Participation of lipopolysaccharide in hyperplasic adipose expansion: Involvement of NADPH oxidase/ROS/p42/p44 MAPK‐dependent Cyclooxygenase‐2

Obesity is a world‐wide problem, especially the child obesity, with the complication of various metabolic diseases. Child obesity can be developed as early as the age between 2 and 6. The expansion of fat mass in child age includes both hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipose tissue, suggesting the importance of proliferation and adipogenesis of preadipocytes. The changed composition of gut microbiota is associated with obesity, revealing the roles of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on manipulating adipose tissue development. Studies suggest that LPS enters the circulation and acts as a pro‐inflammatory regulator to facilitate pathologies. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms behind LPS‐modulated obesity are yet clearly elucidated. This study showed that LPS enhanced the expression of cyclooxygenase‐2 (COX‐2), an inflammatory regulator of obesity, in preadipocytes. Pretreating preadipocytes with the scavenger of reactive oxygen species (ROS) or the inhibitors of NADPH oxidase or p42/p44 MAPK markedly decreased LPS‐stimulated gene expression of COX‐2 together with the phosphorylation of p47^phox and p42/p44 MAPK, separately. LPS activated p42/p44 MAPK via NADPH oxidase‐dependent ROS accumulation in preadipocytes. Reduction of intracellular ROS or attenuation of p42/p44 MAPK activation both reduced LPS‐mediated COX‐2 expression and preadipocyte proliferation. Moreover, LPS‐induced preadipocyte proliferation and adipogenesis were abolished by the inhibition of COX‐2 or PEG₂ receptors. Taken together, our results suggested that LPS enhanced the proliferation and adipogenesis of preadipocytes via NADPH oxidase/ROS/p42/p44 MAPK‐dependent COX‐2 expression.     

我国不同地区烟蚜种群生殖特征研究

研究了我国4个地区3种生活史类型的烟蚜在烟草上的种群繁殖特征,并用Weibull模型对种群存活特征和生殖特征进行了分析。结果表明:25±1℃、14L:10D、70%±10%RH条件下,长春地区烟蚜的生殖前期和产仔高峰日分别为大于等于7d和第11d,而南京、湖南郴州和河南宜阳烟蚜的生殖前期和产仔高峰日分别为小于7d和第9d。烟蚜种群的R0、T和rm在同一地区不同体色之间以及不同地区同一体色之间均存在有差异显著性,平均寿命仅在不同地区的红色烟蚜和褐色烟蚜中有显著性差异,在黄绿色之间差异均不显著。     

暹罗鳄食道结节病病原彭氏变形杆菌的分离与鉴定

【背景】2016年5月,厦门南顺鳄鱼园中的养殖暹罗鳄(Crocodylussiamensis)幼鳄暴发了一种之前未见报道的食道结节病,表现为鳄鱼不进食并伴有部分死亡。【目的】对患食道结节病的鳄鱼病料进行病原学鉴定,旨在探明病因,为该病的防治提供理论参考依据。【方法】对鳄鱼病灶处分离菌进行生理生化特征鉴定、16S rRNA基因序列分析、回接感染试验以及药敏试验。【结果】从病鳄食道、肝脏和血液病灶处各分离到一株优势细菌,综合菌株形态、生理生化特征以及16S rRNA基因序列分析的结果,判定3株分离菌均为彭氏变形杆菌(Proteus penneri)。由食道结节处分离的菌株2202经人工回接感染,证实彭氏变形杆菌为引起此次暹罗鳄发病死亡的致病原。3株分离菌对12种药物的耐药率均为33%,对恩诺沙星、复方新诺明、头孢噻肟、卡那霉素、四环素、强力霉素与萘啶酸共7种实验药物敏感,对利福平、青霉素G、红霉素和氯霉素耐药,而对链霉素则表现中介。【结论】彭氏变形杆菌与患病暹罗鳄的死亡有直接关系,该菌多为侵袭人类的条件致病菌,作为养殖鳄鱼的病原菌尚属首例。     

Cryptic phenology in plants: Case studies,implications, and recommendations

Plant phenology—the timing of cyclic or recurrent biological events in plants—offers insight into the ecology, evolution, and seasonality of plant‐mediated ecosystem processes. Traditionally studied phenologies are readily apparent, such as flowering events, germination timing, and season‐initiating budbreak. However, a broad range of phenologies that are fundamental to the ecology and evolution of plants, and to global biogeochemical cycles and climate change predictions, have been neglected because they are “cryptic”—that is, hidden from view (e.g., root production) or difficult to distinguish and interpret based on common measurements at typical scales of examination (e.g., leaf turnover in evergreen forests). We illustrate how capturing cryptic phenology can advance scientific understanding with two case studies: wood phenology in a deciduous forest of the northeastern USA and leaf phenology in tropical evergreen forests of Amazonia. Drawing on these case studies and other literature, we argue that conceptualizing and characterizing cryptic plant phenology is needed for understanding and accurate prediction at many scales from organisms to ecosystems. We recommend avenues of empirical and modeling research to accelerate discovery of cryptic phenological patterns, to understand their causes and consequences, and to represent these processes in terrestrial biosphere models.     

杂交水稻及其“三系”线粒体DNA的AP—PCR指纹图谱

为了研究水稻（Ｏｒｙｚａ ｓａｔｉｖａ Ｌ．）细胞质雄性不育（ＣＭＳ）与线粒体基因组的关系,应用ＡＰ－ＰＣＲ 分析,用７ 个任意单引物对６ 种水稻品系线粒体ＤＮＡ 进行了扩增。水稻线粒体ＤＮＡ 的ＡＰ－ＰＣＲ 产物可分为三种类型：（１）所有供试品系均能扩增的片段,它们代表了线粒体ＤＮＡ 在进化上的保守性序列。有４ 个引物检测到这类片段。（２）２ 个以上水稻品系共同出现而在全部供试材料间存在差异的扩增片段,这类片段是检测水稻线粒体ＤＮＡ多态性的主要来源。（３）一种细胞质类型所特有的扩增片段,从引物Ｒ２ 和Ｖ５ 的扩增产物中发现了这类片段,它们可能与ＣＭＳ有关联。另外,ＷＡ型不育系珍汕９７Ａ 与其杂种之间在６ 个引物的扩增图谱上均存在不同程度的差异,说明两者的线粒体ＤＮＡ序列结构可能存在某种差别