中国被子植物18个名称后选模式指定

在保存于中国科学院植物研究所标本馆(PE)的模式标本中,根据《国际植物命名法规》(维也纳法规)规则9.4,发现有18个国产被子植物名称的模式为合模式。遵照规则8.1、9.9和9.10,以及辅则9A.2和9A.3的精神,对这18个名称做出后选模式指定。     

ST段抬高型心肌梗死患者血钾水平与原发性恶性室性心律失常的相关研究

目的:探讨ST段抬高型心肌梗死(STEMI)患者与冠状动脉造影阴性的对照组血钾水平以及低血钾发病率的差异;探讨STEMI患者中原发性恶性室性心律失常组和非原发性恶性室性心律失常组血钾水平的差异.方法:选取2007年1月至2009年11月间STEMI并行直接经皮冠状动脉介入术(直接PCI)患者371例,其中男303例,女68例,平均年龄(56.1±11.7)岁.同时选取冠状动脉造影阴性患者(对照组)161例,其中男性131人,女性30人,平均年龄(56.8±10.3)岁.两组基线资料无显著性差异.将血钾含量＜3.5mmol/l定义为低血钾,比较2组间血钾含量及低血钾发病率.根据直接PCI之前是否发生原发性室颤和持续性室速,将STEMI患者分为原发性恶性室性心律失常组和非原发性恶性室性心律失常组,本组数据所指原发性恶性室性心律失常仅包括直接PCI之前发生的原发性室颤和持续性室速,其中原发性室颤24例,持续性室速11例.比较2组间血钾水平.结果:血钾含量STEMI患者(3.81±0.49)低于对照者(4.03+0.41)mmol/L,差异有统计学意义(t=5.08,P＜0.001).低血钾发病率STEMI(22.6%)高于对照者(6.83%),差异有统计学意义(X2=19.13,P＜0.001).STEMI患者中原发性恶性室性心律失常组和非原发性恶性室性心律失常组的血钾水平差异无统计学意义.结论:STEMI患者急性期存在血钾的下降,我们需要积极纠正低血钾,但低血钾与原发性恶性室性心律失常有无必然联系仍需更深入的研究.     

应用Tei指数评价高血压心脏病患者左心室整体功能的研究

目的:探讨超声对高血压心脏病患者左心室整体功能评价的临床价值.方法:69例高血压心脏病患者分为3组:A组26例左室壁厚度正常,B组23例仅室间隔增厚,C组20例室间隔与左室后壁均增厚,同时选择正常健康者D组48人为对照.常规行超声心动图检查,测量并计算出二尖瓣口血流频谱舒张早期和舒张晚期血流峰值之比(E/A)、左室射血分数(LVEF)及Tei指数等评价参数.结果:高血压心脏病A、B组LVEF值均在正常范围,C组LVEF值有所下降,但与对照组比较差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05),但E/A值均较对照组减小(P<0.05);高血压心脏病A、B和C组Tei指数分别为(0.49±0.15)、(0.56±0.10)和(0.56±0.10),高于正常对照组的(0.32±0.08)(P<0.05).结论:在LVEF正常情况下Tei指数能更早地全面反映高血压心脏病患者左心功能下降情况,并且不受心率、心室几何形态,心室收缩和舒张压等因素的影响,为临床早期干预治疗防止心衰发生提供了依据.     

Cadmium stress in wheat seedlings: growth,cadmium accumulation and photosynthesis

Seedlings of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars Jing 411, Jinmai 30 and Yangmai 10 were exposed to 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 μM of CdCl₂ in a solution culture experiment. The effects of cadmium (Cd) stress on wheat growth, leaf photon energy conversion, gas exchange, and Cd accumulation in wheat seedlings were investigated. Gas exchange was monitored at 3, 9, 24 days after treatment (DAT). Growth parameters, chlorophyll content, leaf chlorophyll fluorescence, and Cd concentration in shoot and root were measured at 24 DAT. Seedling growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were generally depressed by Cd stress, especially under the high Cd concentrations. Cd concentration and accumulation in both shoots and roots increased with increasing external Cd concentrations. Relationships between corrected parameters of growth, photosynthesis and fluorescence and corrected Cd concentrations in shoots and roots could be explained by the regression model Y = K/(1 + exp(a + bX)). Jing 411 was found to be Cd tolerant considering parameters of chlorophyll content, photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in which less Cd translocation was from roots into shoots. The high Cd concentrations were in shoots and roots in Yangmai 10 which has been found to be a relative Cd tolerant cultivar in terms of most growth parameters.     

HSPC117 deficiency in cloned embryos causes placental abnormality and fetal death

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been successfully used in many species to produce live cloned offspring, albeit with low efficiency. The low frequency of successful development has usually been ascribed to incomplete or inappropriate reprogramming of the transferred nuclear genome. Elucidating the genetic differences between normal fertilized and cloned embryos is key to understand the low efficiency of SCNT. Here, we show that expression of HSPC117, which encodes a hypothetical protein of unknown function, was absent or very low in cloned mouse blastocysts. To investigate the role of HSPC117 in embryo development, we knocked-down this gene in normal fertilized embryos using RNA interference. We assessed the post-implantation survival of HSPC117 knock-down embryos at 3 stages: E9 (prior to placenta formation); E12 (after the placenta was fully functional) and E19 (post-natal). Our results show that, although siRNA-treated in vivo fertilized/produced (IVP) embryos could develop to the blastocyst stage and implanted without any difference from control embryos, the knock-down embryos showed substantial fetal death, accompanied by placental blood clotting, at E12. Furthermore, comparison of HSPC117 expression in placentas of nuclear transfer (NT), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and IVP embryos confirmed that HSPC117 deficiency correlates well with failures in embryo development: all NT embryos with a fetus, as well as IVP and ICSI embryos, had normal placental HSPC117 expression while those NT embryos showing reduced or no expression of HSPC117 failed to form a fetus. In conclusion, we show that HSPC117 is an important gene for post-implantation development of embryos, and that HSPC117 deficiency leads to fetal abnormalities after implantation, especially following placental formation. We suggest that defects in HSPC117 expression may be an important contributing factor to loss of cloned NT embryos in vivo.     

A recombinant mimetics of the HIV-1 gp41 prehairpin fusion intermediate fused with human IgG Fc fragment elicits neutralizing antibody response in the vaccinated mice

HIV-1 gp41 prehairpin fusion intermediate (PFI) composed of three N-terminal heptad repeats (NHR) plays a crucial role in viral fusion and entry and represents an attractive target for anti-HIV therapeutics (e.g., enfuvirtide) and vaccines. In present study, we constructed and expressed two recombinant gp41 PFI mimetics, designated N46Fd and N46FdFc. N46Fd consists of N46 (residues 536-581) in gp41 NHR and foldon (Fd), a trimerization motif. N46FdFc is composed of N46Fd fused with human IgG Fc fragment as an immunoenhancer. We immunized mice with N46 peptide, N46Fd and N46FdFc, respectively, and found that only N46FdFc elicited neutralizing antibody response in mice against infection by HIV-1 strains IIIB (clade B, X4), 92US657 (clade B, R5), and 94UG103 (clade A, X4R5). Anti-N46FdFc antibodies inhibited PIE7 binding to PFI, blocked gp41 six-helix bundle formation, and suppressed HIV-1 mediated cell-cell fusion. These findings provide an important clue for developing recombinant gp41 PFI mimetics-based HIV vaccines.     

Epigenetic repression of microRNA-129-2 leads to overexpression of SOX4 in gastric cancer

High levels of SOX4 expression have been found in a variety of human cancers, such as lung, brain and breast cancers. However, the expression of SOX4 in gastric tissues remains unknown. The SOX4 expression was detected using immunohistochemical staining and semi-quantitative RT-PCR, and our results showed that SOX4 was up-regulated in gastric cancer compared to benign gastric tissues. To further elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying up-regulation of SOX4 in gastric cancers, we analyzed the expression of microRNA-129-2 (miR-129-2) gene, the epigenetic repression of which leads to overexpression of SOX4 in endometrial cancer. We found that up-regulation of SOX4 was inversely associated with the epigenetic silencing of miR-129-2 in gastric cancer, and restoration of miR-129-2 down-regulated SOX4 expression. We also found that inactivation of SOX4 by siRNA and restoration of miR-129-2 induced apoptosis in gastric cancer cells.     

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Camellia nitidissima Chi (Theaceae)

? Premise of the study: Microsatellite markers were developed in Camellia nitidissima for further population genetic studies. ? Methods and Results: Eight microsatellite markers were newly developed from C. nitidissima and 7 were transferred from other Camellia species. Two to 13 alleles per locus were identified for these microsatellites. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.040 to 0.909, and 0.184 to 0.916, respectively. Four loci showed a significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and five locus pairs displayed linkage disequilibrium. ? Conclusions: These microsatellite markers will be useful to assess the genetic variation and genetic structure of C. nitidissima.