A novel aspartic acid protease gene from pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus): Cloning,characterization and relation to postharvest chilling stress resistance

A full-length cDNA encoding a putative aspartic acid protease (AcAP1) was isolated for the first time from the flesh of pineapple (Ananas comosus) fruit. The deduced sequence of AcAP1 showed all the common features of a typical plant aspartic protease phytepsin precursor. Analysis of AcAP1 gene expression under postharvest chilling treatment in two pineapple varieties differing in their resistance to blackheart development revealed opposite trends. The resistant variety showed an up-regulation of AcAP1 precursor gene expression whereas the susceptible showed a down-regulation in response to postharvest chilling treatment. The same trend was observed regarding specific AP enzyme activity in both varieties. Taken together our results support the involvement of AcAP1 in postharvest chilling stress resistance in pineapple fruits.     

基因Ⅲ型新城疫病毒感染鸡外周血单个核细胞后的靶细胞分析

新城疫(ND)是鸡新城疫强毒株引起的一种鸡的烈性传染病,目前疫苗接种是防治该病的主要手段。临床上曾分离到与中等毒力疫苗株Mukteswar高度同源的强毒株JS/7/05/Ch,其通过静脉注射后毒力显著增强。为了探究JS/7/05/Ch经血液途径毒力增强的机制,本研究选用鸡外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)作为研究模型,分析基因Ⅲ型NDV在PBMC中的靶细胞。细胞分选结果表明病毒感染可诱导PBMC中单核细胞的增殖。实验组病毒感染后单核细胞相对占比上升,感染后1d Mukteswar组(Muk组)单核细胞占比16.3%,JS/7/05/Ch组(JS组)为13.21%,而对照组单核细胞仅占比3.18%。荧光定量PCR测定分选后各细胞中的病毒载量,感染后3d JS组单核细胞中的病毒含量与感染后1d相比极显著性增加(P<0.01)。感染后1d病毒以感染淋巴细胞为主,而在感染后3d单核细胞的相对病毒含量均超过淋巴细胞占据主导地位,Muk组和JS组分别为54.2%和60.2%。综上所述,基因Ⅲ型NDV在PBMC中的靶细胞是单核巨噬细胞。这为进一步研究这对基因Ⅲ型模式病毒毒力差异的机制奠定了一定基础。