人前列腺癌细胞系PC-3中PTI-1 cDNA的克隆及序列分析

为获取人前列腺癌诱导基因家族新成员 ,以人前列腺癌细胞系PC 3的总RNA为模板 ,用RT PCR方法扩增人前列腺癌诱导基因 1(PTI 1) ,将其亚克隆至克隆载体pUC19,进行测序 .将克隆得到的PTI 1基因片段与国外报道的人PTI 1基因编码区cDNA同源性为 99.3% ,但第 72 6、74 6、116 7、12 70、132 6、144 9、16 94和 16 95位碱基分别由A、A、C、C、A、A、T和C替代了文献中的C、C、G、G、G、C、C和T .其中 6个碱基的不同 ,导致了第 36、183、2 17、2 36、2 77和 35 9位密码子代表的氨基酸分别由Lys替代Gln ,Arg替代Gly ,Ala替代Gly ,Ser替代Gly ,Thr替代Pro和Arg替代Cys .将所获得的基因在GenBank登录 ,登录号为AF3974 0 3.结果提示 ,获得了PTI 1家族新成员 ,并且与EF 1α分子的同源性较已报道的PTI 1高 .     

Photosynthetic Characteristics of Cyanotis arachnoidea and Their Ecological Significance

The photosynthetic characteristics of Cyanotis arachnoidea Clarke was studied through shading experimentation in pot culture. The effect of different shade level on the photosynthetic rate, the characteristics of photosynthetic organs and the bio-production of C. arachnoidea were compared. The main results are as follows: 1. C. arachnoidea was a C3 type solaphilic and shade tolerant herb. Its light saturation point was about 650 μmol · m-2 · s-1 and the light compensation point was about 17 μmol · m-2 · s-1. Its CO2 compensation point was about 130× 10-6. 2. The maximum net photosynthetic rate of C. arachnoidea was about 12.45 μmol · m-2 · s-1. The diurnal variation regularity of its photosynthetic rates exhibited a double peak curve in which the main peak appeared during 11: 00～12: 00, and the second around 15: 00. 3. 20%～50% shading favored the growth of C. arachnoidea. In comparison with those with control treatment, the content of chlorophyll b with 20%～50% of shading treatment increased by 47 %～83%, and the photosynthetic production increased by 12 %～18 % as a result of increase in the net photosynthetic rate (relative photosynthetic rate).     

He-Ne激光照射罗氏沼虾心脏、肌肉、鳃和脑神经节组织细胞光学显微镜观察

本文采用He-Ne激光照射罗氏沼虾的心脏、肌肉、鳃和脑神经节,研究其对罗氏沼虾组织细胞形态结构的影响。结果发现：(1)实验组的心脏、肌肉和鳃组织具有明显异染色质的细胞数量百分比分别为16．70％、6．06％、9．35％,而对照组的心脏、肌肉和鳃组织具有明显异染色质的细胞数量百分比分别为8．10％、2．59％和4．55％,表明He-Ne激光照射后,心脏、肌肉和鳃组织具有明显异染色质的细胞数量均有所增加;(2)在实验组中脑神经节的神经分泌细胞要比对照组的缩小7．4μm,实验组的细胞核要比对照组要缩小1．53μm,表明He-Ne激光照射后,脑神经节的神经细胞和细胞核的大小发生明显变化,尤为突出的是神经细胞发生明显的缩小现象。     

Effects of maternal diet on fecundity and larval development in the 'primitive' granivorous carabid Amara (Curtonotus) macronota

Granivory is one of the most specialized food habits in the Carabidae and has been reported for species from the tribes Zabrini and Harpalini. Most studies of carabid granivory have been conducted using specialized granivorous species, and few have examined primitive ones. This study examined effects of maternal diet on fecundity and larval development in Amara ( Curtonotus ) macronota (Solsky) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a member of the most basal clade of the tribe Zabrini; a previous study indicated that larvae of this species are omnivores with a tendency toward carnivory. Three diet types, Tenebrio molitor L. larvae, mixed seeds [ Bidens frondosa L. (Asteraceae), Setaria spp., and Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler (both Poaceae)], and T. molitor larvae + mixed seeds, were used as maternal diets, and larvae were reared on T. molitor larvae + mixed seeds (optimal diet) or T. molitor larvae (suboptimal diet). Fecundity differed significantly among treatments, with individuals fed the T. molitor larvae + mixed seeds diet having the highest fecundities and the mixed seeds diet producing the lowest values. Larval development [survival and duration of development through pre-overwintering stages (first and second instars)] was not significantly affected by either maternal or larval diets, but the addition of seeds to the maternal diet had a weak negative effect on larval survival. These results are in contrast with findings from specialized granivorous carabids, in which both adults and larvae performed best with pure-seed diets. Recent molecular phylogenies indicate that these specialized granivorous carabids belong to derived lineages, while A. macronota is the most basal clade of each tribe. These results are compatible with the hypothesis that carabid granivory has evolved gradually from ancestral carnivory, with omnivorous habits occurring as a transient state.     

Notes on two species of the subgenus Lyrothorax Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus), Pterostichus amagisanus Tanaka and Ishida and Pterostichus fujitai Tanaka and Ishida

Two species of the subgenus Lyrothorax Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus ), Pterostichus amagisanus Tanaka and Ishida and Pterostichus fujitai Tanaka and Ishida, were revised based on the male endophallus (inner sac everted from aedeagus). P. amagisanus was newly recorded based on a single male from Kyushu, southwest Japan, far from its known distribution (Honshu; the Fuji-Hakone-Izu volcano area), although additional materials are necessary to confirm this record. Despite a highly disjunct distribution, no conspicuous difference was recognized in either external or genital characters between the materials from Honshu and Kyushu. The nominal species P. fujitai was separated into two species, P. fujitai (Honshu) and Pterostichus eoyoritomus sp. nov. (Shikoku; type locality: Mount Jingayama); these two species have some significant differences in the endophallic structures. Character states in male genitalia suggest a sister relationship between P. eoyoritomus sp. nov. and Pterostichus yoritomus Bates.     

Phylogeny of ground beetles subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) Tanaka (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus): A molecular phylogenetic approach

We constructed a phylogeny of the ground beetle subgenus Nialoe ( s. lat. ), genus Pterostichus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on two mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase I and 16S ribosomal DNA) and one nuclear (28S ribosomal DNA) gene sequences. Thirty-three representative species of the group and three outgroup species were analyzed. The resultant trees (maximum parsimonious, maximum likelihood and Bayesian trees of the combined data of the three gene sequences) indicated that there are two large and three small lineages in the group, some of which were supported by a previous morphology-based phylogeny. In all the analyses, the small lineage composed of two Korean species is sister to the rest of the subgenus, but relationships of other four lineages differed among the analyses and remained unresolved. The implications of the present results are discussed in terms of taxonomy and biogeography of the group.     

Squamatological differences between two closely related flatfish species of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pleuronichthys</Emphasis> (Pleuronectidae,Pleuronectiformes), with a proposal of unambiguous distinctive characters

Squamation and scale morphology were examined in two closely related species, Pleuronichthys cornutus and P. japonicus, in order to establish the unambiguous characters to clearly separate the two species. Scale counts on the lateral body surface were also examined, with new count definitions proposed. Both the longitudinal and vertical scale rows followed essentially regular patterns in P. cornutus, whereas the longitudinal scale rows were occasionally irregular in P. japonicus. Scales were basically fan-shaped and oval in P. cornutus and P. japonicus, respectively, although considerable variation in scale shape was apparent in both species. The blind side scales of P. cornutus had sharp posterior margins, whereas those of P. japonicus had round ones. Scale length (scales on the ocular side, area above the lateral line) in P. japonicus was relatively greater than in P. cornutus, a plot of total length versus scale length separating the species completely. Measurements of many ocular side scales from the area above the lateral line indicated high intraspecific variance in both species, being particularly prominent in P. cornutus. Nevertheless, considerable scale measurement differences were found between the two species in some body areas, supported by principal component analysis. Longitudinal and vertical row scale counts were higher in P. cornutus than in P. japonicus, with the ranges of central longitudinal scales (88–103 vs. 75–86) and scales below the lateral line counts (59–74 vs. 47–57), respectively, not overlapping between the species. The scale count difference could be caused by the difference of the scale size between the two species. The study demonstrated that the two Pleuronichthys species can be readily distinguished on the basis of scale morphology and size, in addition to scale counts.