秦岭西段鱼类多样性现状初报

对秦岭西段汉江水系和嘉陵江水系的鱼类和环境调查显示,人类活动对鱼类多样性产生了较大的影响。本文试图对该地区鱼类多样性丧失的现状加以报道并对原因进行分析。以前该地区鱼类共有142种,本次调查的渔获物中只有34种。鱼类物种资源的减少是多种因素造成的：水坝的修建使得鱼类栖息地环境改变从而导致鱼类的种类和种群数量变化,水污染、过度捕捞和非法渔业也在一定程度上破坏了鱼类物种多样性。     

Asymmetric expression of antivin/lefty1 in the early chick embryo

Mammalian lefty and zebrafish antivin, highly related to lefty, are shown to be expressed asymmetrically and involved in the specification of the left body side of early embryos. We isolated a chick homologue of the antivin/lefty1 cDNA and studied its expression pattern during early chick development. We found that antivin/lefty1 is expressed asymmetrically on the left side of the prospective floorplate, notochord and lateral plate mesoderm of the chick embryo.     

茄科作物青枯菌NADH脱氢酶F亚基在细胞运动和致病性中的功能研究

[目的]劳尔氏菌（Ralstonia solanacearum）在茄科作物上引起严重的细菌性青枯病,本研究旨在发掘青枯劳尔氏菌与致病相关的基因。[方法]利用Tn5转座子构建随机插入突变体,分析生物膜形成、细胞运动和致病性;对有表型变化的突变体,运用TAIL-PCR方法鉴定Tn5插入位点,确定所突变的基因。[结果]以模式菌株GMI000为出发菌,总共获得了400个突变体,其中2个突变体不能形成生物膜,在软琼脂平板上的运动能力下降;接种感病番茄植物,这2个突变体都不能引起萎焉症状。TAIL-PCR结果显示,2个突变体的Tn5插入位点都在NADH脱氢酶F亚基（nuoF）中,距离翻译起始位点分别为103-bp和225-bp。ripAY基因启动子推动的nuoF基因互补载体,完全恢复了2个突变体的表型。[结论]NADH脱氢酶复合物是微生物呼吸电子传递链中的第一步催化酶。我们的结果表明,NADH脱氢酶复合物对R.solanacearum生物膜形成、细胞运动和致病性也有重要作用。     

microRNAs与流感病毒感染

MicroRNAs是一类数目庞大,而且可以广泛参与到生命活动各个进程的非编码RNA分子,在病毒感染宿主过程中存在着复杂的microRNAs与病毒的相互作用。流感病毒感染可以引起宿主microRNAs表达谱的明显变化,流感病毒能通过调控某些microRNAs的表达来实现免疫逃逸等增强其感染能力;同时,宿主也可以通过某些microRNAs的变化启动相应的抗流感病毒反应。本文主要针对流感病毒感染过程中宿主-病毒二者在microRNA水平的相互作用进行综述,以期更好的了解流感病毒的致病机制,为抗流感病毒的新药研制提供新的思路。     

Utilization of amino acids to enhance glutathione production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The effects of amino acids on glutathione (GSH) production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae T65 were investigated in this paper. Cysteine was the most important amino acids, which increased intracellular GSH content greatly but inhibited cell growth at the same time. The suitable amino acids addition strategy was two-step addition: in the first step, cysteine was added after two hours culture to 2 mM and then, the three amino acids (glutamic acid, glycine, and serine) were added after seven hours culture. The optimum concentration of those three key amino acids (10 mM glutamic acid, 10 mM glycine, and 10 mM serine) was obtained by orthogonal matrix method. With the optimum amino acids addition strategy a 1.63% intracellular GSH content was obtained in shake flask culture. Intracellular GSH content was 55.2% higher than the experiments without three amino acids addition. The cell biomass and GSH yield were 9.4 g/L and 153.2 mg/L, respectively. Using this amino acids addition strategy in the fed-batch culture of S. cerevisiae T65, GSH content, the biomass, and GSH yield reached 1.41%, 133 g/L, and 1875 mg/L, respectively, after 44 hours fermentation. GSH yield was about 2.67 times as that of amino acids free.     

A Novel Cationic Ribonuclease with Antimicrobial Activity from Rana dybowskii

A novel ribonuclease (RNase) A superfamily gene (Rdronc) has been cloned from the frog Rana dybowskii. The deduced amino acid sequence shows that it belongs to the ribonuclease A superfamily, with the highest identity, 73%, to Rana pipiens onconase. Adaptive evolution analysis based on maximum likelihood models of codon substitution has been conducted on 10 members of the Rana RNases of subcluster B. Rapid adaptive evolution and multiple positive selection sites have been detected, which indicates that these genes may be evolving under positive selection pressure. Functional assay demonstrates that the recombinant Rdronc protein possesses antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and weaker antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and yeast Candida albicans. Our findings support the hypothesis that ribonuclease A superfamily members may function in host defense of early-diversified vertebrates.     

黑胸大蠊（Periplaneta fuliginosa）病毒的分离及某些特性

从黑胸大蠊(Periplaneta fuliginosa)自然罹病的虫尸中分离得到一株非包涵体病毒。将病毒悬液均匀拌入无菌饲料并供食154～169日龄黑胸大蠊健康若虫时,能使其感染、发病,死亡率可达98％以上。在电子显微镜下观察时,病毒为球形二十面体颗粒,直径约23nm。病毒悬液具有典型核蛋白紫外吸收光谱。病毒用DNase和RNase处理并经吖啶橙染色、二苯胺和苔黑酚试验及甲醛反应证明:该病毒含有单链DNA。以上特性与细小病毒科的特征有点类似。     

贵州梵净山地衣的初步研究

梵净山国家级自然保护区是联合国“人与生物圈网”的成员之一,位于中国西南贵州省的东北部。报道了梵净山地衣物种119种,其中106种为梵净山新记录,79种为贵州新记录,2种为中国新记录:Dermatocar-ponintestiniforme(K rb.)Hasse.和Thelotrema similansNylander,同时对梵净山地衣进行了初步的地理学分析,从而为该地区地衣生物多样性的研究及地衣资源的保护和利用提供了相关资料。     

温度对中华鲟幼鱼血液生化指标的影响

分别在15℃、20℃、25℃和30℃水温养殖中华鲟幼鱼66d,研究温度对中华鲟幼鱼8项血液生化指标的影响。结果表明:中华鲟幼鱼血液中能源物质总蛋白、白蛋白、血糖、总胆固醇和高密度脂蛋白浓度变化规律相似,均呈现先升高后降低的趋势,而且均在20℃时达到最高值,分别为15.98g·L-1、5.6g·L-1、4.85mmol·L-1、2.44mmol·L-1和0.61U.L-1;在30℃时血液总蛋白、白蛋白、血糖、总胆固醇和甘油三酯浓度达到最低值,分别为8.93g·L-1、3.1g·L-1、2.26mmol·L-1、1.34mmol·L-1和3.35mmol·L-1;代谢产物总胆红素浓度呈现先降低后升高的趋势,在15℃组最高,在25℃组最低,分别为2.50±0.84和1.65±0.10mmol·L-1;尿素浓度随着温度升高而下降,在30℃时最低,为0.54±0.36mmol·L-1,显著低于15℃组和20℃组。综合不同温度组中华鲟幼鱼血液生化指标的变动规律表明,20℃时中华鲟幼鱼能量支出较少,是其较适宜的生长温度。     

Study on bioactivity of extracts from marine sponges in Chinese Sea

The bioactivity screening of fractions from two inter-tidal sponges collected from the north of China Yellow Sea and one sponge collected from the South Chinese Sea was reported in this study. In sponge Hymeniacidon perleve there were 9 fractions out of 15 from CHCl₃ extract with anti Staphylococcus aureus activity, 9 fractions out of 19 from BuOH extract with anti Escherichia coli activity, and three fractions from CHCl₃ extract which had moderate to strong activity in inhibiting Bacillus subtilis, Candida albicans, and Aspergilus niger. The fractions of Reniochalina sp. showed bioactivity against bacteria and fungi. The fractions of Acanthella acuta Schmidt showed bioactivity against S. aureus and fungi. One compound from H. perleve obtained by the bioactively directing isolation was tested for bioactivity against the human hepatoma cell line Qgy7701 (IC₅₀ 10.1 μg/ml), Burkitt's lymphoma cell line Raji (IC₅₀ 9.76 μg/ml) and chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 (IC₅₀ 1.90 μg/ml).