Hui Zhong Wang, Yu Dong Wang, Xiao Yun Zhou, Qi Cai Ying, Kang Le Zheng
{"title":"[Analysis of genetic diversity of 14 species of Cymbidium based on RAPDs and AFLPs].","authors":"Hui Zhong Wang, Yu Dong Wang, Xiao Yun Zhou, Qi Cai Ying, Kang Le Zheng","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>RAPDs and AFLPs were used to investigate the genetic variation of 14 species of Cymbidium. A great diversity was shown by 12 random primers and three primer combinations. UPGMA cluster analysis showed that the results from the RAPD and AFLP analysis were similar and the genetic distances were closest between C. ensifolium and C. sinense, C. kanran and C. faberi var. omeiense, C. mastersii and C. eburneum respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"482-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The investigation of Syn and NPY expression in brain tissues of diabetic model rat induced by streptozotocin].","authors":"Xiao Ming Zhang, Shu Han, Liang Zhou","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synaptophysin (Syn) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) expressions in brain tissue of diabetic model rats were investigated. 20 adult Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into two groups. 10 rats were injected with streptozotocin to induce diabetes, which was identified by blood & urinary sugar level; and the others were injected with sodium citrate buffer as the control. After 4 weeks' diabetes appearance, the learning and memory ability of each rat in both group were tested by Y-Maze. Afterward freeze sections from the frontal cortex and hippocampus were made and stained with Nissl and Syn, NPY Immunohistochemistry staining. It was observed that diabetic rats showed more errors in Y-Maze test than those control rats. Both the number of neurons and the light densities of Syn and NPY immunostaining reaction in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of brain tissue sections significantly decreased in the diabetic model rats. It is suggested that the decrease in neuron number and Syn, NPY expression in frontal cortex and hippocampus may be one of the factors leading to diabetic dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"449-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ge Zhi Shen, Xin Qi Wang, Li Qing Yin, Hui Mei Wang
{"title":"[Determination of amylose content in transgenic progenies containing an antisense waxy gene and identifying of pure lines in indica rice].","authors":"Ge Zhi Shen, Xin Qi Wang, Li Qing Yin, Hui Mei Wang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Through genetic transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, an antisense waxy gene was introduced into Longtefu B line, a male sterile maintainer line in indica (Oryza sativa L.). Thirty transgenic plants showed integration of antisense waxy gene into the genome as determined by PCR assay, and twenty eight were confirmed by Southern blotting. T1 seeds from twenty one transgenic plants showed a marked decrease of amylose content, ranging from 3%-13% less than control, and seeds from some transgenic lines exhibited typical waxy phenotype. Six transgenic lines were selected to examine the amylose content in different generations. In the T4 generation, two homozygous lines, Long 3-1-1-1 and Long 5-8-2-1, were selected, with amylose content of 15.9% and 8.4% respectively. The amylose content in these lines is in consistent with the decrease of the accumulation of Wx protein as determined by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. Cross and subsequent backcross of Long 3-1-1-1 and Long 5-8-2-1 with the Longtefu mare sterile line were performed to determine the changes of amylose content in F1 and B1F1 seeds. The results showed an average amlyose content of 21.4% in F1 seeds with Long 3-1-1-1 as a parent, while only 13.6% with Long 5-8-2-1 as a parent. In addition, the average amylose contents in B1F1 seeds were 17.1% and 9.3% respectively. Our results indicated that during the fertility transfer in the male sterile line, stable transgenic lines with medium or low contents of amylose had direct effects on amylose content in F1 seeds.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"429-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25022896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ji Gang Bai, Xiu Juan Wang, Qian Xun Yin, Yu Zhen Xu, Rui Xue Zhao
{"title":"[Function of auxin-binding protein gene during cucumber fruit development].","authors":"Ji Gang Bai, Xiu Juan Wang, Qian Xun Yin, Yu Zhen Xu, Rui Xue Zhao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cDNA fragment that encodes auxin-binding protein 1 was amplified by, reverse polymerase chain reaction from ovary of cucumber. Its expression signals were weak in the ovary of 1 d before anthesis, while got strong in 2, 4 and 6 d after pollination. Among the unpollinated ovary of 2 d after anthesis, those that got enlarged had strong expression signals; the others that were wilting had weak signals. This indicated that auxin-binding protein 1 gene possibly play a role in cucumber fruit development. When auxin-binding protein 1 gene of Arabidopsis was transformed into cucumber, the parthenocarpic rate of transgenic plants was 31.7%, higher than the control. This result showed that the sensibility to auxin was increased in transgenic plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"494-500"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25023353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Involvement of nitric oxide in the effect of interleukin-2 on the contractility of rat ventricular cardiomyocytes].","authors":"Hui Ping Wang, Qiang Xia, Chun Mei Cao, Yuan Lu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of interleukin-2 (IL-2) on the contractility in cardiomyocytes and the underlying mechanisms. Ventricular myocytes were isolated from adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Contractile responses were evaluated by use of the video tracking system. Contractile parameters in cardiomyocytes electrically stimulated at 0.2 Hz included peak velocity of cell shortening (+dL/dtmax), peak velocity of cell relengthening (-dL/dtmax), contractile amplitude (dL), and end-diastolic cell length. Calcium transients of ventricular myocytes were determined by the spectrofluorometric techniques. Dose-dependent inhibition in + dL/dtmax, -dL/dtmax, dL and end-diastolic cell length were induced by IL-2 at 2-1000 U/ml. Pretreatment with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N(w)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 micromol/L) and soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo [4,3a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 micromol/L) attenuated IL-2-induced inhibition of contractility. Aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, had no effect on the inhibition by IL-2. IL-2 at 200 U/ml decreased the amplitude of electrically induced [Ca2+]i transients of ventricular myocytes. Pretreatment with ODQ diminished IL-2-induced inhibition of amplitude of the calcium transient. In conclusion, the present study indicates a direct action of IL-2 on cardiomyocyte contraction, possibly through an increased NO production, activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase and inhibition in intracellular Ca2+ level.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"507-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25023355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pattern of plasma sex steroid hormone levels during the breeding season of male and female skink: Eumeces chinensis].","authors":"Jian Rao Hu, Ji Zeng Du, Xiang Ji","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Changes in gonadal activity and plasma sex steroid hormone levels in male and female Eumece chinensis during the breeding season were described. The results showed that: The vitellogensis of follicles of female Eumeces chinensis needed the stimulation of 17beta-estradiol (E2). As ovary masses reached peak values between late April and mid-May, E2 levels rose to the top value by late March, and then sharply declined but went up again before preovulation; The physiological functions of plasma progesterone (P) consisted in its oviductal egg retention, embryo development, and eggshell formation. P levels fluctuated near the basic value between mid-March and late April. In mid-May, with the onset of ovulation, plasma P levels rose rapidly, reached peak value by late May and declined sharply after ovulation. Plasma E2 levels declined as plasma P levels rose, showing an inverse relationship between them; In males, plasma Testosterone (T) levels were closely correlated with the maintenance of spermatogenesis activities, male and male combat, sexual display, and mating. Plasma T levels tended to rise after the termination of hibernation, and reached peak value by mid-April. After mid-May, with the testis aggressing, plasma T levels gradually went down and reached bottom value by late June.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"443-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The evolutionary traits of mitocondrial ND4-ND4L in Drosophila melanogaster species group].","authors":"Shao Liang Mou, Qing Tao Zeng, Yuan Huai Qian","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The sequences of the mitochondrial ND4-ND4L were determined for all the 33 extant taxaes of the Drosophila melanogaster species group, so evolutionary traits of ND4 gene sequences were analyzed. We found a strong transition bias in closed related species and saturation of transitional substitutions in distant related species. Moreover, we calculated the diverge time of eight subgroup according to the Tamura-Nei distance between D. melanogaster and D. yakuba. Our result suggested that ananassae subgroup branched off firstly, and montium, melanogaster, ficsphila, eugracilis, elegans, suzukii-takahashii branched off sequentially.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"456-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guan Lin Wang, Hong Mei Luo, Hong Jun Fang, Hai Dong Wu, Yang Song
{"title":"[Establishment of high-yield suspension cell line of Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc and study on the volatile oil synthesis-controlling with precursors].","authors":"Guan Lin Wang, Hong Mei Luo, Hong Jun Fang, Hai Dong Wu, Yang Song","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The condition for high-yield suspension cell line and the precursors of volatile oil synthesis of Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc were studied. The results showed that the light yellow particle callus was suitable for establishment of the high-yield suspension cell line. The optimum conditions for cell growth were MS medium added 15-30 g/L glucose and 15-30 g/L sucrose (1:1) as carbon source, the total concentration of 80 mmol/L nitrogen source combined NH4+ with NO3- (1:3), hormones of 3.0-5.0 mg/L 6-BA, 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D and dark culture after 10-15 days light culture. The 229 g/L cell (FW) and 2.11% content of volatile oil were obtained in vitro. The addition of precursors of calcium pantothenate, ammonium acetate and potassium acetate during the middle period of the cell suspension culture enhanced the volatile oil content respectively, and ammonium acetate was most effective among them. The highest yield of volatile oil obtained was 3.11% and 8.27 g/L respectively , which was 1.25 and 1.2 times of the control group.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"469-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Isolation and prelimary characterization of a kind of rat liver potential progenitor cells small round hepatic cells].","authors":"Zhong Yu Yan, Wei An, Ping Wang, Ji Dong Jia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Liver undergoes profound regeneration usually after hepatic damage. It has been shown in recent study that two kinds of liver stem cells, which are mainly oval cells (OVCs) and small hepatocytes, are involved in the process of liver regeneration as they differentiated into premature liver cells. However, the origination of oval cells as well as its differentiation property is not quite understood. In this study, we isolated a novel potential liver progenitor cells, namely small round cells (SRCs). The cellular features of the cells such as morphological appearance, surface marker, growth curve, and differentiation induced by DMSO were analyzed. SRCs and OVCs were obtained by using discontinuous digestions and isopyknic centrifugation, respectively. With non-radioactive measurement of MTT, the cell growth was assayed. Meanwhile, SRCs were stained with antibodies against CK19, ALB and AFP antibody to characterize their tissue-specificities. The results showed that SRCs appeared in round-shaped, but irregular in size. The nuclei of SRCs were relative small with rich nucleolus visible. SRCs were semi-floated during primary culture. Even cultured in F12:DMEM (1:1) mixed-medium supplemented with 15% fetal calf serum, viability of the cells could merely be expanded over 7 days. SRCs were positively stained by CK19, ALB and AFP within initial 3 days. After DMSO stimulation, SRCs were not only morphologically changed into OVCs, but also expressed those markers identical to OVCs. It was suggested that SRCs could be considered as an potential candidate of liver progenitors which were related to OVCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"475-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Hong Cao, Zhen Zhang, Quan Hong Yao, Ri He Peng, Ai Sheng Xiong, Xian Li
{"title":"[Suppression of apple polyphenol oxidase by double-stranded RNA (RNAi)].","authors":"Yan Hong Cao, Zhen Zhang, Quan Hong Yao, Ri He Peng, Ai Sheng Xiong, Xian Li","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antisense and sense gene fragments (710 base pairs) of apple polyphenol oxidase (APPO) gene were obtained by RT-PCR amplification, using the total RNAs isolated from ripen apple fruit as the template. These two fragments were ligated with a 1000 bp spacer, YYT (crtW+crtY fusion) gene, which is relative to carotenoid synthesization in subcocci. The full-length 2446 bp-target gene was then inserted into plant binary vector pYPX145 to generate the recombinant plasmid pYF7704, which carried the expression unit, of APPO dsRNA. pYF7704 was transformed to apple (Malus x domestica) var. Red Fuji via agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated leaf disc transformation. With the selection of Karamycin and GUS detection assays, transgenic shoots of A PPO dsRNA were obtained. The results of FQ-RT-PCR indicated that APPO mRNA level was suppressed to 91.69% in transgenic shoots compared to wide shoots. The data suggested that dsRNAi technology on apple polyphenol oxidase is feasible to be utilized in transgenic shoots.</p>","PeriodicalId":77395,"journal":{"name":"Shi yan sheng wu xue bao","volume":"37 6","pages":"487-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25024050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}