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.     

乳腺分泌物中体细胞的研究进展

不同物种的乳腺分泌物中含有的细胞成分被称为体细胞,其中包括淋巴细胞、白细胞、巨噬细胞和上皮细胞。物种、乳腺感染情况、不同生理阶段和饲养管理条件等因素均会影响乳中的体细胞数量和细胞类型。近年来,乳中体细胞得到了人们的关注和深入研究,显示出广阔的应用前景。人们利用从初乳和常乳中得到的乳腺上皮细胞已经成功进行了乳腺细胞的原代培养和建立了乳腺细胞系,为乳生成、被动免疫转移和乳腺癌的研究提供了良好平台。体细胞中提取的RNA代表了乳腺组织的基因表达,因此为研究乳腺组织的基因表达提供了方便、良好的来源。     

香榧茎段离体培养再生植株的研究

对香榧茎段不定芽诱导研究的结果表明,不定芽诱导的最佳培养条件为:培养基为B5+KT0.1mg/L+IBA0.5mg/L+0.08%活性炭+2%葡萄糖,培养温度为20℃,光强不高于400lx,该条件下的不定芽诱导率可达55%。将不定芽培养在1/2B5+IBA0.1mg/L+0.08%活性炭+2%葡萄糖的生根培养基上,生根率最高达到40%。通过器官发生途径国内外首次建立了香榧离体再生体系和快繁体系,并获得了完整的再生植株,为今后开展香榧的遗传转化和品种改良奠定了基础。     

小麦重组自交系群体HMW-GS的检测与分析

利用重组自交系群体--RILL-8群体的131个系为材料,检测和分析了其高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基及亚基组合.结果表明,RIL-8群体Glu-A1、Glu-B1、Glu-D1位点编码的亚基分别为1、N,7 9、7 8和5 10、2 12,主要存在7种亚基组合类型.不同亚基及亚基组合类型在相同位点上仅存在1对等位基因差异,可以用其进行相同位点不同亚基及亚基组合对品质性状效应值的估算.     

小麦品种纹枯病抗性鉴定

小麦纹枯病是由禾谷丝核菌 (Ｒｈｉｚｏｃｔｏｎｉａｃｅｒｅ ａｌｉｓ)侵染所致的土传病害[1 ] 。近年来 ,该病害在湖北省麦区发生日趋严重[2 ,3] ,已逐渐成为生产上的一种重要病害。培育抗纹枯病品种和鉴定筛选抗源并在育种工作中加以利用是控制该病害的重要途径。本研究对湖北省麦区近年来推广的 2 5个品种以及从全国各地征搜集的 548份材料进行了鉴定和筛选 ,以期明确湖北省麦区品种的抗性现状 ,为育种单位提供抗源和小麦品种合理布局提供科学依据。1　材料与方法1 .1　材　料供试小麦品种为湖北省近年来推广品种 2 5个和从全国各地征搜…     

Comparison of physiological and yield traits between purple- and white-pericarp rice using SLs

Five physiological and eleven yield traits of two pairs of sister lines generated from a high generation with similar genetic background (SLs) for purple pericarp were investigated to explore the reasons behind low-yield production of colored rice. Of the five physiological traits examined, except grain anthocyanin content, there were generally similar trends between the P (purple-pericarp) lines and the corresponding W (white-pericarp) lines over two seasons (in the year 2009 and 2010 separately). The results demonstrated that the chlorophyll content of flag leaves, the net photosynthetic rate of flag leaves, and the grain anthocyanin content could be easily influenced by the environment. The physiological functions of the traits for the P lines were more active than those of the corresponding W lines in the year 2010. The grain anthocyanin content of the P lines was much greater in the year 2010 than in the year 2009 during the growth period. The investigation of yield traits revealed that the P lines had reduced 1000-grain weight, yield per plot and grain/brown rice thickness compared to the W lines. A difference comparison of these traits and a source-sink and transportation relationship analysis for these SLs suggested that small sink size was a key reason behind yield reduction of purple pericarp rice.     

重瓣榆叶梅茎段组织培养体系的建立

以重瓣榆叶梅带腋芽的茎段作为试验材料,研究了不同外植体消毒方式、初代培养基激素配比和生根培养基激素配比对重瓣榆叶梅组织培养的影响。结果表明:1)先用75%酒精处理30 s,再使用0.1%升汞溶液消毒8 min或以2%次氯酸钠溶液消毒12 min,外植体感染率最低;2)茎段初代培养最佳培养基为MS+6-BA2.0 mg/L+NAA 0.05 mg/L,诱导率为89.30%;3)最佳增殖培养基为MS+6-BA 2.0 mg/L+NAA 0.1 mg/L+KT1.0 mg/L,增殖倍数为4.4,且生长状况良好;4)1/2MS+IBA 0.2 mg/L为最佳生根培养基;5)该研究建立了重瓣榆叶梅组培再生体系,为工厂化育苗与大面积推广奠定了基础。     

水稻单粒种子DNA的快速制备及PCR分析

以水稻单粒种子为材料,用NaOH溶液抽提DNA,用于PCR分析,结果表明:该方法提取的DNA可以扩增出水稻中的目的基因,并适用于SSR分析。该方法提取DNA速度快,成本低,适合大批量种子DNA的提取。     

几类异质小麦雄性不育系育性恢复的染色体行为研究

为了研究异质小麦雄性不育系减数分裂中期Ⅰ与后期Ⅰ的染色体行为及与育性恢复的相关性,以几类异质小麦雄性不育系为母本,用常规品种(系)作为父本与其杂交,调查了杂种F1减数分裂中期Ⅰ单价体频率与后期Ⅰ染色体变异率及自交结实率之间的相关性.结果表明:(1)花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ单价体频率与后期Ⅰ染色体变异率呈显著正相关,后期Ⅰ染色体变异率与自交结实率呈负相关,但不显著;(2)相同异质不育系与相同或不同品种杂交时减数分裂中期Ⅰ单价体频率与后期Ⅰ染色体变异率及结实率差异不显著;(3)不同异质不育系与相同或不同品种杂交时减数分裂中期Ⅰ单价体频率与后期Ⅰ染色体变异率差异性较为显著,但减数分裂中期Ⅰ单价体频率与结实率差异性不显著;(4)异质小麦中,异源胞质影响染色体变异,但核基因是调控的关键因素.