中国小赫甲螨属一新种记述(甲螨亚目,小赫甲螨科)(英文)

记述了采自我国西藏和甘肃的小赫甲螨属1新种,郑氏小赫甲螨Hermannniella zhengisp.nov.。模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆。郑氏小赫甲螨,新种Hermanniella zhengisp.nov.(图1~16)新种以后背板背面小孔状花纹与杜氏小赫甲螨H.dubininiSitnikova,1973、微毛小赫甲螨H.microsetosa Hammer,1966、长毛小赫甲螨H.longisetosaHammer,1966相似,但新种以吻端有凹陷和后背板第3若螨毛f1指向前而不同于这3个已知种。除此之外,新种与杜氏小赫甲螨的区别为:新种梁毛与梁间毛端部尖,感器端部无膨大,被稀疏小刺,后背板背面小孔状花纹的6个点(有时为5或7个)间由细线连接成规则多边形,后缘成体毛4对,光滑;杜氏小赫甲螨梁毛和梁间毛端部钝圆,感器端部被小刺且略膨大,后背板背面花纹为无细线相连的不规则分散小孔,后缘5对成体毛,略被小刺。新种与微毛小赫甲螨的区别为:新种吻毛外表面被小刺,后背板背面花纹为大小均一的小孔,小孔之间有细线连成规则多边形;微毛小赫甲螨吻毛光滑,后背板上的小孔状花纹排列规则,成行但不连接成...     

共表达H5N1流感病毒M1和HA基因的DNA疫苗与腺病毒载体疫苗的小鼠免疫评价

为评价在小鼠体内表达流感病毒M1和HA基因诱导的免疫反应,制备共表达H5N1亚型禽流感病毒 (A/Anhui/1/2005) 全长基质蛋白1 (M1) 基因和血凝素 (HA) 基因的重组DNA疫苗pStar-M1/HA和重组腺病毒载体疫苗Ad-M1/HA,将其按初免-加强程序免疫BALB/c小鼠,共免疫4次,每次间隔14 d。第1、3次用DNA疫苗,第2、4次用重组腺病毒载体疫苗,每次免疫前及末次免疫后14 d采集小鼠血清用于检测体液免疫应答,末次免疫后14 d采集小鼠脾淋巴细胞用于检测细胞免疫应答。血凝     

黄芪多糖对齐口裂腹鱼生长、体组成和免疫指标的影响

试验研究黄芪多糖对齐口裂腹鱼生长性能、体组成及免疫指标的影响。以450尾健康的齐口裂腹鱼[体重(6.98±0.43)g;体长(9.11±0.25)cm]为试验对象,随机分为5组(C1、C2、C3、C4、C5),每组3个重复,每重复30尾试验鱼。C1、C2、C3、C4、C5组分别投喂在等氮等能(蛋白质含量38.29%,能量15.73 mJ/kg)的基础料中分别添加0、0.02、0.04、0.06、0.08%的黄芪多糖制成5种试验饲料,养殖齐口裂腹鱼50d。结果表明:饲料中未添加黄芪多糖组的增重率(WGR)、特定生长率(SGR)、饲料蛋白效率(PER)均显著低于黄芪多糖添加组(P<0.05),而饵料系数(FCR)则显著高于黄芪多糖添加组(P<0.05)。当黄芪多糖添加水平为0.04%时,试验鱼的WGR、SGR、PER均达到最大(分别为110.31%、1.86%/d和182.07%),FCR最低(1.44),与其他各组差异显著(P<0.05);以WGR、SGR、PER、FCR为指标,利用直线和抛物线回归分析表明,齐口裂腹鱼生长性能最佳时黄芪多糖添加水平为0.045%—0.074%;对齐口裂腹鱼机体组成分析表明,黄芪多糖对鱼体粗灰分和水分影响不显著(P>0.05),黄芪多糖添加水平为0.06%时机体粗蛋白最高,但与黄芪多糖添加水平为0.04%时无明显差异(P>0.05);粗脂肪含量在黄芪多糖添加水平为0.04%时最高,与其他各组差异显著(P<0.05);未添加黄芪多糖组血清免疫酶活性显著低于黄芪多糖添加组,齐口裂腹鱼血清免疫酶活性在一定范围内随黄芪多糖的增加而增强。黄芪多糖添加水平为0.04%时,碱性磷酸酶(ALP)活性最高;酸性磷酸酶(ACP)活性在黄芪多糖添加水平0.06%时最大;黄芪多糖添加水平应在0.06%—0.08%时,溶菌酶(LSZ)、超氧化歧化酶(SOD活性趋于稳定。这说明黄芪多对齐口裂腹鱼的生长和免疫力有明显的促进作用。综合考虑齐口裂腹鱼生长性能和免疫能力最佳时黄芪多糖添加水平为0.04%—0.074%。     

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling of cinnamic acyl sulfonamide derivatives as novel antitubulin agents

A series of novel cinnamic acyl sulfonamide derivatives (9a-16e) have been designed and synthesized and their biological activities were also evaluated as potential tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Among all the compounds, 10c showed the most potent growth inhibitory activity against B16-F10 cancer cell line in vitro, with an IC(50) value of 0.8μg/mL. Docking simulation was performed to insert compound 10c into the crystal structure of tubulin at colchicine binding site to determine the probable binding model. Based on the preliminary results, compound 10c with potent inhibitory activity in tumor growth may be a potential anticancer agent.     

基于叶片尺度观测数据的气孔导度模型评价

气孔导度(g)是控制冠层与大气之间能量和水分交换的重要因素。空气湿度是控制植物叶片气孔导度的一个关键环境因子。在过去的十几年中,普遍得到应用的是Ball-Woodrow-Berry(BWB)模型和Leuning模型中气孔导度与湿度的关系。本研究使用一个诊断变量f(H),基于农田叶片水平的光合-气孔导度观测数据,对BWB模型、Leuning模型以及新发展的power-h模型和power-D模型进行了气孔导度模拟效果的比较和评价。结果表明:BWB模型描述的是g和相对湿度(hs)之间的一种线性关系,当空气较为湿润时,模拟结果存在较大的低估;Leuning模型中反映的是g与饱和水汽压差(Ds)的非线性函数,降低了模拟结果的误差,但仍然不能很好地描述g在较湿状况下的显著升高;相比之下,两个新的模型,即Ds的指数函数和(1-hs)的指数函数形式模型能提高模拟结果的精度。这个研究结果也表明基于Ds的模型模拟效果要好于基于hs的模型。     

Enhancement of excretory production of an exoglucanase from Escherichia coli with phage shock protein A (PspA) overexpression

Production of recombinant proteins by excretory expression has many advantages over intracellular expression in Escherichia coli. Hyperexpression of a secretory exoglucanase, Exg, of Cellulomonas fimi was previously shown to saturate the SecYEG pathway and result in dramatic cell death of E. coli. In this study, we demonstrated that overexpression of the PspA in the JM101(pM1VegGcexL-pspA) strain enhanced excretion of Exg to 1.65 U/ml using shake-flask cultivation, which was 80% higher than the highest yield previously obtained from the optimized JM101(pM1VegGcexL) strain. A much higher excreted Exg activity of 4.5 U/ml was further achieved with high cell density cultivation using rich media. Furthermore, we showed that the PspA overexpression strain enjoyed an elevated critical value (CV), which was defined as the largest quotient between the intracellular unprocessed precursor and its secreted mature counterpart that was still tolerable by the host cells prior to the onset of cell death, improving from the previously determined CV of 20/80 to the currently achieved CV of 45/55 for Exg. The results suggested that the PspA overexpression strain might tolerate a higher level of precursor Exg making use of the SecYEG pathway for secretion. The reduced lethal effect might be attributable to the overexpressed PspA, which was postulated to be able to reduce membrane depolarization and damage. Our findings introduce a novel strategy of the combined application of metabolic engineering and construct optimization to the attainment of the best possible E. coli producers for secretory/excretory production of recombinant proteins, using Exg as the model protein.     

Time-dependent elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of total knee replacement under walking conditions

This work is concerned with the lubrication analysis of artificial knee joints, which plays an increasing significant role in clinical performance and longevity of components. Time-dependent elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis for normal total knee replacement is carried out under the cyclic variation in both load and speed representative of normal walking. An equivalent ellipsoid-on-plane model is adopted to represent an actual artificial knee. A full numerical method is developed to simultaneously solve the Reynolds and elasticity equations using the multigrid technique. The elastic deformation is based on the constrained column model. Results show that, under the combined effect of entraining and squeeze-film actions throughout the walking cycle, the predicted central film thickness tends to decrease in the stance phase but keeps a relatively larger value at the swing phase. Furthermore, the geometry of knee joint implant is verified to play an important role under its lubrication condition, and the length of time period is a key point to influence the lubrication performance of joint components.     

Recombineering BAC transgenes for protein tagging

Protein tagging offers many advantages for proteomic and regulomic research, particularly due to the use of generic and highly sensitive methods that can be applied with reasonable throughput. Ideally, protein tagging is equivalent to having a high affinity antibody for every chosen protein. However, these advantages are compromised if the tagged protein is overexpressed, which is usually the case from cDNA expression vectors. BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) transgenes present a way to express a chosen protein at physiological levels with all regulatory elements in their native configurations, including cell cycle, alternative splicing and microRNA regulation. Recombineering has become the method of choice for modifying large constructs like BACs. Here, we present a method for protein tagging by recombineering BACs, transfecting cells and evaluating tagged protein expression.