四种癞蝗精子的比较研究（直翅目：蝗总科）

本文通过对丽突鼻蝗ＲｈｉｎｏｔｍｅｔｈｉｓｐｕｌｃｈｒｉｓＸｉｅｔＺｈｅｎｇ、景泰突颜蝗ＥｏｔｍｅｔｈｉｓｊｉｎｔａｉｅｎｓｉｓＸｉｅｔＺｈｅｎｇ、友谊华癞蝗ＳｉｎｏｔｍｅｔｈｉｓａｍｉｃｕｓＢ．－Ｂｉｅｎｋｏｔ和短翅华癞蝗ＳｉｎｏｔｍｅｔｈｉｓｂｒａｃｈｙｐｔｅｒｕｓＺｈｅｎｇｅｔＸｉ精子的比较研究,发现它们的精子的线粒体衍生体超微形态结构及精子发生过程中第７、８两期精细胞线粒体衍生体周围微管排数十分相似,而在精子的外形长度、中心粒侧体超微形态结构及线粒体衍生体的大小等项特征方面存在着一定差异,这些差异只是在种间精子的鉴别方面有一定的意义,而不具有属级水平的鉴别意义。     

蝗总科染色体研究及科级综合比较（直翅目）

对国际范围内蝗总科染色体研究简史及细胞分类学研究概况进行了回顾,并对我国蝗总科细胞分类学研究进展作了简要介绍。在此基础上,本文根据染色体数目、形态、染色体分组型式、性染色体位置、Ｃ带结构特征及异染色质总含量值等多方面特征对蝗总科８个科细胞分类学相互关系进行了综合比较。结果表明：癞蝗科染色体特点明显,进化位置独特;锥头蝗科与瘤锥蝗科相互近缘;斑腿蝗科与斑翅蝗科较为相近,网翅蝗科与槌角蝗科在染色体多项     

蝗总科部分种类Cyt b基因序列及系统进化研究

蝗总科8个科10个种的线粒体DNA细胞色素b(Cyt b）基因部分序列被测定分析,比较同源性,计算核苷酸使用频率并构建NJ分子系统树。在获得的432bp的序列中,A T约占70.4%,其中177个核苷酸位点存在变异（约占41.0%）,DNA一级序列数据显示,该8科蝗虫间DNA序列变异丰富。用日本蚱作外群构建的NJ树表明：瘤锥蝗科较为原始,而癞蝗科与槌角蝗科关系较近,为比较进化的类群,蝗总科8科的起源关系为：瘤锥蝗科→班翅蝗科和锥头蝗科→斑腿蝗科→剑角蝗科→网翅蝗科→槌角蝗科和癞蝗科,上述研究结果与传统形态分类学结论不完全一致,并就此进行了讨论。     

斑腿蝗科三个种类精子的比较研究：直翅目：蝗总科

本文通过对日本黄脊蝗Ｐａｔａｎｇａｊａｐｏｉｎｃａ（Ｉ．Ｂｄ）,短角直斑腿蝗ＳｔｅｎｏｃａｔａｎｔｏｐｓｍｉｓｔｓｈｅｎｋｏｉＷｉｌｌ和霍山蹦蝗ＳｉｎｏｐｏｄｉｓｍａｈｏｕｓｈａｎａＨｕａｎｇ精子的比较,发现了它们的精子的线粒体衍生体和中心粒侧体的超微形态结构十分相似,在精子发生过程中７、８两期精细胞线粒体衍生体周围微管的排数相一致,这３个种精子间的差异主要反映在外形头和尾的长度,线粒体衍生体的大     

三种短鼻蝗精子超微结构的比较研究（直翅目：蝗总科）

本文通过对癞短鼻蝗Ｆｉｌｃｈｎｅｒｅｌｌａ ｐａｍｐｈａｇｉｄｅｓ ｋａｒｎｙ、青海短鼻蝗Ｆ．ｋｕｋｕｎｏｒｉｓ Ｂ．－Ｂｉｅｎｋｏ和肃南短鼻蝗Ｆ．ｓｕｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓ Ｌｉｕ精子的比较,发现它们的精子在外形头和尾的长度、线粒体衍生体的大小及中心粒侧体超微形态结构方面存在着一定的差异,而精子发生过程中七、八两期精细胞线粒体周围微管的排数和精子的线粒体衍生体超微形态结构十分相似。     

通辽市草地蝗虫物种多样性及分布研究

为蝗虫预测与综合防治提供参考,应用五点取样法、昆虫分类学和相关动物地理学方法对通辽各地蝗虫物种多样性及其分布进行研究。通辽共分布蝗总科7科12亚科37种,以斑翅蝗科Oedipodidae物种最多(14种),其次为网翅蝗科Arcypteridae(10种)。多样性分析表明扎鲁特旗具有最高的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和丰富度指数,但均匀度最低;开鲁县具有最低的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和丰富度指数。从科的分布范围看,剑角蝗科Acrididae、斑腿蝗科Catantopidae和斑翅蝗科在通辽各地均有分布;而癞蝗科Pamphagidae仅在扎鲁特旗有分布。从物种分布看,黄胫小车蝗Oedaleus infernalis Saussure和短星翅蝗Calliptamus abbreviatus Ikonnikov分布最广,其次为亚洲小车蝗Oedaleus decorus asiaticus B.-Bienko。从分布地区看,扎鲁特旗为物种最丰富(34种)。研究结果显示通辽市蝗虫物种多样性及分布特点与各地的草地面积和类型密切相关。     

蝗总科昆虫雌性下生殖板及系统发育关系研究（直翅目）

在对蝗总科１０３种蝗虫雌性下生殖板进行形态学研究的基础上,对蝗总科８个科以及斑腿蝗科的稻蝗属,伪稻蝗属,拟凹背蝗属,卵翅蝗属和剑角蝗科的卡蝗属,选择导卵器正面观形态等１５个性状,以蚱总科为外群确定性状的极性和状态,用Ｈｅｎｎｉｎｇ８６Ｖ１．５软件对它们的系统发育关系进行地序分类研究。结果支持刘举鹏在１９９１年依蝗卵结构所提出的蝗总科分类系统,同时结果也表明蝗属,伪稻蝗属,拟凹背蝗属,卵翅蝗属和卡蝗     

基于核内核糖体小亚基序列的蝗总科系统发育关系分析

用核糖体SSURdna全序列对蝗总科（Acridoidea）进行了分子系统学研究。依据测定的8种蝗虫的SSU Rdna全序列 (平均 1.844 bp),并从GenBank中选取了6种内群种类和2种外群种类的SSU Rdna同源序列,进行序列分析。利用Clustal、MEGA 和 PHYLIP 软件构建分子系统树（距离邻接法Neighbor-Joining,NJ;最小进化法 Minimum Evolution）。结果显示： (1) 蝗总科是一个单系类群;(2) 锥头蝗科（Chrotogonidae）和瘤锥蝗科（Pyrgomorphidea）亲缘关系较近,为蝗总科最原始的类群;(3) 网翅蝗科（Arcypteridae）和槌角蝗科（Gomphoceridae）有较近的亲缘关系; (4) 斑翅蝗科 （Oedipodidae）为最进化的类群; (5) SSU Rdna序列保守性强,转换transition）取代的速率大于或接近颠换（transversion）取代的速率;(6) 在系统树中,总科首先分离,大多数同科不同属的类群以高置信度聚合在一起,说明SSU Rdna序列适合用于蝗总科的系统发育关系分析。     

陕西汉中地区蝗虫种类及区系特点

汉中地区的蝗总科昆虫有5科33属51种,锥头蝗科Pyrgomorphidae1属2种,斑腿蝗科Catantopidae9属19种,网翅蝗科Arcypteridae5属12种,斑翅蝗科Oedipodidae12属13种,剑角蝗科Acrididae5属5种。汉中地区蝗总科的昆虫以东洋界为主,共23种,占45.1%,其次为汉中地区特有种类10种,占19.6%,古北界和两界共有种类均为9种,均占17.6%。物种数量在各县区分布不均匀。     

基于线粒体Cyt b,16S rDNA和核28S rDNA的中国斑腿蝗科(直翅目,蝗总科)九亚科间的系统发育关系研究

基于线粒体Cytb、16S rDNA和核28S rDNA的部分序列的联合数据集,重建了中国斑腿蝗科9亚科26种蝗虫和癞蝗科笨蝗(外群)间的系统发育关系。结果显示:1)除黑蝗亚科、秃蝗亚科和切翅蝗亚科外,其余6亚科的单系性都得到支持;2)黑蝗亚科似乎应当与秃蝗亚科合并为一个亚科,且与其他几个亚科亲缘关系相对较远;3)凸额蝗属应该由切翅蝗亚科中独立出来;4)卵翅蝗亚科和稻蝗亚科是姐妹群;5)星翅蝗亚科、黑背蝗亚科、斑腿蝗亚科、刺胸蝗亚科及切翅蝗亚科中的凸额蝗属间的关系较近。     

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.