Proteomic Analysis Reveals that Odoroside A Triggers G2/M Arrest and Apoptosis in Colorectal Carcinoma Through ROS‐p53 Pathway

Odoroside A (OA) is an active ingredient extracted from the leaves of Nerium oleander Linn. (Apocynaceae). This study aims to examine the anticancer bioactivity of OA against CRC cells and to investigate the action mechanisms involved. As a result, OA can significantly inhibit cellular ability and induce apoptosis of CRC cells in a concentration‐dependent manner without any obvious cytotoxicity in normal colorectal epithelial cells. Then, quantitative proteomics combined with bioinformatics is adopted to investigate the alterations of proteins and signaling pathways in response to OA treatment. As suggested by the proteomic analysis, flow cytometry and Western blotting analyses validate that exposure of CRC cells to OA causes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, accompanied with the activation of the ROS/p53 signaling pathway. This observation demonstrates that OA, as a natural product, can induce oxidative stress to suppress tumor cell growth, implicating a novel therapeutic agent against CRC without obvious side effects.     

亲缘供者外周血红细胞参数对造血干细胞采集影响的经验分析

目的探讨亲缘供者外周血红细胞参数对COBE Spectra血细胞分离机的自动外周血干细胞采集程序（AutoPBSC程序）与单个核细胞采集程序（MNC程序）的影响及经验分析。 方法选取河北燕达陆道培医院2019年6月至2021年2月小红细胞亲缘供者31例45次采集为小红细胞组,选取同期非小红细胞亲缘供者51例60次采集为非小红细胞组,分别应用AutoPBSC程序和MNC程序,比较两组采集情况及采集产品相关指标。采用独立样本t检验和Mann-Whitney U检验分析2组计量资料的差异。 结果与小红细胞AutoPBSC程序组比较,小红细胞MNC程序组血小板（PLT）降低率[（25.88±15.83）﹪比（36.64±10.22）﹪]、采集效率[32.65﹪（23.60﹪,73.82﹪）比63.74﹪ （59.83﹪,68.55﹪）]、采集物体积[（158.83±34.39）比（222.91±63.9）mL]、MNC总数[（218.04±117.57）×10⁸/L比（350.24±127.64）×10⁸/L]、CD34⁺细胞总数[113.83×10⁶/L （79.25×10⁶/L,154.10×10⁶/L）比233.26×10⁶/L （177.18×10⁶/L,392.51×10⁶/L）]、MNC计数[（4.04±2.61）×10⁸/kg比（5.54±2.22）×10⁸/ kg]、CD34⁺计数[1.84×10⁶/kg （1.16×10⁶/kg,4.41×10⁶/kg）比3.64×10⁶/kg （2.49×10⁶/kg,6.37×10⁶/kg）]均升高,差异有统计学意义（P < 0.05）;与非小红细胞AutoPBSC程序组比较,非小红细胞组MNC程序组采集物体积[（162.83±51.74）比（242.56±43.25）mL]升高,差异有统计学意义（P < 0.05）。 结论对造血干细胞移植供者红细胞体积偏小时,应用MNC程序采集外周血造血干细胞,比应用AutoPBSC程序更有优势。     

Probing the production of amidated peptides following genetic and dietary copper manipulations

Amidated neuropeptides play essential roles throughout the nervous and endocrine systems. Mice lacking peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM), the only enzyme capable of producing amidated peptides, are not viable. In the amidation reaction, the reactant (glycine-extended peptide) is converted into a reaction intermediate (hydroxyglycine-extended peptide) by the copper-dependent peptidylglycine-α-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM) domain of PAM. The hydroxyglycine-extended peptide is then converted into amidated product by the peptidyl-α-hydroxyglycine α-amidating lyase (PAL) domain of PAM. PHM and PAL are stitched together in vertebrates, but separated in some invertebrates such as Drosophila and Hydra. In addition to its luminal catalytic domains, PAM includes a cytosolic domain that can enter the nucleus following release from the membrane by γ-secretase. In this work, several glycine- and hydroxyglycine-extended peptides as well as amidated peptides were qualitatively and quantitatively assessed from pituitaries of wild-type mice and mice with a single copy of the Pam gene (PAM(+/-)) via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based methods. We provide the first evidence for the presence of a peptidyl-α-hydroxyglycine in vivo, indicating that the reaction intermediate becomes free and is not handed directly from PHM to PAL in vertebrates. Wild-type mice fed a copper deficient diet and PAM(+/-) mice exhibit similar behavioral deficits. While glycine-extended reaction intermediates accumulated in the PAM(+/-) mice and reflected dietary copper availability, amidated products were far more prevalent under the conditions examined, suggesting that the behavioral deficits observed do not simply reflect a lack of amidated peptides.     

果园间作模式下杏树与苜蓿的根系分布特征及其土壤理化性质研究

该研究采用田间小区试验,设计杏树(Prunus armeniaca)下清耕(CK)和杏树间作紫花苜蓿(T)2个处理,实地采集测定各样地不同土层紫花苜蓿的根系生物量以及杏树的侧根系生物量,并测定土壤pH、电导率及其土壤有机质和速效氮含量,分析果园间作模式下紫花苜蓿对果树侧根系垂直分布特征及其土壤理化性质的影响,为果园间作苜蓿模式的推广提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)CK与T处理下的杏树侧根生物量在土壤中的垂直分布都主要集中在20~60cm土层,其生物量分别为750.8g和737.6g,分别占总侧根生物量的64.4%和64.5%;紫花苜蓿根系生物量分布呈倒金字塔型,且主要分布在0~40cm土层(166.3g),其中0~20cm土层的根系生物量最高(97.4g),占根系总生物量的35.8%。(2)与CK处理相比,T处理可有效增加果园表层土壤的有机质含量、速效态氮含量、硝态氮含量和铵态氮含量,其中,在0~20cm土层分别显著增加17.1%、40.8%、28.5%和40.8%,在20~40cm土层分别显著增加36.1%、23.1%、60.2%和23.8%,并显著降低了表层土壤电导率,但对土壤pH无显著影响。研究认为,杏园间作牧草紫花苜蓿虽然杏树与苜蓿根系会发生较小资源的竞争,但有利于改善林下土壤的理化性质和养分状况,能够有效促进果树的生长发育。     

光强和氮源及其浓度对缺刻缘绿藻生长、油脂和花生四烯酸积累的影响

对缺刻缘绿藻（Parietochloris incisa（Reisigl） S.Watanabe）在不同光强和氮源及其浓度条件下的生长状况及油脂和花生四烯酸（AA）的积累规律进行了研究。结果显示,缺刻缘绿藻在3种氮源条件下均能较好地生长。在高氮浓度条件下,增大光强能显著提高缺刻缘绿藻的生物量并促进油脂和AA的积累。缺刻缘绿藻在300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1光强、8.8 mmol·L^-1NaNO₃条件下生物量达到最大（4.17 g·L^-1）。油脂含量在100 μmol·m^-2·s^-1光强、1.0 mmol·L^-1氮浓度下达到最高,分别为41.17%（NaNO₃）、42.04%（NH₄HCO₃）和39.96%（CO（NH₂）₂）。AA绝对含量在300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1光强、2.9 mmol·L^-1 NaNO₃条件下达到最高,占细胞干重的16.44%。油脂和AA产率,在300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1光强、以NaNO₃为氮源的条件下达到最大,分别为134.6 mg·L^-1·d^-1（1.0 mmol·L^-1）和35.85 mg·L^-1·d^-1（2.9 mmol·L^-1）。综合考虑成本等因素,选择NH₄HCO₃（5.9 mmol·L^-1）和CO（NH₂）₂（2.9 mmol·L^-1）为氮源、在300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1高光强下培养缺刻缘绿藻进行AA的生产为最优方案。     

海南猕猴岭自然保护区海南锥+黄牛木群落特征研究

采用样地调查法,对海南猕猴岭自然保护区海南锥+黄牛木（Castanopsis hainanensis Merr.+Cratoxylum cochinchinense（Lour.）Blume）群落的植物区系组成、结构特征和物种多样性进行研究。结果显示：（1）在2500 m²样地中,有维管束植物39科73属85种;种子植物区系以热带性质为主。（2）生活型以高位芽为主,占94.12%;叶级以中型叶为主,占71.76%。（3）优势种群处于增长阶段;群落物种频度等级分布为A > C > B > E > D。（4）群落物种丰富度指数为9.85,均匀度指数为0.74,Simpson指数为0.95,Shannon-Wiener指数为3.29;优势种群的优势地位明显,但幼苗更新不足,群落均匀度和多样性指数较低,应加强就地保护力度。     

南京小龙山钾矿区植物根际可培养细菌的遗传多样性分析

摘要:【目的】矿区优势植物可培养细菌生物多样性研究将有助于了解植物根际细菌与矿物,植物根系相互作用及对矿物风化和土壤形成的重要影响。【方法】采用纯培养法分离南京小龙山废钾矿区野生植物野塘蒿,千金子和栽培植物甘薯根内与根周围土壤的可培养细菌, 通过16S rDNA限制性酶切多态性分析(amplified rDNA restriction analysis, ARDRA)和16S rDNA序列分析研究了可培养细菌的多样性。【结果】分离纯化到60株具不同菌落形态的可培养细菌, 在60%相似水平上可分为18个OTU. 19株代表菌株分别属于3个门, 10个科, 11个属。多数菌株属于变形菌门(α-proteobacteria, 4株, 21.1%; β-proteobacteria, 2株, 10.5%; γ-proteobacteria, 6株, 31.6%)。假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas), 泛菌属(Pantoea)和根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)为优势种群。【结论】小龙山废矿区优势植物根围具有丰富的微生物种群多样性。     

病毒衣壳结构亚单位的种类数与三角形剖分数关系的研究和探讨

本文报道了在正廿面体病毒衣壳中,当蛋白结构亚单位以“三聚体”的形式聚集在单位三角形(?)时,其亚单位的种类数应等于该病毒的三角形剖分数值。