凡纳滨对虾细菌性病原的分离鉴定和耐药性研究

从5批患病的凡纳滨对虾分离细菌性病原,共分离纯化了50株细菌,随机选择形态差异的11株进行16S rDNA基因测序。测序结果表明,这11株菌主要分布在节杆菌属、弧菌属、芽胞杆菌属、微小杆菌属和希瓦氏菌属。对其中2株弧菌进行16S rDNA基因系统进化树分析,发现1株A1-1可能为Vibrio parahaemolyticus(副溶血性弧菌),而另外1株菌A2-3可能为Vibrio rotiferianus(半滑舌鳎病原菌轮虫弧菌)。形态和生理生化鉴定表明A1-1符合副溶血性弧菌的基本特征,可能是副溶血性弧菌中的一个型。人工感染实验表明A1-1对金鲫鱼具有明显的致病性,1×10~6 CFU感染剂量时能使80%金鲫鱼死亡。耐药性分析表明A1-1对土霉素、红霉素有较强的抗药性,而对链霉素、新霉素、四环素和氟本尼考均表现一定的敏感性。     

Postnatal inflammation in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Exposure to hyperoxia, invasive mechanical ventilation, and systemic/local sepsis are important antecedents of postnatal inflammation in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). This review will summarize information obtained from animal (baboon, lamb/sheep, rat and mouse) models that pertain to the specific inflammatory agents and signaling molecules that predispose a premature infant to BPD. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 100:189–201, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Potential role of serum magnesium measurement as a biomarker of acute Falciparum malaria infection in adult patients

Serum magnesium concentration was measured in 80 adult patients (age range: 18–40 yr) presenting with acute, uncomplicated falciparum malaria infection and a control group of 20 age-matched, healthy individuals. The mean serum magnesium concentration in the patients was 1950.0 ±10.0 μg/dL. The control serum magnesium was 640.0±40.0 μg/dL. This represents an over threefold increase in serum magnesium levels above normal value, p<0.01. The key pathogenic event in acute falciparum malaria infection is the hemolysis of both infected and uninfected red blood cells. Therefore, the increased serum magnesium concentration might occur because of the hemolysis arising from erythrocytic merogony because red blood cells contain high amounts of magnesium. In conclusion, the increased serum magnesium has potential application as a biomarker of acute falciparum malaria infection in adults.     

Human Organoids as a Promising Platform for Fighting COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic evoked by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has triggered a major public health problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Understanding the pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms underlying this novel virus is crucial for both fundamental research and clinical trials in order to devise effective therapies and vaccination regimens. Basic research on SARS-CoV-2 largely depends on ex vivo models that allow viral invasion and replication. Organoid models are now emerging as a valuable tool to investigate viral biology and disease progression, serving as an efficient platform to investigate potential therapies for COVID-19. Here, we summarize various human stem cell-derived organoid types employed in SARS-CoV-2 studies. We highlight key findings from these models, including cell tropisms and molecular mechanisms in viral infection. We also describe their use in identifying potential therapeutic agents against SARS-CoV-2. As more and more advanced organoids emerge, they will facilitate the understanding of disease pathogenesis for drug development in this dreaded pandemic.     

Gut microbiota,inflammation, and molecular signatures of host response to infection

Gut microbial dysbiosis has been linked to many noncommunicable diseases. However, little is known about specific gut microbiota composition and its correlated metabolites associated with molecular signatures underlying host response to infection. Here, we describe the construction of a proteomic risk score based on 20 blood proteomic biomarkers, which have recently been identified as molecular signatures predicting the progression of the COVID-19. We demonstrate that in our cohort of 990 healthy individuals without infection, this proteomic risk score is positively associated with proinflammatory cytokines mainly among older, but not younger, individuals. We further discover that a core set of gut microbiota can accurately predict the above proteomic biomarkers among 301 individuals using a machine learning model and that these gut microbiota features are highly correlated with proinflammatory cytokines in another independent set of 366 individuals. Fecal metabolomics analysis suggests potential amino acid-related pathways linking gut microbiota to host metabolism and inflammation. Overall, our multi-omics analyses suggest that gut microbiota composition and function are closely related to inflammation and molecular signatures of host response to infection among healthy individuals. These results may provide novel insights into the cross-talk between gut microbiota and host immune system.     

甘蔗鞭黑粉菌侵染甘蔗的早期可视化观察

[目的]甘蔗鞭黑粉菌(Sporisorium scitamineum)引起的甘蔗黑穗病是我国甘蔗生产重要的病害.示踪甘蔗鞭黑粉菌侵染甘蔗的过程将有助于揭示其致病性和甘蔗抗黑穗病机制,为抗病品种的选育以及黑穗病的防治奠定基础.[方法]利用农杆菌介导的遗传转化技术对甘蔗鞭黑粉菌进行黄色荧光标记,对转化子进行配合及致病力检测...     

胸腔镜食管癌切除术后肺部感染患者肺功能和炎症因子水平的关系研究

目的:研究胸腔镜食管癌切除术后肺部感染患者肺功能和炎症因子水平的关系。方法:选取2015年3月～2018年7月我院收治的食管癌患者120例为研究对象,将其以随机数字表法分成对照组和观察组。对照组予以传统开胸手术治疗,观察组则予以胸腔镜食管切除术治疗。分别比较两组术后肺部感染发生情况、手术前后肺功能以及炎症因子水平变化情况,并分析胸腔镜食管癌切除术后肺部感染患者肺功能与炎症因子的关系。结果:观察组患者术后肺部感染发生率为13.33%(8/60),低于对照组的36.67%(22/60),差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。术后观察组用力肺活量(FVC)、第1秒用力呼气量(FEV1)、FEV1/FVC均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05)。术后1 d、术后5 d观察组白细胞介素-6(IL-6)、白细胞介素-10(IL-10)以及C反应蛋白(CRP)水平均低于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05)。经Pearson相关性分析可得:胸腔镜食管癌切除术后肺部感染患者FVC、FEV1、FEV1/FVC与IL-6、IL-10、CRP均呈负相关性(均P0.05)。结论:胸腔镜食管癌切除术可显著降低患者肺部感染发生风险,且术后肺部感染患者肺功能与炎症反应存在密切相关,降低术后肺部感染发生率的机制可能与减轻机体炎症反应有关。     

圣乔治教堂诺卡菌引起的肺部感染1例

诺卡菌肺部感染可引起肺诺卡菌病,因其无特异性的临床表现,容易误诊、漏诊。因此,临床实验室的培养鉴定能力非常重要,若不能及时诊治,则会导致病死率较高。诺卡菌病临床较为少见,为引起临床实验室对诺卡菌的鉴定和药敏试验的重视,本文报道了上海市嘉定区中心医院2019年2月收治的1例由圣乔治教堂诺卡菌(Nocardia cyriacigeorgica)感染引起的肺诺卡菌病病例,针对其临床特征、实验室检测及治疗等进行分析,期望对临床诊治诺卡菌病有所帮助。     

Microscopic analysis of the effect ofRhizobium leguminosarum biovartrifolii host specific nodulation genes in the infection of white clovers

Summary A microscopic assessment is presented of the comparative infection capacity of wild-type and hybrid strains ofRhizobium leguminosarum bv.viciae withR. l. bv.trifolii strain ANU 843 on white clover seedlings. TheR. l. bv.viciae hybrid strains contained defined DNA segments coding for different combinations ofR. l. bv.trifolii host-specific nodulation genes. White clover plants were examined over a 72 h period to assessRhizobium infectivity, the morphological changes in root hair growth; colonisation ability of rhizobia; infection thread initiation and the ability to induce cortical cell division.R. l. bv.viciae strain 300 induced root hair curling more slowly than strain ANU 843 or any of the hybrid strain 300 bacteria, and when curling had taken place, there was poorer colonization by strain 300 within the folded hair cell, no evidence of infection thread formation and only limited cortical cell division 72 h after inoculation. The addition of the host-specific nodulation genes ofR. l. bv.trifolii to strain 300 was necessary to induce infection threads and establish a normal pattern of nodulation of the roots of white clovers.