夏秋蚕新品种浒花、秋星的育成及其一代杂交种的选配

根据长江流域夏秋季的气候特点,采用杂交、回交、系统分离、活蛹缫丝和多代高温多湿环境定向培育等育种方法,分别育成了中系蚕品种“浒花”和日系蚕品种“秋星”。两者都具有抗性强、丝量高、茧丝质优以及繁育容易等特点。其一代杂交种经多次实验室鉴定、农村生产鉴定、试养以及全国蚕品种审定结果表明:该新品种体质强健、孵化、眠起、老熟齐一,茧丝量高,茧层率22％;鲜毛茧出丝率15—16％,茧丝品质优良、解舒率74％,净度93分,茧丝纤度2.53/D,茧丝长超1000m。     

家蚕EST数据库的应用现状及展望

家蚕是重要的经济昆虫,也是鳞翅目昆虫的主要模式生物。表达序列标签(EST)在家蚕研究中的应用越来越受到关注。本文主要介绍了EST数据库的建立及其在家蚕研究中的应用现状,展望了EST在家蚕中的研究趋势。     

盐酸处理蚕卵酯酶A4的活性变化及其与滞育性的关系

从家蚕C108品种蚕卵精制酯酶A4,首次测定了产卵后24～96h浸酸蚕卵酯酶A4的ATPase活性。蚕卵经盐酸处理后在体外5℃1～2d或体外25℃1～3h出现酶活性峰。与低温活化蚕卵比较,产卵后24～96h的浸酸蚕卵,在体外5℃酶活性峰出现时间提早了8．5～22d,在体外25℃提早了3～9h。浸酸后蚕卵迅速解除滞育,滞育发育时间显著缩短。将不同卵龄未浸酸蚕卵与盐酸处理蚕卵酯酶A4的ATPase活性峰出现时间差制成曲线,在体外5℃或25℃的结果几乎都完全与5℃冷藏时蚕卵的滞育发育时间曲线重叠。盐酸处理蚕卵酯酶A4的活性变化与蚕卵活化有高度相关性。     

Stereostructure of the archaebacterial C40 diol

The stereostructure of the archaebacterial C40 diol has been established as (3R,7R,11R,15S,18S,22R,26R,30R)-3,7,11,15,18,22,26,30- octamethyldotriacontane-1,32-diol by stereorational total synthesis. This provides the final evidence necessary to establish the structure of an archaebacterial membrane substance that is a 72-membered-ring tetraether with 18 stereocenters.     

Osmotic swelling of phospholipid vesicles causes them to fuse with a planar phospholipid bilayer membrane

Fusion of phospholipid vesicles with planar bilayer membranes occurs if the vesicles that contact the planar membrane swell osmotically after the replacement in their medium of an impermeant solute by a permeant one. This finding directly demonstrates that osmotic swelling is a driving force for vesicle-planar membrane fusion. The method used to induce vesicle swelling and fusion may have relevance for biological systems.     

The effect of a six day sucrose diet on isometric contractile characteristics and histochemistry of rat muscles

Der Einfluß einer Sukroselösung-Diät auf isometrische, kontraktile und histochemische Eigenschaften bei Rattenmuskeln Es ist bekannt, daß Unterernährung eine Verringerung der Muskelmasse verursacht, dabei wurden bei kurzfristiger Unterernährung Veränderungen in den kontraktilen Eigenschaften der Skelettmuskel gefunden. Nach der Versorgung von Ratten mit Sukroselösungen als Trinkwasser über 6 d wurden isometrische, kontraktile und histochemische Eigenschaften des langsam kontrahierenden m. soleus und des schnell kontrahierenden m. extensor digitorum longus (EDL) untersucht. Eine kurzfristige Unterernährung führte im m. soleus zu einem Anstieg der Zeit bis zur höchsten Kontraktion und bis zur halben Relaxion. Im EDL wurden keine Unterschiede beobachtet. Da keine Muskelfasertyp-Veränderungen gefunden wurden, müssen diese Veränderungen auf Stoffwechselveränderungen zurückgeführt werden. Diese These wird dadurch unterstützt, daß eine Realimentation über 24 h zu einem normalen Muskelverhalten führte.     

Clinicopathological studies on facial eczema outbreak in sheep in Southwest Turkey

After very hot summer, 22 sheep from 5 different flocks consisting of approximately 150-200 animals each were diagnosed with facial eczema in September 2005, in southwest Turkey. Photophobia, corneal opacity, severe ulcers of the facial skin, especially localized around the eyes and mouth, and 3% mortality were the most prominent clinical symptoms. GGT levels of the animals were very high and varying between 261- 328 U/l. While the activities of ALT and total bilirubin were elevated and AST was normal in affected sheep. Total bilirubin level was higher than normal. Seven of the 22 sheep were euthanatized and necropsy was performed on all of these animals. Severe icterus, hepatomegaly, enlarged gallbladder, congestion of mesenteric vessels were the common necropsy findings. Histopathological changes of the liver included necrosis of the hepatocytes, cholangiohepatitis characterized by mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltrate in the portal area and mild to severe fibrosis around bile ducts. A diagnosis of sporidesmin toxicosis was made based on the histopathology of the livers, the elevation in liver enzymes, and the development of cutaneous lesions consistent with photosensitization and high spore counts in the ruminal contents. Surviving sheep were treated with procaine penicillin + dihidrostreptomycin sulfate, multivitamin complexes and flunixin meglumine. Additionally, zinc sulphate was also given at a dose of 6 gr per 100 lt drinking water for 28 days. All treated sheep recovered. Pasture spore counts were between 96,300- 267,500 spores/g grass.     

In vitro culture, serologic and molecular analysis of Acanthamoeba isolated from the liver of a keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)

Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are usually free-living amebae and are found in a variety of ecological niches including soil, fresh and brackish water, dust in air, filters of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning units, swimming pools and hot tubs, etc. Occasionally, they are also known to cause central nervous system infections in humans and other animals. We isolated into culture an amoeba from the liver tissue of a keel-billed toucan and identified it as Acanthamoeba sp. based on culture characteristics and immunofluorescent analysis. Further, we characterized the cultured amoeba and also the amoeba in the liver tissue as Acanthamoeba, genotype T4, by sequencing a diagnostic region of the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene.