光皮桦花粉离体萌发试验

设置若干温度的培养环境以及各种浓度蔗糖、蔗糖+硼酸、蔗糖+硝酸钙、蔗糖+硼酸+硝酸钙培养基,研究温度以及蔗糖、硼、钙对光皮桦花粉离体萌发的影响,探明光皮桦花粉萌发的适宜温度和最佳培养基。结果表明:合适浓度的蔗糖、硼酸和硝酸钙均能显著促进光皮桦花粉萌发,而高浓度的蔗糖、硼和钙均抑制其花粉萌发;光皮桦花粉离体萌发的合适培养基为10%蔗糖+200mg.L-1硼酸+200mg.L-1硝酸钙,适宜培养温度为30℃;在此条件下培养4h后花粉萌发率基本稳定,培养6h后花粉管长度亦趋于稳定。     

培养条件及贮藏温度和时间对木麻黄花粉萌发率的影响

用离体培养的方法研究了不同蔗糖、硼酸浓度,以及不同贮藏温度和贮藏时间对木麻黄(Casuarina)花粉萌发的影响.结果表明:15%的蔗糖是木麻黄花粉萌发的最佳浓度;在15%蔗糖培养基上添加硼酸显著促进木麻黄花粉萌发,250 mg kg-1硼酸是木麻黄花粉萌发的最佳浓度;添加了琼脂的固体培养基更有利于木麻黄花粉萌发;在常温下木麻黄生活力丧失很快,但低温下花粉的萌发力可保持较长时间.     

百合不同杂交系品种花粉贮藏特性分析

百合花粉贮藏是解决育种过程中花期不遇以及种质资源保存的重要环节,该试验以亚洲百合、东方百合和OT杂种系列的12个品种为材料,筛选出适合大部分品种花粉萌发的培养基及萌发率的观测时间,探讨花蕾发育时期[完全显色(-1级)、2/3显色(-2级)]、花粉收集后处理方式[离心管(处理Ⅰ)、离心管口加棉花(处理Ⅱ)、离心管口加棉花和管底添加干燥剂(处理Ⅲ)]、贮藏温度(常温、4℃、-20℃和-80℃)对花粉活力的影响。结果显示:(1)5%蔗糖+100(150)mg/L硼酸+30(50)mg/L氯化钙为适合大部分品种花粉萌发的液体培养基配方,百合花粉培养24h后测定萌发率为宜。(2)-1级花粉的萌发率比-2级的高且保持生命力的时间更长,如‘Tresor’-1级新鲜花粉的萌发率可达到83.2%,但其-2级只有21%。常温条件最不利于花粉保存,20d时大部分花粉萌发率为0;4℃与-20℃下较利于花粉短期贮藏且差别不显著。(3)经过4℃、120d贮藏,亚洲百合4个品种花粉萌发率最低能保持24.7%,最高能有55.9%左右;2个东方百合品种4℃下花粉萌发率为6.8%～12.7%;花粉在-80℃条件能较长时间保持活力,亚洲百合和东方百合花粉萌发率分别能保持26.7%～61.9%和7.1%～16.2%。(4)各个品种在不同温度条件下,大部分在处理Ⅲ下花粉萌发率较其他两种处理稍高。因此,-80℃结合在离心管口加棉花和管底添加干燥剂(处理Ⅲ)适合百合花粉的长期贮藏。     

响应面法优化麻疯树花粉离体萌发培养基的研究

麻疯树因其种子含油率较高,种子油提炼的生物柴油可部分替代汽油,而成为一种极具潜能的能源作物,但由于产量低,麻疯树在热带、亚热带的发展受到极大限制。杂交育种是提高产量的重要手段,杂交亲本花粉生活力的高低直接影响到育种的成效。因此,寻求麻疯树离体花粉萌发的最适培养基配方,探明花粉萌发培养基中各主要培养基成分间的交互作用对生产上麻疯树杂交结实率和种子产量的提高具有重要意义。该研究以麻疯树开花初期雄花上花药刚散粉时的成熟花粉粒为材料,采用Box-Behnken设计(Box-Behnken design,BBD)的响应面法,对麻疯树花粉离体萌发培养基中各主要培养基成分的浓度配比及各主要培养基成分的交互作用进行了研究。以花粉萌发率为响应指标,建立了4种营养成分(蔗糖、硼酸、硝酸钙、硝酸钾)与花粉萌发率的响应面模型,并对各主要培养基成分的浓度配比进行了优化。通过R软件进行响应面分析的结果表明:4因素对花粉萌发率的影响顺序为蔗糖硼酸硝酸钙硝酸钾;蔗糖与硼酸、蔗糖与硝酸钙、蔗糖与硝酸钾之间的交互作用显著。响应面建模优化后的最佳培养基为13.77%蔗糖+32.14 mg·L~(-1)硼酸+22.21 mg·L~(-1)硝酸钙+19.95 mg·L~(-1)硝酸钾+200 mg·L~(-1)硫酸镁,在此条件下的理论萌发率为99.73%。采用此培养基成分配比得到麻疯树花粉离体试验萌发率为98.97%,与理论响应值相吻合,同时也表明利用BBD设计的响应面模型进行麻疯树花粉离体萌发培养条件优化方法的有效性。     

梓树属花粉生活力的研究

以梓树属楸树组3种楸树花粉为试材,采用固体培养基法进行离体培养,研究不同浓度蔗糖、硼酸对花粉萌发的影响,以确定最适宜培养基条件下最佳的培养时间.结果表明,3个种花粉的最佳离体萌发条件一致.培养基中含有20%的蔗糖、0.005%的硼酸时较适合3种楸树花粉萌发,楸树、灰楸和滇楸萌发率分别为28.34%、12.24%和60.22%;3个种的花粉最佳培养时间均为6 h;不同重复数之间萌发率差异不显著,以3个重复为宜.花粉种内单株之间萌发率差异显著,且滇楸花粉萌发率明显高于楸树和灰楸.     

川百合生殖细胞及其分裂形成精细胞的观察

在植物界中,生殖细胞在花粉管中进行的分裂有两种方式,一种遵循典型的有丝分裂过程,如朱顶红、烟草等归属此类;还有一种为非典型的有丝分裂,代表植物为百合类及凤仙花属。本文介绍在离休萌发条件下,川百合（LiliumdavidiiDuchartre）萌发花粉的生殖细胞进入花粉管并在其中分裂形成精细胞的过程。1实验方法培养基萌发用液体培养基由10％蔗糖和100X10－6硼酸组成。准备一个小培养皿,将5ml液体培养基倒入其中,使之刚好覆盖培养皿底部。花粉萌发①离体培养：用镊子夹取刚开裂的花药,在培养液的液面上轻轻沾几下,使新鲜的成熟花粉均…     

培养基组分、激素及pH值对转基因白桦花粉萌发的影响

采用花粉离体培养法研究了培养基不同组分、激素及pH值对转基因白桦（Betula platyphylla Suk.）花粉萌发的影响。结果表明,培养基组分在一定范围内促进花粉萌发,转基因白桦花粉萌发对硼酸和Ca^2＋的反应敏感,培养基中缺乏该物质时花粉不萌发。激素类物质低浓度时促进萌发,高浓度时抑制萌发。最适合培养基组分为蔗糖18%,硼酸0.015%,Ca^2＋ 0.020%,pH6.0,NAA 10mg/ml,6-BA 1mg/ml。并对不同保存条件（4℃,-20℃）下转基因白桦花粉的萌发率进行了比较,4℃下干燥保存更有利于保持转基因白桦花粉的活力。     

硼酸和蔗糖对‘柔毛齿叶’睡莲花粉萌发的影响

以‘柔毛齿叶’睡莲（Nymphaea tetragona）花粉为试验材料,采用花粉人工培养法研究花粉离体萌发的最适条件。结果表明：蔗糖、硼酸在一定浓度范围内能促进花粉萌发,睡莲花粉萌发的最适蔗糖和硼酸浓度分别为60mg／L和15mg／L,萌发率分别达30．83％和23．73％。     

温度、蔗糖和硼酸对含笑花粉离体萌发的影响

以含笑(Michelia figo)花粉为试验材料,采用花粉人工培养法研究了含笑花粉离体萌发的最适条件。结果表明:蔗糖、硼酸在一定浓度范围内能促进花粉萌发,含笑花粉萌发的最适蔗糖和硼酸分别为50 mg.L-1和5mg.L-1,萌发率分别为21.51%和44.14%;花粉最佳萌发温度为25℃,萌发率达53.33%。正交试验设计结果表明,花粉萌发的最佳组合为70 mg.L-1蔗糖+5 mg.L-1硼酸+28℃,萌发率可达65.33%。     

天女木兰花粉形态特征及其生活力

对天女木兰（Magnolia sieboldii）花粉的采集时期、形态以及培养的温度和培养基进行了研究,并探讨贮存温度和时间对花粉生活力的影响。结果表明,扫描电镜观察到的花粉形状和萌发孔与其他已报道的木兰科植物相同,但大小和花粉外壁的纹理不同。在花瓣刚刚展开的初花期采集的花粉生活力最高。25℃下最适于花粉的萌发;花粉在含10％蔗糖＋0．1％硼酸的培养基上培养14h的萌发率最高,0．01％～0．05％的氯化钙对花粉的萌发影响不显著,0．1％的氯化钙对花粉的萌发有抑制作用。随着贮存时间的延长,花粉萌发率不断降低。不同贮存温度下花粉萌发率的降低速度依次为-10℃〈4℃〈25℃,-10％下贮藏5d的花粉萌发率降低了48．8％,10d后萌发率降低为0。     

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.