水团花黄酮类成分及其体外抗病毒活性

从水团花乙醇提物的乙酸乙酯部位分离到6个黄酮类化合物,根据光谱数据分别鉴定为柚皮素（1）、圣草酚（2）、槲皮素（3）、柚皮素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷（4）、圣草酚-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷（5）、槲皮素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷（6）,化合物1、2,4和5为首次从该植物中分离得到。采用细胞病变抑制法（CPEr eductionassay）和MTT法测定化合物的体外抗病毒活性,结果显示,三个黄酮苷元1、2和3均具有不同程度的体外抑制呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV）和柯萨奇B3型病毒（CVB3）活性,反之,3个黄酮苷均不显示活性。     

不同化学杂交剂(CHA)对小麦花药同工酶影响的研究

在小麦叶枕距±2cm时,喷施4种不同化学杂交剂（CHA）后,分别取小孢子处于不同发育阶段的花药,进行过氧化酶（POD）、淀粉酶（Amy）和酯酶（Est）等同工酶的分析。研究表明：在小孢子母细胞减数分裂期,处理2、3和4三种CHA对POD的A1、A2;B2、B4和B5,C1、C2和C3同工酶带的活性均有明显的抑制作用;处理5除去对A1和A2表现抑制外,对其他酶带的活性均有增强作用。在单枚早期,处理2和3的A、B和C区POD同工酶活性均明显低于对照;处理4和5上述各区POD同工酶活性却明显高于对照。在上述两个发育时期,处理2对Amy1区酶活性有增强作用,而处理3、4和5对该区酶活性却表现了专一性的抑制。各处理对Est同工酶A区和B区的酶活性主要表现为抑制。实验结果表明,不同的CHA均通过干扰花药的物质和能量代谢而导致雄性生理性不育。     

相似蜂海绵相关真菌杂色曲霉F62活性代谢产物研究

研究了1株相似蜂海绵相关真菌F62的活性代谢产物,经分子系统学分析表明该真菌属于杂色曲霉。将F62菌株用大米固体培养基在室温（约25℃）下静置培养45d,经乙酸乙酯超声萃取得到粗提物。通过硅胶柱层析、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱层析和HPLC等色谱手段,分离得到了6个化合物。通过核磁共振、质谱等波谱分析手段可鉴定出其结构分别为Alantrypinone（1）、洛伐他汀（2）、甲酯型莫纳克林K（3）、土曲霉酮（4）、土震素B（5）和麦角甾醇（6）。化合物1系首次从该属真菌中分离得到,化合物2－5为首次从该种真菌中分离得到。首次对化合物3的碳谱数据进行报道。初步的药理研究表明,化合物4具有体外抗炎活性。     

EB病毒潜伏膜蛋白1通过结合TRAFs调控NF-κB

为了探讨EB病毒潜伏膜蛋白1（LMP1）的致瘤机制,对鼻咽癌中LMP1激活重要的核转录因子NF－κB机制进行了研究,首先,采用免疫共沉淀－蛋白质印迹在稳定表达LMP1的鼻咽癌细胞系HNE2－LMP1中证实LMP1与TRAF1,2,3结合形成免疫共沉淀复合物,进一步以野生型LMP1及其三种突变体的鼻咽癌细胞系LMP1（野生型, wt),HNE2－LMP1 del187-351(CTAR1缺失型）,HNE2－LMP1（1－231）,（CTAR2缺失型）,HNE2－LMP1（1－187）（羰基端胞浆区缺失型）,HNE2－pSG5(空白载体型）为材料,结合NF－κB报道基因质粒（pG12-NF-B-luc)的荧光素酶活性表达分析NF－κB的活性,证实：较之母细胞,野生型LMP1活化NF－B达13．8倍,LMP1（1－187）几乎不活化NF－kb,LMP1(1-231)活化NF－kB 达4．9倍,LMP1（del187-351)活化NFκB达9．1倍,TRAF1过表达升高LMP1（ wt)及LMP1（1－231）介导的NF－κB活性,而对LMP1（del187-351)活化NFκB无影响,TRAF3过表达或TRAF3负显性突变体抑,制LMP1（wt)及LMP1（1－231）介导的NF－κB活性而不影响LMP1（del187－351）活化NF－κB,TRAF2过表达升高LMP1（wt),LMP1(1-231)及LMP1（del 187-351)介导的NF－kB活性,这些结果表明：鼻咽癌中LMP1通过TRAF1,TRAF2或TRAF3调控NF－kB,TRAF1和TRAF3主要通过CTAR1发挥作用,TRAF2的作用主要是通过CTAR1和CTAR2介导的。     

川西北高原不同海拔高度披碱草与垂穗披碱草核型分析

目的：为研究不同海拔居群染色体核型变异及进化程度,为披碱草的分类及进化研究提供细胞学资料。方法：以川西北高原6个海拔梯度的披碱草居群和5个海拔梯度的垂穗披碱草居群为材料,采用滴片法制片对染色体进行核型分析。结果：披碱草居群D3057（海拔3 057 m）、D2682（海拔2 682 m）的核型公式为2n=6x=42=42m,为1B型;D2384（海拔2 384 m）核型公式为2n=6x=42=42m(4sat),为1A型;D2143（海拔2 143 m）、D1747（海拔1 747 m）的核型公式为2n=6x=42=40m+2sm,为1B型;D1589（海拔1 589 m）的核型公式为2n=6x=42=36m+6sm,为2B型。垂穗披碱草Y2126（海拔4 050 m）、Y2117（海拔3 800 m）、Y2291a(4 150 m)居群的核型公式为2n=6x=42m,ZY3034（海拔3 200 m）的居群核型公式为2n=6x=40m+2M,Y2122（海拔4 800 m）核型公式为2n=6x=40m+2sm,5个居群的核型类型均为1B型。基于核型对称性与进化指数,披碱草居群D158...     

南海疏枝刺柳珊瑚中甾醇类化合物的研究

本文对采自海南三亚海域的疏枝刺柳珊瑚(Echinogorgia pseudossapo)化学成分进行研究,分离到11个甾醇类化合物。经波谱数据分析,分别鉴定为cholest-5-en-3β-ol(1),24-methylene-cholest-4-ene-3β,6β-diol(2),24-norcholesta-22-en-3β-ol(3),acanthovagasteroid A(4),calicoferol E(5),calicoferol F(6),6-hydroxy-cholest-4-ene-3-one(7),echinoflorasterol(8),echissaposterol(9),24-methylcholest-5-en-3β,7α-diol(10)和24-methylcholest-5,22(E)-dien-3β,7α-diol(11)。除化合物8外,其余化合物均首次从该种海洋动物中分离得到。     

长穗桑中的Diels-Alder型加合物

从长穗桑的茎皮中首次分离到9个Diels—Alder型加合物,通过NMR、MS等波谱分析手段分别鉴定为mulberrofuran K（1）,mulberrofuran G（2）,guangsangon L（3）,kuwanon J（4）,kuwanonx（5）,guangsangonG（6）,guangsangon B（7）,guangsangon D（8）,kuwanon P（9）。化合物1—9进行了抗氧化活性筛选。结果表明,在10^-5M浓度下,化合物1,2,5—7,9对Fe^2＋-半胱氨酸诱导的肝微粒体脂质过氧化产生的丙二醛（malondialdehyde,MDA）有抑制作用（抑制率大于50％）。     

植物内生真菌F4a次级代谢产物的分离鉴定以及降血糖、抗氧化活性的研究

研究植物内生真菌布雷青霉菌（Penicillium brefeldianum） F4a次级代谢产物的提取分离方法、结构鉴定及其降血糖和抗氧化活性。采用液体发酵培养,大孔吸附树脂HP20提取后,经硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱色谱、ODS反相开放柱色谱和高效液相色谱等手段进行分离,应用核磁共振等技术进行结构鉴定;采用紫外分光光度吸收法进行降血糖和抗氧化活性筛选。结果表明,分离得到6个化合物,分别鉴定为环（L-色氨酸-L-脯氨酸）（1）、3,3′-Methylenebis（4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one）（2）、2-（2′S-Hydroxypropyl）-5-methyl-7-hydroxychromone（3）、染料木素（4）、大豆素（5）和苯酚（6）。化合物1和2具有一定的抗氧化活性,化合物4和5具有较强的抗氧化活性和降血糖活性。化合物2和3为首次从青霉属真菌中分离得到。化合物1和2的ABTS自由基清除活性为首次报道。     

一个短指症A型合并遗传性肾病综合征家系

1951年Bell将遗传性短指症(brachydact, ylia）分为5型（A, B, C, D, E）及若干亚 型,短指症A型主要是中指骨变短。Bell又把 A型分为A-1, A-2和A-3型。1975年 McKusick增加了A-4和A-5型。现在短指症 A型共分为5个亚型。     

哈尔滨地区假丝酵母菌DNA异质性及药物敏感性分析

研究假丝酵母菌的DNA异质性及药物敏感性,为预防和监控院内假丝酵母菌感染奠定基础。将临床分离的假丝酵母菌菌株,用科玛嘉显色培养基鉴定菌种,经纸片扩散法进行药敏试验,应用随机扩增多态性DNA（RAPD）技术对这些菌株进行基因分型。结果显示：93株假丝酵母菌中白假丝酵母菌68株,非白假丝酵母菌25株,所有菌株对制霉菌素,两性霉素B两种药物的敏感率最高（100％）,酮康唑其次（70．9％）,氟康唑的敏感率最低（50．5％）,引物1和引物2将来源不同的68株白假丝酵母菌分别分成4型（A1、B1、C1、D1）和6型（A2、B2、C2、D2、E2、F2）。哈尔滨地区的假丝酵母菌感染以白假丝酵母菌为主,且主要为A1、B1型（引物1）或A2、B2型（引物2）;基因型与药敏谱无明显相关性。     

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.