无胶筛分毛细管电泳分离DNA片段的现状与展望

毛细管电泳已DNA片段分离分析的重要手段。本简述了毛细管电泳中采用无胶筛分介质分离DNA片段的机理研究,介绍了筛分介质近年的研究发展状况,依据分离介质的化学组成,分单聚物、共聚物和混聚物等3个部分进行了评述,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

骆驼斯氏副柔线虫病传播媒介西方角蝇和截脉角蝇的幼虫龄期划分

【目的】本研究旨在找出区分西方角蝇Haematobia irritans和截脉角蝇H.titillans幼虫龄期划分标准,为准确鉴定两种角蝇各龄幼虫,研究斯氏副柔线虫在角蝇体内的发育过程,以及制定防控骆驼斯氏副柔线虫病的有效措施等奠定基础。【方法】采用实验室人工孵育两种角蝇幼虫的方法,分别测量不同发育阶段幼虫的虫体长、咽骨体长和咽骨体宽3项指标,利用SPSS Statistics 19.0统计软件对数据进行处理,结合Crosby生长法则和线性回归的方法进行分析,比较两种角蝇幼虫之间差异,以确定两种角蝇幼虫最佳龄期划分标准。【结果】结果表明,两种角蝇的幼虫均分为3龄,咽骨体是两种角蝇幼虫龄期划分的特征性结构,两种角蝇各龄幼虫相同指标的测量值随龄期的增长呈现出相同的增长规律。咽骨体长是划分两种角蝇幼虫龄期的最佳测量指标,咽骨体宽可作为分龄的辅助指标;两种角蝇相邻龄期幼虫的体长变化范围存在相互重叠,不能准确划分角蝇幼虫龄期。【结论】研究表明通过西方角蝇和截脉角蝇幼虫咽骨体的形态特征可简便、快速和准确地鉴定两种角蝇幼虫的龄期。     

Morphological analysis of the pharyngeal jaws in two populations of Lebias fasciata Valenciennes, 1821 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)

The study of the pharyngeal jaws in two geographically isolated Italian populations of Lebias fasciata indicated the presence of two phenotypes: the Adriatic phenotype with a large ceratobranchial V and upper and lower pharyngeal jaws bearing few large teeth and the Sicilian phenotype with a smaller ceratobranchial V and pharyngeal jaws with smaller and more numerous teeth. The morphological variations of pharyngeal jaws should be interpreted as a result of the geographical isolation of these two populations. J. Morphol. 241:107–114, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Imprint cytology in laryngeal and pharyngeal tumours

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of cytology in providing a reliable diagnosis upon which the clinician can base further investigative or treatment strategies in patients with laryngeal and pharyngeal tumours. METHODS: Imprint cytology diagnoses from 174 patients were correlated with the histological result of a corresponding biopsy. RESULTS: We found that the imprint cytology proved to be a useful, quick and reliable method with complete diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values of 97%, 96%, 100%, 100% and 92% respectively. CONCLUSION: Imprint cytology allows diagnostic statements in a shorter time than is possible with histological sections and proves a useful adjunct in evaluating laryngeal and pharyngeal lesions. The validity of the method depends on the care with which the specimen is sampled and on the experience of the investigator.     

The Immunofluorescent Localization of Subventral Pharyngeal Gland Epitopes of Preparasitic Juveniles of Heterodera glycines Using Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy

Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) was used to localize the reactivity of a monoclonal antibody (Sv2) that binds to the subventral pharyngeal glands of preparasitic juveniles of Heterodera glycines. The greater resolution, magnification, and image analysis of LSCM compared with conventional epifluorescent microscopy enabled Sv2 binding to be localized much more precisely to the periphery of the secretory granules. A linear increase of about 55% in fluorescent intensity was found over a 23-μm length of subventral pharyngeal gland just distal to the terminal ampullae. LSCM is a rapid and effective technique for precise immunolocalization of epitopes.     

Freshwater larval trematodes: Cercaria ghaziaporzanae n. sp., of the pharyngeal longifurcate distome group,parasitic in ancylid molluscs

A new species of a pharyngeal longifurcate distome furcocercous cercaria characterized, chiefly, by two pairs of penetration glands located pre- and post-acetabulum, well-developed oesophagus and intestinal caeca, 20 flame cells, and by the absence of a transverse excretory commissures, is described from an ancylid mollusc, Gundlachia sp., abundant in Laguna de Los Patos, near Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná, Venezuela. A review of larval trematodes parasitic in ancylid molluscs, with information on their life histories, is given.     

Fluorescence Microscopy of Single Viral Capsids

To build a foundation for the single-molecule fluorescence microscopy of protein complexes, the present study achieved fluorescence microscopy of single, nucleic acid-free protein capsids of bacteriophage T7. The capsids were stained with Alexa 488 (green emission). Manipulation of the capsids' thermal motion was achieved in three dimensions. The procedure for manipulation included embedding the capsids in an agarose gel. The data indicate that the thermal motion of capsids is reduced by the sieving of the gel. The thermal motion can be reduced to any desired level. A semilogarithmic plot of an effective diffusion constant as a function of gel concentration is linear. Single, diffusing T7 capsids were also visualized in the presence of single DNA molecules that had been both stretched and immobilized by gel-embedding. The DNA molecules were stained with ethidium (orange emission). This study shows that single-molecule (protein and DNA) analysis is possible for both packaging of DNA in a bacteriophage capsid and other events of DNA metabolism. The major problem is the maintenance of biochemical activity.     

Development of the pharyngeal arch skeleton in Catostomus commersonii (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

Skeletal elements of the gill arches of adult cypriniform fishes vary widely in number, size, and shape and are important characters in morphologically based phylogenetic studies. Understanding the developmental basis for this variation is thus phylogenetically significant but also important in relation to the many developmental genetic and molecularly based studies of the early developing and hence experimentally tractable gill arches in the zebrafish, a cyprinid cypriniform. We describe the sequence of the chondrification and ossification of the pharyngeal arches and associated dermal bones from Catostomus commersonii (Catostomidae, Cypriniformes) and make selected comparisons to other similarly described pharyngeal arches. We noted shared spatial trends in arch development including the formation of ventral cartilages before dorsal and anterior cartilages before posterior. Qualitatively variable gill arch elements in Cypriniformes including pharyngobranchial 1, pharyngobranchial 4, and the sublingual are the last such elements to chondrify in C. commersonii. We show that the sublingual bone in C. commersonii has two cartilaginous precursors that fuse and ossify to form the single bone in adults. This indicates homology of the sublingual in catostomids to the two sublingual bones in the adults of cobitids and balitorids. Intriguing patterns of fusion and segmentation of the cartilages in the pharyngeal arches were discovered. These include the individuation of the basihyal and anterior copula through segmentation of a single cartilage rod, fusion of cartilaginous basibranchials 4 and 5, and fusion of hypobranchial 4 with ceratobranchial 4. Such “fluidity” in cartilage patterning may be widespread in fishes and requires further comparative developmental studies. J. Morphol., 2009. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.