[Objective] The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between inihibin (INH) α precursor gene and seasonal reproduction of goats, and investigate the evolutionary conservation of INHα precursor gene. [ ...[Objective] The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between inihibin (INH) α precursor gene and seasonal reproduction of goats, and investigate the evolutionary conservation of INHα precursor gene. [ Method] Cloning and sequence analysis of 5' flanking region and exon of inihibinα (INHE) precursor gene in twenty ewes between non-seasonal estrous breed (Haimen goats) and seasonal estrous breed (Anhui white goats) was analyzed in this study. [ Result] Compared with Anhui white goats, INHα precursor gene in Haimen goats had three SNP but no amino acid change, while its nucleotide homology was 99.7% and amino acid homology was 100%. The nucleotide homology of INHα precursor gene in goat, cattle, pig, person, chicken, horse, rat and dog ranged from 12.7% to 96.5%. [ Conclusion] INHα precursor gene tends to be highly conserved in species, and any change of nucleotide and amino acid maybe directly influence the function of the whole gene coding and regulation.展开更多
Synthesis of some new compounds containing chromene ring are described in this work. They were synthesized in moderate to good yield, started with Condensation of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (1) with ethyl bromoaceta...Synthesis of some new compounds containing chromene ring are described in this work. They were synthesized in moderate to good yield, started with Condensation of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (1) with ethyl bromoacetate furnishes ethyl-2-(4-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yloxy) acetate (2). The structures of all the new compounds were confirmed using IR, 1H-NMR spectra and micro analysis, selected members of the synthesized compound were screened for antimicrobial activity. They have shown a wide range of activity from one completely inactive compound to medium active ones.展开更多
Purpose: to evaluate the in vitro influence of Copaiferalangsdorffii essential oil on the antinecrotic activity in macrophages, and on the antiapoptotic activity in macrophages and lymphocytes of Swiss mice. Methods...Purpose: to evaluate the in vitro influence of Copaiferalangsdorffii essential oil on the antinecrotic activity in macrophages, and on the antiapoptotic activity in macrophages and lymphocytes of Swiss mice. Methods: lymphocytes and macrophages were obtained from ten 60-day-old male mice weighing 42-45 g, and then cultured in 24-well plates. Cells were treated with concentrations of 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% of oil from Copaiferalangsdorffii before or after induction of apoptosis with ultraviolet light. We used positive and negative controls. Hoechst staining was performed, and then images of cells under fluorescence microscope were captured and digitalized. We used Image J_1.46o to quantify the fluorescence intensity/brightness of condensation of the chromatin ofapoptotic cells. We used one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's and Tukey's multiple comparison tests. Results are expressed as the means of relative densities after adjustment and 95% confidence intervals; P 〈 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: oil from Copaiferalangsdorffii at different concentrations has decreased necrosis and apoptosis of both lymphocytes and macrophages from mice, when compared to C+ (all P 〈 0.05). Discussion: Copaiferalangsdorffii is typically Brazilian and found in the Amazon region, with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antineoplastic effects due to its oil compounds, such as xyloglucans and kaurenoic acid. Its potential therapeutical usage was demonstrated in a national study. The present study showed that its oil has significant in vitro antiapoptotic and antinecrotic activity and it should be tested experimentally in vivo.展开更多
RNA-Seq technology is becoming widely used in various transcriptomics studies;however,analyzing and interpreting the RNA-Seq data face serious challenges.With the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies...RNA-Seq technology is becoming widely used in various transcriptomics studies;however,analyzing and interpreting the RNA-Seq data face serious challenges.With the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies,the sequencing cost is dropping dramatically with the sequencing output increasing sharply.However,the sequencing reads are still short in length and contain various sequencing errors.Moreover,the intricate transcriptome is always more complicated than we expect.These challenges proffer the urgent need of efficient bioinformatics algorithms to effectively handle the large amount of transcriptome sequencing data and carry out diverse related studies.This review summarizes a number of frequently-used applications of transcriptome sequencing and their related analyzing strategies,including short read mapping,exon-exon splice junction detection,gene or isoform expression quantification,differential expression analysis and transcriptome reconstruction.展开更多
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK2007561)~~
文摘[Objective] The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between inihibin (INH) α precursor gene and seasonal reproduction of goats, and investigate the evolutionary conservation of INHα precursor gene. [ Method] Cloning and sequence analysis of 5' flanking region and exon of inihibinα (INHE) precursor gene in twenty ewes between non-seasonal estrous breed (Haimen goats) and seasonal estrous breed (Anhui white goats) was analyzed in this study. [ Result] Compared with Anhui white goats, INHα precursor gene in Haimen goats had three SNP but no amino acid change, while its nucleotide homology was 99.7% and amino acid homology was 100%. The nucleotide homology of INHα precursor gene in goat, cattle, pig, person, chicken, horse, rat and dog ranged from 12.7% to 96.5%. [ Conclusion] INHα precursor gene tends to be highly conserved in species, and any change of nucleotide and amino acid maybe directly influence the function of the whole gene coding and regulation.
文摘Synthesis of some new compounds containing chromene ring are described in this work. They were synthesized in moderate to good yield, started with Condensation of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (1) with ethyl bromoacetate furnishes ethyl-2-(4-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yloxy) acetate (2). The structures of all the new compounds were confirmed using IR, 1H-NMR spectra and micro analysis, selected members of the synthesized compound were screened for antimicrobial activity. They have shown a wide range of activity from one completely inactive compound to medium active ones.
文摘Purpose: to evaluate the in vitro influence of Copaiferalangsdorffii essential oil on the antinecrotic activity in macrophages, and on the antiapoptotic activity in macrophages and lymphocytes of Swiss mice. Methods: lymphocytes and macrophages were obtained from ten 60-day-old male mice weighing 42-45 g, and then cultured in 24-well plates. Cells were treated with concentrations of 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% of oil from Copaiferalangsdorffii before or after induction of apoptosis with ultraviolet light. We used positive and negative controls. Hoechst staining was performed, and then images of cells under fluorescence microscope were captured and digitalized. We used Image J_1.46o to quantify the fluorescence intensity/brightness of condensation of the chromatin ofapoptotic cells. We used one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's and Tukey's multiple comparison tests. Results are expressed as the means of relative densities after adjustment and 95% confidence intervals; P 〈 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: oil from Copaiferalangsdorffii at different concentrations has decreased necrosis and apoptosis of both lymphocytes and macrophages from mice, when compared to C+ (all P 〈 0.05). Discussion: Copaiferalangsdorffii is typically Brazilian and found in the Amazon region, with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antineoplastic effects due to its oil compounds, such as xyloglucans and kaurenoic acid. Its potential therapeutical usage was demonstrated in a national study. The present study showed that its oil has significant in vitro antiapoptotic and antinecrotic activity and it should be tested experimentally in vivo.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB945401, 2007CB108800)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30870575,31071162,31000590)Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 11DZ2260300)
文摘RNA-Seq technology is becoming widely used in various transcriptomics studies;however,analyzing and interpreting the RNA-Seq data face serious challenges.With the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies,the sequencing cost is dropping dramatically with the sequencing output increasing sharply.However,the sequencing reads are still short in length and contain various sequencing errors.Moreover,the intricate transcriptome is always more complicated than we expect.These challenges proffer the urgent need of efficient bioinformatics algorithms to effectively handle the large amount of transcriptome sequencing data and carry out diverse related studies.This review summarizes a number of frequently-used applications of transcriptome sequencing and their related analyzing strategies,including short read mapping,exon-exon splice junction detection,gene or isoform expression quantification,differential expression analysis and transcriptome reconstruction.