控制水稻叶片叶绿素含量及其离体叶片叶绿素降解速度相关的QTL定位(简报)

许多研究认为,在一定范围内,叶绿素含量与光合速率成正相关关系、叶绿素含量高的水稻叶片能延缓衰老。理论上推算,水稻叶片如果推迟1天衰老,可使水稻增产2％左右,而实际实验结果表明可增产1％左右。叶片早衰往往也是造成有些水稻品种结实率偏低、空秕率较高及产量降低的主要原因。叶片衰老是水稻发育过程中的生命现象,它是水稻在长期进化过程中形成的适应性。叶片衰老的显著特征之一是叶绿素含量下降,叶色褪绿变黄。[第一段]     

皮肤细胞复合改性聚乳酸构建组织工程皮肤

目的:探讨以改性聚乳酸为细胞外基质网架构建组织工程皮肤的可行性。方法:采用盐溶法制备机械性能得到部分改进的聚乳酸多孔泡沫网架,向改进的聚乳酸网架接种真皮成纤维细胞和表皮角质形成细胞,以普通聚乳酸支架作为对照,构建组织工程皮肤。体外培养一周,对网架进行形态学观察。主要观察指标:①一般形态观察②组织学观察。结果:复层组织工程皮肤在结构上与正常皮肤相似,具有真皮、表皮双层结构。改性聚乳酸网架上有双层细胞生长,生长的细胞与网架接触,并且在其表面形成较为明显而连续的细胞层。随着培养时间的延长,发生了一系列变化:表皮部分细胞层数逐渐增多,真皮部分细胞也逐渐增多,并向表皮层深入,位于表皮与网架之间。结论:双醛淀粉作为良好的增柔剂在改善聚乳酸网架的机械性能的同时,也具有良好的细胞相容性,不影响细胞的生长增殖和代谢,可以进一步用作组织工程皮肤的支架材料。     

SRAP技术在遗传的研究进展

SRAP是一种新型的DNA分子标记,具有简便、稳定、中等产率和容易得到选择条带序列的特点。SRAP利用独特的引物设计对开放读码框(ORFs)进行扩增,上游引物长17bp,对外显子进行特异扩增,下游引物长18bp,对内含子区域、启动子区域进行特异扩增,因个体不同及其物种的内含子、启动子与间隔长度不等而产生多态性。本文阐述SRAP的原理和操作流程,综述了SRAP标记目前在植物遗传图谱构建、遗传多样性、基因定位、基因克隆、杂种优势利用等方面的研究进展及应用前景。     

东北林蛙皮肤中一类新抗菌肽cDNA的克隆及成熟肽的预测

为进一步研究和开发高效广谱天然抗生素的抗菌肽,本文克隆东北林蛙(Rana dybowskii)的抗菌肽基因,并预测其成熟肽的有关性质。根据蛙属抗菌肽信号肽末端序列设计简并引物,以RT-PCR技术扩增皮肤中抗菌肽的cDNA,并进行克隆测序。用生物信息学软件分析cDNA序列特点,预测成熟肽的理化性质。研究发现一种长度为28个氨基酸残基的新抗菌肽dybowsin-1,该肽具有Rana box结构;与已发现的抗菌肽仅有35%的同源性;理论等电点在9.70-10.01之间;均呈阳离子性;从第3或4个氨基酸开始到第16个氨基酸形成α-螺旋结构,极性氨基酸位于螺旋轮的一侧,非极性氨基酸位于螺旋轮的另一侧;具有N-端疏水、C-端亲水的两亲性。一个个体表达5条cDNA序列编码3种不同的dybowsin-1分子,显示出该抗菌肽表达的多样性。序列分析显示,该抗菌肽可能由多基因座位编码。     

辽宁碱蓬胆碱单加氧酶(CMO)基因启动子分离及功能元件分析

根据已知的辽宁碱蓬CMO cDNA 5′端序列设计两个基因特异的反向引物(CR1,CR2),通过衔接头PCR获得了CMO基因起始密码子上游498 bp的序列。根据所获得的序列设计两个基因特异的反向引物(CR3,CR4),用CR2、CR3、CR4分别与4个简并引物配对,通过TAIL-PCR扩增,获得了约2 kb的序列。经Sequencer软件拼接上述两段序列,获得了CMO基因起始密码子上游2,332 bp的序列。用TSSP-TCM软件分析此序列,预测出转录起始点(C)位于起始密码子上游128 bp处,由此我们获得了2,204 bp的SlCMO启动子序列。用PLACE软件分析此序列,发现该序列具有启动子的基本元件TATA-box、CAAT-box,包含多个胁迫诱导元件,如盐诱导元件GAAAAA,冷胁迫诱导元件CANNTG,ABA 响应因子NAACAA,水胁迫元件CGGTTG和伤害诱导元件GTTAGGTTC等,是一个强的胁迫诱导启动子。辽宁碱蓬胆碱单加氧酶基因盐诱导启动子的获得,为盐诱导启动子功能元件分析提供了可能,为进一步研究启动子结构与功能的相互关系、CMO基因的表达调控机制奠定了基础。     

Biochemical characterization of the minimal polyketide synthase domains in the lovastatin nonaketide synthase LovB

The biosynthesis of lovastatin in Aspergillus terreus requires two megasynthases. The lovastatin nonaketide synthase, LovB, synthesizes the intermediate dihydromonacolin L using nine malonyl-coenzyme A molecules, and is a reducing, iterative type I polyketide synthase. The iterative type I polyketide synthase is mechanistically different from bacterial type I polyketide synthases and animal fatty acid synthases. We have cloned the minimal polyketide synthase domains of LovB as standalone proteins and assayed their activities and substrate specificities. The didomain proteins ketosynthase-malonyl-coenzyme A:acyl carrier protein acyltransferase (KS-MAT) and acyl carrier protein-condensation (ACP-CON) domain were expressed solubly in Escherichia coli. The monodomains MAT, ACP and CON were also obtained as soluble proteins. The MAT domain can be readily labeled by [1,2-(14)C]malonyl-coenzyme A and can transfer the acyl group to both the cognate LovB ACP and heterologous ACPs from bacterial type I and type II polyketide synthases. Using the LovB ACP-CON didomain as an acyl acceptor, LovB MAT transferred malonyl and acetyl groups with k(cat)/K(m) values of 0.62 min(-1).mum(-1) and 0.032 min(-1).mum(-1), respectively. The LovB MAT domain was able to substitute the Streptomyces coelicolor FabD in supporting product turnover in a bacterial type II minimal polyketide synthase assay. The activity of the KS domain was assayed independently using a KS-MAT (S656A) mutant in which the MAT domain was inactivated. The KS domain displayed no activity towards acetyl groups, but was able to recognize malonyl groups in the absence of cerulenin. The relevance of these finding to the priming mechanism of fungal polyketide synthase is discussed.     

Development and validation of a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry assay for the simultaneous determination of D-amphetamine and diphenhydramine in beagle dog plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study

A new drug, quick-acting anti-motion capsule (QAAMC) composed of d-amphetamine sulfate, dimenhydrinate and ginger extraction has been studied for anti-motion-sickness use. We have developed a sensitive, specific liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the quantitative determination of d-amphetamine and diphenhydramine, the main effective components of the QAAMC, using pseudoephedrine as the internal standard. The analytes and internal standard were isolated from 200 microL plasma samples by a simple liquid-liquid extraction (LLE). Reverse-phase HPLC separation was accomplished on a Zorbax SB-C18 column (100 mm x 3.0 mm, 3.5 microm) with a mobile phase composed of methanol-water-formic acid (65:35:0.5, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. The method had a chromatographic total run time of 5 min. A Varian 1200 L electrospray tandem mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization source was operated in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode with the precursor-to-product ion transitions m/z 136.0-->91.0 (D-amphetamine), 256.0-->167.0 (diphenhydramine) and 166.1-->148.0 (IS) used for quantitation. The method was sensitive with a lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) of 0.5 ng/mL for d-amphetamine and 1 ng/mL for diphenhydramine, with good linearity in the range 0.5-200 ng/mL for D-amphetamine and 1-500 ng/mL for diphenhydramine (r(2)> or =0.9990). All the validation data, such as accuracy, precision, and inter-day repeatability, were within the required limits. The method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study of the QAAMC in beagle dogs.     

应用因子分析法研究茎瘤芥(榨菜)性状间的关系

应用因子分析法可把23份茎瘤芥品种资源的15个数量性状集约在5个主因子上,采用正交因子和斜交因子模型分析了性状间的遗传作用关系,并探讨了各因子间的关系及其生物学意义。     

Proteome analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis: novel protein markers in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor, and chronic infection with hepatitis B virus is one of its major risk factors. To identify the proteins involved in HCC carcinogenesis, we used two-dimensional fluorescence DIGE to study the differentially expressed proteins in tumor and adjacent nontumor tissue samples. Samples from 12 hepatitis B virus-associated HCC patients were analyzed. A total of 61 spots were significantly up-regulated (ratio >/= 2, p 相似文献   

Dissecting metal ion-dependent folding and catalysis of a single DNAzyme

Protein metalloenzymes use various modes for functions for which metal-dependent global conformational change is required in some cases but not in others. In contrast, most ribozymes require a global folding that almost always precedes enzyme reactions. Herein we studied metal-dependent folding and cleavage activity of the 8-17 DNAzyme using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Addition of Zn2+ and Mg2+ induced folding of the DNAzyme into a more compact structure followed by a cleavage reaction, which suggests that the DNAzyme may require metal-dependent global folding for activation. In the presence of Pb2+, however, the cleavage reaction occurred without a precedent folding step, which suggests that the DNAzyme may be prearranged to accept Pb2+ for the activity. Neither ligation reaction of the cleaved substrates nor dynamic changes between folded and unfolded states was observed. These features may contribute to the unusually fast Pb2+-dependent reaction of the DNAzyme. These results suggest that DNAzymes can use all modes of activation that metalloproteins use.