有机磷农药草甘膦异丙胺盐对赤潮异弯藻的毒物干扰效应

以我国典型赤潮藻赤潮异弯藻(Heterosigma akashiwo)为研究对象,设置了6个浓度梯度(0 mg·L^-1、0.001mg·L^-1、0.01 mg·L^-1、0.1 mg·L^-1、1 mg·L^-1和10 mg·L^-1)的草甘膦异丙胺盐处理,研究了草甘膦异丙胺盐暴露对赤潮异弯藻的生长、叶绿素a含量和可溶性蛋白含量等指标的影响.结果表明,草甘膦异丙胺盐对赤潮异弯藻具有明显的毒性效应,10 mg·L^-1浓度处理下,赤潮异弯藻细胞大量死亡,藻细胞密度以及叶绿素a、可溶性蛋白的含量显著降低(p<0.05);当草甘膦异丙胺盐浓度在0.001～1 mg·L^-1范围内,在培养的第3 d草甘膦异丙胺盐能够显著促进赤潮异弯藻的细胞密度增加,叶绿素a含量也明显高于对照组(p<0.05),表现出毒物刺激效应;在暴露实验的中后期(第7 d、第9 d和第11 d),赤潮异弯藻的各生长指标均与对照无显著差异,可能是随着培养时间的延长,农药的降解、生物体对农药的适应、进入细胞的农药减少等原因,藻细胞生理状态逐渐恢复到正常水平.     

灰飞虱Bursicon基因的克隆、序列分析及在不同发育阶段的表达

Bursicon是通过G蛋白受体调节昆虫表皮硬化及展翅的功能蛋白, 它在昆虫蜕皮后的表皮硬化过程中起着关键作用。为探讨灰飞虱Laodelphax striatellus的 bursicon的功能, 利用RT-PCR和RACE技术克隆获得1 126 bp的bursicon α和761 bp的bursicon β全长序列, 将其分别命名为Lsburs-α和Lsburs-β。生物信息学分析表明： Lsburs-α开放阅读框长483 bp, 编码160个氨基酸, 该蛋白具有2个N-豆蔻酰化位点、 3个酪蛋白激酶Ⅱ磷酸化位点以及2个蛋白激酶C磷酸化位点。Lsburs-β开放阅读框长417 bp, 编码138个氨基酸, 该蛋白具有2个N-豆蔻酰化位点、 3个酪蛋白激酶Ⅱ磷酸化位点以及1个酪氨酸激酶磷酸化位点。qRT-PCR结果表明： Lsburs-α和Lsburs-β在灰飞虱各龄期均有转录表达, 并在若虫期随龄期增加呈上升趋势, 在羽化期达到峰值, 成虫期表达量逐渐降低。结果提示bursicon与灰飞虱蜕皮后的外表皮硬化关系密切。本文结果为深入研究bursicon的功能、受体调节和信号通路等奠定了基础。     

林睡鼠幼鼠的活动规律和行为初步观察

本文通过红外线照相的方法,对发育期的林睡鼠幼鼠进行室内活动规律及行为观察,为充分了解林睡鼠越冬前的能量储备形式提供饲养参考。将鼠密度监测仪固定在饲养笼具上方,24h连续拍照,采集和分析6-9月年龄在10周内的幼鼠各种活动数据。结果显示：幼鼠一天中超过70%的时间都在窝内度过,大部分时间都蜷缩成一团少有动作;在窝外活动时间多在玩耍,如攀爬笼架。用于进食和饮水的时间不超过全天的2%。林睡鼠幼鼠主要活动时间在21:00-07:00,活动高峰在21:00-03:00之间。幼鼠出生3周后开始出窝活动,哺乳期30d后开始采食,5周后幼鼠有交配玩耍行为。随着日龄的增长,活动高峰从23：00提前到21：00,活动时间也逐渐延长,但9周龄后活动时间逐渐缩短,幼鼠的饮水进食时间与其活动的时间长短较为一致。10周体重可达成年体重的70%。研究表明,林睡鼠在夏秋季节基本是昼伏夜出动物。光照是影响其在外活动的重要因素之一。幼鼠6周后所需的饲料和水量大于成年林睡鼠,在此期间要注意饲料和水的补充。     

葡萄糖、维生素C对普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中LPL和HL活性的影响

通过设置不同浓度的葡萄糖溶液和维生素C溶液分别添加到普安银鲫的孵化水体中, 直至卵黄囊消失完全, 探究葡萄糖和维生素C溶液分别浸泡对普安银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio)卵黄囊仔鱼发育中脂蛋白脂酶(LPL)和肝脂酶(HL)活性的影响. 葡萄糖浓度为0、5、10、15和20 g/L; 维生素C浓度为0、20、25、30和35 mg/L, 记录孵化时间、孵化率及仔鱼成活率, 并测定了最适葡萄糖浓度组、维生素C浓度组与对照组中普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中LPL和HL活性. 结果显示: 普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中对照组与维生素C组LPL比活力与全活力呈下降-上升的变化趋势, HL比活力与全活力均呈上升趋势. 葡萄糖组LPL和HL比活力与全活力呈上升趋势, 在混合营养期与外源营养期, LPL和HL比活力与全活力显著高于对照组(P0.05), 而维生素C组LPL和HL比活力与全活力仅稍高于对照组, 但HL全活力在内源营养期显著高于对照组(P0.05). 研究表明: 适宜水平的葡萄糖溶液可通过调节脂类代谢酶的活性来维持机体内脂质代谢的动态平衡, 同时适宜水平的维生素C溶液能促进脂质代谢.       

Effects of iron deficiency on the growth and photosynthesis of three bloom‐forming cyanobacterial species isolated from Lake Taihu

Cyanobacterial blooms are found in many freshwater ecosystems around the world, but the effect of environmental factors on their growth and the proportion of species still require more investigation. In this study, the physiological responses of bloom‐forming cyanobacteria M icrocystis aeruginosa FACHB912, M icrocystis flos‐aquae FACHB1028 and P seudanabaena sp. FACHB1282 to iron deficiency were investigated. Their specific growth rates were found to decrease as the available iron concentration decreased. At low available iron concentrations of 1 × 10^?7 M (pFe 21.3) and 5 × 10^?8 M (pFe 21.6), M . aeruginosa had the lowest specific growth rate among three studied species. The cell sizes of M . flos‐aquae and Pseudanabaena sp. were significantly smaller under the lowest iron concentration. The chlorophyll a content of the three species decreased at the lowest iron concentration. The maximal relative electron transport rate, photosynthetic efficiency, and light‐saturation parameter of M . aeruginosa were lower than the other two cyanobacteria at pFe 21.3. Therefore, M . aeruginosa was the least able to adapt to iron deficiency. Under iron deficiency, the functional absorption cross‐section of PSII and electron transport rate on the acceptor side of PSII decreased in M . aeruginosa, while the connectivity factor between individual photosynthetic units increased in M . flos‐aquae, and the electron transport rate on the acceptor side of PSII and between PSII and PSI decreased in P seudanabaena sp. The ability to store iron was highest in M . flos‐aquae, followed by P seudanabaena sp. and M . aeruginosa. Thus, these results provide necessary information for detecting the role of iron in the succession of cyanobacterial species in Lake Taihu, the third largest freshwater lake in China, because all three species were isolated from this lake.     

沉默马铃薯Sgt1-3基因减少块茎糖苷生物碱积累

马铃薯茄啶 糖基转移酶（solanidine glycosyltransferase,Sgt）家族成员Sgt1、Sgt2和Sgt3参与糖苷生物碱（glycoalkaloids,GAs）合成。已有研究证明,抑制该家族任一成员表达可影响马铃薯块茎中糖苷生物碱合成;然而,对Sgt家族成员的单基因实施调控很难有效降低块茎中总糖苷生物碱的积累。为降低马铃薯块茎中总糖苷生物碱的含量,本研究拟采用RNAi技术,对糖苷生物碱合成代谢途径末端酶基因家族成员Sgt1 3在转录水平进行共调控。为实现这一目的,构建了块茎特异性启动子Patatin驱动的,以Sgt1、Sgt2和Sgt3基因为靶向的RNAi表达载体pCEI-PFR,采用农杆菌介导法转化马铃薯茎段,获得10株可沉默Sgt1、Sgt2和Sgt3基因表达的Patatin RNAi融合基因的转基因植株。实时定量PCR（RT-qPCR）结果显示,Sgts基因的相对表达量分别降低了大约32%～60%（Sgt1）、29%～55%（Sgt2）和25%～66%（Sgt3）,而草甘膦抗性基因--5-烯醇式丙酮酸-3-磷酸莽草酸合酶（5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase, EPSPS）的表达量则增加了约48%～135%。高效液相色谱法（HPLC）证明,尽管转基因株系的绿色组织中糖苷生物碱含量与野生型无显著差异,但块茎中糖苷生物碱分别比野生型降低了46%～59%（庄薯3号）和42%～62%（Favorita）。上述结果提示,复合沉默茄啶 糖基转移酶家族基因可降低马铃薯块茎中糖苷生物碱的积累。此外,该结果可能对研究马铃薯不同组织间糖苷生物碱的分布和积累,以及马铃薯种质资源的创新开发具有一定启示。     

Characterization of Smad3 knockout mouse derived skin cells

TGF-β plays an important role in skin wound healing process, in which Smad3 acts as a signaling molecule. Smad3 knockout mice exhibit enhanced wound healing and less inflammatory process, but the intrinsic properties of the mouse derived skin cells are generally unexplored. The purpose of this study is to characterize the biological behavior of skin cells derived from Smad3 knockout mice and thus to define the mechanism of this particular wound healing process. Keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts were harvested from the skin of Smad3 knockout (Smad3 KO) and wild-type (WT) mice and in vitro cultured for one and two passages for various experiments. The results showed that KO mouse serum contained significantly higher levels of TGF-β1 and lower level of IL-6 and IL-10 than WT mouse serum (p < 0.05), which were also supported by the same findings of more TGF-β1 and less IL-6 and IL-10 in the supernatant of cultured KO dermal fibroblasts than those of WT cells (p < 0.05). At gene levels, IL-6, IL-10, and TGF-β1 were significantly less expressed in KO fibroblasts than in WT fibroblasts (p < 0.05). In addition, KO dermal fibroblasts also exhibited stronger migration and proliferation potentials than WT fibroblasts (p < 0.05). Moreover, both KO fibroblasts and keratinocytes showed higher colony-forming efficiency than WT counterparts with significant difference (p < 0.05). These findings indicate that both systemic factors and intrinsic properties of skin cells contribute to enhanced wound healing and less inflammatory reaction observed in Smad3 knock-out mice.     

Upregulated microRNA-224 promotes ovarian cancer cell proliferation by targeting KLLN

Human epithelial ovarian cancer is a complex disease, with low 5-yr survival rate largely due to the terminal stage at diagnosis in most patients. MicroRNAs play critical roles during epithelial ovarian cancer progression in vivo and have also been shown to regulate characteristic of ovarian cancer cell line in vitro. Alterative microRNA-224 (microRNA-224) expression affects human epithelial ovarian cancer cell survival, apoptosis, and metastasis. However, people know little about the effects of microRNA-224 on epithelial ovarian cancer cell proliferation. In the current study, we found that the microRNA-224 expression level of human syngeneic epithelial ovarian cancer cells HO8910 (low metastatic ability) was lower than that of HO8910PM (high metastatic ability). Furthermore, microRNA-224 was confirmed to target KLLN in HO8910 and HO8910PM. The known KLLN downstream target cyclin A was regulated by microRNA-224 in HO8910 and HO8910PM. In addition, overexpression of microRNA-224 enhanced the proliferation abilities of HO8910 and knockdown of microRNA-224 suppressed the proliferation abilities of HO8910PM by KLLN-cyclin A pathway. Our results provide new data about microRNAs and their targets involved in proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by modulating the downstream signaling.