利用小麦微卫星引物建立簇毛麦染色体组特异性标记

选位于普通小麦1A-7A、1B-7B、1D-7D染色体上的102对微卫星引物对多年生簇毛麦、二倍体簇毛麦、小麦-簇毛麦双二倍体与后代和普通小麦中国春、R25、R111、MY11进行了PCR扩增, 发现引物对Xgwm301可以在含簇毛麦染色体的材料中扩出一条长415 bp的特异片段(命名为Xgwm301/415), 而所有供试小麦均未扩出此片段。进而用一套中国春-二倍体簇毛麦附加系来进行扩增, 发现1V-7V染色体均可以扩出该片段, 说明该片段为簇毛麦1V-7V染色体所共有。因此, Xgwm301/415是簇毛麦染色体组上的一个特异片段, 可以用来快速跟踪检测导入到普通小麦背景中的簇毛麦染色体。     

簇毛麦5VS染色体臂特异分子标记开发与遗传效应分析

簇毛麦(Dasypyrum villosum(L.)P.Candargy 2n=14,VV)是小麦改良重要的三级基因源.簇毛麦5VS染色体臂上携带抗白粉病基因Pm55、抗条锈病基因Yr5V和籽粒硬度基因Dina/Dinb等优异基因.已创制的小麦-簇毛麦T5VS.5AL和T5VS.5DL易位系为小麦抗病和品质改良提供了优...     

簇毛麦染色体组特异性RAPD标记的筛选、定位和应用

以普通小麦中国春、中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系以及不同来源的簇毛麦为材料,用100个10碱基随机引物进行RAPD扩增。引物OPF02能在不同来源的簇毛麦及所有中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系中扩增出一条长约750bp的片段OPF02 750。普通小麦和硬粒小麦不能扩增出该片段。因此,OPF02 750为分布于簇毛麦所有染色体上的一个簇毛麦染色体组特异片段。用引物OPF02对普通小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体、硬粒小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体以及几个普通小麦的簇毛麦二体代换系、二体附加系进行检测,发现NAU302已经丢失了其所附加的簇毛麦3V染色体。     

筛选利用小麦微卫星标记追踪簇毛麦各条染色体

选用定位于普通小麦7个部分同源群上的276对微卫星引物对普通小麦中同春和簇毛麦的基因组DNA进行扩增分析,有148对引物可在两个物种间检测到多态性。利用上述显示多态性的引物进一步对7个中国春-簇毛麦二体附加系进行扩增分析,筛选出分别可用来追踪簇毛麦1V至7V染色体的引物wmc49（1BS）、wmc25（2BS）、gdm36（3DS）、gdml45（4AL）、wmc233（5DS）、wmc256（6AL）和gwm344（7BL）。此外还发现6DS上的微卫星引物gwm469可以用来追踪簇毛麦的2V染色体;2DS上的微卫星引物gdm107可用来追踪簇毛麦的6V染色体。进一步用涉及不同簇毛麦和小麦背景的小麦一簇毛麦染色体附加系、代换系和易位系进行扩增分析,这些微卫星标记也可用来鉴定簇毛麦的各条染色体。因此,这然簇毛麦染色体特异的微卫星标记可用来追踪普通小麦背景中的簇毛麦染色体。     

从小麦-簇毛麦易位系TAC文库中筛选Hv-S/TPK基因

本实验室已经通过基因芯片技术筛选到一个白粉菌诱导后上调表达的抗病相关基因Hv-S/TPK, 并获得了它的全长cDNA序列。利用Hv-S/TPK的特异引物筛选小麦-簇毛麦6VS/6AL易位系基因组可转化人工染色体(Transformation-competent artificial chromsome, TAC)文库, 获得了阳性TAC单克隆, 并进一步获得了含有Hv-S/TPK cDNA序列的5160 bp(GenBank Accession No. EU153366)的亚克隆。对亚克隆的序列分析结果表明, Hv-S/TPK基因在起始密码子和终止密码子之间有3个内含子和4个外显子, 4个外显子序列与簇毛麦上已得到的Hv-S/TPK的cDNA序列100%同源。对起始密码子上游序列分析结果表明, 该基因的调控序列中, 含有W-Box、OCS-element等与抗病相关的元件。以TAC克隆为探针与小麦-簇毛麦6VS/6AL易位系有丝分裂中期染色体进行荧光原位杂交(Fluorescence in situ hybridization, FISH), 结果表明含有Hv-S/TPK基因的TAC克隆来自于簇毛麦。     

从小麦-簇毛麦易位系TAC文库中筛选Hv-SITPK基因

本实验室已经通过基因芯片技术筛选到一个白粉菌诱导后上调表达的抗病相关基因Hv-S／TPK,并获得了它的全长cDNA序列。利用Hv-S／TPK的特异引物筛选小麦．簇毛麦6VS／6AL易位系基因组可转化人工染色体（Transformation-competent artificial chromsome,TAC）文库,获得了阳性TAC单克隆,并进一步获得了含有Hv-S／TPK cDNA序列的5160bp（GenBank Accession No．EU153366）的亚克隆。对亚克隆的序列分析结果表明,Hv-S/TPK基因在起始密码子和终止密码子之间有3个内含子和4个外显子,4个外显子序列与簇毛麦上已得到的Hv-S／TPK的cDNA序列100％同源。对起始密码子上游序列分析结果表明,该基因的调控序列中,含有W-Box、OCS-element等与抗病相关的元件。以TAC克隆为探针与小麦．簇毛麦6VS／6AL易位系有丝分裂中期染色体进行荧光原位杂交（Fluorescence in situ hybridization,FISH）,结果表明含有Hv-S／TPK基因的TAC克隆来自于簇毛麦。     

幼胚培养创造抗白粉病簇毛麦6VS端体

通过白粉病抗性鉴定、生化标记及分子原位杂交相结合的方法,从小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)幼胚培养组合T240 (普通小麦×小麦-簇毛麦(Haynaldia villosa Lam.) 6D/6V异代换系)的32个SC2代株系中,筛选出T240-6株系,其所有的抗白粉病单株均缺失簇毛麦6V染色体长臂上的谷草转氨酶位点GOT-V2,而具有短臂上的醇溶蛋白位点Gli-V2.细胞学染色体观察表明,该株系的所有抗病单株均具有1～2个端体,这些端体不能与小麦染色体配对,双端体之间可以配对.经原位杂交分析,端体杂交呈阳性,表明它们均为簇毛麦6V染色体短臂(6VS).     

簇毛麦基因组特异性PCR标记的建立和应用

以普通小麦中国春、簇毛麦、中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系和代换系为材料进行RAPD分析,筛选出一个簇毛麦基因组特异性RAPD片段OPFO2757,该片段分布于簇毛麦所有染色体上。在对OPFO2757进行克隆、测序的基础上,设计一对PCR引物,建立了簇毛麦基因组特异性PCR标记。用这对PCR引物对不同普通小麦品种、不同硬粒小麦品种、不同居群的簇毛麦、中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系、中国春－簇毛麦二体代换系、普通小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体、硬粒小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体等材料进行扩增,凡具有簇毛麦染色体的材料都能扩增出一条长为677bp的DNA片段,而不具簇毛麦染色体的材料包括大麦、黑麦、长穗偃麦草、中间偃麦草等不能扩增出该片段。所以,该特异性PCR标记可用于快速跟踪检测小麦背景中的簇毛麦染色体。     

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.