渗透胁迫下多效唑对刺槐幼苗体内多胺、脯氨酸和保护酶系统的影响

刺槐幼苗在PEG渗透胁迫下,相对含水量(RWC)降低,质膜透性增加,游离腐胺、脯氨酸的积累和超氧物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性提高,腐胺、亚精胺比值(Put/Spd)增加。渗透胁迫下用多效唑(PP_(333))作浸根和浸种处理,提高刺槐幼苗RWC和游离脯氨酸含量,减少质膜透性和 Put/Spd比值,降低SOD、CAT活性和腐胺含量。腐胺水平的变化与幼苗的水分状况有关,与质膜透性的变化趋势一致。     

钙素和水分亏缺对黄瓜叶片细胞质膜透性的影响

用控制溶液的钙量[加或不加Ca(NO_3)_2]和渗透势(加聚乙二醇6000,202 g/L)的方法,研究了钙素和水分亏缺对黄瓜叶片细胞质膜透性的影响。结果表明:在渗透胁迫下,正常供钙的黄瓜叶片相对含水量(RWC)和膜透性变化较小、MDA增加不显著、SOD活性无明显改变;缺钙植株叶片的RWC随渗透胁迫处理线性下降,膜透性显著增大、MDA含量迅速提高、SOD活性也升高。在正常水分供应下,与供钙植株相比,缺钙植株SOD活性和MDA含量均较高,但RWC和膜透性无差异。在水分胁迫下,缺钙植株MDA和质膜透性与ΔRWC以及MDA与质膜透性之间均呈正相关。这些结果表明在水分胁迫下,缺钙处理叶片保水能力降低,使受害加重;同时,细胞质膜的稳定性降低。膜透性改变可能与在水分胁迫下体内的膜脂过氧化反应密切相关,即缺钙加速了膜脂过氧化反应,从而损害了质膜结构。     

NaCl胁迫对宁夏枸杞幼苗根系质膜和液泡膜H+-ATPase活性的影响

以宁夏枸杞为材料,研究NaCl胁迫下枸杞幼苗组织含水量、干物质重量、无机离子分布、质膜透性、丙二醛 (MDA)含量及幼根质膜、液泡膜H -ATPase活性和耐盐性之间的关系。结果表明,在0．3％NaCl胁迫下,干物质重量、质膜透性、MDA含量略有增加,组织含水量略有下降;随着NaCl胁迫强度的增加,Na 、Cl-含量逐渐增加, K 含量则呈现下降的趋势;质膜透性增大与MDA含量升高呈显著正相关;质膜和液泡膜H -ATPase活性逐渐增加,且液泡膜H -ATPase活性显著高于质膜H -ATPase活性,表明枸杞具有较强的抗盐性。     

干旱胁迫下牛心朴子幼苗相对含水量、质膜透性及保护酶活性变化

牛心朴子(Cynanchum komarovii)幼苗用不同浓度PEG-6000(聚乙二醇)模拟干旱处理,测定处理12d和复水24h中根、叶的RWC、质膜相对透性、MDA含量及几种保护酶(SOD、CAT、POD)活性变化情况,结果表明：高浓度胁迫后期,RWC明显下降,MDA含量增大,致使膜脂过氧化引起膜损伤;低、中浓度胁迫下,RWC下降程度低,细胞膜脂过氧化及膜透性影响小,且可能对膜脂过氧化起到一定的防御作用。复水后,低、中度胁迫下,各项指标能迅速恢复到CK水平,而高浓度胁迫下,除叶质膜透性、MDA含量、SOD活性不能恢复外,根、叶的其余指标均能达到CK水平。保护酶系统的作用,在一段时间内,可能是通过它们之间的相互协调而保持一个稳定的平衡态进行的。     

硅对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长的影响

采用砂基培养的方法,研究硅对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长的影响.结果表明加硅处理能使低温胁迫下的黄瓜幼苗超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性显著升高;丙二醛(MDA)含量和超氧阴离子自由基(0()2)产生速率显著下降,叶片质膜透性降低;硅提高了低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗的可溶性蛋白质和叶绿素含量、叶绿素a/b比值及植株生物量.因此,硅可以减弱低温胁迫对黄瓜幼苗的伤害.     

一氧化氮对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发及幼苗生理特性的影响

以0.4mol/L的甘露醇(M)模拟水分胁迫状况,研究了外源一氧化氮(NO)供体硝普钠(SNP)对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发、幼苗生长和生理特性的影响。结果表明:(1)水分胁迫下,玉米种子萌发和幼苗生长受到抑制,叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量、质膜相对透性、脯氨酸含量均显著增加;(2)SNP能显著提高水分胁迫下玉米种子的发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数和活力指数,增加玉米幼苗的根长、茎长、根重和整株干重,抑制水分胁迫下玉米幼苗叶片MDA含量的上升,降低叶片质膜相对透性,降低脯氨酸含量。其中以100μmol/L和200μmol/LSNP对水分胁迫的缓解效果最佳。     

外源芦丁预处理对水分胁迫下玉米幼苗的生理效应

以玉米(Zeamays L.)品种'郏单958'为材料.采用营养液水培法,研究了外源芦丁(Rutin)对聚乙二醇(PEG)胁迫下幼苗叶片质膜相对透性、脯氨酸、可溶性糖含量及保护酶活性的影响.结果显示:(1)在15%PEG-6000胁迫下,玉米叶片的MDA含量、质膜相对透性、脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白质含量均显著增加,保护酶SOD、CAT、POD活性显著升高.(2)一定浓度芦丁(>0.40 g/L)预处理可显著抑制水分胁迫下玉米幼苗叶片MDA含量的上升,降低叶片质膜相对透性,并诱导SOD、POD和CAT活性提高.降低脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白质含量.说明外源芦丁能够提高玉米幼苗的抗氧化作用,缓解水分胁迫引起的膜脂过氧化,保护细胞膜免受或减少损伤·达到提高植物抗旱性的目的.     

外源一氧化氮提高一年生黑麦草抗冷性机制

用不同浓度的一氧化氮(NO)供体硝普纳(sodiumnitroprusside,SNP)处理低温胁迫下1年生黑麦草幼苗,探讨外源NO对提高黑麦草幼苗抗冷性的作用。结果表明外源NO能减缓低温胁迫下黑麦草幼苗质膜相对透性的增加,促进脯氨酸(Pro)的积累,提高超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和过氧化物酶(POD)保护酶活性,其中POD酶活性的提高尤为显著。恢复生长时,经SNP处理的幼苗膜透性、脯氨酸和保护酶活性恢复较快,其中0.5mmol/LSNP处理的效果最为明显,0.2、1.0mmol/LSNP处理的效果次之。     

稀土微肥对酸雨胁迫下水稻幼苗期Ⅰ的影响

为探究稀土微肥对酸雨胁迫下水稻幼苗期Ⅰ抗逆性的影响,本实验利用实验室模拟酸雨、稀土微肥溶液处理盆栽水稻。研究显示,与对照相比,p H=4.5酸雨处理下,幼苗期水稻叶片中的丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸含量提高,抗氧化酶活性降低,质膜透性增大;0.1%稀土微肥喷施处理酸雨胁迫下的水稻幼苗叶片后,与酸雨组比较,细胞中过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性提高,丙二醛与脯氨酸含量下降,叶绿素含量有所上升。研究表明,酸雨胁迫下水稻幼苗生长发育受抑,稀土微肥能够提高酸雨胁迫下幼苗期水稻的抗逆能力并且稀土微肥对幼苗期水稻抗逆性的修复作用优于防护作用。     

模拟干旱胁迫对枣树幼苗的抗氧化系统和渗透调节的影响

用不同浓度的PEG-6000对抗旱性不同的1年生枣树(Zizyphus jujuba)幼苗进行渗透胁迫处理后,研究了不同抗旱性品种枣树幼苗的抗氧化酶活性和渗透调节物质含量的变化.结果显示,干旱胁迫下3种枣苗叶片的相对含水量(RWC)均降低,丙二醛(MDA)含量和细胞质膜相对透性均增加.在30%PEG胁迫下除骏枣1号的SOD活性降低外,3个品种枣苗在干旱胁迫下SOD和POD活性都增加;狗头枣2号的过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在胁迫下明显增加,而木枣1号和骏枣1号的CAT活性均随着胁迫程度的增加而逐渐下降;木枣1号和骏枣1号的APX活性随着胁迫程度的增加先增加后降低,而狗头枣2号明显增加.干旱胁迫下,除骏枣1号的脯氨酸(Pro)含量和木枣1号的可溶性糖含量在30%的胁迫水平下降低(P>0.05)外,3种干旱胁迫水平下3个品种枣苗的Pro和可溶性糖含量均增加.总之,干旱胁迫下,枣苗叶片相对含水量、抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、CAT和APX)活性、渗透调节物质Pro和可溶性糖含量均为:狗头枣2号>木枣1号>骏枣1号,而MDA含量和膜透性均为骏枣1号>木枣1号>狗头枣2号,表明3个品种的抗旱性为:狗头枣2号>木枣1号>骏枣1号,研究结果与其品种的实际抗旱性一致.     

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).