水稻齿叶矮缩病毒Pns10蛋白的原核表达、抗血清制备及初步应用

水稻齿叶矮缩病毒Pns10蛋白由基因组片段S10编码。从RRSV福建沙县分离物(RRSV-F)中获取该病毒的全基因组,根据RRSV泰国分离物核苷酸序列设计特异性引物获得S10编码区,利用Directional TOPO克隆技术,将S10连接至克隆表达载体pET100/D-TOPO构建重组质粒,并进行了序列测定和分析。重组质粒经IPTG诱导在BL21star(DE3)E.coli中高效表达约35 kD Pns10蛋白。将Pns10蛋白免疫新西兰大白兔制备了特异性的抗血清,间接ELISA法测定抗血清效价为1∶7 680,Western blot分析表明抗血清特异性强。表达产物及抗血清在Pns10蛋白的结构和功能研究中具有重要的应用价值,制备的抗血清可用于水稻病株和传播介体的检测以及病毒病的诊断。     

中国螽斯的分类研究I.中国蛩螽族十新种(直翅目:螽斯总科:蛩螽科)

蛩螽族 Meconematini隶属于蛩螽科 Meconematidae,是一类体形较小而纤弱 ,但活动非常敏捷的螽斯。我国记载约 1 0属 72种。俄罗斯直翅目分类学家 Gorochov( 1 993,1 998)对这一类群的分类系统进行了调整 ,根据雄性生殖器的构造 ,建立了不少新属及新亚属 ,并发表了相当多的新种。在 Gorochov确定的属及亚属特征中偏重了雄性的形态特征 ,对雌性和两性共有的一些特征却没有给予归纳 ,至使一部分仅知雌性的种类无法被正确归属。我们将根据现已掌握的材料 ,对一些属和亚属的地位重新进行划分 ,确立 1个较合理的 ,能客观反映其间亲缘关系及演化规律的分类系统。本文根据中国蛩螽族的材料 ,描述 1 0新种 ,分别隶属于优剑螽属 Euxiphidiopsis,东栖螽属 Eoxizicus和新栖螽属 N eoxizicus,其中的优剑螽属 Euxiphidiopsis和东栖螽属 Eoxizicus是由亚属提升为属的地位 ,和新的同物异名 (东栖螽属 Eoxizicus Goro-chov,1 993=亚栖螽属 Axizicus Gorochov,1 998)。原先的副剑螽亚属 Paraxiphid-iopsis Gorochov,1 993看作是优剑螽属 Euxiphidiopsis的 1个亚属。所有模式标本分别保存在中国科学院上海昆虫研究所 ,北京中科院动物研究所 ,天津自然博物馆和广州中山大学昆虫学研究所。     

土壤水分胁迫对夏玉米植株性状整齐度的影响

利用大型防雨设施池栽,严格调控水量,研究夏玉米全程及阶段性土壤水分胁迫对植株性状整齐度的影响。结果表明,夏玉米生育全程水分胁迫,植株性状整齐度全面劣化,产量极低;苗期阶段水分胁迫导致大、小苗,壮、弱苗两极分化明显,株高整齐度显著下降,其负效应持续至生育后期,生育进程推迟,千粒重显著降低,对产量造成一定影响;穗期阶段水分胁迫对穗长、穗料数整齐度影响明显,产量降幅度较大;花粒期阶段水平胁迫对千粒重及穗     

Two genes present on a transposon-like structure in Lactococcus lactis are involved in a Clp-family proteolytic activity

The lactose-protease plasmid pUCL22 of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis strain CNRZ270 contained two inverted copies of IS 1076 flanking a region of 3.7 kb. This internal region was sequenced and found to contain two large open reading frames, ORF1 and ORFP in opposite orientations. ORF1 consists of 2289 bp; the deduced 763-amino-acid sequence is similar to the ATPases of the ClpA family. It contains two well-conserved consensus ATP-binding sites. It was named ClpL. ORFP consists of 930 bp encoding a protein of 310 amino acids. No similarity with any known protein was found in GenBank data for ORFP. Increased ATP-dependent proteolytic activity was detected in extracts from Escherichia coli cells expressing the clpL and ORFP genes.     

鲨鱼软骨血管生成抑制因子的纯化和功能

以中国东海鲸鲨软骨为原料,通过盐抽提、丙酮分级沉淀、离子交换层折、分子筛层析、高效液相色谱等步骤,获得鲨鱼软骨血管生成抑制因子－Ｉ（ｓｈａｒｋ ｃａｒｔｉｌｇａｅ ａｎｇｉｏｇｅｎｅｓｉｓ ｉｎｈｉｂｉｔｏｒｙ ｆａｃｔｏｒ－Ｉ,ＳＣＡＩＦ－Ｉ）,对其分子量、抑制血管生成及抑制肿瘤生长活性进行了研究。结果显示ＳＣＡＩＦ－Ｉ分子量１８ｋＤ,在细胞和整体水平上显著抑制新血管生成,显著抑制小鼠肿瘤的生长     

Four New Diterpenoid Alkaloids from The Roots of Aconitum coreanum

Four new hetisine‐type C₂₀‐diterpenoid alkaloids, named as coreanines A–D ( 1 – 4 ), were isolated from the roots of Aconitum coreanum, together with thirteen known alkaloids ( 5 – 17 ). Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods including IR, HR‐ESI‐MS and NMR techniques. All the isolated compounds were screened for the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory effects, and none of them showed considerable inhibitory activity.     

MicroRNA-375-3p inhibitor suppresses angiotensin II-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by promoting lactate dehydrogenase B expression

Cardiac hypertrophy is a myocardial enlargement due to overload pressure, and the primary cause of heart failure. We investigated the function of miR-375-3p in cardiac hypertrophy and its regulating mechanisms. miR-375-3p was upregulated in hearts of the transverse aortic constriction rat model and angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced primary cardiomyocyte hypertrophy model; the opposite was observed for lactate dehydrogenase B (LDHB) protein expression. miR-375-3p knockdown reduced the surface area of primary cardiomyocytes increased by Ang II treatment and decreased the B-natriuretic peptide (BNP) and β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC) messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein levels. miR-375-3p was also observed to directly target LDHB. LDHB knockdown increased the surface area of Ang II-treated primary cardiomyocytes and increased the BNP and β-MHC mRNA and protein levels. LDHB knockdown attenuated the effects of miR-375-3p on the surface area of primary cardiomyocytes and BNP and β-MHC levels. Therefore, miR-375-3p inhibitor suppresses Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by promoting LDHB expression.     

Targeting Hedgehog signaling pathway and autophagy overcomes drug resistance of BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia

The frontline tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib has revolutionized the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, drug resistance is the major clinical challenge in the treatment of CML. The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway and autophagy are both related to tumorigenesis, cancer therapy, and drug resistance. This study was conducted to explore whether the Hh pathway could regulate autophagy in CML cells and whether simultaneously regulating the Hh pathway and autophagy could induce cell death of drug-sensitive or -resistant BCR-ABL⁺ CML cells. Our results indicated that pharmacological or genetic inhibition of Hh pathway could markedly induce autophagy in BCR-ABL⁺ CML cells. Autophagic inhibitors or ATG5 and ATG7 silencing could significantly enhance CML cell death induced by Hh pathway suppression. Based on the above findings, our study demonstrated that simultaneously inhibiting the Hh pathway and autophagy could markedly reduce cell viability and induce apoptosis of imatinib-sensitive or -resistant BCR-ABL⁺ cells. Moreover, this combination had little cytotoxicity in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Furthermore, this combined strategy was related to PARP cleavage, CASP3 and CASP9 cleavage, and inhibition of the BCR-ABL oncoprotein. In conclusion, this study indicated that simultaneously inhibiting the Hh pathway and autophagy could potently kill imatinib-sensitive or -resistant BCR-ABL⁺ cells, providing a novel concept that simultaneously inhibiting the Hh pathway and autophagy might be a potent new strategy to overcome CML drug resistance.