硒在地方病中的防治作用及其分子机制研究进展

大骨节病、克山病、地方性氟中毒和地方性砷中毒是我国的主要地方病,其病因、发病机制均与宏量元素和微量元素的缺乏、中毒与失衡有关。低硒是大骨节病和克山病的重要环境因素,补硒对其具有一定防治效果。综述了微量元素硒与大骨节病和克山病之间的关系,以及硒元素在大骨节病、克山病、氟中毒和硒中毒中的作用机制方面的研究进展,旨在进一步探索微量元素硒的生物学潜能及其分子机制,更好地造福于人类。     

我国地理环境硒缺乏与健康研究进展

我国地理环境硒缺乏的范围和程度都比较严重。综述了自20世纪60年代末以来我国环境硒缺乏与健康研究方面的进展,包括我国环境硒的地域分异与克山病和大骨节病的关系、低硒环境成因与低硒环境改良,以及硒与地方性砷中毒防治等方面的研究进展。在此基础上提出了未来地理环境中硒与健康的研究方向,以期为环境硒资源的开发利用和不同人群硒营养的健康基线研究提供科学的理论依据。     

富硒植物与人体健康

硒是生态环境中的一个重要微量元素。1957年施瓦茨发现,硒有抗氧化作用,并首次提出硒是人体的必需元素。同年,谷跳甘肽过氧化物酶被发现。1971年,Rotz－uch证明,硒是该酶的组成成分。1973年,世界卫生组织宣布硒是人体生命的必需元素。近年,德国植物营养学家已将硒列于植物有益元素的行列。硒通过生物地球化学营养链：岩石一土壤和水一植物一动物和人给人和动物以影响。几十年来的研究结果表明,人和动物的四十多种疾病与体内硒缺乏有关,典型疾病如地方性克山病、大骨节病、牲畜的白肌病。禽类的渗出性素质等,而硒制剂对这些疾病均…     

环境硒与健康研究团队介绍

<正>中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所环境硒与健康研究团队长期研究硒在环境中的迁移转化、分布、地域分异规律及其与克山病、大骨节病、地方性砷中毒、区域长寿等疾病和健康关系研究,为地方病的环境病因和防治及硒的开发利用做出了重大贡献。从"六五"至今,先后主持国家科技部科技攻关/科技支撑项目、中科院重大/重点项目、自然科学基金重点/面上项目等相关科研项目30余项,获得国家、省(部)级以上奖励10多项,发表论文300余篇,出版专     

控制磷脂代谢对动物心肌细胞膜(膜结合酶)的结构和功能的影响

几年来我国在克山病、大骨节病的研究中,发现病儿心肌、红细胞膜的形态、结构和功能方面存在异常,在以模拟克山病区居民生活特点、控制磷脂和硒的动物模型实验中,出现了类似克山病心肌损伤的一系列病变(如心电图、病理形态、代谢及心肌磷脂组成的改变),表明控制磷脂代谢可以改变某些组织细胞膜的结构和功能,这对研究心血管病等老年性疾病的发生及其防治将有重要意义,即修饰改善活体的细胞膜将是可能的。本文是我们通过一种控制磷脂代谢的基础饲料喂养动物,观察其对心肌细胞膜组分、膜结合酶活性乃至心肌功能的影响的实验结果,同时对补充磷脂的效应进行了平行观察。     

微量元素硒与地方病关系研究团队介绍

正西安交通大学地方病研究所成立于1996年,1990年被批准为卫生部微量元素与地方病重点实验室,在长期的地方病防治实践中王世臣教授、莫东旭教授等主持的"硒与克山病"、"硒与大骨节病"研究分别获得了国际生物无机化学家协会"Klaus Schwaz奖"以及全国科学大会奖。多年来熊咏民教授致力于微量元素与地方病关系研究,其负责的科研团队骨干包括陈静宏教授、张峰教授、代晓霞副教授、陈群副教授、谭武红副教授和马天有博士等。研究方向主     

克山病病区粮喂养大鼠红细胞膜脂流动性的变化

本文观察了低硒的克山病病区粮和克山病病区粮补硒后喂养大鼠对其红细胞膜脂流动性的影响。实验结果表明克山病病区粮喂养的大鼠红细胞膜脂流动性较正常对照降低,其原因可能与机体处于低硒状态下红细胞膜结合硒含量降低、红细胞膜胆固醇含量及脂质过氧化产物升高有关,克山病病区粮补硒后喂养大鼠,其红细胞膜脂流动性恢复至正常对照。     

硒的重要生理功能

硒的最重要的作用之一,是构成谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶,保护细胞膜的结构及功能不受过氧化物的损害及干扰。还能够保护心肌、预防克山病、大骨节病等,并对预防癌症有重要作用。由于不同地域的土壤、水中含硒量的差异,食物中的含硒量也有很大差异,因此在选取富硒食物时,除注意种类（品种）外,还要尽量扩大食物的来源。     

论硒和克山病的病因

由于我国农村自产自食和单调的膳食习惯,地区水土特点得以通过饮食作用于本地居民。这是克山病地方性硒缺乏学说的基本论点。本文列举硒缺乏作为克山病发病基本因素的证据,在讨论中尽可能结合以往我国在不同领域内对克山病病因研究的结果和当前国外硒研究工作的进展。     

论硒和克山病的病因

由于我国农村自产自食和单调的膳食习惯,地区水土特点得以通过饮食作用于本地居民.这是克山病地方性硒缺乏学说的基本论点,本文列举硒缺乏作为克山病发病基本因素的证据,在讨论中尽可能结合以往我国在不同领域内对克山病病因研究的结果和当前国外硒研究工作的进展.     

环境中富啡酸对小麦吸收利用亚硒酸钠及其毒性的影响

利用小麦水培安验,研究了从土壤中提取的富啡酸（Ｆｕｌｖｉｃａｃｉｄ,ＦＡ）对亚硒酸钠生物有效性及毒性的影响。结果表明,富啡酸对小麦吸收利用亚硒酸钠有明显的影晌,并且对高浓度亚硒酸钠的毒性有一定的抑制作用,富啡酸可提高小麦对硒胁迫的生态适应性。     

Selenium Was a Time Bomb

At high dietary levels, selenium causes adverse effects in animals. Aquatic birds are among the more sensitive wildlife species, because their reproduction can be impaired when dietary selenium levels exceed about 4?µg/g (dry weight basis). Fish can also be adversely affected at similar dietary exposures. Conversely, low dietary levels of selenium (below about 0.1 to 0.5?µg/g) cause nutritional deficiencies in domestic animals, fish, and wildlife. Selenium became recognized as a significant environmental contaminant for wildlife in 1983, with the discovery of developmental abnormalities and excessive embryonic mortality in aquatic birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California. There are a number of environmental settings in which selenium warrants concern and must be considered carefully in relation to potential effects to fish and wildlife, and there may still be surprises in which it unexpectedly becomes a significant ecological issue. However, if selenium is included among the chemicals of potential ecological concern when ecological risk assessments are planned and conducted, there is enough information to thoroughly evaluate its environmental significance in much the same way as other contaminants. The main difference is that it is essential to have a good understanding of selenium's occurrence, complex biogeochemistry, and ecotoxicology to avoid serious errors.     

Speciation, Distribution, and Bioavailability of Soil Selenium in the Tibetan Plateau Kashin–Beck Disease Area—A Case Study in Songpan County, Sichuan Province, China

To clarify the relationship between the soil selenium distribution and its bioavailability with the distribution of Kashin–Beck disease (KBD) endemic areas on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, samples of natural soil (0–20 cm), cultivated topsoil, and main crops of the region (highland barley) were collected at different altitudes according to topographical and geomorphological features in both KBD and non-KBD areas of Songpan County. These samples were used for determination and analysis of total selenium content in soil and highland barley and available selenium that can be absorbed and utilized by plants. The results showed that the average total selenium content of natural and cultivated topsoil in KBD areas was lower than that in non-KBD areas (natural soil, P?=?0.061; cultivated soil, P?=?0.002), which is in agreement with the geographical distributions of selenium in other KBD-affected areas. However, the total soil selenium content exhibits certain micro-spatial distribution features, namely, the total selenium content in some endemic areas was significantly higher than that of non-KBD areas. This result was contrary to the general distribution that total selenium content in a KBD-affected area is lower than that in a non-KBD area. We further studied the extraction rate and content of soil selenium in six different fractions. The results indicated that the content and extraction rate of available selenium in KBD-affected areas were significantly lower than those in non-KBD areas. There is a distinct positive correlation between plant-available selenium and highland barley selenium (r?=?0.875, P?=?0.001) and a distinct negative correlation with altitude (r?=??0.801, P?=?0.010). Therefore, in KBD endemic areas, the selenium content in crops decreases as the available selenium content in soil decreases and is closely related to the geographical environment features (such as altitude and precipitation). These results suggest that the soil available selenium and ecological features are important factors that restrict the dietary selenium flux for residents in KBD endemic areas of the Tibetan Plateau, providing a theoretical and experimental basis for implementing agricultural measures to regulate the ecological cycle of the selenium flux in the KBD endemic area.     

The ability of the rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense to reduce selenium(IV) to selenium(0)

Effect of selenium(+4) as selenite (Se ₃ ^2? ) on two Azospirillum brasilense strains, which occupy different ecological niches (an epiphyte Sp7 and a facultative endophyte Sp245), was studied. The cultures grown in the medium with sodium selenite exhibited intense red coloration. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence analysis revealed accumulation of elementary selenium within the cells of both strains as nanoparticles 50–400 nm in diameter. The ability to reduce inorganic selenium(+4) to elementary selenium (as nanoparticles) has not been previously reported for azospirilla. Our results indicate the possibility to apply Azospirillum strains as microsymbionts for phytoremediation of, and cereal cultivation on, selenium-contaminated soils. The ability of azospirilla to synthesize selenium nanoparticles may be of interest for nanobiotechnology.     

Selenium and selenium-antagonistic elements in nutritional cancer prevention

Selenium is an essential trace element with antioxidative, antimutagenic, antiviral and anticarcinogenic properties. There is increasing evidence that the dietary selenium intakes are sub-optimal in the populations of many countries and that human cancer mortalities would significantly decline if additional selenium was made available either through supplementation or the fortification of certain foods. An important property of selenium is its interaction with other elements that may be present in foods, the water, the workplace and the environment, e.g. As, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Zn, Cd, Sn, Pb, Hg, Bi, Mo, Ag, Au, etc. The sequestration of elements by selenium represents an efficient natural detoxification mechanism for some of these elements but also results in the physiological inactivation of selenium. Animal experiments confirm that the chronic exposure to low levels of these elements abolishes the cancer-protective effect of selenium. Human cancer is likewise significantly determined by the interactions of selenium with other elements, as evidenced by epidemiological, ecological and case-control studies. Cadmium, for example, is a key risk-increasing element for prostate cancer; for breast cancer, Cd, Cr, Zn are mainly contributing; for bronchial cancer (in smelter workers), Cd, As, Cr, Sb, Co, La, all these elements are in a reciprocal relationship with Se. While selenium remains the key cancer-protective trace element, the interpretation of its mode of action necessitates consideration of the effects of selenium antagonistic elements.     

硒肥对马铃薯硒素吸收、转化及产量、品质的影响

通过设对照(CK)、保水缓释硒肥(W)、生物炭基硒肥(C)、硒酸钠硒肥(S)4个处理来研究不同硒肥对马铃薯(品种为早大白)硒素吸收、转化及产量、品质的影响。结果表明:各处理马铃薯各器官硒含量在生育期内总体上呈下降趋势,马铃薯各器官的硒含量呈现:苗期根茎叶片;成熟期叶片茎块茎的特点;随着硒肥用量的增加,W处理下的总硒、无机硒、有机硒含量呈增大趋势,产量、有机硒转化率、粗蛋白、还原糖和Vc呈先升高后降低的趋势;C处理和S处理下,马铃薯以上各指标均呈先升高后降低的趋势,在低施硒量(0.126 kg/hm2)时,3种硒肥显著降低了马铃薯块茎淀粉含量,之后随着施硒量的增加淀粉含量变化不显著;与对照相比,3种硒肥在适宜施硒量(0.379 kg/hm2)时,马铃薯产量提高了4.87%—5.44%,粗蛋白含量增加了12.18%—20.03%,还原糖提高了6.45%—12.90%,Vc含量提高-0.54%—3.11%,有机硒转化率增加13.00%—15.10%,淀粉含量增加了-0.73%—1.12%;综合考虑3种硒肥对马铃薯含硒量、产量、品质的影响,W处理最佳,C处理次之,S处理最差。     

Selenium retention and inhibition of cell growth in mouse mammary epithelial cell lines in vitro

The steady state levels of growth inhibitory doses of inorganic selenium were examined in five different mammary epithelial cell lines: MOD, COMMA-D, COMMA-F, COMMA-T, and YN-4. The retention of selenium was monitored using a radioactive isotope,⁷⁵Se. Growth inhibition correlated with high levels of selenium in the cell. Generally, the retention of intracellular selenium was not dependent upon cell density, cell number, net growth rate, or tumorigenicity of the mammary cell lines. One cell line, COMMA-D, exhibited an unique response wherein the amount of selenium retained was low and the growth inhibitory effects of selenium were negligible when the cells were exposed to selenium at low density. However, at high cell densities, the COMMA-D cells responded like the other four cell lines. The growth inhibitory effect of selenium was reversible; upon removal of selenium from the medium, cells start synthesizing DNA within 24h. The retention of selenium was influenced by constituents in the growth medium. In particular, cysteine, but not methionine, purines, or pyrimidines altered selenium retention and counteracted the growth inhibitory effects of selenium. These results indicated that the mammary cell lines, particulary COMMA-D and MOD are good model systems to examine the uptake, retention, localization, and function of inorganic selenium under conditions where it acts as a growth inhibitory agent.     

Interactive Effects of Selenium and Cadmium on Mammary Tumor Development and Growth in MMTV-Infected Female Mice. A Model Study on the Roles of Cadmium and Selenium in Human Breast Cancer

Previous studies demonstrated that the age-corrected breast cancer mortalities in different countries are inversely correlated with the per-capita dietary intakes of selenium and directly with the estimated intakes of cadmium, zinc, and chromium, suggesting that the anticarcinogenic properties of selenium are counteracted by these elements. The tumor-preventative effects of selenium and the converse effects zinc and chromium have already been confirmed experimentally in studies with female inbred C3H mice carrying murine mammary tumor virus (MMTV). Using the same model of human breast cancer, it is now demonstrated that cadmium abolishes the cancer-protecting effects of selenium. In addition, cadmium was also found to interact with zinc, copper, and chromium. At 1.4 ppm in the drinking water, cadmium caused a significant depletion of zinc in vital organs such as the liver, which is held responsible for a delay of the appearance of the mammary tumors by 4 months and their slower growth rates relative to the Cd-unexposed controls. The results of the present study are relevant to human breast cancer prevention as selenium counteracts the effects of cadmium.     

Effects of different water management on absorption and accumulation of selenium in rice

Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population, but selenium (Se) is low in many rice growing countries. Water management model affects rice soil pH and Eh, and then affects the bioavailability of Se in soil. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of water management on soil Se species, dynamics and selenium uptake by rice plants. Sodium selenite was added to the soil so that the soil selenium content reached 0.5 mg kg^?1 to study the effects of 3 different water management modes on soil selenium uptake by rice plants. These three modes are flood irrigation (F), aerobic irrigation (A) and alternate flood and aerobic irrigation (AFA). The results showed that flooded irrigation treatment increased the soil soluble selenium concentration, and the selenium in soil solution mainly existed in the form of selenite and selenomethionine selenium oxide. The content of selenium in grain was 2.44 and 1.84 times that of flooded irrigation treatment under A and AFA respectively. The content of selenium in straw was 1.32 and 1.58 times that of flooded treatment under A and AFA respectively. After rice grain enzyme hydrolysis, HPLC-ICP-MS analysis showed that Selenomethionine was the main selenium speciation in rice grains. This study showed that aerobic flooded treatment is one of the most effective ways to increase selenium content in rice field.     

亚硒酸钠对西门塔尔母牛发情周期生殖激素分泌的影响

选用12头18月龄,体况良好,体重380 kg的西门塔尔牛育成母牛,采用完全随机区组设计分为4组,研究亚硒酸钠(0、0.3、0.6和0.9 mg Se/kg DM)对发情周期外周血清促黄体素、促卵泡素、孕酮和雌二醇分泌的影响。结果表明:日粮添加亚硒酸钠后发情周期促黄体素、促卵泡素、孕酮和雌二醇分泌水平提高,0.3 mg/kg组和0.6 mg/kg组显著高于对照组(P<0.05),0.3 mg/kg组较0.6 mg/kg组高(P>0.05)。根据试验结果推断以亚硒酸钠为硒源,添加0.3 mg Se/kg DM对发情周期生殖激素分泌有显著促进作用,兼顾基础日粮的含硒量,建议日粮硒水平为0.37 mg Se/kg DM。