稀土离子对烟草RuBPcase的激活作用及EXFAS研究

研究了稀土离子（Ｌｎ３ ＋） 对烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａ ｔａｂａｃｕｍ）１ ,５ － 二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶（ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ）活力的影响。结果表明,在该酶的反应体系中,用Ｌｎ３ ＋ 替代Ｍｇ２ ＋ ,烟草ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 的活力随Ｌｎ３ ＋ 浓度的变化曲线呈双相效应, 即在高浓度时, Ｌｎ３ ＋ 抑制该酶活性; 低浓度的Ｌｎ３ ＋ 提高ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 活性。其活化效应为轻稀土离子大于重稀土离子,但Ｌｎ３ ＋ 的活化效应低于Ｍｇ２ ＋ 。在有Ｍｇ２ ＋ 的反应体系中,Ｌｎ３ ＋ 在低浓度时也有提高ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 活性的能力,提高幅度较低;而高浓度的Ｌｎ３ ＋ 显著地抑制酶活性。进一步对ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ － Ｌａ 二元复合物的ＥＸＦＡＳ 研究,证实Ｌａ３ ＋ 与ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 氨基酸残基的Ｏ 原子键合,键长为２ ．５１?;Ｌａ３ ＋ 还与Ｓ 原子结合。最后对Ｌｎ３ ＋ 和ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 相互作用的分子机制进行讨论     

Cd、Pb胁迫对烟草叶片中活性氧清除系统的影响

Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ胁迫对烟草叶片活性氧清除系统的影响表明：随着Ｃｄ、Ｐｂ处理浓度的增大,叶绿素含量、叶绿素ａ／ｂ值,ＣＡＴ（过氧化氢酶）活性逐渐减小,ＳＯＤ（超氧化物歧化酶）活性先升后转而下降;ＰＯＤ（过氧化物酶）活性则逐渐增加。对烟草活性氧清除系统的影响。Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ之间存在明显的协合作用。Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ胁迫明显地影响活性氧清除系统,导致烟草叶片活性氧代谢失调和加速叶片的老化。     

豌豆Sparkle及其单基因突变体E107的铁锰吸收及转移效率

用豌豆Ｓｐａｒｋｌｅ及其单基因突变体Ｅ１０７进行的水培的试验表明,－Ｆｅ和＋Ｆｅ处理的Ｅ１０７幼苗以及－Ｆｅ处理的Ｓｐａｒｋｌｅ幼苗均表现出根系Ｈ＋分泌量大、根系Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）还原力强等特点,其中尤以＋Ｆｅ处理的Ｅ１０７最为突出;而十Ｆｅ处理的Ｓｐａｒｋｌｅ则无以上特点。与Ｓｐａｒｋｌｅ相比,Ｅ１０７各处理的地上部Ｆｅ、Ｍｎ合量均很高,但根部含量则相反。与Ｓｐｅｋｌｅ相比,Ｅ１０７—Ｆｅ处理表现为Ｆｅ高效,即使在＋Ｆｅ处理下,Ｅ１０７仍表现出－Ｆｅ条件下的根系生理特性,活化并还原了根际大量Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）和Ｍｎ,因而它对Ｆｅ、Ｍｎ具有较高的吸收效率,但是这些元素并不在根系中贮存,而是源源不断地运输到地上部,并在叶片中累积乃至使叶片中毒坏死,充分表现了Ｅ１０７单基因突变体对Ｆｅ、Ｍｎ也具有较高的转移效率。     

重金属对蚕豆的细胞遗传学毒理作用和对蚕豆根尖微核技术的探讨

Ｐｂ２＋ 、Ｃｄ２＋ 和Ｈｇ２＋ 显著地缩短蚕豆（Ｖｉｃｉａ ｆａｂａ Ｌ．）根尖细胞分裂的持续时间,延长细胞间期的时间间隔,在总体上延长了细胞分裂周期;除Ｈｇ２＋ 随浓度升高一直表现为对有丝分裂抑制外,在Ｐｂ２＋ 、Ｃｄ２＋ 和Ｚｎ２＋ 浓度分别小于１．０、０．０１、１０．０ ｐｐｍ 时,细胞有丝分裂指数随处理浓度升高而上升,当超出上述浓度时则随浓度升高而下降;微核率（ＭＣＮＦ）在Ｐｂ２＋ 、Ｃｄ２＋ 、Ｈｇ２＋ 和Ｚｎ２＋ 的浓度分别小于１．０、５．０、０．５０、１００．０ ｐｐｍ 时,染色体畸变率（ＣＡＦ）在Ｐｂ２＋ 、Ｃｄ２＋ 、Ｈｇ２＋ 和Ｚｎ２＋ 的浓度分别小于５．０、５．０、０．５０、１００．０ ｐｐｍ 时,这两参数随处理浓度的升高而增大;超过上述浓度后,则随处理浓度升高而下降。Ｍｎ２＋ 对各项参数无显著影响。对蚕豆根尖细胞遗传学毒性顺序为Ｈｇ２＋ ＞ Ｃｄ２＋ ＞ Ｐｂ２＋ ＞ Ｚｎ２＋ ＞ Ｍｎ２＋ 。经综合分析,３ 个参数在不同剂量范围下相关性程度有很大的差异。认为蚕豆根尖微核技术检测危险化学品和监测环境污染时取得可靠结果的条件是：受检物质在检测条件下不严重抑制细胞分裂和ＣＡＦ和ＭＣＮＦ呈正相关     

Cd2+、Hg2+对菱幼苗生长及其超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶活性的影响

利用不同浓度Ｃｄ２＋、Ｈｇ２＋处理菱幼苗,研究重金属离子对菱生长、超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）、过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性的影响,比较Ｃｄ２＋、Ｈｇ２＋对同一植物的毒性差异。Ｃｄ２＋、Ｈｇ２＋各处理浓度均抑制菱幼苗生长,使叶绿素含量下降,但Ｃｄ２＋的抑制作用比Ｈｇ２＋的作用明显。Ｃｄ２＋、Ｈｇ２＋对ＳＯＤ、ＰＯＤ活性有不同的影响效果：Ｃｄ２＋处理最初诱导ＳＯＤ、ＰＯＤ活性升高,但随浓度加大时间延长酶活性急剧下降;Ｈｇ２＋处理的酶活性变化相对平缓,其中５μｍｏｌ／Ｌ和１０μｍｏｌ／ＬＨｇ２＋处理的ＰＯＤ活性持续上升。实验结果表明,在相同处理时间和浓度条件下,Ｃｄ２＋比Ｈｇ２＋对菱的毒性要大。依据实验结果,作者探讨了重金属对植物的毒害机制     

茉莉酸甲酯对水稻幼苗光合作用的影响

２．５×１０－４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ茉莉酸甲酯处理水稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）幼苗叶片,可明显地降低Ｃｈｌａ、Ｃｈｌｂ的含量及叶片的光合速率,抑制ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ的活性,抑制幼苗叶片中ＲｕｂｉｓＣＯ大亚基的合成,降低小亚基的含量。对幼苗叶片中叶绿素含量、叶片的光合速率及ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ的活性没有影响。     

铈对黄瓜叶绿体叶绿素蛋白质复合物形成的影响

黄瓜（Ｃｕｃｕｍ ｉｓｓａｔｉｖｕｓＬ．）叶片叶绿体中铈（Ｃｅ）含量随Ｈｏａｇｌａｎｄ 培养液中ＣｅＣｌ３ 浓度的增加而增加。Ｃｅ 对黄瓜叶片Ｃｈｌａ／ｂ 比值的影响与光强度有关,当植株生长在强光下,对照和处理叶片的Ｃｈｌａ／ｂ 比值均为３．０７;但在弱光下对照叶片的Ｃｈｌａ／ｂ 比值为２．７２,而处理叶片为２．８６。这说明只有在弱光下Ｃｅ才对叶片色素的组分有影响,Ｃｅ 使叶片中的Ｃｈｌｂ 略有下降。Ｃｅ能促进叶绿体光系统Ⅰ叶绿素蛋白质复合物及１１０ ｋＤ多肽的形成,并使捕光叶绿素ａ／ｂ 蛋白质复合物及其２７ ｋＤ多肽的含量减少。     

Cd2+、Hg2+对菱幼苗生长及其超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶活性的影响

利用不同浓度Ｃｄ＾２＋、Ｈｇ＾２＋处理菱幼苗,研究重金属离子对菱生长、超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）、过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性的影响,比较了Ｃｄ＾２＋、Ｈｇ＾２＋对同一植物的毒性差异,Ｃｄ＾２＋、Ｈｇ＾＾２＋各处理浓度与均抑制菱幼苗生长,使叶绿素含量下降,Ｃｄ＾２＋的抑制作用比Ｈｇ＾２＋的作用明显。Ｃｄ＾２＋、Ｈｇ＾２＋对ＳＯＤ、ＰＯＤ活性有不同的影响效果;Ｃｄ＾２＋处理最艉地ＳＯＤ、ＰＯＤ活性升高,但     

干旱胁迫对黄瓜PSⅡ颗粒铁组分Mossbauer谱的影响

黄瓜（Ｇｃｕｍｉｓ ｓａｔｉｖｕｓ Ｌ）叶片ＰＳⅡ颗粒的Ｍｏｓｓｂａｕｅｒ谱呈现４套双峰,依它们的化学位移相四敬矩劈塑数值,分别属于氧化态Ｃｙｔ－ｂ５５９,还原态Ｃｙｌ－ｂ５５９、Ｆｅ＾３＋－Ｑ画物和Ｆｅ＾２＋－Ｑ复合物。干埋胁迫旱影响ＱＡ／ＱＢ中铁（Ｆｅ）参与电子传递的速率,使ＰＳⅡ颗粒的ｏｓｓｂａｕｅｔ谱中Ｆｅ＾２＋的吸收双峰消失,即还原态Ｇ７ｙｔ－Ｂ５５９转变为氧化态Ｃｙｔ－ｂ５５９Ｆｅ＾２     

TFP刺激裂殖酵母细胞钙离子内流的质膜效应

ＴＦＰ（１０－１００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）可引起裂殖酵母（Ｓｃｈｉｚｏｓａｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓ　ｐｏｍｂｅ）胞外Ｃａ２＋内流,ＴＦＰ浓度不同,促进Ｃａ２＋内流程度也不一样,５０μｍｏｌ／ＬＴＦＰ的促进作用最大。并且ＴＦＰ浓度越大,Ｃａ２＋内流出现峰值也越早,１０、２０、５０、１００μｍｏｌ／ＬＴＦＰ处理后,胞内总钙出现峰值时间分别为４５、４５、３０、１５分钟。胞外Ｈ＋浓度也会对ＴＦＰ引起的Ｃａ２＋内流产生不同影响,缓冲液的ｐＨ值为６．０时最有利于ＴＦＰ引起胞内Ｃａ２＋含量增加,碱性条件下ＴＦＰ的效果最不明显。由ＴＦＰ引起的Ｃａ２＋内流增加要比单一地增加外钙浓度效果好得多,ＴＦＰ在１０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度的外钙条件下引起的胞内钙含量数值比１０００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的外钙条件而无ＴＦＰＴ所引起的胞内钙含量还要高５３．９％。缓冲液中加入０．８％的钙离子通道阻断剂ＬａＣ１３或溶液中无葡萄糖的存在,ＴＦＰ的促进作用消失,说明ＴＦＰ促进Ｃａ２＋内流是通过钙离子通道来完成的并需要能量参与。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

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.     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).