场效应晶体管生物传感器在生物医学检测中的应用研究进展*

场效应晶体管生物传感器因其灵敏度高、分析速度快、无标记、体积小、操作简单等特点而受到了很多关注,广泛应用于DNA、蛋白质、细胞、离子等生物识别物的检测。近年来,更有纳米材料和微电子技术在传感器设计中提高传感器的传感性能,场效应晶体管生物传感器朝着高灵敏、微型化、快速化以及多功能化的方向以令人惊叹的速度发展。研究场效应晶体管生物传感器工作原理,阐述近年来场效应晶体管生物传感器在生物医学检测领域中最新的研究进展与应用,探讨场效应晶体管生物传感器克服各种缺陷的应对策略,为该传感器在未来生物医学检测中的开发提供参考。     

酵母杂交系统在CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑系统脱靶率研究中的应用*

目的:为提高CRISPR/Cas9(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9)靶向性奠定基础,同时证明酵母杂交系统在研究CRISPR/Cas9脱靶效应中的应用价值。方法:以实验室前期构建成功的activase基因编辑水稻株为研究对象,先采用T7核酸内切酶Ⅰ法初步预测30株基因编辑水稻株的脱靶率。随后以酵母杂交系统进一步预测脱靶率以及研究sgRNA结构对脱靶率的影响。首先,将activase靶向基因的标准sgRNA(standard sgRNA)和短sgRNA(truncated sgRNA)分别克隆至CRISPR/Cas9系统表达载体pDW3769中,构建对应的重组载体pHZ2和pHZ4,转化至YPH499酵母单倍体形成重组酵母YpHZ2和YpHZ4;其次,根据脱靶位点预测选择7组脱靶序列A、B、C、D、E、F、G以及靶向序列,分别克隆至包含报告基因mCherry的高拷贝载体pDW3133和低拷贝载体pDW3134,构建相应的高拷贝重组载体pHZ5、pHZ7、pHZ9、pHZ11、pHZ13、pHZ15、pHZ17和pHZ19,以及对应的低拷贝重组载体pHZ6、pHZ8、pHZ10、pHZ12、pHZ14、pHZ16、pHZ18和pHZ20,转化至YPH500酵母单倍体,构建重组酵母YpHZ5-20。随后,重组酵母YpHZ2和YpHZ4与重组酵母YpHZ5-20分别杂交,挑取双倍体酵母菌落,在不同的时间段下检测荧光数值,根据荧光值定量预测脱靶率。结果:酵母培养144~192 h时荧光最为显著,脱靶序列sgRNA与靶向基因sgRNA同源性越高,越易造成脱靶,但短sgRNA较标准sgRNA脱靶率低。根据水稻植株的脱靶检测显示脱靶率约20%,基于酵母杂交的检测结果显示脱靶率为20%~28%。结论:酵母细胞进入稳定期时荧光值最为显著,且与载体的拷贝数量成正比。sgRNA序列以及长短结构可影响CRISPR/Cas9的基因靶向性。两种方法的脱靶率预测结果相当,表明酵母杂交系统在评价CRISPR/Cas9系统的脱靶率以及研究脱靶影响因素中具有良好的应用价值。     

Suppression of DRR1 results in the accumulation of insoluble ubiquitinated proteins,which impairs drought stress tolerance

Drought stress has detrimental effects on plants. Although the abscisic acid (ABA)‐mediated drought response is well established, defensive mechanisms to cope with dehydration‐induced proteotoxicity have been rarely studied. DRR1 was identified as an Arabidopsis drought‐induced gene encoding an ER‐localized RING‐type E3 Ub ligase. Suppression of DRR1 markedly reduced tolerance to drought and proteotoxic stress without altering ABA‐mediated germination and stomatal movement. Proteotoxicity‐ and dehydration‐induced insoluble ubiquitinated protein accumulation was more obvious in DRR1 loss‐of‐function plants than in wild‐type plants. These results suggest that DRR1 is involved in an ABA‐independent drought stress response possibly through the mitigation of dehydration‐induced proteotoxic stress.     

Structure of plant photosystem I−light harvesting complex I supercomplex at 2.4 Å resolution

Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the two photosystems in photosynthesis, and performs a series of electron transfer reactions leading to the reduction of ferredoxin. In higher plants, PSI is surrounded by four light-harvesting complex I (LHCI) subunits, which harvest and transfer energy efficiently to the PSI core. The crystal structure of PSI-LHCI supercomplex has been analyzed up to 2.6 Å resolution, providing much information on the arrangement of proteins and cofactors in this complicated supercomplex. Here we have optimized crystallization conditions, and analyzed the crystal structure of PSI-LHCI at 2.4 Å resolution. Our structure showed some shift of the LHCI, especially the Lhca4 subunit, away from the PSI core, suggesting the indirect connection and inefficiency of energy transfer from this Lhca subunit to the PSI core. We identified five new lipids in the structure, most of them are located in the gap region between the Lhca subunits and the PSI core. These lipid molecules may play important roles in binding of the Lhca subunits to the core, as well as in the assembly of the supercomplex. The present results thus provide novel information for the elucidation of the mechanisms for the light-energy harvesting, transfer and assembly of this supercomplex.     

不同麻醉方式对老年糖尿病患者全膝置换术后糖代谢的影响

目的:探讨不同麻醉方式对老年糖尿病患者全膝置换术(total knee arthoplasty,TKA)后糖代谢的影响。方法:2018年2月到2020年3月选择在本院进行择期TKA的老年糖尿病合并膝关节骨性关节炎患者88例,随机原则分为研究组与对照组,各44例。对照组给予常规静吸复合全身麻醉,研究组在对照组麻醉的基础上给予复合股神经阻滞,检测两组术后空腹血糖值,并记录两组膝关节功能改善情况。结果:研究组术后1 d、3 d与7 d静息状态下和活动状态下的疼痛视觉模拟评分法(Visual Analogue Scale/Score,VAS)评分都显著低于对照组(P<0.05)。研究组术后1 d、3 d与7 d的空腹血糖值都显著低于对照组(P<0.05)。研究组术后1 d、3 d与7 d的患肢膝关节活动度都显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。结论:股神经阻滞联合全麻在老年糖尿病患者TKA中的应用能缓解术后疼痛,减低术后血糖水平,并且促进提高膝关节活动度有益预后。     

Longitudinal virological changes and underlying pathogenesis in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Guangzhou,China

Science China Life Sciences - Prolonged viral RNA shedding and recurrence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have been...     

Adult-repopulating lymphoid potential of yolk sac blood vessels is not confined to arterial endothelial cells

Science China Life Sciences - During embryogenesis, hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) are believed to be derived from hemogenic endothelial cells (HECs). Moreover, arterial feature is...     

Responses of soil labile organic carbon and water-stable aggregates to reforestation in southern subtropical China

中国南亚热带土壤易分解有机碳和水稳性团聚体对造林的响应 造林被认为可以提高土壤碳稳定性并促进土壤碳累积。然而,实验结果差异很大,造林在提高土壤碳稳定性方面的作用仍存在争议。因此,在森林生态系统中不同土壤碳库对造林如何响应目前尚不清楚。基于此,本文对亚热带地区的尾叶桉林(Eucalyptus urophylla)、厚荚相思林(Acacia crassicarpa)、 红锥林(Castanopsis hystrix)、10树种混交林和自然恢复草坡等5种不同林型的土壤碳组分进行了研究,评估其不同土层(0–10、10–20、20–40 和40–60 cm)中的土壤易分解有机碳(容易被高锰酸钾氧化的有机碳ROC和土壤可溶性有机碳DOC)及土壤团聚体相关的碳对造林的响应。实验结果表明,造林(与自然恢复草坡比较)和林型并没有显著影响土壤ROC浓度,而自然恢复草坡土壤的DOC浓度在4个土层中均最高。0–10 cm土层中各径级的土壤团聚体其碳(C)浓度均是红锥林最高。此外,在任一土层中,林型对不同径级土壤水稳性团聚体比例的影响均不显著。但是土壤深度显著改变土壤团聚体的分布,0–20 cm土层主要为>0.25 mm粒径的团聚体,20–60 cm土层则是0.053–2 mm粒径的团聚体占主导。这些结果显示造林和林型影响土壤DOC 和团聚体C,而且它们相比于ROC对造林的响应更为敏感。研究发现,与自然恢复相比,人工林降低了土壤DOC浓度,暗示它可能会减少土壤C的淋溶损失。此外,红锥林能够通过物理保护提高表土层中土壤碳的稳定性。本研究为关注土壤碳汇功能时的中国南亚热带地区造林树种选择提供了有价值的信息。     

Erratum to: Migrasomes: the knowns,the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns: a personal perspective

Science China Life Sciences - The original article has been corrected.     

OSMRβ mutants enhance basal keratinocyte differentiation via inactivation of the STAT5/KLF7 axis in PLCA patients

Dear Editor, Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis (PLCA) is a skin-limited disorder characterized by deposition of amyloid material in the superficial dermis.According to clinical characteristics,PLCA is divided into lichen,macular,and nodular amyloidosis.PLCA is found worldwide but has a higher incidence in South America and Southeast Asia,such as in Brazil and China (Chang et al.,2014;Tey et al.,2016).