Ciguatoxin in moray eels raising the risk for seafood safety in Viet Nam

Fisheries Science - Recently, suspected ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) cases caused by the consumption of moray eels, popular seafood for locals and tourists, have been reported in Viet Nam....     

奶牛分子育种专题学习网站的建设构想

阐述了建设奶牛分子育种专题学习网站的意义和构想,规划了网站的主要内容和发展方向,为相关专业的研究者和从业人员提供参考。     

Pulmonary thromboembolism

Objective – To review the pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in small animals. Data Sources – Human and veterinary clinical studies, reviews, texts, and recent research in canine and feline PTE diagnosis and thromboembolic therapeutics. Human Data Synthesis – In humans, clinical probability assessment and point‐of‐care D‐dimer‐based algorithms are widely used. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography is the gold standard for PTE diagnosis in humans. Echocardiography is increasingly used for bedside assessment of affected patients. In low‐risk human patients anticoagulants alone are recommended while patients with cardiogenic shock are treated with thrombolytics followed by anticoagulation. Veterinary Data Synthesis – PTE is associated with numerous predisposing conditions causing hypercoagulability, blood flow stasis, or endothelial injury. Identifying at‐risk patients is key to diagnosis in small animals. Thromboelastography provides a method for identifying hypercoagulable patients. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography may replace selective pulmonary angiography as the imaging technique of choice for PTE diagnosis. PTE therapy consists of supportive treatment combined with appropriate, individualized thromboembolic pharmacotherapy for acute treatment and chronic management. Thrombolytic therapy for PTE remains controversial but may be indicated in hemodynamically unstable acute PTE. Thromboprophylaxis in specific conditions is rational although evidence of efficacy is limited. Prognosis depends upon degree of cardiopulmonary compromise and patient response to therapy. Mortality rates in small animals are unknown. Conclusions – New diagnostic techniques and advances in therapy offer significant potential for improvements in the identification and treatment of PTE in small animals. Further study must be directed to validating new diagnostic modalities and evaluating therapeutic regimes.     

青稞转录因子HvnANT1基因的克隆与表达分析

为探究HvnANT1基因在青稞粒色形成过程中的基因表达模式,以紫粒青稞‘涅如姆扎’和白粒青稞‘昆仑10号’为试材,利用简化基因组GBS(Genotyping-by-Sequencing)对青稞紫粒进行基因定位,克隆到HvnANT1基因,对其进行生物信息学分析。结果表明：1）在7H染色体的84.30—86.00cM获得1个MYB类转录因子,命名为HvnANT1。2）该基因长1 033bp,其完整开放阅读框为762bp,编码253个氨基酸。HvnANT1蛋白分子量为27.14kU,是亲水性的不稳定碱性蛋白且不存在跨膜结构,无信号肽。该蛋白的二级结构主要是由无规卷曲、α-螺旋、延伸链和β-转角组成,具有2个SANT结构域（分别位于第13—第63个;第66—第114个氨基酸）。3）同源比对与系统进化分析表明：青稞HvnANT1蛋白与大麦、乌拉尔图小麦、高梁、玉米、二型花、小米、水稻、土瓶草、车轴草和杨梅10种植物的ANT1蛋白序列相似性分别为100.00%、88.85%、54.64%、60.95%、60.82%、58.46%、57.61%、37.76%、36.05%和36.33%;这些序列都具...     

水牛RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子的克隆与鉴定

[目的]获得有效的水牛RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子序列,为开展水牛源细胞的基因特异沉默研究奠定基础.[方法]通过启动子上、下游保守序列对水牛源启动子7SK、U6进行克隆和启动子关键顺式作用元件识别,利用一段针对EGFP的shRNA片段（shEGFP）对水牛7SK、U6启动子进行功能性分析,然后分别在水牛源及鼠源细胞中与pEGFP-N1共转染,转染48h后用荧光显微镜检测EGFP的表达情况,并用流式细胞仪和荧光实时定量PCR检测EGFP沉默表达情况.[结果]克隆获得水牛7SK、U6启动子序列分别为430和357 bp,其OCT-1（或CACCC盒）及TATA盒高度保守.连接shEGFP后与pEGFP-N1共转染细胞,通过荧光显微镜可观察到细胞发生了明显的荧光表达沉默现象;通过流式细胞分析,发现水牛7SK和U6启动子引导的shEGFP在水牛源细胞中沉默效率高达93.82％和87.45％;荧光实时定量PCR检测结果显示,在转染bu7SK-shEGFP和buU6-shEGFP的水牛源BFF细胞中,EGFP表达水平均显著低于其他物种启动子的细胞转染组（P＜0.05）,而在鼠源PT67细胞中,水牛启动子的启动效率与其他物种启动子差异不显著（P＞0.05）.[结论]水牛7SK和U6启动子可高效启动shRNA表达,且具有一定的物种特异性.     

鸡败血支原体pMGA多基因家族及其免疫逸机制的研究进展

pMGA多基因家族主要编码一类黏附素／血凝素蛋白，存在于鸡败血支原体的细胞表面，其主要功能是促进支原体黏附到宿主细胞上。近年来的相关研究发现，编码pMGA的基因数量从32－70不等，主要转录水平上通过（GAA）n 基序的数量改变引发pMGA基因的选择性转录，造成pMGA的抗原发生变异，从而干扰宿主正常免疫功能的发挥，使支原体对宿主产生严重的免疫逃逸。其中，（GAA）n基序已被证实在pMGA基因表达调控中起重要作用，这一三联体重复基序数目的多少直接影响到pMGA基因的ON／OFF不，本文通过对鸡败血支原体pMGA多基因家分子生物学研究进展浅要综述，以提出pMGA基因可能的转录调控机制，这对研究鸡败血支原体的分子致病机理及其免疫机制大有裨益。     

新城疫病毒ClassⅠ强毒株磷蛋白在细胞中的表达与定位

根据Class Ⅰ新城疫病毒分离株9a5b编码序列设计特异性引物扩增P蛋白基因,原核表达后利用纯化的蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠制备单克隆抗体,经二次亚克隆后筛选到4株针对P蛋白的单克隆抗体,利用所得单抗进行P蛋白在细胞内定位分析,NDV 9a5b株按5 M.O.I感染量接种DF1单层细胞,当PI=4 h时,P蛋白呈点状弥散分布于细胞浆内;PI=6~8 h时,P蛋白聚集于细胞核周围;PI=12 h时,P蛋白呈单极化聚集于细胞核一侧;而PI=16 h后开始形成合胞体,P蛋白在单个细胞中仍呈现单极分布;当PI=48 h时,细胞核已发生碎裂,荧光强度有所减弱。本研究为深入开展P蛋白在病毒增殖以及细胞周期中的作用机制研究奠定了基础。     

鸡霍乱口服弱毒疫苗的研究

用经过选择的禽多杀巴氏杆菌自然弱毒菌株Ｒ１－２３菌株制成的鸡霍乱固体培养口服弱毒疫苗，其安全剂量接近于２００个免疫剂量。该口服苗两次饮水免疫的最适总剂量为每羽５０亿个活菌，最佳间隔时间为４８小时。免疫鸡第二次饮苗后第３天即可产生较好的免疫保护率（７／８）。免疫鸡对异型强毒株Ｐ１０５９（８∶Ａ）、Ｐ２７２３（９∶Ａ）和同型强毒株Ｃ４８－１（５∶Ａ）滴鼻攻击的近期保护率平均为５／１０、６／１０和９／１０。６个月免疫期的平均保护率为７６．７０％（４６／６０），一万多羽鸡田间试验结果表明，免疫后２个月的平均保护率为９３．１０％（２７／２９），６个月的平均保护率为７３．５０％（２５／３４），除对产蛋率有轻度影响（下降１．２７％）外，无其它不良反应。野外大面积使用结果表明，该口服苗不但性能稳定，免疫原性优良，而且安全可靠，适用于鸡口服免疫。     

适宜水稻花粉萌发的液体培养基的优化

花粉萌发率是检测花粉活力的一个重要指标,但实践中还缺少便捷、可靠的水稻花粉萌发率测定方法。本研究在前人研究基础上,采用液体培养基对相关培养条件进行了优化。结果表明,采用155g/L蔗糖+20mg/L H3BO3+40mg/L CaCl2+5 mg/L VB1相配合的培养基较适合两系杂交中稻两优818花粉的萌发,萌发率最高可达63.78%。此外,该培养方法具有培养条件要求不高、发芽结果稳定性好、培养基分布均匀等优点。     

Effects of land ownership and landscape-level factors on rare-species richness in natural areas of southern Ontario,Canada

Surprisingly few studies have considered the extent to which the nature of the ownership of land is associated with differences in biodiversity. We analysed ownership and other landscape-level effects on rare-species richness for both globally- and regionally-rare biota (including birds, herpetofauna, butterflies, mammals, and plants) in 289 designated natural areas (NAs) in southern Ontario, Canada. Information about each NA −including area, number of plant communities, ownership status and details of species diversity were collected from published sources. Length of perimeter of NA, relative isolation, and an estimate of fragmentation were measured using image analysis and GIS techniques. NAs were in general relatively small, with mean area of 158 ha (median 85 ha, range from 0.9 to 1278 ha) for private NAs; public NAs had mean area of 132 ha (median 16 ha, range from 0.1 to 1481 ha). Mean number of plant communities was 4.6 (median 4, range 1- 13) at private NAs and 3.8 (median 3, range 1-16) at public NAs. Our results show that, of several landscape-level factors, area had the greatest effects on rare-species richness and other biotic indices. Effects of area were followed by effects of plant community diversity, however this was itself significantly affected by area and the extent of perimeter of the NA. Both these factors were followed by effects of ownership of the NA and by effects of isolation of the NA (represented by minimum distance to nearest NA and by number of NAs in 10 km radius). Other landscape- level factors did not appear to have overall significant effects. Variation in area accounted for 0.1% to 29% of variation in number of rare species, with lower values for globally-rare, than for regionally-rare taxa. For all biotic groups, public ownership of NAs was associated with significantly greater rare-species richness compared to private ownership, even after other factors such as area were controlled. For all globally-rare biota except butterflies, area of NA had greater effects on rare-species richness than did ownership. Richness of regionally- rare birds was more affected by plant community diversity than by area of NA. Number of recorded plant communities accounted from 2.1% of variation in number of globally-rare plant species to as high as 31% of variation in regionally-rare butterflies. The diversity of plant communities was itself influenced by total site area (accounting for 45% of variation), extent of elongation of the NA, and both external- and interior- edge perimeters. Public NAs had greatest numbers of rare biota and so should be a significant focus for conservation programs. Smaller, privately-owned patches of natural area dominate (by number and area) in this densely populated region and their significance should not be overlooked. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.