Development and characterization of a new barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)-resistant wheat germplasm

A barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)-resistant line HG295 was selected from a cross between cv. 77-5433 and Zhong 5 after extensive investigation in field, greenhouse and ELISA. Cytological analysis revealed that it was an euploid line and genetically stable. The existence of alien DNA in HG295 was identified by RAPD and Southern hybridization analyses showed that the alien DNAs came from Zhong 5 or Th. intermedium. The differences of BYDV resistance between L1 and HG295 are discussed.     

P物质对兔离体输卵管峡部平滑肌活动的影响

本文在离体状态下观察P物质对不同性激素状态兔输卵管峡部平滑肌活动的影响。动物分成动情组、间情组、去卵巢组。实验结果:(1)P物质对间情兔输卵管峡部平滑肌的收缩有明显的抑制作用。(2)P物质对动情兔和去卵巢兔输卵管峡部平滑肌的收缩没有影响。结果表明P物质对不同性激素状态下的兔输卵管峡部平滑肌的作用不一致。     

Blocking programmed death-1 ligand-PD-1 interactions by local gene therapy results in enhancement of antitumor effect of secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine

The negative signal provided by interactions of programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligands, costimulatory molecules PD-L1 (also B7-H1) and PD-L2 (also B7-DC), is involved in the mechanisms of tumor immune evasion. In this study, we found that this negative signal was also involved in immune evasion in tumor immunotherapy. When we used different doses of a constructed eukaryotic expression plasmid, pSLC, which expresses functional murine secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine (SLC, CCL21), to treat BALB/c mice inoculated with H22 murine hepatoma cells, the inhibitory effect was enhanced along with the increase of pSLC dosage. Unexpectedly, however, the best complete inhibition rate of tumor was reached when pSLC was used at the dosage of 50 microg but not 100 or 200 microg. RT-PCR and real-time PCR revealed that both PD-L1 and PD-L2 genes were expressed in tumor and vicinal muscle tissues of tumor-bearing mice and the expression level was significantly increased if a higher dosage of pSLC was administered. We then constructed a eukaryotic expression plasmid (pPD-1A) that expresses the extracellular domain of murine PD-1 (sPD-1). sPD-1 could bind PD-1 ligands, block PD-Ls-PD-1 interactions, and enhance the cytotoxicity of tumor-specific CTL. Local gene transfer by injection of pPD-1A mediated antitumor effect and improved SLC-mediated antitumor immunity. The combined gene therapy with SLC plus sPD-1 did not induce remarkable autoimmune manifestations. Our findings provide a potent method of improving the antitumor effects of SLC and possibly other immunotherapeutic methods by local blockade of negative costimulatory molecules.     

预吸胀对绿豆种子脱水耐性的影响

绿豆 (Vignaradiata)种子的吸水曲线未出现明显的“平稳期”。种子萌发 5 0 %的时间和热时间分别为 11h和 11 5度天。在吸胀初期 ,种子的相对电导率迅速增加 ,然后下降。随着脱水时间的延长 ,预吸胀不同时间的绿豆种子的含水量和存活率、由存活种子产生的幼苗鲜重、胚根和下胚轴长度明显下降 ;而且随着预吸胀时间的增加 ,种子对脱水的敏感性显著加强 ;预吸胀种子的相对渗漏率在脱水初期缓慢增加 ,然后迅速增加 ,且预吸胀时间愈长 ,相对渗漏率增加的幅度愈大。结果表明预吸胀的绿豆种子的脱水耐性是逐渐丧失的 ;吸胀的能萌发的正常性种子的脱水敏感性可以作为研究种子顽拗性的一种模式系统     

食品中低温微生物的适冷机制研究进展

低温贮藏是延长食品货架期、维持食品鲜度和质量安全的重要方法,然而仍有部分微生物能适应低温环境,使食品发生腐败变质。主要从细胞膜、适冷酶、冷休克蛋白、冷适应蛋白、代谢水平及低温防护剂等角度阐述国内外食品中低温微生物适冷机制的研究进展,为低温微生物在食品领域的应用与防护提供参考。     

固相滤纸法测定鼠肝糖原合成酶的活性

探求简捷有效的测定鼠肝糖原合成酶活性的方法. 固相滤纸法测定该酶活性,并与文献报告的漂洗法进行比较,且用此方法观察糖尿病鼠肝糖原合成酶的活性. 两种方法所测得放射性计数无明显差异;糖尿病鼠肝糖原合成酶的活性明显降低. 固相滤纸法是一种较简捷,方便,不易污染的测定糖原合成酶的方法.     

The apoptosis of HEL cells induced by hydroxyurea

INTRODUCTIONApoptosis(programmedcelldeath)playsafundamentalroleduringinvertebrateandvertebratedevelopment.Theoriginofhumancancermaybeassociatedwiththefailureofendangeredcellstoundergoapoptosis.Apoptosishasbeenobservedinmanydifferentcellsandinresponsetomanyphysiologicalsignalsortypesofstress[1,2].Itcanbeinducedbyglucocorticoidtreatment,exposuretoCa2 ionophoresorac--irradiationofmousethymocytesandgrowthfactordeprivationofbothhematopoieticandlymphoidcellsinvitro[3,4].Hydroxyureacanstimulate…     

Subzonal fertilization of mouse round spermatids

Mouse round spermatids were electrofused with homologous mature oocytes to examine the be-haviour of their nuclei within the ooplasm and the abilities of development. A single spermatid was injected in the perivitelline space of a mature oocyte and an electron fusion pulse was given. The best round spermatid-oocyte pairs (RS-O) fusion took place at 20-30 s AC (1 MHz, 50V/cm) followed by a single fusion DC pulse (3 700-3 800 V/cm, 25 μs) and another 30 s AC current. The total survival rate and fusion rate of RS-O were 89.0% (575/646) and 61. 9% (356/575), respectively. 49.2% (175/356) of fused oocytes developed to 2PN stage . The concentration of Ca2 in the fusion medium produced no significant effect on the above targets. The 2PN development rate of the fused RS-O from the oocytes collected 14-16 h after hCG injection was higher than others. 32.6% (57/175) of the 2PN oocytes had fully developed spermatid (male) and oocyte (female) pronuclei. The rest spermatid-derived pronu-clei remained small in size     

THE COMPARISON BETWEEN FLEA COMMUNITIES ON TEN SPECIES OF SMALL MAMMALS IN THE FOCI OF HUMAN PLAGUE IN YUNNAN CHINA*

Abstract Fleas on the body surface of a certain species of small mammal form a special flea community. On the basis of a series of calculations, a comparison of flea communities on ten species of small mammals in the foci of human plague in Yunnan Province, China, was carried out through a fuzzy clustering analysis. The three flea communities on Rattus flavipectus, Rattus nitidus and Rattus rattus sladeni, which belong to the same genus (genus Rattus) showed a higher similarity than others and they clustered into a group in the phenogram of the clustering analysis. Other flea communities on Anourosorez squamipes Suncus murinus Crocidura attenuata Apodemus draca Eothenomys eleusis, Niviventer confucianus and Mus pahari showed lower similarities between each other. The result suggests that the small mammal hosts may be the most important factor which strongly influence the similarity of ectoparasitic flea communities. When the hosts have a close affinity in the taxonomy, the flea communities on their body surface tend to be similar. The hosts in different genera in this case study tend to have different types of ectoparasitic flea communities.     

经遗传修饰生物体的研究进展及其释放后对环境的影响

８０年代以来,以基因工程为代表的生物技术突飞猛进。转移不同性状的转基因作物在美国被批准进入大田试验的有４０个以上的作物,包括小麦、玉米和水稻等４种谷类粮食作物,主要的纤维作物棉花,蔬菜种类１０种以上,水果９种,其它还有油料作物,牧草和花卉等。到１９９６年６月已被批准进入市场的已有１８种,还有一批有待批准商业化。今年２月,美国农业部已第一次批准一种喂饲其它螨的转基因螨进入大田试验。第一个转基因线虫也正在申请向环境释放。已至少有２５个发展中国家,１０个以上作物转基因成功,ＧＭＯｓ作大田释放的总数在１６０次以上。基因工程能带来巨大的经济效益和社会效益。但是有不少数量的科学家或如“有关科学家联盟”等一些非政府组织指出基因工程的产物向环境释放会可能带来生态或环境危险。发达国家中,美国与欧洲国家的政府对ＧＭＯｓ批准释放的态度也是一样的,后者要比前者慎重得多。最近丹麦科学家已证实转基因油菜中的抗除草剂基因已经转入杂草中;由美国一种子公司开发的转基因大豆被证实对人体过敏而其产品决定不向市场投放。要有充分的科学实验,自然科学家与社会科学家相结合,对经遗传修饰生物体可能带来巨大经济效益和造成环境或生态危机进行充分的评估。在这基础上作出权衡,供政府决策者能作出正确的决策。这不仅在中国而是在全世界范围内已到了一个关键时刻。因此,生物安全问题是每次《生物多样性公约》缔约国会议的主要讨论议题。