城市土壤封闭对有机碳库影响的时空变化模拟

随着全球城市化的迅速发展,城市生态系统的研究日益受到关注。城市化过程引发的大面积土壤封闭,导致土壤功能退化,进而影响城市生态系统。通过构建城市封闭土壤碳循环模型,考虑土壤温度,水分,有效氮含量以及各项理化性质等影响土壤有机碳在封闭条件下分解的影响因素,模拟南京市1980年至2010年城市封闭土壤有机碳含量与土壤有机碳库的时空变化过程,揭示人工封闭对于城市土壤功能的影响。结果表明:南京市1980年至2010年封闭土壤的有机碳含量显著减少,2010年土壤有机碳含量的均值为6.7 g/kg,比开放土壤低54.7%。土壤有机碳含量较低的区域主要分布在快速城市化的地区。由于封闭土壤阻碍了土壤有机碳的来源,造成封闭土壤有机碳含量持续减少,1980年至2010年间城市土壤有机碳库的总量减少约0.32 Tg。城市封闭对土壤有机碳影响的时空变化模拟可为研究城市化过程中的生态环境效应与城市生态建设提供参考。     

No association between the vitamin D pathway gene polymorphisms and bone biomarkers response to calcium and low dose calcitriol supplementation in postmenopausal Chinese women: a one-year prospective study

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the study was to explore the association between the vitamin D pathway gene variations and the bone biomarkers response to calcium and low dose calcitriol supplementation in postmenopausal Chinese women.

Methods: A total of 110 healthy postmenopausal Chinese women (61.51?±?6.93?years) were enrolled. The participants were supplemented with calcium (600?mg/d) and calcitriol (0.25?μg/d), for 1?year. Four biomarkers, serum levels of beta C-terminal cross-linked telopeptides of type I collagen (β-CTX), amino-terminal propeptide of type I collagen (P1NP), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] were measured at baseline and 12-month follow-up. Multivariate regression models were established to explore the statistical association between the change rate of the four biomarkers and 15?key genes within the vitamin D metabolic pathway.

Results: This exclusion process left 98 participants for analysis. Serum levels of P1NP, β-CTX and PTH were significantly decreased at the 12-month follow-up (all p?<?0.05). Serum 25(OH)D level had no significant change (p?>?0.05). No association was found between the vitamin D pathway gene polymorphisms and bone biomarkers response to calcium and low dose calcitriol supplementation.

Conclusions: Genetic background of postmenopausal Chinese women might not influence supplemental response of the biomarkers to calcium and low dose calcitriol.     

利用支持向量机和马氏判别式预测人类polⅡ启动子

通过选取人类启动子与非启动子序列中不同的k-mer作为预测算法的基础特征,分别以三个区域（-249～-1;0～＋50;-30～＋30）的6-mer频数作为离散源参数构建离散增量,同时选取24个位点（-31～-21;-4-＋2;＋25-＋29）的3-mer频数作为位置打分函数的参数,分别利用支持向量机和马氏判别式为判别函数对启动子进行预测。用10折叠交叉检验来衡量两种算法的预测能力,预测结果成功率分别达到87．0％和87．9％。对于独立检验集,敏感性分别为62．7％和76．0％,特异性分别为77．5％和66.8％。     

几种动物肝脏糖胺聚糖的醋酸纤维素薄膜电泳分析

采用酶解和离子交换色谱的方法,从兔、鸡、猪和羊肝组织中提取和纯化得到了糖胺聚糖（GAGs）.通过比较透明质酸（HA）、硫酸软骨素A（CS-A）、硫酸软骨素C（CS-C）、硫酸皮肤素（DS）、肝素（HP）、硫酸乙酰肝素（HS）等标准品在醋酸钡、醋酸锌、吡啶-甲酸等几种不同缓冲体系下的醋酸纤维素薄膜电泳行为,结合灰度积分建立了适合于微量GAGs定性和定量分析的电泳方法.将从不同动物肝脏组织中提取的GAGs运用该方法进行分析,发现 不同动物肝脏组织中,GAG含量和组成均有较大差异：羊肝中GAGs含量最高（0.52 mg/g 组织干粉）,种类也最丰富,含有HA、HS、DS和CS,其中HA所占比例最高;鸡肝中GAGs含量最少（0.18 mg/g组织干粉）,主要含有HA和DS;兔肝GAGs种类与猪肝相似,均含有HA、HS和DS,但HS是猪肝GAGs的主要成分,DS是兔肝GAGs的主要成分.     

植被综合生态质量时空变化动态监测评价模型

为了能掌握全国植被综合生态质量的高低及其时空变化,构建了既能反映植被生产力又能反映植被覆盖度的植被综合生态质量指数,建立了植被综合生态质量指数年际对比和多年变化趋势评价模型。利用构建的指数和评价模型,以2017年作为监测评价的当年,以2000—2017年作为评价的多年时段,对全国植被综合生态质量时空变化进行了监测评价。结果表明：（1）2017年全国大部地区植被综合生态质量指数高于2000—2016年多年平均值,生态质量偏好;2017年福建、广西、海南、广东、云南植被综合生态质量位居全国前五位,构建的植被综合生态质量指数及其年际对比模型可以定量反映全国植被综合生态质量的空间差异和年际差异。（2）全国有90.7%的区域2000—2017年植被综合生态质量指数呈提高趋势,东北地区西部、内蒙古东部、华北大部、西北地区东部、西南地区东部、华南西部等地生态质量指数提升明显,构建的植被综合生态质量指数多年变化趋势评价模型可以定量反映植被生态质量的多年变化趋势和幅度。（3）南方大部地区2000—2017年平均年植被综合生态质量指数在50.0以上,北方大部地区在50.0以下;我国中东部大部地区在20.0以上,西部大部地区在20.0以下,表明南方大部地区年植被生态质量好于北方、中东大部好于西部。可见,构建的植被综合生态质量指数及其年际对比和多年变化趋势评价模型,能够监测评价当年和多年全国植被综合生态质量的时空变化,可为掌握全国植被生态质量动态提供模型和方法。     

长足大竹象消化道不同分段菌群异质性及竹木质纤维素降解能力

[目的]长足大竹象Cyrtotrachelus buqueti消化道共生菌群参与了竹纤维素的降解.本研究旨在揭示长足大竹象幼虫消化道不同分段共生菌群异质性及木质纤维素的降解能力.[方法]通过对16S rRNA测序对长足大竹象幼虫消化道分段口器(YB)、前肠(YFG)、中肠(YMG)和后肠(YHG)进行菌群组成分析及功能...     

Crumbs proteins stabilize the cone mosaics of photoreceptors and improve vision in zebrafish

Although the unique organization of vertebrate cone mosaics was first described long ago,both their underlying molecular basis and physiological significance are largely unknown.Here,we demonstrate that Crumbs proteins,the key regulators of epithelial apical polarity,establish the planar cellular polarity of photoreceptors in zebrafish.Via heterophilic Crb2a-Crb2b interactions,the apicobasal polarity protein Crb2b restricts the asymmetric planar distribution of Crb2a in photoreceptors.The planar polarized Crumbs proteins thus balance intercellular adhesions and tension between photoreceptors,thereby stabilizing the geometric organization of cone mosaics.Notably,loss of Crb2b in zebrafish induces a nearsightedness-like phenotype in zebrafish accompanied by an elongated eye axis and impairs zebrafish visual perception for predation.These data reveal a detailed mechanism for cone mosaic homeostasis via previously undiscovered apical-planar polarity coordination and propose a pathogenic mechanism for nearsightedness.     

RBP differentiation contributes to selective transmissibility of OPT3 mRNAs

Long-distance mobile mRNAs play key roles in gene regulatory networks that control plant development and stress tolerance. However, the mechanisms underlying species-specific delivery of mRNA still need to be elucidated. Here, the use of grafts involving highly heterozygous apple (Malus) genotypes allowed us to demonstrate that apple (Malus domestica) oligopeptide transporter3 (MdOPT3) mRNA can be transported over a long distance, from the leaf to the root, to regulate iron uptake; however, the mRNA of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) oligopeptide transporter 3 (AtOPT3), the MdOPT3 homolog from A. thaliana, does not move from shoot to root. Reciprocal heterologous expression of the two types of mRNAs showed that the immobile AtOPT3 became mobile and moved from the shoot to the root in two woody species, Malus and Populus, while the mobile MdOPT3 became immobile in two herbaceous species, A. thaliana and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the different transmissibility of OPT3 in A. thaliana and Malus might be caused by divergence in RNA-binding proteins between herbaceous and woody plants. This study provides insights into mechanisms underlying differences in mRNA mobility and validates the important physiological functions associated with this process.

The long-distance movement of OPT3 is selective between herbaceous and woody plants as shown using Malus and Arabidopsis thaliana plants.     

低温胁迫对极度濒危植物中华水韭生理特性的影响

以人工繁殖的极度濒危级(CR)植物中华水韭(Isoetes sinensis Palmer)为试验材料,研究了0 ℃低温环境下胁迫0~20 d,沉水叶片中保护酶系统(POD、SOD、CAT)、渗透调节物质(可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白)、叶绿素以及丙二醛(MDA)和相对电导率的变化。结果显示:随着低温（0 ℃）胁迫时间的延长,中华水韭沉水叶片的相对电导率、可溶性糖含量、CAT活性先升高后下降,SOD活性呈逐渐上升的趋势,POD活性、可溶性蛋白含量、叶绿素含量下降,MDA含量一直低于CK,且在一定范围内波动。研究表明,中华水韭沉水叶片在0 ℃低温胁迫中受到一定程度的伤害,但能通过调节自身的膜透性、渗透调节物质含量和保护酶活性系统来减轻低温伤害,维持其正常生理代谢功能,从而表现出一定的抗寒潜力。     

筛选鉴定一株产生抑菌活性物质的海洋放线菌

目的：分离筛选能够产生抑菌活性物质的海洋放线茵,并进行生理生化和16SrDNA鉴定。方法：用分离培养基培养海洋放线菌,并筛选出能够产生抑菌活性物质的菌株,对所筛选菌株的形态特征、生理生化特性进行鉴定分析;采用通用引物27F、1492R扩增该菌株的16SrDNA,对测序结果进行分析;采用Neighbor—Joining（N—J）法构建系统发育进化树。结果：筛选到一株对金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、白色念珠菌具有较强抗性的海洋放线菌F1,该菌株好氧,中度嗜盐,在高氏I号培养基上呈白色绒粉状,16SrDNA序列比对表明该菌株与田无链霉菌（Streptomyces tanashiensis）NR043369的相似度为99％。结论：筛选到的菌株F1是一株海洋来源的放线菌,与田无链霉菌NR043369的同源性较高,可能属海洋链霉菌属,对金黄色葡萄球菌等病原菌具有较强的抑菌活性。