点状气单胞菌引起虹鳟感染症及其病原学机制的初步研究

对山西省朔县省虹鳟试验场1987年8月在亲鱼中爆发的一次流行病进行了病原菌分离、培养、毒力试验和详细的生理生化测定,确定点状气单胞菌为其病原菌。并对该菌胞外产物的致病性进行了研究,通过测定其溶血活性、酪蛋白酶活性、对鱼致死性以及对其引起的组织病理学变化的观察,初步确定了胞外产物与该菌侵袭力的相关性。     

豫鲁新石器时代人类牙槽疾病的初步观察

对13例新石器时代人类的牙槽疾病进行了分析,发现龋病、牙槽萎缩、磨损为主要疾病。中国口腔矫形史有理由可追溯到商代末期。     

以突触前排放的消失设定海马脑片缺氧损伤时间及应用实例

刺激Schaffer侧支,记录大鼠海马脑片CA_1区的突触前排放(presynaptic volley,PV)和突触后群锋电位(population spikes,PS),观察缺氧后PS和PV的变化及复氧30min后脑片PS的恢复,缺氧持续到PV消失1,2,3或4min,复氧后脑片恢复率分别为100％,11.5％,0％,0％。可见,缺氧后 PV 消失2min为损伤的关键时刻。提前1min终止缺氧,全部脑片的PS可以恢复,延迟1min终止缺氧,则全部脑片的PS不能恢复。这种方法是根据每个脑片的电反应确定其总的缺氧时间,故每个脑片的缺氧时间略有变动。与每次采用相同缺氧时间的传统方法相比,此方法脑片恢复率的稳定性与重复性均较好。用此方法发现美西律10和100μmol/L能增加复氧后PS恢复率,对突触功能的缺氧损伤具有保护作用。     

Trans‐repression of NFκB pathway mediated by PPARγ improves vascular endothelium insulin resistance

Previous study has shown that thiazolidinediones (TZDs) improved endothelium insulin resistance (IR) induced by high glucose concentration (HG)/hyperglycaemia through a PPARγ‐dependent‐NFκB trans‐repression mechanism. However, it is unclear, whether changes in PPARγ expression affect the endothelium IR and what the underlying mechanism is. In the present study, we aimed to address this issue. HG‐treated human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVEC) were transfected by either PPARγ‐overexpressing (Ad‐PPARγ) or PPARγ‐shRNA‐containing (Ad‐PPARγ‐shRNA) adenoviral vectors. Likewise, the rats fed by high‐fat diet (HFD) were infected by intravenous administration of Ad‐PPARγ or Ad‐PPARγ‐shRNA. The levels of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin‐1 (ET‐1) and cytokines (TNFα, IL‐6, sICAM‐1 and sVCAM‐1) and the expression levels of PPARγ, eNOS, AKT, p‐AKT, IKKα/β and p‐IKKα/β and IκBα were examined; and the interaction between PPARγ and NFκB‐P65 as well as vascular function were evaluated. Our present results showed that overexpression of PPARγ notably increased the levels of NO, eNOS, p‐AKT and IκBα as well as the interaction of PPARγ and NFκB‐P65, and decreased the levels of ET‐1, p‐IKKα/β, TNFα, IL‐6, sICAM‐1 and sVCAM‐1. In contrast, down‐expression of PPARγ displayed the opposite effects. The results demonstrate that the overexpression of PPARγ improves while the down‐expression worsens the endothelium IR via a PPARγ‐mediated NFκB trans‐repression dependent manner. The findings suggest PPARγ is a potential therapeutic target for diabetic vascular complications.     

酶标仪分光光度法在微生物耐性研究上的应用

微生物在环境中的耐性是该微生物在相应环境发挥作用的重要基础。为了获得一种用于微生物耐性分析的快速简便方法,传统平板分离法和酶标仪分光光度法被用于评估其在细菌和链霉菌紫外耐受水平检测中的差异,并分析了酶标仪分光光度法在微生物其他耐性水平检测中的适用性。结果显示,两种检测方法均能体现细菌和链霉菌对紫外线的耐受水平,前者经过稀释、涂布、培养、菌落计数,获得的是菌株在紫外线照射后的存活浓度,而后者经过接种96孔培养板、培养、吸光度检测,获得的是菌株经紫外线照射后的生长曲线,并从生长曲线获知菌株的生长速率、增殖能力等信息。此外,酶标仪分光光度法同样适用于细菌对pH和盐的耐受水平分析,对于链霉菌耐受性分析有一定的适用性。酶标仪法除了能获得与平板分离法相似的耐性水平检测外,还能获得菌株在不同耐性水平上的增殖潜力,且在操作上比平板分离法省时、省力,可用于微生物耐性分析、高通量筛选等研究工作。     

对生玉米产量性状的杂种优势和配合力分析

本文利用对生基因转育获得的对生与互生自交系及其杂交组合,研究了对生性状对产量性状杂种优势和配合力的遗传效应的影响。结果表明:对生玉米同互生玉米一样具有普遍的杂种优势,在产量性状上F1对生株优势互×互组合大于对×对组合和对×互(互×对)组合;对生性状的转育对产量性状的一般配合力有降低效应,而含有对生基因的互生玉米具有较高的一般配合力效应,因此,在对生玉米育种中可以利用含有不同对生基因的互生自交系作亲本来组配杂交组合(互×互),从而获得较高的制种产量和高产的对生杂交种。     

茶条槭愈伤组织的再生体系建立及其没食子酸含量的测定

通过愈伤组织诱导途径, 建立了快速高效的茶条槭再生体系。成熟种子在MS+1.0 mg·L-1 6-BA的培养基中萌发, 以茎段作为外植体, 在WPM+0.002-0.01 mg·L-1 TDZ+0.1 mg·L-1 6-BA中培养3周诱导形成愈伤组织, 诱导频率平均为98.0%。愈伤组织转入WPM+0.01 mg·L-1 TDZ+0.1 mg·L-1 6-BA培养基中得到再生芽, 分化频率为42.0%,平均每块愈伤产生再生芽10个左右。转到WPM+0.3 mg·L-1 IBA的培养基上的再生芽均可生根并长成完整植株, 小苗移栽成活率达到89.0%。实验还建立了愈伤组织中没食子酸的提取和HPLC检测方法。对深绿色愈伤组织连续培养2个继代后, 没食子酸含量达到2.8%。     

Generation of virus‐resistant potato plants by RNA genome targeting

CRISPR/Cas systems provide bacteria and archaea with molecular immunity against invading phages and foreign plasmids. The class 2 type VI CRISPR/Cas effector Cas13a is an RNA‐targeting CRISPR effector that provides protection against RNA phages. Here we report the repurposing of CRISPR/Cas13a to protect potato plants from a eukaryotic virus, Potato virus Y (PVY). Transgenic potato lines expressing Cas13a/sgRNA (small guide RNA) constructs showed suppressed PVY accumulation and disease symptoms. The levels of viral resistance correlated with the expression levels of the Cas13a/sgRNA construct in the plants. Our data further demonstrate that appropriately designed sgRNAs can specifically interfere with multiple PVY strains, while having no effect on unrelated viruses such as PVA or Potato virus S. Our findings provide a novel and highly efficient strategy for engineering crops with resistances to viral diseases.     

Gold-based optical biosensor for single-mismatched DNA detection using salt-induced hybridization

In this study, a gold nanoparticle (Au-NP)-based detection method for sensitive and specific DNA-based diagnostic applications is described. A sandwich format consisting of Au-NPs/DNA/PMP (Streptavidin-coated MagnetSphere Para-Magnetic Particles) was fabricated. PMPs captured and separated target DNA while Au-NPs modified with oligonucleotide detection sequences played a role in recognition and signal production. Due to the much lower stability of mismatched DNA strands caused by unstable duplex structures in solutions of relatively low salt concentration, hybridization efficiency in the presence of different buffers was well investigated, and thus, the optimized salt concentration allowed for discrimination of single-mismatched DNA (MMT) from perfectly matched DNA (PMT). Therefore, quantitative information concerning the target analyte was translated into a colorimetric signal, which could easily and quantitatively measured by low-cost UV-vis spectrophotometric analysis. The results indicated this to be a very simple and economic strategy for detection of single-mismatched DNA strands.