间接免疫荧光鉴别奶牛胚胎性别的研究

本实验用H—Y抗体的间接免疫荧光方法对奶牛6—7日龄胚胎进行性别鉴别。用数排卵法获得的胚胎,共选37枚在含H—Y抗血清的M2培养液中温育30min,用M2培养液清洗后,在含FITC—荧光标记的羊抗鼠IgG二抗的M2中温育30min,经洗后的胚胎在Nikon倒置荧光显微镜下鉴别有无荧光,结果21枚胚胎有特异免疫荧光,判作雄性胚胎;16枚无特异免疫荧光,判作雌性胚胎,分别占57％和43％。这与自然出生公母犊各约50％和性比率无显著差别(P>0.25),判定为雄性的5枚胚胎移植给3头受体奶牛(每头移植1或2枚)、3枚判定为雌性胚胎移植给2头受体奶牛一头移植一枚,枚、另一头移植2枚)移植后两个月时检查有3头受体怀孕,其中,一头移植有荧光胚胎的受体返植无荧光胚胎的2头受体各产一母犊(体重皆41kg)。     

运用PCR对小鼠植入前胚胎进行性别诊断

根据C57BL6小鼠Y染色体重复序列145C5的碱基顺序,设计并合成一对引物,运用PCR扩增昆明白小鼠入前胚胎卵裂球DNA,以确定其性别,共对108枚活检胚胎的相应卵裂球进行了性别诊断,获雄性胚46枚,雌性胚62枚,移植后分别获雄性仔鼠4只,准确率100％（4／4）,雌性仔鼠9只,准确率70％（9／13）,本研究结果表明小鼠Y染色体重复序列145C5的碱基顺序在C57BL6小鼠和昆明白小鼠中基本一致,为农牧业动物进行性别选择和运用PCR进行单基因病植入前遗传学诊断提供了方法学基础。     

慢性应激对不同性别小鼠空间认知能力的影响

目的:探讨慢性应激对不同性别小鼠空间认知能力的影响.方法:成年健康昆明小鼠32只,平均分为4组(n=8):雄性对照组和雄性应激组,雌性对照组和雌性应激组.研究采用改良的Kaz法,建立慢性应激小鼠模型,利用Morris水迷宫进行定位航行和空间搜索实验,观察不同性别的小鼠空间认知能力的改变.结果:经2周的应激处理后,在定位...     

抗H-Y抗原单克隆抗体的研究

H-Y抗原是由Y染色体编码的、雄性动物特有的组织相容性抗原,分布在细胞膜表面,利用抗H-Y抗体可以鉴别或杀伤早期的雄性胚胎,从而达到控制动物性别的目的。但是,用常规方法获得的H-Y抗体,产量很低,效价不高,无法大量应用。为此,我们采用单克隆抗体技术解决这一问题。 用雄性C57小鼠的脾细胞免疫雌性C57小鼠,经加强免疫后,取免疫雌鼠的脾细胞与骨     

H22腹水型肝癌荷瘤小鼠耐受性的性别差异

目的:观察性别对小鼠H22腹水型肝癌生长情况的影响,研究不同性别动物对肝癌耐受性的差异。方法:取30只8周龄昆明鼠,雌雄各半,随机分为四组,实验组每组10只,对照组每组5只,腹腔接种小鼠H22肝癌细胞,建立小鼠H22腹水型肝癌模型。每天测量小鼠体重并记录生存时间,直至实验组小鼠全部死亡,比较性别因素对小鼠H22腹水型肝癌的生存期是否存在差异。结果:小鼠接种瘤细胞后,逐渐产生腹水,体重增加。雌性小鼠的体重增加比雄性小鼠显著,P=0.049。雄性小鼠生存后期体重出现下降,呈明显恶液质状态。雌性小鼠的体重、腹水增加虽然较雄性动物明显,但生存期却并不少于雄性鼠,反而比雄性小鼠略长,P=0.1567。结论:性别对小鼠H22腹水型肝癌的生长有一定的差异,雌性小鼠的耐受性优于雄性小鼠。     

EGFP小鼠ES细胞来源的生殖系嵌合小鼠的获得和鉴定

生殖系嵌合体的获得是实现ES细胞介导的转基因途径的决定步骤,而嵌合体的制作及生殖系嵌合体的获得则是判定ES细胞系是否具有配子分化能力的有效方法。利用一株表达绿色荧光蛋白的杂种ES细胞系制备出嵌合体小鼠,共获得9只表达绿色荧光蛋白的嵌合体小鼠,其中有8只雄性, 1只雌性,目前均发育成健康成年小鼠。流式细胞检测显示了绿色荧光蛋白在嵌合鼠以下器官的表达情况:心(77.96±15.78) %、脾(84.06±3.60) %、肾(42.49±19.79) %、骨髓(52.02±18.78) %。昆明雌鼠与雄性嵌合鼠杂交1代(F1)毛色表型分析显示该株ES细胞具有生殖系嵌合能力。     

ICR系雄性小鼠月龄对体外受精的影响

目前 ,小鼠体外受精技术越来越完善 ,已被广泛应用于其他生物工程技术领域。以往在体外受精时 ,通常使用性成熟的小鼠。而有关适合体外受精的雄性小鼠的月龄期限的研究尚未见有报道。为了确定适合小鼠体外受精的雄性小鼠的月龄期限 ,本研究探讨了雄性小鼠的月龄对体外受精的影响。1　材料与方法1 1　实验小鼠　选择 2～ 14月龄的ＩＣＲ系雄性小鼠和性成熟ＩＣＲ系雌性小鼠 (5～ 8周龄 )。1.2　体外受精　采用颈椎脱椎法宰杀实验用雄性小鼠后 ,采取附睾尾精子 ,用经二氧化碳培养箱 (37℃ ,5 %ＣＯ2 ,95 %空气 ,加湿 )中预平衡 12ｈ以上的 16…     

小鼠早期胚胎性别鉴定的研究

用改进的细胞遗传学方法制备染色体标本,鉴定了小鼠晚期桑椹胚(晚桑)、囊胚和扩展囊胚(扩囊)的性别。在实验中,利用小鼠早期胚胎染色体标本制备的理想实验参数,鉴定了242枚小鼠晚桑、囊胚和扩囊的性别,性别鉴定成功率分别为80.4％、99.0％和94.5％。以细胞遗传学方法鉴定小鼠早期胚胎性别的结果为标准,得出用间接免疫荧光法和PCR(聚合酶链反应)扩增SRY(y染色体的性别决定期)部分序列法分别鉴定100枚和26枚小鼠胚胎性别的准确率相应地为74.0％和92.3％。     

大鼠Y染色体探针的制备与鉴定

目的:研究制备地高辛标记的大鼠性别决定基因Y区(Y染色体,SRY)探针,用于检测雄性大鼠来源的细胞在雌性受鼠体内的SRY基因表达情况.方法:按已知的雄性大鼠Y染色体上性别决定基因(SRY)的序列,请上海博亚公司合成oligoDNA,采用PCR技术连接并扩增,地高辛标记的方法制备基因探针.以雌性大鼠为对照,原位杂交法检测大鼠肾组织切片Y染色体阳性细胞情况.结果:用原位杂交法证实在雄性大鼠肾脏内有SRY表达,而雌性大鼠肾脏无Y染色体阳性细胞,证实这种探针具有较高的敏感性和特异性.结论:大鼠性别决定基因SRY探针的制备成功,为进一步研究异体雄性大鼠细胞移植后的分布和表达提供了实验基础.     

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.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

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).