栽培甜菜卵细胞、合子及二细胞原胚的超微结构

为丰富被子植物生殖生物学资料, 并为甜菜相关研究提供参考, 应用透射电镜技术研究栽培甜菜(Beta vulgaris)卵细胞、合子和二细胞原胚的超微结构特征。结果如下：在成熟卵细胞中多聚核糖体数量不多, 且细胞代谢活性较弱; 初期合子内, 核仁大量合成核糖体前体物质, 胞质中多聚核糖体数目众多, 细胞代谢活性较强; 休眠期合子的核仁变小, 胞质中核糖体数量急剧减少, 仅有少量多聚核糖体, 细胞代谢活性较弱; 合子分裂前期和二细胞原胚期, 核仁显著, 胞质中核糖体的密度增加, 出现大量多聚核糖体, 细胞代谢活性较强。根据上述结果可以得出, 栽培甜菜从卵细胞成熟→合子初期→合子休眠期→合子分裂前期→二细胞原胚的超微结构变化中多聚核糖体的变化最为显著, 表现为“少→多→少→多”的数量变化过程, 反映出细胞代谢状态也经历了“弱→强→弱→强”的变化过程, 这种变化趋势与配子体世代向孢子体世代转变有关。     

莲种子的耐热性及抗氧化酶活性

莲种子具有抗超高温的能力,在100℃保温24 h仍然保持100% 的发芽率,萌发后能长出外观正常的幼苗,但种子活力则较大幅度的下降.莲子在 110℃下保温24 h后还保持40%的发芽率,但萌发时由于子叶腐烂而不能成苗.莲种子发育过程中,胚轴超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性不断升高;胚轴过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在20 DAP达到最高,随后下降;胚轴中抗坏血酸从发育初期直至完全成熟期持续积累,直到完全成熟期.胚轴酶提取液经100℃煮5 min后,CAT和POD的活性全部丧失,而SOD活性仍很高,经100℃煮60 min后SOD原有活性只丧失1/3.     

棉花变异体(CHV1)的花形态特征分析

棉花体细胞培养再生植株存在大量的生理变异和可遗传变异,从中分离到一个性状稳定的花器变异体(CHV1)。从花器官形态特征和表面显微特征分析,该变异体的所有花器官都变成了苞叶状器官,但中央数片叶状器官的基部有胎座和胚珠着生。变异体每朵花有苞叶3-7片,苞叶状器官19-41片。苞叶状器官在花梗上的排布介于“轮”与“螺旋”状之间。据花器发育理论和变异体花的生长特性推测,该变异体中控制花器发育的A、B和C功能皆失活。对造成该变异的可能机理和棉花花发育模式进行了分析。该变异材料对研究棉花花发育和体细胞无性系变异的机理有一定价值。     

介形类的热酸解处理法

特定条件下,利用热酸解处理方法,可从碳酸盐岩中分析处理出完整,表面干净的介形类化石,本文简述该方法的具体操作过程及原理。     

内毒素所致SIRS/MODS小鼠脾细胞损伤的形态学观察

目的 应用大肠杆菌内毒素脂多糖（LPS）腹腔注射制备小鼠全身炎症反应综合片/多器官功能失常综合征（SIRS/MODS）模型。方法 用免疫组化的方法检测了Bcl-2的表达。结果 随LPS作用时间的延长,脾损伤逐渐加重,HE染色中,生发中心和动脉周围淋巴鞘分别在LPS注射后9小时和18小时出现大量深浅不一的颗粒状细胞碎片。TUNEL阳性染色细胞随时间延长而增多,电镜下可见到凋亡的淋巴细胞,在18小时还见到细胞坏死现象,Bcl-2的表达随着LPS作用时间的延长而明显下降,与TUNEL染色的相关分析表明,Bcl-2的表达与细胞凋亡有显著的负相关。结论 在LPS所致的SIRS/MODS模型中,脾细胞损伤以凋亡为主,随LPS作用时间延长而加重,在晚期还会出现细胞坏死。Bcl-2参与了LPS引起的脾细胞凋亡效应。     

Fire risks in forest carbon projects in Indonesia

It is well known that forest carbon or sink projects have not been included in theClean Development Mechanism (CDM), one of the flexible mechanisms created under the Kyoto Protocol. The main concern for postponing sink projects is related to issues of methodology and integrity. Project eligibility needs to be judged in a transparent manner if they are real, measurable,provide long-term benefits to mitigate climate change, and provide additional benefits to those thatwould occur in the absence of a certified project. One of the biggest challenges in implementing sink projects is fire risks and the associated biophysical and socio-economic underlying causes. This study attempts to assess fire probability and use it as a tool to estimate fire risk in carbon sink projects. Fire risks may not only threatenongoing projects but may also cause leakage of carbon stocks in other areas, especially in pro-tected areas. This exercise was carried out in the Berbak National Park located in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia and the surrounding areas. Fire probability is associated with (i) the means by which access to a given area is possible, and (ii) vegetation type or fuel load. Although most fires were intentionally ignited, fire escape iscommon and is enhanced by long spell of dry weather. When this occurs, secondary road was themost frequently used means, and it was certainly the case during 1997/1998 big fires when dam-age to natural vegetation (natural and secondary forests) was substantial. Burnt natural vegetationwas 120000 ha or 95% of the total burnt areas, and released more than 7 Mt of carbon into the atmosphere.     

海洋生物毒素的药物开发前景

本对海洋生物毒素的研究现状及其在神经系统、心血管系统等方面的作用做了简要的综述,并对海洋生物毒素在药物开发中的应用前景及展望予以探讨。     

Pseudorabies virus tegument protein UL13 recruits RNF5 to inhibit STING-mediated antiviral immunity

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) has evolved various immune evasion mechanisms that target host antiviral immune responses. However, it is unclear whether and how PRV encoded proteins modulate the cGAS-STING axis for immune evasion. Here, we show that PRV tegument protein UL13 inhibits STING-mediated antiviral signaling via regulation of STING stability. Mechanistically, UL13 interacts with the CDN domain of STING and recruits the E3 ligase RING-finger protein 5 (RNF5) to promote K27-/K29-linked ubiquitination and degradation of STING. Consequently, deficiency of RNF5 enhances host antiviral immune responses triggered by PRV infection. In addition, mutant PRV lacking UL13 impaired in antagonism of STING-mediated production of type I IFNs and shows attenuated pathogenicity in mice. Our findings suggest that PRV UL13 functions as an antagonist of IFN signaling via a novel mechanism by targeting STING to persistently evade host antiviral responses.     

A novel 3’tRNA-derived fragment tRF-Val promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis by targeting EEF1A1 in gastric cancer

At present, it is commonly believed that tRFs and tiRNAs are formed by the specific and selective shear of tRNAs under certain pressure stimulation, rather than by random degradation of tRNA. tRFs and tiRNAs have been reported to contribute to the biological process of a variety of human cancers. However, the evidence for the mechanisms of tRFs and tiRNAs in the occurrence and development of gastric cancer (GC) is still insufficient. Here, we aimed to explore the carcinogenic roles of tRFs and tiRNAs in GC with RNA-sequencing technique, and found a novel 3’tRNA-derived fragment tRF-Val was significantly upregulated in GC tissues and cell lines. tRF-Val expression was positively correlated with tumor size and the depth of tumor invasion in GC tissues. Functionally, tRF-Val promoted proliferation and invasion, and inhibited apoptosis in GC cells. Mechanistically, tRF-Val directly bound to the chaperone molecule EEF1A1, mediated its transport into the nucleus and promoted its interaction with MDM2 (a specific p53 E3 ubiquitin ligase), thus inhibiting the downstream molecular pathway of p53 and promoting GC progression. These findings provided a new potential therapeutic target for GC and a new explanation for the occurrence of GC.Subject terms: Cancer genomics, Small RNAs