实验室培养下温度和盐度对底栖有孔虫Ammonia aomoriensis (Asano,1951)存活和生长的影响——基于形态测量

在三个温度(6℃,12℃和18℃)和四个盐度(20‰,25‰,30‰和35‰)完全交互条件下,对中国近海常见底栖有孔虫Ammonia aomoriensis活体进行单个体分组培养实验,每组12个体,实验周期为28d,每两天测量虫体长径和短径、记录房室数目和存活情况,以研究温度和盐度对A.aomoriensis存活、生长和形态变化的影响。统计结果显示,在实验设计的温度和盐度范围内,低温对其存活具有抑制作用,6℃时虫体出现死亡早且最终存活率低,而盐度无明显影响;温度对A.aomoriensis长径和短径的生长均有极显著的影响(p0.001),随着温度升高,生长加快;盐度对A.aomoriensis长径和短径的生长均无显著的影响。实验设计中最适宜的18℃时,两圈房室以上的A.aomoriensis每生长一个房室平均时间3.5-7d,长径和短径的生长速率分别为0.7~1.3μm/day、1.2~1.9μm/day。培养结束后A.aomoriensis的虫体长宽比与温度显著相关(p0.05),与盐度无显著相关,且温度升高,个体长宽比减小,形态更接近于圆形,推测其可以作为指示温度变化的指标。温度和盐度对A.aomoriensis的交互作用在长径的生长中显著,在短径的生长和长宽比中不显著。本研究结果表明,在实验室培养条件下,相比于盐度,温度对A.aomoriensis存活、生长和形态变化影响更显著。     

意大利蝗不连续气体交换循环(DGC)呼吸周期历时对高温胁迫的响应

【目的】在前期研究高温胁迫下意大利蝗Calliptamus italicus呼吸代谢的变化特征基础上,为探明相关变化机制,本研究进一步从不连续气体交换循环(DGC)呼吸周期历时阐明其对高温胁迫的响应机制。【方法】以源自新疆伊犁察布查尔蝗区野生种群的意大利蝗成虫为材料,应用多通道昆虫呼吸仪测定意大利蝗DGC暴发间期、暴发期和呼吸周期三者历时随温度变化(21~42℃区间,3℃温度梯度)的响应特征。【结果】雌雄意大利蝗DGC呼吸周期中暴发间期历时随温度升高而缩短,21℃时暴发间期历时最长,雌雄分别为7.29±0.31和7.05±0.37 min,与24,27,30和33℃差异不显著(P0.05),超过33℃后迅速缩短;至39℃时最短,雌雄分别为0.42±0.01和0.70±0.03 min,与其他温度下的历时差异显著(P0.05)。暴发期历时亦随温度升高而缩短,21和39℃时,雌虫暴发期历时分别达到最长和最短,依次为1.55±0.14和0.45±0.01 min,与其他温度下的历时差异显著(P0.05);24和39℃时,雄虫暴发期历时分别达到最长和最短,依次为1.61±0.10和0.68±0.02 min,与其他温度下的历时差异显著(P0.05)。随温度升高,意大利蝗DGC呼吸周期历时呈减少趋势,且主要由暴发间期历时减少所致。21~33℃范围内,每升高3℃雌雄虫暴发间期历时分别平均减少0.174和0.121 min,DGC呼吸频率增幅一致,均为0.0022 Hz,不同温度间差异不显著(P0.05);超过33℃后,每升高3℃雌雄虫暴发间期历时分别平均减少2.197和2.189 min,DGC呼吸频率分别增加0.0120和0.0085 Hz,不同温度间差异显著(P0.05);39℃时暴发间期历时接近零,42℃时DGC呼吸模式消失。【结论】随温度升高,意大利蝗呈现出O2吸收量和CO2释放量增加的变化特征,这是通过减少暴发间期历时和增加DGC呼吸频率等机制而实现的。     

增温和光周期变化对东北地区兴安落叶松主要物候期的影响

兴安落叶松在东北地区森林生态系统的结构与功能中起着重要作用,气候变化背景下东北地区气温增加且光照缩短必将影响兴安落叶松的变化,特别是物候这一气候变化的敏感指标。弄清其物候对气候变化的响应有助于揭示兴安落叶松的变化趋势。但是,当前关于兴安落叶松物候对温度、光周期及其协同作用的响应机制仍不清楚。针对东北地区温度剧增、日照时数减少的特点,2019年4月至11月开展了3年生兴安落叶松幼苗主要物候期响应温度和光周期变化的大型人工气候室模拟控制实验。结果表明：(1)不同程度的增温对兴安落叶松生长周期(展叶始期至完全变色期)无显著影响,但显著缩短生长盛期(展叶盛期至叶变色普期),且增温2.0℃较增温1.5℃对生长盛期影响更大。(2)长光照显著增加兴安落叶松的生长周期(9.25 d),短光照对兴安落叶松生长周期的影响不显著,且长光照和短光照均使兴安落叶松生长盛期缩短,二者对兴安落叶松生长盛期影响表现一致。(3)长光照、短光照分别与增温协同作用均使兴安落叶松生长盛期缩短,其中增温2.0℃与长光照协同作用对生长盛期缩短更显著(34.67 d)。(4)与生长始期(展叶始期)和末期(完全变色期)相比,兴安落叶...     

温度对金银花尺蠖存活和繁殖的影响

在室内7个恒温(16、19、22、25、28、31和34℃)条件下研究了温度对金银花尺蠖Heterolocha jinyinhuaphaga Chu生长发育、存活、成虫寿命及繁殖等生物学特性的影响。结果表明,温度对其有显著的影响,金银花尺蠖各虫态的发育历期随温度升高而明显缩短,当温度继续升高到34℃,发育历期反而延长,各虫态发育历期同温度之间呈抛物线变化;25℃时金银花尺蠖各虫态的存活率最高,均达到90%以上,在高温和低温下,存活率则明显下降;低温条件下,金银花尺蠖的雌性比率大于雄性的比率,随着温度的升高,雌性比率在不断的下降;成虫寿命与温度成负相关,随着温度的升高而缩短;平均单雌产卵量在25℃时最高,为232.34粒,高温和低温下,则明显下降。     

温度对黄颡鱼仔鱼摄食强度及饥饿耐受力的影响

对不同温度下黄颡鱼仔鱼的摄食强度及抵达不可逆点(PNR)时间的变化进行初步研究。结果表明,黄颡鱼仔鱼的摄食强度随温度升高而增大;仔鱼抵达PNR的时间随温度升高而缩短,在24～28℃下,仔鱼的PNR点出现在出膜后的7～8d。实验结果显示,28℃是比较适宜黄颡鱼仔鱼生长的水温。     

微电极矩阵研究小鼠胚胎心脏电生理活动

本实验采用一种新方法——微电极矩阵技术从整体水平研究小鼠胚胎离体整体心脏电生理活动。我们用微电极矩阵记录与60个电极相接触的心肌细胞的电活动(细胞外记录),称为场电位(field potentials,FPs),并与全细胞膜片钳记录的动作电位(action potentials,APs)(细胞内记录)进行比较,发现心房、心室处场电位形态类似于负向的细胞动作电位,场电位时程亦与动作电位时程类似。为研究兴奋的传导,我们比较了不同电极处场电位发生时间,发现在房室结构还未形成的胚胎发育第9．5天(E9．5)已经观察到明显的房室传导延迟(A-V delay)[(50．21±9．7)ms],而心室不同部位兴奋几乎是同步的。在发育晚期(E16．5),房室传导延迟为(82．21±10．50)ms。进一步研究基本的神经体液因素对心脏兴奋的调控,表明: 在E9．5,异丙肾上腺素(isoproterenol,Iso)使胚胎兴奋频率加快(34．04±7．31)％,房室传导延迟缩短(20．00±6．44)％,同时场电位时程增宽;相反,卡巴唑(carbachol,CCh)则使兴奋频率降低(42．32±5．36)％,房室传导缩短(26．00±4．81)％, 场电位时程减小。而在E16．5,Iso的作用显著增强,兴奋频率加快(101．54±10．23)％,房室传导延迟缩短(56．62±6．43)％, 而CCh则几乎使所有晚期心脏兴奋完全消失。所以,心脏的传导系统在胚胎发育早期4个腔室还未形成时已经建立,神经体液因子对心脏基本电生理活动的调控是在发育过程中逐渐成熟的。     

温度对棉大卷叶螟生长发育和繁殖的影响

本文利用生命表方法评价了温度对棉大卷叶螟生长发育和繁殖的影响.结果表明：在17 ℃～26 ℃温度范围内,棉大卷叶螟的发育历期随温度升高而显著缩短;当温度超过32 ℃时,其发育历期延长.棉大卷叶螟的世代起点发育温度为12.08 ℃,有效积温为436.2日·度.在17 ℃～35 ℃温度范围内,棉大卷叶螟的存活率在26 ℃下最高,其他温度下的存活率随温度的升高或降低而降低.在17 ℃～35 ℃之间,棉大卷叶螟实验种群的内禀增长率、世代净增殖率、周限增长率分别在29、26和32 ℃下最大,其值分别为0.1268、415.65和1.185.世代平均历期随着温度的升高而缩短,在17 ℃下最长,为89.11 d;在35 ℃下最短,为28.68 d.     

玻璃温室与田间栽培小麦幼穗分化的比较

以河南省大面积种植的弱春性品种"郑麦9023"及半冬性品种"周麦18"为材料,开展了玻璃温室和田间栽培条件下小麦幼穗分化进程的比较研究。结果表明,在小麦全生育期,玻璃温室内平均温度高于田间环境,小麦幼穗分化所需时间极显著低于田间环境(P < 0.01)。温度和0 ℃以上积温升高,小麦幼穗分化进程加快。与田间种植小麦相比,玻璃温室内小麦幼穗分化缩短的时期主要集中在分化前期(出苗-伸长期、单棱期、二棱期)。玻璃温室内小麦幼穗分化持续时间和总积温均随播期推迟而降低,幼穗分化各阶段出现时间亦随播期的推迟而后延。小麦幼穗分化进程存在品种间差异,其中"郑麦9023"幼穗分化持续时间小于"周麦18",各阶段出现的时间亦早于"周麦18"。温度对幼穗分化各时期的影响存在品种间差异。温度升高对"郑麦9023"幼穗分化中期(二棱期、护颖分化期、小花分化期)影响较大,对"周麦18"幼穗分化前期和后期(单棱期、二棱期、药隔分化期)影响较大。积温对"郑麦9023"护颖分化期和"周麦18"药隔分化期、二棱期影响较大。     

美丽青背姬小蜂生物学特性研究

美丽青背姬小蜂Chrysonotomyiaformosa（Westwood）是美洲斑潜蝇的优势天敌,在美洲 斑潜蝇的自然控制中发挥着非常重要的作用。本文对其生物学进行了研究,结果表明：在实验 温度范围内,随着温度的升高,寄生蜂羽化趋早,羽化时间更集中,羽化高峰也更明显;随着 温度的升高,成蜂的寿命逐渐缩短。在提供清水时,寄主可以显著地延长雌蜂的寿命;在有寄 主时,提供10%蜂蜜水,雌蜂的寿命显著延长。美丽青背姬小蜂对3龄寄主幼虫有偏好,对3龄寄 主幼虫的致死率和寄生率都高于对1～2龄寄主幼虫的,且产下后代的雌雄性比为5.11∶1。在 实验温度范围内,发育历期随温度的升高而缩短。     

雄性山地麻蜥选择体温、热耐受性及温度对食物同化和运动表现的影响

研究了捕自安徽宿州的成年雄性山地麻蜥 (Eremiasbrenchleyi)选择体温、热耐受性、温度对食物同化和运动表现的影响。结果显示 :①选择体温、临界高温和临界低温的平均值分别为 33 7、 43 6和 3 3℃。②环境温度在 2 6～ 38℃时 ,对山地麻蜥食物通过时间、摄食量、表观消化系数 (ADC)、同化效率 (AE)和运动表现有显著的影响 ;在 2 6～ 30℃时食物通过时间随温度升高而缩短 ,超过 30℃则随温度升高而延长 ;在 2 6和 2 8℃时 ,摄食量、ADC和AE均小于更高温度的对应值。③体温在 19～ 34℃ ,蜥蜴的疾跑速随体温上升而加快 ,31和 34℃时最快 ,超过 34℃后随体温升高而减慢 ;31和 34℃时的持续运动距离最长 ,超过 36℃后随体温升高而显著缩短 ,但体温 19～ 36℃蜥蜴的持续运动距离无显著差异 ;19～ 34℃蜥蜴的跑道停顿次数较少 ,无显著差异 ,超过 34℃后显著增加。     

Dynamics of the vagus effect on the cardiac rhythm during blockade of various subtypes of M-cholinoreceptors in cats

While single vagus bursts were used in cats with an incremental time delay following P-wave of the ECG, two zones were identified within the cardiac cycle differing from each other by their chronotropic responses. At the initial (approximately 120-130 ms) part of the cardiac cycle, an increase in the P-stimulus interval evoked a "moderate" (+8-16%) increment of the chronotropic response up to its maximal amplitude. Further increase of that interval provoked an "abrupt" (-80-90%) decrease of the vagus response. Block of M1-(pirenzepine), M2-(metoctramine and gallamine) or M3-(DAMP) cholinoreceptors diminished vagally-induced minimal and maximal prolongation of the ECG P-P interval and decreased the amplitude of its alterations associated with varying the position of vagus stimulus within the cardiac cycle. The coefficient delineating magnitude of the vagus effect over a zone with "moderate" changes of the chronotropic response was decreased after blocking the M1- and M2-cholinoreceptors, whereas duration of that zone was shortened following blockade of the M1- and M3-receptors. Velocity of the original vagus response and the rate of its subsequent decline decreased following blockade of the M1- and M2-subtypes of cholinoreceptors.     

Variations caused by physical training in the electrocardiographic outline of swine (Landrace X White Belgian)

To find the effect of exercise on the ECG, the electrocardiographic outlines in a training group of 7 two-month-old pigs (Landrace X White Belgian) were analyzed, compared with a nontraining control group of similar characteristics. In training animals a resting bradycardia was observed with a corresponding increase in the duration of the RR interval, as well as a duration increase in the ventricular activation time. On the contrary, the programmed training in this experiment has not influenced the amplitude of the electrocardiographic waves and the magnitude and orientation of the cardiac vectors.     

A 24-HOUR AMBULATORY ECG MONITORING IN ASSESSMENT OF QT INTERVAL DURATION AND DISPERSION IN ROWERS WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY

Myocardial hypertrophy (MH) due to cardiac pathology is characterized by an increase in QT interval duration and dispersion, while the findings for exercise-induced myocardial hypertrophy are contradictory. The majority of published research findings have not explored this relationship, but there have only been a few conducted studies using 24-hour ECG monitoring. The aim of the study was to determine the QT interval duration and dispersion in short-term and 24-hour ECG in endurance athletes with myocardial hypertrophy and without it. Methods: A total of 26 well-trained rowers underwent a resting 12-lead ECG, 24-hour ECG monitoring and echocardiography. Results: Athletes with MH (n = 7) at rest did not show any increase in QTc interval duration and dispersion, or mean and maximal QTc duration in Holter monitoring compared to athletes without MH (n = 19). Left ventricular mass was not significantly correlated with any QTc characteristics. Furthermore, athletes with MH had significantly longer mean QT (P = 0.01) and maximal QT (P = 0.018) intervals in Holter monitoring and higher 24-hour heart rate variability indexes due to stronger vagal effects. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated that athlete''s heart syndrome with myocardial hypertrophy as a benign phenomenon does not lead to an increase in QT interval duration, or increases in maximal and mean duration in a 24-hour ECG. An increase in QT interval duration in athletes may have an autonomic nature.     

Central actions of angiotensin II on spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity in the trout Onc orhynchus mykiss

The goal of the present study was to investigate the central action of native angiotensin II (ANG II) on the spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in unanesthetized trout. The animals were equipped with two subcutaneous electrocardiographic (ECG) electrodes, a dorsal aorta catheter and an intracerebroventricular (ICV) cannula which was inserted within the third ventricle of the brain. The ECG and the systolic blood pressure (SBP) signals were recorded during a pre-injection period of 5 min and during five post-injection periods of 5 min. All injections were made at the fifth minute of the test. The time-series were processed with a sequence technique in order to detect the sequences of three or more consecutive increases in the SBP pulse, or three or more decreases in the SBP pulse correlated respectively with one delay beat increase of the RR interval of the ECG signal or shortening of this interval. The slope of the average regression line between the SBP and the RR intervals for each type of sequence was taken as a measure of the spontaneous BRS. Compared with pre-injection values, the ICV injection of vehicle (0.5 microl) had no effect on heart rate (HR), SBP, the total number of positive or negative sequences or on the spontaneous BRS during the post-injection periods. By contrast, ANG II at doses of 5 and 50 pmol increased HR but only 50 pmol ANG II elevated SBP. For all doses, ANG II depressed the spontaneous BRS, but the peptide had no effect upon the number of each baroreflex sequences. Intra-arterial injections of atropine dramatically reduced the number of positive and negative baroreflex sequences and decreased the sensitivity of the few remaining sequences, suggesting that the autonomic control of the cardiac BRS was solely due to vagal parasympathetic control. In atropinized trout the ICV injection of 5 pmol ANG II had no effect upon HR, SBP and the baroreflex parameters. This study determines for the first time the spontaneous BRS in a non-mammalian species and demonstrates an inhibitory action of ICV injection of ANG II upon this variable through a probable control of the vagal parasympathetic activity.     

The dynamics of the chronotropic effect of a single vagal stimulus in cats under the action of met-enkephalin and neurotensin]

Following a burst of pulses applied to the vagus nerve with progressively incremental delay after the P wave of the ECG, the narrow zone of the cardiac cycle was identified where even a small shift of the vagal burst position evoked an abrupt alteration of the chronotropic effect magnitude. Met-enkephalin potentiated the phase-dependent vagal chronotropic effect, whereas neurotensin moved its limits toward the initial part of the P-P interval.     

Cardiovascular evaluation,including resting and exercise electrocardiography,before participation in competitive sports: cross sectional study

Objective To evaluate the clinical usefulness of complete preparticipation cardiovascular screening in a large cohort of sports participants.Design Cross sectional study of data over a five year period.Setting Institute of Sports Medicine in Florence, Italy.Participants 30 065 (23 570 men) people seeking to obtain clinical eligibility for competitive sports.Main outcome measures Results of resting and exercise 12 lead electrocardiography.Results Resting 12 lead ECG patterns showed abnormalities in 1812 (6%) participants, with the most common abnormalities (>80%) concerning innocent ECG changes. Exercise ECG showed an abnormal pattern in 1459 (4.9%) participants. Exercise ECG showed cardiac anomalies in 1227 athletes with normal findings on resting ECG. At the end of screening, 196 (0.6%) participants were considered ineligible for competitive sports. Among the 159 participants who were disqualified at the end of the screening for cardiac reasons, a consistent proportion (n=126, 79.2%) had shown innocent or negative findings on resting 12 lead ECG but clear pathological alterations during the exercise test. After adjustment for possible confounders, logistic regression analysis showed that age >30 years was significantly associated with an increased risk of being disqualified for cardiac findings during exercise testing.Conclusions Among people seeking to take part in competitive sports, exercise ECG can identify those with cardiac abnormalities. Follow-up studies would show if disqualification of such people would reduce the incidence of CV events among athletes.     

Relation between QT interval variability and cardiac sympathetic activity in hypertension

Elevated QT interval variability is a predictor of malignant ventricular arrhythmia, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. A recent study in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure suggests that QT variability is linked to cardiac sympathetic nerve activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether increased cardiac sympathetic activity is associated with increased beat-to-beat QT interval variability in patients with essential hypertension. We recorded resting norepinephrine (NE) spillover into the coronary sinus and single-lead, short-term, high-resolution, body-surface ECG in 23 patients with essential hypertension and 9 normotensive control subjects. To assess beat-to-beat QT interval variability, we calculated the overall QT variability (QTVN) as well as the QT variability index (QTVi). Cardiac NE spillover (12.2 ± 6.5 vs. 20.7 ± 14.7, P = 0.03) and QTVi (-1.75 ± 0.36 vs. -1.42 ± 0.50, P = 0.05) were significantly increased in hypertensive patients compared with normotensive subjects. QTVN was significantly correlated with cardiac NE spillover (r(2) = 0.31, P = 0.001), with RR variability (r(2) = 0.20, P = 0.008), and with systolic blood pressure (r(2) = 0.16, P = 0.02). Linear regression analysis identified the former two as independent predictors of QTVN. In conclusion, elevated repolarization lability is directly associated with sympathetic cardiac activation in patients with essential hypertension.     

A new consensus document on electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: does it help to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes?

Sudden cardiac arrest or death (SCA/SCD) in athletes has a low event rate. Pre-participation or eligibility screening is a widely accepted method of primary prevention of SCA/SCD in athletes. Most European countries and international sports governing bodies perform ECG-inclusive screening. However, implementation of a resting 12-lead ECG in pre-participation or eligibility cardiac screening is still a topic of debate. Recently, the ‘International recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes’ was published in three leading international medical journals. These international ECG criteria are based on studies with detailed information on resting 12-lead ECG of Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean athletes or on consensus in case evidence was lacking. Normal, borderline and abnormal ECG findings in young athletes (age 12–35 years) are clearly described and illustrated to assist the screening physician in interpreting ECGs of athletes correctly.In this ‘point of view paper’ we will discuss whether these new ECG criteria actually help prevent SCA/SCD in athletes.     

Assessment of brachial artery blood flow across the cardiac cycle: retrograde flows during cycle ergometry.

We describe a novel software system that utilizes automated algorithms to perform edge detection and wall tracking of high-resolution B-mode arterial ultrasound images, combined with synchronized Doppler waveform envelope analysis, to calculate conduit arterial blood flow (BF) across the cardiac cycle. Furthermore, we describe changes in brachial arterial BF to the resting forearm during incremental cycle ergometry in eight subjects. During exercise, peak BF during the cardiac cycle increased at each workload (P < 0.001), because of increased velocity in the presence of unaltered cross-sectional area. In contrast, mean BF calculated across each cardiac cycle decreased at lower workloads before increasing at 100 and 160 W (P < 0.001). Differences in the pattern of peak and mean cardiac cycle flows were due to the influence of retrograde diastolic flow, which had a larger impact on mean flows at lower workloads. In conclusion, BF can be measured with high temporal resolution across the cardiac cycle in humans. Resting brachial arterial flow, including retrograde flow, increases during lower limb exercise.     

Vagus nerve stimulation suppresses generalized seizure activity and seizure-triggered postictal cardiac rhythm changes in rats

In the present study, we investigated the effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), a proposed treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy, on cardiac rhythm following seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) in Wistar rats. After a baseline recording of electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure (BP), rats in the first group received a single convulsive dose of PTZ (70 mg/kg) (Group 1). In the other two groups, the Wistar rats were implanted with a cuff electrode on the left cervical vagus nerve. One day after surgery, rats in the second group were treated with VNS (Group 2), whereas rats in the third group were connected to the stimulator but did not receive VNS (Group 3). Ten minutes after VNS onset, 70 mg/kg dose of PTZ was injected. EEG, ECG and BP were continuously recorded during post-injection period. Seizure severity was scored behaviorally. Then, baseline, ictal and postictal periods were analyzed for cardiac rhythms, seizure severity and blood pressure variability. PTZ treatment induced tonic-clonic seizure activity in all animals of Group 1 and Group 3. In these groups a marked increase of mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) but a significant decrease in heart rate and PP interval fluctuations was observed at postictal period. However, in the VNS-treated group the seizure scores and cardiac parameter returned to the baseline level. Present results emphasize that VNS effectively reduces seizure severity and suppress the seizure-induced cardiac rhythm changes.