水分胁迫对茅苍术根茎生长及挥发油含量的影响

通过控制茅苍术[Atractylodes lancea（Thunb．）DC．]不同生长期的土壤含水量,研究了轻度和重度干旱胁迫与涝渍胁迫对茅苍术根茎生长及挥发油含量的影响。结果表明,在不同生长期,茅苍术根茎生长和挥发油成分含量对不同土壤水分条件的反应不同,其中生殖生长期对水分胁迫较敏感,干旱和涝渍胁迫均会导致根茎生长量和挥发油含量下降。水分胁迫对茅苍术根茎生长量和挥发油含量的影响效应是一致的,导致根茎生长量显著下降的水分条件可使挥发油含量下降,对根茎生长量影响不显著的水分条件则有利于挥发油成分的积累。在果后期进行适当的涝渍胁迫（土壤含水量35．5％～38．5％）有利于茅苍术根茎生长和挥发油含量的提高。     

不同产地苍术药材化学成分的比较

江苏、安徽及湖北５个产地苍术（Ａｔｒａｃｔｙｌｏｄｅｓｌａｎｃｅａ（Ｔｈｕｎｂ．）ＤＣ．）商品药材的化学分析结果表明：它们在某些药材性状、一些常规化学成分、挥发油成分和含量上存在显著差异。江苏茅苍术根茎挥发油的化学成分复杂,由此探讨了它作为地道药材的特殊性。同时对苍术的“断面暴露稍久可析出结晶”的性状和《药典》（１９９０年版）规定的“层析谱上应显有苍术素斑点”的鉴别实验进行讨论。     

茅苍术不同器官挥发油含量及其生长量的动态变化

以来自湖北英山的2年生茅苍术(Atractylodes lancea(Thunb.)DC.)为实验材料,研究了茅苍术的根、根茎、叶片、茎和花果在不同发育阶段挥发油的含量变化、分布模式及其与生长量的关系。结果表明,茅苍术的根、根茎、叶片、茎和花果中均含有挥发油,但主要存在于根茎中,占全株挥发油总量的81.79%;苍术酮、茅术醇、β-桉叶醇、芹烷二烯酮及苍术素为根茎挥发油的主要成分,占根茎挥发油总量的94.53%;β-桉叶醇和茅术醇的含量较高,占5种主要挥发油成分总量的74.85%;5种主要挥发油成分在不同器官中的形成及动态变化均不同。根茎挥发油成分在营养生长及生殖生长旺盛期积累缓慢,在营养生长及生殖生长后期积累迅速。根据研究结果确定南京地区茅苍术的最佳采收期为11月中下旬。     

茅苍术愈伤组织诱导及其细胞悬浮培养研究

采用正交试验法研究了不同的植物生长调节剂对茅苍术叶柄、叶片和根茎愈伤组织诱导的影响,结果表明,不同外植体在各自的最佳培养条件下,叶柄、叶片和根茎愈伤组织的诱导率分别为99.0%、83.5%和71.5%,以叶柄的培养效果最好,其中2,4-D对茅苍术愈伤组织的诱导具有极显著的效果,在各种植物生长调节剂组合中,诱导叶柄愈伤组织形成的最佳组合为0.4mg·L-1NAA、4.0mg·L-12,4-D和0.4mg·L-1KT,培养20d左右,诱导率达到99.0%。此外,将茅苍术叶柄细胞悬浮培养至18d时,细胞量、多糖和苍术素的含量均达到最大值,分别为9.07g·L-1、15.68mg·L-1和19.62ug·L-1。     

野生与栽培茅苍术挥发油成分的比较分析

采用气相色谱法分析茅苍术〔Atractylodes lancea(Thunb.)DC.〕在原产地及引种栽培1年后5个主要挥发油成分的含量变化。结果表明,江苏产茅苍术挥发油成分以苍术酮和苍术素为主;湖北产茅苍术挥发油的主要成分为茅术醇和β-桉叶醇;不同产地野生茅苍术挥发油的主要成分和含量明显不同;引种栽培至同一环境(江苏南京)后,茅苍术挥发油的主要成分及含量差异明显减小,表明产地对茅苍术挥发油有效成分的组成有一定的影响。     

茅苍术提取物在肺癌A549细胞中的抗增殖作用机制

目的:研究茅苍术提取物对肺癌A549细胞的肿瘤增殖抑制效果及机制。方法:MTT比色法检测茅苍术提取物对A549细胞增殖的抑制效果;流式细胞术分析茅苍术提取物对肺癌A549细胞周期的影响;Western Blot检测茅苍术刺激前后细胞周期蛋白D1(cyclin D1)蛋白表达量变化。结果:茅苍术提取物能有效抑制肺癌A549细胞增殖,且抑制效果与茅苍术提取物浓度呈现依赖性,茅苍术提取物刺激48h后,抑制效果最佳,IC50约为77.12μg/ml;细胞周期分析显示:茅苍术提取物可将细胞周期阻滞在G0/G1期,50μg/ml茅苍术提取物刺激48h后,G1期上升至53.41%;cyclin D1蛋白含量因茅苍术作用而下调。结论:茅苍术提取物能通过有效抑制cyclin D1的表达,进而将细胞周期阻滞于G1期,最终实现其抗增殖作用机制。     

茅苍术内生真菌的分离鉴定及在组培苗中的回接

从茅苍术的叶、茎和根中分离鉴定内生真菌,并观测内生菌回接对茅苍术组培苗生长的影响。共获得茅苍术内生菌16株,其中叶片中14株,根茎中各获得一株。分别为交链孢霉、镰刀霉、小克银汉霉、青霉、茎点霉、小菌核菌、孔球孢霉和不产孢类。经内生菌和茅苍术快繁苗实验初筛,得到两株对植物无害的内生菌:小菌核菌和孔球孢霉,将它们回接到茅苍术组培苗中,可以从苗叶片中染色观察到菌丝。其中小菌核菌能提高茅苍术炼苗的存活率,接入内生菌的茅苍术叶片超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化物酶活性均高于未接菌的对照,脂肪酸不饱和指数基本不变,说明分离自茅苍术的内生菌回接后可以与宿主建立共生关系。     

白术的真伪鉴别

白术为常用中药,市场上经常有以菊科植物中的菊三七[Gynura segetum（Lour．）Merr．]的根茎、土木香（Inula heleniumL．）的根、木香（Aucklandia Lappa Bence）的根、茅苍术FAtractylodeslancea（Thunb．）DC．]的根茎、北苍术[Atractylodes chinensis（DC．）Koidz]的根茎以及关苍术（Atractylodes japonica koidz ex kitam）的根茎假充白术药用的情况。为区别真伪。正确用药,现将以上7种植物的性状特征、横切面及粉末显微特征归纳比较,以利于简便、快速、准确地鉴定白术品种。     

不同产地茅苍术水溶性成分的HPLC指纹图谱研究

采用HPLC-ELSD法建立了茅苍术[Atractylodes lancea(Thunb.)DC.]水溶性成分的指纹图谱,并对不同产地野生与栽培茅苍术水溶性成分的指纹图谱进行了比较分析.结果表明,采用HPLC-ELSD法获得的茅苍术水溶性成分指纹图谱稳定、可靠、重复性好;供试茅苍术水溶性成分的保留时间一般在65 min之内,共有16个典型的共有色谱峰;供试茅苍术样品的指纹图谱与对照模式色谱图的相似度较高,说明该指纹图谱可作为茅苍术水溶性化学成分的特征指纹图谱.江苏产野生与栽培茅苍术水溶性成分的化学组成基本一致,以倍半萜苷类为主,主要成分均为苍术苷A;湖北产野生茅苍术水溶性成分的倍半萜苷类总含量较高,但主要成分不是苍术苷A.     

茅苍术挥发油对三种内生真菌及七种外源真菌的抑菌活性

为了研究宿主植物次级代谢产物对内生真菌生长的抑制作用,以药用植物茅苍术及其内生真菌为材料,采用有机溶剂萃取法提取茅苍术挥发油,应用滤纸片扩散法和平板涂布法研究茅苍术挥发油对茅苍术内生真菌及其他外源真菌的抑菌作用.结果表明: 挥发油对3种内生真菌生长具有抑制作用;对酵母、水霉有很强的抑菌活性;对根霉、犁头霉抑菌作用不明显;对绿色木霉、黑曲霉的产孢具有抑制作用;对疫霉生长无抑制作用.在高浓度挥发油胁迫下,内生真菌菌丝分支增多,分支间距离变短,气生菌丝生长受到抑制.两种内生真菌对挥发油具有代谢转化能力,降低了其主要成分的含量.表明茅苍术挥发油对内生真菌生长具有限制作用,但内生真菌能够通过自身分解代谢适应茅苍术挥发油.     

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.