夏闲期轮耕对小麦田土壤水分及产量的影响

2007-2010年在宁南旱区研究了夏闲期免耕/深松/免耕(T1)、深松/免耕/深松(T2)、连年翻耕(CT)3种耕作方式对麦田土壤水分及产量的影响.结果表明:经过3年夏闲期T1和T2处理后,农田土壤蓄水效率平均分别较连年翻耕处理提高15.2％和26.5％;T1和T2处理的降水潜在利用率较高,分别达到37.8％和38.5％,降水生产效率平均分别较连年翻耕处理提高9.9％和10.7％.夏闲期轮耕能显著降低休闲期的土壤无效蒸发,有效保蓄小麦生长期的土壤水分.在冬小麦生长前期,T1和T2处理0～200 cm土层土壤水分平均分别较连年翻耕处理增加6.8％和9.4％;在拔节-抽穗-灌浆期,与连年翻耕处理相比,两处理可显著提高0 ～ 200 cm土层土壤蓄水量,对作物产量的贡献率较高.不同轮耕模式在增加作物耗水量的同时也提高了作物产量及水分利用效率,与CT处理相比,3年T1和T2处理作物耗水量平均分别提高5.2％和6.1％,产量分别增加9.9％和10.6％,作物水分生产效率分别提高4.5％和4.3％.相关分析表明,在干旱缺水的宁南地区,冬小麦播种期、拔节-抽穗-灌浆期的土壤蓄水量可显著影响产量,尤其抽穗期的土壤蓄水量对产量的影响更大.     

A ubiquitin-like protein unleashes ubiquitin ligases

Modification of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases by the ubiquitin-like molecule Nedd8 promotes substrate ubiquitination. A crystal structure of a cullin modified by Nedd8 recently reported in Cell (Duda et al., 2008) and a biochemical study in Molecular Cell (Saha and Deshaies, 2008) reveal the dramatic impact on the ligase machinery by conjugation of ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like proteins.     

金玉兰酶制剂(β-内酰胺酶)抗体制备及初步应用

以金玉兰酶制剂(β-内酰胺酶)为抗原,制备出对β-内酰胺酶特异的多克隆抗体和单克隆抗体,并进行了抗体纯化和特性分析。采用Tas-ELISA,初步对牛奶中的β-内酰胺酶进行了检测。结果表明利用该检测体系可实现对牛奶中β-内酰胺酶的检测,并且该体系灵敏度高,特异性强,重复性好。     

Requirement for Lamin B Receptor and Its Regulation by Importin β and Phosphorylation in Nuclear Envelope Assembly during Mitotic Exit

Lamin B receptor (LBR), a chromatin and lamin B-binding protein in the inner nuclear membrane, has been proposed to target the membrane precursor vesicles to chromatin mediated by importin β during the nuclear envelope (NE) assembly. However, the mechanisms for the binding of LBR with importin β and the membrane targeting by LBR in NE assembly remain largely unknown. In this report, we show that the amino acids (aa) 69–90 of LBR sequences are required to bind with importin β at aa 45–462, and the binding is essential for the NE membrane precursor vesicle targeting to the chromatin during the NE assembly at the end of mitosis. We also show that this binding is cell cycle-regulated and dependent on the phosphorylation of LBR Ser-71 by p34^cdc2 kinase. RNAi knockdown of LBR causes the NE assembly failure and abnormal chromatin decondensation of the daughter cell nuclei, leading to the daughter cell death at early G₁ phase by apoptosis. Perturbation of the interaction of LBR with importin β by deleting the LBR N-terminal spanning region or aa 69–73 also induces the NE assembly failure, the abnormal chromatin decondensation, and the daughter cell death. The first transmembrane domain of LBR promotes the NE production and expansion, because overexpressing this domain is sufficient to induce membrane overproduction of the NE. Thus, these results demonstrate that LBR targets the membrane precursor vesicles to chromatin by interacting with importin β in a LBR phosphorylation-dependent manner during the NE assembly at the end of mitosis and that the first transmembrane domain of LBR promotes the LBR-bearing membrane production and the NE expansion in interphase.     

Bienzyme system for the biocatalyzed deposition of polyaniline templated by multiwalled carbon nanotubes: a biosensor design

A novel method based on covalent attachment of two enzymes, glucose oxidase (GOD) and horseradish peroxide (HRP), onto carboxylic-derived multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) for the deposition of electroactive polyaniline (PANI) under ambient conditions is described. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the assembling of bienzyme and the morphology of PANI|MWNTs. Under the bienzyme biocatalytic condition, a head-to-tail structure of PANI templated by MWNTs was formed. The voltammetric characteristics of the resulting biosensor were investigated by cyclic voltammetry in the presence of glucose. The current response of PANI was linearly related to glucose concentration between 0.05 and 12.0mM with a correlation coefficient of 0.994. The synergistic performance of bienzyme, highly efficient polymerization, and templated deposition provide a general platform for the synthesis of nanowires and nanocircuits, the construction of bioelectronic devices, and the design of novel biosensors.     

血浆(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖诊断深部真菌感染的临床研究

目的探讨血浆(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖对早期诊断深部真菌感染的临床价值。方法收集2009年3月～11月间在北京友谊医院感染科住院患者174例,根据侵袭性真菌感染诊断标准,将患者分为排除深部真菌组、确诊组、临床诊断组、拟诊组。应用MB-80微生物动态快速检测系统,检测各组患者血浆(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖水平,分析比较深部真菌感染组和非深部真菌感染组血浆(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖的水平。结果深部真菌感染组血清(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖含量为(153.4±37.0)pg/mL,排除深部真菌感染组血清(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖含量为(54.6±8.6)pg/mL,两组间有统计学差异(t=3.4,P<0.01);分析血浆(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖诊断深部真菌感染,以20 pg/mL为诊断阈值,其准确率、敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为70.1%、87.5%、61.9%、52.1%、91.2%。确诊病例、临床诊断病例、拟诊病例,3组间血清(1-3)-β-D-葡聚糖含量无统计学差异(P>0.05)。结论深部真菌感染组的葡聚糖水平明显高于排除深部真菌感染组的葡聚糖水平,具有统计学意义。以20 pg/mL为诊断阈值,其准确率、敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为70.1%、87.5%、61.9%、52.1%、91.2%,可作为深部真菌感染的最佳诊断阈值。     

雷公藤内酯醇干预肾脏疾病的研究进展

雷公藤的提取物在中国被用于治疗肾小球肾炎已经有30年的历史。雷公藤提取物的主要活性成分雷公藤内酯醇具有免疫抑制和抗炎的特性,然而,毒性作用限制了其临床应用。深入研究雷公藤内酯醇的药理机制,将有助于其临床应用和降低毒副反应。对国内外关于雷公藤内酯醇对肾脏影响的研究成果进行了综述。     

Angiopoietin-2 promotes inflammatory lymphangiogenesis and its effect can be blocked by the specific inhibitor L1-10

Angiopoietin (Ang)-2, a ligand of the receptor tyrosine kinase Tie2, is known to be involved in the regulation of embryonic lymphangiogenesis. However, the role of Ang-2 in postnatal pathological lymphangiogenesis, such as inflammation, is largely unknown. We used a combination of imaging, molecular, and cellular approaches to investigate whether Ang-2 is involved in inflammatory lymphangiogenesis. We observed strong and continuous expression of Ang-2 on newly generated lymphatic vessels for 2 wk in sutured corneas of BALB/c mice. This expression was concurrent with an increased number of lymphatic vessels. TNF-α expression also increased, with peak TNF-α expression occurring before peak Ang-2 expression was reached. In vitro experiments showed that TNF-α stimulates Ang-2 and Tie2 and ICAM-1 expression on human lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) and blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs). Ang-2 alone did not affect the biological behavior of LECs, whereas Ang-2 combined with TNF-α significantly promoted the proliferation of LECs but not BECs. In mouse models, blockade of Ang-2 with L1-10, an Ang-2-specific inhibitor, significantly inhibited lymphangiogenesis but promoted angiogenesis. These results clearly indicate that Ang-2 acts as a crucial regulator of inflammatory lymphangiogenesis by sensitizing the lymphatic vasculature to inflammatory stimuli, thereby directly promoting lymphangiogenesis. The involvement of Ang-2 in inflammatory lymphangiogenesis provides a strong rationale for the exploitation of anti-Ang-2 treatment in the prevention and treatment of tumor metastasis and transplant rejection.     

Selection of aptamers against inactive Vibrio alginolyticus and application in a qualitative detection assay

Aptamers against inactive Vibrio alginolyticus were selected from an 82-nt ssDNA random library by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment. After 15 rounds of selection, the final pool of aptamers was highly specific for inactivated V. alginolyticus and had a dissociation constant of 27.5 ± 9.2 nM. Using these aptamers and PCR, V. alginolyticus could be detected at 100 cells/ml. Sequencing of the final pool of aptamers revealed that some sequences, termed high-frequency aptamers, appeared more than once; these may be of practical application. All sequences obtained were divided into nine families according to their homology tree, some conserved sequences were also found in each of the six families. One sequence was found in significant proportions of the aptamers, suggesting that this conserved sequence might be important for forming the three-dimensional aptamer structure.