桃果实采后微粒体膜Ca2+-ATPase活性与膜脂过氧化

以常温（25℃）和低温（4℃）贮藏的迎庆桃果实为试验材料,对其果实硬度、呼吸强度进行了测定,并对微粒体膜Ca^2＋-ATPase、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性、氧自由基变化和膜的伤害程度进行了研究.结果表明,随桃果实衰老,常温贮藏的果实硬度迅速下降、微粒体膜上的Ca^2＋-ATPase活性、SOD活性和O2-产生速率均呈跃变式变化,先升高后降低;膜脂过氧化产物MDA的含量逐渐增加;与常温相比,低温可以抑制果实硬度的下降、呼吸速率、Ca^2＋-ATPase和SOD活性的下降及推迟峰值的出现,同时降低O2^-产生速率和MDA含量.以上结果表明,桃果实衰老与细胞质内Ca^2＋稳态的破坏和膜脂过氧化作用的加强有密切关系.     

外源一氧化氮供体硝普钠对干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗叶中ATP酶活性和膜脂过氧化的影响

研究外源一氧化氮（NO）供体硝普钠（sNP）对干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗叶片ATP酶活性和膜脂过氧化影响的结果表明,15％聚乙二醇．6000（PEG-6000）模拟的干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗叶中H^＋-ATP酶和Ca^2＋．ATP酶活性显著升高后迅速下降,硫代巴比妥酸反应产物（TBARs）和质量膜透性增加;0．1mm01．L^-1 SNP可提高干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗叶中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（cAT）活性,降低超氧阴离子（O2^-）和过氧化氢（H2O2）水平,缓解膜脂过氧化,稳定生物膜的结构和功能,H^＋-ATP酶和Ca^2＋-ATP酶也可以保持更高的活性。     

1-MCP处理对黄花梨果实采后生理的影响

以黄花梨为试验材料,研究常温(26～33℃)条件下1-甲基环丙烯(1-MCP)延缓果实后熟衰老和膜脂过氧化的效应。结果表明:0.5、1.0、1.5μL.L-11-MCP处理可以不同程度地延缓果实采后品质下降,其中以1.0μL.L-1的处理作用效果最明显。1.0μL.L-11-MCP处理明显抑制过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性的下降和脂氧合酶(LOX)活性、MDA含量的增加,降低果实呼吸速率,推迟呼吸峰和乙烯峰的出现,从而延缓果实的成熟衰老。     

NO对小麦叶片干旱诱导膜脂过氧化的调节效应

分析了一氧化氮(NO)对小麦(Triticum aestivum L．)叶片干旱诱导膜脂过氧化的影响。结果表明：不同浓度NO均能使干旱胁迫下小麦叶片的相对含水量先降后升,而：MDA含量先升后降,O2-释放速率下降,SOD活性升高,POD活性降低;同时,NO可以提高脯氨酸含量。这些结果表明NO提高了小麦叶片的抗氧化能力,降低了干旱胁迫诱导的膜脂过氧化损伤。     

增强UV-B辐射对蚕豆叶片微粒体膜一些性质的影响

温室条件下,用0（Control）、8．65kJm－2d－1（TI）及11．2KJm－2d－1（t2）不同剂量的UV－B辐射处理蚕豆幼苗。Ca2 ．ATPase及Mg2 －ATPase的活性在辐射处理期间下降。在处理21d,T1和T2微粒体膜的MDA含量明显高于对照,同时IUFA急剧下降,且呈明显的剂量效应。14及21d时,膜磷脂的含量也明显下降。脂氧合酶（Lox）活性在第7及14天与对照相比都显著升高,而21d后迅速下降。结果表明,增强UV－B对微粒体膜的伤害可能是一方面导致正常酶合成与分解之间的平衡失调,另一方面导致了膜脂过氧化作用。     

GA1处理采后油桃果实膜脂过氧化的影响

采后GA3处理“阿姆肯”油桃果实（Prunus Persica (L.)nectarine.cv.‘armking’),降低了果实中过氧化氢（H2O2）积累和膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）含量,显著提高了活性氧清除酶过氧化氢酶（CAT）和抗氧化剂谷胱甘肽（GSH）的含量,降低了果实衰老期间的膜脂过氧化,对“阿姆肯”油桃有一定保鲜效果。     

外源Spd对高温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片膜脂过氧化及质子泵活性的影响

以较为耐热的黄瓜品种‘津春4号’为试材,在人工气候箱中,采用石英砂培养加营养液浇灌的栽培方式,研究了叶面喷施外源亚精胺(Spd)对高温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片膜脂过氧化程度、质子泵活性及其基因表达的影响.结果表明:高温胁迫下,外源Spd促进黄瓜幼苗株高、茎粗、干、鲜质量和叶面积显著增加,有效抑制叶片相对电导率、丙二醛(MDA)含量和脂氧合酶(LOX)活性的升高,有助于提高叶片细胞质膜和液泡膜H+ -ATPase活性,但在基因表达水平上无显著差异.外源Spd可显著降低黄瓜幼苗叶片膜脂过氧化程度,提高质子泵活性,从而稳定膜的结构和功能,缓解高温胁迫对黄瓜幼苗造成的伤害,提高幼苗对高温胁迫的耐性.     

外源一氧化氮对渗透胁迫下小麦幼苗叶片膜脂过氧化的缓解作用

采用15%的聚乙二醇-6000(PEG-6000)对扬麦158三叶一心期的幼苗根部进行轻度渗透胁迫处理,并通过添加不同浓度的一氧化氮(nitric oxide,NO)供体硝普钠(sodium nitropussidi,SNP)和相应的对照(BO-3/NO-2),研究外源NO处理对渗透胁迫下小麦幼苗叶片膜脂过氧化作用的影响.结果发现,0.1 nnol/L的SNP能降低渗透胁迫造成的小麦幼苗叶片脂氧合酶(lipoxygenase,LOX)活性的提高,降低超氧阴离子(O-2)的产生速率和质膜相对透性的增加以及丙二醛(MDA)和H2O2的累积;0.1 mmol/L的SNP还能够诱导超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)活性,加速脯氨酸(Pro)的累积,而0.5mmo1/L的SNP和0.1mmo1/L的NO3/NO2(对照)处理的效果则不明显.上述结果表明低浓度NO对渗透胁迫造成的膜脂过氧化有明显的缓解效应.     

NaCl胁迫及外源自由基对离体小麦叶片O_2~和膜脂质过氧化的影响(简报)

在NaCl胁迫初期,离体小麦叶片内O2含量较低,随着胁迫时间的延长,自由基产生速率逐渐增加,第4天达最高峰,以后又迅速下降。随着NaCl胁迫强度增加,叶片内O2浓度升高,膜脂过氧化作用增强,膜透性增加、SOD活性下降。外源自由基处理的叶片中自由基含量增加,O2产生高峰提前,膜脂过氧化作用和膜透性增加。     

豌豆叶绿体脂氧合酶活性与叶片衰老及膜脂过氧化作用的关系

豌豆叶绿体脂氧合酶(LOX)活性在连体叶片衰老过程中变化不大。ABA处理离体叶片2d叶绿体LOX活性升高,处理时间延长活性下降。抗氧化剂α-生育酚、谷胱甘肽、没食子酸丙酯抑制豌豆叶绿体LOX活性。脂质过氧化产物丙二醛对豌豆叶绿体LOX和大豆纯LOX-1的活性均有抑制作用,大豆LOX-1能促进离体豌豆叶绿体膜脂过氧化作用。因此,豌豆叶绿体LOX可能参与叶片衰老过程中叶绿体膜结构和功能的改变,又受膜脂过氧化产物的制约。     

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.