薄荷化学成分及其药理作用研究进展

对国内外有关薄荷的化学成分和药理作用的研究进行了综述,为进一步研究和开发利用薄荷提供了依据。     

两系杂交小麦恢复系MR168抗条锈病基因遗传分析及分子标记定位

小麦条锈病是影响杂交小麦普及推广的重要因素。文章利用基因推导法和SSR分子标记技术,研究了温光型两系杂交小麦恢复系MR168的抗条锈性遗传规律及其控制基因染色体位置。结果表明,MR168对CY29、CY31、CY32、CY33等条锈菌生理小种表现高抗至免疫;对SY95-71/MR168杂交组合的正反交F1、BC1、F2和F3群体分单株接种鉴定显示,MR168对CY32号小种的抗性受1对显性核基因控制,该抗病基因来源于春小麦品种辽春10号。利用集群分离分析法(Bulked segregant analysis,BSA)和简单重复序列(Simple sequence repeat,SSR)分子标记分析抗病亲本MR168、感病亲本SY95-71及183个F2代单株,发现了与MR168抗条锈病基因连锁的5个微卫星标记Xgwm273、Xgwm18、Xbarc187、Xwmc269、Xwmc406,并将该基因初步定位在1BS着丝粒附近,暂命名为YrMR168;构建了包含YrMR168的SSR标记遗传图谱,距离YrMR168最近的两个微卫星位点是Xgwm18和Xbarc187,遗传距离分别为1.9 cM和2.4 cM,这两个微卫星标记可用于杂交小麦抗条锈病分子标记辅助育种。     

Role of Soft Matter in the Sandwich Vein of Dragonfly Wing in Its Configuration and Aerodynamic Behaviors

The microstructure of the main longitudinal veins of the dragonfly wing and the aerodynamic behaviors of the wing were investigated in this paper.The microstructure of longitudinal vein presents two circumferential chitin layers and a protein-fiber soft layer.The dragonfly wing is corrugated due to the spatial arrangement of longitudinal veins.It was found that the corrugation angle could significantly influence the lift/drag ratio across a range of attack angles by the wind tunnel experiments.The results of the finite element analysis indicate that the protein soft layer of vein facilitates the change of the corrugation angle by allowing substantial relative twisting deformation between two neighboring veins,which is not possible in veins without a soft sandwich layer.     

人工饲养条件下恒河猴血液学、血液生化正常参考值测定及分析

目的测定人工饲养条件下104只健康恒河猴的血液学、血液生化正常参考值,并分析不同性别、不同年龄阶段(青幼年组∶3～4岁,成年组∶5～10岁,老年组∶11～25岁)恒河猴的血液学、血液生化值的差异及相互关系.方法应用全自动血液细胞分析仪和全自动血液生化分析仪,测定及分析非麻醉状态下健康恒河猴血液学和血液生化正常值.结果血液学值中较明显低 (P<0.05) 的项目为MED.血液生化值中♀猴比♂猴明显低 (P<0.01)的项目有ALT、ALP、GGT、CHOL、APOA、HDL、LDL、P3+、BUN,较明显低 (P<0.05) 的项目为ALB.较明显高 (P<0.05) 的项目为UA.各年龄组之间的分析如下:血液学值中RDW值为青幼年组比成年组及老年组均明显低(P<0.01),MEDIAN值为成年组比青幼年组较明显高 (P<0.05),血液生化值中青幼年组比成年组及老年组均明显高 (P<0.01)的项目有ALT、ALP、GGT、P3+,青幼年组比成年组明显高(P<0.01)的项目为BUN、ALP、AST、,青幼年组比老年组明显高(P<0.01)的项目为CK、TF;成年组比老年组明显低(P<0.01)的项目为CREAT,较明显低 (P<0.05) 的为TRIG.结论本文建立了人工饲养条件下健康恒河猴血液学和血液生化值的正常指标,并讨论了年龄、性别对其正常指标的影响,可供参考.     

香叶树果挥发油的化学成分和抗菌活性研究

本文利用ＧＣ－ＭＳ技术确定了香叶树（Ｌｉｎｄｅｒａ ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｓ）果挥发油１８种成分的化 学结构和相对含量,这些化合物多为倍半萜烯类或其含氧衍生物,优势成分为双（２－羟乙 基）月桂酰胺（４３．５％）和正癸酸（３５．８２％）。体外对１２种真菌和细菌的药敏实验表明,该 挥发油具有很好的抑制活性,其中,对致病真菌的 ＭＩＣ为 ０． ０３～０． ５ μｌ／ｍｌ,对污染霉菌 的 ＭＩＣ为 １． ０～２． ０ μｌ／ｍｌ,对细菌的 ＭＩＣ为 ０． ０２～０． ０３ μｌ／ｍｌ。     

The network properties of myelodysplastic syndromes pathogenesis revealed by an integrative systems biological method

Insight into the molecular mechanism of complex diseases is an important topic in the current bio-medical research. However, different from the single-gene disorders, high heterogeneity of many of the complex diseases prevents scientists from the exact understanding of the etiology. In this study, we used Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDSs), a heterogeneous family of clonal disorders of hematopoietic stem cells, as a general model to explore the network properties of the heterogeneity of complex diseases. First, static bioinformatics analysis suggests that despite the huge heterogeneity of MDSs, their clinical properties can be explained well by the local properties of MDS-related genes on the human interactome. Then we design a novel systems biological method to explore the pattern of genetic abnormality propagation of a real MDS cohort by integrating flowcytometry, genotyping, gene expression profiling, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) mapping and pathway inference. We constructed a MDS disease gene network which suggests the network basis of the heterogeneity of MDSs. The pipeline we proposed and the implication the results suggest may be helpful in the research of other complex diseases.     

Expression,purification and characterization of anti-BAFF antibody secreted from the yeast <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pichia pastoris</Emphasis>

B-Cell activating factor (BAFF) is critical for B cell survival and maturation; excessive expression of it corrupts B-cell tolerance and may lead to autoimmunity. The gene, scFv-Fc, coding for the antibody of BAFF was inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector, pPICZαA, and transformed into Pichia pastoris. A high-level expression strain was obtained using a ‘yeastern blotting’ method. The scFv-Fc antibody was purified and 56 mg was obtained from 1 l of culture supernatant. It retained high binding activity to both soluble BAFF and membrane-bound BAFF.     

Microbial community of granules in expanded granular sludge bed reactor for simultaneous biological removal of sulfate, nitrate and lactate

This study studied the cultivation of granules from an expanded granular sludge bed reactor that simultaneously transforms sulfates, nitrates, and oxygen to elementary sulfur, nitrogen gas, and carbon dioxides, respectively. The living cells accumulate at the granule outer layers, as revealed by the multicolor staining and confocal laser scanning microscope technique. The microbial community comprises sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB, Desulfomicrobium sp.), heterotrophic (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Sulfurospirillum sp.), and autotrophic denitrifiers (Sulfurovum sp. and Paracoccus denitrificans) whose population dynamics at different sulfate and nitrate loading rates are monitored with the single-strand conformation polymorphism and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis technique. The Desulfomicrobium sp. presents one of the dominating strains following reactor startup. At high sulfate and nitrate loading rates, the heterotrophic denitrifiers overcompete autotrophic denitrifiers to reduce SRB activities. Conversely, suddenly reducing nitrate loading rates completely removes the heterotrophic denitrifier Sulfurospirillum sp. from the granules and activates the autotrophic denitrifiers. The physical fixation of different groups of functional strains in granules fine-tunes the strains' activities, and hence the reactor performance.     

Metallothionein alleviates cardiac dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetes: role of Ca2+ cycling proteins, NADPH oxidase, poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase and myosin heavy chain isozyme

Diabetic cardiomyopathy contributes to high morbidity and mortality in diabetic populations. It is manifested by compromised ventricular contraction and prolonged relaxation attributable to multiple causative factors including oxidative stress. This study was designed to examine the effect of cardiac overexpression of the heavy metal scavenger metallothionein (MT) on cardiac contractile function, intracellular Ca(2+) cycling proteins, stress-activated signaling molecules and the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isozyme in diabetes. Adult male wild-type (FVB) and MT transgenic mice were made diabetic by a single injection of streptozotocin (STZ). Contractile properties were evaluated in cardiomyocytes including peak shortening (PS), time-to-PS (TPS), time-to-relengthening (TR(90)), maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening (+/-dL/dt) and intracellular Ca(2+) fluorescence. Diabetes significantly depressed PS, +/-dL/dt, prolonged TPS, TR(90) and intracellular Ca(2+) clearing, elevated resting intracellular Ca(2+), reduced caffeine-induced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) release and dampened stress tolerance at high stimulus frequencies. MT itself exhibited little effect on myocyte mechanics but it significantly alleviated STZ-induced myocyte contractile dysfunctions. Diabetes enhanced expression of the AT(1) receptor, phospholamban, the p47(phox) NADPH oxidase subunit and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), depressed the level of SERCA2a, Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger and triggered a beta-MHC isozyme switch. All of these STZ-induced alterations with the exception of depressed SERCA2a and enhanced phospholamban were reconciled by MT. Collectively, these data suggest a beneficial effect of MT in the therapeutics of diabetic cardiomyopathy, possibly through a mechanism related to NADPH oxidase, PARP and MHC isozyme switch.