Interfacial bioconjugation on emulsion droplet for biosensors

Interfacial bioconjugation methods are developed for intact liquid emulsion droplets. Complex emulsion droplets having internal hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon immiscible structured phases maintain a dynamic interface for controlled interfacial reactivity. The internal morphological change after binding to biomolecules is readily visualized and detected by light transmission, which provides a platform for the formation of inexpensive and portable bio-sensing assays for enzymes, antibodies, nucleic acids and carbohydrates.     

纳米炭黑颗粒复合寒冷暴露对小鼠肺部氧化应激反应的影响

目的：研究纳米炭黑颗粒复合寒冷暴露对小鼠肺部组织结构及其氧化应激反应的影响。方法：将72只健康雄性C57BL/6小鼠随机分为6组：对照（Ctrl）组、单纯冷暴露（C）组、低剂量染毒（L）组、低剂量染毒复合冷暴露（LC）组、高剂量染毒（H）组、高剂量染毒复合冷暴露（HC）组。采用吸入式气管滴注染毒方式,一次性滴注纳米炭墨颗粒染毒液40 μl,浓度分别为0.45 mg/ml （L）和4.05 mg/ml （H）。冷暴露方式为4℃暴露,4 h/d,连续20 d。暴露结束24 h后称重、取样,进行相关指标测定。采用试剂盒法测定小鼠肺组织匀浆中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活力、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）活力和丙二醛（MDA）含量;肺组织块HE染色,观察肺组织病理组织结构改变。结果：所有冷暴露处理组小鼠的体重均显著低于所有非冷暴露组（P<0.05）,对照组及单纯染毒组小鼠体重均在实验开始14 d后明显升高（P<0.05）,单纯冷暴露组与纳米炭黑颗粒染毒复合冷暴露组小鼠体重均在14 d后趋于稳定。HE检测结果表明,单纯纳米炭黑颗粒染毒组及染毒复合冷暴露组小鼠肺泡腔内均有黑色颗粒沉积,高剂量染毒复合冷暴露组可见肺泡结构破环,排列凌乱,有大量炎细胞浸润。与对照组相比,其余各组SOD活力均显著降低（P<0.05）;高剂量染毒组及高剂量染毒复合冷暴露组GSH-Px活力明显低于对照组（P<0.01）;与对照组相比,高剂量染毒组、低剂量染毒与高剂量染毒复合冷暴露组MDA含量显著升高（P<0.01）。两因素方差分析提示,随着染毒剂量的增加,SOD活力及GSH-Px活力显著降低（P<0.05）;随着温度的降低,肺组织MDA含量显著升高（P<0.05）,4℃间歇性冷暴露与纳米颗粒物暴露对肺组织SOD、GSH-Px活力及MDA含量的影响均无交互作用。结论：纳米炭黑颗粒复合寒冷暴露可导致小鼠肺部炎症反应加重,氧化应激水平升高。     

氧化应激对磷酸三钙磨损颗粒诱导的假体周围骨溶解的影响及其机制

目的：探讨氧化应激对磷酸三钙（TCP）磨损颗粒诱导的假体周围骨溶解的影响及其作用机制。方法：36只雄性ICR小鼠随机分为3组（n=12）：假手术（Sham）组、TCP磨损颗粒（TCP）组和N-乙酰-L-半胱氨酸（NAC）组。将TCP磨损颗粒30 mg包埋于小鼠颅骨顶部构建假体周围骨溶解模型,于术后第2天颅顶骨膜局部注射NAC（1.0 mg/kg）,隔日1次,持续2周后处死动物采血、取颅骨。抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶（TRAP）染色观察小鼠颅骨假体周围骨溶解情况;ELISA和化学比色法检测血清中肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、白介素-1β（IL-1β）、白介素-6（IL-6）和总抗氧化能力（T-AOC）含量及超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性;Western blot检测假体周围骨组织中内质网应激标志蛋白葡萄糖调节蛋白78（GRP78）、蛋白激酶R样内质网激酶（PERK）、磷酸化PERK（p-PERK）、真核细胞翻译起始因子2α（eIF2α）和磷酸化eIF2α（p-eIF2α）的表达。结果：与Sham组比较,TCP组小鼠血清TNF-α、IL-1β和IL-6水平及假体周围骨溶解面积显著增加（P<0.05）,T-AOC含量和SOD活性明显降低（P<0.05）,GRP78蛋白质表达、p-PERK/PERK和p-eIF2α/eIF2α值显著升高。与TCP组比较,NAC组小鼠血清TNF-α、IL-1β和IL-6水平及骨溶解面积明显减少（P<0.05）,血清T-AOC含量和SOD活性明显增加（P<0.05）,GRP78蛋白质表达、p-PERK/PERK和p-eIF2α/eIF2α值明显降低。结论：抑制氧化应激可阻止TCP磨损颗粒诱导的假体周围骨溶解,其机制可能与PERK/eIF2α通路的失活有关。     

Sri Lankan passion fruit mottle virus, a potyvirus infecting golden passion fruit in Sri Lanka

A sap-transmissible virus, provisionally named Sri Lankan passion fruit mottle virus (SLPFMV), was isolated from Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa and shown to induce leaf mottling and distortion in that host. The virus infected 23 species in five plant families with systemic infection being common in the Passifloraceae. Chenopodium amaranticolor was a good local lesion host and Passiflora foetida was a useful systemic host for purification. In P. foetida extracts, SLPFMV lost infectivity after 10 min between 70–75°C, 6–7 days at 20–23°C and at dilutions of 10^--⁵ -W^-6. The virus had flexuous, filamentous particles with a normal length of c. 841 nm. Two polypeptides of mol. wt c. 33 200 and 28 700 were detected in purified virus preparations, and a major species of double-stranded RNA (mol. wt 7.0 × 10⁶), was detected in infected plants. Pinwheels, tubular and laminated inclusions were found in ultrathin sections of infected P. edulis f. plavicurpa and cylindrical inclusions were observed in epidermal strips. SLPFMV was transmitted by the aphids Myzus persicae, Aphis spiraecola, A. gossypü and A. cruccivora after brief acquisition feeds. SLPFMV reacted with antisera to several potyviruses including passion fruit woodiness virus, passion fruit ringspot virus, potato virus Y and watermelon mosaic virus 2 and thus, apparently, is a member of the potyvirus group.     

A new RNA vaccine platform based on MS2 virus-like particles produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

mRNA vaccines are potentially attractive alternatives to DNA vaccines more often discussed, as they are generally considered safer than their DNA counterparts. The major limitations on the potency of RNA vaccines are their instability and inability to spread in vivo. Virus-like particles (VLPs) based on the bacteriophage MS2 have demonstrated remarkably high stability and may provide an improved platform for RNA-based genetic vaccination. However, no in vivo study of an MS2 VLP-mediated RNA vaccine has been reported. Therefore, we developed a model vaccine wherein MS2 VLPs packaging HIV-1 gag mRNAs (1544 bases) were produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and then, used to immunize BALB/c mice. Serological analyses showed that antigen-specific antibody responses were elicited by immunization. These findings suggest that MS2 VLPs can be used in the design and construction of novel and safe phage-based mRNA delivery vectors.     

Characteristics of PAHs adsorption on inorganic particles and activated sludge in domestic wastewater treatment

The occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a domestic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was investigated in a 1 year period. In order to understand how PAHs were removed at different stages of the treatment process, adsorption experiments were conducted using quartz sand, kaolinite, and natural clay as inorganic adsorbents and activated sludge as organic adsorbent for adsorbing naphthalene, phenanthrene, and pyrene. As a result, the adsorption of PAHs by the inorganic adsorbents well followed the Langmuir isotherm while that by the activated sludge well followed the Freundlich isotherm. By bridging equilibrium partitioning coefficient with the parameters of adsorption isotherm, a set of mathematical models were developed. Under an assumption that in the primary settler PAHs removal was by adsorption onto inorganic particles and in the biological treatment unit it was by adsorption onto activated sludge, the model calculation results fairly reflected the practical condition in the WWTP.     

喀斯特山区不同植被类型土壤有机碳的变化

研究了贵州西南部典型喀斯特山区不同植被类型下常规土壤及小生境土壤中有机碳及不同粒径土壤颗粒有机碳的变化.结果表明:不同植被类型下,常规及小生境土壤有机碳含量均表现为:裸地＜草丛＜灌木林＜乔木林,常规土壤变幅在7.18 ～43.42 g·kg-1,土面和石坑土壤有机碳变幅分别为6.62 ～46.47 g· kg-1和9.01 ～52.07 g·kg-1;颗粒有机碳(POC)/矿物结合态有机碳( MOC)值均为:裸地＜草丛＜乔木林＜灌木林,同一植被类型下,与常规及土面相比,石坑中土壤POC/MOC值最高;植被在由裸地-草丛-灌木林-乔木林的变化过程中,不同粒径土壤颗粒有机碳含量增加,而土壤有机碳主要以砂粒及粉砂粒有机碳形式存在,说明喀斯特地区土壤的固碳能力及有机碳稳定性较弱,土壤易受外界干扰而引发有机碳流失,土壤质量存在下降或退化的风险.