刺五加大,小孢子发生和雌,雄配子发育的观察

刺五加Ｅｌｅｕｔｈｅｒｏｃｏｃｃｕｓｓｅｎｔｉｃｏｓｕｓ（ＳｕｐｒｅｔＭａｘｉｎ．）Ｍａｘｉｍ,雄株的小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过程正常,大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程多不正常,雄花具５个花药,花药４室,药壁发育属双子叶型,腺质绒毡层,绒毡层细胞多具２核。小孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成四面体形四分体,其胞质分裂为同时型。成熟花粉３细胞型,子房下位,５室：每室有上胚珠和下胚珠,上胚珠退化,下胚珠倒生具单珠被     

垂花悬铃花雌雄配子体发育研究

对垂花悬铃花雄配子体发育观察表明,其花药由表皮(1层)、药室内层(1层)、中层(2层)、绒毡层(1层)及造孢细胞组成,花药四室,药壁发育为双子叶型。雄配子体发育经由花粉母细胞减数分裂形成四分体,该四分体胞质分裂为同时型,四分体排列方式为四面体型,十字交叉型及左右对称型;小孢子再经有丝分裂形成营养核和生殖核,生殖核再经有丝分裂形成3-核花粉。花药壁层的变化,在单核小孢子期,表皮细胞解体,仅留下痕迹;中层在花粉母细胞期逐渐消失;药室内壁在单核小孢子期开始纤维化;绒毡层在单核小孢子期消失,属变形绒毡层。雌配子体发育观察表明,其子房上位,5室,每室1个胚珠,胚珠弯生,中轴胎座,大多数胚珠发育停留在珠心形成阶段,极少数珠心形成一群孢原细胞及单核、双核胚囊。     

海桐大、小孢子发育及雌、雄配子体形成的研究

利用常规石蜡制片法研究了海桐大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育的过程。结果显示:(1)小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为连续型,四分孢子为以四面体形为主,四分孢子后期部分小孢子壁皱缩;(2)花药壁由4层结构组成,由外到内为表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层;(3)海桐具多个胚珠,单珠被,薄珠心,胚珠类型为倒生胚珠。大孢子母细胞减数分裂主要形成线形排列的4个大孢子,还具有少有的十字形排列,功能大孢子位于合点端;(4)胚囊发育属单孢型的蓼型,成熟的雌配子体为四细胞五核胚囊。     

羊草大、小孢子发生与雌、雄配子体发育的观察

利用常规石蜡制片技术研究了羊草大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育过程。主要结果是：(1)花药壁由4层结构组成,最外层为表皮,其次为药室内壁,1层中层,最内层绒毡层为分泌型;(2)小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为连续型,四分孢子为左右对称型;(3)成熟花粉粒为3细胞型,具单萌发孔;(4)羊草为单子房、单胚珠,双珠被、薄珠心、倒生型胚珠,大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成线型或T型排列的4个大孢子;合点端大孢子具功能;(5)具有双孢原,双大孢子母细胞、双大孢子四分体和双胚囊的情况;(6)胚囊发育为蓼型,反足细胞经无丝分裂形成4～6个细胞的反足细胞群;(7)同一朵花中,前期雄蕊的发育早于雌蕊的发育,后期当花粉成熟时,雌配子体也达到成熟,雌雄蕊发育趋于同步。     

柽柳大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的观察

利用常规石蜡制片技术,对柽柳(Tamarix chinensis Lour.)的大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育过程进行了观察。主要结果如下:(1)花药壁由五层细胞组成,从外向内分别为表皮、药室内壁,两层中层和绒毡层。药壁的发育属于基本型。绒毡层为分泌型。(2)孢原细胞为多孢原起源。小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为连续型,形成的四分孢子为四面体型;同一药室的小孢子母细胞减数分裂几乎完全同步。(3)成熟花粉粒为2细胞型,具3个萌发孔。(4)柽柳为三心皮构成的单室复子房,每子房具有10~20个胚珠,基底胎座,胚珠为双珠被、厚珠心、倒生型。大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成1+3排列的4个大孢子, 4个大孢子全部参与胚囊的形成。(5)胚囊发育为贝母型,反足细胞在胚囊成熟时充分发育。(6)同一朵花中,前期雄蕊的发育早于雌蕊的发育,后期当花粉成熟时,雌配子体也达到成熟,雌雄蕊发育趋于同步。     

防风大、小孢子发生与雌、雄配子体发育的研究

利用常规石蜡制片法研究了防风大、小孢子发生及其雌、雄配子体的发育过程。主要结果是：(1)小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为同时型,小孢子四分体为四面体形;(2)成熟的花粉粒为三细胞型,具3个孔沟;(3)花药壁发育类型为双子叶型。花药壁由4层结构组成：最外层为表皮,其内分别为药室内壁、1层中层、绒毡层,绒毡层为分泌型;(4)防风的子房为2室,每室1胚珠,单珠被,薄珠心,倒生型胚珠。大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线形排列的4个大孢子,合点端大孢子具功能;(5)大孢子发生过程中,具有多个孢原细胞及多个大孢子母细胞的现象,但通常只有一个大孢子母细胞能继续发育;(6)胚囊发育属于蓼型;(7)防风的花为极端的雌雄蕊异熟,雄蕊的发育早于雌蕊的发育。     

大花君子兰大小孢子发生与雌雄配子体发育的研究

该研究运用常规石蜡切片技术,对大花君子兰(Clivia miniata Regel)大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育进程进行解剖学观察分析,以探讨君子兰生殖生物学解剖特征,为君子兰种子发育和育种提供理论依据。结果表明：(1)大花君子兰花药4室,具分泌型绒毡层。(2)小孢子母细胞减数分裂的胞质分裂为连续型,小孢子四分体为左右对称型,成熟花粉为二细胞型。(3)倒生胚珠,双珠被,厚珠心和雌配子体发育为蓼型。(4)记录了雌雄配子体发育的对应关系,发现雄配子体发育趋于同步,雌配子体发育不同步。(5)开花散粉时,雌配子体尚有处于四核、八核胚囊的时期;成熟胚囊阶段,中央细胞的2个极核位于反足细胞端,反足细胞呈退化状态。具承珠盘结构。     

北柴胡大小孢子发生和雌雄配子体发育的研究

用石蜡切片法对北柴胡的大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育过程进行观察研究.结果显示,北柴胡的胚珠为倒生型,单珠被,薄珠心.孢原细胞不经分裂直接发育成大孢子母细胞;四分体线性,多数情况下合点端的大孢子为功能大孢子,少数情况下亚合点端的大孢子也可发育为功能大孢子,蓼型胚囊;八核胚囊时期,珠心基部和两侧的一些珠心细胞保持自己的细胞质和形状,留存较久,成为珠心座细胞,珠被内表皮细胞发育为珠被绒毡层;花药壁发育类型为基本型,绒毡层为腺质绒毡层.小孢子母细胞减数分裂的胞质分裂为同时型,产生正四面体型四分体.成熟花粉为3细胞型.     

沙葱大小孢子发生及雌雄配子体发育研究

采用常规石蜡切片技术,对沙葱大、小孢子的发生及雌、雄配子体的发育进行了研究.结果表明:(1)沙葱为两性花,其雄蕊发育早于雌蕊,但在开花后雌雄蕊发育趋于同步,当胚囊发育成熟,柱头可以接受花粉时,雌雄蕊发育达到同步.(2)沙葱小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为连续型,其四分体多为左右对称型,少数为四面体型.(3)成熟的花粉为2-细胞型,花药壁由外向内分化为表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层.(4)沙葱雌蕊为子房上位,中轴胎座,3心皮,3室,胚珠倒生,薄珠心,珠心表皮下的雌性孢原直接发育为大孢子母细胞.减数分裂产生二分体,合点端大孢子发育为功能大孢子,其雌配子体发育为葱型.     

柴胡大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育

以柴胡(Bupleurum chinense)为研究对象, 运用石蜡切片技术对其大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育进行了研究。结果表明: 柴胡花药具4个药室, 花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层4层细胞构成, 花药壁发育为双子叶型, 腺质绒毡层。小孢子母细胞减数分裂的胞质分裂为同时型, 产生正四面体型小孢子。成熟花粉三细胞型。胚珠倒生型, 单珠被, 薄珠心。大孢子母细胞常为一个雌性孢原直接发育而成, 大孢子四分体呈线型或T型排列, 多数情况为合点端一个大孢子分化为功能大孢子, 由功能大孢子发育为蓼型成熟胚囊。在胚囊发育过程中, 珠被内表皮细胞特化成珠被绒毡层。同一朵花中, 雄蕊先熟, 记 录了花蕾大小及雌、雄配子体发育的对应关系。     

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.