SCINTIGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE STIFLE IN NORMAL HORSES AND HORSES WITH FORELIMB LAMENESS

We tested the hypotheses that mature horses without lameness have a repeatable radiopharmaceutical uptake pattern in the stifle, which is bilaterally symmetric; immature horses have a different radiopharmaceutical uptake pattern; and forelimb lameness alters the radiopharmaceutical uptake pattern in the stifle. The objectives of the study were to describe the normal radiopharmaceutical uptake patterns using region of interest (ROI) analysis; to compare uptake patterns between left and right stifles of the same horse and between mature and immature horses; to compare radiopharmaceutical uptake in mature normal horses with those with forelimb lameness. Lateral scintigraphic images of the stifle from 51 horses aged 2-16 years were evaluated using seven ROIs and a reference site (midfemur). After subtraction of a background count, ratios between the mean counts per pixel for each ROI to the reference site were calculated. There was a repeatable radiopharmaceutical uptake pattern in mature normal horses that was bilaterally symmetrical. The caudoproximal aspect of the tibia and the patella had the highest ratios. Radiopharmaceutical uptake patterns in horses with forelimb lameness were not significantly different. Immature normal horses had a different symmetric pattern, with greatest radiopharmaceutical uptake ratios in the caudoproximal aspect of the tibia and the tibial crest. It was concluded that there are symmetric, repeatable radiopharmaceutical uptake patterns in both immature and mature horses, which are not altered by forelimb lameness.     

哺乳动物的克隆技术——哺乳动物克隆的原理、方法、影响因素及存在的问题

哺乳动物细胞克隆是20世纪末生命科学领域最引人注目的高新技术,该技术对于优良种畜的复制、减少试验用动物数目、动物遗传多样性保存及濒危动物挽救、转基因动物培育等方面具有重要意义。近年来克隆技术发展迅速,多种哺乳动物相继克隆成功,但也存在克隆效率太低、克隆动物表型正常而实质异常的问题。作者阐述了动物克隆的基本原理、操作方法及其相关影响因素,提出了解决相关问题的关键。     

禽腺联病毒全基因组的克隆及感染性病毒的拯救

为了克隆禽腺联病毒(Avian adeno-associated virus,AAAV)全基因组用于构建基因转移载体研究,以鸡胚致死孤儿病毒(CELO)作为辅助病毒与AAAV共接种SPF鸡胚进行AAAV的增殖,将AAAV约4.7kb双链基因组DNA与pCR2.1载体连接,构建了含AAAV全基因组的重组质粒pAAAV并进行了测序。序列分析表明,AAAV YZ-1株的基因组为4684bp,两端具有141bp的末端倒置重复序列和Rep蛋白结合位点特征序列,与GenBank中收录的AAAV DA-1株和VR-865株的核苷酸序列同源性分别为95.0%和92.2%。将pAAAV质粒转染CELO病毒感染的鸡胚肝细胞系,获得了感染性AAAV病毒粒子,结果证明克隆的AAAV基因组中存在与病毒复制和包装相关的正确关键序列,可用于重组AAAV载体的构建。     

猪卵母细胞去核方法的改进

对猪体细胞克隆技术中关键步骤之一的去核方法作了较深入的研究。结果表明，由本实验室改进的Willadsen去核法——二步挤压去核法，无论在去核操作成功率（73．9％）上还是在去核效率（81．2％）上都明显好于McGrath-Solter去核法（42．5％、67．4％，P〈0．05）；同时，本试验还发现，卵母细胞成熟培养36h后去核组去核效率（89．1％）显著地高于成熟培养44h后去核组（55．8％，P〈0．05），而核移植重构胚的发育率2个组间无显著差异。     

口蹄疫病毒WFL株基因组全长cDNA的克隆及序列分析

根据口蹄疫病毒基因组的结构特点以及GenBank上公布的全序列，用DNAMAN分别设计了涵盖整个基因组序列的3对引物，从接种口蹄疫病毒WFL株的细胞培养液中提取了病毒基因组RNA，采用RT-PCR方法和RACE法分别扩增了3条基因片段，并将扩增片段分别与T载体连接，在体外分别进行了5-半分子和3’半分子的构建。最后将5’半分子和3’半分子连接成基因组全长cDNA分子。经PCR鉴定、酶切鉴定及全长cDNA测序，证实成功构建了口蹄疫病毒wFL株基因组全长eDNA分子。序列分析结果表明，供试口蹄疫病毒基因组全长为8155nt，5＇UTR长1059nt；具有一个大的读码框，其核苷酸长度为6969nt。包括201aa的前导蛋白基因和2122aa的聚合蛋白基因；3＇UTR长127nt，包括34nt的polv（A）。     

一株山羊支原体山羊肺炎亚种的分离鉴定与分子特征

从送检的山羊肺炎肺脏中成功分离到一株支原体，经过3次克隆纯化后进行生化试验、电镜观察、PCR及酶切、基因特征鉴定，结果显示分离物SD3属于山羊支原体山羊肺炎亚种成员。将培养物经气管接种2只山羊可引起1只山羊典型发病，体温升高至41．5℃，IgG和IgM抗体效价明显升高，其中IgG抗体变化与临床表现基本同步。剖检发现肺脏发生严重病变，并从中再次分离到该病原体。     

供体细胞对哺乳动物体细胞核移植的影响

哺乳动物体细胞核移植技术(克隆)在农业、生物技术、医药生产和濒危动物保护等方面具有很大的潜力和应用价值,已成为目前发育生物学研究的重要方法.文章依据近年来国内外在动物克隆技术方面的资料,分析了供体细胞类型、供体细胞动物年龄、供体细胞所处细胞周期、体外传代次数以及供体动物性别等因素对克隆动物效率的影响及可能原因.     

香蕉A基因组品种间遗传关系的SSR检测

应用SSR技术,对32个香蕉A基因组类型品种(系)的遗传关系进行了检测。40对SSR引物在32个品种(系)中分别扩增带数在3～15个,平均每个SSR座位可检测2.99个多态性带;引物的多态信息量(PIC)在0.00～0.88,平均0.62。依据SSR数据计算的品种间遗传距离在0.00%～34.27%,平均12.45%,大多数品种间的遗传变异非常有限,但也存在着遗传差异突出的品种:FHIA25、Yangambi KM5、Pisang Jari Buaya、Rose和皇帝蕉。依据26%的遗传距离,除了FHIA25和Pisang Jari Buaya单独化成1组外,其它30个品种可以分为2组:品种间遗传差异相对较高的组I和品种间遗传差异相对较低的组Ⅱ。Williams与引进的洪都拉斯3号、M931之间,洪都拉斯1号和洪都拉斯2号之间,高脚青芽蕉和高脚顿地雷分别没有区分开来,这可能是同物异名,也可能是同一品种未能分辨的突变体。     

Prevention of isinglass on the chronic atrophic gastritis in rats and its mechanism

AIM: To evaluate the effect of isinglass on chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG) in rats and its mechanism. METHODS: An animal model of CAG in accordance with the previous experience of combined administration of 60% ethanol, 20 mmol/L sodium deoxycholate and 0.1% ammonia water was established in SD rats. Isinglass was used as preventive therapy while we were establishing CAG rat model. Finally all the rats were executed and pathologic changes of the gastric mucosa were studied by gross appearance and microscopy and serum epidermal growth factor (EFG) and growth hormone(GH) contents were tested. RESULTS: In each isinglass prevention group, inflammation grade of gastric antrum was less than that in model group (P<0.01) while the mean ratio of the thickness of gastric mucosal gland and muscularis mucosa (L1/L2), the number of gastric glands in 1 mm lengths of mucosal layer in longitudinal sections were much better than those in model group (P<0.01).They were very close to normal control group (P>0.05). The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in gastric mucosa and serum EFG level were higher than those in model group (P<0.01, P<0.05), but serum GH content showed no different between isinglass prevention group and model group. CONCLUSION: Isinglass preventes the gastric mucosal atrophy in the CAG model. Its mechanism may be related to the effects of decreasing the gastric mucosal damage， promoting the cell proliferation and increasing of internal EFG secretion.