鳜鱼消化道黏液细胞和6种酶的组织化学定位

采用阿利新蓝-过碘酸雪夫氏(AB-PAS)染色和酶组织化学方法对鳜鱼消化道各部位黏液细胞和6种酶的分布与定位进行了研究。结果显示,黏液细胞可为分为4种类型,食道黏液细胞多数为Ⅲ型和Ⅳ型,未见Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型;胃贲门和胃幽门黏膜上皮仅有Ⅰ型黏液细胞;胃体黏膜上皮则以Ⅲ型细胞为主;幽门盲囊中主要为Ⅱ型细胞;前肠和中肠中Ⅳ型黏液细胞最多,Ⅰ型最少;后肠黏液细胞则以Ⅳ型和Ⅱ型为主。酸性磷酸酶(ACP)主要分布于幽门盲囊和前肠的黏膜上皮;碱性磷酸酶(ALP)主要分布于食道、幽门盲囊和整个肠道黏膜上皮;非特异性酯酶(NSE)主要分布于胃幽门、中肠和后肠黏膜上皮;过氧化物酶(POX)在胃幽门黏膜上皮中活性较高;琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)主要分布于胃腺中;腺苷三磷酸酶(ATPase)在消化道各部位均有较多分布。鳜鱼消化道黏液细胞和酶的分布型与其它动物有相似之处,也有其一定的特异性,与消化道不同部位的消化吸收机能相适应。     

银鲳消化道形态与组织学结构特征及其消化酶活性

为了解银鲳(Pampus argenteus)消化道结构特点与其功能及食性的相关性, 采用解剖、石蜡切片、AB-PAS染色及酶活性检测技术对银鲳消化道的形态、组织结构、黏液细胞分布及消化酶活性进行研究。结果显示, 银鲳的消化道由口咽腔(舌)、食道侧囊、食道、胃及肠构成, 胃肠交界处有很多幽门盲囊。食道侧囊呈椭球形, 食道粗短, 胃呈U型, 肠有多个盘曲, 肠指数为2.03。舌上皮内有少量味蕾及较多黏液细胞。食道侧囊、食道、胃及肠均由黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌层及浆膜组成。食道侧囊内皱襞较发达, 被覆复层扁平上皮, 内含较多黏液细胞, 且以Ⅳ型为主, 皱襞顶端及侧面有内含角质刺的次级突起; 黏膜下层及肌层中有固定皱襞的骨质脚根; 侧囊内胃蛋白酶活性较高。食道内皱襞较高, 被覆复层扁平上皮, 内含较多黏液细胞, 且以Ⅳ型为主。胃内皱襞发达, 被覆单层柱状上皮, 未见黏液细胞分布; 胃腺发达, 胃内蛋白酶活性较高。肠道内褶襞多, 高度呈先下降后上升趋势, 黏液细胞密度前、中肠较高, 后肠较低, 且均以Ⅰ型为主; 肠道内胰蛋白酶、脂肪酶、淀粉酶及碱性磷酸酶活性较高。幽门盲囊组织结构与肠相似。银鲳的消化道结构特点、黏液细胞分布及消化酶活性与其功能及偏肉食的杂食性相适应。     

四指马鲅稚鱼、幼鱼和成鱼消化道黏液细胞组织化学研究

采用常规石蜡组织切片及阿利新兰–高碘酸雪夫–试剂(AB-PAS,AB,p H2.5)染色方法对四指马(Eleutheronema tetradactylum)稚鱼、幼鱼和成鱼消化道中黏液细胞的组织化学特征进行观察。35日龄稚鱼消化道黏液细胞数量少,种类单一,食道含数量较多的II型黏液细胞,偶见I型黏液细胞;幽门盲囊未检测出黏液细胞的分布;前肠以I型黏液细胞为主,有少量III型黏液细胞、中肠和后肠均只有II型黏液细胞。65日龄幼鱼消化道各段黏液细胞数量明显增多,种类丰富,食道、前肠和中肠均含I、II、III、IV型4种类型的黏液细胞,其余均含至少两种类型的黏液细胞,食道黏液细胞密度最大,其次是后肠。成鱼食道、幽门盲囊均含II型和IV型黏液细胞,但后者两型黏液细胞数量都比较少;胃部含有大量I型黏液细胞,胃腺区域则以IV型黏液细胞为主;肠道只含III、IV型黏液细胞,黏液细胞密度从前到后呈递增规律。稚鱼、幼鱼、成鱼消化道黏液细胞的分布特点体现消化道结构功能逐渐发育完善的规律。     

花消化系统形态学及组织学的初步观察

采用活体解剖、测量及HE、AB-PAS染色等方法,对45尾体长范围11.30~28 cm花Hemibarbus maculates Bleeker的消化系统形态学、组织学特征进行了研究。结果表明,花消化系统具有以下特点:(1)消化系统包括消化道和消化腺两部分。消化道包括口咽腔、食道、肠和肛门,消化腺包括肝胰脏和胆囊,无胃。(2)口下位,吻尖而细长,口裂长/吻长雄性显著大于雌性(P0.05);口咽腔黏膜上皮为复层鳞状上皮,内有黏液分泌细胞和味蕾结构。(3)食道粗短,前段有味蕾,肌层发达且内壁有较深的纵向褶皱,黏膜层内有大量的杯状细胞、黏液分泌细胞,还有柱状上皮区域,游离面具有纹状缘。(4)肠呈S型,无肠腺,分为前肠、中肠和后肠,比肠长均值为0.98±1.29;食道粘膜下层及环肌层最厚与肠道各段有极显著差异(P0.01)。前肠、中肠和后肠黏膜皱褶数量、黏膜皱褶高度、黏膜下层厚度、杯状细胞数量显著减少(P0.05),浆膜层厚度却增加,前肠和后肠有显著差异(P0.01)。(5)食道和肠道的黏膜层发现有数量较多的颗粒细胞。(6)肝不分叶,为长条形,胆囊被肝包围;肝与胰脏不分开,胰脏弥散于肝、脾及肠管之间,比肝胰脏重(%)雄性(1.83±0.64)显著大于雌性(1.34±0.50)(P0.05)。(7)体长(L)与消化道长(Y)的关系呈线性相关:Y=1.1692L+1.2688(R2=0.653)。     

菲牛蛭消化系统的组织学和组织化学研究

利用解剖、HE和AB-PAS染色技术研究了菲牛蛭消化系统的形态结构及组织化学特征。结果表明, 菲牛蛭消化系统由消化管和单细胞唾液腺组成。消化管包括口、咽、食道、嗉囊、肠、直肠和肛门。口开孔于前吸盘腹中部, 口腔内有3片呈三角形排列的颚片, 颚片由辐射肌和横纹肌构成, 其脊上具单列细齿, 可切开寄主皮肤。单细胞唾液腺开口于颚片两侧的乳突上, 可分泌蛭素; 咽呈短球形, 由黏膜层、肌层和外膜构成,肌层发达; 食道短而窄, 黏膜层见少量杯状细胞和大量嗜酸性颗粒; 嗉囊两侧有10对侧盲囊, 最后一对侧盲囊最长且延伸至肛门两侧; 肠部尚无明显分化, 可细分为肠和直肠。肠前段腔内有多个盲囊状的细管, 形成 肠内盲囊, 黏膜层具较多腺细胞, 黏膜下层发达, 具丰富的血管和淋巴细胞; 直肠肠腔明显大于肠的肠腔, 褶皱高度明显比肠的低, 上皮细胞间可见少量杯状细胞。AB-PAS染色结果显示菲牛蛭消化管黏液细胞有4种类型: Ⅰ型被染成红色, Ⅱ型被染成蓝色, Ⅲ型染成紫红色, Ⅳ型染成蓝紫色。口腔部黏液细胞分布以Ⅳ型和Ⅲ型为主, 少量Ⅱ型与Ⅰ型黏液细胞, 咽部以Ⅲ型为主, 食道、嗉囊、肠前部以及直肠壁均无酸性和中性黏液细胞存在, 肠中后部以Ⅰ型为主, 肛门壁存在大量的Ⅱ型黏液细胞。讨论了菲牛蛭消化管结构特点与食性的关系等问题, 发现肠是菲牛蛭整个消化管最主要的消化和吸收场所, 且消化管特殊的结构特征决定了菲牛蛭主要以血液作为食物来源。     

饥饿对高体革鯻消化道黏液细胞分布的影响

利用石蜡组织切片与AB-PAS染色技术研究饥饿0天(S0)、10天(S10)、20天(S20)对高体革消化道黏液细胞形态及分布的影响。结果发现,高体革饥饿20天后存活率为100%,食道含有Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ型黏液细胞, S0组黏液细胞总密度为(2 839.13±261.52)个/mm2,饥饿不影响食道黏液细胞的种类,但S10组黏液细胞总密度减少[(1 546.00±70.02)个/mm2], S20组则表现为增加[(3 095.00±162.04)个/mm2]。S0、S10、S20三组胃部黏液细胞分布差异不大。S0和S10组幽门盲囊含Ⅰ和Ⅱ型黏液细胞, S20组则只有Ⅱ型黏液细胞,总密度先增加后减少,分别是(215.22±21.52)、(466.31±63.05)、(369.46±43.49)个/mm2。肠道只含Ⅱ型黏液细胞,饥饿使其密度逐渐增多,尤其是后肠,S0、S10、S20组密度分别是(1 683.50±219.64)、(2 068.71±65.38)、(4 622.50±85.60)个/mm2。不同部位黏液细胞对饥饿的响应存在差异,反映消化道不同部位结构功能的差异,饥饿显著影响消化道中Ⅱ型黏液细胞的分布,推测Ⅱ型黏液细胞分泌的变化有可能是高体革响应饥饿应激的敏感指标之一。     

人工养殖稀有鮈鲫消化道组织学观察

采用活体解剖和显微技术对人工养殖的稀有鮈鲫消化道组织结构进行了详细观察,并描述了其形态结构。结果表明:稀有鮈鲫为杂食性无胃鱼,肠道系数0.64±0.06。消化道包括口咽腔、食道、肠和肛门。口咽腔和食道粘膜层为复层扁平上皮,内含较多杯状细胞、粘液细胞和少量味蕾;食道粗短,肌肉层发达。肠由前肠、中肠和后肠三部分组成。肠道由前到后,粘液细胞数量逐渐增多,粘膜皱褶数量逐渐减少,粘膜皱褶高度逐渐降低。     

泽陆蛙消化道组织学观察

采用解剖学和组织学的方法对泽陆蛙消化道各部分的形态和组织学结构进行了观察。泽陆蛙的消化道分为口腔、咽、食道、胃、十二指肠、回肠和大肠。各管壁都由黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌层和外膜组成。食道黏膜层有皱褶和纤毛,无杯状细胞;胃黏膜层有杯状细胞和胃腺,黏膜下层有血管分布;小肠具绒毛、杯状细胞和肠腺,大肠皱褶少,杯状细胞也少。     

大鳞副泥鳅仔稚鱼消化道黏液细胞分布及发育

利用组织学切片及阿利新蓝-过碘酸雪夫(AB-PAS)组化染色技术对0~50日龄大鳞副泥鳅(Paramisgurnus dabryanus)消化道各段黏液细胞的发育与分布进行显微观察和研究。大鳞副泥鳅黏液细胞分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ和Ⅳ4种类型。消化道黏液细胞最早出现在4日龄仔鱼的口咽腔和食道。10~15日龄口咽腔和食道黏液细胞数量快速增长,15~20日龄肠道各型黏液细胞数量显著增长,20日龄后消化道黏液细胞分布广泛。随着仔稚鱼发育,消化道各部黏液细胞主要以Ⅲ和Ⅳ型细胞为主。根据大鳞副泥鳅仔稚鱼消化道黏液细胞的发育特点,5~10日龄和15~20日龄为其消化道功能发育的两个敏感时期,20日龄后消化道功能逐渐发育完善。建议加强对5~20日龄仔稚鱼的日常饲养管理以提高苗种成活率。     

龟足消化系统形态和组织学特点

应用光学显微镜观察龟足（Capitulum mitella）消化系统的形态和组织结构。龟足的消化系统包括消化腺和消化道。消化腺一对,呈长囊状,含有分泌细胞（B细胞）、吸收细胞（R细胞）、储存细胞（F细胞）和胚细胞（E细胞）4种类型细胞。消化道呈U型,由口、食道、胃、肠、直肠和肛门组成,各部分的结构由内到外可分为黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌层和外膜4层。口器为咀嚼型,包括一片上唇、一对触须、一对大颚以及两对小颚。食道细短,具几丁质层但无基膜,管壁向腔内突起形成明显的纵褶突;食道前段的环肌特别发达,同时独有放射肌。胃略呈球袋状,肠较长;胃和肠的组织结构相似,没有几丁质层,上皮细胞都有发达的微绒毛。直肠细长,外膜分布有16组纵肌;直肠前段的组织结构与胃、肠相似,而直肠后段有几丁质层覆盖,黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌层和外膜渐退化,16组纵肌渐发达。肛门16组更加发达的纵肌挤入上皮细胞下方,在外膜外另出现一层明显的环肌。龟足消化道各部分的组织结构差异明显,反映了它们功能的差异。     

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.