马尾松雌球果的发生和早期发育研究

采用常规石蜡制片技术对马尾松雌球果的发生和早期发育进行了研究。结果表明：雌球果原基发生时间为10月中旬,不同的树龄和着生部位,其发生时间不同。雌球果原基与营养茎端在外部形态及内部细胞组织学分区结构有明显差异。营养茎端外形扁平,内部顶端分生组织结构有顶端原始细胞区、中央母细胞区、形成层状过渡区、周围分生组织区及肋状分生组织区5个明显的分区;而雌球果原基外形呈圆锥状,内部结构只有套层和髓区。12月初,最初的苞片原基在雌球果原基的鳞片的叶腋处产生,之后其由基部向顶部连续发生。翌年1月初,在苞片原基的叶腋处,珠鳞原基发生,发生方向亦为向顶发育。2月底,苞片体积不再发生变化,珠鳞膨大端的基部的近轴面分化出2个倒生胚珠。从雌球果原基发生到胚珠分化历时4个多月。亚热带的冬季气候对马尾松雌球果的生长发育没有明显的抑制作用。     

籼型常规早稻穗分化期低温对颖花形成和籽粒充实的影响

以籼型常规早稻中嘉早17为材料,于盆栽条件下采用人工气候箱控温,在水稻穗分化一次枝梗原基分化期(Ⅱ)与花粉母细胞减数分裂期(Ⅵ)进行17和20 ℃的低温胁迫处理,研究不同低温对水稻枝梗、颖花分化与退化及籽粒充实的影响.结果表明： 与对照相比,不同低温处理均显著降低每穗枝梗及颖花分化数和现存数,颖花现存数降幅为7.2%～12.4%,同时增加了枝梗和颖花的退化数,影响了花粉活性、花药开裂等花器官发育,导致籽粒充实不良,以17 ℃低温胁迫效应更明显.穗分化Ⅵ期低温处理总枝梗和颖花分化数与现存数低于穗分化Ⅱ期,但二次枝梗和颖花退化数较多,颖花退化数较穗分化Ⅱ期高11.6%;穗分化Ⅱ期低温处理穗部籽粒结实率显著低于穗分化Ⅵ期,降幅达3.7%,主要与花粉粒活性、柱头花粉散落数、花药开裂系数和籽粒充实度受低温影响较大有关.另外,穗分化Ⅱ、Ⅵ两时期受17 ℃低温胁迫效应大于20 ℃.综合穗分化两时期低温胁迫效应的差异,生产中需加强相应栽培措施的调控.     

浅谈传粉生物学中几个术语的含义及其中文译名

准确理解外来的专业术语并给予合适的中文译名,不仅有助于推动学科的发展,而且有利于同行之间的交流。传粉生物学是近年来在我国迅速发展的一个生态学与进化生物学的分支领域。本文讨论了该学科中的几个重要术语的含义和它们的中文译名,建议将pollen discounting和seed discounting译为“花粉折损”和“种子折损”,herkogamy译为 “雌雄异位”,trade-off译为“权衡”。     

辐射处理对冷季型草幼穗分化的影响

以C60Or射线对一年生黑麦草(品种:冠军)、多年生黑麦草(品种:爱神特)、早熟禾(品种:歌来德)及高羊茅(品种:知音)4个禾本科草坪草干种子进行辐照,剂量分别是15000rad(处理Ⅰ)、25000rad(处理Ⅱ)、35000rad(处理Ⅲ).播种生长后,田间取样观察;实验结果表明,所用剂量对冷季型草的幼穗分化进程影响不大,相对而言高剂量对多年生黑麦草的生殖生长有一定延长作用.     

Prdx1 inhibits tumorigenesis via regulating PTEN/AKT activity

It is widely accepted that reactive oxygen species (ROS) promote tumorigenesis. However, the exact mechanisms are still unclear. As mice lacking the peroxidase peroxiredoxin1 (Prdx1) produce more cellular ROS and die prematurely of cancer, they offer an ideal model system to study ROS‐induced tumorigenesis. Prdx1 ablation increased the susceptibility to Ras‐induced breast cancer. We, therefore, investigated the role of Prdx1 in regulating oncogenic Ras effector pathways. We found Akt hyperactive in fibroblasts and mammary epithelial cells lacking Prdx1. Investigating the nature of such elevated Akt activation established a novel role for Prdx1 as a safeguard for the lipid phosphatase activity of PTEN, which is essential for its tumour suppressive function. We found binding of the peroxidase Prdx1 to PTEN essential for protecting PTEN from oxidation‐induced inactivation. Along those lines, Prdx1 tumour suppression of Ras‐ or ErbB‐2‐induced transformation was mediated mainly via PTEN.     

Bacteriophage P4 DNA replication

Abstract: Replication of satellite phage P4 of Escherichia coli is dependent on three phage-encoded elements: the origin ( ori ), a cis replication element ( crr ), and the product of the α gene, gpα. In vitro P4 replication is origin-specific resulting in monomeric form I DNA. DNA synthesis requires chromosomally encoded proteins DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, SSB, DNA gyrase and probably topoisomerase I ; host-encoded initiation and priming functions are dispensable. The α protein is multifunctional in P4 replication, combining three activities in a single polypeptide chain. First, the protein complexes specifically with type I repeats at ori and crr . Second, the helicase activity associated with gpα unwinds DNA with 3'→ 5' polarity. Third, the primase activity results in the synthesis of RNA primers. Defined sequence motifs in gpα correlate with the helicase and primase activities which are arranged in distinct, separable domains. Primase activity is associated with the N-terminal half of the protein, ori / crr binding with the C-terminal portion. A model for the initiation mechanism of P4 replication which resembles that of mammalian simian virus 40 is discussed.     

小鼠Cidea蛋白N端缺失异构体的鉴定和研究

Cidea蛋白调节脂肪代谢,在机体能量平衡过程中起重要作用,在转录和翻译后水平受到严格调控,但在翻译水平的调节还不清楚．通过对CIDEA基因敲除小鼠模型研究,鉴定了小鼠棕色脂肪组织内源性表达Cidea蛋白N端缺失异构体mCidea-22．定点突变等研究表明其产生机制为选择性起始翻译．并且,在异位表达时,N端缺失异构体和全长异构体的比例呈现细胞系特异性．此外,蛋白质稳定性实验表明mCidea-22半衰期很短．亚细胞定位研究显示mCidea-22是内质网和脂滴定位蛋白．为深入理解Cidea蛋白的功能和精细调节提供了新的思路和方向．