Diurnal variations in hypothalamic monoamine levels in the teleostChanna punctatus (bloch) in response to melatonin under two photothermal conditions

Hypothalamic dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels exhibited marked day-night variations under ambient photoperiod and temperature (12L12D; 17±1°C) with peak values at mid-light phase. The 16L8D; 22±1°C treatment reversed the diurnal rhythm of 5-HT, but not that of DA and NA. However, there was an overall increase in the levels of the catecholamines on exposure to the long photoperiod and high temperature. The administration of melatonin in the fish held on 16L8D; 22±1°C regime restored the 5-HT rhythm to that of the 12L12D; 17±1°C control group, but with elevated mid-photophase value. However, there was no effect of the indole treatment on the 5-HT rhythm under the 12L12D; 17±1°C regime. Melatonin causes a significant reduction of NA level in both the groups, while DA level did not change in either group.     

Temporal changes in plasma thyroid hormone,growth hormone and free fatty acid concentrations,and hepatic 5′-monodeiodinase activity,lipid and protein content during chronic fasting and re-feeding in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Temporal changes in growth, plasma thyroid hormone, cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations, hepatic T₃ content and hepatic 5-monodeiodinase activity were measured in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) subjected to a sustained fast for up to eight weeks, and during a four-week re-feeding period. The purpose of the study was to examine aspects of the endocrine control of energy partitioning processes characteristic of short-term (acute; fasting) and long-term (chronic; starvation) food-deprivation states in fish, and to explore the role of the thyroid hormones, cortisol and GH in the energy repartitioning that takes place during an acute anabolic (re-feeding) state following chronic food deprivation.Differences in growth rate between fed and fasted groups were evident after two weeks, but significant weight loss by the fasted groups was not evident until between four and six weeks into the fast. Hepatosomatic indices (HSIs) were significantly reduced in the fasted fish within seven days, and as early as two days in one study; recovery of the HSI in fasted fish was evident within three days of re-feeding. Liver protein content (expressed as % wet weight) was consistently depressed in the fasted fish in only one of the three studies. Liver total lipid content (expressed as % wet weight) was depressed in the fasted fish within two days of food deprivation. Because of the rapid and sustained decrease in the HSI of fasted fish, the hepatic total protein and lipid reserves, when considered on a body weight basis, were markedly lowered within the first few days of the fast. Plasma GH concentrations exhibited a bi-modal pattern of change, with a transient fall in levels, followed by a sustained increase in fasted fish. The indicators of interrenal activity were suggestive of a depressed pituitary-interrenal axis in fasted animals; plasma cortisol levels were elevated to levels of fed animals within one day of re-feeding. The indicators of thyroid hormone economy (plasma thyroid hormone levels, liver triiodothyronine content, hepatic 5-monodeiodinase (MD) activity, thyroid epithelial cell height) were similarly indicative of a depressed pituitary-thyroid axis in fasted animals, with recovery to levels of the fed animals within one week. Despite the compensatory changes in accumulation of reserves (as indicated by a compensatory increase in HSI), there were no apparent compensatory changes in any of the endocrine parameters evident during the re-feeding period.     

春露地越夏长季节辣椒新品种洛研5号的选育

中熟辣椒品种洛研5号是以洛阳地方羊角椒多代选育的自交系L92-7为母本,以洛998经多代定向分离筛选的自交系L05-2为父本配制选育而成的辣椒品种。果实粗长羊角形,果实纵径17.3 cm,果实横径3.4 cm,果肉厚0.32 cm,平均单果质量44.5 g,单株挂果数27.3个,商品成熟期果实黄绿色,果面光亮洁净,商品性好,高产质优。适宜河南春露地越夏长季节栽培。     

不同精子密度冷冻猪5mL细管精液效果比较

采集上海白猪精液进行5mL细管冷冻,比较冷冻密度分别为0.5×109个/mL、0.7×109个/mL、1.0×109个/mL的冻后精子质量。结果表明:3种密度冷冻猪精子,解冻后精子质量差异不显著(P﹥0.05)。     

稻瘟病菌MoYpt5蛋白互作网络预测

稻瘟病菌(Magnaporthe oryzae)共有11个假定的Rab蛋白家族成员,本文选取了MoYpt51(MGG_06241)和MoYpt52(MGG_01185)进行了生物信息学分析。通过搜索多个大型蛋白互作数据库和文献,共得到数百个与核心蛋白互作的蛋白和互作对。利用信息处理技术和高效制图平台将这些蛋白互作对构建成互作网络,得到若干个具有生物学意义的模块。结果表明,筛选得到的互作蛋白中,有的参与了蛋白降解的泛素途径(MGG_04053等)、囊泡介导的蛋白胞内运输(MGG_01238等),有的在蛋白、染色体的组装和修饰等过程(MGG_03677等)起重要作用。大部分假定互作蛋白定位于细胞质和质膜上,为其与目标蛋白互作提供了空间可能性。     

抗青枯病花生新品种莆花5号的选育

莆花5号系以湘花B为母本、金花18为父本有性杂交经系谱法选育而成的花生新品种。该品种表现高产、稳产,适应性广,中抗青枯病、叶斑病、锈病,较强的抗旱性、耐涝性和抗倒性。2014年5月通过福建省农作物审定委员会认定,适宜福建省花生产区示范推广。     

杂交中稻广两优香5的营养特性与施肥效应研究

采用田间试验的方法,研究了杂交中稻广两优香5的营养特性与施肥效应。结果表明,在生育前期广两优香5对氮、磷需求量大,中后期钾素吸收增加;养分对其产量构成因子的影响上表现为氮钾磷;结合模拟的最佳施肥量和经济施肥量,推荐了江汉平原地区中等肥力条件下的施肥量为氮170~200 kg/hm2、磷70~100 kg/hm2、钾105~135 kg/hm2。     

模拟多光谱卫星传感器数据的冬小麦白粉病遥感监测

为了解利用遥感技术快速大范围监测小麦白粉病病害情况的可行性,以Landsat5TM波段响应函数为基础,将地面实测冠层高光谱数据模拟为TM多光谱数据,从而分析卫星传感器多光谱波段对病害的响应情况,并构建多光谱指数(PMSI)估测白粉病严重度。在此基础上,采用2010年星-地配套数据对PMSI估测精度进行验证。结果表明,PMSI能够较准确地反映冬小麦白粉病发生的程度,获得较理想的病情严重度反演精度(r2=0.475,RMSE=0.129)。因此采用多光谱卫星遥感影像在小麦大面积种植区域进行病害监测具有应用潜力。     

Diazaquinomycins E–G,Novel Diaza-Anthracene Analogs from a Marine-Derived Streptomyces sp.

As part of our program to identify novel secondary metabolites that target drug-resistant ovarian cancers, a screening of our aquatic-derived actinomycete fraction library against a cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cell line (OVCAR5) led to the isolation of novel diaza-anthracene antibiotic diazaquinomycin E (DAQE; 1), the isomeric mixture of diazaquinomycin F (DAQF; 2) and diazaquinomycin G (DAQG; 3), and known analog diazaquinomycin A (DAQA; 4). The structures of DAQF and DAQG were solved through deconvolution of X-Ray diffraction data of their corresponding co-crystal. DAQE and DAQA exhibited moderate LC₅₀ values against OVCAR5 of 9.0 and 8.8 μM, respectively. At lethal concentrations of DAQA, evidence of DNA damage was observed via induction of apoptosis through cleaved-PARP. Herein, we will discuss the isolation, structure elucidation, and biological activity of these secondary metabolites.     

5年生种植人参对成年大鼠心功能和血流动力学的影响

目的观察5年生种植人参食用对成年大鼠心功能和血流动力学的影响,探讨人参食用对机体心血管系统功能的调节作用。方法正常成年Wistar大鼠随机分为10组,即:对照组,5年生种植人参原粉小、中、大剂量(0.25、0.5、1.0g生药/kg)组,5年生种植人参水提物小、中、大剂量(0.25、0.5、1.0g生药/kg)组,5年生种植人参醇提物小、中、大剂量(0.25、0.5、1.0g生药/kg)组,每组14只。各组大鼠连续灌胃给药3个月,观察心功能和血流动力学变化。结果与对照组比较,人参原粉和人参醇提物可使正常成年大鼠动脉收缩压(SBP)、左室收缩压(LVSP)、左心室内压最大上升和下降速率(±dp/dtmax)均明显增高(P0.05或P0.01),对舒张压(DBP)、平均动脉压(MAP)、左心室舒张末压(LVEDP)及心率(HR)均无明显影响(P0.05)。人参水提物各剂量组对SBP、DBP、MAP、LVSP、±dp/dtmax、LVEDP及HR均无明显影响(P0.05)。结论人参原粉和人参醇提物对正常成年大鼠具有明显的正性肌力(强心)作用,人参水提物对正常成年大鼠的血压及心脏心收缩和舒张功能均无增强或降低作用。