乌兰布和沙漠典型灌木群落结构及数量特征

灌木群落是乌兰布和沙漠生态系统中最重要的组成部分,根据野外样地的调查资料,从各群落物种组成、生活型谱、盖度特征、物种多样性、群落相似性等方面对乌兰布和沙漠中典型灌木群落结构和数量特征进行分析,为该区生物多样性保护与植物资源持续利用提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)梭梭、白刺、沙冬青、沙蒿、油蒿、盐爪爪是乌兰布和沙漠中主要灌木群落类型;各典型灌木植被群落中仅出现12科47属共计58种植物,各群落间物种组成差异较大,但均以藜科、菊科、禾本科、蒺藜科、豆科等干旱荒漠区的表征科数量居多;(2)沙漠中分布范围最广的梭梭群落、白刺群落、沙冬青群落和油蒿群落其生活型谱均以一年生植物所占比例最大,与研究区干旱的气候特征相吻合;(3)各群落中灌木层植物所占群落盖度的比重均超过了50%,其贡献率大于草本植物;(4)分布于生境条件较好的群落类型其物种多样性相对较高,从整体看各典型灌木群落的H′多样性指数的变化范围在0.98～3.42之间,而D多样性指数的变化范围在0.415 5～0.879 5之间,其物种多样性指数较低,物种组成比较简单;(5)各典型植物群落的相似性系数在0.068 2～0.604 7之间,均未达到极相似水平,其中白刺群落、梭梭群落以及沙冬青群落之间呈轻度相似水平,而其他各群落之间相似性系数均低于0.25,表明各群落间生境差异较大。     

干扰RNA的非靶免疫副作用及其siRNA序列设计与化学修饰

siRNA介导的RNA干扰技术已经成为基因功能研究和开展疾病治疗的有用工具.近年发现,siRNA在哺乳动物体内可激活天然免疫系统,诱导干扰素等炎症因子的分泌,并且可非特异性抑制某些非靶基因的表达,有可能极大限制RNA干扰技术的应用.进行高效特异性siRNA的设计和修饰,以保持或者增强siRNA的特异性靶基因沉默作用,又消除siRNA对机体的非靶免疫副作用,成为使siRNA安全有效应用于临床治疗的关键.     

安徽发现腹侧颈部白化的几内亚长翼蝠

2006年10月24日,在安徽省六安市金寨县响洪甸水库附近的矿洞中捕捉到1只腹侧颈部白化的雌性几内亚长翼蝠(Miniopterus magnater:Chiroptera,Vespertilionidae),该只白化个体的体重、头体长、前臂长、胫骨长、后足长、尾长、耳长和耳宽分别为14.4g、50.1mm、48.2mm、20.7mm、9.3mm、51.2mm、10.7mm和8.8mm,均在正常个体数据范围之内。     

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。     

不同稻作方式对稻田杂草群落的影响

运用半试验与调查相结合的方法,以贵州省从江县传统农业区的糯稻和杂交稻为例,研究了在水稻单作（R）、稻-鱼（R-F）和稻-鱼-鸭（R-F-D）3种不同稻作方式下稻田杂草群落的特征.结果表明：糯稻在3种稻作方式下的抑制杂草能力均优于杂交稻;R-F-D显著降低了田间杂草的发生密度,对鸭舌草、节节菜等的抑制效果达到100%,总体抑制杂草效果显著优于其他稻作方式,杂草的物种丰富度及Shannon多样性指数显著降低,Pielou均匀度指数提高,表明群落物种组成发生了很大的改变,降低了原来优势杂草的发生, 是一种较好的可达到抑制杂草效果的稻作方式.     

Protective mechanism of desiccation tolerance in Reaumuria soongorica: Leaf abscission and sucrose accumulation in the stem

Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim., a perennial semi-shrub, is widely found in semi-arid areas in northwestern China and can survive severe desiccation of its vegetative organs. In order to study the protective mechanism of desiccation tolerance in R. soongorica, diurnal patterns of net photosynthetic rate (Pn), water use efficiency (WUE) and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of Photosystem II (PSII), and sugar content in the source leaf and stem were investigated in 6-year-old plants during progressive soil drought imposed by the cessation of watering. The results showed that R. soongorica was char-acterized by very low leaf water potential, high WUE, photosynthesis and high accumulation of sucrose in the stem and leaf abscission under desiccation. The maximum Pn increased at first and then de-clined during drought, but intrinsic WUE increased remarkably in the morning with increasing drought stress. The maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) and the quantum efficiency of noncyclic electric transport of PSII(ΦPSII) decreased significantly under water stress and exhibited an obvious phenomenon of photoinhibition at noon. Drought stressed plants maintained a higher capacity of dis-sipation of the excitation energy (measured as NPQ) with the increasing intensity of stress. Conditions of progressive drought promoted sucrose and starch accumulation in the stems but not in the leaves. However, when leaf water potential was less than –21.3 MPa, the plant leaves died and then abscised. But the stem photosynthesis remained and, afterward the plants entered the dormant state. Upon re-watering, the shoots reactivated and the plants developed new leaves. Therefore, R. soongorica has the ability to reduce water loss through leaf abscission and maintain the vigor of the stem cells to survive desiccation.     

A Study on the Synthetic Characteristics of the Extracellular Polysaccharide (EPS) of Ganoderma lucidum Cultured in Batch Fermentation Using a Kinetic Model

The synthetic characteristics of the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) of Ganoderma lucidum in batch fermentation were studied. The result showed that the production of EPS was partially growth-associated. The cell dry weight (CDW) and EPS reached 15.56 g·L⁻¹ and 3.02 g·L⁻¹, respectively. The yield of EPS to cell dry weight (Y_p/x) was 0.19. On the basis of the test results of batch fermentation, a kinetic model was proposed by using the Logistic equation for cell growth, the Luedeking–Piret equation for EPS production, and the Luedeking-piret-like equation for the consumption of glucose as substrate. The calculated results using these models were satisfactorily compared with the experimental data under various concentrations of glucose, and the average of relative errors was found to be not more than 5%. The kinetic model had practical guidance interesting in producing PES by Ganoderma lucidum.     

鸡蛋清蛋白的组分分析

我们在实验教学中,以鸡蛋清进行醋酸纤维素薄膜电泳,它具有材料廉价、取材方便等特点。对鸡蛋清蛋白进行电泳,表明鸡蛋清蛋白中至少含有6种主要的蛋白质,其中5种蛋白质的等电点小于pH8．6,一种大于pH8．6。其相对含量分别是：30．85％、22．62％、10．83％、8．67％、19．46％和4．91％。     

成年大鼠雪旺细胞的快速扩增

采用接种雪旺细胞的可降解导管修复外周神经损伤是一种有望替代自体神经移植的方法。如何在短期内利用病人少量的神经碎片获得大量雪旺细胞是该方法用于临床的关键。以大鼠坐骨神经为模型,利用雪旺细胞增殖的内在机制,探索出一种快速增殖成年雪旺细胞的方法。采用预变性7d的坐骨神经,用酶消化分离出雪旺细胞,接种在层粘连蛋白包被的培养瓶中,经过7d的培养,获得纯度为96％、细胞密度为600个／mm^2的雪旺细胞,雪旺细胞的纯度和密度明显高于对照的新鲜神经。未使用霍乱毒素、毛喉素等促有丝分裂剂和抑制成纤维细胞的基因毒素,符合临床使用要求。结果表明,可以利用少量的损伤神经碎片在短期内获得大量可用于临床的雪旺细胞。