Unique features of breast cancer in Asian women—Breast cancer in Taiwan as an example

Breast carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in women and is known to arise from a multifactorial process, the effect of reproductive risk factors strongly supporting a hormonal role in its etiology. Breast cancer in Asia is characterized by a lower incidence than in Western populations, but is still the leading type of cancer in Asian women, and a significant increasing tread indicates that it is an issue of particular public health importance. Asian breast cancer is characterized by early tumor onset, showing a relatively younger median age at diagnosis. Recently, scientists began to explore the tumorigenic mechanisms underlying breast cancer formation at the molecular level. Both a candidate-gene approach and genome-wide association studies have yielded crucial insights into breast cancer susceptibility genes initiating breast tumorigenesis. As expected, ethnic/racial variation in the genotypic frequency of these genes results in differences in breast cancer incidence in different populations. Furthermore, the question of how important these genes are in Asian breast cancer remains to be explored.It has been demonstrated that gene expression profiles and gene sets are prognostic and predictive for patients with breast cancer. Originally, due to its early onset, it was speculated that Asian breast cancer would have a higher frequency of the basal-like subtype of breast cancer, a molecular subtype characterized by poor differentiation, resulting in a relatively poor progression; however, recent findings do not support this speculation. The frequency of the luminal-A subtype of breast cancer, characterized by estrogen receptor expression, is similar to that in breast cancer in Caucasian, supporting the usefulness of hormone-based therapy in Asian breast cancer.     

全缘叶绿绒蒿挥发性组分定量结构-色谱保留关系研究

提出顶点及顶点相互作用矢量的概念,并将该矢量用于复杂样本的分子结构表征。采用逐步回归结合统计检测对变量进行筛选后,再用多元线性回归建立了定量结构-色谱保留(QSRR)关系的7变量模型,模型的建模计算值复相关系数(R)为0.990,标准偏差(SD)为1.325;留一法(LOO)交互检验复相关系数(RCV)为0.983,标准偏差(SDCV)为1.696。结果表明该矢量具有较强的分子结构表达能力,模型具有良好的估计能力与稳定性。     

两种过路黄的核型研究

对国产报春花科珍珠菜属植物过路黄和疏节过路黄的核型进行了首次报道。过路黄染色体数目为２ｎ＝２４,核型公式为２ｎ＝２４＝２ｍ＋４ｓｍ＋６ｓｔ＋１２ｔ,核型类型“３Ａ”;疏节过路黄染色体数目为２ｎ＝２２,核型公式为２ｎ＝２２＝４ｍ＋６ｓｍ＋１０ｔ,核型类型“３Ａ”。     

甘露糖对大麦品种不同外植体生长的影响

以大麦栽培品种的茎尖、成熟胚为外植体,研究了不同甘露糖浓度对这些外植体愈伤组织诱导和生长的影响。结果表明:甘露糖浓度为20 g/L时,茎尖的叶片伸长和生根受到明显抑制;甘露糖浓度为10 g/L或15 g/L时,成熟胚的愈伤组织诱导率降低50%,甘露糖浓度为20 g/L或25 g/L时,成熟胚愈伤诱导和生长完全受到抑制,因此在以大麦茎尖和成熟胚为外植体的磷酸甘露糖异构酶(PM I)/甘露糖筛选中,可分别以20 g/L、25 g/L甘露糖作筛选压。另外,在培养早期阶段筛选比较适宜。     

植物根构型特性与磷吸收效率

植物根构型,即根系在生长介质中的空间造型和分布,与磷吸收效率密切相关;认识植物根构型,可为植物磷效率的遗传改良提供依据。长期以来,人们试图定量描述植物根构型,确立一个能客观全面地描述根系三维立体构型的综合指标。试验指出,植物主要通过向地性变化和根冠之间的碳源分配来改变根构型,从而影响磷吸收效率;根系向地性变化可由缺磷等因素所诱导,且存在着一定的遗传变异性。有证据表明,根构型对低磷胁迫的适应性变化是     

萝芙木异胡豆苷合成酶基因的克隆与分析

以萝芙木叶片为材料,应用RT-PCR方法首次克隆了萝芙木萜类吲哚生物碱(terpeno id indo le a lka lo ids,T IA s)生物合成途径中重要的限速酶——异胡豆苷合成酶(strictos id ine syn thase,STR)基因(G enB ank登录号DQ 0170054)并进行了生物信息学分析,以pCAM B IA 1304为基本载体构建其植物高效表达载体pCAM B IA 1304 -R vSTR.生物信息学分析表明,该基因的编码区长度为1 035 bp,编码344个氨基酸的多肽,其理论分子量为38.2kD,等电点为5.2,N-端有一长度为27个氨基酸的信号肽;二级结构预测表明,延伸链和不规则盘绕是R vSTR蛋白最大量的结构元件,而α-螺旋和β-转角则散布于整个蛋白质中.同源性分析表明,R vSTR和其它植物来源的STR同源;采用M EGA 3构建了具代表性的植物STR的分子系统发育树,首次提出植物来源的STR分为2种类型,即STR 1和STR 2,其中来源于能够产生T IA s的植物的STR属于STR 2类型.     

广东番禺红树林造林研究

结合广东番禺红树林造林的现状,对影响红树林幼苗成活率和生长状况的因素进行初步分析,并据此提出提高造林保存率的措施等。影响红树林造林成活及生长的因素为：①水深：潮水越深,红树幼苗成活率越低,生长越差;②风浪：海面风浪越大,红树幼苗受干扰越大,成活和生长越差;③人为活动干扰为严重影响红树幼苗的成活和生长;④造林地的杂草会影响某些红树植物幼苗的光照条件;⑤海滩垃圾废物会挂断和压倒大量红树幼苗;⑥海滩石油污染会阻止红树胚轴的萌发;⑦幼苗种植时越粗壮,种植得越精细,则种植后生长越好。并提出提高造林成效的措施：①加强维护和管理：包括护理受损伤的红树幼苗,清除塑料袋等垃圾物,罅在红树幼苗区的捕捞活动,造林前清除杂草和固定某些红树植物幼苗;②补植受破坏的红树幼苗和扩大种植。     

螺旋粉虱产卵蜡泌物对香蕉网蝽的拒食活性

螺旋粉虱产卵分泌物所圈定的叶片范围可阻碍一些植食性昆虫如香蕉网蝽的取食。本文采用叶碟法测定了螺旋粉虱产卵分泌物中的芳香酯类、酚类和烷烃类物质对香蕉网蝽5龄若虫的拒食活性。结果表明:在10mg·mL-1质量浓度下,邻苯二甲酸二丁酯表现出较强的拒食活性,其次为3,5-二(1,1-二甲基乙基)-4-羟基苯丙酸甲酯、邻苯二甲酸正辛酯和正十六烷,4,4’-亚甲基双(2,6-二叔丁基苯酚)则没有拒食活性;浓度梯度试验显示,邻苯二甲酸二丁酯对香蕉网蝽若虫的拒食活性随浓度增大而增强,拒食中浓度为0.929mg·mL-1;表明螺旋粉虱产卵分泌物中的芳香酯对一些植食性昆虫有很强的拒食活性,同时为植食性昆虫种间竞争关系提供了理论依据。     

仁化县野生白毛茶群落特征及保护对策

以广东仁化县董塘镇及红山镇5个分布有野生白毛茶Camellia sinensis var. pubilimba的生存群落为对象,开展样方调查及群落生态学分析,以期明确野生白毛茶的生长状况及保护对策。结果表明：(1) 5个有野生白毛茶分布的群落,共分布有维管植物177种,隶属于63科119属,其中蕨类植物13科17属21种,被子植物49科101属155种;(2) 白毛茶野生种群分布于毛竹Phyllostachys heterocycla、杉木Cunninghamia lanceolata群落演替而成的次生林,群落上层以毛竹、杉木、华润楠Machilus chinensis、罗浮柿Diospyros morrisiana为优势种,灌木层以白毛茶、红背山麻杆Alchornea trewioides、绒毛山胡椒Lindera nacusua、八角枫Alangium chinense为优势种,草本层以乌毛蕨Blechnum orientale、蔓生莠竹Microstegium fasciculatum、三叶崖爬藤Tetrastigma hemsleyanum等占优势;(3) 除次生林外,其余群落中草本层Simpson指数、Shannon-wiener指数及均匀度均高于乔木层及灌木层,这可能是自然演替进程与人类砍伐活动综合作用的结果;(4) 野生白毛茶更适合处于中度干扰的次生林中,较为湿润的阳坡利于其发展;(5) 野生白毛茶数量虽多,共258株,却均为小苗,且生长状况并不理想,需及时采取有效的保护措施就地保护、适度干扰,同时加强民众教育保护现有野生资源,扩大野生种群调查范围,兼顾回归实验。     

Unusual lipids and acylglucosylsterols from the roots of Livistona chinensis

A 70% ethanol extract from the roots of Livistona chinensis has been investigated, led to the isolation of 18 compounds, including two new 6′-O-acyl-β-d-glucosyl-β-sitosterols, 6′-O-(2″-hydroxyheptadecanoyl)-β-d-glucosyl-β-sitosterol (1) and 6′-O-(icosa-9″Z,12″Z-dienoyl)-β-d-glucosyl-β-sitosterol (2), two new keto esters, ethyl 16-(dodeca-4″′Z,7″′Z-dienyl)-29-oxo-15-(tetradeca-5″Z,8″Z,11″Z-trienyl) triacontanoate (7), and 16-hydroxy-8-oxohexadecyl tetradecanoate (9), a new unsaturated fatty acid, tetracosa-(11Z,14Z,18Z)-trienoic acid (8), as well as a new fatty alcohol, 10-decylnonadecane-1,19-diol (10). The structures of new compounds were elucidated, based on spectroscopic and chemical methods. The antiproliferative activity against four human tumor cell lines (K562, HL-60, HepG2, and CNE-1) was evaluated. Four compounds (1–3, 5) showed potent antiproliferative effects with the IC₅₀ of 10–100 μM. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of 6′-O-acyl-β-d-glucosyl-β-sitosterol and 3-O-acyl-β-sitosterol in the genus Livistona. Keto fatty acids and their esters are also rare in higher plant.