菊苣体细胞再生植株的遗传稳定性分析

目的:研究菊苣再生植株的遗传稳定性.方法:以菊苣叶片为外植体,经第一代和第二代体细胞再生获得再生植株,分别对再生植株提取DNA,从12个引物中筛选了2个多态性好的引物,对第一代和第二代体细胞再生植株进行RAPD标记.结果:菊苣第一代体细胞无性系没有发生DNA多态性变异,第二代体细胞无性系在分子水平发生了1条DNA多态性变异.结论:RAPD分子标记方法可以鉴定菊苣组织培养过程中的遗传稳定性和遗传变异,为菊苣快繁和遗传转化奠定了基础.     

神农架地区濒危植物香果树的遗传多样性研究

用RAPD标记方法对神农架地区香果树4个自然居群的28个个体进行了遗传多样性分析,11个引物共得到71个扩增位点,其中多态性位点39个。POPGENE分析显示:在物种水平上,神农架地区香果树的多态性条带百分率为54.93%,Nei基因多样性指数(h)为0.1903,Shannon信息指数(I)为0.2856;而在居群水平上,上述3个指标平均值依次为16.2%、0.0578和0.0865。4个自然居群间的遗传分化程度较低,居群间的基因流(Nm)为0.2329。结果表明神农架地区香果树的遗传多样性较低,居群间基因流较低可能是香果树的致濒原因之一。     

利用RAPD标记分析鸵鸟种群的遗传变异

为探讨分子遗传标记在鸵鸟（Struthio camelus)育种中的应用,利用RAPD技术分析了我国养殖的三个主要要鸵鸟品种内和品种间的遗传变异。蓝颈鸵鸟、澳洲灰和非洲黑三个品种在品种内和品种间显示出低水平的变异。品种间的遗传距离好地说胆了三个品种的育种改良过程。同时预示出用澳洲灰与其他品种鸵鸟进行杂交育种的可行性。选择的20条在鸡中能稳定扩增的RAPD引物其75％能在鸵鸟基因组中扩增出产物。显示出两种禽类DNA具有同源性、为今后利用鸡的微卫星引物对鸵鸟进行基因扫描（genome scan）分析奠定基础。     

RAPD分析花椰花不同品种的遗传变异

利用随机扩增多态性DNA（RAPD）方法,对13个花椰花品种的基因组DNA进行多态性分析。选用20个10bp随机引物,共扩增出175条DNA片段,其中多态性片段118例,占67．4％,结果表明,花椰花品种间具有丰富的遗传多样性。依据扩增结果进行遗传相似系数分析,构建聚类分析树状图。初步探讨了各品种间的遗传变异关系及RAPD技术在花椰花种质资源分类鉴定和育种工作中的应用前景。     

巨峰葡萄系谱的SSR与RAPD分析

利用RAPD和SSR 2种标记分别对系谱关系明确的22个巨峰系葡萄品种进行聚类分析,以验证2种标记方法的正确性与可靠性.结果显示,11条RAPD引物和12对SSR引物,分别扩增了82和43个清晰的条带.RAPD与SSR引物扩增的条带中分别有58和31条多态性带,其多态性比率分别为70.7％和72.1％.2种分子标记聚类结果基本一致,并且都能有效地将品种区分开来以及正确反映22个葡萄品种的亲缘关系.研究结果说明RAPD和SSR 2种分子标记均适合于巨峰系葡萄的系谱分析和种质遗传多样性研究.     

大豆灰斑病菌生理小种的RAPD标记*

运用随机扩增多态性DNA（RandomamplifiedpolymorphicDNA,RAPD）技术对发生于中国东北的大豆发斑病菌（Cercosporidiumsojinum）的10个生理小种进行基因组DNA多态性分析。用13个10-核苷酸随机引物共计获得了111个RAPD标记,其中86.5％具有多态性,通过聚类分析确定了供试小种间的亲缘关系。试验证明,RAPD技术分析大豆灰斑病菌遗传变异可提供大量分子标记,综合分析13个随机引物的扩增谱带可将供试菌株清楚分开。RAPD技术是一项操作简单、快速和灵敏的方法,极具对病菌群体遗传分析的潜力。     

大豆灰斑病菌生理小种的RAPD标记

运用随机扩增多态性DNA（RandomamplifiedpolymorphicDNA,RAPD）技术对发生于中国东北的大豆发斑病菌（Cercosporidiumsojinum）的10个生理小种进行基因组DNA多态性分析。用13个10-核苷酸随机引物共计获得了111个RAPD标记,其中86.5％具有多态性,通过聚类分析确定了供试小种间的亲缘关系。试验证明,RAPD技术分析大豆灰斑病菌遗传变异可提供大量分子标记,综合分析13个随机引物的扩增谱带可将供试菌株清楚分开。RAPD技术是一项操作简单、快速和灵敏的方法,极具对病菌群体遗传分析的潜力。     

利用RAPD 标记技术对白桦种源遗传变异的分析及种源区划

用随机扩增多态DNA(RAPD)分子标记方法对白桦17 个种源152 个个体进行了遗传变异的比较分析, 通过14 个随机引物扩增共检测到233 个位点, 各种源多态位点百分率差异明显, 范围在20.17%~32.19%之间, 多态位点百分率最高的是帽儿山种源和清源种源, 最低的是绰尔种源。遗传变异在种源间占43.53%, 在种源内个体间占56.47%。根据种源间的遗传距离, 构建了白桦17 个种源的遗传关系聚类图, 结果将东北地区的白桦聚为一类, 华北、西北地区的白桦聚为另一类。同时根据地理气候因子和遗传距离对白桦群体进行了种源区的划分。     

一种新的分子标记方法－随机微卫星扩增多态DNA (RMAPD)

随机微卫星扩增多态DNA（RMAPD）是利用随机引物和微卫星的上游或下游引物一起作为该扩增的引物,在Taq DNA聚合酶、MgCl2、dNTPs和模板DNA等共同作用下进行PCR扩增的一种新型分子标记方法。其核心是RMAPD引物的有效性问题。通过对西农萨能奶山羊群体RMAPD电泳检测、数据统计分析及验证实验等证明RMAPD的引物是有效的。通过与微卫星和RAPD标记比较,发现RMAPD标记在扩增引物、扩增程序和重复性等方面区别于微卫星和RAPD标记;它是RAPD标记的一种广义的延伸,但又不完全等同于RAPD标记。因此,确定RMAPD是一种新的分子标记方法。该方法也具有DNA标记的特点,在群体遗传结构和亲缘关系分析以及标记辅助选择等遗传育种领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

中国食用向日葵种质资源遗传变异的RAPD及AFLP分析

本研究采用RAPD和AFLP方法对23个中国不同地区的食用向日葵（Helianthus annuus L.)骨干品种进行了遗传变异分析,同时对两种标记系统进行了比较。26个RAPD引物产生了总计192条DNA条带,大小分布 于0.26kb-1.98kb之间,其中165条（86．12％）具有多态性,每条引物产生DNA条带的平均数为7．38。8对AFLP引物组合共产生了576条带,分布于100bp-500bp之间,其中的341条具有多态性,多态百分率为76．00％,每对引物组合产生DNA条带的平均数为72。RAPD方法检测的每位点有效等位基因数（1．76）大于AFLP（1．65）,AFLP标记位点的平均多态性信息量（PIC）（0．38）低于RAPD标记位点PIC（0．41）,但AFLP标记具有很高的多态性检测效率（Ai=38．52）。用RAPD标记分析23个食用向日葵材料的亲缘关系,Nei氏相似性系数分布在47．84％－82．06％,平均相似性系数为0．6495,而采用AFLP的Nei氏相似性系数分布在54．15％－83．52％,平均相似性系数为0．6884。RAPD数据的标准差为0．13,而AFLP数据的标准差为0．08。因此,采用RAPD和AFLP方法分析食用向日葵遗传变异,RAPD标记具有较低相似性系数和较高方差而AFLP则相反。源于两种不同标记的遗传相似矩阵的相关系数为0．51,说明采用RAPD和AFLP系统分析食用向日葵遗传变异得到的结果有一定的相关性,无论采用RAPD还是AFLP标记进行聚类分析,都将23个不同基因型的食用向日葵材料分成了三个类群。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.