基于共生理论的兵团与地方城市“三生”功能跨界整合发展研究

基于共生理论，选取乌鲁木齐市、五家渠市、昌吉市为研究案例区，构建"三生"空间评价指标体系及"三生"功能评价指标体系，探讨乌五昌地区"三生"空间时空分异格局，借助共生度模型，识别兵团城市与地方城市"三生"功能共生发展模式，并对兵地城市跨界融合发展提供理论建议。结果表明：（1）研究区生产和生活空间面积呈上升趋势，生态空间面积呈下降趋势。（2）在生产功能方面，五家渠市与乌鲁木齐市、昌吉市共生模式分别为正向非对称共生、反向非对称共生，生活功能与生态功能方面，均为正向非对称共生，各功能城市间影响程度不同。（3）基于"三生"空间格局及"三生"功能共生模式，提出兵地融合发展建议，生产方面建立四区，三轴，一基地，生活方面加强交通路网建设，生态方面兵地协同建立生态保护区。     

High temperatures limit plant growth but hasten flowering in root chicory (Cichorium intybus) independently of vernalisation

An increase in mean and extreme summer temperatures is expected as a consequence of climate changes and this might have an impact on plant development in numerous species. Root chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) is a major crop in northern Europe, and it is cultivated as a source of inulin. This polysaccharide is stored in the tap root during the first growing season when the plant grows as a leafy rosette, whereas bolting and flowering occur in the second year after winter vernalisation. The impact of heat stress on plant phenology, water status, photosynthesis-related parameters, and inulin content was studied in the field and under controlled phytotron conditions. In the field, plants of the Crescendo cultivar were cultivated under a closed plastic-panelled greenhouse to investigate heat-stress conditions, while the control plants were shielded with a similar, but open, structure. In the phytotrons, the Crescendo and Fredonia cultivars were exposed to high temperatures (35 °C day/28 °C night) and compared to control conditions (17 °C) over 10 weeks. In the field, heat reduced the root weight, the inulin content of the root and its degree of polymerisation in non-bolting plants. Flowering was observed in 12% of the heat stressed plants during the first growing season in the field. In the phytotron, the heat stress increased the total number of leaves per plant, but reduced the mean leaf area. Photosynthesis efficiency was increased in these plants, whereas osmotic potential was decreased. High temperature was also found to induced flowering of up to 50% of these plants, especially for the Fredonia cultivar. In conclusion, high temperatures induced a reduction in the growth of root chicory, although photosynthesis is not affected. Flowering was also induced, which indicates that high temperatures can partly substitute for the vernalisation requirement for the flowering of root chicory.     

Combinatorial anticancer effects of curcumin and 5-fluorouracil loaded thiolated chitosan nanoparticles towards colon cancer treatment

Background

Evaluation of the combinatorial anticancer effects of curcumin/5-fluorouracil loaded thiolated chitosan nanoparticles (CRC-TCS-NPs/5-FU-TCS-NPs) on colon cancer cells and the analysis of pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of CRC-TCS-NPs/5-FU-TCS-NPs in a mouse model.

Methods

CRC-TCS-NPs/5-FU-TCS-NPs were developed by ionic cross-linking. The in vitro combinatorial anticancer effect of the nanomedicine was proven by different assays. Further the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution analyses were performed in Swiss Albino mouse using HPLC.

Results

The 5-FU-TCS-NPs (size: 150 ± 40 nm, zeta potential: + 48.2 ± 5 mV) and CRC-TCS-NPs (size: 150 ± 20 nm, zeta potential: + 35.7 ± 3 mV) were proven to be compatible with blood. The in vitro drug release studies at pH 4.5 and 7.4 showed a sustained release profile over a period of 4 days, where both the systems exhibited a higher release in acidic pH. The in vitro combinatorial anticancer effects in colon cancer (HT29) cells using MTT, live/dead, mitochondrial membrane potential and cell cycle analysis measurements confirmed the enhanced anticancer effects (2.5 to 3 fold). The pharmacokinetic studies confirmed the improved plasma concentrations of 5-FU and CRC up to 72 h, unlike bare CRC and 5-FU.

Conclusions

To conclude, the combination of 5-FU-TCS-NPs and CRC-TCS-NPs showed enhanced anticancer effects on colon cancer cells in vitro and improved the bioavailability of the drugs in vivo.

General significance

The enhanced anticancer effects of combinatorial nanomedicine are advantageous in terms of reduction in the dosage of 5-FU, thereby improving the chemotherapeutic efficacy and patient compliance of colorectal cancer cases.     

甘蔗属割手密种(Saccharum spontaneum)‘云南82-114’的F_2(BC_1)代同异法综合评价及同一度分类

为综合评价甘蔗属割手密种(Saccharum spontaneum)‘云南82-114’的F2(BC1)代亲本材料,采用基于集对论的同异分析法,对65份亲本材料进行了分析。结果表明,同异联系度排名前10位的材料是:云瑞09-23、云瑞09-44、云瑞09-36、云瑞09-74、云瑞09-65、云瑞09-35、云瑞09-14、云瑞09-58、云瑞09-51、云瑞09-67。超过对照新台糖22号(ROC22)的材料有33份,超过对照粤糖93-159(YT93-159)的材料有36份。在等价矩阵中取截距λ=0.910,65份‘云南82-114’的F2(BC1)代亲本材料可分为26个类型。同异联系度排名靠前、又聚为不同类型的亲本材料,通常是某些优良性状表现突出的亲本材料,这为亲本材料的进一步筛选和利用提供了依据。     

Latitudinal variation in thermal reaction norms of post‐winter pupal development in two butterflies differing in phenological specialization

Latitudinal clines in thermal reaction norms of development are a common phenomenon in temperate insects. Populations from higher latitudes often develop faster throughout the range of relevant temperatures (i.e countergradient variation) because they must be able to complete their life cycle within a shorter seasonal time window compared to populations at lower latitudes. In the present study, we experimentally demonstrate that two species of butterflies Anthocharis cardamines (L.) and Pieris napi (L.) instead show a cogradient variation in thermal reaction norms of post‐winter pupal development so that lower latitude populations develop faster than higher latitude populations. The two species share host plants but differ in the degree of phenological specialization, as well as in the patterns of voltinism. We suggest that the pattern in A. cardamines, a univoltine phenological specialist feeding exclusively on flowers and seedpods, is the result of selection for matching to the phenological pattern of its local host plants. The other species, P. napi, is a phenological generalist feeding on the leaves of the hosts and it shows a latitudinal cline in voltinism. Because the latitudinal pattern in P. napi was an effect of slow development in a fraction of the pupae from the most northern population, we hypothesize that this population may include both bivoltine and univoltine genotypes. Consequently, although the two species both showed cogradient patterns in thermal reaction norms, it appears likely that this was for different reasons. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 113 , 981–991.     

Life history differences of Psilotreta locumtenens (Trichoptera: Odontoceridae) in two reaches of a mountain stream in Korea

The life history traits of the caddisfly, Psilotreta locumtenens Botosaneanu (Odontoceridae), were studied in two stream reaches with different thermal ranges (main and branch streams) of the Gapyeong Stream, a typical mountain stream located in the central Korean Peninsula. Psilotreta locumtenens larvae were quantitatively sampled monthly from November 2008 to July 2010, and biweekly during the emergence period (late April to early July), using a Surber sampler (30 × 30 cm). Adults were quantitatively sampled with a sweep net. Larval density in the main stream (324.21 ± 38.59 m^?2) was higher than that in the branch stream (60.48 ± 10.86 m^?2). The larvae hatched in the early summer and overwintered as 5th and 3rd instars in the main and branch streams, respectively. The emergence peak at the main stream was approximately 2 weeks earlier. The sex ratio at both sites was approximately 0.3. The life history in both streams was univoltine. Secondary production in the main stream was much higher than in the branch stream, owing to high larval densities, and the P/B ratios at the two sites were similar. This study demonstrated remarkable differences in larval growth patterns and emergence peaks in P. locumtenens between the two stream reaches due to differences in accumulated degree days (230.30 DD) and other phenological cues such as daily mean threshold water temperature (9°C) during the ascending phase, despite their relatively small mean annual water temperature difference of 0.58°C.     

辽西低山丘陵区生态系统退化程度的定量确定

1　引　　言恢复和重建辽宁省西部低山丘陵区退化生态系统一直是科研、管理和生产部门共同关注的焦点 ,很多学者从立地类型划分、树种抗旱性、混交树种的选择等方面做了大量的研究[4 ,6,8,9,11] ,而从生态系统演替的角度出发却研究得不够 ,本研究旨在尝试引入数量分类方法 ,用生境退化程度来定量地刻划生态系统的退化程度 ,以期对本区无林地植被恢复以及现有油松纯林的经营改造提供理论依据 .2　研究地自然概况与研究方法2 1　自然概况辽宁省西部地区位于 118°5 0′2 0″～ 12 0°15′Ｅ ,40°2 4′2 5″～42°34′2 0″Ｎ ;地貌特点是山…     

通过自由能的差别划分蛋白质连续结构域

结构域是蛋白质三级结构下面的结构层次 ,大多数的蛋白质都可分为若干个结构域 ,结构域的不同组合使蛋白质具有不同的三级结构并具有不同的功能。蛋白质结构域的划分在理论与应用上都具有重要意义。但目前对结构域的划分还没有一个十分理想的方法。本文通过计算去折叠自由能来实现对蛋白质结构域的划分。用此方法对 5 0种不同蛋白质序列连续的双结构域进行了分析 ,大多数蛋白质的结构域划分结果与文献报道一致 ,另外一些虽然与文献报道结果不一致 ,但比文献报道的结果更合理