Breeding-site productivity of the swamp forest mosquitoes Mansonia bonneae and Ma.dives in Sarawak, East Malaysia

Studies on larval population densities and adult emergence rates of the Brugian filariasis vectors Mansonia bonneae Edwards and Ma. dives Schiner were conducted in freshwater swamp forest bordering the Sadong River, Serian District, Sarawak, East Malaysia, during 1984-85. Three species of aquatic host-plants in the Family Araceae were identified as supporting immature stages of the Ma. bonneae/dives complex. Proportions of positive plants were 4.7%, 6.5% and 3.4% with 6.4 +/- 2.6, 7.3 +/- 2.8 and 10.1 +/- 1.1 larvae per positive plant, respectively, for the plant species Homalomena cordata Schott, H. rostrata Griffiths and Hydrostemma motleyi (Hook. f.) Mabberley. These data indicate no significant preferences between the three types of host-plant. Detailed monitoring of the host-plant H. cordata revealed no significant monthly fluctuations in larval density per plant nor the proportion of positive plants. 11.6% of larvae were Ma. dives and 88.4% were Ma. bonneae. Mean daily yields of Ma. bonneae/dives adults per square metre of H. cordata vegetated water surface were 0.45 males plus 0.57 females during the wet season (December-February) compared with 0.2 males plus 0.31 females during the dry season (June-August). Thus output of adults per plant was approximately halved, and suitable breeding areas were further reduced, during the dry season. By extrapolation from these rates, a crude mean estimate for productivity of Ma. bonneae/dives females is 1.6 million per hectare per annum in swamp forest habitats vegetated with any of the host-plants studied.     

Construction and Characterization of a CTLA-4-Targeted scFv–Melittin Fusion Protein as a Potential Immunosuppressive Agent for Organ Transplant

Immunotoxins with selective cytotoxicity are frequently used as therapeutic immunosuppressive agents in solid-organ transplantation because of their efficiency and high specificity. In this study, we present a new recombinant immunotoxin termed anti-CTLA-4-scFv–melittin prepared from Escherichia coli aimed at clearing activated T cells at the same time avoiding all-round decline in systematic immunity. This fusion protein is composed of anti-CTLA-4-scFv unit and melittin analog unit with properties of low immunogenicity and selective cytotoxicity to CTLA-4-positive T cells. In preliminary biological activity assays, our results confirmed the feasibility of activated T cell clearance strategy and there were significant differences in cell survival rates between CTLA-4-positive group and control group at all experimental concentrations of the immunotoxin. The selective cytotoxicity, low immunogenicity, and low production cost make it an attractive alternate to traditional immunosuppressants.     

Synthesis of Substance P

SUBSTANCE P has been synthesized by the solid-phase procedure of Merrifield^1,2 according to the sequence H-Arg-Pro-LysPro-Gln-Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH₂ reported in the previous letter.     

昆虫神经毒素的研究:各种神经毒剂引起毒素的产生

用五类(七种)神经毒性的杀虫药剂,对美洲(虫非)蠊测定了它们能否引起血淋巴中毒素的产生。DDT、溴氰菊酯及六六六均能引起血淋巴中毒素的产生,而E605、西维因、巴丹及杀虫脒均无此效果。纸层析及薄层层析,用标准样品(酪氨酸、酪胺、苯乙胺、L-亮氨酸及异戊胺)作比较,测定了这一产生的血淋巴中的毒素乃是酪胺,或主要是酪胺。增效试验,证明了杀虫脒与DDT或溴氰菊酯合用时,能增加酪胺的产量。讨论了这一毒素产生的条件,以及这一毒素有可能不是单一成分,而是几种单胺及氨基酸的复合物,但酪胺为其主要成分。     

蛴螬病原菌(Bacillus sp.)的初步研究

蛴螬是农林生产上的重要地下害虫,由于长期栖居地下,防治较为困难。多年实践证明,采用综合防治措施可以有效地控制为害,利用病原微生物防治蛴螬是综合防治中的一个环节,是值得今后深入研究的课题。 1975年9月,我们在河北省任邱县白洋淀附近玉米地采到数头自然患病的阔胸犀金龟(Pento-don patruelis Frivaldszkz)三龄幼虫。1976年5     

桃小食心虫生物学的研究——果实对幼虫蛀果、成活、生长发育及滞育的影响

桃小食心虫(Carposina niponensis Wals)是我国苹果、梨上的重要害虫,初孵幼虫在果面爬行片刻,即蛀入果内。幼虫能否入果,除受捕食性天敌和风雨等外界条件影响之外,与果实表皮组织有关系,蛀入果内幼虫的成活数量和生长情况亦受果肉组织及果实内含物的直接影响。因此,研究食料条件与桃小食心虫发生数量的关系,对提高该虫现有     

LYSINE METABOLISM IN THE RAT BRAIN: BLOOD—BRAIN BARRIER TRANSPORT, FORMATION OF PIPECOLIC ACID AND HUMAN HYPERPIPECOLATEMIA

Through the use of intravenous pulse injection of L-[U-¹⁴C] lysine, the blood-brain barrier transport of L-lysine was studied. The uptake of L-lysine plus metabolites in the brain remained essentially unchanged at approx 0.002–0.005 nmol/g in the low dose (3μg per kg body weight) injection, and 20–40 nmol/g in the high dose (30 mg/kg) injection throughout the time intervals of up to 60 min. The uptake of L-lysine plus metabolites in the heart, however, decreased substantially from 0.03 to 0.003 nmol/g in the low dose injection and from 320 to 62 nmol/g in the high dose injection. The plasma to heart uptake ratio only decreased slightly through the 60 min period: from 6 to 2 in either the low or high dose L-lysine injection. The plasma to brain uptake ratio, however, decreased rapidly from a high of 62 to a low of about 4 in either the low or high dose injection throughout the 60-min time course. Study of labeled L-pipecolate formation in the plasma and individual organs indicates that this compound was formed only in the brain to a significant level within 0.5 min of ¹⁴C-L-lysine intravenous pulse injection. Labeled pipecolate was recovered from heart, liver, kidney and plasma in significant quantities only at 2 min or later after pulse-injection. It is concluded that the blood-brain barrier of L-lysine in the rat is not particularly strong and that the rat brain may be primarily responsible for L-pipecolate synthesis from L-lysine. The possible etiology of human hyperpipecolatemia is also discussed in light of the current findings.     

瘿绵蚜属五新种和三堡瘿绵蚜新属新种

《蚜虫概论》(1957)中瘿绵蚜属仅有2种。本文记载9种,包括5新种。另记述三堡瘿绵蚜新属新种。这些蚜虫都为害杨树,在枝或叶上形成虫瘿。 中国已知的9种瘿绵蚜和二堡瘿绵蚜(节省篇幅,旧种记述略): 1.早螺瘿绵蚜Pemphigus protospirae Lichtenstein (图1-6,66)寄主:青杨。分布:北京;欧洲。 2.柄脉叶瘿绵蚜 Pcmphigus anobursarius Chang 新种 3.杨柄叶瘿绵蚜Pemphigus populi Courchet(图13—17,65)寄主:小叶杨。分布:北京、黑龙江、     

油菜FBA基因克隆、表达分析及其与抗旱性的关系

为了解果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶(fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase,FBA)在油菜抗旱中的作用,揭示油菜干旱胁迫下FBA基因表达量、光合指标、产量等之间的关系,为油菜等作物抗旱性鉴定和抗旱性改良提供依据。以抗旱性强的甘蓝型油菜94005为材料,在初花期进行干旱胁迫处理,以正常浇水作为对照;测定叶片光合参数和FBA酶活性,通过实时荧光定量PCR(RT-qPCR)分析FBA基因的表达量;采用RACE方法对FBA基因进行全长克隆,并对测序结果进行生物信息学分析;复水后生长至成熟期测定产量,分析产量、光合指标、FBA基因表达量等之间的关系。结果表明,随着干旱的加剧,油菜叶片的净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、产量均下降,FBA活性和FBA基因的表达量上升。在轻度、中度和重度干旱胁迫下,油菜叶片胞间CO_2浓度(Ci)显著下降,水分利用率(WUE)上升;极度胁迫下,Ci上升,WUE下降;油菜产量、净光合速率与FBA活性和FBA表达量呈显著负相关。FBA基因全长序列1440bp,ORF(开放阅读框)位于60—1172区域,编码370个氨基酸;蛋白分子量为38.51 KDa,等电点6.92;同源性对比显示,甘蓝型油菜FBA基因与拟南芥FBA基因的一致性在87%以上。二级结构预测结果表明FBA蛋白由α-螺旋、无规则卷曲、延伸链以及β-转角组成,4种二级结构元件所占比例分别为43.85%、31.28%、17.60%、7.26%。因此,干旱胁迫下油菜的净光合速率下降、产量降低,随着胁迫的加剧,降低幅度增大。FBA基因与干旱胁迫密切相关,干旱胁迫下,FBA基因主要通过抑制光合、降低蒸腾、促进糖酵解和有氧呼吸等途径来提高植物对干旱胁迫的适应性。     

CRISPR/Cas系统的分类及研究现状

CRISPR技术作为一种新型的基因编辑技术,被广泛应用于微生物、动物和植物领域。对CRISPR/Cas系统的起源、分类特点等进行了阐述,重点梳理了CRISPR/Cas系统分类的发展历程,并根据最新分类方法,介绍了不同类型的CRISPR/Cas系统的作用机制、内部不同蛋白的作用特点及应用与发展,以期探寻更多的CRISPR/Cas系统,扩大该系统的应用领域。