一种新的血管生成抑制因子--hPK-5

hPK-5是人纤溶酶原的结构域片段,它针对增生的内皮细胞而呈现很高的作用特异性,表现出抗内皮细胞增殖活性,调节血管增生的平衡以及炎症反应。鉴于它是内源性的抗血管生成因子,且具有分子量小、易于表达和高效的生物学活性等优势,充分展示了其重要的研究价值和临床应用前景。     

蚜虫迁飞的研究进展

蚜虫的迁飞能造成危害扩展、病毒病传播和防碍人们的正常生活。蚜虫迁飞有其生理生态基础。寄主营养、蚜群拥挤度、天敌以及气候条件是刺激有翅蚜产生的主因素。蚜虫迁飞与卵巢发育存在明显的共轭关系。蚜虫迁飞多发生在晴朗的白天 ,并且温度、光照和风是影响迁飞行为的主导因子。蚜虫可上升到逆温层并随气流迁飞到上百公里以外的地方。目前 ,昆虫雷达观察、天气学分析和分子生物学方法已应用于蚜虫迁学的研究中 ,文章对蚜虫迁飞的生理生态基础、迁飞行为、影响迁飞的生态因子以及研究方法进行了综述 ,以期为蚜虫这类小型昆虫的迁飞研究提供指导     

Nuclear reconstitution of demembranated Orychophragmus violaceus sperm in Xenopus laevis egg extracts

The cell-free extracts from animal Xenopus laevis egg could induce chromatin decon-densation and pronuclear formation from demembranated plant (Orychophragmus violaceus) sperm. The demembranated Orychophragmus violaceus sperm began to swell in 30 min incubation, and then were gradually decondensed. The reassembly of nuclear envelope in the reconstituted nuclei had been visualized by means of electron microscopy and fluorescent microscopy. Membrane vesicles fused to form the double envelope around the periphery of the decondensed chromatin. The morphology of the newly formed nucleus, with a double membrane, was similar to those nuclei after fertilization. Transmission electron microscope micrograph of the whole mount prepared nuclear matrix-lamina showed the reconstituted nucleus to be filled with a dense network.     

牛蛙视网膜诱导型一氧化氮合酶免疫组化定位

用免疫组织化学方法研究了诱导型一氧化氮酶（iNOS)在牛蛙视网膜中的表达。结果显示,在正常状态视网膜中,无长突细胞呈弱阳性反应;节细胞层、双极细胞,水平细胞和光感受器内段呈阴性反应,在暗适应状态下,神经节细胞,内核层的无长突细胞呈强阳性反应;一些双极细胞,水平细胞和光感受器内段呈弱阳性反应,提示NO主要在暗适应状态下参与视网膜的信息传递过程。     

促细胞凋亡因子Bid蛋白的研究进展

Bid蛋白是Bcl-家族中促凋亡类的蛋白。它具有可被caspase8酶切高控、高效地诱民细胞色素c从线粒体泄漏到胞浆中的功能,从而在细胞凋亡中起着重要的作用,因而倍受人们的重视。Bid蛋白的功能被发现以来,短短几年间,人们从分子生物学、细胞学、结构分析以及利用脂质体模型膜体系等各方面对Bid蛋白进行研究,取得了很大的进展。     

H_2O_2诱导Neuro-2a细胞死亡机理的研究

细胞内线粒体呼吸链过程中的电子漏和神经细胞代谢的酶类如单胺氧化酶(MAO)等可产生活性氧物质(ROS)如H_2O_2等。ROS对细胞有毒性作用,导致细胞死亡,在许多疾病特别是神经退行性疾病中具有重要作用。我们用H_2o_2诱导N-2a神经母细胞瘤细胞,利用光镜、荧光显微镜、透射电镜观察了诱导的N-2a细胞的死亡,结果表明其死亡形式不同于典型的细胞凋亡,而类似于Ⅱ型神经细胞编程性死亡,死亡细胞染色质呈团块状凝集,细胞核膜仍保持完整。DNA不降解形成ladder,且不需要caspase-3,1的活性,但是H_2O_2诱导的Neuro-2a细胞死亡可以被Bcl-X_L,抑制。我们的结果可以说明,ROS介导的细胞毒性作用是导致Ⅱ型神经细胞编程性死亡的一个原因。     

转基因水稻T—DNA侧翼序列的扩增与分析

利用现有的转抗白叶枯病基因Xa21的水稻材料,通过TAIL－PCR技术扩增出携带Xa21基因的T－DNA的侧翼序列,对24个有效扩增片段的序列分析结果表明,其中14个侧翼序列是水稻DNA,9个含载体主干序列,1个是外源基因Xa21片段,14个T－DNA侧翼的水稻DNA序列与直接转化法外源基因整合位点的基因组序列具有不同的特点,这些T－DNA在水稻染色体上整合后其两端序列的特点类似于在转基因双子叶植物中观察到的现象,在含主干序列的侧翼序列（37．5％,9／24）,中,载体主干序列是以不同的类型出现的。     

Cytotoxicity and structure–activity relationships of four α-N-heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone derivatives crystal structure of 2-acetylpyrazine thiosemicarbazone

A series of thiosemicarbazone ligands, HL¹ (2-acetylpyrazine thiosemicarbazone), HL² (2-acetylpyrazine N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone), HL³ (2-benzoylpyridine thiosemicarbazone) and HL⁴ (2-benzoylpyridine N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone), have been synthesized. The crystal structure of HL¹ has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Hydrogen bonds link the different components to stabilize the crystal structure. The antitumor activity of the four ligands were tested against K562 leucocythemia and BEL7402 liver cancer cell lines. All the thiosemicarbazones showed significant antitumor activity. Different substituents on the ligands show different levels of antitumor activity. By comparison with the other thiosemicarbazone species studied, HL⁴ with substitution at N(4) position in thiosemicarbazone along with 2-benzoylpyridine is the most active thiosemicarbazone ligand with IC₅₀ = 0.002 μm in the K562 leucocythemia cell line and 0.138 μm in the BEL7402 liver cancer cell line, respectively.     

Identification and Chronological Analysis of Genomic Signatures in Influenza A Viruses

An increase in the availability of data on the influenza A viruses (IAV) has enabled the identification of the potential determinants of IAV host specificity using computational approaches. In this study, we proposed an alternative approach, based on the adjusted Rand index (ARI), for the evaluation of genomic signatures of IAVs and their ability to distinguish hosts they infected. Our experiments showed that the host-specific signatures identified using the ARI were more characteristic of their hosts than those identified using previous measures. Our results provided updates on the host-specific genomic signatures in the internal proteins of the IAV based on the sequence data as of February 2013 in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Unlike other approaches for signature recognition, our approach considered not only the ability of signatures to distinguish hosts (according to the ARI), but also the chronological relationships among proteins. We identified novel signatures that could be mapped to known functional domains, and introduced a chronological analysis to investigate the changes in host-specific genomic signatures over time. Our chronological analytical approach provided results on the adaptive variability of signatures, which correlated with previous studies’ findings, and indicated prospective adaptation trends that warrant further investigation.     

5种生物杀虫剂对4种天敌昆虫的安全性评价

【目的】生物杀虫剂及天敌昆虫的应用是绿色防控的发展方向,但有关生物杀虫剂对天敌昆虫的安全性尚不明确。研究生物杀虫剂对天敌昆虫的影响可以为更好地协调使用生物杀虫剂和天敌昆虫提供理论依据。【方法】在实验室条件下采用药膜法和滤纸膜片法测定了5种生物杀虫剂(苦参碱、桉油精、鱼藤酮、除虫菊素、橄榄鲨)在田间推荐使用浓度下,对4种天敌昆虫(丽蚜小蜂、东亚小花蝽、食蚜瘿蚊、巴氏新小绥螨)的致死率。【结果】除虫菊素对丽蚜小蜂、东亚小花蝽、巴氏新小绥螨的影响较大,致死率均达到100%;鱼藤酮对丽蚜小蜂、食蚜瘿蚊、巴氏新小绥螨的影响均较大,致死率在98.65%以上;橄榄鲨对丽蚜小蜂、东亚小花蝽、食蚜瘿蚊的影响较小,致死率均小于30%;苦参碱对丽蚜小蜂的影响最大,致死率达100%,对食蚜瘿蚊和巴氏新小绥螨的影响较小,致死率分别为15.56%和15.91%;桉油精对巴氏新小绥螨的影响最大,致死率达100%,对东亚小花蝽和食蚜瘿蚊的影响较小,致死率分别为15.91%和6.67%。【结论】这5种生物杀虫剂中,橄榄鲨对丽蚜小蜂、东亚小花蝽、食蚜瘿蚊安全,桉油精对东亚小花蝽、食蚜瘿蚊安全,苦参碱对食蚜瘿蚊、巴氏新小绥螨安全,鱼藤酮对东亚小花蝽安全,除虫菊素对食蚜瘿蚊安全。