Effects of synthetic kainic acid on microfilament expression and gap junction in astrocytes

AIM：To study the effects of synthetic kainic acid (SKA) and 1-heptanol (1-Hep), a gap junction blocker, on the cytoskeletal filament expression in the astrocytes. METHODS：The neonatal rat brain was obtained from the Wistar rats (1 day old) and primary purified astrocytes were obtained by differential attachment for removing filamentoblasts and orbital shaker for removing the oligodendrocytes. The effects of SKA and other interventions on the morphologic changes and expression levels of skeleton protein filamentous actin (F-actin) were observed in the astrocytes after 24 h of the exposures by laser scanning confocal microscopy. The effect of 1-Hep on the expression of F-actin was also explored. RESULTS：Compared with control group, the fluorescence intensities in KCl group and KCl+SKA group were increased, and highly increased in KCl+SKA group. The F-actin filaments in the above 2 groups were more intensive, thickened and concentrated than those in control group, and more obvious in KCl+SKA group. l-Hep significantly decreased the expression of F-actin in KCl group and KCl+SKA group as compared with control group, and parts of the filamentous fracture were seen in the astrocytes in all 1-Hep-treated groups, in which some of the filamentous lines were crosscut. CONCLUSION：Increase in the expression of F-actin in the astrocytes affects the structure and function of the intercellular gap junctions, which may be involved in the mechanism of SKA-induced epilepsy.     

Development of Real-time Quantitative PCR Method for Rapid Detection of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157∶H7

A Real-time quantitative PCR method was developed for the rapid detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli （EHEC） O157∶H7 based on the primers and TaqMan probes which were designed for the conservative domain of rfbE gene of EHEC O157∶H7.The results showed that the sensitivity of Real-time PCR was 7.3 CFU/mL.20 from 310 samples of meat,egg,milk and its products,animal diarrhea materials and artificial contamination samples were positive detected by Real-time PCR assay,which was in accordance with the testing result according to AOAC standard.The results indicated that Real-time PCR assay was a sensitive,rapid and simple tool.     

县级农业机械化学校的公益性发展措施

根据沈阳市县级农业机械化培训学校的基本情况,从培训主体、内容以发展方向3个方面,探讨县级农业机械化学校向公益性发展过程中应采取的主要措施,为促进县级农业机械化学校健康发展提供参考。     

向日葵品种资源对菌核病抗性室内鉴定

利用两种不同的培养基培养核盘菌,用离体叶片接种方法对40个不同向日葵品种进行室内抗性鉴定,结果表明:在Minimal medium培养基上生长的核盘菌和PDA培养基相比,菌丝的生长速度大大降低。菌株经PDA培养基培养接种向日葵叶片后,不同向日葵品种之间抗性水平没有显著差异;而用Minimal medium培养基培养的菌株接种供试的向日葵不同品种叶片后,品种间表现出一定的抗性水平差异。依据接种后不同品种抗性水平的差异将供试向日葵品种划分为三组,即:抗病品种如食葵765、油葵KS7等,共3份;耐病品种如3146、新葵杂5号等,共9份;感病品种如LD1093、新葵杂6号等,共28份。     

恩施山区现代职业烟农队伍培育及发展对策——基于咸丰县烟农发展现状的思考

为促进恩施烟叶产业的可持续发展,以咸丰县为例,系统分析了该县烟农群体的现状、存在的问题及烟农流失的主要原因,探索了现代职业烟农的标准,针对性地提出现代职业烟农队伍培育及发展对策。咸丰县烟农的整体文化素质较低、烟农流失较快、单户规模偏大。应从建立现代职业烟农标准入手,完善服务和培训保障体系,构建土地集中流转、烟农动态考核管理、风险保障等机制,培育一批“以烟为主、诚实守信、有文化、懂技术、会经营”的新型职业烟农队伍,以促进咸丰县烤烟产业可持续发展。     

Male heterogametic sex determination in Rana dybowskii based on sex-linked molecular markers

Identifying the mechanism for sex determination in amphibians is challenging. Very little is known about sex determination mechanisms of Rana dybowskii, a species of importance to evolutionary and conservation biology. We screened for sex-linked molecular markers in R. dybowskii in China using target region amplification polymorphism with 2 fixed primers against the sequences of Dmrt1. We found 2 male-linked molecular markers in R. dybowskii, which were 222 bp and 261 bp long. The detection rates of 222 bp marker in males form Xinglong, Huadian, and Dandong were 93.79%, 69.64%, and 13.64%, respectively, while the rate in females from Huadian was 27.50%. Besides, the detection rates of 261 bp marker in the above 3 regions were only observed in males at the rate of 93.79%, 87.50%, and 32.73%, respectively. The inheritance patterns of sex-linked molecular markers showed that the 2 sex-linked molecular markers were heterozygous. Compared to the XY-male parent, progeny from XX-pseudo-male parent possessed lower sex reversal ratio at the same rearing temperature, and the proportion of female froglets from an XX-pseudo-male parent was more than 95% at low rearing temperature (15°C). Our findings suggest that R. dybowskii displays male heterogamety, and the 2 sex-linked molecular markers may have a guiding significance for the protection and utilization of R. dybowskii.