MDV CVI988/Rispens弱毒株VP22基因克隆和序列分析

血清I型马立克氏病病毒(MDV-1)的UL49h基因编码病毒被膜蛋白VP22在病毒的复制和传播过程中具有非常重要的作用.根据已发表的MDV-1 GA株的序列,从CVI988/Rispens弱毒株感染的鸭胚成纤维细胞中扩增VP22基因片段,结果获得大小为732 bp的PCR产物.将PCR产物克隆T载体并测序分析,结果发现,与经典强毒GA株相比,弱毒株CVI988的VP22存在3个定点突变和一个缺失性突变.缺失的位点亲水性强,并位于VP22主要的抗原决定簇区.结果证明强毒株与弱毒株的VP22存在明显差异,为利用CVI988 VP22的蛋白传导域传导目的蛋白奠定了理论基础.     

云南大叶种茶树不同海拔高度叶片的解剖

 在海拔1200米到2150米范围内,云南大叶种茶树叶片的厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度、栅栏组织层和海绵组织层的厚度及其两者的比值均随海拔上升而增加,但海拔上升到2350米时,上述各种数值则减少,只有角质层变厚。     

Ozone loss inside the northern polar vortex during the 1991-1992 winter

Measurements made in the outer ring of the northern polar vortex from October 1991 through March 1992 reveal an altitude-dependent change in ozone, with a decrease at the bottom of the vortex and a substantial increase at the highest altitudes accessible to measurement. The increase is the result of ozone-rich air entering the vortex, and the decrease reflects ozone loss accumulated after the descent of the air through high concentrations of reactive chlorine. The depleted air that is released out of the bottom of the vortex is sufficient to significantly reduce column ozone at mid-latitudes.     

Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO

Simultaneous in situ measurements of the concentrations of OH, HO(2), ClO, BrO, NO, and NO(2) demonstrate the predominance of odd-hydrogen and halogen free-radical catalysis in determining the rate of removal of ozone in the lower stratosphere during May 1993. A single catalytic cycle, in which the rate-limiting step is the reaction of HO(2) with ozone, accounted for nearly one-half of the total O(3) removal in this region of the atmosphere. Halogen-radical chemistry was responsible for approximately one-third of the photochemical removal of O(3); reactions involving BrO account for one-half of this loss. Catalytic destruction by NO(2), which for two decades was considered to be the predominant loss process, accounted for less than 20 percent of the O(3) removal. The measurements demonstrate quantitatively the coupling that exists between the radical families. The concentrations of HO(2) and ClO are inversely correlated with those of NO and NO(2). The direct determination of the relative importance of the catalytic loss processes, combined with a demonstration of the reactions linking the hydrogen, halogen, and nitrogen radical concentrations, shows that in the air sampled the rate of O(3) removal was inversely correlated with total NOx, loading.     

Can the mudskipper,Periophthalmus chrysospilos,tolerate acute environmental hypoxic exposure?

The mudskipper P. chrysospilos became inert at 0.76 μl O₂.ml⁻¹ when it was allowed to respire in a ‘closed respiratory chamber’. No ethanol was detected although it excreted three times more total carbon dioxide into the surrounding sea water than the amount of oxygen consumed. However, P. chrysospilos could survive environmental hypoxic exposure (0.8 μl O₂.ml⁻¹) for at least 6 h. Upon normoxic recovery, the oxygen debt repayment was only a small fraction of the oxygen deficit incurred during the 6 h of hypoxic exposure. It would therefore appear that P. chrysospilos was able to cope with environmental hypoxia by suppressing its metabolic rate.     

A Comparison of Elevated Blood Parameter Values in a Population of Thoroughbred Racehorses

In racing Thoroughbred horses, blood cell counts and key biochemistry parameters are used to monitor horse health during training. The most common measure is total white blood cell (WBC) count, usually coupled with estimates of the relative abundance of the five main types of WBC. However, WBC can go down and up when challenged, making interpretation difficult. In contrast, a large majority of health issues that impact training should trigger an inflammatory response. In this study, we test the potential for two inflammatory biomarkers, fibrinogen and serum amyloid A (SAA), to provide more reliable indicators of health issues across a large sample of horses in training. We find that although WBC and other cell counts are generally correlated with each other and other biochemistry parameters across their full range of values, fibrinogen and SAA exhibit the greatest concordance among the top 15% of values. Moreover, horses with the top WBC values do not overlap significantly with those having the top fibrinogen and SAA values. Because most horses are healthy, these patterns suggest that natural variation in cell counts and biochemistry largely occlude values that might indicate health issues. In contrast, the subset of unusual horses with elevated levels of both fibrinogen and SAA are strongly suggestive of the expected handful of animals with minor, undetected issues. We conclude that fibrinogen and SAA have excellent potential as biomarkers and are likely to be more informative about conditions relevant to horses in training compared with the widely used WBC.     

新城疫病毒NP蛋白MHC I类分子限制性T细胞表位研究

为了对新城疫病毒（Newcastle disease virus,NDV）的细胞毒性T细胞（cytotoxic T cell,CTL）表位进行研究,本研究通过在线分析软件预测了NDV弱毒株La Sota和强毒株Herts/33 NP蛋白的MHC I类分子限制性表位,共获得9条可能的表位多肽序列,并人工合成了这些短肽。分别构建了含有La Sota和Herts/33 NP基因的DNA重组质粒并免疫4周龄SPF级C57BL/6小鼠,首免后21 d加强免疫1次,二免后10 d无菌采集脾脏制备脾淋巴细胞悬液,采用ELISpot法测定预测多肽诱导脾淋巴细胞分泌IFN-γ的能力,根据分泌IFN-γ形成的特异性斑点数进行生物统计学分析,发现2条多肽产生的斑点数显著高于无关肽刺激组（P＜0.01）。确定了针对小鼠H-2 kb的限制性T细胞抗原表位的2条多肽。这些可用于合成特异性的MHC-肽四聚体,为后续研究NDV与树突状细胞（dendritic cells,DC）及T淋巴细胞之间的免疫抑制机制提供重要保障。