F1子代中能够共显性遗传。结论:常规杂交育种能使外源基因有效地整合进主栽小麦的基因组中,进一步分析后代遗传的稳定性和遗传规律就可以培育出优质的新品种;不连续SDS-PAGE快速筛选优质亚基的株系具有可操作性和实用性。     

小麦高分子量谷蛋白亚基效应的比较研究

采用SDS-PAGE方法,通过对5个亲本间杂交获得的F2群体每一单株的F3籽粒样本及其亲本进行小麦高分子量谷蛋白亚基（HMW-GS）组成分析,并对每一F2单株上F3籽粒群体的高分子量谷蛋白亚基组成与其籽粒蛋白质含量、SDS-沉降值的关系进行研究,分析比较黄淮麦区出现频率较高的7个亚基或亚基对的品质效应。结果表明：小麦高分子量谷蛋白亚基组成不同群体间籽粒的蛋白质含量和SDS-沉降值基本达到显著或极显著水平。优质亚基表现为：1、7＋8、14＋15和5＋10亚基。因此,黄淮麦区小麦育种应加强对这些优质亚基的引入和利用,特别是对14＋15和5＋10亚基的引入和利用。     

硬粒小麦-节节麦人工合成种HMW-GS组成及1.5+10亚基的遗传分析

对C IMM YT的99份硬粒小麦—节节麦人工合成种(简称合成种)的HMW-G S组成分析发现,G lu-B 1和G lu-D 1位点的变异类型比普通小麦丰富,分别有9种和12种亚基类型;筛选出含有比5 10亚基更优质的1.5 10和5 12亚基的合成种分别有8份和1份;含有优质亚基1.5 10的合成种与普通小麦杂交结实正常;对2个合成种与2个普通小麦品种的8个正反交组合F1种子电泳发现,优质亚基1.5 10在F1代能正常表达,双亲所有亚基在F1代都得到表达,表现共显性遗传.本研究为优质亚基1.5 10和5 12转育到普通小麦中奠定了基础.     

小麦品种小偃6号染色体结构变异的细胞学研究

本文报道了小麦品种小偃6号的染色体结构变异。小偃6号及其亲缘品种与中国春小麦杂交,杂种F_1染色体配对资料表明:小偃6号及其父本小偃96与中国春在染色体结构上有很大差异。八倍体小偃麦小偃693与小偃6号和小偃96杂种F_1减数分裂中期出现19″+2′′′+5′的染色体构型,说明小偃6号和小偃96至少含有两个长穗偃麦草染色体片段。将小偃6号与中国春双端体系列杂交,杂种F_1中1AL、2AS、5AS、6AS和7BS端着丝点染色体配对频率极显著地低于(中国春×小偃6号)F_1的平均染色体臂配对频率(90.1％),从而将小偃6号中的异源片段局限于这5个染色体臂内;同时发现:1AL、2DS、4DS、6AL及3B(t″s+t′L)端体中的端着丝点染色体参与了杂种F_1中多价体的形成,或与此有关,故认为小偃6号与中国春至少有两个相互易位的差异,涉及到染色体1A、2D、3B、4D和6A。文章还对小偃6号异源易位的起源和鉴定等进行了讨论。     

小麦抗白粉病种质"91(260)3-3-8"的抗性鉴定及遗传分析

本试验对91（260）3-3-8对白粉病的抗性再次进行鉴定,进一步确定该材料对白粉病完全免疫。为了研究其抗白粉病基因的遗传规律,用感病材料陕225、小偃6、邯6172、豫麦49与该材料杂交得到F1、F2后代群体,发现F1抗白粉病;陕225／91（260）3-3-8F2、小偃6／91（260）3-3-8 F2、邯6172／91（260）3-3—8 F2群体抗感比例为3：1,表明“91（260）3—3—8”与感病材料陕225、小偃6、邯6172相比有1对抗白粉病基因的差异;豫麦49／91（260）3-3—8 F2群体抗感比例不完全符合3;1,其原因有待于进一步探明。     

小麦中高分子量麦谷蛋白的高效分离回收

以普通小麦小偃6号为材料,研究从SDS-PAGE中快速回收和累积蛋白亚基的方法。采用制备电泳(17 cm×17 cm×1.5 mm)进行分离,KC l快速染色,将目的蛋白条带切下,置于透析袋中电洗脱回收蛋白亚基。结果表明,在蛋白提取过程中加入四乙烯吡啶与常规方法相比能够更好地分离高分子量麦谷蛋白14和15亚基,回收后的14亚基经电泳检测为单点纯。本方法为高效分离回收小麦中高分子量麦谷蛋白提供了新的技术思路。     

小麦—中间偃麦草衍生材料农艺性状、HMW-GS及GISH鉴定

本研究分析了143个小麦—中间偃麦草种质材料的农艺性状、高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基及部分代表性材料的染色体构成,旨在为小麦育种中广泛有效地利用这些种质提供有用信息。结果表明,小麦—中间偃麦草种质主要农艺性状变异丰富,其在穗长、小穗数和分蘖数性状上明显优于主栽品种,分别有142(99.3%)、125(87.4%)和62(43.4%)个小麦—中间偃麦草材料的穗长、分蘖数和小穗数大于主栽品种的平均值。供试材料在Glu-1的3个基因位点上共检测到12个等位变异,形成15种亚基组合类型,以(2*,7+8,5+10)为主,占所有材料的25.7%;Glu-A1(1和2*)、Glu-B1(7+8)和Glu-D1(5+10)位点的优质亚基比例分别达到了68.4%、68.4%和52.0%,有102(71.3%)个材料在Glu-1的2或3个位点同时具有优质亚基;有17个材料的优质亚基组合为(2*,7+8,5+10)或(1,7+8,5+10),且在穗长、小穗数和分蘖数性状上均优于主栽品种。进一步对30个代表性材料GISH分析发现,8个为八倍体小偃麦,其他为非整倍体。研究结果表明这些材料可以作为改良普通小麦的有益基因资源。     

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.