麦类作物体细胞基因组原位杂交（GISH）效果影响因素的分析

以八倍体小滨麦、八倍体小黑麦、八倍体小偃麦、小麦一中间偃麦草双体异附加系为实验材料对影响麦类作物体细胞GISH技术实验效果的因素进行分析,研究结果表明：细胞分裂相多、染色体分散良好、无杂质影响的高质量的染色体制片是取得理想实验效果的基础;探针DNA浓度与封阻DNA浓度的比例及杂交后洗脱条件的控制是取得理想实验效果的关键。此外,还对麦类作物体细胞基因组原位杂交实验中出现的染色体丢失、外源染色体无杂交信号、杂交信号的强弱、杂交信号过多(杂交背景重)或过少、噪音信号及杂交污点产生的原因进行了分析,并提出了相应的解决方法或注意事项。     

八倍体小偃麦染色体组分析

本文对普通小麦与长穗偃麦草(Elytrigia elongata=Agropyron elongatum.2n=70)杂交选育出来的5个八倍体小偃麦的染色体组进行了研究。通过八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交,八倍体小偃麦相互间杂交,观察了杂种F_1花粉母细胞减数分裂行为。根据观察结果,讨论了长穗偃麦草染色体组的构成,认为长穗偃麦草的染色体组为E_1E_2F_2F_2N较为合适。在此基础上,确定了5个八倍体小偃麦的染色体组:7430为ABDE_1,68为ABDF_1,693为ABDF_1,7631为ABDF_2,784为ABDN。另外,还讨论了八倍体小偃麦染色组的重组问题。     

不同细胞质的普通小麦"中国春"(Triticum aestivum var.Chinese Spring)与小偃麦杂交F1代的育性与减数分裂行为的研究

15个不同细胞质“中国春”小麦与八倍体小偃麦杂交 ,杂种F1减数分裂的染色体行为表明 :普通小麦与天蓝偃麦草的F或E组染色体之间存在着部分同源关系 ;D2 型细胞质促进部分同源染色体配对、但却抑制同源染色体配对 ;Sv 型细胞质对同源染色体或部分同源染色体的配对均有抑制作用 ;G型细胞质促进同源染色体配对。1 5个不同细胞质“中国春”小麦与六倍体小偃麦杂交 ,F1结实率很低 ,减数分裂中期的染色体行为混乱 ,单价体过多 ,或许意味着在天蓝偃麦草 (Elytrigiain termedium)与长穗偃麦草 (E .elongatum)的E组染色体之间存在着很大差别。随着回交代数的增加 ,选出G型、D2 型、Mt 型、Mu 型等细胞质雄性不育的八倍体小偃麦品系 ,其中D2 型细胞质八倍体小偃麦具有光周期敏感性雄性不育的特征 ;G型细胞质“远中 3”育性正常 ,表明八倍体小偃麦“远中 3”的E组染色体中存在G型胞质的育性恢复基因。     

八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交后代花药培养的研究

本试验研究了八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交后代愈伤组织的诱导频率、雄核发育和秋水仙碱诱导小孢子染色体加倍的效果。结果表明:八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂种F_1愈伤组织的产量具有明显的杂种优势;其雄核发育存在均等分裂和不均等分裂等类型,这与小麦中的观察结果相似;在培养基中加入秋水仙碱可以有效地诱导小孢子第一次有丝分裂时染色体加倍。     

小偃麦的选育及其形成途径的研究

对普通小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ）与中间偃麦草Ｔｈｉｎｏｐｙｒｕｍ ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ）杂交衍生的八倍体小偃麦,硬粒小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ｄｕｒｕｍ）与中间偃麦草杂交衍生的六倍体小偃麦的形成过程进行系统的细胞遗传学研究,并用荧光原位杂交（Ｆｌｕｏｒｅｓｃｅｎｃｅ ｉｎ ｓｉｔｕ ｈｙｂｒｉｄｉｚａｔｉｏｎ）技术研究了小偃麦的染色体构成。结果表明：小偃麦的形成是由杂种Ｆ１产生非减     

“缺体回交法”选育普通小麦异代换系方法的研究

利用从蓝单体自交分离得到的自花结实的4D缺体小麦(缺72180、缺天选15)作母本与3个不同的八倍体小偃麦(小偃784、小偃7631和小偃78829)杂交,再以缺体作为轮回亲本,从F_1或F_2开始连续回交1—2次,在回交中,缺体无论作父本或母本都得到了异代换系,并且发现:(1)在回交过程中,用缺体作母本比作父本更为有效;(2)F_1自交,在F_2群体中选择生长比较正常,染色体数比较少的植株回交,比F_1作母本直接回交效果更好。并对所得的异代换系的特征特性进行了初步的观察研究,发现中间偃麦草(Agropyron intermedium2n=42) 4E染色体(以下用4Ei表示)、长穗偃麦草(Agropyron clongatum 2n=70)的4E染色体(带蓝粒基因,以下用4Ee表示)和4F染色体(带毛叶基因,以下用4Fe表示)均能正常补偿小麦4D染色体。异代换系生长旺盛,育性正常。初步总结了缺体与八倍体小偃麦杂交,回交过程中异代换系的形成规律,证明了“缺体回交法”可以推广应用于八倍体小偃麦等人工合成的新物种,以选育普通小麦异代换系。     

普通小麦与长穗偃麦草的杂交育种及其遗传分析——小麦与偃麦草杂交的研究(三)

本文是普通小麦与长穗偃麦草杂交育种二十年的经验总结。内容介绍了长穗偃麦草的特性和染色体组型,克服杂交不育和杂种不育的方法,杂交育种的程序及其遗传分析和选出的小偃麦八倍体种、异附加系、异代换系与丰产抗病的小偃麦新品种。     

八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交育种的研究

利用八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交,创造了一些异附加系和异代换系,选育出一个特早熟、矮秆、抗病、高产、优质小麦新品种－“早优５０４”。总结了八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦杂交育种程序。     

小麦与彭梯卡偃麦草杂种及其衍生后代的细胞遗传学研究──Ⅱ．来自小麦和彭梯卡（长穗）偃麦草及中间偃麦草杂种后代11个八倍体小偃麦的比较研究

利用染色体配对分析和酯酶及种子醇溶蛋白电泳分析研究了我国育成的１１个八倍体小偃麦,结果表明：（ａ）来源于小麦和中间偃麦草杂交后代的６个部分双二倍体中,中１和中２的偃麦草染色体组不同于中３、中４、中５和小偃７８８２９的偃麦草染色体组;（ｂ）来源于小麦和长穗偃麦草杂交后代的５个部分双二倍体中,小偃７８４的偃麦草染色体组不同于小偃６９３和小偃７６３１中的偃麦草染色体组,表明在长穗偃麦草中有两个互不相同又不同于小麦的染色体组Ｅ和Ｆ,而小偃７４３０和小偃６８中的偃麦草染色体组很可能是Ｅ和Ｆ染色体组的重组体;（ｃ）小偃７８４中的长穗偃麦草染色体组和中５及小偃７８８２９中的中间偃麦草染色体组基本相同,而中２的中间偃麦草染色体组不同于小偃６９３和小偃７６３１中的长穗偃麦草染色体组Ｆ,这意味着在长穗偃麦草和中间偃麦草中可能只有一个共同的染色体组Ｅ。部分双二倍体中酯酶及醇溶蛋白偃麦草染色体特征带的存在和发现,为这些染色体或其片段导入小麦后的鉴定提供了方便。     

八倍体小偃麦和普通小麦旗叶及叶鞘光合日变化比较研究

以温室大棚中栽培的普通小麦'中国春'(对照)及八倍体小偃麦'小偃7430'(染色体组为ABDE_1)、'小偃693'(染色体组为ABDF_1)为材料,采用TPS-1光合作用测定系统及FMS-2荧光仪测定了开花期旗叶和叶鞘的净光合速率、气孔导度和叶绿素荧光参数的日变化,以揭示普通小麦与八倍体小偃麦旗叶及其叶鞘的光合作用差异.结果表明:八倍体小偃麦与普通小麦'中国春'的旗叶和叶鞘光合作用均有午休现象,净光合速率于上午11:00左右出现高峰,午间下降,下午又呈现上升趋势,且'小偃693'叶片在上午时上升较快;气孔导度和荧光参数F_v/F_m、Fv/F_o、 Φ_(PS)Ⅱ、ETR的变化趋势与净光合速率相似,而NPQ的变化趋势则相反.各光合作用和叶绿素荧光参数在材料间表现为八倍体小偃麦高于普通小麦'中国春',器官间表现为旗叶高于相应叶鞘,而'小偃693'的叶鞘和'中国春'叶片的相似.研究发现,八倍体小偃麦旗叶和叶鞘的光合效率优于普通小麦'中国春';'小偃693'的光合效率因其较高的光反应活性表现得尤为突出,其叶鞘的光合能力也不容忽视.     

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.