Arsenic Remediation in Bangladeshi Rice Varieties with Enhance Plant Growth by Unique Arsenic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates

Abstract

Arsenic (As) pollution is one of the major threats to public health in Bangladesh, where daily intake of As per person exceeds the World Health Organization recommended level. Plants can assimilate significant quantities of As on a daily basis. Consumption of rice contaminated with As from soil and irrigation water can elevate the daily As intake in humans. In this study, we aimed to identify indigenous As-tolerant bacteria with the ability to use different carbon and nitrogen sources to enhance plant growth through siderophore and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) formation, and with the ability to absorb, store, transform, and remediate As. Three As-tolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria were isolated: Bacillus sp. (GIS1) (MG203916), Acinetobacter sp. (GIS3) (MG203917), and Acinetobacter sp. (GIS5) (MG203918). They were confirmed by 16s rDNA sequencing and scanning electron microscopy. The bacteria showed a positive response to plant growth and As absorbing capacity. Especially, strain GIS1 (MG203916) and GIS 3(MG203917) showed a great potential for the bioremediation of As pollution, which might have potential agricultural and microbiological implications.     

Electromuscular Incapacitation Current Induced Neuromuscular Tissue Injury

Electrical stun devices (ESDs) serve a basic role in law enforcement and provide an alternative to lethal options for target control by causing electromuscular incapacitation (EMI). A fundamental concern is the adverse health consequences associated with their use. The capability of EMI electric field pulses to disrupt skeletal muscle cells (i.e. rhabdomyolysis) was investigated over the operational range commonly used in commercial EMI devices. Functional and structural alteration and recovery of muscle and nerve tissue were assessed. In an anesthetized swine model, the left thigh was exposed to 2 min of electrical pulses, using a commercially available ESD or a custom-made EMI signal power amplifier. Serum creatinine phosphokinase (CPK), troponin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were monitored intermittently for 6 h post-EMI exposure. A standard external cardiac defibrillator served as a positive control. Muscle and nerve tissue histology adjacent to the EMI contacts were examined. Post-EMI shock skeletal muscle function was evaluated by analyzing the compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) of the rectus femoris muscle. Maximal energy cardiac defibrillator pulses resulted in rhabdomyolysis and marked elevation of CPK, LDH, and AST 6 h post-shock. EMI field pulses resulted in the animals developing transient acidosis. CMAP amplitudes decreased approximately 50% after EMI and recovered to near-normal levels within 6 h. Within 6 h post-EMI exposure, blood CPK was mildly increased, LDH was normal, and no arrhythmia was observed. Minimal rhabdomyolysis was produced by the EMI pulses. These results suggest that EMI exposure is unlikely to cause extremity rhabdomyolysis in normal individuals. Bioelectromagnetics. © 2020 Bioelectromagnetics Society     

低温秸秆降解复合微生物菌剂的研究进展

我国东北地区冬季寒冷,秸秆产量巨大,但综合利用率较低,利用高酶活性微生物将低温环境中的秸秆降解变废为宝,是一项循环利用的有效途径。研究表明,通过生物学技术手段,筛选高酶活性菌株,深入研究降解机理,优化功能微生物培养条件,提高纤维素酶活性,是提高降解率,秸秆资源化利用的最佳途径。复合微生物菌剂产生的酶活值普遍高于单一微生物菌,真菌菌丝体产生的酶活值高于细菌。实际应用中,选择适合的复合菌剂是低温环境下提高秸秆降解效率的有效途径。系统地归纳了低温条件下降解秸秆的微生物技术、分析了不同条件下降解秸秆的菌株类型和促进秸秆纤维素降解菌酶活力特征、并总结了低温环境下生物菌剂降解秸秆的技术应用效果,旨为低温环境下秸秆的资源化利用提供一定的技术参考。     

新生儿短肠综合征的肠内营养研究进展

从喂养方式、喂养过程、营养成分、护理重点等多方面综述新生儿短肠综合征肠内营养的研究进展,并结合患儿的实际病情以及实验室检查结果等指标,提出对患儿进行持续性的肠内营养支持的具体做法：（1）在现实情况允许的条件下,保证用母乳喂养患儿,无法提供母乳的情况下合理配比奶粉,并根据实际需要添加一些纤维和脂类的补充剂,保障患儿健康发育;（2）在给予肠内营养的过程中全程无菌化处理,调节适宜的温度,合理选择药物;（3）应用大规模对照试验方式,通过大数据对比总结出持续肠内营养对短肠综合征患儿的影响,为儿科护理工作提供科学依据。     

应用CRISPR/Cas13b编辑技术治疗TNNT2R141W转基因小鼠的扩张型心肌病

本研究旨在应用CRISPR/Cas13b系统对TNNT2R141W转基因扩张型心肌病（dilated cardiomyopathy,DCM）小鼠（DCM小鼠）进行探索性治疗,尝试发现治疗扩张型心肌病的一种新方式,为CRISPR/Cas13b系统在体内应用提供实验基础。随机设计11种Cas13b-TNNT2 gRNA并成功构建表达质粒,把它和人源TNNT2过表达质粒共同转染到293T细胞中,通过实时定量PCR（quantitative real-time PCR,Q-PCR）检测人源TNNT2 mRNA的表达水平。结果显示,gRNA 2引导Cas13b敲低目标基因的效率最高,达到80%（P<0.0001）。把gRNA2表达质粒包装到慢病毒载体中转导出生后1天的DCM小鼠原代心肌细胞,Q-PCR检测结果表明CRISPR/Cas13b系统对人源TNNT2 mRNA的敲低效率达到55%（P<0.01）。把PspCas13b和gRNA2的表达载体分别包装到AAV9病毒载体中,然后将200 μL 约1×1012 AAV9病毒颗粒通过尾静脉注射到4月龄DCM小鼠体内,待注射小鼠发育至5月龄时,Q-PCR检测结果显示,AAV9+DCM组TNNT2R141W表达水平较未注射组对照明显下降至40%（P<0.01）。对5月龄野生型（WT）、DCM（未注射病毒组）和AAV9+DCM（基因组编辑工具注射组）三组小鼠的心脏形态、心功能、心肌纤维化和心力衰竭等表型的观察结合显示：DCM小鼠的心脏形态异常,而AAV9+DCM小鼠心脏形态趋于正常;对三组小鼠的心脏进行超声心动图并对心功能指标进行统计发现,DCM组较WT组小鼠的左心室射血分数（left ventricular percent ejection fraction,LV EF%）、左心室短轴缩短率（left ventricular percent fractional shortening,LV FS%）分别下降了50.4%（P<0.0001）,55.1%（P<0.0001）,而AAV9+DCM组较DCM组小鼠的LV EF%、LV FS%分别上升了66.5%（P<0.01）,77.0%（P<0.01）;通过Q-PCR和天狼星红染色检测三组小鼠的心脏纤维化程度,结果显示DCM组较WT组小鼠的Col3a1和Postn两种纤维化基因,分别高表达5.2倍（P<0.001）、4.5倍（P<0.01）,而AAV9+DCM组较DCM组小鼠两种基因表达分别下降了2.0倍（P<0.05）、1.4倍（NS）,天狼星红染色结果显示纤维化区域明显下降;通过Q-PCR和蛋白质免疫印迹分别检测三组小鼠的心脏心力衰竭基因Nppb mRNA和Nppa蛋白质的表达水平,结果表明DCM组较WT组小鼠Nppb mRNA表达上升14.2倍（P<0.01）,而AAV9+DCM组较DCM组小鼠Nppb mRNA表达明显下降下降2.8倍（P<0.05）,Nppa蛋白质表达趋势与Nppb相同。把gRNA 5和含有R141W突变（gRNA 5T）和正常的TNNT2 mRNA（gRNA 5V）序列分别组合转染到293T细胞中,通过Q-PCR检测两种序列mRNA的表达水平。结果显示,gRNA 5T序列表达效率为30%（P<0.0001）,而并未检测到gRNA 5V mRNA的敲低。本研究通过设计靶向TNNT2R141W mRNA的gRNA,特异性敲低TNNT2R141W转基因小鼠体内突变的mRNA,有效改善了转基因小鼠的心功能,为临床进一步探索扩张型心肌病的治疗奠定了实验室基础。     

Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity

Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysts are increasingly being asked to conduct life cycle‐based systems level analysis at the earliest stages of technology development. While early assessments provide the greatest opportunity to influence design and ultimately environmental performance, it is the stage with the least available data, greatest uncertainty, and a paucity of analytic tools for addressing these challenges. While the fundamental approach to conducting an LCA of emerging technologies is akin to that of LCA of existing technologies, emerging technologies pose additional challenges. In this paper, we present a broad set of market and technology characteristics that typically influence an LCA of emerging technologies and identify questions that researchers must address to account for the most important aspects of the systems they are studying. The paper presents: (a) guidance to identify the specific technology characteristics and dynamic market context that are most relevant and unique to a particular study, (b) an overview of the challenges faced by early stage assessments that are unique because of these conditions, (c) questions that researchers should ask themselves for such a study to be conducted, and (d) illustrative examples from the transportation sector to demonstrate the factors to consider when conducting LCAs of emerging technologies. The paper is intended to be used as an organizing platform to synthesize existing methods, procedures and insights and guide researchers, analysts and technology developer to better recognize key study design elements and to manage expectations of study outcomes.     

耐药菌感染的噬菌体治疗专利技术

耐药菌,尤其是多重耐药菌的出现和持续进化给人类健康带来了巨大的威胁。在抗生素逐渐失去特效作用的情况下,科学界和医药界又把眼光重新投向了抗菌的天然生物-噬菌体,并在一些研究中证明了噬菌体可以作为新的武器去替代抗生素治疗耐药菌感染。通过对噬菌体治疗及衍生的裂解酶治疗的世界专利申请进行统计及分析,获得了专利发展趋势、申请人分布特点及主要专利申请人等信息,详细分析了噬菌体及裂解酶治疗的主要专利技术路线和研发热点。     

超声辅助酸水解提取山里红叶中牡荆素的工艺优化

采用正交法优化山里红叶中牡荆素的超声辅助提取工艺。通过盐酸浓度、提取时间、固液比、超声功率、超声温度、乙醇浓度6种影响因素的单因素实验,研究它们与牡荆素提取得率之间的规律趋势;应用正交设计优化试验,研究盐酸浓度、提取时间、固液比和超声功率对山里红叶提取牡荆素得率影响大小,并确定最佳提取工艺。研究结果表明：当盐酸浓度为2 mol·L^-1、提取时间为40 min,固液比为1：20、超声功率为500 W、超声温度为50℃、乙醇浓度为50%时,效果最佳,得率为2.603 mg·g^-1;盐酸浓度具有较大显著性,且各因素影响顺序为：盐酸浓度 > 超声功率> > 提取时间 > 固液比。     

三维基因组学研究进展

三维基因组学是一门研究基因组三维空间结构与功能的新兴学科,主要研究基因组序列在细胞核内的三维空间构象,及其对DNA复制、DNA重组、基因表达调控等生物过程的生物学效应。自染色质构象捕获技术 (3C)出现后,三维基因组学相关研究领域飞速发展。借助于3C及其衍生技术、Hi-C和ChIA-PET等技术,科学家能对各类物种的三维基因组进行更为深入的研究,从而揭示微生物、植物和动物基因组的空间构象、染色质的相互作用模式、转录调控以及不同生物学性状的形成机制;挖掘与生命活动和疾病相关的关键基因和信号通路;推动农业科学、生命科学和医学等领域的快速发展。文中就三维基因组学研究进展作一综述,主要阐述三维基因组学的概念和研究技术的发展及其在农业科学、生命科学和医学等领域的应用,尤其是肿瘤领域所取得的阶段性研究成果。     

产嗜铁素砷抗性微生物在砷污染环境中的作用

在砷污染环境中,许多微生物进化出了砷抗性,对地球环境中砷的命运起着决定性的作用。其次,由于自然条件下铁有效浓度低,微生物一般会表达嗜铁素,协助微生物吸收铁。嗜铁素除了与铁结合外,还可与多种金属离子形成稳定的复合物,促进环境中砷酸盐的溶解和亚砷酸盐的氧化。最后,产嗜铁素微生物有促进植物生长和促进或减弱植物吸收砷的可能性。因此,产嗜铁素砷抗性微生物可能具有在砷污染环境的修复中发挥作用的潜力。