青海湖裸鲤不同年龄鉴定材料的年轮特征

通过各种年龄鉴定材料比较研究了青海湖裸鲤的年轮特征。微耳石和星耳石可用于鉴定年龄,而矢耳石易碎,不适合鉴定年龄。4种年龄鉴定材料对青海湖裸鲤年龄的判别能力为:背鳍条>微耳石>臀鳞>脊椎骨。对8龄以下个体,用背鳍条磨片鉴定年龄效果较佳;对8龄以上个体,臀鳞、背鳍条磨片和脊椎骨上的年轮计数明显低于微耳石磨片,微耳石磨片是高龄青海湖裸鲤较为可靠的年龄鉴定材料。       

色林错裸鲤的年轮特征

本文描述了色林错裸鲤 (Gymnocyprisselincuoensis)的臀鳞、背鳍条磨片和耳石磨片上的生长标志及特征 ,指出色林错裸鲤臀鳞上的繁殖痕迹 ,以及耳石磨片早期生长中出现类似月周期的生长阻断、光镜下透明带中日生长增长的减少甚至消失等现象与色林错裸鲤的繁殖习性及多变的高原环境相关。在 5种年龄鉴定的材料中 ,以耳石磨片上的轮纹特征最为明显、清晰且规律性强 ,是最好的年龄解释材料 ,而鳃盖骨和脊椎骨上都只能观察到少数几个轮纹 ,并不适合用作年龄鉴定的材料。     

色林错裸鲤的年轮行征

本文描述了色林错裸鲤（Gymnocypris selincuoensis）的臀鳞、背鳍条磨片和耳石磨片上的生长标志及特征,指出色林错裸鲤臀鳞上的繁殖痕迹,以及耳石磨片早期生长中出现类似月周期的生长阻断、光镜下透明带中日生长减少甚至消失等现象与色林错裸鲤的繁殖习性及多变的高原环境相关,在5种年龄鉴定的材料中,以耳石磨片上的轮纹特征最为明显、清晰且规律性强,是最好的年龄解释材料,而鳃盖骨和脊椎骨上都只能观察到到少几个轮纹,并不适用用作年龄鉴定的材料。     

两种无鳞高原鳅年龄鉴定方法探讨

分析了采自新疆克孜河174尾长身高原鳅(Triplophysa teunis)和258尾叶尔羌高原鳅(T.yarkandensis)的矢耳石及部分个体的背鳍条(n=11和12)、主鳃盖骨(n=20和25)和脊椎骨(n=38和45)的轮纹标志,探讨了用其鉴定年龄的可行性。结果显示,背鳍条磨片和主鳃盖骨均无明显可辨的年轮标志。小个体长身高原鳅的脊椎骨磨片年轮比较模糊,总的判别能力及鉴定吻合率分别为52.63%和70.00%。叶尔羌高原鳅脊椎骨磨片的年龄判别能力为93.33%,但5龄以下个体存在轮纹的断裂、分支和聚合现象,鉴定吻合率为78.57%。所有矢耳石磨片均有日生长增长、生长阻断和年轮等生长标记,年轮由宽而不透明的暗带和窄而透明的亮带组成。174尾长身高原鳅中有171尾矢耳石磨片能观察到年轮特征,判别能力及鉴定吻合率高达98.28%和94.74%。258尾叶尔羌高原鳅有244尾矢耳石磨片能观察到年轮特征,判别能力及鉴定吻合率也高达94.57%和93.44%。两位鉴定者对同一尾鱼的脊椎骨磨片和矢耳石磨片进行年龄计数,长身高原鳅的总吻合率分别为75.00%和80.00%,叶尔羌高原鳅的总吻合率分别为73.81%和83.33%,两鉴定者间无显著性差异(P0.05)。研究表明,矢耳石是两种无鳞高原鳅类最好的年龄鉴定材料,脊椎骨可作为高龄个体的辅助鉴定材料。     

花斑裸鲤年龄鉴定材料的比较与年龄判别

鱼类年龄的准确鉴定是研究鱼类生态学和保护生物学的基础。本文对黄河上游花斑裸鲤(Gymnocypris eckloni)耳石、背鳍条和臀鳞等3种年龄材料的年龄解释一致性以及最佳年龄材料的选择进行了比较和分析,并首次建立了花斑裸鲤低龄个体年龄判别方程。结果表明:花斑裸鲤3种年龄材料上年轮可读性依次是耳石背鳍条臀鳞,最大鉴定年龄分别为25龄、17龄和16龄;对于6龄及以下个体,背鳍条作为年龄鉴定材料更有优势;对7龄及以上个体,耳石效果最佳;同时对6龄及以下个体以全长、体长、体重和空壳重为自变量,采用逐步选择法进行判别分析,最终提取全长和体重建立年龄的分类函数;全部样本正判率和交叉验证正判率显示,该年龄判别模型的正确区分度较高,可用于6龄及以下个体(全长93~259 mm;体重6.25~177.10 g)的年龄判别。     

西藏双须叶须鱼八种年龄鉴定材料的比较研究

用微耳石、星耳石、脊椎骨、鳃盖骨、臀鳞、胸鳞、侧线鳞和背鳞等8种年龄鉴定材料识别和鉴定西藏双须叶须鱼的年龄特征并进行比较分析, 以确定适宜的年龄鉴定材料。结果显示: 臀鳞形态特化严重, 胸鳞、侧线鳞、背鳞的年轮特征不明显, 与微耳石比较的平均百分比误差(IAPE)分别为41.63%、51.26%、50.50%和51.26%, 其他4种年龄材料与微耳石比较的IAPE相差不大, 依次为: 星耳石(12.28%)、脊椎骨(15.67%)、鳃盖骨(17.81%); 低于23龄时, 微耳石鉴定的平均年龄与耳石和脊椎骨鉴定的平均年龄较为接近(P>0.05), 分别为14.39龄、13.13龄和13.20龄, 显著高于鳃盖骨和4种鳞片(P<0.05); 高于23龄时, 7种年龄鉴定材料都显著低于微耳石所鉴定的平均年龄(P<0.05)。用微耳石鉴定所得的最大年龄为49龄, 星耳石鉴定所得的最大年龄为35龄, 脊椎骨鉴定所得最大年龄为34龄, 鳃盖骨为34龄, 臀鳞为22龄, 胸鳞为19龄, 侧线鳞为16龄, 背鳞为17龄。微耳石年龄鉴定的年龄读数与体长呈极显著的对数函数关系(P<0.01)。综合分析认为, 微耳石最适宜作为双须叶须鱼的年龄鉴定材料。     

对胸鳍棘鉴定鱼类年龄方法的技术改进——简易脱钙切片法

用大鳍Hu、粗唇Wei、瓦氏黄颡鱼等的胸鳍棘作为实验材料,用1％－5％的硝酸脱钙切片后,鉴定年龄。为适应大规模的年龄鉴定,对常规的组织切片步骤和时间进行了简化、缩短。与传统的锯片法及磨片法相比,该方法易于操作,有助于准确的年龄鉴定、年轮半径测量和生长推算,特别适用于中、小型无鳞鱼类的年龄鉴定。     

软刺裸裂尻鱼的年龄鉴定

检测并比较了软刺裸裂尻鱼（Schizopygopsis malacanthus）鳞片、耳石、脊椎骨和背鳍条的年轮特征。结果表明,这4种材料上均具有年轮特征,以耳石最明显,且易于识别,为最好的年龄鉴定材料;鳞片上的年轮也较明显,但高龄鱼外围的年轮常挤在一起,使鉴定结果偏低;背鳍条上的环纹清晰,但边缘出现轮纹的重叠,影响年龄准确判读;脊椎骨上通常只能观察到比较有限的环纹,不适合用作年龄鉴定。     

白鲟年龄鉴定及其生长的初步研究

以齿骨和胸鳍条为年龄鉴定材料,通过其骨磨片比较研究,结果显示用胸鳍条鉴定白鲟的年龄较为可靠。所收集的６６尾白鲟样品中,根据胸鳍条鉴定年龄,幼鲟８尾,１－３龄。成鱼５８尾中,雄鱼３３尾,最低６龄,最高１１龄,多数个体为８－９龄。雌鱼２５尾,最低７龄,最高１７龄,多数为１０－１２。白鲟生长速度快,特别在第一年其长度生长最为突出。当年１０月份的幼鱼全长达５３－６１ｃｍ,１龄鱼平均全长７５ｃｍ。推算结果表明雌雄鱼在性成熟前生长无明显差异,性成熟后,雌鱼的长度及重量均大于相同年龄雄鱼。采用ＶＢＧＦ描述白鲟全长及体重的增长。     

黄山九龙峰尖头鱥的年龄鉴定

鱼类的年龄鉴定及其最佳骨质材料的选择,是鱼类年龄研究的必要前提,也是鱼类基础生物学和生态学研究的基础。利用2012年4月于黄山九龙峰采集的132尾尖头鱥标本,研究了其鳞片、鳃盖骨、脊椎骨和耳石等骨质材料的年轮特征,并以根据全长分布频率确定的"真实年龄"为参照,比较了鳃盖骨、脊椎骨和微耳石在年龄判读中的精确度和准确度。尖头鱥体侧部和尾柄部的鳞片均无任何年轮标志,星耳石磨片上暗带和明带排列无明显规律,但鳃盖骨、脊椎骨和微耳石上存在明显年轮。鳃盖骨、脊椎骨和微耳石3种骨质材料的年龄判读精确度或准确度差异视不同年龄组有所不同。总体上,脊椎骨年龄判读的精确度最高,鳃盖骨次之,微耳石最低;但年龄判读的准确度正好相反,即微耳石最高、脊椎骨最低。因此,微耳石是尖头鱥年龄鉴定的最佳骨质材料,而其较低的年龄鉴定精确度及其对准确度的潜在影响可通过提高磨片质量和优化判读方法来改善。     

色林错裸鲤的生长

对藏北高原色林错湖泊中色林错裸鲤（Gymnocypris selincuoensis)的生长方程、生长拐点以及生长指标等生长特征进行了分析。结果表明von Bertalanffy生长方程、Gompertz方程和三次多项式方程都可以反映色林错裸鲤的生长过程,但Gompertz方程能够很好地描述12龄之前的生长特征,而von Bertalanffy生长方程更适合描述18龄以后的生长特征。这种情况反映了色林错裸鲤具有洄游性鱼类更换生活环境的生活史特征。雄性体长的von Bertalanffy生长方程为：Lt=484.1906[1-e^-0.06839(t-0.06028)],雄性为Lt=485.3285[1-e^-0.0710(t-0.5679)]。体长和体重关系为W＝0.00023L^-5.5303(♂）和W＝0.00046L^2.4072(♀）。生长拐点为12.9龄（♀）和14．2龄（♂）。与其它裂腹鱼类相比,色林错裸鲤的生长过程尤为缓慢,这与其生存的环境条件更为恶劣直接相关。     

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).