新生儿肠道菌群的动态观察及临床意义

本文以厌氧菌双歧杆菌和需氧菌大肠杆菌为代表对29例健康足月新生儿(阴道分娩儿13例、剖腹产分娩儿16倒)生后1周内肠道细菌的定植,进行了动态观察。结果表明:两组新生儿首先肠道定植细菌是大肠杆菌,后为双歧杆菌,而且阴道分娩儿肠道优势菌双歧杆菌定植及达优势化时间均早于剖腹产分娩儿。提示,分娩方式也是影响肠道细菌定植的因素之一,为临床治疗和护理提供了参考。     

肠道菌群对新生儿神经发育的影响

新生儿肠道菌群的定植和建立是一个复杂的动态演变过程,且易受分娩方式、喂养方式、胎龄、抗生素暴露等多种因素的影响。肠道菌群不仅在新生儿生理发育、免疫系统成熟、抵抗病原体入侵、维护肠道屏障等方面发挥重要作用,还影响神经回路的建立、髓鞘的形成和血脑屏障的形成。早期肠道菌群失调可导致新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎、生长发育迟缓和智力发育落后等。近年来肠道菌群通过肠-脑轴影响新生儿神经发育受到广泛关注,其主要与代谢、免疫、迷走神经和神经内分泌等途径相关。本文主要就新生儿肠道菌群特征及其影响因素和肠道菌群对神经发育的影响作一综述。     

用16S rRNA荧光定量PCR技术分析低出生体重儿肠道菌群变化及影响因素

目的监测低出生体重儿肠道细菌分布情况,并分析影响低出生体重儿肠道微生态平衡的因素。方法以低出生体重儿(1 500g≤体重2 500g)为研究对象,采用16SrRNA荧光定量PCR技术检测新生儿出生后第1天、3天、7天粪便中双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、大肠埃希菌和肠球菌4种细菌的含量,比较正常新生儿与低出生体重儿肠道菌群构建的差异;分析不同胎龄、体重、喂养方式、疾病状态等因素对低出生体重儿肠道微生态平衡的影响。结果 (1)低出生体重儿组和健康新生儿组粪便中大肠埃希菌、肠球菌、乳杆菌和双歧杆菌含量与婴儿日龄呈明显正相关关系,且低出生体重儿组婴儿粪便4种细菌含量均明显低于健康对照组(P0.05)。(2)2 000g≤体重2 500g组低出生体重儿大肠埃希菌和肠球菌含量在各日龄明显高于体重2 000g组新生儿(P0.05),双歧杆菌和乳杆菌含量在3日龄和7日龄阶段明显高于体重2 000g组(P0.05),而1日龄阶段差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。(3)母乳喂养组在3日龄和7日龄阶段双歧杆菌和乳杆菌含量明显高于乳制品喂养组(P0.05)。(4)无并发症患儿组在3日龄和7日龄阶段乳杆菌和双歧杆菌含量明显高于有并发症组(P0.05)。结论低出生体重儿肠道菌群构建规律异于正常新生儿,尤其是乳杆菌和双歧杆菌的定植差异更为突出;低出生体重儿的出生体重与肠道乳杆菌和双歧杆菌的含量呈正相关;母乳喂养对低出生体重儿肠道中益生菌的定植有明显的优势;新生儿相关疾病直接影响低出生体重儿肠道微生态的构建,可导致其胃肠道生态系统的异常;16S rRNA荧光定量PCR技术适用于评价婴幼儿肠道微生态状况。     

婴幼儿肠道菌群的定植与演替

婴幼儿的肠道内栖息着数量巨大的微生物,其中占据主导地位的是细菌,其在维持内环境稳态、调节能量代谢等方面发挥着复杂的作用。婴幼儿肠道细菌的定植起始于子宫内阶段,在围产期及出生后的相当一段时间内,其组成结构会受到各种因素的影响,如孕周、分娩方式、母乳的喂养等。现总结近期关于婴幼儿肠道菌群的相关研究进展,并探讨其在婴幼儿肠道的定植过程及影响其演替的相关因素。     

肠道菌群与肠道黏膜免疫系统的相互作用机制

胃肠道微生物生态系统是人和动物体内最复杂和最大的微生态系统,据估计,成人肠道内含有超过500种细菌。新生儿出生时胃肠道是无菌的,免疫系统几乎没有发育,但很快有种类繁多的细菌定植。随着细菌的定植,肠道菌群的建立,刺激机体产生大量的淋巴细胞和淋巴组织,促进全身免疫系统和黏膜免疫系统的正常发育并逐步成熟,     

母体与外界环境影响新生儿肠道微生物区系建立的研究进展

肠道微生物在宿主营养吸收、器官发育、抵抗病原菌入侵以及调节免疫应答等方面是不可或缺的。新生儿早期建立的微生物区系与成年人的微生物区系有很大的不同,容易受到母体和外界环境因素的影响,经历由少到多,从简单到复杂和从不稳定到稳定的过程。本文对影响新生儿早期肠道微生物区系建立的因素进行综述,系统阐述分娩时间、分娩方式、喂养方式以及抗生素这几种重要因素对微生物区系变化所产生的作用。     

婴儿肠道细菌及乳杆菌种群多样性研究

目的 对婴儿肠道细菌及乳杆菌组成进行分析。方法 以66例出生1～7d的婴儿为调查对象,用分子生物学的手段,借助肠道细菌DNA指纹图谱和16S rDNA PCR扩增克隆分类（RFLP）技术。结果 婴儿肠道菌群随出生天数增加而变化;乳杆菌特异性引物对PCR扩增结果表明,出生4h后乳杆菌已在婴儿肠道内定植,且定植时间与分娩方式无关;克隆多样性研究则显示婴儿肠道乳杆菌优势菌群为植物乳杆菌（74％）、嗜酸乳杆菌（14％）和约氏乳杆菌（12％）。结论 婴儿肠道中的优势乳杆菌主要为植物乳杆菌。     

肠道微生态与非消化系统疾病的研究进展

人体肠道微生态系统是人体微生态系统中最大最复杂的一部分,参与机体代谢、免疫等各方面的生理作用。由于内外源性的病理因素导致肠道微生态的破坏可能会引起人体疾病。随着肠道微生态与消化道疾病研究的不断深入,越来越多的学者开始关注肠道微生态与非消化道疾病的相关性。近年来大量研究表明,肠道微生态与肥胖、神经精神病、皮肤病、心脑血管疾病、消化道外肿瘤、感染性疾病和自身免疫病等非消化系统疾病具有相关性。微生态制剂和粪菌移植可以通过调节肠道微生态平衡参与这类疾病的预防和治疗。肠道微生态系统与消化系统疾病的相关性已被广泛研究和阐述,本文侧重对肠道微生态与非消化系统疾病的研究进展进行综述。     

人体肠道细菌群落与疾病

肠道定植有100万亿细菌,这占到了人体细菌总量的绝大多数。一旦肠道菌群失调,就会产生一系列疾病。本文介绍了人体肠道细菌群落异常与5种肠道疾病和5种肠道外疾病的关系,并推荐用益生菌和益生素来治疗人体肠道细菌群落异常。为了解人体肠道细菌群落和人体健康的关系,美国国立卫生研究院已启动了人类微生物组计划,欧洲委员会也正在资助人类肠道宏基因组学项目,而中国在此项目中亦取得了可喜进步。基于肠道宏基因组的个体化医疗时代已不再遥远。     

女性阴道微生态状况与母婴健康

女性阴道是自然开放的腔道,其内寄居着大量的微生物,其中乳杆菌占优势。正常阴道内的微生物对于维持女性生殖系统健康具有重要作用,而多种因素能够影响妇女正常的阴道微生态环境,包括妊娠。女性阴道微生态状况不仅会影响自身健康,同时能够影响子代的健康。正常的肠道菌群参与机体的营养、免疫、代谢、神经内分泌等多种生理功能,而婴儿期是人肠道菌群建立的关键时期,其中分娩方式对婴儿菌群的定植和发展具有重要的影响。阴道菌群失衡不但可导致妇女感染性疾病的发生,还与妊娠结局及婴儿菌群的建立密切相关,改善女性阴道微生态状况对提高母婴健康具有重要意义。     

杉木叶片内生真菌定殖对凋落物分解及其微生物活性的影响

【背景】植物内生真菌在植物组织由衰亡转入腐生过程中发挥重要的作用,但这种作用可能因植物及其内生真菌种类不同而具有差异。【目的】分析不同优势度种类内生真菌定殖对于凋落物分解及其相应微生物活性的影响。【方法】采用凋落物分解袋法,选取优势树种杉木凋落叶作为分解底物。【结果】不同优势度类型的内生真菌单菌或组合定殖在分解过程前期几乎均显著加速了凋落物分解,而在分解后期,除了Irpex lacteus和Colletotrichum sp.,这种加速效应几乎均在减弱,甚至抑制了分解过程。微生物活性各变量对内生真菌定殖处理的响应与失重率并不完全一致,这依赖于分解时期。CO2释放速率在前期与失重率相关性不强,而后期则密切相关;分解前期羧甲基纤维素酶(carboxymethylcellulase,Cx酶)对失重率贡献较大,然而后期漆酶与过氧化物酶对失重率的贡献升高。总之,内生真菌定殖对凋落物分解及相应的微生物活性均产生了较大影响。【结论】对内生真菌定殖效应的研究有助于人们对森林生态系统土壤碳库平衡和养分循环维持机制的理解,同时对于贫瘠人工林土壤肥力的恢复研究也具有重要的意义。     

pH modulation differs during sunflower cotyledon colonization by the two closely related necrotrophic fungi Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

During pathogenesis on sunflower cotyledons, Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum show a striking resemblance in symptom development. Based on pH change profiles, the colonization process of both fungi can be divided into two stages. The first stage is associated with a pH decrease, resulting from an accumulation of citric and succinic acids. The second stage is correlated with a pH increase, resulting from an accumulation of ammonia. In this article, we also report that oxalic acid is produced at the late stage of the colonization process and that ammonia accumulation is concomitant with a decrease in free amino acids in decaying tissues. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum produces eight-fold more oxalic acid and two-fold less ammonia than B. cinerea. Consequently, during sunflower cotyledon colonization by B. cinerea, pH dynamics differ significantly from those of S. sclerotiorum. In vitro assays support the in planta results and show that decreases in pH are linked to glucose consumption. At different stages of the colonization process, expression profiles of genes encoding secreted proteases were investigated. This analysis highlights that the expression levels of the B. cinerea protease genes are higher than those of S. sclerotiorum. This work suggests that the overt similarities of S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea symptom development have probably masked our recognition of the dynamic and potentially different metabolic pathways active during host colonization by these two necrotrophic fungi.     

A Long-Term Survey of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Oral Cavity of Children

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an indigenous bacteria in healthy people, often causes nosocomial infections. If the host human becomes compromised, MRSA can cause a serious infection. The long-term colonization of MRSA increases this risk. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the incidence of S. aureus and MRSA colonization in the oral cavities of healthy children, and to examine the stability of identical strains of MRSA over a long-term period. Fourteen children were examined in two stages (first stage: 1987–88, second stage: 1992–93). Five of the 14 children were negative for S. aureus in both stages, seven children were positive in both stages and two children were positive in only the second stage. The children who were colonized with S. aureus in the first stage always harbored the bacteria in the second stage. Of the seven children that were positive for S. aureus in both stages, three persisted in carrying MRSA. We compared two MRSA strains isolated from the same children in both stages by coagulase typing, antibiogram typing and DNA fingerprinting. In two children, the strains showed the same coagulase types, similar antibiograms and similar DNA fragment profiles. These data strongly suggest that identical strains of MRSA persisted in the oral cavities for more than five years, and that the oral cavity can serve as a reservoir for MRSA with the potential to cause nosocomial infections.     

Human disturbance and stage‐specific habitat requirements influence snowy plover site occupancy during the breeding season

Habitat use has important consequences for avian reproductive success and survival. In coastal areas with recreational activity, human disturbance may limit use of otherwise suitable habitat. Snowy plovers Charadrius nivosus have a patchy breeding distribution along the coastal areas on the Florida Panhandle, USA. Our goal was to determine the relative effects of seasonal human disturbance and habitat requirements on snowy plover habitat use. We surveyed 303 sites for snowy plovers, human disturbance, and habitat features between January and July 2009 and 2010. We made multiple visits during three different sampling periods that corresponded to snowy plover breeding: pre‐breeding, incubation, and brood‐rearing and used multi‐season occupancy models to examine whether human disturbance, habitat features, or both influenced site occupancy, colonization (probability of transition from an unoccupied site to an occupied site), and extinction (probability of transition from an occupied site to an unoccupied site). Snowy plover site occupancy and colonization was negatively associated with human disturbance and site extinction was positively associated with human disturbance. Interdune vegetation had a negative effect on occupancy and colonization, indicating that plovers were less likely to use areas with uniform, dense vegetation among dunes. Also, dune shape, beach debris, and access to low‐energy foraging areas influenced site occupancy, colonization, and extinction. Plovers used habitat based on beach characteristics that provided stage‐specific resource needs; however, human disturbance was the strongest predictor of site occupancy. In addition, vegetation plantings used to enhance dune rehabilitation may negatively impact plover site occupancy. Management actions that decrease human disturbance, such as symbolic fencing and signage, may increase the amount of breeding habitat available to snowy plovers on the Florida Panhandle and in other areas with high human activity. The specific areas that require this protection may vary across snowy plover life history stages.     

The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization – a palaeoecological perspective from the Azores

Aim In many cases, human colonization drastically modified the ecosystems of remote oceanic islands before scientists arrived to document the changes. Palaeoecological records before and after human colonization provide insights into the original ecosystems and an assessment of subsequent human impact. We used pollen analysis to compare the impact of 15th century colonization of the Azores with that of natural disturbances such as volcanic eruptions and climate changes. Location Azores archipelago, Atlantic Ocean. Methods Sediment records from three highland sites in the Azores (on the islands of Pico and Flores) were dated radiometrically and analysed palynologically. Pollen taxa were classified as native, endemic or introduced based on comparison with flora lists. Data were statistically zoned and temporal trends identified using detrended correspondence analysis. Results Human colonization of the Azores resulted in rapid, widespread, persistent vegetation changes on a scale unprecedented in the last 2700 years, detectable through the decline of dominant trees, the spread of grasses and fire‐tolerant species, the introduction of exotic plants, evidence for grazing and fire, and changes to soils and moisture availability. During the same period, volcanic eruptions appear to have had more localized impacts on the vegetation, lasting 500–1000 years and favouring endemic taxa. The effect of late Holocene climatic changes on the highland vegetation of the Azores seems to have been minor. Palaeoecological data indicate that at least two plant species went extinct on Pico after human colonization and that some plants regarded as introduced were almost certainly part of the original flora of the islands. Despite a consistent signal of human impact, compositional differences between Juniperus brevifolia communities on Pico and Flores remained after colonization. Main conclusions Human colonization had a greater impact on the pristine vegetation of Pico and Flores than climatic changes and volcanic activity during recent millennia. The similarity between post‐colonization changes on the Azores and other oceanic islands suggests a consistent pattern and scale to historical‐era human impact on otherwise pristine ecosystems. These characteristics could be used to further elaborate biogeographical theory and direct conservation efforts towards species that appear most susceptible to human activity.     

Freshwater elasmobranchs: a review of their physiology and biochemistry

Only 5% of elasmobranch species live in freshwater (FW) compared to more than 40% of known teleost species. The factors affecting the poor penetration of elasmobranchs into FW environments are currently unknown, however, an important consideration may be the high urea requirement of many proteins in marine elasmobranchs. Urea is an important osmolyte in marine elasmobranchs and must be reduced in dilute environments. There are three identifiable stages in the successful colonization of FW. The euryhaline marine species freely entering and leaving FW represent the initial stage of FW colonization. In this group, there is an apparent inability to eliminate all urea due to protein integrity issues and this results in energy and nitrogen losses that may constrain growth and reproduction. The second stage is represented by those species that live entirely in FW but must also retain some urea. This group also suffers from the same constraints as the first group. These two groups have kidneys and sensory organs that more closely resemble strictly marine forms. The third and final stage is represented by the Potamotrygonid stingrays where the need for urea in FW has been eliminated. Consequently nitrogen and energy losses are reduced and those sections of the kidney needed for urea conservation have been eliminated. The driving force for such modifications is a reduction in urea levels and the concomitant saving of energy needed for urea synthesis. Other physiological adaptations associated with survival in FW include giving birth to live young, the capacity of sperm to be activated in freshwater and modifications of the electrosensory system to function in a low conductivity environment. The need for many anatomical, metabolic and physiological modifications for FW existence may constrain the rapidity and hence the frequency of FW colonization, compared to the situation in the more advanced osmoregulating teleosts. Once optimally adapted to FW, recolonization of sea water by elasmobranchs is problematic due to the loss of urea synthetic capacity and renal structures for urea retention.     

The screening and selection of inoculant arbuscular-mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi

The initiation of a programme of screening and selection of arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) and ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM fungi) for use as inoculant fungi in agriculture, horticulture of forestry will depend on whether inoculation is more appropriate as a management option than manipulation of the indigenous mycorrhizal populations. The greatest immediate potential for the successful use of mycorrhizal inoculants will be in soils and growth media where phosphorus (P) limits plant growth and where the indigenous mycorrhizal fungi are either ineffective at increasing P uptake by the plant or their numbers have been drastically reduced by human influence or natural disturbance. In recent investigations, however, additional benefits to the plant following colonization of roots by effective AM or ECM fungi have been demonstrated. These additional benefits of an effective mycorrhizal association have necessitated a re-evaluation of the optimum screening procedures for isolates of AM and ECM fungi. Both current methodologies and suggestions for alternative approaches to the screening of AM and ECM fungi are discussed in this paper. The problems inherent in choosing suitable experimental conditions to compare different isolates at the screening stage are also addressed. The review also stresses the importance of continued monitoring of introduced mycorrhizal fungi to learn more about their longer-term ecological role, particularly within reforestation or revegetation studies.     

Landscape configuration drives persistent spatial patterns of occupant distributions

Variation in the density of organisms among habitat patches is often attributed to variation in inherent patch properties. For example, higher quality patches might have higher densities because they attract more colonists or confer better post-colonization survival. However, variation in occupant density can also be driven by landscape configuration if neighboring patches draw potential colonists away from the focal habitat (a phenomenon we call propagule redirection). Here, we develop and analyze a stochastic model to quantify the role of landscape configuration and propagule redirection on occupant density patterns. We model a system with a dispersive larval stage and a sedentary adult stage. The model includes sensing and decision-making in the colonization stage and density-dependent mortality (a proxy for patch quality) in the post-colonization stage. We demonstrate that spatial variation in colonization is retained when the supply of colonists is not too high, post-colonization density-dependent survival is not too strong, and colonization events are not too frequent. Using a reef fish system, we show that the spatial variation produced by propagule redirection is comparable to spatial variation expected when patch quality varies. Thus, variation in density arising from the spatial patterning of otherwise identical habitat can play an important role in shaping long-term spatial patterns of organisms occupying patchy habitats. Propagule redirection is a potentially powerful mechanism by which landscape configuration can drive variation in occupant densities, and may therefore offer new insights into how populations may shift as landscapes change in response to natural and anthropogenic forces.     

EFFECTS OF AM FUNGI AND WATER STRESS ON DROUGHT RESISTANCE OF ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA IN DIFFERENT SOILS

 利用两种不同土壤研究了水分胁迫和接种AM真菌(摩西球囊霉(Glomus mosseae)和油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)根际土著AM真菌)对毛乌素沙地重要演替物种油蒿生长和抗旱性的影响。结果表明, 两种土壤中水分胁迫没有显著影响油蒿的植株形态和含水量, 但严重抑制了菌根侵染率。水分胁迫促使油蒿提高叶片保水能力, 抑制N、P在地上部的分配。在胁迫前期SOD活性较高, 而POD活性在后期较高。同一水分条件下接种AM真菌显著提高了AM真菌侵染率, 土壤中孢子数显著增多, 提高了植株分枝数并促进侧根发育, 显著提高根冠比和植株保水能力, 加强了根系对全磷、全氮的吸收。接种AM真菌的植株可溶性糖和丙二醛含量较低, 可溶性蛋白含量无显著变化, SOD和POD活性提高, 油蒿抗旱性加强。水分胁迫下在不同土壤中接种不同AM真菌对油蒿的促进效应差异较大, 接种土著AM真菌的效果优于摩西球囊霉单一接种。干旱导致菌根侵染率下降是宿主植物吸水能力下降的原因之一, 在植物生长前期接种AM真菌可以增强植物抵抗生长中后期环境干旱的能力。     

The Biophysical Effects of Neolithic Island Colonization: General Dynamics and Sociocultural Implications

Does anthropogenic environmental change constrain long-term sociopolitical outcomes? It is clear that human colonization of islands radically alters their biological and physical systems. Despite considerable contextual variability in local specificities of this alteration, I argue that these processes are to some extent regular, predictable, and have socio-political implications. Reviewing the data for post-colonization ecodynamics, I show that Neolithic colonization of previously insulated habitats drives biotic homogenization. I argue that we should expect such homogenization to promote regular types of change in biophysical systems, types of change that can be described in sum as environmentally convergent. Such convergence should have significant implications for human social organization over the long term, and general dynamics of this sort are relevant in the context of understanding remarkably similar social evolutionary trajectories towards wealth-inequality not only islands, but also more generally.