New Neplanocin Analogues. V. A Potent Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase Inhibitor Lacking Antiviral Activity. Synthesis And Antiviral Activity Of 6″-Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Of Neplanocin A 1

Abstract

The 6′-carboxylic acid derivative of neplanocin A 3 was synthesized from NPA, and was converted to the corresponding methyl ester 4 and amides 5 and 6. These were evaluated for their anti-RNA-virus activities. Of the derivatives synthesized, only 5 was active against RNA viruses within the concentration range of 0.14-4.88 μg/mL. Compounds 3 and 5 showed a potent inhibitory effect on S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase from rabbit erythrocytes. Although a close correlation between the inhibitory effect of adenosine analogues on AdoHcy hydrolase and their antiviral potency has been demonstrated, 3 did not show any anti-RNA-virus activities.

     

Locking out predators by silk,a new counterattack behaviour in a social spider mite

1. A type of arms race that includes predation, counterattacks and cross‐counterattacks occurs between the phytophagous mite Stigmaeopsis nanjingensis (Ma et Yuan), which lives in self‐woven nests and exhibits cooperative sociality, and its specialised phytoseiid mite predator, Typhlodromus bambusae Ehara. 2. First, the efficiency of the S. nanjingensis (prey) counterattacking T. bambusae (predator) was observed. The prey females frequently locked the immature predators out of their nests using silk web, and the predators subsequently died of starvation. Furthermore, the prey males often killed immature T. bambusae mites after they invaded the nests. 3. This reversal of roles in the predator–prey system was then re‐reversed (returned to a normal state) by the behaviour of T. bambusae females. Immature predators could maintain their predacious natures due to the presence of attending adult females, which are able to cope with the prey counterattack behaviours.     

小鼠α1，2岩藻糖基转移酶基因的克隆及表达

本文报告小鼠GDP岩藻糖：β半乳糖苷α1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶（α1,2-fucosyltansferase,α1,2-FT）基因的克隆,并进行功能鉴定。利用RT—PCR方法克隆小鼠α1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶基因编码区MFUT-II,测序后将其插入表达载体pcDNA3．1的多克隆位点,构建表达载体pcDNA3．1-MFUT-II;采用磷酸钙法将其转染于COS-7细胞进行表达,通过对底物特异性比较研究酶的性质;应用Northern印迹杂交法研究基因在小鼠组织中的表达情况;应用Southern印迹杂交法分析基因存在状态。结果证实MFUT-II为小鼠α1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶基因家族的新成员。含有一个完整的开放读码框。可编码347个氨基酸。其估计分子质量为39kDa,和小鼠日及Sec1基因具有序列同源性。分别与人类Se基因（79．O％）、大鼠Ratrrs（89％）基因、兔Rabbit FT-III基因（77％）具有较高的序列同源性。用MFUT-II基因转染的COS-7细胞具有α1,2-FT活性。MFUT-II可在多种组织中产生3．5kb大小的mRNA转录产物。基因Southern印迹杂交分析结果显示：基因MFUT-II仅为一个拷贝。这些结果证明MFUT-II为小鼠的Se基因。     

Cryptically dimorphic caste differences in a Neotropical, swarm-founding paper wasp genus, Parachartergus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Morphological differences in body shape between females of different reproductive conditions (in terms of insemination and ovarian development) were examined in two species of the Neotropical polistine genus Parachartergus: P. smithii and P. fraternus. The present study shows, for the first time, that non‐size‐based morphological divergence between queens and workers occurs in Parachartergus, an epiponine genus once believed to have little or no morphological caste differences. In the P. smithii colony examined, queens were significantly larger than workers in five of the eight body parts measured (head width, eye width, genal width, mesosomal length, wing length, first metasomal tergum width, and width and length of the second tergum), but the mean values of wing length and first and second tergum widths were not significantly different between them. The queen : worker size ratios tended to be greater anteriorly and smaller posteriorly, although the size ratio was greatest in second tergum length. Analysis of covariance (ancova ) with mesosomal length as covariate showed that queens had proportionally wider heads and narrower first terga than did workers. In the P. fraternus colony, size differences between queens and workers were not significant, and there was little or no difference in shape, but queens had significantly proportionally wider first terga than did workers.     

Studies on flower color in Chrysanthemum morifolium RAMAT. I. Anthocyanins

Isolation and characterization of anthocyanins from the flowersof two cultivars of Chrysanthemum morifolium RAMAT. are reported.The main pigment is a new glucoside of cyanidin. ¹Cultivated at the Kyoto University Agricultural ExperimentalFarm (Received October 25, 1969; )     

Development of microsatellite markers in Acer capillipes

Acer capillipes is an insect‐pollinated tree species that grows in temperate regions of Japan. We isolated seven polymorphic microsatellite loci from this species using a dual‐suppression polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 10, and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.042 to 0.828. Cross‐species amplification from 14 other Acer species was successful for the majority of the isolated loci, suggesting that these loci may be useful for the characterization of other maple species.