一株重组乙型肝炎病毒的全基因克隆和序列分析

通过血清学和PCR方法对广西地区乙型肝炎病毒感染者样本进行检测,发现一株乙型肝炎病毒基因序列与其余病毒差异较大,利用PCR的方法,扩增出该株病毒的全长cDNA序列,并将其克隆到T载体,进行序列测定,结果显示基因全长为3 215bp,血清型为adr.将测定序列与网上公布的标准基因序列进行比对分析,发现该株病毒全基因组序列进化分析结果与C型基因比较接近,而对其全基因组进行分析时发现1 630bp～2 880bp间基因起源与和C型基因最为接近,而其余基因序列则与A型基因更接近,提示这是一株C型和A型重组的乙型肝炎病毒,首次在国内发现这种类型的基因重组病毒,丰富了我国乙型肝炎病毒研究内容,并对基因型别研究和病毒进化研究提供了参考.     

丙型肝炎病毒高变区1模拟表位的交叉反应性分析

研究丙型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis C virus,HCV)高变区1(Hypervariable region 1,HVR1)抗原表位的交叉反应性,获取高反应性的抗原表位.设计并合成5种HVR1模拟表位基因,构建编码HVR1模拟表位的表达载体,表达并纯化表位蛋白.ELISA法检测表位蛋白与35份HCV抗体阳性血清的交叉反应性.包装HCV假病毒(HCV pseudotype particles,HCVpp),评价表位蛋白免疫BALB/c鼠血清在假病毒感染Huh7.5细胞中的作用.结果表明,表达纯化的5种表位蛋白(P1、P2、P5、P6、P8)均可与HCV抗体阳性血清反应,阳性反应率分别为54.3%(P1)、62.9%(P2)、80%(P5)、68.6%(P6)、54.3%(P8).表位蛋白P6、P8免疫BALB/c鼠血清对HCV假病毒感染Huh7.5细胞具明显的抑制作用.结果提示,选取的HVR1模拟表位在HCV感染免疫与疫苗研制中可能具有潜在的价值.     

GA2ox8基因过量表达诱导蓝光下拟南芥光形态建成

检测不同光照强度蓝光下,过量表达GA2ox8基因的转基因植株光形态建成表型的结果表明,突变体比各自的母本的下胚轴短,茎尖角度和子叶张开度较大,花青素和叶绿素的含量较高,并且其差异与GA2ox8基因的表达量呈正相关.RT-PCR检测光调节基因表达水平的结果显示,暗培养条件下其突变体幼苗中的水平比各自的母本高,蓝光下35S::GFP-GA2ox8-1.35S::GFP-GA2ox8-8与母本co1-4之间差异不明显,但scc7-D中的水平比母本crylcry2高.这似乎说明,GA2ox8基因过量表达可诱导蓝光下拟南芥幼苗光形态建成.     

Development of CMV-and TMV-resistant chili pepper: field perfermance and biosafety assessment

Both cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) coat protein (CP) genes have been transferred to chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum var. Longunt) cultivar 8212 by a modified procedure of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation using hypocotyl as the explant. PCR analysis revealed the presence of both CMV and TMV CP genes in at least 11 primary transformants out of 49 kanamycin-resistant chili pepper plants. Ten T1 lines from five independent transformation events were identified as putative homozygous transgenic lines based on the rooting assay of their T2 seedlings on the kanamycin-containing media. Integration and expression of CMV CP and TMV CP transgenes in one of the homozygous line, 16-13, were confirmed bySouthern blot, RT-PCR and western blot analyses. Line 16-13 was highly resistant to infection of homologous CMV and TMV strains in greenhouse conditions when successively challenged with CMV and TMV or challenged with TMV alone.Futhermore, field trials on T2, T3 and T4 progenies of Line 16-13 were performed on scales of 123, 300 and 10,000 plants, respectively, in consecutive years 1996, 1997 and 1998 with the permission of the Chinese government authority. The transgenic plants displayed delayed symptom development and significantly milder disease severity in field conditions when compared to untransformed chili pepper plants, resulting in 47 and 110% increase in pepper fruit yield in surveys conducted in 1997 and 1998 trials, respectively. Finally, quality analysis and biosafety assesment were performed on transgenic chili pepper fruit concurrently with the control fruit, and demonstrated that the transgenic chili pepper fruit is substantially equivalent to the non-transgenic pepper in terms of the quality and biosafety when consumed as a food additive.     

Is GPR39 the natural receptor of obestatin?

GPR39, an orphan receptor belonging to the family of G protein-coupled receptors, was originally reported to be the receptor of obestatin. However recently, numerous reports have questioned this conclusion. In mammals, GPR39 was reported to be involved in the regulation of gastrointestinal and the metabolic functions. In this article, a latest and brief review on the receptor family, structure, distribution and physiological functions of GPR39 has been reported.     

Male spike strobiles with Gnetum affinity from the Early Cretaceous in western Liaoning, Northeast China

A fossil with Gnetum affinity was found in the Jianshangou Member (Barremian Age) of the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous Epoch) of the Jehol Group in western Liaoning, northeastern China. The single fossil specimen is represented by both elongate-cylindrical male spike strobiles which borne within a nodal bract of cauliflorous branch. The spike strobiles have apparent nodes, invisible internodes, and numerous verticillate involucral collars. The microsporangiate units within involucral collars are not seen. The male spike strobiles with verticillate involucral collars occur exclusively in Gnetum; hence, the fossil strobiles are attributed to a new taxon, Khitania columnispicata gen. & sp. nov., being closely related to Gnetum. The general isotopic dating suggests an age of Barremian, ca. 125-122 million years (Myr) ago for the Jianshangou Member. The palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic inference based on the compositions of flora and fauna, and lithological characters of the fossil locality suggests that the fossil plants grew in a subtropical mesophytic forest and under a warmer climate. The remains of male spike strobiles are the first record of gnetalean macrofossil. It documents the evolution of the distinct gnetoid morphology and indicates a wider range of distribution of Gnetaceae in the Early Cretaceous than present day.     

Caveolin-1基因沉默促进乳腺上皮细胞ERα36 介导的PI3K/AKT信号通路的激活

Caveolin-1(窖蛋白-1)单倍不足可以促进正常乳腺细胞的早期转化, 与新型雌激素受体亚型ERα36介导的膜始动雌激素信号通路的激活有关, 但是关于其机制并未被研究清楚. 本文利用siRNA技术建立了Caveolin-1低表达而ERα36高表达的稳定传代细胞模型MCF10ACE, 采用基因芯片技术检测了ERα36高表达时雌激素信号通路基因表达谱, 研究了ERα36在雌激素激活的PI3K/AKT信号通路中的作用及其与乳腺细胞转化的关系. 结果表明: (1) Caveolin-1表达降低时可以以雌激素依赖性方式促进ERα36表达增加; (2) ERα36高表达可介导MCF10ACE细胞雌激素抗凋亡信号通路(PI3K/AKT)的激活, 促进其与增殖信号通路MEK/ERK之间的交叉对话, 从而使人乳腺细胞增殖加快, 逐渐转化. 结果提示, Caveolin-1与ERα36相互作用调节膜起始的雌激素信号通路是控制乳腺细胞转化的重要机制.     

饥饿对小规格斑点叉尾鮰体重及鱼体生化组成的影响

将180尾初始体重为（41.9 ± 0.5）g的斑点叉尾鮰放养于18个室内容积为300L的水族箱中进行饥饿处理12周,每箱放10尾,每2周取样一次,研究长期饥饿胁迫下斑点叉尾鮰生长和鱼体生化组成的变化,尤其是肌肉氨基酸和脂肪酸组成的变化。实验结果表明：斑点叉尾鮰的体重、肥满度、脏体比、肝体比和脂体比随着饥饿时间的延长显著降低（p < 0.05）;饥饿过程中全鱼的蛋白质、脂肪含量显著下降（p < 0.05）,水分含量显著增加（p< 0.05）,而灰分含量变化不大;肌肉中蛋白质含量前6周变化不显著（p > 0.05）,而6周后显著降低（p < 0.05）,脂肪、糖原和灰分含量随着饥饿时间的延长显著降低（p < 0.05）,水分含量显著增加（p < 0.05）;肝脏中的蛋白质和水分含量随饥饿时间的延长显著上升（p < 0.05）,粗脂肪和糖原的含量则显著下降（p < 0.05）;在12周的饥饿时间内,总的必需氨基酸所占的百分比变化不显著（p > 0.05）,而总的必需氨基酸和总的非必需氨基酸的比值显著增加（p < 0.05）;斑点叉尾鮰肌肉中总饱和脂肪酸、总单不饱和脂肪酸和n-6 系列脂肪酸的百分含量显著下降（p < 0.05）,而总的n-3系列脂肪酸含量显著增加（p < 0.05）。n-3/n-6脂肪酸的比值随饥饿时间的延长而显著升高（p < 0.05）。以上结果说明：斑点叉尾鮰在饥饿条件下优先动用机体的贮存性物质（脂肪和糖原）作为能源的供给物,而后才被迫动用组织或器官中的功能性物质蛋白质;长期饥饿胁迫下斑点叉尾鮰优先保留必需氨基酸及EPA、DHA等高度不饱和脂肪酸。     

植物发育与microRNA

microRNA为动、植物的一类内源、非编码小分子RNA,其长度约为23nt,对动、植物的发育具有非常重要的调节作用.microRNA作为调节类的核酸分子,通过识别和负调控靶基因来行使其生物学功能,多数microRNA的表达具有时空特异性,它们对植物的发育有多向性调节,在发育的多个层面具有重要的功能,有些microRNA的调节作用还要受到外因的诱导.该文对近年来国内外有关microRNA在植物发育过程中的功能及其研究进展进行综述.     

陕西省长武县土地利用变化的生态环境效应评价

通过对1988年9月15日的TM遥感影像、2000年5月19日的ETM遥感影像和2006年7月7日的ETM遥感影像解译,获取了长武县的土地利用图,根据中国陆地生态系统单位面积生态服务价值,求算出长武县的生态系统服务价值.结果表明:30年来,长武县的耕地面积随着"退耕还林"工程的推进有显著下降,林地面积则随着三北防护林建设工程的实施显著增加,未利用土地、水域和草地面积变化不大;长武县总体生态系统服务价值总量在逐年递增,从1988年的5.67×108元上升到2006年的5.72×108元,生态系统总体向健康方向发展.