水稻转导外源总DNA变异后代盐胁迫下株高及生理指标分析

通过田间筛选的G系列水稻耐盐新品系生理生化指标和形态学指标的测定,进一步鉴定筛选的耐盐水稻的耐盐性.采用沙培法培养水稻幼苗,在水稻幼芽期和两叶一心期进行盐处理,设清水、0.3％ NaCl、0.6％ NaCl、0.9％ NaCl 4个浓度盐溶液浇灌植株.前者,待两叶一心期,测定丙二醛(MDA)含量、脯氨酸(Pro)含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性和株高;后者,从浇盐水当天开始算起,分别测定第3天和第6天水稻的上述4个指标.结果显示,G16、G20这两个新品系在两个处理下都是随着盐浓度的增加,MDA含量逐渐降低,但在同一浇灌条件下均低于对照G6;Pro含量逐渐升高,但在同一浇灌条件下均高于对照G6;SOD活性先增强后减弱,但在同一浇灌条件下均高于对照G6;随着盐浓度的增加株高逐渐减小,但在同一浇灌条件下均高于对照G6.通过MDA含量、PRO含量、SOD活性和株高的显著变化,由此得出田间筛选出的水稻G16、G20的耐盐性都强于对照G6,从生理角度和形态学角度证实了田间筛选耐盐水稻结果的正确性,也证实了丙二醛含量、脯氨酸含量、SOD活性和株高可以做为水稻耐盐性鉴定的生理生化指标和形态学指标.     

Characterization of Chrysanthemum ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2, homologous genes of SOC1

The MADS-box gene SOC1/TM3 (SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1/ Tomato MADS-box gene 3) is a main integrator in the Arabidopsis flowering pathway; its structure and function are highly conserved in many plant species. SOC1-like genes have been isolated in chrysanthemum, one of the most well-known ornamental plants, but it has not been well characterized thus far. We isolated and characterized ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2, two putative orthologs of Arabidopsis SOC1, from the wild diploid chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium, to investigate the regulatory mechanisms of flowering time control in chrysanthemum. Expression analysis indicated that ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2 were expressed in all examined organs/tissues (leaves, shoot apices, petioles, stems and roots) with different expression levels, and with high expression in the shoot apices and leaves during the early stage of floral transition. The expression levels of ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2 in the shoot apices increased at different developmental stages with the highest expression levels after 7 days of short-day treatment. Overexpression of ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2 in wild-type Arabidopsis resulted in early flowering, which was coupled with the upregulation of one of the flowering promoter genes LEAFY. Our results suggested that the ClSOC1-1 and ClSOC1-2 genes play an evolutionarily conserved role in promoting flowering in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium and could serve as a vital target for the genetic manipulation of flowering time in the chrysanthemum.     

一种昆虫呼吸代谢测定方法的改进

为了探索精准、简易的昆虫呼吸代谢测定办法,本文基于Sable小动物呼吸测量系统,比较了应用Sable呼吸测量系统配置的8通道气路转换器呼吸室和采用鲁尔接头注射器作为替代呼吸室测试昆虫的呼吸代谢。结果表明:应用测量系统自带呼吸室和应用替代呼吸室检测棉铃虫蛹O_2消耗量(前者为0.2425(±0.0143) mL/g·h,后者为0.2389(±0.0146) mL/g·h)和CO_2释放量(前者为0.1562(±0.0098) mL/g·h,后者为0.1639(±0.0092) mL/g·h),两种测试方法无显著差异。与采用系统配置8通道气路转换器和自带呼吸室每测试7个样本耗时2.30 h相比较,应用替代呼吸室测试21个样本仅耗时2.75 h,明显节省测试时间。应用替代呼吸室,从呼出二氧化碳动态亦可以区分黑纹粉蝶不同虫态或不同发育状态的呼吸代谢差异。通过对两种测试方法的分析,推荐应用鲁尔接头注射器作为替代呼吸室的改进方法进行昆虫呼吸代谢生理的研究。     

吗啡对大鼠海马神经元突触传递的作用及机制探讨

目的 :从离子通道角度研究吗啡对中枢神经系统兴奋性及抑制性突触传递的作用并探讨其机制。方法 :　原代培养新生Wistar大鼠的海马神经元。采用膜片钳技术研究吗啡对其兴奋性及抑制性突触后电流及谷氨酸诱发电流的影响。结果 :①吗啡可明显增强海马神经元兴奋性突触传递 ,加吗啡后自发兴奋性突触后电流 (sEPSC)的发放频率增加了 ( 2 0 7.8± 2 0 .9) %。此作用可被阿片受体阻断剂纳洛酮阻断 (P <0 .0 1) ;②吗啡对微小兴奋性突触后电流 (mEPSC)的发放频率及谷氨酸诱发电流的幅度没有明显影响 (P >0 .0 5 ) ;③吗啡可明显抑制神经元自发抑制性突触后电流 (sIPSC) ,纳洛酮可拮抗吗啡作用 (n =13 ,P <0 .0 1)。结论 :实验结果提示吗啡对海马神经元的兴奋作用不是由于吗啡直接作用于兴奋性氨基酸—谷氨酸突触传递过程 ,而是可能由于抑制了抑制性中间神经元 ,间接产生的兴奋作用。     

Bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate by a moderately thermophilic culture in a stirred tank reactor

A mixed culture of moderately thermophilic microorganisms was enriched from acid mine drainage samples collected from several chalcopyrite mines in China. Such mixed culture can be used to effectively extract copper from chalcopyrite. Furthermore, after being adapted to gradually increased concentration of chalcopyrite concentrate, the tolerance of the mixed culture to chalcopyrite concentrate was brought up to 80 g/L. The effects of several leaching parameters on copper recovery in stirred tank reactor also had been investigated. The results of the investigation show that it was possible to achieve a copper extraction rate of 75% in 44 days at a pulp density of 8%. The leaching rate of chalcopyrite concentrate tended to increase with dissolved total iron concentration. At low pH ranges, more microscopic counts of microorganisms were found in the solution. Furthermore, the analysis of leached residues indicates that the passivation of chalcopyrite concentrate was mainly due to a mass of jarosite and PbSO(4) on the mineral surface, other than the elemental sulphur layer. The bacterial community composition was analyzed by using Amplified Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis. Two moderately thermophilic bacteria species were identified as Leptospirillum ferriphilum and Acidithiobacillus caldus with abundance of 67% and 33% in the bio-pulp, respectively.     

去乙酰化酶SIRT1的表达及活性调控机制

SIRT1是哺乳动物中重要的NAD+依赖性去乙酰化酶,参与许多重要的生理和病理过程,如衰老、细胞死亡和肿瘤发生。如何精确调节SIRT1的表达和活性对SIRT1执行其生物学功能至关重要。文章以基因表达的不同阶段为切入点,对调控SIRT1表达及活性的机制进行了论述。     

中国表珠甲螨属二新记录种记述（甲螨亚目：珠甲螨科）

记述表珠甲螨属Epidamaeus 2中国新记录种:变表珠甲螨Epidamaeus variabilis Fujikawa & Fujita,1985及蒙古表珠甲螨Epidamaeus mongolicus Bayartogtokh, 2000,并分别对两种做了重新描述。     

Parkin suppresses dopaminergic neuron-selective neurotoxicity induced by Pael-R in Drosophila

Parkin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that degrades proteins with aberrant conformations, is associated with autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism (AR-JP). The molecular basis of selective neuronal death in AR-JP is unknown. Here we show in an organismal system that panneuronal expression of Parkin substrate Pael-R causes age-dependent selective degeneration of Drosophila dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Coexpression of Parkin degrades Pael-R and suppresses its toxicity, whereas interfering with endogenous Drosophila Parkin function promotes Pael-R accumulation and augments its toxicity. Furthermore, overexpression of Parkin can mitigate alpha-Synuclein-induced neuritic pathology and suppress its toxicity. Our study implicates Parkin as a central player in the molecular pathway of Parkinson's disease (PD) and suggests that manipulating Parkin expression may provide a novel avenue of PD therapy.     

An integrated approach to the analysis and modeling of protein sequences and structures. III. A comparative study of sequence conservation in protein structural families using multiple structural alignments

The information required to generate a protein structure is contained in its amino acid sequence, but how three-dimensional information is mapped onto a linear sequence is still incompletely understood. Multiple structure alignments of similar protein structures have been used to investigate conserved sequence features but contradictory results have been obtained, due, in large part, to the absence of subjective criteria to be used in the construction of sequence profiles and in the quantitative comparison of alignment results. Here, we report a new procedure for multiple structure alignment and use it to construct structure-based sequence profiles for similar proteins. The definition of "similar" is based on the structural alignment procedure and on the protein structural distance (PSD) described in paper I of this series, which offers an objective measure for protein structure relationships. Our approach is tested in two well-studied groups of proteins; serine proteases and Ig-like proteins. It is demonstrated that the quality of a sequence profile generated by a multiple structure alignment is quite sensitive to the PSD used as a threshold for the inclusion of proteins in the alignment. Specifically, if the proteins included in the aligned set are too distant in structure from one another, there will be a dilution of information and patterns that are relevant to a subset of the proteins are likely to be lost.In order to understand better how the same three-dimensional information can be encoded in seemingly unrelated sequences, structure-based sequence profiles are constructed for subsets of proteins belonging to nine superfolds. We identify patterns of relatively conserved residues in each subset of proteins. It is demonstrated that the most conserved residues are generally located in the regions where tertiary interactions occur and that are relatively conserved in structure. Nevertheless, the conservation patterns are relatively weak in all cases studied, indicating that structure-determining factors that do not require a particular sequential arrangement of amino acids, such as secondary structure propensities and hydrophobic interactions, are important in encoding protein fold information. In general, we find that similar structures can fold without having a set of highly conserved residue clusters or a well-conserved sequence profile; indeed, in some cases there is no apparent conservation pattern common to structures with the same fold. Thus, when a group of proteins exhibits a common and well-defined sequence pattern, it is more likely that these sequences have a close evolutionary relationship rather than the similarities having arisen from the structural requirements of a given fold.