恒河猴(Macaca mulatta)生殖周期内性类固醇激素分泌规律的研究

本文用放射免疫测定法对7只雌性恒河猴(Macaca mulatta)的20个月经周期进行了雌二醇、孕酮和睾酮的动态测定分析,其中15个月经周期的中期都有睾酮和雌二醇峰(其峰值分别为1010.7±411.3pg/ml和179.1±91.3pg/ml),孕酮在黄体期的峰值为2.54±0.65ng/ml。正常黄体期的血清孕酮水平不低于1ng/ml。20个月经周期的平均天数为28.6±5.4天,滤泡期和黄体期分别为11.9±2,6和19.2±6.3天。月经周期可用公式Y=18.92±0.03×X~2 (Y:月经周期,X:黄体期。R=0.9444)表示。实验结果表明,测定周期内三种性类固醇激素可以准确确定排卵。睾酮在生殖周期内的分泌调节机制还待进一步研究。     

砂生槐沙生适应性初步研究

本文通过对西藏雅鲁藏布江中游下段沿江沙地主要建群植物砂生槐在沙地上繁殖特征、沙埋对其新枝生长的影响及在沙地植被演替中的地位的分析指出：砂生槐是通过种子的迁移侵入、定居于沙地,通过根蘖在沙地上繁殖,最后退化于种间竞争。一定程度的沙埋有利于砂生槐新枝生长。砂生槐在本区的最适生境是受风沙活动影响较大的覆沙阶地、半固定沙地和初期固定沙地。     

藏酋猴精子的电镜观察

本研究利用扫描电镜,透射电镜及光间首次对我国特有的灵长类动物藏酋猴的精子形态结构进行了观察研究,藏酋猴精子在大体结构上,如头的形状,顶体大小,核的结构等,与猕猴属其它种类相似,其主要特征是顶体发达,总长（79．96±0．29）um,及头长（5．97±0．05um),尾中段（11．98±05um)与尾主段的长度（62．01±0．32um）与红面猴（Macaca arctoides)及猕猴属其它种类存在明显差异P＜001,结果表明藏酋猴与红面猴应分属于不同的种组,与Fooden关于藏尊猴分类的结论一致。     

滇金丝猴血液学和血液生物化学的研究

捕自云南维西,德钦县的６只滇金丝猴（Ｒｈｉｎｏｐｉｔｈｅｃｕｓ ｂｉｅｔｉ）,其中雌性４只,雄性２只,在昆明饲养了６－１２个月,饲料以新鲜树叶和水果为主。结核菌素试验阴性,细菌培养无致病菌生长。于早晨喂食前自上肢取血,用ＴｅｃｈｎｉｃｏｎＲＡ－１００型全自动血液生化分析仪测定了１４个血液生化值和血象。结果发现,尿素氮、肌酐、谷草转氨酶、乳酸脱氢酶、谷氨酰转肽酶比人和猕猴正常参数高,尿酸、甘油三脂     

一种改进的阴茎电刺激采精法和猕猴藏酋猴及熊猴的采精及其精液特征的初步研究

本文报道了一种改进的阴茎电刺激采精法,用脱脂棉和铝箔作为电极,以避免直接用金属电极可能对阴茎的损伤,并运用这一方法对猕猴（Ｍａｃａｃａｍｕｌａｔｔａ）、藏酋猴（Ｍ．ｔｈｉｂｅｔａｎａ）和熊猴（Ｍ．ａｓｓａｍｅｎｓｉｓ）进行了电刺激采精及其精液特征研究。电刺激采精模式为连续刺激和间断刺激方式。在采精过程中没有发生阴茎损伤。对初次接受电刺激采精的动物以间断刺激模式效果较好。猕猴、藏酋猴和熊猴的射精体积分别为２．０±０．１、６．３±１．１和３．２±０．６ｍｌ;液化体积分别为０．７±０．６、２．１±０．４和１．７±０．３ｍｌ;精子浓度分别为１２．６±１．２×１０~８、４５．６±５．６×１０~８和１１．５±０．９×１０~８／ｍｌ。３种动物精液的液化率分别为：猕猴３６．２±０．９％,藏酋猴３４．０±１．４％;熊猴５１．８±１．２％。３种动物的精子总数与射精体积和凝块体积没有相关性（ｒ~２＝０．０７９;０．０１６;０．０９４和ｒ~２＝０．０６４;０．０２０;０．０７２）。上述结果表明：１）改进的阴茎电刺激采精法适用于猕猴,特别是阴茎表面较为粗糙的藏酋猴和熊猴;２）藏酋猴的射精体积和精子总数是迄今已报道的非人灵长类中最大的,可能     

A new beta-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase (FabZ) from Helicobacter pylori: Molecular cloning, enzymatic characterization, and structural modeling

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative pathogenic bacterium that causes peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, and studies of the related potent enzymes associated with this bacterium are urgent for the discovery of novel drug targets. In bacteria, beta-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) dehydratase (FabZ) is a potent enzyme in fatty acid biosynthesis and catalyzes the dehydration of beta-hydroxyacyl-ACP to trans-2-acyl-ACP. In this study, the cloning and enzymatic characterization of FabZ from H. pylori strain SS1 (HpFabZ) were reported, and the gene sequence of HpfabZ was deposited in the GenBank database. Enzyme dynamic analysis showed that HpFabZ had a K(m) of 82.6+/-4.3 microM toward its substrate analog crotonoyl-CoA. Dynamic light scattering and native-PAGE investigations suggested that HpFabZ exists as hexamer in native state. Enzymatic characterization and thermal-induced unfolding analysis based on circular dichroism spectral measurements indicated that HpFabZ is very stable against high temperature (90 degrees C). Such a high stability of HpFabZ was well elucidated by the strong H-bonds and hydrophobic interactions among the HpFabZ hexamer as investigated in the modeled HpFabZ hexamer structure. Our current study is hoped to provide useful information in better understanding the FabZ of H. pylori strain and further supply possible hints in the discovery of anti-bacterial compounds using HpFabZ as target.     

PCAF-primed EZH2 acetylation regulates its stability and promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression

Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a key epigenetic regulator that catalyzes the trimethylation of H3K27 and is modulated by post-translational modifications (PTMs). However, the precise regulation of EZH2 PTMs remains elusive. We, herein, report that EZH2 is acetylated by acetyltransferase P300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) and is deacetylated by deacetylase SIRT1. We identified that PCAF interacts with and acetylates EZH2 mainly at lysine 348 (K348). Mechanistically, K348 acetylation decreases EZH2 phosphorylation at T345 and T487 and increases EZH2 stability without disrupting the formation of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). Functionally, EZH2 K348 acetylation enhances its capacity in suppression of the target genes and promotes lung cancer cell migration and invasion. Further, elevated EZH2 K348 acetylation in lung adenocarcinoma patients predicts a poor prognosis. Our findings define a new mechanism underlying EZH2 modulation by linking EZH2 acetylation to its phosphorylation that stabilizes EZH2 and promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression.