Isolation and characteristic of SmbHLH1 gene in Salvia miltiorrhiza / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>A novel bHLH-like gene, designated SmbHLH1, was isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza, in order to identify a bHLH gene in related to danshinone biosysnthesis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>SmbHLH1 was isolated by RT-PCR,and Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was used to detect the gene expression level.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The full length of SmbHLH1 cDNA has an open reading frame of 999 bp. The deduced amino acid sequence of SmbHLH1 has 332 amino acid residues which forms a 36 kDa polypeptide with a calculated pI of 5.4. SmbHLH1 gene was expressed at high level in root, but low level in stem, leaf and flower of S. miltiorrhiza. The transcripts of SmbHLH1 was suppressed when the plants were treated with exogenous MeJA, Yeast + Ag+. The transcripts of SmbHLH1 constitutively accumulated in response to exogenous ABA and low concentration of salicylic acid.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>SmbHLH is a new member of the S. miltiorrhiza bHLH family, and its possible roles in brassinosteriods signaling responses.</p>

Cloning and polymorphism analysis of SmERF in Salvia miltiorrhiza / 药学学报

The transcription factor of ethylene responsive factor binding protein (ERF) is belonged to AP2/ERF superfamily, which is known to be unique in plants. AP2/ERF proteins have important functions in the transcriptional regulation of a variety of biological processes related to growth and development, as well as various responses to environmental stimuli. An ERF gene from Salvia miltiorrhiza is cloned and divided into ERF gene family group VII of Arabidopsis and Rice. It contains a MCGGAI (I/L) motif referred to as CMVII-1 and a single intron in the 5'-flanking region of the AP2/ERF domain. Sequence analysis reveals that the region of second extron has abundant polymorphism sites. There are 21 single nucleotide polymorphism sites (SNPs) in the 264 bp region, among them, 14 SNPs are synonymous substitutions and 7 SNPs are non-synonymous substitutions. Though analysis of 181 samples from Shandong, Shaanxi and Sichuan Provinces, it reveals that each production area has its own special genotypes, 5 SNPs show significant difference. Cluster based on UPGMA method reveals that different populations from specific province have clustered together. It shows that SmERF gene will be a candidate molecular marker for the identification of Salvia miltiorrhiza from different areas.

Association between Ambient PM10 and Daily Hospital Visits:a Time-Series Analysis / 环境与健康杂志

Objective To estimate quantitatively the impact of the ambient PM10 on the hospital outpatients for cardiovascular diseases of local residents. Methods Time serial analysis using generalized addictive model (GAM) was applied. After controlling for those confounding factors such as long-term trend, weekly pattern and meteorological factors, considering lag effect and the influence of other air pollutants, excess relative risks (ER) of daily hospital visits associated with increasing PM10 level were estimated by fitting a Poisson regression model. Results A 10 ?g/m3 increase in PM10 levels was associated with an ER of 0.380% (95%CI: 0.326% ～0.433%) for hospital visits for cardiovascular diseases. Lag effect of 4 days with an ER of 1.166% (95%CI:1.121%～1.212%) were observed. The ER value increased when CO, NO2, SO2 concentrations were introduced. Conclusion The ambient PM10 concentration is positively associated with daily hospital visits for cardiovascular diseases in Beijing.

Impact and Mechanism of Ambient Particulate Matter on Cardiovascular Diseases / 环境与健康杂志

A series of epidemiological and experimental studies demonstrate a positive and significant association between exposure to particulate matter and cardiovascular-related incidence and hospitalization. Several possible mechanisms have been proposed,including vascular dysfunction,atherogenesis,arrhythmogenesis and oxidative stress and inflammation. So far the studies on the effect of particulate matter derived from dust events on cardiovascular diseases are limited,and different conclusions are drawn. The advances in recent studies were reviewed in this paper,and suggestions for further research were made.