Rendiconti Delle Sedute E Brevi Comunicazioni

Abstract

The development of effective strategies to rehabilitate compromised environments is one of the major challenges facing the postindustrial society, since most of the habitats are becoming progressively polluted due to indiscriminate discharge of contaminants generated by anthropogenic activities. Several aquatic photosynthetic organisms can be used to treat wastewaters in primary and tertiary treatments, including cyanobacteria, algae and higher plants. In this review, we summarize the results obtained in the remediation of polluted waters by photosynthetic organisms and discuss the future perspective of phytoremediation.     

Effects of low-level combined static and weak low-frequency alternating magnetic fields on cytokine production and tumor development in mice

We investigated the effects of weak combined magnetic fields (MFs) produced by superimposing a constant MF (in the range 30 - 150 µT) and an alternating MF (100 or 200 nT) on cytokine production in healthy Balb/C male mice exposed 2 h daily for 14 days. The alternating magnetic field was a sum of several frequencies (ranging from 2.5 - 17.5 Hz). The frequencies of the alternating magnetic field were calculated formally based on the cyclotron resonance of ions of free amino acids (glutamic and aspartic acids, arginine, lysine, histidine, and tyrosine). The selection of different intensity and frequency combinations of constant and alternating magnetic fields was performed to find the optimal characteristics for cytokine production stimulation in immune cells. MF with a constant component of 60 μT and an alternating component of 100 nT, which was a sum of six frequencies (from 5 to 7 Hz), was found to stimulate the production of tumor necrosis factor-α, interferon-gamma, interleukin-2, and interleukin-3 in healthy mouse cells and induce cytokine accumulation in blood plasma. Then, we studied the effect of this MF on tumor-bearing mice with solid tumors induced by Ehrlich ascite carcinoma cells by observing tumor development processes, including tumor size, mouse survival rate, and average lifespan. Tumor-bearing mice exposed to a combined constant magnetic field of 60 μT and an alternating magnetic field of 100 nT containing six frequencies showed a strong suppression of tumor growth with an increase in survival rate and enhancement of average lifespan.     

Bioaccumulation of mercury,arsenic, cadmium,and lead in plants grown on coal mine soil

Mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) are the major toxic metals released by coal mining activities in the surrounding environment. These metals get accumulated in the soils. The plants grown on the contaminated soil uptake these toxic metals in their roots and aerial parts. This study monitored the bioaccumulation of Hg and other three toxic metals in coal mine soil. The pot study of Hg accumulation in Brassica juncea showed that the extent of Hg uptake by roots and shoots of the plants grown on was high in the mature plant and Hg content in root was higher than the shoot. In the soil of unreclaimed overburden (OB) dump, the toxic metal content was higher than that of reclaimed OB dump which posed high ecological risk in the soil of unreclaimed OB dump. Bioaccumulation coefficient (BAC) value showed that Hg was not accumulated in the leaves of Dalbergia sissoo L., Gmelina arborea, Peltaphorum inerme L., Cassia seamea L, and Acacia mangium L grown on coal mine soil.     

丛枝菌根真菌防治尖孢镰孢枯萎病的效应、机制及其应用研究进展

尖孢镰孢(Fusarium oxysporum)所引起的植物枯萎病是农业生产中广泛存在且难以防治的一种土传病害,严重影响作物的产量和品质。丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM)真菌能够与大部分陆生植物形成互惠共生关系,在促进植物生长、增强宿主植物抗病性等方面具有重要作用。本文收集整理了2001-2021年期间发表的相关文献,评述了AM真菌防治尖孢镰孢枯萎病的研究进展,并分析了AM真菌菌剂组成及应用方式对病害发生情况和尖孢镰孢丰度的影响。根据AM真菌在土壤-植物连续体的空间位置及其影响范围,从土壤、根系、植株等作用层面对AM真菌增强植物抵抗尖孢镰孢的直接和间接作用机制进行总结,包括影响土壤微环境、调节植物根际微生物群落结构、与病原菌竞争生态位、强化根系机械保护屏障、促进宿主植物养分吸收和生长、诱导植物系统性抗性等。此外,综合讨论了AM真菌与其他手段联合应用防治尖孢镰孢枯萎病的应用研究进展。本文可为推进AM真菌生物防治病害相关基础与应用研究的发展提供借鉴和参考。     

术后早期肠外联合肠内营养对老年进展期胃癌患者预后效果分析

目的:探讨术后早期肠外联合肠内营养对老年进展期胃癌临床早期预后的影响。方法:选择106例老年进展期胃癌患者,随机分为观察组56例和对照组50例,术后分别给予肠外联合肠内营养和肠外营养支持,观察2组患者术前术后C反应蛋白、血清清蛋白(ALB)、前白蛋白和血红蛋白(Hb)、肛门排气时间、并发症、住院时间及疲劳指数。结果:观察组在术后CRP水平下降优于对照组(P0.05),观察组肛门排气时间、并发症、住院时间及疲劳指数均优于对照组(P0.05),但术后血清清蛋白(ALB)、前白蛋白和血红蛋白(Hb)比较无明显差异。结论:术后早期肠外联合肠内营养减轻老年进展期胃癌患者术后的应激反应,减少并发症,促进恢复,改善早期预后。     

Potential of Pteris vittata to Remove Tetracycline Antibiotics from Aquatic Media

The role of combined arsenic and antibiotics pollution in the environment has recently gained more attention. In this study, a new approach to eliminate tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) from water, via the fern species Pteris vittata (L.), an arsenic hyperaccumulator, was investigated. The encouraging results showed that more than half of the TCs could be removed from the water solution (with the starting concentration of TCs about 1.0 mg kg^?1 respectively) after one day of treatment. No TCs (less than 0.01 mg kg^?1) were detected in the solution after five days of treatment. The results showed that Pteris vittata has high ability to eliminate TCs, which makes it suitable for practical application. Further research found that TCs concentrations were very low in both the roots and the pinnae of Pteris vittata, which indicates that accumulation in the fronds is not the main removal mechanism and that degradation in the fronds might be the main cause. Present results provide a feasible method for simultaneous removal of arsenic and TCs from livestock-polluted wastewater. However, more research work should be done before any real-world application is made.     

Trace Metal Mixture Toxicity in Aquatic Organism Reviewed from a Biotoxicity Perspective

Biotoxicity of individual metals is well investigated but that of metal mixture, an environmental reality, in the developing metal mixture, is relatively obscure. Experimental evidences had shown that this mixture could give rise to combined effects that were different from the effect of metals one by one. This review provides an overview of recent research on metal mixture toxicity and the methods employed to predict their toxic combined effects. The two established reference models, the concentration-addition model and the independent-addition model, were used for evaluating the combined effect from the biological activities of the metal mixtures. While the reference models had provided reasonable tools for analyzing the combined effects, the actual predictions for binary metal mixtures showed often somewhat less than additive combined effects compared to what has been observed. As the metal bioavailability is oriented by several environmental factors as well as the toxicodynamics of metals is highly compound-specific, the non-interactive combined effects may be confused with different processes of the interactions. Thus, for improving the predictability of combined effects in metal mixture toxicity, numerous qualitative and quantitative analysis are required for the processes governing the toxicokinetics and dynamics of metals in aquatic organisms.