天然杂交与遗传渐渗对植物入侵性的影响

生物入侵给全球生态环境与社会经济都带来了严重危害, 对其入侵机制的研究非常重要。生物入侵是一个适应性进化的过程, 天然杂交与遗传渐渗可以改变外来物种对环境的适应性并提高其入侵能力, 使其进化成为入侵种。因此了解杂交-渐渗在促进生物入侵过程中的遗传作用, 将有助于我们采取有效措施来控制生物入侵及其危害。本文从杂交-渐渗对生物适应性进化和物种形成影响的角度, 阐明外来种如何通过杂交-渐渗在新的生境中改变其适应性、生存竞争能力和入侵能力。杂交-渐渗可以导致物种发生多倍体水平和同倍体水平的进化, 虽然二者的进化过程不尽相同, 但均能使杂种群体在遗传上产生较大变化, 进而影响杂种群体的适合度, 这一过程可能促使外来种在新的生境中的成功入侵进而转变为入侵种。随着转基因生物技术的迅速发展, 大量转基因作物进入环境释放和商品化种植, 具有特定功能的转基因可能通过杂交-渐渗进入野生近缘种群体, 也可能使之成为入侵性强的农田杂草, 带来难以预测的生态后果。总之, 生物入侵是一个复杂的进化和生态过程, 利用杂交-渐渗的理论来解释植物的入侵性, 仅从一个方面反映了入侵生物学的研究, 杂交-渐渗与其他理论的结合, 将从更深的层次来解释外来种的入侵机制。     

eQTL Viewer: visualizing how sequence variation affects genome-wide transcription

Background  

Expression Quantitative Trait Locus (eQTL) mapping methods have been used to identify the genetic basis of gene expression variations. To map eQTL, thousands of expression profiles are related with sequence polymorphisms across the genome through their correlated variations. These eQTL distribute in many chromosomal regions, each of which can include many genes. The large number of mapping results produced makes it difficult to consider simultaneously the relationships between multiple genomic regions and multiple expressional profiles. There is a need for informative bioinformatics tools to assist the visualization and interpretation of these mapping results.     

LI-6262CO2／H2O分析仪接气室法在草原群落蒸散量与CO2交换量测定中的应用

植物群落蒸散量和CO2交换量的测定方法多种多样。该文以水分、CO2动态的区域性整合为目标,开创了一种新的、同时测定群落蒸散量和CO2交换量的方法——LI—6262CO2／H2O分析仪接气窒法。借助这种方法测定了内蒙古锡林河流域典型草原区群落蒸散量和CO2交换量,取得了较好的结果。该方法将群落的重要生态过程2蒸散与光合、呼吸作用的测定联系起来,也因此得到一系列表征群落特性的有用指标;同时该方法具有精度高、简便易携带、适于野外操作等特点,经进一步改进后可广泛用于草原、沙地及湿地植物群落的气体通量测定。对于精确研究草原区各种植物群落类型的水分利用、光合和呼吸特性及草原区植被在全球气候变化中的地位和作用等有重要的实用价值。     

Ecological application of wavelet analysis in the scaling of spatial distribution patterns of Ceratoides ewersmanniana

Ecological experiments are usually conducted on small scales, but the ecological and environmental issues are usually on large scales. Hence, there is a clear need of scaling. Namely, when we deal with patterns and processes on larger scales, a special connection needs to be established on the small scales that we are familiar with. Here we presented a wavelet analysis method that could build relationships between spatial distribution patterns on different scales. With this method, we also studied how spatial heterogeneity and distribution patterns changed with the scale. We investigated the distribution and the habitat of C. ewersmanniana in two plots (200 m × 200 m; the distance between these two plots is 15 km) at Mosuowan desert. The results demonstrated that spatial heterogeneity and distribution patterns were incorporated into larger scales when the wavelet scale varied from one (5 m) to four (20 m). However, if the wavelet scale was above five (25 m), the spatial distribution patterns varied placidly, the oscillation frequency of landforms stabilized at 110 m, and the dynamic quantity period of C. ewersmanniana stabilized at 115–125 m. We also identified signal mutation points with wavelet analysis and verified the heterogeneity degree of local space with position variance. We found that position variance decomposed the distribution patterns on large scales into small sampling plots, and the position with the largest variance also had the strongest heterogeneity. In a word, the wavelet analysis method could scale-up spatial distribution patterns and habitat heterogeneity. With this method and other methods derived from this one, such as wavelet scale, wavelet variance, position variance and extremely direct-viewing graphs, wavelet analysis could be widely applied in solving the scaling problem in ecological and environmental studies.     

人CCL20基因打靶载体的构建与鉴定

目的:构建针对人CC亚族趋化因子配体20(CC chemokine ligand 20,CCL20)基因外显子2的置换型打靶栽体.方法:设计和合成引物,利用长距离聚合酶链反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)从永生化人角质形成细胞系(HaCaT)基因组DNA中克隆出CCL20基因组DNA片段,再以CCL20基因为模板扩增出长度为1969 bp的同源短臂和2356 bp的同源长臂.分别插入pioxP栽体的Neo基因上游和下游,构建针对人CCL20基因外显子2的置换型打靶载体(ploxP-hCCL20).将打靶载体线性化并以电穿孔方法转移入HaCaT,观察克隆的形成.结果:经过PCR、限制性内切酶鉴定及DNA序列测定.证实该载体的两条同源臂包含人CCL20基因的外显子1、3、4及其邻近的部分内含子.结论:ploxP-hCCL20载体构建成功,增加Neo基因下游同源臂长度的策略有可能提高细胞基因敲除的同源重组率.     

Transition metal complexes based on pyridine ligand containing both bis(2-pyridyl) and 1,3-dithiole-2-ylidene units: Syntheses, structures, and magnetic studies

Two new mononuclear spin-crossover iron(II) complexes, [FeL₂(NCS)₂] · H₂O (1) and [FeL₂(NCSe)₂] (2), have been synthesized from the reaction of the versatile ligand 4,5-bis(2-cyanoethylthio)-2-bis(2-pyridyl)methylene-1,3-dithiole (L), Fe(ClO₄)₂, and KNCX (X = S/Se). Reactions of L with Cu^II or Co^II salts afford one mononuclear complex [CuL(hfac)₂] · CH₃OH (hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate) (3), one dinuclear complex [(CuLCl)₂(μ-Cl)₂] · CH₃OH (4), and two 1D chain species, [CuL₂]_n(BF₄)_2n (5) and [CoL₂]_n(ClO₄)_2n · 2nCH₂Cl₂ (6). The crystal structures of complexes 1 and 3-6 have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Short intermolecular S?S contacts between neighboring 1D arrays are observed in 5 and 6, which lead to the formation of the 2D structure. The magnetic properties are studied, and antiferromagnetic couplings between the Cu^II centers across the chloride bridges have been found in 4 (J = 2.04 cm^-1). Spin-crossover behaviors between high and low spin states are observed at T_1/2 = 80 K for 1 and T_1/2 = 300 K for 2, respectively.     

ADP-ribosylation factor like 7 (ARL7) interacts with α-tubulin and modulates intracellular vesicular transport

ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) like 7 (ARL7, also named ARL4C) is a member of ARL family and recent studies showed that it is involved in the AI-dependent cholesterol secretion process. Yet its biological function remains largely unknown. Using a MALDI-TOF/MS analysis, we identified α-tubulin interacted with ARL7. The interaction was confirmed by GST pull-down assay and co-immunoprecipitation in renal carcinoma cell 786-O in which we found the endogenous ARL7 is expressed. This is the second ARL member found interacting with tubulin after ARL8. In addition, ARL7Q72L, a GTP-binding form, promoted the transferrin transport from early endosome to recycling endosome significantly. The above data suggested that ARL7 might modulate the intracellular vesicular transport via interaction with microtubules.     

急性低氧暴露小鼠外周血代谢组变化分析

目的：探讨急性低氧对小鼠外周血代谢组的影响。方法：将14只小鼠随机分为正常组和低氧组。用基础饲料喂养2周后,将低氧组减压至6000m模拟高度停留8h,实验结束后,采集静脉血制备血浆待测。在核磁共振波谱仪进行^1H NMR检测,采用模式识别分析方法处理数据。结果：与正常组相比,低氧组乳酸含量明显增加,肉碱水平明显降低;脂类、丙氨酸、丙酮酸、谷氨酰胺、胆碱、牛磺酸和葡萄糖含量升高,缬氨酸、肛羟丁酸、谷氨酸、甘油、甘氨酸和丝氨酸含量下降。结论：急性低氧暴露使小鼠血浆碳水化合物、脂肪代谢和氨基酸代谢谱发生变化,表明低氧后能量代谢以及相关物质含量发生改变。     

集群式院外高危心脏病患者远程实时连续监护系统

设计了一种针对院外心血管病患者的远程心电监护系统,包括便携式监护终端和医院监护中心。其特点在于可对身处院外、自由活动的心血管病患者进行远程、实时、连续的监护,同时获得被监护患者的地理位置信息。已完成的整体调试结果表明,本系统不仅能及时发现异常心电图并进行干预,而且还可根据地理位置信息对突发急病的患者进行快速救治。该系统是院内监护系统功能的延伸,有良好的临床应用前景。     

Robust filtering for stochastic genetic regulatory networks with time-varying delay

This paper addresses the robust filtering problem for a class of linear genetic regulatory networks (GRNs) with stochastic disturbances, parameter uncertainties and time delays. The parameter uncertainties are assumed to reside in a polytopic region, the stochastic disturbance is state-dependent described by a scalar Brownian motion, and the time-varying delays enter into both the translation process and the feedback regulation process. We aim to estimate the true concentrations of mRNA and protein by designing a linear filter such that, for all admissible time delays, stochastic disturbances as well as polytopic uncertainties, the augmented state estimation dynamics is exponentially mean square stable with an expected decay rate. A delay-dependent linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach is first developed to derive sufficient conditions that guarantee the exponential stability of the augmented dynamics, and then the filter gains are parameterized in terms of the solution to a set of LMIs. Note that LMIs can be easily solved by using standard software packages. A simulation example is exploited in order to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design procedures.