变温对两种昆虫发育速率的影响

报道了松毛虫赤眼蜂和瓜螟在多组恒温、交替变温下的发育历期。对结果的分析表明,温度交替对这两种昆虫在任一温度下的瞬时发育率无明显影响,恒温下和变温下完成发育所需的热量无显著差异或基本相似。     

Effect of low density lipoprotein on DNA integrity of freezing-thawing boar sperm by neutral comet assay

A modified protocol of neutral comet assay was utilized to assess the effect of low density lipoprotein (LDL) on the DNA integrity of boar freezing-thawing semen. The results demonstrated that the method was high sensitive and easier manipulation and LDL significantly protected sperm DNA integrity (p<0.05) from the damage caused by cryopreservation except TD at the concentration of 6%, 7% and TM at 6%, the optimal LDL concentration in diluents was 9%. Moreover, LDL showed better protection in 0.25 ml than in 0.5 ml types of straw (p<0.05) and no difference was observed in the same volume straw at the concentration of 9% and 10%. It was just the same for LDL effect on boar sperm DNA in cryopreservation 0 day and 30 days (p>0.05).     

中国新外来害虫——洋白蜡卷叶绵蚜

在北京的洋白蜡Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.上发现了一种卷叶绵蚜,小枝端部卷叶里的蚜群在植物生长季节均有发生,绵蚜的寄生造成卷叶,部分卷叶会枯黄,影响美观。这是一种我国新记录的外来种,为原产于北美的洋白蜡卷叶绵蚜Prociphilus fraxinifolii(Riley,1879)。本文描述了该种绵蚜的鉴别特征,记录了其5种捕食性天敌(异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis,大草蛉Chrysopa pallens,黑带食蚜蝇Episyrphus balteata,食虫齿爪盲蝽Deraeocoris punctulatus和斑楔齿爪盲蝽Deraeocoris ater)和3种访问的蚂蚁(日本弓背蚁Camponotus japonicus,丝光褐林蚁Formica fusca和黑褐草蚁Lasius niger)。     

Pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion of ginsenoside-Rd in rodents

Ginsenoside-Rd (GS-Rd) is one of the major active components of Panax ginseng, and was shown to have the protective effects against several insults. However, we still lack some basic knowledge of GS-Rd, including its pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion in vivo in experimental animal, such as mice and rats. In this study, HPLC and radioactive tracer assays were performed to determine pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion of GS-Rd in rodents. After intravascular administration with 20, 50 or 150 mg/kg GS-Rd, the dynamic changes of GS-Rd concentrations in plasma were consistent with a two-compartment model while the concentration of 3H-labeled GS-Rd was rapidly reached the peak in plasma, and distributed to various tissues, among which the highest concentration was observed in the lung.     

Adenoviral vector mediates high expression levels of human lactoferrin in the milk of rabbits

limitations in current technology for generating transgenic animals, such as the time and the expense, hampered its extensive use in recombinant protein production for therapeutic purpose. In this report, we present a simple and less expensive alternative by directly infusing a recombinant adenovirus vector carrying human lactoferrin cDNA into rabbit mammary glands. The milk serum was collected from the infected mammary gland 48 h post-infection and subjected to a 10% SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. An 80-kDa protein was visualized after viral vector infection. With this method, we obtained a high level of expressed human lactoferrin of up to 2.3 mg/ml in the milk. Taken together, the method is useful for the transient high-level expression recombinant proteins, and the approach established here is probably one of the most economical and efficient ways for large-scale production of recombinant proteins of biopharmaceutical interest.     

The expression of classical swine fever virus structural protein E2 gene in tobacco chloroplasts for applying chloroplasts as bioreactors

It has been reported that genes encoding antigens of bacterial and viral pathogens can be expressed in plants and are shown to induce protection antibodies. The structural protein E2 of classical swine fever virus (CSFV), which has been shown to carry critical epitopes, has been expressed in different systems. Here, we report the expression of CFSV E2 gene in tobacco chloroplasts. Mice immunized with leaf extracts elicited specific antibodies. This indicated that the expressed E2 proteins had a certain degree of immunogenicity. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing induction of protective antibody in response to classical swine fever virus (CSFV) by immunization with antigen protein E2 expressed in tobacco chloroplasts, which will open a new way to protection from CSFV by plant chloroplasts as bioreactors.     

TGIF 对胃癌细胞生长和转移的影响

TGIF (TG-interacting factor) 是 TGF- β信号传导通路的抑制分子, 而 TGF-β早期抑制肿瘤生长,晚期促进肿瘤浸润与转移,但 TGIF 在肿瘤发生中的作用尚不清楚 . 将 TGIF 基因稳定转染胃癌细胞株 SGC-7901 ,采用 MTT 法、平板克隆形成试验、流式细胞术和裸鼠成瘤试验探讨 TGIF 对胃癌细胞生物学行为的影响,通过免疫组织化学分析裸鼠瘤组织基质金属蛋白酶 (matrix metallo proteinases, MMP) MMP2 、 MMP9 和血管内皮生长因子 (vascular eudothelial growth factor, VEGF) 的表达,通过 ELISA 和明胶酶谱试验分别分析 TGIF 转染细胞上清液中 VEGF 和活性 MMP2 与 MMP9 的含量变化 . TGIF 对 SGC-7901 细胞的生长、细胞周期分布和克隆形成率无影响 . TGIF 转染细胞接种裸鼠后无癌栓形成,但对照组有癌栓形成,且其瘤组织 MMP9 和 VEGF 的表达明显低于对照组,但 MMP2 在 3 组间的表达无差别 . TGIF 基因转染细胞、 PcDNA3.1 转染细胞和 SGC-7901 细胞上清液中 VEGF 的浓度分别为 (635 ± 20.3) ng/L 、 (780±25.4) ng/L 和 (791±23.9) ng/L , TGIF 转染细胞 VEGF 的含量明显低于对照组细胞 (P <0.01) , TGIF 转染细胞上清液中活性 MMP9 的含量明显低于对照组 . 尽管 TGIF 能部分拮抗 TGF-β1 介导的生长抑制和细胞周期阻滞作用,但它并不能使胃癌细胞的生物学行为恶化,相反 TGIF 通过下调 VEGF 和 MMP9 的表达降低胃癌细胞的浸润与转移能力 .     

广东古兜山自然保护区蕨类植物多样性对植被不同演替阶段的生态响应

蕨类植物是最早登陆的维管植物,至今仍然是生态系统初级生产力的重要组成部分。它们一方面可以通过改造生态环境影响森林群落发生和发展的过程,另一方面由于它们对生态因子变化的敏感性,其组成的多样性及其对环境的适应组合也随着森林群落发生和发展而不断变化。为了解蕨类植物在群落演替的各个阶段的种类组成、物种多样性格局演变规律及其适应方式的选择,本文选择广东古兜山自然保护区中的草丛、灌丛、次生常绿阔叶林和地带性南亚热带季风常绿阔叶林(以下相对简称“原生林”)等4个处于不同演替阶段的植被类型中的蕨类植物群落进行研究。每一植被类型中选取4个5m×5m代表性小样方进行取样调查,对其主要数量特征、群落的α多样性、β多样性、不同群落间的相似性系数和蕨类植物的种类性质进行了分析。结果表明:随着群落演替的进展,草丛、灌丛、次生林和原生林各阶段植被中:(1)群落之间的β多样性指数逐渐增大,而相似性指数依次降低;(2)蕨类植物的物种丰富度依次增大,而群落的多样性指数、生态优势度和均匀度并不伴随着群落的丰富度呈明显的规律性变化;(3)具革质叶的蕨类、阳生蕨类和进行无性繁殖的蕨类植物在各阶段所占的比例和重要值比重逐渐减少,而具草质叶的蕨类、阴生蕨类和进行有性繁殖的蕨类植物则