中国球藓属(丛藓科)植物分布新资料

报道了球藓密疣变种在中国的新分布。该变种主要分布于欧洲、大洋洲和北美洲,在中国为首次记录。该文对其形态特征进行了详细的描述与拍照,凭证标本存放于内蒙古大学植物标本馆(HIMC)。     

Alleviation of gut inflammation by Cdx2/Pxr pathway in a mouse model of chemical colitis

Pregnane X Receptor (PXR), a master regulator of drug metabolism and inflammation, is abundantly expressed in the gastrointestinal tract. Baicalein and its O-glucuronide baicalin are potent anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer herbal flavonoids that undergo a complex cycle of interconversion in the liver and gut. We sought to investigate the role these flavonoids play in inhibiting gut inflammation by an axis involving PXR and other potential factors. The consequences of PXR regulation and activation by the herbal flavonoids, baicalein and baicalin were evaluated in vitro in human colon carcinoma cells and in vivo using wild-type, Pxr-null, and humanized (hPXR) PXR mice. Baicalein, but not its glucuronidated metabolite baicalin, activates PXR in a Cdx2-dependent manner in vitro, in human colon carcinoma LS174T cells, and in the murine colon in vivo. While both flavonoids abrogate dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-mediated colon inflammation in vivo, oral delivery of a potent bacterial β-glucuronidase inhibitor eliminates baicalin's effect on gastrointestinal inflammation by preventing the microbial conversion of baicalin to baicalien. Finally, reduction of gastrointestinal inflammation requires the binding of Cdx2 to a specific proximal site on the PXR promoter. Pharmacological targeting of intestinal PXR using natural metabolically labile ligands could serve as effective and potent therapeutics for gut inflammation that avert systemic drug interactions.     

神秘果种子蛋白质的提取与降糖效用研究

本文研究神秘果种子蛋白质(SDSP)的提取条件及其降糖效用,通过考察固液比、pH值、时间和温度等因素对SDSP提取率的影响来优化提取蛋白质的条件,并利用四氧嘧啶诱导糖尿病小鼠模型分析神秘果种子蛋白质的降糖效果。实验方法如下:将实验组小鼠分为正常对照组、糖尿病模型组、SDSP实验组(200 mg/kg)和阳性对照组(80 mg/kg二甲双胍),灌胃14 d后测量空腹血糖值(FBG),胰岛素含量和体重。实验结果表明SDSP的最佳提取工艺条件为固液比1∶20、pH 8.5、时间120 min、温度50℃。测定SDSP组的FBG含量比模型组降低46%,而胰岛素含量则增加约4倍。实验表明SDSP显著降低糖尿病小鼠空腹血糖值,促进胰岛素的分泌。     

小麦-簇毛麦6VS/6AL易位系可转化人工染色体(TAC)文库的构建

可转化人工染色体(Transformation\|competent Artificial Chromosome,TAC)是具有克隆和转移大片段基因能力的新型载体,是植物基因克隆和转化的有效工具。为了克隆小麦抗白粉病基因和其它基因,本研究用TAC载体pYLTAC17构建了带有抗白粉病基因Pm21的小麦簇毛麦6VS/6AL易位系的基因组DNA文库。该文库包含210万个克隆,平均插入片段35kb,库容相当于普通小麦基因组的49倍。本文库以约1000个克隆组成1个混合池的方式保存在22块96孔平板,可用PCR方法进行文库的筛选。     

多肽∶N-乙酰氨基半乳糖转移酶2在SGC7901细胞中同时定位于高尔基体顺面囊和反面囊

多肽∶N-乙酰氨基半乳糖转移酶(ppGalNAcT)在高尔基体中催化粘蛋白型O-糖基化的第一步．首先进行了人ppGalNAcT2多克隆抗体的制备和鉴定,进一步通过对分离的亚细胞结构进行蛋白质印迹分析,免疫细胞化学后共聚焦显微镜观察此抗体和两个高尔基体标记GS28(顺面高尔基体的分子标志)和TGN38(反面高尔基体的分子标志)来研究ppGalNAcT2在SGC7901细胞株中的亚细胞定位．结果表明：约有60%的ppGalNAcT2信号和GS28共定位,大约36%的ppGalNAcT2信号和TGN38共定位．约有34%的TGN38和ppGalNAcT2信号重叠,而约38%的反面高尔基体标志和ppGalNAcT2重叠．结论是：在SGC7901中,ppGalNAcT2同时定位于高尔基体顺面囊和反面囊中,实验证实了在高尔基体中进行粘蛋白型O-糖基化的起始反应．     

Expression of human p140trk receptors in p140trk-deficient,PC12/endothelial cells results in nerve growth factor-induced signal transduction and DNA synthesis

Nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates proliferation, differentiation, and survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons through the tyrosine kinase activity of its receptor, p140^trk. These biological effects of NGF depend upon the signal-mediating function of p140^trk substrates which are likely to differ from cell to cell. To define p140^trk receptor substrates and the details of signalling by NGF in the hybrid cell PC12EN, we stably transfected cultures with a vector encoding a full-length human p140^trk cDNA sequence. Two stably transfected clones, one expressing p140^trk with higher affinity (PC12EN-trk3; K_d 57.4 pM, B_max 9.7 pmole/mg) and one expressing p140^trk with a lower affinity (PC12EN-trk1; K_d 392.4 pM, B_max 5.7 pmole/mg) were generated. Radioreceptor assays indicate that transfected p140^trk receptors show slow NGF-dissociation kinetics, are resistant to trypsin or Triton X-100 treatment, are specific for NGF compared to other neurotrophins, and are internalized or downregulated as are native PC12 p140^trk receptors. NGF stimulates p140^trk tyrosine phosphorylation in a dose- (0.01-10 ng/ml) and time- (5-120 min) dependent manner, and tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited by 200-1,000 nM K-252a. NGF-induced Erk stimulation for 60 min was assessed using myelin basic protein as a substrate. NGF treatment also led to an increased phosphorylation of p70^S6k, SNT, and phospholipase Cγ, demonstrating that the major NGF-stimulated signalling pathways found in other cells are activated in PC12EN-trk cells. Staurosporine (5-50 nM) rapidly and dBcAMP (1 mM) more slowly, but not NGF induced morphological differentiation in PC12EN-trk cells. Rather, NGF treatment in low-serum medium stimulated a 1.3- and 2.3-fold increase in DNA synthesis measured by [³H]thymidine incorporation in PC12EN-trk1 and PC12EN-trk3, respectively. These data highlight the functionality of the transfected p140^trk receptors and indicate that these transfected cells may serve as a novel cellular model facilitating the study of the mitogenic properties of NGF signalling and the transducing role of the p140^trk receptor substrates. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:229-244. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. This article is a U.S. Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.     

水氮供应对夏棉产量、水氮利用及土壤硝态氮累积的影响

通过田间试验,研究了黄淮地区水氮供应对夏棉生长、产量及水氮利用效率的影响,探索在保证产量的同时提高水氮利用效率、减少农田水氮排放的管理模式.试验设置5个氮素水平(0、60、120、180、240 kg·hm^-2,分别记为N₀、N₁、N₂、N₃、N₄)和3个灌水水平(滴灌,灌水定额30、22.5、15 mm,分别记为I₁、I₂、I₃),使用裂区设计,主区为氮用量,裂区为灌水水平,共15个处理,3次重复.结果表明: 氮素和水分施用对夏棉生长和产量都有明显促进作用,但氮素影响更显著,是该地区调控夏棉生长和籽棉产量的主要因素.随着施氮量和灌水量的增加,花铃期生殖器官积累量、地上部干物质积累量和籽棉产量在开始阶段都逐步增加,当施氮量超过180 kg·hm^-2时,进一步增施氮肥会导致生殖器官积累量、地上部干物质积累量和籽棉产量减小.籽棉产量在N₃I₁处理达到最大,为4016 kg·hm^-2.增加施氮量能显著提高地上部总吸氮量和茎叶含氮量,但会降低氮肥偏生产力.灌溉水利用效率和田间水分利用效率分别在N₃I₃和N₃I₁处理最大,分别为5.40和1.24 kg·m^-3.随着施氮量的增加,土壤硝态氮含量明显增加,且硝态氮累积区域有下移趋势.综合考虑对地上部干物质积累、产量、水氮吸收利用及土壤硝态氮累积等的影响,N₃I₁处理可作为试验区夏季棉花生产的最优水氮管理方案.     

CRISPR/Cas9系统研究进展

CRISPR/Cas9系统的发展彻底改变了人们编辑DNA序列和调控目标基因表达水平的能力,从而为生物体的精确基因组编辑提供了有力的工具。简化后的CRISPR/Cas9系统由两部分组成:Cas9蛋白和sgRNA。其作用原理为sgRNA通过自身的Cas9把手与Cas9蛋白形成Cas9-sgRNA复合体,Cas9-sgRNA复合体中sgRNA的碱基互补配对区序列与目标基因的靶序列通过碱基互补配对原则进行配对结合,Cas9利用自身的核酸内切酶活性对目标DNA序列进行切割。与传统的基因组编辑技术相比,CRISPR/Cas9系统具有几大明显的优势:易用性、简便性、低成本、可编程性以及可同时编辑多个基因。CRISPR/Cas9基因组编辑技术以及衍生出来的CRISPRi和CRISPRa基因表达调控技术已经广泛应用于多种真核和原核生物中。综述了CRISPR/Cas9系统的起源、作用机理、在生物体中的应用和其衍生出的技术,并概述了其脱靶效应和未来前景。     

Conspecific density dependence and community structure: Insights from 11 years of monitoring in an old‐growth temperate forest in Northeast China

Forest community structure may be influenced by seedling density dependence, however, the effect is loosely coupled with population dynamics and diversity in the short term. In the long term the strength of conspecific density dependence may fluctuate over time because of seedling abundance, yet few long‐term studies exist. Based on 11 years of seedling census data and tree census data from a 25‐ha temperate forest plot in Northeast China, we used generalized linear mixed models to test the relative effects of local neighborhood density and abiotic factors on seedling density and seedling survival. Spatial point pattern analysis was used to determine if spatial patterns of saplings and juveniles, in relation to conspecific adults, were in accordance with patterns uncovered by conspecific negative density dependence at the seedling stage. Our long‐term results showed that seedling density was mainly positively affected by conspecific density, suggesting dispersal limitation of seedling development. The probability of seedling survival significantly decreased over 1 year with increasing conspecific density, indicating conspecific negative density dependence in seedling establishment. Although there was variation in conspecific negative density dependence at the seedling stage among species and across years, a dispersed pattern of conspecific saplings relative to conspecific adults at the local scale (<10 m) was observed in four of the 11 species examined. Overall, sapling spatial patterns were consistent with the impacts of conspecific density on seedling dynamics, which suggests that conspecific negative density dependence is persistent over the long term. From the long‐term perspective, conspecific density dependence is an important driver of species coexistence in temperate forests.     

Dynamic metabolic responses of brown planthoppers towards susceptible and resistant rice plants

Brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH) causes huge economic losses in rice‐growing regions, and new strategies for combating BPH are required. To understand how BPHs respond towards BPH‐resistant plants, we systematically analysed the metabolic differences between BPHs feeding on the resistant and susceptible plants using NMR and GC‐FID/MS. We also measured the expression of some related genes involving glycolysis and biosyntheses of trehalose, amino acids, chitin and fatty acids using real‐time PCR. BPH metabonome was dominated by more than 60 metabolites including fatty acids, amino acids, carbohydrates, nucleosides/nucleotides and TCA cycle intermediates. After initial 12 h, BPHs feeding on the resistant plants had lower levels of amino acids, glucose, fatty acids and TCA cycle intermediates than on the susceptible ones. The levels of these metabolites recovered after 24 h feeding. This accompanied with increased level in trehalose, choline metabolites and nucleosides/nucleotides compared with BPH feeding on the susceptible plants. Decreased levels of BPH metabolites at the early feeding probably resulted from less BPH uptakes of sap from resistant plants and recovery of BPH metabolites at the later stage probably resulted from their adaptation to the adverse environment with their increased hopping frequency to ingest more sap together with contributions from yeast‐like symbionts in BPHs. Throughout 96 h, BPH feeding on the resistant plants showed significant up‐regulation of chitin synthase catalysing biosynthesis of chitin for insect exoskeleton, peritrophic membrane lining gut and tracheae. These findings provided useful metabolic information for understanding the BPH–rice interactions and perhaps for developing new BPH‐combating strategies.