FISH ASSEMBLAGE RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT SECONDARY CHANNEL DESIGNS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER,U.S.A.:A TEMPLATE FOR RIVER RESTORATION

The lower Mississippi River(LMR) has been heavily modified for multiple human purposes such as navigation, flood control, and bank stabilization. However, the LMR simultaneously supports a diverse fish fauna that includes recreational and commercial fisheries. Due to river training and diversion structures constructed during the past 80 years, the historic characteristics of the LMR have been drastically altered and have likely influenced fishes and fisheries in the system. One common restoration measure used throughout the LMR has been to "notch" wing-dike structures that close secondary(side) river channels. Dike notching allows year-round flows through secondary channels, which enhances habitat diversity and promotes biological productivity at the ecosystem scale. Although notching is presumed good for LMR fishes and other biota, few studies have examined its effects on fish assemblages. In this study, fish assemblages were sampled at seven LMR secondary channels spanning from river kilometer(rkm) 628(Louisiana-Mississippi, U.S.A.) upstream to rkm 1504(Missouri-Kentucky, U.S.A.). Four secondary channels were termed "permanent"(i.e.,with notched dikes) while three secondary channels were termed "temporary"(i.e., without notched dikes).Fishes were sampled by boat-mounted electrofishing conducted during falling and low stages from1995—1997. Fish assemblages differed between permanent and temporary secondary channels, and varied somewhat between falling and low stages. Gizzard shad(Dorosoma cepedianum), threadfin shad(D. petenense), and white bass(Morone chrysops) demonstrated consistent preferences for low-current conditions associated with temporary secondary channels. Conversely, blue catfish(Ictalurus furcatus), flathead catfish(Pylodictis olivaris), and freshwater drum(Aplodinotus grunniens) were more associated with permanent secondary channels. Future restoration strategies in the LMR should consider dike notching and resultant maintenance of permanent secondary channels in selected river reaches. However, temporary secondary channels also contain unique fish species, and also appear to be important sites of riverine primary production. Restoration strategies should consider a balance of both secondary channel types, which should support the greatest biodiversity for the LMR ecosystem.     

微生物在水环境污染物降解中的应用

每年有大量来自工业、农业、养殖业和城市污水处理厂的废水被排入到水环境中,因此,地球上的水环境面临大量来自生活废水、工农业废水、非法排放的废水及其它废水的污染物质(如抗生素、杀虫剂,除草剂、烃等)的严重挑战,特别是近年来随着集约化养殖的发展,废水污染问题日益突出,并且随着分析手段的进步,能够检测到被排入水环境中的化学污染物质也越来越多,这些化学污染物对水环境中的生物产生有害影响.但是,微生物在污染控制上具有许多重要的作用.因此,本文对微生物在水环境污染物降解中的应用进行了评论.结果表明微生物主要是应用在水产养殖水中,而在其它的水体系(如河、湖、海)的应用较少.     

Effects of environmental stressors on stem cells

Environmental toxicants are ubiquitous,and many are known to cause harmful health effects.However,much of what we know or think we know concerning the targets and long-term effects of exposure to environmental stressors is sadly lacking.Toxicant exposure may have health effects that are currently mischaracterized or at least mechanistically incompletely understood.While much of the recent excitement about stem cells(SCs)focuses on their potential as therapeutic agents,they also offer a valuable resource to give us insight into the mechanisms and risks of toxicant effects.Not only as a response to the increasing ethical pressure to reduce animal testing,SC studies allow us valuable insight into the true effects of human exposure to environmental stressors under controlled conditions.We present a review of the history of publications on the effects of environmental stressors on SCs,followed by a consolidation of the literature over the past five years on a subset of key environmental stressors of importance to human health and their effects on both embryonic and tissue SCs.The review will make constructive suggestions as to areas of toxicant research where further studies are needed,as well as making indications of the potential utility for advancing knowledge and directing research on environmental toxicology.     

走进内蒙

2015年8月1日,我们每一个人收拾好行囊,整装待发,在邓涛老师带领下踏上了去往内蒙古的征程,拉开了探索灰色生命之旅的序幕. 队伍由两辆车、8人组成,我们早晨7点从中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所出发,披着清晨的阳光,摆脱城市的拥挤,缓缓地“逃离”了北京城.直到抵达张北之后我们的车子才能像矫健的马儿一样驰骋在广袤的公路上,沿途没有了城市的喧闹,没有了交通的堵塞,伴随我们的只有那一眼望去蓝蓝的天空、随风摆动的小草,以及那迷人的风景,偶尔打开车窗,一股凉爽的清风扑面而来,沁人心脾.经过一路的颠簸,我们在傍晚时刻到达锡林浩特,当地文物保护站的同志为我们安顿好了一切.     

例谈2007年高考"现代生物科技专题"

通过现代生物科技专题及相关高考试题的介绍与分析,以开拓学生视野,增强科技意识,激发学生探索生命奥妙和热爱生物科学的情感,为进一步学习现代生物学奠定基础.同时,借助现代生物科技专题作试题背景,具有能力的开放性和情境的新颖性,也有利于考查和培养学生独立获取新知识、收集和处理信息的能力.所选试题涉及现代生物科技前沿的领域有:基因工程、细胞工程、蛋白质工程、癌症和克隆技术等,均体现出对现代生物技术发展的关注.     

Formidable females redux:male social integration into female networks and the value of dynamic multilayer networks

The development of multilayer network techniques is a boon for researchers who wish to understand how different interaction layers might influence each other,and how these in turn might influence group dynamics.Here,we investigate how integration between male and female grooming and aggression interaction networks influences male power trajectories in vervet monkeys Chlorocebus pygerythrus.Our previous analyses of this phenomenon used a monolayer approach,and our aim here is to extend these analyses using a dynamic multilayer approach.To do so,we constructed a temporal series of male and female interaction layers.We then used a multivariate multilevel autoregression model to compare cross-lagged associations between a male's centrality in the female grooming layer and changes in male Elo ratings.Our results confirmed our original findings:changes in male centrality within the female grooming network were weakly but positively tied to changes in their Elo ratings.However,the multilayer network approach offered additional insights into this social process,identifying how changes in a male's centrality cascade through the other network layers.This dynamic view indicates that the changes in Elo ratings are likely to be short-lived,but that male centrality within the female network had a much stronger impact throughout the multilayer network as a whole,especially on reducing intermale aggression(i.e.,aggression directed by males toward other males).We suggest that multilayer social network approaches can take advantage of increased amounts of social data that are more commonly collected these days,using a variety of methods.Such data are inherently multilevel and multilayered,and thus offer the ability to quantify more precisely the dynamics of animal social behaviors.     

Plant infection by two different viruses induce contrasting changes of vectors fitness and behavior

Insect-vectored plant viruses can induce changes in plant phenotypes,thus influencing plant-vector interactions in a way that may promote their dispersal according to their mode of transmission (i.e.,circulative vs.noncirculative).This indirect vector manipulation requires host-virus-vector coevolution and would thus be effective solely in very specific plant-virus-vector species associations.Some studies suggest this manipulation may depend on multiple factors relative to various intrinsic characteristics of vectors such as transmission efficiency.In anintegrative study,we tested the effects of infection of the Brassicaceae Camelina sativa with the noncirculative Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)or the circulative Turnip yellows virus (TuYV)on the host-plant colonization of two aphid species differing in their virus transmission efficiency:the polyphagous Myzus persicae,efficient vector of both viruses,and the Brassicaceae specialist Brevicoryne brassicae,poor vector of TuYV and efficient vector of CaMV.Results confirmed the important role of virus mode of transmission as plant-mediated effects of CaMV on the two aphid species induced negative alterations of feeding behavior (i.e.,decreased phloem sap ingestion)and performance that were both conducive for virus fitness by promoting dispersion after a rapid acquisition.In addition,virus transmission efficiency may also play a role in vector manipulation by viruses as only the responses of the efficient vector to plant-mediated effects of TuYV,that is,enhanced feeding behavior and performances,were favorable to their acquisition and further dispersal.Altogether,this work demonstrated that vector transmission efficiency also has to be considered when studying the mechanisms underlying vector manipulation by viruses.Our results also re- inforce the idea that vector manipulation requires coevolution between plant,virus and vector.     

Increased monoamine oxidase activity and imidazoline binding sites in insulin-resistant adipocytes from obese Zucker rats

BACKGROUND Despite overt insulin resistance,adipocytes of genetically obese Zucker rats accumulate the excess of calorie intake in the form of lipids.AIM To investigate whether factors can replace or reinforce insulin lipogenic action by exploring glucose uptake activation by hydrogen peroxide,since it is produced by monoamine oxidase(MAO)and semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase(SSAO)in adipocytes.METHODS 3H-2-deoxyglucose uptake(2-DG)was determined in adipocytes from obese and lean rats in response to insulin or MAO and SSAO substrates such as tyramine and benzylamine.14C-tyramine oxidation and binding of imidazolinic radioligands[3H-Idazoxan,3H-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-imidazoline]were studied in adipocytes,the liver,and muscle.The influence of in vivo administration of tyramine+vanadium on glucose handling was assessed in lean and obese rats.RESULTS 2-DG uptake and lipogenesis stimulation by insulin were dampened in adipocytes from obese rats,when compared to their lean littermates.Tyramine and benzylamine activation of hexose uptake was vanadate-dependent and was also limited,while MAO was increased and SSAO decreased.These changes were adipocyte-specific and accompanied by a greater number of imidazoline I2 binding sites in the obese rat,when compared to the lean.In vitro,tyramine precluded the binding to I2 sites,while in vivo,its administration together with vanadium lowered fasting plasma levels of glucose and triacylglycerols in obese CONCLUSION The adipocytes from obese Zucker rats exhibit increased MAO activity and imidazoline binding site number.However,probably as a consequence of SSAO down-regulation,the glucose transport stimulation by tyramine is decreased as much as that of insulin in these insulin-resistant adipocytes.The adipocyte amine oxidases deserve more studies with respect to their putative contribution to the management of glucose and lipid handling.     

Stem cell therapy applied for digestive anastomosis: Current state and future perspectives

BACKGROUND Digestive tract resections are usually followed by an anastomosis.Anastomotic leakage,normally due to failed healing,is the most feared complication in digestive surgery because it is associated with high morbidity and mortality.Despite technical and technological advances and focused research,its rates have remained almost unchanged the last decades.In the last two decades,stem cells(SCs)have been shown to enhance healing in animal and human studies;hence,SCs have emerged since 2008 as an alternative to improve anastomoses outcomes.AIM To summarise the published knowledge of SC utilisation as a preventative tool for hollow digestive viscera anastomotic or suture leaks.METHODS PubMed,Science Direct,Scopus and Cochrane searches were performed using the key words“anastomosis”,“colorectal/colonic anastomoses”,“anastomotic leak”,“stem cells”,“progenitor cells”,“cellular therapy”and“cell therapy”in order to identify relevant articles published in English and Spanish during the years of 2000 to 2021.Studies employing SCs,performing digestive anastomoses in hollow viscera or digestive perforation sutures and monitoring healing were finally included.Reference lists from the selected articles were reviewed to identify additional pertinent articles.METHODS Given the great variability in the study designs,anastomotic models,interventions(SCs,doses and vehicles)and outcome measures,performing a reliable meta-analysis was considered impossible,so we present the studies,their results and limitations.RESULTS Eighteen preclinical studies and three review papers were identified;no clinical studies have been published and there are no registered clinical trials.Experimental studies,mainly in rat and porcine models and occasionally in very adverse conditions such as ischaemia or colitis,have been demonstrated SCs as safe and have shown some encouraging morphological,functional and even clinical results.Mesenchymal SCs are mostly employed,and delivery routes are mainly local injections and cell sheets followed by biosutures(sutures coated by SCs)or purely topical.As potential weaknesses,animal models need to be improved to make them more comparable and equivalent to clinical practice,and the SC isolation processes need to be standardised.There is notable heterogeneity in the studies,making them difficult to compare.Further investigations are needed to establish the indications,the administration system,potential adjuvants,the final efficacy and to confirm safety and exclude definitively oncological concerns.CONCLUSION The future role of SC therapy to induce healing processes in digestive anastomoses/sutures still needs to be determined and seems to be currently far from clinical use.     

向日葵生殖生长不同时期向光运动日变化的观察

通过观测可以确定向日葵的确具有明显跟随太阳旋转的向光性,但处于不同时期的向日葵有很大差异:处于花蕾早期的向日葵从日出到日落跟随太阳由东经南再向西运动且有明显的滞后现象.盛花期的向日葵花盘基本固定朝向东方,不跟随太阳运动,但仍有小范围偏转.     

欧洲鳗鲡红头病病原的研究

我国南方各省欧洲鳗鲡养殖过程中,在黑仔及幼鳗期易发生一种以头部充血发红为主要特征的严重疾病,被称为“红头病”。本文描述了欧鳗红头病的症状,从病鳗血液中分离到３株菌,肌注和口服人工感染试验出现与自然发病相似的症状,死亡率分别９ ８３％和６７％,从病鳗身上重新分离到性状的菌株。４株分离菌的特性完全一致。均为革兰氏阴性杆菌,以周鞭毛运动,兼性压氧,发酵葡萄糖产酸,氧化酶阴性,过氧化氢酶阳性,还原硝酸盐Ｖ     

欧洲鳗鲡外周血细胞的显微和超微结构

利用光镜和透射电镜技术研究了欧洲鳗鲡（Anguilla anguilla）外周血细胞的显微和亚显微结构。结果表明：在外周血细胞中可以区分出红细胞、单核细胞、大淋巴细胞、小淋巴细胞、嗜中性粒细胞和血栓细胞;嗜中性粒细胞内的特殊颗粒包括A、B、C三型;嗜中性粒细胞分为Ⅰ型粒细胞（内含A、B、C三种特殊颗粒）、Ⅱ型粒细胞（内含A型和C型两种特殊颗粒）和Ⅲ型粒细胞（内含C型特殊颗粒）。还见到幼稚的和正在分裂的红细胞和单核细胞,提示示幼稚的红细胞能直接进入外周血流中,嗜酸性粒细胞和嗜碱性粒细胞无论在血涂片上或超薄切片上均未见到。描述了上述各种血细胞在光镜和电镜观察下的形态和细微结构。血栓细胞体积最小,嗜中性粒细胞体积最大;淋巴细胞数目最多,嗜中性粒细胞数目最少。     

鳗鲡属六种鱼类形态判别研究

使用方差分析、判别分析及主成分等方法对鳗鲡属下6种鱼类(花鳗鲡Anguilla marmorata、菲律宾鳗鲡 A.bicolor Pacifica、美洲鳗鲡 A.rostrala、欧洲鳗鲡 A.anguilla、日本鳗鲡 A.Japonica、澳洲鳗鲡 A.australis australis脊椎骨数、传统可量数据及现代的框架数据进行了研究.结果表明:1)脊椎骨数方面,6种鳗鲡在总脊椎骨数、背鳍前脊椎骨数、背鳍一臀鳍起点间脊椎骨数等几个参数上几乎都存在显著差异,可据此予以区分,主成分分布图上6种鳗鲡彼此分开;2)外形的12项可量数据和16项框架数据的分析结果表明,背鳍前长/全长、背鳍起点一脊椎末端/全长两个比例性状在6种鳗鲡之间均表现出显著差异,可以作为判别这几种鳗鲡的特定参数,互相证实准确率为99.2%,前3个主成分的方差贡献率累积达67.74%,它包含了28个变量中的23个,这些变量分布在鱼体的前、中、后各部位,由此可见6种鳗鲡的区别散布于全身,而非集中于某一区段;3)上述两大类数据的聚类结果完全一致,菲律宾鳗鲡与花鳗鲡、美洲鳗鲡与日本鳗鲡最为相似.     

日本鳗鲡的C-型和G-型溶菌酶研究

研究以日本鳗鲡(Anguilla japonica Temminck et Schlegel)为研究对象, 根据其基因组数据库, 预测并扩增出2类, 共5个溶菌酶基因, 包括1个C-型溶菌酶和4个G-型溶菌酶, 分别命名为AJLysC、AJLysG1、AJLysG2、AJLysG3和AJLysG4。它们的cDNA全长分别为811、749、1352、1175和733 bp, 编码143、193、185、185和187个氨基酸。SignalP预测表明, AJLysC和AJLysG1的N-端分别包括15和19氨基酸的信号肽, 另外3种溶菌酶没有信号肽。基因组分析显示, AJLysC、AJLysG2、AJLysG3和AJLysG4的基因结构与其他鱼类的同类溶菌酶的基因结构相似, C-型溶菌酶具有4个外显子, G-型则具有5个。但是, AJLysG1的基因结构与其他鱼类G-型溶菌酶不同, 具有6个外显子, 与其他鱼类溶菌酶的蛋白序列比较, 发现AJLysG1缺失其他G-型溶菌酶存在的第2个酶活性位点氨基酸, 即天冬氨酸Asp。AJLysC与其他很多物种的C-型溶菌酶具有较高的同一性, 如与牙鲆的同一性为72.7%。G-型溶菌酶中AJLysG2、AJLysG3、AJLysG4彼此之间以及与其他物种G-型溶菌酶的同一性相对较高; 而AJLysG1与其他物种以及与其他3种G-型溶菌酶的同一性均不高, 且都在50%以下。组织表达分析显示, 所有5个溶菌酶基因在12种检测的组织中均有表达。C-型溶菌酶在胃及免疫相关组织的表达量较高; G-型溶菌酶在各组织/器官中的表达则差异较大, AJLysG1在皮肤和肌肉中的表达量最高, AJLysG2在免疫组织/器官如血液、头肾、体肾和鳃中表达量较高。经迟缓爱德华氏菌(Edwardsiella tarda)刺激48h后, 这5个溶菌酶基因在组织/器官中的表达量均有上调, 其中在血液、肠道和头肾等的上调较为显著。此外, 研究尝试重组表达这些抗菌肽, 获得了AJLysG2、AJLysG3和AJLysG4基因在鲤上皮瘤细胞(Epithelioma papulosum cyprinid, EPC)细胞中的表达, 重组蛋白表现出对溶壁微球菌(Micrococcus lyso-deikticus)生长的明显抑制作用。文章较全面地研究了日本鳗鲡溶菌酶基因的组成和类型及其表达变化, 并重组表达了部分基因, 这为进一步研究这些溶菌酶的功能, 特别是对病原微生物的作用奠定了基础。     

日本鳗鲡精子形成过程中的形态结构特点

本文通过扫描电镜、透射电镜观察了日本鳗鲡（Anguilla japonica）精子形成的特殊过程及产生细胞器的特殊结构。由精细胞变成精子包括四个特殊阶段,即经过早期、中期、晚期和精子期．最后形成正常成熟的精子．（1）早期阶段：其特征是细胞核由椭圆形逐步变成长条形;在细胞核的一端．有一个大的圆的染色较浅的形状似球形的特殊结构,约占细胞核的三分之一,其内含有少量着色深的颗粒状和线条状物质,外面由质膜包被着与细胞核分开,该结构和细胞核的外层还有一层质膜包着形成一个整体：精子早期阶段没有形成独立的线粒体和中心粒。（2）中期阶段：其特征是细胞核呈长条形．有球形结构的一端成为细胞核的上端,无球形结构的一端成为细胞核的下端,在下端出现鞭毛的原基;球形结构伴随着精子的发生也发生变化,内部逐步分化出中心粒和线粒体等细胞器：在细胞核的中段有明显的溶酶体分布。（3）晚期阶段：其特征是细胞核呈“眉形”或“新月形”．中心粒从球形结构中释放出来形成独立结构．球形结构中只剩下还没有形成独立结构的线粒体：在细胞核的下端鞭毛的原基处长出较长的鞭毛,这时期的精子已具有运动能力。（4）精子期：其特征是细胞核呈圆形,中心粒位于植入窝内,线粒体分布在细胞核的下面．在线粒体的下面有袖套腔形成,此时形成的鞭毛为“9＋2”结构。日本鳗鲡精子经过四个时期的变态．才能形成真正成熟的精子。     

鳗鲡出血性开口病的病理学研究

本文报告了我国发生的一种鳗鲡病毒病──鳗鲡出血性开口病的组织病理变化：肝、肾、脾脏组织出血、细胞变性,骨质内有大县白细胞浸润,肝、肾、脾脏细胞超微结构病理变化明显,肾、脾脏造血组织和外周血细胞出现核染色质边集、奇异形核,大量髓鞘样结构、自噬体和自噬溶酶体等,并可见类似凋亡细胞及调亡小体结构和邻近细胞内吞噬体增多现象。根据骨组织中白细胞浸润及器官和血液中部分细胞结构已出现异型性特征,作者认为,鳗鲡出血性开口病可能有癌变的趋势．     

爱德华氏菌人工经口感染及病理观察

用从病鱼体内分离到的福建爱德华氏茵（Ｅｄａｗａｒｄｓｉｅｌｌａｆｕｊｉａｍｅｎｓｉｓ）人工经口感染鳗鲡获得成功,证明该菌由消化道传染。人工感染后一系列组织病理观察表明：该菌对肝脏的损害是致肝细胞融解形成灶性坏死,对肾脏引起造血组织增生。当继发感染气单胞菌（Ａｅｒｏｍｏ－ｎａｓ）后,灶性坏死区形成脓肿。继发感染是爱德华氏病致死的原因,同时也是鳗鲡爱德华氏病症伏表现为肝脏型或肾脏型两种类型的原因。     

鳗鲡肝脏、脾脏显微与超微结构

经光镜和电镜观察发现：鳗鲡肝脏的肝小叶不规则。肝细胞胞质内富含多种细胞器及包含物。胆小管由２—４个肝细胞围成，相邻肝细胞间有连接复合体封闭胆小管。肝血窦为有孔型、孔处无隔膜，内有巨噬细胞。窦周隙明显，未见贮脂细胞。肝细胞向胆小管腔与窦周隙面伸出许多指状微绒毛。脾脏内白髓中淋巴细胞聚集成群，未见明显脾小结、淋巴鞘。红髓由脾索与脾窦组成，动脉分支末端（壁厚的毛细血管）可开放于红髓，无明显巨噬细胞中心。脾窦及脾小动脉内皮细胞通常为长杆状、沿血管纵向平行排列。脾窦为有孔型，孔处可见薄的隔膜。脾小动脉内皮外为２—５层平滑肌（多数为纵行）。