华贵栉孔扇贝♀×栉孔扇贝♂远缘杂交的受精细胞学观察

用HOECHST33258对华贵栉孔扇贝(Chlamys nobilis)♀×栉孔扇贝(Chlamys farreri)♂的受精卵进行染色,在荧光显微镜下观察其受精细胞学过程。观察表明:栉孔扇贝的精子能够使华贵栉孔扇贝卵子受精。精子入卵后呈一圆形亮点,体积稍有膨大成球形;授精后成熟卵母细胞释放出第一极体和第二极体后,精核解凝、稀疏、泡状化,形成雄性原核(male pronucleus);雌性原核(female pronucleus)在完成两次成熟分裂之后,染色质去浓缩,扩散膨大;雌雄原核相互靠拢,当雌雄原核膨胀到最大程度时,发生融合,形成合子。受精卵能够正常发育,完成第一次卵裂,卵裂时细胞核分离未观察到异常现象。与华贵栉孔扇贝和栉孔扇贝种内交配对照组相比,异源受精卵的细胞学过程明显滞后,同时其发生过程具明显的不同步现象。实验中还观察到少数的雌核发育现象。     

栉孔扇贝×虾夷扇贝杂交子一代与双亲染色体核型的分析

连续几年栉孔扇贝大面积死亡现象严重制约了北方贝类养殖业的发展 ,造成了巨大的经济损失。栉孔扇贝和虾夷扇贝生物学性状差异较大 ,可望通过杂交途径培育出抗逆性强、生长快的扇贝养殖新品种。杨爱国等[1] 和周丽青等[2 ] 的研究结果表明 ,栉孔扇贝与虾夷扇贝正反交杂交子一代     

红鲫与湘江野鲤杂交的受精细胞学研究

红鲫成熟卵直径680—720μm;卵膜孔为精子入卵的唯一通道,包括前庭和精孔管两部分;精孔管内径约5μm。湘江野鲤精子头部直径约2.5μm。在通常情况下,红鲫卵为单精受精。尽管红鲫与湘江野鲤不同属,但杂交仍具有正常的受精细胞学程序。红鲫卵子处于第二次成熟分裂中期接受湘江野鲤精子入卵,精子入卵5min后,出现明显的精子星光;15min后,雄性原核及雌性原核形成;25min后,雌、雄性原核融合;30min后、开始卵裂,发现1个受精卵切片上有4个即将融合的原核,这可能是由于双精受精所致。     

鲫鲤杂种一代(F_1)自交二代(F_2)的受精细胞学研究

荷包红鲫 (♀ )×湘江野鲤 (♂ )杂交产生的杂种一代 ( F1)成熟卵的直径为1 .0～ 1 .2 5mm;为单受精孔卵 ,一般只允许单个精子入卵 ;成熟卵在受精前处于第二次减数分裂中期 ;鲫鲤杂种一代的雄性部分可育 ,能产生正常的精子 ;杂种一代的受精方式为单精受精 ,具有正常的受精细胞学程序 .受精 30 s后 ,精子通过受精孔进入卵质 ;5min后 ,精子产生明显星光 ;1 5min后 ,精子头部膨大核化 ,最后形成雄性原核 ,与此同时 ,雌性原核也开始形成 ;2 5min后 ,雌、雄原核向胚盘中央靠近 ,然后彼此接触 ,最后融合为合子核 ;40 min后 ,开始第一次卵裂 ,在一个受精卵第一次卵裂中期的切片上看到了一个三极纺锤体 .     

FISH技术在栉孔扇贝和虾夷扇贝杂交子代染色体识别中的运用初探

核糖体间隔序列(ITS)是扇贝基因组中进化较快的基因片段,研究利用虾夷扇贝(Patinopecten yessoen-sis)与栉孔扇贝(Chlamys farreri)在核糖体间隔区ITS-1基因的序列差异,构建了虾夷扇贝的种特异性荧光原位杂交(Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization,FISH)探针,并成功地将其运用于两种扇贝杂交子代的染色体识别和遗传变异分析中.研究结果表明,在适当的杂交和洗脱条件下,两扇贝ITS-1基因20.3%的差异已足够使虾夷扇贝ITS-1探针产生明显种特异性,探针只在虾夷扇贝分裂相第3对和第5对亚端部染色体或间期细胞上产生稳定的4个杂交信号,但在栉孔扇贝上并不产生明显的杂交信号;采用该探针对两扇贝的正反交子代染色体进行分析,结果表明所有杂交子代染色体分裂相均产生半数的杂交信号,与杂交种含半数的虾夷扇贝亲本染色体相符,杂交信号在杂交种染色体卜的数目和位置保持恒定,并未产生明显的变异;该结果证实了两扇贝的杂交为真正的精卵结合意义的杂交,子代对双亲遗传物质的继承仍以单倍染色体组的叠加为主;同时研究也表明ITS-1探针可有效地运用于杂交子代中特定染色体识别和跟踪过程中,对今后扇贝遗传变异系的识别和鉴定及进一步育种具有重要意义.     

异源四倍体鲫鲤的受精细胞学

异源四倍体鲫鲤的成熟卵子处于第二次减数分裂中期,精子通过受精孔进入卵内.精子入卵以后,受精孔立即被受精塞堵住.受精后8 min,受精卵出现明显的精子星光,同时进入第二次减数分裂后期,即将排出第二极体;13 min时,精子头部开始膨胀,趋向核化;18 min时,雌雄原核均已形成,并向胚盘中央靠近;23 min时,雌、雄原核开始接触;33 min时,雌、雄原核完全融合成为一个合子核;38 min时,受精卵开始第一次卵裂,53 min后分裂形成两个子核.该研究证明异源四倍体鲫鲤和大多数二倍体鱼一样,具有正常的受精细胞学程序,受精方式为单精受精.     

异源四倍体鲫鲤的受精细胞学

异源四倍体鲫鲤的成熟卵子处于第二次减数分裂中期,精子通过受精孔进入卵内。精子入卵以来,受精孔立即被受精塞堵住。受精后8min,受精卵出现明显的精子星光,同时进入第二次减数分裂后期,即将排出第二极体;13min时,精子头部开始膨胀,趋向核化;18min时,雌雄原核均已形成,并向胚盘中央靠近;23min时,雌,雄原核开始接触;33min时,雌,雄原核完全融合成为一个合子核;38min时,受精卵开始第一次卵裂,53min后分裂形成两个子核。该研究证明异源四倍体鲫鲤和大多数二倍体鱼一样,具有正常的受精细胞学程序,受精方式为单精受精。     

南方鲇受精细胞学观察

对17℃和24℃水温条件下受精的南方鲇Silurus meridionalis受精卵进行了细胞学观察.结果表明,南方鲇属于单精入卵、单精受精,在17℃的水温条件下,受精后约20 s精子进入卵子细胞质,受精后20 min左右卵子形成第2极体,并排出体外,受精后25 min左右雌雄原核形成,40～45 min雌雄原核开始接触并部分融合,50 min雌雄原核完全融合形成合子核.24℃条件下除了雌雄原核的形成和融合的时间早一些外,其他受精细胞学程序与17℃基本一致.     

虾夷扇贝精子的超微结构

用扫描和透射电镜研究了虾夷扇贝(Patinopecten yessoensis)精子的超微结构.虾夷扇贝精子为典型的原生型,全长50μm左右,头部长约3 μm.精子主要由头部、中段和尾部三部分组成.头部顶体突出,呈倒"V"形;顶体下方为精核,电子密度较高且占头部大部分,具有核前窝(anterior nuclear fossa)、核后窝(posterior nuclear fossa)和植入窝(implantation fossa);4～5个近圆形的线粒体围绕着中心粒复合体形成精子的中段.尾部细长,尾部鞭毛横切面为典型的"9 2"结构.     

黄颡鱼受精早期精子入卵扫描电镜观察

用扫描电镜对黄颡鱼(Pseudobagrus fulvidraco)成熟精、卵及授精早期精子入卵过程进行了观察。成熟精子为鞭毛型形态,全长为11·2～12·4μm,头部直径1·1～1·3μm,鞭毛长10·0～11·3μm。成熟的黄颡鱼卵呈圆形,具单一受精孔,卵膜上以受精孔为中心分布有无数辐射状沟嵴。授精前,受精孔暴露在外面;授精2s时,受精孔被纤维状物质覆盖,之后大量精子很快黏附在覆盖物上;至授精10s,漏斗状受精孔又暴露出来。黄颡鱼在授精10s～1min内完成精子入卵过程,可观察到几乎所有样品的精孔区出现一圈环状隆起。大量精子处于隆起外侧,只有少数越过隆起到达受精孔前庭。授精1·5min,精孔区的隆起变成两圈,精子鞭毛解体。授精3min,可见迟到的精子被挡在外面。授精5min,精孔区的精子头部解体,受精孔几乎被分泌物覆盖,受精塞清晰可见。至授精20min,精子几乎全部解体。讨论了精子入卵的动力作用、精卵识别和单精受精机制。     

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.