异株藤的离体快繁

1植物名称异株藤(Calamus dioicus)。 2材料类别胚。 3培养条件(1)胚芽生长培养基：MS+6-BA 2．0 mg·L一(单位下同)+4％蔗糖;(2)丛芽诱导培养基：MS+6-BA 4．0+IBA 1．0+NAA 1．0+4％蔗糖;(3)生根培养基1／2MS(大量元素减半)+IBA 0．5+NAA 0．5+3％蔗糖。培养基(1)和(2)加0．7％卡拉胶,培养基(3)加0．73％卡拉胶,pH 5．8±0．2。培养温度(28±2)℃,每天光照10 h,光照度为2 000 k。 4生长与分化情况 4.1 萌发果实大量成熟前一个半月采集近成熟果实,去除果肉得干净种子,用75％酒精浸泡30 s,0．1％升汞表面消毒加～30 min,无菌水冲洗4～5次,在超净台上用刀片将发芽孔打开后转接至培养基(1)。种子在培养基(1)上30 d,与田间播种相同,胚根先长出发芽孔,但受6-BA的作用,胚根长至0．5～1．0 cm即不再进一步生长。接种∞d,胚芽长出发芽孔,∞d长至1．5～2．0 cm高,即可切下胚芽转入丛芽诱导培养基(2)。 4.2 丛芽诱导在培养基(2)中,胚芽高生长明显减缓,基部开始横向膨胀生长,约40d分化出丛芽,丛芽诱导率为30％～35％。     

Evidence for Symbiont-induced Alteration of a Host's Gene Expression: Irreversible Loss of SAM Synthetase from Amoeba proteus

ABSTRACT. Symbiont-bearing xD amoebae no longer produce a 45-kDa cytoplasmic protein that functions as S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in symbiont-free D amoebae. The absence of the protein in xD amoebae is attributable to xD amoeba's failure to transcribe the corresponding gene as a result of harboring bacterial symbionts. However, xD amoebae have about half the level of enzyme activity found in D amoebae, indicating that they use an alternative source for the enzyme. xD amoebae originated from D amoebae by bacterial infection and now depend on their symbionts for survival. xD amoebae exhibit irreversible nucleolar abnormalities when their symbionts are removed, suggesting that X-bacteria supply the needed enzyme. A monoclonal antibody against the 45-kDa protein was produced and used as a probe in cloning its corresponding cDNA. The product of the cDNA was found to have S-adenosylmethionine synthetase activity. These results show how symbiotic X-bacteria may become essential cellular components of amoebae by supplementing a genetic defect for an amoeba's house-keeping gene that is brought about by an action of X-bacteria themselves. This is the first reported example in which symbionts alter the host's gene expression to block the production of an essential protein.     

Comparing assemblages of Asteraceae and their insect herbivores under different land‐use regimens

Accelerated tropical landscape changes occurring over recent decades have produced environmental mosaics comprising remaining isolated green areas and mixed land‐use types. Our objective was to study the effects of alterations in the natural landscape on the species composition and structure of assemblages of Asteraceae and their endophagous insects through comparisons between cerrado (savanna), pastures and Eucalyptus stands. We first investigated whether similarities between assemblages of Asteraceae and their insects varied among land uses or localities. Secondly, we asked whether assemblages of Eucalyptus stands and pastures are subsets of those within the cerrado. We sampled within randomly deployed transects in 15 areas. Land use was found to be an important factor in determining plant composition similarity; however, locality did not exert any significant influence. Pastures were less similar to one another, suggesting high beta diversity. Similarities among insect assemblages were correlated with plant assemblage composition, but not with land use or locality. Species of Tephritidae were distributed along localities independently of land use. High beta diversity in Asteraceae assemblages among cerrados and pastures was supported by nestedness analysis. Plant assemblages in Eucalyptus stands were subsets of cerrado, but pasture assemblages were only partial subsets. A higher degree of nestedness in insect assemblages than in plant assemblages indicated lower beta diversity within these herbivores. Our data indicate that many herbivores are specialized on widely distributed plant genera. Conservation of Asteraceae species and their flower head insects depends not only on maintenance of landscape fragments but also on the correct matching of management form and land use. Such management may contribute to reducing isolation of plant and insect species by increasing the connectivity of remaining cerrado tracts, allowing population maintenance even at low abundances.     

甘肃东乡晚中新世新发现的副板齿犀(奇蹄目、犀科)化石

副板齿犀 (Ｐａｒｅｌａｓｍｏｔｈｅｒｉｕｍ)是Ｋｉｌｌｇｕｓ( 1 92 3 )根据采自山西的标本建立的 ,属型种为山西副板齿犀 (Ｐ .ｓｃｈａｎｓｉｅｎｓｅ)。邱占祥和谢骏义 ( 1 998)记述了产自甘肃东乡汪集的简饰副板齿犀 (Ｐ .ｓｉｍｐｌｕｍ)化石 ,但其准确的层位不能肯定。最近在汪集西南约 1 1ｋｍ的那勒寺乡有确切层位的晚中新世地层中发现一些新材料 ,它们显然可以归入Ｐａｒｅｌａｓｍｏｔｈｅｒｉｕｍ这个属 ,但与上述已知的两个种都不相同。临夏副板齿犀 (新种 )Ｐａｒｅｌａｓｍｏｔｈｅｒｉｕｍｌｉｎｘｉａｅｎｓｅｓｐ .ｎｏ…     

Macrophage‐mediated cholesterol handling in atherosclerosis

Formation of foam cells is a hallmark at the initial stages of atherosclerosis. Monocytes attracted by pro‐inflammatory stimuli attach to the inflamed vascular endothelium and penetrate to the arterial intima where they differentiate to macrophages. Intimal macrophages phagocytize oxidized low‐density lipoproteins (oxLDL). Several scavenger receptors (SR), including CD36, SR‐A1 and lectin‐like oxLDL receptor‐1 (LOX‐1), mediate oxLDL uptake. In late endosomes/lysosomes of macrophages, oxLDL are catabolysed. Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) hydrolyses cholesterol esters that are enriched in LDL to free cholesterol and free fatty acids. In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase‐1 (ACAT1) in turn catalyses esterification of cholesterol to store cholesterol esters as lipid droplets in the ER of macrophages. Neutral cholesteryl ester hydrolases nCEH and NCEH1 are involved in a secondary hydrolysis of cholesterol esters to liberate free cholesterol that could be then out‐flowed from macrophages by cholesterol ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters ABCA1 and ABCG1 and SR‐BI. In atherosclerosis, disruption of lipid homoeostasis in macrophages leads to cholesterol accumulation and formation of foam cells.     

Elimination of introns from the interleukin 1 beta genome by DNA amplification and expression of interleukin 1 beta in Escherichia coli]

The use of the polymerase chain reaction was proposed for intron excision from genomic genes with known nucleotide sequences. Three exons (5, 6 and 7) of genomic interleukin 1 beta gene were amplified by means of thermostable DNA polymerase TthI from Thermus thermophilus on the base of cloned in M13 phage human genomic interleukin 1 beta gene. Synthetic oligonucleotides complementary to sequences flanking exons were used as primers. The fragments obtained by exon DNA amplification were joined in the correct order due to reciprocal complementation of end sequences, that was foreseen during synthesis of oligonucleotide primers followed by amplification of the enlarged fragments. As a result the structural interleukin-1 beta gene consisting of three exons was assembled. DNA sequences carrying the ATG initiation codon and XbaI recognition site at the 5'-end, and PstI recognition site at the 3'-end (essential for insertion into the expression vector) were formed by the additional end sequences of primers. The nucleotide sequence analysis of the obtained structural gene revealed its complete identity with natural interleukin 1 beta human gene. We created the expression vector pPR114 with phage lambda promoter PR thermo-inducible in case of the cIts857 repressor presence in cells. It was used for expression of the present gene. The interleukin 1 beta synthesized in E. coli had biological activity.     

Eleven new microsatellites of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

Eleven polymorphic microsatellites were isolated from the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, using a microsatellite enrichment protocol and selective hybridization with an (AC)₁₂ probe. The loci showed different variation patterns in 21 unrelated sea bass individuals, with a mean number of alleles of 8.6 and a mean observed heterozygosity of 0.68. These microsatellite markers should be useful for population genetic analysis and biodiversity studies of sea bass.     

A microsatellite linkage map of the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L

A genetic linkage map of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) was constructed from 174 microsatellite markers, including 145 new markers reported in this study. The mapping panel was derived from farmed sea bass from the North Adriatic Sea and consisted of a single family including both parents and 50 full-sib progeny (biparental diploids). A total of 162 microsatellites were mapped in 25 linkage groups. Eleven loci represent type I (coding) markers; 2 loci are located within the peptide Y (linkage group 1) and cytochrome P450 aromatase (linkage group 6) genes. The sex-averaged map spans 814.5 cM of the sea bass genome. The female map covers 905.9 cM, whereas the male map covers only 567.4 cM. The constructed map represents the first linkage map of European sea bass, one of the most important aquaculture species in Europe.     

The superoxide-scavenging activity of some amino acids in water solutions

The superoxide-scavenging activity of a number of amino acids was revealed. The activity is comparable in effectiveness with known antioxidants. An original method for the estimation of antioxidant properties of amino acids was proposed. Quantum mechanical calculation of the interaction of lysine with superoxide anion was made. It was assumed that the mechanisms of the biological action of some physical factors, such as weak magnetic fields adjusted to the cyclotron frequency of ions of some amino acids, are associated with the modulation of the antioxidant activity of these molecules.     

上调基因4与癌症

上调基因4（up-regulated gene-4,URG4）是受乙肝病毒X蛋白（hepatitis B virus X protein,HBx）激活的下游基因之一,最初在转染HBx的HepG2细胞中被克隆,因其上调细胞增殖效应而得名。与未转染的细胞相比,URG4在HBx转染后的HepG2细胞中表达明显增加,证实了URG4与乙肝病毒相关的肝细胞癌发生相关。近年来,人们发现URG4不仅在肝癌细胞中高表达,还与胃癌、骨肉瘤、非小细胞肺癌、神经母细胞瘤等多种癌症相关。本文结合近年来对URG4的研究成果,包括URG4基因及其蛋白质的结构与功能,URG4在癌症发生发展中的作用,以及在癌症早期诊断和预后中的意义进行综述,可望为后续深入地开展URG4与癌症的研究提供参考。