干旱胁迫下硫营养对小麦光合色素及MDA含量的影响

选用郑引1号（高水肥型）和陕合6号（抗旱型）2个小麦品种,通过室内盆栽试验比较了干旱及硫胁迫情况下小麦苗期功能叶片中叶绿素（Chla和Chlb）及丙二醛（MDA）含量的变化。采用自然渐进干旱法控制水分,每天称重。结果表明：无论在正常供水还是干旱胁迫时,供硫处理的叶绿素含量始终高于无硫处理,郑引1号的这种优势明显优于陕合6号,硫营养显示出对叶绿素含量的调节能力。干旱胁迫下,供硫处理的小麦叶片MDA含量始终低于无硫处理。两个试验结果均证实了硫营养能通过调节光合色素及MDA的含量增强作物的抗旱能力。     

干旱胁迫对木兰科5树种生理生化指标的影响

对乐昌含笑(Michelia chapensis Dandy)、金叶含笑(M. foreolate Merr. ex Dandy)、阔瓣含笑(M. platyetala Hand. -Mazz.)、观光木(Tsoongiodendron odorum Chun)和红花木莲[Manglietia insigis (Wall.) Blume]进行28 d干旱胁迫处理,测定了丙二醛(MDA)和可溶性糖含量;对除乐昌含笑以外的4个树种进行了7种脂肪酸成分即肉豆蔻酸、棕榈酸、棕榈油酸、硬脂酸、油酸、亚油酸、α-亚麻酸的测定.结果表明,干旱胁迫时MDA和可溶性糖含量均升高.在4个树种的处理组和对照组中,不饱和脂肪酸比例高于饱和脂肪酸;在干旱胁迫时,饱和脂肪酸比例升高,不饱和脂肪酸比例下降.综合各生理指标变化与田间观察结果,上述5树种按抗旱能力强弱依次排序为:阔瓣含笑、乐昌含笑、观光木、金叶含笑和红花木莲.     

RIG-I样受体与RNA病毒识别

RIG-I样受体(RIG-I like receptors,RLR)是一类新发现的模式识别受体,能够识别细胞质中的病毒RNA,通过RLR级联信号诱导干扰素和促炎症细胞因子的产生,对抗病毒天然免疫的建立起着非常重要的作用.RLR信号通路既受宿主的严格调控,也能够作为病毒逃避宿主干扰素反应的靶点.本文重点讨论了RLR及其在RNA病毒识别和抗病毒天然免疫中的作用.     

X射线辐射对仔鼠体重、皮毛生长及肝、肾脏组织SOD、CAT活力及MDA含量的影响

本文采用比色法测定不同剂量（0．0、0．5、2．0、3．5、5．0、6．5Gy）X射线辐射对不同发育期（1、5、10和20d）仔鼠肝脏及肾脏组织超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）活力和丙二醛（MDA）含量的影响,探讨X射线辐射后小鼠的体重、皮毛及肝、肾组织抗氧化酶活性的动态变化,为电离辐射防治提供实验依据。结果表明：经2．0、3．5、5．0和6．5GyX射线辐射后的仔鼠体重降低;3．5、5．0和6．5Gy辐射后3d开始脱毛,10d脱毛处开始长出新毛,6．5Gy辐射组鼠脱毛处皮肤出现紫斑;0．5Gy辐射组仔鼠肝脏及肾脏中SOD活性在辐射初期升高,后逐渐降低至近似正常水平,其它各组则先降低,后缓慢升高但始终低于对照组;0．5Gy辐射组仔鼠肝脏及肾脏MDA含量先降低,后升高至近似正常水平,其它各组则先升高,后缓慢降低,始终高于对照组;0．5、2．0Gy辐射组其仔鼠肝脏及肾脏CAT活性在辐射后初期降低,后升高,最终至近似正常水平;其它各组则在初期升高,后降低。辐射后一段时间内检测各组仔鼠肝脏及肾脏中各种酶的活性均有不同程度恢复正常的趋势。表明X射线影响生长发育中仔鼠的体重、皮毛生长及肝、肾组织的抗氧化酶活性,且剂量因素的影响大于时间因素。大剂量电离辐射对发育期仔鼠具有损伤作用[动物学报54（6）：1029-1037,2008]。     

He—Ne激光对小麦幼苗增强UV—B辐射损伤的修复效应

采用 He- Ne激光辐照对增强 UV- B辐射后小麦幼苗的损伤修复作用进行了研究。小麦种子在盛有湿滤纸的培养皿内 2 5℃下进行萌发。萌发后小麦幼苗在光合有效辐射 (PAR)为 2 2 0 μmol· m- 2 · S- 1的光背景下 ,经 1 0 .0 8k J·m- 2 · d- 1的增强 UV- B辐射 ,然后再用 5m W· mm- 2的 He- Ne激光进行辐照。通过小麦幼苗丙二醛 (MDA)、抗坏血酸 (As A)、超氧化物歧化酶 (SOD)和紫外吸收物含量及活性的变化 ,测定了 He- Ne激光对小麦 UV- B损伤修复的作用。结果显示 ,MDA、SOD、As A和紫外吸收物的变化同小麦幼苗损伤修复的能力相关联。He- Ne激光辐照可使 UV- B辐射后小麦幼苗 MDA的含量明显减少、As A含量明显增加、SOD活性增强及紫外吸收物含量显著增加。说明增强 UV- B对小麦幼苗生理水平的辐射损伤 ,能够被一定剂量的 He- Ne激光辐照而得到部分修复。但是 ,采用同等波长和功率的红光照射 ,其 MDA、SOD、As A和紫外吸收物均无明显变化 ,证明激光的促进修复作用并非由激光的光效应所致     

含硒类球红细菌的研究

为了确定类球红细菌转硒培养的最佳条件 ,研究了无机硒的加入浓度、时间以及分批补料培养对菌体生长和转硒效率的影响。实验表明 ,无机硒的浓度低于 1× 10 -5mol/L时 ,对类球红细菌的生长基本没有影响 ,并能将6 3.9%的无机硒转化为有机硒。转硒的最佳时间是在接种后 12h左右 ,此时转硒效率最高。实验还表明 ,分批补料培养可以提高菌体浓度 ,可使转硒效率和绝对量增加。体内试验表明 ,用 5mL/kgbw和 10mL/kgbw剂量的含硒类球红细菌灌养小鼠 ,可以使其全血GSH Px酶活性提高 2 0 .9%和 2 5 .5 % ,使其血清丙二醛 (MDA)含量降低2 1.0 %和 2 3.2 %。     

Vitamins,stress and growth: the availability of antioxidants in early life influences the expression of cryptic genetic variation

Environmental inputs during early development can shape the expression of phenotypes, which has long‐lasting consequences in physiology and life history of an organism. Here, we study whether experimentally manipulated availability of dietary antioxidants, vitamins C and E, influences the expression of genetic variance for antioxidant defence, endocrine signal and body mass in yellow‐legged gull chicks using quantitative genetic models based on full siblings. Our experimental study in a natural population reveals that the expression of genetic variance in total antioxidant capacity in plasma increased in chicks supplemented with vitamins C and E despite the negligible effects on the average phenotype. This suggests that individuals differ in their ability to capture and transport dietary antioxidants or to respond to these extra resources, and importantly, this ability has a genetic basis. Corticosterone level in plasma and body mass were negatively correlated at the phenotypic level. Significant genetic variance of corticosterone level appeared only in control chicks nonsupplemented with vitamins, suggesting that the genetic variation of endocrine system, which transmits environmental cues to adaptively control chick development, appeared in stressful conditions (i.e. poor antioxidant availability). Therefore, environmental inputs may shape evolutionary trajectories of antioxidant capacity and endocrine system by affecting the expression of cryptic genetic variation.     

Structural analysis of RIG-I-like receptors reveals ancient rules of engagement between diverse RNA helicases and TRIM ubiquitin ligases

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Interleukin‐6 contributes to chemoresistance in MDA‐MB‐231 cells via targeting HIF‐1α

Chemoresistance is a critical challenge in the clinical treatment of triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC). It has been well documented that inflammatory mediators from tumor microenvironment are involved in the pathogenesis of TNBC and might be related to chemoresistance of cancer cells. In this study, the contribution of interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), one of the principal oncogenic molecules, in chemoresistance of a TNBC cell line MDA‐MB‐231 was first investigated. The results showed that IL‐6 treatment could induce upregulation of HIF‐1α via the activation of STAT3 in MDA‐MB‐231 cells, which consequently contributed to its effect against chemotherapeutic drug‐induced cytotoxicity and cell apoptosis. However, knockdown of HIF‐1α attenuated such effect via affecting the expressions of apoptosis‐related molecules as Bax and Bcl‐2 and drug transporters as P‐gp and MRP1. This study indicated that targeting at IL‐6/HIF‐1α signaling pathway might be an effective strategy to overcome chemoresistance in TNBC therapy.