南方鲶卵巢滤泡细胞和卵膜生成的组织学研究

南方鲶的卵巢滤泡细胞源于卵巢基质细胞,从发生到退化分为零散卵泡膜细胞期、单层扁平泡膜细胞期、多层扁平卵泡膜细胞期、立方形颗粒细胞期柱状颗粒细胞期、颗粒细胞分泌期和颗粒细胞退化期。精孔细胞中发育中滤泡细胞分化形成。初级卵精源于卵母细胞,次级卵膜由晚期滤泡细胞分泌形成。本文还对滤泡细胞和卵膜的作用进行了阐述。     

九孔鲍卵子发生及卵巢发育的组织学观察

采用组织学方法研究了九孔鲍(Haliotis diversicolor supertexta)的卵子发生、卵巢结构及其发育.根据卵细胞的大小、形状,核仁的形态,卵黄颗粒的积累情况,滤泡的结构等.将九孔鲍卵子的发生分为卵原细胞、卵黄发生前的卵母细胞和卵黄发生期的卵母细胞3个时期;卵巢壁由外膜及内生殖上皮构成,生殖上皮分化产生卵原细胞和滤泡细胞;卵巢的结构单位是滤泡.根据卵巢的外部形态和内部组织结构,将九孔鲍的卵巢发育分为休止期、增殖期、生长期、成熟期和排放期共5期.     

中国荷斯坦奶牛卵巢卵泡细胞的免疫组织化学研究

目的和方法应用七种特异性抗体(sGCα、sGCβ、nNOS、FOXO1、PDE4、PKB/Akt和Inhibinα)对中国荷斯坦奶牛卵巢卵泡细胞进行免疫组织化学定位。结果表明PKB主要存在于原始卵泡、腔前卵泡和有腔卵泡颗粒细胞,黄体细胞中没有检测到;FoxO1主要位于原始卵泡、腔前卵泡和有腔卵泡颗粒细胞;PDE4仅位于部分有腔卵泡的颗粒细胞;抑制素α、nNOS、sGCα和β存在于各级卵泡的颗粒细胞层,其中sGCα和β主要存在于原始卵泡和腔前卵泡的颗粒细胞。结论这七种蛋白的阶段和细胞特异性表达表明它们与中国荷斯坦卵巢卵泡的发育、闭锁和黄体化过程有着密切的关系。     

鲫鱼后鳃体结构与功能的研究

本文对鲫鱼后鳃体的形态结构及其功能进行了初步研究。结果表明,鲫鱼后鳃体是一种内分泌腺体。腺体由滤泡组成,滤泡上皮包括二种颗粒细胞(亮细胞和暗细胞)和一种支持细胞。对不同性腺期的鲫鱼后鳃体的观察表明,后鳃体滤泡细胞随性腺发育增加高度,滤泡增生,腺体体积增大。而性腺成熟后期,后鳃体滤泡上皮有崩溃现象。揭示后鳃体可能与性腺发育有关。用免疫组织化学的非标记过氧化物酶技术对鲫鱼后鳃体进行激素降钙素的定性定位研究,观察到滤泡上皮的颗粒细胞发生阳性反应,由此证明颗粒细胞可分泌降钙素。     

乌梢蛇卵巢显微结构的年周期变化

应用光学显微镜观察了乌梢蛇卵巢结构的年周期变化,并结合卵巢形态及卵巢系数的年周期变化探讨了其生殖规律.结果 表明,乌梢蛇的卵巢形态、卵巢系数及卵泡发育均具有较为明显的季节变化.据此认为,乌梢蛇在陕南地区的排卵时间在6月中下旬到7月上旬;乌梢蛇卵泡在不同发育阶段会产生闭锁卵泡或闭锁黄体,其意义可能在于使得体内合成的有限卵黄首先保证少量卵泡得到充分发育并排卵,最终达到延续种族的目的 .     

无蹼壁虎(Gekko swinhonis)卵泡发育的研究

用光镜观察了无蹼壁虎卵泡发育过程．结果显示,其卵泡有显著的季节性变化,可分两期,即卵黄形成前期及卵黄形成期．卵泡来源于胚床内的卵母细胞及其周围的卵泡细胞,其发育过程有４个主要特点：１）卵泡鞘为复层扁平上皮,内层细胞碱性磷酸酶（ＡＬＰ）阳性率为１００％;２）卵黄形成前期卵泡核出现染色体及波状核膜;３）颗粒层早期由３种细胞构成：梨状细胞、中间型细胞及小细胞;４）后期颗粒层解体,卵母细胞内出现大量的卵黄小板．最后讨论卵泡鞘ＡＬＰ高含量及卵黄小板形态差异的原因及意义     

不同发育时期哲罗鱼卵黄的超微结构

应用透射电镜观察了不同发育时期哲罗鱼(Hucho taimen)卵黄的超微结构.根据哲罗鱼卵黄物质在卵母细胞中的加工合成、积累以及卵母细胞中参与卵黄颗粒形成的细胞器的变化,可将该鱼卵黄发生分为4个特征时期,即卵黄发生前期、卵黄泡期、卵黄积累期和卵黄积累完成期.卵黄发生前期是指卵母细胞发育过程中的卵黄物质开始积累前的时期,此时期核仁不断分裂,出现线粒体云和早期的滤泡细胞层、基层和鞘细胞层;卵黄泡期特点主要是细胞器不断变化产生卵黄泡和皮层泡;卵黄积累期的滤泡膜由内向外依次为放射带、颗粒细胞层、基层和鞘细胞层,此时外源性卵黄前体物质不断经过血液汇集于鞘细胞层,后经微胞饮作用穿过胶原纤维组成的基层,经过多泡体作用转运至颗粒细胞内,在细胞内经过加工和修饰形成小的卵黄蛋白颗粒,卵黄蛋白颗粒经微胞饮穿过放射带进入卵母细胞边缘形成的空泡中,不断积累形成卵黄球;进入卵黄积累完成期,卵黄球体积变大,向细胞中心聚集,填满大部分卵母细胞,卵黄积累完毕.     

中华绒螯蟹血细胞的显微、亚显微形态结构及其分类

通过相差显微镜和电镜观察,根据中华绒螯蟹血细胞胞质内有无颗粒以及颗粒大小、染色反应、折光性和形成方式的特点,血细胞分为胞质内无颗粒的无颗粒细胞、胞质内只有具折光性和呈淡红色反应大颗粒的大颗粒细胞、胞质内只有无折光性和呈淡蓝色染色反应小颗粒的小颗粒细胞以及胞质内同时具有大颗粒和小颗粒二种颗粒特性的大小颗粒中间型细胞.小颗粒的形成方式是高尔基体成熟面小泡脱离后直接成为小颗粒,而大颗粒的形成方式是高尔基体成熟面小泡脱离后,数个小泡逐渐聚集成蜂窝状大颗粒,进一步发育成熟为均质大颗粒.实验结果表明:三种有颗粒的细胞是互相独立的,可能分别由无颗粒细胞分化而成.       

扬子鳄卵巢性类固醇激素受体的免疫细胞化学研究

为探讨扬子鳄卵巢内不同性类固醇激素受体在卵泡发育中的调控作用,研究采用组织学和免疫细胞化学方法,运用激光共聚焦显微镜,对扬子鳄不同发育时期卵泡中的雌激素受体、雄激素受体和孕激素受体进行了检测。结果发现,3种类固醇激素受体在卵巢各期滤泡细胞中均有表达,在4月Ⅱ-Ⅳ期卵泡的滤泡细胞中阳性反应最强;9月卵巢的滤泡细胞中阳性反应最弱;ER和AR不仅在各期滤泡细胞中存在阳性位点,在6月卵泡的卵母细胞胞质中也有表达。结果说明,在扬子鳄卵母细胞生长发育和成熟过程中,3种激素受体通过与其对应的激素结合对滤泡细胞的发育、卵黄的合成与积累以及排卵起着重要的调控作用。       

胰岛素样生长因子-Ⅰ(IGF-Ⅰ)、IGF结合蛋白-2和LH受体mRNA在卵泡闭锁过程中的表达及调节

研究了IGF-Ⅰ、IGF结合蛋白-2(IGFBP-2)和促黄体激素受体(LHR)mRNA在卵泡闭锁过程中的表达及调节.给26日龄大鼠注射15 IU PMSG,经检测,证实PMSG处理48 h后,一些小窦状卵泡的颗粒细胞已发生凋亡;96 h在排卵前卵泡中已可检测到凋亡细胞;120 h大多数的排卵前卵泡中均出现大量的凋亡细胞.48～120 h IGF-Ⅰ主要在窦前卵泡和小窦状卵泡表达;48与96 h,窦前与窦状卵泡的膜细胞均表达高水平的IGFBP-2.在48 h,颗粒细胞中有LHR的强信号,但在96和120 h,颗粒细胞的LHR表达减弱(P＜0.001).表皮生长因子(EGF)和IGF-Ⅰ均抑制窦前和窦状卵泡颗粒细胞凋亡.同时观察到EGF促进IGF-Ⅰ mRNA表达,IGF-Ⅰ刺激排卵前卵泡表达LHR mRNA.上述结果表明,各级卵泡的闭锁可能均受EGF和IGF-Ⅰ相互作用的调节.     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

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.     

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).     

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.