流式细胞仪检测纳帕海高原湿地浮游病毒和浮游细菌丰度

【背景】浮游病毒是水体微生物群落中重要的组成成分,深入研究浮游病毒的时空分布有助于更好地保护和开发当地的微生物资源。【目的】对采集到的纳帕海高原湿地水样中的浮游病毒和浮游细菌进行计数,揭示纳帕海高原湿地浮游病毒的分布规律。【方法】采用流式细胞仪检测2013年12月和2014年9月纳帕海高原湿地7个水样的浮游病毒与浮游细菌丰度,并对影响浮游病毒丰度的因素,如细菌丰度、叶绿素a含量以及其他环境因子进行了相关性分析。【结果】季节分布上,雨季浮游病毒和浮游细菌丰度高于旱季;水平分布上,原水样品的浮游病毒高于湿地水和淤泥水。旱季水样的浮游病毒丰度受到细菌丰度及叶绿素a浓度的影响较大;雨季水样的浮游病毒丰度受到水体的p H值和温度的影响较大。【结论】纳帕海高原湿地的浮游病毒和浮游细菌是比较活跃的。浮游病毒丰度在不同季节、不同采样点受到细菌丰度和叶绿素a浓度等因素的不同影响。在旱季噬菌体而非噬藻体或浮游植物病毒是纳帕海高原湿地中浮游病毒的优势种群。     

纳帕海高原湿地浮游病毒丰度及与环境因子相关性研究

目的利用EFM技术对纳帕海湿地不同季节7个水样样品中的浮游病毒丰度开展了调查,并对影响浮游病毒丰度的环境因子进行了相关性分析。方法元素检测,叶绿素a检测,荧光显微镜检测浮游细菌及浮游病毒的丰度。结果从生态分布上来看旱季和雨季浮游病毒丰度的平均值分别为3.63×10~6/mL和3.71×10~7/mL,浮游病毒丰度季节性变化不显著。从对影响浮游病毒丰度的环境因子相关性分析来看,旱季浮游病毒与Chl-a具有弱负相关性(r=0.49,P0.05);而雨季浮游病毒丰度与Chl-a具有显著正相关性(r=0.37,P0.05),表明雨季纳帕海湿地浮游病毒丰度受Chl-a含量的影响较大。旱季浮游病毒丰度与温度显著负相关,虽然在雨季浮游病毒丰度与温度也呈负相关,但并不显著;在雨季,水体pH变化较明显,而浮游病毒丰度与水体pH呈显著负相关,表明湿地的来水主要在雨季,而离子组成变化大。虽然在雨季和旱季,从多点采样的平均值来看浮游病毒丰度并无明显差异,但从一些局部的采样点来看,雨季的浮游病毒丰度显著高于旱季,说明在纳帕海区域浮游病毒的分布并不平均,因采样点环境的不同会产生明显的区别。结论对纳帕海高原湿地浮游病毒生态分布的调查,是对该地域生态学研究的补充,使得这一独特地理环境的微生物研究更加系统化。     

江苏沿岸海域浮游病毒的时空分布

在2006.7—2007.12期间,采用SYBR Green I染色-荧光显微直接计数法,对江苏沿海海域浮游病毒丰度进行了四个季度的调查,同时调查还包括细菌丰度、叶绿素a浓度。浮游病毒水平分布呈现中间高,两侧低。苏北浅滩海域病毒含量最高,最高值为47.90×106个/mL;吕泗海域最低,最低值为0.03×106个/mL。季节变化表现为冬季最高,夏季次之,春秋季相当。垂直分布也变现为明显的季节变化,除秋季外,表层浮游病毒丰度高于底层水体。浮游病毒与细菌丰度比(VBR)为0.30—180.08,平均为18.35。春季浮游病毒与叶绿素a、细菌之间均存在较强的相关性,相关系数分别为0.79和0.74(P<0.01);而在秋季,浮游病毒只与细菌有较强的相关性(r=0.79,P<0.01),这说明不同季节,浮游病毒的主要宿主会发生变化。     

仿刺参养殖池塘浮游病毒丰度与环境因子的相关性分析

为了揭示仿刺参养殖池塘生态系统中浮游病毒与环境因子的关系,于2008年3—11月对大连市谢屯地区的仿刺参养殖池塘中的浮游病毒丰度进行了定期检测,同时对水温、pH、溶解氧、盐度、叶绿素a含量、化学需氧量、无机氮、活性磷酸盐、异养细菌等因子进行了监测,对浮游病毒丰度与这些环境因子之间的相关性进行了分析。结果表明:仿刺参养殖池塘中浮游病毒的平均丰度为8.32×1010VLPs.L-1(最高值为4月的18.2×1010VLPs.L-1,最低值为11月的1.31×1010VLPs.L-1),外海水中浮游病毒平均丰度为6.45×1010VLPs.L-1(最高值为4月的12.6×1010VLPs.L-1,最低值为6月的2.02×1010VLPs.L-1),仿刺参养殖池塘中营养盐、水温、pH及盐度对浮游病毒丰度的影响较大,而外海水中叶绿素a和异养细菌对浮游病毒丰度的影响较大。     

南淝河叶绿素 a 时空分布特征及环境因子影响分析简

2009年8月至2012年4月,采样测试了南淝河上游8个位点的水质状况等,分析了南淝河叶绿素a(Chl.a)的时空分布特点及其与环境因子的关系。结果表明,南淝河研究河段Chl.a平均值为83.46μg/L,已处于严重富营养化状态。南淝河Chl.a浓度与总磷(TP)、化学需氧量(COD)、酸碱度(pH)、总固体悬浮物(TSS)、水温(WT)显著性正相关(P0.05),与透明度(SD)、氨氮/总磷比值(4NH+–N/TP)、水深(WD)、降雨(Rain)及风速(Wind)显著性负相关(P0.05)。逐步回归分析表明,影响南淝河上游河段Chl.a浓度的主导环境因子依次为水温、风速、降雨、总磷和氨氮。对南淝河与其他富营养化水体Chl.a的主要影响因子进行比较,结果表明水温是影响Chl.a的最重要因子,氮磷比、营养盐、降雨、风速、生物因子均对富营养化水体Chl.a有影响。     

南淝河叶绿素a时空分布特征及环境因子影响分析

2009年8月至2012年4月,采样测试了南淝河上游8个位点的水质状况等,分析了南淝河叶绿素a(Chl.a)的时空分布特点及其与环境因子的关系。结果表明,南淝河研究河段Chl.a平均值为83.46μg/L,已处于严重富营养化状态。南淝河Chl.a浓度与总磷(TP)、化学需氧量(COD)、酸碱度(pH)、总固体悬浮物(TSS)、水温(WT)显著性正相关(P0.05),与透明度(SD)、氨氮/总磷比值(4NH+–N/TP)、水深(WD)、降雨(Rain)及风速(Wind)显著性负相关(P0.05)。逐步回归分析表明,影响南淝河上游河段Chl.a浓度的主导环境因子依次为水温、风速、降雨、总磷和氨氮。对南淝河与其他富营养化水体Chl.a的主要影响因子进行比较,结果表明水温是影响Chl.a的最重要因子,氮磷比、营养盐、降雨、风速、生物因子均对富营养化水体Chl.a有影响。     

长江口及邻近海域夏、冬季浮游病毒丰度分布

应用荧光显微计数法,对2006年夏季和2007年冬季长江口浮游病毒丰度(virus direct count,VDC)进行了检测.结果表明:夏季该海域VDC在2.22×106～9.97×107个·ml-1,高值分布在近海B区(122.5°-123.5°E)的表层海域;冬季VDC在1.99×106～2.66×107个·ml-1,高值分布在近岸A区(120.5°-122.5°E)海域,且由近岸向外海逐渐降低.夏季VDC与浮游细菌生物量、叶绿素含量关系密切,与营养盐相关性不显著(P＞0.05);冬季VDC与浮游细菌、营养盐含量关系密切,与叶绿素a含量相关性不显著(P＞0.05).夏季VDC显著高于冬季(P＜0.01),且两季的分布特征存在不同,此种差异主要与浮游细菌、浮游植物等病毒寄主的分布有关.冬季的营养盐含量也是影响其浮游病毒分布的重要因素.     

滴水湖叶绿素a时空分布及其与水质因子的关系

根据2011年9月-2012年8月监测数据,分析上海市人工湖泊——滴水湖叶绿素a的时空分布及其与主要环境因子的相互关系.结果表明:滴水湖叶绿素a含量随时间的变化幅度较大,表现为3、7月出现高峰而其他月份较低;叶绿素a含量在空间分布上具有一定的分异性,湖心普遍偏高,其他各点相对较低;对滴水湖叶绿素a采用主成分多元线性回归分析(APCS-MLR),得到描述水质因子的潜变量F1、F2与其相关性较大,建立了潜变量与叶绿素a含量的相关性模型;滴水湖叶绿素a含量与溶解氧(DO)、水温、总溶解磷(TDP)、活性磷(AP)有着密切的相关性;磷为滴水湖水体初级生产力的限制因子;因此,磷是有效控制滴水湖水体富营养化的关键因子.     

三峡库区典型支流浮游细菌的生态分布及其影响因素

2013年夏季对三峡库区3条典型支流朱衣河、梅溪河、草堂河进行了采样调查,分析了浮游细菌丰度的分布特征及其与环境因子的关系。结果表明:浮游细菌丰度在调查的水体中存在明显空间差异,变化范围为0.53×105~10.55×105个·m L-1,平均值为2.71×105个·m L-1;平均细菌丰度从大到小依次为梅溪河、朱衣河、长江干流和草堂河;3条支流浮游细菌丰度垂向分布特征均表现为表层中层底层。相关性分析表明,溶解氧、p H、叶绿素a与浮游细菌丰度具有显著的相关性,为该水域浮游细菌丰度空间分布的主要限制因子。根据浮游细菌丰度,各调查水域均处于富营养状态。     

东太湖地区湿地水质与浮游细菌群落结构关联性研究

[目的]考察东太湖地区湿地水质与浮游细菌群落结构之间的关联,探索对湿地水质具有指示作用的微生物。[方法]应用高通量测序研究浮游细菌群落结构;通过相关性分析考察了浮游细菌群落多样性与水质的关联,并运用LEf Se分析定位不同水质水样的标志微生物。[结果]东太湖湿地浮游细菌主要分布于放线菌门(相对丰度34.78%)、变形菌门(26.30%)及蓝细菌门(19.28%)等7个门;水质指标综合得分与浮游细菌群落香农-威纳指数和辛普森指数分别显著相关(r=-0.597,p0.05;r=0.694,p0.01);蓝细菌门与伯克氏菌科的相对丰度在不同水质水样中差异最为显著(LDA得分4.0)。[结论]东太湖地区,较高的浮游细菌多样性表征较好的湿地水质;蓝细菌相对丰度较高(27.80%)指示湿地水质较差,而伯克氏菌相对丰度较高(5.48%)指示湿地水质相对较好。     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.