人嗜中性白细胞活化蛋白-1/白细胞介素-8合成基因的修正及修正基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

本文采用寡核苷酸介导的定位诱变技术修正了人嗜中性白细胞活化蛋白-1/白细胞介素-8合成基因中出现的合成错误,在该基因编码区的201位插入了原来缺失的G残基,从而使之恢复正确读框。经对修正基因进行DNA全序列测定,表明定位诱变的结果符合设计要求。在此基础上,利用原核高效表达载体pBV220在P_RP_L串联启动子的控制下在大肠杆菌中对该基因进行了表达,并测定了重组人嗜中性白细胞活化蛋白-1/白细胞介素-8的嗜中性白细胞趋化活性。本工作为开展人嗜中性白细胞活化蛋白-1/白细胞介素-8基因工程及蛋白质工程的研究奠定了基础。     

新疆普氏绢蝶一新亚种(鳞翅目:绢蝶科)

本文记述采自新疆昆仑山的绢蝶一新亚种,普氏绢蝶昆仑山亚种Tadumia przewalskii kunlunica subsp.nov)。正模、副模保存于新疆大学生物系。     

草鱼免疫应答的初步研究

研究了草鱼在不同水温条件下受抗原刺激后其中和抗体的变化。15℃培养条件下中和抗体上升缓慢,9周内滴度低于1:8;20℃时,3周后抗体可上升到1:256,最高达1:5270,而在25℃时,1周中和抗体即达到1:570,最高可达1:20000以上。并探索了从草鱼血清中提纯抗体的条件,研究其抗体的特性。草鱼血清中的抗体为大分子蛋白,容易解离为抗原性相同,分子量近似于人IgG的较小分子,含有较多的二硫键,具有类似IgM的某些特性。     

云南蛮白蚁属及钩白蚁属四新种（等翅目：白蚁科）

1.勐仓蛮白蚁Microtermes menglunensis Zhu et Huang 新种 兵蚁(图Ⅰ:1—8)     

High-level expression and secretion of a lysine-containing analog of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin'

The mechanism of action of the heat-stable enterotoxin STa secreted from enterotoxigenic forms of Escherichia coli has remained elusive, in part due to a tedious, low-yield purification procedure. We report here a method for obtaining large amounts of a biologically active lysine-containing analog of STa. Initial attempts to express the toxin using an expression vector that did not encode a signal sequence resulted in no biologically active material being recovered either from lysed cells or as a secretory product. However, use of the secretion vector pJAL36, which contains the STII enterotoxin signal sequence, allowed large amounts of an STa derivative containing the additional sequence Ser-Thr-Lys at the amino terminus of the mature enterotoxin to be readily purified from culture supernatants. This enterotoxin analog, known as KSTa-1, was equal in biological and receptor binding activity to the native toxin STa. The lysine residue present in KSTa-1 promises to be useful as a reactive amino acid that is readily derivatized to allow coupling of the enterotoxin to supports for affinity chromatography and antigenic conjugates. Additionally, the insertion of the lysine residue carboxy terminal to the Ser-Thr sequence adds a reversible “handle” to the toxin sequence in that the Ser-Thr-Lys segment can be removed by treatment with trypsin, releasing the native form of STa.     

Selenium Assimilation and Nutrient Element Uptake in White Clover and Tall Fescue under the Influence of Sulphate Concentration and Selenium Tolerance of the Plants

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and white clover (Trifoliumrepens L.) were examined for Se assimilation and nutrient elementuptake. Substantial Se tolerance difference was found betweenthe two species. An inverse relationship between Se accumulationand Se tolerance suggests an exclusion mechanism that restrictsSe uptake by the plant with greater Se tolerance. A positiverelationship between the increase of protein Se concentrationand growth inhibition in the plants suggests that assimilationof Se into proteins is responsible for the Se toxic effect andthis study indicates that the antagonistic effect of sulphateis responsible for reducing Se toxicity at the protein level.No evidence that a Se exclusion mechanism which excludes Sefrom incorporating into protein, such as that found in Astragalusspecies, plays any major role of Se tolerance in these two species. Under Se treatment, plant tissue Ca concentration was increased,but P concentration was decreased. A higher Fe concentrationwas found in white clover which increased with increasing tissueSe concentration. Copper, Mn, and Zn concentrations only increasedin the white clover under conditions of severe growth inhibition. Key words: Tall fescue, white clover, selenium assimilation, selenium exclusion, tolerance, nutrient uptake     

Spatial and temporal patterns of intracellular calcium in colonic smooth muscle

Summary Intracellular calcium [Ca²⁺] _i measurements in cell suspension of gastrointestinal myocytes have suggested a single [Ca²⁺] _i transient followed by a steady-state increase as the characteristic [Ca²⁺] _i response of these cells. In the present study, we used digital video imaging techniques in freshly dispersed myocytes from the rabbit colon, to characterize the spatiotemporal pattern of the [Ca²⁺] _i signal in single cells. The distribution of [Ca²⁺] _i in resting and stimulated cells was nonhomogeneous, with gradients of high [Ca²⁺] _i present in the subplasmalemmal space and in one cell pole. [Ca²⁺] _i gradients within these regions were not constant but showed temporal changes in the form of [Ca²⁺] _i oscillations and spatial changes in the form of [Ca²⁺] _i waves. [Ca²⁺] _i oscillations in unstimulated cells (n = 60) were independent of extracellular [Ca²⁺] and had a mean frequency of 12.6 +1.1 oscillations per min. The baseline [Ca²⁺], was 171 ± 13 nm and the mean oscillation amplitude was 194 ± 12 nm. Generation of [Ca²⁺] _i waves was also independent of influx of extracellular Ca²⁺. [Ca²⁺] _i waves originated in one cell pole and were visualized as propagation mostly along the subplasmalemmal space or occasionally throughout the cytoplasm. The mean velocity was 23 +3 m per sec (n = 6). Increases of [Ca²⁺] _i induced by different agonists were encoded into changes of baseline [Ca²⁺] _i and the amplitude of oscillations, but not into their frequency. The observed spatiotemporal pattern of [Ca²⁺] _i regulation may be the underlying mechanism for slow wave generation and propagation in this tissue. These findings are consistent with a [Ca²⁺] _i regulation whereby cell regulators modulate the spatiotemporal pattern of intracellularly generated [Ca²⁺] _i oscillations.The authors thank Debbie Anderson for excellent technical assistance with the electron microscopy and Dr. M. Regoli for providing the NK-1 agonist [Sar⁹,Met(O₂)¹¹]-SP. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants DK 40919 and DK 40675 and Veterans Administration Grant SMI.     

血管活性肠肽(VIP)在文昌鱼体内免疫组织化学定位的研究

本文用免疫组织化学技术首次发现VIP在文昌鱼体内有广泛分布。结果表明,VIP免疫阳性反应出现在消化道各部位,如中肠突、中肠前和后部以及后肠、神经系统、发育早期性腺以及口腔前庭两侧皮下组织中。     

吉林省杨树蛀干害虫的三种姬小蜂天敌(膜翅目:小蜂总科, 姬小蜂科)

1986年,原吉林省林业生防中心站(现为吉林省林业科学研究所)同中国科学院动物研究所合作,对吉林省杨树蛀千害虫的寄生蜂资源进行了开发利用研究。本文是该项研究成果的第一篇报道,记述了三种姬小蜂天敌,包括寄生白杨透翅蛾的透翅蛾黑姬小蜂Elachertus nigritulus(Zett.)和寄生杨窄吉丁的一新种丽凹面姬小蜂 Eniedon epicharisHuang及一新记录种 Eniedon zanara Walker。其它研究成果将陆续报道。     

外生菌根的形态学、解剖学及分类学研究进展

本文综述了外生菌根的形态学和解剖学特征,评价了这些特征用于外生菌根分类的价值,同时指出各种类型的形态学特征和解剖学特征与其营养吸收的关系。这些特征包括了菌根的颜色类型及变化、形状及分枝方式、外伸菌丝的多少及特征、根状菌索有无及分化、菌核有无及特征、菌套内外表面的菌丝排列及分化,菌套的切面特征,丹宁层厚度及分化、哈氏网的菌丝排列及厚度等。较详细阐述了100多年来,人们为外生菌根分类所作出的种种努力,并对各种分类方式作了简单的评价。