泥鳅精子和卵子结构及受精过程的细胞学观察

研究旨在探讨泥鳅精子受精时限及为其人工繁殖提供基础资料。采用光镜、电镜技术对泥鳅（Misgurnus anguillicaudatus）精子、卵子和不同时间段的受精卵进行了观察。结果显示:泥鳅精子头部无顶体,主要为核占据,核凹窝较浅,中段具不对称的袖套,尾部轴丝为9+2结构,无侧鳍。卵子动物极卵膜仅有一受精孔,受精孔为深凹陷、短孔道型。在20-21℃水温条件下,授精后3s,精子开始穿过精孔管或已经进入卵子;授精后5-8s,形成精子星光;授精后70s,卵子处于第二次减数分裂后期;授精后6-8min,第二极体形成,等待排出;授精后20-25min,雌雄原核融合;授精后25-30min,受精卵进入第一次有丝分裂中期;授精后40-45min,第一次有丝分裂结束,二细胞形成。研究表明:成熟卵子精孔管内口径（2.2860.364）m,而精子头部直径与其接近,单精受精;入水后150s内可受精。     

异源四倍体鲫鲤的受精细胞学

异源四倍体鲫鲤的成熟卵子处于第二次减数分裂中期,精子通过受精孔进入卵内。精子入卵以来,受精孔立即被受精塞堵住。受精后8min,受精卵出现明显的精子星光,同时进入第二次减数分裂后期,即将排出第二极体;13min时,精子头部开始膨胀,趋向核化;18min时,雌雄原核均已形成,并向胚盘中央靠近;23min时,雌,雄原核开始接触;33min时,雌,雄原核完全融合成为一个合子核;38min时,受精卵开始第一次卵裂,53min后分裂形成两个子核。该研究证明异源四倍体鲫鲤和大多数二倍体鱼一样,具有正常的受精细胞学程序,受精方式为单精受精。     

异源四倍体鲫鲤的受精细胞学

异源四倍体鲫鲤的成熟卵子处于第二次减数分裂中期,精子通过受精孔进入卵内.精子入卵以后,受精孔立即被受精塞堵住.受精后8 min,受精卵出现明显的精子星光,同时进入第二次减数分裂后期,即将排出第二极体;13 min时,精子头部开始膨胀,趋向核化;18 min时,雌雄原核均已形成,并向胚盘中央靠近;23 min时,雌、雄原核开始接触;33 min时,雌、雄原核完全融合成为一个合子核;38 min时,受精卵开始第一次卵裂,53 min后分裂形成两个子核.该研究证明异源四倍体鲫鲤和大多数二倍体鱼一样,具有正常的受精细胞学程序,受精方式为单精受精.     

红鲫与湘江野鲤杂交的受精细胞学研究

红鲫成熟卵直径680—720μm;卵膜孔为精子入卵的唯一通道,包括前庭和精孔管两部分;精孔管内径约5μm。湘江野鲤精子头部直径约2.5μm。在通常情况下,红鲫卵为单精受精。尽管红鲫与湘江野鲤不同属,但杂交仍具有正常的受精细胞学程序。红鲫卵子处于第二次成熟分裂中期接受湘江野鲤精子入卵,精子入卵5min后,出现明显的精子星光;15min后,雄性原核及雌性原核形成;25min后,雌、雄性原核融合;30min后、开始卵裂,发现1个受精卵切片上有4个即将融合的原核,这可能是由于双精受精所致。     

鲫鲤杂种一代(F_1)自交二代(F_2)的受精细胞学研究

荷包红鲫 (♀ )×湘江野鲤 (♂ )杂交产生的杂种一代 ( F1)成熟卵的直径为1 .0～ 1 .2 5mm;为单受精孔卵 ,一般只允许单个精子入卵 ;成熟卵在受精前处于第二次减数分裂中期 ;鲫鲤杂种一代的雄性部分可育 ,能产生正常的精子 ;杂种一代的受精方式为单精受精 ,具有正常的受精细胞学程序 .受精 30 s后 ,精子通过受精孔进入卵质 ;5min后 ,精子产生明显星光 ;1 5min后 ,精子头部膨大核化 ,最后形成雄性原核 ,与此同时 ,雌性原核也开始形成 ;2 5min后 ,雌、雄原核向胚盘中央靠近 ,然后彼此接触 ,最后融合为合子核 ;40 min后 ,开始第一次卵裂 ,在一个受精卵第一次卵裂中期的切片上看到了一个三极纺锤体 .     

南方鲇受精细胞学观察

对17℃和24℃水温条件下受精的南方鲇Silurus meridionalis受精卵进行了细胞学观察.结果表明,南方鲇属于单精入卵、单精受精,在17℃的水温条件下,受精后约20 s精子进入卵子细胞质,受精后20 min左右卵子形成第2极体,并排出体外,受精后25 min左右雌雄原核形成,40～45 min雌雄原核开始接触并部分融合,50 min雌雄原核完全融合形成合子核.24℃条件下除了雌雄原核的形成和融合的时间早一些外,其他受精细胞学程序与17℃基本一致.     

中华鲟受精细胞学研究

中华鲟(Acipenser sinensis Gray)的成熟卵具有一层放射膜及二层卵黄膜。在动物极有9—15个受精孔。每一受精孔有一大的入口(12.7—13.9μm直径)及一细长的受精管道(1.2—1.3μm直径)。 进入受精孔的许多精子只能按序入卵。其中只有一个精子的头部膨大核化,最后形成雄性原核。同时活跃的卵子也形成雌性原核。雌、雄原核彼此接触,最后融合成合子核,随后分成两个子核。 中华鲟的受精方式为多精入卵,单精受精。     

唇精子早期入卵观察

用扫描电镜对唇成熟卵子及早期精子入卵过程进行观察.结果 显示,唇成熟卵子在动物极中央有一深凹陷的表面光滑的精孔器,其外径2.512 μm,内径2.330 μm,精子直径1.567 μm.混匀的精卵刚遇水时,没有精子进入精孔器.受精后1 s,精孔器内出现精子.受精后5 s,组织切片显示,精子已经进入卵子内,并形成具有强烈抑制多精入卵作用的受精锥.受精后10 s,精子在精孔器前庭集结,尚未形成受精塞.受精后20 s,在精孔器内形成受精塞.受精塞没有阻塞精孔管,经分析它不是来源于皮层反应产物.受精塞形成后,可以吸附入卵的精子,这对多精入卵有积极的抑制作用;精子尾部在入卵过程中相互缠绕,这也是减少多精入卵的重要机制.受精后30 s, 受精塞和吸附的精子向精孔器外移动.受精后50 s, 受精塞和吸附的精子堵塞精孔器.受精后60 s, 受精塞吸附的精子开始解体,但是由于精孔管未封闭,还有精子通过精孔管进入到质膜.在人工受精过程中,卵子的单精受精屏障会因其周围精子密度大、精子与卵子距离短、精子运动速度快而被打破,从而导致这些卵子出现多精入卵的现象.受精后80 s, 精孔管仍然没有封闭,精孔器附近的精子明显出现活动能力的差异:精孔器外面的精子活动能力最强,精孔管旁边的精子活动能力较弱;精孔管外堆积的精子活性消失,受精塞吸附的精子已开始解体,经初步分析,这可能是进入其内的精子耗能有所差异的结果.受精后100 s,受精塞吸附的精子解体.     

唇鲳精子早期入卵观察

用扫描电镜对唇鳃成熟卵子及早期精子人卵过程进行观察。结果显示,唇鲋成熟卵子在动物极中央有一深凹陷的表面光滑的精孔器,其外径2．512μm,内径2．330μm,精子直径1．567μm。混匀的精卵刚遇水时,没有精子进入精孔器。受精后1s,精孔器内出现精子。受精后5S,组织切片显示,精子已经进入卵子内,并形成具有强烈抑制多精人卵作用的受精锥。受精后10S,精子在精孔器前庭集结,尚未形成受精塞。受精后20S,在精孔器内形成受精塞。受精塞没有阻塞精孔管,经分析它不是来源于皮层反应产物。受精塞形成后,可以吸附人卵的精子,这对多精入卵有积极的抑制作用;精子尾部在入卵过程中相互缠绕,这也是减少多精入卵的重要机制。受精后30s,受精塞和吸附的精子向精孔器外移动。受精后50S,受精塞和吸附的精子堵塞精孔器。受精后60s,受精塞吸附的精子开始解体,但是由于精孔管未封闭,还有精子通过精孔管进入到质膜。在人工受精过程中,卵子的单精受精屏障会因其周围精子密度大、精子与卵子距离短、精子运动速度快而被打破,从而导致这些卵子出现多精入卵的现象。受精后80s,精孔管仍然没有封闭,精孔器附近的精子明显出现活动能力的差异：精孔器外面的精子活动能力最强,精孔管旁边的精子活动能力较弱;精孔管外堆积的精子活性消失,受精塞吸附的精子已开始解体,经初步分析,这可能是进入其内的精子耗能有所差异的结果。受精后100S,受精塞吸附的精子解体。     

栉孔扇贝(♀)×虾夷扇贝( ♂ )受精细胞学观察

采用Bouin氏液固定、石蜡包埋、切片 ,用苏木精 伊红染色 ,在光学显微镜下观察栉孔扇贝 (♀ )与虾夷扇贝 (♂ )杂交的受精细胞学过程。尽管栉孔扇贝与虾夷扇贝同科不同属 ,但它们的杂交仍具有正常的受精细胞学程序。栉孔扇贝卵子处于第一次成熟分裂中期时接受虾夷扇贝的精子入卵 ,精卵混合后 6min精子入卵 ;8～ 1 0min精核略微膨胀 ;2 5～ 3 0min排出第一极体 ;1h左右 ,雌雄原核同时形成 ;1小时 3 0分钟左右 ,雌雄原核融合 ;2h左右开始卵裂。杂交过程中的精子入卵行为较本交迟缓 ,但杂交后代仍能正常发育     

Evidence that the C-terminus of OprM is involved in the assembly of the VceAB-OprM efflux pump

Although the architecture of tripartite multiple drug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps of Gram-negative bacteria has been well characterized, the means by which the components recognize each other and assemble into a functional pump remains obscure. In this study we present evidence that the C-terminal domain of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa OprM and the α-helical hairpin domain of Vibrio cholerae VceA play an important role in the recognition/specificity/recruitment step in the assembly of a functional, VceAB-OprM chimeric efflux pump. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence directly linking the C-terminal domain of an outer membrane efflux protein to its recruitment during the assembly of a tripartite efflux pump.     

心脑血管疾病大额住院消费统计分析

通过对医院2004-2006年心脑血管疾病大额住院消费(消费大于50000元,以下简称大额消费)病例发病率高的前五种疾病的构成情况、药费、材料费消耗情况进行分析,认为加强大额病例中发病率高的病种的重点管理,是降低医疗费用的有效途径。建议制定常见病大额病种预定额付费方案和审查报销制度;采用适宜技术;控制药费,防止过度医疗,有效地遏制医疗费用的过快增长。     

Studies on the energy coupling sites of photophosphorylation IV. The relation of proton fluxes to the electron transport and ATP formation associated with Photosystem II

1. By using dibromothymoquinone as the electron acceptor, it is possible to isolate functionally that segment of the chloroplast electron transport chain which includes only Photosystem II and only one of the two energy conservation sites coupled to the complete chain (Coupling Site II, observed P/e₂ = 0.3–0.4). A light-dependent, reversible proton translocation reaction is associated with the electron transport pathway: H₂O → Photosystem II → dibromothymoquinone. We have studied the characteristics of this proton uptake reaction and its relationship to the electron transport and ATP formation associated with Coupling Site II.

2. The initial phase of H⁺ uptake, analyzed by a flash-yield technique, exhibits linear kinetics (0–3 s) with no sign of transient phenomena such as the very rapid initial uptake (“pH gush”) encountered in the overall Hill reaction with methylviologen. Thus the initial rate of H⁺ uptake obtained by the flash-yield method is in good agreement with the initial rate estimated from a pH change tracing obtained under continuous illumination.

3. Dibromothymoquinone reduction, observed as O₂ evolution by a similar flash-yield technique, is also linear for at least the first 5 s, the rate of O₂ evolution agreeing well with the steady-state rate observed under continuous illumination.

4. Such measurements of the initial rates of O₂ evolution and H⁺ uptake yield an H⁺/e⁻ ratio close to 0.5 for the Photosystem II partial reaction regardless of pH from 6 to 8. (Parallel experiments for the methylviologen Hill reaction yield an H⁺/e⁻ ratio of 1.7 at pH 7.6.)

5. When dibromothymoquinone is being reduced, concurrent phosphorylation (or arsenylation) markedly lowers the extent of H⁺ uptake (by 40–60%). These data, unlike earlier data obtained using the overall Hill reaction, lend themselves to an unequivocal interpretation since phosphorylation does not alter the rate of electron transport in the Photosystem II partial reaction. ADP, P_i and hexokinase, when added individually, have no effect on proton uptake in this system.

6. The involvement of a proton uptake reaction with an H⁺/e⁻ ratio of 0.5 in the Photosystem II partial reaction H₂O → Photosystem II → dibromothymoquinone strongly suggests that at least 50% of the protons produced by the oxidation of water are released to the inside of the thylakoid, thereby leading to an internal acidification. It is pointed out that the observed efficiencies for ATP formation (P/e₂) and proton uptake (H⁺/e⁻) associated with Coupling Site II can be most easily explained by the chemiosmotic hypothesis of energy coupling.     

Strategy for Stabilizing Enzymes Part Two: Increasing Enzyme Stability by Selective Chemical Modification

The molecular mechanisms of change in the thermal stability of proteins modified with low molecular weight reagents are discussed. The choice of stabilization mechanisms to be used as a general strategy for increasing enzyme stability by chemical modification is addressed. Hydrophilization of nonpolar surface areas is the most simple and reliable approach to artificial stabilization of enzymes for use in applied biochemistry and biotechnology.     

Partial purification and properties of Galleria mellonella larvae proteolytic inhibitors acting on Metarhizium anisopliae toxic protease

Gel permeation, preparative isoelectric focusing, and affinity chromatography were used to purify three inhibitors of proteolytic activity from perchloric acid extracts of last instar Galleria mellonella larvae. Electrofocusing experiments revealed three isoinhibitors with different isoelectric points: inhibitor I-1 with p1 of pH 5.6, inhibitor I-2, pH 7.7, and inhibitor I-3 (of small inhibitory activity), pH 8.6. By affinity chromatography on trypsin-Sepharose 4B the I-1 was purified 9.7 ×, but 71.1% of inhibitory activity was lost. Molecular mass of the inhibitory complex was 12,600 Da. I-1 and I-2 are relatively stable to heat at several pHs with minor stability at pH 10. I-1 and I-2 inhibit serine proteases about 2.5 times as much as sulfhydryl proteases. In the same ratio protease P-1 and protease P-2 from Metarhizium anisopliae are inhibited.     

Survival and metabolism of the harpacticoid copepod Thompsonula hyaenae (Thompson) fed on different diatoms

Survival times and oxygen consumption rates have been determined for a benthic harpacticoid copepod, Thompsonula hyaenae (Thompson), when fed different algal diets. Nauplii and adults lived slightly longer on a diet of Navicula sp. than did those fed N. pelliculosa or a mixture of both naviculoid species. Mean numbers of harpacticoids hatched were significantly higher in cultures of N. pelliculosa. Metabolic rates of non-gravid females fed for one week on N. sp. were significantly lower than those fed N. pelliculosa or the mixture. There was no significant difference in oxygen uptake between animals fed N. pelliculosa and those fed the mixed culture. The smaller size and lower food energy content of N. pelliculosa are reflected in the higher respiratory rates of animals led this diatom species.Based on a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the M.S. degree in Marine Science at the University of South Carolina. Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research Contribution No. 114. Research supported by the Oceanography Section, National Science Foundation, NSF Grant DES72-01573 A01.     

THE DEATH OF BIOETHICS (AS WE ONCE KNEW IT)

Fast forward 50 years into the future. A look back at what occurred in the field of bioethics since 2010 reveals that a conference in 2050 commemorated the death of bioethics. In a steady progression over the years, the field became increasingly fragmented and bureaucratized. Disagreement and dissension were rife, and this once flourishing, multidisciplinary field began to splinter in multiple ways. Prominent journals folded, one by one, and were replaced with specialized publications dealing with genethics, reproethics, nanoethics, and necroethics. Mainstream bioethics organizations also collapsed, giving way to new associations along disciplinary and sub‐disciplinary lines. Physicians established their own journals, and specialty groups broke away from more general associations of medical ethics. Lawyers also split into three separate factions, and philosophers rejected all but the most rigorous, analytic articles into their newly established journal. Matters finally came to a head with global warming, the world‐wide spread of malaria and dengue, and the cost of medical treatments out of reach for almost everyone. The result was the need to develop plans for strict rationing of medical care. At the same time, recognition emerged of the importance of the right to health and the need for global justice in health. By 2060, a spark of hope was ignited, opening the door to the resuscitation of bioethics and involvement of the global community.     

贵州疣螈繁殖生态的研究

贵州疣螈（Tylototritonkweichowensis）是一年繁殖一次的有尾两栖动物。繁殖期肥满度、肝脏系数、脂肪系数、性腺成熟系数、性腺体积均具一定的生物学意义。繁殖期一般为5月上旬至7月上旬,窝卵数平均121．5±7．81枚,孵化期21．6天,孵化率44．33％。每窝印数与雌体头体长成正相关。幼体不同日龄的形态特征变化明显。其全长的Logistic生长方程为：