热应激对动物体内蛋白质周转代谢的内分泌途径的影响

本文讨论了高温条件下机体内分泌激素对蛋白质合成、分解的影响,试图从内分泌角度解释高温对动物体蛋白质沉积的影响机理.     

家蚕母种继代蛾区选择方法对种性维持的影响

为了有效保持生产实用家蚕品种的优良性状,在家蚕母种继代繁育中采用5种选择方法选择继代蛾区,探讨种性维持效果。分析8年12代及F1代的成绩表明:所有性状以保持种性为主,采用选留平均数上下1个标准差范围内蛾区的稳定化选择和以茧丝质指标在平均数-0.5~1.0标准差范围内选择,并结合健康性指标选留高值的综合选择,有利于家蚕母种的种性维持。     

一例猪附红细胞体病的诊治

附红细胞体病是以溶血性贫血、黄疸、发热为主要特征的人畜共患的血液感染性疾病,其病原体为附红细胞体。本病例通过流行病学调查、临床症状观察、尸体剖检和实验室检验,确诊为猪附红细胞体病。在采取综合性防治措施后疫情得到了有效控制。     

Pyruvate kinase is necessary for Brucella abortus full virulence in BALB/c mouse

Brucellosis, caused by a facultative intracellular pathogen Brucella, is one of the most prevalent zoonosis worldwide. Host infection relies on several uncanonical virulence factors. A recent research hotpot is the links between carbon metabolism and bacterial virulence. In this study, we found that a carbon metabolism-related pyruvate kinase (Pyk) encoded by pyk gene (locus tag BAB_RS24320) was associated with Brucella virulence. Determination of bacterial growth curves and resistance to environmental stress factors showed that Pyk plays an important role in B. abortus growth, especially under the conditions of nutrition deprivation, and resistance to oxidative stress. Additionally, cell infection assay showed that Pyk is necessary for B. abortus survival and evading fusion with lysosomes within RAW264.7 cells. Moreover, animal experiments exhibited that the Pyk deletion significantly reduced B. abortus virulence in a mouse infection model. Our results elucidated the role of the Pyk in B. abortus virulence and provided information for further investigation of Brucella virulence associated carbon metabolism.     

家蚕乳糖酶-根皮苷水解酶基因BmLPH014192的表达和序列选择性剪接分析

乳糖酶-根皮苷水解酶(lactase-phlorizin hydrolase,LPH)是肠组织上皮细胞微绒膜上的一种糖蛋白,对乳糖和根皮苷有水解活性。鉴定了家蚕基因组中的一个LPH基因,命名为BmLPH014192。该基因CDS长1 305 bp,编码434个氨基酸,预测蛋白质分子质量为50.8 kD,等电点(pI)为5.35。将该基因的cDNA与家蚕基因组序列比对,显示其具有7个外显子,外显子/内含子边界处均符合GT-AG规则。将BmLPH014192与哺乳动物人、褐鼠、家兔和昆虫黑腹果蝇、冈比亚按蚊、二化螟、佛罗里达弓背蚁、大红斑蝶等的LPH进行氨基酸序列比对,相似度都在60%左右;聚类分析中BmLPH014192与昆虫类LPH聚在一起。芯片数据分析结果表明BmLPH014192在家蚕5龄第3天幼虫的9个组织中,只在中肠中有表达,并且表达量很高。在绿茧品种大造和白茧品种19-710幼虫的中肠中扩增到的特异性条带其长度分别为1 000 bp和750 bp,存在序列选择性剪接;在其它白茧品种的中肠中没有扩增出特异性条带。推测BmLPH014192的特殊表达方式可能与其在不同家蚕品种中肠组织中的特异性功能有关。     

Transient receptor proteins illuminated: Current views on TRPs and disease

The transient receptor potential proteins (TRPs) make up a very important family of ion channels responsible for a wide array of cellular functions. Originally identified in the visual system of Drosophila melanogaster, these channels are ubiquitously distributed throughout the mammalian system. The TRP family is divided into seven subfamilies in two groups: the first group comprises TRPC (canonical), TRPV (vanilloid), TRPM (melastatin), TRPN (Drosophila NOMPC) and TRPA (ankyrin). The second group contains TRPML (mucolipin) and TRPP (polycystin).The biophysical characterization of TRPs has revealed significantly different activation mechanisms and selectivity between channels. Functional studies have demonstrated that TRPs are necessary for a number of physiological processes, including sensation (such as taste, smell and temperature), hormone secretion and development. TRPs mediate these effects mainly by controlling the intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration, which acts as a second messenger. Recent research has linked TRPs to different diseases. This review considers the impact of TRPs on cell physiology and the abnormalities observed with channel dysfunction.     

添食色素对家蚕生理变化影响的研究

家蚕添食不同的色素后,绢丝腺出现了不同的反应。有的可使其着色而有的则不能。在对已着色的家蚕绢丝腺进行酯酶同功酶的分析可以看出,添食的色素没有改变蚕品种的遗传物质的分子结构,但对家蚕的生理产生了影响。同一个家蚕品种对不同的色素或不同浓度的色素所产生的影响大小也是不同的。     

Effects of breed, diet and sex on the alkaline phosphatase activity in walls of the bovine rumen and abomasum

Alkaline phosphatase (APase) activity in tissue samples, with adherent bacteria, was measured from two sites in the rumen and from two sites in the abomasum of 57 yearling Angus and Hereford bulls and heifers fed a high or a low energy diet. In the rumen, APase activity was higher at the caudoventral blind sac than at the dorsal sac in animals of both breeds fed the high energy diet and in Angus bulls fed the low energy diet, but the reverse was observed in Hereford bulls fed the low-energy diet (P less than .01). In the abomasum, APase levels were higher for bulls than heifers (P less than .01) and higher at the fundic than at the pyloric region (P less than .01). Morphological studies also showed that rumen samples from animals fed a high energy diet exhibited a more widely distributed APase activity and an increase in the digestive recycling of epithelial cells that produced some "pitting" of the tissue. The higher APase activity of the epithelial tissue of animals fed the high energy diet may be explained by the greater rate of cell death and renewal indicated by the higher mitotic index reported by other researchers who have studied the cell cycle of the rumen epithelium in ruminants fed high and low energy diets.     

BRCA1基因多态性及其与奶牛乳房炎抗性的相关性研究

为了研究BRCA1基因突变与荷斯坦奶牛体细胞数和体细胞评分的关系,试验通过对BRCA1基因外显子13、14进行克隆、序列比对和挖掘已有突变的方法确定该基因的多态位点,采用SNaPshot技术检测了BRCA1基因25025 T>A和46126 G>T突变位点在北京郊区荷斯坦奶牛群体中的分布,并对突变位点与体细胞数和体细胞评分进行了关联分析。结果表明,荷斯坦奶牛BRCA1基因2个位点均检测到3种基因型,其中25025 bp位点TT基因型为优势基因型,46126 bp位点GT基因型为优势基因型。25025 bp位点AA基因型个体体细胞数(P<0.05)和体细胞评分(P<0.01)都显著低于TT和TA基因型;46126 bp位点TT基因型个体体细胞数显著低于GG和GT基因型个体(P<0.05),但3种基因型个体体细胞评分无显著差异(P>0.05)。本研究结果初步表明,BRCA1基因25025和46126 bp位点可作为中国荷斯坦牛乳房炎抗性的标记辅助选择。     

玉米、小麦、水稻秸秆自然发酵的生化变化

测定玉米、小麦、水稻干秸秆在自然发酵中的生化变化.结果表明:玉米秸秆气味香甜,pH下降迅速并保持在4.2以下,挥发性发酵产物种类有13种,主要为乙醇、乙酸、乳酸及甘油等利于提高饲料品质的物质;而小麦和水稻秸秆质地生硬,生料气味,pH下降困难,挥发性发酵产物多达20种,其中乳酸和乙酸较少,而产生丁酸等影响发酵品质的物质较多;发酵物中可溶性糖含量的变化在一定程度上反映其优劣;当发酵初期可溶性糖较多时,pH下降迅速,后期可溶性糖含量平稳;而当初期可溶性糖含量较低时,pH下降缓慢,后期可溶性糖含量则一直下降.