富碳培养对海洋富油微藻油脂积累特性的影响

实验针对三株海洋富油微藻:球等鞭金藻（Isochrysis galbana CCMM5001）、一种等鞭金藻（Isochrysis sp. CCMM5002）和一种微拟球藻（Nannochloropsis sp. CCMM7001）,研究了它们在通入0.03%（空气）、5%、10%三个浓度CO2培养条件下的生长特性,同时考察了其总油脂及中性脂的累积情况。结果显示,富碳培养有利于这三株海洋微藻的生长,但最适生长的CO2浓度不同。球等鞭金藻（Isochrysis galbana CCMM5001）和等鞭金藻（Isochrysis sp. CCMM5002）在通入10% CO2时具有最大产率,分别达到（182.287.07） mg/（Ld）和（164.227.10） mg/（Ld）,而微拟球藻在通入5%时具有最大产率,达到（122.251.17） mg/（Ld）,随着CO2浓度的增加,三株海洋微藻的总脂含量和中性脂含量有明显提高。在通入10% CO2条件下,球等鞭金藻（Isochrysis galbana CCMM5001）、等鞭金藻（Isochrysis sp. CCMM5002）和微拟球藻（Nannochloropsis sp. CCMM7001）的总脂含量分别达到（45.154.03）%、（47.151.20）%和（41.201.69）%;从中性脂的累积规律来看,三株藻均在平台期的累积达到最大,脂肪酸分析结果表明三株藻种适合制备生物柴油的C14-C18系脂肪酸相对含量在不同CO2条件下基本保持不变,维持在90%左右。实验结果显示,研究的藻株作为富油高固碳优良藻株,具备用于海洋生物质能耦合CO2减排开发的潜力。       

电絮凝法收集湛江等鞭金藻

建立了海洋微藻湛江等鞭金藻(Isochrysis zhangjiangensis)的电场絮凝收集方法。考察不同电极对絮凝率的影响,通过正交试验进行条件优化,分析了收集藻体的油脂含量及脂肪酸组成。结果表明:Al电极具有较高的絮凝率,但Fe电极具有较好的经济性。电流密度对絮凝率影响最大,其次是通电时间,最小是极板间距。最优电絮凝条件为电流密度12 m A/cm2、通电30 min以及极板间距2.0 cm,在此条件下,湛江等鞭金藻的絮凝率为92.7%,电絮凝过程能耗为2.0 k W·h/kg(以电收获微藻的干质量计)。电场絮凝和直接离心收集的藻体在油脂含量和主要脂肪酸组成及含量上均无明显差异。     

起始生物量比对3种海洋微藻种间竞争的影响

为深入了解饵料微藻与赤潮微藻间的种间竞争关系,通过微藻共培养的方法,研究了起始生物量比(1:4、1:1和4:1)对3种海洋微藻(塔玛亚历山大藻、蛋白核小球藻和湛江等鞭金藻)两两之间种间竞争的影响,并对其作用机制进行了探讨。结果表明:①3种海洋微藻表现出种间竞争的相互抑制效应;②在与塔玛亚历山大藻(简称A)的种间竞争中,蛋白核小球藻(简称C)和湛江等鞭金藻(简称I)均在竞争中占优势,蛋白核小球藻随自身起始生物量比的提高,其竞争优势越加明显,湛江等鞭金藻在A:I=1:1时竞争优势最为明显;在蛋白核小球藻和湛江等鞭金藻的种间竞争中,当C:I=1:4时,湛江等鞭金藻在竞争中占优势,C:I=1:1时,初期湛江等鞭金藻占竞争优势,随蛋白核小球藻的迅速生长,后期蛋白核小球藻占竞争优势,C:I=4:1时,蛋白核小球藻占绝对竞争优势;③由种间竞争抑制参数比较得出:3种微藻的种间竞争强弱依次为蛋白核小球藻>湛江等鞭金藻>塔玛亚历山大藻。蛋白核小球藻和湛江等鞭金藻在起始比例C:I=1:1时,可共培养利用,在海产经济动物育苗中可对其进行适时采收投喂;两种饵料藻对塔玛亚历山大藻具有明显的抑制作用,可为开发利用饵料藻进行赤潮生物防控提供一定的科学依据。     

尼罗红荧光法快速检测培养过程中湛江等鞭金藻的中性脂

研究一种快速准确测定微藻中中性脂的方法。湛江等鞭金藻是一种中性脂含量高且具有开发潜力的能源微藻。以湛江等鞭金藻为实验对象,首先优化尼罗红染色的条件。当二甲基亚砜体积分数为2.0%、尼罗红质量浓度为1.00μg/m L、细胞密度为1.0×106个/m L、激发波长为480 nm、检测波长为580 nm时,优化的染色时间为10min。其次测定了背景荧光对检测的影响。结果表明,在不同细胞状态下,背景荧光强度大约是微藻内荧光强度的20%左右,可以忽略。最后比较了尼罗红荧光法和重量法。结果表明,荧光强度与中性脂含量的相关系数R2=0.946 8,虽然两者相关性并不十分高,但作为一种快速测定微藻中中性脂的方法,尼罗红荧光法依然是研究微藻培养过程中中性脂含量变化的有效方法。     

广东湛江地区几种海洋微藻中的脂肪酸检测

本文检测了广东湛江地区6种典型的海洋经济微藻中绿藻纲的微绿球藻(Nannochloropsis oculata)和小球藻(Chlorella sp.)、金藻纲的湛江等鞭金藻     

利用沼液培养海洋微藻湛江等鞭金藻

在限氮培养模式下,以额外补加氮磷至f/2培养基水平的1.0%(V/V)沼液海水培养基(1.0%NP)和不补加氮磷的1.0%(V/V)沼液海水培养基(1.0%)作为实验组,用f/2海水培养基作为对照,研究沼液对湛江等鞭金藻生长、光合系统Ⅱ(PSII)活性、碳水化合物积累以及脂肪酸成分的影响。结果显示:1.0%NP与f/2培养基培养湛江等鞭金藻在生长上无显著差异,但1.0%NP会使PSII活性降低更快,中性脂含量和脂肪酸成分中C18∶1的比例上升,这表明沼液对微藻有一定的胁迫。1.0%NP培养基培养的藻碳水化合物含量(53.3%)和产量(245.2 mg/L)比在f/2培养基中分别提高了30.3%和7.1%,表明添加沼液更有利于湛江等鞭金藻碳水化合物的积累。     

13种微藻的脂肪酸组成分析

分析了13种微藻(包括7种绿藻,5种杂色藻和1种红藻)的总脂含量和脂肪酸组成,结果表明,不同门类微藻的脂肪酸组成差异较大:绿藻的脂肪酸组成以C16和C18为主;杂色藻类的脂肪酸组成相近,金藻门含有14:0、16:0、18:1、18:4等特征脂肪酸,三角褐指藻主要的脂肪酸为14:0、16:0、16:1、16:3和20:5,而粉核油球藻的脂肪酸以14:0、16:0、20:5为主;紫球藻的脂肪酸组成以16:0、20:4和20:5为主。在测试的13种微藻中,杜氏盐藻的亚麻酸含量最高,占总脂肪酸的60.9%;等鞭金藻的十八碳四烯酸含量最高,占总脂肪酸的19.6%;紫球藻和粉核油球藻中花生四烯酸与二十碳五烯酸(EPA)含量分别占总脂肪酸的17.1%和20.9%。     

高效薄层色谱测定湛江等鞭金藻培养过程脂质变化

【目的】研究湛江等鞭金藻(Isochrysis zhangjiangensis)由氮元素丰富至限制培养过程中脂质成分的变化。【方法】利用高效薄层色谱(HPTLC)分离分析微藻中脂质。【结果】随着培养基中营养物质的消耗,细胞逐渐处于胁迫状态,在这种状态下,细胞大量积累贮存脂质—甘油三脂(TAG),组成生物膜系统的单半乳糖甘油二脂(MGDG)、硫代异鼠李糖甘油二脂(SQDG)、磷脂酰甘油(PG)和磷脂酰胆碱(PC)含量降低,而游离脂肪酸(FFA)、甘油二脂(DAG)、双半乳糖甘油二脂(DGDG)、磷脂酰肌醇(PI)和磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)则相对稳定。【结论】HPTLC可作为一种简便、可靠的微藻中脂质分离分析方法,为研究微藻油脂代谢途径以及甘油三脂(TAG)的调控积累提供有效手段。     

培养基琼脂浓度及抗生素对3种海洋微藻生长的影响

目的:确定用于分离、纯化及保种所用的固体培养基中优化的琼脂浓度和利于微藻生长并抑菌的抗生素浓度。方法:设计固体培养基中的琼脂浓度以及培养液中抗生素的种类和浓度,定时测定培养体系中三种微藻的生物量及细菌菌落随培养时间的变化。结果:利于固体培养基上三种微藻生长的琼脂浓度均为0.6%~0.8%;牟氏角毛藻用200IU/ml的庆大霉素和200IU/ml的青霉素联合作用,球等鞭金藻8701和盐藻分别用300IU/ml和400IU/ml的青霉素时可保证微藻较好生长。结论:不同微藻生长所需的抗生素浓度不同,抗生素对微藻生长的影响不完全取决于抑菌作用,青霉素促进球等鞭金藻8701生长主要是产生促生长因子,庆大霉素抑制生长可能是产生抑制因子。     

湛江等鞭金藻培养条件优化

湛江等边金藻作为多种海洋经济动物的开口饲料,因此对其高密度养殖方法的研究尤为重要。为了探究湛江等边金藻高密度养殖的方法,本研究通过细胞密度、细胞大小、细胞干重以及叶绿素含量4项指标的测定,分析了酸碱度、盐度对湛江等鞭金藻(Isochrysis zhanjiangsis)生长的影响。结果表明,在酸碱度为7.5,盐度为23时,湛江等鞭金藻的细胞密度最大,细胞干重、大小及叶绿素含量最大,且生长速率最快,指数生长期长。本研究为实现湛江等鞭金藻简易条件下高密度培养,解决海洋经济动物幼体基础饵料缺乏的问题提供理论依据。     

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.