植物种质资源的超低温保存研究进展（综述）

植物种质资源的超低温保存研究进展（综述）殷晓辉,舒理慧（武汉大学生命科学学院,武汉４３００７２）ＡＤＶＡＮＣＥＳＩＮＣＲＹＯＰＲＥＳＥＲＶＡＴＩＯＮＲＥＳＥＡＲＣＨＯＮＰＬＡＮＴＧＥＲＭＰＬＡＳＭ￥ＹｉｎｇＸｉａｏｈｕｉ;ＳｈｕＬｉｈｕｉ（Ｓｃｈｏｏ...     

Positive Selection of CAG Repeats of the ATXN2 Gene in Chinese Ethnic Groups

The ataxin-2 （ATXN2） gene is located on human chromo-some 12q24.1. In normal individuals, the coding region in exon 1 of this gene has fewer than 31 CAG repeats （Yu et al., 2005： Laffita-Mesa et al., 2012）. However, an abnormal expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats results in the aggre-gation of polyglutamine （polyQ）, which causes spinocer-ebellar ataxia type 2 （SCA2） （Pulst et al., 1996）. The expanded alleles have more than 32 repeats in the affected individuals, and generally there is an inverse correlation between CAG repeat length and age of onset （Pulst et al., 1996）. SCA2 is an autosomal dominant inheritance neurodegenerative disease, whose major clinical feature is progressive cerebellar ataxia. Atrophies of the brainstem and frontal lobe have been frequently detected by magnetic resonance imaging （MRI） （Yamamoto-Watanabe et al., 2010）. This disease has the strong effect on sensory and motor control.     

北风菌中的甾体和甾体苷类化合物

摘要：从口蘑科真菌北风菌(Pleurotus ostreatus(Jacq．：Fr．)Kummer)的乙酸乙酯部分分离鉴定了12个甾体类化合物,其中包括8个麦角甾醇类甾体及4个甾体苷。利用现代波谱技术及化学方法,鉴定了一个新化合物3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-5a, 613, 9α-triolo 其余11个已知化合物分别为22E,24R-ergosta-7, 22-di-ene-3β, 5a, 6β3, 9α-tetraol, 3-O-β-D-glueopyranosyl-22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-5α, 6β-diol、22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-di-ene-3β, 5α, 6β-triol, 22E, 24R-ergosta-5, 7, 22-tfien-3β-ol 3-O-β-D-glueopyranoside, ergosterol, 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-dien-3β-ol 3-O-β -D-glueopyranoside, 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol、 22E, 24R-ergosta-4, 6, 8, 22-tetraen-3-one、22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-313, 5ct, 6a-tfiol, ergosterol peroxide 和 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β, 5α-diol-6-oneo     

Metabolic changes of the reduction of manganese intake in the hepatic encephalopathy rat: NMR- and MS-based metabolomics study

BioMetals - To investigate the metabolic changes in type C hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) rats after reducing manganese (Mn) intake. A total of 80 Sprague–Dawley rats were divided into control...     

干细胞与再生医学技术发展态势研究

20世纪以来,干细胞与再生医学技术一直是国际生物医学领域的热点前沿之一,它为保障人类生命健康、改善人类生存质量和延长人类寿命发挥不可替代的巨大作用。因此,美国、欧洲国家、日本和中国等科技大国均将该领域纳入了国家科研与产业发展的重点战略中,并通过专项扶持、政策补贴、立法保障等方式激励该领域的创新发展。通过对近年来国际科技战略和科技研发态势的梳理分析,发现该领域的国际战略布局规律,揭示我国在该领域的领先优势与弱点,为我国未来干细胞与再生医学技术发展提出相关参考建议。     

FERONIA is involved in phototropin 1-mediated blue light phototropic growth in Arabidopsis

Plant shoot phototropism is triggered by the formation of a light-driven auxin gradient leading to bending growth. The blue light receptor phototropin 1(phot1) senses light direction, but how this leads to auxin gradient formation and growth regulation remains poorly understood. Previous studies have suggested phot1’s role for regulated apoplastic acidification, but its relation to phototropin and hypocotyl phototropism is unclear. Herein, we show that blue light can cause phot1 to interact with...     

Genetic Variants in Meiotic Program Initiation Pathway Genes Are Associated with Spermatogenic Impairment in a Han Chinese Population

Background

The meiotic program initiation pathway genes (CYP26B1, NANOS1 and STRA8) have been proposed to play key roles in spermatogenesis.

Objective

To elucidate the exact role of the genetic variants of the meiosis initiation genes in spermatogenesis, we genotyped the potential functional genetic variants of CYP26B1, NANOS1 and STRA8 genes, and evaluated their effects on spermatogenesis in our study population.

Design, Setting, and Participants

In this study, all subjects were volunteers from the affiliated hospitals of Nanjing Medical University between March 2004 and July 2009 (NJMU Infertile Study). Total 719 idiopathic infertile cases were recruited and divided into three groups according to WHO semen parameters: 201 azoospermia patients (no sperm in the ejaculate even after centrifugation), 155 oligozoospermia patients (sperm counts <20×10⁶/ml) and 363 infertility/normozoospermia subjects (sperm counts >20×10⁶/ml). The control group consisted of 383 subjects with normal semen parameters, all of which had fathered at least one child without assisted reproductive technologies.

Measurements

Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CYP26B1, NANOS1 and STRA8 genes were determined by TaqMan allelic discrimination assay in 719 idiopathic infertile men and 383 healthy controls.

Results and Limitations

The genetic variant rs10269148 of STRA8 gene showed higher risk of spermatogenic impairment in the groups of abnormospermia (including azoospermia subgroup and oligozoospermia subgroup) and azoospermia than the controls with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of 2.52 (1.29–4.94) and 2.92 (1.41–6.06), respectively (P = 0.006, 0.002 respective). Notably, larger sample size studies and in vivo or in vitro functional studies are needed to substantiate the biological roles of these variants.

Conclusions

Our results provided epidemiological evidence supporting the involvement of genetic polymorphisms of the meiotic program initiation genes in modifying the risk of azoospermia and oligozoospermia in a Han-Chinese population.