Superior japonica rice variety YJ144 with improved rice blast resistance,yield, and quality achieved using molecular design and multiple breeding strategies

Molecular Breeding - The stem color of young mung bean is a very useful tool in germplasm identification. Flowering time and plant height (PH) are known to be strongly correlated with crop adaption...     

流行性出血热尸检组织中热休克蛋白70mRNA的定位及分布

应用核酸原位分子杂交技术研究了国内不同地区３０例流行性出血热患者尸检组织中病毒ＲＮＡ及ＨＳＰ７０ｍＲＮＡ细胞内定位,同时观察了汉坦病毒感染的ＶｅｒｏＥ６细胞中ＨＳＰ７０的表达情况。结果表明,热休克蛋白７０ｍＲＮＡ在多数组织中均可检测到,分布与病毒ＲＮＡ一致,并且与组织的病理损害有关;体外实验的结果也表明在出血热病毒感染的细胞中有ＨＳＰ７０的高表达。提示热休克蛋白与汉坦病毒的致病以及流行性出血热的发病机理有关。     

Mapping of qGL7-2,a grain length QTL on chromosome 7 of rice

A residual heterozygous line(RHL)carrying a heterozygous segment between two SSR loci RM11 and RM134 on the rice chromosome 7 was selected from a set of recombinant inbred lines from the cross D50(javanica)/HB277(indica).The former parent produces much longer grains than the latter.Selfed progenies of this selection were analyzed genotypically(SSRs)and phenotypically(grain length).Grain length was discontinuously variable in the mapping populations,allowing for the placement of this QTL qGL7-2 within a～4.8 cM interval defined by RM351 and RM234.A set of new markers within this region were developed,which narrowed the QTL to a 278 kb region defined by the markers Indel1 and RM21945.This region contains 49 predicted genes.The results also suggest that the novel allele for grain length will be used for the application of marker assisted selection for the improvement of grain length.     

Restricted epithelial proliferation by lacritin via PKCalpha-dependent NFAT and mTOR pathways

Renewal of nongermative epithelia is poorly understood. The novel mitogen "lacritin" is apically secreted by several nongermative epithelia. We tested 17 different cell types and discovered that lacritin is preferentially mitogenic or prosecretory for those types that normally contact lacritin during its glandular outward flow. Mitogenesis is dependent on lacritin's C-terminal domain, which can form an alpha-helix with a hydrophobic face, as per VEGF's and PTHLP's respective dimerization or receptor-binding domain. Lacritin targets downstream NFATC1 and mTOR. The use of inhibitors or siRNA suggests that lacritin mitogenic signaling involves Galpha(i) or Galpha(o)-PKCalpha-PLC-Ca2+-calcineurin-NFATC1 and Galpha(i) or Galpha(o)-PKCalpha-PLC-phospholipase D (PLD)-mTOR in a bell-shaped, dose-dependent manner requiring the Ca2+ sensor STIM1, but not TRPC1. This pathway suggests the placement of transiently dephosphorylated and perinuclear Golgi-translocated PKCalpha upstream of both Ca2+ mobilization and PLD activation in a complex with PLCgamma2. Outward flow of lacritin from secretory cells through ducts may generate a proliferative/secretory field as a different unit of cellular renewal in nongermative epithelia where luminal structures predominate.     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心D_1-D_2-Cyt b_(559)复合物低温(77K)荧光发射差异的研究

对菠菜光系统Ⅱ反应中心D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物进行了系统的低温(77K)荧光发射性质研究。结果表明,D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物具有681nm和684nm两种波长的低温荧光发射,但两者通常并不是同时存在,而是取决于Ca-680与Ca-670Chla分子的相对含量的。Ca-670Chla含量的增加,会使其低温荧光发射出现在681nm;而Ca-680Chla含量的增加,则会使其低温荧光发射出现在684nm。Ca-670与Ca-680Chla分子的相对含量与不同状态的菠菜叶材料有关。PSⅡ反应中心内周天线CP-47,CP-43多肽的存在是D_1-D_2-Cytb_(591)复合物低温荧光发射红移的原因,而D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物的不稳定变化则与其蓝移的低温荧光发射有关。     

The involvement of long non-coding RNAs in the formation of high temperature-induced grain chalkiness in rice

A period of exposure to high ambient temperatures can damage the process of grain filling in rice, potentially inducing the endosperm to become chalky. Given the established involvement of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in regulating plant development and its stress response, the purpose here was to reveal the extent to which lncRNA activity contributes to the endosperm chalkiness syndrome. Among 578 lncRNAs identified in spikelets harvested ten days after fertilization from plants exposed to high temperature stress, 14 were found to be significantly up-regulated expressed than in control plants, while 45 were significantly down-regulated expressed. Of these 59 differentially expressed lncRNAs, 32 were predicted as interacting with five mRNAs involved in starch metabolism and catabolism, indicating an involvement of these lncRNAs in starch formation in the endosperm, and hence in causing the chalkiness syndrome.     

豚鼠气道及肺组织原癌基因表达与哮喘的相关研究

目的：为研究原癌基因在哮喘发病中的作用。方法：以卵白蛋白致敏豚鼠建立哮喘模型,用Ｄｏｔ－ｂｌｏｔ、Ｎｏｒｔｈ－ｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ分子杂交及免疫组化技术,分别观察正常及哮喘发作后豚鼠气道上皮及肺组织中原癌基因ｃ－ｆｏｓ、ｃ－ｍｙｃ的表达水平。结果：正常豚鼠气道及肺组织中ｃ－ｆｏｓ及ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ无或很少表达,哮喘发作后豚鼠气道上皮及肺组织中ｃ－ｆｏｓ和ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ表达明显增强,３０ｍｉｎ达高峰,发作后４ｈ降至正常水平。地塞米松对ｃ－ｆｏｓ及ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲ－ＮＡ有部分抑制作用。结论：原癌基因ｃ－ｆｏｓ及ｃ－ｍｙｃ在哮喘发病过程中可能起一定作用。