OsRAN2, essential for mitosis,enhances cold tolerance in rice by promoting export of intranuclear tubulin and maintaining cell division under cold stress

With global climate change, abnormally low temperatures have affected the world's rice production. Many genes have been shown to be essential for molecular improvement of rice cold‐tolerance traits. However, less is known about the molecular cellular mechanism of their response to cold stress. Here, we investigated OsRAN2 involved in regulation of cell division during cold stress in rice. Expression of OsRAN2 was increased under cold treatment, but not during salt and drought stress. The mean root mitotic index was closely related to the expression level of OsRAN2. Knockdown transgenic rice lines showed an aberrant organization of spindles during mitosis and stunted growth during development. Overexpression of OsRAN2 enhanced cold tolerance in rice. The transgenic rice overexpressing OsRAN2 showed maintained cell division, decreased proportion of cells with intranuclear tubulin and formation of a normal nuclear envelope under the cold condition. Our study suggests a mechanism for OsRAN2 in regulating cold resistance in rice by maintaining cell division through promoting the normal export of intranuclear tubulin at the end of mitosis. This insight could help improve the cold‐tolerance trait in rice.     

高血压患者用药的依从性

高血压是人类健康面临的一个重要挑战,对患者及其家庭和社会造成了巨大的疾病负担。药物治疗是控制高血压的重要手段,合理应用抗高血压药能使90%的患者血压处于正常范围,但实际高血压的控制率仍很低,且发病率逐年上升,究其根本原因,是由于患者用药依从性不良。本文综述了高血压患者用药依从性的概念、现状及评估方法,并对其影响因素进行了详细的阐述,指出应积极干预及加强健康教育,以最大限度提高患者的用药依从性,降低高血压带来的靶器官损害,并进一步对寻求更准确、客观的用药依从性评估方法做出展望。     

DIAGNOSTIC SELF‐TESTING: AUTONOMOUS CHOICES AND RELATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Diagnostic self‐testing devices are being developed for many illnesses, chronic diseases and infections. These will be used in hospitals, at point‐of‐care facilities and at home. Designed to allow earlier detection of diseases, self‐testing diagnostic devices may improve disease prevention, slow the progression of disease and facilitate better treatment outcomes. These devices have the potential to benefit both the individual and society by enabling individuals to take a more proactive role in the maintenance of their health and by helping society improve health and reduce health costs. However, the full implications of future home‐based diagnostic technology for individuals and society remain unclear due to their novelty. We argue that the development of diagnostic tools, especially for home use, will heighten a number of ethical challenges. This paper will explore some of the ethical implications of home‐based self‐testing diagnostic devices for the autonomous and relational dimensions of the person. This will be facilitated by examining the impact of diagnostic devices for individual autonomy, for the delivery of accurate diagnosis and for the personal significance of the information for the user. The latter will be examined using Charles Taylor's view of personhood and his emphasis on human agency and interpretation. While the ethical issues are not necessarily new, the development of home‐based self‐testing diagnostic devices will make issues regarding autonomy, accuracy of information and personal significance more and more demanding. This will be the case particularly when an individual's autonomous choices come into conflict with the person's relational responsibilities.     

康氏木霉纤维素酶系中C_x酶多分子型的分离纯化及某些性质

从康氐木霉(Trichoderma k(?)ningii)白色变异株As 3.4001的粗酶制剂中,获得了纤维素酶系中的一组C_x酶(C_(x1) C_(x2) C_(x3) C_(x4))。分离步骤包括Sephadex G-75凝胶过滤,DEAESephadex A-50离子交换层析,ConA-Sepharose亲合层析,SE-Sephadex C-50离子交换层析及聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳。C_(x1)与C_(x2)的分子量不同而所带电荷相同,它们的分子量各自为44,500和34,000。C_(x2)—C_(x4)的分子量相同而所带电荷不同。纯化的C_(x1)—C_(x4)经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳鉴定为单带。比较它们对羧甲基纤维素钠(CMC-Na)的糖化力及液化力表明在作用方式的随机性上C_(x2)>C_(x3)>C_(x1)>C_(x4)。     

锦鸡儿植物对盐碱地土壤理化性质和细菌群落的影响

锦鸡儿属的多种植物在干旱/半干旱区域水土保持等方面具有显著的作用效果,该研究以柠条锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和小叶锦鸡儿为材料,选择宁夏银北西大滩核心试验站的盐渍化荒地为研究对象,分析了3种锦鸡儿建植1年对盐碱地土壤理化性质及土壤细菌群落的影响,以了解该类植物在盐碱地改良中的作用及生态效应。结果显示:(1)种植锦鸡儿1年能够显著降低盐碱地土壤全盐含量和pH,提高土壤全氮和全磷含量。(2)种植锦鸡儿不影响其非根际土壤细菌群落的α多样性,但小叶锦鸡儿非根际土壤细菌群落的香浓指数最低。(3)不同种锦鸡儿对盐碱地细菌群落结构的影响有所不同,小叶锦鸡儿根际/非根际细菌群落的结构分别与对照土壤以及柠条、中间锦鸡儿根际土壤存在明显差异;在属水平,包括假黄色单胞菌属、新鞘氨醇菌属及根瘤菌属在内的12个优势细菌属的相对丰度在小叶锦鸡儿非根际土壤中显著增加。(4)db-RDA分析表明,盐碱地土壤全盐、全氮及全磷含量分别解释了锦鸡儿非根际细菌群落结构变异信息的23.5%、25.4%和22.2%,3种因子累计共解释48.5%的细菌群落变异(P0.05),但这些因子对锦鸡儿根际细菌群落的变化无显著影响。研究表明,短期种植锦鸡儿属植物对盐碱地土壤理化性质具有一定改良效果,且不影响非根际土壤细菌群落的α多样性,但不同种锦鸡儿对土壤细菌群落结构的影响存在差异。     

温光条件与寒地水稻产量和源库特征的关系

采用大田试验,以寒地水稻为研究对象,分析试验区2011—2014年气温和太阳辐射,比较不同年份间温光条件差异,探讨温光条件与水稻干物质积累、源库光合特征、产量及其构成之间的关系。结果表明:生育期内日活动积温利用率和日有效积温利用率呈逐年增加的趋势,而太阳辐射呈逐年降低的趋势,其中灌浆期太阳辐射强度以2014年居高;生育期内日活动积温和日有效积温及其利用率、抽穗后日平均太阳辐射强度与粒数、结实率、千粒重以及产量显著或极显著正相关;生育期内活动积温与产量(R~2=0.69)、生物产量(R~2=0.49)、抽穗期茎鞘干质量(R~2=0.74)及粒叶比(R~2=0.34)、收获指数(R~2=0.63)、群体生长速率(R~2=0.78)和净同化率(R~2=0.73)均呈二次函数关系,且拟合效果均达极显著水平,而与叶面积指数呈极显著正相关关系(R=0.80)。     

Evolutionary process of a tetranucleotide microsatellite locus in Acipenseriformes

The evolutionary dynamics of the tetra-nucleotide microsatellite locus Spl-106 were investigated at the repeat and flanking sequences in 137 individuals of 15 Acipenseriform species, giving 93 homologous sequences, which were detected in 11 out of 15 species. Twenty-three haplotypes of flanking sequences and three distinct types of repeats, type I, type II and type III, were found within these 93 sequences. The MS-Align phylogenetic method, newly applied to microsatellite sequences, permitted us to understand the repeat and flanking sequence evolution of Spl-106 locus. The flanking region of locus Spl-106 was highly conserved among the species of genera Acipenser, Huso and Scaphirhynchus, which diverged about 150 million years ago (Mya). The rate of flanking sequence divergence at the microsatellite locus Spl-106 in sturgeons is between 0.011% and 0.079% with an average at 0.028% per million years. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic trees produced by MS-Align showed that both the flanking and repeat regions can cluster the alleles of different species into Pacific and Atlantic lineages. Our results show a synchronous evolutionary pattern between the flanking and repeat regions. Moreover, the coexistence of different repeat types in the same species, even in the same individual, is probably due to two duplication events encompassing the locus Spl-106 that occurred during the divergence of Pacific lineage. The first occured before the diversification of Pacific species (121–96 Mya) and led to repeat types I and II. The second occurred more recently, just before the speciation of A. sinensis and A. dabryanus (69–10 Mya), and led to repeat type III. Sequences in the same species with different repeat types probably corresponds to paralogous loci. This study sheds a new light on the evolutionary mechanisms that shape the complex microsatellite loci involving different repeat types.     

双斑蟋若虫后足的再生观察

研究蟋蟀若虫是否具有再生的能力,在实验室内对直翅目蟋蟀科的双斑蟋Gryllus bimaculata de Geer若虫后足的再生情况进行初步观察。结果表明:双斑蟋若虫的后足确实具有再生的能力,且再生足的伸长生长与正常足一样,均出现于虫体蜕皮时。再生的过程主要分为3个阶段:突起期、“肢芽”期、短小足期。实验结果还表明:再生能力与断肢发生的时间及断肢部位有关;断肢部位离肢体越远,再生能力越强;断肢发生的时间越早,再生能力越强。     

Recognition of cell-specific binding of phage display derived peptides using an acoustic wave sensor

ASSLNIA, a peptide selected for murine myofibers using phage display technology, was immobilized onto an acoustic wave sensor. The sensor responded to murine and feline muscle homogenates indicating crosspieces interactions. Kidney, liver, and brain preparations produced insignificant responses.