特种稻不育系巨胚813A的选育与研究

用350Gy剂量的Co^60-γ射线照射水稻三系保持系813B种子,获得巨胚突变体,命名为巨胚813B（简称813geB）。用巨胚813B回交813A育成特种稻不育系——巨胚813A（简称813geA）。对巨胚813B及巨胚813A的生物学特性进行研究,结果表明：巨胚813A与813A的主要农艺性状、雄性不育性及产量构成因素均无明显差异。巨胚813B与813B具有相似的农艺性状,但绝对胚重由0．61mg提高到1．36mg,相对胚重由2．70％提高到6．96％。巨胚813B糙米的蛋白质、粗脂肪、粗纤维及必需氨基酸含量均比813B高。其中蛋白质含量9．77％,比813B提高了8．80％;粗脂肪含量5．28％,比813B提高了87．23％;8种必需氨基酸含量均有提高。利用巨胚恢复系与巨胚813A可纽配成巨胚杂交稻。     

胞质雄性不育系冀2658A细胞质对陆地棉主要性状的影响

利用棉花(Gossypium hirsutum)雄性不育不仅可以培育优质的杂交种,还能提高棉花制种效率并降低制种成本。该研究以冀2658系及其同核异质不育系冀2658A为母本,以6个恢复系为父本配制12个杂交组合。利用F1代研究棉花细胞质对棉花农艺性状、抗病性、种子中粗脂肪和粗蛋白含量、纤维品质及产量性状的影响。结果表明,冀2658A的细胞质主要影响棉花杂交种F1代的产量相关性状、黄萎病抗性及棉籽粗脂肪含量等,表现为衣分显著降低(比对照组低1.61%),黄萎病抗性增强(黄萎病指数比对照组低18.29%),棉籽中的粗脂肪含量降低(比对照组低2.88%)。该研究初步探讨了胞质不育型细胞质对陆地棉主要性状的影响,为陆地棉胞质雄性不育系的利用提供了理论参考。     

特种稻种质创新与营养特性评价

将系谱选择和花药培养相结合,分别选育出具有巨胚、甜味、有色种皮、软米、香味等单一特殊性状和聚合上述2个以上特殊性状的特种稻种质12份,并对这些种质进行了营养特性评价。结果表明,创新的特种稻种质营养成分含量明显高于普通稻,其中甜黑米1569和甜红米1571糙米千粒重很小(8．4g、8．2g),蛋白质(12．4％、11．7％)、赖氨酸(0．75％、0．76％)、脂肪(5．29％、4．86％)、油酸(2．15％、1．93％)和亚油酸(1．93％、1．86％)、维生素B1(8．42mg／kg、1．60mg／kg)年口钙含量(36．8mg／100g、29．5mg／100g)较高;巨胚香糯1574和白巨胚米1575的胚较大,千粒胚重1．4g以上,胚重占糙米重的比率8％以上,蛋白质(9．9％、10．6％)、维生素B1(3．30mg／kg、0．98mg／kg)和钙含量(27．7mg／100g、32．5mg／100g)较高;黑糯米1568的维生素B1(6．57mg／kg)、铁扣锌含量(4．0mg／100g、7．2mg／100g)较高;红米1201的蛋白质(11．1％)、锌(7．0mg／100g)和硒(85．4ug／kg）含量较高,巨胚,甜味,有色种皮,香味等2个以上特殊性状的聚合是增加水稻种质营养保健功能性的有效途径之一。     

不同类型特种稻种质营养及功能性成分含量的差异

本研究以具有有色种皮、巨胚、甜味、香味、糯性等单一特殊性状或2个以上特殊性状聚合于一体的新创制特种稻种质39份和1份白米种质(对照)为试验材料,进行了黑米、黑褐米、红米、香糯米、黑巨胚糯米、红巨胚糯米、巨胚糯米、黑甜米、红甜米、白甜米等不同类型特种稻种质的营养及功能性成分含量的差异评价。结果表明,供试特种稻类型在大部分氨基酸含量和矿质元素含量上与白米差异不显著,只在个别氨基酸和矿质元素含量上与白米呈显著或极显著差异。黑褐米、红米、黑巨胚糯米、红巨胚糯米、巨胚糯米、红甜米和白甜米等7种类型的赖氨酸含量显著或极显著高于白米,高2.91%~24.68%;黑米、黑褐米、红米、香糯米、黑巨胚糯米和红甜米等6种类型的铁含量显著或极显著高于白米,高17.62%~68.09%;黑褐米、红米、黑巨胚糯米、红巨胚糯米、黑甜米、红甜米、白甜米等7种类型的钙含量显著或极显著高于白米,高23.56%~49.46%;黑米、黑褐米、红米、黑甜米、红甜米、白甜米等6种类型的锌含量显著或极显著高于白米,高12.21%~55.87%。由此表明,具有有色种皮、巨胚、甜味、香味、糯性等单一特殊性状或2~3个特殊性状的聚合对赖氨酸含量与铁、钙和锌含量的提高方面具有一定的增加效应,认为在今后以赖氨酸、铁、钙和锌含量为目标性状的功能性水稻育种中,多个特殊性状的聚合将是增加上述功能性成分含量的有效途径之一。通过鉴定评价,从创新种质中还筛选出一些功能性成分含量相对较高的优异种质,白甜米1553和红巨胚糯米1476的赖氨酸含量较高,比白米分别高29.37%和23.42%;红米1439和红米1440的铁含量较高,比白米分别高99.05%和80.00%;黑甜米1511和黑甜米1515的硒含量较高,比白米分别高194.14%和136.48%;白甜米1551和香糯米1446的γ-氨基丁酸含量较高,比白米分别高14.56%和11.83%;黑巨胚糯米1464和黑米1432的花色苷含量较高,比供试18份有色稻米的平均值分别高253.23%和248.83%。这些新创制的功能性成分含量较高的水稻种质有待于今后在育种、生态适应性鉴定与产业化中进一步得到利用。     

1个新巨胚等位基因的鉴定与表达分析及其性状考察

该研究以‘超2-10’水稻和‘上师大5号’巨胚水稻为材料,分析了2种水稻的胚重、胚与糙米质量比、巨胚性状的遗传,克隆和分析了其巨胚基因(GE)序列,并对巨胚基因进行了表达分析。结果显示:(1)‘上师大5号’的胚重、胚与糙米质量比均极显著大于‘超2-10’,且‘超2-10’的胚重接近或大于一些已报道的巨胚水稻;(2)‘上师大5号’巨胚表型由1对隐性基因控制,并与韩国巨胚稻‘M-2-565-11-3-B(ge)’属于相同的等位基因突变;(3)‘超2-10’、‘上师大5号’和‘M-2-565-11-3-B(ge)’3种水稻各自具有1个新的GE等位基因,它们的突变位点分别位于启动子、启动子及编码链、编码链;(4)‘上师大5号’启动子及编码链都有突变的GE等位基因(gec),在开花后4~7d的颖果中表达量持续增加,完全不同于只有编码链突变的GE等位基因呈持续下降的表达模式。该研究首次报道了突变在启动子、突变同时发生在启动子及编码链2种新型巨胚等位基因。     

香草酸对青钱柳离体胚萌发过程中生理生化指标的影响及各指标的相关性分析

采用离体胚培养法,研究了在培养基中添加81.33 mg.L-1(半抑制浓度,IC50)香草酸的条件下,青钱柳〔Cyclocarya paliurus(Batal.)Iljinsk.〕离体胚萌发过程中部分生理生化指标的变化,并对各指标间的相关性进行了分析。结果表明:随培养时间的延长,处理组(培养基中添加81.33 mg.L-1香草酸)及对照组离体胚的粗脂肪和蛋白质含量均呈逐渐降低的趋势,淀粉和可溶性糖含量均呈先降低后升高的趋势,异柠檬酸裂合酶(ICL)、酸性磷酸酶(AP)、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性以及葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G-6-PDH)和6-磷酸葡萄糖酸脱氢酶(6-PGDH)联合活性均高于培养初期,且ICL、POD、AP和ALP活性不断提高;但处理组的粗脂肪和蛋白质含量均高于对照组且变化幅度相对较小,淀粉含量在培养前期高于对照、在培养后期低于对照,可溶性糖含量总体上高于对照,ICL、AP和ALP活性及G-6-PDH和6-PGDH联合活性的提高幅度整体上小于对照,培养后期POD活性显著高于对照。相关性分析结果表明:青钱柳离体胚萌发过程中粗脂肪和蛋白质含量与各种酶活性间均呈显著或极显著的负相关。研究结果显示:香草酸对青钱柳离体胚萌发过程中各种酶的活化产生抑制作用,导致主要贮藏物质的转化受阻,从而影响胚的萌发。     

水稻直链淀粉和蛋白质突变系筛选及其与主要农艺性状的关联分析

研究利用重离子辐照杂交籼稻9311创建农艺性状突变体库,使用化学方法筛选直链淀粉、蛋白质突变材料,并分析籽粒品质性状与农艺性状之间的相关性,为后续筛选直链淀粉、蛋白质突变体工作奠定基础。结果显示:在169份直链淀粉、蛋白质突变体中,直链淀粉含量变幅范围是7.64%~32.37%,其中高含量直链淀粉突变体材料有11份,低含量直链淀粉突变体材料有5份;蛋白质含量变幅范围是7.05%~13.79%,其中高蛋白突变体有34份,低蛋白突变体有3份。从169份突变体中筛选出直链淀粉、蛋白质含量都有梯度差异的突变体材料,筛选出材料的农艺性状分析结果表明:在直链淀粉、蛋白质突变体材料的农艺性状中,每穗实粒数、有效穗数、结实率和株高这四个农艺性状与籽粒品质性状间有关联,变异系数分别为37.53%、30.72%、24.70%、15.38%。相关性结果表明:直链淀粉含量和蛋白质含量呈负相关,直链淀粉含量与农艺性状呈正相关,蛋白质与农艺性状呈负相关,其中蛋白质含量和每穗实粒数、结实率呈极显著负相关,相关系数分别为-0.504、-0.592。     

青蛤的营养成分分析与评价

测定了61、2月份青蛤(Cyclina sinensis)的营养成份,并对其营养价值进行综合评定。结果表明,6月份青蛤的营养较12月份好,其粗蛋白比12月的高出2.84%,粗脂肪含量高出1.74%;6月和12月的氨基酸总含量分别为826.3 mg/g蛋白质和804.0 mg/g蛋白质,其中必需氨基酸分别占36.1%和33.6%,氨基酸计分(AAS)和化学评分(CS)是6月的较高,必需氨基酸指数(EAAI)则分别为64.23和59.88。其不饱和脂肪酸占脂质总量的67.7%,其中单烯酸占24.9%,多烯酸占42.8%,“脑黄金”DHA和EPA的含量分别达到11.3%和18.4%。还含有多种微量元素和维生素。     

中华稻蝗的营养成分分析及其蛋白质评价

本文对中华稻蝗Qxya chinensis (Thunberg)进行了营养成分分析,水分含量为73.3％,干物重只有26.7％。其中粗蛋白质含量为20.8％;粗脂肪为2.2％;粗纤维2.9％;总糖1.2％;粗灰分1.2％,而粗蛋白质占总干物重高达73.4％。氨基酸齐全,必需氨基酸总量占总氨基酸量47.73％,第一限制氨基酸为苏氨酸,氨基酸分(AAS)为0.84,化学分(CS)为0.63％,必需氨基酸指数(EAAI)为99.05。中华稻蝗中的蛋白质均比人们通常摄取蛋白质源的品质好,与鸡蛋蛋白质相似。此外还含有多种微量元素及丰富的维生素。中华稻蝗是人类膳食中新的蛋白质源。     

寒地粳稻品种功能营养品质分析

功能型稻米因其具有调节人体生理功能、改善人体健康等特点,越来越受到人们的重视。本研究对226份寒地粳稻品种的6种功能营养品质进行了遗传变异、相关分析和主成分分析。结果表明,2年间各功能营养品质差异不显著,赖氨酸、谷蛋白、γ-氨基丁酸、总黄酮含量、平均胚重和胚占糙米重在226份寒地粳稻品种中均呈现较大的变异,其中平均胚重的变异系数最大为92.17%,总黄酮含量的变异系数最小为11.51%。绥粳3号、绥粳5号、牡丹江21号、合粳1号、牡丹江22号、龙糯2号、系选1号7个品种,同时具有2种功能营养品质优良的特点。赖氨酸含量与平均胚重和胚占糙米重呈极显著正相关,总黄酮含量与γ-氨基丁酸含量呈显著负相关,与谷蛋白含量呈显著正相关。胚型因子、黄酮和谷蛋白型因子、γ-氨基丁酸型因子的累计贡献率达到69.149%,是影响寒地粳稻功能营养品质的主要因子。在功能型稻米品种选育过程中,应首先注意对巨胚、高γ-氨基丁酸和低谷蛋白的选择,并可以利用分子标记辅助选择或转基因育种手段,实现多个功能营养品质性状的聚合育种。     

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.