XJ-160病毒单方向血清学反应分子基础研究

本研究通过基因替换和重组等技术构建重组病毒解释XJ-160病毒单方向血清学反应的分子基础。以实验室构建的XJ-160病毒全感染性克隆为基础获得XJ-160病毒和辛德毕斯病毒(SINV)糖蛋白基因单独和同时相互替换的重组病毒。首先研究重组病毒对细胞及动物感染性和致病性,同时利用微量细胞中和试验方法鉴定引起XJ-160病毒单方向血清学反应的基因区段。研究结果显示XJ-160病毒E2糖蛋白是影响病毒在细胞中的生长速率,空斑形态及对乳鼠致病性的主要因素。中和试验结果显示SIN病毒E2糖蛋白对决定引起XJ-160病毒单方向血清学反应起着重要作用。本研究确定了引起XJ-160病毒单方向血清学反应的基因区段,并为进一步研究XJ-160病毒基因组结构与功能打下了基础。     

Plant species, atmospheric CO2 and soil N interactively or additively control C allocation within plant-soil systems

Two plant species,Medicago truncatula (legume) and Avena sativa (non-legume),were grown in low-or high-N soils under two CO2 concentrations to test the hypothesis whether C allocation within plant-soil system is interactively or additively controlled by soil N and atmospheric CO2 is dependent upon plant species. The results showed the interaction between plant species and soil N had a significant impact on microbial activity and plant growth. The interaction between CO2 and soil N had a significant impact on soil soluble C and soil microbial biomass C under Madicago but not under Avena. Although both CO2 and soil N affected plant growth significantly,there was no interaction between CO2 and soil N on plant growth. In other words,the effects of CO2 and soil N on plant growth were additive. We considered that the interaction between N2 fixation trait of legume plant and elevated CO2 might have obscured the interaction between soil N and elevated CO2 on the growth of legume plant. In low-N soil,the shoot-to-root ratio of Avena dropped from 2.63±0.20 in the early growth stage to 1.47±0.03 in the late growth stage,indicating that Avena plant allocated more energy to roots to optimize nutrient uptake (i.e. N) when soil N was limiting. In high-N soil,the shoot-to-root ratio of Medicago increased significantly over time (from 2.45±0.30 to 5.43±0.10),suggesting that Medicago plants allocated more energy to shoots to optimize photosynthesis when N was not limiting. The shoot-to-root ratios were not significantly different between two CO2 levels.     

干扰素-τ治疗多发性硬化症的临床应用前景

作为从反刍动物体内发现的一种新型干扰素,干扰素-τ(IFN-τ)具有免疫调节、低细胞毒性等特点。实验性变应性脑脊髓炎(EAE)是多发性硬化症(MS)的动物模型。IFN-τ能够抑制实验性脑脊髓炎的发生、发展。本文简要综述了IFN-τ的结构、生物活性、低细胞毒性,以及它对EAE的治疗作用和机制。     

瑞士生物科技及产业现状与特点

瑞士在生命科学、物理学、化学等科学研究领域处于国际领先地位。在生命科学和生物技术方面,瑞士拥有高素质的研究人员、稳定的社会经济环境、优惠的税收政策、成熟的投融资体系以及独特的地理位置等优势,产学研紧密结合是瑞士生物产业发展的重要特征。瑞士政府注重营造生物产业发展的科技、社会、产业和贸易环境,着力将瑞士打造成为国际上生物技术公司运营和创建的首选之地。     

Identification of a novel tumour microenvironment-based prognostic biomarker in skin cutaneous melanoma

Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is one of the most destructive skin malignancies and has attracted worldwide attention. However, there is a lack of prognostic biomarkers, especially tumour microenvironment (TME)-based prognostic biomarkers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate the TME in SKCM, as well as to identify efficient biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of SKCM patients. A comprehensive analysis was performed using SKCM samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas and normal samples from Genotype-Tissue Expression. TME scores were calculated using the ESTIMATE algorithm, and differential TME scores and differentially expressed prognostic genes were successively identified. We further identified more reliable prognostic genes via least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis and constructed a prognostic prediction model to predict overall survival. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy, and Cox regression analysis was applied to explore the relationship with clinicopathological characteristics. Finally, we identified a novel prognostic biomarker and conducted a functional enrichment analysis. After considering ESTIMATEScore and tumour purity as differential TME scores, we identified 34 differentially expressed prognostic genes. Using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression, we identified seven potential prognostic biomarkers (SLC13A5, RBM24, IGHV3OR16-15, PRSS35, SLC7A10, IGHV1-69D and IGHV2-26). Combined with receiver operating characteristic and regression analyses, we determined PRSS35 as a novel TME-based prognostic biomarker in SKCM, and functional analysis enriched immune-related cells, functions and signalling pathways. Our study indicated that PRSS35 could act as a potential prognostic biomarker in SKCM by investigating the TME, so as to provide new ideas and insights for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of SKCM.     

阴囊花斑糠疹1例

报道阴囊花斑糠疹1例,表现为阴囊散在小片状淡红斑、覆细小鳞屑、伴瘙痒。皮屑直接镜检和真菌培养确定为花斑糠疹,经抗真菌治疗后痊愈。     

澳门九澳山海滨群落10种植物盛花期物候对极端气候事件的响应

为探究极端气候事件对植物的影响,对澳门九澳山海滨群落10种植物2012-2017年盛花期物候进行了观察。结果表明,植物的盛花期一般在3-9月,其中有4种植物为5月。2013和2016年早春澳门的极端强降水使植物的盛花期出现了明显的提前或者推迟。9种植物的盛花期与盛花期前0～2个月和上一年的秋冬季的月均温度或月降水存在显著相关性。温度和降水对植物盛花期的影响差异不大,但晚花植物对降水更加敏感。这为澳门和邻近岛屿的生态恢复和园林树种选材提供参考。     

1株水产饵料用光合细菌粪红假单胞菌的分离筛选

从凡纳滨对虾池塘水样、底泥中分离光合细菌,依次通过菌株培养液性状、菌体粗蛋白含量、类胡萝卜素、氨基酸及辅酶Q种类和含量综合评价,筛选营养成分较丰富的菌株,为鱼虾贝类提供优良的开口饵料。试验共分离得到35株光合细菌,其中11株菌液均一、稳定且颜色鲜艳;9株菌粗蛋白含量高于60%;3株菌Rh16、Rh25、Rh34类胡萝卜素含量显著高于其他菌株(P0.05),必需氨基酸与总氨基酸的比值分别为41%、41%和40%,含有的泛醌种类为Q_(10),其中Rh16的Q_(10)含量最高,达6.49μg/mL,可以开发为水产养殖动物优良开口饵料。经培养形态、生理生化特征、16S rRNA基因序列鉴定及系统发育分析表明,菌株Rh16为粪红假单胞菌(Rhodopseudomonas faecalis)。