甘肃多儿国家级自然保护区维管植物区系分析

基于野外实地考察、植物标本的采集与鉴定以及结合文献研究的方法,分析了多儿保护区维管植物区系的物种组成和分布区类型。结果表明,该区维管植物共115科469属1323种,包括蕨类植物14科25属61种,裸子植物4科8属25种,被子植物97科436属1237种。多儿保护区维管植物区系优势现象明显,≥20种的优势科共879种,占该区维管植物总种数的66.44%;小属和单种属成分比例较大,占该区维管植物总属数的95.31%,总种数的75.51%。科级水平上,热带科（30.43%）稍多于温带科（26.96%）;属级水平上,温带科（72.49%）明显高于热带科（13.01%）;种级水平上,中国特有种有545种,其中538种与周边省份所共有,体现了该区系明显的过渡性和交汇性。该保护区维管植物区系地理成分复杂多样,属的分布有15个分布型和5个变型,温带地理成分占绝对优势,尤其以北温带分布为主。该区珍稀濒危野生植物较多,被列入保护名录有37种;一些古老、孑遗植物在该保护区具有良好的原始类群分布。本研究进一步完善了多儿保护区维管植物区系特征,为以后了解该保护区生物多样性提供可靠依据。     

鸡FKBP5基因的克隆、生物信息学及组织表达谱分析

本研究旨在对鸡FK506结合蛋白5(FK506 binding protein 5,FKBP5)基因进行克隆和生物信息学分析,并检测其在鸡不同组织中的表达量。以鸡脾脏cDNA为模板,通过PCR方法扩增和克隆鸡FKBP5基因完整CDS区序列,并进行同源性比对及系统进化树构建;使用在线软件分析FKBP5蛋白的理化性质、疏水性、跨膜结构、信号肽、二级结构和三级结构;利用实时荧光定量PCR检测其在肢体内外翻畸形(valgus-varus deformity,VVD)组肉鸡和正常组肉鸡组织中的表达量,并绘制组织表达谱。结果显示,鸡FKBP5基因CDS区序列全长1350 bp,编码449个氨基酸;同源性比对和进化树分析表明,鸡FKBP5基因氨基酸序列与鹌鹑、鸭、壁虎、中华鳖、小鼠、人、猪、斑马鱼的同源性分别为98.4%、96.2%、85.8%、87.4%、81.1%、85.2%、86.1%和61.2%,与鹌鹑、鸭的亲缘关系最近,爬行类和哺乳类动物次之,与斑马鱼(鱼类)亲缘关系最远。鸡FKBP5蛋白分子质量为50.43 ku,理论等电点(pI)为5.94,半衰期为30 h,肽链N端为蛋氨酸(Met),不稳定系数为23.80,属于稳定蛋白;跨膜区和信号肽预测结果显示,FKBP5蛋白不属于跨膜蛋白和分泌型蛋白。结构域分析结果表明,该蛋白包括2个FKBP型肽基脯氨酰异构酶(FKBP-type peptidylprolyl isomerases)、3个四肽重复(TPR)序列,主要包含α-螺旋(46.77%)、延伸链(12.47%)和无规则卷曲(40.76%),且该蛋白与HSPA2、PPID、STIP1、HSP90AA1和HSP90AB1等互作蛋白具有很强的相关性。实时荧光定量PCR结果显示,FKBP5基因在鸡各组织中广泛表达,其中在软骨和法氏囊中表达量较高,在发病组肉鸡组织中的表达量均高于正常组肉鸡,且在心脏、腿肌、法氏囊、胸腺、软骨中表达量差异显著(P<0.05),在脾脏中表达量差异极显著(P<0.01)。本试验结果可为肉鸡骨骼疾病及腿部健康选育提供参考。     

Analysis on Differential Expression Genes in Porcine Aortic Vascular Endothelial Cells Induced by Apolipoprotein C Ⅲ

The aim of this study was to investigate the differential expression genes induced by ApoCⅢ,and study the function of ApoCⅢ.Porcine aortic vascular endothelial cells were successfully isolated using enzyme digestion,and then screened the differential expression genes induced by ApoCⅢ using the Solexa high-throughput sequencing technology.The results showed 647 differential expression genes,including 390 up-regulated genes and 257 down-regulated genes.The qRT-PCR results verified that the gene expression results from Solexa sequencing data were reliable.GO and Pathway analysis showed that the function of differential expression genes were related to immune response,cell apoptosis and death.These findings suggested that ApoCⅢ affected the physiological function of porcine aortic endothelial cells by the molecular pathways of inflammation,cell adhesion and apoptosis,which provided a theoretical basis for further understanding the molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis caused by ApoCⅢ.     

Characterization of tuberculous granulomas in different stages of progression and associated tertiary lymphoid tissue in goats experimentally infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis

Oral infection of goats with Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) resulted in a large variety of granulomas in organized gut-associated lymphatic tissues and intestinal lymph nodes. To characterize the cellular composition of granulomas, CD4⁺, CD8⁺, γδ, B lymphocytes and plasma, CD25⁺, CD68⁺, MHC-II⁺, Ki67⁺ and endothelial cells were labeled in consecutive frozen sections by immunohistochemistry and acid fast bacilli (AFB) by Kinyoun stain. Granulomas with extensive necrosis, little mineralization and variable numbers of AFB surrounded by many CD4⁺ T cells, but only few epitheloid macrophages were observed in severely sick goats at 2–3 mpi. They were interpreted as exuberant immune reaction. Organized granulomas with very few AFB were seen in clinically healthy goats at 13 mpi. The necrotic cores were surrounded by a zone of granulomatous infiltrate with many epitheloid macrophages and few lymphocytes. This zone was initially wide and highly vascularized and became progressively smaller. It was enclosed by an increasing layer of connective tissue. All organized granulomas were surrounded by compartimentalized tertiary lymphoid tissue. The granulomas in experimental infection of goats with MAH reflect the heterogeneity of lesions seen in mycobacterial infections of humans and ruminants and are therefore valuable for comparative research.     

Effect of urea supplementation on performance and safety in diets of Dorper crossbred sheep

This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dietary urea in sheep rations having a 50:50 concentrate:roughage ratio. Sixty‐four Dorper × thin‐tailed Han crossbred ram lambs with an average body weight of 30.8 (±0.02) kg were randomly divided into four groups of 16 sheep each, and each group was fed one of the following diets: a basal diet (CON), or CON supplemented with 0.5% (0.5UTM), 1.5% (1.5UTM) or 2.5% (2.5UTM) urea. Growth performance, carcass characteristics, non‐carcass offals, meat quality and peptic tissue lesions were assayed. The average daily weight gains for CON, 0.5UTM, 1.5UTM and 2.5UTM were 216, 218, 200 and 170 g, respectively, with the CON and 0.5UTM groups higher than 2.5UTM group (p < 0.05). Sheep from the 2.5UTM treatment had a significantly lower dry matter intake (1.29 kg/day) than those from the CON and 0.5UTM treatments (1.42 and 1.43 kg/day, p < 0.05), and the feed conversion ratio in the 2.5UTM group was the highest (p < 0.05). Carcass characteristics, including shrunk body weight, empty body weight, hot carcass weight, dress percentage, and the absolute or relative weight (% body weight) of heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, were not altered by the treatments (p > 0.05). The muscular pH of 2.5UTM was higher than that of CON (5.68 vs. 5.52, p < 0.05), and shear force in 0.5UTM was lower compared with CON and 2.5UTM (p < 0.05). The anatomical structure lesions in kidneys became more serious with the increasing dietary urea concentrations, with the 2.5UTM animals showing the most severe lesions compared with CON animals. Therefore, supplementary urea as a non‐protein nitrogen source for sheep should not exceed 1.5% of ration having a 50:50 concentrate:roughage ratio to ensure efficacy and safety.     

TeMV与PWV侵染对西番莲代谢生理及组织微结构的影响

以西番莲品种‘台农1号’为实验材料,通过电镜扫描技术比较观测TeMV和PWV侵染与健康西番莲的叶片、幼嫩果实外果皮组织形态结构,分析测定其叶片生理生化变化,研究西番莲病毒侵染对西番莲叶片和幼嫩果实外果皮组织结构和生理生化的影响。结果表明：TeMV与PWV侵染后,西番莲植株叶片的海绵组织细胞间隙缩小,发生成团堆积状排列,栅栏组织细胞萎缩,呈不规则长条形;幼嫩果实外表皮组织中石细胞层发生严重断裂,排列松散,海绵层细胞变得松散,且发生较严重的木质化现象;叶片与幼嫩果实外表皮表面纹理粗糙、褶皱,气孔保卫细胞萎缩,气孔周围组织皱缩、粗燥;感病果实外果皮表面上的腺毛凸起无序。病毒侵染后,感病植株第1～3叶的蔗糖含量较第4～6叶的高23.11%;健康叶片则相对平衡,降低了淀粉积累、PG酶、纤维素酶与PPO酶活性,提高了感病植株第1～3叶的α-淀粉酶、GS酶与POD酶活性。西番莲受TeMV与PWV侵染后,植株叶片第1～6叶营养物质分配不平衡,相关物质的合成分解与抗氧化防御酶系统受伤害,叶片与果实组织形态结构受到不同程度的损坏,植株正常吸收功能遭到破坏。