白蜡虫研究及群众放养经验调查

本文为1971—1973年作者对白蜡虫与白蜡生产的试验研究与调查结果。报导了白蜡虫的寄主植物,并进行木本和草本植物的接种试验。对白蜡虫的产卵与孵化、扩散与游动、着叶与定杆、“吊糖”与“放箭”、羽化与交尾等发生规律,以及白蜡虫各虫期天敌与主要寄主树的害虫,进行了观察,并对我国白蜡虫与白蜡产区和各地生产经验,作了介绍。     

枯萎病不同抗性黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L.)根系分泌物氨基酸组分与抗病的相关性

以5种对枯萎病不同抗性黄瓜品种为试材,对其根系分泌物氨基酸组分进行测定,并对氨基酸组分与黄瓜品种枯萎病抗病性之间的相关性进行了分析。结果表明：在中抗品种根系分泌中检测到的16种氨基酸：半胱氨酸Cys、苏氨酸Thr、丙氨酸Ala、缬氨酸Val、异亮氨酸Lle、天冬氨酸Asp、亮氨酸Leu、苯丙氨酸Phe、甘氨酸Gly、甲硫氨酸Met、组氨酸His、谷氨酸Glu、酪氨酸Tyr、赖氨酸Lys、丝氨酸Ser和精氨酸Arg。其中的精氨酸在感病品种中没有被检出,组氨酸和精氨酸组分在抗病品种中没有被检出。根系分泌物中总氨基酸含量随品种抗性的增加而降低;精氨酸、丝氨酸和赖氨酸的含量与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈负相关,其他13种氨基酸组分含量与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈正相关,其中苯丙氨酸含量与病情指数呈显著正相关。丝氨酸与苯丙氨酸、天冬氨酸、丙氨酸、甘氨酸的比值均与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈显著负相关,其中Ser／Phe与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈极显著负相关。     

密码对的偏爱与基因组进化的相关性分析

以5种真核、15种细菌、10种古菌生物基因组为样本,对密码对使用偏好性指标Г与密码对随基因组进化的指标α之间作线性分析,发现部分密码对的r值与α之间有显著的线性关系;密码子第三位点与紧邻密码子第一位点的双碱基（cP3cAl）使用与基因组进化有关。结果进一步肯定了密码对的使用与基因组进化存在相关性,同时从密码对使用的角度揭示了真核生物、真细菌、古菌的基本差别。     

农户对气候变化的感知与生计适应——基于中部与东部村庄的调查对比

相对于城市居民,气候变化对农户的影响更为直接与强烈,而农户对气候变化的感知是其采取适应策略的重要前提。目前,相关领域的宏观研究成果比较丰富,以家庭为单位的典型调查分析相对缺乏,基于不同地域农户对比的微观实证研究则更未见于报道。选择中部内陆河南省与东部沿海福建省典型农区的一个村庄作为研究样地,采用参与式农村评估法(Participatory Rural Appraisal,PRA),基于中部和东部村庄144份与153份有效问卷数据,从家庭尺度探讨内陆与沿海农户对气候变化及其影响的感知与生计适应的结构性差异。结果显示:农户对气温与降水的变化感知直接且强烈,能较一致地回顾气候变暖的强度与时期,中部农户对降水变化的感知度较强;接近一半的农户将气候变暖归因于人类因素,至于人类活动内容(如工业排放、汽车增加、个人与家庭、农业污染、农村建设等)对气候变化变暖影响的认知,中部与东部农户则存在显著性差异;农户对气候变化影响的感知不如预期深刻;农户对气候变化的生计适应趋于多样化,包括外出打工、改变种植方式、修建基础设施与多样化经营等。     

城市与区域生态关联研究进展

城市及其周边区域正在面临日益严峻的环境污染、生态恶化、资源短缺等问题。这些问题的出现,与长期以来城市发展过程中忽视城市与区域的生态关联密切相关。研究城市与区域的生态关联,对于解决城市与区域的生态环境问题、指导新型城镇化建设具有重要的理论意义与实践价值。主要从以下3个方面系统总结了城市与区域生态关联的研究进展:(1)城市发展对周边区域的生态环境影响,包括直接的胁迫和间接的影响;(2)区域对城市发展的生态支撑;(3)城市与周边区域社会、经济、生态关联的相互作用机制。指出了当前城市与区域生态关联研究中存在的问题和不足:1)城市对周边区域生态环境直接影响的研究较多,且多侧重城市对周边区域的负面影响,对其间接影响的研究较为缺乏;2)周边区域对城市发展生态支撑作用的研究相对缺乏、认识不够深入;3)对城市与周边区域生态关联作用机制的研究较为缺乏。未来的研究要将城市和区域作为统一整体,进一步完善城市与区域生态关联的理论框架,耦合社会经济的相互作用,定量解析城市与区域的生态关联,为城市与区域的可持续发展提供科学依据。     

浅析环境特征对遗传多样性与物种多样性的平行效应

遗传多样性与物种多样性是生物多样性的两个基本层次。近年来的研究表明,环境特征可能对种群遗传多样性与群落物种多样性产生平行效应。本文对遗传多样性与物种多样性关联模型中环境特征对遗传多样性与物种多样性的平行效应部分进行了具体化介绍。基于群落形成的四个基本过程,即突变与物种形成、选择、漂变和扩散,探讨了环境特征对遗传多样性与物种多样性产生平行效应的理论基础。在全球变化的大背景下,研究环境特征对遗传多样性与物种多样性的平行效应及这两个维度多样性对全球变化响应的异同具有重要的生态学与保护生物学意义。然而,目前大多数生物多样性研究仍然只基于物种多样性一个维度,在同一系统中同时对遗传多样性与物种多样性进行整合研究的工作仍然较少。希望通过本文的总结与讨论,能对国内遗传多样性与物种多样性整合研究起到参考与促进作用。     

农业生物技术在我国相关的产业化发展现状及前景探讨

农业生物技术对解决人类生存密切相关的资源问题、粮食问题、能源问题、环境问题均具有重要作用,是可持续发展的重要推动,对其产业化发展现状与前景的研究对现代农业发展具有重要的现实意义。本文从我国农业生物技术产业化发展的现状入手,阐述其成果、优势与问题,从国际形势与国家政策双方面论述其发展前景,并提出发展策略,以期为相关的产业化转化与发展提供参考。     

NaCl对光合作用影响的研究进展

对NaCl对光合作用影响的几个重要方面的研究进展进行了综述,包括NaCl对光合作用的影响途径,气孔效应与非气孔效应,NaCl对光能吸收与转换、光合电子传递、光合磺素同化的影响及盐与其他胁迫因子对PSⅡ活性的协同影响等,对今后这些方面研究中的重点内容与趋势进行了评述。     

河岸带生态系统植被与土壤对水文变化的响应研究进展

河岸带的植被与土壤是生态系统重要组成部分,对于维持河岸带的生态健康、生态系统服务与可持续性具有至关重要的作用。水文变化是河岸带生态系统的首要干扰因子,系统总结了水文变化对河岸带植被的特征以及植被形态、群落分布、繁殖、生存策略的影响,并阐述了河岸带水文和植被对土壤氮磷迁移转化的影响机制。根系作为土壤与植物地上部分之间物质、能量流动与信号传导的关键纽带,目前对根系的研究还较欠缺,需要加强水文变化对河岸带湿地植物根系形态、结构、功能特征的影响机理研究,以及湿地植物对水文变化的适应机制和耐受阈值方面的探究。在微观方面,应加强水文变化与植被等多因素耦合对土壤氮磷迁移转化过程的机理研究。河流形态和土壤的多样性决定着河岸带水文作用特征的复杂性,今后需注重河岸带个性特征与水文响应的关系研究。河岸带是横向的水陆生态过渡带和河流上下游的纵向生态廊道,亟需综合考虑和模拟流域土壤、植被与水文、人类活动之间的耦合关系,预测未来气候与社会经济情境下的河岸带生态系统演变规律,为河岸带生态系统的生态调节、生物多样性保护与生态恢复等提供理论依据与技术支撑。     

旧石器时代装饰品研究:现状与意义

装饰品(personal ornament)是旧石器时代中晚期遗址中一类较特殊的遗存,作为早期人类现代行为的重要标志,它的出现及其学术意义一直受到国际学术界的关注和重视。西方考古学界对装饰品的研究开始较早,理论方法成熟,成果丰硕。我国此遗存发现较少,在研究手段和程度方面与西方存在一定的差距。本文从装饰品的定义与分类、发现与研究现状、功能与作用、出现原因及研究意义的探讨等方面入手,对西方学术界对装饰品的研究现状和进展进行梳理,对我国发现的相关材料与研究进展做简要介绍与评述,希望能对我国旧石器时代装饰品的研究提供有价值的参考资料与思路。     

Regional distribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the adult mouse brain.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein that allows the survival of specific neuronal populations. This study reports on the distribution of the BDNF mRNA in the adult mouse brain, where the BDNF gene is strongly expressed, using quantitative Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization. All brain regions examined were found to contain substantial amounts of BDNF mRNA, the highest levels being found in the hippocampus followed by the cerebral cortex. In the hippocampus, which is also the site of highest nerve growth factor (NGF) gene expression in the central nervous system (CNS), there is approximately 50-fold more BDNF mRNA than NGF mRNA. In other brain regions, such as the granule cell layer of the cerebellum, the differences between the levels of BDNF and NGF mRNAs are even more pronounced. The BDNF mRNA was localized by in situ hybridization in hippocampal neurons (pyramidal and granule cells). These data suggest that BDNF may play an important role in the CNS for a wide variety of adult neurons.     

Effects of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor on Neurite Growth of Deutocerebral Neurons in Brain of the Silk Moth Bombyx mori

This study was conducted to investigate effects of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on the neurite growth of deutocerebral neurons in vitro, and production of BDNF‐like neuropeptide from brain of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. In primary culture of antennal lobe (AL) neurons with BDNF, it promoted a significant neurite extension of putative AL projection neurons and an outgrowth of branches from principal neurites of putative AL interneurons. Results from immunolabeling of brain and retrocerebral complex showed that BDNF ‐like neuropeptide labeled in brain was synthesized by median and lateral neurosecretory cells, then transported to corpora allata for storage.     

Neurotrophic factors (BDNF and GDNF) and the serotonergic system of the brain

Neurotrophic factors play a key role in development, differentiation, synaptogenesis, and survival of neurons in the brain as well as in the process of their adaptation to external influences. The serotonergic (5-HT) system is another major factor in the development and neuroplasticity of the brain. In the present review, the results of our own research as well as data provided in the corresponding literature on the interaction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) with the 5-HT-system of the brain are considered. Attention is given to comparison of BDNF and GDNF, the latter belonging to a different family of neurotrophic factors and being mainly considered as a dopaminergic system controller. Data cited in this review show that: (i) BDNF and GDNF interact with the 5-HT-system of the brain through feedback mechanisms engaged in autoregulation of the complex involving 5-HT-system and neurotrophic factors; (ii) GDNF, as well as BDNF, stimulates the growth of 5-HT neurons and affects the expression of key genes of the brain 5-HT-system–those coding tryptophan hydroxylase-2 and 5-HT_1A and 5-HT_2A receptors. In turn, 5-HT affects the expression of genes that control BDNF and GDNF in brain structures; (iii) the difference between BDNF and GDNF is manifested in different levels and relative distribution of expression of these factors in brain structures (BDNF expression is highest in hippocampus and cortex, GDNF expression in the striatum), in varying reaction of 5-HT2A receptors on BDNF and GDNF administration, and in different effects on certain types of behavior.     

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Inhibits Phenylalanine-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis by Preventing RhoA Pathway Activation

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is neuropathologically characterized by neuronal cell loss, white matter abnormalities, dendritic simplification, and synaptic density reduction. The neuropathological effect may be due to the ‘toxicity’ of the high concentration of phenylalanine, while little is known about the related treatments to block this effect. In this study, we reported that brain-derived growth factor (BDNF) protected neurons from phenylalanine-induced apoptosis and inhibition of Trk receptor by K252a or downregulation of TrkB abrogated the effect of BDNF. We further demonstrated that phenylalanine-induced RhoA activation and myosin light chain phosphorylation were inhibited by pretreatment with BDNF, while phenylalanine activates the mitochondria-mediated apoptosis through the RhoA/Rho-associated kinase pathway. Thus our studies indicate that the protective effect of BDNF against phenylalanine-induced neuronal apoptosis is probably mediated by suppression of RhoA signaling pathway via TrkB receptor. Taken together, these findings suggest a potential neuroprotective action of BDNF in prevention and treatment of PKU brain injury.     

Agonistic approach of omega-3, omega-6 and its metabolites with BDNF: An in-silico study

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of neurotrophic family of growth factors, mainly found in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of brain. Studies have shown that there is a link between BDNF and cognitive dysfunction, as well as there is a relationship between the PUFAs intake and their effect on BDNF production. Intake of PUFAs, mainly omega-3 and omega-6 has show increase in production of BDNF in brain. In our study we performed docking studies on PUFAs and their metabolites with BDNF using MVD (Molegro Virtual Docker), this has shown that the metabolites of the PUFAs mainly LXA_4, NPD1, HDHA have shown more binding affinity towards BDNF. These metabolites of PUFAs are responsible for modulation of BDNF activity.     

Rapid Phosphorylation of Phospholipase Cγ 1 by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Neurotrophin-3 in Cultures of Embryonic Rat Cortical Neurons

Abstract: Phospholipase Cγ1 (PLC-γ1) is involved at an early step in signal transduction of many hormones and growth factors and catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 4,5-bisphosphate to diacylglycerol and inositol trisphosphate, two potent intracellular second messenger molecules. The transformation of PC12 cells into neuron-like cells induced by nerve growth factor is preceded by a rapid stimulation of PLC-γ1 phosphorylation and PI hydrolysis. The present study analyzed the effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) on phosphorylation of PLC-γ1 in primary cultures of embryonic rat brain cells. BDNF and NT-3 stimulated the phosphorylation of PLC-γ1, followed by hydrolysis of PI. The stimulation of PLC-γ1 phosphorylation occurred within 20 s after addition of BDNF or NT-3 and lasted up to 30 min, with a peak after 4 min. ED₅₀ values were similar for BDNF and NT-3, with τ25 ng/ml. Phosphorylation of PLC-γ1 by BDNF and NT-3 was found in cultures from all major brain areas. K-252b, a compound known to inhibit selectively neurotrophin actions by interfering with the phosphorylation of trk -type neurotrophin receptors, prevented the BDNF- and NT-3-stimulated phosphorylation of PLC-γ1. Receptors of the trk type were coprecipitated with anti-PLC-γ1 antibodies. The presence of trkB mRNA in the cultures was substantiated by northern blot analysis. The action of BDNF and NT-3 seems to be neuron specific because no phosphorylation of PLC-γ1 was observed in cultures of nonneuronal brain cells. The results provide evidence that developing neurons of the cerebral cortex and other brain areas are responsive to BDNF and NT-3, and they indicate that the transduction mechanism of BDNF and NT-3 in the brain involves rapid phosphorylation of PLC-γ1 followed by PI hydrolysis.     

Views and opinion on BDNF as a target for diabetic cognitive dysfunction

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a known cause of cognitive dysfunction and involves increased risk of dementia. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of neurotrophic family of nerve growth factors, a key protein in promoting memory, growth and survival of neurons. BDNF is recognized as a metabotrophic factor, a molecule that is involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as well as in other neurological disorders. It provides cellular and local regulatory mechanisms for mediating synaptic plasticity. Impaired BDNF signaling can compromise many aspects of brain functions. Studies investigating the relationship between diabetes and BDNF in adults demonstrate that BDNF levels are decreased in T2DM and are regulated in response to plasma levels of glucose. BDNF could serve as biomarker in predicting the development of obesity and T2DM. Thirty-two cavities were predicted to locate the active sites of BDNF for the ligands to bind. The shape of the site was identified by extracting the cavity volume surfaces enclosing regions with highest probability. Different ligands can be chosen for interaction of active sites of BDNF and can be targeted for drug discovery. This review focuses on computational exploitation selectively to deliver BDNF as a drug to appropriate hypothalamic neurons, which can serve as a novel approach in diabetic encephalopathy treatment.     

神经营养因子NGF、BDNF与围绝经期妇女认知功能关系的研究进展

神经营养因子(NTFs)是近几年神经科学研究的热点,研究显示它在神经系统中发挥独特的作用,尤其是神经生长因子(NGF)、脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)在脑内功能及其表达调控方面具有重要作用。围绝经期妇女随着雌激素水平的降低会产生认知功能的减退,有研究发现去卵巢动物(OVX)雌激素水平降低可以导致某些NGF、BDNF的丢失。通过启动内源性NGF和BDNF的表达而实现对神经元的保护可能为雌激素替代治疗(ERT)脑保护作用的一种机制。本文就近几年的研究进展做一简要综述。