沙田柚系列遗传关系的RAPD标记研究

采用 RAPD标记技术分析了沙田柚系列 1 2个样品的遗传关系。利用经筛选具多态性的 1 4个 1 0碱基随机引物对 1 2个样品进行 DNA随机扩增 ,获得清晰可重复的位点 99个 ,其中多态性位点 5 8个 ,占 5 8.89% ;在部分样品中检出了特异性 RAPD标记 1 9个 ,占 1 9.1 9% ;通过样品间遗传相似性系数比较与 UPGMA聚类分析 ,并根据历史事实可知 ,广西沙田柚、梅州金柚为沙田柚的无性繁殖系 ,软枝系沙田柚、沙田柚早熟单株为沙田柚的芽变后代 ,梅花早柚、菊花心沙田柚、冬瓜圈沙田柚、段氏柚、垫江沙田柚、古老钱沙田柚为沙田柚的实生变异品系。     

丛枝菌根真菌的垂直平板定时转动培养及菌丝生长观察*

设计了垂直平板定时转动培养方法暗培养丛枝菌根真菌（Gigaspora margarita Becker ＆ Hall）孢子,发现培养基上生长的营养菌丝较少分枝,培养基转动前后生长的菌丝之间有一明显的折点,定时转动所形成的众多折点将延伸菌丝分成若干个节段,使形成的菌丝面局限在易观察的小范围内。此法是诱导菌丝定向生长、测量菌丝长度和生长速度的好方法,为菌丝理化特性和生物学特性的研究提供了实验依据。活跃生长的菌丝,每天生长7.7±0.9mm。试验证明：丛枝菌根真菌菌丝延伸生长部位是菌丝尖端,其生长的向地性是对地心引力的感应,感应的敏感部位也在生长菌丝的尖端。     

Synthesis,biological activity and tubulin binding poses of 1-deoxy-9-(R)-dihydrotaxane analogs

1-Deoxy-9α-dihydrotaxane analogs 9 and 10 were semi-synthesized from 1-deoxybaccatin VI, isolated from Taxus mairei, and tested for cytotoxic activity. Taxane 9 is 10-fold less cytotoxic than paclitaxel, while 10 is equally active. In the tubulin polymerization assay (ED₅₀ values), 10 is 4-fold less effective than paclitaxel, but 3-fold superior to 9. These observations can be explained by analysis of the corresponding taxane/β-tubulin complexes.     

Electric pulses to prepare feeder cells for sustaining and culturing of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells

Current challenges in embryonic-stem cell (ESC) research include the inability of sustaining and culturing of undifferentiated ESCs over time. Growth-arrested feeder cells are essential to the culture and sustaining of undifferentiated ESCs, and they are currently prepared using gamma-radiation and chemical inactivation. Both techniques have severe limitations. In this study, we developed a new, simple and effective technique (pulsed electric fields, PEFs) to produce viable growth-arrested cells (RTS34st) and used them as high-quality feeder cells to culture and sustain undifferentiated zebrafish ESCs over time. The cells were exposed to 25 sequential 10-ns electric pulses (10nsEPs) of 25, 40 and 150 kV/cm with 1-s pulse interval, or 2 sequential 50-μs electric pulses (50μsEPs) of 2.83, 1.78 and 0.78 kV/cm with 5-s pulse interval, respectively. We found that the cellular effects of PEFs depended directly upon the duration, number and electric field strength of the pulses, showing the feasibility of tuning them to produce various types of growth-arrested cells for culturing undifferentiated ESCs. Both 10nsEPs of 40 kV/cm produced by a 10nsEP generator and 50μsEPs of 1.78 kV/cm provided by inexpensive and widely available conventional electroporators, generated high-quality growth-arrested feeder cells for proliferation of undifferentiated ESCs over time. PEFs can therefore be used to replace radiation and chemical inactivation methods for preparation of growth-arrested feeder cells for advancing ESC research.     

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Provides Molecular Markers for the Identification of Caladium bicolor Cultivars

Caladiums are popular ornamental plants that have not been wellstudied at the molecular level. Identification of species withinthe genus Caladium (Araceae) has been based primarily on morphology.However, the lack of comprehensive references makes identificationof Caladium cultivars extremely difficult. Amplified fragmentlength polymorphism (AFLP) analysis using 17 primer combinationswas carried out on two species of Caladium (C. bicolor and C.schomburgkii), including six cultivars of C. bicolor. Resultsshowed that AFLP can be used to distinguish these two speciesby their unique and different banding patterns. Unweighted PairGroup Method using Arithmetic Averages (UPGMA) permitted clusteranalysis of data from 17 selected primer combinations on sixcultivars of C. bicolor and one cultivar ofC. schomburgkii .It showed that closely related species can clearly be differentiatedand that genetic difference between cultivars can also be established.Unique AFLP molecular markers were detected for all the C. bicolorcultivars used. The use of AFLP has potential for preciselycharacterizing and identifying particular caladium cultivarsas well as for the registration of new cultivars. It will alsobe useful in future breeding programmes and systematics studies.Copyright 1999 Annals of Botany Company Araceae, Caladium species and cultivars, AFLP DNA fingerprinting, diversity, AFLP markers.     

余甘原汁中多酚的大孔树脂提取分离及其抗氧化活性

为研究余甘子多酚的分离提取方法,本文以余甘原汁为原料,采用NKA-Ⅱ大孔吸附树脂,对上样量、洗脱剂、洗脱体积及洗脱速度等条件进行了考察,并对提取物的抗氧化活性进行了对比分析。通过试验确定了余甘原汁多酚的大孔树脂分离提取条件为:上样速度2BV/h,上样量0.8BV,洗脱剂为70%乙醇溶液,洗脱体积3BV,洗脱速度8BV/h,在此条件下NKA-Ⅱ大孔树脂对余甘原汁中多酚的吸附率可达到88.42%,洗脱率为90.93%,提取率为80.39%;对提取物的抗氧化活性分析显示,与分离前的余甘原汁干燥物相比,提取物的多酚和维生素C含量均提高了0.53倍,类超氧化物歧化酶活性(SODL)提高了1.4倍;铁离子还原能力(FRAP)明显高于分离前,对DPPH自由基、ABTS自由基及脂质氧化的半抑制浓度(IC50)均显著低于分离前的原汁干燥物,表明通过大孔吸附树脂分离,使余甘原汁中的多酚等抗氧化活性成分得到了有效的分离纯化。     

磷酸化蛋白质组学分析和定量技术的研究进展

蛋白质的磷酸化是一种可逆性的蛋白质翻译后修饰,在生物体内起着极为重要的作用.近年来蛋白质翻译后修饰日益成为蛋白质组研究的热点之一.定量磷酸化蛋白质组学方法和技术的快速发展为研究蛋白质磷酸化时空动态变化,更好地了解生物学功能调节网络奠定了坚实的基础.作为蛋白质组学研究的一个重要组成部分,定量磷酸化蛋白质组学因其磷酸化蛋白质所具有的独特特征,在技术和方法研究方面将面临更为严峻的挑战.综述了磷酸化蛋白质组学定量的一些分析技术和方法的发展现状、优缺点以及未来的发展趋势.     

甲醛致酵母菌与大肠杆菌DNA-蛋白质交联作用的比较

为了探讨甲醛致真核生物与原核生物DNA-蛋白质交联(DNA-protein crosslinks,DPC)的作用,以毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)和大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)DH5α为材料,采用KCl-SDS沉淀法检测液态甲醛染毒后酵母菌与大肠杆菌中DPC含量。结果表明,低浓度(25μmol/L)甲醛不能引起酵母菌和大肠杆菌的DPC(P>0.05),而较高浓度(125和625μmol/L)甲醛可引起酵母菌和大肠杆菌明显的DPC(P<0.05);另外,酵母菌的DPC系数是大肠杆菌的DPC系数的10倍左右。这表明甲醛致真核细胞和原核细胞的DPC作用具有剂量效应关系,而且真核细胞的DPC系数比原核细胞的DPC系数更高。     

从噬菌体文库中筛选潜在的GMCSF的拮抗剂(英文)

以粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ＧＭＣＳＦ） 为筛选文库的靶分子, 通过高效筛选（Ｈｉｇｈ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｐｕｔｓｃｒｅｅｎｉｎｇ, ＨＴＳ） 方法来筛选多种多肽噬菌体文库, 在一个以噬菌体主要蛋白质为载体的多肽噬菌体文库中筛选到了一些与ＧＭＣＳＦ结合的多肽, 并通过了ＥＬＩＳＡ和微淘选（ｍｉｃｒｏｐａｎｎｉｎｇ） 实验的证实。这些多肽先导化合物经过进一步的优化, 可能成为ＧＭＣＳＦ细胞因子的拮抗剂