共生大肠杆菌促进黑腹果蝇生长发育（英文）

【背景】共生菌对宿主的很多生理功能有着重要影响,但微生物菌群的多样性和复杂性使得探索其潜在的机制存在困难。黑腹果蝇的无菌和悉菌模型可以被用来研究细菌和宿主的相互作用。【目的】分离和鉴定果蝇肠道大肠杆菌,并研究其对宿主生长发育的影响。【方法】利用大肠杆菌选择性培养基分离果蝇肠道大肠杆菌,通过16S rRNA基因序列比对鉴定菌株。利用体外和体内定殖实验验证共生关系。通过果蝇的发育历期和生长速率实验检测该细菌对宿主生长发育的影响。利用RT-qPCR技术对促胸腺激素及胰岛素信号通路相关基因的表达水平进行检测。【结果】从实验室饲养和野生果蝇肠道体内分离并鉴定得到大肠杆菌。体内和体外定殖试验中大肠杆菌可以和果蝇肠道共生菌共存,说明大肠杆菌是果蝇肠道共生菌。另外,大肠杆菌通过提高果蝇生长速率促进其发育。在分子水平上,大肠杆菌可以激活果蝇体内脑促胸腺激素和胰岛素信号通路相关基因的表达。【结论】大肠杆菌是果蝇肠道共生菌并能促进果蝇生长发育。     

共生表皮葡萄球菌促进果蝇胚后发育

【背景】动物体定殖有多种共生微生物,这些共生微生物严重影响着宿主生理和病理,日益成为研究热点之一。【目的】分离与鉴定黑腹果蝇共生菌,探究表皮葡萄球菌对黑腹果蝇的发育影响和潜在作用机制。【方法】用CEM培养基(Carotenoid expression medium)从果蝇肠道内分离细菌,通过16SrRNA基因序列比对鉴定菌株;以发育时间和幼虫表面积检测果蝇的发育时期和生长速率;利用实时定量PCR检测果蝇促前胸腺激素与胰岛素通路的激活。【结果】从果蝇体内分离到的菌株为表皮葡萄球菌,该菌可以有效定殖于果蝇的肠道。表皮葡萄球菌通过提高果蝇生长速率而显著促进其发育。在分子水平上,表皮葡萄球菌激活PTTH和胰岛素信号以刺激宿主的生长发育。【结论】表皮葡萄球菌是果蝇的一种共生菌,可以通过调控PTTH和胰岛素信号而刺激果蝇生长发育。     

霍氏肠杆菌对黑腹果蝇生长和发育的影响

【背景】共生菌群可以影响宿主的生理、代谢以及神经行为,黑腹果蝇是研究宿主与共生菌作用机制的优秀遗传模型。【目的】分离和鉴定黑腹果蝇体内的共生菌,并研究其对果蝇生长和发育的影响。【方法】利用YG固体培养基分离果蝇肠道菌;革兰氏染色、生化鉴定和16S rRNA基因比对鉴定菌种;体内定殖和世代传递实验验证细菌与果蝇的共生关系;建立无菌和悉菌模型,通过发育历期和生长速率来验证其促生长作用;RT-PCR检测促生长分子基因表达;免疫荧光染色检测果蝇肠道细胞的增殖;葡萄糖氧化酶法检测葡萄糖浓度。【结果】分离到一株能够明显促进果蝇生长发育的细菌,经鉴定为霍氏肠杆菌(Enterobacter hormaechei),该菌可以稳定定殖于黑腹果蝇肠道以及培养基内,而且可以世代垂直传递。该菌可明显地促进果蝇的生长,并通过加速促胸腺激素的分泌来发挥促生长作用,同时可以促进果蝇肠道细胞的增殖。霍氏肠杆菌相较于无菌果蝇可以降低体内葡萄糖水平。【结论】霍氏肠杆菌是黑腹果蝇的有益共生菌,实验证实其可以促进果蝇的生长和发育。     

一株东方醋酸杆菌分离与其促进果蝇生长发育

【目的】分离与鉴定黑腹果蝇体内醋酸杆菌,并研究其对宿主生长发育的促进作用。【方法】利用醋酸杆菌选择性培养基分离果蝇肠道醋酸杆菌;通过革兰氏染色和16S rRNA基因比对鉴定菌种;肠道定植实验验证共生关系;发育历期和生长速率实验检测其促进果蝇生长作用;免疫荧光染色技术检测肠道细胞增殖;RT-PCR法检测促生长的分子标志物和相关的信号通路。【结果】菌株为东方醋酸杆菌(Acetobacter orientalis),可以持续地定植在果蝇肠道及其培养基中,并且明显促进果蝇的生长。东方醋酸杆菌通过胰岛素信号通路增加肠分裂细胞的数量和促进蜕皮激素的分泌。【结论】东方醋酸杆菌是果蝇的一种共生菌,对果蝇肠道结构和机体发育具有重要的作用。     

植物乳杆菌促进黑腹果蝇生长发育

【目的】检测乳酸菌对果蝇发育历期的影响,进一步探讨其对果蝇促生长的分子机制。【方法】利用选择性培养基MRS从黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster体内分离乳酸菌,利用革兰氏染色、生化方法及16S rRNA基因进行鉴定;通过体内定植和世代传递实验验证该菌是黑腹果蝇的共生菌;采用悉生模型检测乳酸菌对黑腹果蝇发育的促生长作用;利用实时定量PCR技术检测黑腹果蝇体内促前胸腺激素基因PTTH和胰岛素通路相关基因InR的表达水平;利用葡萄糖试剂盒检测血淋巴液葡萄糖浓度。【结果】从黑腹果蝇中分离到的菌株鉴定为植物乳杆菌Lactobacillus plantarum FY1菌株(Gen Bank登录号:KY038178),可在黑腹果蝇肠道内定植,每个肠道定植量约为104CFU,并能在世代间稳定传递。FY1菌株体外发酵可降低p H值至5.2,可诱导无菌果蝇卵至蛹发育时间由20.0 d缩短至6.9 d,卵至成虫发育时间由30.0 d缩短至10.7 d,其生长速率是无菌果蝇的约2倍。实时定量PCR结果表明,FY1菌株显著地提前了PTTH表达高峰期,同时降低果蝇中InR表达水平,血淋巴液葡萄糖浓度从5.1 mg/mL降低至2.7 mg/mL。【结论】植物乳杆菌是黑腹果蝇的一种益生菌,推测能通过胰岛素信号通路促进宿主黑腹果蝇的生长和发育。     

共生乳酸乳球菌加速黑腹果蝇发育（英文）

为了从果蝇肠道内分离乳酸乳球菌,并研究它对宿主发育历期的影响,用MRS培养基从果蝇肠道内分离细菌,并经16S rRNA基因序列比对确定菌种;随后,检测果蝇的发育历期和生长速率。其中,免疫荧光染色和实时定量PCR分别用于检测肠道细胞增殖和促胸腺激素与胰岛素通路的激活;葡萄糖氧化酶法用于检测葡萄糖浓度。结果显示,从果蝇体内分离到一株乳酸乳球菌,该菌可以在果蝇肠道内有效定植,并通过生长速率促进果蝇的发育历期。在细胞水平上,乳酸乳球菌相关果蝇肠道内有丝分裂细胞约是无菌果蝇的6倍。在分子水平上,乳酸乳球菌激活荷尔蒙和胰岛素信号以刺激机体全身性增长。综上所述,乳酸乳球菌是果蝇的共生菌,可以通过荷尔蒙和胰岛素信号刺激果蝇的生长和发育。     

类肠膜魏斯氏菌通过调节蜕皮激素和胰岛素通路促进黑腹果蝇生长发育（英文）

【目的】本研究旨在揭示果蝇乳酸菌类肠膜魏斯氏菌Weisellas paramesenteroides对黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster生长发育的影响。【方法】利用选择性培养基分离黑腹果蝇成虫肠道乳酸菌,通过16S rRNA基因序列比对鉴定菌株。通过统计从卵至蛹化和羽化的时间检测果蝇发育历期,并以幼虫体表面积为指标检测果蝇生长速率。利用qPCR检测产卵后不同时间生长激素信号通路基因(dib,E74B和PTTH)及胰岛素信号通路基因(DILP2,DILP3和InR)的表达。通过葡萄糖氧化酶法检测3龄幼虫血淋巴中的葡萄糖水平。【结果】从黑腹果蝇成虫肠道内分离到类肠膜魏斯氏菌,并可以在果蝇肠道内有效定殖。类肠膜魏斯氏菌通过提高果蝇生长速率缩短果蝇卵至蛹化和羽化的时间。qPCR结果显示,类肠膜魏斯氏菌增加了dib,E74B和PTTH的表达量,同时增加了DILP2和DILP3的表达量,降低了InR表达量和幼虫血淋巴中的葡萄糖水平。【结论】类肠膜魏斯氏菌是黑腹果蝇的一种共生菌,通过激活蜕皮激素和胰岛素信号通路,促进生长发育。     

产气荚膜梭菌促进黑腹果蝇的生长和发育

【目的】黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster肠道中栖生着众多微生物,通过分离和研究其内共生菌,以研究肠道菌群的多态性和作用。【方法】利用Hungate滚管技术从黑腹果蝇成虫肠道分离厌氧细菌;通过记录果蝇的发育历期和生长速率,检测该细菌对果蝇发育和生长的影响。【结果】首次从黑腹果蝇肠道内分离到一株产气荚膜梭菌Clostridium perfringens。该菌能够有效地定植到果蝇肠道内,是果蝇肠道共生菌。产气荚膜梭菌显著地缩短无菌果蝇的发育历期,将无菌果蝇成蛹天数由20 d缩短到8.1 d,羽化天数由30 d缩短到12.7 d。该菌还可以提高果蝇生长速率。【结论】本研究揭示了产气荚膜梭菌是果蝇的内共生菌,可以通过提高生长速率而有效地促进果蝇的生长和发育。     

肠道哈夫尼菌促进黑腹果蝇的发育

目的分离和鉴定黑腹果蝇肠道共生微生物,并研究其促进果蝇身体发育的功能。方法利用Hungate滚管技术,分离厌氧细菌;运用定植实验证明其为果蝇肠道共生菌;用悉菌实验来检测细菌对果蝇发育的影响。结果本研究从野外捕获的果蝇体内分离到蜂房哈夫尼菌(Hafnia alvei),而且证实它能够在果蝇肠道内有效地定植并且能在培养基中稳定持续地存在,说明蜂房哈夫尼菌是果蝇肠道共生菌。此外,蜂房哈夫尼菌能显著地缩短无菌果蝇的发育周期及提高生长速率。结论证明了蜂房哈夫尼菌是果蝇肠道的共生菌,并且其可以有效地促进果蝇的生长发育。     

果蝇共生菌降低有害真菌的毒性

【背景】目前对于如何解决有害真菌对黑腹果蝇的致死性病理研究较少,对共生菌抑制有害真菌的研究引起普遍关注。【目的】检测黑腹果蝇共生菌对病原性真菌的拮抗作用,揭示共生菌提高果蝇的适合度。【方法】利用PDA培养基分离黑腹果蝇食物中真菌;利用形态和rDNAITS基因序列比对进行真菌的鉴定;通过测量菌落直径、孢子数量以及菌丝分枝数量以评定真菌的生长;利用存活率评估病原真菌的毒性;建立无菌和悉生模型,通过发育历期验证其共生菌与病原性真菌的竞争作用;利用双向选择食物装置检测共生菌抑制病原真菌的效果。【结果】从果蝇食物中分离出的真菌经鉴定为拟茎点霉(Phomopsis),可显著地降低成年果蝇的存活率和延缓果蝇发育。东方醋酸杆菌在体外可明显抑制拟茎点霉的生长,有效地减轻拟茎点霉对果蝇的致死作用,挽救了拟茎点霉导致的果蝇发育延滞,改善了果蝇产卵对拟茎点霉的趋避作用。【结论】拟茎点霉是果蝇的一株条件性病原真菌,而东方醋酸杆菌可以有效地减轻拟茎点霉对果蝇生长发育和存活率的损害,从而提高果蝇适合度。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

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.     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).