镉胁迫对绢毛委陵菜-丛枝菌根真菌共生体根系结构和生理的影响

为从生理水平上揭示绢毛委陵菜（Potentilla sericea L.）-丛枝菌根真菌共生体对镉胁迫的应答机制,以绢毛委陵菜多年生植株为试验材料,分别接种根内根生囊霉（Rhizophagus intraradices）和摩西球囊霉（Funneliformis mosseae）,80 d后以不同浓度的镉胁迫处理并测定菌根侵染率,研究侵染率较高菌种的共生体植株的生理指标变化和结构变化。结果表明：摩西球囊霉较根内根生囊霉对绢毛委陵菜菌根侵染率高,达100%,而根内根生囊霉侵染率为89.33%;接种摩西球囊霉真菌的植物,当镉质量浓度达10 mg?L^-1时,细胞壁小范围破裂、液泡出现变小的趋势,高浓度镉（20 mg?L^-1）处理时,根系细胞壁破裂,细胞无法维持原有形态;镉胁迫下,Cd（5 mg?L^-1）~ Cd（10 mg?L^-1）MDA含量显著上升（P<0.05）,Cd（0 mg?L^-1）~Cd（5 mg?L^-1）SOD活性和脯氨酸含量变化显著（P<0.05）,可溶性蛋白含量和叶绿素含量显著减少（P<0.05）,Cd（10 mg?L^-1）~Cd（15 mg?L^-1）可溶性蛋白含量和叶绿素含量变化不显著（P>0.05）,植物可以抵抗一定浓度范围的镉胁迫。综合来看,接种摩西球囊菌可以增强绢毛委陵菜耐镉胁迫能力,为利用绢毛委陵菜修复镉污染土壤提供了理论依据。     

英国等地不明原因儿童肝炎的暴发情况及病因

2022年3月31日,苏格兰首先报告了5例患有不明原因重症肝炎的儿童。世界卫生组织(World Health Organization,WHO)于4月15日就不明原因儿童肝炎发布指导性意见,对确诊病例、可疑病例和流行病学相关病例进行了定义。截至4月21日,已有12个国家报告169例确诊病例,从1月龄至16岁不等。临床表现为急性肝炎,谷草转氨酶(aspartate aminotransferase,AST)或谷丙转氨酶(alanine aminotransferase,ALT)＞500 IU/L,多数患儿有黄疸、恶心、腹痛、乏力、嗜睡和胃肠道症状,包括腹泻和呕吐,大多数患儿无发热。17例接受了肝移植,至少报告1例死亡。考虑到流行病学特点和患儿的临床特征,感染性因素导致该疾病的可能性更大。病例的实验室检查结果均排除了甲、乙、丙、丁和戊型肝炎,并提示腺病毒可能与不明原因儿童肝炎有关,但其他感染性因素或环境因素仍不能完全排除。本文对此次不明原因儿童肝炎的发展情况及其可能病因进行了介绍。该疾病存在输入性风险,我国应对此早做准备。     

西双版纳热带季雨林通量分配及能量平衡问题北大核心CSCD

为了探讨我国西双版纳热带季雨林的能量分配和平衡问题,利用涡度相关系统和常规气象仪器的连续监测结果,分析了不同季节的能量通量特征和闭合特点。结果表明,西双版纳热带季雨林全年的净辐射、潜热通量、显热通量、土壤热通量和热储存量分别是4546.07、2453.24、492.22、-10.47和45.93 MJ/m^(2),土壤为热源,潜热年总值占净辐射的54.0%,显热占10.8%,能量以蒸发散为主要的耗损形式。辐射和能量有明显的日变化和季节动态,各能量分量的日变化几乎都呈白天高夜间低的单峰趋势,反照率整体为0.10~0.12,波动不大;波文比季节差异明显,为0~0.8。热带季雨林的全年闭合度为0.67,未考虑热储量时,闭合度为0.51~0.79,考虑热储量为0.53~0.80。可见,在林冠茂密的热带季雨林中,热储量对能量闭合度的贡献不大,忽略热储量并不是导致能量不闭合的主要原因。     

Retracted: Downregulated microRNA-224 aggravates vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and vascular remodeling in acute coronary syndrome through activation of the TGF-β/Smad pathway

Recent studies have shown that circulating microRNAs (miRNA) play a critical role in diagnosing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study aims to investigate the effect of miR-224 on atherosclerotic plaques forming and vascular remodeling in ACS and its relationship with TGF-β/Smad pathway. Myocardial infarction (MI) rat model was established and lentivirus vector of miR-224 inhibitor was prepared for investigating the effect of downregulated miR-224 on the contents of nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1), blood lipid levels and inflammatory factor levels in serum as well as the TGF-β/Smad pathway. The rats suffering from MI had decreased survival rates and exhibited reduced levels of NO, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and lumen diameter, and Smad7 messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression; while had significantly increased ratio of heart weight or body weight, levels of ET-1, inflammatory factors, blood lipid indexes, vascular remodeling indexes, collagen volume fraction, vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque area, VCAM-1 and MMP-2 protein expression, TGF-β, Smad2, Smad3, and Smad4 mRNA and protein expression. After inhibiting the TGF-β/Smad pathway, the rats suffering from MI showed notably opposite trend. In conclusion, downregulation of miR-224 expression promotes the formation of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and vascular remodeling in ACS through activation of the TGF-β/Smad pathway. Therefore, this study provides a new therapeutic target for ACS.     

泸型酒酒醅细菌群落的发酵演替规律

【目的】考察泸型酒发酵过程中酒醅细菌群落的演替规律,探讨菌群演替与环境因素变化的相关性。【方法】采用高通量测序技术分析泸型酒酒醅细菌群落的演替规律,并运用Mantel test分析不同发酵阶段的细菌群落演替与环境因素变化的相关性。【结果】酒醅发酵过程中有397个属的微生物,其中Lactobacillus、Bacillus、Weissella、Dysgonomonas、Comamonas以及Ruminococcaceae为优势属(相对丰度1.0%)。通过聚类分析可将酒醅发酵过程划分为3个阶段:阶段I (0–5 d),阶段II (6–17 d)和阶段III(18–40d),且3个阶段的酒醅菌群结构差异显著(P0.05)。Metastats分析结果表明,与阶段I相比,阶段II酒醅细菌群落中Lactobacillus和unclassifiedLactobacillaceae相对丰度显著升高(P0.05),而unclassifiedBacillaceae、 Staphylococcus、 Bacillus、 unclassified Enterobacteriaceae、 Lactococcus、Pseudomonas、Thermoactinomyces、Leuconostoc、Staphylococcus相对丰度显著降低(P0.05)。与阶段II相比,阶段III酒醅细菌群落中Lactobacillus相对丰度显著增长(P0.05),Comamonas、Acetobacter、unclassified Bacilli、Clostridium、Bacillus、Ruminococcus、unclassified Porphyromonadaceae和unclassified Streptophyta相对丰度显著下降(P0.05)。结果表明,阶段I的细菌菌群演替与酒醅温度、水分和乙醇浓度变化线性相关(P0.05);阶段II和阶段III的细菌菌群演替与酒醅温度、水分、酸度、乙醇浓度均没有相关性(P0.05)。【结论】泸型酒酒醅中细菌群落在不同发酵阶段结构差异显著,且温度、水分以及乙醇浓度对酒醅发酵前期(0–5 d)细菌群落演替具有重要作用。     

A varying‐coefficient generalized odds rate model with time‐varying exposure: An application to fitness and cardiovascular disease mortality

Varying‐coefficient models have become a common tool to determine whether and how the association between an exposure and an outcome changes over a continuous measure. These models are complicated when the exposure itself is time‐varying and subjected to measurement error. For example, it is well known that longitudinal physical fitness has an impact on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. It is not known, however, how the effect of longitudinal physical fitness on CVD mortality varies with age. In this paper, we propose a varying‐coefficient generalized odds rate model that allows flexible estimation of age‐modified effects of longitudinal physical fitness on CVD mortality. In our model, the longitudinal physical fitness is measured with error and modeled using a mixed‐effects model, and its associated age‐varying coefficient function is represented by cubic B‐splines. An expectation‐maximization algorithm is developed to estimate the parameters in the joint models of longitudinal physical fitness and CVD mortality. A modified pseudoadaptive Gaussian‐Hermite quadrature method is adopted to compute the integrals with respect to random effects involved in the E‐step. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated through extensive simulation studies and is further illustrated with an application to cohort data from the Aerobic Center Longitudinal Study.     

De novo phenol bioproduction from glucose using biosensor-assisted microbial coculture engineering

Microbial biosynthesis has been extensively adapted for the production of commodity chemicals using renewable feedstocks. This study integrated metabolite biosensors into rationally designed microbial cocultures to achieve high-efficiency bioproduction of phenol from simple carbon substrate glucose. Specifically, two sets of E. coli–E. coli cocultures were first constructed for accommodation of two independent phenol biosynthesis pathways via 4-hydroxybenzoate (4HB) and tyrosine (TYR), respectively. Biosensor-assisted microbial cell selection mechanisms were subsequently incorporated into the coculture systems to address the insufficient pathway intermediate provision that limited the overall bioproduction. For the 4HB- and TYR-dependent pathways, this approach improved the phenol production by 2.3- and 3.9-fold, respectively, compared to the monoculture controls. Notably, the use of biosensor-assisted cell selection strategy in monocultures resulted in reduced phenol production, highlighting the advantage of coculture engineering for coupling with biosensing. After stepwise optimization, the phenol bioproduction yield of the engineered coculture's reached 0.057 g/g glucose. Furthermore, the coculture biosynthesis was successfully scaled up at both shake flask and bioreactor levels. Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate the outstanding potential of coupling biosensing and modular coculture engineering for advancing microbial biosynthesis of valuable molecules from renewable carbon substrates.     

Phloem Unloading Strategies and Mechanisms in Crop Fruits

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Carbohydrate produced by photosynthesis is loaded into phloem via collection phloem, translocated via the transport phloem, and unloaded by release phloem into...