葡萄蔗糖转化酶基因家族的生物信息学及响应逆境胁迫分析

蔗糖转化酶(invertase, INV)在植物生长发育和抵御胁迫中发挥着重要作用。研究从葡萄基因组数据库中鉴定出19个蔗糖转化酶基因,对基因结构和编码蛋白质的理化性质进行生物信息学分析,并利用qRT-PCR技术分析基因在不同激素和非生物胁迫条件下的表达特征,为进一步探索葡萄INV基因家族参与葡萄逆境响应提供了一定的理论依据。结果表明,(1)该基因家族编码蛋白的氨基酸长度在150～766 aa之间,理论等电点介于4.43～9.1之间,亚细胞定位预测发现其主要在细胞质中表达,此外液泡和细胞壁也存在部分基因表达;(2)共线性结果显示VvCINV与其他5个物种复制频率较高;(3)保守基序分析表明VvCwINV包含了所有的保守基序,且Glyco＿32和Glyco＿hydro＿100是VvINV基因主要结构域;(4)组织特异性表达分析发现多数基因在葡萄生长发育进程中都有表达;(5)qRT-PCR分析结果显示,VvINV基因家族在叶片中对激素处理和非生物胁迫的响应出现上调,VvCINV1在50 mg/L GA₃和10%PEG处理后上调表达极显著,VvCINV4在盐胁迫、ABA...     

2种中草药对福寿螺的杀灭效果及对肝脏影响

【目的】有效控制福寿螺产生的危害,为实现中草药的资源化利用提供依据。【方法】以甘草、陈皮为植物源灭螺剂,进行不同浓度梯度(0、0.5、1.5、3.0、4.5、6.0 g·L^-1)提取液浸泡下的灭螺活性探究。【结果】甘草组、陈皮组处理下福寿螺死亡率随时间的增长在不同浓度下毒杀效果明显。对48 h时福寿螺死亡率数据进行概率单位法回归分析,发现甘草组(LC₂₅、LC₅₀、LC₇₅)<陈皮组(LC₂₅、LC₅₀、LC₇₅),说明福寿螺对甘草更敏感。为进一步探究福寿螺死亡原因,在前期研究的基础上深入探讨甘草、陈皮提取液对福寿螺的肝脏的影响,在亚致死浓度甘草0.511 g·L^-1 (LC₂₅)、0.940 g·L^-1 (LC₅₀)、1.727 g·L^-1 (LC₇₅)和陈皮3.892 g·L^-1 (LC₂₅)、4.863 g·L^-1 (LC₅₀)、6.076 g·L^-1 (LC₇₅)处理下对福寿螺肝脏进行扫描电镜观察,结果表明,相比对照组,处理组福寿螺肝脏组织表面干瘪,失去水分,受损严重时,质地松散,表面组织脱落。【结论】2种植物提取液均可以较好地灭杀福寿螺,且严重破坏福寿螺核心组织肝脏,甘草、陈皮可作为植物源灭螺剂进一步研究开发利用。     

相关遗传力抽样方差的估计

本文给出了单因子组和系统模型下有关相关传力及相关环境力抽样方差的估计方法。有关该参数在育种中的潜在应用其它与遗传相关之产间的相互关系也给予了一定的讨论。概括地来讲,相关遗传力具有遗传力和遗传相关的双重特征。遗传力是相关遗传力的一个特例而相关遗传力则是遗传力概念本身的扩展。用相关遗传力来表达性状间的相关遗传变异要比通常所用的遗传相关更准确一些。     

褪黑素对盐胁迫下普通菜豆芽期核酸修复的调控机制

普通菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris)是重要的食用豆作物, 然而其极易受盐胁迫危害, 导致产量下降。褪黑素能提高植物耐盐能力。为探明外源褪黑素调控普通菜豆耐盐能力的机制, 以普通菜豆品种奶花芸豆(GZ-YD014)为实验材料, 设置水(W, 对照)、盐胁迫(S)和盐胁迫+100 µmol∙L^-1褪黑素(M+S) 3个处理。结果发现, 盐胁迫抑制了普通菜豆胚根的生长, 使其长度、表面积、体积以及直径显著降低, 外源褪黑素可缓解盐胁迫对普通菜豆胚根生长的抑制。外施褪黑素显著降低盐胁迫下活性氧积累和丙二醛(MDA)含量, 提高保护酶(过氧化物酶、超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶以及抗坏血酸过氧化物酶)活性, 增加渗透调节物质(可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白)以及生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA)和玉米素(ZT)的含量, 降低脱落酸(ABA)含量。通过转录组分析挖掘出217个差异表达基因(DEGs), DEGs在GO富集中显著(P-value<0.05)富集到核酸相关条目上, 在KEGG富集中显著(P-value<0.05)富集到核酸损伤修复(包括碱基切除修复、错配修复以及核苷酸切除修复)通路。qRT-PCR以及RAPD分析结果表明, 核酸损伤修复通路为外源褪黑素调控普通菜豆耐盐能力的一种机制。该研究揭示了外源褪黑素对普通菜豆芽期耐盐能力的调控机制, 可为褪黑素应用于盐胁迫下普通菜豆增产提供理论依据。     

Systematics of Mukdenia and Oresitrophe (Saxifragaceae): Insights from genome skimming data

Oresitrophe and Mukdenia (Saxifragaceae) are epilithic sister genera used in traditional Chinese medicine. The taxonomy of Mukdenia, especially of M. acanthifolia, has been controversial. To address this, we produced plastid and mitochondrial data using genome skimming for Mukdenia acanthifolia and Mukdenia rossii, including three individuals of each species. We assembled complete plastomes, mitochondrial CDS and nuclear ribosomal ETS/ITS sequences using these data. Comparative analysis shows that the plastomes of Mukdenia and Oresitrophe are relatively conservative in terms of genome size, structure, gene content, RNA editing sites and codon usage. Five plastid regions that represent hotspots of change (trnH-psbA, psbC-trnS, trnM-atpE, petA-psbJ and ccsA-ndhD) are identified within Mukdenia, and six regions (trnH-psbA, petN-psbM, trnM-atpE, rps16-trnQ, ycf1 and ndhF) contain a higher number of species-specific parsimony-informative sites that may serve as potential DNA barcodes for species identification. To infer phylogenetic relationships between Mukdenia and Oresitrophe, we combined our data with published data based on three different datasets. The monophyly of each species (Oresitrophe rupifraga, M. acanthifolia and M. rossii) and the inferred topology ((M. rossii, M. acanthifolia), O. rupifraga) are well supported in trees reconstructed using the complete plastome sequences, but M. acanthifolia and M. rossii did not form a separate clade in the trees based on ETS + ITS data, while the mitochondrial CDS trees are not well-resolved. We found low recovery of genes in the Angiosperms353 target enrichment panel from our unenriched genome skimming data. Hybridization or incomplete lineage sorting may be the cause of discordance between trees reconstructed from organellar and nuclear data. Considering its morphological distinctiveness and our molecular phylogenetic results, we strongly recommend that M. acanthifolia be treated as a distinct species.     

THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS IN AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BLACK BEAN APHIDS

To evaluate the role of bacterial symbionts (Buchnera spp.) in the black bean aphids (Aphis craccivora Koch), the aphids were treated with the antibiotic, rifampicin, to eliminate their intracellular symbiotic bacteria. Analysis of protein and amino acid concentration in 7‐day‐old of aposymbiotic aphids showed that the total protein content per mg fresh weight was significantly reduced by 29%, but free amino acid titers were increased by 17%. The ratio of the essential amino acids was in general only around 20% essential amino acids in phloem sap of broad bean, whereas it was 44% and 37% in symbiotic and aposymbiotic aphids, respectively, suggesting that the composition of the free amino acids was unbalanced. For example, the essential amino acid, threonine represented 21.6% of essential amino acids in symbiotic aphids, but it was only 16.7% in aposymbiotic aphids. Likewise, two nonessential amino acids, tyrosine and serine, represented 8.9% and 5.6% of total amino acids in symbiontic aphids, respectively, but they enhanced to 21.1% and 13.6% in aposymbiotic aphids. It seems likely that the elevated free amino acid concentration in aposymbiotic aphids was caused by the limited protein anabolism as the result of the unbalanced amino acid composition.     

两种药用黄芪比较生物学研究

通过栽培实验,本文对两种药用黄芪的个体发育节律,根,茎,叶,花及种子的生物学特性进行了较系统的比较研究,为确定蒙古黄芪（ＡｓｔｒａｇａｌｕｓｍｏｎｇｈｏｌｉｃｕｓＢｕｎｇｅ）为独立的种,提供了更为全面的依据。     

Bone morphogenetic protein-4

Bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) is one of nine structurally related BMPs belonging to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily of secreted proteins. Mature BMP-4 is a dimer that binds to a multimeric transmembrane receptor with serine/threonine kinase activity. Although discovered because it stimulates bone formation in adult mammals, BMP-4 has important roles as a signalling molecule in embryonic tissues, including the developing central and peripheral nervous system, musculature and skeleton. It participates in an ancient signalling pathway also found in insects and worms. Nevertheless, the main practical application of BMPs is for stimulating repair of bone, and their use in humans is currently being assessed.     

猪精子中与卵透明带糖蛋白ZP3结合的蛋白质

依次经ＰＳＬ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ亲和层析柱和纤维素ＣＭ－５２离子交换层析柱,从猪精子的ＣＨＡＰＳ抽提液分离得４个蛋白质组分。用固相透明带精蛋白结合试验（ＩＺＰＧＢＡ）检测;表明精子蛋白ＳＰ１和ＳＰ２具有结合透明带糖蛋白ＺＰ３的活性,ＳＰ２并显示凝集血球的活性。精子蛋白ＳＰ１与卵预温育明显抑制精卵结合,抑制活性与加入的精子蛋白的浓度呈正相关。用生物素标记的ＺＰ３和蛋白质印迹技术,证明ＳＰ１中的６８ｋＤ精子蛋白与ＺＰ３结合,提示６８ｋＤ精子蛋白参与精卵结合。