基于ITS和matK基因对牡丹组序列分析及其亲缘关系的研究

以芍药属牡丹组全部9个野生种、5个紫斑牡丹栽培品种及3个中原牡丹品种为试材,进行核糖体内转录间隔区（ITS）和叶绿体成熟酶K （matK）基因片段测序分析,探讨ITS和matK序列为牡丹组所有野生种种间关系提供分子证据。从GeneBank中选取了1个牡丹及3个外类群芍药、川赤芍和草芍药的ITS及matK序列。对试验样品进行DNA提取、PCR扩增并双向测序得到44条序列,人工校正后将所得44条序列进行比对;计算碱基组成频率、变异位点、简约信息位点数、转换/颠换比率、种内及种间遗传距离,以邻接法进行系统发育分析。结果表明,牡丹组所有个体ITS序列长度在750~800 bp,含有86个多态位点,74个简约信息位点,转换/颠换比率（R）为1.2;而matK序列含有20个简约信息位点,转换/颠换比率（R）为1.7。ITS序列分析将牡丹组野生种分为两大枝,稷山牡丹、紫斑牡丹、卵叶牡丹和杨山牡丹聚为一枝,狭叶牡丹、滇牡丹、黄牡丹和大花黄牡丹聚为另一枝,这两枝分别与革质花盘亚组和肉质花盘亚组相对应,而四川牡丹位于革质花盘亚组最底端,支持前人研究将四川牡丹归为革质花盘亚组。matK序列分析的牡丹组野生种间遗传距离结果不理想,未能清晰的表明野生种之间的亲缘关系。由此说明,ITS序列更适合牡丹组野生种间亲缘关系的研究分析。     

基于HPLC-ECD研究牡荆叶抗氧化的谱-效关系

为研究牡荆叶指纹图谱与抗氧化活性的谱-效关系,该研究首先建立了18批牡荆叶的高效液相色谱-电化学检测法(HPLC-ECD)指纹图谱,对不同来源牡荆叶药材进行聚类分析,鉴定主要酚类化合物且测定其含量,分析牡荆叶的总酚和总黄酮含量,并采用DPPH自由基清除法、ABTS自由基清除法、氧自由基吸收能力法及铁离子还原能力法考察其体外抗氧化活性,通过皮尔逊相关分析、灰度关联分析及偏最小二乘回归分析法研究牡荆叶的谱-效关系。结果表明：(1)牡荆叶的指纹图谱标定21个共有峰,共指认出10个峰,其含量顺序为绿原酸>异荭草苷>木犀草苷>异牡荆素>异绿原酸A>异绿原酸C>原儿茶酸>荭草苷>异绿原酸B>新绿原酸;不同产地样品间相似性较高,相似度结果为0.816～0.983。(2)系统聚类分析显示,样品含量对分类有一定影响,不同来源样品被分为3类,其中南北方样品存在一定差异。(3)牡荆叶中总酚和总黄酮的含量分别为15.82～61.83 mg·g^-1和27.85～157.65 mg·g^-1,样品均具不同程度的抗氧化活...     

Mechanism of action of ferrocene derivatives on the catalytic activity of topoisomerase IIalpha and beta--distinct mode of action of two derivatives

Topoisomerase II is found to be present in two isoforms alpha and beta, and both the isoforms are regulated in cancerous tissue. Development of isoform-specific topoisomerase II poisons has been of great interest for cancer-specific drug targeting. In the present investigation using quantitative structure-activity analysis of ferrocene derivatives, we show that two derivatives of ferrocene, azalactone ferrocene and thiomorpholide amido methyl ferrocene, can preferentially inhibit topoisomerase IIbeta activity. Thiomorpholide amido methyl ferrocene shows higher inhibition of catalytic activity (IC(50) = 50 microM) against topoisomerase IIbeta compared to azalactone ferrocene (IC(50) = 100 microM). The analysis of protein DNA intermediates formed in the presence of these two compounds suggests that azalactone ferrocene readily induces formation of cleavable complex in a dose-dependent manner, in comparison with thiomorpholide amido methyl ferrocene. Both the compounds show significant inhibition of DNA-dependent ATPase activity of enzyme. These results suggest that azalactone ferrocene inhibits DNA passage activity of enzyme leading to the formation of cleavable complex, while thiomorpholide amido methyl ferrocene competes with ATP binding resulting in the inhibition of catalytic activity of enzyme. In summary, thiomorpholide amido methyl ferrocene and azalactone ferrocene show distinctly different mechanisms in inhibition of catalytic activity of topoisomerase IIbeta.     

若尔盖高原退化沼泽群落植物多样性及种间相关性沿排水梯度的变化

植物多样性与种间相关性是植物群落生态学和生物多样性研究的核心问题, 然而有关二者之间关系的综合研究尚不多见。该文以若尔盖高原排水干扰下不同退化阶段的沼泽湿地植被为研究对象, 应用Spearman秩相关、回归分析等方法, 分析了沼泽植物群落物种多样性和种间相关性的变化及二者相互关系。结果表明: 沿排水梯度, 从相对原生沼泽至极度退化沼泽, 不同植物种群均有其特定的生态分布范围; 群落总种数、样方物种丰富度、Shannon-Wiener指数和Whittaker指数均单调增加; 植物种间相关强度增加; 正相关种对比例呈逐渐增加的趋势, 以极重度和极度退化阶段的较高, 相对原生沼泽和轻度退化阶段的较低, 负相关种对比例的变化趋势与之相反; Shannon-Wiener指数与正负相关种对比例均具有显著线性关系(p < 0.05), Whittaker指数均无显著关系(p > 0.05)。人为排水作用通过提高群落生境异质性, 促进正相关种对的共存, 增加沼泽群落植物多样性。     

芍药属牡丹组（Paeonia sect. Moutan）种间关系的分子证据：GPAT基因的PCR-RFLP和序列分析

为了探讨芍药属牡丹组Paeonia sect. Moutan的种间关系,对采自15个野生居群,代表牡丹组全部8个野生种的15份材料的GPAT 基因片段（外显子5和6之间2 kb的内含子）进行了PCR-RFLP分析,并对代表牡丹组全部8个野生种的9份材料进行了测序。 根据12个限制性内切酶的PCR-RFLP数据,使用Network 3.0计算机程序的RM (reduced-median)法建立了牡丹组种间亲缘关系网络树。同时根据8个种9份材料的GPAT基因片段序列,利用PAUP*4.0计算机程序建立了牡丹组GPAT基因的最大简约（MP）树和邻接(NJ)树。结果获得了具有很高自展值支持、分辨良好的牡丹组种间关系（GPAT基因）树。最重要的是,该基因树所显示的牡丹组种间关系与根据形态学证据提出的牡丹组的种间关系基本吻合,并得到其他研究证据的支持。根据这一结果,对牡丹组的种间关系进行了详细的讨论。     

Changes of species specific cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in the cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea and Leucophaea maderae reared in heterospecific groups

The cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea and Leucophaea maderae are species-specific when maintained in homospecific rearings. When individuals were reared in mixed species colonies, they initially remained in homospecific groups under different shelters. However, after 14 days they formed one heterospecific group with cuticular profiles showing characteristics of both species. When individuals were returned in monospecific rearings, their cuticular hydrocarbon profiles returned to species-specific ones within 3 weeks.     

乌兰布和沙漠天然白刺种群及主要伴生种种间关联性研究

采用2×2列联表,运用方差比率法（VR）、χ²统计量检验、联结系数（AC）和共同出现百分率（PC）等指标,以关联测度指标（OI、DJ、JI）为参考,对内蒙古自治区乌兰布和沙漠天然白刺（Nitraria tangtorum）种群及其伴生种的种间关联性进行分析,结果表明：天然白刺种群内8个主要物种总体关联性表现为无关联。在全部的28个种对中,15个种对表现为正联结,13个种对间表现为负联结。种对中除白刺–沙蒿表现为显著负联结外,其他种对间联结性均不显著。主要物种白刺与草本,草本与草本之间趋向独立分布。通过对天然白刺种群总体以及种间的关联性研究,为构建稳定的沙漠植物群落、恢复重建沙漠地区的植被、改善沙漠地区生态格局提供理论指导。     

Natural Product‐Based Fungicides Discovery: Design,Synthesis and Antifungal Activities of Some Sarisan Analogs Containing 1,3,4‐Oxadiazole Moieties

A series of sarisan analogs containing 1,3,4‐oxadiazole moieties were synthesized by iodine‐mediated oxidative cyclization and screened in vitro for their antifungal activities at 50 μg/mL against five phytopathogenic fungi such as Valsa mali, Curvularia lunata, Alternaria alternate, Fusarium solani and Fusarium graminearum. 1,3,4‐Oxadiazole derivatives 7e , 7p , 7r , 7t and 7u exhibited potent and a broad spectrum of antifungal activities against at least three phytopathogenic fungi at the concentration of 50 μg/mL. Especially, compound 7r displayed more potent antifungal activities against five phytopathogenic fungi than the positive control hymexazol. The EC₅₀ of 7r against V. mali, C. lunata and A. alternate were 12.6, 14.5 and 17.0 μg/mL, respectively. Additionally, some interesting results of structure‐activity relationships (SARs) were also observed.     

Competitive Superiority of Early Acting Species: A Case Study of Opiine Fruit Fly Parasitoids

Koinobiont parasitoids that attack an early host stage may have an advantage in suppressing competing parasitoids that attack later stages of the same host. We examined the competitive interaction between the two most important parasitoids of tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii, Fopius arisanus (Sonan), and Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The former species attacks host eggs while the latter attacks host larvae, and both species emerge as adults from the host puparia. F. arisanus physiologically suppressed egg development of D. longicaudata. Over 90% of D. longicaudata eggs died in the presence of F. arisanus larvae within host larvae of either the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) or the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). D. longicaudata appeared not to discriminate against hosts previously parasitized by F. arisanus. The mechanism that F. arisanus uses to eliminate D. longicaudata is similar to that which it employs to eliminate five other larval fruit fly parasitoids so far reported in Hawaii. This suggests that there is a broad competitive superiority of the early acting species in fruit fly parasitoids. We discuss the implication of this in relation to future biological control introductions against tephritid fruit flies.