斑痣盘菌科一新种——松生小鞋孢盘菌

本文报道在云南省昆明市华山松(Pinus armandi Franch.)上发现的斑痣盘菌科一新种,即松生小鞋孢盘菌(Soleella pinicola Y.R.Lin et W.Ren)。对该种作了拉丁文、汉文描述和图解。主模式标本保藏于安徽农学院林学系森林保护教研室。     

粉拟青霉异核性研究

本文通过细胞核染色和遗传分析的方法证明了粉拟青霉的异核性。在遗传分析中采用酶解菌丝细胞壁及原生质体再生的方法,得到了组分同核体;同核体又配接重新形成了与原菌株性状相似的异核体。细胞核染色显示粉拟青霉分生孢子为单细胞多核,结合其它现象,证明了在其生活史中异核性是稳定的。表明该菌田间分离株是永久性异核体。这一现象与已报道的分生孢子为单核的虫生真菌异核现象不同,了解这一现象及其实质对认识该菌生理、菌种改良以及提高野外防治害虫的效果有重要意义。     

粟长蠕孢菌的异核现象及异核体核型比影响因素的研究

本试验通过23株带有遗传标记的粟长蠕孢菌突变菌株,获得生理性状及生长势不同于亲本的异核体。利用营养缺陷型标记菌株研究的结果表明,粟长蠕孢菌异核体的形成及核型成分的变化受选择压力的影响。原生质体检测结果表明,在异核菌丝体中,异核细胞占46.7%,同核细胞占53.3%。分生孢子检测结果表明,只有0.06%的分生孢子保持异核状态。     

毛百合繁殖生物学研究——Ⅰ 毛百合的自然生长与繁殖

本文对产于东北地区的毛百合进行了自然状况下的生长与繁殖研究。结果发现在不同的生境下毛百合的生长发育有三种类型,即生长旺盛类型;可完成生活史,但生长受到一定限制类型;不能完成生活史,只能营养生长类型。 在毛百合完成其生活史的转化中光是一个重要限制因子。在全光的46.6％的生境中毛百合尚能大部向成株转化,并开花结果完成生活史,而在相对光照为15.6％的林下,毛百合转化为成株的概率很少。 由于长期适应环境的结果,毛百合具有两种繁殖对策,一是在全光下或不低于相对光照的46％的生境下,有性与无性繁殖同时进行;而在低于相对光照的15％以下时,除个别光强处外,毛百合主要以鳞茎繁殖和生长,一旦林地受干扰后,则马上开花结实,营有性繁殖。     

Risk Factors for Poor Treatment Outcomes in Patients with MDR-TB and XDR-TB in China: Retrospective Multi-Center Investigation

Background

The treatment of patients with MDR- and XDR-TB is usually more complex, toxic and costly and less effective than treatment of other forms of TB. However, there is little information available on risk factors for poor outcomes in patients with MDR- and XDR-TB in China.

Methodology/Principal Findings

We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of HIV-negative TB Patients with culture-proven MDR- or XDR-TB who were registered from July 2006 to June 2011 at five large-scale Tuberculosis Specialized Hospitals in China. Among 1662 HIV-seronegative TB cases which were culture-positive for M. tuberculosis complex and had positive sputum-smear microscopy results, 965 cases (58.1%) were DR-TB, and 586 cases (35.3%) were classified as having MDR-TB, accounting for 60.7% of DR-TB. 169 cases (10.2%) were XDR-TB, accounting for 17.5% of DR-TB, 28.8% of MDR-TB. The MDR-TB patients were divided into XDR-TB group (n=169) and other MDR-TB group (non-XDR MDR-TB) (n=417). In total, 240 patients (40.95%) had treatment success, and 346 (59.05%) had poor treatment outcomes. The treatment success rate in other MDR-TB group was 52.2%, significantly higher than that in the XDR-TB group (13%, P<0.001). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, poor outcomes were associated with duration of previous anti-TB treatment of more than one year (OR, 0.077; 95% CI, 0.011-0.499, P<0.001), a BMI less than 18.5 kg/m² (OR, 2.185; 95% CI, 1.372-3.478, P<0.001), XDR (OR, 13.368; 95% CI, 6.745-26.497, P<0.001), retreatment (OR, 0.171; 95% CI, 0.093-0.314, P<0.001), diabetes (OR, 0.305; 95% CI, 0.140-0.663, P=0.003), tumor (OR, 0.095; 95% CI, 0.011-0.795, P=0.03), decreased albumin (OR, 0.181; 95% CI, 0.118-0.295, P<0.001), cavitation (OR, 0.175; 95% CI, 0.108-0.286, P<0.001).

Conclusions/Significance

The patients with MDR-TB and XDR-TB have poor treatment outcomes in China.The presence of extensive drug resistance, low BMI, hypoalbuminemia, comorbidity, cavitary disease and previous anti-TB treatment are independent prognostic factors for poor outcome in patients with MDR-TB.     

Speciation, Distribution, and Bioavailability of Soil Selenium in the Tibetan Plateau Kashin–Beck Disease Area—A Case Study in Songpan County, Sichuan Province, China

To clarify the relationship between the soil selenium distribution and its bioavailability with the distribution of Kashin–Beck disease (KBD) endemic areas on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, samples of natural soil (0–20 cm), cultivated topsoil, and main crops of the region (highland barley) were collected at different altitudes according to topographical and geomorphological features in both KBD and non-KBD areas of Songpan County. These samples were used for determination and analysis of total selenium content in soil and highland barley and available selenium that can be absorbed and utilized by plants. The results showed that the average total selenium content of natural and cultivated topsoil in KBD areas was lower than that in non-KBD areas (natural soil, P?=?0.061; cultivated soil, P?=?0.002), which is in agreement with the geographical distributions of selenium in other KBD-affected areas. However, the total soil selenium content exhibits certain micro-spatial distribution features, namely, the total selenium content in some endemic areas was significantly higher than that of non-KBD areas. This result was contrary to the general distribution that total selenium content in a KBD-affected area is lower than that in a non-KBD area. We further studied the extraction rate and content of soil selenium in six different fractions. The results indicated that the content and extraction rate of available selenium in KBD-affected areas were significantly lower than those in non-KBD areas. There is a distinct positive correlation between plant-available selenium and highland barley selenium (r?=?0.875, P?=?0.001) and a distinct negative correlation with altitude (r?=??0.801, P?=?0.010). Therefore, in KBD endemic areas, the selenium content in crops decreases as the available selenium content in soil decreases and is closely related to the geographical environment features (such as altitude and precipitation). These results suggest that the soil available selenium and ecological features are important factors that restrict the dietary selenium flux for residents in KBD endemic areas of the Tibetan Plateau, providing a theoretical and experimental basis for implementing agricultural measures to regulate the ecological cycle of the selenium flux in the KBD endemic area.     

反硝化基因工程菌株YP4S的构建及对污水除氮特性研究

从养殖场污泥中筛选出菌株YP4,经16S rDNA分子发育树的同源序列比对,确定为克雷伯什菌属(Klebsiella sp.)。由NCBI数据库查编码亚硝酸还原酶(Nir)的基因nirS序列,设计引物,以铜绿假单胞菌PAOI基因组DNA为模板,应用PCR技术扩增目的片段nirS,经过双酶切、克隆和转化,得到重组质粒pYP4S,然后转化野生菌株YP4,构建反硝化基因工程菌YP4S。菌株生长曲线测定表明,工程菌株YP4S与YP4的生长特性基本一致。工程菌株YP4S对模拟污水COD、TN、NH_4^+-N和NO_3^--N具有较高的去除率,YP4S与YP4相比,对NO_2^--N积累的减少量为(32.44±3.96)%,明显减少了NO_2^--N的积累。通过正交试验获得工程菌株YP4S在C/N=10、T=30℃、r=200 r/min和pH=7.0的最佳组合条件下,对模拟污水TN去除率较高。应用工程菌株YP4S处理猪场沉淀池的实际污水,COD、TN、TP、NH_4^+-N和NO_3^--N去除率分别为(95.87±0.82)%、(76.38±3.84)%、(97.13±0.54)%和(75.35±2.57)%,NO_2^--N积累量为(3.31±1.24) mg/L,表明工程菌株YP4S具有较好反硝化作用,对含氮量高的实际污水修复具有潜在的应用前景。     

Doxorubicin‐induced cardiotoxicity is maturation dependent due to the shift from topoisomerase IIα to IIβ in human stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

Doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used to treat various cancers affecting adults and children; however, its clinical application is limited by its cardiotoxicity. Previous studies have shown that children are more susceptible to the cardiotoxic effects of DOX than adults, which may be related to different maturity levels of cardiomyocyte, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Moreover, researchers investigating DOX‐induced cardiotoxicity caused by human‐induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC‐CMs) have shown that dexrazoxane, the recognized cardioprotective drug for treating DOX‐induced cardiotoxicity, does not alleviate the toxicity of DOX on hiPSC‐CMs cultured for 30 days. We have suggested that this may be ascribed to the immaturity of the 30 days hiPSC‐CMs. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of DOX induced cardiotoxicity in cardiomyocytes of different maturity. We selected 30‐day‐old and 60‐day‐old hiPSC‐CMs (day 30 and day 60 groups), which we term ‘immature’ and ‘relatively mature’ hiPSC‐CMs, respectively. The day 30 CMs were found to be more susceptible to DOX than the day 60 CMs. DOX leads to more ROS (reactive oxygen species) production in the day 60 CMs than in the relatively immature group due to increased mitochondria number. Moreover, the day 60 CMs mainly expressed topoisomerase IIβ presented less severe DNA damage, whereas the day 30 CMs dominantly expressed topoisomerase IIα exhibited much more severe DNA damage. These results suggest that immature cardiomyocytes are more sensitive to DOX as a result of a higher concentration of topoisomerase IIα, which leads to more DNA damage.     

基于DSSAT模型对豫北地区夏玉米灌溉制度的优化模拟

合理的灌溉制度是提高农业水资源利用效率、保证夏玉米高产稳产的前提。采用农业技术转化决策系统(DSSAT,Decision Support System for Agrotechno1ogy Transfer)探究了河南省北部地区夏玉米不同降水年型下的最优灌溉制度。经过参数的校正和验证,归一化均方根误差(nRMSE)、均方根误差(RMSE)和一致性指数(d)均表现出模拟值与实测值的吻合度很好,DSSAT-maize模型可以准确模拟夏玉米物候期、地上部分生物量、产量和土壤水分状况。然后基于模型模拟了不同灌溉处理下的夏玉米生产潜力,从而评估夏玉米缺水量,并对比分析不同生育时期灌水对产量的影响确定最优灌溉时期,综合考虑产量和水分利用效率确定最优灌溉制度。结果表明:夏玉米生长季的缺水量年际间差异显著,多年平均值为38.91 mm,波动范围为0—193.03 mm。在丰水年,不需要灌溉;在平水年,开花期灌水30 mm;在枯水年,开花期和灌浆期灌水50 mm;在特别干旱年,苗期、拔节期和开花期至少灌水180 mm。优化的灌溉制度下丰水年、平水年和枯水年的WUE达到最高且产量分别占其最高产量的100%、99.72%和97.89%,实现了作物高产节水协同提高的目标。     

不同氮素供应下水稻酚类物质代谢关键酶基因差异表达

运用实时荧光定量PCR技术探讨了不同供氮条件下强化感与弱化感水稻苯丙烷代谢途径中9个关键酶基因的表达差异。结果表明,与正常氮素供应相比,低氮胁迫引起强化感水稻‘P1312777’中与酚类代谢途径相关的9个关键酶基因表达量均上调,表达量增幅在1.9～5.4倍之间,且以PAL基因上调倍数最大。而弱化感水稻‘Lemont’则相反,只有2个基因(苯丙氨酸裂解酶基因和肉桂酰CoA基因)表达上调,但上调倍数分别是强化感水稻对应的基因的22%和74%,其余的7个基因表达均下调,降幅在29%～72%之间,表明低氮胁迫诱发的水稻化感抑草能力增强与其体内酚类物质合成代谢增强有关。