柞蚕多角体病毒的纯化和鉴定

对柞蚕多角体病毒(ApNPV)的多角体颗粒进行了分离和纯化,并在显微镜下进行了形态观察．提取和纯化了柞蚕多角体病毒的基因组DNA,对DNA进行了部分限制性内切酶图谱鉴定．结果表明,在ApNPV基因组中只含少量的EcoRI位点,与家蚕核型多角体病毒差别很大,并提示这两种病毒的复制机制可能不同．图3参5。     

New approaches to study the preservation of biopolymers in fossil bones

Tissues of living organisms are usually rapidly degraded after death. Nonetheless, the shape of organisms can sometimes be preserved under specific palaeoconditions. So far, biopolymers have rarely been found to be preserved in fossils. Here we show that not only DNA but also lipids are preserved in 500,000 year-old fossil bones, thus providing information on their biological source. Moreover, we suggest that lipid preservation follows similar mechanisms as DNA preservation, since fatty acids and DNA were found preserved in fossils in a mineral matrix associated form.An erratum to this article can be found at     

Monohalogenated acetamide-induced cellular stress and genotoxicity are related to electrophilic softness and thiol/thiolate reactivity

Haloacetamides(HAMs) are cytotoxic, genotoxic, and mutagenic byproducts of drinking water disinfection. They are soft electrophilic compounds that form covalent bonds with the free thiol/thiolate in cysteine residues through an S_N2 reaction mechanism.Toxicity of the monohalogenated HAMs(iodoacetamide, IAM; bromoacetamide, BAM;or chloroacetamide, CAM) varied depending on the halogen substituent. The aim of this research was to investigate how the halogen atom affects the reactivity and toxicological properties of HAMs, measured as induction of oxidative/electrophilic stress response and genotoxicity. Additionally, we wanted to determine how well in silico estimates of electrophilic softness matched thiol/thiolate reactivity and in vitro toxicological endpoints.Each of the HAMs significantly induced nuclear Rad51 accumulation and ARE signaling activity compared to a negative control. The rank order of effect was IAM BAM CAM for Rad51, and BAM ≈ IAM CAM for ARE. In general, electrophilic softness and in chemico thiol/thiolate reactivity provided a qualitative indicator of toxicity, as the softer electrophiles IAM and BAM were more thiol/thiolate reactive and were more toxic than CAM.     

三种纳米金颗粒对聚合酶链式反应扩增效率和特异性的影响

比较了采用柠檬酸三钠(Trisodium citrate,Na3Ct)还原法、聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(Polyvinylpyrrolidone,PVP)包裹法和巯基丙酸-同型半胱氨酸(Mercaptopropionic Acid-Homocystine,MPA-HCys)包裹法制备的3种纳米金颗粒(Gold nanoparticles,AuNPs)对聚合酶链式反应(Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR)扩增效率及特异性的影响,以评估金纳米材料表面性质与DNA生物大分子之间的相互作用.实验结果显示,3种AuNPs均能显著提高PCR效率,它们提高PCR效率的能力依次为:Na3 Ct-AuNPs(12 nm)MPA-HCys-AuNPs(12 nm)PVP-AuNPs(4 nm),而且这种增强效应与其浓度和尺寸相关.相同实验条件下,具有相似尺寸大小的Na3Ct-AuNPs比MPA-HCys-AuNPs更能有效提高PCR效率,这说明AuNPs的表面性质也是影响PCR效率的重要因素之一.另外,3种AuNPs均能有效消除竞争性引物对PCR的抑制作用,并且这种作用与其浓度密切相关.上述研究结果表明,具有不同表面性质的3种AuNPs均能有效提高PCR效率和特异性,并且这种作用与其浓度、尺寸和表面性质密切相关.