大菱鲆胚胎生长与核酸关系的研究

对大菱鲆胚胎发育过程进行观察,研究胚体的生长性能以及核酸、蛋白的变化,分析生长性状与生化指标间的关系。结果表明：（1） 在不同发育时期,大菱鲆胚体长度呈现“缩小-膨大-再缩小-再膨大”的变化过程,在受精后5 h 40 min出现最小值0.998 mm,在孵化期出现最大值1.089 mm。（2） 油球在卵裂期之前逐渐增大,在卵裂期之后逐渐缩短;在受精后9 h 40 min的多细胞期达到最高值0.192 mm,在受精后65 h达到最低值0.176 mm。（3） 胚体质量在原肠期之前呈增大趋势,原肠期之后呈降低趋势;在受精后7 h 30 min的128细胞期出现最低值0.340 mg,在9 h 40 min的多细胞期出现最高值0.674 mg。（4） RNA/DNA和蛋白质/DNA比率变化表明,大菱鲆胚胎发育至卵裂期后,胚体的生长以细胞增殖为主直至囊胚期;之后胚体生长以细胞增大为主直至原肠期;胚胎发育至原肠期后,胚体的生长以细胞增殖为主直至器官形成期;之后胚体生长以细胞增大为主直至孵出;即大菱鲆胚体的生长是细胞增殖和细胞增大周期性交替的过程。（5） 胚胎形态性状和胚体质量跟生化指标间均为“二项式”关系,而且RNA/DNA比率是与胚胎生长性状关系密切的指标。     

InvasionDB: A genome and gene database of invasive alien species

Invasive alien species(IAS) are species whose introduction to areas outside of their native range cause harm to economics, biodiversity, and the environment. Understanding the genetic basis of invasiveness is critical for preventing invasion by an alien species and managing IAS with eco-friendly control methods. In addition, uncovering the genomic features of IAS is essential for accurately predicting invasiveness. However, even though increasing efforts have been devoted to sequencing the genomes of IAS, there is still not an integrated genome database for the invasive biology community. Here, we first determined a list of invasive plants and animals by mining references and databases. Then, we retrieved the genomic and gene data of these IAS, and constructed a database, Invasion DB. Invasion DB encompasses 131 IAS genomes, 76 annotated IAS assemblies, and links these data to conventional functions such as searching for gene coding sequences and Pfam, KEGG, NR annotations, BLAST server, JBrowse, and downloads services. Next, we analyzed 19 invasivenessrelated gene families which confer invasiveness in insects. To study the roles of noncoding RNA in invasiveness, we also annotated 135 494 mi RNAs, 89 294 r RNAs, and 2 671 941 t RNAs from these IAS. In summary, Invasion DB is useful for studying the invasiveness at the genomic level, and thus helps to develop novel management strategies to control IAS.     

RIG-Ⅰ样受体信号传导通路与调控机制研究进展

视黄酸诱导基因Ⅰ(RIG-Ⅰ)为RLRs受体家族的成员,是比较关键的细胞质内病原体识别受体,可识别细胞内的单链、双链等RNA病毒成分,被激活的RIG-Ⅰ受体及其CARD在TRIM25的作用下连接泛素链使其寡聚化,通过与线粒体抗病毒信号蛋白(MAVS)相互作用,激活MAVS及下游转录因子IRF3和NF-κB,从而诱导Ⅰ型干扰素和炎性因子的表达,最终介导宿主的抗病毒免疫应答。鉴于RIG-Ⅰ持续激活可导致炎性因子对自身细胞的损伤,因此RIG-Ⅰ样受体信号通路受到宿主严格的调控。而某些病毒为逃避宿主细胞的免疫应答,进化出多种机制靶向调节RIG-Ⅰ及MAVS,从而阻断信号通路。论文从RIG-Ⅰ识别病毒机制、激活下游信号传导、宿主细胞对信号传导途径的调控以及病毒逃避机制等方面重点阐述RIG-Ⅰ所介导的天然免疫反应。     

Differentially expressed genes identified through RNA‐seq with extreme values of principal components for beef fatty acid in Nelore cattle

The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed genes (DEG) in the Longissimus thoracis muscle of Nelore cattle related to fatty acid (FA) profile through RNA sequencing and principal component analysis (PCA). Two groups of 10 animals each were selected containing PC1 and PC2 extreme DEG values (HIGH × LOW) for each FA group. The intramuscular fat (IMF) was compared between cluster groups by ANOVA, and only the sum of monounsaturated FA (MUFA) and ω3 showed significant differences (p < .05). Interestingly, the highest percentage (95%) of phenotypic variation explained by the sum of the first two PC was observed for ω3, which also displayed the lowest number of DEG (n = 1). The lowest percentage (59%) was observed for MUFA, which also revealed the largest number of DEG (n = 66). Since only MUFA and ω3 exhibited significant differences between cluster groups, we can conclude that the differences observed for the remaining groups are not due to the percentage of IMF. Several genes that have been previously associated with meat quality and FA traits were identified as DEG in this study. The functional analysis revealed one KEGG pathway and eight GO terms as significant (p < .05), in which we highlighted the purine metabolism, glycolytic process, adenosine triphosphate binding and bone development. These results strongly contribute to the knowledge of the biological mechanisms involved in meat FA profile of Nelore cattle.     

RNA干扰技术及其在寄生线虫基因功能研究中的应用

介绍了RNA干扰（RNAi）的概念、线虫中RNAi的作用机理、RNAi的三个分子特性，即可遗传性、转移性RNAi的放大效应和RNAi信号的传播特性。从模板dsRNA的获取、dsRNA的导入和线虫中RNAi效应的检测方法三个方面概述了应用RNAi技术研究线虫基因功能的试验方法和最新进展。     

ES-D3细胞nanog基因干扰载体的构建 及其干涉效果*

选择ES细胞nanog基因中4个区域合成寡聚核苷酸,构建了4个含有小鼠U6启动子的siRNA（小分子干涉RNA）表达载体并瞬时转染小鼠ES-D3细胞.半定量RT-PCR分析显示,所构建的4个siRNA表达载体中有3个可以在细胞内转录出siRNA或shRNA（短发夹RNA）,诱发RNA干涉（RNAinterference,RNAi）,能显著抑制目的基因nanog的表达;同时发现,干扰的ES-D3细胞生长48 h后,集落形态与未干扰细胞相比差别不大,但隆起不如后者明显,形态也不如后者规则,生长速度也较慢,AKP染色阳性,与未转染细胞相比没有差别.     

表观遗传学的分子机制及其研究进展

表观遗传学(epigenetics)是指不涉及DNA序列改变、可以通过有丝分裂和减数分裂进行遗传的基因表达变化的遗传学分支领域。目前研究主要集中在DNA甲基化、组蛋白密码、染色质重塑和非编码RNA调控等方面。副突变、亲代基因印记、性别相关性基因剂量补偿效应和转基因沉默等都是典型的表观遗传现象。相关研究有利于揭示生物生长发育、多倍体植物基因组进化、杂种优势以及人类疾病等许多生命现象的本质。     

南方根结线虫Col基因分子克隆及其VIGS效应分析

为了明确线虫角质层胶原蛋白基因(Col)与根结线虫病害的关系,利用从线虫基因组中预测的Col设计特异引物,克隆了南方根结线虫Meloidogyne incognitacol基因MiCol.该基因完整编码区长903bp,编码300个氨基酸.克隆的MiCol与预测的MiCol基因序列一致性高达99.67％,氨基酸序列一致性高达100％.利用病毒介导的基因沉默技术,将其导入番茄植株并接种南方根结线虫,60 d后,沉默载体pTV-MiColi处理番茄植株的根结数比空载体对照及清水对照分别减少49.4％和49.2％,表明MiCol基因沉默显著降低了南方根结线虫的侵染数量.