城市社区尺度的生态交通评价指标

交通出行的便捷和绿色程度是城市生态社区评价的关键内容。基于生态社区评价研究中交通出行相关指标的筛选及分析,选择了评价社区交通出行生态水平的5项关键指标,即居民工作出行时长,社区停车状况,绿色出行比例,公共交通满意度,社区停车环境满意度,建立了基于交通出行数据采集的客观评价和基于居民满意度问卷调查的主观评价相结合的评价方式。选择北京市城区和近郊的4个不同社区案例进行调查、评价和比较,验证评价指标的有效性及北京典型社区的交通出行生态水平。北京居民工作出行时长在60 min以内的占样本总量的75%左右,7%的居民出行时长在90 min以上;居民平均绿色出行比例为69.5%;北京居民对公共交通的满意度约为46%,对社区停车环境满意度则不足19%。居民工作出行时长指标可以更直接的反应交通便捷程度,而公共交通的便利程度会影响到居民选择绿色出行方式的比例。     

Searching for the Ligands of Odorant Receptors

Through the sense of smell mammals can detect and discriminate between a large variety of odorants present in the surrounding environment. Odorants bind to a large repertoire of odorant receptors located in the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons of the nose. Each olfactory neuron expresses one single type of odorant receptor, and neurons expressing the same type of receptor project their axons to one or a few glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, creating a map of odorant receptor inputs. The information is then passed on to other regions of the brain, leading to odorant perception. To understand how the olfactory system discriminates between odorants, it is necessary to determine the odorant specificities of individual odorant receptors. These studies are complicated by the extremely large size of the odorant receptor family and by the poor functional expression of these receptors in heterologous cells. This article provides an overview of the methods that are currently being used to investigate odorant receptor–ligand interactions.     

In vivo relevance of Mrp2-mediated biliary excretion of the Amanita mushroom toxin demethylphalloin

To determine which efflux carriers are involved in hepatic phalloidin elimination, hepatobiliary [³H]-demethylphalloin (DMP) excretion was studied in normal Wistar rats and in Mrp2 deficient TR(−) Wistar rats as well as in normal wild-type FVB mice, Mdr1a,b(−/−) knockout mice, and Bcrp1(−/−) knockout mice by in situ bile duct/gallbladder cannulation. A subtoxic dose of 0.03 mg DMP/kg b.w. was used, which did not induce cholestasis in any tested animal. Excretion of DMP into bile was not altered in Mdr1a,b(−/−) mice or in Bcrp1(−/−) mice compared with wild-type FVB mice. Whereas 17.6% of the applied dose was excreted into bile of normal Wistar rats, hepatobiliary excretion decreased to 7.9% in TR(−) rats within 2 h after intravenous application. This decrease was not due to reduced cellular DMP uptake, as shown by normal expression of Oatp1b2 in livers of TR(−) rats and functional DMP uptake into isolated TR(−) rat hepatocytes. Tissue concentrations of phalloidin were also not altered in any of the transgenic mice. Interestingly, the decrease of biliary DMP excretion in the TR(−) rats was not followed by any increase of phalloidin accumulation in the liver but yielded a compensatory excretion of the toxin into urine, indicating that hepatocytes of TR(−) rats expelled phalloidin back into blood circulation.     

A novel ATP7B gene mutation in a liver failure patient with normal ceruloplasmin and low serum alkaline phosphatase

Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare disorder of copper metabolism resulting in accumulation of copper in liver and other organs. We present a liver failure patient, who was misdiagnosed for two years, with normal ceruloplasmin and low serum alkaline phosphatase. Molecular testing revealed a novel p.Ala982Thr mutation within ATP7B gene. The pathology of liver sample showed a large amount of copper deposition in the hepatocytes and confirmed the diagnosis of WD. Our data highlighted the importance of molecular testing in the early diagnosis of atypical WD.     

Investigation of the association between ATP2B4 and ATP5B genes with colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops as a multi-step process which results from gradual accumulation of mutations in proto-oncogenes, tumor suppressor, and DNA repair genes. Mortality rate of CRC is very high. Therefore, development of alternative diagnostic methods which can be used in the early diagnosis is crucial. ATP2B4 gene encodes one of the four isoforms of p-type ATPase PMCA enzyme and bears critical importance in maintaining the balance of intracellular calcium homeostasis by providing the export of calcium ions out of the cell. ATP5B encodes a subunit of the mitochondrial ATP synthase which is an f-type ATPase. In this study, the relationship between ATP2B4 and ATP5B genes and CRC regarding gene expression was investigated. Study groups were constructed from a number of 50 patients (25 males, 25 females) with the mean age of 55.68 ± 9.4 and the gene expression levels in the healthy and cancerous tissues of the patients were compared by using semi-quantitative PCR and Real-Time PCR methods. As a result, in patients with rectum tumors, there was a significant relationship between ATP2B4 gene expression and the tumor location and in patients younger than 45 years, ATP5B gene expressions were detected significantly higher in tumor tissues by using RT-PCR. However, no significant relationship was detected in terms of expression differences of ATP2B4 and ATP5B genes between cancerous and healthy tissues of the CRC patients. ATP2B4 and ATP5B genes might have indirect associations in CRC pathogenesis and the investigation of their interactions with DNA repair and other related genes may help in understanding of CRC formation.     

毛果杨HMA基因家族的生物信息学分析

重金属转运ATP酶（heavy metal transporting ATPase,HMA）是一种通过水解ATP跨膜运送重金属阳离子的转运蛋白,属于P-ATPase家族中一个亚类。不同HMA蛋白对重金属离子的转运具有选择性,在植物修复重金属污染土壤方面起着重要作用。依据毛果杨全基因组测序的结果,以及HMA基因蛋白的序列和功能特征,从毛果杨基因组中鉴定了13个HMA基因家族成员,分属于Zn亚类（Zn2＋/Co2＋/Cd2＋/Pb2＋P1B-ATPase）和Cu亚类（Cu＋/Ag＋P1B-ATPase）两个亚家族,主要分布于1、3号染色体上。生物信息学分析表明,毛果杨HMA基因的氨基酸序列一致性介于21.3%~89.3%,且具有保守的基序CPC、HP、DKTGT、TGEx、GDG、PxD和CxxC等。蛋白理化特征分析显示,多数毛果杨HMA蛋白稍偏酸性,结构稳定性较好,蛋白脂溶指数高,稍具疏水性。密码子偏好性分析显示,毛果杨HMA蛋白14个氨基酸中存在16个高频密码子,另有1个终止密码子为高频密码子,显示出毛果杨的种属特征。研究结果展示了毛果杨HMA基因家族的基本信息和特点,为深入研究毛果杨HMA基因的功能搭建了基础平台。     

水稻胚乳发育中淀粉体和蛋白体ATPase活性的动态变化

利用ATPase定位技术,对水稻品种(OryzasativaL.cv.Minghui63)胚乳细胞发育中后期淀粉体和蛋白体的ATPase活性进行了超微细胞化学定位。结果表明,在淀粉体内外膜上、淀粉粒间的通道上和淀粉体四周的无定形物上呈现显著的ATPase活性。蛋白体Ⅰ和蛋白体Ⅱ的膜上和四周的囊泡、小泡上均出现ATPase活性产物。另外,胚乳细胞的胞壁和质膜,糊粉层和亚糊粉层细胞的胞壁、质膜、细胞核和胞间连丝上也有定位的ATPase活性产物分布。根据ATPase活性产物分布特点,推测淀粉体内的网状通道是便于养分进入淀粉体内部的转运通道。淀粉体膜和蛋白体膜上的ATPase主要是为养分进入内部提供跨膜动力。     

Proteome profile of spinneret from the silkworm,Bombyx mori

The silkworm spinneret is an important tissue for silk fibrillogenesis and spinning. All biochemical processes during silk fibrillogenesis are correlated with silk properties. Understanding the role of spinneret in silk fibrillogenesis may help to reveal the mechanism of silk fibrillogenesis as well as improve silk quality for commercial purposes. Thus, we profiled the proteome of silkworm spinneret. A total of 1572 proteins and 232 differential abundance proteins were identified. Silk fibrillogenesis‐related proteins, such as cuticle proteins, ion‐transporting proteins, muscular proteins, and energy metabolic proteins, were abundant in spinneret. Metabolic pathway and GO enrichment analyses revealed that the identified proteins were involved in energy metabolism, chitin binding, and cuticle construction. Active energy metabolism may provide abundant energy for the muscle contraction as well as ion and water exchange. The chitin binding and cuticle construction process may provide sufficient shear forces for silk formation. Our data suggest that silkworm spinneret provides a suitable physiological and biochemical environment for silk fibrillogenesis. These proteins are potential targets for improving silk quality in the silk industry. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD004455.