Combining Rapid Data Independent Acquisition and CRISPR Gene Deletion for Studying Potential Protein Functions: A Case of HMGN1

CRISPR‐Cas gene editing holds substantial promise in many biomedical disciplines and basic research. Due to the important functional implications of non‐histone chromosomal protein HMG‐14 (HMGN1) in regulating chromatin structure and tumor immunity, gene knockout of HMGN1 is performed by CRISPR in cancer cells and the following proteomic regulation events are studied. In particular, DIA mass spectrometry (DIA‐MS) is utilized, and more than 6200 proteins (protein‐ FDR 1%) and more than 82 000 peptide precursors are reproducibly measured in the single MS shots of 2 h. HMGN1 protein deletion is confidently verified by DIA‐MS in all of the clone‐ and dish‐ replicates following CRISPR. Statistical analysis reveals 147 proteins change their expressions significantly after HMGN1 knockout. Functional annotation and enrichment analysis indicate the deletion of HMGN1 induces histone inactivation, various stress pathways, remodeling of extracellular proteomes, cell proliferation, as well as immune regulation processes such as complement and coagulation cascade and interferon alpha/ gamma response in cancer cells. These results shed new lights on the cellular functions of HMGN1. It is suggested that DIA‐MS can be reliably used as a rapid, robust, and cost‐effective proteomic‐screening tool to assess the outcome of the CRISPR experiments.     

成年太行山猕猴(Macaca mulatta tcheliensis)肩关节变量的研究

本项研究对成年太行山猕猴肩关节变量进行了测量和统计,作了异速生长分析,并对太行山猕猴(M.mulatta tcheliensis)、滇南猕猴(M.mulatta mulatta)、川西猕猴(M.mulatta lasiotis)、湘鄂猕猴(M.mulatta littoralis)肩关节变量进行了比较和聚类分析。与上述3个亚种相比,太行山猕猴较短的肩胛骨、较小的锁肱指数、较大的三角肌止点指数和较小的摆荡指数,表明太行山猕猴肩关节形态结构更适应于地面上的活动,说明其在地面上活动较多,在树上活动较少。     

人参花食用安全性研究

目的:对人参花食用安全性进行毒理学评价.方法:采用大鼠经口急性毒性试验、遗传毒性试验(Ames试验、小鼠骨髓细胞微核试验、小鼠精子畸形试验)、大鼠30 d喂养试验.结果:雌、雄大鼠经口最大耐受剂量(MTD)均大于17.4 g/kg·bw.3项遗传毒性试验结果均为阴性.在大鼠30 d喂养试验中,6.0 g/kg·bw,3.0 g/kg·bw及1.5g/kg· bw 3个剂量组的实验动物均生长发育良好,体重、摄食量、饮水量、血液学、血液生化学、脏器系数及病理组织学相关指标均未见异常变化.结论:人参花属于实际无毒物,未见遗传毒性,长期服用是安全的.     

Introduction of a rice blight resistance gene, Xa21, into five Chinese rice varieties through an Agrobacterium-mediated system

A cloned gene, Xa21 was transferred into five widely-used Chinese rice varieties through an Agrobacterium-mediated system, and over 110 independent transgenic lines were obtained. PCR and Southern analysis of transgenic plants revealed the integration of the whole Xa21 gene into the host genomes. The integrated Xa21 gene was stably inherited, and segregated in a 3∶1 ratio in the selfed T1 generation when one copy of the gene was integrated in the transformants. Inoculation tests displayed that transgenic T0 plants and Xa21 PCR-positive T1 plants were highly resistant to bacterial blight disease. The selected Xa21 homozygous resistant transgenic lines with desirable qualities may be propagated as new varieties or utilized in hybrid rice breeding.     

长期施肥对稻田土壤固碳功能菌群落结构和数量的影响

微生物固碳在减缓全球气候变化、实现人类可持续发展方面具有重要的意义,通过揭示长期不同施肥制度对土壤固碳细菌的影响规律,可以为我国稻田土壤科学施肥,稻田固碳和温室气体减排的共轭双赢作用提供重要的理论依据。以湖南宁乡国家级稻田肥力变化长期定位试验为平台,采用PCR-克隆测序和实时荧光定量(Real-time)PCR技术,研究不施肥(CK),氮磷钾肥（NPK）和秸秆还田（NPKS）3种长期施肥制度对稻田土壤固碳细菌群落结构及数量的影响。通过分析固碳细菌cbbL基因文库发现,长期施肥导致土壤固碳细菌种群结构产生了明显差异,NPK和NPKS处理中兼性自养固碳菌群落优势增加而严格自养固碳菌生长受到抑制。LUBSHUFF软件统计分析显示cbbL基因文库在CK、NPK及NPKS处理间均存在显著性差异。 3种施肥处理的稻田土壤细菌cbbL基因拷贝数为3.35?108 —5.61?108每克土,施肥后,土壤细菌cbbL基因数量增加,其中NPKS处理cbbL数量最多,是CK处理的1.5倍左右。稀疏曲线则显示长期施化肥导致细菌cbbL基因多样性高于NPKS,而NPKS高于CK。上述结果表明了长期施肥对土壤固碳细菌群落结构,多样性及数量均有显著的影响。本研究结果可为深入探讨稻田土壤微生物固碳潜力及其影响机理提供有力的依据。     

l‐cysteine desulfhydrase‐related H2S production is involved in OsSE5‐promoted ammonium tolerance in roots of Oryza sativa

Previous studies revealed that rice heme oxygenase PHOTOPERIOD SENSITIVITY 5 (OsSE5) is involved in the regulation of tolerance to excess ammonium by enhancing antioxidant defence. In this study, the relationship between OsSE5 and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), a well‐known signalling molecule, was investigated. Results showed that NH₄Cl triggered the induction of l ‐cysteine desulfhydrase (l ‐DES)‐related H₂S production in rice seedling roots. A H₂S donor not only alleviated the excess ammonium‐triggered inhibition of root growth but also reduced endogenous ammonium, both of which were aggravated by hypotaurine (HT, a H₂S scavenger) or dl ‐propargylglycine (PAG, a l ‐DES inhibitor). Nitrogen metabolism‐related enzymes were activated by H₂S, thus resulting in the induction of amino acid synthesis and total nitrogen content. Interestingly, the activity of l ‐DES, as well as the enzymes involved in nitrogen metabolism, was significantly increased in the OsSE5‐overexpression line (35S:OsSE5), whereas it impaired in the OsSE5‐knockdown mutant (OsSE5‐RNAi). The application of the HT/PAG or H₂S donor could differentially block or rescue NH₄Cl‐hyposensitivity or hypersensitivity phenotypes in 35S:OsSE5‐1 or OsSE5‐RNAi‐1 plants, with a concomitant modulation of nitrogen assimilation. Taken together, these results illustrated that H₂S function as an indispensable positive regulator participated in OsSE5‐promoted ammonium tolerance, in which nitrogen metabolism was facilitated.     

太行山猕猴肩胛骨变量间的相关性和异速生长分析

肩胛骨的测量性研究在灵长类的分类及运动类型划分方面占有很重要的地位,许多国内外学者已有不少报道[1～3]。关于太行山猕猴(Ｍａｃａｃａｍｕｌａｔｔａ)[4]肩胛骨的研究,作者查阅了许多有关文献,未见详细的研究报道。为积累太行山猕猴体质调查资料,我们对太行山猕猴肩?..     

TAC1, a major quantitative trait locus controlling tiller angle in rice

A critical step during rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation is dense planting: a wider tiller angle will increase leaf shade and decrease photosynthesis efficiency, whereas a narrower tiller angle makes for more efficient plant architecture. The molecular basis of tiller angle remains unknown. This research demonstrates that tiller angle is controlled by a major quantitative trait locus, TAC1 (Tiller Angle Control 1). TAC1 was mapped to a 35-kb region on chromosome 9 using a large F(2) population from crosses between an indica rice, IR24, which displays a relatively spread-out plant architecture, and an introgressed line, IL55, derived from japonica rice Asominori, which displays a compact plant architecture with extremely erect tillers. Genetic complementation further identified the TAC1 gene, which harbors three introns in its coding region and a fourth 1.5-kb intron in the 3'-untranslated region. A mutation in the 3'-splicing site of this 1.5-kb intron from 'AGGA' to 'GGGA' decreases the level of tac1, resulting in a compact plant architecture with a tiller angle close to zero. Further sequence verification of the mutation in the 3'-splicing site of the 1.5-kb intron revealed that the tac1 mutation 'GGGA' was present in 88 compact japonica rice accessions and TAC1 with 'AGGA' was present in 21 wild rice accessions and 43 indica rice accessions, all with the spread-out form, indicating that tac1 had been extensively utilized in densely planted rice grown in high-latitude temperate areas and at high altitudes where japonica rice varieties are widely cultivated.