玉米受精和早期子粒发育过程及逆境胁迫对其影响

玉米受精及子粒发育早期是决定穗粒数及粒重的重要时期,也是对环境变化相对较敏感的阶段。受精极核需要经历游离核、细胞化和细胞分化3个阶段形成胚乳,受精卵同样需要一系列的分裂分化形成最终的胚。玉米受精前极易遭受不良环境的影响,导致性器官发育不正常,影响花粉或花丝活力间接影响玉米受精过程。受精过程中的环境胁迫会通过阻碍花粉与花丝的识别、减缓花粉管在花丝中的延伸速率影响受精过程。子粒发育早期主要是受精极核分裂分化形成胚乳、受精卵分裂分化形成胚的过程,该阶段遭受环境胁迫下,胚乳细胞分裂受阻影响子粒库容。研究表明,逆境胁迫条件下,玉米的受精及子粒早期发育过程与碳水化合物的代谢以及激素的合成密切相关。     

黄条鰤仔稚幼鱼消化酶活性变化研究

为了解黄条鰤(Seriola aureovittata)早期发育阶段的消化生理特性，测定了黄条鰤胚胎、仔稚幼鱼阶段脂肪酶、淀粉酶、胰蛋白酶和碱性磷酸酶活性变化。结果显示，在黄条鰤仔鱼出膜前胚胎阶段，即能检测到脂肪酶、淀粉酶和碱性磷酸酶活性；初孵仔鱼体内(1 d)初次检测出胰蛋白酶的活性。脂肪酶和碱性磷酸酶比活力在仔鱼孵化后迅速增强(P<0.05)，在4 d开口时，2种酶比活力达最高值；淀粉酶比活力在7 d时达最大值；胰蛋白酶比活力在仔鱼阶段缓慢上升，15 d时比活力最大。稚鱼阶段内脏团中脂肪酶、碱性磷酸酶和胰蛋白酶活性基本维持稳定，幼鱼阶段内脏团脂肪酶、碱性磷酸酶和胰蛋白酶活性都呈现上升趋势；稚鱼和幼鱼阶段内脏团中淀粉酶活性下降并基本稳定于较低水平。研究表明，黄条鰤仔稚幼鱼发育过程中，各种消化酶活性变化明显，且与其发育阶段和食性密切相关。在尚未摄食饵料的早期仔鱼体内已存在消化酶，认为其是母源传递而来，不是由外源性饵料所致；幼鱼阶段内脏团脂肪酶、碱性磷酸酶和胰蛋白酶比活力明显提高，这反映出随苗种生长发育，其肠道结构和消化机能逐渐完善，并且对脂肪、蛋白质的需求逐渐增强。     

Factors Affecting Recipients' Pregnancy,Pregnancy Loss,and Foaling Rates in a Commercial Equine Embryo Transfer Program

During 11 breeding seasons, 351 7- to 10-day-old horse embryos were nonsurgically transferred into recipients that ovulated between 3 and 10 days earlier. Pregnancy rates at 14 and 40 days and foaling rates were 77.8% (273/351), 69.2% (243/351), and 64.4% (226/351), respectively. Pregnancy loss between 14 and 40 days was 11% and between 40 days and delivery was 7%. The transfer of quality grade 3 to 4 embryos resulted in a significantly lower pregnancy rate at 14 days compared with the transfer of grade 1 to 2 embryos (46.2% vs. 79%; P < .05). Eight-day-old embryos resulted in significantly lower pregnancy losses than day 9 or 10 embryos, as occurred for embryos between 400 and 1200 μm compared with embryos <400 μm. Embryos recovered from mares >20 years resulted in a significantly higher pregnancy loss rate than those recovered from younger mares. The same happened for embryos coming from mares affected by reproductive pathologies compared with healthy mares performing sport activity. None of the evaluated parameters influenced recipients' foaling rate significantly.     

Advances in Holding and Cryopreservation of Equine Oocytes and Embryos

Methods for holding of oocytes and embryos during shipment as well as for their cryopreservation can greatly aid equine reproductive management. Oocytes can be held at room temperature overnight or at cooler temperatures for two nights without affecting maturation or embryo development after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. In contrast, methods for cryopreservation of equine oocytes that support high rates of embryo development have not yet been established. Equine embryos may be held overnight at temperatures from 5°C to 19°C without reduction in viability, but longer holding periods, or higher holding temperatures, may be detrimental. Small equine embryos (<300 μm), either in vivo derived or in vitro produced, can be slow frozen or vitrified successfully. In the last decade, methods have been developed to allow in vivo–derived expanded blastocysts, up to Day 8, to be vitrified successfully after blastocoele collapse. These methods of shipment and preservation allow mare owners in remote locations to have access to sophisticated assisted reproductive technologies.     

柞蚕胚胎发育期蛋白质的2D-PAGE图谱分析

采用SDS-PAGE和2D-PAGE技术分析柞蚕胚胎期不同发育阶段的蛋白质组成和含量变化,为从蛋白质水平探讨柞蚕胚胎发育过程中的基因顺序表达模式积累基础信息。SDS-PAGE电泳结果显示:在柞蚕胚胎的发育过程中共分离到相对明显的32条蛋白带,包括分子质量约70、60、30 kD的高丰度蛋白条带,随着胚胎的发育,这些蛋白质含量逐渐减少,而40、15 kD左右的蛋白质含量逐渐增加,到孵化成蚁蚕(324 h)时,分子质量约70、60 kD的蛋白条带基本消失。进一步分析柞蚕胚胎发育不同时期蛋白质的2D-PAGE图谱:蛋白点数量随胚胎发育逐渐增多,胚胎发育12 h检测到370个蛋白点,胚胎发育300 h的蛋白点达到422个;胚胎发育132 h及276 h的蛋白点与胚胎发育早期36 h蛋白点的匹配率分别为52.4%和28.4%。此外,孵化蚁蚕总蛋白2D-PAGE图谱与胚胎期相比存在较大差异。研究结果提示,柞蚕胚胎发育前期,从胚胎形成期到附肢发生期(12～60 h),蛋白质种类相对较少,且变化不大;胚胎发育的气管形成期(228～276 h)开始,蛋白质种类变化剧烈,偏酸性蛋白质增加,蛋白点的匹配率下降。     

Effect of a Nonsurgical Embryo Transfer Procedure and/or Altrenogest Therapy on Endogenous Progesterone Concentration in Mares

Endogenous progesterone levels may decline after transcervical embryo transfer in some mares. Progestogen therapy is commonly used to support endogenous progesterone levels in embryo transfer recipient mares or those carrying their own pregnancy. The goal of this study was to determine the effects of the transcervical transfer procedure and/or altrenogest therapy on luteal function in mares. Mares were assigned to one of six treatment groups: group 1 (untreated control; n = 7 cycles), group 2 (sham transfer, no altrenogest; n = 8 cycles), group 3 (sham transfer plus altrenogest; n = 8 cycles), group 4 (pregnant, no altrenogest; n = 9 mares), group 5 (pregnant plus altrenogest; n = 9 mares), and group 6 (nonpregnant plus altrenogest; n = 10 cycles). Mares in groups 4-6 were bred and allowed an opportunity to carry their own pregnancy. Blood samples were collected for 22 days beginning on the day of ovulation. Sham embryo transfer (groups 2 and 3, combined) did not result in a decline in endogenous progesterone levels compared with control mares (group 6). However, sham embryo transfer did result in luteolysis and an abrupt decline in endogenous progesterone levels in one of the 16 (6.2%) sham-transferred mares. Altrenogest therapy in sham-transferred mares (group 3) was associated with lower endogenous progesterone levels on days 10, 12, and 13 postovulation when compared with sham-transferred mares that did not receive altrenogest (group 2). Administration of altrenogest to pregnant mares (group 5) was associated with lower concentrations of endogenous progesterone from days 14 to 18 and on day 21 compared with endogenous progesterone levels in pregnant mares not administered altrenogest (group 4). In conclusion, a transcervical embryo transfer procedure can cause luteolysis in a low percentage of mares. Altrenogest therapy may be associated with a reduction in endogenous progesterone secretion, presumably mediated by a reduction in pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) release and a decrease in luteotropic support.     

萝卜与大头菜属间杂种胚的离体培养

用萝卜雄性不育系DH303A作母本,以大头菜为父本进行属间远缘杂交,杂交后代的初期结荚率为64%~88%,横径第7天停止增加,荚长第8天停止生长,授粉以后第7天开始败育,而且越往后败育得越快。在杂种胚发育后5～8 d进行胚抢救,用生芽培养基（1/2 MS＋1.0 mg/L 6-BA＋0.2 mg/L NAA＋0.5%活性炭）和生根培养基（1/2 MS＋0.2 mg/L 6-BA＋1.0 mg/L NAA＋0.5%活性炭）进行离体培养,能成功获得幼苗。     

球茎甘蓝小孢子培养胚诱导和植株再生研究

以10个球茎甘蓝品种（系）为试材,采用游离小孢子培养方法,研究胚状体发生及其再生植株获得方法。研究结果表明,添加适量6-BA不仅使胚诱导成功率达到了100%,还显著提高了出胚率;胚状体发育程度和整齐度与基因型及每皿出胚数有关;子叶期为最佳的转接时期;MS＋0.5 mg/L 6-BA＋0.1 mg/L NAA是最适的成苗培养基。