Soybean somatic cell could induce the development of embryoid which was similar to embryo morphologically and structurally. Somatic embryogenesis system of soybean was used to conduct genetic transformation of soybean...Soybean somatic cell could induce the development of embryoid which was similar to embryo morphologically and structurally. Somatic embryogenesis system of soybean was used to conduct genetic transformation of soybean because of its several advantages such as higher transformational efficiency, beetter synchronism and fewer plant chimeras among transgenic plants. After infected with agrobacterium tumefaciens,the initiation, differentiation and development of young cotyledon embryogenic cell of soybean which was cultured on selective culture medium with kanamycin were investigated through histological study. The result showed that somatic embryo was differentiated in non-bud differentiation way. The embryogenic cells were differentiated from epidermis of explant or cells in 1 layer or 2 layers, with the division of embryogenic cells and degradation and disorganization of surrounding cells, the embryogenic cells would form embryoid with analogous suspensor structure. Later, globular embryoid would extrude from epidermis then developed into heart-shape embryo. The experiment was expected to provide theoretical reference for the construction of high transformational system of using plant somatic embryogenesis induced by young cotyledon of soybean.展开更多
目的观察分析听骨链与外耳道先天性畸变的相互关系。方法回顾性总结100耳先天性畸变的资料,分耳道骨性闭锁(Ⅰ型)、耳道狭窄(Ⅱ型)和单纯中耳畸形(Ⅲ型)三组。用锤砧镫骨畸变率和听骨胚源发生障碍率进行归纳。结果Ⅰ型患者锤砧镫骨畸变...目的观察分析听骨链与外耳道先天性畸变的相互关系。方法回顾性总结100耳先天性畸变的资料,分耳道骨性闭锁(Ⅰ型)、耳道狭窄(Ⅱ型)和单纯中耳畸形(Ⅲ型)三组。用锤砧镫骨畸变率和听骨胚源发生障碍率进行归纳。结果Ⅰ型患者锤砧镫骨畸变率分别为81.8%、93.9%和30.3%,Ⅱ型为75%、83.3%和75%,Ⅲ型为36.4%、83.6%和89.1%,卡方检验三组无显著性差异(P>0.05)。胚源分类Ⅰ、Ⅱ型以第一和第二鳃弓混合型发育障碍为主,Ⅲ型以第二鳃弓占多数,三组卡方检验有显著性差异(P<0.05)。100耳病例术后63耳听力提高,其中>20 dB 41耳,气骨导闭合12耳。结论以外耳道畸变程度结合听骨胚源发生学,可发现:Ⅰ型以锤砧骨畸形为主,镫骨少见,Ⅱ型锤砧镫骨畸形基本相等,Ⅲ型以砧镫骨畸形为主,锤骨少见。展开更多
The true freshwater crabs(Crustacea,Decapoda,Brachyura) are highly adapted to life in freshwater and complete their life cycle entirely independently of sea water.All true freshwater crabs exhibit direct development a...The true freshwater crabs(Crustacea,Decapoda,Brachyura) are highly adapted to life in freshwater and complete their life cycle entirely independently of sea water.All true freshwater crabs exhibit direct development and lack the free-living larval forms(zoea and megalopa) typical of most other brachyurans.After a prolonged embryonic period(during which they pass through the typical brachyuran larval forms embryologically) the eggs of true freshwater crabs hatch to produce juvenile(hatchling) crabs.We provide here the first report and description of the continuous record of embryonic development from egg-laying up to hatching in the Chinese true freshwater crab Sinopotamon yangtsekiense Bott,1967(Potamoidea,Potamidae).Direct development(complete secondary embryonization) in S.yangtsekiense was observed to take 77 days and to include an additional embryonic phase(termed here the egg-juvenile-crab) that occurs in the embryo between the imprisoned megalopa and the newly-emerged juvenile(hatchling) crab.This is significant because the only other freshwater crab whose embryonic development has been studied in detail is Potamon fluviatilis(Potamidae) which takes 45-47 days and involves only nine embryonic stages.展开更多
Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing p...Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.展开更多
The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, has long been a model animal for the studies in the fields of animal cloning, developmental biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology. With the aid of Xenopus, major ...The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, has long been a model animal for the studies in the fields of animal cloning, developmental biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology. With the aid of Xenopus, major molecular mechanisms that are involved in embryonic development have been understood. Germ layer formation is the first event of embryonic cellular differentiation, which is induced by a few key maternal factors and subsequently by zygotic signals. Meanwhile, another type of signals, the pluripotency factors in ES cells, which maintain the undifferentiated state, are also present during early embryonic cells. In this review, the functions of the pluripotency factors during Xenopus germ layer formation and the regulatory relationship between the signals that promote differentiation and pluripotency factors are discussed.展开更多
In vivo 3D fluorescent image remains a technological barrier for biologists and clinical scientists although green fluorescent protein(GFP)imaging has long been performed rather well at cellular level.Meanwhile,robust...In vivo 3D fluorescent image remains a technological barrier for biologists and clinical scientists although green fluorescent protein(GFP)imaging has long been performed rather well at cellular level.Meanwhile,robust enough portable devices are also challenging lab-on-a-chip advocators who wish their designs to be nurtured by the end users.This work is dedicated to propose a conceptually innovated transparent soft PDMS avian eggshell to directly tackle the above two goals.Here,an"egg-on-a-chip"scheme is originally developed and demonstrated by a newly developed PDMS"soft"process method.Unlike its ancestor–the conventional"lab-on-a-chip"(LOC)which is basically chemically based,the current"egg-on-a-chip",intrinsically inherited with biological natures,opens a way to integrate biological parts or whole system in a miniature sized device.Such biomimics system contains much condensed environmental evolutional tensor inside than those of the existing LOC compacted with artificial components which however are quite difficult to incorporate various life factors inside.Owning unique advantages,a series of transparent PDMS whole"eggshells"have been fabricated and applied to culture avian embryos up to 17.5 days and chimeric eggshells were engineered on normal eggs.In addition,X-stage embryos were successfully initiated in such system and pre-chorioallantoic membrane was observed.Further,limitation of the present process was interpreted and potential approach to improve it was suggested.With both high optical transparency and engineering subtlety fully integrated together,the present method not only provides an ideal transparent imaging platform for studying functional embryo development including life mystery,but also promises a future strategy for"lab-on-an-egg"technology which may be important in a wide variety of either fundamental or practical areas.展开更多
Mammalian cortical development is a dynamically and strictly regulated process orchestrated by extracellular signals and intracellular mechanisms. Recent studies show that epigenetic regulation serves as, at least in ...Mammalian cortical development is a dynamically and strictly regulated process orchestrated by extracellular signals and intracellular mechanisms. Recent studies show that epigenetic regulation serves as, at least in part, interfaces between genes and the environment, and also provides insight into the molecular and cellular bases of early embryonic cortical development. It is becoming increasingly clear that epigenetic regulation of cortical development occurs at multiple levels and that comprehensive knowledge of this complex regulatory landscape is essential to delineating embryonic neurogenesis.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (C02020504)the Scientific and Techrological Developing Scheme of Jilin Province (20050217-2+1 种基金20060204)the national 863 project (2006AA100104-17)~~
文摘Soybean somatic cell could induce the development of embryoid which was similar to embryo morphologically and structurally. Somatic embryogenesis system of soybean was used to conduct genetic transformation of soybean because of its several advantages such as higher transformational efficiency, beetter synchronism and fewer plant chimeras among transgenic plants. After infected with agrobacterium tumefaciens,the initiation, differentiation and development of young cotyledon embryogenic cell of soybean which was cultured on selective culture medium with kanamycin were investigated through histological study. The result showed that somatic embryo was differentiated in non-bud differentiation way. The embryogenic cells were differentiated from epidermis of explant or cells in 1 layer or 2 layers, with the division of embryogenic cells and degradation and disorganization of surrounding cells, the embryogenic cells would form embryoid with analogous suspensor structure. Later, globular embryoid would extrude from epidermis then developed into heart-shape embryo. The experiment was expected to provide theoretical reference for the construction of high transformational system of using plant somatic embryogenesis induced by young cotyledon of soybean.
文摘目的观察分析听骨链与外耳道先天性畸变的相互关系。方法回顾性总结100耳先天性畸变的资料,分耳道骨性闭锁(Ⅰ型)、耳道狭窄(Ⅱ型)和单纯中耳畸形(Ⅲ型)三组。用锤砧镫骨畸变率和听骨胚源发生障碍率进行归纳。结果Ⅰ型患者锤砧镫骨畸变率分别为81.8%、93.9%和30.3%,Ⅱ型为75%、83.3%和75%,Ⅲ型为36.4%、83.6%和89.1%,卡方检验三组无显著性差异(P>0.05)。胚源分类Ⅰ、Ⅱ型以第一和第二鳃弓混合型发育障碍为主,Ⅲ型以第二鳃弓占多数,三组卡方检验有显著性差异(P<0.05)。100耳病例术后63耳听力提高,其中>20 dB 41耳,气骨导闭合12耳。结论以外耳道畸变程度结合听骨胚源发生学,可发现:Ⅰ型以锤砧骨畸形为主,镫骨少见,Ⅱ型锤砧镫骨畸形基本相等,Ⅲ型以砧镫骨畸形为主,锤骨少见。
基金Supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(No.S30701)the Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.J50701)
文摘The true freshwater crabs(Crustacea,Decapoda,Brachyura) are highly adapted to life in freshwater and complete their life cycle entirely independently of sea water.All true freshwater crabs exhibit direct development and lack the free-living larval forms(zoea and megalopa) typical of most other brachyurans.After a prolonged embryonic period(during which they pass through the typical brachyuran larval forms embryologically) the eggs of true freshwater crabs hatch to produce juvenile(hatchling) crabs.We provide here the first report and description of the continuous record of embryonic development from egg-laying up to hatching in the Chinese true freshwater crab Sinopotamon yangtsekiense Bott,1967(Potamoidea,Potamidae).Direct development(complete secondary embryonization) in S.yangtsekiense was observed to take 77 days and to include an additional embryonic phase(termed here the egg-juvenile-crab) that occurs in the embryo between the imprisoned megalopa and the newly-emerged juvenile(hatchling) crab.This is significant because the only other freshwater crab whose embryonic development has been studied in detail is Potamon fluviatilis(Potamidae) which takes 45-47 days and involves only nine embryonic stages.
基金supported by the China Human Proteomics Project (2014DFB30010)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020104)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071162)the Graduate School of East China Normal University
文摘Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB943804,2014CB964701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31271544,31261160492)to Cao Ying
文摘The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, has long been a model animal for the studies in the fields of animal cloning, developmental biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology. With the aid of Xenopus, major molecular mechanisms that are involved in embryonic development have been understood. Germ layer formation is the first event of embryonic cellular differentiation, which is induced by a few key maternal factors and subsequently by zygotic signals. Meanwhile, another type of signals, the pluripotency factors in ES cells, which maintain the undifferentiated state, are also present during early embryonic cells. In this review, the functions of the pluripotency factors during Xenopus germ layer formation and the regulatory relationship between the signals that promote differentiation and pluripotency factors are discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51376102)
文摘In vivo 3D fluorescent image remains a technological barrier for biologists and clinical scientists although green fluorescent protein(GFP)imaging has long been performed rather well at cellular level.Meanwhile,robust enough portable devices are also challenging lab-on-a-chip advocators who wish their designs to be nurtured by the end users.This work is dedicated to propose a conceptually innovated transparent soft PDMS avian eggshell to directly tackle the above two goals.Here,an"egg-on-a-chip"scheme is originally developed and demonstrated by a newly developed PDMS"soft"process method.Unlike its ancestor–the conventional"lab-on-a-chip"(LOC)which is basically chemically based,the current"egg-on-a-chip",intrinsically inherited with biological natures,opens a way to integrate biological parts or whole system in a miniature sized device.Such biomimics system contains much condensed environmental evolutional tensor inside than those of the existing LOC compacted with artificial components which however are quite difficult to incorporate various life factors inside.Owning unique advantages,a series of transparent PDMS whole"eggshells"have been fabricated and applied to culture avian embryos up to 17.5 days and chimeric eggshells were engineered on normal eggs.In addition,X-stage embryos were successfully initiated in such system and pre-chorioallantoic membrane was observed.Further,limitation of the present process was interpreted and potential approach to improve it was suggested.With both high optical transparency and engineering subtlety fully integrated together,the present method not only provides an ideal transparent imaging platform for studying functional embryo development including life mystery,but also promises a future strategy for"lab-on-an-egg"technology which may be important in a wide variety of either fundamental or practical areas.
基金supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology(2015CB964501 and2014CB964903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31371477)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA01020301)
文摘Mammalian cortical development is a dynamically and strictly regulated process orchestrated by extracellular signals and intracellular mechanisms. Recent studies show that epigenetic regulation serves as, at least in part, interfaces between genes and the environment, and also provides insight into the molecular and cellular bases of early embryonic cortical development. It is becoming increasingly clear that epigenetic regulation of cortical development occurs at multiple levels and that comprehensive knowledge of this complex regulatory landscape is essential to delineating embryonic neurogenesis.