印楝素A和印楝素B对棉铃虫生长发育的影响

为了明确印楝素A和印楝素B生物活性的差异,选用印楝素A和印楝素B对棉铃虫生长发育的影响进行了比较研究。结果表明:印楝素A和印楝素B对棉铃虫3龄幼虫具有良好的拒食活性,5μg/mL处理48 h对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的拒食率分别为85.17%和69.02%。分别用含有药剂(1μg/mL)的饲料饲喂棉铃虫5龄幼虫,结果表明:印楝素A和印楝素B能够明显抑制棉铃虫5龄幼虫的体重增长,处理14 d后幼虫的体重分别下降50.28%和43.08%,仅有少量个体化蛹,化蛹率分别为26.67%和13.33%。进一步的羽化结果表明:经印楝素A和印楝素B处理的虫蛹均未能完成羽化。综合各阶段试验结果来看,印楝素A和印楝素B的生物活性存在差异,印楝素B对棉铃虫生长发育的抑制作用高于印楝素A。     

印楝素A与印楝素B对粉纹夜蛾BTI-Tn-5B1-4的细胞毒性

为了明确印楝素A和B活性差异的机理,本研究比较了印楝素A和印楝素B对粉纹夜蛾Trichoplusia ni离体培养胚胎细胞系BTI-Tn-5B1-4的毒性。结果表明：印楝素A与印楝素B对BTI-Tn-5B1-4细胞具有良好的增殖抑制活性,处理后3 d,其IC₅₀值分别为2.9 μg/mL和9.85 μg/mL,印楝素A的细胞毒力显著高于印楝素B。倒置显微镜观察发现,印楝素A和印楝素B处理可导致细胞变形,贴壁能力下降,并出现明显空泡,印楝素A的影响明显高于印楝素B。流式细胞仪检测结果表明,印楝素可导致BTI-Tn-5B1-4细胞体积显著膨大,印楝素A处理细胞体积增大程度显著高于印楝素B;印楝素可以明显影响BTI-Tn-5B1-4细胞膜电位,1.25 μg/mL印楝素A和印楝素B处理后3 d,细胞DiBAC4（3）荧光强度分别增加88.12%和55.37%,印楝素A的影响显著高于印楝素B。荧光显微镜观察发现,印楝素对BTI-Tn-5B1-4细胞核具有明显影响,印楝素B的影响明显高于印楝素A,印楝素B处理后,细胞核受损细胞数更多,受损程度更严重。结果显示印楝素A和印楝素B的细胞作用机理存在差异,本研究从细胞学水平解释了印楝素的生长发育抑制作用机理。     

印楝愈伤组织形成及其印楝素含量测定

取印楝（AzadirachtaindicaA．Juss）不同器官作外植体,研究培养基和继代次数对愈伤组织生长及其印楝素（Azadirachtin）生物合成的影响．印楝的不同器官（根、叶、茎及皮）均能诱导出愈伤组织,这些愈伤组织均有合成印楝素的能力．其中以叶诱导的愈伤组织生长速率及印楝素含量为最高．含有较低按盐的B5培养基有利于细胞生长,含有较高铵盐的MS培养基有利于印楝素积累,不含铰盐的White培养基对两者均不利．愈伤组织继代2—3代,有利于愈伤组织生长和印楝素合成。     

印楝愈伤组织开矿及其印楝素含量测定

取印楝不同器官作外植体,研究培养基和继代次数对愈伤组织生长及其印楝素生物合成的影响。印楝的不同器官（根、叶、茎及皮）均能诱导出愈伤组织,这些愈伤组织均有合成印楝素的能力。其中以叶诱导的愈伤组织生长速率及印楝素含量为最高。含有较低铵盐的Ｂ５培养基有利于细胞生长,含有较高铵盐的ＭＳ培养基有利于印楝素积累,不含铵盐的Ｗｈｉｔｅ培养基对两者均不利。愈伤组织继代２－３代,有利于愈伤组织生长和印楝素合成。     

印楝素乳油对荔枝蒂蛀虫种群的控制作用

利用生命表的方法和干扰作用控制指数评价了印楝素乳油对荔枝蒂蛀虫Conopomorpha sinensisBradley种群的控制作用,结果表明:0.3%印楝素乳油对荔枝蒂蛀虫成虫显著的产卵忌避作用是其对该种群控制的主要机理。在室内,0.3%印楝素乳油在6 mL/L和3 mL/L的浓度处理下,对荔枝蒂蛀虫成虫产卵的忌避率分别为89.3%和86.3%。田间的试验结果表明,在印楝素乳油浓度为6 mL/L和和3 mL/L的处理区中,荔枝蒂蛀虫的种群趋势指数分别为1.23和1.45,显著低于对照区的种群趋势指数11.60,干扰作用控制指数分别为0.106和0.112。这2个浓度的印楝素乳油对荔枝蒂蛀虫种群的控制效果分别可达89.4%和87.5%。     

树干注射印楝素的动态研究

本文主要以雪橙Citrus sinensis（um）Osbeckcv．Xue Cheng为研究对象,研究了成年雪橙树对印楝素药液的吸收速率,印楝素注射雪橙树后在雪橙叶片中的富集和消解动态,结果显示：采用药水吸收系数评价雪橙树对印楝索水溶液的吸收速率和日平均吸药量的试验结果表明,雪橙树对印楝素水溶液的吸收速度在不同时间存在明显差异,以14时至15时为吸药量最高点,吸收值为35．8mL／h,该时段也是试验当天最高温度时段。日平均累积吸药量为221．8mL,药水系数为2．98。不同浓度印楝素注射雪橙树后,在叶片中的富集量和消解动态一致。印楝素富集量在注射后9一lO天达到了峰值,注射后56天各注射浓度的雪橙树叶片中仍能检测到印楝素,而印楝素喷雾处理的雪橙树植株的叶片在药后7天即无检测量。     

印楝素乳油对小菜蛾种群的控制作用

通过室内外系统试验探讨了印楝素乳油对小菜蛾Plutella xylostella种群的控制作用。结果表明,其控制作用主要表现在对成虫产卵的显忌避作用。对幼虫的拒食作用以及对生长发育的影响和减少幼虫危害为等方面,印楝素乳油0.005mL/59.0%,使小菜蛾种群趋势指数（I值）降为2.4干扰作用控制指数（IIPC）为0.1079,采用状态空间分析法就印楝素乳油施用后小菜蛾种群数量动态的模拟分析亦表明,其显的控制作用表现在种群发展初期对成虫的忌避作用。     

元谋干热河谷实生印楝人工林产量和品质与叶片养分含量之间的关系

应用临界值浓度法、DRIS图解法和指数法等叶片营养诊断分析方法,研究了元谋干热河谷地区的实生印楝人工林产量和品质与叶片养分含量之间的关系.结果表明:6月份所采集的印楝叶片其养分含量与印楝产量之间存在显著线性相关;获得印楝高产的叶片全N、全P和全K的临界值分别为15.09、1.22和7.68 g·kg-1,相应的最适范围分别为15.09 ～ 22.68、1.22～1.59和7.68 ～9.17 g·kg-1;低产印楝人工林的叶片养分的DRIS图解法和DRIS指数法诊断结果基本一致,它们对N、P、K的需求次序均为P＞N＞K,并且这一结果与当地土壤本底肥分检测结果相印证.此外,叶片养分含量与印楝素含量之间不存在相关性,可能与印楝素本身的遗传因素有关,故不能在印楝实生群体中采用叶片营养诊断技术来进行种仁印楝素含量的诊断分析.     

印楝素乳油对小菜蛾种群的控制作用模拟

应用害虫种群系统控制控制的状态空间方程和作用因子添加分析法,模拟1％印楝素乳油对小菜蛾种群的控制作用,结果表明,印楝素浮油对小菜蛾种群的控制机理,主要是对小菜蛾成虫的显忌避作用,尤其是在种群发展的初期,由于其显的忌避作用,降低田间卵量,使其种群数量明显降低下来,有效控制其为害。     

C12-水解印楝素A的制备、结构鉴定及生物活性

C12-水解印楝素A是将印楝素A C12位上的-COOCH3水解为-COOH而得到的印楝素衍生物。处理后24h和48h,C12-水解印楝素A对斜纹夜蛾3龄幼虫AFC50分别为3．44μg／mL和6．89μg／mL。处理后48h,3μg／mL C12-水解印楝素A对小菜蛾3龄幼虫的拒食率为73．59％,5μg／mL C12-水解印楝素A对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的拒食率为67．76％。3μg／mL C12-水解印楝素A处理后72h,小菜蛾3龄幼虫的校正死亡率为78．16％;5μg／mL C12-水解印楝素A处理后72h,棉铃虫3龄幼虫的校正死亡率为58．69％。     

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.     

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     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various