Screening for reproductive biomarkers in Bactrian camel via iTRAQ analysis of proteomes

Bactrian camel is an ancient and precious species of livestock; that is, unique resources exist in the desert and have important economic and scientific value. In recent years, the number of Bactrian camels has declined sharply. Due to its long reproductive cycle and seasonal oestrus, the mechanism of oestrus is unknown. To identify candidate biomarkers of reproduction, we performed a comprehensive proteomic analysis of serum from Bactrian camel in oestrus and non-oestrus, using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. We identified 359 proteins, of which 32 were differentially expressed: 11 were up-regulated and 21 were down-regulated in samples from camels in oestrus. We validated the differential expression of a subset of these proteins using qPCR and Western blot. Gene ontology annotation identified that the differentially expressed proteins function in cellular processes, metabolic processes and immune system processes. Notably, five of the differentially expressed proteins, PCGF5, histone H1.2, RBP4, FOLR1 and ANTXR2, are involved in reproductive regulatory processes in other animals. KEGG enrichment analysis demonstrated significant enrichment in several cardiac-related pathways, such as ‘dilated cardiomyopathy’, ‘hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’, ‘cardiac muscle contraction’ and ‘adrenergic signalling in cardiomyopathy’. Our results suggest that candidate biomarker (PCGF5, histone H1.2, RBP4, FOLR1 and ANTXR2) discovery can aid in understanding reproduction in Bactrian camels. We conclude that the profiling of serum proteomes, followed by the measurement of selected proteins using more targeted methods, offers a promising approach for studying mechanisms of oestrus.     

The priority of management factors for reducing the yield gap of summer maize in the north of Huang-Huai-Hai region,China

Understanding yield potential, yield gap and the priority of management factors for reducing the yield gap in current intensive maize production is essential for meeting future food demand with the limited resources. In this study, we conducted field experiments using different planting modes, which were basic productivity(CK), farmer practice(FP), high yield and high efficiency(HH), and super high yield(SH), to estimate the yield gap. Different factorial experiments(fertilizer, planting density, hybrids, and irrigation) were also conducted to evaluate the priority of individual management factors for reducing the yield gap between the different planting modes. We found significant differences between the maize yields of different planting modes. The treatments of CK, FP, HH, and SH achieved 54.26, 58.76, 65.77, and 71.99% of the yield potential, respectively. The yield gaps between three pairs: CK and FP, FP and HH, and HH and SH, were 0.76, 1.23 and 0.85 t ha~(–1), respectively. By further analyzing the priority of management factors for reducing the yield gap between FP and HH, as well as HH and SH, we found that the priorities of the management factors(contribution rates) were plant density(13.29%)fertilizer(11.95%)hybrids(8.19%)irrigation(4%) for FP to HH, and hybrids(8.94%)plant density(4.84%)fertilizer(1.91%) for HH to SH. Therefore, increasing the planting density of FP was the key factor for decreasing the yield gap between FP and HH, while choosing hybrids with density and lodging tolerance was the key factor for decreasing the yield gap between HH and SH.     

蝴蝶兰‘红天鹅’组织培养及快繁技术

[目的]探索‘红天鹅’花梗的不定芽诱导、丛生芽继代增殖和生根诱导技术。[方法]以蝴蝶兰新品种‘红天鹅’的花梗作为外植体,开展组织培养技术研究。[结果]用0.1%的HgCl2消毒外植体20 min,污染率可降低至27.2%,萌芽率达91.0%;不定芽继代增殖培养的最适培养基为MS+6-BA 6.0 mg/L+NAA 0.1 mg/L+AD 5.0 mg/L+香蕉50 g/L+土豆50g/L+蔗糖30g/L+琼脂7.5 g/L,增殖系数达3.80;最适合的生根诱导培养基为1/2MS+NAA0.4 mg/L+香蕉50 g/L+土豆50g/L+C 1.0 g/L+蔗糖15 g/L+卡拉胶7.0 g/L,生根时间为15 d,生根率达100%。[结论]发现了适宜‘红天鹅’的从消毒到增殖,再到生根中各试剂和激素的合理用量,为蝴蝶兰快繁技术发展提供了参考。     

60Co-γ射线和电子束辐照灭菌对葛根提取物抗氧化活性及指纹图谱的影响

为评价⁶⁰Co-γ射线和电子束辐照灭菌对葛根提取物品质的影响效应及其差异性,采用不同剂量的⁶⁰Co-γ射线(0、2.8、5.7、8.3、10.6 kGy)和电子束(0、2.4、5.1、7.7、10.3 kGy)辐照处理葛根提取物,研究辐照对其微生物总数、抗氧化活性及指纹图谱的影响。结果表明,⁶⁰Co-γ射线和电子束辐照均能有效降低葛根提取物中需氧菌总数、霉菌和酵母菌总数,随着吸收剂量增大,抑制作用增强。⁶⁰Co-γ射线和电子束辐照吸收剂量分别为5.7 kGy和5.1 kGy时,葛根提取物均达到《中国药典》所规定的微生物限度标准(需氧菌总数为10³ CFU·g^-1、霉菌和酵母菌总数为10² CFU·g^-1);吸收剂量分别为5.7 kGy和7.7 kGy时,需氧菌总数、霉菌和酵母菌总数均降至10 CFU·g^-1以下。此外,大肠埃希氏菌(Escherichia coli)与沙门氏菌(Salmonella)均未检出。2种辐照方式均对葛根提取物的DPPH自由基(DPPH·)清除率、羟自由基(·OH)清除率以及总还原能力无显著影响(P>0.05)。不同剂量⁶⁰Co-γ射线和电子束辐照处理葛根提取物特征峰的相似度达到1.0,且相对保留时间的相对标准差(RSD)均小于0.5%,表明2种辐照方式对葛根提取物指纹图谱均无显著影响(P>0.05)。综上所述,⁶⁰Co-γ射线和电子束辐照对葛根提取物微生物具有较强的抑制作用,2种辐照方式均不会对葛根提取物的抗氧化活性及指纹图谱产生显著影响,不影响葛根提取物的有效性及质量稳定性。该研究为2种辐照技术,特别是电子束辐照在葛根药材、饮片及其中成药制剂灭菌中的合理应用提供了科学参考。     

超学科知识生产模式对农村地区多媒体英语教学的启示

随着知识经济的兴起,人类传统的知识生产模式正悄然发生革命性的变化。一种被称之为"超学科"的知识生产模式开始崭露头角,它强调知识生产要在多学科共同参与的广阔应用语境下进行,要在各利益方充分商榷、谈判、让步、协调、合作的基础上,形成最终共识,从而找到解决问题的途径。和传统的知识生产模式相比,超学科知识生产模式具有应用语境性、超学科性、异质性、反思性和质量控制标准多元性等典型特征,因而可以对农村地区多媒体英语教学具有良好的启示作用。     

调理剂及农艺措施对污染稻田中水稻吸收镉的影响

【目的】探究水分管理、调理剂措施和组合措施对污染稻田稻米降Cd效果,旨在探索出不显著降低水稻产量前提下,能更高效降低土壤Cd生物有效性和稻米中Cd含量的方法。【方法】在湖南省株洲市选择中度Cd污染稻田开展田间小区水稻试验。试验中水稻种植两季,早稻品种为中嘉早17,晚稻为泰优390。试验分为6组,分别为水分管理（T2）处理、施用硅肥（T3）处理、施用竹炭处理（T4）、施用硅肥结合水分管理（T5）处理、施用竹炭结合水分管理（T6）处理和1个试验对照（T1）,重复3次。【结果】试验各处理对稻田土壤有效态Cd含量均有降低,竹炭结合水分管理（T6）处理对两季水稻土壤均有显著降低,硅肥结合水分管理（T5）处理对晚稻土壤有效态Cd降低幅度最大。试验各处理对水稻各部位Cd含量均有降低效果,在糙米Cd含量方面,5个试验处理中对糙米Cd含量降低幅度以组合措施修复技术效果最好,即硅肥结合水分管理（T5）和竹炭结合水分管理（T6）处理。在水分管理修复技术(T2)中降Cd效果最高为29.23%;在施用调理剂修复技术中,硅肥处理（T3）和竹炭处理（T4）对稻壳和糙米中Cd含量均有显著降低（P＜0.05）作用,其中硅肥处理（T3）糙米最高降Cd幅度为49.23%,竹炭处理（T4）糙米最高降Cd幅度为47.69%;在组合措施中均能显著降低水稻糙米Cd含量,其中硅肥结合水分管理（T5）处理糙米降Cd幅度为60.34%—78.46%,竹炭结合水分管理（T6）糙米降Cd幅度为56.90%—67.69%。同时,本文对土壤有效态Cd含量与水稻各部位Cd含量相关性进行分析,发现水稻籽粒（稻壳与糙米）中Cd含量与土壤有效态Cd含量存在极显著正相关（P＜0.01）,且两个水稻品种规律一致。各处理对水稻各部位富集系数亦有降低效果,以硅肥结合水分管理（T5）处理和竹炭结合水分管理（T6）效果最好。对于水稻各部位向籽粒转运系数降低效果各部位规律不一致,但茎鞘和叶片两个部位向籽粒（稻壳和糙米）转运系数均显著降低,水分管理（T2）处理除外。在水稻产量方面,仅水分管理（T2）处理对中嘉早17有显著降低,其他处理降低幅度不显著,各处理对泰优390处理没有显著影响。【结论】组合措施优于单一水分管理或单一调理剂处理,且在水稻产量没有显著降低情况下对稻米Cd污染稻田稻米降Cd幅度最高达到78.46%,可以进一步确保Cd污染农田安全利用。     

拮抗农业致病菌放线菌G5发酵条件的优化

微生物的发酵过程十分复杂,培养基配方的组成以及培养条件的变化都会对菌体的代谢造成很大的影响。为了使抗生素的产量达到最大化,试验运用了Plackett-Burman试验设计、最陡爬坡试验、BoxBehnken试验设计对放线菌(Actinomycetes)G5进行了发酵条件优化。利用Plackett-Burman试验设计对影响放线菌G5发酵的诸多相关因素进行评估并筛选出3个主要因素,即碳源含量、培养温度和培养时间;之后根据3个主要因素的作用大小和方向进行了最陡爬坡试验;最后运用Box-Behnken试验设计确定最优值,得出其最优培养条件为淀粉含量21.66 g/L、培养温度27.70℃、培养时间7.75 d。在此条件下,抗生素对苹果轮纹病菌的抑菌圈直径为23.00 mm,与模型预测值基本一致。     

Development of Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Immunoassay Detection Method for Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus

In this article, through the combination of nucleic acid probes and immune chromatography, a simple, sensitive and specific detection system——nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay (NALFIA) for amplifing foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) 3D RT-PCR products was established.An ultrasensitive nucleic acid biosensor (NAB) based on streptavidin-labeled gold nanoparticles dual labels and lateral flow strip biosensor (LFSB) were used in this system.The biotinylated goat anti-rabbit IgG was marked to the NC membrane as the alleged strip and the anti-digoxin antibody was labeled to the NC membrane to capture the digoxin probe.After assemblying gold-labeled strip and detecting RT-PCR products, the detection limit of NALFIA was 0.3×10^-3 to 3×10^-3 μg/μL.The NALFIA was compared with agar gel electrophoresis analysis, the results showed that the sensitivity of NALFIA was higher than agar gel electrophoresis.There was an excellent agreement between the two methods.NALFIA was a method with high sensitive, low cost and short time.In conclusion, this method provided a good alternative to detect FMDV.     

牡丹5个管家基因的克隆及其在系统进化分析中的应用

利用RT-PCR技术从牡丹组7个野生种和1个栽培种中分别克隆得到泛素延伸蛋白基因(ubiquitin,UBI)、素环蛋白基因(cyclophilin,CYP)、肌动蛋白基因(Actin)、葡萄糖六磷酸脱氢酶基因(glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase,G6PD)和β–微管蛋白基因(beta-tubulin,TUB)等5个管家基因的编码序列(coding sequence,CDS)。序列比对分析发现,5个管家基因序列均相对保守,其在牡丹7个野生种和1个栽培种中的保守性在99.04%~99.69%。利用5个管家基因分别构建了其在牡丹组8份材料中的系统进化树。5个系统进化树均将8份材料分成两组,即革质花盘亚组和肉质花盘亚组;由于5个管家基因核苷酸序列各自的保守性不同,在区分亚组成员间略有差异。综合分析5个管家基因构建的系统进化树可知,杨山牡丹(Paeonia ostii)和栽培牡丹(P.suffruticosa‘Luoyanghong’)常聚为一支,二者亲缘关系较近,因而推测杨山牡丹可能参与了栽培牡丹的形成;紫斑牡丹(P.rockii)和四川牡丹(P.decomposita)一直聚为一支,推测二者亲缘关系较近;黄牡丹(P.lutea)和紫牡丹(P.delavayi)一直聚为一支,推测这二者亲缘关系较近。狭叶牡丹(P.potaninii)与黄牡丹和紫牡丹分化较早,结合前人研究结果建议将狭叶牡丹作为一个独立的种。     

野生猕猴桃实生后代株系对溃疡病的抗性及果实品质

为猕猴桃种质资源的开发和利用提供参考，以野生黄肉猕猴桃实生苗为试材，采用大田病圃法对198份黄肉野生猕猴桃实生株系连续4年进行田间溃疡病抗性监测，以明确不同野生猕猴桃实生后代株系对溃疡病的抗性差异，并对野生猕猴桃实生株系中60株雌株果实风味进行初步品评。结果表明：猕猴桃实生苗后代对溃疡病的抗性不同。其中，高抗、中抗、耐病、感病和高感株系所占总体比例分别为11.16%、24.75%、29.80%、28.28%和5.56%，初步筛选出12株抗病性较强的雌株株系和10株抗病性较强的雄株株系。结合猕猴桃单果重、果实品质及对溃疡病抗性等方面，筛选出4株优良抗性雌株实生苗为株系13-3-2、13-6-11、13-11-1和13-11-21，其可溶性固形物含量均在14.5%以上，风味好，Vc含量均显著高于母本，分别较母本高18.14%、105.3%、65.21%和11.34%。