The apoptosis of HEL cells induced by hydroxyurea

INTRODUCTIONApoptosis(programmedcelldeath)playsafundamentalroleduringinvertebrateandvertebratedevelopment.Theoriginofhumancancermaybeassociatedwiththefailureofendangeredcellstoundergoapoptosis.Apoptosishasbeenobservedinmanydifferentcellsandinresponsetomanyphysiologicalsignalsortypesofstress[1,2].Itcanbeinducedbyglucocorticoidtreatment,exposuretoCa2 ionophoresorac--irradiationofmousethymocytesandgrowthfactordeprivationofbothhematopoieticandlymphoidcellsinvitro[3,4].Hydroxyureacanstimulate…     

Effects of Exogenous Nitric Oxide on Photochemical Activity of Photosystem Ⅱ in Potato Leaf Tissue Under Non-stress Condition

Under non-stress condition, effects of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in detached leaves and leaf discs of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) were surveyed. Results showed that the maximal quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) and the effective quantum efficiency (F P_SⅡ) of photosystem Ⅱ (PSⅡ) were reduced by exogenous NO under illumination (150 mmol.m^-2.s^-1, 25 ℃). This influence was related not only to the concentration of sodium nitroprusside (SNP, a NO donor) solution, but also to the active duration of NO on leaf tissue. Results with leaf discs showed that the effects of SNP on F P_SⅡ could be prevented by bovine hemoglobin (a powerful NO scavenger), while a mixture of NO^2- and NO^3- (the decomposition product of NO or its donor SNP) had much less influence on F P_SⅡ than SNP, indicating that effects of exogenous SNP on PSⅡ photochemical activity was mainly due to NO generation. Under light (150 mmol.m^-2.s^-1, 25 ℃) for 4 h or longer period, the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) in SNP-soaked leaves was statistically similar to that in H₂O-soaked control, but F P_SⅡ and the proportion of open reaction centers (measured as qP) were lower than control, respectively. After 25 min dark-adaptation, the maximal fluorescence (Fm) in SNP treatment (8 and 12 h illumination duration) was significantly lower than the control, while the initial fluorescence (F_o) in SNP and H₂O-treated leaves had no significant difference. Therefore this indicated that under the present experimental condition, the NO-affected site might not be the PSⅡ reaction centers. On the donor side of PSⅡ, NO putatively influenced the light-harvesting capacity of leaves under light; on the acceptor side, NO-affected sites were some components of electron transport chain after Q_A, i.e. NO enhanced the reductive degree of reaction centers through blocking the electron transport after Q_A, thus reducing the photochemical activity of PSⅡ.     

榉属植物总DNA提取方法研究

榉属植物体内酚类、多糖等次生物质含量较高, 严重影响从中提取总DNA 的产量和质量。针对这一问题探索出一种适合榉属植物总DNA 的提取方法, 并对提取的总DNA 进行了纯度和浓度的鉴定。结果表明此方法可有效去除次生物质对DNA 的干扰, 样品DNA 的质量和纯度较高, 可用于随机引物RAPD 扩增和随后的各种遗传学分析。     

抗菌活性放线菌的界面微滴移液互作分离筛选方法

[背景]放线菌是天然产物的宝库,目前应用于临床的天然抗生素有70％来源于放线菌的次级代谢产物.随着细菌对传统抗生素耐药问题的日趋严重,如何从自然生境中高效筛选新型活性放线菌资源并发现新型抗生素成为当前微生物学者面临的重要挑战.通过传统方法筛选活性放线菌不仅费时费力、试剂耗材消耗量大,并且筛选通量非常有限,难以对自然样品...     

基于cpDNA和rDNA ITS片段分析西南地区青杨派杨树的系统发育与进化关系

西南地区青杨派杨树种质资源丰富,可为杨树遗传改良提供珍贵的基因资源,但树种之间形态学差异细微,该研究以山杨作为外类群,测定了西南地区及其他地区杨属青杨派17个种(杂种)共36份样本的3个叶绿体片段(atpF-atpH、trnL-F和matK)和核糖体ITS片段,并对其进行系统发育分析,以探讨西南地区青杨派树种的系统进化关系。结果表明:(1)在所有样本中,3个叶绿体片段atpF-atpH、trnL-F、matK的长度分别为605~634bp、957~1 010bp、819bp,3个片段拼接后的联合序列包含29个变异位点和15个信息位点;ITS片段对齐后的长度为646bp,变异位点19个,信息位点17个。(2)基于叶绿体联合序列和ITS片段的杨属青杨派树种的平均遗传距离分别为0.001 3和0.003 6。叶绿体联合片段的MP和Bayes系统树树型基本一致,青杨派树种可以划分为2组,第1组由青杨、三脉青杨、大青杨和辽杨构成;第2组中的小叶杨、小青杨、川杨、德钦杨、昌都杨、乡城杨、康定杨、西南杨、滇杨和藏川杨不能有效区分,且均与缘毛杨的遗传关系较近。(3)基于ITS的系统树与叶绿体联合片段构建的系统树差异不大,仅在于第2组中的小青杨与小叶杨、川杨等差异明显,与第1组中的树种紧密聚拢。     

国产合瓣花植物名称的后选模式指定——Ⅰ. 杜鹃花科

在整理保存于中国科学院植物研究所中国国家植物标本馆（PE）的国产合瓣花植物模式标本时,根据《国际藻类、菌类、植物命名法规》（墨尔本法规）规则9.5,发现一些植物名称的模式为合模式,其中包括杜鹃花科的奇异杜鹃、怒江杜鹃、绢毛杜鹃、橙黄杜鹃、光蕊杜鹃、棕背川滇杜鹃、拟镰果杜鹃、镰果杜鹃、粘毛杜鹃、粗毛杜鹃、腾冲杜鹃、剑川杜鹃和红粗毛杜鹃。遵照规则8.1、9.11和9.12,以及辅则9A.3的精神,对这13个名称做出后选模式指定。     

海南龙血树野生资源分布及其与水热关系的分析

在全面调查海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)野生资源地理分布的基础上,用温度指数、湿度指数等气候指标分析了海南龙血树野生资源地理分布与气候因子间的关系。结果表明,海南龙血树野生资源在中国仅分布于海南岛西南部山区及南部沿海地区,水平分布于108°42′40.9″~110°27′36.8″E,18°14′27″~19°20′28.5″N,垂直分布范围为0~900 m,仅发现10个现存分布点;海南龙血树属于热带雨林、季雨林小乔木状植物,具有强耐旱、喜阳和喜钙等生态习性,其分布区的绝大部分水热因子是其分布的主要限制因子。主成分分析表明,影响海南龙血树地理分布的主要水热指标的排序为热量因子>降水因子>湿度因子。根据野生居群的生境特点,我们推测水分和光照强度可能是影响海南龙血树种子萌发率或幼苗成活率的重要因子。     

天麻醒脑胶囊对家兔血小板聚集和花生四烯酸诱导大鼠脑血栓形成的影响

采用比浊方法测定天麻醒脑胶囊在体内和体外对腺苷二磷酸（ADP）、花生四烯酸（arachidonic acid,AA）和血小板活化因子（platelet activating factor,PAF）诱导家兔血小板活化聚集的影响。采用从经大鼠颈内动脉注射诱发同侧大脑半球脑血栓形成方法评价天麻醒脑胶囊的抗脑血栓形成作用。天麻醒脑胶囊在体外呈浓度依赖性明显抑制从和ADP引起的血小板聚集,其半数抑制浓度（50％of inhibitory concentration,IC50）分别为1．83和3．25g/L。0．5和1g/kg的天麻醒脑胶囊于灌胃后明显抑制从诱导的家兔血小板聚集,本品1g/kg时显著阻抑ADP引起的血小板聚集。天麻醒脑胶囊在体内外对PAF诱导的血小板聚集均无明显影响。1、2g/kg天麻醒脑胶囊组的右侧与左侧脑重差值均显著减小,显著降低右脑伊文思蓝吸光度与右脑重的比值。结果提示,天麻醒脑胶囊具有较强的抗血小板和减轻脑血栓形成作用,有利于血小板聚集性增高的血栓栓塞性疾病的防治。     

中国内蒙古锡盟草原啮齿类裸头总科绦虫研究(绦虫纲,圆叶目)

报道了内蒙古锡盟草原啮齿类绦虫的感染情况,其中裸头总科占绦虫感染总数的17.3%,发现该总科绦虫6种,其中有2新种,中国新纪录4种,7个宿主新纪录.文中对新种内蒙古无摄腺绦虫Aprostatandrya(A.)neimongguensis Yun et Lin,sp.nov.,进行了详细描述和绘图,并与近似种做了比较,另1新种另文发表(贠莲等,2000),对文献中描述过于简单的中国新纪录种-杜文马氏带绦虫Mathevotaenia tuvensis Kadenazii et Sulimov,1964做了详细的描述和绘图,给出每个种宿主、寄生部位、地理分布及研究简史的介绍.