IGF-PI3K-Akt信号通路在生理性心肌肥大中的作用研究进展

心肌肥大是心肌细胞对多种刺激因素的复杂反应。心肌肥大可以分为三种:心肌的正常生长、运动诱导生理性心肌肥大和病理性心肌肥大。近年来,研究表明心肌的正常生长以及运动诱导的心肌生理性肥大,主要是通过IGF-PI3K-Akt信号通路进行信号转导。本文就IGF-PI3K-Akt信号转导通路的结构特点、调节过程作一综述。     

The phytotoxins ofMycosphaerella fijiensis,the causative agent of Black Sigatoka disease of bananas and plantains

Black Sigatoka is the most costly to control disease of bananas and plantains in the world. Currently, a worldwide search is underway either to find or to produce cultivars that are disease-resistant or-tolerant. Phytotoxins isolated from the pathogen might facilitate the discovery of such cultivars. Several aromatic compounds from liquid cultures ofMycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of Black Sigatoka disease of bananas and plantains, have been isolated. The most abundant and phytotoxic of these compounds is 2,4,8-trihydroxytetralone, which induces necrotic lesions at 5 g/5 l in less than 12 h on sensitive cultivars of bananas. This compound exhibits host-selectivity that mimics that of the pathogen. Other phytotoxins isolated from this fungus, in lesser amounts, were juglone, the novel compound 2-carboxy-3-hydroxycinnamic acid, isoochracinic acid and 4-hydroxyscytalone. Some of the phytotoxins isolated are melanin shunt pathway metabolites, which makes this fungus unique among plant pathogens.     

Milestone of the meridian science──970th anniversary of the Chinese Bronze Statue of Meridian

For more than a thousand years, Chinese people were aware of the transmitted sensations by the application of needles on the body surface. This practice is called acupuncture. Acupuncture had been recorded and transcribed in writings and in drawings, until finally the acupoints were inscribed onto a bronze statue. The bronze statue was called the Meridian Figure. Deeply embodied in the bronze statue is a tripartite confrontation-prism representation of the humans body. This concept was a great scientific achievement in ancient China. The author traces the history of Meridian science described in traditional Chinese medical terms. Then he explores a clear analogy of the meridian pathway (MP) phenomenon. In a model system, by using a simple segmental in vertebrate, certain parallels can be demonstrated with the meridian concept. For example, the author demonstrated a clear correlation rule among the central mechano-sensory channels, and characteristics of positional discrimination in individual nerve cells from different receptive field inputs. The evidence suggests that the MP phenomenon is an objective neurobiological response. To clarify the research objective in this paper, the author suggests that the MP is a bi-directional pathway along which a positional message signal is transmitted. This phenomenon is evoked by physical stimulation, transmitted linearly across the human body segments, and is perceived by the brain. The MP consists of low resistance paths, is connected by the liquid media contained in the apposite membranous structure. At the cellular level, the regulation functions of MP must pass through along this low resistance path. Two aspects of the modern Meridian research are the functional regulation and the mechanism of intercellular liquid modulation at the nanometer level.     

野生大豆DNA导入小麦及RAPD分子验证

利用花粉管通道法将野生大豆总DNA导入小麦，以期获得变异系小麦．对小麦球蛋白的SDS—PAGE，印迹表明，冬小麦T2l6#产生了新的蛋白亚基，其分子量为78kD，而有的变异品系一些蛋白亚基消失了；凯氏定氮法和氨基酸分析表明小麦后代T216#的总蛋白含量增加，其氨基酸组成，尤其是赖氨酸含量明显提高．RAPD分析结果表明，新品系基因组出现多态性，并具有供体特异性DNA带，这些变异现象表明该小麦品系为转基因后代．本实验为选育高蛋白、优质的新小麦品种提供了途径．     

Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin-Trisbenzimidazole Dinucleating Ligand and Its Heterodinuclear Complex as CcO Active Site Model

A new dinucleating ligand having two metal-binding sites has been designed and synthesized as model ligand for Cytochrome c Oxidase. The corresponding heterodi-nuclear complex, as an active site model of Cytochrome c Oxidase, consisting of a porphyrinatocobalt compound covalently linked with a copper derivative of tris(2-benzimidazylmethyl) amine bearing three benzimidazole ligands for copper was synthesized and spectroscopically characterized. The spectra data suggest that there are interactions between the cobalt and copper coordination units. The cobalt is coordinated to four central nitrogens of the porphyrin and the copper has pentaco-ordinate geometry with the four tertiary amine nitrogens and a chloride.     

陕西苹果是如何走向市场的

通过对山西和陕西地理环境与自然条件的比较，介绍了在苹果销售上，陕西省通过采取开辟绿色通道、优化销售环境、规范销售合同、培育专业果品销售市场、建立果业销售信息网络、加强对果农的诚信教育等措施，使陕西苹果走向国内外市场的做法与经验.     

Inducing dopaminergic differentiation of expanded rat mesencephalic neural stem cells by ascorbic acid in vitro

Ascorbic acid (AA) induced differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) into dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons is reported.NSCs derived from rat mesencephalon were maintained and expanded in a defined medium containing mitogens of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF).Compared with the control, ascorbic acid treatment led to more DAergic neuronal differentiation as indicated by the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine transporter (DAT), which are specific markers of dopamine neurons.AA induction also enhanced expression of Nurr1 and Shh.PD98059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) pathway, could block AA-induced Nurr1, TH and DAT mRNA expression.The results might suggest a new strategy to provide enough dopaminergic cells for the therapy of Parkinson's disease (PD), and Nurr1 and ERK signaling pathway might participate in the AA-induced DAergic differentiation.     

基于NMF技术探寻早期AD基因表达调控网络

利用非负矩阵分解(NMF)技术,依据加强算法的稀疏性对患早期阿尔茨海默症(AD)样本的基因表达数据进行分析,提取对疾病早期诊断具有重要意义的显著基因,样本分类实验结果证明了算法的有效性.在此基础上,结合与炎症反应有重要关系的NF-κB等基因初步建立了与早期AD密切相关的基因表达调控网络结构图,为AD致病机理的探询、早期诊断与治疗等提供了有益的途径和方法.     

西江南半地堑晚期断裂系统基本特征及其控藏作用

 本文利用地震资料的构造解释和断裂系统的几何学、运动学对西江南半地堑晚期断裂的基本特征进行研究.研究表明,西江南半地堑晚期断裂是在NWW—SEE向张扭应力场作用下发生简单剪切右旋走滑变形形成和发育的.剖面上以负花状构造样式为主;平面上,主要呈NWW走向,断裂组合样式多样,包括平行式、交叉式、斜列式和羽状断层;断裂分布呈现明显分区特征,即晚期断裂主要分布在半地堑的南侧.结合圈闭定型期、油气充注史与晚期断裂活动的相关研究,晚期断裂系统对研究区控藏作用主要体现在3个方面：断裂控圈,即晚期断裂控制了新近系构造圈闭的形成及分布;部分断至古近系文昌组烃源岩内部甚至基底的晚期断裂和长期断裂一起构建了本区垂向优势运移通道,其它晚期断裂对早期油藏的二次调整、油气再运移及再聚集起重要的控制作用;主活动期后晚期断裂较好的侧向封闭性有效地控制了新近系油藏的最终聚集及分布.