鸡白细胞介素-18对H9亚型禽流感灭活油乳苗的免疫增强作用

[目的]探索鸡白细胞介素-18（IL-18）在H9禽流感（AI）灭活油乳苗免疫中的免疫佐剂作用.[方法]从鸡脾淋巴细胞中克隆鸡IL-18基因,亚克隆到真核表达载体pcDNA3.1（＋）中,构建真核表达质粒pIL-18.将重组真核表达质粒pIL-18、H9亚型AI灭活油乳苗及其二者联合分别免疫14日龄SPF鸡,检测其细胞免疫和体液免疫水平,评价鸡IL-18在H9亚型禽流感灭活油乳苗中的免疫增强作用.[结果]成功克隆了鸡IL-18全基因,大小为597 bp.质粒pIL-18和H9亚型AI灭活油乳苗联合免疫的SPF鸡所产生的HI抗体效价在接种第4周后明显高于H9亚型AI灭活油乳苗免疫组;其T淋巴细胞的增殖反应也强于H9亚型AI灭活油乳苗免疫组.[结论]质粒pIL-18能提高H9亚型禽流感灭活油乳苗诱发的免疫应答,为研究防制禽流感的新型疫苗提供了新思路.     

滇中岩溶高原滇青冈原生林植物水分利用来源的稳定同位素分析

为阐明滇中岩溶高原滇青冈Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides原生林植物水分利用机理及其对岩溶干旱生境的适应策略,运用氧稳定同位素技术,分析了滇青冈,云南木樨揽Olea yue nnanensis,清香木Pistacia weinmannifolia等3种不同年龄阶段常见优势木琴植物小枝木质部水分及土壤水、表层岩溶带水氧同位素值的相关性,确定植物水分来源,并通过IsoSource模型计算不同潜在水源对滇青冈原生林的贡献。结果表明：滇青冈及其伴生的乔木水分利用层位及利用比例呈现时空差异,并形成明显的水分竞争关系。旱季,滇青冈、成熟云南木樨揽、幼龄清香木主要利用55～115 cm深层土壤水,成熟的滇青冈和清香木对表层岩溶带水利用比例增加。雨季,成熟的滇青冈、云南木樨揽、清香木和幼龄清香木因大气降水对浅表层土壤的补给主要利用20-55cm土壤水,利用比例分别为100％,33．3％,66．0％,37．4％,幼龄植株对表层岩溶带水的利用比例大于成熟植株。图2参23     

Negligible contribution from roots to soil-borne phospholipid fatty acid fungal biomarkers 18:2ω6,9 and 18:1ω9

The phospholipid fatty acid biomarkers 18:1ω9, 18:2ω6,9 and 18:3ω3,6,9 are commonly used as fungal biomarkers in soils. They have, however, also been found to occur in plant tissues, such as roots. Thus, the use of these PLFAs as fungal biomarkers in sieved soil, which may still contain small remains of roots, has been questioned. We used data from a recent beech tree girdling experiment to calculate the contribution of roots to these biomarkers and were able to demonstrate that not more than 0.61% of 18:1ω9 and 18:2ω6,9 in sieved soil samples originated from roots (but 4% of 18:3ω3,6,9). Additionally, the abundance of the biomarker 18:2ω6,9 in the soil was found to be highly correlated to ectomycorrhizal root colonization, which further corroborates its fungal origin. PLFA biomarkers were substantially reduced in vital roots from girdled trees compared to roots of control trees (by up to 76%), indicating that the major part of PLFAs measured in roots may actually originate from ectomycorrhizal fungi growing inside the roots. We calculated, that even a near to 50% reduction in fine root biomass - as observed in the girdling treatment - accounted for only 0.8% of the measured decrease of 18:2ω6,9. Our results demonstrate that both 18:1ω9 and 18:2ω6,9 are suitable biomarkers for detecting fungal dynamics in soils and that especially 18:2ω6,9 is a reliable biomarker to study mycorrhizal dynamics in beech forests.     

Differential Expression Analysis of MUC4 and MUC13 Genes Between Resistant and Sensitive Weaned Meishan Piglets to ETEC F18

MUC4 and MUC13 genes as important candidate genes for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coil (ETEC) F4 resistance,may play an important role in the process of against ETEC F18 infection in weaned piglets. In this study,ETEC F18-resistant and -sensitive weaned Meishan piglets were used,and the expression levels of MUC4 and MUC13 genes in 11 tissues (heart,liver,spleen,lung,kidney,stomach,muscle,thymus,lymph nodes,duodenum and jejunum) were determined by quantitative Real-time PCR. The results showed that MUC4 and MUC13 genes were broadly expressed with different expression levels in all the 11 tissues. In the thymus and lymph tissues,the expression of MUC4 gene in resistant piglets was significantly higher than that in sensitive piglets (P<0.05);In the lung tissue,theMUC13 gene expression level in resistant individuals was significantly higher than that in sensitive individuals (P<0.05),and in the intestinal tissues of duodenum and jejunum, the expression level of MUC13 gene was relatively higher in resistant individuals. Thus we speculated that the high expression of MUC4 gene in immune tissues and MUC13 gene in intestinal tissues might improve the immune ability of piglets,protect and lubricate the intestinal tract, and resist ETEC F18 infection.     

Detection of molecular markers linked to the durable adult plant stripe rust resistance gene Yr18 in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Stripe rust of wheat caused by Puccinia striiformis West. f. sp. tritici presents a serious problem for wheat production worldwide, and identification and deployment of resistance sources to it are key objectives for many wheat breeders. Here we report the detection of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers linked to the durable adult plant resistance of cv. ‘Otane’, which has conferred this resistance since its release in New Zealand in 1984. A double haploid population from a cross between ‘Otane’ and the susceptible cv. Tiritea’ was visually assessed for adult plant infection types (IT) in the glasshouse and field, and for final disease severity in the field against stripe rust pathotype 106E139A⁺. At least three resistance loci controlled adult plant resistance to stripe rust in this population. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping results revealed that two of these, one on chromosome 7DS corresponds to the durable adult plant resistance gene Yr18 and other on chromosome 5DL were contributed from ‘Otane’; while the remaining one on chromosome 7BL, was contributed from the susceptible ‘Tiritea’. Interval mapping placed the ‘Otane’‐resistant segment near the centromere of chromosome 7DS at a distance of 7 cM from the SSR marker gwm44. The stability of QTL in the two environments is discussed. SSR gwm44 is potentially a candidate marker for identifying the durable resistance gene Yr18 in breeding programmes.     

Speciation in the parthenogenetic oribatid mite genus Tectocepheus (Acari, Oribatida) as indicated by molecular phylogeny

Despite the lack of universal concepts for species and speciation, both sexual and asexual organisms are expected to diversify into discrete genotypic and morphological clusters. Species-rich clusters of parthenogenetic oribatid mites likely evolved in the absence of sexual reproduction. We used nucleotide sequences of the large and small rDNA genes (18S and 28S) and the coding genes for heat shock protein 82 (hsp82) and elongation factor-1 alpha (ef-1α) for phylogenetic analyses of three morphotypes of the parthenogenetic oribatid mite genus Tectocepheus. DNA sequence divergences of the different morphotypes were similar to those of sexual species in other organisms. Maximum likelihood analyses of single genes and combined data sets were largely congruent in reconstructing the phylogeny of the Tectocepheus species. The results suggest that the different morphotypes of Tectocepheus indeed evolved in the absence of sexual reproduction, and that Tectocepheus minor, Tectocepheus velatus and Tectocepheus sarekensis are best considered distinct species. Further, the results suggest that 18S rDNA, hsp82 and ef-1α are powerful markers for resolving phylogenetic relationships of oribatid mites. Saturation plots indicated that the D3-region of 28S is much more saturated than all other examined genes. This indicates that the D3-region is unsuitable for resolving ancient splits in oribatid mites.     

不同播期对郑单18玉米产量的影响

对玉米品种郑单 1 8进行播期试验。结果表明 ,5月 2 6日～ 6月 5日播种 ,产量差异不大。 6月 5日以后播种 ,每晚播 1d ,产量降低 1 5 7.5 1 8kg/hm2 。     

NDV F与ChIL-18融合基因"自杀性"质粒的构建

根据GeneBank公布的鸡新城疫病毒(NDV)Lasota株F基因和鸡源性白细胞介素18(ChIL-18)基因序列分别设计特异性引物,且在鸡NDV F基因引物上游引入BamH Ⅰ位点、下游引入Sal Ⅰ位点,在Ch IL-18基因引物上游引入Sal Ⅰ位点、下游引入Hind Ⅲ、BamH Ⅰ位点.以鸡新城疫病毒Lasota株RNA为模板RT-PCR扩增其F基因,将F基因插入pMD18-T的BamH Ⅰ与Sal Ⅰ位点中.同时扩增上游带有Sal Ⅰ位点、下游带有Hind Ⅲ、BamH Ⅰ位点的ChIL-18基因,并将其插入到含有F基因的pMD18-T质粒的Sal Ⅰ、Hind Ⅲ位点之间,从而使NDV F基因与ChIL-18基因形成具有一个完整阅读框的融合基因,然后将融合基因片段定向克隆到pSFV单一启动子(CMV)下游,构建成F-ChIL-18融合基因重组"自杀性"质粒pSFV-F-ChIL-18.