生态多样性对葱属植物中黄酮类化合物的影响

通过对来自不同地方居群的太白韭(Allium Prattii C.H.Wright apud Forb.et Hemsl),卵叶韭(A.ovalifolium Hand.-Mazz)、葱(A.fistulosum L.)和宽叶韭(A.hookeri Thwaites)的叶,作黄酮类化合物的薄层层析法(TLC)研究,我们发现生态环境多样性对葱属植物所含黄酮类化合物有明显影响。     

韭不同倍性及其非整倍体的ITS序列变异研究

对不同倍性及其非整倍体韭Allium tuberosum和野韭Allium ramosum核糖体DNA的内部转录区(ITS)进行了PCR扩增和克隆,并测定10个ITS1和ITS2的序列,用ITS1 ITS2的序列探讨Allium tuberosum和Allium ramosum的系统发育关系。研究表明,Allium tuberosum与Alli-um ramosum种间的平均Kimura遗传距离仅为0．0146,二者是一对近缘种。虽然韭经历了长期的人工选择和自然选择,但与野韭的分化仍然较小。韭不同倍性及其非整倍体之间,其ITS序列亦无明显差异。     

中国9种石斛属植物的花药帽形态及其分类学意义初探

利用解剖镜和扫描电镜,对我国9种石斛属(Dendrobium)植物的花药帽形态和超微特征进行观察。结果显示,花药帽的颜色、形态、大小和外壁纹饰特征在种间差异明显。9种植物的花药帽按颜色可分为:黄药帽、白药帽、紫药帽;按极轴和赤道轴比值可分为:长球形和半球形。扫描电镜观察结果发现,花药帽外壁纹饰有4种类型:扁平-光滑、扁平-条纹、乳突-条纹和乳突-光滑。本研究初步探讨了9种石斛花药帽形态的分类学意义,支持以下观点:(1)石斛组是一个多系和并系;(2)球花石斛(D. thyrsiflorum Rchb. F.)和密花石斛(D. densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall)是一对近缘种;(3)杯鞘石斛(D. gratiosissimum Rchb. F.)和大苞鞘石斛(D.wardianum Warner)是一对近缘种,且与喇叭唇石斛(D. lituiflorum Lindl.)亲缘关系较近。     

葱属12种植物的RAPD分析

采用随机引物扩增多态DNA技术对葱属部分植物进行了种间亲缘关系的研究。结果说明12种材料之间存在丰富的多态性,遗传距离变幅在0.2500-0.7887之间,聚类分析说明蒙古韭,山韭,野韭,韭菜（栽培韭）,野生韭菜,矮韭亲缘关系较近,聚为一支,其中韭菜与野生韭菜亲缘关系最近。天蒜,薤白,蒜聚为一支,葱,洋葱,红葱聚为一支,其中葱与洋葱,红葱的遗传分化较大。     

国产葱属合被组植物的核型及亲缘关系研究

本文对国产百合科葱属合被组(Sect．Caloscordum)的长梗韭(Allium neriniflorum Baker)和合被韭(A.tubiflorum Rendle)共6个居群进行了调查和栽培实验,在此基础上,从细胞学、形态解剖学等角度对各居群进行了研究,通过核型分析及形态比较认为：将合被组置于葱属中更合理。种的划分可根据核型中随体的类型、小花梗的长度、植物在一年的生长周期中是否有明显的二次生长现象为标准来划分。每室胚珠的多少只能反映出二倍体与四倍体的区别,不能作为分种指标。本文有关合被韭的核型研究的报道在国内尚属首次。     

葱属根茎组8种21居群植物的核型研究

对葱属根茎组Allium sect.Rhiziridium的8种21个地方居群的核型进行研究,以期为解决该组的种间亲缘关系和物种进化机制提供依据。贺兰韭A.eduardii和阿拉善韭A．flavovirens2个种的核型以及辉韭A．strictum的六倍体核型均属首次报道。研究结果表明：贺兰韭A.eduardii、阿拉善韭A.tlavovirens、北韭A.lineare、蒙古韭A.mongolicum和滩地韭A．oreoprasum的各居群均为二倍体,核型类型为Stebbins的2A型;韭A．tuberosum和野韭A.ramosum的各个居群均为四倍体,核型类型为2A型：辉韭A．Jtrictum的4个居群均为六倍体,核型类型为2B型。通过研究可以得出如下推论：（1）该组植物中存在着大量的多倍体或多倍体系列,染色体数目变化与物种进化具有密切相关性,多倍化可能是根茎组植物核型进化的重要机制之一;（2）随体染色体多为st或t染色体,均位于短臂末端;（3）可以认为辉韭是以增加倍性来克服该物种扩大新的生存空间所带来的困难;（4）现今栽培的韭可能是由野生的二倍体韭和四倍体韭经过长期人工驯化而来的,现今栽培的三倍体韭可能是二倍体韭和四倍体韭杂交而来,并且以无性繁殖方式保存三倍体类群的存在。     

葱属Anguinum亚属4种19居群的核型研究

石蒜科(Amaryllidaceae)葱亚科(Allioideae)葱族(Allieae)葱属(Allium)的Anguinum亚属在中国分布有6种2变种,该亚属植物具有重要的药用价值。该研究在扩大样本量和覆盖范围的基础上,采用常规压片法对葱属Anguinum亚属4种植物19居群的染色体核型进行了研究,首次报道了心叶韭(Allium ovalifolium var.cordifolium)的核型。结果表明:供试类群中茖葱都为四倍体,对叶韭和心叶韭都为二倍体,太白韭具有二倍体和四倍体,染色体基数均为x=8,核型类型都为2A型,每个居群都具有随体染色体,随体染色体多为st染色体,随体均位于短臂末端,并且对叶韭眉县居群和太白韭聂拉木居群存在B染色体。结合前人研究结果讨论了Anguinum亚属植物的染色体特征、随体染色体的多态性和该亚属植物的进化方式,探讨了茖葱(Allium victorialis)和对叶韭(A.listera)的细胞地理学问题。得到如下推论:(1)染色体加倍和结构变异是Anguinum亚属进化的两种重要机制,环境异质性使得Anguinum亚属植物随体染色体具较高的多态性;(2)茖葱通过多倍化和无性繁殖并存来扩大居群;(3)染色体形态变异是对叶韭适应环境变异的重要方式。     

桔梗雄性不育花药的发育解剖学研究

通过田间观察和石蜡切片法对桔梗不育和可育花药的形态及其解剖结构进行了比较研究,结果表明:桔梗可育和不育花器形态、花药长度无明显差异,而开花后,可育花药饱满、有光泽、有花粉粒散出,不育花药皱瘪、无光泽、无花粉粒散出;不育花药绒毡层提前退化解体,导致小孢子发育异常。     

梭沙韭和昌都韭的遗传变异和生态位分化

选取葱属(Allium L.)的两个近缘类群,梭沙韭(Allium forrestii Diels)和昌都韭(A.changduense J.M.Xu.)共16个居群232个个体,基于3个叶绿体基因片段序列(atp IatpH、trn L-trn F和ndh C-trn V)进行遗传变异和生态位分化研究。野外调查发现,两物种分布间断,生境有明显的差异;遗传变异分析结果表明,梭沙韭和昌都韭既没有共享单倍型,也不存在明显基因流,支持两个种是独立进化的观点;生态位分析显示,梭沙韭和昌都韭的最适生态位基本重叠,只有温度季节性变化和最冷季平均温度差别较大。推测,剧烈的温度变化和较低的冬季均温以及高度特异性的生境可能是昌都韭与梭沙韭分化的重要原因。     

阿拉善荒漠驼蹄瓣属7种植物的花粉形态研究

用扫描电镜对阿拉善荒漠驼蹄瓣属(ZygophyllumL.)7种植物的花粉形态特征进行了观察分析.结果表明,在扫描电镜下,每种植物花粉粒的表面纹饰、萌发孔类型等性状符合驼蹄瓣属的主要特征;而花粉粒的大小、P/E值等细微特征存在明显差异.     

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.