Ecology of seed germination of eight non-pioneer tree species from a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwest China

We compared various aspects of the seed biology of eight non-pioneer tree species from a tropical seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna, SW China, that differ in time of dispersal, size and fresh seed moisture content (MC). Seeds were tested for germination under laboratory conditions after dehydration to different moisture levels and under 3.5, 10 and 30% solar irradiances in neutral-shade houses. For six species, germination was also compared in forest understory (3.5% light) and center of a forest gap (32.5% light). Under continuous dehydration over activated silica gel, 100% of seeds of four species had lost the ability to germinate after 48 h, and those of all species except Castanopsis hystrix (decreased from >90 to 30% germination) had lost the ability to germinate after 120 h. Four species did not differ in final germination percentages at the three irradiances (i.e. uniform germination). However, final germination percentages of Horsfieldia pandurifolia and Litsea pierrei var. szemaois were significantly lower in 30% than in 10 or 3.5% light, and seeds of Antiaris toxicaria and C. hystrix germinated to higher percentages in 30 and 10% than in 3.5% light. Mean time to germination (MTG) of the eight species (forest and shade house data combined) ranged from 5–5 days for Pometia tomentosa to 72–207days for L. pierrei; MTG for four species was ≤21 days. There was no obvious relationship between relative desiccation resistance and either time of dispersal, MTG or uniformity of germination at the three light levels, or between seed size and MC or MTG. However, the relationship between seed MC at maturity (25–60% fresh mass basis) and MC at 50% loss of seed viability (12.4–42.5%) was significant. Seven of the species fit Garwood’s (Ecol Monogr 53:159–181, 1983) rapid-rainy germination syndrome and one, L. pierrei, either her delayed-rainy or intermediate-dry germination syndrome. However, fresh, non-dehydrated seeds of all eight species germinated in ≤30 days at constant 30°C in light.     

犬2型腺病毒通用载体的构建及鉴定

为了获得能够携带较大外源基因的犬2型腺病毒E3区缺失性载体,以犬2型腺病毒全基因组质粒pPolyⅡ-CAV-2及E3区重组质粒pVAX-E3为基础,缺失1381bp的E3区片段(92.6%的E3区全序列),插入Linker-NF(内含NotⅠ、ClaⅠ、FseⅠ多克隆位点),获得重组载体质粒pPolyⅡ-CAV-2-ΔE3（NF）(31.9kb)。以AscⅠ和PmeⅠ双酶切,游离重组基因组,在脂质体Lipofectamine^TM 2000介导下,转染MDCK细胞系,获得了E3区缺失的重组病毒CAV-2-ΔE3（NF）。通过病毒的形态学观察,血凝性、生长特性、感染性实验证明,该重组病毒与母源病毒没有差异。重组病毒CAV-2-ΔE3（NF）可以作为载体表达外源基因,其外源基因插入片段不小于3.3kb。     

两种滇产鼠尾草复方注射液对大鼠在体心肌缺血再灌注损伤的保护作用

与复方丹参注射液（丹参＋三七）比较,探讨两种滇产鼠尾草复方注射液。即复方滇丹参（滇丹参＋三七）和复方甘西鼠尾（甘西鼠尾＋三七）对大鼠在体心肌缺血再灌注损伤的保护作用。采用在体缺血再灌注模型,缺血30min复灌60min。实验过程中用II导联记录心电图ST段和心率变化,实验后测定心室梗塞面积。结果：这两种复方鼠尾草注射液能显著降低在体心肌缺血和再灌注过程中ST段抬高水平。轻度加快缺血再灌注过程心率,相似于复方丹参;这两种鼠尾草复方注射液均能明显减少心室梗塞面积。这两种滇产鼠尾草复方注射液均有较好的抗心肌缺血再灌注损伤作用,与复方丹参注射液相似。     

IAA对孔石莼生长及叶绿素和蛋白质含量的影响

在22℃、40μE·s^-1·m^-2连续光照培养条件下,研究了植物生长调节物质(IAA)对孔石莼(Ulvapertusa)的生长及叶绿素和蛋白质含量的影响。研究表明,与对照组相比,0.01～10.00mg·L^-1IAA对孔石莼的生长及叶绿素和蛋白质含量都有不同程度的影响。随着IAA的质量浓度的增大,实验组藻体的直径以及叶绿素和蛋白质含量都相应增大。并且发现,当IAA的浓度达到1.00mg·L^-1时,对孔石莼的促生长作用最佳,且叶绿素和蛋白质的含量达最高值;而当IAA的浓度大于3.00mg·L^-1时,对孔石莼的生长却相对抑制,叶绿素和蛋白质的含量也开始降低。     

中国东部暖温带地区土壤中的皮司霉属(丝孢纲)真菌

报道从中国东部暖温带地区诸省(市)土壤中分离到的皮司霉属Pithomyces真菌的两个新种:长棒孢皮司霉Pithomyces longiclavisporus和淡色皮司霉Pithomyces pallidus,及两个中国新记录种:卡罗皮司霉Pithomyces karoo和帕夫皮司霉Pithomyces pavgii;对另外三个已知种亦作了分离地点和生境的引证。研究过的标本(干制培养物)与活菌种保存在山东农业大学植物病理学标本室(HSAUP)。     

转人t-PA指形区缺失基因的山羊体细胞核移植及其继代核移植

为了探索转基因体细胞核经连续核移植后的发育潜力,以转人组织型纤溶酶原激活剂(t-PA)指形区缺失基因的山羊胎儿成纤维细胞为核供体,MII期的卵母细胞质为核受体,利用胞质内注射法构建原代核移胚胎(G0),并进行了原代核移植胚胎的继代核移植研究。比较原代和继代核移植胚胎在体外发育能力上的差异;在G1、G2代核移植试验过程中,比较了供体胚胎细胞的发育阶段对核移植胚胎体外发育的影响。结果表明,原代核移植胚胎的卵裂率(76.45%±1.17%)与继代核移植胚胎的卵裂率(72.18%±1.97%,76.05%±2.38%,75.99%±2.84%)无显著性差异(P>0.05)。但原代核移植胚胎的桑葚胚率(47.20%±2.93%)、囊胚率(11.00%±1.42%)显著高于G1、G2、G3代核核移植胚胎的桑葚胚率(34.99%±2.66%,28.23%±2.00%,23.34%±1.99%)、囊胚率(3.87%±0.67%,2.08%±1.66%,0);在G1、G2中,当用16-细胞期核移植胚胎作为核供体时的桑葚胚率(29.57%±1.53%,24.43%±1.87%)、囊胚率(1.96%±1.31%,2.01%±1.34%)低于用32~64-细胞时期的核移植胚胎的桑葚胚率(34.32%±1.31%,29.76%±1.66%)、囊胚率(3.86%±1.03%,3.48%±0.34%),但无显著性差异(P>0.05)。由此得出结论:转基因体细胞核移植胚胎不宜进行多代克隆;胞质内注射法构建核移植胚胎,用32~64-细胞期的胚胎作为核供体构建的核移植胚胎的体外发育率高于用16-细胞期的胚胎作为核供体构建的核移植胚胎的体外发育率。     

外源H2O2对小麦幼苗耐盐性的调节作用

以高原448小麦品种为材料,分别测定了4个处理(Hoagland营养液、Hoagland营养液 150 mmol/LNaCl、Hoagland营养液 150 mmol/L NaCl 10μmol/L H2O2和Hoagland营养液 10μmol/L H2O2)的小麦幼苗在第2、4、6、8天叶片叶绿素、丙二醛、可溶性糖和还原性谷胱甘肽含量.结果显示:外源H2O2提高了NaCl胁迫下4个时段小麦幼苗的叶绿素含量(8.27%、32.57%、10.19%、4.86%)及还原性谷胱甘肽含量(3.09%、23.97%、5.85%、2.11%),显著提高了可溶性糖含量(14.58%、8.43%、16.68%、5.8%,P<0.05),而显著降低了其丙二醛含量(17.53%、14.04%、4.75%、8.47%,P<0.05).外源H2O2(10μmol/L)使NaCl胁迫下叶绿素含量和还原性谷胱甘肽含量峰值提前,同时推迟了丙二醛峰值出现的时间.研究表明,外源H2O2通过提高叶片叶绿素、可溶性糖和还原性谷胱甘肽含量以有效地增强小麦幼苗的耐盐性.     

Long-term depression of mGluR1 signaling

Glutamate produces both fast excitation through activation of ionotropic receptors and slower actions through metabotropic receptors (mGluRs). To date, ionotropic but not metabotropic neurotransmission has been shown to undergo long-term synaptic potentiation and depression. Burst stimulation of parallel fibers releases glutamate, which activates perisynaptic mGluR1 in the dendritic spines of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Here, we show that the mGluR1-dependent slow EPSC and its coincident Ca transient were selectively and persistently depressed by repeated climbing fiber-evoked depolarization of Purkinje cells in brain slices. LTD(mGluR1) was also observed when slow synaptic current was evoked by exogenous application of a group I mGluR agonist, implying a postsynaptic expression mechanism. Ca imaging further revealed that LTD(mGluR1) was expressed as coincident attenuation of both limbs of mGluR1 signaling: the slow EPSC and PLC/IP3-mediated dendritic Ca mobilization. Thus, different patterns of neural activity can evoke LTD of either fast ionotropic or slow mGluR1-mediated synaptic signaling.     

In vitro and in silico analysis reveals an efficient algorithm to predict the splicing consequences of mutations at the 5' splice sites

We have found that two previously reported exonic mutations in the PINK1 and PARK7 genes affect pre-mRNA splicing. To develop an algorithm to predict underestimated splicing consequences of exonic mutations at the 5′ splice site, we constructed and analyzed 31 minigenes carrying exonic splicing mutations and their derivatives. We also examined 189 249 U2-dependent 5′ splice sites of the entire human genome and found that a new variable, the SD-Score, which represents a common logarithm of the frequency of a specific 5′ splice site, efficiently predicts the splicing consequences of these minigenes. We also employed the information contents (R_i) to improve the prediction accuracy. We validated our algorithm by analyzing 32 additional minigenes as well as 179 previously reported splicing mutations. The SD-Score algorithm predicted aberrant splicings in 198 of 204 sites (sensitivity = 97.1%) and normal splicings in 36 of 38 sites (specificity = 94.7%). Simulation of all possible exonic mutations at positions −3, −2 and −1 of the 189 249 sites predicts that 37.8, 88.8 and 96.8% of these mutations would affect pre-mRNA splicing, respectively. We propose that the SD-Score algorithm is a practical tool to predict splicing consequences of mutations affecting the 5′ splice site.