海洋毒素研究进展

从海洋生物中分离出大量结构新颖、生物活性独特的海洋毒素。本文对目前分离得到的海洋毒素进行了总结,包括:河豚毒素、麻痹性贝毒素、腹泻性贝毒素、肝脏毒贝毒素、神经性贝毒素、记忆丧失性贝毒素、西加毒素和其它类型的海洋毒素。海洋毒素不仅可以作为寻找新型防治心血管疾病药物和抗肿瘤药物的先导化合物,还是研究生命科学有用的工具。本文列出了67个重要的海洋毒素的结构并提供70篇参考文献。     

PCR技术在海洋生物多肽毒素研究中的应用

随着PCR反应技术的不断改进和完善,它们在现代科学研究、生产和生活检测中的应用也越来越广,并且极大程度上促进了基因工程和蛋白质工程的快速发展.就PCR技术在芋螺毒素、海蛇毒素、海葵毒素及水母毒素等海洋生物多肽毒素基因克隆研究中的应用作简要介绍.     

大丽轮枝菌毒素的分离、提纯及生物测定

试验用Czapek's培养液培养大丽轮枝菌(Verticillium dahliae Kleb.)不同致病力类型的5个菌株的培养滤液,经浓缩、离心和透析制成的粗毒素,再经DEAE-纤维素柱层析得到初提毒素,最后通过琼脂糖凝胶过滤层析获得纯毒素样品。生物活性测定表明初提毒素的最低生物活性浓度为5.0—5.5μg/ml。纯毒素的最低生物活性浓度为4.0—4.5μg/ml。配制相同浓度的不同致病力类型菌株的毒素液,它们的培养滤液、粗毒素或纯毒素对棉苗的致萎能力相同。     

ω-芋螺毒素及其衍生物的合成

研究ω 芋螺毒素及衍生物的结构与生物活性的关系。采用固相多肽合成法合成了ω 芋螺毒素及其衍生物。结果显示 ,ω 芋螺毒素衍生物结构稳定性和生物活性均比ω 芋螺毒素差。     

霍乱弧菌肠毒素基因在大肠杆菌的表达

霍乱毒素基因在大肠杆菌获得了表达,在大肠杆菌中产生的毒素,具有霍乱毒素同样的生物活性、抗原性和免疫原性。但它产生的霍乱毒索,90％是保持在胞内的,其毒性可被胰酶激活。     

芋螺毒素氧化折叠研究进展

芋螺毒素(conotoxin,CTX)是当今生物毒素研究的热点之一,已经成为研究药理学和神经科学的重要工具。因此,芋螺毒素如何在体内和体外进行氧化折叠形成天然构象,获得有生物活性的芋螺毒素,越来越为人们所关注。根据当前研究状况,概述了芋螺毒素氧化折叠的一般过程,并总结了二硫键、PDI(二硫键异构酶)、前体肽等在芋螺毒素氧化折叠中所发挥的作用。此外,还就芋螺毒素氧化重折叠的研究前景和方向进行了展望。     

两个新的桃花水母形态度量学参数的建立及其在种类区分上的应用

桃花水母属一些种类命名的有效性仍存在争议,本文建立了两个新的形态度量学参数,即触手密集度和平衡囊密集度,采用形态度量学方法对在我国采集到的索氏桃花水母、嘉定桃花水母、中华桃花水母和短手桃花水母进行了比较研究,并讨论这两个参数在种类区分上的应用。此外,利用Spearman秩相关系数检验桃花水母各形态学参数之间的相关性。结果表明,短手桃花水母和中华桃花水母在形态上没有明显的差异,可能与中华桃花水母为同一物种。嘉定桃花水母与中华桃花水母和索氏桃花水母在形态上均存在显著的差异,应该是一个有效种。桃花水母的触手数和平衡囊数均与伞径显著正相关,除嘉定桃花水母外,其他三种桃花水母的平衡囊密集度都与触手密集度显著正相关。     

水母胶原蛋白抗氧化活性研究

提取水母胶原蛋白,观察其体内外抗氧化作用。体外采用邻苯三酚自氧化法观察水母胶原蛋白对超氧阴离子(·O2-)的清除作用,采用Fenton反应体系观察对羟自由基(·OH)的清除作用;体内观察水母胶原蛋白对小鼠血清、肝脏、大脑中超氧化物歧比酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT),丙二醛(MDA)含量的影响。结果表明:水母胶原蛋白对·O2-、·OH具有良好的清除作用,呈一定的剂量依赖关系,能明显提高小鼠血清、肝脏、大脑中的SOD、CAT含量,能在一定程度上降低血清、肝脏、大脑中的MDA水平。因此,水母胶原蛋白具有显著的抗氧化生物活性。     

杜鹃花科木藜芦烷类毒素的化学与生物活性研究进展

本文综述了杜鹃花科木藜芦烷类毒素的化学和生物活性研究的进展。     

长江口及邻近海域浮游水螅水母、管水母和栉水母的丰度分布与季节变化

依据2002—2003年长江口及邻近海域(29°00'—32°00'N、122°00—123°30'E)4个季节的海洋调查资料,探讨了该水域小型水母(含水螅水母、管水母和栉水母)总丰度的空间分布特征及季节差异。结果显示,该海域共出现小型水母41种,其中水螅水母28种,管水螅11种,栉水母2种。主要优势种包括管水母大西洋五角水母(Muggiaea atlantica)、双生水母(Diphyes chamissonis)和气囊水母(Physophora hydrostatica)以及水螅水母四叶小舌水母(Liriope tetraphylla)、两手筐水母(Solmundella bitentaculata)和短柄和平水母(Eirene brevistylus),其中大西洋五角水母为冬、春季第一优势种,双生水母则为夏、秋季第一优势种。该水域小型水母总丰度呈明显季节差异,夏季丰度最高((337.33±55.68)个/m~2),春、秋季次之(分别为(142.09±67.71)个/m~2和(132.84±35.17)个/m~2),冬季最低((113.69±32.72)个/m~2)。水温是影响调查区小型水母总丰度季节变化的主要环境因子,小型水母丰度与表层温度显著正相关(P0.01)。盐度是影响小型水母平面分布格局的主要环境因子,春季小型水母丰度与底层盐度正相关(P0.05),夏季与10 m层盐度正相关(P0.01),全年则是与10 m层盐度正相关(P0.01)。此外,调查水域小型水母丰度与其饵料——小型桡足类亦存在显著正相关关系(P0.01)。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.