人类情绪或可影响干细胞生长

<正>南方医科大学南方医院杨默课题组发现,影响人类情绪和抑郁症的血清素与骨髓干细胞的生长分化及移植有密切关系。相关成果近日发表在《干细胞》杂志上。课题组根据研究结果提出:影响人类情绪与抑郁症的血清素与骨髓干细胞的生长分化及移植有密切关系。情绪低落可导致血清素下降,引起干细胞功能受损,影响损伤细胞修复和血细胞再生,从而影响身体免疫功能。这是医学界首次从科学角度证实人类情绪与干细胞生长之间     

双管基因枪介导的基因瞬时表达技术在拟南芥中的应用

基因瞬时表达是植物中研究目标基因功能的常用手段。在模式植物拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)中, 相比原生质体和农杆菌介导的基因异源表达技术, 利用粒子轰击进行基因瞬时表达一直鲜有报道。其主要原因是拟南芥叶型相对较小、基因枪操作相对烦琐以及基因表达效率差异较大。该研究通过优化双管基因枪系统, 在营养生长旺盛的拟南芥莲座叶中实现GFP和GUS基因高效表达。同时, 通过GUS报告基因明确了坏死诱导因子BAX、Avh238和ATR13/Rpp13激发拟南芥细胞坏死的表型。但在本氏烟(Nicotiana benthamiana)中明显诱导细胞坏死的Avrblb1/RB基因对, 在拟南芥中却丧失了诱导细胞坏死的活性。由于双管基因枪系统每次轰击时设置平行对照, 可有效降低转化实验中的样本变异度, 为拟南芥及其突变体研究中准确评价基因功能和高通量筛选目标基因提供新的技术参考。     

A Putative Calcium-Permeable Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel, CNGC18, Regulates Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

A tip-focused Ca^2＋ gradient is tightly coupled to polarized pollen tube growth, and tip-localized influxes of extracellular Ca^2＋ are required for this process. However the molecular identity and regulation of the potential Ca^2＋ channels remains elusive. The present study has implicated CNGC18 （cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18） in polarized pollen tube growth, because its overexpression induced wider and shorter pollen tubes. Moreover, CNGC18 overexpression induced depolarization of pollen tube growth was suppressed by lower extracellular calcium （[Ca^2＋]ex）. CNGC18-yellow fluorescence protein （YFP） was preferentially localized to the apparent post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane （PM） in the apex of pollen tubes. The PM localization was affected by tip-localized ROP1 signaling. Expression of wild type ROP1 or an active form of ROP1 enhanced CNGC18-YFP localization to the apical region of the PM, whereas expression of RopGAP1 （a ROP1 deactivator） blocked the PM localization. These results support a role for PM-Iocalized CNGC18 in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth through its potential function in the modulation of calcium influxes.     

Effects of peach branches returning on autotoxins and microbes in soil and tree growth of peaches

Aims This study aimed to investigate the effects of branch returning on the growth of peach (Amygdalus persica "Chunmei/Maotao") saplings, soil enzyme activity, and soil contents of phenolic acids and amygdalin, thereby providing scientific evidence against the application of branch returning for peach trees. Methods One-year-old potted peach tree (Amygdalus persica "Chunmei/Maotao") was used in this study with four agricultural treatments applied, including soil coverage by fragmented peach tree branches (fragment treatment;1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1) and applying leachate solutions of peach tree branches to soil (leachate treatment; 1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1). No branch addition was used as control (CK). Solid phase extraction, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), biological high-throughput sequencing was used to determine the content of autotoxic substances, and microbial community structure in soil. Soil coverage and leachate solution treatments of 30 g and 450 g branches applied to the peach trees were described as 1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1, respectively in this paper.Important findings Compared with CK, the phenolic acid and amygdalin contents significantly increased after both fragment and leachate treatments in high quantities (22.5 g·kg^-1). Soil microbial community structure altered in both treatments, with the proportion of fungi (particularly Agaricomycetes, Tubeufia and Cystofilobasidiaceae) increased significantly and bacteria decreased accordingly. Invertase activity in both high-quantity treatments exceeded that in the CK significantly. The activity of catalase and urease was higher at first and then decreased relative to CK under high-quantity fragment and leachate treatments. Specifically, the effect of leachate treatment on enzyme activity was higher than the fragment treatment in the short term. Chlorophyll content, ground diameter (diameter of 5 cm from the ground) growth and net photosynthesis rate of plants were lower in high-quantity fragment and leachate treatments than those in CK, with earlier retardation of new shoot growth. We observed an increase in soil phenolic acids and enzymes in treatments in normal pruning quantity, while no inhibition effect was found on the tree growth. In conclusion, autotoxins (such as phenolic acid and amygdalin) inhibited the growth of peach trees both directly and indirectly through changing soil enzyme activity and microbial community.     

在饮水条件反射中大鼠海马CA3区突触效应的变化

我们的工作表明,大鼠在明暗辨别学习过程中海马齿状回有习得性长时程增强(Long-term potentiation,LTP)现象,又CA_3区在大鼠学习和记忆过程有重要作用。本实验观察大白鼠海马CA_3区锥体细胞在条件性饮水反应的建立、巩固和消退过程中其突触效应的变化规律,以进一步探讨习得性LTP的特性,及从突触水平探讨海马CA_3区在学习记忆功能中的作用。     

生姜生长过程中的某些生理指标和生化物质含量变化

1988年测定栽种于山东农业大学蔬菜标本园的生姜(Zingiber officinalis)品种“莱芜片姜”的某些生理指标和生化物质含量变化,得到如下结果,供参考:种姜在萌芽时,其淀粉及干物质含量迅速下降(图1,表1),至盛长期又逐渐回升,可溶性糖呈增加的趋势(表2);新姜(根茎)的淀粉及可溶性糖含量均随生长的进行而增加。这种变化与淀粉酶、转化酶活性变化相协