利用秀丽线虫评价4种食药用菌水提物抗氧化活性

利用秀丽线虫为模型对桦褐孔菌、灵芝、云芝、灰树花水提物进行抗氧化活性评价。结果表明:桦褐孔菌水提物最佳抗氧化浓度为0.2 mg/m L,线虫平均寿命为7.84 d,比对照组延长了1.17倍;灵芝、云芝和灰树花水提物最佳抗氧化浓度均为1.0 mg/m L,线虫平均寿命分别为8.84 d、6.75 d、5.98 d,比对照组分别延长0.92倍、1.08倍和1.20倍。研究结果为这些食药用菌的开发提供有用的参考依据。     

鲍姆纤孔菌（桑黄）不同方式发酵的菌丝体生物活性比较

利用液体发酵、木屑固体发酵和米饭固体发酵3种方式培养鲍姆纤孔菌（桑黄）菌丝体,对菌丝体醇提物的体外抗氧化、抗肿瘤和抗衰老生物活性进行了研究。结果表明,木屑固体发酵、液体发酵和米饭固体发酵的菌丝体醇提物清除H2O2自由基的IC50值分别为78.28±0.32、27.73±0.57和7.84±0.37;米饭培养的桑黄菌丝体醇提物在低浓度500μg/mL下对超氧阴离子自由基清除作用到达80%,在相同的浓度下对DPPH自由基清除率也明显高于其他两种方法,表现出较高的抗氧化活性。木屑以及米饭培养方法得到的菌丝体对PC12神经细胞损伤修复均有较好的效果,液体培养的桑黄菌丝体表现的修复作用较低;液体发酵培养的菌丝体醇提物浓度在100μg/mL时,对肿瘤细胞HepG2的抑制率达70%,高于其他两种培养方法的抑制作用。     

桦褐孔菌提取物抗氧化活性研究

以乙酸乙酯和甲醇为提取剂,采用索氏提取法,剩余残渣采用热水浸提,最终得到桦褐孔菌不同极性提取物,对其DPPH自由基、羟基自由基及超氧阴离子自由基清除活性作用进行了研究,确定桦褐孔菌的抗氧化能力,为深入研究和开发桦褐孔菌功能性食品奠定理论基础。实验结果表明桦褐孔菌具有较好的抗氧化活性,其中乙酸乙酯提取物的DPPH自由基清除率、羟基自由基清除率和超氧阴离子自由基清除率均高于其他两组分及BHT,桦褐孔菌提取物有望成为功能性食品组分中合成抗氧化剂的天然替代品。     

氨基酸和霉菌水提物对深层发酵桦褐孔菌菌丝体黄酮积累及其抗氧化活性的影响

黄酮类化合物是桦褐孔菌菌丝体中多酚类化合物的重要组成部分,也是该菌治疗众多疾病的有效成分之一。然而人工培养桦褐孔菌黄酮等酚类化合物积累甚少,导致药理活性的明显下降。为此,我们研究了3种氨基酸和4种霉菌水提物对深层发酵桦褐孔菌黄酮的积累及其抗氧化能力的影响。在所试验的3种氨基酸和4种霉菌水提物中,L-酪氨酸,黄曲霉和毛霉水提物能有效地增加该菌黄酮的积累。人工培养菌体中的黄酮至少由4种黄酮苷组成,苷元分别是槲皮素、柚皮素、山奈酚和异鼠李素。深层发酵菌丝体具有一定的抗氧化能力,并与总黄酮的含量呈正相关。由L-酪氨酸,黄曲霉和毛霉水提物调控生长的桦褐孔菌菌丝体,能有效地清除超氧阴离子、羟基自由基和DPPH自由基。     

抑制前列腺癌的食药用菌醇提物的筛选及灵芝醇提物对癌细胞的抑制机理

比较了灰树花Grifola frondosa、巴氏蘑菇Agaricus blazei、 猴头菌Hericium erinaceus、刺芹侧耳Pleurotus eryngii、毛头鬼伞Coprinus comatus、蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris、灵芝Ganoderma lingzhi、香菇Lentinula edodes、桑黄Sanghuangporus sanghuang和桦褐孔菌Inonotus obliquus 10种食用菌醇提物对前列腺癌LNCaP细胞增殖的影响,其中灵芝醇提物对LNCaP细胞增殖及5ɑ-还原酶活性具有良好的抑制效果,对LNCaP细胞释放PSA的抑制效果也好于其他食用菌。进一步研究灵芝醇提物对LNCaP细胞的抑制机理,结果表明,灵芝醇提物通过诱导细胞凋亡、使Caspase-3、Bax、P53活性升高,PARP、Bcl-2活性下降来实现对LNCap细胞的抑制作用。利用自噬抑制剂氯喹和自噬激活剂雷帕霉素观察细胞自噬在灵芝醇提物抗肿瘤过程中的作用,结果表明,体外激活细胞自噬对LNCaP细胞起到保护,从而减弱了灵芝醇提物的抗肿瘤作用。     

桦褐孔菌活性物质的提取工艺及体外抗糖尿病活性

对桦褐孔菌活性物质的提取工艺及其体外抗糖尿病活性进行研究。桦褐孔菌子实体用乙醇浸提后,乙醇粗提物用不同有机溶剂萃取,醇提残渣再以热水浸提,用标准曲线法测定活性组分中活性成分的含量,并检测活性物质对羟基自由基(·OH)、超氧阴离子自由基(O2-·)的清除效果以及对关键糖代谢酶α-淀粉酶、α-葡萄糖苷酶的抑制作用。结果表明:4种活性组分(乙酸乙酯相、正丁醇相、水相和粗多糖)对羟基自由基(·OH)和超氧阴离子自由基(O2-·)都有较强的清除作用,其中乙酸乙酯组分的活性最高,乙醇粗提物萃取组分对α-淀粉酶有抑制活性,而粗多糖对α-葡萄糖苷酶有抑制作用;桦褐孔菌具有抗氧化和抗糖尿病活性,其活性与活性物质种类及其含量具有相关性。     

外源因子对桦褐孔菌发酵产桦褐孔菌醇的影响

食药用真菌因其丰富的天然活性物质成为具有开发潜力的药物来源。桦褐孔菌Inonotus obliquus作为一种珍稀的药用真菌,因其对糖尿病、消化系统疾病、心血管疾病、肝病和癌症等疾病有良好的治疗效果而受到广泛关注。桦褐孔菌醇（inotodiol）是桦褐孔菌特有的一种羊毛甾烷型三萜类化合物,具有多种抗癌活性。本文的主要目的是研究外源因子的添加对桦褐孔菌液态发酵产桦褐孔菌醇的影响,以及对桦褐孔菌醇合成途径中酶活的影响。结果表明：最佳外源因子是香叶醇,最佳添加浓度和添加时间分别为0.02%（V/V）和第144小时。发酵结束时（240h）桦褐孔菌醇的产量为27.89mg/L是对照组（9.23mg/L）的3.02倍。通过对比添加香叶醇后桦褐孔菌醇的产量变化以及合成途径中4种酶（法尼基焦磷酸合酶、角鲨烯合酶、角鲨烯环氧化酶和羊毛甾醇合酶）的活性变化,对香叶醇的作用机制进行了初步探究。研究结果表明添加香叶醇后,4种酶活性均较对照组有显著的提高,与此对应的桦褐孔菌醇产量也显著增加,说明这4种酶在桦褐孔菌醇合成途径中起到了积极的作用。     

桦褐孔菌与松口蘑菌粉降血糖作用的研究

为评价桦褐孔菌和松口蘑发酵菌粉的降血糖作用,本文观察了经不同浓度桦褐孔菌和松口蘑菌粉溶液灌胃后,小鼠正常血糖、给予葡萄糖小鼠以及四氧嘧啶糖尿病小鼠血糖的变化.结果表明:桦褐孔菌、松口蘑菌粉溶液(500、1000 mg/kg)对小鼠正常血糖值、正常小鼠糖耐量没有明显影响(P>0.05);对于糖尿病小鼠血糖,桦褐孔菌低剂量组(500 mg/kg)和桦褐孔菌高剂量组(1000 mg/kg)的降糖效果较为明显(P<0.01),用药前与用药后第21 d的血糖值分别为(14.94±1.85)、(10.43±2.22)和(14.89±1.65)、(10.17±2.14) mmol/L,降糖率分别为30.23% 和31.7%.桦褐孔菌和松口蘑菌粉对于小鼠正常血糖、正常小鼠糖耐量无明显影响,对于四氧嘧啶糖尿病小鼠具有一定的降血糖效果.     

桦褐孔菌多糖生物活性及构效关系的研究进展

桦褐孔菌是我国东北地区重要的药用菌物资源,用于消化道癌症、糖尿病的防治。多糖不仅是其重要的生物活性成分之一,因其在免疫调节、抗肿瘤、抗氧化、降血糖及降血脂等方面的功效,也成为近年来研究及产品开发的热点。文中总结了近10年桦褐孔菌多糖生物活性研究进展,并首次对桦褐孔菌多糖构效关系进行综述,以期为桦褐孔菌多糖结构、生物活性及产品的开发提供参考。     

桦褐孔菌菌质活性组分的提取及其体外抗氧化作用

为提取桦褐孔菌菌质各活性组分并研究其体外抗氧化活性,将桦褐孔菌菌质醇提后分别梯度萃取获得各极性组分,将残渣沸水浸提醇沉得粗多糖;将获取的各活性组分别进行DPPH自由基清除率、羟基自由基清除率和总抗氧化能力的测定,并测定各组分中总多酚、总三萜的含量;同时与桦褐孔菌菌核进行对比。研究结果表明菌质和菌核乙酸乙酯、正丁醇组分对DPPH自由基、OH自由基清除能力及其总抗氧化能力明显优于相应的其他组分(P0.01);菌质的乙酸乙酯、正丁醇组分对DPPH自由基的清除能力与菌核相应组分比较无显著性差异(P0.05),菌质和菌核的乙酸乙酯、正丁醇部位的总三萜和总多酚含量较高。结果显示桦褐孔菌菌质的乙酸乙酯、正丁醇组分的体外抗氧化活性较好,总多酚和总三萜含量较高,抗氧化活性的强弱可能与该二者活性成分的含量相关。通过双向固体发酵技术制得的桦褐孔菌菌质体外抗氧化作用较好。     

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.