Aspergillus niger DLFCC-90 rhamnoside hydrolase, a new type of flavonoid glycoside hydrolase

A novel rutin-α-L-rhamnosidase hydrolyzing α-L-rhamnoside of rutin, naringin, and hesperidin was purified and characterized from Aspergillus niger DLFCC-90, and the gene encoding this enzyme, which is highly homologous to the α-amylase gene, was cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115. The novel enzyme was classified in glycoside-hydrolase (GH) family 13.     

芥子气暴露的确证：家兔皮肤染毒后血红蛋白N端缬氨酸加合物的同位素稀释-NCI-GC/MS溯源性检测

素有＂毒剂之王＂之称的芥子气（HD）是目前危害最大的化学战剂之一,染毒后在体内可产生不同类型的特征性生物标志物,其对中毒诊断、溯源性分析以及毒理机制等研究有着重要的意义.本文首先采用同位素稀释-NCI-GC/MS分析方法监测和鉴定了HD体外全血染毒后产生的血红蛋白N端缬氨酸加合物（HETE-Val）;其次,研究了不同剂量HD（0.02～0.15LD50）经皮染毒家兔体内HETE-Val的时效、量效关系.结果表明,HETE-Val与家兔中毒剂量间有良好的量效关系,而时效关系表明染毒后15min内即可产生并检测到HETE-Val,一周内达到最大,随后逐渐下降,但至染毒后第103天仍可监测到该加合物.与血红蛋白N端缬氨酸加合反应的HD仅占HD染毒总量的～0.15‰,与家兔血液反应的HD约占HD染毒总量的～1%.表明HETE-Val是一种重要的生物标志物,并可应用于HD暴露的确证和化学武器核查的溯源性检测.     

A major QTL for resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize

Fusarium graminearum Schwabe, the conidial form of Gibberella zeae, is the causal fungal pathogen responsible for Gibberella stalk rot of maize. Using a BC₁F₁ backcross mapping population derived from a cross between ‘1145’ (donor parent, completely resistant) and ‘Y331’ (recurrent parent, highly susceptible), two quantitative trait loci (QTLs), qRfg1 and qRfg2, conferring resistance to Gibberella stalk rot have been detected. The major QTL qRfg1 was further confirmed in the double haploid, F₂, BC₂F₁, and BC₃F₁ populations. Within a qRfg1 confidence interval, single/low-copy bacterial artificial chromosome sequences, anchored expressed sequence tags, and insertion/deletion polymorphisms, were exploited to develop 59 markers to saturate the qRfg1 region. A step by step narrowing-down strategy was adopted to pursue fine mapping of the qRfg1 locus. Recombinants within the qRfg1 region, screened from each backcross generation, were backcrossed to ‘Y331’ to produce the next backcross progenies. These progenies were individually genotyped and evaluated for resistance to Gibberella stalk rot. Significant (or no significant) difference in resistance reactions between homozygous and heterozygous genotypes in backcross progeny suggested presence (or absence) of qRfg1 in ‘1145’ donor fragments. The phenotypes were compared to sizes of donor fragments among recombinants to delimit the qRfg1 region. Sequential fine mapping of BC₄F₁ to BC₆F₁ generations enabled us to progressively refine the qRfg1 locus to a ~500-kb interval flanked by the markers SSR334 and SSR58. Meanwhile, resistance of qRfg1 to Gibberella stalk rot was also investigated in BC₃F₁ to BC₆F₁ generations. Once introgressed into the ‘Y331’ genome, the qRfg1 locus could steadily enhance the frequency of resistant plants by 32–43%. Hence, the qRfg1 locus was capable of improving maize resistance to Gibberella stalk rot.     

Multiple induced mutagenesis for improvement of ethanol production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Kluyveromyces marxianus</Emphasis>

Kluyveromyces marxianus GX-15 was mutated multiple times by alternately treatment with UV irradiation and NTG for two cycles. Four mutant strains with improved ethanol yield were obtained. The maximum ethanol concentration, ethanol yield coefficient and theoretical ethanol yield of the best mutant strain, GX-UN120, was 69 g/l, 0.46 g/g and 91%, respectively, when fermenting 150 g glucose/l at 40°C. The corresponding values for GX-15 were 58 g/l, 0.39 g/g and 76%, respectively. GX-UN120 grew well in 11% (v/v) of ethanol, while GX-15 could not grow when ethanol was greater than 8% (v/v).     

人工接种猪瘟病毒对猪外周血白细胞的影响

为研究CSFV强毒感染对猪外周血白细胞的影响,本研究用猪瘟病毒石门株(CSFV SM)感染60日龄仔猪后,分析外周血中CSFV核酸载量动态变化、白细胞亚群变化和白细胞SLAⅠ和SLAⅡDR分子的表达情况。实验结果显示:实验仔猪经CSFV感染后48小时体温升高并可以在血液中检测到CSFV核酸,核酸载量持续升高,在感染后6日(DPI)达到最大值,为2 DPI时核酸载量的104.84±0.98倍;WBC、LYM、PLT数量持续降低,WBC在1DPI和2DPI分别降至65.87%和50.00%,LYM在1~3DPI分别降至70.68%、47.88%和23.29%,PLT数量持续降低,6DPI时仅为初始值的34.59%;NK、γδT、Tc、Th、CD3+CD4+CD8+和CD3-CD4-CD8-淋巴细胞在感染后均不同程度的减少,其中NK细胞在1DPI时减少78.49%,而后变化与1DPI比较差异不显著,γδT、Tc、CD3-CD4-CD8-、CD3+CD4+CD8+在3DPI时分别降至41.74%、43.83%、15.87%和32.96%,Th细胞在感染后持续下降,在6DPI时减少至42.95%;感染后淋巴细胞中表达S...     

高通量测序技术及其在微生物学研究中的应用

20世纪70年代发明的核酸测序技术为基因组学及其相关学科的发展做出了巨大贡献,本世纪初发展的以Illumina公司的HiSeq 2000,ABI公司的SOLID,和Roche公司的454技术为代表的高通量测序技术又为基因组学的发展注入了新活力.本文在阐述这些技术的基础上,着重讨论了新一代测序技术在微生物领域中的应用.     

Angiostatin production in cultivation of recombinant Pichia pastoris fed with mixed carbon sources

A recombinant strain of Pichia pastoris with a phenotype of Mut^S was used to produce angiostatin. Due to the low methanol consumption rate of this strain, both methanol and glycerol feedings, that produced oscillation in dissolved O₂ concentration, were used during the expression phase to improve cell growth and angiostatin expression. However, enhanced cell growth led to nitrogen limitation that suppressed further production of angiostatin, but addition of ammonia allowed angiostatin concentration to reach 108 mg l^–1 after an expression period of 96 h. The ratio of consumed glycerol to methanol of 1.5:1 (w/w) in the expression phase suggested that methanol played an important role in the metabolism of carbon sources.     

Characterization and identification of Sox2+ radial glia cells derived from rat embryonic cerebral cortex

During the central nervous system (CNS) development, radial glia cells (RGCs) play at least two essential roles, they contribute to neuronal production and the subsequent guidance of neuronal migration, whereas its precise distribution and contribution to cerebral cortex remains less understood. In this research, we used Vimentin as an astroglial marker and Sox2 as a neural progenitor marker to identify and investigate RGCs in rat cerebral cortex at embryonic day (E) 16.5. We found that the Sox2+ progenitor cells localized in the germinal zone (GZ) of E16.5 cerebral cortex, ~95% Sox2+ cells co-localized with Vimentin+ or Nestin+ radial processes which extended to the pial surface across the cortical plate (CP). In vitro, we obtained RG-like cells from E16.5 cerebral cortex on adherent conditions, these Sox2+ Radial glia (RG)-like cells shared some properties with RGCs in vivo, and these Sox2+ RG-like cells could differentiate into astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and presented the radial glia—neuron lineage differentiation ability. Taken together, we identified and investigated some characterizations and properties of Sox2+ RGCs derived from E16.5 cerebral cortex, we suggested that the embryonic Sox2+ progenitor cells which located in the cortical GZ were mainly composed of Sox2+ RGCs, and the cortex-derived Sox2+ RG-like cells displayed the radial glia—neuron lineage differentiation ability as neuronal progenitors in vitro.     

鄂伦春族体质现状及其与60年前资料的比较

对内蒙古鄂伦春自治旗１９１名（男８５,女１０６）,鄂伦春族成的人进行了活体观察与测量,总结了鄂伦春的体质和类型并在城乡之间、与６０年前同一地区的资料及我国北方一些的体质数据进行了比较。     

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A novel cDNA clone encoding a COR413-like gene was isolated by suppression subtraction hybridization and cDNA library screening from sea-island cotton (Gossypium barbadense). This gene (designated as GbCOR413, Accession number: AY761065) has a total length of 893 bp with an open reading frame of 600 bp, encoding a predicated polypeptide of 200 amino acids with a molecular weight of 22.74 kDa and a predicated pI of 9.2. Bioinformatics analyses revealed that this gene belonged to a novel stress-regulated multi-spanning transmembrane protein family without signal peptide. By means of semi-quantities RT-PCR analysis, the expression of GbCOR413 under short-term cold treatment at 4°C, water submergence and abscic acid treatment was investigated. Our studies suggested that the cloned gene was a new member of COR gene family which was slowly responsive to cold stress in cotton. Jin Wang and Kai-Jing Zuo are co-first authors of this paper.