金霉菌的生理与金霉素的生产 I.接种培养基对于金霉菌的代谢及抗生素产量的影响

将金莓菌的芽孢接种到不同的接种培养基中,24小时后再接种到同一的酦酵培养基上,发现金霉素的产量有显著不同。一个好的接种培养基比一个坏的接种培养基所生的菌体在酦酵过程中产生的金霉素可以大出7至8倍。接种培养基的 pH 值对于以后菌体在酦酵培养基中金霉素的生产也有显著的影响。接种培养基并不显著地影响菌体在酦酵培养基上的生长,但已显然变更了它的代谢作用。由不同接种培养基中萌生的菌体,在同一酦酵培养基中醣的利用率不同,氧化的能力不同,有机酸的形成和堆积也不同,它们对于一些金属元素的反应也不一样。这个研究证明了金霉菌的初期的培养环境,对于以后菌体的发育和金霉素的生产有极大的影响。同时亦指出了金霉菌的发育在不同时期需要不同的环境,有着不同的代谢类型。去掌握这个生物规律——环境条件和发育的过程,是正确的研究方向,是提高抗生素产量的必要途径。     

基于CSSL的水稻抽穗期QTL定位及遗传分析

抽穗期是水稻（Oryza sativa）品种的重要农艺性状之一,适宜的抽穗期是获得理想产量的前提。鉴定和定位水稻抽穗期基因/QTL,分析其遗传效应对改良水稻抽穗期至关重要。以籼稻品种9311（Oryzasativa ssp.indica‘Yangdao 6’）为受体,粳稻品种日本晴（Oryza sativa ssp.japonica‘Nipponbare’）为供体构建的94个染色体片段置换系群体为材料,以P≤0.01为阈值,对置换片段上的抽穗期QTL进行了鉴定。采用代换作图法共定位了4个控制水稻抽穗期的QTL,分别位于第3、第4、第5和第8染色体;QTL的加性效应值变化范围为–6.4––2.7,加性效应百分率变化范围为–6.4%––2.7%;qHD-3和qHD-8加性效应值较大,表现主效基因特征。为了进一步定位qHD-3和qHD-8,在目标区域加密16对SSR引物,qHD-3和qHD-8分别被界定在第3染色体RM3166–RM16206之间及第8染色体RM4085–RM8271之间,其遗传距离分别为13.9cM和6.4cM。研究结果为利用分子标记辅助选择改良水稻抽穗期奠定了基础。     

微量血胆红素测定仪的临床应用

目的 :了解微量血胆红素测定仪测定血胆红素的正确性。方法 :黄疸婴儿 5 0例 ,男 2 9例 ,女 2 1例 ,年龄平均为 2 1 6天。采用玻璃毛细管在患儿足跟采集少量血在微量血胆红素测定仪上测定 ,并与静脉采血测得的血胆红素值进行比较。结果 :二种方法测得的血红素值无显著差别 (P >0 0 5 ) ,二者之间有非常显著的相关 ,相关系数r=0 96 996 ,P <0 0 1。结论 :微量法测定血胆红素简便 ,迅速 ,减少对婴儿的损伤 ,为黄疸婴儿血胆红素的测定提供了较大方便 ,应予推广应用     

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Associated with Drugs and Vaccines in Children: A Case-Control Study

Objective

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is one of the most severe muco-cutaneous diseases and its occurrence is often attributed to drug use. The aim of the present study is to quantify the risk of SJS in association with drug and vaccine use in children.

Methods

A multicenter surveillance of children hospitalized through the emergency departments for acute conditions of interest is currently ongoing in Italy. Cases with a diagnosis of SJS were retrieved from all admissions. Parents were interviewed on child’s use of drugs and vaccines preceding the onset of symptoms that led to the hospitalization. We compared the use of drugs and vaccines in cases with the corresponding use in a control group of children hospitalized for acute neurological conditions.

Results

Twenty-nine children with a diagnosis of SJS and 1,362 with neurological disorders were hospitalized between 1^st November 1999 and 31^st October 2012. Cases were more frequently exposed to drugs (79% vs 58% in the control group; adjusted OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.0–6.1). Anticonvulsants presented the highest adjusted OR: 26.8 (95% CI 8.4–86.0). Significantly elevated risks were also estimated for antibiotics use (adjusted OR 3.3; 95% CI 1.5–7.2), corticosteroids (adjusted OR 4.2; 95% CI 1.8–9.9) and paracetamol (adjusted OR 3.2; 95% CI 1.5–6.9). No increased risk was estimated for vaccines (adjusted OR: 0.9; 95% CI 0.3–2.8).

Discussion

Our study provides additional evidence on the etiologic role of drugs and vaccines in the occurrence of SJS in children.     

核层蛋白A前体的法尼基化与衰老

编码核层蛋白A(lamin A)的LMNA基因突变导致法尼基化的核层蛋白A前体(prelamin A)不能被进一步加工成成熟的核层蛋白A,从而导致一种Hutchinson-Gilford早老症综合征(Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome,HGPS)。一种更严重的早老症——限制性皮肤病(restrictive dermopathy,RD),是由于缺失核层蛋白A前体加工过程中的剪切酶ZMPSTE24引起的。ZMPSTE24的缺失阻止了法尼基化的核层蛋白A前体不能正常加工成为成熟的核层蛋白A,同时导致法尼基化的核层蛋白A前体的堆积。在HGPS和RD病人的成纤维细胞中,发现法尼基化的核层蛋白A前体都定位在核膜,从而影响细胞核膜的完整性,并导致细胞核形的异常,进而导致衰老。最近研究表明经过法尼基酰转移酶抑制剂(farnesyltransferase inhibitor,FTI)处理后的细胞的核形异常减少。同时,FTI能够改善HGPS和RD小鼠的早老症状。本文就核层蛋白A前体的法尼基化对衰老的影响有关研究进展作一综述。     

交替灌溉的节水调质机理及同位素技术在作物水分利用研究中的应用

基于节水灌溉技术原理与作物感知缺水的根源信号理论而提出的根系分区交替灌溉,是交替对作物部分根区进行正常的灌溉,其余根区受到适度水分胁迫的灌溉方式。应用同位素示踪技术追溯分根区交替供水条件下土壤-作物系统水分运转途径并揭示其节水调质机理是一个重要的研究方向。本文对根系分区交替灌溉的节水调质效应、节水机理、稳定性氢氧同位素在植物水分运移中的应用以及稳定性碳同位素在植物水分利用效率中的应用研究进展及应用前景作了简要介绍,并对将来需要重点研究的方向作了展望。以期为充分挖掘作物生理节水潜力,大幅度提高作物水分利用效率和实现节水、丰产、优质、高效的综合目标提供有效的调控途径。     

海洋生物制药现状及展望

现代生物技术在制药产业中发挥了重要作用,海洋生物技术的出现和发展推动了海洋生 物药物的研究,是今后生物技术药物的发展方向。综述了生物技术在海洋药物开发中的应用,并 展望了新世纪海洋生物制药的前景。     

Mesenchymal stem cells transmigrate over the endothelial barrier

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) seem to be a useful tool for cellular therapy in injured tissues, e.g. myocardial infarction or cardiomyopathies resulting in heart failure. For therapeutic approaches it is crucial that MSCs cross the endothelial barrier especially in intravascular or rather intracoronary application. Until today little is known about MSCs transmigrating across the endothelium. We performed co-culture experiments of MSCs on an endothelial monolayer to analyse direct interactions. An increasing flattened morphology of the MSCs was followed by a total integration into the monolayer after 2h. We repeated these experiments in isolated heart perfusions with gold-labelled MSCs. Using electron microscopy we detected MSCs exhibited direct cell-cell contacts. Tight junctions between the endothelial cells became abolished resulting in a distinct split between the cells. MSCs developed tight cell-cell contacts and became integrated into the endothelial wall of the capillary vessel. Finally, using confocal laser scanning microscopy, we assessed the ability of the MSCs to fully pass the endothelial barrier. Within the first 30 min, 30+/-8% of MSCs transmigrated, increasing to about half at 60 min (50+/-8%), whereas after 120 min the rate remained nearly unchanged (53+/-10%). This work demonstrates the capability of MSCs for transendothelial migration. Moreover we showed that the vast majority of MSCs migrated within 30 min, an important finding for the exposure times in clinical settings.     

Global Analysis of DNA Methylation Variation in Adipose Tissue from Twins Reveals Links to Disease-Associated Variants in Distal Regulatory Elements

Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation play a key role in gene regulation and disease susceptibility. However, little is known about the genome-wide frequency, localization, and function of methylation variation and how it is regulated by genetic and environmental factors. We utilized the Multiple Tissue Human Expression Resource (MuTHER) and generated Illumina 450K adipose methylome data from 648 twins. We found that individual CpGs had low variance and that variability was suppressed in promoters. We noted that DNA methylation variation was highly heritable (h²_median = 0.34) and that shared environmental effects correlated with metabolic phenotype-associated CpGs. Analysis of methylation quantitative-trait loci (metQTL) revealed that 28% of CpGs were associated with nearby SNPs, and when overlapping them with adipose expression quantitative-trait loci (eQTL) from the same individuals, we found that 6% of the loci played a role in regulating both gene expression and DNA methylation. These associations were bidirectional, but there were pronounced negative associations for promoter CpGs. Integration of metQTL with adipose reference epigenomes and disease associations revealed significant enrichment of metQTL overlapping metabolic-trait or disease loci in enhancers (the strongest effects were for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and body mass index [BMI]). We followed up with the BMI SNP rs713586, a cg01884057 metQTL that overlaps an enhancer upstream of ADCY3, and used bisulphite sequencing to refine this region. Our results showed widespread population invariability yet sequence dependence on adipose DNA methylation but that incorporating maps of regulatory elements aid in linking CpG variation to gene regulation and disease risk in a tissue-dependent manner.