The establishment of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is considered as one of the most important progresses in science and technology nowadays. In recent years, the iPS cells have been used in the construction of cellular model for hereditary heart disease, and the successful treatment in animal model of myocardial infarction, which brings a bright future for exploring the pathogenesis and therapy of hereditary heart disease.

Objective To analyze the simple sequence repeat(SSR)information in expressed sequence tag(EST)resource of Saruma henryi and lay a solid foundation for the development of EST-SSR markers in this species.Methods ESTs of S.henryi were downloaded from GenBank and used to perform the contig assembly using Sequencher 4.8.Uni-ESTs were obtained and screened for SSR-containing unigenes using SciRoKo 3.4.The distributing frequency of the EST-SSRs and the basic characteristics of motifs were analyzed.Results A total of 10 274 ESTs of S.henryi were retrieved and were assembled into 6 643 non-redundant Uni-ESTs with a total length of 5.11?106 bp.In all,the data mining yielded 1 408 SSR loci,which corresponded to 1 232 Uni-ESTs(18.55%).On average,EST-SSRs spanned 22.30 bp,and occurred every 3.63 kb in length.In S.henryi,mononucleotide repeats predominated with an occurrence frequency of 12.24%.Dinucleotide repeats followed with a frequency of 5.01%.The most frequent one was A/T among all the repeat motifs,then followed by AG/CT.Conclusion SSRs in ESTs of S.henryi display a relatively high level of occurrence frequency and show abundance of types.

Objective To analyze the different composition and contents of inclusion in female and male Trichosanthes kirilowii individuals and to provide some references for the early sex identification.Methods Physiological and biochemical indices in T.kirilowii leaves were determined and significant analysis of the difference was performed.The difference of chemical composition was analyzed using HPLC.Results The contents of photosynthetic pigments and soluble proteins,the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and peroxidase(POD),and the DNA concentration were higher in male individuals than those in female ones.The difference in photosynthetic pigments content and POD activity reached a significant level.The female individuals possessed higher contents of malondiadehycle(MDA),soluble saccharide,and UV-absorbing compounds than those in male ones,and the difference in UV-absorbing compounds reached a significant level.HPLC Assay revealed obvious differences in the peaking frequency,time,and the peak height.Conclusion There are differences in the composition and contents of inclusions in male and female T.kirilowii individuals,and the UV-absorbing compounds and the characteristic HPLC peak could potentially be as indices of sex identification.