嗜热四膜虫的着丝粒蛋白检查

目前国际上的着丝粒蛋白研究工作几乎全是以酵母和高等生物为材料进行的,为了从起源与进化的角度考察着丝粒蛋白。我们以人喉癌培养细胞ＨｅｐＩＩ作为对照材料,以两种ＡＣＡ血清和ＣＥＮＰ－Ｂ单抗,多抗以及ＣＨＯ动粒蛋白单抗为探针,用间接免疫荧光和免疫印迹技术对嗜热四膜虫作检查,免疫荧光结果表明,ＨｅｐＩＩ细胞的着丝粒抗原间期核中呈点状分布;与ＨｅｐＩＩ细胞的不同,嗜热四膜虫的着丝粒抗原在间期核中的分布不规则     

吉林省黄泥河林区东北马鹿野外放归成效评估

野外放归是维系濒危物种野生种群长期续存的重要途径,对放归成效的监测研究有利于濒危动物种群科学有效的管理。采用非损伤性标志重捕法评估了吉林省张广才岭南部黄泥河林区东北马鹿的种群数量与分布;利用粪便DNA信息,从亲权鉴定和遗传多样性方面对其放归成效进行了评估。结果显示:(1)黄泥河林区马鹿种群数量平均90(68-124)只,密度0.045(0.034-0.063)只/km²,主要分布于林区北部,呈现一定程度的地理隔离;(2)性别鉴定显示,野生种群的雌雄性比1.71 ∶ 1,放归后雌雄性比1.83 ∶ 1,放归提高了种群的可繁殖概率;(3)亲权鉴定检测到,放归个体(R3)与野生个体在野外成功繁殖,并产下子代;(4)野外放归向野生种群引入了平均2.9个"新"的等位基因,提高了其遗传多样性水平。在种群密度、可繁殖率、遗传多样性方面对马鹿放归的有效性进行了证实,但建议进一步在行为节律、家域和生境选择等方面开展研究,系统性评估马鹿种群的放归成效。     

有机肥替代部分化肥对长期连作棉田产量、土壤微生物数量及酶活性的影响

施用有机物是作物增产、增加土壤有机质和改善土壤生物学性状的有效措施。在大田滴灌条件下,采用土壤酶学和微生物平板培养方法,研究了常规施肥(CF)减量20%—40%,配施3000、6000 kg/hm2有机类肥料对棉花产量、土壤微生物数量及土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明:降低CF用量20%—40%情况下,滴灌棉田配施3000、6000 kg/hm2的有机类肥料可获得与CF处理相持平的产量(4945—4978 kg/hm2),有机肥和生物有机肥配施处理间的棉花产量差异不显著(P0.05)。细菌、放线菌和假单胞杆菌数量均随有机肥用量的增加而升高,不同类有机肥配施间表现为OF+BFBFOF;真菌数量则随有机肥施量升高而降低,其中OF+BF配施处理最为显著。有机无机肥配施显著提高了土壤酶活性,80%CF和60%CF与有机肥配施处理土壤碱性磷酸酶、荧光素二乙酸酯酶(FDA)、β-葡萄糖苷酶和脱氢酶的活性比CF处理分别升高了3.8%、17%、18%、55%和10.1%、19%、20%、60%,不同类型有机肥对土壤酶活性影响差异不显著。土壤细菌/真菌比、土壤放线菌/真菌和假单胞杆菌/真菌比均随有机肥施量的增加而升高,施用化肥或有机肥均显著降低了假单胞杆菌/细菌比。细菌、放线菌和假单胞杆菌数量与土壤脱氢酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、碱性磷酸酯酶和荧光素二乙酸酯酶活性均呈显著或极显著正相关,真菌数量与4种酶活性呈负相关。CF减量20%—40%配施以3000、6000 kg/hm2有机肥不仅不会导致棉花减产,而且对提高土壤酶活性、调节土壤细菌、真菌、放线菌群落组成结构,改善北疆绿洲滴灌棉田土壤生物学性状有显著作用。     

Investigation of <i>GhFAT</i> Genes Related to Seed Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition in <i>Gossypium hirsutum</i> L.

Fatty Acyl-ACP thioesterase (FAT) is a key enzyme controlling oil biosynthesis in plant seeds. FATs can be divided into two subfamilies, FATA and FATB according to their amino acid sequences and substrate specificity. The Upland cotton genome contains 20 GhFAT genes, amongst which 6 genes were of the GhFATA subfamily and 14 of the GhFATB subfamily. The 20 GhFAT genes are unevenly distributed on 14 chromosomes. The GhFATA genes have 5 or 7 exons and the GhFATB genes have 6 or 7 exons. All GhFAT proteins have the conserved Acyl-ACP_TE domain and PLN02370 super family, the typical characteristics of plant thioesterases. Analyses of the expression level of GhFATs and the compositions of fatty acid in 5–60 days-post-anthesis seeds showed that the ratio of saturated fatty acids to unsaturated fatty acids was consistent with the expression profile of GhFATB12, GhFATB3, and GhFATB10; the ratio of monounsaturated fatty acid to polyunsaturated fatty acids was consistent with the expression profile of GhFATA3. The oil contents of mature cottonseeds were positively correlated with the contents of palmitic acid and linolenic acid as well as seed vigor. These results provide essential information for further exploring the role(s) of the specific GhFATs in determining oil biosynthesis and cottonseed compositions.     

The effects of proteasome inhibitor lactacystin on mouse oocyte meiosis and first cleavage

Many studies have shown that the ubiq-uitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) for the degradation of short-lived proteins plays a key role in regulating cell cycle progression[1—3]. At least two distinct prote-olytic pathways are required for cell cycle process. The first pathway promotes transition from G1 to S phase, and the second initiates the onset of anaphase and exit from mitosis. The inhibition of UPP will re-sult in the blockage of cell cycle process. The knowl-edge of the role of UPP in…     

Chitin binding by Thermobifida fusca cellulase catalytic domains

Cellulose is a linear homopolymer of beta 1-4 linked glucose residues. Chitin is similar to cellulose in structure, and can be described as cellulose with the hydroxyl group on the C2 carbon replaced by an acetylamine group. Both cellulose and chitin form tightly packed, extensively hydrogen-bonded micro-fibrils. Up to now, binding of cellulase catalytic domains (CDs) to chitin has not been reported. In this article, binding of the CDs of Thermobifida fusca Cel6A, Cel6B, Cel48A, Cel5A, and Cel9A to alpha-chitin was investigated. The CDs of endocellulases, Cel6A and Cel5A did not bind to alpha-chitin; one exocellulase, Cel48A CD bound alpha-chitin moderately well; and the exocellulase Cel6B CD and the processive endocellulase Cel9A CD bound extremely tightly to alpha-chitin. Only mutations of Cel6B W329C, W332A and G234S and Cel9A Y206F, Y206S and D261A/R378K caused weaker binding to alpha-chitin than wild-type, and all these mutations were of residues near the catalytic center. One mutant enzyme, Cel9A D261A/R378K had weak chitinase activity, but no soluble products were detected. Chitotriose and chitotetraose were docked successfully to the catalytic cleft of Cel9A. In general, the positioning of the sugar residues in the model structures matched the cellooligosaccharides in the X-ray structure. Our results show that the binding of chitin by a cellulase can provide additional information about its binding to cellulose.     

Targeted nanoparticles for precise cancer therapy

<正>Cancer has become one of the biggest challenges in the development of modern medical science. In particular, many problems, such as low efficiency, severe side effects, metastasis, and tumor invasion, challenge the development of precise cancer therapy. Continuous advancements in medicine, however, have allowed clear differentiation between tumors and normal tissues that can be exploited for cancer     

Construction of immune-related LncRNAs classifier to predict prognosis and immunotherapy response in thymic epithelial tumors

The primary objective of this study was to construct an immune-related long noncoding RNAs (IRLs) classifier to precisely predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response of patients with thymic epithelial tumors (TET). Based on univariable Cox regression analysis and Lasso regression, six prognosis-related IRLs (AC004466.3, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AC138207.2","term_id":"29165571","term_text":"AC138207.2"}}AC138207.2, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AC148477.2","term_id":"45504179","term_text":"AC148477.2"}}AC148477.2, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AL450270.1","term_id":"11244554","term_text":"AL450270.1"}}AL450270.1, HOXB-AS1 and SNHG8) were selected to build an IRL classifier. Importantly, results of qRT-PCR validated that higher expression levels of {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AC138207.2","term_id":"29165571","term_text":"AC138207.2"}}AC138207.2, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AC148477.2","term_id":"45504179","term_text":"AC148477.2"}}AC148477.2, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AL450270.1","term_id":"11244554","term_text":"AL450270.1"}}AL450270.1 and SNHG8 as well as lower expression levels of AC004466.3, and HOXB-AS1 in TETs samples compared with normal controls. The IRL classifier could effectively classify patients into the low-risk and high-risk groups based on the different survival parameters. In terms of predictive ability and clinical utility, the IRL classifier was superior to Masaoka staging system. Additionally, IRL classifier is significantly associated with immune cells infiltration (dendritic cells, activated CD4 memory T cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL), T cell subsets in particular), immune microenvironment (immune score and immune checkpoint inhibitors) and immunogenicity (TMB) in TETs, which hints that IRL classifier is tightly correlated with immune characteristics and might guide more effective immunotherapy strategies for TETs patients. Encouragingly, according to TIDE algorithm, there were more immunotherapy responders in the low-risk IRL subgroup and the IRL score was robustly negatively linked to the immunotherapeutic response. To sum up, the IRL classifier was established, which can be used to predict the prognosis, immune infiltration status, immunotherapy response in TETs patients, and may facilitate personalized counseling for immunotherapy.     

不同土壤水分处理对水稻光合特性及产量的影响

为探明土壤水分对水稻生长发育的影响机理,以武香粳14和两优培九为试验材料,分析了不同土壤水分处理下(W1、W2、W3和CK分别表示土壤体积含水量为20%、30%、40%和5cm水层灌溉)的水稻光合特性、产量及水分生产率等。结果表明,轻度水分胁迫(W3)具有处理间最大的叶片气孔导度、蒸腾速率和净光合速率,其他处理规律不显著。灌浆初期各水分处理下叶位间光合指标均表现为:剑叶＞顶2叶＞顶3叶>顶4叶,其他生育期规律不显著。与对照处理(CK)相比,武香粳14的W1、W2和W3处理的产量分别减少61.14%和29.13%、增加0.96%,水分生产率分别减少10.69%、增加1.53%和20.61%;两优培九的产量分别减少64.11%和28.76%,增加2.08%,水分生产率分别减少16.39%,增加2.46%和22.13%。研究结果为水稻精确灌溉和节水生产提供了技术支撑。