南京地区早产儿坏死性小肠结肠炎病原体特点和益生菌干预效果及预后影响因素分析

目的探究南京地区早产儿坏死性小肠结肠炎(NEC)的病原体特点,并观察益生菌辅助治疗对患儿血清炎症因子水平的影响,分析影响NEC早产儿预后的因素。方法将2014年5月至2018年12月于东南大学附属中大医院就诊的87例NEC早产儿选为研究对象,分析其病原体特点,观察不同治疗方法对患儿血清炎症因子的影响,并通过Logistic回归分析影响NEC患儿预后的危险因素。结果革兰阴性菌是NEC早产儿的主要致病菌,主要包括肺炎克雷伯菌(25株,27.78%)和大肠埃希菌(21株,23.33%)。肺炎克雷伯菌和大肠埃希菌对美罗培南、亚胺培南/西司他丁、哌拉西林/他唑巴坦、多粘菌素和阿米卡星敏感。益生菌干预后的NEC早产儿血清IL-1β、IL-10、TNF-α水平及TLR4的表达均显著低于常规治疗患儿(均P0.05)。发病前3 d内输血、新生儿窒息、益生菌干预、非营养性吮吸、腹膜炎、败血症、加奶速度、PDA均是影响NEC早产儿预后的相关因素(均P0.05),其中发病前3 d内输血、新生儿窒息、加奶速度、PDA是影响NEC早产儿预后的独立危险因素(均P0.05)。结论革兰阴性菌是NEC早产儿的主要致病菌,益生菌干预可有效降低NEC早产儿血清炎症因子水平。对于NEC早产儿的治疗可选用碳青霉烯类、氨基糖苷类等抗生素,同时需关注影响NEC早产儿预后的独立危险因素。     

金山西部地区5~7岁儿童H.pylori感染调查及与胃蛋白酶原相关性分析

目的了解金山西部地区5~7岁健康儿童幽门螺杆菌(H.pylori)感染情况,并探讨其与胃蛋白酶原(PG)的相关性。方法选取2019年3-5月金山地区5~7岁健康儿童共464例,分析不同年龄及性别幼儿H.pylori感染、胃蛋白酶原Ⅰ(PGⅠ)、胃蛋白酶原Ⅱ(PGⅡ)水平以及PGⅠ/PGⅡ比值的差异,采用Spearman相关性分析H.pylori感染与PGⅠ、PGⅡ水平和PGⅠ/PGⅡ的相关性。结果5~7岁儿童H.pylori阳性率达11.96%,5岁组、6岁组、7岁组儿童H.pylori阳性率分别为10.07%、12.96%、13.73%,阳性率逐年升高。不同年龄和性别幼儿的PGⅠ、PGⅡ水平和PGⅠ/PGⅡ间差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。H.pylori是否感染与PGⅠ/PGⅡ呈显著正相关,与PGⅠ/PGⅡ呈显著负相关(P<0.05)。结论本地区5~7岁儿童H.pylori感染率相对较低且有着自身的特点,而且H.pylori感染与血清PG水平的关系密切,未来应加强对幼儿H.pylori感染与血清PG 水平的监测及防治。     

miRNA参与植物胚和胚乳发育调控的研究进展

籽粒性状是构成产量的重要基础,是粮食产量的最终体现,也是育种最复杂的性状之一。籽粒主要由胚和胚乳组成,胚乳是积累和贮藏营养物质的场所,主要为胚的萌发和生长提供营养。胚乳细胞的发育、增殖和充实情况决定了籽粒的重量和品质。籽粒发育是一个非常复杂的生物过程,涉及许多基因的时空表达以及转录水平和转录后水平的调控。微小RNA（microRNAs,miRNAs）是一类内源性的非编码小RNA（21～24 nt）,可通过靶向降解和翻译抑制在转录后水平调控植物基因表达。miRNA及其靶基因组成精密的调控网络参与籽粒的发育。基于此,概述了植物miRNAs的生成及作用机制,综述了miRNAs在植物胚和胚乳发育中的调控功能研究进展,以期为进一步鉴定与玉米籽粒发育相关的miRNAs并解析其调控功能提供更好的研究方向。     

The complete chloroplast genome of Myriophyllum spicatum reveals a 4‐kb inversion and new insights regarding plastome evolution in Haloragaceae

Myriophyllum, among the most species‐rich genera of aquatic angiosperms with ca. 68 species, is an extensively distributed hydrophyte lineage in the cosmopolitan family Haloragaceae. The chloroplast (cp) genome is useful in the study of genetic evolution, phylogenetic analysis, and molecular dating of controversial taxa. Here, we sequenced and assembled the whole chloroplast genome of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and compared it to other species in the order Saxifragales. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of M. spicatum is 158,858 bp long and displays a quadripartite structure with two inverted repeats (IR) separating the large single copy (LSC) region from the small single copy (SSC) region. Based on sequence identification and the phylogenetic analysis, a 4‐kb phylogenetically informative inversion between trnE‐trnC in Myriophyllum was determined, and we have placed this inversion on a lineage specific to Myriophyllum and its close relatives. The divergence time estimation suggested that the trnE‐trnC inversion possibly occurred between the upper Cretaceous (72.54 MYA) and middle Eocene (47.28 MYA) before the divergence of Myriophyllum from its most recent common ancestor. The unique 4‐kb inversion might be caused by an occurrence of nonrandom recombination associated with climate changes around the K‐Pg boundary, making it interesting for future evolutionary investigations.     

Predation of potential insect pests in oil palm plantations,rubber tree plantations,and fruit orchards

In human‐modified landscapes, important ecological functions such as predation are negatively affected by anthropogenic activities, including the use of pesticides and habitat degradation. Predation of insect pests is an indicator of healthy ecosystem functioning, which provides important ecosystem services, especially for agricultural systems. In this study, we compare predation attempts from arthropods, mammals, and birds on artificial caterpillars in the understory, between three tropical agricultural land‐use types: oil palm plantations, rubber tree plantations, and fruit orchards. We collected a range of local and landscape‐scale data including undergrowth vegetation structure; elevation; proximity to forest; and canopy cover in order to understand how environmental variables can affect predation. In all three land‐use types, our results showed that arthropods and mammals were important predators of artificial caterpillars and there was little predation by birds. We did not find any effect of the environmental variables on predation. There was an interactive effect between land‐use type and predator type. Predation by mammals was considerably higher in fruit orchards and rubber tree than in oil palm plantations, likely due to their ability to support higher abundances of insectivorous mammals. In order to maintain or enhance natural pest control in these common tropical agricultural land‐use types, management practices that benefit insectivorous animals should be introduced, such as the reduction of pesticides, improvement of understory vegetation, and local and landscape heterogeneity.     

碳纳米管固定化纤维素酶的最佳工艺研究

纤维素酶在环保、医药、食品等领域都具有广泛的应用前景,但由于纤维素酶的生产成本较高,生物活性较低,使得纤维素酶的应用受到了限制。为了寻找一种固定化纤维素酶的方法,使酶可以重复多次使用,首次以多壁碳纳米管为载体固定化纤维素酶,研究功能化的多壁碳纳米管固定化纤维素酶的固定化条件,采用正交试验对酶固定化中的主要条件进行优化,并通过傅里叶变换红外光谱仪对多壁碳纳米管（multiwalled carbon nanotube,MWCNTs）、纤维素酶及固定化纤维素酶的结构进行表征。结果表明,固定化纤维素酶的最佳工艺条件为：酶浓度5 mg·mL-1,温度40 ℃,pH 5.0,固定化时间3 h;通过傅里叶变换红外光谱证实纤维素酶成功固定到多壁碳纳米管上。     

替米沙坦在糖尿病防治中的应用

替米沙坦是经典的抗血压病药物。近年来人们发现替米沙坦除可以抑制血管紧张素Ⅱ-1型受体外,还可以部分激活过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ。得益于其双靶点的作用机制,替米沙坦可以通过改善糖脂代谢紊乱和缓解糖尿病带来的并发症而使糖尿病或糖尿病高危病人获益。本文就替米沙坦在糖尿病预防和治疗中的作用及相关的机制研究作一阐述。     

途径特异性调控因子介导的链霉菌来源天然产物的产量提升

链霉菌是活性天然产物的重要来源。基因组学研究揭示了链霉菌有巨大的生物合成潜力,平均每株菌拥有20–40个生物合成基因簇。在常规的实验室条件下,大多数链霉菌来源的天然产物产量较低,影响了对其进一步研究和产业化开发。由于链霉菌中天然产物的生物合成受到严格的调控,对于这些调控因子和调控网络的深入研究将有力地促进链霉菌来源的天然产物的发现和开发利用。文中主要综述了近5年来链霉菌来源天然产物生物合成中途径特异性调控因子的研究进展,重点介绍其在提高相应天然产物产量中的应用。