不同LEDs光质下普通白菜开花以及花期生理特性的动态变化（英文）

以普通白菜品种‘苏州青’为试材,采用单因素随机区组设计的盆栽试验,将基质育苗后长至子叶展平时的幼苗转入荧光灯(FL,对照)、蓝光(B)发光二极管(LEDs)、蓝红复合光(BR)和红光(R)下进行照射处理至开花,考察不同光质对普通白菜开花以及花期光合色素含量、品质和碳代谢等的光效应,为利用人工光源调节普通白菜的育种周期提供理论指导。结果显示:(1)随着开花时间延长,普通白菜的开花数目均以R和BR处理显著高于FL;花蕾数目在处理100d时R和BR处理显著多于FL,但是在110和120d时B处理下明显多于FL。(2)随着花期延长,白菜叶片中的光合色素含量呈降低趋势,其在处理100d时表现为BR处理显著高于FL,而在110d时B处理最高,在120d时BR处理最高。(3)随着花期延长,叶片中可溶性蛋白和抗坏血酸含量也呈逐渐降低的趋势;可溶性蛋白含量均在B处理下较大,而抗坏血酸含量在100d时在B处理下最高,但是在110和120d时B和BR处理下较高。(4)随着花期延长,叶片中碳水化合物含量也逐渐降低,其中可溶性糖、蔗糖和淀粉含量均以R处理下最高。研究表明,与荧光对照相比,LEDs光源对普通白菜幼苗的营养生长和生殖生长更有效,其中蓝光有利于普通白菜的营养生长,而红光和蓝红复合光则有利于其生殖生长;可采用红光和蓝红复合光作为普通白菜育种的人工光源,有效促进其工厂化生产进程。     

不同LEDs光质下普通白菜开花以及花期生理特性的动态变化

以普通白菜品种‘苏州青’为试材,采用单因素随机区组设计的盆栽试验,将基质育苗后长至子叶展平时的幼苗转入荧光灯(FL,对照)、蓝光(B)发光二极管（LEDs）、蓝红复合光(BR)和红光（R）下进行照射处理至开花,考察不同光质对普通白菜开花以及花期光合色素含量、品质和碳代谢等的光效应,为利用人工光源调节普通白菜的育种周期提供理论指导。结果显示：（1）随着开花时间延长,普通白菜的开花数目均以R和BR处理显著高于FL;花蕾数目在处理100 d时R和BR处理显著多于FL,但是在110和120 d时B处理下明显多于FL。（2）随着花期延长,白菜叶片中的光合色素含量呈降低趋势,其在处理100 d时表现为BR处理显著高于FL,而在110 d时B处理最高,在120 d时BR处理最高。（3）随着花期延长,叶片中可溶性蛋白和抗坏血酸含量也呈逐渐降低的趋势;可溶性蛋白含量均在B处理下较大,而抗坏血酸含量在100 d时在B处理下最高,但是在110和120 d时B和BR处理下较高。（4）随着花期延长,叶片中碳水化合物含量也逐渐降低,其中可溶性糖、蔗糖和淀粉含量均以R处理下最高。研究表明,与荧光对照相比,LEDs光源对普通白菜幼苗的营养生长和生殖生长更有效,其中蓝光有利于普通白菜的营养生长,而红光和蓝红复合光则有利于其生殖生长;可采用红光和蓝红复合光作为普通白菜育种的人工光源,有效促进其工厂化生产进程。     

不同比例红蓝光对番茄幼苗生长和光合作用的影响

为了探索番茄幼苗生长发育对红蓝组合光的响应机制,本试验采用发光二极管(LED)精量调制光源,以番茄品种‘SV0313TG’为试材,设红光(R)、蓝光(B)和红蓝组合光(9R1B、6R1B、3R1B、1R1B、1R3B)7个处理,以白光为对照,研究不同比例红蓝光质对番茄幼苗生长、光合色素含量、光合特性、叶绿素荧光参数及根系活力的影响.结果表明:不同比例红蓝光质处理对番茄幼苗生长的影响具有明显差异.红光显著促进幼苗株高增加,比叶面积增大,胞间CO₂浓度提高,但PSⅡ最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、PSⅡ实际光化学效率(Ф_PSⅡ)降低,根系生长受阻,根系活力下降,壮苗指数降低;蓝光下幼苗生长受到明显抑制,叶绿素含量降低,但叶绿素a/b 值升高;红蓝组合光有利于番茄幼苗的生长发育,3R1B处理下植株干物质量、叶绿素含量和光合性能均显著提高,幼苗生长健壮,壮苗指数最大.综上,红蓝组合光能够增加番茄幼苗叶片光合色素含量,提高光合效率,促进植株生长,尤以3R1B处理最佳.     

新型光源LED辐射的不同光质配比光对菊花组培苗生长的影响

采用新型光源LED辐射的红光[R,(658±20)nm]、远红光[Fr.(715±20)nm]和蓝光[B,(460±20)nm],观测不同红光/远红光(R/Fr)和红光/蓝光(R/B)配比光对菊花组培苗生长的影响.试验结果表明:红光处理的植株最高,根较长.远红光和蓝光处理的植株矮小,根短细.类胡萝卜素含量与R/Fr比率呈负相关,叶绿素a、叶绿素b、叶绿素(a b)、类胡萝卜素含量与R/B比率也呈负相关.叶绿素a/b比值与R/Fr和R/B比率呈正相关.红光有利于可溶性糖和淀粉的积累,降低色素含量.而蓝光能够逆转此效应,可促进色素和可溶性蛋白的合成.红光和蓝光组合处理的叶中可溶性糖和淀粉含量以及根系活力均高于白光处理的,尤以高R/B配比光处理的组培苗生长健壮,移栽成活率最高.     

光强和红蓝光配比对瓠瓜幼苗生长及生理生化特性的影响

以瓠瓜品种‘福州芋瓠’为试材,在南方塑料大棚内密闭式光照植物培养架中,以荧光灯作为共同对照(CK),采用发光二极管(LED)调制光谱能量分布,设置50、100、120μmol·m~(-2)·s~(-1) 3个水平(表示为L50、L100、L120),红、蓝配比设置3∶7和7∶3等2个水平(表示为RB3∶7、RB7∶3),包括对照组共7个处理组合,各处理每天照光12h(8:00~20:00),研究不同光强和红蓝光配比对瓠瓜幼苗生长及其生理生化特性的影响。结果表明:(1)在处理7~14d时,瓠瓜幼苗叶片的叶绿素a、叶绿素b、叶绿素总量及其类胡萝卜素含量均随着处理天数的增加而增加,但处理后期,各色素指标有所下降。(2)光强一致时,红光比重大的处理组瓠瓜幼苗叶片可溶性糖含量较蓝光比重大的处理组增大更为显著;蓝光比重大的处理组的瓠瓜幼苗叶片可溶性蛋白质含量较红光比重大的处理组增大更为显著。(3)在光质红蓝配比分别RB3∶7、RB7∶3条件下,生长指标(株高、茎粗、叶面积、下胚轴长、壮苗指数和生物量)及若干生理生化特性(光合色素、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白质和丙二醛含量)均随着光强的增大而显著提高,而MDA含量则显著降低。研究表明,瓠瓜幼苗在光强为120μmol·m~(-2)·s~(-1)下生长较好,且红蓝光配比为7∶3时更有利于瓠瓜幼苗的生长。     

白光与红蓝光比例对番茄壮苗及光合特性的影响

采用LED(发光二极管)光源,在相同光强下研究不同比例红(R)蓝(B)白(W)光质对番茄幼苗形态建成和光合特性的影响。结果表明:与对照(CK,R:B=3:1)相比,R3B1W1(R:B:W=3:1:1)处理能够显著提高幼苗的茎粗、叶面积、干鲜重和根系构型参数,R9B3W8(R:B:W=9:3:8)处理与CK无显著差异,其他处理均低于CK;根系活力除R3B1W1显著高于CK外,其他处理均低于CK;在红蓝光中混合少量白光能够显著增加叶片栅栏组织和海绵组织厚度,改善光系统II性能,提高净光合速率(P_n)及光合电子传递速率,以R3B1W1处理最优。综上,适宜光强比例的红蓝白光能够改善番茄幼苗叶片结构,提高幼苗光合效率,进而促进植株生物量的积累,有利于壮苗培育。     

光质对绿豆幼苗叶片超微弱发光及叶绿素含量的影响

以绿豆幼苗为试材,测定其叶片超弱发光(UBE)及叶绿素含量在不同光质条件下的变化,并探讨两者之间的关系.结果表明,生长在不同光质下绿豆幼苗叶片的UBE及延迟发光衰减参数1/P都随着其生长不断增强,且生长在白光下绿豆幼苗的UBE是生长在其他光质(红、黄、蓝、绿)下幼苗的2倍以上,而红光、黄光和绿光处理之间无显著差异;生长在白光下的绿豆幼苗叶片叶绿素含量显著高于红、黄、蓝、绿光处理幼苗,而红光和黄光处理又显著高于蓝光和绿光处理.研究发现,光质对绿豆幼苗叶片超弱发光和叶绿素含量影响相似,绿豆幼苗叶片超弱发光可能与叶绿体的发育和光合作用有关.     

油菜素内酯对霍山石斛抗冷性能的调控效应

以2年生霍山石斛(Dendrobium huoshanense)的当年生茎叶为试验材料,在叶面喷施0、0.01、0.05、0.10和0.50mg·L-1油菜素内酯(BR)后,进行48h昼/夜温度为(4±1)℃/(2±1)℃的低温胁迫处理,测定其幼苗叶片叶绿素含量、抗氧化酶活性、丙二醛含量和电导率及脯氨酸含量和可溶性糖含量的变化,研究BR对霍山石斛抗冷性的影响。结果显示:(1)低温胁迫条件下,霍山石斛叶片叶绿素含量随胁迫时间推移而不断降低;SOD、POD与CAT活性变化趋势均呈单峰曲线,峰值出现在低温胁迫后10d;MDA含量和电导率均持续提高。(2)叶面喷施BR预处理显著缓解了低温胁迫对霍山石斛的伤害,显著提高其叶片叶绿素含量,显著增强了SOD、POD与CAT的活性,显著降低其MDA含量和电导率;并显著提高了叶片中脯氨酸含量与茎中可溶性糖含量。(3)BR浓度为0.10mg·L-1的处理效果显著优于其它浓度处理。研究表明,在低温胁迫条件下,油菜素内酯能够通过增强霍山石斛叶片内抗氧化酶活性,提高其渗透调节能力,有效减轻低温造成的过氧化伤害,提高叶片叶绿素含量,增强其植株的抗冷性,并以0.10mg·L-1油菜素内酯效果最佳。     

LED光质对非洲菊组培苗增殖及生理特性的影响

为提高非洲菊增殖培养的效率并降低生产能耗,通过发光二极管(LED)设置不同比例的红蓝光组合,研究光质对非洲菊离体培养增殖阶段的影响,通过对丛生苗形态指标和生理生化指标的测定,筛选出最适LED光质条件,并初步探讨其生理机制。结果显示:(1)不同LED光质条件下,非洲菊组培苗的增殖系数差异显著,其中RB4(红蓝光比例为4∶1)处理显著高于其他处理。(2)丛生苗的株高在复合光处理下显著低于R(单一红光)和B(单一蓝光)处理;鲜重和干重在红蓝复合光RB2、RB4、RB8(红蓝光比例分别为2∶1、4∶1和8∶1)处理下均显著高于R、B和对照处理。(3)RB4处理下丛生苗的可溶性糖含量显著高于其他处理,比对照提高了89.62%。(4)LED复合光处理下丛生苗的丙二醛含量显著低于对照,并呈现随红光比例增加而不断降低的趋势;RB2、RB4和RB8处理的超氧化物歧化酶活性显著低于其他处理;除R处理外,其他LED光质处理的丛生苗过氧化氢酶活性均显著高于对照,并以RB4处理丛生苗过氧化氢酶活性最强。研究表明,RB2、RB4和RB8处理有助于提高非洲菊组培苗的增殖系数和干鲜重,并能够促进可溶性糖含量的增加,增强植株自身对活性氧的解毒能力,减轻植株的膜脂过氧化作用,且以RB4处理表现最优,其非洲菊丛生苗的增殖系数和可溶性糖含量显著高于其他处理,干鲜重和过氧化氢酶活性均为最高,丙二醛含量显著低于除单一红光外的其他处理。     

光质对番茄和莴苣幼苗生长及叶绿体超微结构的影响

采用发光二极管(LED)精确调制不同光谱能量分布,以荧光灯光照为对照,研究光质对番茄和莴苣幼苗生长及叶绿体超微结构的影响.结果表明：红光下番茄、莴苣幼苗的可溶性糖、淀粉和碳水化合物含量均显著高于对照,叶片叶绿体中淀粉粒膨大显著;蓝光极显著抑制了番茄下胚轴伸长,显著提高了莴苣和番茄幼苗叶片叶绿素a和类胡萝卜素含量;红蓝光下莴苣幼苗叶片的可溶性糖、淀粉、碳水化合物、蔗糖含量和C/N均达到最大值且显著高于红光处理,番茄和莴苣幼苗的主根显著伸长,幼苗叶片中叶绿体形态正常,基粒增多,基质片层清晰,淀粉粒体积明显小于红光处理.光质对植物幼苗的光形态建成、生长、碳氮代谢及叶绿体发育有显著影响;红光下光合产物积累显著但运输受阻严重,在红光中添加适量蓝光更有利于莴苣幼苗的碳水化合物积累,并可促进幼苗根系生长,有利于同化产物输出.     

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.