5种光合细菌种间原生质体融合及优良农用融合子的筛选鉴定

处于对数生长期的光合细菌球形红假单胞菌(Rhodopseudomonassphaeroides)、沼泽红假单胞菌(Rhodopseudomonaspalustris)、嗜酸红假单胞菌(Rhodopseudomdnasacidophila)、深红红螺菌(Rhodospirarubrum)、万尼氏红微菌(Rhodomocrobiumvannielii),经溶菌酶(3mg/L)处理50min后,获得了它们的菌体形成的原生质体,其再生率分别为80%、71%、82%、61%、74%.取等量的亲本菌株在35%的PEG(MW6000)诱导下两两融合5min,共10种组合.其融合率为球×沼2.5×10-4、球×嗜2.1×10-4、球×深2.0×10-4、球×万2.1×10-4、沼×嗜2.8×10-4、沼×深2.4×10-4、沼×万2.6×10-4、嗜×深2.0×10-4、嗜×万2.3×10-4、深×万2.4×10-4.经影印法鉴定:形成的融合子可以分别生长于以相应的有机物为唯一碳源的培养基上,所有融合子体积均相当于两亲本株体积之和,融合子菌落形态特征介于两亲本株之间.从中随机挑选100个融合子,以辣椒苗作为靶标植物,从上述融合子中筛选到了1株具有显著促进作物生长、提高抗病性的融合子.     

FRIL蛋白体外维持脐血造血干/祖细胞的作用及细胞周期调控基因的表达

为探讨新的豆类凝集素(Flt3 receptor-interacting lectin,FRIL)体外维持脐血CD34^ 细胞的作用以及维持过程中细胞周期调控基因HTm4及HTm4S mRNA的表达及意义,我们利用FRIL维持培养脐血CD34^ 细胞,对其增殖曲线、细胞周期及集落形成能力进行常规分析,并用半定量RT—PCR法分别测定FRIL体外维持不同时间后脐血CD34^ 细胞中周期调控基因HTm4及HTm4S mRNA的表达变化。结果显示,FRIL培养的CD34^ 造血干／祖细胞的增殖趋势平缓,整个培养期间细胞增殖倍数不超过起始的3倍：14d之前,FRIL培养细胞的高增殖潜能集落形成细胞(HPP—CFC)形成集落数与FL组无差别,其后则维持高于FL的情况。细胞周期分析则显示,在28d的培养过程内,利用FRIL培养的细胞始终有80％以上维持在G0期;而周期调控基因HTm4及HTm4S在刚分离的脐血CD34^ 细胞中的表达水平较高;但培养1d后,几乎检测不到HTm4基因的表达;培养3～14d,该基因的表达回升并持续维持在高水平。而HTm4S基因的表达在第7d达最高水平,其余时间基本呈稳定表达。转染HTm4和HTm4S,亚细胞定位结果显示HTm4主要定位于核周围,而HTm4S则定位于整个胞浆,由此可能导致它们功能的区别。以上结果提示,长期培养体现出FRIL在维持造血干／祖细胞多能性上的优势;细胞周期调控基因HTm4及其新剪接子参与了FRIL体外长期维持脐血造血干／祖细胞处于静息状态的过程。     

五种桉树对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂的抗性研究

本文通过室内网室接虫,以感虫株率、株平均虫瘿数、单株最多虫瘿数和感虫速度4个指标,评价了5种桉树对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂Leptocybe invasa Fisher&La Salle的抗性.结果表明:在人工接种16 d、22 d和25 d后,DH201-2、GL9和邓恩桉分别出现明显的虫瘿,DH32-29和JGI在接种后的40 d内均未出现感虫症状.经方差分析表明,供试的5种桉树对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂的抗性有显著差异,其抗性序列由大到小为:DH32-29=JG1>邓恩桉>GL9>DH201-2.     

不同产地与类型及采收方法对黄花蒿中青蒿素含量的影响

以来源于重庆、广西、湖南、广东、江苏、陕西等省区的72分种质资源为试验材料,研究不同产地与类型及采收方法对黄花蒿中青蒿素含量的影响,为良种的选育和药材的采收提供科学的依据。结果表明:(1)早熟型与中、晚熟型青蒿素含量的差异显著,其顺序为:中熟型>晚熟型>早熟型;(2)在同一管理条件下不同茎秆颜色的青蒿素含量之间差异显著,其顺序为:白杆型>黄绿秆型>紫秆型>绿秆型;(3)不同产地的黄花蒿青蒿素含量动态变化规律一致,青蒿素含量最高时期为孕蕾期,是最佳采收期;(4)不同部位之间青蒿素含量差异显著,以叶片的青蒿素含量最高。     

布氏田鼠冷暴露中褐色脂肪组织的增补及解偶联蛋白基因表达

布氏田鼠 (Microtusbrandti)随机分组暴露在冷环境 [12L∶12D ,(4± 2 )℃ ]中 12h ,1d ,3d ,7d ,14d ,2 1d和 2 8d ;对照组生活在温暖环境下 [12L∶12D ,(2 5± 2 )℃ ]。与对照组相比 ,布氏田鼠的褐色脂肪组织 (BAT)重量在冷暴露 12h～ 3d时降低 ,7～ 2 1d时则增加。 7～ 2 8d冷暴露组动物的BAT总蛋白和总DNA含量均比对照组明显提高。冷环境中的布氏田鼠解偶联蛋白 (UCP)的mRNA随时间的延长而表达上调 ,在冷暴露 2 1d时达到高峰。结果表明 ,冷暴露能够诱导布氏田鼠BAT细胞增补和UCP基因表达 ,从而使适应性产热增加。     

重组人GM-CSF/MCAF融合蛋白的构建及其体内外抗肿瘤研究

以单核细胞趋化激活因子(MCAF)作为导向效应细胞(单核细胞)到靶部位的因子,与粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(GM-CFS)融合构建成细胞因子融合蛋白rhGM-CSF/MCAF.它分别保留各自较高的生物学活性及具有协同与增强功能.体外抗肿瘤试验表明,它激活单核细胞后能抑制多种肿瘤细胞的生长.裸鼠抗肿瘤试验同样显示明显的抑瘤效应,且优于rhGM-CSF.病理组织学检查提示这种抗肿瘤作用是通过将大量的单核细胞募集到肿瘤部位来实现的.     

Spindlin1, a novel nuclear protein with a role in the transformation of NIH3T3 cells

spindlin1, a novel human gene recently isolated by our laboratory, is highly homologous to mouse spindlin gene. In this study, we cloned cDNA full-length of this novel gene and send it to GenBank database as spindlin1 (Homo sapiens spindlin1) with Accession No. AF317228. In order to investigate the function of spindlin1, we studied further the subcellular localization of Spindlin1 protein and the effects of spindlin1 overexpression in NIH3T3 cells. The results showed that the fusion protein pEGFP-N1-spindlin1 was located in the nucleus and the C-terminal is correlated with nuclear localization of Spindlin1 protein. NIH3T3 cells which could stably express spindlin1 as a result of RT-PCR analysis compared with the control cells displayed a complete morphological change; made cell growth faster; and increased the percentage of cells in G2/M and S phase. Furthermore, overexpressed spindlin1 cells formed colonies in soft agar in vitro and formed tumors in nude mice. Our findings provide direct evidence that spindlin1 gene may contribute to tumorigenesis.     

Combining evolutionary and structural information for local protein structure prediction

We study the effects of various factors in representing and combining evolutionary and structural information for local protein structural prediction based on fragment selection. We prepare databases of fragments from a set of non-redundant protein domains. For each fragment, evolutionary information is derived from homologous sequences and represented as estimated effective counts and frequencies of amino acids (evolutionary frequencies) at each position. Position-specific amino acid preferences called structural frequencies are derived from statistical analysis of discrete local structural environments in database structures. Our method for local structure prediction is based on ranking and selecting database fragments that are most similar to a target fragment. Using secondary structure type as a local structural property, we test our method in a number of settings. The major findings are: (1) the COMPASS-type scoring function for fragment similarity comparison gives better prediction accuracy than three other tested scoring functions for profile-profile comparison. We show that the COMPASS-type scoring function can be derived both in the probabilistic framework and in the framework of statistical potentials. (2) Using the evolutionary frequencies of database fragments gives better prediction accuracy than using structural frequencies. (3) Finer definition of local environments, such as including more side-chain solvent accessibility classes and considering the backbone conformations of neighboring residues, gives increasingly better prediction accuracy using structural frequencies. (4) Combining evolutionary and structural frequencies of database fragments, either in a linear fashion or using a pseudocount mixture formula, results in improvement of prediction accuracy. Combination at the log-odds score level is not as effective as combination at the frequency level. This suggests that there might be better ways of combining sequence and structural information than the commonly used linear combination of log-odds scores. Our method of fragment selection and frequency combination gives reasonable results of secondary structure prediction tested on 56 CASP5 targets (average SOV score 0.77), suggesting that it is a valid method for local protein structure prediction. Mixture of predicted structural frequencies and evolutionary frequencies improve the quality of local profile-to-profile alignment by COMPASS.     

华南五针松叶发育的研究

利用光学显微镜和电子显微镜对华南五针松叶的生长和发育进行研究,结果表明:华南五针松叶为单脉序的三棱形针状叶,气孔分布在腹面,为单环型;皮下层一到两层;内皮层明显;转输组织为松型;树脂道三个,出现两个边生、一个中生或缺,三个中生,三个边生,仅二个中生等类型;叶缘的细齿由表皮细胞壁形成。气孔器发育方向是先中央后两端,在部分区域具有合并及不连续的现象。     

中药益智的化学成分研究

采用正反相硅胶、Sephadex LH-20凝胶、MCI树脂等层析技术从中药益智95%乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯部位分离得到13个化合物,运用现代波谱技术分别鉴定为:益智酮甲(1,yakuchinone A)、益智醇(2,oxyphyllacin-ol)、白杨素(3,chrysin)、rhamnocitrin(4)、oxyphyllenodiol A(5)、oxyphyllenodiol B(6)、nootkatone(7)、dehydro-noot-katone(8)、7-epi-teucrenone(9)、oxyphyllenone A(10)、oxyphyllenone B(11)、原儿茶酸(12,protocatechuic acid)和琥珀酸(13,succinic acid)。其中化合物4、13为首次从该植物中分得,化合物8为新的天然产物。