新疆杨高效遗传转化系统的建立

选择新疆杨(Populus alba L.var．pyramidalis Bge．)为遗传转化受体材料,为建立根癌农杆菌介导新疆杨高效遗传转化系统,从预培养时间、侵染时间、共培养时间、添加乙酰丁香酮(AS)的时机、共培养培养基中添加乙酰丁香酮浓度、侵染菌液的制备方法、外植体继代方式等7个方面优化筛选。结果显示较合适的转化系统为：预培养8h,农杆菌菌液(OD600=0．4)侵染15min,共培养5d,侵染菌液的最优制备方法是液体培养活化农杆菌2次加离心收集菌体重悬,共培养培养基中添加乙酰丁香酮80μmol／L。新疆杨叶盘转化频率可达38．10％。     

不同理化因子对黄芩毛状根诱导的影响

目的:利用发根农杆菌1.2556诱导黄芩,得到毛状根.方法:采用共培养法诱导黄芩毛状根,研究不同外植体,不同预培养时间,不同菌液浓度,不同感染时间,乙酰丁香酮,抗生素浓度等条件对转化率的影响.结果:利用预培养2d后的茎段为转化材料,当发根农杆菌浓度在OD600值为0.5时感染10min,转化率最高.在菌液中或培养基中添加100umol/L,乙酰丁香酮可以提高黄芩毛状根的转化效率.培养基中加入250mg/L抗生素Cef能较好地抑制发根农杆菌生长.结论:用共培养法诱导出黄芩毛状根,并确定了最佳诱导条件,以提高黄芩外植体的诱导率.     

紫云英细胞转化条件的研究

研究了紫云英（ＡｓｔｒａｇａｌｕｓｓｉｎｉｃｕｓＬ．）细胞遗传转化的条件。根癌农杆菌（Ａｇｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｔｕｍ ｅｆａｃｉｅｎｓ）经含乙酰丁香酮的低ｐＨ／ＰＯ３－４ 诱导培养后,用来感染紫云英下胚轴原生质体,随后的细胞ＧＵＳ瞬间表达活性显著提高,间接证明了上述预培养诱导活化了细菌ｖｉｒ基因,促进了Ｔ－ＤＮＡ 向植物细胞转移。在ＰＥＧ介导的ＤＮＡ 转移中,较高的ｐＨ 和Ｃａ２＋ 浓度能够提高细胞ＧＵＳ活性。质粒ＤＮＡ 浓度及启动子类型对外源基因在植物细胞内表达也有一定影响。采用外植体－农杆菌共培养法,获得ＧＵＳ和ＮＰＴ Ⅱ基因稳定表达的紫云英转化植株     

根癌农杆菌对巴戟天遗传转化的影响因素

以巴戟天带节茎为材料,研究了根癌农杆菌对巴戟天遗传转化的影响因素。结果表明:外植体感染前先进行2 d预培养,对转化有一定促进作用;外植体与农杆菌共培养时间以3 d为宜;乙酰丁香酮能提高转化效率,抗性芽分化率可达18.0％;外植体与农杆菌共培养后延迟4 d选择,抗性芽分化率有所提高;硝酸银能抑制外植体表面农杆菌的生长,提高GUS阳性芽的比例,硝酸银浓度2 mg/L时,GUS阳性芽比例最高(42.9％)。     

根癌农杆菌介导转化谷子的影响因素

利用GUS报告基因,建立了农杆菌介导的谷子(Setaria italica)遗传转化体系,并研究了多种影响因素对转化效率的影响,包括受体基因型、外植体类型、菌液浓度、培养基中乙酰丁香酮的浓度、侵染时间和共培养时间.确定了最优的转化条件为:以谷子幼穗诱导的愈伤组织为外植体,用低浓度的农杆菌菌液侵染30～40min,然后在含有0.1mmol/L乙酰丁香酮的LS培养基上共培养2d.     

影响根癌农杆菌介导的木霉菌遗传转化因素分析

采用根癌农杆菌介导的转化方法,以木霉菌分生孢子为受体材料,对影响转化效率的主要因素进行了分析。结果表明,农杆菌菌株类型、初始菌液量、分生孢子浓度、共培养时间以及乙酰丁香酮的诱导等因素对转化效率都具有重要的影响。通过对这些因素的分析,基本得出了根癌农杆菌转化系统对木霉菌遗传转化的特点和规律,为将该转化系统用于其它丝状真菌的遗传转化提供了重要参考。     

影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素

利用携带pCAMBIA1301质粒（含hpt和gus基因）的超毒根癌农杆菌菌株EHA105对大豆子叶节外植体进行遗传转化,研究了影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素。研究结果表明．农杆菌侵染液和共培养培养基中添加200μmok/L乙酰丁香酮和50mg／L抗坏血酸可以有效促进农杆菌对大豆子叶节的转化。农杆菌与子叶节共培养后羧苄青霉素（250mr／L）和头孢霉素（100mg／L）结合使用能有效抑制农杆菌过度繁殖并提高转化芽诱导频率;在转化细胞的分化和转化芽伸长过程中,改进的筛选策略可以明显改善对转化芽的筛选效果,从而提高转化频率。应用优化后的转化体系．获得了3个国内大豆主栽品种的转基因植株,PCR阳性植株频率为3．8％～7．6％。转化植株叶片总DNA的PCR和Southern blot实验表明,T-DNA上的外源基因已经整合到大豆基因组中。     

影响根癌农杆菌介导的木霉菌遗传转化因素分析*

采用根癌农杆菌介导的转化方法,以木霉菌分生孢子为受体材料,对影响转化效率的主要因素进行了分析。结果表明,农杆菌菌株类型、初始菌液量、分生孢子浓度、共培养时间以及乙酰丁香酮的诱导等因素对转化效率都具有重要的影响。通过对这些因素的分析,基本得出了根癌农杆菌转化系统对木霉菌遗传转化的特点和规律,为将该转化系统用于其它丝状真菌的遗传转化提供了重要参考。     

除虫菊发状根的诱导及培养条件优化

以除虫菊（Pyrethrum cinerariifolium Trey.）无菌苗为外植体,研究除虫菊发状根的诱导、培养条件优化,并对发状根中的除虫菊素进行检测和生物活性测定。结果显示,乙酰丁香酮能促进除虫菊下胚轴和子叶发状根的诱导,当乙酰丁香酮浓度为150 μmol/L时除虫菊下胚轴和子叶的诱导率为对照的2.29倍和2.66倍,预培养6 d时,下胚轴发状根诱导率为对照的2.25倍,发根农杆菌A4的诱导率均高于ATCC15834,愈伤组织较适合发状根的诱导,愈伤组织侵染后适合在无激素的MS培养基上进行发状根诱导,250 mL三角瓶中添加50 mL MS培养基较适合发状根的生长。对除虫菊发状根进行PCR检测发现,发根农杆菌含有的Ri T-DNA的rolB基因已整合进入发状根基因组中。通过GCMS检测发现,愈伤组织中除虫菊素的6种成分均未检测到,而发状根中检测到瓜菊素Ⅰ、茉酮菊素Ⅰ和茉酮菊素Ⅱ 3种成分,发状根对粘虫的拒食作用明显优于愈伤组织。本研究为通过组织培养方式生产除虫菊素奠定了基础。     

根癌农杆菌介导转化红曲菌及转化子发酵性能的研究

利用根癌农杆菌介导转化技术成功将潮霉素抗性基因转入发白红曲菌中,优化了抗生素浓度,发白红曲菌孢子浓度,根癌农杆菌浓度,共培养温度及时间,以及乙酰丁香酮浓度等转化条件,最终转化效率可达52个转化子/105个红曲孢子.将转化子在含有潮霉素B的培养基继代培养5代,得到了多株稳定的转化子,对部分转化子进行PCR鉴定,结果进一步...     

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.