扰动环境中不同刈割方式柠条营养生长补偿的影响

 柠条（Caragana korshinskii）在地上组织破坏后进行补偿性生长,这是重复利用柠条资源的基础,但对 柠条不同刈割方式下营养生长补偿的模式有待探讨。该文通过5种刈割方式：去除主枝长的30%（30%RSL） 、去除主枝长的60%（60%RSL）、去除分枝数的25%（25%RSN）、去除分枝数的50%（50%RSN）和去除分枝 数的100%（100%RSN）来研究柠条的营养生长补偿。结果表明：刈割处理的柠条生物量当年发生了超补偿 ,当年生枝数/枝、当年生枝长、当年生枝生物量/枝、当年生枝生物量/株比对照高。对照、30%RSL和 60%RSL 处理未长出基梢。 100%RSN处理的基梢数/刈割枝、基梢长、单个基梢平均生物量显著高于25%RSN 和50%RSN处理,基梢生物量/株随刈割去除生物量的增加而增加。100%RSN 处理未结果,其它处理果实产量 表现出超补偿或精确补偿。对照处理营养生长和生殖生长均低,其它处理当年生枝生物量与果实产量成显 著负相关。从整个生长季节来看,营养生长主要集中在果实成熟之前。我们认为,100%RSN处理是柠条地上 组织破坏后尽快恢复的合理方式,其当年生生物量远高于其它处理。顶端优势的破坏促使休眠芽的萌发, 根冠比的改变使地上组织获得较多养分和水分,根系储存的碳水化合物的供应是促使刈割柠条营养生长超 补偿的的可能机制,而减少生殖生长对资源的消耗,是100%RSN处理地上生物量尽快恢复的另一重要因素 。     

外殖体与不同理化因子对虎杖愈伤组织诱导及次生代谢产物形成的影响

考察了外植体、培养基及光照条件对中药植物虎杖愈伤组织形成及次生代谢产物生产的影响。总的来看, 所有愈伤组织中总酚和总黄酮含量比原植物的含量高2～3 倍; 而蒽醌的含量比原植物中含量低。外植体对愈伤组织形成及次生代谢产物生产的影响很大, 所考察的3 种外植体中, 叶外植的愈伤组织诱导率最高而源于根外植体的愈伤组织具有最好的次生代谢能力。所考察的6 种培养基中, MS + 0.5 mg/L 2 , 4 -D + 1.0mg/L 6-BA 和N6 + 0.5 mg/L 2 ,4 -D + 1.0 mg/L 6-BA 无论对于愈伤组织的产生还是次生代谢产物的累积都有较优表现。光照对愈伤组织诱导及次生代谢产物产生有明显影响, 但二者无规律性联系。     

抗菌药物治疗疾病的新靶位——丙氨酸消旋酶

丙氨酸消旋酶是以磷酸吡哆醛为辅酶,催化L-丙氨酸与D-丙氨酸相互转化的一种酶,它广泛分布在低等生物,而不存在于人类等高等真核生物中.来自不同物种的丙氨酸消旋酶一级结构同源性较高,其大多功能单位为同源二聚体,拥有2个相同的活性中心,每个活性中心均是由来自不同亚基的2个保守残基共同组成.丙氨酸消旋酶催化生成的产物D-丙氨酸是合成细菌细胞壁肽聚糖的重要成分,也是调节细菌孢子萌芽的关键因子.因而丙氨酸消旋酶与由细菌引起的肺结核、炭疽热、中耳炎等疾病密切相关.近年来丙氨酸消旋酶已成为设计抗菌药物的又一理想靶位.本文从丙氨酸消旋酶的结构、功能、作用机理、抑制剂以及其与疾病的关系等方面进行了阐述.     

Resveratrol Protects Mouse Oocytes from Methylglyoxal-Induced Oxidative Damage

Methylglyoxal, a reactive dicarbonyl compound, is mainly formed from glycolysis. Methylglyoxal can lead to the dysfunction of mitochondria, the depletion of cellular anti-oxidation enzymes and the formation of advanced glycation ends. Previous studies showed that the accumulation of methylglyoxal and advanced glycation ends can impair the oocyte maturation and reduce the oocyte quality in aged and diabetic females. In this study, we showed that resveratrol, a kind of phytoalexin found in the skin of grapes, red wine and other botanical extracts, can alleviate the adverse effects caused by methylglyoxal, such as inhibition of oocyte maturation and disruption of spindle assembly. Besides, methylglyoxal-treated oocytes displayed more DNA double strands breaks and this can also be decreased by treatment of resveratrol. Further investigation of these processes revealed that methylglyoxal may affect the oocyte quality by resulting in excessive reactive oxygen species production, aberrant mitochondrial distribution and high level lipid peroxidation, and resveratrol can block these cytotoxic changes. Collectively, our results showed that resveratrol can protect the oocytes from methylglyoxal-induced cytotoxicity and this was mainly through the correction of the abnormity of cellular reactive oxygen species metabolism.     

Plants use alternative strategies to utilize nonexchangeable potassium in minerals

Plant species differ in their capacity to use nonexchangeable potassium (NEK) in soils. In this study two typical plants with high K use efficiency, ryegrass and grain amaranth, were compared with regard to their capacity to use K from five K-bearing minerals. Biomass relative yield and K uptake data indicated that ryegrass was much more efficient than grain amaranth at using NEK in minerals. Root exudates of grain amaranth collected under hydroponic culture contained considerable amounts of oxalic and citric acids, while these acids were not detected in ryegrass root exudates. Compared with grain amaranth, the kinetic parameters of K uptake by ryegrass roots were characterized by a significantly higher K uptake rate (V_max) and a significantly lower C_min, the minimum external K concentration at which K is taken up. The dynamic release of NEK from minerals in various solutions showed that the release rate of NEK was largely K-concentration dependent and some thresholds of K concentration prevented further NEK release from minerals. The K thresholds were related to mineral type and increased in the presence of Ca²⁺ or Na⁺ in solutions. The positive effect of H⁺ (20 mmol L^?1) on NEK release was also mainly attributed to elevating the thresholds of K concentration, rather than to the effects of weathering. The results indicated that the main mechanism by which plant species efficiently use NEK in minerals was to the capacity of plants to absorb K at low concentrations. The lower the C_min for the root K uptake, the higher the expected NEK use efficiency of the plant.     

Self-similarity analysis of eubacteria genome based on weighted graph

We introduce a weighted graph model to investigate the self-similarity characteristics of eubacteria genomes. The regular treating in similarity comparison about genome is to discover the evolution distance among different genomes. Few people focus their attention on the overall statistical characteristics of each gene compared with other genes in the same genome. In our model, each genome is attributed to a weighted graph, whose topology describes the similarity relationship among genes in the same genome. Based on the related weighted graph theory, we extract some quantified statistical variables from the topology, and give the distribution of some variables derived from the largest social structure in the topology. The 23 eubacteria recently studied by Sorimachi and Okayasu are markedly classified into two different groups by their double logarithmic point-plots describing the similarity relationship among genes of the largest social structure in genome. The results show that the proposed model may provide us with some new sights to understand the structures and evolution patterns determined from the complete genomes.     

1,3-二氯苯对芦苇湿地土壤生物活性的影响

采用传统微生物培养及酶学方法,研究了1,3-二氯苯(1,3-DCB)对芦苇湿地土壤微生物及酶活的影响。结果表明,1,3-DCB处理芦苇湿地土壤对微生物不同类群影响不同,其中对细菌和放线菌生长具有抑制作用,各浓度1,3-DCB处理对放线菌的抑制较为显著,浓度高于120μg/g显著抑制对细菌的生长。1,3-DCB对真菌表现为先刺激后抑制。在实验过程中,1,3-DCB可显著抑制湿地土壤过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶的活性,表明这2种酶是1,3-DCB污染芦苇湿地土壤的敏感指标。     

中国壮族和裕固族群体HLA Ⅰ类区域Alu插入多态性及其与HLA-A位点的相关性

近年来研究发现:位于HLAⅠ类基因区域的Alu插入是研究不同群体HLAⅠ类基因区域祖先单倍型和HLAⅠ类基因多样性产生、进化和重组的理想工具。文章对中国壮族和裕固族群体HLAⅠ类基因区域5个Alu插入多态性(AluMICB、AluTF、AluHJ、AluHG和AluHF)进行研究,结合HLA基因分型数据,分析壮族、裕固族、哈尼族、布朗族和傣族5个民族群体中Alu插入与HLA-A等位基因的关系。研究结果显示:(1)壮族和裕固族人群中5个Alu插入频率范围分别为1.5%~35.8%和9.2~34.8%,AluMICB、AluTF和AluHF插入频率在这两个群体中有统计学差异(P<0.05);(2)在5个研究的群体中,AluHG插入与HLA-A*02的不同亚型关联;AluHJ插入与HLA-A*2402在5个群体中都关联,但AluHJ与HLA-A*1101和HLA-A*2407只在布朗族中关联。表明不同群体HLAⅠ类基因区域内Alu插入具有各自的特征,且Alu插入与不同的HLA-A等位基因相关联。这种Alu插入及其与HLA-A的关联特征可作为研究群体中HLAⅠ类基因和单倍型系谱变化的重要遗传标记。     

阳离子-π相互作用在两种典型蛋白质折叠型中的偏好性

阳离子-π相互作用是一种在阳离子和芳香性体系之间形成的一种作用力。在蛋白质中,带正电荷的氨基酸(Lys、Arg)和芳香族氨基酸(Phe、Tyr、Trp)之间可以形成阳离子-π相互作用。对α/β类蛋白中两种典型折叠类型――单绕和双绕的研究表明:(1)单绕结构中阳离子-π相互作用的分布密度是双绕结构的2.3倍。(2)Arg-Phe组合偏好在双绕中出现,Arg-Tyr组合偏好在单绕中出现。(3)在单绕中除Lys-Phe组合外,其余5种组合的阳离子-π相互作用能量高于双绕的对应组合,其中以Arg-Trp组合的能量最高。(4)在单绕结构中,样本所含氨基酸残基数量和样本中阳离子-π的数量有明显的相关性,在双绕结构中没有发现类似的相关性。(5)在单绕和双绕结构当中,把阳离子-π相互作用能量分解为静电能和范德华力能揭示出静电能与范德华力能之比接近2∶1,静电作用在阳离子-π相互作用中起主要作用。     

Overexpression and small molecule-triggered downregulation of CIP2A in lung cancer

Background

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with a five-year overall survival rate of only 15%. Cancerous inhibitor of PP2A (CIP2A) is a human oncoprotein inhibiting PP2A in many human malignancies. However, whether CIP2A can be a new drug target for lung cancer is largely unclear.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Normal and malignant lung tissues were derived from 60 lung cancer patients from southern China. RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were used to evaluate the expression of CIP2A. We found that among the 60 patients, CIP2A was undetectable or very low in paratumor normal tissues, but was dramatically elevated in tumor samples in 38 (63.3%) patients. CIP2A overexpression was associated with cigarette smoking. Silencing CIP2A by siRNA inhibited the proliferation and clonogenic activity of lung cancer cells. Intriguingly, we found a natural compound, rabdocoetsin B which is extracted from a Traditional Chinese Medicinal herb Rabdosia coetsa, could induce down-regulation of CIP2A and inactivation of Akt pathway, and inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in a variety of lung cancer cells.

Conclusions/Significance

Our findings strongly indicate that CIP2A could be an effective target for lung cancer drug development, and the therapeutic potentials of CIP2A-targeting agents warrant further investigation.