急性毁损猫的初级视区使高级视区细胞失去对视觉刺激的诱发反应(英文)

心理物理学研究提示,初级视区毁损后的视觉残留可能是通过外纹状皮层的神经网络重组介导的,但缺少支持这一假说的电生理实验证据。采用在体细胞外单细胞记录技术,该研究分别检测了初级视区(主要包括17和18区)急性毁损猫和正常对照猫的高级视区(包括19、20和21区)神经元对不同视觉刺激的反应性。结果显示,与对照相比,急性毁损初级视区使99.3%的高级视区神经元丧失对运动光栅刺激的诱发反应,93%的神经元丧失对闪光刺激的反应。该结果表明,急性毁损成年猫的初级视皮层可能会导致其绝大部分视觉能力丧失。在幼年期实施初级视皮层毁损后,成年猫出现的残留视觉可能主要是由于手术后皮层下神经核团与外纹状皮层之间的通路重组引起的。     

Structure/function characterization of micro-conotoxin KIIIA, an analgesic, nearly irreversible blocker of mammalian neuronal sodium channels

Peptide neurotoxins from cone snails continue to supply compounds with therapeutic potential. Although several analgesic conotoxins have already reached human clinical trials, a continuing need exists for the discovery and development of novel non-opioid analgesics, such as subtype-selective sodium channel blockers. Micro-conotoxin KIIIA is representative of micro-conopeptides previously characterized as inhibitors of tetrodotoxin (TTX)-resistant sodium channels in amphibian dorsal root ganglion neurons. Here, we show that KIIIA has potent analgesic activity in the mouse pain model. Surprisingly, KIIIA was found to block most (>80%) of the TTX-sensitive, but only approximately 20% of the TTX-resistant, sodium current in mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons. KIIIA was tested on cloned mammalian channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Both Na(V)1.2 and Na(V)1.6 were strongly blocked; within experimental wash times of 40-60 min, block was reversed very little for Na(V)1.2 and only partially for Na(V)1.6. Other isoforms were blocked reversibly: Na(V)1.3 (IC50 8 microM), Na(V)1.5 (IC50 284 microM), and Na(V)1.4 (IC50 80 nM). "Alanine-walk" and related analogs were synthesized and tested against both Na(V)1.2 and Na(V)1.4; replacement of Trp-8 resulted in reversible block of Na(V)1.2, whereas replacement of Lys-7, Trp-8, or Asp-11 yielded a more profound effect on the block of Na(V)1.4 than of Na(V)1.2. Taken together, these data suggest that KIIIA is an effective tool to study structure and function of Na(V)1.2 and that further engineering of micro-conopeptides belonging to the KIIIA group may provide subtype-selective pharmacological compounds for mammalian neuronal sodium channels and potential therapeutics for the treatment of pain.     

番茄斑萎病毒对多杀菌素抗性西花蓟马发育繁殖和药剂敏感性的影响

【目的】西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)是重要的入侵害虫,是番茄斑萎病毒（TSWV）最有效的传播媒介,TSWV对西花蓟马的生长发育有一定的影响。多杀菌素是防治西花蓟马最有效的药剂之一,但已有田间西花蓟马对多杀菌素产生抗药性的报道。TSWV对抗性西花蓟马是否也有影响及程度如何尚不清楚。本研究通过对此问题进行深入研究,以期为进一步了解TSWV对西花蓟马的影响提供依据。【方法】应用特定年龄-龄期及两性生命表的方法,研究用番茄斑萎病毒处理和未处理的多杀菌素抗性和敏感西花蓟马种群的生物学特性;用叶管药膜法测定不同处理种群对3种药剂（多杀菌素、甲氨基阿维菌素苯甲酸盐和虫螨腈）的敏感性变化。【结果】对于抗性品系,TSWV处理后西花蓟马的发育历期缩短,雌成虫寿命和产卵量略高,但与对照组差异不显著(P＞0.05),内禀增长率（r）和净生殖率（R₀）分别为0.0433 d^-1和2.210,显著高于对照组（分别为0.0356 d^-1和1.972）（P ≤ 0.001）。对于敏感品系,TSWV处理后西花蓟马的发育历期缩短,雌雄成虫寿命均显著延长（P ≤ 0.001）,产卵量也略有提高,R₀为4.125,显著高于对照组（3.979）（P ≤ 0.001）。TSWV处理后敏感和抗性西花蓟马对多杀菌素的敏感性没有发生明显变化,对甲氨基阿维菌素苯甲酸盐和虫螨腈的敏感性显著降低。【结论】番茄斑萎病毒对多杀菌素敏感和抗性西花蓟马均有直接有利影响,病毒处理的西花蓟马发育历期缩短,繁殖能力增强,成虫寿命延长,对药剂的敏感性降低。     

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甘蓝型油菜A基因组候选BAC克隆的筛选及其插入片段大小分析

选择甘蓝型油菜A基因组10个连锁群上特有的85个SSR分子标记,合成其引物序列,采用四维PCR法筛选甘蓝型油菜-新疆野生油菜二体异附加系BAC文库,成功筛选到甘蓝型油菜A基因组39个BAC克隆,其插入片段介于50～300 kb之间,平均为120 kb。甘蓝型油菜A基因组10个连锁群BAC克隆的获得,对后续开展甘蓝型油菜A基因组染色体识别、基因染色体定位、遗传距离与物理距离间关系分析等均具有重要价值。     

Determination of alkaline phosphatase based on affinity adsorption solid-substrate room temperature phosphorimetry using rhodamine 6G-dibromoluciferin luminescent nanoparticle to label lectin and prediction of diseases

In the presence of heavy atom perturber LiAc, the silicon dioxide nanoparticle containing rhodamine 6G (R) and dibromoluciferin (D) (R-D-SiO(2)) can emit strong and stable solid-substrate room temperature phosphorescence signal of R (lambda(ex)/lambda(em)=481/648 nm) and D (lambda(ex)/lambda(em)=457/622 nm) on the surface of acetyl cellulose membrane (ACM). R-D-SiO(2) is used to label triticum vulgare lectin (WGA). Then two types of affinity adsorption reactions, R-D-SiO(2)-WGA- alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (direct method) and WGA-ALP-WGA-R-D-SiO(2) (sandwich method), are carried out on ACM. The conditions and the analytical characteristics for the determination of ALP using affinity adsorption solid-substrate room temperature phosphorimetry (AA-SS-RTP) were studied. For a 0.40-microl drop of sample, results show that the detection limits of the sandwich method are 0.16 ag spot(-1)(457/622 nm) and 0.17 ag spot(-1)(481/648 nm), and the detection limits of the direct method are 0.41 ag spot(-1) (457/622 nm) and 0.44 ag spot(-1) (481/648 nm). The contents of ALP in human serum correlated well with those obtained by enzyme-linked immunoassay. This study shows that AA-SS-RTP whether by the sandwich method or the direct method, can combine very well the characteristics of both high sensitivity of SS-RTP and specificity of the immunoreaction. Simultaneously, whether the phosphorescence excitation/emission wavelength of either R or D in R-D-SiO(2) is chosen to determine ALP, this can promote the agility and widen the adaptability of AA-SS-RTP.     

新型双核铂(Ⅱ)配合物通过p53-Bak途径诱导人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞凋亡

新型双核铂(Ⅱ)配合物{［cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl］2L}(NO3)2（L=4,4′-methylenedianiline)对多种肿瘤细胞有一定的抑制作用,但作用机制不明。本研究以顺铂为对照,探讨了该双核铂(Ⅱ)配合物对MCF-7细胞增殖抑制、细胞周期、细胞凋亡及凋亡相关因子p53、P-p53(ser15)、p21、Bcl-2、Bak、Cleaved- caspase-3、cPARP（cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase）的影响。MTT法检测配合物或顺铂在不同浓度或不同作用时间后对MCF-7增殖的影响,其中作用48 h后配合物对MCF-7的IC50为1.59 μmol/L,顺铂为7.95 μmol/L。原位移植瘤实验显示,配合物组肿瘤抑制率为54.1%,高于顺铂组（36.2%）。同等条件下,配合物处理的MCF-7细胞,经Hoechst33342染色后出现明显细胞体积缩小和染色质固缩现象。流式细胞检测技术分析显示,经该配合物处理后,大部分MCF-7细胞停滞在S期,并出现了细胞膜外表面的磷脂酰丝氨酸外翻与线粒体内膜急剧下降等典型的细胞凋亡现象。Western 印迹结果显示,随着配合物浓度增加,Cleaved-caspase-3、p53、P-p53(ser15)、cPARP、Bak蛋白表达增强,而p21、Bcl-2表达水平下调。上述结果表明,该配合物可能通过p53-Bak途径诱导DNA损伤,进而导致MCF-7细胞发生凋亡。     

Construction and application of easy-to-detect cyanobacteria with vp28 gene

Journal of Applied Phycology - White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is the most harmful and pathogenic infectious agent in shrimp aquaculture. Vp28, a protein used to protect hosts against this virus,...     

Pachytene piRNAs instruct massive mRNA elimination during late spermiogenesis

Spermatogenesis in mammals is characterized by two waves of piRNA expression: one corresponds to classic piRNAs responsible for silencing retrotransponsons and the second wave is predominantly derived from nontransposon intergenic regions in pachytene spermatocytes, but the function of these pachytene piRNAs is largely unknown. Here, we report the involvement of pachytene piRNAs in instructing massive mRNA elimination in mouse elongating spermatids (ES). We demonstrate that a piRNA-induced silencing complex (pi-RISC) containing murine PIWI (MIWI) and deadenylase CAF1 is selectively assembled in ES, which is responsible for inducing mRNA deadenylation and decay via a mechanism that resembles the action of miRNAs in somatic cells. Such a highly orchestrated program appears to take full advantage of the enormous repertoire of diversified targeting capacity of pachytene piRNAs derived from nontransposon intergenic regions. These findings suggest that pachytene piRNAs are responsible for inactivating vast cellular programs in preparation for sperm production from ES.