利用 S-层蛋白CTC在苏云金芽胞杆菌细胞表面展示鸡毒霉形体粘附素蛋白

利用苏云金芽胞杆菌S-层蛋白CTC表面展示系统研究在细胞表面展示鸡毒霉形体粘附素蛋白PMGA1.2的可行性及其免疫原性,为研制能常温长期保藏和运输的禽用口服疫苗奠定基础.用部分pmga1.2基因(pmga1.2p)代替S-层蛋白ctc基因中部且位于表面锚定序列slh下游的片段,构建了2个融合基因ctc-pmga1.2p和csa-ctc-pmga1.2p(csa表csaAB操纵元,其与S-层蛋白牢固地锚定到细胞表面密切相关);将含融合基因的重组质粒电转化入苏云金芽胞杆菌无质粒突变株BMB171中,获得了2个重组菌株BCCG(含ctc-pmga1.2p和携带csaAB操纵元的质粒)和CG(含csa-ctc-pmga1.2p).血凝和血凝抑制试验结果显示,2个重组菌株均成功地在细胞表面展示了重组蛋白PMGA1.2P;小鼠免疫学实验证实,2个重组菌株所展示的重组蛋白均具有免疫原性,其中,重组菌株CG的免疫效果优于BCCG.结果表明,苏云金芽胞杆菌S-层蛋白CTC表面展示系统可被用来研制热稳定性禽用口服疫苗.     

生物检测标志物和分析方法

有四种分子水平的生物检测标志物在当前研究环境因素－基因变异－疾病之间相关性的分子生物学领域中起着重要的作用，它们是生物大分子样品的ＤＮＡ加合物，蛋白质加合物、８－羟基脱氧鸟苷、生物排泄筘的烷基化脱氧嘌呤，因为ＤＮＡ的特殊作用，ＤＮＡ加合物作为生物标志物倍受重视，ＤＮＡ加合物的分析方法有荧光法（灵敏度达１加合物／１０＾５－６正常核酸），免疫法（灵敏度达１加合物／１０＾６－８正常核酸），＾３２Ｐ后标记     

Unpacking pathways to diversified livelihoods from projects in Pacific Island coastal fisheries

Livelihood diversification has become an integral focus of policies and investments aiming to reduce poverty, vulnerability, and pressure on fishery resources in coastal communities around the globe. In this regard, coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands have long been a sector where livelihood diversification has featured prominently. Yet, despite the widespread promotion and international investment in this strategy, the ability of externally funded livelihood diversification projects to facilitate improved resource management and rural development outcomes often remains inconsistent. We argue these inconsistencies can be attributed to a conceptual ambiguity stemming from a lack of attention and awareness to the complexity of livelihood diversification. There is still much to learn about the process of livelihood diversification, both in its theoretical conceptualizations and its practical applications. Herein, we utilize a common diversity framework to clarify some of this ambiguity by distinguishing three diversification pathways. These pathways are illustrated using an ideal–typical Pacific Island coastal household and supported by examples provided in the literature that detail livelihood diversification projects in the Pacific. Through this perspective, we seek a more nuanced understanding of what is meant within the policy and practice goal of livelihood diversification. Thereby enabling more targeted and deliberate planning for development investments that facilitates outcomes in support of sustainable livelihoods.     

活性污泥胞外聚合物中蛋白质的探针分析方法

应用微相吸附-光谱修正技术(Microsurface adsorption-spectral correction,简称MSASC),利用刚果红(Congo Red,简称CR)探针测定了活性污泥胞外聚合物(Extracellular polymeric substances,简称EPS)中蛋白质(Protein)的含量,与常用的Folin酚法比较,结果一致,蛋白加标回收率为94.5%～107.1%,相对标准偏差(RSD)＜4.5%.对反应机理的分析和产物结合常数的计算结果表明,在pH 2.21时CR-Protein作用符合Langmuir单分子层吸附理论,产物的结合比79∶1,结合常数K=2.17×106,聚集形式为Protein·CR79,摩尔吸收系数ε664r=8.50×105L·mol-1·cm-1.     

Phytotoxicity of cadmium on protein, proline and antioxidant enzyme activities in growing Arachis hypogaea L. seedlings

Phytotoxicity of cadmium on growing Arachis hypogaea L. seedlings was studied. Seeds were exposed to 25, 50, and 100 μmol/L CdCl2 concentrations, for a period of 10, 15, 20 and 25 d. The extent of damage to chlorophyll, protein, proline, nitrate and nitrite reductase, antioxidant enzyme activity in leaves and roots were evaluated after 10 d of cadmium stress. The higher concentration of cadmium （100 μmol/L） resulted （leaves and roots） total chlorophyll 91.01%, protein 79.51%, 83.61%, nitrate reductase 79.39%, 80.72% and nitrite reductase 77.07%, 75.88% activity decreased with increase in cadmium concentrations and exposure periods. Cadmium caused significant changes in the activity of antioxidative enzymes. Contrastingly Cd treated plant tissues showed an increase in proline 159.87%, 239.6%, gluthion reductase （GR） 337.72%, 306.14%, superoxide disumutase （SOD） 688.56%, 381.72%, ascorbate peroxidase （APX） 226.47%, 252.14%, peroxidase （POD） 72.19%, 60.29% and catalase （CAT） 228.96%, 214.74% as compared to control. Cadmium stress caused a significant increase in the rate of SOD activity in leaves and roots of plant species. Results show the crop A. hypogaea is highly sensitive even at very low cadmium concentrations.     

Effect of TRF1 rs3863242 polymorphism on telomere length in omethoate-exposed workers

Abstract

Telomere length was found to be associated with omethoate exposure and polymorphisms in certain genes among occupational workers. However, whether the polymorphisms in telomere-binding protein genes influence telomere length remains unclear. To explore the correlation between telomere length and polymorphisms in telomere-binding protein genes, telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes was determined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 180 omethoate-exposed workers and 115 healthy controls. Polymorphisms in 10 pairs of alleles were detected using flight mass spectrometry or polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. The results showed that individuals with GG genotype in TRF1 rs3863242 had longer telomere lengths than those with AG?+?AA genotype in the control group (p?=?0.005). The multiple regression analysis suggested that both omethoate exposure (b?=?0.526, p?<?0.001) and TRF1 rs3863242 GG (b?=?0.220, p?=?0.002) were related to a longer telomere length. In conclusion, GG genotype in TRF1 rs3863242 is linked to prolongation of telomere length, and individuals with GG genotype are recommended to strengthen health protection in a Chinese occupational omethoate-exposed population.     

Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments

Despite repeated calls to action, proposals for urban conservation are often met with surprise or scepticism. There remains a pervasive narrative in policy, practice, and the public psyche that urban environments, although useful for engaging people with nature or providing ecosystem services, are of little conservation value. We argue that the tendency to overlook the conservation value of urban environments stems from misconceptions about the ability of native species to persist within cities and towns and that this, in turn, hinders effective conservation action. However, recent scientific evidence shows that these assumptions do not always hold. Although it is generally true that increasing the size, quality, and connectivity of habitat patches will improve the probability that a species can persist, the inverse is not that small, degraded, or fragmented habitats found in urban environments are worthless. In light of these findings we propose updated messages that guide and inspire researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to undertake conservation action in urban environments: consider small spaces, recognize unconventional habitats, test creative solutions, and use science to minimize the impacts of future urban development.     

A case study of bats and white‐nose syndrome demonstrating how to model population viability with evolutionary effects

Ecological factors generally affect population viability on rapid time scales. Traditional population viability analyses (PVA) therefore focus on alleviating ecological pressures, discounting potential evolutionary impacts on individual phenotypes. Recent studies of evolutionary rescue (ER) focus on cases in which severe, environmentally induced population bottlenecks trigger a rapid evolutionary response that can potentially reverse demographic threats. ER models have focused on shifting genetics and resulting population recovery, but no one has explored how to incorporate those findings into PVA. We integrated ER into PVA to identify the critical decision interval for evolutionary rescue (DIER) under which targeted conservation action should be applied to buffer populations undergoing ER against extinction from stochastic events and to determine the most appropriate vital rate to target to promote population recovery. We applied this model to little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) affected by white‐nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease causing massive declines in several North American bat populations. Under the ER scenario, the model predicted that the DIER period for little brown bats was within 11 years of initial WNS emergence, after which they stabilized at a positive growth rate (λ = 1.05). By comparing our model results with population trajectories of multiple infected hibernacula across the WNS range, we concluded that ER is a potential explanation of observed little brown bat population trajectories across multiple hibernacula within the affected range. Our approach provides a tool that can be used by all managers to provide testable hypotheses regarding the occurrence of ER in declining populations, suggest empirical studies to better parameterize the population genetics and conservation‐relevant vital rates, and identify the DIER period during which management strategies will be most effective for species conservation.     

Selective cellular and molecular effects of beryllium on lymphocytes†

An involvement of the immune system has been implicated in many of the whole animal effects of beryllium (Be) and its compounds and thus lymphocytes are a relevant cell model to study some of the cellular and molecular actions of the metal. Recent results indicate micromolar concentrations of Be salts are weakly mitogenic to lymphocytes in vitro probably as a result of direct interactions with the cell membranes. Furthermore evidence has been obtained that high affinity lymphocyte Be‐binding may be predictive of the potential to express delayed Be hypersensitivity in vivo. Although sub mitogenic concentrations of Be salts may actually activate accessory (macrophage type) cells, concentrations normally mitogenic to lymphocytes were found to inhibit their proliferative response to accessory cell dependent mitogens as a result of a Be²⁺ concentration dependent destruction of the adherent cell population. Higher concentrations of Be salts proved cytostatic to lymphocytes possibly by the established property of intracellularly accumulated Be²⁺ to inhibit cell division. Lymphocyte proliferation can be related to increases in protein phosphoryl‐ation capacity which in vitro can be inhibited by Be²⁺ and preliminary evidence indicates that tyrosine phosphorylation may be particularly sensitive.     

十溴联苯醚降解菌的特性及功能蛋白初步分析

筛选获得了1株对十溴联苯醚(BDE-209)有较好降解效率的菌株,经16S rRNA基因序列分析,初步鉴定为铅黄肠球菌(Enterococcus casseliflavus).该株菌最适培养条件为培养基初始pH 7,培养时间48 h.E.casseliflavus对BDE-209有较好的降解效果,在含有5 mg·L-1葡萄糖的降解体系中,1 g·L-1菌体处理1 mg·L-1BDE-209,4 d时降解率达到最大(56.7%).SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳实验结果表明,在E.casseliflavus降解BDE-209的过程中,2 mg·L-1与5 mg·L-1的BDE-209可诱导菌体生成某类新的胞外蛋白,而胞内蛋白则随着BDE-209含量的增加,表现为蛋白表达量的增减以及受BDE-209抑制而不表达某些蛋白质.双向电泳实验结果检测到31个差异点,表明在降解时菌体中与降解相关的蛋白构象发生了变化,导致蛋白种类和含量变化.