镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群等位酶分析和生殖参数的季节变化

应用聚丙烯酰胺垂直平板凝胶电泳分析了镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫春季和夏季种群的葡萄糖磷酸异构酶（GPI）、苹果酸脱氢酶（MDH）和葡萄糖磷酸变位酶（PGM）三种酶系统,检测出GPI和MDH酶谱在两季节种群间存在着明显的差异;根据酶谱的不同可以把春季种群内的24个克隆划分为6个基因型不同的克隆群,夏季种群内的10个克隆划分为7个基因型不同的克隆群;春、夏两个季节种群内具有2个基因型相同的克隆群;各基因型在轮虫种群内的发生频率不尽相同。对轮虫两季节种群内共13个具有不同基因型的轮虫克隆在4个温度（15℃、20℃、25℃和30℃）下的种群增长率、种群中的混交雌体率和混交雌体受精率以及休眠卵产量等生殖参数所作的研究结果表明,各克隆的生殖参数对升高温度的反应不尽相同,温度和克隆以及两者间的交互作用对轮虫各生殖参数具有极显著的影响;这可能是镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群丰富的遗传变异得以维持的原因之一。上述结果显示,镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群不仅在生化遗传特征方面存在着显著的季节变异,在孤雌生殖速率（以种群增长率为指标）以及有性生殖的发生、过程和结局-混交雌体的产生、受精作用和休眠卵形成等生态特征方面还具有丰富的季节分化。     

镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群内不同基因型克隆的生活史特征

应用生命表统计学等方法,比较了15、20、25和30℃4个温度下镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群内13个不同基因型克隆的生命表统计学参数和后代混交雌体百分率等生活史特征．结果表明：轮虫的世代时间、平均寿命、出生时的生命期望值、内禀增长率、净生殖率和后代混交雌体百分率对升高温度的反应均因克隆的不同而存在差异;温度、克隆及两者间的交互作用对其也都具有极显著影响．表明水环境在温度等方面所具有的时间异质性可能是镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫种群丰富的遗传变异得以维持的原因之一;自然选择出现在共存的克隆中,但其强度较低或作用时间较短是克隆共存的重要原因;遗传漂变可能在种群的基因型频率变化中起重要作用．不同基因型轮虫克隆的存在对其种群在水环境中的持续存在具有重要意义．     

食物密度对镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫不同克隆生活史特征的影响

对镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫（Brachionus calyciflorus）夏季种群内4个生化遗传特征上互不相同的克隆（克隆A、B、C和D）在4个斜生栅藻（Scenedesmus obliquus）密度（1.0×10⁶、2.0×10⁶、4.0×10⁶和8.0×10⁶ cells·L^-1）下的生活史特征进行了研究.结果表明：食物密度对各克隆轮虫的存活率和繁殖率均有不同的影响.4克隆中克隆C的世代时间最短,克隆B的世代时间、生命期望和平均寿命最长,克隆A的后代混交雌体百分率最高;净生殖率和个体适合度在4克隆间无显著差异.镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫在2.0×10⁶ cells·L^-1的食物密度下净生殖率最低;在1.0×10⁶cells·L^-1的食物密度下平均寿命和生命期望最短,而后代混交雌体百分率却最高;在8.0×10⁶cells·L^-1的食物密度下种群内禀增长率最高,平均寿命和生命期望最长;在高食物密度（4.0、8.0×10⁶cells·L^-1）下个体适合度较大.克隆C的个体适合度在密度为3.9×10⁶cells·L^-1时最小,而克隆D的个体适合度在食物密度为6.34×10⁶cells·L^-1时最大.食物密度的变化可能是7月份之后镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫从水环境中消失的原因,而4克隆轮虫个体适合度的相似性则可能是镜湖轮虫共存于同一水体的原因之一.     

食物种类和密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵形成的影响

采用种群累积培养法,研究了藻类食物的种类和密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵形成的影响。结果表明,萼花臂尾轮虫的休眠卵主要在开始培养后的６天内形成。在０．１ｍｇ／ｍｌ的食物密度下,与蛋白核小球藻相比,斜生栅藻或斜生栅藻和蛋白核小球藻经１：１（湿重）组成的混合藻均能显著地提高休眠卵的产量和形成效率,同时也使轮虫种群中的平均混交雌体百分率和产休眠卵的混交雌体的平均产卵量明显增大,但对平均混交雌体受精率无显著影响     

镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫夏季种群内不同克隆的生活史特征

应用生命表统计学等方法对镜湖萼花臂尾轮虫夏季种群内4个在生化遗传特征上互不相同的克隆（克隆A、B、c和D）在4种温度（15℃、20℃、25℃和30℃）下的生活史特征及其对升高的温度的反应进行了比较研究。结果表明,温度对萼花臂尾轮虫存活率和繁殖率的影响在不同克隆间存在着差异。20℃和25℃下,4个克隆轮虫的世代时间和净生殖率均分别无显著的差异;20℃、25℃和30℃下,4个克隆轮虫的平均寿命和出生时的生命期望亦然。其余各温度下,4个克隆间轮虫的其他生命表参数均有显著的差异。20℃、25℃和30℃下,4个克隆轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率间均具有显著的差异,且克隆c轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率最高。15℃下,克隆D轮虫的个体适合度最高;25℃下,克隆A和B轮虫的个体适合度较高。4个克隆轮虫的生活史特征对升高的温度的反应也存在着差异。忽略温度的影响时,4克隆间,克隆D轮虫的世代时间、平均寿命和出生时的生命期望最短,净生殖率、种群内禀增长率和个体适合度均最低;克隆C轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率最高。30℃下,4个克隆轮虫的种群内禀增长率存在着差异可能是不同基因型的轮虫克隆群在种群内所占的比例不同的重要原因;而它们的个体适合度相似则可能是不同基因型的轮虫克隆群在夏季镜湖中共存的主要原因之一。     

萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵大小变异在其生活史对策中的作用

以周期性孤雌繁殖的淡水浮游生物——萼花臂尾轮虫（Brachionus calyciflorus）为研究对象．对其安徽品系的休眠卵进行了大、中、小分组,在2个不同食物浓度条件下培养并观察其种群增长、有性生殖方面的特点,以及后代形态大小和新产休眠卵大小。实验发现休眠卵大小对轮虫种群瞬时增长率、混交雌体百分率和后代形态均没有显著影响;而食物浓度则对轮虫种群的瞬时增长率有显著影响;休眠卵大小和食物浓度均显著影响后代休眠卵的大小。     

斜生栅藻密度对新安江萼花臂尾轮虫种群动态的影响

以浓度分别为1.0×106、2.0×106、4.0×106和8.0×106cells·mL-1的斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus)为轮虫食物,在25℃下,应用群体累积培养和单个体培养法研究了食物浓度对采自新安江水域(屯溪段)的萼花臂尾轮虫的种群动态影响。结果表明:食物浓度对轮虫的种群增长率和休眠卵产量均有显著的影响,均表现为低食物浓度下(≤4.0×106cells·mL-1)萼花臂尾轮虫的种群增长率和休眠卵产量较小且无差异,高食物浓度下(8.0×106cells·mL-1)轮虫的种群增长率和休眠卵产量较大;食物浓度对轮虫的混交雌体百分率和受精率无显著影响;在食物浓度为4.0×106cells·mL-1时萼花臂尾轮虫的净生殖率最大,世代时间最长,而其内禀增长率在食物浓度为1.0×106cells·mL-1时最小;在食物浓度为8.0×106cells·mL-1时平均寿命和生命期望最长。     

种群起始密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵形成的影响

应用群体累积培养法,研究了种群起始密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵的形成及之相关的混交雌体百分率和受精率的影响,结果表明,在连续１１ｄ的培养中,轮虫休眠卵的产量和形成效率以及种群中的平均混交雌体百分率以种群起始密度为１．０－１０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组最大,２０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组次之,５０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组最小,各组间的平均混交雌体受精率则无显著差异,对轮虫休卢卵最大形成效率及其出现的时间以及     

镜湖花臂尾轮虫夏季种群内不同克隆的生活史特征

应用生命表统计学等方法对镜湖花臂尾轮虫夏季种群内4个在生化遗传特征上互不相同的克隆(克隆A、B、C和D)在4种温度(15℃、20℃、25℃和30℃)下的生活史特征及其对升高的温度的反应进行了比较研究。结果表明,温度对花臂尾轮虫存活率和繁殖率的影响在不同克隆间存在着差异。20℃和25℃下,4个克隆轮虫的世代时间和净生殖率均分别无显著的差异;20℃、25℃和30℃下,4个克隆轮虫的平均寿命和出生时的生命期望亦然。其余各温度下,4个克隆间轮虫的其他生命表参数均有显著的差异。20℃、25℃和30℃下,4个克隆轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率间均具有显著的差异,且克隆C轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率最高。15℃下,克隆D轮虫的个体适合度最高;25℃下,克隆A和B轮虫的个体适合度较高。4个克隆轮虫的生活史特征对升高的温度的反应也存在着差异。忽略温度的影响时,4克隆间,克隆D轮虫的世代时间、平均寿命和出生时的生命期望最短,净生殖率、种群内禀增长率和个体适合度均最低;克隆C轮虫所产后代中的混交雌体百分率最高。30℃下,4个克隆轮虫的种群内禀增长率存在着差异可能是不同基因型的轮虫克隆群在种群内所占的比例不同的重要原因;而它们的个体适合度相似则可能是不同基因型的轮虫克隆群在夏季镜湖中共存的主要原因之一。     

新安江水域(屯溪段)轮虫的种群增长研究

应用群体培养法对采自新安江水域(屯溪段)的萼花臂尾轮虫在4种不同温度(15℃、20℃、25℃和30℃)下的种群动态进行研究。结果表明,温度对轮虫的种群增长率和休眠卵产量均有显著影响(P<0.05)。随着培养温度的升高,轮虫的种群增长率逐渐增大;休眠卵产量在15℃时最小,其余温度下无显著差异。轮虫的总雌体密度在25℃最大,15℃最小;4温度下,雄体和产雄卵的混交雌体的生产量15℃下最小,25℃下最大;而产休眠卵的混交雌体的生产量在15℃下最小,20℃下最大。温度对轮虫的平均混交雌体百分率和平均混交雌体受精率均无显著影响。     

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.