我国南方红壤区氮磷湿沉降对森林流域氮磷输出及水质的影响

持续高通量的氮、磷输入导致水体富营养化的问题已引起广泛关注。通过对江西省千烟洲香溪流域水样(常规水样,降雨后的地表径流以及雨水水样)的季节性监测,研究大气氮、磷湿沉降对森林流域氮、磷输出动态及水质的影响。结果表明:从2013年6月至2014年5月,香溪流域内氮、磷湿沉降通量分别为11.86 kg/hm~2和0.38 kg/hm~2,其中氮湿沉降主要集中在夏秋两季,占全年输入量的64%,而磷沉降主要集中在夏季,占全年输入量的43%,表现出明显的季节性差异;水体p H值(6.22—8.89)的变化范围较大,而且氮、磷的输出受土地管理(施肥方式)及降雨事件的影响较为明显,尤其在耕作期,总氮的输出量占全年氮输出总量的96.2%,而总磷的输出量占全年磷输出总量的61.4%;对4场不同强度降雨(按降雨强度从大到小)的氮、磷输出动态过程分析,发现不同强度的降雨对水体氮、磷的输出过程影响不同,在径流未形成前以及降雨强度达到暴雨级别时,降雨对流域水体氮、磷的稀释作用明显,而在大雨强度下水体磷的输出量明显高于其他降雨;研究期间,香溪流域内氮湿沉降对水体的贡献量为101.97 kg,磷湿沉降的贡献量为0.60 kg,4场降雨氮对流域水体的贡献量为4.46kg,占流域氮输出负荷的15.22%,磷对水体的贡献量为0.032kg,占流域磷输出负荷的0.85%。同时,根据营养状态指数(EI),发现流域水体全年处于中至富营养状态,而且研究期间水体氮、磷浓度均超过水体富营养化阈值(氮1.5 mg/L,磷0.15 mg/L),存在爆发水体富营养化的威胁。     

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 as a Marker of Chronic Lupus Nephritis

Kidney biopsy remains the mainstay of Lupus Nephritis (LN) diagnosis and prognostication. The objective of this study is to identify non-invasive biomarkers that closely parallel renal pathology in LN. Previous reports have demonstrated that serum Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP-4) was increased in diabetic nephropathy in both animal models and patients. We proceeded to assess if IGFBP4 could be associated with LN. We performed ELISA using the serum of 86 patients with LN. Normal healthy adults (N = 23) and patients with other glomerular diseases (N = 20) served as controls. Compared to the healthy controls or other glomerular disease controls, serum IGFBP-4 levels were significantly higher in the patients with LN. Serum IGFBP-4 did not correlate well with systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI), renal SLEDAI or proteinuria, but it did correlate with estimated glomerular filtration rate (R = 0.609, P < 0.0001). Interestingly, in 18 patients with proliferative LN whose blood samples were obtained at the time of renal biopsy, serum IGFBP-4 levels correlated strongly with the chronicity index of renal pathology (R = 0.713, P < 0.001). IGFBP-4 emerges a potential marker of lupus nephritis, reflective of renal pathology chronicity changes.     

异养硝化⁃好氧反硝化复合菌剂在垃圾渗滤液处理中的应用

垃圾渗滤液中往往含有高浓度的有机物、氨氮等污染物。异养硝化-好氧反硝化型微生物能在脱氮的同时去除部分有机物,但目前对于相关混合菌剂直接应用于垃圾渗滤液处理的研究较少。从垃圾渗滤液中筛选出6株异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌株并组配成复合菌剂F6,探究菌剂在垃圾渗滤液中的脱氮效果。分别以单一菌株和复合菌剂F6为投放原料;以不同碳氮比、活性炭浓度、转速以及微量元素浓度为影响因素,研究复合菌剂对于垃圾渗滤液中氨氮(NH{}_{\mathrm{4}}^{+}-N)、总氮(total nitrogen, TN)、化学需氧量(chemical oxygen demand, COD)的去除性能。结果表明,提高碳氮比和微量元素浓度能够促进复合菌剂F6的降解效果;当接种量为10%、碳氮比为15%时,F6对NH{}_{\mathrm{4}}^{+}-N、TN、COD的去除率分别为74.69%、89.23%和83.50%,与不添加活性炭的处理相比,分别提高了约18.46%、20.97%和7.98%。复合异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌剂F6对高氨氮垃圾渗滤液去除NH{}_{\mathrm{4}}^{+}-N、TN、COD等方面具有良好的应用前景。     

大花杓兰亲环素基因(CmCyP)的克隆及生物信息学分析

亲环素是一个多基因家族,在植物生命活动中发挥着重要的作用。该研究以大花杓兰(Cypripedium macranthum)为材料,采用RT-PCR技术克隆到1个亲环素基因(CyP),并对其进行生物信息学分析。结果表明:大花杓兰CyP基因的开放阅读框序列为525 bp,命名为CmCyP(GenBank登录号为MH411125),编码174个氨基酸。预测CmCyP蛋白是一个位于细胞质、相对分子量约为18 kD、理论pI为8.73、无信号肽、跨膜结构域的亲水性蛋白质。磷酸化和糖基化位点预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白存在18个潜在的磷酸化位点和2个潜在的糖基化位点。蛋白保守结构域预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白包含一个高度保守的肽脯氨酰顺反异构酶结构域,属于单结构域亲环素。对二级结构进行预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白中存在无规卷曲70个、延伸链56个、α-螺旋23个、β-折叠25个,这4种结构元件在三级结构中也有体现。系统进化树结果显示,大花杓兰CmCyP蛋白与铁皮石斛(Dendrobium catenatum)和万带兰(Vanda hybrid cultivar)的CyP蛋白的亲缘关系较近。该研究首次克隆了大花杓兰亲环素基因(CmCyP),为进一步探讨CmCyP基因的生物学功能奠定了基础。     

Biofouling development and rejection enhancement in long SRT MF membrane bioreactor

This study was conducted to investigate the development and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) distribution in biofouling layer and biofouling effect on permeate quality. The experimental results suggested that formation of biofouling layer was started by the attachment of polysaccharides and formed a biogel like layer on top of membrane surface (adhesive attachment). It further induced the attachment of protein, polysaccharides and bioparticles, and formed cake layer (cohesive attachment). As evidenced in SEM photos and permeates quality, the formed biofouling layer had changed the properties of membrane surface such as the pore and porosity, and hence produce the better permeates quality. A great enhancement of rejection performance occurred at the early filtration period, and followed by a slight enhancement in rejection throughout the entire filtration. This enhancement of rejection performance by biofouling layer can be mathematically expressed by the logarithm function with the degree of membrane fouling.     

Draft genome sequence of Bacillus cereus strain LCT-BC244

Bacillus cereus is a prevalent, soil-dwelling, Gram-positive bacterium. Some strains are harmful to humans and cause food-borne illness, while other strains can be beneficial as probiotics for animals. To gain insight into the bacterial genetic determinants, we report the genome sequence of a strain, LCT-BC244, which was isolated from CGMCC 1.230.     

Whole-genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain LCT-SA112

Staphylococcus aureus is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive coccal bacterium. S. aureus is the most common species of Staphylococcus to cause staphylococcal infections, which are very common in clinical medicine. Here we report the genome sequence of S. aureus strain LCT-SA112, which was isolated from S. aureus subsp. aureus CGMCC 1.230.     

Antibacterial property and mechanism of a novel Pu-erh tea nanofibrous membrane

Pu-erh tea is made via a natural fermentation process. In this study, Pu-erh tea was used as a raw material for nanomaterials preparation and as an antibacterial agent. Antibacterial activities on Escherichia coli of Pu-erh tea, Pu-erh tea powder (PTP) of different sizes, and Pu-erh tea residual powder were firstly determined, respectively. With polyvinyl alcohol as the carrier, through an electrospinning technique, different kinds of nanofibrous membranes were obtained from the extract of Pu-erh tea and nano-PTP (NPTP), and their antibacterial properties and mechanism against E. coli were evaluated. The results showed better antibacterial activity with smaller PTP particles, the nano-sized particles had the best effects, and the MIC of NPTP was 13.5 mg/mL. When NPTP was in nanofibrous membranes, the antibacterial activity decreased slightly, but increased with modification by ZnO. Pu-erh tea in nanofibrous membranes damaged the E. coli cell membranes and caused leakage of K⁺ and enzymes. What is more is that damage of the cell walls led to the leakage of fluorescent proteins from enhanced green fluorescence protein-expressing E. coli. These results indicate that the Pu-erh tea nanofibrous membranes had good antibacterial activities against E. coli, which may provide a promising application of novel antibacterial materials.     

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) induces pulmonary vascular remodeling through 15-LO/15-HETE pathway under hypoxic condition

15-lipoxygenase (15-LO) is known to play an important role in chronic pulmonary hypertension. Accumulating evidence for its down-stream participants in the vasoconstriction and remodeling processes of pulmonary arteries, while how hypoxia regulates 15-LO/15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE) to mediate hypoxic pulmonary hypertension is still unknown. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is an important vascular regulator whose concentration increases under hypoxic condition in the lungs of both humans and mice with pulmonary hypertension. The present study was carried out to determine whether hypoxia advances the pulmonary vascular remodeling through the PDGF/15-LO/15-HETE pathway. We found that pulmonary arterial medial thickening caused by hypoxia was alleviated after a treatment of the hypoxic rats with imatinib, which was associated with down-regulations of 15-LO-2 expression and 15-HETE production. Moreover, the increases in cell proliferation and endogenous 15-HETE content by hypoxia were attenuated by the inhibitors of PDGF-β receptor in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). The effects of PDGF-BB on cell proliferation and survival were weakened after the administration of 15-LO inhibitors or 15-LO RNA interference. These results suggest that hypoxia promotes PASMCs proliferation and survival, contributing to pulmonary vascular medial hypertrophy, which is likely to be mediated via the PDGF-BB/15-LO-2/15-HETE pathway.