日本野生大豆中的四个种子蛋白和两个性状的多态及地理分布

本文电泳调查了日本1767野生大豆个体的种子胰蛋白酶抑制剂类型及频率分布。日本野生大豆存在两类型,即Tia和Tib,频率分别为94.5％和5.5％。从纬度上看,34°～38°带比其它纬度带有较高的Tib频率。本调查看到约1％的材料是Tia/Tib杂和体。 首次观察了3种蛋白的变异性。这些蛋白具有明显的多态性及地理分布差异。K1有3个形态:缺失体,快带和慢带;K2有两种形态:快带和慢带;B有两种形态:快带和慢带。本文提出这3种蛋白可以做为“等位酶”,用于野生大豆地理遗传分化的研究。 日本野生大豆的种皮过氧化物酶活性表型频率略高于中国,荧光型频率远高于中国。初步讨论了日本天然野生大豆群体的遗传变异,似乎由低纬度到高纬度地理变异的程度增大。     

马尾松早期促进开花结实方法的研究

１９９７年在京山县太子山林场５年生马尾松无性系种子园内,用三种生长调节剂Ｃ．Ｃ．Ｃ．ＧＡ,ＢＡＰ分施用量、处理时期、处理次数三个因素进行叶面喷洒实验。结果表明ＢＡＰ有促进开花的作用。１９９８年在中心苗圃３年生嫁接苗实验区,利用１９９７年对促进开花结实有效果的ＢＡＰ进一步分时期、处理次数二因素进行了实验,结果表明ＢＡＰ对马尾松苗期开花也有明显的促进作用。两年的实验结果表明,ＢＡＰ能促进马尾松早期开花,这对缩短马尾松育种周期,加速新品种的开发具有非常现实的意义。     

Diagnostic utility of measuring serum amyloid A with a latex agglutination turbidimetric immunoassay in bovine mastitis: Comparison with haptoglobin and alpha 1 acid glycoprotein

This study established the precision and accuracy of a modified latex agglutination turbidimetric immunoassay (LATIA) reagent, and evaluated the ability of the measurement of serum amyloid A (SAA) compared to haptoglobin and α1-acid glycoprotein, which are acute phase proteins (APPs), for diagnosis of clinical mastitis. Concentrations of APPs in cows with mastitis were significantly higher than those in healthy cow. Only the plasma SAA concentration in cows with clinical mastitis (44.90 mg/l; n=15) was significantly higher than that in those with subclinical mastitis (10.70 mg/l; n=16), enabling their diagnosis in contrast to other APPs. Thus, the SAA assay using a LATIA reagent is useful in assessing mastitis severity due to its higher sensitivity and specificity than other APP assays.     

Genetic Diversity in AA and CC Genome Oryza Species in Southern South Asia

The CC genome of Oryza is found in nine species of Oryza that are distributed on all continents having a tropical climate. Three diploid Oryza species with CC genome are found in Africa and Asia to Papua New Guinea. In southern South Asia these three CC genome diploid species can be found, O. eichingeri and O. rhizomatis in Sri Lanka and O. officinalis in India. AA genome wild relatives of rice are also found in the same geographic region. Germplasm of both diploid CC and AA genome Oryza germplasm has recently been collected from Sri Lanka. AFLP analysis was used to compare the genetic diversity of the two Oryza genomes from a similar geographic region in southern South Asia. In addition, the diploid CC Oryza germplasm was also analyzed by RAPD and SSR methodologies and the combined results were analyzed. The results show that in southern South Asia the diploid CC genome species have a high level of genetic diversity compared to the diploid AA genome species. Molecular marker analysis revealed that populations of O. rhizomatis from northern and southeastern Sri Lanka are genetically differentiated. One accession of O. rhizomatis was aligned with O. eichingeri. This accession was collected from the site of O. rhizomatis that is the closest to a population of O. eichingeri. O. eichingeri showed lower genetic diversity than the other two diploid Oryza CC genome species. O. officinalis accessions from Assam, India, and China were genetically less diverged from O. eichingeri and O. rhizomatis than two accessions of O. officinalis from Kerala state, India. The first two authors contributed equally to this research     

Direct absorption of acylated anthocyanin in purple-fleshed sweet potato into rats

Absorption of acylated anthocyanins in purple-fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Ayamurasaki) in rats was studied to obtain evidence that the acylated anthocyanins themselves could exert a physiological function in vivo. Peonidin 3-caffeoylsophoroside-5-glucoside (Pn 3-Caf*sop-5-glc) in purple-fleshed sweet potato was directly absorbed into rat and present as an intact acylated form in plasma. After oral administration of the purple-fleshed sweet potato anthocyanin (PSA) concentrate containing 38.9 micromol of Pn 3-Caf*sop-5-glc/kg of body weight, Pn 3-Caf*sop-5-glc was detected in the plasma, and the C(max) value and t(max) were estimated as 50.0 +/- 6.8 nmol/Lof plasma and 30 min, respectively. Furthermore, the plasma antioxidant capacity was significantly elevated from 58.0 +/- 12.0 to 89.2 +/- 6.8 micromol of Trolox equivalent/L of plasma 30 min after the administration of the PSA concentrate.     

Starch Properties of the Sago Palm (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Metroxylon sagu</Emphasis> Rottb.) in Different Soils

We investigated the relationships between starch concentrations and activities of starch synthetic enzymes in sago palms (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) under acid sulfate and mineral soil conditions. Plants grown naturally that had reached their maturated stage were sampled. We found that the growth in acid sulfate soil is lower than that in mineral soil and that starch granules were larger and there was more amylase activity in acid sulfate soil than in mineral soil. Lower amylase activity in mineral soil could eliminate the degradation of starch, making the smaller granules suitable for storing large amounts of starch in a limited space inside cells.     

Mechanical stretch-induced activation of skeletal muscle satellite cells is dependent on nitric oxide production in vitro

Mechanical stretch induces activation of cultured quiescent satellite cells and the activation response is owing to rapid release of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) from its extracellular association with satellite cells and its subsequent presentation to the c-met receptor. We provide new evidence that the stretch activation is dependent on nitric oxide (NO) production. Stretch activation could be abolished by the addition of N ^G-nitro- L -arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a competitive inhibitor of NO synthesis, but not by N ^G-nitro- D -arginine methyl ester hydrochloride, a less active enantiomer of L-NAME. Adding HGF to the L-NAME culture restored the activation response, indicating that L-NAME does not directly inhibit satellite cell activation, but acts upstream from the HGF release. In addition, immunoblots of satellite cell lysate revealed the presence of nitric oxide synthase. These experiments suggest that NO is involved in linking mechanical perturbation of satellite cells to chemical signaling responsible for HGF release from its sequestration in vitro .     

Detection of avian-like rotavirus A VP4 from a calf in Japan

A total of 568 normal feces from calves on a beef farm in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, in 2011–2012 were examined by RT-semi-nested PCR for rotavirus A (RVA) VP4 genes. Through partial sequencing and BLAST analyses of 84 VP4-positive specimens, we identified an avian-like RVA strain, N2342, which shares highest nucleotide identity (80.0%) with known avian-like bovine strain 993/83, in one specimen. Phylogenetic analysis also revealed a close genetic relationship between N2342 and avian RVAs, suggesting bird-to-cattle transmission. We observed frequent contact of wild birds with calves in the farm, suggesting that these birds were the source of the virus.