刺葡萄抗白腐病转录因子VdWRKY53基因克隆及表达

利用同源克隆的方法,分别获得‘刺葡萄0943’的转录因子VdWRKY53基因的编码区和启动子区域,分析其序列特征,通过实时荧光定量检测其对白腐病菌侵染和水杨酸诱导的反应,并以感病品种欧亚种‘黑比诺’为对照,分析不同种质中转录因子VdWRKY53基因序列及表达差异。结果表明:‘刺葡萄0943’的VdWRKY53基因,在其编码区和启动子区域都有抗病基因的序列和位点特征,在DNA和氨基酸水平上与‘黑比诺’VvWRKY53有5处差异,这5处氨基酸差异可能造成了其功能的差异;‘刺葡萄0943’和‘黑比诺’中的WRKY53基因启动子受葡萄白腐病菌和水杨酸诱导后表达量增加,且VdWRKY53基因表达量和趋势不同于‘黑比诺’VvWRKY53。生物信息学分析和实时荧光定量表明,在‘刺葡萄0943’抗病途径中VdWRKY53转录因子具有重要的生物学作用。     

施钙对干旱胁迫下花生生理特性、产量和品质的影响

以花生品种606为试材,在旱棚池栽人工控水条件下,研究了钙肥不同用量对花针期和结荚期干旱胁迫下花生的营养生长、生理特性、产量及品质的影响.结果表明:干旱胁迫下施钙,可以促进花生的营养生长,提高叶片的叶绿素含量、净光合速率和根系活力,提高干旱后复水过程中花生的恢复能力,缓解干旱对花生的不利影响;增加了花生荚果和籽仁的产量,尤其是增加了单株结果数和出仁率.施钙提高了籽仁中的脂肪和蛋白质含量,改善了干旱胁迫下花生的籽仁品质.在本试验条件下,施钙量为300 kg·hm-2时效果最佳.     

Cloning of cDNA Encoding CCoAOMT from Populus tomentosa and Down-regulation of Lignin Content in Transgenic Plant Expressing Antisense Gene (in English)

cDNA encoding caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) from Chinese white poplar ( Populus tomentosa Carr.) was cloned by RT-PCR and sequenced. Northern analysis displayed that the CCoAOMT was expressed specifically in the developing secondary xylem and its expression was coincident with lignification. The antisense CCoAOMT cDNA was transformed into P. tremula×P. alba mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith et Townsend) Conn. Transgenic plants were identified with PCR, PCR-Southern and Southern analysis. Lignin content in 5- to 6-month-old transgenic plants was measured. One of the transgenic lines had significant reduction of 17.9% in Klason lignin content as compared with that of untransformed poplar. The results demonstrate that antisense repression of CCoAOMT is an efficient way to reduce lignin content for improving pulping property in engineered trees.     

病毒感染对NLRP3炎症小体活化、组装和效应的影响

炎症小体是存在于胞浆的大分子多蛋白复合物,在感染或应激状态下被激活,并触发IL-1β和IL-18等促炎细胞因子的释放,诱导细胞焦亡,从而参与先天免疫防御。NLRP3识别病毒复制过程中产生的各种病原体相关分子模式（PAMP）和危险相关分子模式（DAMP）,启动NLRP3炎症小体依赖的抗病毒免疫反应。但是,有些病毒也进化出复杂的策略而靶向炎症小体,以逃避天然免疫监视。本综述讨论了病毒感染过程对NLRP3炎症小体的活化、组装和效应的影响。     

吗啡降低大鼠脊髓内cAMP的含量

有资料表明,吗啡或脑啡肽可影响脑内 cAMP 与 cGMP 的含量,但对脊髓内 cAMP 与cGMP 的含量有何影响,未见报道。本实验采用放射免疫分析(RIA)方法研究的结果表明,吗啡可使大鼠离体与在体脊髓内 cAMP 的含量明显降低;而对脊髓内 cGMP 的含量则无明显影响;纳洛酮可特异阻断吗啡对脊髓内 cAMP 含量的抑制效应。提示:吗啡的上述作用是通过大鼠脊髓内阿片受体所介导。脑和脊髓内 cAMP 含量的变化可能部分介导了吗啡作用的中枢机制。     

表达透明颤菌血红蛋白基因对酿酒酵母生长及细胞内氧化状态的影响*

透明颤菌血红蛋白基因vgb在多种研究和工业发酵菌中异源表达很好的解决了高密度发酵中的溶氧率问题。酿酒酵母是经典的真核模型,且在发酵工业中具有重要的应用价值,但vgb在酿酒酵母中异源表达对细胞生长的影响并不清楚。以ADH1为启动子构建了含透明颤菌(Vistreoscilla)血红蛋白基因vgb的异源表达质粒YEplac195-ADH1pr-vgb,并转化至酿酒酵母BY4741。通过生长敏感性实验,发现在发酵碳源和非发酵碳源中,vgb的异源表达均抑制了菌株生长。接着,通过2',7'-二氯荧光黄双乙酸盐和PI染色和脂质过氧化产物检测分析,发现过表达vgb的酿酒酵母细胞中活性氧(ROS)的积累、细胞膜通透性改变以及脂质过氧化。结果表明,酿酒酵母中过表达vgb改变细胞的氧化状态促进活性氧的累积,氧化应激导致菌株的生长抑制。     

红细胞抗高血压因子降压作用的进一步研究

我们曾报道原发性高血压患者(EHS)红细胞抗高血压因子(AHF)具有缓慢而持久的降压作用。本工作表明,AHF对卒中易感型自发性高血压大鼠(SHRsp)还具有快速短暂的降压作用,注射AHF后10—30s,SHRsp收缩压从原水平的26.8±1.7kPa降至20.1±1.5kPa(P<0.001)。正常人和大鼠红细胞AHF的降压作用明显强于EHS和高血压大鼠AHF。此外我们还发现EHS血浆中存在升压物质。以上结果提示,AHF缺乏和升压物质含量相对较高可能是原发性高血压发病的一个重要原因。     

The long-distance migration of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Delphacidae) in China: radar observations of mass return flight in the autumn

Abstract.

• 1 A case study is presented of the autumn migration of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), in the area of Nanjing in the People's Republic of China. The study was made using a high frequency (8 mm wavelength) radar and a net suspended from a kytoon.
• 2 The observations confirmed that long-distance return migrations occur in China in mid and late September, with N.lugens being carried on the prevailing north-easterly wind towards the autumn infestation and overwintering areas of the species.
• 3 After mass take-off in the late afternoon or at dusk, the migrants flew for several hours during the evening, often in a dense layer which formed at heights between about 400 and 1000m above ground. These layers often had well-defined ceilings corresponding to an air temperature of about 16°C. The migration height was above the top of the surface temperature inversion, i.e. the migrants did not fly at the height of the warmest air.
• 4 The dense layer concentrations overflying the radar were backtracked to source areas up to 240 km away in the north-east of Jiangsu Province. Planthoppers observed emigrating from the Nanjing area would reach areas in south Anhui Province or north Jiangxi Province if they flew for 12 h.
• 5 There was a second period of mass take-off at dawn. Insect layers sometimes formed but did not last longer than 1–2h.
• 6 The present results were strikingly different from those previously observed in the dry season in the Philippines, where migratory flight durations were largely confined to periods of about 30min at dusk and dawn.
• 7 Our observations are discussed in relation to the equator-wards return migrations undertaken in autumn by other insect species, and the importance of these migrations for the maintenance of long-flying genotypes in the overwintering populations is considered.

     

中国凹盾象属六新种记述（鞘翅目：象虫科）

本文记述产于我国的凹盾象属Ｓｔｅｎｏｓｃｅｌｉｓ昆虫６新种,分别为赤杨凹盾象Ｓｔｅｎｏｓｃｅｌｉｓ（Ｈｅｘａｓｔｅｎｏｓｃｅｌｉｓ）ａｌｎｉ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,圆窝凹盾象Ｓ．ｆｏｖｅａｔｕｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,齿突凹盾象Ｓ．ａｃｅｒｂｕｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,小点凹盾象Ｓ．ｐｕｎｃｔｉｃｕｌａｔｕｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,洼喙凹盾象Ｓ．ｒｅｃａｖｕｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,和蔚县凹盾象Ｓ．ｙｕｘｉａｎｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ