Intermolecular chiral recognition processes probed by chiroptical luminescence

Enantiopreferential energy transfer processes between dissymmetric lanthanide and transition metal complexes dissolved in acetonitrile are studied using chiroptical luminescence techniques. The energy donors (luminophores) in this study are a racemic mixture of Ln(dpa)3 (3-) complexes (where Ln = Eu3+ or Tb3+ and dpa = 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylate), and the energy acceptors (quenchers) are an enantiomerically-resolved population of Co(R,R-chxn)3 3+ (where R,R-chxn = trans-1R,2R-diaminocyclohexane) complexes. The luminophores are dissolved in acetonitrile as (NEt4)3[Ln(dpa)3] (where NEt(4) = tetraethlylammonium) and (NBu4)[Ln(dpa)3] (where NBu4 = tetrabutylammonium) salts. The unquenched luminescence lifetimes are reported for both Eu(dpa)3 (3-) and Tb(dpa)3 (3-) in acetonitrile over the range 263-333 K, and these results are compared to luminescence lifetimes in aqueous solution. Time-resolved chiroptical luminescence measurements of enantiopreferential quenching kinetics are reported for samples with Eu(dpa)3 (3-) and Co(R,R-chxn)3 3+ in acetonitrile over 263-333 K range. These results are analyzed using a phenomenological quenching kinetics model, and the results are compared to results in aqueous solution. These comparisons show that the overall Eu-Co luminescence quenching efficiency is reduced in acetonitrile vs. aqueous samples, because the salts of (NX4)3[Eu(dpa)3] are not completely dissociated in acetonitrile. However, the enantiopreference exhibited is identical in acetonitrile vs. aqueous solution.     

湖北省爬行动物资源概况

摘要：为了搞清湖北省爬行动物资源概况,通过总结文献资料,并结合作者等最近20余年积累的调查资料,从区系特点、地理分布、评估等级、资源量及保护对策等方面总结了湖北省爬行动物的资源概况。结果显示,湖北省现有爬行动物2目12科44属78种,主要分布在鄂西南（57种,占73.1％）、鄂西北(47种,占60.3％)和鄂东南（43...     

福建中亚热带常绿阔叶林物种多样性的空间格局

对福建中亚热带不同区域、不同海拔梯度的常绿阔叶林群落进行物种多样性测定 ,结果表明 :(1 )在 6个区域中 ,乔木层的物种多样性指数平均值高于灌木层的平均值 ;对丰富度指数 ,太平乔、灌木层 (R1、R2 )最高 ,茂地 (R1、R2 )最低 ;对多样性指数 ,乔木层夏道 (D1、H1)最高 ,土堡 (D1)、茂地 (H1)分别最低 ,灌木层峡阳(D2 )、大洋 (H2 )分别最高 ,太平 (D2 、H2 )最低 ;对均匀度指数 ,乔木层中茂地 (E1、J1)最高 ,土堡 (E1、J1)最低 ,灌木层峡阳 (E2 )、大洋 (J2 )分别最高 ,太平 (E2 、J2 )最低 ;不同区域乔木层的物种多样性指数曲线变化比灌木层缓和 ;(2 )在 6个海拔梯度群落 ,对乔木层物种数和丰富度指数在海拔 2 0 0～ 40 0m(S1、R1)最高 ,对灌木层在海拔 60 0～ 80 0m(S1、R1)最高 ;对乔、灌木层物种数和丰富度指数在海拔 1 0 0 0～ 1 2 0 0m(S1、S2 、R1、R2 )最低 ;对多样性指数 ,在乔木层中在海拔 2 0 0～ 40 0m(D1、H1)最高 ,在海拔 80 0～ 1 0 0 0m(D1、H1)最低 ,在灌木层中在海拔 60 0～ 80 0m(D2 、H2 )最高 ,海拔 80 0～ 1 0 0 0m(D2 、H2 )最低 ;对均匀度指数 ,乔木层中在海拔 10 0 0～ 1 2 0 0m(E1、J1)最高 ,在海拔 80 0～ 1 0 0 0m(E1、J1)最低 ,灌木层中在海拔 1 0 0 0～ 1 2 0 0m(E2 )     

CO(2)-concentrating: consequences in crassulacean acid metabolism

The consequences of CO(2)-concentrating in leaf air-spaces of CAM plants during daytime organic acid decarboxylation in Phase III of CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) are explored. There are mechanistic consequences of internal CO(2) partial pressures, p(i)(CO(2)). These are (i) effects on stomata, i.e. high p(i)(CO(2)) eliciting stomatal closure in Phase III, (ii) regulation of malic acid remobilization from the vacuole, malate decarboxylation and refixation of CO(2) via Rubisco (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase), and (iii) internal signalling functions during the transitions between Phases II and III and III and IV, respectively, in the natural day/night cycle and in synchronizing the circadian clocks of individual leaf cells or leaf patches in the free-running endogenous rhythmicity of CAM. There are ecophysiological consequences. Obvious beneficial ecophysiological consequences are (i) CO(2)-acquisition, (ii) increased water-use- efficiency, (iii) suppressed photorespiration, and (iv) reduced oxidative stress by over-energization of the photosynthetic apparatus. However, the general potency of these beneficial effects may be questioned. There are also adverse ecophysiological consequences. These are (i) energetics, (ii) pH effects and (iii) Phase III oxidative stress. A major consequence of CO(2)-concentrating in Phase III is O(2)-concentrating, increased p(i)(CO(2)) is accompanied by increased p(i)(O(2)). Do reversible shifts of C(3)/CAM-intermediate plants between the C(3)-CAM-C(3) modes of photosynthesis indicate that C(3)-photosynthesis provides better protection from irradiance stress? There are many open questions and CAM remains a curiosity.     

泗洱自然保护区种子植物区系特征分析

在对泗洱自然保护区详细调查的基础上,对其种子植物的科、属的分布区类型进行了统计分析。结果表明：(1)保护区内种子植物类群丰富;(2)优势科、属明显;(3)区系起源古老;(4)地理成分复杂;(5)种子植物区系在科和属级水平上均显示出温带性质,同时泛热带类型丰富;(6)保护区内植被具明显的过渡性质;(7)分化现象明显,中间类型和特有种丰富。     

15N-CIDNP investigations during tryptophan, N-acetyl-L-tryptophan, and melatonin nitration with reactive nitrogen species

Tryptophan and melatonin are nitrated by peroxynitrite; tryptophan residues in proteins are susceptible to attack by reactive nitrogen species. Nitrated tryptophan might therefore be used as a biomarker for the involvement of reactive species derived from nitrogen oxide in a variety of pathophysiological conditions. The radical character of the tryptophan (Trp) and N-acetyl-L-tryptophan (N-AcTrp) nitration with peroxynitrite is shown using (15)N-CIDNP. During the decay of peroxynitrite-(15)N in the presence of Trp at pH 5 in the probe of a (15)N-NMR spectrometer, the (15)N-NMR signals of various nitrated tryptophans ((15)NO(2)-Trp) show emission (E). The effects are built up in radical pairs [Trp( radical), 15NO2 ](F) formed by diffusive encounters of radicals 15NO2 and Trp( radical) generated during decay of peroxynitrite-(15)N in the presence of Trp. Similar (15)N-CIDNP effects are observed during reaction of Trp and/or N-AcTrp using the nitrating systems H(15)NO(3), H(15)NO(4) and H(2)O(2)/15NO2 /HRP, which are also built up in radical pairs [Trp, 15NO2 ](F). During nitration of melatonin (Mel) with peroxynitrite-(15)N and H(15)NO(4), the (15)N-NMR signal of 4-nitromelatonin (4-(15)NO(2)-Mel) shows emission arising from radical pairs [Mel, 15NO2 ](F) which are formed in an analogous manner.     

高黎贡山兰花的多样性

对高黎贡山兰科植物的生物地理学和多样性进行了研究。1.兰科是高黎贡山种子植物中最大的科,包括75属265种。2.高黎贡山兰花起源于新、旧世界的热带和温带, 热带属占60%(45属),温带属占38.67%(29属),包括2个云南特有属。但是,高黎贡山兰科植物与地中海地区和中亚地区的联系十分微弱。3.高黎贡山的兰花以地生兰为主。这里,57.33%(43属)为地生兰,而附生兰和腐生兰仅分别为31属和3属。4.兰花物种的分布区式样表明高黎贡山兰花以温带兰为主 温带兰占总种数的69.43%(184种),包括东亚成分即滇西高黎贡山-东喜马拉雅分布的种和中国西南部特有种,它们是高黎贡山兰花区系的核心。5.高黎贡山兰科的特有现象在于1)具有云南二个特有属蜂腰兰Bulleyia和反唇兰Smithorchis;2)有高黎贡山特有种21个,如泸水兜兰Paphiopedilum markianum,贡山风兰Cymbidium gongshanense,贡山贝母兰Coelogyne gongshanense,热带附生兰——万带兰亚科在高黎贡山没有形成特有种;3)高黎贡山北段的特有种比南段丰富贡山有14种,腾冲仅有4种; 海拔1800～2100 m的梯度带特有种最多(13种);4)高黎贡山有云南特有种10种,其中小花槽舌兰Holcoglossum junceum是一个热带种,因为板块位移而来到了亚热带地域;5)高黎贡山的兰科植物中有19.25%(51种)是中国特有种,它们出现在高黎贡山,分布在云南其他地区和西南的一些省区。高黎贡山特有种,分布到高黎贡山的云南特有种和分布到高黎贡山的中国特有种一共为82种,占高黎贡山兰科总种数的30.91%, 兰科在高黎贡山是一个特有化程度很高的类群。     

Observation on Chromosomes of Wildflowers in China

In this paper 7 species of wildflowers were collected from Beijing suburb and Jilin Province. They are all common sightly and hardy perennials in their localities (See the Appendix for detail of the materials). The micrographs of their somatic metaphases are shown in Plate 1; the karyotype formulae, ranges of chromosome length and classification of karyotypes according to Stebbins (1971) are shown in Table 1; the idiograms of 5 species in Figs. 1-5. The karyotype analysis is made on the basis of Li and Chen (1985)⁽¹⁾. The essential points are as follows; (1) Ten pairs of chromosomes of Achyrophorus ciliatus are all submetacentric (sm). (2) Twelve pairs of chromosomes are all metacentric (m), and the short arms of the seventh pair of chromosomes with a pair of satellites in Orychophragmus violaceus. (3) The seventh and nineth pairs of chromosomes are sm and the short arms of latter with satellites in Silene repens var. angustifolia. It is reported for the first time. (4) In Scabiosa tschiliensis. the first, fourth, fifth and eighth pairs of chromosomes are sm, the sixth is terminal (t). The second and seventh are subterminal (st), the third is m. There are satellites on the short arms of third and seventh pairs. It is reported for the first time. (5) The eleventh pair of chromosomes is sm and the others are all m. The short arms of the twelfth pairs with satellites in Lychnis fulgens. (6) The chromosome number (2n) is 42, with a pair of satellites in Papaver pseudo-radicatum. It is also reported for the first time. (7) The chromosome number is2n=56 with two pairs of satellites in Rehmannia glutinosa.     

A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of a Sensory Epithelium in the Inner Ear of a Fish (Colisa labiosa; Anabantidae)

The macula lagenae of the anabantide fish Colisa labiosa was studied with light and transmission electron microscopy. (1) The sensory area is naturally divided in a central area (A) surrounded by a peripheral part (B). (2) Generally the central hair cells are separated by supporting cells, while the peripheral hair cells are found in groups. The cells of a group are not separated by supporting cells. (3) Tubuli-like structures, hexagonal in cross section, are found in all cells. In peripheral hair cells the longitudinally oriented tubuli-like structures are aggregated in thick bundles. (4) Variation in shape, electron density, stereocilia arrangement and size of mitochondria was found in different hair cells. (5) The central hair cells contain large accumulations of presynaptic bodies (10–44). Contrarily, the peripheral hair cells contain only a few pre-synaptic bodies (1–3). (6) The central hair cells are innervated by thick afferent (6–15 μm) and fine presumed efferent (less than 1 μm nerve fibres, while the peripheral hair cells are innervated by thin (1–6 μm) afferent nerve fibres only.     

Sequence dependence of tRNA(Gly) import into tobacco mitochondria

Plant mitochondrial genomes lack a number of tRNA genes and the corresponding tRNAs, which are nuclear-encoded, are imported from the cytosol. We show that specific import of tRNA(Gly) isoacceptors occurs in tobacco mitochondria: tRNA(Gly)(UCC) and tRNA(Gly)(CCC) are cytosolic and mitochondrial, while tRNA(Gly)(GCC) is found only in the cytosol. Exchange of sequences between tRNA(Gly)(UCC) and tRNA(Gly)(GCC) shows that the anticodon and D-domain are essential for tRNA(Gly)(UCC) import. However the reverse mutations in tRNA(Gly)(GCC) are not sufficient to promote its import into tobacco mitochondria.     

Studies on the Genus Paeonia (1)—Report of Karyotypes of Some Wild Species in China

In the present paper 8 species with 15 populations of the genus Paeonia L. (if P. papaveracea and P. japonica are recognised as species) were collected from Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hebei provinces (see the Appendix for detail of the materials). The micrographs of their somatic metaphase (also Mii in the case of P.veitchii) are shown in Plates 1-4, the karyotype formulae, ranges of chromosome length and classification of karyotypes according to Stebbins (1971) are shown in Table 5: the idiograms in Figs. 1-2, and the parameters of chromosomes in Table 1-4. The essential points are mentioned as follows: (1) Chromosomes of the various species in the section Modan have so far been examined and they are all diploid, the two species in the section Onaepia are also diploid, and thus tetraploids exist only in the section Paeonia. (2) Chromosomes in the genus Paeonia are relatively stable except for the differentiation of ploidy. The karyotypes (Table 1-4) show no differences among different taxa in Sect. Modan and the same can also be said about the taxa in Sect. Paeonia (Table 1). Not only are the karyotypes very similar, but also among the members within either section have the same parameters of chromosomes, and, differences, if occur, are not statistically significant. Between the two sections, however, the situation is different. The arm ratios of the first pairs of chromosomes in Sect. Modan are 1.53, 1.52 and 1.48 (Table 1), but those in Sect. Paeonia are 1.12-1.28 (Table 2-4), 95% confidence limits are 1.46-1.60 for the section Modan and 1.07-1.28 (1.21-1.35 only for PB85078) for the section Paeonia, not overlapping, which indicates that the two sections have differentiated in respect of the first pairs of chromosomes. (3)The population PB85024, which belongs to the P. obovata complex, has a karyotype of 2B (stebbins, 1971), which is a new one in the genus Paeonia. This karyotype is a stable one, for several individuals in the population are uniform in this respect, which shows that Stebbins’ (1971) generalization that all the species in Paeonia have 2A does not hold true. (4) Three populations of P. obovata complex studied in this work from Sichuan and Shaanxi are all tetraploids, and one from Hebei is a diploid. From the present work and the previcus reports, the materials from Japan and Korea, no matter whether flowers are pink or white, are diploids, those from Heilongjiang Province (with both pink and white flowers) (Liu Ming-yuan, personal communication) and from Heibei Province (with pink flowers) in China are also diploids, the one from Sakhalin (pink flowers) is tetraploid, those from Priamur of the Soviet Union are a tetraploid (with white flowers) and a diploid (with pink flowers), and those from Shaanxi (the Qinling Range) and western Sichuan (with both pink and white flowers) are all tetraploids. As far as we have now known, ploidy in this particular complex is correlated with the geographical distribution: diploids are found in the central part, tetraploids occur in the northern limits, and in the south letraploids are the only cytotype. (5) The materials of P. mairei from western Sichuan and Shaanxi (the Qinling Range) are found all to be tetraploids, which shows that two cytotypes, diploid and tetraploid, exist in this species, but the geographical distribution pattern of these two cytotypes is to be revealed in the future investigation.     

Computation of respiratory heat exchanges

Two sets of equations have been proposed to estimate the convective or sensible (WCV) and the evaporative or insensible (WEV) respiratory heat exchanges. They are applicable both at sea-level barometric pressure with air breathing (SLA) and in hypo- or hyperbaria in both air (HA) and artificial (HAA) atmospheres. The only environmental parameters required are in SLA: the temperature (TI) and the partial pressure of water vapor of the inspired air (PIH2O); in HA: TI, PIH2O, and the actual barometric pressure (PB); and in HAA: IT, PIH2O, PB, the volumetric mass (rho mix), and the specific heat (cp mix) of the breathed gas mixture. When no physiological data are available the results are expressed in energy units per liter of pulmonary ventilation (WCV/V and WEV/V) in J X dm-3 BTPS. If the ventilation value (V) is known the results are obtained in units of power (W).     

重庆市种子植物区系特征分析

对重庆市种子植物区系进行了研究,其区系特征如下:(1)植物种类和区系组成丰富,共分布有野生种子植物208科1 127属4 764种,其科包含12种分布型和13个变型,属包含15种分布型和23个变型;(2)科的区系组成以热带成分占主要,总共包含83科,达到重庆地区种子植物总科数的39.90%,这说明重庆种子植物区系带有一定的热带亲缘关系.属的区系组成以热带成分最多,达到454属,占重庆市种子植物总属数的40.28%,表明重庆地区种子植物区系的热带亲缘关系较强;(3)特有现象明显,虽然本地区分布的特有科属相对较少,但特有种丰富.     

Measurement of F(2)-isoprostanes as an index of oxidative stress in vivo

In 1990 we discovered the formation of prostaglandin F(2)-like compounds, F(2)-isoprostanes (F(2)-IsoPs), in vivo by nonenzymatic free radical-induced peroxidation of arachidonic acid. F(2)-IsoPs are initially formed esterified to phospholipids and then released in free form. There are several favorable attributes that make measurement of F(2)-IsoPs attractive as a reliable indicator of oxidative stress in vivo: (i) F(2)-IsoPs are specific products of lipid peroxidation; (ii) they are stable compounds; (iii) levels are present in detectable quantities in all normal biological fluids and tissues, allowing the definition of a normal range; (iv) their formation increases dramatically in vivo in a number of animal models of oxidant injury; (v) their formation is modulated by antioxidant status; and (vi) their levels are not effected by lipid content of the diet. Measurement of F(2)-IsoPs in plasma can be utilized to assess total endogenous production of F(2)-IsoPs whereas measurement of levels esterified in phospholipids can be used to determine the extent of lipid peroxidation in target sites of interest. Recently, we developed an assay for a urinary metabolite of F(2)-IsoPs, which should provide a valuable noninvasive integrated approach to assess total endogenous production of F(2)-IsoPs in large clinical studies.     

广西特有植物的研究(续完)

<正> 二、广西特有植物区系的特征和地理分布 (一)广西特有植物的科、属、种构成 就迄今我们收集到的资料,广西有维管束植物7217种(包括种下等级),隶属于288科,1778属。其中特有属10个,它们是:辛木属(Sinia,含1种,金莲木科),异裂菊属(Heteroplexis,含3种,菊科),和属于苦苣苔科的单卒苣苔属(Metebriggsia,含2种),圆果苣苔属(Gyrogyne,含1种),瑶山苣苔属(Dayaoshania,含1种),密叶苣苔属(Buxiphyllum,1种),异片苣苔属(Allostigma,含1种),裂檐苣苔属     

Mass spectrometric analysis of type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor ubiquitination

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptors form tetrameric channels in endoplasmic reticulum membranes of mammalian cells and mediate IP(3)-induced calcium mobilization. In response to various extracellular stimuli that persistently elevate IP(3) levels, IP(3) receptors are also ubiquitinated and then degraded by the proteasome. Here, for endogenous type 1 IP(3) receptor (IP(3)R1) activated by endogenous signaling pathways and processed by endogenous enzymes, we sought to determine the sites of ubiquitination and the composition of attached ubiquitin conjugates. Our findings are (i) that at least 11 of the 167 lysines in IP(3)R1 can be ubiquitinated and that these are clustered in the regulatory domain and are found in surface regions, (ii) that at least approximately 40% of the IP(3)R1-associated ubiquitin is monoubiquitin, (iii) that both Lys(48) and Lys(63) linkages are abundant in attached ubiquitin chains, and (iv) that Lys(63) linkages accumulate most rapidly. Additionally, we find that not all IP(3)R1 subunits in a tetramer are ubiquitinated and that nontetrameric IP(3)R1 complexes form as degradation proceeds, suggesting that ubiquitinated subunits may be selectively extracted and degraded. Overall, these data show that endogenous IP(3)R1 is tagged with an array of ubiquitin conjugates at multiple sites and that both IP(3)R1 ubiquitination and degradation are highly complex processes.     

黔桂边境六县植物区系组成及其特点

黔桂边境六县植物区系有维管束植物203科921属2255种(变种)。其中种子植物含25种以上的有22科,代表成分有樟科、山茶科、壳斗科、五加科、桑科和椴树科。区系的特点是:地理成分复杂、分布交错;热带、亚热带性质明显;区系起源古老;特有珍稀种类多;喜酸成分较喜钙成分占优势;草本与木本种类近等。此外,对本区系自然条件及植物资源利用也作了简述。     

Nonrandom frequency patterns of synonymous substitutions in homologous mammalian genes

All 69 homologous coding sequences that are currently available in four mammalian orders were aligned and the synonymous positions of quartet and duet (fourfold and twofold degenerate) codons were divided into three classes (that will be called conserved, intermediate, and variable) according to whether they show no change, one change, or more than one change, respectively. We observed (1) that the frequencies of conserved, intermediate, and variable positions of quartet and duet codons are different in different genes; (2) that the frequencies of the three classes are significantly different from expectations based on a random substitution process in the majority of genes (especially for GC-rich genes) for quartet codons and in a minority of genes for doublet codons; and (3) that the frequencies of the three classes of positions of quartet codons are correlated with those of duet codons, the conserved positions of quartet and duet codons being, in addition, correlated with the degree of amino acid conservation. Our main conclusions are that synonymous substitution frequencies: (1) are gene-specific; (2) are not simply the result of a stochastic process in which nucleotide substitutions accumulate at random, over time; and (3) are correlated in quartet and duet codons.