Relationship between COPD and polymorphisms of HOX-1 and mEPH in a Chinese population

Recent studies have proposed that susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) might be related with the polymorphisms of some genes encoding antioxidant enzymes, such as heme oxygenase-1 (HOX-1) and microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEPH).

PCR survey of Hox genes in the goldfish Carassius auratus auratus

A tetraploidization event took place in the cyprinid lineage leading to goldfishes about 15 million years ago. A PCR survey for Hox genes in the goldfish Carassius auratus auratus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) was performed to assess the consequences of this genome duplication. Not surprisingly, the genomic organization of the Hox gene clusters of goldfish is similar to that of the closely related zebrafish (Danio rerio). However, the goldfish exhibits a much larger number of recent pseudogenes, which are characterized by indels. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that dosage effects cause selection pressure to rapidly silence crucial developmental regulators after a tetraploidization event.

鱼类特异的基因组复制

辐鳍鱼类是脊椎动物中种类最多、分布最广的类群,其基因组大小不等。过去的观点认为,在脊椎动物进化历程中曾发生了两次基因组复制。近期的系统基因组学研究资料进一步提出,在大约350百万年,辐鳍鱼还发生了第三次基因组复制,即鱼类特异的基因组复制(fish-specificgenomeduplication,FSGD),且发生的时间正处在“物种极度丰富”的硬骨鱼谱系(真骨总目)和“物种贫乏”的谱系(辐鳍鱼纲基部的类群)出现分歧的时间点,表明FSGD与硬骨鱼物种和生物多样性的增加有关。进一步开展鱼类比较基因组学和功能

铀酰化合物的结构

本文用HMPA、TBPO与LIO_2(NO_3)_2 6H_2O和HPMBP反应，制备了LIO_2(NO_3)_2 2HMPA、LIO_2(PMBP)_2HMPA和LIO_2(PMBP)_2TBPO。分析了LIO_2(NO_3)_22HMPA的电子光谱，中红外、远红外及拉曼光谱，~1HNMR谱，并测定了晶体结构，说明了HMPA在配合物中的配位状况。对于LIO_2(PMBP)_2 HMPA和LIO_2(PMBP)_2TBPO，从测定的红外光谱及~1HNMR谱中可判断二者具有类似的结构。对前者晶体进行了X射线分析，获得了配合物的空间结构。将中性配体HMPA、TBPO、TPPO、DSMO和DMF加入到LIO_2(OX)_2的THF溶液中，制备了LIO_2(OX)_2 L的系列配合物。分析了它们的电子光谱和红外光谱。选择了系列化合物中的LIO_2(OX)_2 TBPO测定了晶体结构，证实了从光谱中所得的结构信息。以上所表征的配合物的结构与堆积模型的预测一致。从而实验证明了堆积模型的正确性。用HMPA、TPPO与LIO_2Ac_2 2H_2O和HOX作用，制备了LIO_2Ac_2·HMPA·THF、LIO_2Ac_2 TPPO·THF和LIO_2(OX)_2 TPPO；前两个为同系物，LIO_2Ac_2 TPPO THF的单晶结构分析表明其为双聚形式存在。从堆积模型出发，分析了产生双聚结构的原因以及游离的THF在晶体形成过程中的作用，对LIO_2(OX)_2 TPPO·THF和LIO_2(OX)_2·TPPO进行堆积模型分析，预测了它们的双聚及三聚结构特征。这些与LIO_2(OX)_2 TPPO的初步结构分析结果是一致的。本工作还进行了铀酰配合物电子结构的SCC-DV-X_α方法计算。结合LIO_2Ac_3Na的光电子能谱，分析了LIO_2Ac_3~-的结构特征。给出了堆积模型的理论基础，解释了堆积饱和及堆积均匀规律。并分析了该模型在铀酰配合物中正确性的原因。