标志技术在研究小皱蝽成虫种群特征中的应用

应用标志－释放－回收技术研究小皱蝽成虫的主要种群特征,结果如下：（１）成虫扩散的偏离度Ｋｕ＝２．４,为一阶峻开曲线;（２）分别用Ｐｅｔｅｒｓｏｎ和Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎ方法对种群蜜度进行了估计,结果表明,Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎ的方法较好;（３）雄虫平均寿命４０－４５,虫平均寿命１２０－１３０。天。     

Establishment and characterization of a new,spontaneously immortalized,pancreatic ductal cell line from the Syrian golden hamster

Spontaneously immortal pancreatic cell lines are not available. By use of a defined culture medium, such a line (TAKA-1) was established from the Syrian golden hamster. Cytological, cytogenetic, molecular biological, enzymatic and receptor patterns as well as antigenicity were studied and were compared with those of the normal hamster pancreatic ductal cells in vivo. TAKA-1 cells grew exponentially in a monolayer on collagen gel in a defined medium but did not proliferate in soft agar. Ultrastructurally, the cells closely resembled the normal hamster pancreatic ductal cells. Similarities and dissimilarities were found between the normal ductal cells and TAKA-1 cells. Similarities included the presence of cytokeratin, carbonic anhydrase and some tumor-associated antigens. However, unlike the normal ductal cells, TAKA-1 cells expressed blood group A angigen and anti-vimentin, showed affinity to selected lectins, and an abnormality of chromosome 3, which is suggested to be associated with immortality. Moreover, unlike the hamster pancreatic ductal cancer cells but like the normal hamster pancreatic ductal cells, TAKA-1 cells did not have a c-Ki-ras mutation. EGF, TGF- and secretin, but not CCK or GRP, bound to the TAKA-1 cells. TAKA-1 cells produced TGF-, and their growth was stimulated by exogenous EGF in serum-free medium. This cell line presents a suitable model for biologic and pathologic study of the hamster pancreatic ductal cells in vitro.     

Studies on the active sites ofBacillus cereus sphingomyelinase substitution of some amino acids by site-directed mutagenesis

Summary Chemical modifications suggested that acidic amino acids such as aspartic and glutamic acids are involved in the active sites ofBacillus cereus sphingomyelinase. Among aspartic acid residues in the conserved regions of this enzyme, Asp-126, Asp-156, Asp-233 and Asp-295 were converted to glycine by site-directed mutagenesis. According to prediction on structural similarity to pancreatic DNase I, His-151 and His-296 were also converted to alanine. The Asp and His mutants, D126G, D156G, D233G, D295G, H151A and H296A, were produced inBacillus brevis 47, a protein-hyperproducing strain. The catalytic activities of D295G, H151A and H296A were completely abolished, and sphingomyelin-hydrolyzing activity of D126G or D156G was reduced by more than 50%. The activity of D126G towardp-NPPC was comparable to that of the wild-type, while D156G catalyzed the hydrolysis of HNP andp-NPPC more efficiently than the wild-type. Hemolytic activities of the mutants were parallel to their sphingomyelin-hydrolyzing activities.     

Outgroup heteroduplex analysis using temperature gradient gel electrophoresis: high resolution, large scale, screening of DNA variation in the mitochondrial control region

The ability of DNA screening techniques such as Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (TGGE) and Heteroduplex Analysis to provide resolution approaching that provided by DNA sequencing for a fraction of the time, effort and expense point to them as the logical successor to allozyme electrophoresis for population genetics. Here we present a novel alternative to the standard TGGE/Heteroduplex Analysis protocol - Outgroup Heteroduplex Analysis (OHA). We assess this technique's sensitivity in comparison to previous screening approaches using a known hierarchy of sequence differences. Our data show that Outgroup Heteroduplex Analysis has greatly increased sensitivity for screening DNA variants from that of TGGE used alone and is easily applicable to large numbers of samples. Using this technique we can consistently detect differences of as small as one base change in a 433-base-pair fragment of Control Region mitochondrial DNA from Melomys cerbinipes (an Australian rodent). The approach should easily be extendable to nuclear loci and is not necessarily dependent on the use of a denaturing gradient When combined with a targeted sequencing effort, OHA provides a sensitive and simple means of obtaining allele/haplotype frequencies and their phylogenies for population and phylogeographic studies in molecular ecology.     

黄土丘陵沟壑区水平梯田改土培肥增产技术措施体系

黄土丘陵沟壑区水平梯田改土培肥增产技术措施体系刘东海赵廷宁（宁夏西吉县农业局７５６２００）（北京林业大学水土保持学院１０００８３）赵国杰（宁夏西吉县农业技术推广站７５６２００）ＴｅｃｈｎｉｑｕｅｓｏｆＳｏｉｌＩｍｐｒｏｖｅｍｅｎｔａｎｄＹｉｅｌｄＩｎ...     

牛胰多肽与CL／PC脂质体作用后二级结构的变化

用傅立叶变换红外光谱研究了ＢＰＰ与膜作用后其二级结构的变化,通过对红外光谱中酰胺Ｉ谱带进行解卷积、微分及曲线拟合等处理,结果表明,ＢＰＰ与脂膜作用后,其二级结构中α－螺旋成分增多,无规卷曲成分减少。     

Action of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on amphibian adrenocortical function,in vitro

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is located in chromaffin cells of the frog adrenal gland and is able to stimulate corticosteroid secretion in amphibians. In the present study we have investigated the possible involvement of prostaglandins, microfilaments and calcium in the mechanism of action of VIP on frog adrenocortical tissue. Rana ridibunda interrenal dice were perifused with amphibian culture medium for more than 10 hours. Corticosterone and aldosterone concentrations were measured in the effluent perifusate using sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay methods. In the presence of indomethacin (5 μM), a specific blocker of prostaglandin biosynthesis, the spontaneous secretion of corticosteroids was markedly reduced (80%) but the stimulatory effect of VIP was not altered. The administration of the microfilament disrupting agent cytochalasin B (50 μM) inhibited both spontaneous and VIP-induced corticosteroid secretion. In the absence of calcium, the spontaneous level of corticosteroid was reduced to about 60% but VIP was still able to stimulate corticosteroid secretion. From these data we conclude that the integrity of the cytoskeleton is required for the secretory response of adrenocortical cells to VIP, whereas neither prostaglandins nor calcium are involved in VIP-induced adrenocortical stimulation.     

An immunoblotting technique for the detection of bound and secreted bacterial Fc receptors

A rapid semiquantitative procedure that enables bacteria to be screened for surface or secreted receptors for the Fc region of human IgG is described. Surface Fc receptors were detected by direct transfer of bacterial colonies to nitrocellulose by electroblotting and then probing with ¹²⁵I-labeled human IgG in the presence of a two fold molar excess of unlabeled F(ab′)₂fragments. The blots were exposed to X-ray film and the intensity of the resulting autoradiograph was a measure of surface Fc receptors expression. This procedure reliably distinguished Staphylococcus aureus strains which expressed different levels of surface Fc receptors. When applied to the study of group A streptococci, a number of Fc receptor-positive strains were identified. Unlike the homogeneous Fc receptor expression on individual colonies of the staphylococcal strains, a wide variation in the level of Fc receptor expression was observed within a given streptococcal strain. Group A streptococcal substrains which expressed high and low levels of surface Fc receptors could be isolated from replica plates.Secreted Fc receptors were measured by a simple modification of the blotting procedure in which the nitrocellulose was placed on the opposite side of the agar from the bacterial colonies. Secreted Fc receptors was electroblotted through the agar onto nitrocellulose and probed as described above. This approach readily detected nanogram quantities of secreted type I Fc receptor (protein A) from the Staphylococcus aureus Cowan strain. None of the group A streptococcal strains tested were found to secrete detectable quantities of Fc receptors.     

Preparation and discharge of secretion in the subcommissural organ of the rat

Summary The secretion of the subcommissural organ (SCO) of the rat was studied by means of immunocytochemistry at the electron-microscopic level with the use of (1) the polar embedding medium Lowicryl K4M at -30° C, (2) the protein A-gold technique, and (3) a rabbit antiserum against bovine Reissner's fiber (see Sterba et al. 1981).Two different substructures of the ependymal and the hypendymal SCO-cells display a positive immunocytochemical reaction: (1) sacs containing flocculent secretion, which originate from the granular endoplasmic reticulum, and (2) vacuoles filled with fine granular secretion, which are pinched off from the Golgi apparatus. The secretory material of the sacs and the vacuoles is discharged both (i) apically into the cerebrospinal fluid and (ii) basally into intercellular spaces of the SCO-hypendyma. The apically released secretion is condensed to a lamina-like formation, which more caudally assumes the form of Reissner's fiber. The route of the basally released secretion remains, however, vague. The periodically striated bodies, which were thought to be morphological mediators of the discharge of the secretion into the capillaries, are never labeled by gold particles.Supported by grants from the Ministry for Science and Technology of the German Democratic RepublicThe expert technical assistance of Mrs. B. Wolff, Mrs. S. Mehnert, Mrs. E. Siebert, Mrs. Ch. Schneider, and Mrs. I. Seifert is gratefully acknowledged     

Vascular permeability to proteins and peptides in the mouse pineal gland

Summary The permeability of fenestrated capillaries in the mouse pineal gland to proteins and peptides was demonstrated by means of ultrastructural tracers. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and microperoxidase (MP) were injected intravenously and allowed to circulate for approximately 30 s, 1 min, 5 min, 1 or 2h. The tissue was then fixed by vascular perfusion or by immersion with aldehydes. In all experiments a pronounced extravasation of HRP and MP occurred. Transendothelial vesicular transport seemed to have occurred across the fenestrated capillaries. The most pronounced tracer labeling of vesicles was found after 1 min of MP- or HRP-circulation. The vesicles were uncoated and more than 70 % of the HRP-and MP-containing vesicles exhibited diameters between 50 and 110 nm. Furthermore, three other transcapillary pathways taken by the tracers are suggested: 1) via intercellular junctions, 2) through fenestrae and 3) via channels formed by fusion of vesicles with the luminal and abluminal cell membranes. Based on these results, it is assumed that the capillaries in the mouse pineal gland are also permeable to peptides synthesized and secreted by the pineal gland.Part of this study was presented at the EMCELL-76 meeting, Copenhagen, 1976