Inhibition of telomerase in canine cancer cells following telomestatin treatment

Telomere shortening in normal somatic cells has been proposed as a major barrier to unlimited cellular proliferation. Telomerase is an enzyme capable of maintaining telomere length, and thus bypassing this barrier. In human beings, telomerase activity is restricted to cancer cells and cells of stem or germ cell lineages. Dogs represent a potentially useful clinical model for the development of telomerase‐based therapies because telomerase activity is also restricted to cancer cells and stem cells in this species. We examined the ability of telomestatin to inhibit telomerase activity in telomerase‐positive D17 and CMT7 canine cancer cell lines. At a concentration of 2 μM, telomestatin treatment resulted in a decrease in telomerase activity, telomere shortening, growth inhibition and apoptosis in telomerase‐positive cancer cells. These effects were not seen in telomerase‐negative skin fibroblasts or negative controls. These results confirm that telomestatin specifically inhibits telomerase activity in canine cancer cells and strengthens the usefulness of dogs as a model for testing telomerase‐based therapies.     

猪脐静脉血管内皮细胞的分离及体外培养研究

为建立一种操作简单并且能获得大量猪血管内皮细胞的分离培养方法,本研究采集新生健康长白猪脐带,取其脐静脉血管,灌注0.1%的Ⅰ型胶原酶,于37℃水浴消化10 min后收集内皮细胞,培养于含20%胎牛血清的M199培养基中,长满单层后用胰酶消化传代培养。并对培养的细胞形态学、相关抗原和其他特征以及对病毒的易感性进行鉴定。结果表明,Ⅰ型胶原酶消化后可获得大量内皮细胞,细胞培养后的形态学观察显示细胞贴壁生长良好,呈典型的铺路石状排列;第Ⅷ因子相关抗原和细胞摄取乙酰化低密度脂蛋白均呈阳性,内皮细胞比率可高达100%。传3代后的生长曲线显示细胞传代后延迟期小于1 d,对数生长期约3 d,第5 d进入平台期,第7 d开始脱落死亡。病毒感染试验表明所获得的内皮细胞对猪瘟病毒高度易感,病毒生长与常用的PK-15没有区别。上述研究结果表明本研究建立的血管内皮细胞分离培养方法简便有效,为大量制备原代血管内皮细胞提供了可靠的方法。     

叶绿素荧光动力学O-J-I-P参数在棉花幼苗耐冷性评价上的应用

低温冷害是影响棉花生长的主要逆境因子,如何建立简捷、有效的棉花耐冷性鉴定及筛选体系是棉花耐冷研究的关键问题。在本研究中,阐述了如何用O-J-I-P参数来评价棉花幼苗的耐冷性。选用北疆棉区22个主栽棉花品种,对盆栽幼苗经过连续4d的4℃低温处理,进行了相应的冷害指数鉴定,并基于O-J-I-P参数Fv/Fm和PI所建立的冷害因子指数1及冷害因子指数2对各个棉花幼苗做了耐冷鉴定和分级评价。结果发现,冷害因子指数1和冷害因子指数2的鉴定、评价结果与冷害指数鉴定结果相近。中棉所36、新陆早25、297-5幼苗具有较强的耐冷性,而新陆早10号、新陆早12号及炮台1号的耐冷性较弱。叶绿素荧光动力学O-J-I-P可以快速、有效地鉴定棉花幼苗的耐冷性,这对棉花的耐冷性鉴定和培育耐冷型的棉花品种具有重要的意义。     

不同温度下气调及红桔油对嗜卷书虱的熏蒸作用研究

应用四元二次旋转组合设计,研究了温度,ＣＯ２,Ｏ２及红桔油四因子五水平不同组合对嗜卷书虱的熏蒸作用。结果表明四因子对嗜卷书虱熏蒸作用的效果影响显著;单因子效应分析表明,四因子中ＣＯ２浓度对试虫死亡率的影响最大,红桔油浓度次之,温度第三,Ｏ２浓度作用最小;因子间互作分析表明,温度和其它三个因子以及Ｏ２和红桔油间存在着极的交互效应,而ＣＯ２和Ｏ２以及红桔油间交互效应不显著。     

干拌法橡胶粉改性沥青混合料高温稳定性的时间敏感性分析

利用干拌法制作橡胶粉改性沥青混合料,将搅拌好的沥青混合热料在搅拌锅中进行闷料处理,温度恒温在165℃,分别闷至0 min、15 min、30 min、45 min、60 min,用每个时间段的沥青混合料制成试验用的试件进行高温稳定性分析,结果表明,在闷料开始阶段,橡胶粉改性沥青混合料的稳定度随闷料时间的增加逐渐提高,当闷料时间为15 min左右时,混合料的稳定性达到最大值,随后,稳定性逐渐下降。     

Influence of race and post infection temperature on two components of partial resistance to wheat leaf rust in seedlings of wheat

Summary Components of partial resistance, infection frequency and latency period, were determined in 71 winter and spring wheat genotypes in the seedling stage, after infection with three races of leaf rust (Felix 3B, Clement B and Betuwe 85C) at three different day/night temperature regimes (24/18°C, 18/12°C and 12/6°C). The genotypes were split into two groups and two separate experiments were carried out. Five genotypes, SVP 84039, Akabozu, Banco, BH 1146 and Orso, conferred a low infection frequency and a long latency period and Westphal 12A a long latency period, indicating a relatively high level of partial resistance. The correlation coefficient between infection frequency and latency period was low. Race-specificity was not found. There was a significant temperature effect on the latency period. In the second experiment the temperature x genotype interaction was significant. Temperature-response functions of transformed data demonstrated that the latency periods of four relatively resistant genotypes, Westphal 12A, Banco, BH 1146 and Orso and of Sarno and Mirela were most sensitive to temperature. The range between the genotypes with the longest and the shortest latency period was highest at 12°C. Therefore, low temperature regimes are preferred to distinguish differences in level of partial resistance.     

Effects of photoperiod and temperature on flowering in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)

Summary Forty strains of mungbeans, including all of the entries in the 1st and 2nd International Mungbean Nurseries (IMN), were grown in plant growth chambers in photoperiods of 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 hours and mean temperatures of 18, 23, and 28°C. Results show that (1) mungbean strains differ in their flowering response to photoperiod and to mean temperature; (2) increasing the photoperiod of reducing the mean temperature delayed flowering, the amount of delay varied with the strain: (3) variations in mean temperature may alter the effect of the photoperiod on flowering in particular strains. Twenty-five strains which flowered in all photoperiod-temperature treatments could be divided into four groups, each group being successively later in flowering. The remaining 15 strains could be divided into four groups, according to their failure to flower within 105 days in specific photoperiod-temperature treatments. Flowering response in the growth chamber is useful in explaining flowering response in the 2nd IMN at three locations varying from 14°N to 49°N latitude.Contribution No 7516 from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.     

Root zone temperature alters storage root formation and growth of sweetpotato

Large mounds amended with plant residues are a common cultivation method for sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in the western parts of the Papua New Guinea highlands, with a suggested benefit of elevated root zone temperature (RZT) from decomposition. This study aimed to evaluate whether RZT affects the formation and growth of sweetpotato storage roots. Experiments evaluated the effects of a constant elevated RZT on the Beauregard cultivar and of a short‐term increase in RZT on the Beauregard and Northern Star cultivars. Plants were grown in 18‐L pots divided into a control compartment (constant RZT at 20°C) and a treated compartment (RZT at 30, 40 or 50°C). Constant elevated RZT was maintained until harvest, while short‐term increase in RZT occurred in weeks 2 and 3 only. Constant elevated RZT did not affect the total number of storage roots, but RZT of 30°C and above reduced the dry‐biomass of storage roots. The short‐term increase in RZT did not alter the total number or dry‐biomass of storage roots in Beauregard, while both of these attributes were reduced at RZT of 40°C or above in Northern Star. Elevated RZT inhibited dry‐biomass accumulation of storage root, with a more pronounced impact at constant elevated RZT. These results demonstrate that any benefits of the mound culture on sweetpotato yield production do not arise through the influence of temperature elevation.     

基于压电效应的简易型细胞力学测试仪

针对传统的细胞力学研究方法的非无损性,不能对细胞力学参数连续、长期监测的特点,研制出一种基于石英晶体压电效应的简易型细胞力学测试仪。该测试仪以STM32 103C8 为核心,设计有石英晶体在液相环境下的起振电路、稳定振荡电路,采用了频率/电压转换电路。系统实现了对石英晶体频率变化的高精度采集,对与传感器耦合的界面层（细胞）的质量、粘弹性和表面应力多参数敏感,能对细胞黏附过程和细胞力学性能进行动态监测。通过整机在细胞培养液环境下的实验,验证了测试仪系统的可行性与稳定性。     

孕穗期低温条件下ABA对水稻结实率及叶片生理特性的影响

为了明确ABA对孕穗期低温下水稻结实率及叶片生理特性的调控效应,本试验在盆栽条件下,以2个水稻(Oryza sativa L.)品种‘龙粳11’（冷敏型）和‘龙稻5’（耐冷型）为材料,于孕穗期在人工气候室进行低温（15℃,持续1,2,3,4,5天）处理,并喷施不同浓度的脱落酸(ABA),研究低温条件下ABA对不同水稻结实率的调控效应,同时探讨了ABA和低温对水稻叶片膜透性、抗氧化酶等生理特性的影响。结果表明：低温条件下,‘龙稻5’的结实率变化不大,‘龙粳11’的结实率显著降低,20 mg/L的ABA能够有效缓解低温伤害,相对提高低温胁迫下水稻的结实率。叶片超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性表现出先升高后下降的变化趋势,‘龙稻5’的抗氧化酶活性、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量高于‘龙粳11’,但丙二醛(MDA)含量和相对电导率低于‘龙粳11’。ABA可提高冷敏品种的抗氧化酶活性、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白的含量,同时可降低MDA含量和相对电导率。这说明ABA可以通过调控水稻抗氧化酶、可溶性糖等生理指标的活性及含量,进而提高冷敏水稻品种的耐冷性。