Systematics and Species Validity of the Dabieshan Pit Viper Protobothrops dabieshanensis Huang et al. 2012: Evidence from a Mitochondrial Gene Sequence Analysis

Aimed to evaluate the phylogenetic position of the recently described Protobothrops dabieshanensis Huang et al. （2012）, phylogenic relationships of 12 species within Protobothrops based on four mtDNA gene fragments （12S RNA, 16S RNA, ND4 and Cyt b） were reconstructed in our study. The result indicates a clade composed ofP dabiesha- nensis, P. jerdonii and P xiangchengsis with strong support. The genetic distance among P dabieshanensis, P jerdonii and P xiangchengsis was much lower than other congeners. Based on the data from the phylogenetic analysis and pre- viously described morphological differences, we conclude that P dabieshanensis is a valid species with close affinities to P jerdonii and P xiangchengsis.     

An Efficient Rice Mutagenesis System Based on Suspension-Cultured Cells

Plant mutants are important bio-resources for crop breeding and gene functional studies. Conventional methods for generating mutant libraries by mutagenesis of seeds with physical or chemical agents are of low efficiency. Here, we developed a highly-efficient ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis system based on suspension-cultured cells, with rice (Oryza sativa L.) as an example. We show that treatment of suspension-cultured tiny cell clusters with 0.4% EMS for 18-22h followed by differentiation and regeneration produced as high as 29.4% independent mutant lines with visible phenotypic variations, including a number of important agronomic traits such as grain size, panicle size, grain or panicle shape, tiller number and angle, heading date, male sterility, and disease sensitivity. No mosaic mutant was observed in the mutant lines tested. In this mutant library, we obtained a mutant with an abnormally elongated uppermost internode. Sequencing and functional analysis revealed that this is a new allelic mutant of eui (elongated uppermost internode) caused by two point mutations in the first exon of the EUI gene, representing a successful example of this mutagenesis system.     

The Arabidopsis Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Subunit 1 is Critical for Both Female Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis

Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a multisubunit E3 ligase, plays a critical role in cell cycle control, but the functional characterization of each subunit has not yet been completed. To investigate the function of APC1 in Arabidopsis, we analyzed four mutant alleles of APC1, and found that mutation in APC1 resulted in significantly reduced plant fertility, accumulation of cyclin B, and disrupted auxin distribution in embryos. The three mutant alleles apc1-1, apc1-2 and apc1-3 shared variable defects in female gametogenesis including degradation, abnormal nuclear number, and disrupted polarity of nuclei in the embryo sac as well as in embryogenesis, in which embryos were arrested at multiple stages. All of these defects are similar to those previously identified in apc4. The mutant apc1-4, in which the T-DNA was inserted after the transmembrane domain at the C-terminus, showed much more severe phenotypes; that is, most of the ovules were arrested at the one-nucleate female gametophyte stage (stage FG1). In the apc1 apc4 double mutants, the fertility was further reduced by one-third in apc1-1/+ apc4-1/+, and in some cases no ovules even survived in siliques of apc1-4/+ apc4-1/+. Our data thus suggest that APC1, an essential component of APC/C, plays a synergistic role with APC4 both in female gametogenesis and in embryogenesis.     

不同消毒液实验室消毒效果实验比较

目的:证明不同消毒液均能对于指征菌群达到定量杀灭效果(杀灭对数值)。方法:将不同浓度的消毒液经不同时间的反应后,取出适量加入相应培养基中经不同温度的培养,观察杀灭微生物的效果。结论:不同消毒液各剂型对于指征菌群的定量杀灭效果(杀灭对数值),均能达到对物品的消毒要求。     

35S::GmPM30在拟南芥的根系生长中表现为对ABA的敏感性降低(英文)

LEA protein,late-embryogenesis-abundant protein,is importantin response to thesalt and drought stresses in plants.Here,weidentified a cDNA full length of LEA from soybean and found that LEA enhance the ability of anti-salinity in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana.The expression of GmPM30 increases highly under salinity,cold or ABA treatment,and enhances by certain degree under drought stress.The germination rates,primary root lengths and survival rate of GmPM30 over-expression lines are obviously higher than that of the wild-type after suffering the salinity stress.Our studies displays that GmPM30-ox apparently enhances the tolerance to salinity in Arabidopsis thaliana.     

新型茶皂素毒鱼剂与传统茶皂素毒鱼剂对罗非鱼的毒杀效能比较

采用水箱养殖方式,通过新型茶皂素毒鱼剂与传统茶皂素毒鱼剂对罗非鱼的药效-剂量关系和毒鱼持续能力的对比。结果显示,新型茶皂素毒鱼剂对罗非鱼的6h有效致死剂量为5-6mg/L左右。6h半致死剂量LD50约为5.0mg/L,12h绝对致死剂量LD100为6.0mg/L。6h的最小致死剂量MLD为5.0mg/L,6h最大耐受剂量MTD为2.5mg/L左右。且其在毒鱼持续能力方面明显优于传统的茶皂素毒鱼剂。     

核桃壳提取液用于单针藻Monoraphidium sp.QLZ-3培养产油脂

[目的] 研究核桃壳提取液（walnut shell extracts,WSE）对单针藻Monoraphidium sp.QLZ-3生长和油脂积累的影响。[方法] 向BG-11培养基中添加不同量的WSE（培养基中保留有BG-11中全部营养成分）。[结果] 结果显示,当BG-11培养基中的WSE含量为40%时,单针藻的生物量产率及油脂产率达到（534.70±4.07）mg/（L·d）和（296.35±15.36）mg/（L·d）,相比对照组分别提高了的14.82%和33.50%,蛋白质和碳水化合物含量分别有不同程度的上调和下调。与对照组相比,微藻中谷胱甘肽（glutathione,GSH）和超氧化物歧化酶（superoxide dismutase,SOD）含量与活性均上调。此外,WSE作用下,微藻对多酚的移除达到84.37%,同时上调了核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶基因（ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase,rbcL）和乙酰辅酶A羧化酶（acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase,accD）基因的表达量。[结论] 研究表明,WSE联合BG-11可以提高微藻的生物量产率和油脂产率,降低微藻培养的原料成本,为核桃壳的资源化利用及微藻的工业化生产提供了一定的技术支撑。     

A型肉毒毒素联合CO2点阵激光治疗眼周皱纹的近期疗效评估

目的:探讨A型肉毒毒素联合CO_2点阵激光治疗眼周皱纹的近期临床疗效。方法:选择2013年6月到2014年6月我院接收眼部皱纹改善手术的患者90例,随机分为激光组、肉毒毒素组及联合治疗组,各30例,分别给予CO_2点阵激光治疗、A型肉毒毒素注射和A型肉毒毒素注射联合CO_2点阵激光治疗。所有患者在治疗后7 d、1月及3月进行疗效随访评价,比较三组不良反应情况。结果:三组患者眼周皱纹均有所改善,治疗1个月时效果最为明显。激光组的静态皱纹治疗效果明显,对动态皱纹治疗效果不明显;肉毒毒素组对动态皱纹治疗效果明显,对静态皱纹治疗效果不明显;联合治疗组对静态皱纹和动态皱纹均有明显的改善,其满意度评价总分数明显高于其他两组。三组患者对CO_2点阵激光和注射A型肉毒毒素所引起疼痛均能耐受,安全性好。结论:A型肉毒毒素联合CO_2点阵激光对静态皱纹和动态皱纹均有明显的改善作用,且不良反应轻,安全性好。     

尖吻蝮蛇凝血酶治疗消化性溃疡出血的有效性和安全性评价

目的:评价尖吻蝮蛇凝血酶治疗消化性溃疡出血的有效性和安全性。方法:选取2014年4月~2015年4月我院消化科收治的消化性溃疡出血患者100例为研究对象,根据病情程度分为轻度、中度和重度,将入选患者随机分为观察组和对照组,每组各50例。对照组在抑酸、消炎和保护胃黏膜等常规治疗基础上采用垂体后叶素止血,观察组在上述常规治疗基础上采用尖吻蝮蛇凝血酶止血,比较观察两组不同病情程度患者的临床疗效和有既往心脑血栓病史患者再次发生血栓的情况。结果:观察组中度、重度患者的疗效明显优于对照组中、重度患者,且差异有统计学意义(P0.05),观察组中有既往心脑血栓病史的患者无再次发生血栓。结论:尖吻蝮蛇凝血酶治疗消化性溃疡出血具有较好的疗效和安全性。     

罗布麻总黄酮通过PI3K/Akt/GSK3β抑制H_2O_2诱导的EA.hy926凋亡机制研究

心血管疾病严重危害人类健康,其致病机制主要是氧化应激诱导的内皮细胞凋亡,保护内皮细胞免受氧化应激损伤是防治心血管疾病的关键。为了探讨罗布麻总黄酮(total flavonoids of Folium Apocyni Veneti,TFF)抑制过氧化氢(hydrogen peroxide,H_2O_2)诱导的EA.hy926细胞凋亡的机制,采用不同浓度TFF处理EA.hy926细胞,一定浓度的H_2O_2造模,通过MTT法、Hoechst33342/PI荧光双染、流式细胞术检测各组的细胞凋亡情况,并用Western-blot和荧光定量PCR检测相关蛋白及m RNA的表达水平。研究发现,H_2O_2能明显诱导EA.hy926细胞凋亡,而TFF可降低H_2O_2引起的内皮细胞凋亡,表现为凋亡率降低、线粒体膜电位(mitochondrial membrane potential,MMP)增加、裂解的半胱天冬酶-3,-9(cleaved caspase-3,-9)表达减少、髓细胞白血病因子-1(myeloid cell leukemia-1,Mcl-1)表达增加、磷脂酰肌醇-3-激酶/蛋白激酶B/糖原合成酶激酶-3β(phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B/glycogen synthase kinase-3β,PI3K/Akt/GSK3β)通路中Akt、GSK3β蛋白的磷酸化水平升高。上述结果表明,TFF主要是通过激活PI3K/Akt/GSK3β通路,调节Mcl-1的表达,保护MMP,进而抑制caspase蛋白的剪切活化,抑制H_2O_2诱导的EA.hy926凋亡。