中国石蒜属遗传多样性与亲缘关系的SSR分析

利用SSR-PCR分析中国石蒜属植物的遗传多样性与种间亲缘关系,从46对SSR引物选出18对扩增清晰、多态性好的引物对石蒜属15个种和外类群中国水仙进行了PCR扩增,采用非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和改良的银染法染色,结果表明供试材料具有高度的遗传多样性,多态性位点百分率达97.63%。通过UPGMA法将供试20份材料聚成4类。第I类包括安徽石蒜、长筒石蒜、黄长筒石蒜、忽地笑、中国石蒜、乳白石蒜,其中安徽石蒜与长筒石蒜的亲缘关系很近;第II类包括香石蒜、鹿葱、换锦花、红蓝石蒜和玫瑰石蒜;第III类由石蒜、矮小石蒜、稻草石蒜和江苏石蒜组成;第IV类为外类群中国水仙。分子聚类结果不仅支持乳白石蒜、鹿葱、红蓝石蒜、江苏石蒜、稻草石蒜的杂交起源观点,而且与形态学分类、物种的染色体倍性、核型存在较高的一致性,即除乳白石蒜外,染色体基数接近或等于11、核型含有11t或11t 倍数的物种聚为一大类;染色体基数不等于11、核型为6M+10T的种聚成了另一大类。SSR-PCR容易区分同种不同产地的安徽石蒜或不同花色的长筒石蒜,外形十分相似的石蒜和矮小石蒜,忽地笑和中国石蒜。本研究认为,将安徽石蒜作为一个独立的种不太合适,它可能是长筒石蒜的变种或是以长筒石蒜为亲本的杂交种。     

石蒜属植物分支系统学分析

基于37个形态学、解剖学、孢粉学和细胞学性状及解剖学性状之外的28个形态学、孢粉学和细胞学性状,分别对石蒜属进行分支系统学分析,试图建立石蒜属种间的系统发育关系。利用PAUP^*软件分别构建了最大简约树(MP),所得树的拓扑结构是一致的。同时,基于解剖学9个性状,对石蒜、换锦花、忽地笑、江苏石蒜、长筒石蒜、乳白石蒜、夏水仙、红兰石蒜、安徽石蒜、短蕊石蒜、中国石蒜11个种进行系统发育树构建,其结果也是支持上述系统发育树的。系统发育树结构结果表明,石蒜属16种明显聚为两大类:石蒜、玫瑰石蒜、稻草石蒜和江苏石蒜;广西石蒜、红兰石蒜、换锦花、香石蒜、夏水仙、长筒石蒜、安徽石蒜、中国石蒜、忽地笑、乳白石蒜、短蕊石蒜和陕西石蒜。除换锦花、红兰石蒜及江苏石蒜系统发育位置不同之外,大类群的划分与RAPD指纹图谱基本一致。类群一均属于石蒜亚属(Lycoris亚属)。类群二又可以聚为两小类:广西石蒜、红兰石蒜、换锦花、香石蒜、夏水仙归为一类;长筒石蒜、安徽石蒜、中国石蒜、忽地笑、乳白石蒜、短蕊石蒜和陕西石蒜归为一类。前一子类群除广西石蒜外,都属于整齐花亚属(Symman thus亚属)。后一子类群除长筒石蒜与安徽石蒜外,均属于石蒜亚属(Lycoris亚属)。因此,花冠整齐与否是一个重要的分类特征,但作为石蒜属植物亚属的划分依据,没有得到本研究支持。而在本文中,雄蕊与花被片的位置关系可以作为大分类群划分依据,能否依此来对石蒜属植物亚属进行划分,仍需探讨。另外研究表明叶微形态特征在研究种间亲缘关系时,具有一定的作用。而在种间亲缘关系鉴定时,出叶期不应成为重要的依据。同时研究还表明中国石蒜与忽地笑具有非常近的亲缘关系,与形态学研究一致。     

石蒜属植物多糖组成的分析比较研究

对五种石蒜属植物:安徽石蒜、中国石蒜、忽地笑、换锦花、石蒜多糖的结构组成进行了对比分析。结果表明,安徽石蒜多糖与其他四种植物多糖差异较大,而忽地笑多糖和石蒜多糖相似、中国石蒜多糖和换锦花多糖相似。该研究为探讨石蒜属种间亲缘关系提供实验依据。     

中国石蒜属种间亲缘关系ITS序列分析

本文利用核糖体DNA内转录间隔区(ITS)序列对石蒜属13个种(含变种)的亲缘关系进行分析。结果表明,各样品的ITS1长度为259~260 bp,ITS2为230 bp,分别有多个特异性信息位点。以ITS序列为依据对石蒜属植物亲缘关系进行分析,表明石蒜属13个种可分为三大类,其中类Ⅰ包括中国石蒜、地笑、安徽石蒜和长筒石蒜,核型为M+T型;类Ⅱ包括矮小石蒜、换锦花、玫瑰石蒜和红蓝石蒜,核型为ST型;类Ⅲ包括稻草石蒜、乳白石蒜、短蕊石蒜和两种人工杂交种,核型为ST+M+T。系统进化树与核型分析结果相似,第Ⅲ类可能为自然杂交种。     

石蒜属植物多糖的分离纯化

对五种石蒜属植物,安徽石蒜、中国石蒜、忽地笑、换锦花、石蒜多糖的提取、分离、纯化及其理化性质进行了研究。为石蒜属植物多糖开发利用提供依据,更为相关石蒜属植物多糖的最佳提纯过程和探讨该属种间亲缘关系提供资料。     

石蒜属种间亲缘关系RAPD分析

采用RAPD标记构建了石蒜属Lycoris植物13个种的指纹图谱。从520个随机引物中筛选出清晰且多态性高的41个引物,共产生了350条DNA片段,分子量在0.3-3.0kh之间,其中253条谱带具有遗传多态性,约占72．3％,平均每个引物扩增的DNA片段数为6．2条。采用TFPGA数据分析软件,计算Nei氏相似性系数和遗传距离,建立了UPGMA聚类图。结果表明：石蒜属13个种明显聚为两大类,即具有单型核型结构（I型）,染色体基数为x=11的5个物种：玫瑰石蒜L.rosea,红蓝石蒜.L.haywardii,稻草石蒜L.straminea,换锦花L.sprengeri和石蒜L.radiata聚为一类;具有两型核型结构（V型和I型）8个物种即江苏石蒜L.houdyshelii,乳白石蒜L.albiflora,中国石蒜L.chinensis,长筒石蒜L.longituba,安徽石蒜Lanhuiensis,夏水仙L.squmigera,短蕊石蒜L.caldwellii和忽地笑L.aurea聚为一类。其中玫瑰石蒜和红蓝石蒜的亲缘关系最近,石蒜和忽地笑的亲缘关系较远,与细胞学的研究结果相吻合。通过RAPD分析,对玫瑰石蒜,红蓝石蒜和稻草石蒜是否天然杂交起源以及乳白石蒜,稻草石蒜和江苏石蒜的分类地位进行了探讨。     

加兰他敏在忽地笑营养器官中的定位(简报)

石蒜属植物为具有地下鳞茎的多年生草本植物．有重要的药用价值,全属植物约有20余种。我国有石蒜属植物约15种,集中分布于长江中下游地区,野生资源比较丰富。忽地笑（Lycorisaurea Herb．）是石蒜属植物在我国分布较广泛的一种。加兰他敏（Galanthamine）等生物碱是石蒜属植物中主要的药用成分。[第一段]     

中国原产石蒜属植物的数量分类和主成分分析

应用数量分类学方法对中国原产石蒜属13种2变种的35个性状进行Q、R聚类分析和主成分分析,探讨国产石蒜属植物种间的亲缘关系,并对分类性状进行评价。研究结果显示,Q型聚类可分为2个大类和8小类,安徽石蒜与长筒石蒜的亲缘关系很近,认为将其作为长筒石蒜的变种更为合适,同时支持玫瑰石蒜、红蓝石蒜、乳白石蒜、江苏石蒜、稻草石蒜的杂交起源观点。R型聚类可分为7个组;经主成分分析,35个性状可综合为5个主成分,其累积贡献率达82.55%,根据这5个主成分与性状间的相关性,选出影响比较大的16个性状,其中鳞茎形状、花被片宽和雄蕊长/花被片长的比值最为重要,可作为大类群划分的依据,而花被片是否具条纹、花丝颜色、花色、花葶粗、幼叶尖端及边缘颜色、种子有无等可作为物种划分的重要依据。     

忽地笑LaABCG3转运蛋白基因的克隆与表达分析

石蒜科植物体内的生物碱具有重要的药用价值,尽管部分生物碱的生物合成途径已被发现,但与其相关的转运机制尚未报道。本研究在忽地笑(Lycoris aurea)经茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)处理后的差异转录组测序数据的基础上,发现了一个ABC转运蛋白基因,并命名为ABCG3。采用cDNA末端快速扩增(RACE)技术克隆了该基因的编码区全长2157bp,编码719个氨基酸,包含6个跨膜结构域。LaABCG3的组织分布与生物碱积累组织相重合。此外,在MeJA处理下,LaABCG3的表达量和石蒜科生物碱,包括加兰他敏、石蒜碱、水仙环素的含量均受到显著诱导。本研究为探索忽地笑中石蒜科生物碱的转运和积累机制打下了基础。     

石蒜属植物生物碱研究概况

论述了石蒜属植物生物碱研究进展.总结石蒜属植物生物碱的种类、药理作用以及分离纯化方法,并对石蒜属植物生物碱的近一步研究进行展望.     

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.