中国大陆近海新记录种——长冠羊舌鲆（Arnoglossus macrolophus）

历史记录我国大陆羊舌鲆属（Arnoglossus）有5个物种,它们是长鳍羊舌鲆（A. tapeinosoma）、纤羊舌鲆（A.tenuis）、多斑羊舌鲆（A. polyspilus）、大羊舌鲆（A.scapha）和日本羊舌鲆（A.japonicus）。1929年Weber等将长冠羊舌鲆（Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock,1889）列为长鳍羊舌鲆[Platophrys(Arnoglossus)tapeinosoma Bleeker,1866;目前为A. tapeinosomus]的同物异名,并被国内外许多学者所采纳。Arai等1996年重新检视了长鳍羊舌鲆的模式标本和Weber等的长鳍羊舌鲆,发现了Weber等的标本应为长冠羊舌鲆,确认了长冠羊舌鲆种的有效性。作者2008至2021年间在中国大陆近海采集到了一批拟似长鳍羊舌鲆和长冠羊舌鲆的标本,为了正确鉴定这些标本,本研究对其形态和分子条形码进行了研究,将我们所采集标本的形态特征与两种模式种以及前人的研究数据进行了比较。结果表明,本研究标本的8个可数性状和20个性状比例值与长冠羊舌鲆的数值为相同、连续、包含或略...     

基于三个分子标记的粉毛蚜亚科DNA条形码

【目的】粉毛蚜亚科昆虫是重要的林业害虫,但是由于蚜虫体型较小,形态特征趋于简化,可用于物种鉴定的有效特征非常有限,因此一般基于外部形态特征难以对蚜虫物种实现快速准确的鉴定。本研究获取该亚科2属10种的DNA条形码标准序列,解决部分物种的分类问题,同时比较了3种标记对粉毛蚜亚科（Pterocommatinae）物种快速鉴定的效率。【方法】基于蚜虫的线粒体细胞色素氧化酶C亚基I（cytochrome oxidase subunit I, COI）基因、细胞色素b（cytochrome b, Cytb）基因和蚜虫初级内共生菌Buchnera 6-磷酸葡萄糖酸脱氢酶（gluconate-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, gnd）基因,对2属10种共197号样品进行NJ分析、遗传距离的计算以及基于相似性的物种鉴定分析。【结果】与K-2P模型相比,基于p-distance模型计算得到的遗传距离更小,序列差异频次图上种内距离与种间距离的重叠区域也小于前者;COI序列的物种鉴定成功率最高。获取了粉毛蚜亚科近200条DNA条形码标准序列,并建立了基于3个标记的该亚科物种DNA条形码序列库。【结论】在粉毛蚜亚科DNA条形码研究中,p-distance模型要优于K-2P模型;COI序列具有最高的条形码分析效率;增毛卷粉毛蚜Plocamaphis assetacea可能为蜡卷粉毛蚜Plocamaphis flocculosa的同物异名。     

中国大陆沿海新记录种——卷眼斑鲆（Pseudorhombus oculocirris）

斑鲆属（Pseudorhombus, Bleeker, 1862）隶属于鲽形目（Pleuronectiforms）牙鲆科（Paralichthyidae）,根据Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes记录有效种类有25种;根据李思忠等（1995）的《中国动物志：硬骨鱼纲 鲽形目》记载,目前在中国大陆海域有标本记录的有11种。本研究在2007年到2021年在海南的文昌、陵水和三亚分别采集到了9尾有眼侧有5个眼状斑纹的标本,并和该属25种鱼类的原始形态特征进行了比较。比对结果发现,该样品符合Amaoka（1969）定名的卷眼斑鲆（P. oculocirris Amaoka, 1969）形态特征。该种类目前只在日本和越南有报道,本研究是首次在中国大陆海域采集,故为新记录种。本研究结合卷眼斑鲆原始描述、相关文献和采集到的9尾标本的形态特征对该种类进行了详细的再描述,并首次提供了线粒体分子条形码（GenBank登录号为OL307681、OL307682和OL307683）。该种的主要形态特征为背鳍65–76;臀鳍50–57;有眼侧胸鳍11–13,无眼侧胸鳍10–12;尾鳍条2 + 13 + 2;第一鳃弓鳃耙4–7 + 17–20;侧线鳞71–82;脊椎骨10 + 26 = 36;背鳍前边几个鳍条稍长且基部只有1/5–1/3连有鳍膜,下眼上缘具有指状皮突。本研究的发现进一步扩大了该种的分布范围和提供了种类鉴定的分子依据,本报道将会为牙鲆科鱼类生物多样性和系统演化研究提供科学依据。     

DNA条形码技术在青海海东地区小型兽类鉴定中的应用

为弥补传统形态分类方法的不足,探究应用DNA条形码技术进行分子生物学鉴定的可行性,本研究用DNA条形码技术检测了青海省海东地区3目6科14属18种110只小型兽类的COI基因部分序列。分析所测COI基因序列可知:种内遗传距离≤3%,种间遗传距离5-10%,属间遗传距离12-19%,种间遗传距离显著大于种内遗传距离。NJ树显示同种个体聚为有很高支持度的单一分支。有6个个体(4只黄胸鼠、2只小家鼠)在现场鉴定中被误定为其他种类。研究结果表明使用条形码技术能纠正形态学鉴定中的错误,也说明动物线粒体COI基因是一个有效的DNA条形码标准基因。     

基于线粒体COI基因的青海省44种蚤类的分子鉴定及系统发育分析

【目的】本研究应用DNA条形码技术对青海省部分蚤种进行鉴定,旨在弥补蚤类传统形态分类方法的不足。【方法】通过PCR扩增3总科6科22属44种共182头蚤类标本的线粒体COI基因片段(约600 bp)并进行测序和比对;用K2P模型计算种内及种间遗传距离;以邻接法(neighborjoining,NJ)构建系统发育树。【结果】共测得182条COI基因序列片段(GenBank登录号:MG138154-MG138335);分析可知蚤种内遗传距离0.01%~2.90%,种间遗传距离4%~12%,种间遗传距离显著大于种内遗传距离。系统发育树显示,同一物种的不同个体均形成高支持率的单系,种间分支很明显。【结论】本研究结果表明COI基因可以用于蚤类的快速鉴定。     

DNA条形码技术在海洋贝类鉴定中的实践: 以大亚湾生态监控区为例

为提高物种鉴定的准确性, 本研究采用DNA条形码技术对大亚湾生态监控区冬季采集的贝类样品进行了种类鉴定。结果表明, 26个形态种中, 有15个可以通过线粒体COI和16S rRNA基因的系统发育分析鉴定到种的水平。部分形态上难以鉴定的种类, 如线缝摺塔螺(Ptychobela suturalis)和区系螺(Funa sp.)可以通过条形码实现有效鉴定。锯齿巴非蛤(Paphia gallus)、西格织纹螺(Nassarius siquijorensis)、爪哇拟塔螺(Turricula javana)等种类存在相当大的种内遗传距离, 有存在隐存种的可能性。尽管基于线粒体COI和16S rRNA基因的种内遗传距离和属内种间的遗传距离发生重合, 无明显的条形码间隙, 但通过系统树的方法仍能有效鉴定物种。可见, DNA条形码技术能有效提高海洋贝类物种鉴定的准确性并发现隐存种。     

DNA条形码技术在北京百花山地区夜蛾科物种鉴定中的应用

为了探讨DNA条形码技术在夜蛾物种鉴定中的可行性, 本研究利用条形码通用引物扩增了北京百花山地区43种夜蛾75个样本的线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶亚基I （mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI）基因序列, 以Kimura双参数模型进行种内种间遗传距离分析、 使用邻接法（neighbor-joining, NJ）和最大简约法（maximum parsimony, MP）分别构建系统发育树, 并利用分子序列差异阈值对样本进行分子可操作分类单元（molecular defined operational taxonomic units, MOTU）划分。结果表明： 所有夜蛾种类通过系统发育树可以成功区分; 种内平均遗传距离(0.03%)远远小于种间平均遗传距离(11.29%); 采用较为保守的1%的序列差异阈值将75个夜蛾样本分为42个MOTU, 正确率为95%, 除了MOTU04包含2个物种外, 剩余41个MOTU与形态种呈现一一对应的关系。结果显示, 基于COI基因的DNA条形码对于本研究中所涉及的夜蛾具有较好的区分, 可以作为一种有效的工具在夜蛾科昆虫物种鉴定中进行应用。     

江西新岗山森林昆虫种内遗传距离研究

DNA条形码目前广泛用于昆虫多样性研究。本研究采用DNA条形码（即线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I基因COI 5′端），通过比较所获分子分类操作单元（Molecular operational taxonomic units，MOTU）的种内遗传距离，探究DNA条形码在亚热带森林（位于我国江西省新岗山）不同昆虫类群中的物种鉴定和界定效用。数据分析中结合数据库比对信息，采用jMOTU、ABGD、bPTP、GMYC 这4种物种界定方法获得MOTU，从而开展种内遗传距离分析。本研究共挑选出479个昆虫样本，获得475条COI序列，经NCBI、BOLD在线数据库比对属于6个目，与形态初步划分一致；物种界定分析获得288个MOTU，其中鳞翅目最多，达85个，膜翅目、双翅目、半翅目、鞘翅目次之，分别为80、74、21和20个，直翅目最少，仅8个。膜翅目和双翅目的种内遗传距离均值及标准偏差较大（膜翅目：0.89%±0.87%；双翅目：0.73%±0.58%），鳞翅目的最小（0.28%±0.20%）。研究表明：不同昆虫类群的种内遗传距离虽然整体在一定范围，但仍然存在一定的差异，因此不能笼统地依靠遗传距离的距离阈值进行物种划分；现有数据库需要补充足够的昆虫物种信息，才能提升物种鉴定效率。本研究丰富了亚热带森林昆虫分子数据库，同时也为进一步探索基于分子分类学开展昆虫多样性研究提供了基础数据和参考。     

DNA条形码试剂盒检测技术在大小蠹属种类鉴定中的应用（英文）

【目的】DNA条形码技术已成为生物分类鉴定的有力工具。DNA条形码技术的相关问题,如物种种内和种间的遗传距离出现重叠区域,将直接影响到物种鉴定的准确性。我们应用DNA条形码试剂盒检测技术来快速、准确地鉴定口岸截获的检疫性大小蠹属种类。【方法】针对大小蠹昆虫设计引物以提高PCR扩增效率。运用自主研发的基因条码分析软件找出基因片段上区分每个物种的多态位点规律,作为该物种的鉴定特征并建立数据库,应用于物种鉴定。【结果】使用针对大小蠹属昆虫设计的引物成功扩增出325 bp的COI基因片段。将大小蠹属12种昆虫的COI基因片段上的核苷酸诊断位点的组合作为物种的鉴定特征,可以准确地区分近似种。通过比对植物检疫鉴定系统数据库里的鉴定特征,将6个大小蠹属的未知样品成功鉴定到种(核苷酸序列一致性为100%),与形态鉴定结果一致。【结论】结果表明DNA条形码试剂盒检测技术可以准确鉴定大小蠹属的种类。该检测技术可以应用于其他经济重要性有害生物的检测鉴定。     

青海省6种裂腹鱼COI基因作为DNA条形码的适用性初探

青海省裂腹鱼鱼类至少有20种,占土著鱼类的40%以上,具有重要的生态价值。由于生态环境的恶化和人为因素的干扰,很多物种群已濒临灭绝。快速和准确的物种鉴定对于这些物种的保护至关重要,而基于形态学的传统分类法很难满足这一需求。因此,本研究通过DNA条形码技术初步探讨了在青海省裂腹鱼物种鉴定中的适用性。本研究中,测序获得了青海26尾裂腹鱼(6个物种)的细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I (COI)基因,并经GenBank数据库进行比对;基于K2P模型分析COI序列变异;运用贝叶斯法(BI)和最大似然法(ML)构建系统发育树。结果显示,6种裂腹鱼COI序列检测得到15个单倍型,且各物种间无共享的单倍型。基于K2P模型,最大种内遗传距离和最小种间遗传距离分别为(0.621±0.297)%和(2.792±0.644)%。种间平均遗传距离为(12.205±1.307)%,约为种内平均遗传距离((0.327±0.162)%)的37倍,表明各物种的COI序列间已经形成明显"条形码间隙"。AMOVA分析显示,遗传变异主要来自种间,约占97.05%;FST=0.970 54,p<0.01,说明各物种间分化程度极高。此外,基于BI和ML方法构建的系统树具有一致的拓扑结构,分辨率较高;各物种均单独聚为一个发育枝,拓扑结构合理。以上结果表明,COI基因作为DNA条形码在青海裂腹鱼物种鉴定中具有较高的适用性。     

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.