氧化修饰高密度脂蛋白对培养人动脉平滑肌细胞细胞周期蛋白D_1基因表达的影响

动脉平滑肌细胞（ｓｍ ｏｏｔｈ ｍ ｕｓｃｌｅ ｃｅｌｌ,ＳＭＣ）是动脉粥样硬化（ａｔｈｅｒｏｓｃｌｅｒｏｓｉｓ,ＡＳ）斑块中的主要细胞,它的增殖在ＡＳ形成过程中极其重要．利用体外培养的人主动脉ＳＭＣ,观察了天然高密度脂蛋白（ｎａｔｉｖｅ ｈｉｇｈ ｄｅｎｓｉｔｙ ｌｉｐｏｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,Ｎ－ＨＤＬ）及氧化修饰ＨＤＬ（ｏｘｉｄｉｚｅｄ ＨＤＬ,ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ）对培养人主动脉ＳＭＣ ｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１（细胞周期蛋白Ｄ１）基因转录表达的影响．结果表明：（１）Ｎ－ＨＤＬ对ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达无影响（Ｐ＞ ０．０５）;（２）ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ使ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达显著增强（Ｐ＜０．０１）,其表达量随时间（２、１２、２４ ｈ）延长而增加．上述结果表明,ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ的致ＡＳ作用可能与其刺激ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达增加有关．     

neo Trichosanthin及其突变体Y70A neo Trichosanthin的晶体结构研究

天花粉蛋白（Ｔｒｉｃｈｏｓａｎｔｈｉｎ,ＴＣＳ）的一个亚型,ｎｅｏＴｒｉｃｈｏｓａｎｔｈｉｎ（ｎ－ＴＣＳ）,及其突变体Ｙ７０Ａｎ－ＴＣＳ被克隆和表达为重组蛋白。用悬滴汽相扩散法得到ｎ－ＴＣＳ和Ｙ７０Ａｎ－ＴＣＳ的晶体。在ＭａｒＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈ面探测器系统上分别收集了０．２０ｎｍ和０．２０５ｎｍ分辨率的Ｘ射线衍射数据。用同晶差值傅立叶法解析了结构。最后晶体学Ｒ因子分别为０．１８３和０．１８４。键长的     

pp60c-src在血管平滑肌细胞内丝裂原活化蛋白激酶激活中的作用

观察ｐｐ６０ｃ－ｓｒｃ在血管紧张素Ⅱ（ＡｎｇⅡ）诱导血管平滑肌细胞（ＶＳＭＣｓ）内丝裂原活化蛋白激酶（ＭＡＰＫ）激活中的作用,以了解ＡｎｇⅡ促ＶＳＭＣｓ增殖的信号转导过程。将合成的反义ｃ－ｓｒｃ寡脱氧核苷酸（ｏｌｉｇｏｄｅｏｘｙｎｕｃｌｅ－ｏｔｉｄｅｓ,ＯＤＮｓ）以脂质体包裹转染培养的大鼠ＶＳＭＣｓ,用Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹测得细胞裂解液中ｐｐ６０ｃ－ｓｒｃ含量明显下降,免疫沉淀方法测得ｐｐ６０ｃ－ｓ     

长果升麻的化学成分研究

从长果升麻（Ｓｏｕｌｉｅａ ｖａｇｉｎａｔａ）根茎中分离出６种皂甙,经光谱（ＦＡＢ－ＭＳ、１Ｈ－ＮＭＲ、１Ｈ－１Ｈ－ＣＯＳＹ、１３Ｃ－ＮＭＲ、１Ｈ－１３Ｃ－ＣＯＳＹ）分析,分别鉴定为２７－ｄｅｏｘｙａｃｔｅｉｎ（１）,ａｃｔｅｉｎ（２）,２５－０－乙酰升麻醇木糖甙（３）,２５－甲基升麻醇木糖甙（４）,升麻醇木糖甙（５）,２４－ａｃｅｔｙｌｈｙｄｒｏｓｈｅｎｇｍａｎｏｌ ｘｙｌｏｓｉｄｅ（６）,其中     

细胞松驰素B促微丝解聚对DNA合成的作用

利用微丝（ｍｉｃｒｏｆｉｌａｍｅｎｔ,ＭＦ）解聚药物细胞松驰素Ｂ（ｃｙｔｏｃｈａｌａｓｉｎＢ,ＣＢ）处理Ｇ_０期小鼠Ｃ_３Ｈ_（１０）Ｔ_（１／２）成纤维细胞,对Ｇ_０至Ｓ期ＤＮＡ合成,胸腺嘧啶核苷激酶（ｔｈｙｍｉｄｉｎｅｋｉｎａｓｅ,ＴＫ）活性、ＴＫ基因表达、钙调素（ｃａｌｍｏｄｕｌｉｎ,ＣａＭ）水平和一些细胞周期早期基因的表达进行了观察,Ｇ_０期细胞经３ｍｇ／ＬＣＢ处理２ｈ,促ＭＦ解聚增强了血清对Ｓ期细胞ＴＫ活性、ＴＫ基因表达和ＤＮＡ合成的刺激作用,并促进细胞提前进入Ｓ期．血清刺激Ｇ_０期细胞进入晚Ｇ_１期和Ｓ期时,ＣａＭ水平明显升高,而ＣＢ预处理则使ＣａＭ含量进一步增加,特别是ＣＢ处理促使Ｓ期ＣａＭ增加向核内转移．ＣＢ处理明显增强血清对ｃ－ｊｕｎ、ｃ－ｆｏｓ和ｃ－ｍｙｃ基因表达的刺激作用,而ＰＫＣ抑制剂Ｈ_７则抑制ＣＢ处理对这些基因转录的刺激作用,说明ＣＢ使Ｇ_０期细胞ＭＦ解聚刺激ｃ－ｊｕｎ、ｃ－ｆｏｓ和ｃ－ｍｙｃ的转录活性与ＰＫＣ的作用有关．结果表明Ｇ_０至Ｓ期早期ＭＦ的重组可促进细胞进入Ｓ期,增强ＤＮＡ合成．     

集约高产过程中土壤有机质动态初探

集约高产过程中土壤有机质动态初探崔玉亭,韩纯儒（北京农业大学,１０００９４）ＤｙｎａｍｉｃｓｏｆＳｏｉｌＯｒｇａｎｉｃＭａｔｔｅｒ（ＳＯＭ）ｉｎｔｈｅＰｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＩｎｔｅｎｓｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ￥．ＣｕｉＹｕｔｉｎｇ;ＨａｎＣｈｕｎｒｕ（ＢｅｉｊｉｎｇＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ,１０００９４）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（２）：３７—３８．Ｉｎｔｈｉｓｐａｐｅｒ,ｔｈｅｂａｌａｎｃｅｏｆｓｏｉｌｏｒｇａｎｉｃｍａｔｔｅｒ（ＳＯＭ）ｉｎｔｈｅｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆａｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌｉｎｔｅｎｓｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｉｎＣｈａｎｇｚｈｏｕｒｅｇｉｏｎｉｓｓｔｕｄｉｅｄａｎｄａｍｅｄｉｕｍ－ａｎｄｌｏｎｇ－ｔｅｒｍｐｒｅｄｉｃｔｉｏｎｏｆｉｔｓｄｙｎａｍｉｃｓｉｓｍａｄｅ。Ｔｈｅｒｅ－ｓｕｌｔｓｓｈｏｗｔｈａｔｄｕｒｉｎｇｔｈｉｓｐｒｏｃｅｓｓ,ｔｈｅｂａｌａｎｃｅｏｆＳＯＭｉｓｇｅｔｔｉｎｇｂｅｔｔｅｒ,ａｎｄａｆｔｅｒａｍｅｄｉｕｍｏｒｌｏｎｇｐｅ－ｒｉｏｄ（ｅ．ｇ,１０—２０ｙｅａｔｓ）,ｔｈｅＳＯＭｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｃａｎｇｅｔｔ     

天花粉蛋白Glu160在N-糖苷酶活性中的作用

用浸泡法得到了（Ｅ１６０Ａ）天花粉蛋白（ｔｒｉｃｈｏｓａｎｔｈｉｎ, ＴＣＳ）,（Ｅ１６０Ｄ）ＴＣＳ与Ａｄｅ 和（Ｅ１６０Ａ）ＴＣＳ与ＦＭＰ复合物的晶体．在Ｍａｒ Ｒｅｓｅａｒｃｈ 面探测器系统上分别收集了０．２０ ｎｍ ,０．１９ｎｍ 和０．２０５ ｎｍ 分辨率的Ｘ 射线衍射数据,数据处理用Ｍａｒ Ｓｃａｌｅ 程序系统完成．用同晶差值Ｆｏｕｒｉｅｒ法解析了（Ｅ１６０Ａ）ＴＣＳ－Ａｄｅ,（Ｅ１６０Ｄ）ＴＣＳ－Ａｄｅ 和（Ｅ１６０Ａ）ＴＣＳ－ＦＭＰ的晶体结构,结构修正利用Ｘ－ＰＬＯＲ程序,修正结果,晶体学Ｒ因子分别为０．１６６,０．１７６,０．１７９．键长和键角的ＲＭＳ偏差分别为０．００１０ ｎｍ 和２．５０３°,０．００１３ ｎｍ 和２．６６５°,０．００１２ ｎｍ 和２．６７６°．在这三个结构中均未见到Ｇｌｕ１８９侧链方向的改变．Ａｄｅ 或ＦＭＰ仍结合在Ｎ－糖苷酶活性口袋之中,它夹在Ｔｙｒ７０和Ｔｙｒ１１１两个侧链环之间,与Ｔｙｒ７０环近乎平行．这一结果表明：ＴＣＳ中的Ｇｌｕ１６０分别突变成Ａｌａ 和Ａｓｐ,仍能与ＡＭＰ发生Ｎ－糖苷酶反应,但是活性降低了一些．可见Ｇｌｕ１６０对ＴＣＳ与ＡＭＰ的作用是重要的,但不是必要的．     

Changes of Con A Receptor Sites on Mammalian Sperms during Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction

ＣｈａｎｇｅｓｏｆＣｏｎＡＲｅｃｅｐｔｏｒＳｉｔｅｓｏｎＭａｍｍａｌｉａｎＳｐｅｒｍｓｄｕｒｉｎｇＣａｐａｃｉｔａｔｉｏｎａｎｄＡｃｒｏｓｏｍｅＲｅａｃｔｉｏｎＤＵＡＮＣｈｏｎｇ－ｗｅｎ（段崇文）,ＣＨＥＮＤａ－ｙｕａｎ（陈大元）（ＳｔａｔｅＫｅｙＬ...     

氧化修饰HDL刺激培养人主动脉平滑肌细胞增殖

平滑肌细胞（ｓｍｏｏｔｈ ｍｕｓｃｌｅ ｃｅｌｌ,ＳＭＣ）增殖在动脉粥样硬化（ａｔｈｅｒｏｓｃｌｅｒｏｓｉｓ,ＡＳ）形成中起着重要作用。氧化修饰ＨＤＬ（ｏｘｉｄｉｘｅｄ ＨＤＬ,ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ）可刺激＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ掺入培养人动脉ＳＭＣ的ＤＮＡ,促进ＳＭＣ增殖。以四甲工偶氮唑盐９ＭＴＴ）法直接观察ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ对培养人动脉ＳＭＣ增殖细胞数的影响。结果显示,天然ＨＤＬ（ｎａｔｉｖｅ ＨＤＬ Ｎ－ＨＤＬ）对     

AHF及NE、人参皂甙对不同年龄大鼠VSMC c-myc基因和HSP_(70)基因表达的影响

用原位杂交法及激光光密度计灰度扫描半定量法,比较了老年组（２４月龄）与青年组（６周龄）Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠离体培养的主动脉ＶＳＭＣ（５－１０代）ｃ－ｍｙｃ与ＨＳＰ７０基因的表达及红细胞抗高血压因子（ＡＨＦ）、去甲肾上腺素（ＮＥ）与人参皂甙对上述基因表达的影响。结果表明：１．增龄导致的ＶＳＭＣ增殖很可能与ｃ－ｍｙｃ基因的过度表达有关,ＮＥ、ＡＨＦ和人参皂甙可以通过调控ｃ－ｍｙｃ基因的表达来影响ＶＳＭＣ增殖。２．增龄伴随的应激能力下降可能与ＨＳＰ７０基因表达的减少有关。３．ＨＳＰ７０基因也可能参与了ＶＳＭＣ增殖与分化的调控,ＮＥ、ＡＨＦ与人参皂甙可能通过调控ＨＳＰ７０基因的表达来影响ＶＳＭＣ的增殖     

Dynamic Electrode-to-Image (DETI) mapping reveals the human brain’s spatiotemporal code of visual information

A number of neuroimaging techniques have been employed to understand how visual information is transformed along the visual pathway. Although each technique has spatial and temporal limitations, they can each provide important insights into the visual code. While the BOLD signal of fMRI can be quite informative, the visual code is not static and this can be obscured by fMRI’s poor temporal resolution. In this study, we leveraged the high temporal resolution of EEG to develop an encoding technique based on the distribution of responses generated by a population of real-world scenes. This approach maps neural signals to each pixel within a given image and reveals location-specific transformations of the visual code, providing a spatiotemporal signature for the image at each electrode. Our analyses of the mapping results revealed that scenes undergo a series of nonuniform transformations that prioritize different spatial frequencies at different regions of scenes over time. This mapping technique offers a potential avenue for future studies to explore how dynamic feedforward and recurrent processes inform and refine high-level representations of our visual world.     

Imaging Carrier Dynamics and Transport in Hybrid Perovskites with Transient Absorption Microscopy

In this review, the recent progress in using transient absorption microscopy to image charge transport and dynamics in semiconducting hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites is discussed. The basic principles, instrumentation, and resolution of transient absorption microscopy are outlined. With temporal resolution as high as 10 fs, sub‐diffraction‐limit spatial resolution, and excited‐state structural resolution, these experiments have provided crucial details on charge transport mechanisms that have been previously obscured in conventional ultrafast spectroscopy measurements. Morphology‐dependent mapping unveils spatial heterogeneity in carrier recombination and cooling dynamics. By spatially separating the pump and probe beams, carrier transport across grain boundaries has been directly visualized. Further, femtosecond temporal resolution allows for the examination of nonequilibrium transport directly, revealing extraordinarily long‐range hot carrier migration. The application of transient absorption microscopy is not limited to hybrid perovskites but can also be useful for other polycrystalline materials in which morphology plays an important role in carrier transport.     

Quantifying and Optimizing Single-Molecule Switching Nanoscopy at High Speeds

Single-molecule switching nanoscopy overcomes the diffraction limit of light by stochastically switching single fluorescent molecules on and off, and then localizing their positions individually. Recent advances in this technique have greatly accelerated the data acquisition speed and improved the temporal resolution of super-resolution imaging. However, it has not been quantified whether this speed increase comes at the cost of compromised image quality. The spatial and temporal resolution depends on many factors, among which laser intensity and camera speed are the two most critical parameters. Here we quantitatively compare the image quality achieved when imaging Alexa Fluor 647-immunolabeled microtubules over an extended range of laser intensities and camera speeds using three criteria – localization precision, density of localized molecules, and resolution of reconstructed images based on Fourier Ring Correlation. We found that, with optimized parameters, single-molecule switching nanoscopy at high speeds can achieve the same image quality as imaging at conventional speeds in a 5–25 times shorter time period. Furthermore, we measured the photoswitching kinetics of Alexa Fluor 647 from single-molecule experiments, and, based on this kinetic data, we developed algorithms to simulate single-molecule switching nanoscopy images. We used this software tool to demonstrate how laser intensity and camera speed affect the density of active fluorophores and influence the achievable resolution. Our study provides guidelines for choosing appropriate laser intensities for imaging Alexa Fluor 647 at different speeds and a quantification protocol for future evaluations of other probes and imaging parameters.     

Differentiating geological fertility derived vegetation zones in Kruger National Park,South Africa,using Landsat and MODIS imagery

Spatial technologies present possibilities for producing frequently updated and accurate habitat maps, which are important in biodiversity conservation. Assemblages of vegetation are equivalent to habitats. This study examined the use of satellite imagery in vegetation differentiation in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP). A vegetation classification scheme based on dominant tree species but also related to the park's geology was tested, the geology generally consisting of high and low fertility lithology. Currently available multispectral satellite imagery is broadly either of high spatial but low temporal resolution or low spatial but high temporal resolution. Landsat TM/ETM+ and MODIS images were used to represent these broad categories. Rain season dates were selected as the period when discrimination between key habitats in KNP is most likely to be successful. Principal Component Analysis enhanced vegetated areas on the Landsat images, while NDVI vegetation enhancement was employed on the MODIS image. The images were classified into six field sampling derived classes depicting a vegetation density and phenology gradient, with high (about 89%) indicative classification accuracy. The results indicate that, using image processing procedures that enhance vegetation density, image classification can be used to map the park's vegetation at the high versus low geological fertility zone level, to accuracies above 80% on high spatial resolution imagery and slightly lower accuracy on lower spatial resolution imagery. Rainfall just prior to the image date influences herbaceous vegetation and, therefore, success at image scene vegetation mapping, while cloud cover limits image availability. Small scale habitat differentiation using multispectral satellite imagery for large protected savanna areas appears feasible, indicating the potential for use of remote sensing in savanna habitat monitoring. However, factors affecting successful habitat mapping need to be considered. Therefore, adoption of remote sensing in vegetation mapping and monitoring for large protected savanna areas merits consideration by conservation agencies.     

Fast undersampled functional magnetic resonance imaging using nonlinear regularized parallel image reconstruction

In this article we aim at improving the performance of whole brain functional imaging at very high temporal resolution (100 ms or less). This is achieved by utilizing a nonlinear regularized parallel image reconstruction scheme, where the penalty term of the cost function is set to the L(1)-norm measured in some transform domain. This type of image reconstruction has gained much attention recently due to its application in compressed sensing and has proven to yield superior spatial resolution and image quality over e.g. Tikhonov regularized image reconstruction. We demonstrate that by using nonlinear regularization it is possible to more accurately localize brain activation from highly undersampled k-space data at the expense of an increase in computation time.     

Land surface phenology as an indicator of biodiversity patterns

With the rapid decline in biodiversity worldwide it is imperative to develop procedures for assessing changes in biodiversity across space. The synoptic view provided by imaging remote sensors constitutes a suitable approach for analyzing biodiversity from local to regional scales. A procedure based on the close relationship between floristic similarity and the similarity in land surface phenology was recently developed and successfully applied to assess diversity patterns using time series imagery acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS). However, as it depends on high temporal resolution remotely sensed data (e.g., MODIS), the procedure is constrained by the coarse spatial resolution characterizing these high temporal resolution data. Using an optimized technique for image fusion, we combined high temporal resolution data acquired by the MODIS sensor system with moderate spatial resolution data acquired by the Landsat TM/ETM+ sensor systems. Our results show that the MODIS/Landsat data fusion allows the characterization of land surface phenology at higher spatial resolutions, which better corresponded with information acquired within vegetation survey plots established in temperate montane forests located in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. As such, the procedure is useful for capturing changes in biodiversity induced by disturbances operating at large spatial scales and constitutes a suitable tool for monitoring and managing biodiversity.     

Probing molecular processes in live cells by quantitative multidimensional microscopy

Modern light microscopy has become a most powerful analytical tool for studying molecular processes in live cells. Recent advances in sample preparation, microscope design and image processing allow the generation of "multidimensional" data, simultaneously reporting the three-dimensional distribution and concentrations of several different molecules within cells and tissues at multiple time points with sub-micron spatial resolution and sub-second temporal resolution. Thus, molecular interactions and processes that were approached by biochemical analyses in vitro can now be directly monitored in live cells. Here, we address different aspects of multidimensional microscopy and, in particular, image quantification and the characterization of molecular dynamics, as applied to the study of cell adhesion.     

Temporally and spectrally resolved imaging microscopy of lanthanide chelates.

The combination of temporal and spectral resolution in fluorescence microscopy based on long-lived luminescent labels offers a dramatic increase in contrast and probe selectivity due to the suppression of scattered light and short-lived autofluorescence. We describe various configurations of a fluorescence microscope integrating spectral and microsecond temporal resolution with conventional digital imaging based on CCD cameras. The high-power, broad spectral distribution and microsecond time resolution provided by microsecond xenon flashlamps offers increased luminosity with recently developed fluorophores with lifetimes in the submicrosecond to microsecond range. On the detection side, a gated microchannel plate intensifier provides the required time resolution and amplification of the signal. Spectral resolution is achieved with a dual grating stigmatic spectrograph and has been applied to the analysis of luminescent markers of cytochemical specimens in situ and of very small volume elements in microchambers. The additional introduction of polarization optics enables the determination of emission polarization; this parameter reflects molecular orientation and rotational mobility and, consequently, the nature of the microenvironment. The dual spectral and temporal resolution modes of acquisition complemented by a posteriori image analysis gated on the spatial, spectral, and temporal dimensions lead to a very flexible and versatile tool. We have used a newly developed lanthanide chelate, Eu-DTPA-cs124, to demonstrate these capabilities. Such compounds are good labels for time-resolved imaging microscopy and for the estimation of molecular proximity in the microscope by fluorescence (luminescence) resonance energy transfer and of molecular rotation via fluorescence depolarization. We describe the spectral distribution, polarization states, and excited-state lifetimes of the lanthanide chelate crystals imaged in the microscope.     

The role of temporally coarse form processing during binocular rivalry

Presenting the eyes with spatially mismatched images causes a phenomenon known as binocular rivalry-a fluctuation of awareness whereby each eye's image alternately determines perception. Binocular rivalry is used to study interocular conflict resolution and the formation of conscious awareness from retinal images. Although the spatial determinants of rivalry have been well-characterized, the temporal determinants are still largely unstudied. We confirm a previous observation that conflicting images do not need to be presented continuously or simultaneously to elicit binocular rivalry. This process has a temporal limit of about 350 ms, which is an order of magnitude larger than the visual system's temporal resolution. We characterize this temporal limit of binocular rivalry by showing that it is independent of low-level information such as interocular timing differences, contrast-reversals, stimulus energy, and eye-of-origin information. This suggests the temporal factors maintaining rivalry relate more to higher-level form information, than to low-level visual information. Systematically comparing the role of form and motion-the processing of which may be assigned to ventral and dorsal visual pathways, respectively-reveals that this temporal limit is determined by form conflict rather than motion conflict. Together, our findings demonstrate that binocular conflict resolution depends on temporally coarse form-based processing, possibly originating in the ventral visual pathway.