Odor-mediated patch choice in the parasitoid Venturia canescens: temporal decision dynamics

Parasitoids foraging for hosts in a heterogeneous environment would greatly benefit if they could decide already from a distance in which areas search for resources would be most profitable and to avoid areas of low fitness returns. Interestingly, the temporal dynamics of the decision process in parasitoid patch choice have rarely been investigated. In a Y-tube olfactometer, we tested whether thelytokous and arrhenotokous females of the parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) respond to differences in cues indicating the quality of a host-containing patch and choose more profitable patches. Special attention was given to the time it took females to make their choices (patch choice time) when differences in patch quality were either qualitative (absence vs. presence of hosts and kairomone) or quantitative (various concentrations of hosts and kairomone, and presence of competitors). We found that both thelytokous and arrhenotokous wasps only chose the higher-quality patch based on odor cues when the difference was qualitative. When patches differed only with respect to the number of hosts, or the presence or absence of competing female parasitoids, no significant preference could be found in females of either strain of the parasitoid. In contrast, both the time until females reached the junction of the Y-tube olfactometer (response time) and the time until females decided for either patch (decision time) varied with parasitoid strain and odor treatment. Thelytokous wasps were faster than arrhenotokous wasps in their response time and in their decision time. However, females of both strains responded faster with increasing number of total hosts releasing kairomone. Yet, decision time for patches did not significantly vary as a function of patch quality offered to Venturia wasps.     

大鼠全脑缺血后海马CA1区锥体神经元L型钙通道电流的改变(英文)

已有研究表明在脑缺血期间及再灌流后早期,海马CA1锥体神经元细胞内钙浓度明显升高,这一钙超载被认为是缺血性脑损伤的重要机制之一.电压依赖性钙通道是介导正常CA1神经元钙内流的主要途径.实验观察了脑缺血再灌流后早期海马CA1锥体神经元电压依赖性L型钙通道的变化.以改良的四血管闭塞法制作大鼠 15min前脑缺血模型,在急性分离的海马CA1神经元上,采用膜片钳细胞贴附式记录L型电压依赖性钙通道电流.脑缺血后CA1神经元L型钙通道的总体平均电流明显增大,这是由于通道的开放概率增加所致.进一步分析单通道动力学显示,脑缺血后通道的开放时间变长,通道的开放频率增大.研究结果提示L型钙通道功能活动增强可能参与了缺血后海马CA1锥体神经元的细胞内钙浓度升高     

大鼠全脑缺血后海马CA1区锥体神经元L型钙通道电流的改变(英)

已有研究表明在脑缺血期间及再灌流后早期,海马CA1锥体神经元细胞内钙浓度明显升高,这一钙超载被认为是缺血性脑损伤的重要机制之一.电压依赖性钙通道是介导正常CA1神经元钙内流的主要途径.实验观察了脑缺血再灌流后早期海马CA1锥体神经元电压依赖性L型钙通道的变化.以改良的四血管闭塞法制作大鼠15 min前脑缺血模型,在急性分离的海马CA1神经元上,采用膜片钳细胞贴附式记录L型电压依赖性钙通道电流.脑缺血后CA1神经元L型钙通道的总体平均电流明显增大,这是由于通道的开放概率增加所致.进一步分析单通道动力学显示,脑缺血后通道的开放时间变长,通道的开放频率增大.研究结果提示L型钙通道功能活动增强可能参与了缺血后海马CA1锥体神经元的细胞内钙浓度升高.     

二氧化硫衍生物对大鼠海马CA3区神经元瞬间外向钾电流的影响

为研究二氧化硫(SO2)衍生物——NaHSO3和Na2SO3(二者分子比为1：3)对大鼠海马CA3区神经元瞬间外向钾电流(IA)的影响,利用全细胞膜片钳技术,根据动力学和药理学特性分离鉴定大鼠海马CA3区神经元IA,观察SO2衍生物对IA的效应。发现SO2代谢衍生物可浓度依赖性地增大IA,使IA增大50％的剂量为25μmol/L。此外还与电压呈依赖关系,但不具有频率依赖性。10μmol/L的SO2代谢衍生物不影响IA电流的激活过程,但升高了A-通道稳态失活电压,延长了A-电流失活时间。说明SO2代谢衍生物可增大大鼠海马CA3区神经元IA电流,延长A-电流的失活时间,从而影响海马神经元的膜生理感应,这可能是SO2影响神经细胞功能的机理之一。     

The chaotropic anions thiocyanate and nitrate inhibit the electric current through the tonoplast ATPase of isolated vacuoles from suspension cells of Chenopodium rubrum

Using the whole-vacuolar mode of the patch clamp technique, we studied the effect of the chaotropic anions thiocyanate and nitrate on the electric currents generated by the proton pumping tonoplast ATPase and pyrophosphatase (PPiase), respectively, in vacuoles from suspension cells of Chenopodium rubrum L. Addition of KNO₃ (150–250 m M ) or KSCN (70–150 m M ), and ATP (5 m M , obligatory) irreversibly inhibited the subsequent electric current through the tonoplast ATPase driven by 1 m M ATP, whereas PPiase-activity by 50 μ M PPi remained unaffected. The kinetics of inhibition, indicative of ATPase disintegration by the chaotropic anions, follows a single exponential (τ= 3.44 min). However, apparent ATPase disintegration did not measurably increase the tonoplast conductance. We conclude that, by contrast to organellar F-ATPases, upon disintegration the transmembrane proteolipid of the V-ATPase does not act as a proton conductor which, in the presence of chaotropic anions, like chloride or nitrate, would severely perturb solute compartmentation in the plant cell.     

三种鹿茸片中氨基酸质量分数的比较

通过对东北梅花鹿茸片、新西兰鹿茸片以及东北梅花鹿茸骨片中氨基酸质量分数的比较测定,结果表明:东北梅花鹿茸片中的氨基酸质量分数高于其余两种茸片中的氨基酸质量分数,从而为合理选购和使用鹿茸片提供科学理论依据。     

双指数方程在青藤碱脂质体贴剂体外透皮特性拟合中的应用研究

为研究青藤碱脂质体贴剂的体外透皮特性,采用Franz扩散池进行体外透皮扩散,对不同时间点的接收液进行采样1 mL,并随即更换1 mL新鲜的接收液,HPLC法测定接收液浓度,并进行模型拟合。以AIC及相关系数为判断标准,结果表明双指数双相动力学方程为最佳拟合。     

一氧化氮通过巯基亚硝化途径抑制海马神经元的延迟整流型钾电流

应用膜片钳全细胞记录模式研究了内源性一氧化氮(NO)对培养海马神经元延迟整流型钾电流的调控作用及其机制.给予NO合成酶的底物L-精氨酸(L-Arg,2mmol/L)可显著抑制海马神经元上的延迟整流型钾电流,但其同分异构体D-精氨酸(2mmol/L)对钾电流则无明显影响.并且,经一氧化氮合成酶抑制剂L-NAME(nomega-nitro-L-argininemethylester,0.5mmol/L)预处理后,L-Arg对钾电流的抑制作用消失,表明L-Arg抑制钾电流是通过产生NO而不是精氨酸本身.特异性鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂ODQ(1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]-quinoxalin-1-one,10!mol/L)预处理不影响L-Arg对钾电流的抑制作用,但巯基烷化剂NEM(N-ethylmaleimide,1mmol/L)预处理可完全阻断L-Arg的抑制效应.以上结果表明,内源性NO主要通过巯基亚硝化途径抑制海马神经元的延迟整流型钾电流.     

Effects of light heterogeneity on growth of a submerged clonal macrophyte

Many studies have examined the effects of spatial heterogeneity in light supply on clonal plants in terrestrial environments, but few have examined those in aquatic conditions. In a greenhouse experiment, we grew the rhizomatous submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spiralis L. in containers in three homogeneous light treatments (100%, 65%, and 30% of ambient light coded as high, medium, and low light, respectively) and two heterogeneous ones differing in patch scale (small and large patch). The growth of V. spiralis decreased significantly with decreasing light availability. In the low light conditions, V. spiralis allocated greater biomass to shoots and developed elongated leaves. In the patchy treatments, ramets distributed in the light‐rich patches had significant costs in the large patch treatment, but not in the small patch treatment, while both small and large patch treatments had no significant benefits in the light‐poor patches. We conclude that V. spiralis could escape from adverse habitats and occupy the favorable habitats. Providing the same amount of light, responses of V. spiralis to different patch scales were different at the patch level, but not at the whole clone level. Together, growth of V. spiralis could not benefit from different patch scales in heterogeneous environments at the patch as well as the whole clone level.