18β-甘草次酸抑制微动脉平滑肌细胞外向电流

本文旨在观察18β-甘草次酸(18β-glycyrrhetinic acid,18βGA)对微动脉平滑肌细胞膜电流的影响。分离出豚鼠小脑前下动脉(anterior inferior cerebellar artery,AICA)和肠系膜动脉(mesenteric artery,MA)后,用酶消化法制备单个血管平滑肌细胞(vascular smooth muscle cells,VSMCs),应用全细胞膜片钳技术记录平滑肌细胞外向电流的变化。结果显示:(1)1mmol/L4氨基吡啶(4-aminopyridine,4-AP)和1mmol/L tetraethylammonium(TEA)都可以部分抑制微动脉平滑肌细胞的外向电流。(2)18βGA电压和浓度依赖性地抑制微动脉平滑肌细胞外向电流。18βGA主要抑制0～+40mV电压区间的激活电流,其中对+40mV激活电流的抑制作用最强。10、30和100μmol/L18βGA对AICA平滑肌细胞外向电流(+40mV)的抑制率分别为(25.3±7.1)%、(43.1±10.4)%和(68.4±3.9)%,对MA平滑肌细胞外向电流(+40mV)的抑制率分别为(13.2±...     

A Stable Upstream Stem-loop Structure Enhances Selection of the First 5'-ORF-AUG as a Main Start Codon for Translation Initiation of Human ACAT1 mRNA

Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT)is an integral membrane protein, which is mainly locatedin rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and is responsiblefor catalyzing the intracellular formation of cholesterylester from cholesterol and long-chain fatty acyl-coenzymeA [1,2]. Human ACAT1 cDNA K1 was firstly cloned andfunctionally expressed in 1993 [3]. Further studies withspecific anti-ACAT1 antibody (DM10) illustrated that onemajor 50 kD ACAT1 protein was expressed in various…     

野生罗汉果遗传多样性的ISSR分析

应用ISSR分子标记方法对采自广西和广东的7个罗汉果（Siraitia grosvenorii）野生居群共130个个体进行了遗传多样性分析。15个ISSR引物共扩增到了111个位点,其中91个是多态性位点,占82.0%。Nei′s基因多样性指数(H_e)为 0.248,Shannon 信息多样性指数（I） 为0.354。罗汉果不同居群的遗传多样性水平差异较大,居群多态位点百分率在 28.2%－55.6%之间,Nei′s基因多样性指数为0.080－0.209,Shannon 信息多样性指数为0.123－0.310。永福居群（YF）和金秀居群（JX）的遗传多样性水平较高,其周边居群的遗传多样性水平逐渐降低,居群间产生了较大的遗传分化（G_st = 0.569）。居群间的遗传距离与地理距离相关性不明显（r =0.369,P = 0.115）。UPGMA聚类图中,7个居群的个体按居群各自聚在一起。     

关于生态系统服务功能的几个科学问题

生态系统服务和产生这些服务的自然资本对于地球生命保障系统是至关重要的。它们直接或间接为人类提供了利益,并因而成为这个星球整个经济价值的一部分。本文讨论了关于生态系统服务功能研究的4个科学问题：即生态系统服务功能的精确定性、定量和定位,生态系统服务功能的空间转移,生态系统服务功能与生态安全,以及生态系统服务功能的持续利用。生态系统结构的空间异质性导致生态系统服务功能出现了空间上的异质性,因此生态系统服务功能的精确定性、定量和定位就十分重要了。生态系统服务功能的空间转移是指一些服务功能可能会通过某些途径,在空间上转移到系统之外的具备适当外部条件的地区并产生效能。这种特性使得生态系统服务功能可以在比其栖息地大很多的范围内产生经济价值。生态系统服务功能为人类提供了生存保障,它们的能力取决于生态系统中的生态资本存量;而生态资本存量的多少反映了一个国家可持续发展能力的大小。一个生态系统的生态资本存量与该系统的结构和功能密切相关,因此,生态系统服务功能受威胁状态就引发了生态安全问题。在许多区域,生态资源已经成为稀缺资源。为了持续利用生态资源,应该鼓励当地居民以经营生态系统服务为主要手段来发展经济,实现生态系统服务管理产业化。这4个关于生态系统服务功能的科学问题是相互关联的。讨论它们的目的是在于探索深入研究生态系统服务功能的切入点。     

Comparative study of symmetric and asymmetric somatic hybridization between common wheat and Haynaldia villosa

Symmetric and asymmetric protoplast fusion between long term cell suspension-derived protoplasts of Triticum aestivum (cv. Jinan 177) and protoplasts of Haynaldia villosa prepared from one-year-old embryogeneric calli was performed by PEG method. In asymmetric fusion, donor calli were treated with gamma ray at a dose of 40, 60, 80 Gy (1.3 Gy/min) respectively and then used to isolate protoplasts. Results of morphological, cytological, biochemical (isozyme) and 5S rDNA spacer sequence analysis revealed that we obtained somatic hybrid lines at high frequency from both symmetric and asymmetric fusion. Hybrid plants were recovered from symmetric and low dose γ-fusion combinations. GISH (genomic in situ hybridization) analysis proved exactly the existence of both parental chromosomes and the common occurrence of several kinds of translocation between them in the hybrid clones regenerated from symmetric and asymmetric fusion. And the elimination of donor DNA in hybrid clones regenerated from asymmetric fusion     

核苷酸转换因子的特性及其在植物中的研究现状

热激蛋白HSP70是一类细胞必需的具有ATPase活性的分子伴侣。ADP的脱离是HSP70分子伴侣体系能够完成其功能循环的限速步骤,该反应步骤由核苷酸交换因子（NEFs）加速,因此,NEFs是HSP70分子伴侣体系中的一类关键辅助因子。本文总结了有关NEFs的研究成果以及植物NEFs的最新研究进展。     

Association of N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide with Cognitive Function and Depression in Elderly People with Type 2 Diabetes

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), cognitive dysfunction and depression. CHF itself is linked both to poor cognition and depression. The ventricular N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker of CHF, suggesting potential as a marker for cognitive impairment and/or depression. This was tested in the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study (ET2DS).

Methodology and Principal Findings

Cross-sectional analysis of 1066 men and women aged 60–75 with type 2 diabetes. Results from seven neuropsychological tests were combined in a standardised general cognitive ability factor, ‘g’. A vocabulary-based test estimated pre-morbid cognitive ability. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) assessed possible depression. After adjustment for age and sex, raised plasma NT-proBNP was weakly associated with lower ‘g’ and higher depression scores (ß −0.09, 95% CI −0.13 to −0.03, p = 0.004 and ß 0.08, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.12, p<0.001, respectively). Comparing extreme quintiles of NT-proBNP, subjects in the highest quintile were more likely to have reduced cognitive ability (within the lowest tertile of ‘g’) and ‘possible’ depression (HADS depression ≥8) (OR 1.80; 95% CI: 1.20, 2.70; p = 0.005 and OR 2.18; 95% CI: 1.28, 3.71; p = 0.004, respectively). Associations persisted when pre-morbid ability was adjusted for, but as expected were no longer statistically significant following the adjustment for diabetes-related and vascular co-variates (β −0.02, 95% CI −0.07 to 0.03, p>0.05 for ‘g’; β 0.03, 95% CI −0.02 to 0.07, p>0.05 for depression scores).

Conclusion

Raised plasma NT-proBNP was weakly but statistically significantly associated with poorer cognitive function and depression. The prospective phases of the ET2DS will help determine whether or not NT-proBNP can be considered a risk marker for subsequent cognitive impairment and incident depression and whether it provides additional information over and above traditional risk factors for these conditions.     

斑痣盘菌科一新种——松生小鞋孢盘菌

本文报道在云南省昆明市华山松(Pinus armandi Franch.)上发现的斑痣盘菌科一新种,即松生小鞋孢盘菌(Soleella pinicola Y.R.Lin et W.Ren)。对该种作了拉丁文、汉文描述和图解。主模式标本保藏于安徽农学院林学系森林保护教研室。     

2019年度中国古生物学十大进展评选结果及简介

按照中国古生物学会2020年工作计划和十二届三次常务理事会议关于开展 “中国古生物学年度十大进展”评选活动的决定, 中国古生物学会于2020年1月开展了2019年度中国古生物学十大进展的推荐和评选工作。提名推荐阶段学会秘书处共收到理事和分支机构推荐的提名成果22项。其中, 科研成果21项, 教学成果1项。 经中国古生物学会第十二届理事会成员和荣誉理事(含院士)组成的评审委员会投票评选, 评委会主任和副主任审定, 学会功能型党委审核, 2019年度中国古生物学十大进展评选结果如下(按照得票高低排序):     

Ultraviolet irradiation of DNA: a way of generating partial digests for rapid restriction site mapping

UV-irradiation of DNA can inhibit the activity of certain restriction endonucleases because of thymine dimer formation within the enzyme recognition sequence. The number of sites affected depends upon the dose of UV, thus making it easier to control the extent of enzyme digestion than by either limiting the digestion time, or the amount of enzyme. Restriction-site maps of bacteriophage lambda recombinants are readily produced by labelling DNA using a radioactive oligonucleotide that is complementary to either the left or right cohesive end of lambda, irradiating the DNA with UV light, limit digesting with the appropriate enzyme, and calculating the size of the fragments detected after gel electrophoresis and autoradiography.