刺五加种子结构,后熟作用及其细胞化学研究

刺五加种子为扁肾形,种皮由一层细胞构成。种子脱落时,胚处于心形胚期,胚周围的胚乳细胞解体形成囊腔包囊胚,胚细胞原生质浓厚,胚乳细胞中贮存大量蛋白质和脂类,但两者均未见贮存多糖,有萌发潜能的种子只占全部种子的１２．８０％,种子经变温层积处理６个月即可完成后熟过程,其细胞化学特点是：处理１．５个月时胚细胞中开始积累多糖颗粒,至４个月时达最大量并一直保持至种子萌发。试验地种植条件下饱满种子经１８－２０个     

Progress of Breast Cancer basic research in China

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed and the most lethal cancer in females both in China and worldwide. Currently, the origin of cancer stem cells, the heterogeneity of cancer cells, the mechanism of cancer metastasis and drug resistance are the most important issues that need to be addressed. Chinese investigators have recently made new discoveries in basic breast cancer researches, especially regarding cancer stem cells, cancer metabolism, and microenvironments. These efforts have led to a deeper understanding of drug resistance and metastasis and have also indicated new biomarkers and therapeutic targets. These findings emphasized the importance of the cancer stem cells for targeted therapy. In this review, we summarized the latest important findings in this field in China.     

栽培甜菜卵细胞、合子及二细胞原胚的超微结构

为丰富被子植物生殖生物学资料, 并为甜菜相关研究提供参考, 应用透射电镜技术研究栽培甜菜（Beta vulgaris）卵细胞、合子和二细胞原胚的超微结构特征。结果如下：在成熟卵细胞中多聚核糖体数量不多, 且细胞代谢活性较弱; 初期合子内, 核仁大量合成核糖体前体物质, 胞质中多聚核糖体数目众多, 细胞代谢活性较强; 休眠期合子的核仁变小, 胞质中核糖体数量急剧减少, 仅有少量多聚核糖体, 细胞代谢活性较弱; 合子分裂前期和二细胞原胚期, 核仁显著, 胞质中核糖体的密度增加, 出现大量多聚核糖体, 细胞代谢活性较强。根据上述结果可以得出, 栽培甜菜从卵细胞成熟→合子初期→合子休眠期→合子分裂前期→二细胞原胚的超微结构变化中多聚核糖体的变化最为显著, 表现为“少→多→少→多”的数量变化过程, 反映出细胞代谢状态也经历了“弱→强→弱→强”的变化过程, 这种变化趋势与配子体世代向孢子体世代转变有关。     

Do all leaf photosynthesis parameters of rice acclimate to elevated CO2, elevated temperature,and their combination,in FACE environments?

Leaf photosynthesis of crops acclimates to elevated CO₂ and temperature, but studies quantifying responses of leaf photosynthetic parameters to combined CO₂ and temperature increases under field conditions are scarce. We measured leaf photosynthesis of rice cultivars Changyou 5 and Nanjing 9108 grown in two free‐air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) systems, respectively, installed in paddy fields. Each FACE system had four combinations of two levels of CO₂ (ambient and enriched) and two levels of canopy temperature (no warming and warmed by 1.0–2.0°C). Parameters of the C₃ photosynthesis model of Farquhar, von Caemmerer and Berry (the FvCB model), and of a stomatal conductance (g_s) model were estimated for the four conditions. Most photosynthetic parameters acclimated to elevated CO₂, elevated temperature, and their combination. The combination of elevated CO₂ and temperature changed the functional relationships between biochemical parameters and leaf nitrogen content for Changyou 5. The g_s model significantly underestimated g_s under the combination of elevated CO₂ and temperature by 19% for Changyou 5 and by 10% for Nanjing 9108 if no acclimation was assumed. However, our further analysis applying the coupled g_s–FvCB model to an independent, previously published FACE experiment showed that including such an acclimation response of g_s hardly improved prediction of leaf photosynthesis under the four combinations of CO₂ and temperature. Therefore, the typical procedure that crop models using the FvCB and g_s models are parameterized from plants grown under current ambient conditions may not result in critical errors in projecting productivity of paddy rice under future global change.     

刺五加、短梗五加的开花动态及繁育系统的比较研究

野外定位观测刺五加（Eleutherococcus senticosus),短梗五回（E.sessiliflorus)的开花进程,花朵的功能形态特征和开花动态,用杂交指数（OCI）,花粉－胚珠比（P／O）,去雄,套袋,人工授粉等方法分别测定刺五加,短梗五加的繁育系统,结果显示,刺五加种群,短梗五加种群的花期均持续1个月左右,刺五加比短梗五加早开花20d 左右,二均有雄蕊先熟现象,刺五加是单全异株植物,种群内既具有雄性,又具有雌株,还具有两性株,繁育系统主要为异交,需要传粉活动才能完成授粉过程,与刺五加不同,短梗五加仅具两性花,但繁育系统也以异交为主,短梗五加两性花中的雌,雄器官既在空间上分离,又在时间上分离,只能进行同株异花间或异株,异花间传粉才能受精结实。     

柴胡大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育

以柴胡（Bupleurum chinense）为研究对象,运用石蜡切片技术对其大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育进行了研究。结果表明：柴胡花药具4个药室,花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层4层细胞构成,花药壁发育为双子叶型,腺质绒毡层。小孢子母细胞减数分裂的胞质分裂为同时型,产生正四面体型小孢子。成熟花粉三细胞型。胚珠倒生型,单珠被,薄珠心。大孢子母细胞常为一个雌性孢原直接发育而成,大孢子四分体呈线型或T型排列,多数情况为合点端一个大孢子分化为功能大孢子,由功能大孢子发育为蓼型成熟胚囊。在胚囊发育过程中,珠被内表皮细胞特化成珠被绒毡层。同一朵花中,雄蕊先熟,记录了花蕾大小及雌、雄配子体发育的对应关系。     

湖泊生态缓冲带识别与生态系统服务价值评估——以滇池为例

湖滨带及环湖区域是发挥湖泊生态功能的关键区域,湖泊生态缓冲带建设是生态系统服务功能提升和湖泊生态保育的重要手段。基于原地产污贡献、单位面积价值当量因子和GIS分析等方法,以滇池为例识别湖泊生态缓冲带并评估生态系统服务价值。结果表明：(1)滇池生态缓冲带识别划定出山体型缓冲带、农田型缓冲带、村落型缓冲带、城镇型缓冲带和湿地型缓冲带等5种类型,上边界和下边界长度为171.50km和127.55km,平均宽度为349.49m,总面积为38.12km²;其中湿地型占主,缓冲带宽度处于20—825m之间,面积为10.31km²、占比27.05%;(2)2000—2020年环滇池区域生态系统服务价值整体呈下降趋势,价值总量由12.40亿元降低至7.78亿元;价值等级以低等级和中等级别为主,多期评估显示二者占比处于70.21%—77.66%之间;外海北岸和草海区域生态系统服务价值降低最为明显,反映出城镇建设等人类活动的影响;(3)环滇池区域湿地型、林地型和草地型三种情景模拟对生态系统服务价值分别提升58.87%、21.08%和17.48%,湿地型情景下水文...     

Light Intensity Affects the Coloration and Structure of Chimeric Leaves of <i>Ananas comosus</i> var<i>. bracteatus</i>

Ananas comosus var. bracteatus is an important ornamental plant because of its green/white chimeric leaves. The accumulation of anthocyanin makes the leaf turn to red especially in the marginal part. However, the red fades away in summer and winter. Light intensity is one of the most important factors affecting leaf color along the seasons. In order to understand the effects of light intensity on the growth and coloration of the chimeric leaves, Ananas comosus var. bracteatus was grown under full sunlight, 50% shade and 75% shade for 75 days to evaluate the concentration of pigments, the color parameters (values L*, a*, b*) and the morpho-anatomical variations of chimeric leaves. The results showed that a high irradiance was beneficial to keep the chimeric leaves red. However, prolonged exposure to high irradiance caused a damage, some of the leaves wrinkled and even burned. Shading instead decreased the concentration of anthocyanin and increased the concentration of chlorophyll, especially in the white marginal part of the leaves. Numerous chloroplasts were observed in the mesophyll cells of the white marginal part of the chimeric leaves under shading for 75 days. The increase in chlorophyll concentration resulted in a better growth of plants. In order to balance the growth and coloration of the leaves, approximately 50% shade is suggested to be the optimum light irradiance condition for Ananas comosus var. bracteatus in summer.     

Genome and proteome analyses show the gaseous alkane degrader Desulfosarcina sp. strain BuS5 as an extreme metabolic specialist

The metabolic potential of the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfosarcina sp. strain BuS5, currently the only pure culture able to oxidize the volatile alkanes propane and butane without oxygen, was investigated via genomics, proteomics and physiology assays. Complete genome sequencing revealed that strain BuS5 encodes a single alkyl-succinate synthase, an enzyme which apparently initiates oxidation of both propane and butane. The formed alkyl-succinates are oxidized to CO₂ via beta oxidation and the oxidative Wood–Ljungdahl pathways as shown by proteogenomics analyses. Strain BuS5 conserves energy via the canonical sulfate reduction pathway and electron bifurcation. An ability to utilize long-chain fatty acids, mannose and oligopeptides, suggested by automated annotation pipelines, was not supported by physiology assays and in-depth analyses of the corresponding genetic systems. Consistently, comparative genomics revealed a streamlined BuS5 genome with a remarkable paucity of catabolic modules. These results establish strain BuS5 as an exceptional metabolic specialist, able to grow only with propane and butane, for which we propose the name Desulfosarcina aeriophaga BuS5. This highly restrictive lifestyle, most likely the result of habitat-driven evolutionary gene loss, may provide D. aeriophaga BuS5 a competitive edge in sediments impacted by natural gas seeps. Etymology: Desulfosarcina aeriophaga, aério (Greek): gas; phágos (Greek): eater; D. aeriophaga: a gas eating or gas feeding Desulfosarcina.     

甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14成熟胚囊的超微结构特征

以甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14（Betavulgaris,2n=18＋1）为实验材料,利用电子显微镜技术对成熟胚囊及其超微结构进行研究。结果表明：M14成熟胚囊包括1个卵细胞、2个退化的助细胞、1个具有次生核的中央细胞和3-6个反足细胞。其卵细胞具有3种不同的形态：（1）极性正常的卵细胞,细胞核位于合点端,细胞质含有大量核糖体、线粒体、内质网等细胞器;（2）细胞核位于细胞中央;（3）细胞核位于珠孔端,且后2种形态细胞器的种类与数量少。大多数胚囊中的2个助细胞在开花前已退化。中央细胞的次生核位于反足细胞附近;未经受精自发分裂前的卵细胞与中央细胞的细胞核大、核仁明显,细胞器的种类与数量多,呈现旺盛代谢活动特征,成为二倍体孢子无融合生殖过程中,卵细胞与次生核自发分裂的细胞学标志。