1-MCP和CO2对‘南果梨’冷藏后货架期能量代谢特性的影响

分别对‘南果梨’果实采用0.75μL/L 1-甲基环丙烯(1-MCP)在20℃熏蒸20h后装入保鲜袋(0.02mm)、用2%CO2充气果实包装袋(0.04mm)、以保鲜袋果实为对照,各处理组果实均置于(0±1)℃贮藏5个月后移至室温下(18℃±3℃),测定各处理果实在货架期间的褐变度以及果实线粒体蛋白含量、MDA含量、ATP含量,以明确1-MCP和CO2对南果梨冷藏后果实货架期的能量代谢特性。结果显示:(1)1-MCP和CO2处理可不同程度延缓南果梨冷藏后货架期果实果心褐变指数和褐变度,且1-MCP处理效果更好,但CO2处理在货架后期反而使果实褐变度较对照提高。(2)1-MCP和CO2处理可有效抑制果实MDA含量增加,延缓细胞膜透性的升高,保持细胞完整性。(3)1-MCP处理有利于提高货架前期果实中线粒体蛋白质含量,能够在货架后期保持较高的ATP含量和能荷水平,而CO2处理在货架前期果实内含有较高水平的ATP,促进了果实内的能荷水平。研究发现,1-MCP和CO2处理均可以通过影响南果梨果实的能量代谢特性从而影响果实的成熟衰老进程,且1-MCP处理可以抑制货架前期的ATP含量和能量供应,有利于保持细胞膜完整性,抑制果心褐变的发生,延缓果实成熟衰老进程;而2%CO2处理与对照相比对果实能量代谢特性的影响不大。     

沙藏、维生素C和亚硫酸氢钠对薯蓣块茎贮藏期间褐变的影响

沙藏、维生素C和亚硫酸氢钠（NaHSO3）处理的薯蓣,贮藏前期多酚氧化酶活性的上升速度低于而后期酶活性下降速度则高于不作处理的,与后期这3种处理的褐变度几乎不上升相一致。各处理的过氧化物酶活性变化差异大,但与褐变度的关系不大。超氧化物歧化酶活性均呈先升后降趋势,各处理中酶活性的下降速度均低于不作处理的。丙二醛含量均呈持续上升趋势,不作处理的高于处理的。在防止或削弱贮藏期间薯蓣褐变的处理中,以沙藏和NaHSO3处理的效果较好。     

热胁迫对豌豆下胚轴生理的一些影响

通过测定热驯和热胁迫下3个豌豆品种幼苗下胚轴生长、细胞膜损伤、抗坏血酸（AsA）和丙二醛（佃A）含量的变化及热激蛋白70（HSP70）表达,探讨热胁迫对豌豆生理的影响。结果表明,在48℃高温胁迫下豌豆种子萌发率下降,幼苗下胚轴生长受抑制,细胞膜受损,AsA含量下降,MDA含量升高;经37℃热驯再48℃热激处理的下胚轴长度和ASA明显高于直接热胁迫的,细胞膜受损程度和MDA含量则低于后者。HSP70测定表明,除台湾品种外,37℃热驯1h不足以诱导HSP70表达;而37℃热驯后常温恢复再48℃热激和直接48℃热激均能诱导HSP70表达,其中蒙自品种经热驯后再热激的HSP70表达量高于直接热激的。     

O2和CO2配比对气调贮藏梨采后褐变及相关理化因子的影响

以采后'丰水'梨果实为材料,在乐扣气调试验箱中研究了O2和CO2配比对果实褐变率、多酚氧化酶(PPO)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性、丙二醛(MDA)和总酚含量的影响,以探讨适宜减轻梨气藏褐变的气体成份.结果表明:在整个贮藏过程(150 d)中,'丰水'梨果肉未发生褐变.从贮藏60 d开始,气调处理和冷藏对照果实的果皮均出现褐变,气调处理在贮藏120 d之前对果皮褐变的影响不显著,而在贮藏120～150 d内可显著减轻果皮的褐变、抑制果皮PPO和POD活性及降低总酚含量.与冷藏对照相比,气调处理可推迟果心褐变的时间,且(8%～10%)O2+3% CO2处理可完全抑制果心的褐变;气调处理亦可降低果心PPO活性、减少总酚及MDA含量;(8%～10%)O2+1% CO2处理能够显著提高果心的POD活性,而(8%～10%)O2+3% CO2处理对果实POD活性的影响不显著.可见,气调贮藏主要是通过降低'丰水'梨果皮PPO、POD活性及总酚含量来减轻组织的褐变,并以(8%～10%)O2+3% CO2处理对果实褐变因子的控制效果较理想.     

热激对大兴安岭三种松科树种种子萌发的影响

研究了热激对大兴安岭地区兴安落叶松、樟子松、红皮云杉种子萌发的影响,热激温度分别为80℃、100℃、120℃、150℃,每个温度下热激时间分别为1min、3min、5min、10min。研究结果表明:兴安落叶松种子在100℃热激10min,120℃热激5min,10min,150℃热激5min处理下萌发率较对照显著下降(P%0.05),除80℃热激1min、3min、5min、120℃热激1min、150℃热激1min外,其他处理萌发速率指数较对照均显著下降(P%0.05);樟子松种子在高于80℃的所有热激处理萌发率较对照均显著下降(P%0.05),甚至没有萌发,除80℃热激1min外,所有处理下萌发速率指数较对照均显著下降;红皮云杉种子萌发率在80℃热激5min和100℃热激1min处理下较对照显著提高(P%0.05),萌发速率指数在80℃热激1min、3min、5min,100℃热激1min处理下较对照显著提高(P%0.05)。兴安落叶松种子可以在短时间高强度(150℃)热激下维持萌发率,但不能承受长时间热激;樟子松种子对高于80℃的热激反应敏感,热激降低了樟子松种子的萌发能力;热激可以提高红皮云杉种子的萌发能力,短时间(1min、3min、5min)低强度(80℃)热激(包括100℃热激1min)提高红皮云杉种子萌发率和萌发速率指数,红皮云杉种子也可以承受高强度(150℃)瞬时(1min)热激。     

壳聚糖涂膜对机械伤苹果抗性生理特征的影响

为了提高苹果采后抗机械损伤能力,减少贮藏损失,以红富士苹果为材料,通过人工模拟机械伤试验,研究壳聚糖涂膜对损伤红富士苹果常温贮藏条件下果肉褐变、相关酶活性及抗性相关物质的影响,探索壳聚糖涂膜在果蔬防腐保鲜上的应用。结果显示:壳聚糖涂膜处理科显著减少红富士苹果果实机械伤口的扩张,提高机械伤果实的总酚含量,降低PPO活性,从而有效抑制机械伤苹果贮藏期间的果肉褐变的发生。同时,壳聚糖涂膜处理可提高机械伤苹果的POD和PAL活性,延缓酚类物质含量的下降,促进体内木质素的合成。研究表明,壳聚糖涂膜处理能够有效防止机械伤苹果贮藏期间的酶促褐变,减少果肉组织中有害物质的积累,促进愈伤组织的形成,从而增强了机械伤苹果的抗性,有效延缓了果实衰老。     

间歇升温和热处理对‘紫李’果实采后生理的影响

以美国‘紫李’为试材,测定经间歇升温和热处理后果实的褐变度、抗氧化酶活性、抗氧化剂含量、膜质过氧化水平、总酚和可滴定酸含量的变化。结果表明:间歇升温和热处理可适当恢复因冷害而降低的细胞抗氧化活性,清除活性氧自由基,减少膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛的积累,抑制多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性升高,强化抗低温防御系统,阻止多酚逆境代谢发生,使冷害和褐变症状得以延缓和减轻;同时,还可抑制可滴定酸含量的减少和固酸比的上升,延缓后熟衰老。间歇升温处理,李贮藏两个月果实品质良好。初步认为,-0.5～0℃贮藏,每15 d加温至18～20℃并保持l d,是贮藏美国‘紫李’适宜的变温模式。     

热激对水稻幼苗耐冷性及热激蛋白合成的诱导

萌发的水稻种子经42℃热激处理后其幼苗的耐冷性明显增强,膜伤害程度降低,脯氨酸含量增加,超氧物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性和抗氧化物质抗坏血酸含量增加,而膜脂过氧化的关键酶脂氧合酶(LOX)活性及其产物丙二醛(MDA)含量下降.并且热激诱导萌发的水稻胚合成78、70、64、60、46、38、24、17、16kD的热激蛋白(HSP),其中属于HSP70的内质网结合蛋白(BiP)的合成与水稻幼苗耐寒性的提高有关.     

减压贮藏条件下梨枣某些生理生化指标的变化

减压贮藏条件下 ,随贮藏时间延长 ,梨枣的Vc损失减少、果肉硬度和好果率下降以及失重率上升 ,均比对照有所延缓 ,果实褐变率降低     

真空和低温处理对红毛丹保鲜效果的研究

采用低温和真空处理的方法,研究海南红毛丹"保研-7号"果实在处理过程中的相关生理生化指标和品质变化。结果表明真空和低温结合处理显著抑制了果皮中多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性和花色素苷含量的降解,降低了果皮的相对电导率,延缓了红毛丹果皮的褐变,同时减缓了红毛丹果肉的可溶性固形物(TSS)和Vc含量的下降,使红毛丹果实的保鲜期延长了13 d。本研究旨在为红毛丹果实的采后保鲜技术提供理论和实践指导意义。     

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.