转录组学在骆驼科动物中的应用研究进展

骆驼生活在恶劣的自然环境中,拥有特殊的生物学特性。目前,骆驼的转录组(RNA-seq)水平研究较少。文章对骆驼科动物的转录组学研究方面进行了综述,揭示了骆驼在渗透调节和水分保留中涉及水重吸收和葡萄糖功能的基因网络,以及其在耐盐性、水代谢、抗癌性、被皮毛色等方面的一些机制,分析了现阶段转录组学在骆驼科动物研究中面临的问题与挑战,并对未来骆驼科动物转录组学研究趋势进行了展望,为骆驼科动物独特生物学特点的生理机制研究提供参考。

Association of cyclin D1, p16 and retinoblastoma protein expressions with prognosis and metastasis of gallbladder carcinoma

AIM: To investigate the role of cyclin D1, p16 and retinoblastoma in cancerous process of gallbladder carcinomas and to assess the relation between cyclin D1, p16, Rb and the biological characteristics of gallbladder carcinoma. METHODS: Forty-one gallbladder carcinoma, 7 gallbladder adenoma and 14 chronic cholecystitis specimens were immunohistochemically and histopathologically investigated for the relation of cyclin D1, p16 and Rb with Nevin staging and pathologic grading. RESULTS: The expression rates of abnormal cyclin Dl in gallbladder carcinoma (68.3%)and gallbladder adenoma (57.1%) were significantly higher than those in chronic cholecystitis (7.1%) (P<0.05). No significant difference was found both among the pathological grades G1, G2 and G3 and among Nevin stagings S1-S2, S3 and S4-S5 of gallbladder carcinoma. The positive rates of p16 (48.8%) and Rb (58.5%) in gallbladder carcinoma were significantly lower compared to those in adenoma (100.0%) and cholecystitis (100.0%) (P<0.05). The positive rates of p16 and Rb in Nevin stagings S1-S2 (80.0% and 90.0%) and S3 (46.2% and 61.5%) gallbladder carcinomas were significantly higher than those in S4-S5(33.3% and 38.8%) (P<0.05), and those in pathologic grades G1(54.5% and 81.8%) and G2 (50.0% and 62.5%) gallbladder carcinoma were significantly higher than those in G3 (28.6% and 35.7%) (P<0.05). The protein expression of p16 and Rb had a negative-correlation in gallbladder carcinoma (r= -0.2993, P<0.05), and this negative-correlation was correlated with Nevin staging (P<0.05). Moreover, the protein expression of p16 and cyclin Dl had a negative-correlation in gallbladder carcinoma (r = -0.9417, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Cyclin Dl may play a role in the early stage of gallbladder carcinoma. Mutation of p16 and Rb genes might be correlated with progression of gallbladder carcinoma. Analysis of p16 and Rb can estimate the prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma. Expression of p16 and Rb may be correlated with Nevin staging and pathologic grading in gallbladder carcinoma.

High pressure effects on the luminescent properties and crystal structure of magnesium 8—hydroxyquinoline complex

The fluorescence emission and X-ray diffraction of magenesium 8-hydroxyquinoline complex(Mgq2) have been measured at high pressure up to 14 GPa.It has been found that pressure can influence the emission dramatically.At relative lower pressure(less than 2.5GPa) the fluorescence of Mgq2 changes slightly,but the emission drops quickly with increase of the pressure when the pressure gets higher than 2.5GPa.The results of in situ energy dispersive X-ray diffraction at high pressure with synchrotron radiation indicate that there is a phase transition at about 2.5-3GPa for Mgq2 crystal.2001 Elsevier Science B.V.All rights reserved.

Synthesis of Silica-anchored Sensitizer and its Application in the Preparation of Previtamin D_3 from Tachysterol

A silica gel-anchored photosensitizer was synthesized with anthracene as sensitizer moiety. The photoisomerization of tachysterol to previtamin D3 was carried out with this heterogeneous photosensitizer in ethanol. The experiment results demonstrate that this solid phase photosensitizer is efficient for the photoisomerization and can be simply separated from the reaction mixture by filtration.

Photosensitization of trans-Vitamin D_3 to cis-Vitamin D_3 in Heterogeneous System

Two modes of heterogeneous photoisomerization of trans-vitamin D3 to cis-vitamin D3 are described. The occurrence of isomerization on the substrate bounded to the polymeric support gives us the possibility in succession synthesis of 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3. The polymer-bound anthracene can sensitize isomerization of trans-vitamin D3 to cis-vitamin D3 efficiently and ease the separation process.

A SAA-based Novel Hybrid Intelligent Evolutionary Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problem

Through systematic analysis and comparison of the common features of SAA, ES and traditional LS (local search) algorithm, a new hybrid strategy of mixing SA, ES with LS, namely HIEA (Hybrid Intelligent Evolutionary Algorithm), is proposed in this paper. Viewed as a whole, the hybrid strategy is also an intelligent heuristic searching procedure. But it has some characteristics such as generality, robustness, etc., because it synthesizes advantages of SA, ES and LS, while the shortages of the three methods are overcome. This paper applies Markov chain theory to describe the hybrid strategy mathematically, and proves that the algorithm possesses the global asymptotical convergence and analyzes the performance of HIEA.

Study on the Manufacturability Evaluation Based on Double-layer Model of Manufacturing Resources

Virtual organization is a new production patter and a principal part in advanced manufacturing systems such as agile manufacturing. Manufacturability evaluation is the necessary condition to form the virtual organization. A new manufacturability evaluation approach is described in this paper, which is carried out based on every process feature under the double-layer model of manufacturing resources proposed by authors. The manufacturing resources that build up the virtual organization are selected according to the results of manufacturability evaluation.

Foreign Pharmaceutical R&D Centers Come to China

THOUGH China has made its own medicines for millennia, fast-acting Western treatments ,are becoming popular among financiers and farmers alike, As Western medicine becomes more and more acceptable among the general public, foreign pharmaceutical companies are cottoning on to the true potential that lies in China＇s medicine market.

Towards a Cleaner Environment

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Bph30confers resistance to brown planthopperby fortifying sclerenchyma in rice leaf sheaths

Phloem-feeding insects cause massive losses in agriculture and horticulture.Host plant resistance to phloem-feeding insects is often mediated by changes in phloem composition,which deter insect settling and feeding and decrease viability.Here,we report that rice plant resistance to the phloem-feeding brown planthopper(BPH)is associated with fortification of the sclerenchyma tissue,which is located just beneath the epidermis and a cell layer or two away from the vascular bundle in the rice leaf sheath.We found that BPHs prefer to feed on the smooth and soft region on the surface of rice leaf sheaths called the long-cell block.We identified Bph30 as a rice BPH resistance gene that prevents BPH stylets from reaching the phloem due to the fortified sclerenchyma.Bph30 is strongly expressed in sclerenchyma cells and enhances cellulose and hemicellulose synthesis,making the cell walls stiffer and sclerenchyma thicker.The structurally fortified sclerenchyma is a formidable barrier preventing BPH stylets from penetrating the leaf sheath tissues and arriving at the phloem to feed.Bph30 belongs to a novel gene family,encoding a protein with two leucine-rich domains.Another member of the family,Bph40,also conferred resistance to BPH.Collectively,the fortified sclerenchyma-mediated resistance mechanism revealed in this study expands our understanding of plant-insect interactions and opens a new path for controlling planthoppers in rice.