红松人工林矿质营养元素含量与贮量的研究

以黑龙江省东北林业大学老山人工林实验站26林班白浆土栽培的红松人工林为试验地,林龄20年,公顷株数为3240株,研究结果表明,矿质元素贮量为502.37 kg·h^-1·m^-2,平均每年为25.12 kg·h^-1·m^-2。其中乔木层占总量的81.46%,灌木层占11.17%,草本层占2.56%,凋落层占4.81%。为增加矿质元素含量与贮量,应调整林分结构,促进生长,提高林地生产力。     

黑环罂粟-新变型

本文发表了黑环罂粟一新变型,即白花黑环罂粟Papaver pavoninum Schrenk.f.album X.J.Ge.     

糙皮侧耳（平菇）菌株CCEF89的生理生化研究

基于5mg/kg Cu²⁺以及1mL/L愈创木酚处理下的栽培料,通过对糙皮侧耳（平菇）菌株CCEF89的生长特性、降解过程、酶活产量以及胞外蛋白质含量的测定与分析,揭示了该菌株在营养生长和子实体形成过程中的生理生化变化。生长特性测定表明,2,2’-连氮基-双-(3-乙基苯并二氢噻唑啉-6-磺酸)二铵盐（ABTS）、愈创木酚、MnCl₂使菌丝生长变慢。菌丝在前10d主要对酸不溶木质素和半纤维素进行降解,20d开始利用纤维素和酸溶木质素。5mg/kg Cu²⁺处理的栽培料会促进菌丝生长,出菇期提前并促进漆酶分泌,而1mL/L愈创木酚的处理则在某种程度上对营养生长和子实体发育有抑制作用。12d后,羧甲基纤维素酶活与木聚糖酶具有极显著正相关性,且羧甲基纤维素酶活与胞外蛋白质含量也存在相关性。     

Development and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellites for Rhododendron simsii Planch (Ericaceae)

Rhododendron simsii is an important garden plant. We isolated and characterized eight microsatellite loci in this species. The average allele number of these microsatellites was 7.1 per locus, ranging from 6 to 9. The observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.278–0.944 and 0.556–0.871, respectively. This set of markers is potentially useful to investigate the genetic structure, gene flow, and the phylogeography of R. simsii.     

Association analysis of ERBB2 amplicon genetic polymorphisms and STARD3 expression with risk of gastric cancer in the Chinese population

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether risk of gastric cancer (GC) was associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a gene cluster on the chromosome 17q12-q21 (ERBB2 amplicon) in the Chinese Han population. We detected twenty-six SNPs in this gene cluster containing steroidogenic acute regulatory-related lipid transfer domain containing 3 (STARD3), protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 1B (PPP1R1B/DARPP32), titin-cap (TCAP), per1-like domain containing 1(PERLD1/CAB2), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (ERBB2/HER2), zinc-finger protein subfamily 1A 3 (ZNFN1A3/IKZF3) and DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha (TOP2A) genes in 311 patients with GC and in 425 controls by Sequenom. We found no associations between genetic variations and GC risk. However, haplotype analysis implied that the haplotype CCCT of STARD3 (rs9972882, rs881844, rs11869286 and rs1877031) conferred a protective effect on the susceptibility to GC (P = 0.043, odds ratio [OR] = 0.805, 95% confidence intervals [95% CI] = 0.643–0.992). The STARD3 rs1877031 TC genotype endued histogenesis of gastric mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet-ring cell carcinoma (P = 0.021, OR = 2.882, 95% CI = 1.173–7.084). We examined the expression of STARD3 in 243 tumor tissues out of the 311 GC patients and 20 adjacent normal gastric tissues using immumohistochemical (IHC) analysis and tissue microarrays (TMA). The expression of STARD3 was observed in the gastric parietal cells and in gastric tumor tissues and significantly correlated with gender (P = 0.004), alcohol drinking (P < 0.001), tumor location (P = 0.007), histological type (P = 0.005) and differentiation (P = 0.023) in GC. We concluded that the combined effect of haplotype CCCT of STARD3 might affect GC susceptibility. STARD3 expression might be related to the tumorigenesis of GC in the Chinese population.     

鄂尔多斯高原西部几种荒漠灌丛群落种间联结关系的研究

采用PC、PCC、AC、X2和r等公式对鄂尔多斯高原西部5种典型荒漠灌丛群落种间联结系数的求算,通过这些种间的相互关系,阐述了这些物种对生境要求的差异和分布特点,本文的研究结果对与建立在种群关系基础上的荒漠植被的研究具有重要的意义。     

Novel Mutations of ABCB6 Associated with Autosomal Dominant Dyschromatosis Universalis Hereditaria

Objective

Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH) is a rare heterogeneous pigmentary genodermatosis, which was first described in 1933. The genetic cause has recently been discovered by the discovery of mutations in ABCB6. Here we investigated a Chinese family with typical features of autosomal dominant DUH and 3 unrelated patients with sporadic DUH.

Methods

Skin tissues were obtained from the proband, of this family and the 3 sporadic patients. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical analysis of ABCB6 were performed. Peripheral blood DNA samples were obtained from 21 affected, 14 unaffected, 11 spouses in the family and the 3 sporadic patients. A genome-wide linkage scan for the family was carried out to localize the causative gene. Exome sequencing was performed from 3 affected and 1 unaffected in the family. Sanger sequencing of ABCB6 was further used to identify the causative gene for all samples obtained from available family members, the 3 sporadic patients and a panel of 455 ethnically-matched normal Chinese individuals.

Results

Histopathological analysis showed melanocytes in normal control’s skin tissue and the hyperpigmented area contained more melanized, mature melanosomes than those within the hypopigmented areas. Empty immature melanosomes were found in the hypopigmented melanocytes. Parametric multipoint linkage analysis produced a HLOD score of 4.68, with markers on chromosome 2q35-q37.2. A missense mutation (c.1663 C>A, p.Gln555Lys) in ABCB6 was identified in this family by exome and Sanger sequencing. The mutation perfectly cosegregated with the skin phenotype. An additional mutation (g.776 delC, c.459 delC) in ABCB6 was found in an unrelated sporadic patient. No mutation in ABCB6 was discovered in the other two sporadic patients. Neither of the two mutations was present in the 455 controls. Melanocytes showed positive immunoreactivity to ABCB6.

Conclusion

Our data add new variants to the repertoire of ABCB6 mutations with DUH.     

Biomechanical Characteristics of Osteoporotic Fracture Healing in Ovariectomized Rats: A Systematic Review

Biomechanical tests are widely used in animal studies on osteoporotic fracture healing. However, the biomechanical recovery process is still unknown, leading to difficulty in choosing time points for biomechanical tests and in correctly assessing osteoporotic fracture healing. To determine the biomechanical recovery process during osteoporotic fracture healing, studies on osteoporotic femur fracture healing with biomechanical tests in ovariectomized rat (OVX) models were collected from PUBMED, EMBASE, and Chinese databases. Quadratic curves of fracture healing time and maximum load were fitted with data from the analyzed studies. In the fitted curve for normal fractures, the predicted maximum load was 145.56 N, and the fracture healing time was 88.0 d. In the fitted curve for osteoporotic fractures, the predicted maximum load was 122.30 N, and the fracture healing time was 95.2 d. The maximum load of fractured femurs in OVX rats was also lower than that in sham rats at day 84 post-fracture (D84 PF). The fracture healing time was prolonged and maximum load at D84 PF decreased in OVX rats with closed fractures. The maximum load of Wister rats was higher than that of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, but the fracture healing time of SD and Wister rats was similar. Osteoporotic fracture healing was delayed in rats that were < = 12 weeks old when ovariectomized, and at D84 PF, the maximum load of rats < = 12 weeks old at ovariectomy was lower than that of rats >12 weeks old at ovariectomy. There was no significant difference in maximum load at D84 PF between rats with an osteoporosis modeling time <12 weeks and > = 12 weeks. In conclusion, fracture healing was delayed and biomechanical property decreased by osteoporosis. Time points around D95.2 PF should be considered for biomechanical tests of osteoporotic femur fracture healing in OVX rat models. Osteoporotic fracture healing in OVX rats was affected by the fracture type but not by the strain of the rat.