Recovery of transgenic orchid plants with hygromycin selection by particle bombardment to protocorms

Protocorms of orchid (Dendrobium hybrid) were transformed by microprojectile bombardment with a helium-pressured PDS 1000 particle gun. Gold particles coated with plasmid DNA containing ß-glucuronidase (GUS) and hygromycin phosphotransferase (Hpt) marker genes were used. Potentially transformed tissues were identified by active growth on MS medium supplemented with 50mg l^-1 hygromycin. After 4–6 months of continuous selection, 15 hygromycin-resistant lines were recovered. Integration of transgenes into the genome of the transformed protocorms and plantlets were confirmed by GUS histochemical assay and Southern blot hybridization. The transgenic protocorms have gone through propagation for more than 8 months and maintained their transgenic characters. These results indicate that we have established a system for orchid transformation in a relatively high frequency and the transgenes are stably expressed in the transgenic plants.     

广西一些第四纪洞穴堆积中化石的氨基酸地质年龄

利用化石中氨基酸的外消旋程度随化石年龄增加而增大的原理,本文分别用“校正法”和“高温法”测定了广西柳州早更新世巨猿洞、中更新世笔架山洞、晚更新世一全新世白莲洞、大龙潭及桂林Chen皮岩的一此处第四纪洞穴堆积物中牙化石、骨化石或贝壳化石的氨基酸年龄,测年结果与其它地质证据或^14C年龄基本一致。     

克氏原螯虾消化道内分泌细胞的鉴别与定位

目的 对克氏原螯虾（Procambarus clarkii）消化道的嗜银细胞及5种内分泌细胞进行鉴别与定位。方法应用整块组织Grimelius银染法和过氧化物酶标记的链霉亲和素（SP法）免疫组织化学技术结合生物统计学分析。结果嗜银细胞在克氏原螫虾消化道除幽门胃外的各段均有分布,位于消化道上皮细胞间及结缔组织中。五羟色胺（5-HT）细胞在除幽门胃外的消化道各段均有分布。生长抑素（SS）细胞仅在食道和后肠中有分布。胃泌素（Gas）细胞分布于除幽门胃和中肠外的消化道各段。胰高血糖素（Glu）细胞在除幽门胃外的整个消化道均有分布,在食道和贲门胃中最多。胰多肽（PP）细胞仅在肠道中有较多分布。结论克氏原螫虾消化道中存在多种内分泌细胞,它们的分布情况与其它甲壳动物存在一定的共性,然而也有其一定的特异性。     

近15年长江口海域海洋生物变化趋势及健康状况评价

对近15年（2004-2018年）长江口海域海洋生物变化趋势进行分析，评价海洋生物健康状况，并对陆源污染物排放与海洋生物变化进行相关性分析。结果表明，（1）长江口海域海洋生物群落结构组成发生了一定变化，与20世纪90年代末相比，浮游植物种类数有所减少，浮游动物、底栖生物种类数有所增加。浮游植物以硅藻为主，但甲藻占比有所增加，2010年以来硅藻、甲藻群落结构进入新的平衡状态；浮游动物以节肢动物为主，主要类群桡足类占比有所下降；底栖生物种类数明显升高。（2）生物多样性总体水平一般，浮游植物多样性指数总体较低，第一优势种的优势度较高；浮游动物多样性指数和丰富度指数多年呈现下降趋势；底栖生物多样性水平一般，优势种渐趋单一。（3）海洋生物总体处于"不健康"状态，主要影响指标为浮游植物密度偏高，浮游动物密度偏低、生物量偏高，底栖动物密度偏高、生物量偏低。生态系统变化与陆源主要污染物排放、营养结构变化及水体富营养化均具有一定的相关性，其中无机氮（DIN）、石油类入海通量与生物健康指数呈显著负相关关系（P < 0.05），无机磷（DIP）与底栖生物生物量呈显著负相关关系。N/P与浮游植物丰度呈显著负相关，但与浮游植物均匀度和多样性指数呈显著正相关；Si/N与浮游植物多样性指数呈显著负相关。海域严重富营养化面积比例与硅藻甲藻种类数比值呈显著正相关关系。     

Metabolic Analysis of Medicinal Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium huoshanense during Different Growth Years

Metabolomics technology has enabled an important method for the identification and quality control of Traditional Chinese Medical materials. In this study, we isolated metabolites from cultivated Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium huoshanense stems of different growth years in the methanol/water phase and identified them using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). First, a metabolomics technology platform for Dendrobium was constructed. The metabolites in the Dendrobium methanol/water phase were mainly sugars and glycosides, amino acids, organic acids, alcohols. D. officinale and D. huoshanense and their growth years were distinguished by cluster analysis in combination with multivariate statistical analysis, including principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Eleven metabolites that contributed significantly to this differentiation were subjected to t-tests (P<0.05) to identify biomarkers that discriminate between D. officinale and D. huoshanense, including sucrose, glucose, galactose, succinate, fructose, hexadecanoate, oleanitrile, myo-inositol, and glycerol. Metabolic profiling of the chemical compositions of Dendrobium species revealed that the polysaccharide content of D. huoshanense was higher than that of D. officinale, indicating that the D. huoshanense was of higher quality. Based on the accumulation of Dendrobium metabolites, the optimal harvest time for Dendrobium was in the third year. This initial metabolic profiling platform for Dendrobium provides an important foundation for the further study of secondary metabolites (pharmaceutical active ingredients) and metabolic pathways.     

The anti-inflammatory TIPE2 is an inhibitor of the oncogenic Ras

The connection between cancer and inflammation is widely recognized, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. We report here that TIPE2 provides a molecular bridge from inflammation to cancer by targeting the Ras signaling pathway. TIPE2 binds the Ras-interacting domain of the RalGDS family of proteins, which are essential effectors of activated Ras. This binding prevented Ras from forming an active complex, thereby inhibiting the activation of the downstream signaling molecules Ral and AKT. Consequently, TIPE2 deficiency led to heightened activation of Ral and AKT, resistance to cell death, increased migration, and dysregulation of exocyst complex formation. Conversely, TIPE2 overexpression induced cell death and significantly inhibited Ras-induced tumorigenesis in mice. Importantly, TIPE2 expression was either completely lost or significantly downregulated in human hepatic cancer. Thus, TIPE2 is an inhibitor of both inflammation and cancer, and a potential drug target for inflammatory and neoplastic diseases.