假苍耳的生活史进程中几种生理生化指标的变化

本文试图从生理生化的角度对假苍耳(Iva xanthifolia)生活史进程中可溶性糖类、赤霉素、单宁以及黄酮的变化进行探讨。通过对假苍耳在生长发育期间几种生理生化指标的测定, 结果表明, 在假苍耳生活史进程的不同阶段, 其体内各种代谢产物的含量基本都在种子或芽阶段具有最高含量。此外, 不同发育阶段可溶性还原糖含量的变化规律相似: 芽>花序>苗>成株>种子。除在花序和苗阶段没有测到海藻糖, 其他各阶段海藻糖的含量变化如下: 芽>成株>种子。另外, 只有在种子阶段检测到棉子糖, 其含量为15.43 mg.g-1。赤霉素含量的变化规律如下: 种子＞芽≈苗≈花序＞成株。单宁含量的变化趋势: 种子＞成株＞苗＞芽＞花序。黄酮含量的变化趋势: 种子＞芽＞成株≈花序＞苗。值得注意的是, 当单宁/黄酮的比值接近1时, 植物体内需要的单宁和黄酮的含量则相对较低; 相反, 当单宁/黄酮的比值接近0时, 植物体内需要的单宁和黄酮的含量则较高。     

紫茎泽兰生长发育过程中糖、激素、单宁、黄酮的变化

采用高效液相和分光光度法对紫茎泽兰不同发育阶段（种子,芽,幼苗和成株）糖、激素、单宁及总黄酮含量差异进行了研究。结果表明：不同糖类的变化。紫茎泽兰的葡萄糖含量以芽最高,为6.93%;而种子（0.16%）、幼苗（1.27%）、成株(1.07%)均明显低于芽阶段;同样,紫茎泽兰中蔗糖含量芽较高,为2.68%,而种子（0.32%）、幼苗（0.52%）、成株(0.09%)均明显低于芽阶段。果糖含量的变化,最大值也是在芽阶段（3.28%）,其次为种子阶段（2.56%）,而种子和成株阶段均很低（0.14%和0.55%）。测定中,海藻糖、棉子糖、甘露糖的含量差别很大,仅种子阶段测定出3种糖的含量,结果表明差别不大,依次为0.04%、0.04%、0.03%。激素类的变化。在不同发育阶段,紫茎泽兰芽阶段吲哚乙酸（IAA）含量较高,达到14.20μg·g^-1 Dw ,比种子阶段高1.25μg·g^-1 Dw,是幼苗的1.63倍,成株阶段的5.55倍。紫茎泽兰赤霉素（GA）含量在不同发育阶段存在着明显的差异,而且种子的GA含量（901.11μg·g^-1 Dw）明显高于芽、幼苗和成株阶段,而以芽和幼苗阶段含量最低,分别为97.35和84.29μg·g^-1 Dw,成株阶段略高于芽和幼苗阶段,为280.50μg·g^-1 Dw。单宁类的变化：紫茎泽兰单宁变化差异明显,紫茎泽兰种子中单宁含量为1.98%,明显高于芽、幼苗和成株阶段（<0.30%）;总黄酮类的变化：紫茎泽兰总黄酮含量在发育过程中呈不断上升趋势。紫茎泽兰种子中总黄酮含量很微弱,为0.04%,而芽、幼苗和成株阶段的紫茎泽兰总黄酮含量均明显高于种子阶段,并且这3个阶段之间含量差别不大,分别为（0.60%、0.64%、0.62%）。这些结果说明,糖、激素、单宁及总黄酮含量与植物生长发育的基本规律和代谢过程的调控密切相关。     

瓜蚜为害对寄主植物主要营养物质和次生物质的影响

为明确瓜蚜Aphis gossypii Glover与其寄主植物相互作用关系及其机理,本文采用蒽酮比色法、考马斯亮蓝法、磷钼酸－磷钨酸比色法及索氏回流法,分别测定了瓜蚜为害对黄瓜、哈密瓜、南瓜、瓢葫芦和搅瓜等5种寄主植物叶片内可溶性总糖、可溶性蛋白质、单宁及黄酮含量的影响。结果表明,瓜蚜为害后,供试寄主植物叶片中可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量显著降低,而单宁和黄酮的含量明显上升。说明瓜蚜为害导致寄主植物营养质量下降,而次生代谢物质含量上升,从而对植食者产生诱导抗性。     

不同生境白屈菜(Chelidonium majus)生活史型特征及其与不同器官单宁、黄酮、生物碱含量的关系

运用主成分分析法,对不同生境条件下白屈菜植物生活史型相关的营养生长（vegetative growth,V）、有性生长（sexual growth,S）和克隆生长（clonal growth,C）的主成分得分及比例进行定量计算,并以此为基础研究了生活史型特征参数及次生代谢产物单宁含量、黄酮含量与生物碱含量的相关关系,目的是为植物活性成分环境定向诱导培育提供实验依据。研究结果表明：（1）对于不同光照状况的全光照（空地）、70%光照（榆树林内）和40%光照下（白扦林内）的9个样地白屈菜生活史型划分发现,全光照下白屈菜种群生活史型为V0.34S0.41C0.25,为SV生活史型,空地为DE（Disturbed but still Excellent）生境;榆树林下和白扦林下的白屈菜生活史型分别可表示为V0.28S0.38C0.34和V0.27S0.40C0.33,均为SC生活史型,榆树林下和白扦林下为DF（Disturbed and Fragile）生境。（2）白屈菜植株次生代谢产物（单宁、黄酮和生物碱）含量,空地均低于榆树林下和白扦林下生境。各样地白屈菜不同器官单宁含量：叶片（种（根（茎;黄酮含量：种（叶片（根（茎;生物碱含量：叶片（根（茎,各样地白屈菜茎和根的生物碱含量无明显差异,空地白屈菜叶片中生物碱含量低于榆树林下和白扦林下白屈菜植株59%～56.7%。（3）白屈菜生活史型与次生代谢产物（单宁、黄酮和生物碱）含量相关性分析结果中,显著的线性关系显示,白屈菜次生代谢产物（单宁、黄酮和生物碱）含量与营养生长和有性生长成负相关,与克隆生长成正相关。实验结果表明,较于空地的DE生境,林（榆树和白扦）下的DF生境条件差,使白屈菜向C型转变,同时也促进了次生代谢产物（单宁、黄酮和生物碱）的积累。结果可以为野生植物的人工定向培育中生境选择和目的活性成分定向累积提供基于形态学的评价方法和理论。     

影响黄帚橐吾种子生产的因素Ⅰ.生境和花序结构

 通过对黄帚橐吾(Ligularia virgaurea)自然种群在不同生境和种群密度下的种子生产的研究,结果显示：1）黄帚橐吾的种子生产无论是在种群水平,还是在总花序上同一部位头状花序水平,均受到生境条件的影响,其种子数量、种子均重和种子总重量等特征在不同生境间表现出沙地＞滩地＞坡地,在同一生境内则为高密度种群＞低密度种群和植被盖度较低＞植被盖度较高的趋势（滩地例外）;2）种子生产中的种子数量和种子总重与总花序大小、头状花序数量以及无性系株大小多呈显著正相关,与个体密度无关,但种子均重与上述因素（除无性系株大小外）的关系不显著;3）在总花序内不同部位头状花序间表现出的种子生产变化趋势（顶部＞基部）不受生境条件、种群密度等因素的影响; 4）种子生产在总花序上所表现出的这种部位依赖性可能是由于不同部位头状花序间开花时序上的差异引起种子从母体获取资源上的不同所致。     

不同抗性短枝木麻黄种源苗木接种青枯病菌后酚类物质含量的变化

为了解短枝木麻黄(Casuarina equisetifolia)抗青枯病的机理,对接种青枯病菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)后短枝木麻黄的单宁和黄酮含量变化进行了分析。结果表明,不同抗性短枝木麻黄种源小枝的总酚和单宁含量呈现不同的变化趋势,高抗、中抗种源均呈现先升高后降低的变化趋势,峰值均约为126 mg g–1,但中抗种源的峰值出现时间较晚,而易感种源则呈逐渐升高趋势。抗、感种源木麻黄接种青枯菌后,小枝中缩合单宁含量均呈现逐渐升高的趋势,但高抗种源的缩合单宁含量均显著高于易感种源,增加70.33%。抗性种源黄酮含量呈S型上升趋势,易感种源则持续缓慢升高。这表明接种青枯病菌后,抗、感短枝木麻黄种源表现出不同的防御特征,次生物质含量增幅越大,抑菌抗氧化能力越强,短枝木麻黄表现出的抗性越强。     

入侵植物假苍耳对土壤中铜、铅重金属污染的富集特征

通过室内盆栽试验研究入侵植物假苍耳(Iva xanthifolia)在营养生长阶段对铜、铅的耐性及富集特征。实验结果表明,在1~16 mg·L^-1的添加铜处理及0.5~14 mg·L^-1的添加铅处理条件下,假苍耳对铜、铅两种单一金属均有很强的耐性及富集作用,重金属在植物体地上部和地下部的富集量分别为607.59、137.20,404.38、34.53 mg·kg^-1,对应的富集系数为11.39、4.18,转运系数4.43、11.71,且重金属在植物体内的分布规律均表现为：茎部＞叶片＞根部,地上部分的积累量远大于地下部分。对叶色、株高及生物量等特征的观察表明假苍耳的生长未受到抑制,符合超富集植物的基本特征。与一般超富集植物相比,假苍耳作为一种外来入侵植物,具有生长迅速、植物材料易得,生物量大且分布范围广的优点。     

短枝木麻黄小枝单宁对其幼苗生长及单宁含量的效应

以短枝木麻黄(Casuarina equisetifolia)小枝中提取的单宁处理其幼苗,探讨其化感作用及其对幼苗单宁含量的影响.结果表明,单宁对木麻黄幼苗的生长有显著抑制作用,且随着处理浓度的升高,抑制作用逐渐增强,处理15 d后,单宁的化感作用对芽长的抑制程度显著高于根长.单宁处理后,幼苗体内单宁含量也发生显著变化,随着处理浓度的升高而逐渐降低,尤其是总酚和可溶性缩合单宁的含量,单宁溶液的浓度与被处理幼苗体内单宁含量间有显著的线性负相关.因此,短枝木麻黄体内的单宁会对同种的幼苗产生化感作用,这种化感作用不仅影响幼苗的生长和发育,也会通过影响幼苗体内次生代谢物质的形成而影响幼苗对食草动物和其他不利因素的抵抗能力.     

水飞蓟萌发期和苗期对盐胁迫的生长生理响应

为了探讨水飞蓟萌发期和苗期对盐胁迫的响应,比较不同水飞蓟类型耐盐性的强弱,以黑色果皮（SD）和白色果皮（HW）2个类型水飞蓟为材料,用不同浓度NaCl（0、0.1%、0.3%、0.5%、0.7%、0.9%）溶液处理种子和幼苗,观察种子发芽势、发芽率和芽苗和幼苗生长及其生理生化特征。结果表明:（1）NaCl胁迫下,水飞蓟种子发芽率、发芽势下降,芽苗生长表现为低浓度促进高浓度（HW为≥0.5%,SD为≥0.3%）抑制,且盐分对子叶长、胚轴长和鲜重影响较大,对干重无显著影响。（2）盐胁迫下水飞蓟幼苗叶片中MDA含量升高,光合色素（Chl a、Chl b、Car）含量下降,幼苗生长表现为低浓度促进高浓度（HW为≥0.9%,SD为≥0.7%）抑制;植株体内可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖含量及保护酶（SOD、POD、CAT）活性先升高后降低,脯氨酸含量则持续增加,其中保护酶活性在0.7% NaCl处理下较对照显著下降,可溶性蛋白和可溶性糖含量在0.9% NaCl处理下较对照显著下降。研究发现,在水飞蓟种子萌发期,盐分主要通过改变种子吸涨能力来影响芽苗生长;在苗期,水飞蓟幼苗主要通过提高渗透物质含量和保护酶活性来缓解盐分造成的伤害;水飞蓟萌发期和苗期耐盐性有所差别,萌发期耐盐能力明显低于苗期,2个类型水飞蓟耐盐性强弱表现为白色果皮类型＞黑色果皮类型。     

赤霉素诱导小桐子产生两性花

小桐子（Jatropha curcas）种子含油率高,油脂组成适合于生产生物燃油,是制备航空生物燃油和生物柴油的理想原料。小桐子是一种雌雄同株植物,雌雄花着生于同一花序,其花序中雌花比例很低,可能是其种子产量低的主要原因之一。本文研究用不同浓度的赤霉素外源喷施处理小桐子花序芽对其花和种子发育的影响。结果表明：外源赤霉素处理能够诱导小桐子产生两性花,且处理浓度越高,两性花数量越多;随着两性花数量的增加,雌花数量相应越少,但雌花与两性花数量之和在各处理和对照之间差异不显著,这表明赤霉素诱导出的两性花可能来源于雌花。另外,高浓度(500~1500mg·L-1)的赤霉素处理会导致小桐子的种子不能正常发育, 表现为每个果实中的种子数量、大小、单粒种子重量、每个果序的种子重量以及种子的含油量都显著减少。这些结果有助于深入理解赤霉素在小桐子花器官形成及种子发育过程中所发挥的生理作用,为从分子水平上对小桐子进行遗传改良、提高其种子产量奠定基础。     

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.