稀土离子对带3蛋白阴离子转运活性及血影膜流动性的影响

测定了Ｌａ２＋、Ｇｄ３＋、Ｔｂ３＋及Ｙｂ３＋四种稀土离子对带３蛋白阴离子转运活性及对血影膜脂流动性的影响。结果如下：（１）稀土离子可强烈抑制带３蛋白的阴离子转运活性,抑制程度随稀土离子浓度增加而增加,最高达到６３．７％。（２）不同的稀土离子对带３蛋白的抑制程度不同,抑制程度从大到小的顺序为Ｙｂ＞Ｔｂ＞Ｇｄ＞Ｌａ。（３）稀土离子可显著降低血影膜流动性,并且在脂双层的全部厚度内都降低,降低的程度随稀土浓度的增大而增大。（４）不同的稀土离子对血影膜流动性的影响不同,作用从大到小的顺序与它们对带３蛋白活性抑制程度大小的顺序一致。（５）稀土离子对血影膜流动性的影响特征与稀土离子抑制带３蛋白活性的特征完全相符,带３蛋白中承担阴离子转运功能的部分是贯穿性膜蛋白,并且在阴离子转运过程中要发生显著的构象变化,因此稀土离子可能是通过作用于膜脂再影响带３蛋白活性的。     

家兔杏仁核内钙、镁离子对电针镇痛和吗啡镇痛的拮抗作用

通过埋植套管向家兔双侧杏仁核内缓慢注射微量氯化钙或氯化镁,对电针镇痛和吗啡镇痛有显著的对抗作用。向杏仁核内注入钙离子螯合剂CDTA或钙通道抑制剂异博定则可显著加强电针镇痛和吗啡镇痛。提示:杏仁核内钙、镁离于浓度是影响吗啡镇痛和电针镇痛的重要因素,同时表明电针和吗啡镇痛的机理可能有相似之处。     

刺激频率、钙离子浓度和温度对牛蛙心房肌张力与缩短速度的关系

本文采用后负荷法,在低温(4.5±20℃)条件下对离体牛蛙心房肌张力与速度的关系进行了研究,从14条牛蛙心房肌标本获得了64条张力速度曲线,结果均不符合双曲线。此外,在12例牛蛙心房肌标本中,观察了刺激频率(6—24次/min)钙离子浓度(1.8—9mmol/L)和温度(2.5—18℃)对张力速度曲线的影响,结果表明,虽然曲线发生变化,但仍不符合 Hill 公式。如果将本实验结果仔细与双曲线进行比较,可见随着后负荷增加,曲线逐渐向上方移动,这种变化可能与心肌的活动状态有关,本文讨论了张力速度曲线与活化能态的关系。     

不同钙离子浓度对鲎腹神经光感受器二种光碰击的影响

在生理盐水中用持续的弱光（６＊１０＾６－９＊１０＾６个光子／ｃｍ＾２）刺激鲎的腹神经光感受器细胞可得到二种类型的碰击,一种称谓“标准光碰击”或“Ｃ２碰击”,它有对称的形状,信号衰退的指０数常数大于０．０１／毫秒。     

氧胁迫对人肝癌细胞生长分化和凋亡的影响

采用不同浓度的抗坏血酸(50—800μmol/L)和硫酸亚铁(2.5—40μmol/L)系统生成以羟自由基为主的各种程度氧胁迫,使之作用于人肝癌细胞。本文所采用的不同程度的氧胁迫均能抑制癌细胞的生长。低水平氧胁迫可使肝癌细胞失去某些恶性特征,趋向分化,表现为细胞表面对Con-A的凝集力、甲胎蛋白含量、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶和酪氨酸-α-酮戊二酸转氨基酶活性都朝着分化方向变化,差异显著。分化后的细胞克隆形成能力显著降低。在分化过程中,出现一定量的凋亡细胞。随着氧胁迫程度的增高,凋亡细胞增多,表现为非贴壁细胞增多,细胞体积变小,染色质凝缩在核膜边缘,呈新月形,核碎裂,但质膜完整。细胞核中DNA降解成大约21.2kbp大小的大片段DNA。有望通过严格控制氧胁迫程度来减慢肝癌细胞增殖,促进分化和凋亡,使恶性细胞逆转成良性细胞。     

EFFECTS OF DIURETIC HORMONE 31, DROSOKININ,AND ALLATOSTATIN A ON TRANSEPITHELIAL K+ TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTION FREQUENCY IN THE MIDGUT AND HINDGUT OF LARVAL Drosophila melanogaster

Recent studies have identified paracrine and endocrine cells in the midgut of larval Drosophila melanogaster as well as midgut and hindgut receptors for multiple neuropeptides implicated in the control of fluid and ion balance. Although the effects of diuretic factors on fluid secretion by isolated Malpighian tubules of D. melanogaster have been examined extensively, relatively little is known about the effects of such factors on gut peristalsis or ion transport across the gut. We have measured the effects of diuretic hormone 31 (DH31), drosokinin and allatostatin A (AST‐A) on both K⁺ transport and muscle contraction frequency in the isolated gut of larval D. melanogaster. K⁺ absorption across the gut was measured using K⁺‐selective microelectrodes and the scanning ion‐selective electrode technique. Allatostatin A (AST‐A; 1 μM) increased K⁺ absorption across the anterior midgut but reduced K⁺ absorption across the copper cells and large flat cells of the middle midgut. AST‐A strongly inhibited gut contractions in the anterior midgut but had no effect on contractions of the pyloric sphincter induced by proctolin. DH31 (1 μM) increased the contraction frequency in the anterior midgut, but had no effect on K⁺ flux across the anterior, middle, or posterior midgut or across the ileum. Drosokinin (1 μM) did not affect either contraction frequency or K⁺ flux across any of the gut regions examined. Possible functions of AST‐A, DH31, and drosokinin in regulating midgut physiology are discussed.     

乳品、铁及维生素D_3对镉在大白鼠肝内吸收的影响

作者以相同剂量镉盐作五组大白鼠肝中镉吸收试验,以原子吸收法测出连续五天肝镉含量浓度曲线,以第二日为高峰期,后三日曲线趋平,由于曲线为不规则形,故以拉格朗日(Lagrange)补插式作成其数学模式。 以不同配方饲料分四组喂鼠,给以相同剂量镉盐一次灌胃,进行肝吸收对比,结果、普通玉米粉对照组,维生素D_3玉米粉组,乳品玉米粉组,铁、乳品玉米粉组肝含镉量依次减少,差异显著,说明铁、乳品、维生素D均能在一定条件下,不同程度地抑制机体对镉的吸收。     

EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE TURBULENCE ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS,PIGMENTATION, CELL DIVISION,AND CELL SIZE IN THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE GOMAULAX POLYEDRA (DINOPHYCEAE)1

Several experiments were conducted to understand better the physiological mechanisms underlying growth inhibition of the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra Stein due to small-scale turbulence shear. To measure photosynthetic ¹⁴C uptake, a “phytoplankton wheel” device for rotating cultures in closed bottles was used. Turbulence was quantified biologically in the bottles by comparing growth inhibition with that in cultures with constant shear between a fixed cylinder and an outer concentric rotating cylinder (a stable Couette flow). At saturating irradiances, particulate photosynthesis (P_sat) or photosynthesis per unit chlorophyll (P^B_sat) were not inhibited completely at the highest turbulence level (26.6 rad.s^?1), and photosynthesis was less sensitive than growth. Photosynthesis per cell (P^C_sat) was increased by turbulence. In three experiments on the effects of turbulence on photosynthesis versus irradiance curves, the slope of the curve, α, for particulate photosynthesis at limiting irradiances did not change. Photosynthesis per unit chlorophyll per unit irradiance (α^B) decreased at high (but not intermediate) turbulence levels. Photosynthesis per cell per unit irradiance, α^C, increased with turbulence, suggesting an increase in photosynthetic efficiency in turbulent cultures. In two of the three experiments, respiration rates increased with turbulence, and in one experiment excretion of photosynthetically fixed ¹⁴C was not affected by motion. Ratios of accessory pigments to chlorophyll a did not change with turbulence, but pigments per cell and per dry weight increased with turbulence. These findings suggest little or no disruption of the photosynthetic apparatus. When turbulence was applied for 1 week, β-carotene increased while peridinin and diadinoxanthin decreased, suggesting inhibition of synthesis of these latter pigments by prolonged turbulence. Since cell numbers did not increase or decreased during turbulent 72–h incubations, cell division was inhibited and also the cells were very much enlarged. Increases in α^C per cell suggest that, in the sea, photo synthetic metabolism can persist efficiently without cell division during turbulent episodes. After turbulence ceases or reaches low levels again, cells can then divide and blooms may form. Thus, blooms can come or go fairly rapidly in the ocean depending on the degree of wave- and wind-induced turbulence.