Loss of tumorigenic potential by human lung tumor cells in the presence of antisense RNA specific to the ectopically synthesized alpha subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin

A clonal strain of human lung tumor cells in culture (ChaGo), derived from a bronchogenic carcinoma, synthesizes and secretes large amounts of alpha (alpha) and a comparatively lower level of beta (beta) subunit of the glycoprotein hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). ChaGo cells lost their characteristic anchorage-independent growth phenotype in the presence of anti-alpha-HCG antibody. The effect of the antibody was partially reversed by addition of alpha-HCG to the culture medium. ChaGo cells were transfected with an expression vector (pRSV-anti-alpha-HCG), that directs synthesis of RNA complementary to alpha-HCG mRNA. The transfectants produced alpha-HCG antisense RNA which was associated with the reduced level of alpha-HCG. Transfectants also displayed several altered phenotypic properties, including altered morphology, less mitosis, reduced growth rate, loss of anchorage-independent growth, and loss of tumorigenicity in nude mice. Treatment of transfectants with 8,bromo-cAMP resulted in increased accumulation of alpha-HCG mRNA, no change in the level of alpha-HCG antisense RNA, release of the inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation, and restoration of anchorage-independent growth phenotype. The overexpression of c-myc, observed in ChaGo cells, was unaffected by the reduced level of alpha-HCG. These results suggest that ectopic synthesis of the alpha subunit of HCG plays a functional role in the transformation of these human lung cells.     

反复电针对慢性痛的累加治疗作用及其机制研究

本研究从基础和临床两方面观察了反复电针对慢性痛的累加治疗作用,并结合疼痛患者及慢性痛动物模型中几种神经肽的放射免疫测定及相应受体拮抗剂的药理学研究结果,探讨了产生累加效应的可能机制。结果表明,在临床脊髓损伤性痉挛患者,１００Ｈｚ穴位体表电刺激有效地缓解痉挛并有累加效应;在临床慢性痛患者,２／１５Ｈｚ变频ＴＥＮＳ刺激有效地治疗疼痛并具有累加效应。在关节炎模型大鼠,电针刺激能产生明显的镇痛并具有累加效     

大豆籽粒蓝脐性状及其分离规律

控制大豆白花亲本籽粒脐色的基因有带Ｒ与ｒ之分,带Ｒ基因的白花产本与紫花亲本杂交,Ｆ１代籽料出现蓝脐性状,其基因型为Ｉ－Ｒ－Ｗ１－ｔｔ。当控制脐色的基因有两对相差时（Ｒ、ｒ;Ｗ１、ｗ１）Ｆ２代籽粒脐色分离蓝脐与无色脐之比为９∶７。     

人鼻咽癌细胞基因组中瘤基因Ha－ras－1的Dnase Ⅰ超敏感位点的初步研究

ＤＮａｓｅⅠ超敏感位点的研究能够发现潜在的调控基因转录活化的位点,比较正常人外周血有核细胞,淋巴瘤细胞株Ｐ３ＨＲ１和人鼻咽癌低分化磷癌细胞株ＨＯｎＥ１和ＨＮＥ２中Ｈａ－ｒａｓ－１瘤基因的ＤＮａｓｅⅠ超敏感位点发现,只有ＨＯＮＥ１和ＨＮＥ２细胞基因组中存在一个ＤＮａｓｅⅠ超敏感位点,位于第一个外显子上游０．３７ｋｂ处,上述结果提示正常白细胞和Ｐ３ＨＲ１细胞中Ｈａ－ｒａｓ－１基因处于失活状态,而在鼻咽癌细胞基因组中则处于活化状态,它的活化可能与０．３７ｋｂ处的ＤＮＡ序列有密切的关系。     

“8455”小麦植株化学成分与麦蚜（长管蚜、二叉蚜）种群消长的关系

通过对两种肥力条件下的“8455”小麦植株化学成分与麦长管蚜和麦二叉蚜种群消长关系的研究与分析,结果表明可溶性糖、含钾量、含水量是影响麦二叉蚜种群消长的主要因子,胱氨酸是影响麦长管蚜种群消长的主要因子。     

HAPLOID PARTHENOGENETIC SPOROPHYTES OF LAMINARIA JAPONICA (PHAEOPHYCEAE)1

Parthenogenetic sporophytes were obtained from three strains of Laminaria japonica Areschoug. These sporophytes grew to maturity in the sea, producine spores that all grew into female gametophytes. These female gametophytes gave rise to another generation of parthenogenetic sporophytes during the next year, so that by the year 1990 parthenogenetic sporophytes had been cultivated for 12, 9, and 7 generations, respectively, for the three strains. When female gametophytes from parthenogenetic sporophytes were combined with normal male gametophytes, normal sporophytes that reproduced and gave rise to both female and male gametophytes were obtained. The parthenogenetic sporophytes were shorter and narrower than the normal sporophytes of the same strain. Chromosome counts on mature sporophytes showed that normal sporophytes (from fertilized eggs) were diploid (2n = approximately 40) and that the spores they produced were haploid (n = approximately 20), while nuclei from both somatic and sporangial cells in parthenogenetic sporophytes were haploid. All gametophytes were haploid. Young sporophytes derived from cultures with both female and male gametophytes were diploid, while young, sporophytes obtained from female gametophytes from parthenogenetic sporophytes had haploid, diploid, or polyploidy chromosome numbers. Polyploidy was associated with abnormal cell shapes. The presence of haploid parthenogenetic sporophytes should be use in breeding kelp strains with useful characteristics, since the sporophyte phenotype is expressed from a haploid genotype which can be more readily selected.     

Cross-trait prediction accuracy of summary statistics in genome-wide association studies

In the era of big data, univariate models have widely been used as a workhorse tool for quickly producing marginal estimators; and this is true even when in a high-dimensional dense setting, in which many features are “true,” but weak signals. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) epitomize this type of setting. Although the GWAS marginal estimator is popular, it has long been criticized for ignoring the correlation structure of genetic variants (i.e., the linkage disequilibrium [LD] pattern). In this paper, we study the effects of LD pattern on the GWAS marginal estimator and investigate whether or not additionally accounting for the LD can improve the prediction accuracy of complex traits. We consider a general high-dimensional dense setting for GWAS and study a class of ridge-type estimators, including the popular marginal estimator and the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) estimator as two special cases. We show that the performance of GWAS marginal estimator depends on the LD pattern through the first three moments of its eigenvalue distribution. Furthermore, we uncover that the relative performance of GWAS marginal and BLUP estimators highly depends on the ratio of GWAS sample size over the number of genetic variants. Particularly, our finding reveals that the marginal estimator can easily become near-optimal within this class when the sample size is relatively small, even though it ignores the LD pattern. On the other hand, BLUP estimator has substantially better performance than the marginal estimator as the sample size increases toward the number of genetic variants, which is typically in millions. Therefore, adjusting for the LD (such as in the BLUP) is most needed when GWAS sample size is large. We illustrate the importance of our results by using the simulated data and real GWAS.     

Sphingopyxis sp. YF1吸附镉的特性及其机制

【背景】水中的重金属污染是一个严峻的环境问题,严重危害人体健康,利用微生物吸附剂修复重金属污染的水体是一种高效环保的方法。Sphingopyxis能够去除重金属,但是其去除水体中镉的研究很少,且其吸附镉的机理尚不清楚。【目的】以从水体中分离的Sphingopyxis sp. YF1为对象,探究该菌对镉的吸附特性和机制。【方法】分析在不同pH、接触时间及重金属初始浓度条件下YF1活菌和死菌对Cd²⁺的吸附效果,对其进行动力学模型和等温模型拟合,通过扫描电镜和能谱(scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, SEM-EDS)观察镉在活菌和死菌细胞表面的富集,并通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, FTIR)和X射线光电子能谱(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS)分析确定YF1菌中参与吸附Cd²⁺的官能团,阐明YF1对镉的吸附机理。【结果】当pH值为3.0-5.0时,随着pH值的升高,活菌与死菌的镉吸附量都随着增加,pH值为5.0-7.0时,活菌与死菌的镉吸附量均无较大变化,吸附主要发生在前10 min,之后吸附速率逐渐降低,活菌和死菌吸附Cd²⁺的过程更符合准二级动力学模型,表明菌体对镉主要是以化学吸附的方式进行;活菌和死菌等温模型拟合都更符合Langmuir模型,说明YF1对Cd²⁺的吸附为均相吸附;活菌和死菌对Cd²⁺的吸附量分别达到36.20 mg/g和62.98 mg/g;吸附后的活菌和死菌的细胞表面均有Cd(II)沉积在菌体表面,活菌和死菌的-OH、C-(O,N)和-NO₂等基团参与了镉的吸附。【结论】Sphingopyxis sp. YF1菌具有较强的Cd²⁺去除能力,该菌株在去除水体Cd²⁺方面具有良好的应用前景。