A Case of Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma Diagnosed with Steroidogenic Factor-1 in a Sprague-Dawley Rat

This report describes the morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics of an adrenocortical carcinoma with distant metastasis in a Sprague-Dawley rat. Macroscopically, a single large mass was observed in the adrenal gland, and multiple nodules were noted in the lung, liver and thyroid. Histologically, the adrenal tumor consisted of a solid growth of eosinophilic round cells with nuclear atypia. Vascular invasion was present, and multiple metastatic lesions were also observed in the lungs, liver, and mediastinal lymph nodes. Immunohistochemically, the nuclei of these tumor cells were positive for Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SF-1). In the thyroid, tumor cells histologically resembling adrenal cells were immunohistochemically negative for SF-1 but positive for calcitonin; thus the lesion was diagnosed as thyroid C-cell carcinoma. From these results, the present case was diagnosed as adrenocortical carcinoma with distant metastases. SF-1 could be a valuable marker for the differential diagnosis of adrenocortical tumors versus other endocrine tumors such as C-cell carcinoma.     

沙葱乙醇提取物对肉仔鸡生产性能的影响

试验选择120只1日龄罗斯308商品肉鸡随机分为4个处理组,每个处理3个重复,每个重复10只鸡。对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验组分为AWEⅠ组、AWEⅡ组和AWEⅢ组,分别在基础日粮中添加100、300和500 mg/kg沙葱乙醇提取物(AWE),研究其对肉仔鸡生产性能的影响。结果表明,沙葱乙醇提取物对肉仔鸡生产性能无显著影响(P0.05),但有促进日增重、提高采食量及降低料肉比等指标的趋势。     

毕赤酵母表达皮蝇素A蛋白

建立了用毕赤酵母表达系统表达皮蝇素A（Hypodermotin A，HA）的技术，并对表达条件进行了优化筛选。将皮蝇素A基因连接到质粒pPIC9k上，构建了重组转移质粒pPIC9k—HA。重组质粒通过电激转化入酵母细胞GS115后，用组氨酸缺陷培养基和G418分别进行筛选。重组酵母细胞在含0．5％甲醇的培养基中诱导产生目的蛋白，培养3d后收取上清，用阴离子交换层析柱分离纯化。经SDS—PAGE检测，所表达的蛋白相对分子质量约为30000。Western—blotting表明，该蛋白能与兔抗HA血清特异性结合。明胶电泳检测显示，该蛋白具有酶活性。单因素改变表达条件的结果表明，甲醇浓度在0．5％～1％、溶氧量在70％以上、诱导2～3d的情况下表达产量最高，达1500mg／L左右。该研究结果对防治牛皮蝇蛆痛疫苗的深入研究及毕赤酵母在寄生虫领域的应用有一定价值。     

禽流感病毒分子生物学的研究进展

禽流行性感冒(av ian in fluenza,A I,简称禽流感)是由A型禽流感病毒(av ian in fluenza v irus,A IV)引起的禽类烈性传染病。作为被世界动物卫生组织(O IE)定为A类的传染病,A I不仅给世界养禽业造成了巨大的经济损失,而且对人类健康和生命安全构成了严重威胁。因此,A I已经成为人们关注的焦点,国内外学者也对其进行了大量研究。作者从病原基因组及其编码的蛋白质、致病力、变异性以及对人类感染A IV的分子机制等角度就A IV的分子生物学研究作一综述,为防制A I提供理论基础,并在此基础上探讨了人类禽流感的防治措施,加深人们对A I的认识。     

黄羽肉鸡IGF-1基因单核苷酸多态性与生长性状的相关研究

本试验将类胰岛素生长因子1(IGF-1)作为研究肉鸡生长的候选基因,以海门京海集团的第二世代黄羽肉鸡为试验材料,根据鸡IGF-1基因DNA序列设计引物,采用PCR-SSCP方法进行SNP检测和基因型分析,探讨IGF-1基因多态性与鸡生长性状之间的关系。于IGF-1基因外显子1上发现一处突变。这个突变产生的不同基因型与鸡生长性状进行的统计分析结果表明,个体的1日龄初生重、4周龄、12周龄及300日龄成年体重在不同基因型之间均存在显著差异(P<0.05)。AA基因型1日龄初生重、4周龄、8周龄及300日龄成年体重均显著高于BB基因型个体(P<0.05)。推测可以将IGF-1基因应用于鸡生长的标记辅助选择育种实践。     

伊氏锥虫安锥赛抗药性相关基因-TbTA1的分析

为探讨伊氏锥虫对安锥赛抗药性的分子机理，以布氏锥虫对砷剂药物抗药性相关的TbTA1基因设计引物，以55℃、57℃、60℃、63℃和65℃不同退火温度，分别从伊氏锥虫敏感株的cDNA和基因组DNA中扩增出TbTA1基因的全长序列，但是从安锥赛抗药株伊氏锥虫的cDNA和基因组DNA中都未扩增出TbTA1基因，这表明基因TbTA1可能与伊氏锥虫安锥赛抗药性的产生有关。伊氏锥虫与布氏锥虫的，TbTA1基因序列比较，它们有10个碱基不同，即第88位的G（T.e）-A（T.b）、第144位的T（T．e）-C（T．b）、第224位的C（T．e）-T（T．b）、第471位的C（T.e）-T（T.b）、第472位的A（T．e）-G（T.b）、第549位的G（T．e）-T（T．b）、第1008位的C（T．e）-T（T.b）、第1033位的A（T．e）-G（T．b）、第1293位的A（T．e）-G（T．b）和第1384位的T（T．e）-C（T．b），其中有5个碱基所编码的氨基酸不同，即Val^30（T.e）Ile（T．b）、Ala^75（T．e）-Val（T．b）、Ile^158（T．e）-Val（T．b）、Thr^345（T．e）-Ala（T．b）和Ser^462（T.e）-Pro（T．b），这表明伊氏锥虫与布氏锥虫的TbTA1差异可能是它们的种间差异。     

6种植密度对玉草1号产量与品质的影响

研究了种植密度对玉草1号产量、品质及植株性状的影响。结果表明,45 000与52 500株/hm2 2种密度的总鲜草产量差异不显著（分别为128 944和133 167 kg/hm2）,但二者均显著的高于密度为37 500株/hm2的总鲜草产量（117 370 kg/hm2）;但这3种密度处理的总干草产量差异不显著。分析这3种密度间各品质指标、植株性状指标总体表现,结果密度为37 500株/hm2的粗蛋白（CP）含量、CP产量、相对饲用价值（RFV）、分蘖数、总茎粗、干物率均为最高,密度为45 000株/hm2次之,处理52 500株/hm2最低;中性洗涤纤维（NDF）含量密度为37 500株/hm2最低,52 500株/hm2最高。综合产量与饲用品质比较研究表明,玉草1号种植密度为45 000株/hm2左右在我国南方最适宜。     

鹅IDH1基因的分离、序列分析及表达特征研究

为阐明鹅肥肝形成的机制,使用mRNA差异显示技术研究朗德鹅和淑浦鹅在超饲养和正常饲养条件下肝脏基因表达差异.基因IDH1被证实在2个品种鹅肝脏中表达受到显著抑制(P<0.05).结果,得到了该基因1269 bp的CDS序列,与鸡IDHI有95%的同源性.序列分析表明,该序列含有1个1 248 bp的开放读码框(ORF),编码含415个氨基酸的蛋白质,该蛋白质序列存在1个保守结构域Icd,与其它物种该蛋白的同源性分别为:鸡99%、大鼠89%、人90%、猿90%、牛88%、小鼠88%.应用生物信息学的方法对该蛋白质的功能和结构进行了分析.组织表达分析表明,鹅IDH1基因在肝脏中表达丰富,在脾、肾和肌胃中中等表达,在其它组织中表达量较低.研究结果显示,超饲可以抑制鹅肝脏IDH1基因mRNA的表达.     

Changes in growth performance, digestive enzyme activities and nutrient digestibility of cherry valley ducks in response to aflatoxin B1 levels

The objective of this study was to investigate toxic effects of aflatoxin B1(AFB₁) on growth performance, organs, hepatic enzyme activities, apparent digestibility of nutrients and digestive enzyme activities in ducks. Ninety 1-day-old Cherry Valley commercial ducks were designed to three treatment groups with three replicates of ten birds each. Group I (control) was fed conventional feed free of AFB₁, group II or III was fed the diets containing 20 μg/kg or 40 μg/kg AFB₁-contaminated rice respectively. The feeding trial lasted 6 weeks. The results were that decreased body weight gain and feed intake, increased feed to gain ratio and selected organ weights (liver, kidney and pancreas) were observed in AFB₁-treated groups. The activities of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were significantly increased in AFB₁-contamined groups. The apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP) was significantly lower while activities of digestive enzyme from duodenum contents including protease, chymotrypsin, trypsin and amylase were increased in AFB₁-treated group. These results indicated that AFB₁ of feed could decrease growth performance and apparent digestibility of nutrients, change digestive enzyme activities of duodenum contents in duck.     

Circadian variations in salivary chromogranin a concentrations during a 24-hour period in dogs

The purpose of this study was to determine if salivary chromogranin a secretion in dogs exhibits a circadian rhythm. Saliva sampling was performed during three different sessions occurring in three nonconsecutive 24-h periods. Sixteen healthy adult beagle dogs (8 males and 8 females) were moved to a sampling room and housed individually in cages. Saliva samples were obtained every 4 h from 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. the following day. In the interest of habituation, saliva was obtained hourly from each dog 3 h before the experiment was started. Salivary chromogranin A concentrations were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. No circadian rhythm was detected for salivary chromogranin A secretion, and no differences in salivary chromogranin A concentrations measured every 4 h were demonstrated during the 24-h cycle in dogs.