Piper longum Constituents Induce PANC-1 Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death under Nutrition Starvation

Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive form of cancer with a poor prognosis, partly due to ‘austerity’, a phenomenon of tolerance to nutrient deprivation and survival in its hypovascular tumor microenvironment. Anti-austerity agents which preferentially diminish the survival of cancer cells under nutrition starvation is regarded as new generation anti-cancer agents. This study investigated the potential of Piper longum constituents as anti-austerity agents. The ethanolic extract of Piper longum was found to have preferential cytotoxicity towards PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer cells in a nutrient-deprived medium (NDM). Further investigation led to the identification of pipernonaline ( 3 ) as the lead compound with the strongest anti-austerity activity, inducing cell death and inhibiting migration in a normal nutrient medium, as well as strongly inhibiting the Akt/mTOR/autophagy pathway. Therefore, pipernonaline ( 3 ) holds promise as a novel antiausterity agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.     

人细胞差异表达基因cDNA消减杂交体系的建立

为克隆肺腺癌分化相关基因, 采用诱导分化与消减杂交相结合的策略, 建立了全反式维甲酸(RA)诱导前后人肺腺癌细胞系的cDNA消减文库, 得到124个cDNA消减克隆. 经加减法杂交差异筛选、DNA和RNA印迹、cDNA全序列测定和生物学功能分析, 分离到3个在人肺腺癌细胞系分化过程中由RA激活而特异表达的新的cDNA序列这一策略和技术路线适用于分离细胞中呈过量表达或表达抑制基因的cDNA克隆, 并具有反映细胞分化过程中基因表达动态变化特征和相对简便适用的特点.     

Characterization of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gene encoding a protein of the DNA photolyase/blue light photoreceptor family

The organization and nucleotide sequence of a gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encoding a member of the DNA photolyase/blue light photoreceptor protein family is reported. A region of over 7 kb encompassing the gene was sequenced. Northern analysis detected a single 4.2 kb mRNA. The gene consists of eight exons and seven introns, and encodes a predicted protein of 867 amino acids. The first 500 amino acids exhibit significant homology with previously sequenced DNA photolyases, showing the closest relationship to mustard (Sinapis alba) photolyase (43% identity). An even higher identity, 49%, is obtained when the Chlamydomonas gene product is compared to the putative blue-light photoreceptor (HY4) from Arabidopsis thaliana. Both the Chlamydomonas and the Arabidopsis proteins differ from the well characterized DNA photolyases in that they contain a carboxyl terminal extension of 367 and 181 amino acids, respectively. However, there is very little homology between the carboxyl terminal domains of the two proteins. A previously isolated Chlamydomonas mutant, phrl, which is deficient in DNA photolyase activity, especially in the nucleus, was shown by RFLP analysis not to be linked to the gene we have isolated. We propose this gene encodes a candidate Chlamydomonas blue light photoreceptor.     

袋衣属一裂芽新种

本文描述了袋衣属一新种——横断山袋衣。它是本属中第一个以巴巴酸为恒有成分的种类,又是指袋衣种群中第一个具有真正裂芽的成员。这一新种是作者在瑞典乌普萨拉大学植物标本室工作期间从H.Smith于1934年采自中国四川省的大量标本中发现的。对乌普萨拉大学的访问是中国科学院与皇家瑞典科学院之间1982年科学交流项目之一。     

新蚤属一新种记述(蚤目:多毛蚤科)

1960—1962年间,我们先后在四川省甘孜、阿坝等地区的啮齿动物体上获得新蚤属斯氏组(stevensigroup)一新种,根据其雄性可动突形态特征,订名为菱形新蚤(Neopsylla rhombosa)新种。     

Frequency analysis of time-varying elastance model of the left ventricle

Zadeh's transfer function method for linear time-variable systems is used to apply frequency-domain analysis to a periodically time-varying elastance model of the left ventricle. Left ventricular pressure computed from the system function of the time-varying elastance and the phasors of aortic flow shows a typical waveform of the measured ventricular pressure.     

Bacteriophage MS2 RNA: A correlation between the stability of the codon: Anticodon interaction and the choice of code words

Summary The non-random distribution of degenerate code words in Bacteriophage MS2 RNA can be explained partially by considerations of the stability of the codon-anticodon complex in prokaryotic systems. Supporting this hypothesis we note that wobble codons are positively selected in codons having G and/or C in the first two positions. In contrast, wobble codons are statitically less likely in codons composed of A and U in the first two positions. Analyses of nucleotides adjacent to 5 and 3 ends of codons indicate a nonrandom distribution as well. It is thus likely that some elements of RNA evolution are independent of the structural needs of the RNA itself and of the translated protein product.This work was supported by grants from the Belgian Government Actions concertées - Gekon-certéerde Acties, N.F.W.O. and F.K.F.O. as well as from le Ministère de l'éducation du Québec. A preliminary report of this work was given at the EMBO ribosome workshop, Brussels 1976     

黔北棘蝇属二新种一新亚种（双翅目：蝇科）

新(亚)种的模式标本除标明者外均存作者所在单位。1.贵州棘蝇Phaonia guizhouensis Wei,新种(图1) 雄:体长6mm。眼具淡黄色密长毛。额宽至少等于触角第三节宽。间额黑灰,约为一侧额的5倍宽。侧额狭,粉被暗银灰色。额鬃上达单眼瘤前,仅前方的3对发达,后大半细如眼毛。侧颜黑,下侧颜暗红,粉被银灰;侧颜至少如触角第三节宽之半。触角黑,第三节约为第二节的2倍长。芒短羽状,最长芒毛约为触角宽之半。颊蓝黑,粉被灰褐,前上缘具一列上弯的鬃;颊约如眼高的2/7。口上片突出于额前缘。中颜板