河滨湿地不同植物群落根系分布特征与土壤理化性状的关系——以黄河中游荥阳段为例

在黄河中游郑州荥阳段,选择了5种河滨湿地植物群落进行根系和土壤性状特征研究,以期阐明不同植物群落的根系分布规律与土壤性状的关系,为河滨湿地植物群落组成以及土壤质量恢复提供科学参考。结果表明(1)在0—40 cm土层,根生物量密度与根长密度的平均值均表现为：芦苇群落(Phragmites australis)和芦苇-狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)群落均大于芦苇-拂子茅(Calamagrostis epigeios)-狗牙根群落、拂子茅-狗牙根群落、拂子茅-狗牙根-水莎草(Juncellus serotinus)群落。拂子茅-狗牙根、芦苇-拂子茅-狗牙根、拂子茅-水莎草-狗牙根三种植物群落类型下根生物量密度、根长密度在0—20 cm表层土壤较大,芦苇群落和芦苇-狗牙根群落的根生物量密度、根长密度在10—40 cm的土层较大。(2)黄河河滨湿地芦苇群落、芦苇-狗牙根群落的土壤以粉粒为主,拂子茅-狗牙根群落、芦苇-拂子茅-狗牙根群落、拂子茅-狗牙根-水莎草群落的土壤主要以砂粒为主。在0—40 cm土层,芦苇群落、芦苇-狗牙根群落的土壤含水率、土壤有机质、有效氮和有效磷含量均显著高于...     

Cross-Language Opinion Lexicon Extraction Using Mutual-Reinforcement Label Propagation

There is a growing interest in automatically building opinion lexicon from sources such as product reviews. Most of these methods depend on abundant external resources such as WordNet, which limits the applicability of these methods. Unsupervised or semi-supervised learning provides an optional solution to multilingual opinion lexicon extraction. However, the datasets are imbalanced in different languages. For some languages, the high-quality corpora are scarce or hard to obtain, which limits the research progress. To solve the above problems, we explore a mutual-reinforcement label propagation framework. First, for each language, a label propagation algorithm is applied to a word relation graph, and then a bilingual dictionary is used as a bridge to transfer information between two languages. A key advantage of this model is its ability to make two languages learn from each other and boost each other. The experimental results show that the proposed approach outperforms baseline significantly.     

Identification of NCAPH as a biomarker for prognosis of breast cancer

Molecular Biology Reports - Non-SMC condensin I complex subunit H (NCAPH) is a structural component of chromosomes during mitosis, which up-regulates in various cancers. However, the role of NCAPH...     

PSAP induces a unique Apaf-1 and Smac-dependent mitochondrial apoptotic pathway independent of Bcl-2 family proteins

Presenilin-associated protein (PSAP) has been identified as a mitochondrial proapoptotic protein. However, the mechanism by which PSAP induces apoptosis remains unknown. To this end, we have established an inducible expression system. Using this system, we have examined the roles of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family proteins, cytochrome c, Smac (Smac/Diablo, second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases/direct IAP binding protein with low PI), and Apaf-1 (apoptotic protease-activating factor) in PSAP-induced apoptosis. Our results demonstrate that knockdown of Apaf-1 abolished PSAP-induced caspase activation and poly(ADP ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage, indicating that the apoptosome formation triggered by cytochrome c is crucial for PSAP-induced apoptosis. Our data also demonstrate that knockdown of Smac abolished PSAP-induced caspase activation and PARP cleavage, indicating that, in addition to Apaf-1 or apoptosome formation, Smac is also essential for PSAP-induced apoptosis. However, interestingly, our data demonstrate that overexpression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL did not protect cells from PSAP-induced apoptosis, and that knockdown of Bid, Bax, and Bak had no effect on PSAP-induced cytochrome c and Smac release, indicating that PSAP-induced apoptosis is not regulated by Bcl-2 family proteins. These results strongly suggest that PSAP evokes mitochondrial apoptotic cascades via a novel mechanism that is not regulated by Bcl-2 family proteins, but that both the formation of cytochrome c-Apaf-1 apoptosome and the presence of Smac are absolutely required for PSAP-induced apoptosis.     

miR‐200c suppresses stemness and increases cellular sensitivity to trastuzumab in HER2+ breast cancer

Resistance to trastuzumab remains a major obstacle in HER2‐overexpressing breast cancer treatment. miR‐200c is important for many functions in cancer stem cells (CSCs), including tumour recurrence, metastasis and resistance. We hypothesized that miR‐200c contributes to trastuzumab resistance and stemness maintenance in HER2‐overexpressing breast cancer. In this study, we used HER2‐positive SKBR3, HER2‐negative MCF‐7, and their CD44⁺CD24^? phenotype mammospheres SKBR3‐S and MCF‐7‐S to verify. Our results demonstrated that miR‐200c was weakly expressed in breast cancer cell lines and cell line stem cells. Overexpression of miR‐200c resulted in a significant reduction in the number of tumour spheres formed and the population of CD44⁺CD24^? phenotype mammospheres in SKBR3‐S. Combining miR‐200c with trastuzumab can significantly reduce proliferation and increase apoptosis of SKBR3 and SKBR3‐S. Overexpression of miR‐200c also eliminated its downstream target genes. These genes were highly expressed and positively related in breast cancer patients. Overexpression of miR‐200c also improved the malignant progression of SKBR3‐S and SKBR3 in vivo. miR‐200c plays an important role in the maintenance of the CSC‐like phenotype and increases drug sensitivity to trastuzumab in HER2+ cells and stem cells.     

Long non‐coding RNA SNHG6 promotes cell proliferation and migration through sponging miR‐4465 in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

Dysregulation of small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 (SNHG6) exerts critical oncogenic effects and facilitates tumourigenesis in human cancers. However, little information about the expression pattern of SNHG6 in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is available, and the contributions of this long non‐coding RNA to the tumourigenesis and progression of OCCC are unclear. In the present study, we showed via quantitative real‐time PCR that SNHG6 expression was abnormally up‐regulated in OCCC tissues relative to that in unpaired normal ovarian tissues. High SNHG6 expression was correlated with vascular invasion, distant metastasis and poor survival. Further functional experiments demonstrated that knockdown of SNHG6 in OCCC cells inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro as well as tumour growth in vivo. Moreover, SNHG6 functioned as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA), effectively acting as a sponge for miR‐4465 and thereby modulating the expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2). Taken together, our data suggest that SNHG6 is a novel molecule involved in OCCC progression and that targeting the ceRNA network involving SNHG6 may be a treatment strategy in OCCC.     

Oxymatrine Inhibits Bocavirus MVC Replication,Reduces Viral Gene Expression and Decreases Apoptosis Induced by Viral Infection

Oxymatrine(OMT), as the main active component of Sophoraflavescens, exhibits a variety of pharmacological properties,including anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and anti-viral activities, and currently is extensively employed to treat viral hepatitis; however, its effects on parvovirus infection have yet to be reported. In the present study, we investigated the effects of OMT on cell viability, virus DNA replication, viral gene expression, cell cycle, and apoptosis in Walter Reed canine cells/3873 D infected with minute virus of canines(MVC). OMT, at concentrations below 4 mmol/L(no cellular toxicity), was found to inhibit MVC DNA replication and reduce viral gene expression at both mRNA and protein levels, which was associated with the inhibition of cell cycle S-phase arrest in early-stage of MVC infection.Furthermore, OMT significantly increased cell viability, decreased MVC-infected cell apoptosis, and reduced the expression of activated caspase 3. Our results suggest that OMT has potential application in combating parvovirus infection.     

基于光纤测温技术的城市地表温度精细化分析

城市景观空间构型与热岛效应关联性较强,研究高时空分辨率的城市不同下垫面地表温度变化,可以更加精细地掌握城市热环境的时空特征。光纤温度传感系统具有实时在线、测温精度高和不受电磁干扰等优点,具备实时、在线、连续开展城市地表温度在线监测的能力。在北京市通州某园区内,选择有太阳辐射的4个时段,对多种类型下垫面的地表温度进行了时间间隔为1 min、空间间隔为1 m的连续4 h、总长度为100 m的实时在线监测。通过对监测时间段内不同类型下垫面地表温度的变化分析,发现这种分布式光纤测温系统能够有效辨识小尺度下地表温度的时间变化性和空间变化性,能有效区分透水和不透水地面,并监测和评估沥青马路地表温度的升温速率以及遮荫效果对地表温度的降温作用。同时,这种监测模式获取的数据能够对地表温度空间序列开展自相关分析,进一步验证了地表温度空间序列在较小尺度上仍然具有自相关性,且距离越近,相关性越大。研究同时表明,光纤测温技术能直接地获取城市热环境的现场真实数据,可以有效应用于小尺度城市热环境的观测与研究。     

Specific interaction of protein tyrosine phosphatase-MEG2 with phosphatidylserine

Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-MEG2 is an intracellular tyrosine phosphatase that contains a Sec14 homology domain. We have purified the full-length and truncated forms of the enzyme from recombinant adenovirus-infected human 293 cells. By using lipid-membrane overlay and liposome binding assays, we demonstrated that PTP-MEG2 specifically binds phosphatidylserine among over 20 lipid compounds tested. The binding is mediated by its N-terminal Sec14 domain. In intact cells, the Sec14 domain is responsible for localization of PTP-MEG2 to the perinuclear region, and uploading of PS into the cell membrane causes translocation of PTP-MEG2 to the plasma membrane. Phosphatidylserine is a relatively abundant cell membrane phospholipid non-symmetrically distributed in the outer layer and inner layer of cell membranes. It has recently been defined as an important ligand for clearance of apoptotic cells. By specifically binding phosphatidylserine, PTP-MEG2 may play an important role in regulating signaling processes associated with phagocytosis of apoptotic cells.