放牧对小叶锦鸡儿种子产量的影响

锡林河流域草地灌木化表现为小叶锦鸡儿（Caragana microphylla）种群的扩张。为了研究放牧与小叶锦鸡儿种群扩张的关系, 从小叶锦鸡儿的种子产量和萌发入手, 分析放牧对小叶锦鸡儿生殖的直接影响（即放牧的直接影响）以及不同放牧处理下昆虫种群对小叶锦鸡儿生殖造成的影响（即放牧的间接影响）。通过比较不同处理下小叶锦鸡儿果荚的数量、种子产量以及昆虫对种子的取食, 发现放牧产生的直接影响和间接影响性质不同, 放牧的直接影响是不利于小叶锦鸡儿的繁殖,而其间接影响却对小叶锦鸡儿的繁殖有利, 且这两种影响在很大程度上会互相抵消。根据所得的研究结果可知在停止放牧之后的一段时间内, 小叶锦鸡儿种群扩张的可能性会增加, 因此在草地生态系统管理中应该注意这个问题。     

变性梯度凝胶电泳法研究断奶仔猪粪样细菌区系变化

利用PCR和DGGE技术分析了12头仔猪在断奶后其粪样细菌区系的变化。粪样细菌16S rDNA的V6～V8可变区经PCR扩增,扩增产物经DGGE电泳后再进行相似性分析。结果表明,仔猪断奶当天粪样 DGGE谱带少,同窝仔猪间图谱相似。断奶后,随着断奶时间的推移,每头仔猪的DGGE图谱带逐渐增多,变得复杂和多样,仔猪个体间DGGE图谱差异逐渐增大。仔猪是否同窝以及所采食日粮类型对DGGE图谱没有明显影响。相似性分析还表明,日粮中添加寡果糖的仔猪在断奶后第1周,其粪样微生物区系变化迅速,而后缓慢。     

Surface Display of Human Serum Albumin on Bacillus subtilis Spores for Oral Administration

Human serum albumin (HSA) is the major protein component of human plasma. To date, HSA for clinical uses is mostly produced by fractionation of human whole blood, which is accompanied by a lot of limitations. To obtain long-term bioactive albumin, we used hsa as a foreign gene and constructed a recombinant plasmid pJS700-HSA which carries a recombinant gene cotC-hsa under the control of cotC promoter. Plasmid pJS700-HSA was transformed into Bacillus subtilis by double cross-over and an amylase inactivated mutant was produced. After induction of spore formation, western blot and fluorescence immunoassay were used to monitor HSA surface expression on spores. We estimated that HSA displayed on the spore accounted for 0.135 % of the total spore proteins and about 0.023 fg HSA were exposed on the surface of each spore. Oral administration to mice with spores displaying HSA implied that the recombinant spores may have potential ability to increase the serum albumin level in vivo due to the resistant characters of spores.     

Lithium Doping to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of MgAgSb with Weak Electron–Phonon Coupling

Despite the unfavorable band structure with twofold degeneracy at the valence band maximum, MgAgSb is still an excellent p‐type thermoelectric material for applications near room temperature. The intrinsically weak electron–phonon coupling, reflected by the low deformation potential E_def ≈ 6.3 eV, plays a crucial role in the relatively high power factor of MgAgSb. More importantly, Li is successfully doped into Mg site to tune the carrier concentration, leading to the resistivity reduction by a factor of 3 and a consequent increase in power factor by ≈30% at 300 K. Low lattice thermal conductivity can be simultaneously achieved by all‐scale hierarchical phonon scattering architecture including high density of dislocations and nanoscale stacking faults, nanoinclusions, and multiscale grain boundaries. Collectively, much higher average power factor ≈25 μW cm^?1 K^?2 with a high average ZT ≈ 1.1 from 300 to 548 K is achieved for 0.01 Li doping, which would result in a high output power density ≈1.56 W cm^?2 and leg efficiency ≈9.2% by calculations assuming cold‐side temperature T_c = 323 K, hot‐side temperature T_h = 548 K, and leg length = 2 mm.     

原生质体融合技术选育分解草酸乳酸菌菌株的研究

将具有草酸分解能力的乳双歧杆菌和具有耐氧特性的嗜酸乳杆菌进行原生质体融合,其最佳条件为:50%的PEG6000,融合温度30℃,融合时间为7 min,CaCl2浓度为0.02 mol/L,MgCl2浓度为0.5 mol/L,在此条件下融合率可达7.6%。从中筛选出同时具有耐氧特性和草酸分解能力的融合子,草酸分解率为13.4%。     

中国荷斯坦牛IL8基因遗传多态性与泌乳性状以及体细胞评分的关联

以上海某奶牛场30个公牛家系的610头中国荷斯坦牛为试验材料,采用聚合酶链式反应-单链构象多态性(PCR-SSCP)技术对Interleukin-8(IL8)基因的遗传多态性进行了分析,采用混合动物模型分析了IL8基因突变位点与测定日产奶量、测定日乳脂率、测定日乳蛋白率、305d校正产奶量、305d乳脂量、305d乳蛋白量及测定日体细胞评分7个性状的相关性,寻找可用于生产实际的分子标记。共检测到KK、KA和AA3种基因型,频率分别为0.187、0.451和0.362,等位基因K和A的频率分别为0.412和0.588。该位点突变对测定日产奶量、305d乳蛋白量、305d校正产奶量和305d乳脂量以及体细胞评分影响达到极显著水平(P0.01),对测定日乳蛋白率的影响达到显著水平(P0.05),对测定日乳脂率影响不显著(P0.05)。多重比较表明:KK基因型对测定日产奶量、305d校正产奶量、305d乳蛋白量和305d乳脂量极显著高于AA和KA基因型(P0.01)。KK基因型的体细胞评分(SCS)最小二乘均值极显著低于KA、AA基因型(P0.01)。对于测定日的乳蛋白率AA基因型显著低于KA、KK型(P0.05)。IL8基因遗传突变对中国荷斯坦牛泌乳性状和乳房炎抗性有较大的遗传效应,可用于中国荷斯坦牛的分子标记辅助选择。     

hnRNP C and polypyrimidine tract-binding protein specifically interact with the pyrimidine-rich region within the 3'NTR of the HCV RNA genome

Like other members of the Flaviviridae family, the 3' non-translated region (NTR) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is believed to function in the initiation and regulation of viral RNA replication by interacting with components of the viral replicase complex. To inves-tigate the possibility that host components may also participate in this process, we used UV cross-linking assays to determine if any cellular proteins could bind specifically to the 3'NTR RNA. We demonstrate the specific interaction of two host proteins with the extensive pyrimidine-rich region within the HCV 3'NTR. One host protein migrates as a doublet with a molecular weight of 57 kDa and is immunoreactive with antisera specific for polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB), and the other protein (35 kDa) is recognized by a monoclonal antibody specific for heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C (hnRNP C). These results suggest that recognition of the large pyrimidine-rich region by PTB and hnRNP C may play a role in the initiation and/or regulation of HCV RNA replication.     

Protective Effects of Pinostrobin on β-Amyloid-Induced Neurotoxicity in PC12 Cells

Beta-Amyloid peptide (A??), a major protein component of brain senile plaques in Alzheimer??s disease (AD), has been considered as a critical cause in the pathogenesis of AD. Pinostrobin, a potent flavonoid inducer, is the major and most active ingredient of Folium cajani. The present study aimed to investigate whether pinostrobin could provide protective effect against A??_25-35-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. The PC12 cells were pretreated with different concentrations of pinostrobin for 2?h, followed by the challenge with 20???M A??_25?C35 for 24?h. The results showed that pretreatment with pinostrobin significantly elevated cell viability, decreased the lactate dehydrogenase activity, the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species and calcium, and mitochondrial membrane potential in A??_25?C35-treated PC12 cells. In addition, pinostrobin significantly suppressed the formation of DNA fragmentation and increased the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax. These results indicate that pinostrobin was able to exert a neuroprotective effect against A??_25?C35-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells, at least in part, via inhibiting oxidative damage and calcium overload, as well as suppressing the mitochondrial pathway of cellular apoptosis.     

Isolation and Characterization of Antifungal Substances from Burkholderia sp. Culture Broth

A new antagonistic Burkholderia strain, designated MP-1 and producing antifungal activities against various filamentous plant pathogenic fungi, was isolated from the rhizoshere in the Naju area. Cultural characteristic studies strongly suggested that this strain belongs to the genus Burkholderia. The nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene (1491 pb) of strain MP-1 exhibited close similarity (99% to 100%) with other Burkholderia 16S rRNA genes. Extraction of fermentation broth of Burkholderia sp. MP-1 and various separations and purification steps led to isolation of four pure active molecules. The chemical structure of these four compounds—named phenylacetic acid, hydrocinnamic acid, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, and 4-hydroxyphenylacetate methyl ester—was established on the basis on their gas chromatography–electron impact–mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS) and trimethylsilation GC-EI-MS data. The four isolated compounds inhibited filamentous fungal growth on potato dextrose agar medium supplemented with 100 mg/L of phenylacetic acid, hydrocinnamic acid, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and 4-hydroxyphenylacetate methyl ester individually.     

大黄醇提液抗家兔实验性高脂血症及脂肪肝的实验研究

目的:检验大黄醇提液抗家兔实验性高脂血症及脂肪肝的影响。方法:将30只雄性健康白兔随机分为5组(n=6):对照组给予基础饲料;模型组给予高脂饲料;三个大黄组给予高脂饲料同时分别灌胃不同药量的大黄醇提液。实验过程中进行一般性指标观测,检测不同阶段五组家兔血脂水平,检测脂肪肝病变程度。结果:大黄醇提液具有降低血清甘油三酯(TG)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C),升高高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C),降低肝细胞脂肪变性的作用。并且大黄醇提液的以上作用存在一定的量效关系。结论:大黄醇提液可降低动脉粥样硬化兔模型的血脂水平、降低脂肪肝的发生发展。