从热带海洋细菌培养提取新的消炎大环内酯

Bioory．Med．Chem．Lett．1999年9卷14期2003～2006页报道：美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校Scripps海洋学研究所海洋生物技术和生物医药中心的科学家,已在从加勒比海褐藻——匍扇网地藻(Lobophora variegata)表面分离出来的热带海洋细菌CNB-837株系培养中,提取了一种新的消炎大环内酯——匍扇藻素A和B。科学家们利用含有1％可溶淀粉、0．4％酵母膏、O．2％胨、75％海水和25％去离子水的A1培养基,在25℃和230转/分搅动下,将这种海洋细菌培养了7天。用小鼠进行了试验表明,局部或腹膜内给予匍扇藻素,可有效地消除小鼠耳部的水肿。匍扇藻素A和B的分子式分别为C61H93N2O19和C61H90N2O21。汪开治     

上海市中小型河道沉积物和水生植物中重金属累积特征研究

采用野外调查和室内分析相结合的方法,以上海市8个区县25条中小型河道为研究对象,调查研究重金属在沉积物和水生植物中累积特征,采用潜在生态风险指数评价法对沉积物重金属污染进行了评价,采用生物富集系数(BCF)方法评价不同水生植物对重金属的富集特性,对水生植物与沉积物中的重金属含量进行相关性分析。分析表明,与土壤环境质量国家二级标准(GB15618-1995)相比,As、Ni和Zn平均含量是标准的6.7倍、1.5倍和1.4倍,Cd、Pb、Cu、Cr平均含量不超标。参照上海市土壤环境背景值,上海市中小型河道沉积物中7种重金属的潜在生态风险依次为：Cdgt;Asgt;Pbgt;Nigt;Cugt;Zngt;Cr,其中Cd、As生态风险严重,7种潜在生态风险Ri平均值为431.43,有强生态风险。植物体内累积最高的重金属为Cu,累积最低的重金属为Cd,沉水植物体内重金属Cd、As、Cr、Pb、Ni、Cu的含量均大于挺水植物,沉水植物苦草和水盾草对多种重金属的富集能力大于1,在重金属复合污染水体修复中具有较大潜力。根据植物体与沉积物中重金属的含量关系,发现黑藻与沉积物中重金属Cu、Ni、Pb的含量显著正相关;水盾草与沉积物中重金属Cu含量显著正相关,芦苇与沉积物中重金属Cr的含量显著正相关,上述3种植物可作为上海市河道重金属污染监测植物的选择对象。     

《生命的化学》征稿启事

１、《生命的化学》是中国生物化学与分子生物学会的会刊和通讯，是国内外公开发行的综述性、通讯性的生物化学与分子生物学期刊，重点刊登综述性、进展性、报道性文章，同时也旁及技术和方法、生物化学与分子生物学家的传记轶事、书评、教学讨论、访问观感等内容。《生命...     

蚯蚓纤溶酶新基因EfP-0的电子克隆及其编码区序列RT-PCR验证

利用生物信息学手段,以期获得蚯蚓纤溶酶F-Ⅰ-0组分的基因。根据从粉正蚓(Lumbricusrubellus)中分离的F-Ⅰ-0组分的N端氨基酸序列VVGGSDTTIGQYPHQL,利用DNAMAN软件通过电子克隆方法,从Lumbricidae的dbEST中获得该组分的核酸序列信息,设计特异引物,经过RT-PCR,成功地从赤子爱胜蚓(Eiseniafoetida)中克隆到一条蚯蚓纤溶酶新基因,命名为EfP-0。EfP-0基因全长678bp,编码225个氨基酸的成熟肽,属丝氨酸蛋白酶,胰蛋白酶家族,与F-Ⅰ-0组分的氨基酸组成非常接近。BLAST证明,EfP-0与已报道的蚯蚓纤溶酶基因之间的相似性均低于40%,因此为蚯蚓纤溶酶中的一个新基因,GenBank登录号为DQ836917。构建的pMAL-c2x-EfP-0重组质粒,在大肠杆菌TB1中获得融合蛋白MBP-EfP-0的可溶性表达,表达产物有酪蛋白平板溶解活性。     

温度对橄榄蛏蚌耗氧和氨氮排泄的影响

The respiration metabolismand excretion of marinebivalves were studied by different researchers[1—6].Themetabolic rate of bivalves is influenced by a number ofvariables,includingtemperature,body size,oxygen ten-sion,food concentration,reproductive state,activityleveland physiological condition.The excreted metabolites ofbivalves include ammonia,urea,uric acid and others,with ammonia comprising70%of the total excretion.Solenaia oleivorais a proper freshwater bivalve in China.For the consumer it has the follo...     

香溪河水体中生源要素磷的时空分布研究

Phosphorus is an essential and oftenlimiting nutrientin both marine andfreshwater ecosystems,yetits oversup-plyis of concern in many environments due to its role ineutrophication[1].Phosphorus enters rivers from diffusecatchment sources(particularly agriculture)and point(effluent)sources.However,river systems have an im-portant internal capacity to remove or release phosphorusfrom/to the water column and to trans-form phosphorusbetween organic,inorganic,particulate and dissolvedforms.River bed…     

Effects of ELF magnetic fields on protein expression profile of human breast cancer cell MCF7

A case-control study in 1979 on electrical wiring configurations and childhood leukemia had stimulated interest in the issue that extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF) may have harmful biologi-cal effects especially on the incidence of human can-cer[1]. Since then, a large number of studies have been conducted to follow up this important result[2]. The majority of these studies indicate a weak association between exposure to 50―60 Hz ELF MF and the in-cidence of cancer; however…     

Silver stained polyacrylamide gels and fluorescence-based automated capillary electrophoresis for detection of amplified fragment length polymorphism patterns obtained from white-rot fungi in the genus Trametes

Silver stained denaturing polyacrylamide gels (PAGEs) and fluorescent denaturing automated capillary electrophoresis (CE) were used to detect amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) patterns obtained from white-rot fungi belonging to the genus Trametes. AFLP fingerprinting detected by the fluorescence-based method as well as by silver staining showed a high discriminatory power in differentiating nine strains of Trametes ochracea, nine strains of Trametes hirsuta and ten isolates of Trametes versicolor. UPGMA dendrograms derived from fluorescently labelled and silver stained AFLP patterns were similar, but a few differences were detected especially in the clustering of T. ochracea and T. hirsuta strains. Compared to silver-stained AFLP, detection of fluorescent AFLP was fast, reliable and easy to perform and it facilitated surveying with a computerized analysis system. Fluorescent CE seems to be well suited for studying similarity between Trametes species.