Evaluation of glycoproteins purified from adult and larval camel ticks (Hyalomma dromedarii) as a candidate vaccine

In order to identify antigens that can help prevent camel tick infestations, three major glycoproteins (GLPs) about 97, 66 and 40 kDa in size were purified from adult and larval Egyptian ticks, Hyalomma (H.) dromedarii, using a single-step purification method with Con-A sepharose. The purified GLPs were evaluated as vaccines against camel tick infestation in rabbits. The rabbits received three intramuscular inoculations of GLPs (20 µg/animal) on days 0, 14, and 28. In the immunoblot analysis, Sera from the immunized rabbits recognized the native GLPs and other proteins from larval and adult H. dromedarii ticks along with those from other tick species such as Rhipicephalus sanguineus but not Ornithodoros moubata. The effects of immunity induced by these GLPs were determined by exposing rabbits to adult H. dromedarii ticks. These results demonstrated that GLP immunization led to a slightly decreased reproductive index and significantly reduced rates of egg hatchability. These results demonstrated that immunization with the purified GLPs can provide protection against infestation by H. dromedarii and some other tick species. Further studies are needed to confirm the effectiveness of immunization with GLPs against other tick species.     

Interaction of bovine immunoglobulin gamma 2 (IgG2) with staphylococcal protein A: evidence for IgG2a and IgG2b sub-subclasses in the bovine

The reactivity of bovine IgG with protein A is confusing with respect to which of the bovine IgG class and subclasses are reactive. We have, therefore, re-examined the interaction of bovine immunoglobulins with protein A. The results presented in this paper indicated that at pH 8.0 protein A binds only immunoglobulin of the IgG2 subclass. The bound IgG2 can be readily recovered from an immobilized protein A column at pH 5.0. Furthermore, the antigenic IgG2 eluted demonstrated two charged species which could readily be separated by ion-exchange chromatography. These results indicate that IgG2 in the bovine exists in two sub-subclasses, IgG2a and IgG2b. The two sub-subclasses of IgG2 could be rapidly isolated with a good yield in two-steps namely protein A affinity chromatography followed by ion exchange chromatography.     

石房蛤毒素单克隆抗体的制备及其特性研究

将石房蛤毒素（Saxitoxin,STX）与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)偶联构建完全抗原STX-BSA,免疫BALB/c小鼠,通过杂交瘤技术获得1株稳定分泌抗STX单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞株,单抗亚类为IgM。体内诱生法收集腹水单抗,间接ELISA方法测定抗体效价为1∶102400,抗体亲和常数为3.71×106 L/mol。     

A型肉毒毒素Hc基因的原核表达、纯化及单抗的制备

在大肠埃希茵中高效表达的重组A型肉毒毒素保护性抗原,是以包涵体形式存在.溶解后的包涵体溶液经过处理,用镍柱亲和层析法纯化,得到纯度约为90%的融合蛋白.利用纯化的重组抗原BoNTa免疫Balb/c小鼠,获得分泌抗BoNTa特异性的3株杂交瘤细胞株2A2、4F7和2A8,其单抗鉴定均为IgG1亚型,滴度达到1:105.高纯度和活性单抗的获得为毒素检测试剂盒的研究奠定了基础.     

Electronegativity Scale of Elements Calculated by Density Functional Theory and Related Methods

In chemistry and many related fields, electronegativity (EN) is an important fundamental concept and its scale is a useful physcochemical parameter. Here, calculations of both ionization potentials and electron affinities are extended toward 107 elements and done by density functional theory at the local density approximation(LDA) level and the LDB level, i.e., the local density approximation level with further non-local corrections for exchange and correlation included self-consistently as well as the modified Slater transition-state method. The definite-differentiation method is employed into calculations of the electronegativity scale and the related parameters of 107 elements with very good results due to the consideration of relativistic effects. The calculation presented is to examine both the LDA and LDB approximations in calculations for the ionization potential and electron affinity of the elements with an improved or modified Slater transition-state method, and relativistic effects have also been taken into account for 107 elements compared with 103, 86 or less in the previous report under a spin polarized density function theory with some approximations to the exchange-correlation function. The calculation results for the various quantities represent an obviously improvement over some previous calculations. It is shown that the results calculated by the extended technique and the improved Slater transition-state method in general agree well with experimental values presented by Pearson, and are better than the reported values in many previous literatures. The developed new electronegativity scale will widely be applicable in many fields such as molecular structural parameterization expression, chemobiological activity optimization prediction, structure-activity quantitation modeling, functional chemical adaptization designing, and so on.     

Hybridizing <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica rapa</Emphasis> with wild crucifers <Emphasis Type="Italic">Diplotaxis erucoides</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica maurorum</Emphasis>

Two wide hybrids, Diplotaxis erucoides (2n = 14) × Brassica rapa (2n = 20) and B. maurorum (2n = 20) × B. rapa, were developed using the sequential ovary–ovule culture. Reciprocal crosses failed, possibly as a consequence of strong unilateral incompatibility. The F ₁ hybrids in each combination were completely male sterile and morphologically intermediate to the respective parents. DNA marker polymorphism and chromosome counts confirmed their hybrid nature. High frequency of bivalents in the F ₁ and the presence of trivalents/quadrivalents in the derived amphiploids suggested genomic duplications and homoeology of the parental genomes. Up to three homoeologous pairs between the D. erucoides (D^eD^e) and B. rapa (AA) genomes, and one between B. maurorum (B^mB^m) and B. rapa genomes were observed. Successful synthesis of the F ₁ hybrids and amphiploids of B. rapa with D. erucoides and B. maurorum, and allosyndetic chromosome pairing are expected to permit introgressions of desirable loci into the cultivated Brassica germplasm, especially for resistance to Alternaria brassicae and Albugo candida.     

基于部分亲和场的行走奶牛骨架提取模型

在奶牛关键点预测的基础上,通过点、线重构奶牛骨架结构,可为奶牛跛行检测、发情行为分析、运动量估测等提供重要参考。本研究基于部分亲和场,以养殖场监控摄像头拍摄的视频为原始数据,使用1 600幅图像训练了奶牛骨架提取模型,实现了奶牛站立、行走状态下关键点信息和部分亲和场信息的预测,并通过最优匹配连接对奶牛骨架结构进行准确提取。为了验证该模型的性能,采用包含干扰因素的100幅单目标奶牛和100幅双目标奶牛图像进行了测试。结果表明,该模型对单目标行走奶牛骨架提取的置信度为78.90%,双目标行走奶牛骨架提取的置信度较单目标下降了10.96个百分点。计算了不同关键点相似性(Object keypoint similarity,OKS)下的模型准确率,当OKS为0.75时,骨架提取准确率为93.40%,召回率为94.20%,说明该模型具有较高的准确率。该方法可以提取视频中奶牛骨架,在无遮挡时具有高置信度和低漏检率,当遮挡严重时置信度有所下降。该模型的单目标和双目标图像帧处理速度分别为3.30、3.20 f/s,基本相同。本研究可为多目标奶牛骨架提取提供参考。     

Species affinities between Cajanus cajan and some Atylosia species based on esterase isoenzymes

Summary Esterase isozymes were studied in seed extracts of Cajanus cajan and six Atylosia species by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isoelectrofocusing. The isozyme patterns were stable and accession specific. Within the accessions of the Atylosia species, A. albicans and A. scarabaeoides showed three common bands indicating that they are more closely related to each other than to the other species. Of the accessions of Atylosia only A. cajanifolia shares the esterase isozyme of C. cajan and hence seems to be the closest wild relative of C. cajan.     

基于LCCS的大尺度土地覆被遥感产品类别相对一致性研究

该文提出了一种基于LCCS分类体系的大尺度土地覆被遥感产品间类别一致性的定量计算方法,并以GLOBCOVER和MODIS COLLECTION5两种大尺度土地覆被遥感产品为数据源对该方法进行了验证。结果表明:GLOBCOVER和MODIS COLLECTION5两者间的类别一致性区域较小,且集中分布于中国的华北、四川盆地、台湾省、西北沙漠地区和喜马拉雅山东麓。类别一致性值分区统计表明,两种土地覆被遥感产品的类别一致性面积百分比存在显著的区域差异,在东北区域,高值区和低值区总面积相近,该区域一致性值以0.5～0.7为主,约占该区域总面积的35%;在西北区域,一致性值以0.7～0.9为主;在华北区域,一致性值表现出明显的高值优势,一致性值大于0.9的区域约占区域总面积的63%;在东南区域,类别一致性值表现出高值面积百分比大于低值面积百分比的特征;青藏高寒区的类别一致性值则与东南区域相反;四川盆地的陆表土地覆被类别以耕地为主,因此表现出与华北区域类似的分布特征;西南区域各个区间的类别一致性值百分比表现出较为均匀的分布特征,并无明显优势级别。     

陆地棉与三裂棉、斯特提棉和A111种间杂种F1的形态与细胞学

本文研究了TM-1×三裂棉、江苏棉1号×斯特提棉、泗棉2号×Alll 3个种间杂种F_1的主要形态特征及花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ的染色体行为。3个种间杂种F_1的花器官性状大多趋向于父本野生棉,如花冠颜色、花心等;营养器官大多趋向于中间型,如叶色、叶形等。杂种F_1均表现高度不育。减数分裂中期Ⅰ的染色体构型依次为:13.73Ⅰ 12.52Ⅱ 0.03Ⅲ 0.04Ⅳ,28.03Ⅰ 5.38Ⅱ 0.07Ⅲ和33.26Ⅰ 2.87Ⅱ;其染色体组亲和性指数分别为0.9715、0.4192和0.2208。这一结果表明:(1)陆地棉与三裂棉的亲缘关系较近,与斯特提棉的亲缘关系较远,与Alll的亲缘关系更远;(2)泅棉2号×Alll的F_1染色体数为2n=3x=39,其染色体数x=13与棉属相同,其次因Alll原产于澳大利亚,形态上与纳尔逊氏棉、澳洲棉比较接近,因此推测它可能属于棉属的C染色体组种。