水分对番茄不同叶龄叶片光合作用的影响

以番茄品种"金棚1号"为材料,采用盆栽方式,按照蒸腾蒸发量(ET)的50%、75%、100%和125%作为补充灌溉量研究了不同水分下番茄结果期叶片气体交换特性和光响应特征参数随叶龄的变化。结果表明:番茄叶片随着叶龄的增加,净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)逐渐降低,水分利用效率(WUE)呈先上升后下降趋势;叶龄为18 d和29 d的叶片最大净光合速率(Pmax)随灌溉量的增加均先增加后降低,分别在75%ET和100%ET处理达到最大值。叶龄为38 d和47 d的叶片Pmax均以125%ET处理最大。表观量子效率(α)随叶龄的增大也先升高后下降,在叶龄为38 d时最大;番茄叶片的光饱和点(LSP)随叶龄的加大而减小。不同水分处理下不同叶龄叶片的光响应特征参数为:叶片在叶龄为18 d时,Pmax为20.64—26.73μmol.m-.2s-1,α为0.0518—0.0556;叶龄为29 d时,Pmax为11.00—24.24μmol.m-.2s-1,α为0.0522—0.0594;叶龄为38 d时,Pmax为11.77—18.18μmol.m-.2s-1,α为0.0619—0.0693;叶龄为47 d时,Pmax为9.09—18.17μmol.m-.2s-1,α为0.0538—0.0606。随叶龄加大,增加补充灌溉量有利于延缓叶片光合能力的降低。气孔限制是水分影响番茄叶片光合作用的主要因素,气孔限制与非气孔限制因素是番茄叶片Pn随叶龄变化的原因。     

Establishment of a Successive Markerless Mutation System in Haemophilus parasuis through Natural Transformation

Haemophilus parasuis, belonging to the family Pasteurellaceae, is the causative agent of Glässer’s disease leading to serious economic losses. In this study, a successive markerless mutation system for H. parasuis using two sequential steps of natural transformation was developed. By the first homologous recombination, the target genes were replaced by a cassette carrying kanamycin resistance gene and sacB (which confers sensitivity to sucrose) gene using kanamycin selection, followed by the second reconstruction to remove the selection cassette, with application of sucrose to further screen unmarked mutants. To improve DNA transformation frequency, several parameters have been analyzed further in this work. With this method, two unmarked deletions in one strain have been generated successfully. It is demonstrated that this system can be employed to construct multi-gene scarless deletions, which is of great help for developing live attenuated vaccines for H. parasuis.     

四川地区猪源艰难梭菌分子分型调查

[背景] 艰难梭菌是一种重要的人畜共患肠道病原菌,可引起人和多种动物抗生素相关性腹泻或假膜性肠炎。四川作为我国主要的生猪产区,还未有猪源艰难梭菌流行病学调查的相关报道,对猪源艰难梭菌的防控及保障猪肉安全带来挑战。[目的] 调查四川地区猪源艰难梭菌的感染、流行情况,并对分离出的艰难梭菌进行分子分型研究。[方法] 收集来自四川生猪主要产区6个养殖场中猪的粪便标本（n=110）,采用厌氧培养技术在艰难梭菌鉴别培养基上进行分离培养;采用PCR方法扩增艰难梭菌4个毒素基因（tcdA、tcdB、cdtA、cdtB）和7个管家基因（adk、atpA、dxr、glyA、recA、sodA、tpi）,对分离株进行毒素基因分型和多位点序列分型。[结果] 从110份样品中,经革兰氏染色镜检及PCR鉴定,共分离出20株艰难梭菌,分离率高达18.18%;毒素基因分型结果显示共获得3种毒素基因型,包括tcdA⁺tcdB⁺cdtA/cdtB⁺（n=3）、tcdA⁺tcdB⁺cdtA/cdtB^—（n=6）、tcdA^—tcdB^—cdtA/cdtB^—（n=11）;多位点序列分型结果显示获得5个ST型,包括ST11（n=3）、ST3（n=1）、ST35（n=2）、ST36（n=4）、ST109（n=10）;进化树结果显示,所有分离株聚集为2个大群,分别为3个分支和17个分支。[结论] 四川主要生猪产区猪群存在艰难梭菌感染,分离株的分子分型呈多样性,主要流行型为ST11、ST3、ST35、ST36、ST109型,并且存在ST11型高毒力菌株流行的风险。     

The novel G10680A mutation is associated with complete penetrance of the LHON/T14484C family

We report the clinical and genetic characterization of a Chinese Leber′s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) family with complete penetrance and high percentage of recovery. Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA revealed the presence of heteroplasmic ND6/T14484C mutation and 27 other variants, belonging to the East-Asian haplogroup B4b′d. Of those variants, a novel homoplasmic G10680A mutation substituted a threonine for a highly conserved alanine at ND4L amino acid 71, which was not found in unaffected family members and 100 normal controls. It indicated that G10680A may play a synergistic role with the primary mutation T14484C, leading to the complete penetrance of LHON in the presenting family. In addition, the other modifier factors including nuclear background, mitochondrial haplotypes and other environmental factors should account for the phenotypic variability of visual impairment in this family.     

Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts?

Plant volatiles play important roles in attraction of certain pollinators and in host location by herbivorous insects. Virus infection induces changes in plant volatile emission profiles, and this can make plants more attractive to insect herbivores, such as aphids, that act as viral vectors. However, it is unknown if virus-induced alterations in volatile production affect plant-pollinator interactions. We found that volatiles emitted by cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Arabidopsis thaliana plants altered the foraging behaviour of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Virus-induced quantitative and qualitative changes in blends of volatile organic compounds emitted by tomato plants were identified by gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry. Experiments with a CMV mutant unable to express the 2b RNA silencing suppressor protein and with Arabidopsis silencing mutants implicate microRNAs in regulating emission of pollinator-perceivable volatiles. In tomato, CMV infection made plants emit volatiles attractive to bumblebees. Bumblebees pollinate tomato by ‘buzzing’ (sonicating) the flowers, which releases pollen and enhances self-fertilization and seed production as well as pollen export. Without buzz-pollination, CMV infection decreased seed yield, but when flowers of mock-inoculated and CMV-infected plants were buzz-pollinated, the increased seed yield for CMV-infected plants was similar to that for mock-inoculated plants. Increased pollinator preference can potentially increase plant reproductive success in two ways: i) as female parents, by increasing the probability that ovules are fertilized; ii) as male parents, by increasing pollen export. Mathematical modeling suggested that over a wide range of conditions in the wild, these increases to the number of offspring of infected susceptible plants resulting from increased pollinator preference could outweigh underlying strong selection pressures favoring pathogen resistance, allowing genes for disease susceptibility to persist in plant populations. We speculate that enhanced pollinator service for infected individuals in wild plant populations might provide mutual benefits to the virus and its susceptible hosts.     

猪源ST11型艰难梭菌TcdB毒素受体结合域双抗体夹心ELISA的建立

艰难梭菌是一种重要的人兽共患肠道病原菌,广泛存在于人和多种动物体内.ST11型艰难梭菌是国际上流行最广泛、危害最大的亚型之一.我国作为养猪业大国,猪源艰难梭菌的检测方法欠缺,给猪场艰难梭菌的防控留下隐患.本研究旨在建立一种特异、敏感的双抗体夹心ELISA,为猪源ST11型艰难梭菌流行病学调查提供血清学检测方法.首先采用...     

猪肠病毒G (EV-G)荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立与四川地区分子流行病学调查

【背景】猪肠病毒G (Enterovirus G,EV-G)在猪群中普遍存在,可引起猪的皮肤损伤、肌肉麻痹、肺炎、发热、腹泻等,也存在无症状感染。【目的】建立检测EV-G的荧光定量PCR (real-time quantitative PCR,RT-qPCR)方法并开展四川地区分子流行病学调查。【方法】根据EV-G的5ʹUTR基因保守序列设计特异性引物,建立可检测EV-G各基因型的RT-qPCR,并评估其灵敏性、特异性和重复性,开展四川地区EV-G的流行调查。【结果】标准品在1.89×10²-1.89×10⁸ copies/μL浓度范围内线性关系良好;在特异性试验中,其他9种猪病毒(猪德尔塔冠状病毒、猪流行性腹泻病毒、传染性胃肠炎病毒、日本乙型脑炎病毒、猪萨佩罗病毒、猪细小病毒、猪圆环病毒、猪伪狂犬病病毒和猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒)检测均为阴性;最低检测浓度为1.89×10¹ copies/μL;组内和组间变异系数分别小于1%和2%。检测2013-2021年四川省431份猪腹泻样品,EV-G总体阳性率为31.1%,表明该病毒在四川地区的感染较普遍。随机选取9份四川的EV-G阳性样品扩增VP1基因并测序分析,发现四川EV-G流行的基因型包括G1、G3、G4和G9,但以EV-G1为优势基因型。【结论】本研究建立了一种检测EV-G各基因型的RT-qPCR方法,并初步掌握了四川EV-G的流行现状,为后续深入开展该病毒的研究奠定了基础。