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    18 December 2019, Volume 36 Issue 6 Previous Issue    Next Issue
    Gut virome in health and disease
    TAO Wan-yin, ZHU Shu
    2019, 36 (6):  1.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.001
    Abstract ( 647 )   PDF   Save

    Gut microbiota contains tens of trillions microbes, including bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses that resident in our intestinal tract. Extensive researches in recent years highlight that human physiology, metabolism, nutrition, immune function and central nerve system are influenced by gut microbiota. Gut microbiota dysbiosis, which refers to a profound imbalance in the intestinal microbiota, has been linked with many diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, neural disorder disease and cancer. The majority of studies to date, however, have been focused on the influence of gut commensal bacteria. Recently, a growing number of evidences indicate that gut virome plays a fundamental role in our health and disease as well. The human gut virome is composed of a diverse collection of single strand or double strand, DNA or RNA viruses, such as phages that infect bacteria or archaea, eukaryotic viruses that able to replicate in human cells, food-derived plant or animal viruses, as well as endogenous retrovirus elements that integrated in our genome. As sequencing data continually accumulated, it is clear that there are huge amount of viruses harboring in human intestine. Each individual person harbors unique and dynamic gut virome. Emerging data indicate that enteric viruses regulate, and are in turn regulated by other microbes through a series of processes termed "transkingdom interactions". Despite recent rapid advances, there are still major gaps in understanding the biological function and detailed mechanism of gut virome. Although still technically challenge, more functional studies are necessary to understand how gut virome interact with host in addition to association studies. Here we summarize some of the most recent progresses on gut virome in health and disease. Meanwhile we also highlight current challenges and discuss future direction in the field.


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    Cloning and expression analysis of a amino acid permease gene (DoAAP2) in the Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo #br#
    LIU Chu-qi, HU Rui, WANG Wan-jun
    2019, 36 (6):  6.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.006
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    Amino acid permease 2 (DoAAP2) in Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo was achieved by RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) and nested PCR technologies. DoAAP2 contained 1772 bp nucleotides with a putative open reading frame encoding 493 amino acid residues with a Aa trans domain. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the DOAAP2 had the closest relation with orchidaceae mono cotyledon plants such as Phalaenopsis equestris and Apostasia shenzhenica. Results of real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) showed high expression levels of DoAAP2 in leaves and stems, and subcellular localization analysis of bioinformatics prediction showed the product played a major role in the chloroplast thylakoid membrane, suggested that the protein might be involved in photosynthesis. During the development of the protocorm, the expression of primary meristem formation (P3), apical meristem formation (P4) and root meristem formation (P7) was high, indicating that the gene plays an important role in the development of root and stem of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo.


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    Construction, identification and functional study of the eukaryotic expression vector of rotavirus NSP5 
    CHEN Lin-lin, ZHOU Yan, LIN Xiao-chen, DU Jing, LIU Yang, WANG Yi, LI Hong-jun
    2019, 36 (6):  12.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.012
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    This study focused on the effect of Rotavirus (RV) non-structural protein 5 (NSP5) on RV replication in vitro. After the construction of eukaryotic expression vector for expressing recombinant protein NSP5 specifically based on pEGFP-N2, the recombinant plasmid was transfected into MA104 cells. The expression of NSP5 at different time was detected by Immunofluorescence and Western Blot respectively. Subsequently, the RV replication and the migration of NSP5 based on the distribution of GFP were confirmed by fluorescence observation when MA104 cells were transfected with recombinant plasmid and empty plasmid infected with the same dose of RV. The recombinant plasmid expressed the strongest at 48 h post transfection in MA104 cells. Moreover, the location of recombinant protein NSP5 changed from dispersion to aggregation because of RV infection, and RV replication in the cells transfected with pEGFP-N2-NSP5 was significantly higher than in the control cells. In this study, the NSP5 could promote RV replication, which provides theoretical basis for further study on RV infection, replication and pathogenesis.


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    CRISPR/Cas9-mediated tnaA knockout in Escherichia coli 
    HE Jing-hua, LE Ke-yi
    2019, 36 (6):  17.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.017
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    In Escherichia coli, tnaA gene encodes tryptophanase and it′s inactivation contributes to the L-tryptophan accumulation in E.coli. In the present study, CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology was used to knockout the tnaA gene of E.coli. Sequence targeted by CRISPR/Cas9 was designed and gRNA expression plasmid was constructed. Donor DNA for homologous repair was constructed. Donor DNA, gRNA expression plasmid and pCas plasmid co-constituted the CRISPR/Csa9 system. This system was performed on E.coli w3110-Δ. PCR and sequencing results confirmed the successful knockout of tnaA gene with the knockout efficiency of 75%. In conclusion, CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout system for E.coli tnaA gene was successfully established, which would provide an effective tool for strain construction for L-tryptophan production.


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    Screening of host proteins interacting with encephalomyocarditis virus capsid proteins 
    XIE Jing-ying, DENG Ying-ying, HAN Yu-mei, ZHANG Hai-xia, LI Xiang-rong, LI Qiong-yi, FENG Ruo-fei
    2019, 36 (6):  20.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.020
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    In order to investigate the biological function of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) capsid protein VP1, VP2 and VP3 in virus infection. Capsid proteins were constructed as baits to screen the cDNA library of BHK-21 cells by Dual hunter yeast two-hybrid system. 24 proteins have been identified to interact with EMCV proteins. Through bioinformatics analysis, it was found that its functions include binding, catalytic activity, transporter activity and structural molecule activity. They were involved in a series of biological processes, such as biological regulation, cellular component organization or biogenesis, metabolic process, developmental process, localization and response to stimulus. The possible roles of these proteins in viral replication were analyzed with reference to literatures, which may provide reference for further study of EMCV infection.


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    The effects of PLAC8 knockout on proliferation of human embryonic kidney cell line 293T
    QIN Xu-hui, MA Li-qun, OUYANG Cong, WANG Hai-xia, PU Yi-zhi, XUE Lu
    2019, 36 (6):  25.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.025
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    In order to construct Placenta special gene 8 (PLAC8) knockout human embryonic kidney cell line (293T) and detect the effect of PLAC8 knockout on cell proliferation, based on CRISPR/Cas9 and flow cytometry technology, a PLAC8 knockout 293T cell line was constructed. Edited cells were screened by genome sequencing and T7E1 enzyme digestion. The total protein of the selected cells was extracted to measure the efficiency of editing by Western Blot. Furthermore, cell survival experiment (MTT assay) was employed to measure the effect of PLAC8 knockout on cell proliferation. Meanwhile, the expression levels of the proliferation-related genes in PLAC8 knockout 293T cells were detected via Western Blot. In conclusion, we successfully constructed PLAC8-knockout cell line. Compared with wildtype 293T, knockout of PLAC8 could inhibit cell proliferation. The decreased cell proliferation was associated with the reduced expression of AKT and C-MYC and increased expression of RAF-1 and ERK2, which indicated that PLAC8 might regulate cell proliferation via AKT and RAF-1-ERK2-C-MYC cascade signal pathway


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    Bioinformatic analysis of human RPS6KA3 gene and protein
    TANG Guai, YANG Yue, ZHU Jia-jia, LONG Ding-xin
    2019, 36 (6):  30.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.030
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    Ribosomal protein S6 kinase A3 (RPS6KA3) has Serine/Threonine kinase activity that plays an important role in the body′s physiological processes. In order to study the nature and function of gene RPS6KA3, bioinformatics analysis of its gene sequence and the structure and properties of its encoded protein was analyzed by a series of bioinformatics analysis software in this paper. The results showed that the human RPS6KA3 gene encoded a polypeptide comprised of 740 amino acids residues, which was highly conserved in the evolutionary process and belonged to the PKc_like super family. It was an unstable and water-soluble protein with isoelectric point of 6.41 without signal peptide sequence and trans-membrane region detected in this protein. It was mainly located in the cytoplasm, and the main secondary structure elements were alpha helix structure with several phosphorylation sites. Interactive proteins with RPS6KA3 were mainly proteins associated with MAPK and mTOR signaling pathway and protein synthesis. Our results could provide important messages for further studing on the function of RPS6KA3 in the life process


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    Cloning and characterization of a lectin from Arisaema heterophyllum Blume 
    LI Sheng, ZHAO De-rui, ZHANG Sheng-xiang, SHI Yuan-yuan, YANG Qing-shan, WANG Chen-kai, SHAN Chun-miao, WU Jia-wen
    2019, 36 (6):  36.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.036
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    The open reading frame (ORF) of the lectin gene(Ahltn) was cloned from Arisaema heterophyllum Blume and the chief characteristic and structure of the coding protein was analyzed by bioinformatics tools. RNA was extracted from Arisaema heterophyllum Blume, and mRNA was purified and reverse-transcribed into cDNA. The target gene fragments were amplified by PCR and subcloned into pMD19-T vectors, and then transformed into E. coli competent cells. The recombinant plasmids were identified by PCR and further comfirmed by DNA sequencing. Moreover, we analyzed the physicochemical properties, homologous proteins and evolution, secondary structures and three dimensional structures of the AhLTN proteins by using bioinformatics softwares. The Ahltn full length ORF was successfully cloned, which was 561 base pair in length, encoding 186 amino acids. AhLTN was a stable dimer, which was assembled by “C-terminal β-sheet exchange”. Each subunit contained 11 β-sheets, showing a “a triangular prism” type. Three conserved tryptophan located in the center of the three dimensional structure, which constituted the hydrophobic region to keep the stable structure. Bioinformatics analysis showed that AhLTN had the closest relationship to that of Dendrobium catenatum. This paper will provide the basis for the further function study of Ahltn gene and AhLTN protein.


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    Prokaryotic expression and bioactivity analysis of IL-1β in swamp eel #br#
    College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou , China
    2019, 36 (6):  42.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.042
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    IL-1β plays crucial roles in mediating immune regulatory and inflammatory responses. In order to investigate the biological function of swamp eel IL-1β, gene-specific primers were synthesized and used for amplifying the cDNA fragments. Subsequently, the purified fragments were subcloned into pET-28a. The recombinant vector was sequenced and transformed into BL21(DE3). In addition, a recombinant strain was induced with IPTG and then Ni-NTA affinity chromatography was performed to isolate the rIL-1β protein. Moreover, SDS-PAGE and Western blotting were carried out to analyze the recombinant protein. Finally, qRT-PCR was performed to investigate the effects on expression of several genes in liver after intraperitoneal injection of rIL-1β at a dose of 2 μg/kg. Results displayed that the prokaryotic expression vector was successfully constructed as well as rIL-1β protein was efficiently isolated with obvious activity. Intraperitoneal injection of rIL-1β upgraded the expression of IL-1β and NF-κB and inhibited the expression of AKR and Nrf2 in liver of swamp eel. All above results provided us a good opportunity to further our study on the function of fish IL-1β in immune system.


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    Effects of kisspeptin and N-carbamylgulamate on GnRH secretion in GT1-7 cells #br#
    ENG Tao, WEI Shang-li, XU Xiao-ling, BAI Jia-hua, XIAO Yin-xia, ZHENG Chen, TIAN Jian-hui, LIU Yan
    2019, 36 (6):  47.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.047
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    GT1-7 cell line is an ideal model to research GnRH secretion in vitro. In order to reveal the effects of kisspeptin and/or N-carbamylgulamate (NCG) on GnRH secretion, GT1-7 cells were used to evaluate the effect of kisspeptin and NCG alone or co-culture on cell proliferation and GnRH secretion. The results showed that either kisspeptin-10 or NCG could improve GT1-7 cell proliferation, co-culture with kisspeptin-10 and NCG presented a synergistic effect on cell number. Kisspeptin-10 challenge could stimulate GnRH secretion, but NCG showed an opposite effect. However, co-culture with kisspeptin-10 and NCG could compensate the decrease of GnRH secretion treated with NCG, under certain concentration of kisspeptin-10, NCG showed a dose-dependent increase of GnRH secretion. This work demonstrated the effects of kisspeptin and NCG on increasing GnRH secretion.


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    Effect of acute di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate(DEHP)exposure on gene expression involved in inflammatory response in juvenileyellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) 
    ZHANG Mu-zi, YUAN Li-xia, LI Ming, WANG Ri-xin
    2019, 36 (6):  51.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.051
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    A study was carried out to test the effects of acute di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) exposure on gene expression involved in inflammation response of yellow catfish. Fish (1.80 ± 0.20)g was randomly allocate triplicated to 3 groups for 96 h DEHP exposure. In medium and high DEHP concentration groups, the mRNA expression of TNF and IL 8 increased significantly at 24 h, then decreased. However, the mRNA expression of IFN decreased significantly in high concentration group. Fish in high concentration DEHP group had greater TNF mRNA expression than other groups at 12 h, but the highest mRNA expression of IL 8 and IFN was found in medium concentration group. Fish in medium concentration group had higher mRNA expression of TNF, IFN and IL 8 than fish in high concentration group at 24, 48 and 96 h. The results showed the gene expression involved in inflammatory response was dosage-depended with DEHP exposure, and low DEHP exposure up-regulated the gene expression involved in inflammatory response, but high DEHP exposure inhibited the gene expression.


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    Study on peroxidase isoenzymes in 23 cultivars of Pisum sativum L. 
    WANG Cui-ling, YANG Xiao-ming, WANG Wang-tian, ZHOU Wei-dong
    2019, 36 (6):  55.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.055
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    Peroxidase isozymes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) from arious geographical origins were analyzed using native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Based on the zymography characteristics of cultivars tested,similarity coefficient and phylogenetic relationships among pea (Pisum sativum L.) were obtained. The results showed that there were differences in band number, the enzyme content, enzyme activity of peroxidase isoenzymes from 23 pea cultivars. A total of 161 peroxidase bands and 14 types were observed and two major enzymes were presented. There were significant differences in band number among the cultivars, with the largest number being 8 and smallest 5, and Rf value ranging from 0.13 to 0.83.The genetic similarity of 23 pea cultivars was between 0.33-0.97. The analysis of zymography bands cluster showed that 23 pea cultivars could be divided into five groups. As the result, a certain correlation was observed between the classification result, the geographic location and source of the cultivars. Specifically,No.3 and No.17 were nearest to each other as the case of No.8 and No.16; No.12 and No.13, and No.6 was farthest to all the other cultivars.


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    Variation patterns of leaf pigments of an evergreen garden  plant Cinnamomum camphora in urban area 
    LYU Dan, WU Gan-lin, QIU Dong, TAO Ye
    2019, 36 (6):  59.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.059
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    To discuss the effects of season, habitat and canopy orientation on leaf pigments of evergreen garden plants in urban area, the garden plant Cinnamomum camphora was chosen as the target in seven habitats in Anqing City, Anhui Province, the leaf samples in both south and north sides of plant canopies in summer and winter respectively in 2016, and then the leaf chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents were determined. The three-way ANOVA indicated that season showed largest impact on leaf pigment contents, following by habitat, whereas the canopy orientation and its interaction with other factors represented weak impact. The leaf pigment contents and chlorophyll a/b in winter both showed lower values than that in summer, while leaf pigment indices varied in habitats, indicating non-obvious regularity. The correlation analysis presented that soil total nitrogen and phosphorus, and available nitrogen and phosphorus showed significant effect on leaf pigment in winter, but the soil factors had no obvious impact on leaf pigment in summer. The influences of habitat on leaf pigments of C. camphora presented different effects varied with seasons.


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    Improvement of distillers grains quality by Ganoderma sp. X1under solid-state fermentation #br#
    PEI Jiu-wen, FANG Yong, GAO Xue-zhi, XIE Guo-pai, FANG Wei, FANG Ze-min
    2019, 36 (6):  64.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.064
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    tDistillers grains can be used as the feed for animals because of the rich nutrients. However, the lignin in distillers grains inhibits their utilization by animals. In this study, the conditions for lignin degradation by Ganoderma sp. X1 under solid-state fermentation were optimized, including moisture, temperature and inoculation volume of strain. The results of orthogonal experiments showed that the optimum conditions for Ganoderma sp. X1 to degrade lignin were 75% moisture content, 10% inoculation volume, and at 28 ℃. After incubating for 15 days, the degradation rate of lignin in distillers′ grains was up to 47.10%, and the crude protein increased from 11.41% to 17.30%. The effect of wheat bran on lignin degradation of distillers grains by Ganoderma sp. X1 was further studied using the single factor strategy. After fermentation for 10 days, the lignin degradation rate reached 46.36% and the crude protein increased to 24.80% when the proportion of distillers grains: wheat bran was 5∶ 5. These results showed that addition of wheat bran could shorten the fermentation time and improve the quality of distillers grains as the feed for animals.


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    Research progress of Lrp family transcriptional regulators
    KE Mei-lan, WU Hang, ZHANG Bu-chang
    2019, 36 (6):  69.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.069
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    Leucine responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) is an important transcriptional regulator in prokaryotes, which is mainly composed of conserved N-terminal DNA binding domain and C-terminal domain responding ligand, and it is widely distributed in bacteria and archaea. The C-terminal can respond to some small molecular compounds besides amino acids, and converts signals into responses by fine-tuning the spatial distribution of DNA binding domains, conformation and oligomerization of protein. Lrp can be a global or local transcription regulator to control amino acid metabolism, pili formation, heavy metal transport, polypeptide transportation, energy metabolism and other important physiological processes in microorganisms. It can also act as a "feast/famine" regulatory protein to assist microorganisms to adapt to the changeable environment. Recently, it has been found that Lrp in Actinomycetes has a universal regulation effect on antibiotic biosynthesis. In this paper, the distribution, structural characteristics, ligand categories and response modes, regulatory mechanisms, and biological functions of Lrp in bacteria and archaea were comprehensively and systematically elaborated in order to provide guidance for further study of the molecular mechanism of Lrp.


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    Advances of benzimidazole derivatives on the function of antitumors and the mechanism 
    DING Ru-ru, TENG Meng-ting, HU Jia-ying, ZHANG Peng
    2019, 36 (6):  74.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.074
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    Benzimidazole plays an important role in biomedicine because of its excellent heterocyclic system. Many researchers all over the world have synthesized many substituted benzimidazoles with multiple biological activities. In this paper, we collected the literatures on the synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives with antitumor activity in recent years. The main anti-tumor targets such as topoisomerase, PARP, tubulin, G-quadruplex DNA and CK2 protein kinase were introduced. Additionally, the structure-activity relationship of benzimidazole derivatives under different targets was carried out. For example, the methyl substituent at benzimidazole ring increased lipophilicity of the studied compounds and enhanced ability of those compounds to intracellular penetration bringing about higher antitumor. Electron withdrawing groups (F, Cl) on the phenyl ring also enhanced antitumor effect. Our aim is to provide a theoretical basis for the synthesis of novel low toxicity benzimidazole antitumor drugs.


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    Role of annexin A2 in virus infection
    LI Qiong-yi, ZHAO Ke-xue, LIANG Hao-qin, FENG Ruo-fei
    2019, 36 (6):  79.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.079
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    Annexin A2(ANXA2)belongs to a family of proteins characterized by their Ca2+-dependent binding to phospholipids. ANXA2 orchestrates many multiple biologic processes and clinical associations. More and more evidences identified that ANXA2 is an important host factor of several viruses at different stages of their life cycle. In this review, the relationship between ANXA2 and different virus infections and its contribution to virus life ceyle was summarized.


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    Regulation of hyperlipidemia by LKB1-AMPKα signal transduction pathway in animals 
    MING Peng-fei, HUANG Ying-ying, DONG Yan-li, WANG Xi-chun, WU Jin-jie, LI Yu
    2019, 36 (6):  82.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.082
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    Hyperlipidemia in animals refers to the disorder of plasma lipid metabolism in the body, mainly including the increase of plasma total cholesterol, triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, as well as the decrease of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The hyperlipidemia in animals can lead to the disorders of lipid metabolism, which in turn leads to the occurrence and development of metabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. LKB1-AMPKα signaling pathway plays an important role in the regulation of hyperlipidemia in animals. AMPK is a serine/threonine kinase, which is called “cell energy monitor”, LKB1 is the upstream kinase of AMPK, LKB1 and AMPKα interact and co-regulate the hyperlipidemia. Therefore, clarifying the upstream and downstream signaling pathways of LKB1 and AMPK interactions may become a new target for treatment of metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia. This article reviews the role of LKB1-AMPKα signaling pathways in the development and progression of hyperlipidemia, and the aims are to provide theoretical support for further research on the regulation mechanism of signaling transduction pathways associated with hyperlipidemia in animals.


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    Research advances in salt tolerance and adaptability of strand halo-tolerant plants in morphology and physiology 
    WANG Hong-xin, LUO Juan, LI Xiang-lin
    2019, 36 (6):  86.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.086
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    The seashore is the frontier line between land and sea. It mainly consists of intertidal zone and supratidal zone and has unique land and sea property and is typical fragile area of ecology. The seashore ecosystem is one of the ecosystems with the highest service function per unit area in the world. Salt tolerance of strand halo-tolerant plants is of great significance to the structure and function of coastal ecosystems and to the maintenance of the total biological resources in the region. At present, plant tolerance to salt stress is a hot topic in the research of biological stress resistance. This paper summarized the salt tolerance of strand halo-tolerant plants and their adaptability in morphology and physiology. The plastic response of strand halo-tolerant plants to salt tolerance was analyzed in biomass accumulation, leaf, stem, root anatomical structure, root architecture, carbohydrate allocation, nutrient utilization, antioxidant system-associated indicator, ontogenesis, molecular mechanisms related to salt tolerance of strand halo-tolerant plants and expounded the symbiosis between strand halo-tolerant plants and Rhizosphere microorganisms. The relationship and the evaluation of plant salt tolerance in seashore were discussed. Finally, the problems in the study of plant salt tolerance in seashore were analyzed, and the future research directions were prospected.


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    Research progress in application of algae materials for  removal of dyes in wastewater 
    WU Xi-ran, HUANG Qing
    2019, 36 (6):  90.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.090
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    This article presents the review on the main methods, mechanisms, advantages and problems of removal of dye using algae, focusing on the mechanisms of adsorption and degradation of dyes. The direct and indirect ways of using algal biomass and material are discussed, together with their corresponding scopes and optimal conditions of application. We also discuss the various physical and chemical parameters which affect the efficiency of dye removal, and especially concern the treatment of wastewater containing azo-dyes and the preparation of active carbon using algal residues. Finally, we also point out the problems existing in the field, propose some new ideas and schemes for improving treatment efficiency by combining other physical, chemical and biological techniques, and look forward to the future development direction for the application of algal technology in treatment of dye-containing wastewater. This work may thus provide a useful guidance for further promoting the algal technology and its practical applications.


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    An exploration on the method of measuring light compensation point of coral holobiont with microelectrode 
    YANG Qing-song, ZHANG Yan-ying, ZHANG Ying, ZHOU Wei-guo, LING Juan, LIN Xian-cheng, SHENG Hua-xia, DONG Jun-de
    2019, 36 (6):  96.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.096
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    The coral holobiont is a complex system containing the coral polyp and its symbiotic zooxanthellae. Zooxanthellae provides an important source of energy for coral polyps through photosynthesis. The light compensation point of coral holobiont can indicate the light adaptability of coral, and it is an important photosynthetic characteristic index. However, the measurement of light compensation points of the coral holobiont was little reported. Here we reported a method for determining the light compensation point of coral holobiont. According to the theory of diffusion equilibrium, the light compensation point of coral Pocillopora damicornis was determined by using dissolved oxygen microelectrode combined with light intensity adjustable light source. Our results showed that the concentration of dissolved oxygen in coral diffusion boundary layer responded rapidly to the change of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The concentration of dissolved oxygen in coral diffusion boundary layer was highly correlated with the PAR,and higher correlation coefficient was achieved in the process of PAR decreasing. The light compensation point of the coral P. damicornis was 1.52 μE/m2/s, which was equivalent to those of shade-tolerant plants. A relatively low light compensation point allowed coral P. damicornis to inhabit a wider range of water depths, which expanded the habitat of coral. The dissolved oxygen microelectrode related techniques and methods had a wide application prospect in the research of coral holobiont photosynthesis.


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    Filter paper surface modification via HRP-induced RAFT grafting polymerization 
    WANG Wen-yan, YU Yuan-yuan, WANG Ping, WANG Qiang, YUAN Jiu-gang, BAO Xue-ming
    2019, 36 (6):  100.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.100
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    HRP/acetylacetone (ACAC)/H2O2 system was used to initiate reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) graft polymerization on the surface of filter paper for grafting polymerization of methyl acrylate. The RAFT chain transfer agent, 2-(dodecyltrithiocarbonate)-2-methylpropionic acid (DDMAT), was grafted onto the surface of the filter paper by esterification reaction to prepare DDMAT-filter paper. Methyl acrylate was graft polymerized on the surface of DDMAT-filter paper via HRP/ACAC/H2O2 ternary system. The results of ATR-FTIR indicated that DDMAT and methyl acrylate were successfully grafted on the structure filter paper. XPS results showed that the content of S element and the content of carbon-oxygen double bond on the modified filter paper increased, which further proved that the surface of the modified filter paper contained DDMAT and methyl acrylate. The wettability test results showed that the filter paper had a certain hydrophobicity after grafting the RAFT agent, and the hydrophobicity was improved after graft polymerization of methyl acrylate.


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    Reform practice of blending teaching and learning model in course of biochemistry and molecular biology 
    CAI Rong, WANG Jia-min, MEI Wen-han
    2019, 36 (6):  105.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.105
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    Based on the reform practice of blending teaching and learning model in our School of Medicine, here we summarized and discussed the design idea, evaluation method, teaching effectiveness, question feedback and solution, on the course of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, one of medical preparatory courses for the eight-year Master-Doctor students majored in clinical medicine. Hence, this article aims to provide references and experiences for our education in the future.


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    Reflection in practical teaching reform of bioengineering  major of local undergraduate universities 
    CAO Li, JIAO Yang, HAO Jun-yuan, GAO Hui-juan, CUI Wei
    2019, 36 (6):  108.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.108
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    Practice teaching plays an important role in the talent training system of undergraduate colleges and universities, which is related to the quality of undergraduate education. Based on the practical teaching practice of biological engineering major in our university for many years, the problems existing in the practical teaching of bioengineering specialty were analyzed, and some aspects of effective reform and exploration were proposed such as the development of training scheme, the construction of teachers′ team, the discipline competition, the teaching model, the construction of professional practice, supervision and evaluation of practical teaching, the establishment of tracking feedback mechanism, and so on. The practical and innovational ability of students majored in bioengineering in Hexi University was improved to meet the needs of the development of bioengineering industry.


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    Study on the teaching reform of cell biology
    DING Jie
    2019, 36 (6):  112.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.112
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    Cell biology is the science of studying the morphology and life activity of cells, and is also an important branch of life science. It is a compulsory basic course in life science. The meaning given by Quality Education is simple to get knowledge from the class, little processing is gradually shifted to the students in the classroom to selectively absorb knowledge, integrate and reconstruct the transition of subject knowledge architecture, and thus, the classroom teaching mode also transform accordingly from the "teacher-oriented " to "student-oriented." This paper has discussed and explored teaching mode from different aspects, such as change from focusing on teaching to learning; convert from internal class lessons to combining internal and external class lessons and change from results-based evaluation to combining results and comprehensive process evaluation.


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    Construction and teaching reform for the course of gene engineering based on the cultivation of applied talents 
    XU Chong-bo, PENG Ling, LIU Bo-ting
    2019, 36 (6):  115.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.115
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    Gene engineering is the main course of biological technology and biological engineering specialities. It is urgent need of solving a problem to construct teaching system for the course of gene engineering which it appropriates for the cultivation of applied talents. We construct the main thread of gene engineering teaching system in view of technological route of research and development of gene engineering subunit vaccine. We develop the course construction and educational reform on optimizing course teaching content, strengthening the cultivation of practical ability, improving teaching methods and examination way. We pay attention to cultivating the ability of student′s self-learning and solving problems. Its aim is to increase the whole level of the course construction and meeting the cultivational demands of high quality applied talents.


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    The reform and practice on the zoology teaching based on the cultivation of innovative ability 
    JIANG Ting-lei, SONG Chuan-tao, WU Hui, WANG Yong, FENG Jiang
    2019, 36 (6):  118.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.118
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    Zoology is the professional basic course of ecology, biological science, environmental science and other related disciplines in our school. In the context of ecological civilization construction, it is necessary for zoology teachers to think how to cultivate highly-level innovative talents and ensure that they can carry out missions of protection on animal diversity. Here, through the analysis of the current status of basic theory, experiment and outdoor practice teaching in zoology, according to the characteristics of zoology courses, combined with the long teaching experience, we explored and reformed the teaching system, teaching contents, methods and examine. The results showed that the reformation stimulates the learning interests of students, improves teaching efficiency and cultivates the capacity for scientific research of students


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    Practice and analysis of the bilingual education of microbiology 
    DING Dong, XIE Zhan-ling
    2019, 36 (6):  121.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.121
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    Bilingual education is an effective method for teaching microbiology. Based on the feature of college and the problem in bilingual education, the pattern, which consisted of rational ratio of English, diversity of teaching method, multiple choices of learning material, multi-orientation of multimedia courseware and correct guidance with research project, was proposed. Promoted by this system, the achievement was remarkable and reached the requirement of reformation.


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    How to organize discussions on hot social topics in the course of biology teaching in universities
    PANG Xiao-yan, SHI Jian-xin, QIAO Zhong-dong
    2019, 36 (6):  124.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.124
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    Organizing scientific discussions on hot social issues in class is an important process to train university students′ rational thinking and to master a more comprehensive knowledge system. Based on our teaching experience, we developed a three-step discussion methodology. Firstly, we raised the questions through general discussion. Secondly, we guided students to read related literatures, and to draw scientific conclusions after a further in-depth debate. Thirdly, we took students to visit the related popular science education base to strengthen the conclusion from two rounds′ discussions. Such an approach will improve students′ ability to understand social issues comprehensively and to express their views scientifically.
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    JIN Ying-shan, HOU Ting-ting, YIN Bao-fa, JIN Yin-gen, PAN Zhi-ming
    2019, 36 (6):  127.  doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2019.06.127
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    In order to better construct, perfect and apply the blended curriculum in universities, this study used Botany (Plant stem) course as an example to design and implement blended learning. t-test was used to analyze learning behavior, learning outcomes, and survey data. Results showed that blended teaching improves students′ academic performance and classroom atmosphere, and students′ satisfaction and acceptance with blended curriculum were high.


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