普通冠状病毒229E株的分子流行病学分析

目的明确哈尔滨地区普通冠状病毒229E(Human Coronavirus-229E,HCOV-229E)株的流行和变异情况及其与SARS-CoV的异同,为进一步掌握该地区常见上呼吸道病毒的流行规律及预防,乃至疫苗的制备打下基础。方法利用RT—PCR法对2003年上半年采集的部分发热病人血清及血细胞进行筛选,同时采用基因测序、序列分析等手段对扩增的HCOV-229E N gene片断进行蛋白和基因分析。结果55例标本中HCOV-229E RNA阳性病例5例,占9．09％;测序结果看出哈尔滨地区检出229E株N基因的序列与已公布的HCOV-229E Ngene(295—802)序列完全相同,所测片断为HCOV-229E N gene的部分序列。该基因与猪流行性腹泻病毒、犬冠状病毒、TGEV及猫感染性腹膜炎病毒有一定同源性;但与已公布的SARS-CoV N gene序列比较,相似性小于1％。结论(1)该地区发热病人普通冠状病毒229E株阳性率为9．09％;(2)哈尔滨地区流行的HCOVN基因无变异发生;(3)HCOV-229E与猪流行性腹泻病毒、犬冠状病毒、TGEV和猫感染性腹膜炎病毒有一定的同源性;(4)哈尔滨地区HCOV-229E N gene与SARS-CoV N gene相似性小于1％。     

Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis: `working the night shift'

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) can be traced from Roman times through persons who noted a morning acid taste of some common house plants. From India in 1815, Benjamin-Heyne described a `daily acid taste cycle' with some succulent garden plants. Recent work has shown that the nocturnally formed acid is decarboxylated during the day to become the CO₂ for photosynthesis. Thus, CAM photosynthesis extends over a 24-hour day using several daily interlocking cycles. To understand CAM photosynthesis, several landmark discoveries were made at the following times: daily reciprocal acid and carbohydrate cycles were found during 1870 to 1887; their precise identification, as malic acid and starch, and accurate quantification occurred from 1940 to 1954; diffusive gas resistance methods were introduced in the early 1960s that led to understanding the powerful stomatal control of daily gas exchanges; C₄ photosynthesis in two different types of cells was discovered from 1965 to ∼1974 and the resultant information was used to elucidate the day and night portions of CAM photosynthesis in one cell; and exceptionally high internal green tissue CO₂ levels, 0.2 to 2.5%, upon the daytime decarboxylation of malic acid, were discovered in 1979. These discoveries then were combined with related information from C₃ and C₄ photosynthesis, carbon biochemistry, cellular anatomy, and ecological physiology. Therefore by ∼1980, CAM photosynthesis finally was rigorously outlined. In a nutshell, 24-hour CAM occurs by phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) carboxylase fixing CO₂(HCO₃ ⁻) over the night to form malic acid that is stored in plant cell vacuoles. While stomata are tightly closed the following day, malic acid is decarboxylated releasing CO₂ for C₃ photosynthesis via ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco). The CO₂ acceptor, PEP, is formed via glycolysis at night from starch or other stored carbohydrates and after decarboxylation the three carbons are restored each day. In mid to late afternoon the stomata can open and mostly C₃ photosynthesis occurs until darkness. CAM photo-synthesis can be both inducible and constitutive and is known in 33 families with an estimated 15 to 20 000 species. CAM plants express the most plastic and tenacious photosynthesis known in that they can switch photosynthesis pathways and they can live and conduct photosynthesis for years even in the virtual absence of external H₂O and CO₂, i.e., CAM tenaciously protects its photosynthesis from both H₂O and CO₂ stresses. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Chlamydia trachomatis CT229 Subverts Rab GTPase-Dependent CCV Trafficking Pathways to Promote Chlamydial Infection

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桂东北稻区第七代褐飞虱迁飞规律及虫源分析

褐飞虱是我国水稻上的一种重要迁飞性害虫,在桂东北稻区不能越冬。近年来,作为次害代的第7代褐飞虱在桂东北稻区频繁暴发,桂东北稻区作为褐飞虱南北往返迁飞的重要通道,研究阐明该稻区第7代褐飞虱的迁飞规律及虫源分布,对第7代褐飞虱的早期预警和有效防控意义重大。利用灯光诱捕的方法研究了2007—2010年桂东北稻区褐飞虱的迁飞动态,并运用大气质点轨迹分析平台HYSPLIT(Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory)和气象图形处理软件GrADS(Grid Analysis and Display System)对褐飞虱迁入、迁出峰次进行轨迹分析和气象背景分析。结果表明:(1)桂东北稻区第7代褐飞虱每年都会出现2—3次迁飞高峰,虫量高峰期主要集中在9月底至10月上旬。(2)迁入虫源主要来自江西中西部和湖南中东部稻区,从本地起飞的部分褐飞虱飞行24 h或36 h后能到达广西南部沿海、越南北部和海南等越冬区。(3)925 hPa的温度高则褐飞虱虫量高;盛行东北气流较多的年份,褐飞虱发生严重;微弱的下沉气流和无雨天气有利于褐飞虱的迁飞。     

Opening a dialogue on race,class and national belonging

In this essay, I respond to the reviewers of my book, Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider, including Bhattacharrya, Frost, Jefferys, Meer, Roediger and van der Linden. In particular, I elaborate further on the epistemological foundations of the book, including my aim to stretch the concept of working class to accommodate both ethnic diversity, and the significance of racism and anti-racism within it. Then, I state the case for how the concept of the racialized outsider can help transform our understanding of the key signposts of English working-class history. The significance of the anti-racist accomplishments of the 1970s and 1980s are also given further consideration alongside the relevance of the book and its arguments to the present environment – a period where those accomplishments have started to be reversed.     

Destabilization of the plasma membrane of isolated plant protoplasts during a freeze-thaw cycle: the influence of cold acclimation

In conclusion, isolated protoplasts are an excellent arena in which destabilization of the plasma membrane can be directly observed during a freeze-thaw cycle by cryomicroscopy. Destabilization is manifested in various ways--intracellular ice formation, loss of osmotic responsiveness, or expansion-induced lysis. The incidence of any particular form of injury will depend on the freeze-thaw protocol and hardiness of the tissue from which the protoplasts were isolated. In all cases, however, cold acclimation directly increases the stability of the plasma membrane to the multiple stresses that arise during a freeze-thaw cycle. Such observations provide for functional differences in the plasma membrane that may now be used to consider the significance of any compositional changes in the membrane that might be determined.     

大气低温胁迫对中国褐飞虱年内初始迁入的影响

为了揭示大气低温胁迫对中国褐飞虱年内初始迁入的影响,更好地预警来自境外的褐飞虱早期迁入,通过统计2000-2017年中国华南、西南两个稻区褐飞虱年内的始见期和首次迁入峰日,逆推其迁飞轨迹和虫源区,分析大气温度场对迁飞过程产生的作用,比较了褐飞虱在我国不同稻区、不同年内初始迁入期受大气低温胁迫产生的作用差异。结果表明：（1）近年来褐飞虱初始迁入中国的时间提前,初始迁入华南稻区的时间比西南稻区早,华南稻区始见期提早可能与褐飞虱种群越冬北界北移有关。（2）西南稻区褐飞虱年内初始迁入的境外虫源主要来自缅甸,华南稻区年内初始迁入的境外虫源主要来自越南和老挝的中北部。（3）对盛行迁飞层的温场分布研究表明,在褐飞虱年内初始迁入过程中低温屏障发生的概率约为54.4%,迁入当晚降虫地的平均低温强度为13.45℃,平均降温幅度为1.88℃。其中低温胁迫在华南稻区表现更为显著（发生概率为58.3%,平均强度为13.18℃）,在始见期表现得更明显（发生概率为70.6%,平均强度为12.53℃）。     

冠状病毒HcoV-229E S1蛋白的原核表达及鉴定

目的克隆表达冠状病毒HcoV-229E S1基因片段,表达S1蛋白。方法合成冠状病毒HcoV-229ES1蛋白特异性基因片段并克隆入pET21a原核表达载体,转化BL21（DE3）菌,经IPTG高效诱导表达得到重组蛋白,用金属螯合亲和层析纯化,并通过Western blot对表达的重组蛋白进行鉴定。结果获得了主要以包涵体形式存在的目的蛋白,Western blot鉴定其为S1基因片段蛋白。结论成功构建了HcoV-229E S1蛋白的表达载体,并在BL21（DE3）中得到了高效表达,为下一步表达蛋白免疫原性及疫苗抗病毒保护性测定打下了基础。     

Effects of calcium on the permeability of isolated adult rat heart cells to sodium

The permeability of rat heart myocytes to Na increases when extracellular Ca (Ca₀) is decreased. This increased permeability is reflected in elevated $\text{Na}\text{K}$ ratios in nonenergized myocytes and in increased ouabain-sensitive lactate production in anaerobic myocytes supplemented with glucose. Myocytes treated with ethylene glycol bis(β-aminoethyl ether)N,N′-tetraacetic acid (1 mm) maintain low $\text{Na}\text{K}$ ratios, but expend considerable glycolytic ATP in ouabain-sensitive cation cycling. The data suggest that Ca₀ bound to the sarcolemma can restrict transmembrane movement of Na via pathways that are not yet defined. The lack of significant net accumulation of Ca argues against the explanation that Ca₀ maintains low internal Na levels as a result of NaCa exchange. Both the increased uptake of Na and increased utilization of ATP in the absence of Ca₀ may be relevant to the phenomenon of “Ca-paradox” in situ.