敲除Pofut1不影响胚胎干细胞向神经元分化

蛋白O-连接岩藻糖基转移酶1 (Pofut1)基因缺失可导致Notch分子无法与配体结合并启动信号传递. 为研究Pofut1基因对哺乳动物胚胎干细胞（ESC）向神经分化的影响,利用Pofut1基因敲除的胚胎干细胞与野生型胚胎干细胞,经体外培养诱导拟胚体（EB）分化为神经细胞,计数分化为神经细胞的比例,采用细胞免疫组化染色和real-time PCR等方法,分析神经细胞特异性标志分子的表达. 结果显示,Pofut1基因缺失后,对EBC生长没有明显影响,分化过程中形成的拟胚体数量明显增多,分化的神经样细胞以及神经标志物分子的表达也明显多于对照组;Notch信号缺失对小鼠胚胎干细胞生长无明显影响,但可以促进ES细胞向神经细胞分化.     

SILICIFIED RHYNCHONELLIFORM BRACHIOPODS FROM THE KUNIUTAN FORMATION (DARRIWILIAN: MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN), GUIYANG, SOUTH CHINA

Abstract: A silicified brachiopod fauna from the Middle Ordovician Kuniutan Formation (lower–middle Darriwilian, i.e. uppermost Arenig to lower Llanvirn) at Wudang, Guiyang, central Guizhou, South China, includes abundant specimens of Yangtzeella, Orthambonites and Leptellina together with common Parisorthis, Saucrorthis, rare Anomalorthis?, Hemipronites?, Leptestia? and, significantly, Aporthophyla; associated are rare trilobites, gastropods, crinoids and nautiloids. The Yangtzeella kueiyangensis‐Orthambonites delicata Association is defined for this shallow‐water, Benthic Assemblage 3, association. This first record of Aporthophyla in South China may indicate a link between South China and the Toquima‐Table Head Province, where the Aporthophyla fauna is more typically developed. However, this association is significantly different from the latter in having three endemic genera, Yangtzeella, Saucrorthis and Parisorthis, rare numbers of Aporthophyla and Anomalorthis?, and the absence of many other typical elements of the Aporthophyla fauna. The occurrence of Orthambonites, Hemipronites? and Leptestia? suggests some relationships between South China and the Baltic Platform during the Mid Ordovician. The various brachiopod associations bearing Aporthophyla may be quite different in nature, composition and diversity, and may possess different background palaeobiogeographical signatures. The assemblages containing Aporthophyla in South China, Qaidam, Malaysia, Australia and possibly Tibet are clearly different biogeographically from those associated with the Toquima‐Table Head and the Celtic provinces. Two new species, Aporthophyla sinensis sp. nov. and Leptellina orientalis sp. nov. are described.     

RANKL from bone marrow adipose lineage cells promotes osteoclast formation and bone loss

Receptor activator of NF‐κB ligand (RANKL) is essential for osteoclast formation and bone remodeling. Nevertheless, the cellular source of RANKL for osteoclastogenesis has not been fully uncovered. Different from peripheral adipose tissue, bone marrow (BM) adipose lineage cells originate from bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs). Here, we demonstrate that adiponectin promoter‐driven Cre expression (Adipoq^Cre ) can target bone marrow adipose lineage cells. We cross the Adipoq^Cre mice with rankl^fl/fl mice to conditionally delete RANKL from BM adipose lineage cells. Conditional deletion of RANKL increases cancellous bone mass of long bones in mice by reducing the formation of trabecular osteoclasts and inhibiting bone resorption but does not affect cortical bone thickness or resorption of calcified cartilage. Adipoq^Cre; rankl^fl/fl mice exhibit resistance to estrogen deficiency and rosiglitazone (ROS)‐induced trabecular bone loss but show bone loss induced by unloading. BM adipose lineage cells therefore represent an essential source of RANKL for the formation of trabecula osteoclasts and resorption of cancellous bone during remodeling under physiological and pathological conditions. Targeting bone marrow adiposity is a promising way of preventing pathological bone loss.     

庐山蕨类植物区系研究

庐山共有蕨类植物39科87属247种(含变种、变型),其区系带有热带和温带双重性。其中鳞毛蕨科、水龙骨科、蹄盖蕨科、金星蕨科和铁角蕨科属种优势明显,共有38属160种,分别占总属数的43.7%和种数的64.8%,代表了该地区蕨类植物区系的一个重要特征。该区区系地理成分复杂,相互交错,其中热带性属占总属数的64.2%,温带性属占总属数的35.8%。东亚成分在该区系占有绝对优势,共有14属,占总属数的20.9%,中国特有属缺乏,特有种丰富,表明成分具有多样性并具有热带亲缘性,是亚热带向北温带的过渡地区。该区与井冈山、武夷山关系密切,与鼎湖山、秦岭和横断山关系疏远。     

湖光岩玛珥湖的浮游植物

本文对广东省湛江市湖光岩玛珥湖的浮游植物进行了周年的调查和分析,结果共检出浮游植物99属260种（包括变种和变型）：春季119种,夏季121种,秋季150种,冬季122种,其中蓝藻门20属43种,占种类数的16.5%;硅藻门20属79种,占种类数的30.4%;绿藻门49属117种,占种类数的45%;甲藻门2属8种,占种类数的3.1%;裸藻门2属2种,占种类数的0.8%;金藻门2属6种,占种类数的2.3%;黄藻门3属4种,占种类数的1.5%;红藻门1属1种,占种类数的0.4%。全年广布种有40种：蓝藻门15种,硅藻门6种,绿藻门14种,甲藻门3种,金藻门和黄藻门各1种。各两季节间的共有种数在57—78种,Jaccard种类相似性指数范围在0.28—0.42。优势种（Y〉0.02）共有29种：春季8种、夏季16种、秋季13种、冬季11种,分别隶属于蓝藻门13种,绿藻门8种,硅藻门8种,其中Chroococcus m inor、M icrocystis flos-aquae、Pleurocapsa fuliginosa、Chlorella vulgaris为全年广布优势种。在春、夏、秋3季以蓝藻的优势种类居多,而在冬季则以硅藻的优势种类居多。细胞丰度在6.3×104—56.1×104ind/L,春季最高,冬季次之,夏季最低。多样性指数平均为4.53,均匀度平均为0.65,其排序都为冬季〉秋季〉夏季〉春季,物种非常丰富。浮游植物群落中存在着os、βm、αm的优势种群,其群落结构具有典型的亚热带特征。从浮游植物吸收N、P的配比分析,P成为全年唯一的营养限制因子,但从N、P的绝对值看,N和P都是全年的营养限制因子。综合分析结果,湖光岩玛珥湖水质营养类型属于亚热带贫营养型。     

南昌市不同植物类群叶片氮磷浓度及其化学计量比

对南昌大学前湖校区89种主要植物叶片的N、P浓度及其化学计量比进行了研究,结果表明:乔灌、常绿、针叶、种子、裸子和单子叶植物类群的N浓度分别低于相对应的草本、落叶、阔叶、蕨类、被子和双子叶植物类群,而C3和C4植物差异不显著;乔灌、常绿和裸子植物类群的P浓度含量分别低于相对应的草本、落叶和被子植物类群,而针叶和阔叶、蕨类和种子、单子叶和双子叶、C3和C4植物类群间差异不显著;乔木、阔叶、被子和双子叶植物类群叶片N/P分别高于相对应的灌草、针叶、裸子和单子叶植物类群,而常绿和落叶、蕨类和种子、C3和C4植物类群之间差异不显著.可见,不同类型植物对N和P的吸收利用存在差异,且对不同养分供应采取不同的适应对策.结合研究区土壤养分现状,建议优先选择常绿、针叶、裸子和单子叶植物类群作为城市园林植物.     

一种大鼠急性心力衰竭动物模型的建立方法

目的 建立一种简便易行的大鼠急性心力衰竭动物模型复制方法.方法 选用体重280～350 g的雄性SD大鼠,麻醉后于舌下静脉快速推注盐酸普鲁帕酮注射液10.5 ,mg/kg,观察记录造模后1小时内动物心率、左心室内压最大上升速率( dp/dtmax)、左心室内压最大下降速率(-dp/dtmax).结果 大鼠造模后数秒内心率即显著减少, dp/dtmax显著下降,-dp/dtmax显著上升,持续数十分钟.与空白组比较有极显著性差异.参附注射液和白附片水煎液显著恢复模型动物心率、 dp/dtmax、-dp/dtmax,与模型组比较有显著性或极显著性差异.结论 采用普鲁帕酮注射液复制大鼠急性心阳虚衰动物模型是一种简便可靠的方法.     

铅对鲫鱼碱性磷酸酶和酸性磷酸酶活性的影响

在实验条件下,将鲫鱼置于1、10、40 mg/L的Pb2 溶液中静态染毒,分别在24 h、48 h、96 h、144 h测定鳃、肝、胰、肾、脑组织的碱性磷酸酶(AKP)和酸性磷酸酶(ACP)活性.结果 表明,鲫鱼鳃、肝、胰、肾、脑组织中碱性磷酸酶和酸性磷酸酶的活性随着铅浓度的升高和染毒时间的延长均呈下降趋势,其中以肾脏和脑下降最明显.     

不同碳源对白桦愈伤组织生长和三萜积累的影响

在一个继代周期中,培养基中添加10-50 g.L-1的蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖后,白桦愈伤组织的鲜重均上升,浓度为20-30 g.L-1的三种糖,其鲜重积累量均较高.培养基中添加不同浓度葡萄糖和果糖的白桦愈伤组织中三萜物质含量先上升后下降,而添加蔗糖的则呈直线上升.其中,葡萄糖,果糖和蔗糖浓度为30 g.L-1的三萜类物质积累量最高.     

Complete mitochondrial genome of the grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella, Teleostei): insight into its phylogenic position within Cyprinidae

Genome comparison has shed light on many fields of both basic and applied research, including the study of species phylogeny. Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) belongs to Cyprinidae, the largest freshwater fish family; but which subfamily it belongs to remains a controversial issue. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of grass carp was determined and phylogenetic analyses of all mitochondrial protein-coding genes and a nuclear gene (RAG 2) were conducted to explore the evolutionary relationship of grass carp with other cyprinid species. The mitogenome of grass carp is 16,609 bp in length. As with most other vertebrates, it contains the same gene order and an identical number of genes or regions, including 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and one putative control region. Phylogenetic analyses using two different datasets (mitochondrial and nuclear) and three different computational algorithms (Bayesian, MP and ML) all revealed two distinct groups with high statistical support, indicating that Cyprininae and Leuciscinae are two separate, valid subfamilies. Importantly, our phylogenetic result provides strong molecular evidence in support of the placement of Ctenopharyngodon in Leuciscinae rather than in Cyprininae.