天麦消渴片通过miRNA改善糖尿病大鼠血糖的机制

目的探讨天麦消渴片对糖尿病大鼠体重、血糖、血脂和胰岛素等相关代谢指标的影响,并且利用miRNA表达谱芯片和实时定量RT-PCR探讨天麦消渴片降血糖的机制。方法 SD大鼠通过高脂饮食/注射STZ法构建糖尿病大鼠模型。将SD大鼠分为小剂量天麦消渴片组[8只,给予50 mg/(kg·d)的天麦消渴片粉末悬浊液]、大剂量天麦消渴片组[8只,给予100 mg/(kg·d)的天麦消渴片粉末悬浊液]、糖尿病模型组(8只,给予等体积生理盐水)和正常对照组(8只,给予等体积生理盐水),均连续灌胃8周。每2周测定SD大鼠空腹血糖(FBG)和体重。7周末进行口服糖耐量实验(OGTT),测空腹和葡萄糖负荷后血糖。8周末测定大鼠空腹血糖、血清胰岛素和血脂水平,观察天麦消渴片对糖尿病大鼠血糖和血脂的改善作用。取大鼠胰腺组织进行miRNA表达谱芯片实验,并运用实时定量RT-PCR验证芯片结果,以期探讨天麦消渴片对糖尿病大鼠降血糖的机制。结果干预后,大剂量天麦消渴片组大鼠较糖尿病模型组空腹血糖和OGTT曲线下面积(AUC)显著下降。干预8周后,大剂量天麦消渴片组空腹血清胰岛素(FINS)和胰岛素抵抗指数(HOMA-IR)较糖尿病模型组显著降低(P0.01)。干预8周后,大剂量天麦消渴片组血总胆固醇(TC)和甘油三酯(TG)较糖尿病模型组显著降低(P0.05)。大剂量天麦消渴片组胰腺较糖尿病模型组有18个miRNA上调,3个miRNA下调。结论天麦消渴片不仅能有效降低糖尿病大鼠FBG,改善胰岛素敏感性,还能调节脂代谢。天麦消渴片可能是通过上调胰腺miR-375和miR-30d水平,刺激胰岛β细胞增殖,抑制胰岛α细胞增殖,增加胰岛素基因表达;上调胰腺let-7b、let-7e、miR-142-5p和miR-375,抑制细胞因子及受体相互作用通路和MAPK通路的功能,从而改善糖尿病大鼠血糖和胰岛素抵抗状态。     

稻虱缨小蜂对褐飞虱和白背飞虱卵的识别机制

研究了室内条件下信息化合物及稻飞虱卵的形态特征在稻虱缨小蜂识别2种卵寄主褐飞虱和白背飞虱中的作用。结果表明,褐飞虱和白背飞虱雌成虫诱导的水稻挥发物对稻虱缨小蜂的引诱作用无显著差异,各自的引诱比例(头数)分别为57.50%(23头)和42.50%(17头)。稻虱缨小蜂对2种飞虱4组材料,完整卵、磨碎卵、带卵叶鞘和若虫为害叶鞘的行为反应,除了在褐飞虱完整卵上的搜索时间极显著地长于在白背飞虱完整卵上的以外,其余的均不存在差异。挥发物捕集结果表明,褐飞虱和白背飞虱雌成虫诱导的水稻挥发物组成相非常一致。上述结果表明水稻挥发物、稻飞虱利它素及飞虱卵的形态特征在稻虱缨小蜂识别褐飞虱和白背飞虱卵中的作用不明显。文中就稻虱缨小蜂识别2种寄主的机制进行了讨论。     

千里光配子体发育、配子形成与双受精的细胞学特征

千里光（Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham.ex D.Don）是具有良好开发前景的传统抗菌中草药。为了探讨该物种有性生殖的细胞学机制,实现在物种的遗传育种过程中的指导作用,本研究从细胞学角度观察了千里光配子体发育、配子形成和双受精作用。结果表明,在生殖核分裂为精细胞的过程中,其位置和形态呈现差异,表现为"二态"精细胞;此外,雌配子体的形成符合孢子发育模式,成熟胚囊的形态结构为卵形或梨形,成熟的卵细胞和极核位于珠孔端。根据上述结果可推断,合子在随后二分裂时表现为"基细胞-顶细胞"极性,可能与"二态"精细胞导致的合子细胞质不均一有关。此外,从植物分类学角度,千里光的"二态"精细胞,胚囊极性和合子极性可成为菊科近缘植物分类的细胞学依据。     

Sailing through the Late Pleistocene: unusual historical demography of an East Asian endemic, the Chinese Hwamei (Leucodioptron canorum canorum), during the last glacial period

Pleistocene climate fluctuations shaped the patterns of genetic diversity observed in extant species. In contrast to Europe and North America where the effects of recent glacial cycles on genetic diversity have been well studied, the genetic legacy of the Late Pleistocene for East Asia, a region of great topographical complexity and presumably milder historical climate, remains poorly understood. We analysed 3.86 kb of the mitochondrial genome of 186 Chinese Hwamei birds, Leucodioptron canorum canorum , and found that contrary to the conventional expectation of population decline during cold periods (stadials), the demographic history of this species shows continuous population growth since the penultimate glacial period (about 170 000 years ago). Refugia were identified in the south, coastal regions, and northern inland areas, implying that topographic complexity played a substantial role in providing suitable habitats for the Chinese Hwamei during cold periods. Intermittent gene flow between these refugia during the warmer periods (interstadials) might have resulted in a large effective population of this bird through the last glacial period.     

杆状病毒介导的哺乳动物细胞基因转移及其影响因素

杆状病毒作为优良的哺乳动物细胞基因转移载体已在基因治疗、疫苗开发、药物筛选以及基因调控研究等方面发挥巨大作用。但杆状病毒对哺乳动物细胞的嗜性不够广泛、转导效率和转基因表达水平偏低,以及表达持续时间短暂等问题制约其进一步发展,因此如何突破这个制约的瓶颈成为学者们新的关注焦点。针对以上问题,围绕杆状病毒介导哺乳动物细胞基因转移的各种影响因素进行综述。     

象山港典型生境沉积物反硝化细菌群落丰度与结构多样性

通过高通量测序和qPCR技术对象山港4种典型生境(牡蛎养殖区OA、海带养殖区SA、自然岛礁区NR、人工鱼礁区AR)和对照区CK的沉积物反硝化细菌丰度和群落结构进行了测定分析,并探讨了反硝化细菌群落与环境因子之间的相关关系.结果表明:沉积物nirK型反硝化细菌丰度在5种生境间没有显著性差异,而沉积物nirS型反硝化细菌丰...     

红河干热河谷木棉种群的天然更新

在以干热为显著特点的干热河谷,木棉成年树生长、开花良好。但其实生苗天然更新不良,其发生过程和影响因子至今尚不明确。通过对红河干热河谷木棉种群种子扩散特点、萌发策略和影响因素研究,在分析木棉实生天然更新困难影响因子的同时,对更新幼苗的发生进行了探讨。结果表明:单株木棉成年母树平均生产果实(358±46)个,单果和单株种子数分别为(274±45)粒和(98092±2540)粒,木棉种质资源丰富。种子的扩散范围广,而田间种子损失量大(损失比例为霉变54.0%、动物取食18.2%和搬运12.0%)。自然条件下种子活力在落种后10—35 d,种子含水量为2.1%—5.9%时为最佳,落种45 d后活力显著下降。干旱条件下木棉落种萌发成苗过程是天然更新的关键环节,其间水分因子起直接作用,连续数日20%—40%的土壤含水率能促进幼苗更新。适度覆土(1—2 cm)可起到改善落种的水分环境的作用,从而促进萌发。旱季降雨少,干旱持续时间长是阻碍更新幼苗向幼树转化的瓶颈。可见,地表种子存留量低、土壤含水量低、种子自然活力保存时间短、自然和人为干扰等环节限制了木棉种群成功的实生天然更新。     

Genealogy and palaeodrainage basins in Yunnan Province: phylogeography of the Yunnan spiny frog,Nanorana yunnanensis (Dicroglossidae)

Historical drainage patterns adjacent to the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau differed markedly from those of today. We examined the relationship between drainage history and geographic patterns of genetic variation in the Yunnan spiny frog, Nanorana yunnanensis, using approximately 981 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA partial sequences from protein‐coding genes ND1 and ND2, and intervening areas including complete tRNA^Ile, tRNA^Gln and tRNA^Met. Two null hypotheses were tested: (i) that genetic patterns do not correspond to the development of drainage systems and (ii) that populations had been stable and not experienced population expansion, bottlenecking and selection. Genealogical analyses identified three, major, well‐supported maternal lineages, each of which had two sublineages. These divergent lineages were completely concordant with six geographical regions. Genetic structure and divergence were strongly congruent with historical rather than contemporary drainage patterns. Most lineages and sublineages were formed via population fragmentation during the rearrangement of paleodrainage basins in the Early Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. Sympatric lineages occurred only in localities at the boundaries of major drainages, likely reflecting secondary contact of previously allopatric populations. Extensive population expansion probably occurred early in the Middle Pleistocene accompanying dramatic climatic oscillations.     

西藏昆虫考察报告(鞘翅目,金龟子科,丽金龟亚科)

本篇是中国科学院西藏综合考察队于1960—1961年在西藏采得鞘翅目金龟子科丽金龟亚科标本的鉴定报告。这次采得标本共4属7种,其中新种3种。