Mechanisms of chromatin-based epigenetic inheritance

Multi-cellular organisms such as humans contain hundreds of cell types that share the same genetic information(DNA sequences), and yet have different cellular traits and functions. While how genetic information is passed through generations has been extensively characterized, it remains largely obscure how epigenetic information encoded by chromatin regulates the passage of certain traits, gene expression states and cell identity during mitotic cell divisions, and even through meiosis. In this r...     

多效唑(PP333)对美洲商陆毛状根生长和商陆皂苷甲产生的影响

为了探究植物生长调节剂多效唑(PP333)调控药用植物美洲商陆(Phytolacca americana)毛状根生长和次生代谢的可能性, 设计实验并探讨PP333对美洲商陆毛状根生长及其商陆皂苷甲含量的影响。结果表明, 与对照相比, PP333使毛状根根尖及侧根表面呈浅红色, 侧根变得短而粗, 且随着培养基内PP333浓度的升高, 根表面颜色加深。培养基中添加0.5-5.0 mg·L^-1 PP333能促进毛状根中商陆皂苷甲的产生, 其中以1.0 mg·L^-1 PP333的效果最好, 其商陆皂苷甲含量达6.22 mg·g^-1 DW, 约为对照的1.94倍。PP333能提高毛状根苯丙氨酸裂解酶(PAL)的活性, 并可能通过对PAL酶活性的调节来促进毛状根中商陆皂苷甲的产生。     

我国部分地区即食食品和蔬菜中金黄色葡萄球菌污染分布及耐药和基因分型情况

【目的】系统调查了我国15个代表性城市在即食食品(卤肉、烤肉、凉拌菜和巴氏奶)和蔬菜样品中金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)的污染分布情况,并对分离株进行耐药性分析及多位点序列分型(Multilocus sequence typing,MLST)研究,为食源性金黄色葡萄球菌的风险识别和分子溯源提供基础数据。【方法】依据GB 4789.10-2010对540份即食食品和蔬菜样品进行定性和最大可能数(Most probable number,MPN)分析;采用K-B纸片扩散法检测金黄色葡萄球菌分离株的耐药特征并通过PCR检测mecA基因;应用MLST方法确证金黄色葡萄球菌的主要ST型。【结果】结果发现9.3%(50/540)的样品中检出金黄色葡萄球菌,其中卤肉污染率最高,为16.3%(30/184),其次为烤肉(9.2%,6/65),蔬菜(6/150,4.0%)污染率最低。定量分析发现62.0%的阳性样品污染水平处于0.3–1.0 MPN/g,其中3份阳性样品污染水平≥110 MPN/g。对50株分离株进行24种抗生素耐药性检测,发现82.0%的分离株对氨苄西林和青霉素耐药,64.0%的分离株为多重耐药株。对mecA阳性分离株进行SCCmec分型,发现均为SCCmecⅣa。所有分离株进行MLST分型,共检出14种型别,其中ST3595和ST3847为新ST型。【结论】普遍的多重耐药性表明我国食源性金黄色葡萄球菌的耐药状况已较为严重,对消费者的安全健康存在潜在威胁。ST型与耐药存在一定的关联性,这为进一步了解该菌在我国食品中的流行趋势和风险评估提供了科学的数据支撑。     

青蒿素衍生物对Na+和K+通道的抑制及其与普鲁卡因作用的比较

抗疟新药青蒿素的某些含氮衍生物在动物实验中还显示中局部麻醉效应。本工作利用分化的ＮＣ１０８－１５细胞,在全细胞电压箝位下,比较了五种青蒿素 生物和普鲁卡因对电压门控钠流和延迟整汉钾流的作用。所观察的五种衍生物均部分可逆地和剂量依赖地抑制ＩＮａ,其中含芳香环的ＳＭ５４１作用最强,效应与普鲁卡因的相近。３００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ普卡因对ＩＫ只有微弱的抑制作用;而五种衍生物在相同浓度下均明显抑制ＩＫ,并加快它的     

PML/RARalpha fusion protein mediates the unique sensitivity to arsenic cytotoxicity in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells: Mechanisms involve the impairment of cAMP signaling and the aberrant regulation of NADPH oxidase

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells are characterized by PML/RARalpha fusion protein, high responsiveness to arsenic trioxide (ATO)-induced cytotoxicity and an abundant generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study we investigated the association among these three features in APL-derived NB4 cells. We found that NADPH oxidase-derived ROS generation was more abundant in NB4 cells compared with monocytic leukemia U937 cells. By using PR9, a sub-line of U937 stably transduced with the inducible PML/RARalpha expression vectors, we attributed disparities on ROS generation and ATO sensitivity to the occurrence of PML/RARalpha fusion protein, since PML/RARalpha-expressing cells appeared higher NADPH oxidase activity, higher ROS level and higher sensitivity to ATO. On the other hand, the basal intensity of cAMP signaling pathway was compared between NB4 and U937 as well as between PR9 cells with or without PML/RARalpha, demonstrating that PML/RARalpha-expressing cells had an impaired cAMP signaling pathway which relieved its inhibitory effect on NADPH oxidase derived ROS generation. In summary, the present study demonstrated the correlation of PML/RARalpha with cAMP signaling pathway, NADPH oxidase and ROS generation in APL cells. PML/RARalpha that bestows NB4 cells various pathological features, paradoxically also endows these cells with the basis for susceptibility to ATO-induced cytotoxcity.     

人参生理生态的研究

人参是我国极其珍贵的药用植物之一。本文从生理生态的角度对其在生长季的各种环境因子的变化规律及光合生理进程作了较为全面、系统的定位定量研究。根据不同观测点的试验数据,得出了有利于人参生长的最适环境范围,为人参的栽培提供了理论依据及基础资料。     

Monitoring vegetation recovery after China’s May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake using Landsat TM time-series data: a case study in Mao County

The Wenchuan earthquake (Richter scale 8) on 12 May 2008 in southwestern China caused widespread ecosystem damage in the Longmenshan area. It is important to evaluate natural vegetation recovery processes and provide basic information on ecological aspects of the recovering environment after the earthquake. To circumvent the weather limits of remote sensing in the Wenchuan earthquake-hit areas, and to meet the need for regional observation analyses, three Landsat TM images pre- and post-earthquake in Mao County were used for analysis. Post-earthquake normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values were compared to pre-earthquake values with an NDVI-based index differencing method to determine the extent to which the vegetation was damaged in relation to the pre-earthquake pattern, and the rate of recovery was evaluated. The spatial characteristics of vegetation loss and natural recovery patterns were analyzed in relation to elevation, slope and aspect. The results indicated that severely damaged sites occurred mainly in river valleys, within a range of 1,500?C2,500?m elevation and on slopes of 25?C55°. The distance from rivers, rather than the distance from active faults, controls the damage patterns. After 1?year of natural regeneration, 36?% of the destroyed areas showed a decrease in NDVI value, 28.8?% showed very little change, 19.1?% showed an increase, and 16.1?% also increased with a recovery rate greater than 100?%. Moreover, there is a good correlation between recovery rate and both slope and elevation, but recovery patterns in the damaged area are complicated. Our results indicate that natural recovery in this arid valley is a slow process.     

桂林小花苣苔离体快速繁殖技术

对抗结核植物桂林小花苣苔(Chiritopsis repanda var. guilinensis)进行离体培养与快速繁殖技术研究。结果表明: 桂林小花苣苔叶片外植体的最适初代诱导培养基为MS+0.5 mg·L^–16-BA+0.05 mg·L^–1IBA, pH8.0; 最适继代增殖培养基为 MS+0.1 mg·L^–16-BA+0.05 mg·L^–1IBA, pH6.0, 繁殖系数7.0/35天; 最适生根培养基为1/2MS+0.2 mg·L^–1NAA, pH6.0, 生根率为93.6%。模拟桂林小花苣苔自然生境, 在春季对生根试管苗进行大棚移栽, 成活率达90%。根据上述快繁技术, 理论上每株试管苗每年可繁殖桂林小花苣苔种苗46万株。