籼型杂交稻亲本成熟胚愈伤组织再生体系的建立

本文给出了6个籼型杂交稻亲本成熟胚愈伤组织再生体系建立优化措施。采用6个有重要育种价值的杂交籼稻亲本成熟胚盾片诱导愈伤组织作为分化再生的外植体,通过调节2,4-D浓度、培养基成分、接种方式、激素组合和愈伤组织分化途径,建立适合籼稻遗传转化的再生体系。结果表明,MB培养基是较为合适的愈伤组织诱导培养基类型,6个品种在MB培养基上的愈伤组织诱导率均在60％-80％之间。半粒米的接种方式能够明显提高愈伤组织诱导率,提高幅度达到28．2％。通过调节2,4-D浓度和激素组合,愈伤组织诱导率最高可达到97．9％,两步分化法和适当干燥处理能够提高愈伤组织的分化效率,6品种愈伤组织分化率均在50％-90％之间。初步建立了6个杂交籼稻亲本品种成熟胚愈伤组织的再生体系,为以后遗传转化奠定基础。     

药用野生稻TAC克隆转化籼稻的体系初探

采用已构建的药用野生稻TAC文库,比较研究4个籼稻品种在不同培养基的诱导率及愈伤组织对潮霉素抗性。通过2种不同诱导方法产生的愈伤组织,将携带药用野生稻大片段DNA的TAC克隆转化到籼稻品种中的结果表明,除了‘粤香占’以外,其它3个品种在心诱导培养基中添加微量B,后,其愈伤诱导率最高。不同品种的潮霉素筛选适合浓度存在差异,其中‘华粳籼74’的适合筛选浓度为50mg．L-1,‘粤香占’为40mg．L-1。用预培养5d的愈伤组织进行遗传转化,在潮霉素筛选之前先以头孢拉定抑菌处理的,容易获得转基因植株。4个品种中以‘粤香占’的抗性愈伤组织筛选率和分化率最高,分别为22．58％和14．86％。分子检测11株转基因水稻的结果表明,其中8株含有抗性标记基因。据此认为,药用野生稻TAC文库在水稻创新育种中可能有一定的利用前景。     

不同小麦品种愈伤组织诱导和再生体系建立

为了筛选适合组织培养的小麦基因型,建立一套有效的小麦诱导再生体系,以24个小麦品种的幼胚为研究材料,选用4种诱导培养基和3种分化培养基,研究了影响小麦组织培养的各种因素。结果表明：①培养基之间存在显著差异,MM2培养基的诱导效果最好,平均诱导率为98．5％,M5B培养基的分化效果最佳,平均分化率为39．8％。②不同品种在诱导愈伤和分化再生上都有显著的基因型差异。③愈伤组织诱导率和分化率之间无显著相关性。     

农杆菌介导的高效玉米遗传转化体系的建立

为了建立玉米高频再生及高效遗传转化体系, 对影响玉米胚性愈伤组织诱导的11个因素及影响胚性愈伤分化的9个因素用正交实验方法进行研究。结果显示, 基因型对胚性愈伤诱导有极显著影响。6-BA、培养基、AgNO3、2,4-D、ABA对胚性愈伤诱导的影响达到显著水平。多重比较分析显示ABA 2 mg/L每间隔1代添加对胚性愈伤诱导率有显著影响。在影响分化的因素中, 基因型和6-BA浓度表现出极强的主效应, NAA、培养基、KT、2,4-D对分化产生显著影响。Southern blotting 分析表明, 25 mg/L潮霉素选择压下抗性愈伤率作为转化体系优化指标是可靠的。在影响转化效率的因素中, acetosyringone (AS)使用浓度因基因型不同而表现出敏感度差异, 共培养温度24~25℃、农杆菌浓度和浸泡时间0.7 OD×15 min, 以及pH值5.5~6.2是最高转化率的优选组合。在整合后的玉米遗传转化体系中, 黄早4和综31自交系以抗性愈伤率为指标的GUS基因稳定转化率分别达到48.6%和46.2%。     

普通小麦品种Alondra's遗传转化体系的建立

小麦(Triticum aestivum)幼胚愈伤组织的诱导和分化再生有高度依赖基因型特征。为了建立和优化Alondra’s的高效再生及遗传转化体系,为小麦遗传转化提供更多的受体基因型,以Alondra’s的幼胚为外植体,研究了培养基种类、不同激素配比等对其幼胚愈伤组织诱导及再生的影响。结果表明,在使用N6培养基时,添加3mg·L-1的2,4-D并附加1000mg·L-1的CH对愈伤组织的诱导效果较好;添加4mg·L-1的ZT、不附加IAA对愈伤组织的分化效果最好。通过构建植物表达载体pCAMBIA1301-220.6,利用基因枪法将HYG基因导入Alondra’s幼胚愈伤组织中,以建立Alondra’s的高效遗传转化体系。结果在含100mg·L-1潮霉素的选择培养基上进行筛选、分化,获得了30棵抗性植株。经PCR检测,其中5株为阳性转基因植株,转化率为0.5%。Alondra's遗传转化体系的建立丰富了小麦遗传转化的基因型,为小麦品种的转基因改良和在不同背景下研究基因的功能奠定了良好的基础。     

普通小麦品种Alondra＇s遗传转化体系的建立

小麦（Triticum aestivum）幼胚愈伤组织的诱导和分化再生有高度依赖基因型特征。为了建立和优化Alondra’s的高效再生及遗传转化体系,为小麦遗传转化提供更多的受体基因型,以Alondra’s的幼胚为外植体,研究了培养基种类、不同激素配比等对其幼胚愈伤组织诱导及再生的影响。结果表明,在使用N6培养基时,添加3mg·L^-1的2,4-D并附加1000mg·L^-1的CH对愈伤组织的诱导效果较好;添加4mg·L^-1的ZT、不附加IAA对愈伤组织的分化效果最好。通过构建植物表达载体pCAMBIA1301-220.6,利用基因枪法将HYG基因导入Alondra’s幼胚愈伤组织中,以建立Alondra’s的高效遗传转化体系。结果在含100mg·L^-1潮霉素的选择培养基上进行筛选、分化,获得了30棵抗性植株。经PCR检测,其中5株为阳性转基因植株,转化率为0.5%。Alondra＇s遗传转化体系的建立丰富了小麦遗传转化的基因型,为小麦品种的转基因改良和在不同背景下研究基因的功能奠定了良好的基础。     

芒不同基因型愈伤组织诱导及分化的差异

芒(Miscanthus sinensis)具较高的生物学产量, 是一种极具发展前景的纤维素类能源植物。以芒的8种不同基因型幼穗为外植体, 进行了组织培养研究。结果表明, 不同基因型芒在愈伤组织诱导率、胚性愈伤组织诱导率和胚性愈伤组织分化率等方面均存在显著差异。W89和W70均具较高的愈伤组织诱导率, 分别为91.7%和89.1%; W69的外植体几乎全部褐化, 且未能诱导出愈伤组织。W89、W70和W17的胚性愈伤组织分化率较高, 达50%以上。另外, 发现愈伤组织诱导率与细胞壁木质素含量间呈显著的负相关。该研究建立了稳定且有效的再生体系, 并初步确定W89和W70可作为芒组织培养的理想材料, 为芒的遗传转化、定向改良和良种快繁提供了技术支持。     

Transgeni根癌农杆菌介导的小麦转基因植株再生(英文)

根癌农杆菌菌株Ａｇｌ Ⅰ的Ｔｉ 质粒ｐＵＮＮ－２ 带有Ｕｂｉ１ 启动子驱动的ｎｐｔ Ⅱ基因。７ 种基因型小麦幼胚或胚性愈伤组织用于农杆菌介导的转化实验。经过不同浓度巴龙霉素的筛选,３ 种基因型小麦产生抗性愈伤组织并再生植株。再生植株经ＰＣＲ 和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ 杂交鉴定为转基因植株,转化频率（ 再生转基因植株的小麦愈伤组织数／ 用于转化实验的愈伤组织数） 为３．７％ ～５ ．９％ 。小麦基因型及转化材料的起始生理状态是影响ＴＤＮＡ转移的重要因素。     

野牛草幼穗愈伤组织的诱导及植株再生

以野牛草[Buchloe dactyloides(Nutt．)Engelm．]幼穗为外植体,建立了愈伤组织诱导、继代培养和植株再生体系。结果表明,雌穗比雄穗难以脱分化形成愈伤组织;小于8mm雄幼穗在2mg／L2,4-D培养基上的愈伤组织诱导率为80．0％～86．8％;添加10mg／L AgNO3对愈伤组织诱导率影响不明显,但可改善愈伤组织质量。2mg／L 2,4-D结合0．1mg／L 6-BA的培养基有利于愈伤组织的继代培养;继代超过3次、继代间隔超过3周,愈伤组织分化能力明显下降。雄穗愈伤组织在含1．0mg／L 6-BA培养基上,弱光条件下分化出芽的频率较高,达31．8％～35．0％;附加3％麦芽糖既可减轻褐化程度,又利于丛生芽的分化。分化苗在1/2MS 0．3mg／L IBA培养基上的生根率为62．5％。     

基因型和胚龄对小麦未成熟胚离体培养反应的影响

本文对34种基因型的小麦未成熟胚在离体培养中的反应进行了比较。结果表明,94％的供试基因型愈伤组织诱导率都可达到80％以上,若排除供体植株环境条件的不同和接种过程中的人为因素可能造成的影响,不同基因型的愈伤组织诱导率看来没有根本的差异。愈伤组织分化率因基因型的不同变动在0—60％之间,平均为32.7％。虽然同一基因型的盾片愈伤组织分化率在不同年份中有所不同,但是愈伤组织是否具有再生能力?看来是个稳定的遗传性状。因此小麦未成熟胚对愈伤组织诱导的反应和愈伤组织的再生能力可能具有不同的遗传基础。本文的结果还表明,虽然最适于培养的未成熟胚的大小为1毫米左右,伹小至0.3毫米的未成熱胚仍能以几乎100％的频率形成愈伤组织,60％左右的愈伤组织能分化出再生檀株,只是所需的时间比1毫米左右的胚较长。     

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.