铃子香属——华中植物区系一新记录属

首次报道了小叶铃子香分布于华中地区(湖北省),小叶铃子香植物以往仅在中国西部(陕西和甘肃省)有分布,这也是铃子香属在华中地区的首次分布记录。此发现为进一步阐明该属的生物地理起源和进化提供了新的证据。     

落瓣油茶染色体核型的分析

<正> 山茶属植物约220种,其中报道过:染色体计数的约50种,报道过染色体核型的近10种。作者继浙江红山茶(Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu)、南山茶(C.semiserrata Chi)、白花南山茶C.semiserrata var.albiflora Hu et Huang)和茶梨C.octopetala Hu)之后,对落瓣油茶(C.kissii Wall.)进行染色体计数和核型分析,旨在为油茶育种工作和探索山茶属内的系统发育提供细胞学资料。     

普陀山4个植物新类群

描述了发现于浙江普陀山的4个植物新类群,依次是白花马鞭草(Verbena officinalis form.albiflora S.H.Jin et D.D.Ma)、白花兰香草(Caryopteris incana form.albiflora S.H.Jin et D.Y.Ou)、白花大蓟(Cirsium japonicum form.albiflorum G.Y.Li et D.Y.Ou)、绿苞灯台莲(Arisaema sikokianum var.viridescens D.D.Ma).     

香槐属分类学研究随记

基于对标本和文献的比较研究,确认豆科香槐属(Cladrastis Raf.)中小叶香槐(C.parvifolia C.Y.Ma)、藤香槐(C.scandens C.Y.Ma)、秦氏香槐(C.chingii DuleyVincent)与本属分布最广的翅荚香槐[C.platycarpa(Maxim.)Makino]为同种植物。其中,小叶香槐被处理为翅荚香槐的一变种,即C.platycarpa var.parvifolia(C.Y.Ma)Z.Q.Song,D.X.XuS.J.Li,藤香槐与秦氏香槐被处理为翅荚香槐原变种的两个新异名。同时讨论了翅荚香槐的分类地位及其散布。     

中国东北川续断科两个新变型

发表了东北产川续断科蓝盆花属两个新变型,即白花窄叶蓝盆花(Scabiosa comosa Fisch. ex Roem. et Schult. f. albiflora S. H. Liet S. Z. Liu)和白花华北蓝盆花(S. tschiliensis Grun. f. albiflora S. H. Liet S. Z. Liu).两个变型与原变型的主要区别为花为白色。     

多齿红山茶核型的分析

多齿红山茶(Camellia polyodondta How ex Hu)又名宛田红花油茶,属于山茶属(Camellia L.)红山茶组(Sect.Camellia),特产我国广西,花瓣红色有条纹呈鳞片状和色斑,具较高的观赏价值,种子油可食用。本文继1981年对多齿红山茶的染色体数目报道后,对其核型做了分析。并在此基础上,对比了红山茶组的浙江红山茶(C.chekiangoleosa Hu),南山茶(C.semiserrata Chi)和白花南山茶(C.semiserrata var.albiflora Hu ex Huang)的核型,初步对这些     

大叶九里香,芸香科新等级组合及生物学特征补述

为理清芸香科(Rutaceae)九里香属(Murraya)中大叶九里香[M. kwangsiensis (C. C. Huang)C. C. Huang var. macrophylla C. C. Huang]与其原变种广西九里香[M. kwangsiensis(C. C. Huang)C. C. Huang var. kwangsiensis]间的系统关系及其分类学地位,采用综合文献查阅、标本鉴定、野外实地调查、栽培观察及显微解剖等多种方法对九里香属植物数个种类进行分类学相关研究。结果发现:大叶九里香在叶片、花、果实等形态特征方面与广西九里香间的差异极大,故将其处理为一个独立的种,并提出新等级组合Murraya macrophylla (C. C. Huang)F. J. Mou; 首次对大叶九里香的形态特征及分布进行详尽描述; 该物种的羽状复叶及小叶均为九里香属中最大者,更接近仅分布于越南的光叶九里香[M. glabra (Guillaumin)Swingle],但其较大的小叶、叶面叶脉下凹且叶片皱缩等特征使其明显不同于九里香属其他种类。大叶九里香是一个独立种而非广西九里香的变种,此关于大叶九里香分类地位的新观点有助于整个九里香属的系统发育关系重建及种间系统关系的深入探索。     

浙江泡果荠一新变种

本文发表浙江泡果荠一新变种即白花浙江泡果荠Hilliella warburgii (O.E.Schulz) Y.H.Zhang et H.W.Li var,albiflora,sp.nov.     

苍山香茶菜素的结构更正

在编写“天然产贝壳杉烯型二萜成分”一书的过程中,作者对不同结构类型的贝壳杉烯型二萜,各种官能团在不同位置的取代,所引起的~1H和~(13)C化学位移的变化,仔细认真地进行了系列对照研究,从中发现了一些规律性(另报)。 本文根据上述规律性,简要阐明苍山香茶菜素的结构更正。     

三种菜豆凝集素的分离纯化及其与黑皮扁豆凝集素抗血清的免疫交叉反应

利用Tris-HCl缓冲液浸提、硫酸铵分级沉淀、离子交换和分子筛层析,分别从白花菜豆(Phaseolus albiflora L.var)、紫花菜豆(Phaseolus purpurea L.var)、红花菜豆(Phaseolus coccineus L.var)种子中纯化得到3种菜豆凝集素(PAL,白花菜豆凝集素;PPL,紫花菜豆凝集素;PCL,红花菜豆凝集素).纯化的3种菜豆凝集素经SDS-PAGE电泳检测都只有一个分子量约为32 kD的亚基,它们都能与黑皮扁豆凝集素抗血清发生免疫交叉反应.     

Transmitter-Induced Calcium Responses Differ in Astrocytes Acutely Isolated from Rat Brain and in Culture

Abstract: Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP)-positive astrocytes isolated from the cerebral cortices of 3–10-day-old rats frequently showed increased intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration responses to l -glutamate and glutamate analogues. However, few of the acutely isolated cells responded to ATP, and no such cells responded to serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)]. The same cell that failed to respond to ATP or 5-HT often responded to glutamate. Culturing acutely isolated cells in media containing horse serum decreased Ca²⁺ responses to glutamate but increased the responses to ATP and induced responses to 5-HT. In primary cultures prepared from the cerebral cortices of 1-day-old rats and cultured in horse serum, fewer of the cells responded to glutamate, but almost all cells responded to ATP and 5-HT. The lack of, or limited response to, 5-HT or ATP in the acutely isolated cells seems unlikely to be due to selective damage to the respective receptors because acutely isolated GFAP-negative cells showed responses to ATP, several different proteases and mechanical dissociation yielded cells that also responded to glutamate but not to ATP, and exposure of primary cultures to papain did not abolish Ca²⁺ responses to several transmitters. The responses of the acutely isolated cells to glutamate but limited or lack of responses to ATP and 5-HT also correspond to what has been seen so far for astrocytes in situ. Thus, the present studies provide direct evidence that some of the receptors seen in primary astrocyte cultures may reflect a response to culture conditions and that, in the context of the relevant information so far available, acutely isolated astrocytes seem to reflect better the in vivo state.     

Effects of estrogen-depletion on rat casein gene expression

Mammary tissue from rats that had been ovariectomized and adrenalectomized 4 weeks previously was compared to that from intact rats in terms of epithelial content and hormone-responsiveness in vitro. The endocrinectomy resulted in about a 30% enlargement of the gland, but led to a loss of only about 12% of the epithelium. This estrogen-depleted epithelium was able to acquire full responsiveness in vitro to insulin in terms of the accumulation of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid, and induction of glucose-6-phosphate and gluconate-6-phosphate dehydrogenases. It was also fully responsive to cortisol in relation to the induction of NADH-cytochrome C reductase, and to prolactin in terms of total RNA synthesis. However, estrogen-depletion led to an 82% loss in the ability of a unit amount of the epithelium to synthesize casein in response to these 3 hormones, and to a similar loss in relation to the accumulation of 25K casein mRNA. Estrogen administration in vivo could prevent and reverse the casein lesion. The disparity between constitutive and casein hormone-responsiveness in the absence of estrogen is discussed in relation to cell commitment.     

Adding cholesterol to the stallion sperm plasma membrane improves cryosurvival

Cryopreservation induces partially irreversible damage to equine sperm membranes. Part of this damage occurs due to membrane alterations induced by the membrane changing from the fluid to the gel-state as the temperature is reduced lower than the membrane transition temperature. One way to prevent this damage is to increase the membrane fluidity at low temperatures by adding cholesterol to the membrane. Different concentrations of cholesterol-loaded-cyclodextrins (CLC) were added to stallion sperm to determine the CLC concentration that optimizes cryosurvival. Higher percentages of motile sperm were maintained after thawing when 1.5 mg CLC was added to sperm from stallions whose sperm do not survive freezing well, compared to control sperm from those same stallions (67% vs. 50%; P<0.05). Addition of CLCs increased the percentages of membrane intact sperm surviving cryopreservation compared to untreated sperm for all stallions (P<0.05). The amount of cholesterol that incorporated into the membranes of the sperm cells increased in a polynomial fashion (R2=0.9978) and incorporated into all sperm membranes. In addition, there was a significant loss of cholesterol from sperm membranes after cryopreservation; however, addition of CLCs to sperm prior to cryopreservation maintained higher cholesterol levels in the sperm after freezing and thawing than untreated sperm (P<0.05). Addition of CLCs also resulted in more sperm binding to the zona pellucida of bovine oocytes after cryopreservation than control sperm (48 vs. 15; P<0.05). In conclusion, CLCs improved the percentage of post-thaw viability in equine sperm as well as increased the number of sperm that bind to zona pellucida. Addition of CLCs to stallion sperm prior to cryopreservation is a simple procedure that increases the cryosurvival of cells.     

Behavioral responses of American toad and bullfrog tadpoles to the presence of cues from the invasive fish, Gambusia affinis

The introduction of non-native predators is thought to have important negative effects on native prey populations. The susceptibility of native prey to non-native or introduced predators may depend on their ability to respond appropriately to the presence of these non-native predators. We conducted a laboratory based behavioral experiment to examine the response of American toad (Bufo americanus) and bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles to the presence of cues from the introduced mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), a potential tadpole predator. Neither the American toad tadpoles nor the bullfrog tadpoles responded behaviorally to the presence of mosquitofish cues. If tadpoles are unable to respond to the presence of mosquitofish cues appropriately, then their ability to avoid predation by mosquitofish may be compromised and this may contribute to the impacts of mosquitofish on some tadpole populations.     

Aptamers as affinity reagents for clinical proteomics

Application of proteomic results to scientific and medical practice will depend in many respects on progress of affinity microchips technologies. This determines continuous search for inexpensive and robust affinity reagents alternative to monoclonal antibodies. Among synthetic mimetics of antibodies, the oligonucleotide aptamers are of the greatest interest as the affinity reagents due to the possibility to automate their selection and due to the low cost of oligonucleotide synthesis. In the review we consider the problems related to the automation and optimization of aptamer selection and also to selection of photoaptamers capable to form photoinduced covalent complexes with the protein targets. The existing approaches to the post-selection modification of the aptamers to increase their affinity and selectivity to protein targets are discussed.     

Not all the same after all? Superdiversity as a lens for the study of past migrations

Due to its claim of contemporary exceptionalism, the notion of superdiversity raises suspicion among historians. However, historians would do well to not dismiss the entire superdiversity debate as more hype that does not concern them. As a multidimensional perspective on diversity, encouraging researchers to examine the interplay of many different factors that condition people's lives and to move beyond an ethno-focal perspective, superdiversity could be of interest to historians as well. This article shows how the notion can help historians debunk some of the homogenizing categories that tend to characterize the representation of past immigrant populations. The paper uses a superdiversity lens to examine migration to the city of Ghent from 1960 to 1980. It is an open invitation to historians to accept the challenges that superdiversity poses and to provide a proper historicization of the concept, thus furthering its theoretical development.     

Investigating the mechanisms of photosynthetic proteins using continuum electrostatics

Computational methods based on continuum electrostatics are widely used in theoretical biochemistry to analyze the function of proteins. Continuum electrostatic methods in combination with quantum chemical and molecular mechanical methods can help to analyze even very complex biochemical systems. In this article, applications of these methods to proteins involved in photosynthesis are reviewed. After giving a short introduction to the basic concepts of the continuum electrostatic model based on the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, we describe the application of this approach to the docking of electron transfer proteins, to the comparison of isofunctional proteins, to the tuning of absorption spectra, to the analysis of the coupling of electron and proton transfer, to the analysis of the effect of membrane potentials on the energetics of membrane proteins, and to the kinetics of charge transfer reactions. Simulations as those reviewed in this article help to analyze molecular mechanisms on the basis of the structure of the protein, guide new experiments, and provide a better and deeper understanding of protein functions.     

西双版纳热带雨林蚁科昆虫区系分析

在西双版纳热带雨林已鉴定蚊科昆虫９亚科７６属２６７种。西双版纳地区的蚂蚁区系以热带至亚热带分布的东洋界成分最为丰富。在属级水平上,与马来西亚界关系最为密切。与澳洲界关系较密切;与非洲界和马拉加西界的关系知中。与新北界,新热带界和古北界的关系最为疏远。可见西双版纳的蚂蚁区系具有典型的热带亚洲起源特征,同时与澳洲和非洲的热带区系有一定的渊源关系。     

Peroxide Damage to the Eye Lens In Vitro Prevention by Pyruvate

The ability of pyruvate to protect the eye lens against physiological damage by hydrogen peroxide has been studied. The physiological damage was estimated in terms of a decrease in the ability of the lens to transport rubidium against an electrochemical gradient under organ culture conditions. Peroxide was either added directly to the culture medium or generated therein by incorporation of xanthine and xanthine oxidase. In both these cases, addition of pyruvate to the medium led to a greater accumulation of rubidium by the lens. The net accumulation of this cation in the presence of 1 to 5 mM pyruvate from the medium containing peroxide (0.2 to 0.45 mM) was very close to that observed in the absence of peroxide. The protective effect was thus substantial. The mechanism of the pyruvate effect has been discussed, and seems to be related to the scavenging of peroxide by pyruvate.