Genetic analysis of inbreeding depression in plus tree 850.55 of Pinus radiata D. Don. II. Genetics of viability genes

 Most coniferous species exhibit severe inbreeding depression. Selfed individuals usually have decreased viability, reduced vigour and morphological defects. The number of filled seeds after selfing Pinus radiata plus tree 850.55 was 48% that of the outcrossing, and 26.1% of the selfed seedlings died at an early stage. The segregation of 172 markers (covering 56% of the genome) in selfed progenies of radiata pine plus tree 850.55 was studied. Based on the segregation ratio of the markers, genes associated with inbreeding depression on viability were identified (P<0.05). Using the Expectation/Conditional Maximization (ECM) algorithm, we estimated the location, degree of dominance and selection coefficient of viability genes. Nine viability genes were discovered. Seven of them appeared to be dominant and one partially dominant (degree of dominance=0.4). The other gene was overdominant or pseudo-overdominant, with selection coefficients for the two homozygotes of 0.4 and 0.42, respectively. Of the genes showing dominance or partial dominance, seven were sub-lethal with selection coefficients ranging from 0.55 to 0.79; one gene (SDPr), which was responsible for seedling death within the first month following germination, was lethal. Received: 13 December 1998 / Accepted: 28 December 1998     

过期妊娠并发羊水过少70例分析

目的 探讨过期妊娠合并羊水对围产儿的影响。方法 将２３３例过期妊娠的孕妇分为羊水过少组７０例及不适量组１５３例,动态观察两 组４０￣４３孕周１２ｈ尿Ｅ／Ｃ值、Ｂ超检测羊水量,产后胎盘检查,胎儿宫内窘迫,新生儿窒息剖宫产及围产儿死亡发生率,两组进行分析比较。结果 不过少组４０￣４１孕周即开始出现不量减少及胎盘功能下降,产时胎儿窘迫,羊水杂,Ａｐｇａｒ评分以及剖宫产率均地羊水适量组（Ｐ〈０．０５,Ｐ〈     

Inbreeding in Pinus radiata. I. The effect of inbreeding on growth, survival and variance

 The effects of inbreeding on growth, survival and variance in a 12-year-old radiata pine trial were studied in five populations each inbred to one of five different levels: outcross (F=0), half-sib (F=0.125), full-sib (F=0.25), selfing (S₁, F=0.5), and two-generations of selfing (S₂, F=0.75). These five populations were derived from a founder population of eight clones. Inbreeding reduced diameter, growth, and survival but increased the variance for diameter. Inbreeding depression at F=0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 was 5%, 6%, 15%, and 19% respectively for DBH; −3%, 1%, 7%, and 11% respectively, for survival. The standard deviation for diameter increased by 10%, 10%, 30%, and 25% respectively for F=0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 and, similarly, the coefficient of variation increased by 17%, 16%, 53%, and 55% respectively. There were significant differences among the eight founder clones in their response to inbreeding. The best clone in the trial showed no inbreeding depression. Overall, inbreeding depression was found to be linearly related to the inbreeding coefficient F with no significant quadratic effects for any trait at any population level. However, two individual clones had a quadratic relationship with F for DBH and one clone had a similar relationship for survival. A significant correlation (r=0.96) between S₂ and the breeding values of founder clones was observed while the correlation (r=0.58) between S₁ and breeding values was insignificant. The low inbreeding depression in radiata pine relative to other conifers may indicate that historical purging of detrimental alleles through small geographic populations, a higher degree of population subdivision, and the relative high fecundity of inbred progenies has rendered radiata pine an ideal species to use inbreeding as a breeding tool. Received: 10 March 1998 / Accepted: 19 May 1998     

突触可塑性与脑疾病的神经发育基础

大脑神经回路高度有序的神经元活动是高级脑功能的基础,神经元之间的突触联结是神经回路的关键功能节点。神经突触根据神经元活动调整其传递效能的能力,亦即突触可塑性,被认为是神经回路发育和学习与记忆功能的基础。其异常则可能导致如抑郁症和阿尔茨海默病等精神、神经疾病。将介绍这两种疾病与突触可塑性的关系,聚焦于相关分子和细胞机制以及新的研究、治疗手段等进展。     

Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of rate of inbreeding

Deleterious alleles may be removed (purged) bynatural selection in populations undergoinginbreeding. However, there is controversyregarding the effectiveness of selection inreducing the risk of extinction due toinbreeding, especially in relation to the rateof inbreeding. We evaluated the effect of therate of inbreeding on reducing extinction risk,in populations of Drosophila melanogastermaintained using full-sib mating (160replicates), or at effective population sizes(N _e) of 10 (80) or 20 (80).Extinction rates in the populations maintainedusing full-sib mating occurred at lower levelsof inbreeding than in the larger populations,whereas the two larger populations did notdiffer significantly from each other.Inbreeding coefficients at 50% extinction were0.62, 0.79 and 0.77 for the full-sib (N _e = 2.6), N _e = 10 and N _e = 20 treatments, respectively. Populations of N _e = 20 that remained extant after 60 generations, showed inbreeding depression, with the mean fitness of these populations being only 45% of the outbredcontrols. There was considerable variationamong the 31 inbred populations in fitness, butnone of the N _e = 20 populations hadfitness that was higher than the outbredcontrol. We conclude that purging may slow therate of extinction slightly, but it cannot berelied on to eliminate the deleterious effectsof inbreeding.     

老年与青年小鼠慢性应激后抑郁样行为的观察

目的：探讨慢性应激后不同月龄小鼠抑郁样行为的变化,以及海马和前脑皮层胰岛素样神经营养因子-Ⅱ （IGF-Ⅱ）的作用。方法：昆明品系小白鼠3月龄（青年）和14月龄（老年）,随机分为青年对照组和青年应激组、老年对照组和老年应激组,每组12只、雌雄各半。多因素慢性应激21 d,建立抑郁小鼠模型。采用悬尾实验和蔗糖偏好实验评价小鼠的抑郁样行为;并且检测小鼠海马和前脑皮层IGF-Ⅱ的表达水平。结果：与青年对照组相比,老年对照组小鼠的累积不动时间明显增多（P<0.05）,蔗糖消耗度明显降低（P<0.05）,并且IGF-Ⅱ阳性神经元数目在海马CA1区、CA3区、齿状回（D G）和前脑皮层均明显减少（P<0.01或P<0.05）;慢性应激后,青年应激组小鼠的第一次静止不动时间、累积不动时间和蔗糖消耗度与其对照组比较均有显著性差异（P均<0.01）,IGF-Ⅱ阳性神经元数目在CA1、DG和前脑皮层均显著减少（P<0.05或P<0.01）;与老年对照组比较,老年应激组小鼠的第一次静止不动时间明显减少（P<0.05）、累积不动时间显著增加（P<0.0 5）和蔗糖消耗度明显减少（P<0.05）,海马CA1、CA3和DG区IGF-Ⅱ阳性神经元数目均显著减少（P <0.05或P<0.01）。结论：慢性应激后小鼠的抑郁样行为可能与海马和前脑皮层IGF-Ⅱ表达的下调密切相关。     

格列本脲对大鼠皮层扩散性抑制中脑血管的调节作用

皮层扩散性抑制(corticalspreadingdepression,CSD)是研究偏头痛、脑梗塞等疾病的重要病理模型.已有研究表明,在普遍被观察到的CSD过程中软脑膜动脉血管大幅度舒张之前,还存在一个较小幅度的软脑膜动脉扩张和收缩.但其中的脑血管调节机制尚不清楚.采用550nm的内源信号光学成像(opticalintrinsicsignalimaging,OISI)监测ATP敏感钾离子通道(ATP-sensitivepotassiumchannels,KATP)的阻断剂格列本脲(glibenclamide,glyb),对针刺诱导的大鼠CSD过程中软脑膜动脉血管舒缩过程的影响.实验中观测到软脑膜血管的初始小收缩(initialslightconstriction,ISC)相对于对照组显著减弱,其中应用10μmol/Lglyb时,74.5%的ISC被完全抑制,100μmol/Lglyb时则有96.2%的ISC完全消失.相对于CSD发生前,软脑膜动脉血管大幅舒张(largedilation,LD)的峰值也分别显著增强了(53.8±19.3)%和(59.8±19.6)%.结果表明,可能是神经元上的KATP在CSD过程中被glyb阻断从而抑制了软脑膜动脉血管的收缩.     

海马NMDA受体与神经肽Y在慢性应激性抑郁发生中的作用及其关系

本文旨在探讨N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸(N-methyl-D-aspartic acid,NMDA)受体与神经肽Y(neuropeptide Y,NPY)在慢性应激抑郁发生中的作用与关系。建立慢性不可预见性温和应激(chronic unpredictable mild stress,CUMS)抑郁模型,海马单侧分别微量注射非竞争性NMDA受体拮抗剂MK-801、NPY-Y1受体阻断剂GR231118和NMDA后,利用体重测量及糖水偏爱测试、强迫游泳及敞箱实验等方法观察动物行为变化,运用免疫组织化学方法检测海马CA3区和齿状回(dentate gyrus,DG)内NPY的表达。结果显示,CUMS组大鼠表现出抑郁样行为变化,海马NPY表达显著降低;海马微量注射NMDA或NPY-Y1受体阻断剂GR231118,动物行为学表现均与CUMS组相同,注射NMDA可使NPY表达显著降低;海马微量注射MK-801能明显改善应激引起的抑郁样行为表现,并使海马NPY表达增加。联合注射GR231118与MK-801后,GR231118可以显著减弱MK-801的抗抑郁样行为的效应。以上结果表明,CUMS可能使谷氨酸(glutamic acid,Glu)过量释放,NMDA受体过度激活,抑制NPY表达,导致抑郁发生。NPY抗抑郁作用主要是通过NPY-Y1受体实现。     

喀斯特峰丛洼地不同森林类型植物和土壤C、N、P化学计量特征

研究西南喀斯特峰丛洼地人工林、次生林、原生林3个不同森林类型的6个代表性植物群落C、N、P化学计量特征及其与土壤的关系.结果表明: 不同森林类型植物和土壤C、N、P含量均存在显著差异.土壤C和N含量均为次生林最高,人工林最低,土壤P含量为人工林最高,原生林最低;植物C和P含量变化趋势为人工林>原生林>次生林,植物N含量为次生林最高,原生林最低.土壤C∶P、N∶P以及植物C∶P均为原生林显著高于次生林和人工林,土壤C∶N在不同森林类型间差异不显著;植物N∶P为次生林最高,人工林最低,植物C∶N为原生林>人工林>次生林.在不同森林类型中,乔木叶片N含量与P含量、C∶N与C∶P以及C∶P与N∶P之间均呈显著线性正相关,除了植物叶片C∶N与N∶P以及土壤C∶N与N∶P之间呈显著线性负相关外,植物和土壤的C、N、P、C∶P均无显著相关性,说明土壤C、N、P供应量对乔木叶片C、N、P含量影响不大.     

松嫩平原西部林网生态场中玉米光合生态研究

东北松嫩平原林网生态场(Ecofield)中主要气候因子对玉米(Zea mays)光合作用影响的研究表明：在整个生长季中,玉米的瞬时光合速率与气温、光强正相关;日光合量则与空气温、湿度正相关。林网中部和东部(10—20H,H为1树高)玉米的光合日进程基本无午休现象,仅两侧主林带附近(1H、5H、25H)仍有午休;与此相应,日光合量也以中、东部高于两侧,这是由于林网中部的气温和湿度高于两侧。通过综合分析,发现午间空气湿度低是造成光合午休的主要原因,在东北松嫩平原,空气温、湿度是制约玉米光合作用主要的气候因子,其中气温是主导因子;光照不是限制因子。防护林可提高林网中的空气温、湿度,从而提高玉米的生产力。