安络小皮伞中水溶性多糖的研究——Ⅰ.甘露聚糖 FP_1 的纯化与结构研究

从安络小皮伞水溶性多糖中分离纯化得一甘露聚糖 FP_1。分子量约为24万。经红外光谱、~+H-NMR 谱和亲和层析指明为β-甘露聚糖。结构分析采用高碘酸氧化、Smith 降解、完全甲基化 GC、GC-MS 与~(13)C-NMR 分析,分子的主链是β-D-(1→6)连接的甘露糖,支链为β-(1→3),β(1→2)甘露糖,分别连接在主链的 O-3和 O-2上。     

安络小皮伞中水溶性多糖的研究I．甘露聚糖FP1的纯化与结构研究

从安络小皮伞水溶性多糖中分离纯化得一甘露聚糖FP1。分子量约为24万。经红外光谱、+H-NMR谱和亲和层析指明为β-甘露聚糖。结构分析采用高碘酸氧化、Smith降解、完全甲基化GC、GC—MS与13C—NMR分析,分子的主链是芦β-D-(1→6)连接的甘露糖,支链为β-(1→3),β(1→2)甘露糖,分别连接在主链的O-3和。O-2上。     

黑节草多糖的研究

从黑节草(Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl.)分离纯化到三种多糖:黑节草多糖Ⅰ,Ⅱ和Ⅲ。根据IR、~1H及~(13)C NMR、酸水解和O-乙酰基分析,确定它们为一类O-乙酰葡萄甘露聚糖。由过碘酸氧化、Smith降解、部分酸水解和甲基化分析,证明了它们由几个β-(1→3)-D-甘露吡喃糖基和一个β-(1→4)-D-葡萄吡喃糖基重复构成主链。支链可能由β-(1→4)-D-葡萄糖基和其它戊糖基组成,并连接在主链葡萄糖基的2-、3-或6-位上。用凝胶层析法测得它们的分子量(MW)为1 000 000(Ⅰ),500 000(Ⅱ)和120 000(Ⅲ)。     

蛹虫草胞外多糖的研究 Ⅰ.半乳甘露聚糖(CM-I)的纯化和结构研究

从蛹虫草菌体培养液中提取水溶性粗多糖经分离纯化,得一种含有少量蛋白的半乳甘露聚糖CM-Ⅰ,分子量2.7×10~4,[α]_D~(19)=+54.7°。糖组成摩尔比,半乳糖:甘露糖=6∶5。经高碘酸氧化,Smith降解,部分酸水解,半乳糖苷酶解,~1H-NMR分析,完全甲基化与GC及GC-MS分析,证明:多糖CM-Ⅰ具有高度分枝结构,其以β-(1→2)连接的甘露糖为主干,枝链由较大量的β-(1→6)半乳糖和较大量的β-(1→2)呋喃半乳糖构成,分别连接在主干的0—4和0—6上。     

魔芋球茎中的β-甘露聚糖酶

迄今研究高等植物的β-甘露聚糖酶主要是用贮藏甘露聚糖的种子为材料(Halmer等1975,Halmer和Bewley 1979,Reid等1977,McCleary 1983)。营养器官贮藏甘露聚糖的植物,仅存在于单子叶植物的少数科(Meier和Reid 1982)。魔芋球茎贮藏大量甘露聚糖,Sugiyama等(1973)和Shimahara等(1975)从萌发的球茎中部分纯化了β-甘露聚糖     

盾叶薯蓣地上部分的三个新甾体皂甙

从盾叶薯蓣Dioscorea zingiberensis Wright地上部分分离鉴定了四个甾体皂甙,经鉴定甙A为约莫皂甙元-3-O-[α-L-鼠李吡喃糖基(1→2)]-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖甙;甙B为24α-羟基约莫皂甙元-3-O-[α-L-鼠李吡喃糖基(1→2)]β-D-葡萄吡喃糖甙;甙C为约莫皂甙元-3-O-[α-L-鼠李吡喃糖基(1→2)][β-D-葡萄吡喃糖基(1→4)]-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖基;甙D为约莫皂甙元-3-O-[α-L-鼠李吡喃糖基(1→2)][β-D-葡萄吡喃糖基(1→3)]-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖甙。前三者为新化合物,分别命名为盾叶皂甙A_1、A_2、A_3(zingiberoside A_1、A_2、A_3),其中盾叶皂甙A_2的甙元为一新甾体皂甙元,命名为盾叶皂甙元(zingiberogenin)。     

枯草芽孢杆菌群β-甘露聚糖酶基因克隆及同源性分析

本文对33株枯草芽孢杆菌群菌株进行β-甘露聚糖酶活性筛选,其中的32株具有β-甘露聚糖酶活性,只有1株无β-甘露聚糖酶活性.通过基因克隆测序的方法获得33株枯草芽孢杆菌群菌株β-甘露聚糖酶基因编码区全序列,对酶基因进行同源性分析并构建系统发育树;在β-甘露聚糖酶基因系统发育树中,33株枯草芽孢杆菌群菌株聚为3个分支,分别是枯草芽孢杆菌分支、地衣芽孢杆菌分支和解淀粉芽孢杆菌分支;枯草芽孢杆菌、地衣芽孢杆菌和解淀粉芽孢杆菌β-甘露聚糖酶基因种内同源性大于91%,而种间同源性为60%69%.     

蛹虫草胞外多糖的研究I．半乳甘露聚糖(CM-I)的纯化和结构研究

从蛹虫草菌体培养液中提取水溶性粗多糖经分离纯化,得一种含有少量蛋白的半乳甘露聚糖CM-I,分子量2．7×10’,[a]19d=十54．7°。糖组成摩尔比,半乳糖： 甘露糖=6：5。经高碘酸氧化,Smith降解,部分酸水解,半乳糖苷酶解,1H-NMR分析,完全甲基化与GC及GC-MS分析,证明：多糖CM-I具有高度分枝结构,其以β-(1→2)连接的甘露糖为主干,枝链由较大量的β-(1→6)半乳糖和较大最的β-(1→2)呋喃半乳糖构成,分别连接在主干的0-4和0一6上。     

金铁锁的新三萜皂甙

从金铁锁（Psammosilene tunicoides W.C.Wu et C.Y.Wu)根部分离得到5个齐墩果烷型五环三萜皂苷,它们的结构通过波谱和化学方法分别鉴定为：3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-gypsogenin(1),3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→3)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-gypsogenin(2),3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyra-nosyl-gypsogenin-28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)]-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)-β-D-fucopyranoside(LobatosideI,3),3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-β-D-glucuronopyranosylgypsogenin-28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)]-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)-β-D-fucopyranoside(4),3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→）-β-D-glucuro-nopyranosyl-grpsogenin-28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-[β-D-6-O-acetylglucopyranosyl-(1→3)-β-D-glucuro-nopyranosyl-gypsogenin-28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-[β-D-6-O-acetylglucopyranosyl-(1→3)]-α-L-rh-amnopyranosyl(1→2)-β-D-fucopyranoside(5),其中5为新化合物,1和2为首次从自然界中分离得到。     

苦绳甙甲的结构

从苦绳(Dregea sinensis var. corrugata)的根茎中分得一个新的C_(21)-甾体甙成分,命名为苦绳甙甲(dregeoside A)。经光谱分析和化学反应证明,其结构为:苦绳甙元甲3-O-3-O-甲基-6-去氧-β-D-阿洛吡喃糖(1→4)-β-D-夹竹桃吡喃糖(1→4)-β-D-磁麻吡喃糖,(1→4)-β-D-磁麻吡喃糖甙(drevogenin A 3-O-3-O-methyl-6-deoxy-β-1)-allopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-oleandropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-cymaropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-cymaropyranoside).     

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.