天然产物黄檀内酯的研究进展

本文概述了目前已发表的天然产物黄檀内酯在植物中分布、生物合成、全合成及生物活性的研究进展。     

天然产物芹菜素的化学全合成

天然产物芹菜素,即4’,5,7-三羟基黄酮,为多酚类黄酮类化合物。本文就其化学全合成方法进行探讨和研究:以便宜易得的对羟基苯乙酮为起始原料,经过缩合反应得到对羟基苯乙酰乙酸乙酯,再和间苯三酚缩合、关环反应得产物。该方法操作起始原料和试剂均便宜易得,反应步骤短,收率高,成本低,三废量小,操作简单化,适合工业化生产。     

双戊烯合成萜马加成物反应的研究

本文以稀土金属氧化物(盐)为催化剂,催化工业双戊烯与顺丁烯二酸酐连续进行异构/Diels-Alder反应,合成出萜烯/马来酸酐加成物;用气相色谱法跟踪研究了反应的进程,并模拟了反应的动力学方程,初步鉴定了主产物的结构。结果表明本合成反应条件温和,反应易于控制,催化剂易于回收,产物得率比文献值高近20个百分点,产物纯度大于90％,且产物性能能满足进一步合成的要求。     

海洋天然活性产物Fascaplysin 的研究进展

Fascaplysin 是从海绵中发现的一种海洋天然活性产物, 具有抗肿瘤、抗细菌、抗真菌、抗病毒、抗疟疾、抑制胆碱酯酶等多种生物活性。近年来,Fascaplysin 被发现能选择性抑制抗肿瘤靶标——细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶4, 因而备受关注。综述Fascaplysin 的抗肿瘤机制、全合成及结构改造的研究进展。     

产紫杉醇真菌Pestalotiopsis microspora NK17适合遗传筛选的培养基优化

小孢拟盘多毛孢菌株NK17被证明能够产生多种具有药物开发价值的紫杉烷类似物以及冠心病治疗药物的前导物pestalotiollide B等次级代谢产物。由于是天然分离的菌株,该菌的营养要求未知,特别是缺少合适的全合成基础培养基,制约了实验室对其性状和基因水平的操作。尤其是在使用营养缺陷型菌株进行遗传转化时,全合成基础培养基是筛选工作的前提。对各种基础培养基进行筛选比较,最终确定酵母氮源加乳糖和硫酸铵的全合成基础培养基最适合NK17菌丝生长和营养缺陷型筛选。同时对该培养基的发酵产物进行了研究,成功应用该培养基进行了缺陷型回补筛选,效果较好。     

天然产物Combretastatins的研究进展

Combretum caffrum是南非的一种具有很强抗肿瘤活性的植物,80年代开始,一系列化合物（combretastatins）从这种植物中被分离、鉴定出来,它们大多具有较强的抑制微管聚合和有丝分裂的活性。本文综述了对这类天然产物combretastatins的全合成、药理作用机理及结构修饰等方面的研究进展。     

重组虎纹捕鸟蛛毒素Ⅰ用pET_(31)b载体的表达和纯化

化学全合成虎纹捕鸟蛛毒素 Ⅰ (HWTX Ⅰ )基因在大肠杆菌中被表达 ,采用pET31b载体 ,表达产物N端为大肠杆菌酮基立体异构酶的融合蛋白 ,经亲和连续 6个组氨酸的亲和柱层析后 ,溴化氰切割融合蛋白 ,再经高效液相色谱反相柱纯化 ,得到了重组虎纹捕鸟蛛毒素Ⅰ .质谱分析及N端测序表明 ,rHWTX Ⅰ系正确表达产物 .还原复性的rHWTX Ⅰ表现出与天然HWTX Ⅰ一致的生物学活性     

牛生长激素基因的人工合成,重组克隆及高效表达

本文通过设计选择大肠杆菌高频利用密码子代替天然密码子,人工全合成３２个寡聚核苷酸片段;连接并克隆获得Ａ（２７８ｂｐ）、Ｂ（８８ｂｐ）、Ｃ（２２４ｂｐ）３个较大ＤＮＡ片段;经重组克隆、定位突变等获得阳性克隆;双向ＤＮＡ序列测定分析表明获得了两种人工全合成牛生长激素（ｂＧＨ）编码基因,即编码Ｎ－Ｍｅｔ－Ａｌａ－ｂＧＨ和Ｎ－Ｍｅｔ－Ｐｈｅ－ｂＧＨ的两个基因,而至今尚未见有人工全合成ｂＧＨ基因的报道。构建了在ＰＬｐｒｏｍｏｔｅｒ控制下含上述合成基因的表达质位ｐＢＬｂＧＨＥ７Ａ１和ｐＢＬｂＧＨＥ８,并在大肠杆菌中进行了温敏诱导表达。经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析,表达产物占全菌蛋白的３７％以上。Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ分析和纯化产物的Ｎ端氨基酸序列测定结果都表明上述两种人工全合成ｂＧＨ基因在大肠杆菌中得到了高效表达,表达量为现今国际文献报道的高限水平。     

成功进行人工全合成结晶牛胰岛素中的科学精神

<正>1965年9月17日是科技界值得怀念的日子,中国科学研究人员在实验中观察到人工全合成牛胰岛素的结晶,确证了人工全合成结晶牛胰岛素工作终于成功。这是世界上第一次用人工方法合成了与天然分子相同化学结构并具有生物活性的蛋白质,标志着人类在认识生命、探索生命奥秘的征途中迈出了里程碑式的飞跃和开拓了人工全合成蛋白质的新时代,在生命科学研究发展史上有永恒的意义与影响。实际上,人工全合成结晶牛胰岛素的成功完     

色氨酸, 天然产物生物合成中的重要结构单元

氨基酸作为生物体内组成生命物质的小分子化合物, 在天然产物生物合成中扮演了非常重要的作用。色氨酸含有一个独特的吲哚环, 相对复杂的吲哚环平面结构使得色氨酸相比其他氨基酸具有更多的修饰空间。在微生物天然产物生物合成研究中, 色氨酸及其衍生物经常作为组成模块参与到天然产物的生物合成中, 本文概述了色氨酸几种不同的生物修饰方式, 包括烷基化修饰、卤化修饰、羟基化修饰、以及吲哚环的开环重排反应等。分析并总结色氨酸在天然产物生物合成中的作用可以增加我们对天然产物结构多样性的认识和推动天然产物生物合成机制的研究。     

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.