棉铃虫核型多角体病毒Hind III-K片段的核苷酸序列及其分析

测定了棉铃虫（Ｈｅｌｉｃｏｖｅｒｐａａｒｍｉｇｅｒａ）核型多角体病毒（ＨａＳＮＰＶ）基因组ＤＮＡ的ＨｉｎｄＩＩＫ片段核苷酸序列。该片段全长３２５５ｂｐ,含可编码大于４０个氨基酸残基的多肽的开放阅读框（ＯＲＦ）１５个,包括多角体蛋白（ｐｈ）基因编码区３′端４８９ｂｐ和蛋白激酶ＨａｖＰＫ基因编码区８０１ｂｐ。在ｐｈ和ＨａｖＰＫ两基因之间鉴定出一个可编码４１２个氨基酸残基的ＯＲＦ１２３６,转录方向与ｐｈ和ＨａｖＰＫ基因相反。同源分析表明,ＯＲＦ１２３６与谷实夜蛾（Ｈｅｌｉｃｏｖｅｒｐａｚｅａ）核型多角体病毒（ＨｚＳＮＰＶ）的ＯＲＦ８推导的蛋白氨基酸序列有９５．９％同源性,与苜蓿丫纹夜蛾（Ａｕｔｏｇｒａｐｈａｃａｌｉｆｏｒｎｉａ）核型多角体病毒（ＡｃＭＮＰＶ）ＯＲＦ１６２９只有２４．８％同源性,但三者均含有二组由多个脯氨酸残基串联而成的特征基序。     

新疆10种藜科植物叶片和同化枝的旱生和盐生结构的研究

 本文应用扫描电镜和光学显微镜对生长在新疆荒漠地区10种藜科植物中亚滨藜(Atriplex centralasiatica),心叶驼绒藜(Ceratoides ewersmanniana),驼绒藜(Ceratoides latens),盐节木(Halocnemum strobilaceum),盐穗木(Halostachys caspica),梭梭(Haloxylon ammodendron),圆叶盐爪爪(Kalidium schrenkianum),绒藜(Londesia eriantha),费尔干猪毛菜(Salsola ferganica),浆果猪毛菜(Salsola foliosa)的叶和同化枝进行了形态解剖学研究。结果表明,它们是通过以下结构来适应旱生和盐生环境的：叶片及角质膜厚,气孔器下陷,具表皮毛;栅栏组织发达,多为等面叶;部分植物叶片退化成鳞片状,而由同化枝执行光合功能;多数植物叶片和同化枝内部具有粘液和含晶细胞,贮水组织发达。根据盐分是否排出体外,又划分出聚盐和泌盐植物。在泌盐植物中,盐腺具有单细胞和多细胞及分泌孔类型,并对其聚盐和泌盐机理作了初步探讨。     

毒蛇咬伤的中西医结合用药分析

目的探讨毒蛇咬伤的临床中西医结合用药状况。方法随机抽取本院近年毒蛇咬伤病例１２０份进行统计与分析。结果在毒蛇咬伤的临床用药中,以清热解毒、利水消肿、益气养血的中药与抗蛇毒、抗炎、抗过敏、抗休克、利尿排毒和保护脏器功能的西药结合用率达１００％。结论中西医结合治疗蛇伤,有利于内外同治,标本兼治,提高临床治愈率。     

Corrected sequence of the mannitol (mtl) operon in Escherichia coli

The previously published sequences of the operator-promoter region of the mannitol operon of Escherichia coli and of the mtlD gene have been found to contain a number of errors. The major conclusions reported previously were correct, but additionally it is now clear that a C-terminal portion of mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (the mtlD gene product) exhibits significant sequence identity with an amino-terminal region of human liver fructose-6-phosphate-2-kinase:fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase.     

Structure and function of the CBL–CIPK Ca2+-decoding system in plant calcium signaling

Calcium is a crucial messenger in many growth and developmental processes in plants. The central mechanism governing how plant cells perceive and respond to environmental stimuli is calcium signal transduction, a process through which cellular calcium signals are recognized, decoded, and transmitted to elicit downstream responses. In the initial decoding of calcium signals, Ca²⁺ sensor proteins that bind Ca²⁺ and activate downstream signaling components are implicated, thereby regulating specific physiological and biochemical processes. After calcineurin B-like proteins (CBLs) sense these Ca²⁺ signatures, these proteins interact selectively with CBL-interacting protein kinases (CIPKs), thereby forming CBL/CIPK complexes, which are involved in decoding calcium signals. Therefore, specificity, diversity, and complexity are the main characteristics of the CBL-CIPK signaling system. However, additional CBLs, CIPKs, and CBL/CIPK complexes remain to be identified in plants, and the specific functions of their abiotic and biotic stress signaling will need to be further dissected. Therefore, a much-needed synthesis of recent findings is important to further the study of CBL-CIPK signaling systems. Here, we review the structure of CBLs and CIPKs, discuss the current knowledge of CBL–CIPK pathways that decode calcium signals in Arabidopsis, and link plant responses to a variety of environmental stresses with specific CBL/CIPK complexes. This will provide a foundation for future research on genetically engineered resistant plants with enhanced tolerance to various environmental stresses.     

烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶和丙酮酸羧化酶共表达对大肠杆菌BA002产丁二酸的影响

大肠杆菌BA002是敲除了乳酸脱氢酶的编码基因 (ldhA) 和丙酮酸-甲酸裂解酶的编码基因 (pflB) 的工程菌。厌氧条件下NADH不能及时再生为NAD+,引起胞内辅酶NAD(H)的不平衡,最终导致厌氧条件下菌株不能利用葡萄糖生长代谢。pncB是烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶 (NAPRTase) 的编码基因,通过过量表达pncB基因能够提高NAD(H)总量与维持合适的NADH/NAD+,从而恢复了厌氧条件下重组菌E. coli BA014 (BA002/pTrc99a-pncB) 的生长和产丁二酸的性能。然而,BA014在厌氧发酵过程中有大量丙酮酸积累,为进一步提高菌株的丁二酸生产能力,减少副产物丙酮酸的生成,共表达NAPRTase和来自于乳酸乳球菌 NZ9000中丙酮酸羧化酶 (PYC) 的编码基因pyc,构建了重组菌E. coli BA016 (BA002/pTrc99a-pncB-pyc)。3 L发酵罐结果表明,BA016发酵112 h后,共消耗了35.00 g/L的葡萄糖。发酵结束时,菌体OD600为4.64,产生了25.09 g/L丁二酸。通过共表达pncB和pyc基因,使BA016的丙酮酸积累进一步降低,丁二酸产量进一步提高。     

人源EFA6A蛋白Sec7结构域的克隆表达与纯化

作为小GTP酶Arf6的鸟甘酸交换因子(GEF),人EFA6A蛋白主要包含PH和Sec7两个结构域,Sec7是行使GEF功能的核心区域。通过分析Jpred、Uniprot等生物信息学软件的预测结果,从全长1 024 aa中选取的重组Sec7结构域的边界为506-719,共214 aa。以人脑cDNA文库为模板,通过优化PCR程序成功扩增出Sec7基因,经NdeI和XhoI双酶切后亚克隆至原核表达载体p28a中,成功构建p28-Sec7重组子,测序结果与NCBI中公布的序列100%吻合。将重组质粒p28-Sec7转化至BL21-Gold(DE3)宿主菌中,终浓度0.3 mmol/L IPTG、16℃、24 h诱导表达,重组蛋白经过Ni柱和分子筛两步纯化。试验结果显示,重组Sec7成功表达,性质均一,纯度高于95%,表达量为70 mg/L。     

Substrate binding to a GH131 β-glucanase catalytic domain from Podospora anserina

β-Glucanases have been utilized widely in industry to treat various carbohydrate-containing materials. Recently, the Podospora anserina β-glucanase 131A (PaGluc131A) was identified and classified to a new glycoside hydrolases GH131 family. It shows exo-β-1,3/exo-β-1,6 and endo-β-1,4 glucanase activities with a broad substrate specificity for laminarin, curdlan, pachyman, lichenan, pustulan, and cellulosic derivatives. Here we report the crystal structures of the PaGluc131A catalytic domain with or without ligand (cellotriose) at 1.8 Å resolution. The cellotriose was clearly observed to occupy the +1 to +3 subsites in substrate binding cleft. The broadened substrate binding groove may explain the diverse substrate specificity. Based on our crystal structures, the GH131 family enzyme is likely to carry out the hydrolysis through an inverting catalytic mechanism, in which E99 and E139 are supposed to serve as the general base and general acid.     

Migration-stimulating factor (MSF) is over-expressed in non-small cell lung cancer and promotes cell migration and invasion in A549 cells over-expressing MSF

Migration-stimulating factor (MSF), an oncofetal truncated isoform of fibronectin, is a potent stimulator of cell invasion. However, its distribution and motogenic role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have never been identified. In this study, real-time PCR and immunohistochemical staining (IHC) were performed to detect MSF mRNA and protein levels in tumor tissues and matched adjacent tumor-free tissues. Furthermore, to examine the effect of MSF on invasiveness, MSF was upregulated in A549 cells. The invasiveness and viability of A549 cells were then determined using a transwell migration assay and the 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) viability assays, respectively. The expression level of MSF in NSCLC tissue was markedly higher than in matched adjacent tumor-free tissue. Additionally, the level of MSF protein expression in stage III and IV NSCLC samples was higher than in stage I and II NSCLC samples. More importantly, we also demonstrated that migration and invasion of A549 cells increased substantially after upregulating MSF, although proliferation remained unchanged. Meanwhile, we found no correlation between increasing motility and invasiveness of MSF-overexpressing cells and expression levels and activities of matrix metalloprotease MMP-2 and MMP-9. Our current study shows that MSF plays a role in migration and invasion of A549 cells and suggests that MSF may be a potential biomarker of NSCLC progression.     

A functional polymorphism in interleukin-1α (IL1A) gene is associated with risk of alopecia areata in Chinese populations

Alopecia areata (AA) is an inflammatory hair loss disorder with a major genetic component, which may cause great psychosocial distress for those affected. Studies have shown that interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a very potent inducer of hair loss and a significant human hair growth inhibitor. The 4-bp insertion/deletion (Indel) polymorphism (rs3783553) within the 3′ untranslated regions of IL1A gene has been suggested to be associated with risk of various types of cancers, possibly through regulating expression of IL-1α levels. In the current study, we estimated the susceptibility to AA associated with rs3783553 in two independent case–control panels of Eastern and Southern Chinese populations, totally containing 313 AA cases and 626 healthy controls. Logistic regression analysis showed that the heterozygote and the homozygote 4-bp ins/ins confer a significantly lower risk of AA in both panels and total subjects [odds ratio (OR) = 0.55, 95% confidence interval (C.I.) = 0.41–0.75, P = 6.24 × 10^− 5; OR = 0.47, 95% C.I. = 0.28–0.76, P = 0.001, respectively]. Stratification analysis based on age onset showed that the protective roles of ins/del and ins/ins genotype against developing AA was more obvious in AA patients with early age onset (< 30 years) under dominant model (OR = 0.48, 95% C.I. = 0.29–0.77, P = 0.001). The results of luciferase assay showed that rs3783553 could influence expression of IL-1α in a miR-122 dependant manner. Taken together, our results suggested that the IL1A 4-bp indel polymorphism may be a marker for genetic susceptibility to patchy (mild) AA in Chinese populations, likely through miR-122 mediated regulation.