西藏台错古湖晚第四纪轮藻类及其生态环境、气候变化探讨

西藏台错TT-1剖面厚369 cm,为一套碳酸盐粘土和粘土碳酸盐沉积,地层测年为41.4-4.5 ka,含丰富的轮藻化石,分属于11个轮藻植物群,群落所在地层的碳酸盐和钙质含量分别为80％和33％.从老到新(剖面自下而上):①41.4-26.64 ka(369-319 cm),处于末次冰期间冰阶MIS3a暖期,湖区气候...     

广西蕨类植物孢子形态的研究Ⅲ.凤尾蕨科

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对广西产凤尾蕨科及其近缘科蕨科、姬蕨科和碗蕨科5属9种植物的孢子形态进行了观察研究,详细描述了9种植物孢子的形态及表面纹饰特征.井栏边草、刺齿凤尾蕨、隆林凤尾蕨、剑叶凤尾蕨、林下凤尾蕨、蕨和碗蕨植物的孢子为三裂缝,辐射对称;极面观为钝三角形,赤道面观为半圆形或超半圆形;栗蕨和姬蕨植物孢子为...     

基于转录终点序列特征预测大肠杆菌sRNA

细菌sRNA是一类长度在40～500nt的调控RNA,在细菌与环境相互作用中发挥重要功能,因此,细菌sRNA识别研究具有重要意义。然而,与蛋白编码基因具有易于识别的特征不同,目前细菌sRNA识别仍是一件比较困难的事。此方法介绍了一个基于已知细菌sRNA转录终点的碱基频率矩阵来识别sRNA的预测策略,并在大肠杆菌K-12 MG1655中进行了sRNA的预测。结果表明,该模型在独立测试集中具有较高的特异性和阳性检出率,因此,这一方法将为实验发现细菌sRNA提供较好的生物信息学支持。     

镉胁迫对拟南芥的毒害作用及自噬现象的观测

镉离子(Cd2+)具有强植物毒性,可抑制植物生长,甚至导致植物死亡。为了研究重金属镉对拟南芥的毒害作用,采用叶绿素荧光技术、流式细胞技术、激光共聚焦技术及半定量RT-PCR技术,检测光合参数的变化、活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)的累积、自噬的发生,以及病原相关蛋白(pathogenesis-related protein,PR)基因表达的变化。实验结果显示,随着50μmol/L CdCl2处理时间的延长,ROS和Cd2+在细胞中大量积累。而在镉胁迫的初期,会观察到自噬的发生及PR基因表达的变化。说明植物受到外界Cd2+作用的初期,会通过自噬及增强PR基因表达来抵抗外界胁迫。但随着处理时间的延长,植物细胞内累积了大量的ROS和Cd2+,当植物不足以通过自噬途径抵抗胁迫时,就会导致生长受阻,最终对光合系统造成损伤。     

PP-1催化亚基（PP-1c）在成体小白鼠不同组织器官中的分化表达与定位

为了确定蛋白磷酸酶-1(protein phosphatase-1)的催化亚基(PP 1c)在小白鼠不同器官组织(肌肉、卵巢、肾、胃、 脾、大脑、心、肝、肺及乳腺)中的表达模式,运用RT-PCR、Western 印迹及荧光免疫组织化学技术等实验手段进行了检测 和分析.结果表明,在mRNA水平, PP-1c在大脑中表达最高,卵巢及肺中表达次之,在肌肉、肾、心、肝中表达较低,在胃 和乳腺中表达最低;在蛋白质水平,肝中表达最高,肾、大脑、肺和乳腺中表达较高,而肌肉、卵巢、心和脾中表达相对较 低,胃中表达最低.免疫荧光组织化学实验结果显示,PP 1c的表达也具有明显的组织特异性和细胞特异性.这些结果为进一 步探讨PP 1在哺乳动物不同组织器官中的功能提供了重要的实验依据.     

敲减MC4R表达对牛胎儿成纤维细胞CMS系统关键因子的影响

为获得敲减黑素皮质素4受体（melanocortin 4 receptor,MC4R）基因的牛胎儿成纤维细胞,并探讨其在能量平衡神经调节系统中的作用,将构建成功并已鉴定为有效序列的短发夹状RNA (short hairpin RNA, shRNA)真核表达载体pGSH1 GFP MC4R,利用阳离子脂质体转染牛胎儿成纤维细胞并使用G418筛选稳定转染细胞株.利用实时荧光定量和Western印迹检测MC4R及中枢黑素皮质素系统(central melanocortin system, CMS)关键因子的表达水平变化.结果表明,在稳定转染的牛胎儿成纤维细胞系中, MC4R表达显著抑制,瘦蛋白(leptin)和阿黑色素原(POMC)表达下调,黑素皮质素拮抗物agouti相关蛋白(AGRP)和MC3R表达上调,而神经肽Y (NPY)表达无明显改变.综上所述,本研究成功获得了敲减MC4R基因表达的牛胎儿成纤维细胞.相关基因表达水平检测结果提示, MC4R的表达水平对CMS系统中的各关键基因的表达有不同的抑制或促进影响.     

胡瓜钝绥螨对日光大棚茄子上烟粉虱的控制作用

为了评价胡瓜钝绥螨在我国日光大棚中对茄子上烟粉虱虱的控制作用。笔者研究了在24～34℃下胡瓜钝绥螨以烟粉为猎物时的发育历期,并在我国山东省寿光市的蔬菜基地上开展了利用胡瓜钝绥螨控制日光大棚茄子上烟粉虱的研究与应用。结果表明:胡瓜钝绥螨能够取食烟粉虱的卵、成虫、若虫及伪蛹;利用胡瓜钝绥螨能有效地控制烟粉虱成虫、卵、若虫种群数量的增长。根据胡瓜钝绥螨和烟粉虱的生物学特性,结合大棚茄子栽培过程中的环境条件,笔者提出了在日光大棚中应用胡瓜钝绥螨控制茄子上烟粉虱的策略:(1)在茄子的整个生长季节(250d)中需释放胡瓜钝绥螨4～6次,苗期每次每株释放5～10头,结果期每次每株释放20～40头;(2)释放胡瓜钝绥螨的生防区比常规化防区减少农药使用18次;(3)安装防虫网、适时释放胡瓜钝绥螨是生防成功之关键,生防区配合使用黄板效果更好。     

Junker: An Intergenic Explorer for Bacterial Genomes

In the past few decades, scientists from all over the world have taken a keen interest in novel functional units such as small regulatory RNAs, small open reading frames, pseudogenes, transposons, integrase binding attB/attP sites, repeat elements within the bacterial intergenic regions (IGRs) and in the analysis of those junk regions for ge- nomic complexity. Here we have developed a web server, named Junker, to facilitate the in-depth analysis of IGRs for examining their length distribution, four-quadrant...     

Bacterial Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals the Correlation Between Protein Phosphorylation and Bacterial Pathogenicity

Increasing evidence shows that protein phosphorylation on serine, threonine and tyrosine residues is a major regulatory post-translational modification in the bacteria. This review focuses on the implications of bacterial phosphoproteome in bacterial pathogenicity and highlights recent development of methods in phosphoproteomics and the connectivity of the phosphorylation networks. Recent technical developments in the high accuracy mass spectrometry have dramatically transformed proteomics and made it possible the characterization of a few exhaus- tive site-specific bacterial phosphoproteomes. The high abundance of tyrosine phosphorylations in a few bacterial phosphoproteomes suggests their roles in the pathogenicity, especially in the case of pathogen-host interactions; the high abundance of multi-phosphorylation sites in bacterial phosphoprotein is a compensation of the relatively small phosphorylation size and an indicator of the delicate regulation of protein functions.     

An inter-laboratory collaborative study by the Non-Genotoxic Carcinogen Study Group in Japan, on a cell transformation assay for tumour promoters using Bhas 42 cells

The Bhas promotion assay is a cell culture transformation assay designed as a sensitive and economical method for detecting the tumour-promoting activities of chemicals. In order to validate the transferability and applicability of this assay, an inter-laboratory collaborative study was conducted with the participation of 14 laboratories. After confirmation that these laboratories could obtain positive results with two tumour promoters, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and lithocholic acid (LCA), 12 coded chemicals were assayed. Each chemical was tested in four laboratories. For eight chemicals, all four laboratories obtained consistent results, and for two of the other four chemicals, only one of the four laboratories showed inconsistent results. Thus, the rate of consistency was high. During the study, several issues were raised, each of which were analysed step-by-step, leading to revision of the protocol of the original assay. Among these issues were the importance of careful maintenance of mother cultures and the adoption of test concentrations for toxic chemicals. In addition, it is suggested that three different types of chemicals show positive promoting activity in the assay. Those designated as T-type induced extreme growth enhancement, and included TPA, mezerein, PDD and insulin. LCA and okadaic acid belonged to the L-type category, in which transformed foci were induced at concentrations showing growth-inhibition. In contrast, M-type chemicals, progesterone, catechol and sodium saccharin, induced foci at concentrations with little or slight growth inhibition. The fact that different types of chemicals similarly induce transformed foci in the Bhas promotion assay may provide clues for elucidating mechanisms of tumour promotion.