Infection of human enterovirus 71 in immunosuppressed rhesus monkeys

AIM: To investigate the infection process of human enterovirus 71 (EV71) in a rhesus monkey model of immunosuppression.METHODS: The monkey immunosuppression model was established by oral administration of cyclosporin A at a daily dose of 15 mg/kg for 7 days. Fourteen days after inoculation of EV71 FY23 strain via respiratory and digestive tracts, the infectious monkeys were sacrificed, and then the pathological changes of systemic organs were observed and the viral analysis in different tissues was performed.RESULTS: Compared with the experimental group without cyclosporin A, more positive results were observed in the immunosuppressed monkeys, such as more severe clinical symptoms, higher viral load/antigen expression and more pathological changes in the organs.CONCLUSION: The findings of the viral multiplication in the host provide evidence for evaluation of EV71 vaccine, and also indicate the delimitation for the population using EV71 vaccine in future.     

县域耕地边际化风险评价与验证

耕地边际化是耕地利用净收益从多到少的过程,而撂荒则是耕地边际化的极端表现。以河南省孟津县为例,从耕地利用的自然适宜、耕作条件与机会成本等方面,对耕地边际化的风险进行多维度评价,并运用遥感影像数据对评价结果进行验证,识别出现阶段影响耕地边际化的主导因素。结果表明:就耕地的自然适宜评价结果而言,处于高度适宜、中度适宜、低度适宜的面积分别为189. 00、141. 64、88. 81 km~2,自然适宜性是影响耕地边际化利用的基础条件,将自然适宜性差的耕地调整恢复成林地,有助于区域脆弱生态的修复;就耕地的耕作便利度来说,处于高度便利、中度便利、低度便利的面积分别为:103. 69、214. 05、101. 71 km~2,对自然适宜度高而耕作不便利的耕地进行综合整治是提高耕地利用效率、延缓耕地边际化利用的重要途径;根据机会成本的耕地边际化风险评价结果,处于高机会成本、中机会成本、低机会成本的面积分别为119. 32、164. 57、135. 56 km~2。由于孟津县高机会成本区的耕地利用能够维持较高的利润,因此耕地弃耕的情况较少发生。通过对土地变更数据库内耕地和遥感影像的叠置分析,发现现阶段孟津县耕地边际化受自然适宜与耕作条件的影响较大。     

蚓粪对温室番茄植株叶片光合特性与产量的调节

为了明确蚓粪施入对不同连作年限土壤栽培的番茄植株光合作用与产量的调节作用,试验以番茄为供试作物,采用温室内盆栽试验,研究番茄连作0、5和20年土壤中,蚓粪(VM)、鸡粪(CM)、稻草(FS)和化肥(CF),不施肥对照(CK)对番茄植株生长发育、生理特性以及产量的影响。结果表明,在番茄连作0年和5年的土壤中蚓粪处理番茄植株叶片光和参数略低于鸡粪处理,但高于其他处理。在连作20年的土壤中,蚓粪的输入使番茄植株叶片蒸腾速率、气孔导度、净光合速率和胞间CO_2浓度较鸡粪处理分别提高了13.70%、12.38%、6.51%和5.85%;较稻草处理分别提高了56.11%、33.21%、19.80%和16.50%;较化肥处理分别提高了84.05%、51.68%、20.89%和42.74%。除蚓粪和鸡粪处理外,其他处理在连作5年和连作20年的土壤中栽培的番茄的生物量、根系活力、产量均低于连作0年的对应处理。蚓粪处理的连作0年和5年的土壤中栽培的番茄产量分别为1 641和1 654 g·株~(-1),高于连作20年的番茄产量(1 593 g·株~(-1)),其生物量和根系活力也高于连作20年的土壤。生产上,可以通过适量输入蚓粪来调节植株的光合作用,提高生物量以及根系活力,从而提高番茄产量。     

Cloning and Sequence Analysis of PTTG1 Gene in Luchuan Pig

This experiment was aimed to clone PTTG1 gene CDS sequence of Luchuan pig,and was analyzed by bioinformatics methods.A pair of special primers was designed according to predicted sequence of porcine PTTG1 in GenBank.The coding sequence of PTTG1 in Luchuan pig was amplified by RT-PCR,its gene sequence characteristics and protein structure was systemically analyzed by bioinformatics techniques.The results showed that the cloned PTTG1 fragment included a 609 bp CDS (coding 202 amino acids).The sequence multi-aligned results showed that Luchuan pig shared 90.15%,87.85%,87.52%,87.03%,76.03%,74.38%,55.74% and 44.48% of similar nucleotide sequence with that of Bos,Pan troglodytes,Homos,Macaca,Rattus,Mus,Gallus and Danio retio,respectively.The protein structure analysis results showed that the protein attributed hydrophilic protein without signal peptide,localized in cell cytoplasm and had 16 phosphorylation sites.The phylogentic tree of amino acid indicated that PTTG1 was highly conserved in the process of evolution of different species.The cloning and analysis of PTTG1 gene provided an important foundation for further study biological function of porcine PTTG1 during early embryonic development.     

白羊草R2R3-MYB转录因子的挖掘及对干旱胁迫反应的研究

本文以白羊草（Bothriochloa ischaemum）为材料，利用其目前已有的转录组序列，通过搜索、比对、功能域多态性分析、进化树构建和基因表达分析等手段，对白羊草R2R3-MYB型转录因子进行挖掘和干旱胁迫下的表达模式分析。结果从白羊草挖掘出43个R2R3-MYB转录因子，它们具有高度保守的[W]-X（19）-[W]-X（19）-[W]-X（n）-[W]-X（18）-[W]结构，主要参与生长发育、次生代谢和逆境响应等生物过程。通过进一步的分析，本研究筛选出8个可能参与干旱胁迫响应的R2R3-MYB转录因子。这为白羊草R2R3-MYB基因的功能研究和开发利用奠定了基础。     

肾上腺皮质肿瘤良恶性鉴别方法探究

肾上腺皮质肿瘤（Adrenocortical Tumor,ACT）是一种常见的肿瘤,存在于人体的内分泌系统中,并且是引发肾上腺皮质癌（Adrcnocortical Carcinoma,ACC）进而导致死亡的主要原因.经典的＂Weiss系统＂在诊断明确性上存在种种无法解决的问题,但随着科技水平的发展,人们开始探索新的途径来鉴别ACT的良恶性,于是开始有了影像学和分子生物学技术等特异性的检查方法,从而进一步增强了诊断的明确性.现通过对比的方式,探究肾上腺皮质肿瘤（Adrenocortical Tumor,ACT）影像学检查和分子生物学技术检查的结果,从而能更准确地鉴别其良恶性.     

星点木组培芽扦插技术研究

为了探索星点木的大规模繁殖技术,以星点木四年生植株当年生枝条、半年生组培苗枝条和组培试管芽条为试材,研究了不同激素种类、浓度及不同插穗来源对星点木试管外扦插生根的影响。结果表明:星点木试管外扦插生根率较高,生长激素能够很好地促进生根,50mg·L-1 IBA处理后生根综合指标较好,生根率可达95%以上,根系效果指数达0.549。半年生组培苗枝条较适合作为插穗来源。     

考虑地震载荷作用的水电机组转动部件强度分析

近年地震多发,震中地区的水电机组均受到不同程度的损坏。为研究地震后机组运行的可靠性,根据恢复运行后其运行条件和方式较灾前变化情况,把承受转动部件的上机架纳入分析对象,对应不同工况在上机架上采用应变片测试来验证计算分析的正确性。为了准确计算转动部件承受的载荷,采用CFD对水轮机内部流场进行三维数值模拟,将流场的计算结果作为结构场的初始条件。以地震力和地震加速度两种方式加载地震载荷,采用单向流固耦合方法对各部件进行地震载荷下的仿真计算与工程实测数据对比发现二者吻合较好。结果表明,文章采用的方法能正确评估水轮机结构强度,对机组灾后运行安全性分析有一定指导作用。     

外源添加剂对黄贮小麦秸秆产甲烷潜力及微生物群落的影响

为探讨添加不同外源添加剂对黄贮小麦秸秆产甲烷潜力和微生物群落结构的影响,该研究以小麦秸秆为黄贮原料,添加乙酸(3‰ACE组)和异型发酵乳酸菌复合系(3‰MI1组,6‰MI2组),调整含水率至50%,黄贮65 d后,以黄贮小麦秸秆为厌氧发酵原料,探究发酵过程中的指标性质和微生物群落结构。研究发现黄贮预处理后,发酵系统中的初始挥发性有机酸中的乳酸和乙酸增加、甲烷含量增加、可溶性化学需氧量(sCOD)增加。添加了外源添加剂的ACE组、MI1组、MI2组的累积甲烷产量较干黄小麦秸秆(WS组)提高了4.7%～10.6%,而未添加添加剂的CK组的累积甲烷产量较WS组降低了9%。发酵系统中的主要优势细菌为Bacteroidetes、Firmicutes和Proteobacteria,优势古菌为甲烷鬃菌属Methanosaeta,黄贮预处理改变了发酵系统微生物的群落结构,促进了小麦秸秆的甲烷转化,为木质纤维素的沼气转化提供参考。     

Metformin sensitizes human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells to tamo-xifen through down-regulation of c-Myc

AIM: To investigate whether metformin enhances the sensitivity of human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells to tamoxifen by down-regulating c-Myc. METHODS: The cell viability, colony formation, apoptosis, and migration and invasion abilities of MDA-MB-231 cells were detected by CCK-8 assay, colony formation experiment, flow cytometry and Transwell assay. The expression level of c-Myc was quantified by Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis. The antitumor effects of metformin and tamoxifen were investigated in vivo in a MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer xenograft model in the SCID mice. RESULTS: Metformin in combination with tamoxifen exerted synergistic effects on inhibition of the viability, colony formation, migration and invasion, and induced the apoptosis compared with the controls and either agent treatment alone in the MDA-MB-231 cells. The levels of c-Myc was down-regulated in vitro by treatment with metformin and/or tamoxifen (P<0.01). Moreover, metformin or in combination with tamoxifen also reduced the growth of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer tumors in the SCID mice by down-regulation of c-Myc in vivo. CONCLUSION: Metformin in combination with tamoxifen exerts synergistic effects on inhibition of the proliferation, migration, invasion and tumor growth of human triple-negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells by down-regulating c-Myc expression, suggesting that metformin in combination with tamoxifen merits further evaluation as a target.