土壤链霉菌KIB-K1次级代谢产物中大环内酯及其抗菌活性研究

为研究土壤链霉菌Streptomyces sp.KIB-K1次级代谢产物成分。实验采用硅胶、凝胶及半制备高效液相等分离方法,从该菌株发酵液中共分离得到7个大环内酯类化合物,通过解析NMR、MS等波谱数据,化合物的结构鉴定为aldgamycin P(1)、aldgamycin E(2)、aldgamycin J(3)、aldgamycin K(4)、aldgamycin L(5)、GERI-155(6)和chalcomycin (7),其中化合物1为新化合物。抗菌实验结果显示,化合物1～7对金黄色葡萄球菌和枯草芽孢杆菌有显著的抑制作用。其中,化合物1对金黄色葡萄球菌的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)为7.81μg/mL,化合物2和7对金黄色葡萄球菌的MIC值分别为0.49和0.98μg/mL,高于阳性对照卡那霉素的MIC值(3.91μg/mL)。化合物1～7对于被测试的两株真菌小麦赤霉病菌和玉米小斑病菌没有表现出抑制作用。     

曲霉属真菌Aspergillus clavatonanicus HNMF114的次生代谢产物及其抗菌活性研究

本文对一株来自中华紫蛤的附生真菌HNMF114进行次生代谢产物的研究。从中分离鉴定了1个新化合物和8个已知化合物。分别鉴定为clavatone(1)、cyclo(L-Trp-L-Trp)(2)、2,4(1H,3H)-quinazolinedione (3)、clavatol(4)、kotanin(5)、orlandin(6)、desmethylkotanin(7)、(S)-2-(1-Hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one(8)、(S)-2-methyl-1-(4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)propyl acetate(9)。新化合物1对大肠杆菌的生长具有一定的抑制作用,最小抑菌浓度(MIC)为2μg/mL。化合物4、9对金黄色葡萄球菌有一定的抑制作用,最小抑制浓度分别为1μg/mL和4μg/mL。化合物5对枯草芽孢杆菌有一定的抑制作用,最小抑制浓度分别为8μg/mL。化合物4、5和9对李斯特菌有一定的抑制作用,最小抑制浓度分别为4、4和8μg/mL。     

长足大竹象雄性附腺提取物抑菌作用研究

以3种细菌(大肠杆菌Escherichia coli、金黄色葡萄球菌Bacillus subtilis、枯草芽孢杆菌Staphyloccocus aureus)为供试菌,测定了长足大竹象Cyrtotrachelus buqueti雄性附腺提取物的抑菌活性。结果表明:长足大竹象雄性附腺提取物对革兰氏阳性菌如枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌均有一定的抑菌活性。不同浓度的粗提物对枯草芽孢杆菌及金黄色葡萄球菌抑菌影响差异均具有高度统计学意义(P0.01),抑菌活性随着粗提物浓度的增加而增强。粗提物对金黄色葡萄球菌和枯草芽孢杆菌的最小抑菌浓度分别为0.2 mg·m L~(-1)、0.4 mg·m L~(-1)。不同处理温度对长足大竹象雄性附腺粗提物的抑菌作用有一定影响。     

马缨丹抑菌试验研究

目的：研究马缨丹的体外抑菌效果。方法：制备马缨丹水煎煮液和乙醇提取液,测定其对枯草芽孢杆菌、大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌圈直径、最小抑菌浓度及灭菌前后提取液抑菌效果的变化。结果：当两种提取液生药含量大于0.4 g/mL时,它们对三种细菌的抑菌效果依次为：枯草芽孢杆菌〉金黄色葡萄球菌〉大肠杆菌。马缨丹乙醇提取液对三种细菌的最小抑菌浓度分别为1/64g/mL1、/16g/mL和1/32g/mL,都比水煎煮液的结果1/32g/mL、1/8g/mL和1/16g/mL低。两种提取液经121℃高压蒸汽灭菌处理后对枯草芽孢杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制作用有所增强。结论：两种提取液对三种细菌均有不同程度的抑制作用,因此,马缨丹可考虑用于食品、化妆品及饲料防腐等领域,以提高产品质量。     

一株硅酸盐细菌抗生代谢产物分离和特性

对硅酸盐细菌CS2 9菌株的抗菌产物进行了分离、纯化 ,从其发酵液中得到的化合物FA对金黄色葡萄球菌等G+ 和G-菌具有显著抑制活性 ,对蜡样芽孢杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌的最低抑菌浓度 (MIC)达到 7μg/ml。经核磁共振波谱、红外光谱和质谱数据分析 ,表明FA为多羟基黄酮类化合物 ,分子量30 2。     

黄蜻幼虫肠道分离菌QTYC38活性代谢产物的分离和鉴定

【目的】黄蜻幼虫肠道分离菌QTYC38菌株的鉴定及抗菌除草活性代谢物的研究。【方法】通过形态学观察及分子生物学ITS序列分析,对菌株QTYC38进行鉴定。利用生长速率法和琼脂扩散法测定菌株粗提物及其单体化合物的抗菌活性,结合培养皿生物分析法测定菌株粗提物及其单体化合物的除草活性。同时运用多种色谱方法分离发酵产物中的活性成分,并根据质谱和核磁共振谱数据确定其结构。【结果】菌株QTYC38被鉴定为浅黄新萨托菌Neosartorya aureola,在供试浓度为100μg/mL时,其粗提物对稗草和反枝苋的生长抑制活性较好,抑制率均大于65%;当供试浓度为30μg/滤纸片时,其对金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphyloccocus aureus)具有较好的抑菌活性,抑菌圈直径为22.7 mm,与阳性对照药(硫酸庆大霉素23.2 mm)活性相当。从该菌固体发酵产物中分离纯化得到4个单体化合物:helvolic acid(1),aromatic lactones(2),questin(3)和erogosterol(4)。其中,化合物1对枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)和金黄色葡萄球菌(S.aureus)均具有较好的生长抑制活性,最低抑菌浓度分别为3.1和1.5μg/mL;当供试浓度为100μg/mL时,化合物3和化合物4分别对杨树溃疡病菌(Dothiorella gregaria)和小麦赤霉病菌(Fusarium graminearum)具有较好的抑制效果,抑制率分别为52.4%和72.3%。【结论】菌株QTYC38具有开发为微生物源除草剂和新型杀菌剂的潜能。     

响应面法优化苦丁茶熊果酸提取工艺及其抑菌活性研究

为优化苦丁茶熊果酸的提取工艺,并探讨其抑菌活性。在单因素试验基础上,通过响应面分析法,研究了液料比、提取温度、乙醇浓度对苦丁茶熊果酸得率的影响。以金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、生孢梭菌、铜绿假单胞菌、大肠杆菌、白色念珠菌、黑曲霉为供试菌,探究了苦丁茶熊果酸的抑菌活性及最小抑菌浓度(Minimum inhibitory concentration,MIC)。结果表明,最优提取工艺为:液料比为17∶1(mL/g)、乙醇浓度为83%、提取温度83℃;抑菌实验表明,苦丁茶熊果酸对7种菌均有一定的抑制效果,对大肠杆菌、铜绿假单胞菌的MIC为6. 25 mg/mL,对生孢梭菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌的MIC为12. 5 mg/mL,对白色念珠菌、黑曲霉的MIC为25 mg/mL。     

木榄根际土壤来源的曲霉属真菌F5及其抗菌活性代谢产物

将一株分离自木榄根际土壤的菌株F5鉴定为曲霉属环绕组真菌成员,其在形态学特征和ITS序列上与Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis极为相似。该菌株在改良葡萄糖蛋白胨酵母培养基(GPYM)中28℃下160r/min发酵7d后的产物具有明显的抑菌活性。利用色谱方法从菌株F5的发酵产物中分离鉴定到2种化合物:(R)-(-)-mellein(Ⅰ)和flavacol(Ⅱ),其中,flavacol对枯草芽孢杆菌的生长具有明显的抑制作用,最低抑菌浓度(MIC)为32mg/L,而mellein对金黄色葡萄球菌和枯草芽孢杆菌的生长均无明显的抑制活性。     

江西迷迭香精油的成分分析及抗氧化、抑菌活性研究

为了研究江西迷迭香精油的化学成分及抗氧化、抑菌活性,采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取迷迭香精油,利用气相色谱-质谱联用法(GC-MS)对迷迭香精油成分进行分析,通过对DPPH自由基、羟基自由基的清除活性和还原力来研究迷迭香精油的体外抗氧化活性;通过以枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌为供试菌,测定抑菌圈大小和最低抑菌浓度(MIC)来研究迷迭香精油的抑菌活性。实验结果表明,从迷迭香精油中鉴定出40种化学成分,占精油总量的99.46%,其主要化学成分有α-蒎烯(39.05%)和1,8-桉叶素(16.86%),其次是莰烯(4.22%)、D-柠檬烯(3.87%)、龙脑(3.74%)、β-石竹烯(3.11%)等,α-蒎烯的含量高于国内其他产地;迷迭香精油对DPPH、羟基自由基和还原力的半数清除率IC₅₀值分别为76.42、51.40和49.15μL/mL;精油对枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌的抑菌圈大小分别为14.40±0.66、11.41±0.19、11.70±0.27 mm,最低抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为2.50、10.00、10.00μL/mL,对枯草芽孢杆菌的抑制作用明显强于金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌。结果表明迷迭香精油具有较好的抗氧化、抑菌活性。     

土壤来源链霉菌KIB-H91次级代谢产物的分离鉴定北大核心CSCD

利用硅胶柱层析和制备型高效液相色谱等方法从来自土壤的一株链霉菌Streptomyces sp.KIB-H91的发酵液中分离得到4种醌类化合物,通过分析其理化性质和波谱数据,分别鉴定为endocrocin(1)、laccaic acid D(2)、sarubicin A(3)和sarubicin B(4),其中,sarubicin B(4)的13C和HMBC核磁数据为本文首次报道。抗菌敏感性试验发现化合物3对大肠杆菌ATCC 8099的最小抑制浓度(MIC)为25μg/m L,化合物4对枯草芽孢杆菌ATCC 6633的最小抑制浓度为12.5μg/m L。     

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.