Modification of alternative splicing in bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos using engineered CRISPR-Cas13d

Animal cloning can be achieved by somatic cell nuclear transfer(SCNT), but the resulting live birth rate is relatively low. We previously improved the efficiency of bovine SCNT by exogenous melatonin treatment or by overexpression of lysine-specific demethylase 4D(KDM4D) and 4E(KDM4E). In this study, we revealed abundant alternative splicing(AS) transitions during fertilization and embryonic genome activation, and demonstrated abnormal AS in bovine SCNT embryos compared with in vitro fertilized ...     

城市绿化竹子生态适应性评价

针对城市绿化竹种要求,选择生长和抗性指标,用集对分析方法,分析和评价华安竹种园200个丛生竹和散混生竹种（或变种）生态适应性,结果表明：丛生竹种中,黄竹、小叶琴丝竹、糯竹、花竹、乡土竹、妈竹、青竿竹、泰竹等在华安生态适应性好,银丝大眼竹、孟竹、大绿竹、麻竹、白节勒竹、撑篙竹、石角竹、大木竹、小刺竹、勃氏甜龙竹、鱼肚腩竹等竹种生态适应性较差,其它竹种适应性中等.而散混生竹种中,衢县苦竹、实心竹、南平倭竹、矮若竹、乌哺鸡竹、毛竹、高节竹、红哺鸡竹、毛环水竹、斑苦竹、满山爆竹、斑箨茶秆竹等竹种适应性较好;缅甸方竹、四季竹、玉山竹篌竹、花毛竹、金镶玉竹等竹种适应性较差,其它竹种适应性中等.     

IL1RN promotes osteoblastic differentiation via interacting with ITGB3 in osteoporosis

The occurrence and progress of osteoporosis(OP)are partially caused by impaired osteoblast differentiation.Interleukin-I receptor antagonist(IL1RN)is an immune ...     

Species turnover in ant assemblages is greater horizontally than vertically in the world's tallest tropical forest

Abiotic and biotic factors structure species assembly in ecosystems both horizontally and vertically. However, the way community composition changes along comparable horizontal and vertical distances in complex three‐dimensional habitats, and the factors driving these patterns, remains poorly understood. By sampling ant assemblages at comparable vertical and horizontal spatial scales in a tropical rainforest, we tested hypotheses that predicted differences in vertical and horizontal turnover explained by different drivers in vertical and horizontal space. These drivers included environmental filtering, such as microclimate (temperature, humidity, and photosynthetic photon flux density) and microhabitat connectivity (leaf area), which are structured differently across vertical and horizontal space. We found that both ant abundance and richness decreased significantly with increasing vertical height. Although the dissimilarity between ant assemblages increased with vertical distance, indicating a clear distance‐decay pattern, the dissimilarity was higher horizontally where it appeared independent of distance. The pronounced horizontal and vertical structuring of ant assemblages across short distances is likely explained by a combination of microclimate and microhabitat connectivity. Our results demonstrate the importance of considering three‐dimensional spatial variation in local assemblages and reveal how highly diverse communities can be supported by complex habitats.     

人松弛素原样蛋白H2在大肠杆菌中的表达、分离纯化及鉴定

利用聚合酶链式反应方法 ,从含有人前松弛素原cDNA基因的质粒 pMALp2X-hRLXH2上得到人松弛素原H2的编码基因 ,亚克隆到温度诱导型原核表达载体pBV2 2 0上 ,转化大肠杆菌DH5α细胞。经 4 2℃温度诱导 ,获得了目的基因的高效表达。目的蛋白质以包含体的形式存在于大肠杆菌细胞中。菌体经过超声波破碎 ,包含体裂解 ,蛋白质的体外变性还原 ,复性 ,SephadexG 75凝胶过滤层析 ,反相快速蛋白质液相层析等一系列分离纯化过程 ,得到了高纯度的重组Met 人松弛素原样蛋白H2 ,得率约为 2～ 3mg/L。对纯化的目的蛋白质进行了SDS PAGE电泳纯度分析 ,氨基酸组成分析 ,通过基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱法测得目的蛋白质的分子量为 183 90 .4 (理论计算值为 183 92 .3 )。     

PNAS-4 expression and its relationship to p53 in colorectal cancer

PNAS-4 is a novel pro-apoptotic protein activated during the early response to DNA damage; however, the molecular mechanisms and pathways regulating PNAS-4 expression in tumors are not well understood. We hypothesized that PNAS-4 is a p53 down-stream target gene and designed this study. We searched online for putative p53-binding sites in the entire PNAS-4 gene and did not find any corresponding information. In HCT116 colon cancer cells, after being transfected with small interfering RNA to silence p53, the expressions of PNAS-4 and other known p53 target gene (Apaf1, Bax, Fas and Dr5) were determined by real-time PCR. We found that PNAS-4 was up-regulated while Apaf1, Bax, Fas and Dr5 were down-regulated. We then examined the expression of PNAS-4 and p53 mutation in colorectal cancer patients. PNAS-4 expressed both in colorectal cancers and normal tissues, but compared with paired control, PNAS-4 was up-regulated in cancers (P = 0.018). PNAS-4 overexpression ratios were correlated to the p53 mutant status (P = 0.001). The mean PNAS-4 expression levels of p53 mutant homozygote group and heterozygote group were higher than that of p53 wild type group (P = 0.013). The expression ratios of PNAS-4 (every sample in relative to its paired normal mucosa) were different between negative lymph node metastasis (66% up-regulated, 34% down-regulated) and positive metastasis (42% up-regulated, 58% down-regulated). Taken together, these findings suggested that PNAS-4 was not a p53 target, but overexpression of PNAS-4 was correlated to p53 inactivity in colorectal cancer.     

Nd：YAP激光的不同功率和时间组合对亚心形扁藻的影响

采用同一剂量不同功率和时间组合的Nd:YAP激光(波长1 341nm)辐照亚心形扁藻,辐照组分为8W 69 s、10 W 55 s和12 W 46 s三个组合,通过藻细胞生长速率和叶绿素含量测定研究激光对扁藻的影响.实验结果表明,即使同一照射剂量,不同的辐照时间与辐照功率的组合,辐照效果仍不相同,本实验中以辐照时间55 s,辐照功率10 W 为最佳组合.     

上海部分地区戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)基因型的分析

为了解戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)在上海部分地区流行的基因型,采用RT-nPCR的方法检验35例急性散发性戊型肝炎患者中HEV RNA,并对阳性产物进行克隆测序,然后对其基因型进行分析.结果显示在35例急性散发性戊型肝炎患者中PCR阳性为9例,测序证实8例为HEV的基因序列;其中1例为HEV 1型,7例为HEV 4型.提示在上海部分地区的急性散发性戊型肝炎中以HEV 4型感染为主.     

刺五加皂苷合成关键酶基因表达的半定量RT-PCR分析

根据已克隆的刺五加鲨烯合酶(squalene synthase,SS)、鲨烯环氧酶(squalene epoxidase,SE)和β-香树酯醇合成酶(β-amyrin synthase,bAS)基因序列信息设计引物,通过半定量RT-PCR分析了SS、SE和bAS基因在刺五加不同生长发育时期和不同器官中表达量的变化.结果表明,SS、SE和bAS基因在各生长发育时期和各器官中均有表达,但表达量差异显著(P<0.05),三者均在盛花期表达量最高,之后降低,进入果实成熟期后SS和bAS的表达量迅速回升,SE无显著变化.SS和bAS在叶片和根中的表达量较高,SE表达量的最大值出现在叶片和幼茎中.刺五加SS、SE和bAS基因的表达间存在显著的正相关关系(P<0.05).研究结果为进一步分析关键酶基因对刺五加三萜皂苷生物合成的影响奠定了基础.