江浙獐牙菜的小孢子发生和雄配子体形成及其系统学意义

采用常规石蜡切片技术,对江浙獐牙菜(Swertia hickinii Burk)花药壁形成、小孢子发生和雄配子体形成过程进行了研究。结果表明:(1)花药四室,花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层组成,药壁发育为双子叶型。绒毡层异型起源,腺质型。花粉成熟时药室内壁径向加长并纤维状加厚,表皮宿存。(2)小孢子母细胞在减数分裂过程中胞质分裂为同时型;小孢子四分体排列方式主要为四面体型,也有左右对称型和"T"型等其他类型;成熟花粉为3-细胞型,具三萌发沟。另外,对獐牙菜属的雄性胚胎学特征进行了全面总结,并与龙胆属、蔓龙胆属及双蝴蝶属进行比较归纳出其共性。研究认为,花药表皮宿存或退化,是獐牙菜属与双蝴蝶属的重要区别之一。     

牛组织中MBD1基因表达及其DNA甲基化调节

DNA甲基化是主要的表观遗传调节方式,在转录水平调节基因的表达,甲基化CpG结合蛋白MBD1能够结合甲基化及非甲基化的DNA,通过抑制域抑制基因的转录,在DNA甲基化和转录抑制之间起重要作用,但DNA甲基化对MBD1自身的调节作用还不清楚.本研究首先利用RT-PCR检测成年牛心脏、肾脏、肝脏、睾丸及卵巢5种组织中MBD1基因mRNA的表达;并根据牛MBD1调节区序列,针对其中的12个CpG位点设计引物,利用甲基化PCR测序分析方法,分析该调节区的DNA甲基化状态在牛5种组织中的变化.结果表明,在牛的5种组织中,MBD1基因在心脏和肾脏的表达量低于肝脏、睾丸及卵巢,且差异显著(P＜0.05);DNA甲基化检测显示,心脏和肾脏MBD1调节区的甲基化比率较肝脏、睾丸及卵巢甲基化低,说明调控区DNA甲基化与MBD1基因的组织特异性表达相关.     

Single-cycle kinetic analysis of ternary DNA complexes by surface plasmon resonance on a decaying surface

Complexes involving three DNA strands were used to demonstrate that the single-cycle kinetics (SCK) method, which consists in injecting sequentially samples at increasing concentrations and until now used exclusively to investigate bimolecular complexes by surface plasmon resonance, can be extended to the kinetic analysis of ternary complexes. DNA targets, B, were designed with sequences of variable lengths on their 3' sides that recognise a surface-immobilized biotinylated DNA anchor, A. These targets displayed on their 5' sides sequences that recognise DNA oligonucleotides of variable lengths, C, namely the analytes. Combinations of B and C DNA oligonucleotides on A generated ternary complexes each composed of two Watson-Crick helices displaying different kinetic properties. The target-analyte B-C duplexes were formed by sequentially injecting three increasing concentrations of the analytes C during the dissociation phase of the target B from the anchor A. The sensorgrams for the target-analyte complexes dissociating from the functionalized surface were successfully fitted by the SCK method while the target dissociated from the anchor, i.e. on a decaying surface. Within the range of applicability of the method which is driven by the rate of dissociation of the target from the anchor, the rate and equilibrium constants characteristic of these target-analyte duplexes of the ternary complexes did not depend on how fast the targets dissociated from the immobilized DNA anchor. In addition the results agreed very well with those obtained when such duplexes were analysed directly as bimolecular complexes, i.e. when the target, modified with a biotin, was directly immobilized onto a streptavidin sensor chip surface rather than captured by an anchor. Therefore the method we named SCKODS (Single-Cycle Kinetics On a Decaying Surface) can also be used to investigate complexes formed during a dissociation phase, in a ternary complex context. The SCKODS method can be combined with the SCK one to fully characterize the two bimolecular complexes of a ternary complex.     

一种来源于大菱鲆的热敏型尿嘧啶DNA糖苷酶的克隆表达及酶学性质鉴定

目的:尿嘧啶DNA糖苷酶UDGase是一种广泛应用于q PCR、二代测序等领域的工具酶,由于其应用特性,只有热敏性UDGase才具有较大开发利用潜力。目前全球热敏性UDGase工具酶仅有2个物种来源,均有专利保护且价格昂贵,亟待开发新来源且具有优良热敏特性的UDGase。方法:根据前人研究及序列分析推测大菱鲆(Scophthalmus maximus)具有热敏性UDGase。经验证,大菱鲆肝脏匀浆呈现UDGase活性。从大菱鲆肝脏匀浆克隆得到大菱鲆UDGase基因SmUDGase,并使用大肠杆菌工程菌株实现重组表达,分离纯化后进行活力表征检测。结果:序列比对结果表明,SmUDGase基因克隆成功。重组表达并经亲和层析、离子交换层析分离纯化,获得纯酶纯度约95%,产率1. 51mg/L,比活力2 295. 08U/mg。Sm UDGase具有热敏性,在40℃时酶活即开始迅速降低。其他酶学性质,如pH适应范围、金属离子依赖性和对抑制剂的敏感性均与当前商业化UDGase一致。结论:成功克隆并鉴定来自大菱鲆的新来源SmUDGase,该酶具有热敏感性,酶学特性接近目前商业化UDGase。并探索该酶的重组表达和纯化工艺,所得纯酶基本达到商业化生产水平,为该类型生物工具酶的开发提供了理论参考和技术储备。     

产广谱细菌素乳酸菌的筛选和鉴定

以大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、藤黄微球菌、铜绿假单胞杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌为指示菌,从分离自四川传统发酵食品中的267株乳酸菌中,采用平板打孔法初筛、牛津杯法复筛（排除酸、过氧化氢干扰以及胰蛋白酶和木瓜蛋白酶处理）,筛选出1株分离自醪糟的具有较强抑菌作用的产广谱细菌素的乳杆菌菌株P158,结合形态学、生理生化特性和16S rDNA序列同源性分析,该菌株被鉴定为植物乳杆菌（Lactobacillus plantarum）。     

First Barcelona Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer

The Barcelona Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer (BCEC) entitled “Challenges, opportunities and perspectives” took place November 21–22, 2013 in Barcelona. The 2013 BCEC is the first edition of a series of annual conferences jointly organized by five leading research centers in Barcelona. These centers are the Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC), the Biomedical Campus Bellvitge with its Program of Epigenetics and Cancer Biology (PEBC), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB), and the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB). Manuel Perucho and Marcus Buschbeck from the Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer put together the scientific program of the first conference broadly covering all aspects of epigenetic research ranging from fundamental molecular research to drug and biomarker development and clinical application. In one and a half days, 23 talks and 50 posters were presented to a completely booked out audience counting 270 participants.     

广西巴马小型猪PGC-1α基因克隆与组织表达分析

目的克隆广西巴马小型猪PGC-1α基因编码区（CDS）序列,利用RT-PCR和QRT-PCR方法分析PGC-1αmRNA组织表达情况。方法本实验以广西巴马小型猪背最长肌cDNA为模版,PCR扩增PGC-1α基因CDS序列,将其连接至pEASY-T5载体,转染细菌、验证和序列测定;通过RT-PCR半定量和QRT-PCR实时荧光定量检测PGC-1α基因在小型猪多个组织中的表达情况。结果克隆获得广西巴马小型猪PGC-1α基因CDS序列,全长2391 bp,编码796个氨基酸,与参考序列的同源性为99.9%,两处碱基发生同义突变,分别是C-A1105和GA1524;PGC-1α基因在广西巴马小型猪心脏和肾脏中的表达丰度最高,其次是肝脏、皮下脂肪和背最长肌,而在胰腺中未检测到其表达。结论成功克隆了广西巴马小型猪PGC-1α基因编码区序列并进行了多种组织表达分析,为后续研究PGC-1α在小型猪2型糖尿病发生过程中作用途径打下基础。     

低剂量胸部CT 自动管电流调节技术在超重体型患者检查中的 可行性研究

摘要目的：探讨16 层螺旋CT自动管电流调节技术（CARE Dose 4D）在超重体型患者检查中的可行性。方法：收集行胸部CT 检 查的超重体型患者（BMI值于24-27.9 之间）100 例,扫描分低剂量组（A 组）和常规剂量组（B 组）,其中A 组扫描运用CARE Dose 4D技术自动调节管电流;B 组扫描运用常规剂量管电流为70 mAs 扫描。扫描完成后记录加权CT 剂量指数(CTDlvol)、有效mAs 值、剂量长度乘积（DLP）,计算出有效剂量（ED）及剂量减低比值（DR）,并比较两组的剂量及图像质量。结果：与B 组相比,A 组常 规扫描辐射剂量显著降低,差异有显著统计学意义（P<0.01）,A 组剂量减低比值（DR）降低约20.84%,而图像质量无明显下降,不 影响诊断,在主动脉弓上4 cm（肺尖）层面A 组图像质量优于B 组,差异有统计学意义(X2=8.442,P=0.015)。结论：自动管电流调节 技术既可以减少患者的辐射剂量,对待超重体型患者个体化、人性化,又不影响影像诊断,是一项有价值的检查方法。     

重症显微镜下多血管炎1例报告并文献复习

目的:显微镜下多血管炎(microscopic polyangiitis,MPA)通常易侵犯肾脏,很少累及神经系统,而同时累及肺及中枢神经系统的重症病例较少见。本文旨在探讨重症显微镜下多血管炎(MPA)的临床表现、诊断与治疗,为临床提供借鉴。方法:回顾性分析重症显微镜下多血管炎(MPA)的文献资料,结合本中心病例,54岁女性,尿检异常6年,咳血3年因肾功能衰竭合并心衰入院。结合实验室检查及影像学改变,诊断为重症AASV,考虑MPA可能性大。结果:入院后即给予激素联合环磷酰胺冲击治疗,病情明显好转;3周后出现病情反复,再次激素冲击治疗,效果不如前。继而出现脑出血,病情进一步恶化,最终因肾、肺、脑等多器官功能衰竭于入院5周后死亡。结论:对MPA患者关键在于早发现早治疗;而对缓解重症MPA患者病情,激素联合环磷酰胺冲击治疗在初始阶段有效。