Nitric oxide plays a central role in determining lateral root development in tomato

Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive molecule that functions in numerous physiological processes in plants, most of them involving cross-talk with traditional phytohormones. Auxin is the main hormone that regulates root system architecture. In this communication we report that NO promotes lateral root (LR) development, an auxin-dependent process. Application of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) to tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seedlings induced LR emergence and elongation in a dose-dependent manner, while primary root (PR) growth was diminished. The effect is specific for NO since the NO scavenger 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (CPTIO) blocked the action of SNP. Depletion of endogenous NO with CPTIO resulted in the complete abolition of LR emergence and a 40% increase in PR length, confirming a physiological role for NO in the regulation of root system growth and development. Detection of endogenous NO by the specific probe 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate (DAF-2 DA) revealed that the NO signal was specifically located in LR primordia during all stages of their development. In another set of experiments, SNP was able to promote LR development in auxin-depleted seedlings treated with the auxin transport inhibitor N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA). Moreover, it was found that LR formation induced by the synthetic auxin 1-naphthylacetic acid (NAA) was prevented by CPTIO in a dose-dependent manner. All together, these results suggest a novel role for NO in the regulation of LR development, probably operating in the auxin signaling transduction pathway.Abbreviations CPTIO 2-(4-Carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide - DAF-2 DA 4,5-Diaminofluorescein diacetate - LR Lateral root - NAA 1-Naphthylacetic acid - NO Nitric oxide - NPA N-1-Naphthylphthalamic acid - PR Primary root - SNP Sodium nitroprusside     

实时影像融合的超声虚拟导航技术联合射频消融术治疗原发性肝癌合并门静脉癌栓患者的疗效及对血清Bax、Cyfra21-1的影响

摘要 目的：探讨实时影像融合的超声虚拟导航技术联合射频消融术治疗原发性肝癌合并门静脉癌栓患者的疗效及对血清BCL-2同源的水溶性相关蛋白（Bax）、细胞角蛋白19片段（Cyfra21-1）的影响。方法：选择本院2017年1月到2021年4月收治的原发性肝癌合并门静脉癌栓患者82例作为研究对象,根据1：1随机数字表法将患者分为虚拟导航组与对照组各41例,虚拟导航组给予实时影像融合的超声虚拟导航技术联合射频消融术治疗,对照组给予单纯超声引导联合射频消融术治疗。结果：虚拟导航组的进针次数、融合时间、布针时间少于对照组（P<0.05）;虚拟导航组治疗后3个月的胆汁瘤、肝脓肿、膈肌损伤、肺部感染等并发症发生率为4.9 %,低于对照组的29.3 %（P<0.05）。虚拟导航组治疗后3个月的总有效率为82.9 %,高于对照组的51.2 %（P<0.05）。两组治疗后3个月的血清谷丙转氨酶（ALT）、谷草转氨酶（AST）水平低于治疗前,虚拟导航组低于对照组（P<0.05）。两组治疗后的血清Bax、Cyfra21-1含量低于治疗前,虚拟导航组低于对照组（P<0.05）。结论：实时影像融合的超声虚拟导航技术联合射频消融术治疗原发性肝癌合并门静脉癌栓能降低血清Bax、Cyfra21-1含量,改善患者的肝功能,提高消融效率,还可减少并发症的发生,最终提高患者的总体治疗效果。     

一套新的籼稻初级三体的选育和细胞学鉴定

以秋水仙素处理中籼３０３７幼苗,从其后代中获得同源三倍体１株。为选育成套初级三体,将中籼３０３７同源三倍体茎节幼芽置于试管中离体繁殖,繁殖后的同源三倍体种于田间,授以正常中籼３０３７的花粉。获得３０１３粒种子,成苗１０６３株。通过染色体数目检查,共获得３０２株三体植株。这些三体按其形态特征可分为１２类,对每类三体植株分别通过粗线期的染色体鉴定,获得了１２种初级三体,依据额外染色体长度递减的顺序分别定名为三体１、三体２、………三体１２。     

超声诊断原发性肝癌的研究

本文33例原发性肝癌的超声诊断研究中24例有1.5至30年的肝病史。最近一次确诊为肝硬化者或无肿瘤者到首次发现肿瘤的时间为3至98天,平均27.3天,其中一例仅隔3天再查就发现肝左叶有多发性低回声肿瘤,最大肿瘤为64×65mm;首次发现肿瘤到第二次复查的时间为15至158天,平均49.4天,肿瘤平均增大约1.5倍,从单个发展至多个。本文就上述原发性肝癌发展的超声诊断跟踪分析探讨。     

cDNA cloning of an alginate lyase from abalone, Haliotis discus hannai

An alginate lyase, termed HdAly in the present paper, was isolated from the hepatopancreas of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai, by ammonium sulfate fractionation, followed by TOYOPEARL CM-650M column chromatography. Enzymatic properties of HdAly were similar to those of previously reported Haliotis and Turbo poly(M) lyases, e.g., it preferentially degraded a poly(beta-D-mannuronate)-rich substrate with an optimal pH and temperature at pH 8.0 and 45 degrees C, respectively. In order to determine the primary structure of abalone lyase that is still poorly understood, cDNAs for HdAly were cloned by PCR from the abalone hepatopancreas cDNA library and sequenced. From the nucleotide sequences of the cDNAs, the sequence of 909 bp in total was determined, and the amino acid sequence of 273 residues was deduced from the translational region of 822 bp locating at nucleotide positions 27-848. The N-terminal region of 16 residues, except for the initiation Met in the deduced sequence, was regarded as the signal peptide since it was absent in the HdAly protein and showed high similarity to the consensus sequence for signal peptides of eukaryote secretary proteins. This suggests that HdAly is initially produced as a precursor possessing the signal peptide in hepatopancreatic cells and then secreted into digestive tract as the mature form. Thus, the mature HdAly was regarded to consist of 256 residues with the calculated molecular mass of 28895.5 Da. The amino acid sequence of HdAly showed 85 and 28% identity to those of Turbo cornutus alginate lyase SP2 and the C-terminal region of Chlorella virus lyase-like protein CL2, respectively, while it showed no significant identity to those of any bacterial alginate lyases. In order to provide the basis for the structure-function studies and various applications of the abalone lyase, a bacterial expression system was constructed by means of the HdAly-cDNA and pET-3a expression plasmid. Although the active recombinant HdAly was hardly produced at a cultivation temperature 37 degrees C in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), a small amount of soluble and active enzyme could be produced when the temperature was lowered to 19 degrees C.     

Enzymatic synthesis of new aromatic and aliphatic esters of flavonoids using Candida antarctica lipase as biocatalyst

Enzymatic acylation of rutin and esculin with aromatic, aliphatic and aryl-aliphatic acids using Candida antarctica lipase in tert amyl alcohol as solvent was investigated under low water content. Whatever the acyl donor used, the conversion yields and initial rates for esculin were higher than for rutin. For a given flavonoid, the performance of these reactions depended on the acyl donor structures. For aliphatic acids, conversion yields and initial rates of both flavonoids were respectively in the ranges of 68-90% and of 9.5×10^-2-72×10^-2 mmol l^-1 h^-1. For aromatic acids, the reaction occurred only with the aryl subgroup (cinnamic, hydrocinnamic, 3,4-dihydroxyhydrocinnamic and 4-hydroxyphenyl acetic acids) and was drastically influenced by the presence of side chain and substitution patterns of the aromatic ring. Except for hydrocinnamic acid (75%, 23.4×10^-2 mmol l^-1 h^-1), with these acids the conversion yields and initial rates were lower and in the range of 10-45% and of 0.7×10^-2 to 12.1×10^-2 mmol l^-1 h^-1. Unsaturation of the side chain of the hydrocinnamic acid decreased the esculin conversion rate from 75 to 13% and initial rate from 23.4 to 1.76×10^-2 mmol l^-1 h^-1. The presence of hydroxyl or nitro-groups on the aromatic ring of the aryl aliphatic acid also reduced conversion yields and initial rates. Even without a spacer, the non-phenolic ring acid (quinic acid) was reactive and lead to conversion yields of about 20 and 23% respectively for rutin and esculin.     

亚硒酸钠对四氯化碳损伤草鱼肝原代细胞与肝组织的保护作用

不同浓度四氯化碳（ＣＣｌ４）对草鱼肝原代细胞的损伤实验中,ＣＣｌ４浓度为１０μｌ／ｍｌ可引起细胞血清中丙氨酸氨基转移酶（ＡＬＴ）、天门冬氨酸氨基转移酶（ＡＳＴ）、乳酸脱氢酶（ＬＤＨ）逸出量与细胞破损率显著增高,培养液中添加亚硒酸钠（Ｎａ２ＳｅＯ３）０．２μｇ／ｍｌ,则可降低ＡＬＴ、ＡＳＴ、ＬＤＨ的逸出量,减轻细胞破损程度。Ｎａ２ＳｅＯ３保护实验中,Ｎａ２ＳｅＯ２＋ＣＣｌ４组预先腹腔注射（ｉｐ）０．１ｍｇ／ｋｇ．ｂｗ连续三日,末次ｉｐＣＣｌ４混合液１ｍｌ／ｋｇ．ｂｗ,２４ｈ内肝组织超氧物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）相对活性比ＣＣｌ４组提高达９１．５％,第七日仍提高达５４．５％,与对照组的水平基本接近;血清中丙氨酸氨基转氨酶（ＡＬＴ）水平逐渐降低。本实验还观察到Ｎａ２ＳｅＯ３可引起肝脂质过氧化物显著降低,肝微粒体蛋白含量与细胞色素Ｐ—４５０活性升高;组织切片观察显示肝组织损伤程度减轻,７２ｈ后细胞核增多。表明Ｎａ２ＳｅＯ３可提高草鱼肝清除自由基能力,增强肝脏解毒功能。     

超声造影定量分析联合血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3对原发性肝癌TACE治疗疗效的预测价值

摘要 目的：探讨超声造影定量分析联合血清甲胎蛋白（AFP）、血管内皮生长因子受体-2（VEGFR-2）、可溶性T细胞免疫球蛋白粘蛋白分子3（sTim-3）对原发性肝癌肝动脉化疗栓塞（TACE）治疗疗效的预测价值。方法：选择2020年1月至2022年10月海军军医大学第二附属医院收治的原发性肝癌患者94例。行TACE治疗2个月,采用改良的实体瘤疗效评价标准评估患者疗效,根据不同疗效分为疗效不良组（n=32）和疗效良好组（n=62）。所有患者均行超声造影检查,比较两组超声造影定量分析参数、治疗前血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3水平,采用受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析超声造影定量分析参数联合血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3对原发性肝癌TACE治疗疗效的预测价值。结果：经TACE治疗,62例患者疗效良好、32例患者疗效不良,治疗有效率为65.96%。疗效良好组术前超声造影达峰时间、等增强开始时间显著长于疗效不良组（P<0.05）。疗效良好组术前血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3水平显著低于疗效不良组（P<0.05）。ROC曲线分析结果显示,超声造影定量分析联合血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3对原发性肝癌TACE治疗疗效预测的曲线下面积（AUC）为0.950,灵敏度为84.85%,特异度为82.12%,高于各指标单独检测。结论：超声造影定量分析参数、血清AFP、VEGFR-2、sTim-3水平可预测原发性肝癌患者TACE治疗的疗效,且联合诊断的预测效能更高。     

肾康注射液联合羟苯磺酸钙胶囊对PNS并发AKI患者肾功能、凝血功能及炎性因子的影响

摘要 目的：探讨肾康注射液联合羟苯磺酸钙胶囊对原发性肾病综合征（PNS）并发急性肾损伤（AKI）患者肾功能、凝血功能及炎性因子的影响。方法：选取2018年4月~2019年11月期间我院收治的134例PNS合并AKI患者,随机分为对照组（常规治疗基础上予以羟苯磺酸钙胶囊治疗）和联合组（对照组基础上予以肾康注射液治疗）,各67例。治疗14 d后,对比两组患者疗效、肾功能指标[尿素氮（BUN）、血肌酐（Scr）、白蛋白（Alb）]、凝血功能指标[凝血酶时间(TT)、凝血酶原时间（PT）、活化部分凝血酶原时间(APTT)、纤维蛋白原（FIB）]及炎性因子[白介素-6（IL-6）、肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、C反应蛋白（CRP）],记录两组不良反应情况。结果：联合组治疗14d后的临床总有效率高于对照组（P<0.05）。治疗14 d后,两组PT、APTT、TT、FIB、Scr、BUN、IL-6、TNF-α、CRP均较治疗前下降,且联合组低于对照组（P<0.05）。治疗14 d后,两组Alb升高,且联合组高于对照组（P<0.05）。对照组、联合组的不良反应总发生率对比未见统计学差异（P>0.05）。结论：相较于羟苯磺酸钙胶囊单药治疗,PNS合并AKI患者在羟苯磺酸钙胶囊的基础上联合肾康注射液治疗,可有效减轻肾功能损害,改善凝血功能,降低炎性因子水平,疗效明显,且未增加严重不良反应。     

原发性肝癌MRI检查图像特征分析及联合血清AFP、TK1、DKK1的诊断价值研究

摘要 目的：研究原发性肝癌（PHC）磁共振成像（MRI）检查图像特征及其联合血清甲胎蛋白（AFP）、胸苷激酶1（TK1）、Dickkopf相关蛋白1（DKK1）的诊断价值。方法：将我院从2017年1月～2020年1月收治的PHC患者76例纳入研究,记作观察组。另取同期我院收治的70例良性肝病患者记作对照组。对所有受试者均进行MRI扫描,比较两组MRI图像特征。检测并对比两组血清AFP、TK1、DKK1水平的差异。通过受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析MRI及上述各项血清学指标诊断PHC的效能。结果：PHC患者T1WI主要表现为均匀低或稍低信号,T2WI主要表现为不均匀高信号,DWI均表现为均匀高信号。观察组血清AFP、TK1、DKK1水平均高于对照组（均P＜0.05）。经ROC曲线分析可得：MRI检查联合血清AFP、TK1、DKK1诊断PHC的曲线下面积、灵敏度、特异度、准确度均高于上述各项检查方式单独诊断。结论：PHC患者MRI图像特征如下：T1WI主要表现为均匀低或稍低信号,T2WI主要表现为不均匀高信号,DWI均表现为均匀高信号。此外,MRI检查联合血清AFP、TK1、DKK1诊断PHC的效能较高,具有一定的临床应用价值。