利用ISSR分子标记构建濒危植物水青树核心种质

基于全国26个居群的174份水青树Tetracentron sinense种质,利用14条ISSR引物,采用UPGMA聚类法进行多次逐步聚类,利用三种取样策略(随机取样策略、位点优先取样策略和偏离度取样策略)构建初始核心种质,并将各遗传多样性指标进行比较分析,从而确定构建水青树核心种质的最佳方法。利用14条ISSR引物扩增出180个条带,其观测等位基因数(Na)、有效等位基因数(Ne)、Nei’s基因多样性指数(H)与Shannon信息指数(I)分别为1.6944、1.3912、0.2321和0.3509,说明水青树具有较低的遗传多样性。采用位点优先取样策略构建的核心种质各遗传多样性指数均大于随机取样策略和偏离度取样策略。利用位点优先取样策略构建了78 份核心种质资源,保留了44.83%原种质样品,遗传多样性指数Na、Ne、H和I的保留率分别为98.69%、100.01%、99.27%和98.67%,比较完好地保留了原种质的遗传多样性和遗传变异。因此,位点优先取样策略是构建水青树核心种质的最佳取样策略。     

黄芩种质资源ISSR遗传多样性的分析及评价

采用ISSR分子标记技术对6个野生或栽培居群共147份黄芩种质进行遗传多样性分析和评价。分析结果表明,51个ISSR引物中筛选出18条扩增条带清晰、重复性好和多态性高的引物,共扩增出485条清晰的条带,其中466条具有多态性,平均多态性位点比率为96.08%,平均Nei’s基因多样性指数和Shannon’s信息指数分别为0.244 4和0.388 9,等位基因数（Na）和有效等位基因数（Ne）分别为1.993 8和1.383 9,遗传分化指数G_st=0.122 3,遗传一致度（I）和遗传距离（D）分别为0.951 5和0.050 1,说明收集的黄芩种质资源在总体上具有较高的遗传多样性,不同居群间存在一定的遗传分化和基因交流,遗传变异主要存在于居群内。分子聚类结果表明,同一地区的种质并没有按照收集来源完全聚类,可能与种质不同起源或民间栽培引种有关。在DNA分子水平揭示黄芩种质资源的遗传多样性水平,将为进一步黄芩种质资源评价、保存和新品种选育等利用提供依据。     

秦巴山区野板栗居群遗传多样性AFLP分析

利用荧光AFLP标记技术对来自秦巴山区的野板栗10个居群共262个单株进行遗传多样性研究.10对AFLP引物共扩增出1297条谱带,其中多态性位点数1011个,多态位点百分率为77.95%;Nei's基因多样性指数为0.1439～0.2046,总体为0.2518;Shannon信息指数的变异范围为0.1972～0.2895,总体为0.4089;甘肃地区野板栗居群遗传多样性水平最高,陕西宝鸡居群的遗传多样性水平最低.AMOVA分析表明野板栗居群闻的遗传变异占总变异的17.51%,居群内变异占69.76%.UPGMA聚类可将供试10个居群划分为3类,聚类结果表现出明显的地域性.     

金花茶遗传多样性的ISSR分析

采用ISSR分子标记对金花茶的4个自然分布居群的126份样品的遗传多样性水平进行了研究。用12条引物,共检测到105个清晰的扩增位点,其中多态性位点79个,多态位点百分率(PPB)为75．24％。采用POPGENE软件进行分析,结果表明：居群总的Nei’s基因多样性指数为0．2302,Shannon信息多态性指数为0．3502,金花茶总的遗传多样性水平较高。但金花茶居群内的遗传多样性相对较低。基因分化系数为0．5752,遗传变异主要存在于居群间。用NTSYS软件对样品进行UPGMA聚类分析,结果4个居群的样品各自聚在一起,而金花茶两间断分布区区内的居群又各自聚在一起。金花茶4个居群间的遗传距离与地理距离呈显著的正相关(r=0．68261,P=1．0000)。     

山东丹参(Salvia miltiorrhiza)不同地理居群的遗传多样性

以山东泰安、临沂、莱芜、菏泽和潍坊5个居群的72份丹参株系为材料,利用ISSR引物进行群体遗传结构的研究。结果表明：8个ISSR引物在5个居群中共扩增出219个位点,平均可扩增出27条带,在种级水平及泰安、临沂、莱芜、菏泽和潍坊5个居群水平多态性位点百分比分别为98.63%、81.28%、66.67%、66.21%、51.14%和50.68%,种级水平的Nei基因多样性和Shannon信息指数大于各居群;5个居群Nei基因多样性和Shannon信息指数相比较,泰安〉临沂〉莱芜〉菏泽〉潍坊;根据基因分化系数,测得的基因流值Nm为4.2352;UPGMA聚类分析结果表明,莱芜居群和临沂居群遗传一致度最大,遗传关系最近,泰安居群与其它4个居群遗传关系最远;分析发现菏泽居群、泰安居群是相对独立的群体,但5个居群间存在部分基因交流。所有参数分析表明,泰安居群遗传多样性最丰富,故在制定原位种质保护计划时应优先考虑泰山周边地区的丹参。     

中型狼尾草种质资源遗传多样性的ISSR分析

运用ISSR标记对采自云南的25份野生种质和4份驯化新品系中型狼尾草材料进行遗传多样性分析。结果显示:(1)50条ISSR引物中共筛选出10条能扩增出清晰条带且多态性明显的引物,29份材料DNA共获得72个扩增位点,其中多态性位点62个,多态性比率为87.4%,平均每条引物扩增位点为7.2个;平均观察等位基因数(Na)、有效等位基因数(Ne)、Shannon多样性信息指数(I)和Nei’s基因多样性指数(H)分别为1.861 1、1.742 8、0.561 0和0.395 9;种质材料间的遗传相似性系数变幅为0.236~0.903,表现出丰富的遗传多样性。(2)利用UPGMA聚类分析,以遗传相似系数0.51为界,29份材料划分为4大类,但Mantel检测表明29份种质材料的遗传聚类和地理距离之间不存在显著的正相关关系(r=0.437 0,P=0.204 6)。研究结果首次从分子水平揭示了中型狼尾草的遗传多样性和变异水平,为合理地引种、驯化、保护和利用中型狼尾草野生资源提供了重要的参考依据和数据支持。     

扎龙芦苇遗传多样性ISSR分析

采用ISSR分子标记技术对扎龙湿地的5个野生芦苇居群进行了遗传多样性研究.从75条ISSR引物中筛选出10个特异性强、稳定性好的引物进行ISSR分析.共获得96个位点,其中多态位点94个,多态位点百分率为97.92％.PopGene分析结果表明:居群的平均多态位点百分率为56.46％,Shannon's多样性指数(J)...     

刺槐不同居群遗传多样性的ISSR分析

利用ISSR标记对全国10个刺槐居群子代100个个体的遗传多样性进行了比较分析,从65个随机引物中筛选出10个多态性引物进行扩增,共检测到91个位点,多态位点数(AP)为85,多态位点百分率(P)为93.41%.刺槐在种级水平的遗传多样性参数略高于居群水平,多态位点百分率(P)分别为95.60%、69.01%,Shannon′s信息指数(I)分别为0.6145、0.3733,Nei′s基因多样性指数(H)分别为0.4337、0.2514.居群间的遗传分化指数Gst、Nei′s基因多样性指数和Shannon′s信息指数统计结果,均显示出中国刺槐居群内遗传多样性大于居群间遗传多样性.利用PopGen32软件对10个居群进行聚类分析可知,10个刺槐群体可分为三大类,亲缘关系和地理分布呈一定的相关性,但没有形成明显的地理变异模式.     

二色胡枝子遗传多样性ISSR分析

利用ISSR分子标记技术对二色胡枝子的遗传多样性进行分析,16个ISSR引物共扩增出229条带,多态性条带209条,多态性比率为91%,居群的平均多态性位点比率为68.24%,胡枝子总遗传多样性Ht为0.392,Shannon指数为0.576,群体间基因分化系数Gst的变动范围非常大,平均值为0.2434,居群间基因流Nm为1.052。种群内的基因多样性占总群体的75.66%,种群间占24.34%,表明二色胡枝子种群具有丰富的遗传多样性,在育种上具有很大的遗传潜力。根据居群间遗传相似系数聚类,14个居群被聚成3大类群,且居群的遗传多样性参数与其地理、生态因子相关均不显著,遗传多样性无明显的地域性分布格局。     

利用RAPD和ISSR分子标记分析地黄种质遗传多样性

用RAPD与ISSR技术对地黄的8个品种和2个脱毒品系进行了种质遗传多样性分析.分别从80条RAPD引物和44条ISSR引物中筛选出适合地黄种质分析的17条RAPD引物和10条ISSR引物用于RAPD和ISSR分析.17条RAPD引物共扩增出177条带, 多态性位点数为109; 多态性位点比率为61.58%;平均多样性指数(I)为0.3135;每个位点的有效等位基因数(Ne)是1.3641; 10条ISSR引物共扩增出110条带. 多态性位点数为79; 多态性位点比率为71.58%;平均多样性指数(I)为0.3577;每个位点的有效等位基因数(Ne)是1.4037. 基于扩增条带数据库建立了各自的Jaccard遗传相关系数矩阵,构建了相似的分子树状图,将10个供试材料分为2类:一类群含组培85.5、大田85.5、组培9302、大田9302、金状元和金白6个材料;另一类群含北京1号、大红袍、地黄9104和野生地黄4个材料.两种分子标记的分析结果呈极显著正相关(r＝0.649).结果表明,RAPD与ISSR标记适合于地黄种质遗传多样性分析,ISSR标记技术是一种多态性和重复性优于RAPD技术的实用技术.     

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.