在水生与气生状态下石莼光合作用对无机碳的响应

潮间带海藻光合作用总是处于水生 (高潮时 )与气生 (低潮时 )两种连续变化的环境状态下进行。对汕头沿岸常见的潮间带海藻石莼 (UlvalactucaL .)在水生和气生不同状态下光合作用对无机碳的响应特性进行了比较研究。在水生状态下 ,现有海水中溶解性无机碳浓度能充分饱和 (10℃和 2 0℃时 )或接近饱和 (30℃时 )石莼的光合作用 ;而在气生状态下 ,石莼光合作用受大气CO2 浓度的限制 ,且这种限制作用在较高温度 (2 0 - 30℃ )下比在低温(10℃ )下更严重。在 10℃和 2 0℃时 ,石莼在气生状态下比在水生状态下具有更高的碳饱和最大光合速率 ;而在30℃时 ,石莼在这两种状态下的碳饱和光合速率相似。石莼光合作用的Km(CO2 )值在气生状态下比在水生状态下高 ;而在气生状态下石莼对CO2 的表观光合导度远小于其在水生状态下的值。认为大气CO2 浓度升高将通过促进石莼在气生状态下的光合作用而增加其初级生产力。     

在水生与气生状态下石莼光合作用对光照和温度的响应

如何对付由于高潮时的水生状态与低潮时的气生状态高频率循环所导致的不同环境条件,是潮间带海藻的光合作用所面临的独特问题。对采自汕头沿岸的石莼(Ulva lactuca)在水生和气生不同状态下光合作用对光照和温度的响应特性进行了测定,以探讨这种常见的潮间带绿藻在潮汐循环背景下的光合特性。在气生状态下,光饱和净光合速率(Pmax)随气生暴露时间的变化模式可以很好地用三次方程进行描述,而温度影响方程的系数;当水分损失为15％时,石莼的Pmax增加至最大值,然后Pmax随进一步脱水而下降,在水分损失为80％时下降至0。温度对Pmax的影响在水生状态下比在气生状态下更大。气生状态下（充分水化）Pmax在10℃时显著小于水生状态下的值,而在30℃时则相反。在10℃时,气生干出时间在6 h 以内,或在20℃时,气生干出时间在2.2 h 以内,石莼的净碳固定量在气生状态下比在水生状态下要大;而在30℃时,在气生状态下的净碳固定量比总是小于在水生状态下的净碳固定量。认为石莼在低潮气生状态下与在高潮水生状态下光合特性及净碳固定存在差异,但这种差异与环境温度及叶状体的水分状态有关。     

在水生与气生状态下石莼光合作用对光照和温度的响应

如何对付由于高潮时的水生状态与低潮时的气生状态高频率循环所导致的不同环境条件,是潮间带海藻的光合作用所面临的独特问题。对采自汕头沿岸的石莼(Ulva lactuca)在水生和气生不同状态下光合作用对光照和温度的响应特性进行了测定,以探讨这种常见的潮间带绿藻在潮汐循环背景下的光合特性。在气生状态下,光饱和净光合速率(Pmax)随气生暴露时间的变化模式可以很好地用三次方程进行描述,而温度影响方程的系数;当水分损失为15％时,石莼的Pmax增加至最大值,然后Pmax随进一步脱水而下降,在水分损失为80％时下降至0。温度对Pmax的影响在水生状态下比在气生状态下更大。气生状态下(充分水化)Pmax在10℃时显著小于水生状态下的值,而在30％时则相反。在10℃时,气生干出时间在6h以内,或在20％时,气生干出时间在2．2h以内,石莼的净碳固定量在气生状态下比在水生状态下要大;而在30％时,在气生状态下的净碳固定量比总是小于在水生状态下的净碳固定量。认为石莼在低潮气生状态下与在高潮水生状态下光合特性及净碳固定存在差异,但这种差异与环境温度及叶状体的水分状态有关。     

低潮干出状态下石莼的光合作用特性（简报）

在低潮时（即干出状态下）汕头广澳湾潮间带海藻石莼的光合速率和呼吸速率都有随水分损失增加而下降的趋势。PSⅡ光化学效率、表观量子产额、光饱和点、以及表观羧化效率都随水分损失增加而下降;而光补偿点、CO2补偿点则随水分损失增加而增高,低潮时的干出状态下空气中CO2浓度限制石莼的光合作用,如果大气CO2浓度升高,则会促进其暴露于空气中的光合作用。     

国外大刊重要论文简介

高ＣＯ2 促进喜氮海藻硬石莼ＵｌｖａｒｉｇｉｄａＣ .Ａｇａｒｄｈ非光合性的生长增加u?牵铮颍洌椋欤欤铮疲?ＮｉｅｌｌＦＸ ,ＦｉｇｕｅｒｏａＦＬＰｌａｎｔａ ,2 0 0 1 ,2 1 3 :64～ 70多数人认为高浓度ＣＯ2 可能会通过增强光合碳同化促进植物的生长。但是 ,对不同的大型藻类来说 ,高ＣＯ2 浓度促进生长、抑制生长和没有作用的报告都有。据报道 ,大型海藻硬石莼在目前的海水无机碳浓度下其光合强度已达饱和 ,但在ＣＯ2 浓度增加时其生长速率增大。本研究以硝酸盐为唯一氮源 ,在氮饱和和氮限制条件下 ,以高ＣＯ2 ( 1 0 0 0 0 μｌ/Ｌ…     

光照和温度对氮饥饿及饱和营养条件下石莼(Ulva lactuca)的硝态氮吸收动力学影响

为探讨海藻养分吸收能力并以高效养分过滤器筛选为目标,以N饥饿和N饱和的石莼为材料,研究了3种光照及温度因子及其交互作用对不同N素营养限制状态下石莼NO3-吸收动力学特征的影响。结果表明:N饱和条件下,随着光照的增强,石莼对NO3-的最大吸收速率也增加;30℃条件下,光照强度的增加虽然使得其最大吸收速率提高,但Vmax/Km在中等光强下最大;20℃最有利于石莼对NO3-的吸收。N饥饿条件下,石莼对NO3-的吸收速率显著大于非饥饿状态。在10℃和20℃条件下,呈现与N饱和条件下相似的规律,但在30℃条件下,中等光强石莼对NO3-的最大吸收速率最高。在10℃和20℃条件下,增加光强促进石莼对NO3-的吸收,但30℃条件下光强的增加并未起到促进作用。饥饿状态下的石莼的NO3-吸收速率较高,当石莼吸收NO3-饱和时,依然可以以较低的速率继续吸收环境中的NO3-。     

水华鱼腥藻生长与光合作用对大气CO2浓度升高的响应

 为了探讨大气CO2浓度升高对水华藻类的影响,利用水华鱼腥藻(Anabena flos_aquae)作为实验材料,研究了大气CO2浓度加倍对其生长和光合作用的影响,结果显示大气CO2浓度升高导致水华鱼腥藻的生物量、光饱和光合速率、光合效率和光系统II的光化学效率（Fv/Fm）明显提高,但对暗呼吸速率和光饱和点没有明显影响。CO2加倍条件下藻细胞光合作用对无机碳的亲和力降低,表明其利用HCO-3的能力受到抑制。     

干出和沉水不同条件下羊栖菜光合作用碳源获得机制比较

经济海洋褐藻羊栖菜(Hizikia fusiforme(Harv.)Okamura)低潮时常常周期性地暴露于空气中.为了认识这种海藻在潮汐循环背景下的光合特征,对其在高潮沉水和低潮干出不同条件下的光合作用碳素获得机制进行了比较.沉水时,羊栖菜主要利用海水中HCO3-作为外源无机碳源驱动光合作用;而在干出条件下,其光合作用的主要碳源为空气中的CO2.在这两种不同环境条件下,光合作用与pH值的关系不同:沉水状态时,羊栖菜在高pH值(10.0)下光合活性很弱;而在干出条件下,羊栖菜在高pH值时仍有较高的光合活性.然而,光合作用无论是在沉水还是在干出条件下,对外源碳源的获得都表现出对胞外碳酸酐酶(CA)强烈的依赖性,并且其光合速率都受周围环境中无机碳源水平的限制.此外,在沉水和干出两种环境条件下,羊栖菜光合作用都表现出对氧气的敏感性.这表明,在羊栖菜中,依赖胞外CA的碳源获得机制不能使细胞内CO2浓度提高到阻碍其光呼吸的程度.增加空气中或海水中无机碳的浓度,能促进羊栖菜的光合作用,进而增加这种海藻的水产养殖产量.     

CO2对微拟球藻(Nannochloropsis sp.)利用有机碳和光合作用的影响

CO2浓度提高时,微拟球藻吸收醋酸钠的速率增加2倍。混养生长的藻细胞最大光合作用速率、光合作用效率、无机碳半饱和常数和无机碳饱和的光合作用速率均显著低于光自养条件下生长的。     

干出和沉水不同条件下羊栖菜光合作用碳源获得机制比较(英文)

经济海洋褐藻羊栖菜(Hizikia fusiforme(Harv.)Okamura)低潮时常常周期性地暴露于空气中。为了认识这种海藻在潮汐循环背景下的光合特征,对其在高潮沉水和低潮干出不同条件下的光合作用碳素获得机制进行了比较。沉水时,羊栖菜主要利用海水中HCO_3~-作为外源无机碳源驱动光合作用;而在干出条件下,其光合作用的主要碳源为空气中的CO_2。在这两种不同环境条件下,光合作用与pH值的关系不同:沉水状态时,羊栖菜在高pH值(10.0)下光合活性很弱;而在干出条件下,羊栖菜在高pH值时仍有较高的光合活性。然而,光合作用无论是在沉水还是在干出条件下,对外源碳源的获得都表现出对胞外碳酸酐酶(CA)强烈的依赖性,并且其光合速率都受周围环境中无机碳源水平的限制。此外,在沉水和干出两种环境条件下,羊栖菜光合作用都表现出对氧气的敏感性。这表明,在羊栖菜中,依赖胞外CA的碳源获得机制不能使细胞内CO_2浓度提高到阻碍其光呼吸的程度。增加空气中或海水中无机碳的浓度,能促进羊栖菜的光合作用,进而增加这种海藻的水产养殖产量。     

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.