围封对天山高寒草原4种植物叶片和土壤化学计量学特征的影响

以中国科学院巴音布鲁克草原生态系统研究站长期围栏内外的羊茅(Festuca ovina)、天山赖草(Leymus tiansecalinus)、二裂委陵菜(Potentilla bifurca)和鹅绒委陵菜(Potentilla anserine)4种植物叶片和土壤为研究对象,分析了放牧与围封对植物叶片和土壤C、N、P的化学计量特征的影响。结果表明,围封样地土壤养分浓度整体高于放牧样地(P0.05),全氮(TN)浓度除外。围封显著增加羊茅叶片C、N浓度(P0.05),对P浓度影响不显著;围封显著增加鹅绒委陵菜叶片的C浓度,但是显著降低叶片的N和P浓度(P0.05),围封对天山赖草和二裂委陵菜养分含量影响不显著。围封显著增加鹅绒委陵菜C∶N和C∶P(P0.05);围封显著降低羊茅C∶N、C∶P和增加N∶P(P0.05);围封显著降低二裂委陵菜C∶N(P0.05),对天山赖草的化学计量特征影响不显著。不同植物对围封的响应不同,意味着长期围封可能会改变天山高寒草原生态系统的结构。围封降低优势种(羊茅)的固碳能力,增加退化期出现的代表性植物(鹅绒委陵菜)的固碳能力,表明在长期围封下植物凋落物中的杂类草(鹅绒委陵菜)可能更多的为土壤提供碳来源,也能促进优势禾本科物种的氮含量和碳含量的增加。     

Isolation and characterization of endophytic fungi from Camptotheca acuminata

In this study, a total of 161 endophytic fungal isolates from Camptotheca acuminata were obtained and classified to 16 taxa according to morphological and molecular analysis. These taxa were composed of 2 frequent genera (Botryosphaeria and Fusarium) and 14 infrequent groups such as Xylaria, Diaporthe, Rhizopus, Epicoccum, and Preussia, demonstrating that fungal endophytes in C. acuminata were highly abundant and diverse. Antimicrobial activity screening using filter-paper diffusion method showed that 47.6 % of the tested isolates had antimicrobial activity against at least one of the test microorganisms. Screening of fungal endophyte-derived camptothecin analogues by TLC and LC–MS/MS³ demonstrated that a strain Botryosphaeria dothidea, X-4 could produce 9-methoxycamptothecin (9-MCPT) when cultured in Sabouraud’s dextrose broth for 12 days under shake flask and bench-scale fermention conditions. This work showed that the fungal endophytes from C. acuminata could be an alternative source for the production of 9-MCPT and other natural antimicrobial compounds.     

Resorptions of 10 mineral elements in leaves of desert shrubs and their contrasting responses to aridity

Aims We aim to investigate variations in the resorption efficiencies of 10 mineral nutrients [i.e. nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe) and copper (Cu)] in leaves of desert shrubs and to explore effects of aridity on resorption efficiency of these nutrients.     

10-Hydroxycamptothecin produced by a new endophytic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Xylaria</Emphasis> sp., M20, from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Camptotheca acuminata</Emphasis>

A new 10-hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT)-producing fungus was isolated from Camptotheca acuminata. The strain was classified as a Xylaria sp. based on the internal transcribed spacer and 18S rDNA gene analysis. All elicitors tested, except methyl jasmonate, increased HCPT production in submerged culture. The maximum yield was 5.4 mg HCPT/l⁻¹, when salicylic acid was added at 0.1 mM to the culture medium     

新疆天山高寒草原不同放牧管理下的CO_2,CH_4和N_2O通量特征

以中国科学院新疆巴音布鲁克草原生态站为依托,于2010年5月—2011年10月利用静态箱-气相色谱法对短期禁牧(2005年围封)、长期禁牧(1984年围封)和自由放牧(冬季放牧)3种草地的CO2、CH4、N2O气体通量进行了野外连续试验研究。结果表明:新疆天山高寒草原对CO2,CH4和N2O通量表现出明显的季节排放特点。在植物的生长季(5—10月),新疆天山高寒短期禁牧、长期禁牧和自由放牧草原的CO2通量平均值分别为:(89.8±49.3)、(52.8±28.7)、(57.0±30.7)mg·m-2·h-1,CH4通量平均值分别为:(-66.3±21.3)、(-104.5±32.8)、(-103.0±39.0)μg·m-2·h-1,N2O通量平均值分别为:(21.2±11.8)、(13.6±6.9)、(13.2±6.2)μg·m-2·h-1;短期禁牧草原与长期禁牧和自由放牧草原CH4平均通量具有显著性差异(P0.05),但CO2和N2O差异不显著(P0.05)。在植物的非生长季(11月—翌年4月),新疆天山高寒短期禁牧、长期禁牧以及自由放牧草原的3种温室气体的通量较低且差异均不显著。     

The Annexin a2 Promotes Development in Arthritis through Neovascularization by Amplification Hedgehog Pathway

The neovascularization network of pannus formation plays a crucial role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Annexin a2 (Axna2) is an important mediating agent that induces angiogenesis in vascular diseases. The correlation between Axna2 and pannus formation has not been studied. Here, we provided evidence that compared to osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy people, the expression of Axna2 and Axna2 receptor (Axna2R) were up-regulated in patients with RA. Joint swelling, inflammation and neovascularization were increased significantly in mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) that were exogenously added Axna2. Cell experiments showed that Axna2 promoted HUVEC proliferation by binding Axna2R, and could activate Hedgehog (HH) signaling and up-regulate the expression of Ihh and Gli. Besides, expression of Ihh, Patched (Ptc), Smoothened (Smo) and Gli and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), angiogenic growth factor of HH signaling downstream, were down-regulated after inhibition of expression Axna2R on HUVEC. Together, our research definitely observed that over-expression of Axna2 could promote the development of CIA, especially during the process of pannus formation for the first time. Meanwhile, Axna2 depended on combining Axna2R to activate and enlarge HH signaling and the expression of its downstream VEGF, Ang-2 and MMP-2 to promote HUVEC proliferation, and eventually caused to angiogenesis. Therefore, the role of Axna2 is instructive for understanding the development of RA, suppress the effect of Axna2 might provide a new potential measure for treatment of RA.     

The novel role of fungal intracellular laccase: used to screen hybrids between Hypsizigus marmoreus and Clitocybe maxima by protoplasmic fusion

Laccase has been proved important in decolorization of Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR), oxidation of 2, 2'-Azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt, lignin degradation and fruiting-body formation. The decolorization of RBBR by laccase was firstly used to screen protoplast fusants. Fusants were obtained by protoplast fusion between the strains of Hypsizigus marmoreus and Clitocybe maxima, and two fusants (IM1 and IIIM5) were screened on PDA medium containing RBBR. These fusants were significant higher in laccase activity than H. marmoreus, nearly 413 and 395 times, respectively. Their hyphal growth rates were also remarkable higher than H. marmoreus, nearly 1.5 and 1.4 times, respectively. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed these fusants contained the laccase, and the molecular mass of the laccase was consistent with the laccase of C. maxima, nearly 62 kDa. The pileus color of the IM1 and IIIM5 also showed partial recombined characteristics comparing to the parental strains, while biological efficiency ratios were prominent higher than that of H. marmoreus, up to 14.58 and 10.87 %, respectively. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA bands of fusants not only were similar to parental bands, but presented new non-parental bands. Using the Unweighted pair-group method together with mathematic averages method to gain a dendrogram, in which the fusants showed intra-cluster variations. Significantly, H. marmoreus was the dominant parent, while C. maxima were distant from the fusants. The differences among IM1, IIIM5 and H. marmoreus, and the similarities among IM1, IIIM5 and C. maxima indicated IM1 and IIIM5 were somatic hybrids of H. marmoreus and C. maxima. Accordingly, it is feasible to use laccase to screen fusants of H. marmoreus and C. maxima.     

猪圆环病毒2型双拷贝感染性DNA的构建及体外拯救

感染性分子克隆是研究病毒复制和致病机制的有力工具。本研究应用PCR诱变技术解决了外源片段易于自连的难题,成功将2个PCV2SD1株全基因组(DQ346683)头尾相接插入到真核生物表达载体pSK的多克隆位点中,构建重组质粒pSK-2PCV2;另外课题组成功构建含单个PCV2全基因组的pSK-PCV2和自身环化质粒ds-PCV2。将所得3种质粒分别转染无PCV污染的PK-15细胞系,经10次连续传代后,间接免疫荧光试验检测显示三者均在细胞核中聚集大量的病毒抗原;经RT-PCR检测都有PCV2特异性基因转录;透射电镜下可观察到直径约为17～20nm的典型PCV2病毒粒子;经测序鉴定所拯救出的病毒与亲本病毒核苷酸同源性为100%。拯救出的PCV2与亲本病毒具有相同的病毒学及分子生物学特性。本研究应用PCR诱变技术成功构建PCV2双拷贝感染性克隆,并经体外拯救证实其具有感染性,为进行PCV2分子特性及致病机理研究打下了基础。     

Proteome expression patterns in the stress tolerant evergreen <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ammopiptanthus nanus</Emphasis> under conditions of extreme cold

Low temperature is one of the important environmental changes that affect plant growth. The cold resistance capabilities of evergreen plants are the result of long-term adaptation to extreme environmental conditions. To investigate the responses of Ammopiptanthus nanus, a rare stress-tolerant evergreen plant, to extreme cold stress, we analyzed the proteome expression patterns of stressed plants; this is the first study to report these patterns for A. nanus. We collected adult A. nanus leaves under two conditions of cold stress: extreme cold (−29°C) and relatively less extreme cold (−5°C). Total crude proteins were extracted from leaf blades, separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and stained with Coomassie brilliant blue. Of the 500 protein spots detected in each of the samples, eight of the spots that exhibited clear changes under the different conditions were identified by MALDI-TOF analyses. Our results suggest that cold stress-related proteins may play diverse roles in the resistance to multiple environmental stresses.     

转FBP7::iaaM基因陆地棉种质冀资139纤维品质性状杂种优势分析

提高棉花(Gossypium hirsutum)产量兼顾改良纤维品质是棉花育种的重要目标,而优良种质创新是品种改良的基础。FBP7::iaaM基因能够调控棉花胚珠表皮细胞IAA的含量,进而促进棉纤维发育的起始。利用含有FBP7::iaaM基因的种质IF1-1,通过常规杂交育种手段实现了目的基因向骨干亲本的转移,培育了优...