恩拉霉素生产菌株的遗传改造

【目的】提高杀真菌素链霉菌发酵生产恩拉霉素的产量。【方法】利用定点突变技术,对恩拉霉素生产菌株杀真菌素链霉菌F1中影响细胞次级代谢及抗生素合成的核糖体S12蛋白的编码基因rps L进行改造,将第43位的赖氨酸(Lys)分别替换为天冬酰胺(Asn)和精氨酸(Arg),并对改造菌株L-M1(Asn43)和L-M2(Arg43)的生长特性、抗生素合成以及摇瓶发酵性能进行研究。【结果】与野生型菌株相比,改造菌株的生长特性及生理生化特性均发生了明显的改变:产孢周期明显缩短,野生型菌株在MS培养基中,28°C下需要培养5-7 d后才能产生孢子,而在相同条件下,改造菌株3 d后就能产生大量的孢子;恩拉霉素产量相对提高,摇瓶发酵条件下,改造菌株L-M1(Asn43)和L-M2(Arg43)的恩拉霉素产量分别可达到1 334 U/m L和1 456 U/m L,与野生型菌株F1相比分别提高了11.9%和22.1%。【结论】通过遗传改造,恩拉霉素的产量得到了提高,为其他位点的遗传改造提供了可行性。     

Serum proteomic signature of human chagasic patients for the identification of novel potential protein biomarkers of disease

Chagas disease is initiated upon infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. Among the health consequences is a decline in heart function, and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this manifestation are not well understood. To explore the possible mechanisms, we employed IgY LC10 affinity chromatography in conjunction with ProteomeLab PF2D and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to resolve the proteome signature of high and low abundance serum proteins in chagasic patients. MALDI-TOF MS/MS analysis yielded 80 and 14 differentially expressed proteins associated with cardiomyopathy of chagasic and other etiologies, respectively. The extent of oxidative stress-induced carbonyl modifications of the differentially expressed proteins (n = 26) was increased and coupled with a depression of antioxidant proteins. Functional annotation of the top networks developed by ingenuity pathway analysis of proteome database identified dysregulation of inflammation/acute phase response signaling and lipid metabolism relevant to production of prostaglandins and arachidonic acid in chagasic patients. Overlay of the major networks identified prothrombin and plasminogen at a nodal position with connectivity to proteome signature indicative of heart disease (i.e., thrombosis, angiogenesis, vasodilatation of blood vessels or the aorta, and increased permeability of blood vessel and endothelial tubes), and inflammatory responses (e.g., platelet aggregation, complement activation, and phagocyte activation and migration). The detection of cardiac proteins (myosin light chain 2 and myosin heavy chain 11) and increased levels of vinculin and plasminogen provided a comprehensive set of biomarkers of cardiac muscle injury and development of clinical Chagas disease in human patients. These results provide an impetus for biomarker validation in large cohorts of clinically characterized chagasic patients.     

Enzyme-assisted extraction of flavonoids from Ginkgo biloba leaves: improvement effect of flavonol transglycosylation catalyzed by Penicillium decumbens cellulase

We report a novel enzyme-involved approach to improve the extraction of flavonoids from Ginkgo biloba, in which the enzyme is employed not only for cell wall degradation, but also for increasing the solubility of target compounds in the ethanol-water extractant. Penicillium decumbens cellulase, a commercial cell wall-degrading enzyme with high transglycosylation activity, was found to offer far better performance in the extraction than Trichoderma reesei cellulase and Aspergillus niger pectinase under the presence of maltose as the glycosyl donor. TLC, HPLC and MS analysis indicated that P. decumbens cellulase could transglycosylate flavonol aglycones into more polar glucosides, the higher solubility of which led to improved extraction. The influence of glycosyl donor, pH, solvent and temperature on the enzymatic transglycosylation was investigated. For three predominant flavonoids in G. biloba, the transglycosylation showed similar optimal conditions, which were therefore used for the enzyme-assisted extraction. The extraction yield turned to be 28.3mg/g of dw, 31% higher than that under the pre-optimized conditions, and 102% higher than that under the conditions without enzymes. The utilization of enzymatic bifunctionality described here, naming enzymatic modification of target compounds and facilitation of cell wall degradation, provides a novel approach for the extraction of natural compounds from plants.     

RFLP诊断方法的改进

RFLP(限制性片段长度多态)技术应用于遗传病的诊断始于1981年。在十年时间里,这一基因诊断技术和分析方法不断得到发展和改进。随着越来越多的致病基因和连锁DNA多态片段的分离和克隆,该技术在分析缺陷基因性质,携带者检出和产前诊断等方面将发挥重要作用.然而,RFLP技术复杂,耗费时间和费用较大,使其向临床推广应用面临很大局限性。因此,基因诊断的方法简化和技术改进大有必要。1985年首创的多聚酶链     

布氏田鼠的社群气味选择和优势度的关系

化学信号中带有表明气味释放者社会等级等有关个体特征的信息（Halpin,1976）,许多来自于尿液、粪便以及一些腺体（如肛腺、胁腺）的分泌物中就携带有这些信号并可用于性别和个体识别,生理状况识别以及等级识别（Macdonaid,1985：Zhangeta1．,2005）。     

三种杀虫剂对皂角豆象的致死效果

【目的】筛选对皂角豆象Megabruchidius dorsalis(Fahraeus)致死效果最好的杀虫剂。【方法】采用氟啶脲、毒死蜱和灭多威3种常用类型杀虫剂的常规剂量对皂角豆象成虫、初孵幼虫和卵进行防治试验。【结果】3种杀虫剂都可以有效的杀死皂角豆象初孵幼虫,接触氟啶脲、毒死蜱和灭多威3种杀虫剂后皂角豆象幼虫72 h死亡率分别为96.59%、100.00%和100.00%,灭多威和毒死蜱对皂角豆象成虫致死效果72 h为100.00%,灭多威对皂角豆象卵的效果最为明显,致死率达94.38%,氟啶脲对皂角豆象卵和成虫无明显致死效果。【结论】灭多威对皂角豆象的致死效果最好。     

长期水淹对‘中山杉118’幼苗呼吸代谢的影响

中山杉(Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha’)具有极强的耐淹性, 但其耐淹机理仍没有明确。该研究以‘中山杉118’ (Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha 118’)幼苗为对象, 在经过93天不同水淹处理(对照、水浸、浅淹、深淹)后测定中山杉叶片和根系的无氧呼吸酶活性、淀粉及可溶性糖含量、生物量以及根系活力, 从能量消耗的角度初步探索了中山杉的耐淹性。结果表明: 长期水淹使中山杉叶片与根系中3种无氧呼吸酶(乙醇脱氢酶、丙酮酸脱羧酶、乳酸脱氢酶)活性显著增加, 且叶片与根系的乙醇脱氢酶活性均高于乳酸脱氢酶活性, 中山杉的根系和叶片是通过加强以酒精发酵为主的无氧呼吸适应长期缺氧环境; 不同水淹处理的叶片中3种无氧呼吸酶活性均高于根系, 叶片对缺氧环境更加敏感; 中山杉叶片和根系淀粉、可溶性糖含量均随水淹深度的增加显著增加, 根系淀粉含量显著高于叶片, 可溶性糖含量低于叶片; 中山杉根系淀粉含量高是其能够长期忍受水淹的重要原因, 且中山杉适应长期水淹的策略为忍耐型; 经受长期水淹后中山杉根茎结合部长出气生根及茎基部膨大, 同时根系外壁的木质化能将根系与外部水淹环境隔离, 具有很强的耐淹性, 可作为湿地生态修复、消落带生物治理的优良植物材料。     

含PR启动子的原核高效表达载体的构建及应用

组建了一个仅含P_R启动子的原核高效表达载体pRC,它同时含有cⅠ调控基因、多酶切位点和两个强的转录终止序列.现已成功地用于表达重组人肿瘤坏死因子-α（hTNF-α）、重组人白细胞介素-3（hIL-3）和抗溶菌酶（HEL）抗体Fd基因,表达量均占菌体总蛋白的36％以上.同时还研究了不同的宿主菌和原核增强子序列等因素对P_R启动子载体表达的影响.此外,还比较了分别以P_R、P_L或P_RP_L作为启动子时表达hTNF-α的情况,结果表明,单用P_R或P_L启动子可获得与使用P_RP_L串联启动子一样的高效表达.     

基于地表温度-植被指数特征空间的区域土壤干湿状况

土壤干湿状况是监测土地状况的重要指标之一,在水文、气候和生态等多个领域有广泛应用.地表温度-植被指数特征空间(Ts/VI)综合了传感器从可见光到近红外波段的信息,能较好地反映区域土壤干湿状况.以华北平原作为研究区,选择了研究区的云量较少的16幅MODIS产品,包括每日500m地表反射率产品(MOD09GA),每日1km地表温度产品(MOD11A1),建立温度-植被指数特征空间.首先利用线性方程拟合了特征空间的上下边界,改进了计算特征空间的干湿边的方法,并分析了干湿边参数随时间变化的趋势,比较了归一化植被指数(NDVI)和增强型植被指数(EVI)构建的地表温度-植被指数特征空间形状的差异.基于研究区107个土壤湿度站点的数据,讨论分别由Ts/NDVI和Ts/EVI特征空间计算得到的温度植被干旱指数(temperature vegetation dryness index,简称TVDI,分别为TVDIN与TVDIE)和土壤湿度的相关性,以此验证TVDI反映区域土壤干湿状况的能力.利用Ts/EVI空间计算得到的TVDI分析了研究区4个时期土壤湿度的5空间分布规律.同时在气象站点尺度上,讨论了TVDI与降水变化的相关性.研究结果表明,TVDI能够反映土壤表层的干湿状况;Ts/EVI空间计算得到的TVDI与土壤湿度的相关性比Ts/NDVI空间计算得到的TVDI与土壤湿度的相关性要高.降水随时间变化的规律和TVDI也有明显的相关性,即:每次连续降水以后TVDI值下降,表明土壤湿度升高;经过一段无降水的时间之后,TVDI值上升,土壤湿度降低.研究区不同时期的TVDIE图表明,TVDIE能够有效的反映土壤湿度的时空差异,是一种有效的实时监测土壤干湿状况的手段.     

五爪金龙乙醇提取物对福寿螺毒杀和水稻苗生长的影响

福寿螺和五爪金龙是两种危害严重的入侵生物,利用五爪金龙防治稻田福寿螺是以害治害的方法.盆栽条件下研究了五爪金龙乙醇提取物毒杀福寿螺的效果,以及其对水稻苗生长的影响.在砂培条件下五爪金龙乙醇提取物及其分离得到的甲醇相、乙酸乙酯相、乙醚相水溶液不仅对福寿螺起到毒杀作用, 而且对水稻秧苗生长有促进作用, 毒杀和促进作用由强到弱的顺序均为:乙醇提取物>甲醇相>乙酸乙酯相>乙醚相.在实验浓度范围内五爪金龙乙醇提物对福寿螺的毒杀效果及其对水稻苗促进作用强度均随浓度的增大而增强,在水稻土盆栽条件下抑制福寿螺取食水稻苗的效果与密达差异不显著(p>0.05).五爪金龙乙醇提取物能毒杀福寿螺,对水稻苗的生长没有不利的影响.因此, 利用五爪金龙防治稻田福寿螺危害是环境友好的非化学防治措施,具有良好的应用前景.