脑红蛋白对活性氧的清除作用及其在神经系统疾病中的功能意义

脑红蛋白(NGB)是神经系统特异性携氧珠蛋白,可作为内源性神经保护因子保护神经元免受缺血/缺氧性损伤。活性氧(ROS)是机体正常代谢的中间产物,生理状态下体内ROS处于产生与清除的动态平衡中。机体内过多的ROS是产生氧化应激的重要因素,也是导致多种疾病包括神经系统疾病的重要原因,因此清除体内过多的ROS是防治神经系统疾病的重要措施。目前已发现NGB在清除过多ROS方面可能起重要作用,这对调节ROS的内稳态水平具有重要意义。本文就NGB对ROS的清除作用及其在神经系统疾病中的功能意义进行综述。     

Cdk5在可卡因诱导的药物成瘾中的作用

细胞周期素依赖性蛋白激酶5(cyclin dependent kinase-5,Cdk5)是细胞周期素蛋白激酶之一,具有很多磷酸化底物,其激动剂p35和p39特异存在于神经系统(CNS)。因此,Cdk5在神经系统中的功能尤为突出,成为神经科学研究热点。目前研究较多的是Cdk5在可卡因诱导的药物成瘾中的作用。在可卡因所致药物成瘾过程中,多巴胺系统,ΔFosB,神经元突触可塑性等发挥重要作用。Cdk5与这些分子相互作用,所以,Cdk5与可卡因诱导所致药物成瘾密切相关。阐明其与药物成瘾的联系,探索新的以Cdk5为靶向的药物,将可能成为成瘾治疗的有效手段。综述了在可卡因诱导的药物成瘾中Cdk5作用,以及Cdk5与相关的信号转导分子之间的相互调节。     

利用稻瘟霉模型初级筛选抗肿瘤物质研究进展

稻瘟霉(Pyricularia oryzae)活性物质初筛模型是近年来筛选抗肿瘤活性物质的重要模型之一,具有操作便捷、安全经济等优点。为更好地利用该模型,对其原理、方法、应用现状和存在问题进行了综述,同时介绍了利用其他植物病原真菌作为靶标菌建立抗癌药物初筛模型的应用前景,以期对更有效地获得抗肿瘤活性物质起到一定的积极作用。     

一个新水稻温敏感叶色突变体的遗传分析及其基因分子定位

在粳稻品种嘉花1号(Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica ‘Jiahua No.1’)种子经⁶⁰Co γ射线辐照处理的后代中, 发现了1个低温敏感叶色突变体mr21。在较低温度(<25.0°C)条件下, 该突变体幼苗叶色呈黄色; 随着温度逐渐升高, 叶色由黄转绿,其临界温度约为27.5°C; 在低温条件下, 突变体幼苗总叶绿素含量以及叶绿素a、b的含量均较野生型嘉花1号明显下降, 表明该突变体的叶色性状具有明显的温敏感性。遗传分析表明, 该突变体叶色性状受1对隐性核基因控制, 暂将该突变基因命名为thermo-sensitive leaf-color 1(tsl-1)。以该突变体与籼稻9311(Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica ‘9311’)杂交的F₂代分离群体作为定位群体, 利用SSR分子标记将tsl-1基因初步定位在水稻(Oryza sativa)第1号染色体短臂上的MM1799与RM8132分子标记之间, 其遗传距离分别为2.4 cM和3.0 cM; 然后, 进一步利用扩大F₂代群体及新发展的分子标记将tsl-1基因定位在分子标记InDel2与InDel4之间的198 kb内。研究结果为今后对该基因的克隆和功能分析奠定了基础。     

大鼠胰腺发育过程中AFP动态表达的意义

目的:探索大鼠胰腺发育过程中AFP动态表达的意义.方法:采用高密度寡核苷酸芯片对胚胎12.5天(E12.5)、E15.5、E18.5、初生和成年大鼠胰腺进行基因转录水平分析.结果:AFP显著高表达于E18.5大鼠胰腺,AFP在胚胎期的动态表达趋势与胰腺功能细胞标志物以及可能介导AFP促细胞增殖效应的有关信号系统成员的表达趋势一致.结论:AFP在大鼠胰腺发育过程中动态表达的生物学意义可能在于参与胰腺发育调控.     

Status of water environment pollution in the Xixi Wetland and its ecological treatment countermeasures

In this paper,the water quality of the Xixi Wetland was evaluated and the characteristics of water pollution were described according to the survey data.Based on the status of water quality and its functional requirements as an urban wetland,biological-ecological countermeasures were suggested.The experimental use of ecological technologies,such as artificial wetlands,ecological aquiculture and artificial floating island,were done in several fish ponds in the Xixi Wetland.Water monitoring results show that the quality of the treated water has improved significantly and the measures to purify the eutrophic water in the wetland have been effective.     

Assessing indica-japonica differentiation of improved rice varieties using microsatellite markers

To assess the indica-japonica differentiation of improved rice varieties, a total of 512 modem varieties including 301 indica and 211 japonica accessions were analyzed using 36 microsatellites. The Fst coefficients ranged from 0.002 to 0.730 among the loci with an average of 0.315. Significant differentiation was detected at 94.4% of the loci studied （P 〈 0.05, pairwise Fst tests）, indicating that there was a high level of indica-japonica differentiation within the improved varieties. At 18 loci, about 74%-98% of the alleles of indica and japonica accessions were distributed in two ranges of amplicon length. Linkage disequilibrium analysis showed that the distribution trends were significantly nonrandomly associated. Using the differentiation trends at the 18 loci, microsatellite index （MI） was proposed for discrimination of the two subspecies. When rice accessions with MI value greater than zero were classified as indica, and those with MI value smaller than zero were classified as japonica, about 96.1% of the accessions could be classified. This result agrees with the classification based on morphological-physiological characters, indicating that this method is feasible and effective.     

Improved Cardiac Contractility of Human Recombinant Growth Hormone on the Congestive Heart Failure of Pig

1Introduction Congestiveheartfailureisamultipleaetiology,high prevalence,cardiovasculardisorderwithpoorprognosis. Medicaltreatmentofdilatedcardiomyopathyisaimedat alleviatingthesymptomsofheartfailure.Diuretics,ACE inhibitorsandbeta blockershavefavourableeffectson symptoms,exercisecapacityandmortality[1-3].Growth hormone(GH)andinsulin likegrowthfactor(IGF) 1 areinvolvedinseveralphysiologicalprocessessuchas thecontrolofmusclemassandfunction,bodycomposi tionandtheregulationofnutrientmetaboli…     

卡瓦胡椒及胡椒的RAPD聚类分析

目的：通过RAPD分析搞清楚卡瓦胡椒与胡椒及胡椒属其它近缘野生种的亲缘关系。方法和结果：采用随机引物80条进行筛选,用从80条随机引物中入选的20条引物,对卡瓦胡椒和胡椒属共计28份材料进行RAPD扩增,均能产生清晰的扩增谱带。重复1—2次,结果稳定可靠。20个引物共扩增出170个条带,其中多态性条带有20条,占总扩增条带数的12％。RAPD分析结果显示在相似系数0．36处对28份种质可划分为6个类型,其中卡瓦胡椒被单独聚为一类,说明卡瓦胡椒与胡椒及其它近缘野生种的亲缘关系有一定的距离。     

Prediction of tyrosine sulfation with mRMR feature selection and analysis

Protein tyrosine sulfation is a ubiquitous post-translational modification (PTM) of secreted and transmembrane proteins that pass through the Golgi apparatus. In this study, we developed a new method for protein tyrosine sulfation prediction based on a nearest neighbor algorithm with the maximum relevance minimum redundancy (mRMR) method followed by incremental feature selection (IFS). We incorporated features of sequence conservation, residual disorder, and amino acid factor, 229 features in total, to predict tyrosine sulfation sites. From these 229 features, 145 features were selected and deemed as the optimized features for the prediction. The prediction model achieved a prediction accuracy of 90.01% using the optimal 145-feature set. Feature analysis showed that conservation, disorder, and physicochemical/biochemical properties of amino acids all contributed to the sulfation process. Site-specific feature analysis showed that the features derived from its surrounding sites contributed profoundly to sulfation site determination in addition to features derived from the sulfation site itself. The detailed feature analysis in this paper might help understand more of the sulfation mechanism and guide the related experimental validation.