青花菜细胞质雄性不育相关LncRNAs的鉴定与表达分析

细胞质雄性不育系的应用可有效提高杂交种质量。该研究利用illumina测序技术鉴定青花菜细胞质雄性不育相关LncRNAs,对其靶基因和表达特征进行分析,并随机选取16个LncRNAs用qRT PCR技术检测其表达特征,为进一步阐明LncRNA参与青花菜雄性不育发生机制提供新的路径。结果表明：(1)鉴定获得青花菜雄性不育相关LncRNAs 共4 326个,其中37个LncRNA在不育系及其保持系中差异表达。(2)差异LncRNAs可预测得到370个cis靶基因,这些靶基因部分为雄性不育相关的转录因子和生物蛋白。(3)XLOC_006651、XLOC_016660、XLOC_003494和XLOC_013121在不育系和保持系花蕾发育早期表达量较高,之后随着花蕾的发育,表达量逐渐下降;XLOC_021769和XLOC_038964呈先降后升的表达模式,且XLOC_038964和XLOC_012613在花蕾不同发育阶段不育系的表达量均高于保持系。(4)16个LncRNA均可在花梗、花萼、花瓣、雄蕊及雌蕊中表达,且XLOC_038964、XLOC_011575、XLOC_013157、XLOC_039677、XLOC_037356、XLOC_034182和XLOC_017574呈现出相似的表达模式,在雄蕊和花梗中表达量较低,花萼和花瓣中较高,雌蕊中表达量最高。     

水稻雄性不育与可育花药的mRNA差别显示和cDNA差别片段的分析

用mRNA差别显示 ,对水稻细胞质雄性不育系、保持系和F1杂种的花药mRNA和叶片mRNA进行了比较和分析 ,以研究雄性不育花药在花粉败育时期的基因表达方式 .花药在不育与可育间显示的cDNA差别带数多于叶片 ,表明在花药中育性基因的表达比叶片中活跃和充分 .不同类型花药的基因转录方式既与花药育性程度有关也与花药败育早晚有关 ,不育、部分不育和早期败育的花药所显示的cDNA差别带数多于可育和晚期败育的花药 .在回收的 1 2个cDNA差别片段中 ,有2个可能与雄性不育相关 ,AB₄A₅ 片段只在不育花药中专一表达 ,另一片段AB₃ B₂ 含有与线粒体基因coxⅡ同源的序列 ,在不育花药中的表达受到部分抑制     

两个育性相关基因在几类小麦雄性不育材料中的表达研究

以1B/1R类K型不育系K3314A及其保持系3314B,非1B/1R类K型不育系732A及其保持系732B,YS温敏雄性不育小麦A3017为材料,提取不同温度处理下各时期小穗的总RNA进行反转录,对AY914051和AY660990两个目标基因进行半定量PCR和电泳分析,测定其在小麦中的表达变化趋势,以分析其与这几种不育系的育性相关关系,探讨这几种不育小麦败育的关键发育时期。结果表明,除AY914051基因在2种保持系3314B和732B中表达量变化不大之外,其它均有明显差异;2个目标基因与这几种雄性不育系的败育有关,但与育性相关程度不同,不育系两个目的基因的表达受温度变化影响程度明显大于保持系。由实验结果推测,1B/1R类K型不育系、非1B/1R类K型不育系和YS温敏雄性不育系的败育关键时期为单核期或单核期至二核期之间;温度差异可能会导致YS温敏雄性不育系的育性相关基因表达时期错位,错位后的表达差异积累可能最终导致其败育。     

沙棘hrh miR319e靶向转录因子AP4调控种子发育的研究

为探讨沙棘hrh miR319e与转录因子AP4间的靶向关系,并分析其在种子发育过程中的表达,以不同发育期的种子为材料,运用RNAhybrid软件预测hrh miR319e成熟体序列与其候选靶基因AP4的3′ UTR区的结合位点,构建pcDNA3.1+pmirGLO AP4和pcDNA3.1 hrh mir319e+pmirGLO AP4载体,用双荧光素酶报告基因检测方法验证hrh miR319e与候选靶基因AP4间的靶向关系,并采用qRT PCR方法分析hrh miR319e与AP4基因在沙棘不同发育期种子中的表达变化。结果显示：(1) 生物信息学预测AP4 3′ UTR区与hrh miR319e成熟体序列完全互补。(2) 荧光检测显示pcDNA3.1 hrh mir319e+pmirGLO AP4质粒显著抑制荧光素酶活性(P< 0.001)。(3) 不同发育期种子中hrh miR319e的表达量总体呈现出先明显上升后明显降低的变化趋势,而AP4基因的表达量则呈现出先降低后上升的趋势;当hrh miR319e的表达量在花后80 d达到最高水平时,‘新俄3号’种子中为3.146、‘绥棘1号’种子中为4.298、‘杂56’种子中为3.892,AP4的表达量则为种子不同发育期的最低值,‘新俄3号’中为0.427、‘绥棘1号’中为0.526、‘杂56’中为0.451。研究表明,沙棘AP4是hrh miR319e的靶基因,hrh miR319e AP4模块在沙棘种子发育过程中存在负调控关系。该研究结果为深入了解沙棘种子发育机制及大粒品种培育提供了理论依据。     

龙眼ERF家族成员鉴定及其在体胚发生早期的表达

为了解龙眼ERF家族的基本性质以及在体胚发生早期的表达规律,该研究对龙眼基因组鉴定出108个ERF家族成员进行基本理化性质分析与进化树构建,并结合龙眼转录组及miRNA、lncRNA数据库对DlERF家族成员与lncRNA、miRNA之间的关系预测与表达模式分析。结果显示：(1)理化性质及进化树分析表明,AP2/ERF结构域在龙眼中相对最为保守,DlERF对龙眼的抗胁迫能力以及对病菌的防御能力可能起着重要作用。(2)RNA Seq中的表达量分析可知,95个ERF基因在转录组中检测到表达,在愈伤组织(EC)、不完全胚性紧实结构(ICpEC)与球形胚(GE)阶段中分别存在31、11与53个ERF基因高表达。(3)qRT PCR结果显示,在龙眼体胚发生早期显著表达5个ERF基因中,Dlo_008317.1ERF15 2、Dlo_022310.1ERF1 1与Dlo_009939.1ERF98在GE阶段表达量显著高于EC与ICpEC阶段,Dlo_009070.1ERF106 3与Dlo_022634.1ERF22 1则分别在EC与ICpEC阶段高表达。(4)DlERF家族成员与相关lncRNA、miRNA表达量分析显示,LTCONS_00013739对靶基因Dlo_008317.1ERF15 2为正调控关系;Dlo_miR413与Dlo_miR1510a共同靶向Dlo_009070.1ERF106 3,从EC到GE阶段均表现出显著负调控关系,而Dlo_miR413与Dlo_008317.1ERF15 2的表达量表现出正相关,推测相比于Dlo_008317.1ERF15 2,Dlo_miR413更倾向于调控Dlo_009070.1ERF106 3;调控Dlo_009939.1ERF98相关的Dlo_miR408与Dlo_miR774b,从表达趋势来看,Dlo_miR774b在龙眼体胚发生早期过程能够负调控Dlo_009939.1ERF98;Dlo_miR399c与Dlo_022310.1ERF1 1在EC到GE阶段可能存在负调控关系。(5)不同梯度浓度的乙烯处理使得DlERF基因表达显著下调。这些发现提供了有关龙眼体胚发生早期DlERF的重要见解,从而为将来对龙眼体胚发生早期过程中DlERF的功能分析奠定了基础。     

文心兰不育花粉粒形态观察及相关基因克隆与表达分析

该研究以文心兰品种‘柠檬绿’（雄性不育）和‘巧克力’（可育）为试验材料,对花粉团和花粉粒的形态进行观察,并在转录组数据分析的基础上,利用RT PCR技术从‘柠檬绿’中克隆了1个MYB转录因子基因（OnMYB106）,用qRT PCR技术分析该基因的相对表达量,以初步鉴定‘柠檬绿’花粉败育特征,揭示花粉败育与OnMYB106基因的调控关系。结果显示：（1）‘柠檬绿’花粉团药室明显变扁,外壁凹陷、皱缩。（2）‘柠檬绿’花粉细胞内含物缺失,细胞质空泡化严重,花粉粒形态异常,花粉壁发育不连续,有许多孔洞（并非萌发孔）。（3）成功克隆获得‘柠檬绿’MYB106的基因序列,命名为OnMYB106,其开放阅读框为819 bp,编码272个氨基酸;其基因组序列与cDNA比对显示,OnMYB106基因含有3个外显子和2个内含子。（4）生物信息学分析表明,OnMYB106属于SANT 超家族,具有2个连续的MYB DNA binding结构域,是一个典型的R2R3 MYB转录因子;进化树分析表明,OnMYB106与高粱、水稻和二穗短柄草的MYB106蛋白序列的一致性最高,进化距离最近。（5）qRT PCR分析显示,OnMYB106在‘柠檬绿’花粉团中下调表达;该基因在‘柠檬绿’不同组织器官中均有表达,但在花中表达量最高,假鳞茎中表达量最低;在不同花期中,花苞期表达量最高,盛开期只有微量表达。研究认为,‘柠檬绿’花粉壁发育异常可能导致其花粉败育;OnMYB106基因可能在‘柠檬绿’花器官的生长发育中起重要的调控作用,并且该基因可能属于花粉发育“早期”表达基因,主要影响‘柠檬绿’花粉壁的的形成。     

红麻细胞质雄性不育系与保持系花药活性氧代谢差异比较

以红麻细胞质雄性不育系L23A及其保持系L23B为材料,比较其花药淀粉及可溶性糖含量变化并分析呼吸速率、活性氧产生速率、丙二醛(MDA)含量以及活性氧清除酶(POD、SOD)含量变化,来探讨活性氧伤害与红麻雄性不育的关系。结果表明:在小孢子发育的单核期,不育系呼吸速率与保持系差异不明显,但不育系花药O^-₂·含量高于保持系; 在双核期,不育系的呼吸速率明显低于其保持系,但不育系花药O^-₂·含量与保持系花药相近; 不育系在单核期和双核期的呼吸速率几乎没有变化,而保持系同一时期的呼吸速率呈明显增高趋势; 在不育系败育过程中,药隔维管组织中的大颗粒淀粉含量几乎不变,且不育系花药中的可溶性糖含量在单核期和双核期均低于保持系。推测是由于不育系花药中抗氰呼吸降低,一方面导致花药物质代谢和能量代谢的紊乱,不育系花药不能利用药隔组织中的淀粉粒,另一方面不能有效将细胞内过多电子通过抗氰呼吸传至O₂,引致不育花药中O^-₂·升高,从而导致MDA含量在单核期和双核期均高于保持系,同时POD的活性在单核期及双核期均低于保持系,而SOD活性在单核期高于保持系,在双核期则低于保持系。不育系花药在发育中,花药O^-₂·和MDA过量积累,以及SOD和POD酶活性降低,导致活性氧产生与清除失去平衡,花粉败育。     

芥蓝miR156a家族进化特性及表达分析

miRNA广泛参与植物的发育过程。芥蓝形态多样,叶片发育因品种而异。为了解miR156a家族的进化特性及其在芥蓝叶片发育中的表达模式。该研究对芥蓝miR156a成员及其前体pre miR156a成员进行生物信息学分析,比较不同品种芥蓝叶形的差异,并采用qRT PCR方法分析芥蓝不同组织部位中pre miR156a的表达水平、以及叶形相似的芥蓝品种‘翠宝’和‘改良香菇’中不同类型叶片的pre miR156a成员及其靶基因的表达水平。结果表明：(1)多序列比对和进化树分析发现芥蓝miR156a家族成员和pre miR156a 3p_1在进化过程中高度保守;二级结构预测发现pre miR156a每个成员均能形成茎环结构并包含2～3个miR156a成员序列;靶基因预测显示miR156a 5p和miR156a主要靶向SPL,而miR156a 3p_1则靶向CTPS等不同的基因。(2)‘翠宝’和‘改良香菇’芥蓝的叶形最为相似,qRT PCR分析显示,pre miR156a在‘翠宝’营养生长期的叶片中高度表达。(3)pre miR156a成员在‘翠宝’和‘改良香菇’不同类型叶片中差异表达,pre miR156a主要在成熟叶和菇叶中表达,而pre miR156a 3p_1和pre miR156a 5p在第一片真叶中表达量更高。(4)靶基因分析的结果在不同品种中呈现不同趋势,‘翠宝’成熟叶中SPL10/15高表达,SPL2表达量降低;‘改良香菇’中SPL10在成熟叶和菇叶中表达降低,SPL15在菇叶中高表达,SPL2在不同类型叶片中表达无差异。研究认为,miR156a成员及其靶基因SPL2/10/15可能参与调控芥蓝叶片发育,不同品种中作用的靶基因可能存在差异,从而导致了各品种芥蓝叶片发育的差异。     

枸杞LbMYB103基因克隆及转化拟南芥的研究

以枸杞品种‘宁杞1号’花药为材料,采用 RT-PCR技术,分离了R2R3类MYB基因LbMYB103包含完整开放阅读框（ORF）的cDNA片段,碱基序列与已知基因HQ415755完全一致。运用Gateway技术构建LbMYB103基因植物过表达载体pMDC83-LbMYB103,利用基因枪法将融合有绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）的过表达载体转入洋葱表皮细胞,将LbMYB103基因定位在细胞核。实时荧光定量PCR分析发现,LbMYB103基因在花药中优势表达,果实中表达量较低,在根、茎和叶中均未检测到其转录本,推测LbMYB103基因可能在花药发育过程中起重要作用。通过根癌农杆菌介导法将pMDC83-LbMYB103转入拟南芥（Col-0）,经筛选获得T₁代抗性再生植株52棵,PCR鉴定有41棵阳性植株,收获T₁代种子,经抗性筛选获得T₂代抗性植株29棵,PCR鉴定有23棵阳性植株。实时荧光定量PCR分析表明,LbMYB103在拟南芥植株的基因组中正常表达。表型观察发现T₁和T₂代拟南芥花药发育异常,花发育迟缓,果荚短小无种子,进一步表明LbMYB103可能与植物的育性有关。该结果为进一步开展枸杞遗传转化,深入研究LbMYB103基因在枸杞花药发育过程中可能发挥的调控功能奠定了基础。     

玉米黄早4雄性不育系、保持系过氧化物酶同工酶的比较研究

在玉米黄早4雄性不育系、保持系的10个组织(叶、根、茎、芽鞘、胚轴、苞叶、穗轴、花丝、雌蕊、花药)中共检测出18种正、负极向过氧化物酶,其中有7个组织不育系与保持系间过氧化物酶没有差异,只有在3个组织中(叶、茎、花药)不育系与保持系间的过氧化物酶存在差异,说明玉米黄早4雄性不育系及保持系的过氧化物酶可能由细胞核基因编码。不育系与保持系个别组织内过氧化物酶存在差异,可能是由于核内编码过氧化物酶的基因表达异常所引起,而这种表达异常,可能是与不育系中不育细胞质基因调控核基因的表达有关。     

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.