颗石藻Pleurochrysis carterae抗捕食特征

颗石藻Pleurochrysis carterae是沿海水域中常见钙化微藻,易形成高密度水华,也是养殖环境致害种之一。抗捕食防御能力可能是其种群增殖优势的一个重要原因。以卤虫作为捕食者,分析了颗石藻P.carterae抗捕食现象,以及在捕食压力下的重要生理生化响应特征,以期为颗石藻P.carterea抗捕食机制研究及其高密度增殖机理提供参考。研究结果显示:(1)当颗石藻P.carterae比例增加时,卤虫对微藻的摄食率显著降低,且存活率显著下降,显示该藻具抗捕食能力。(2)以卤虫饵料微藻球等鞭金藻(Isochrysis galbana)为对照,比较研究发现,相同的捕食压力下,饵料金藻的叶绿素荧光参数(电子传递速率ETR和最大量子产率Fv/Fm)显著降低,但颗石藻P.carterae的ETR和Fv/Fm没有显著变化,显示颗石藻P.carterae对卤虫抗捕食作用。(3)相对于没有捕食压力的对照组,捕食压力下,饵料金藻I.galbana的脂类组成没有显著差异。但是,颗石藻P.carterae的脂类组成则发生了显著变化,主要表现在对细胞叶绿体有重要作用的单半乳糖甘油二酯(MGDG),双半乳糖甘油二酯(DGDG),磷脂酰甘油二酯(PG)含量上升,与促细胞分裂相关的二酰甘油(DAG)和磷脂酰肌醇(PI)也上升。这些脂类代谢物的变化可能在其种群水平上抵抗捕食并实现种群增殖中发挥作用。(4)培养介质中磷的状态对颗石藻P.carterae细胞二甲基巯基丙酸(Dimethyl sulfonio propionate,DMSP)含量有显著影响,且影响颗石藻P.carterae对卤虫的致害效应:缺磷条件下生长的颗石藻P.carterae首先使卤虫受害。当培养液中仅以ATP为磷源时,颗石藻P.carterae的卤虫致害效应则降低。研究证明,颗石藻P.carterae具有抗捕食能力,细胞的脂类代谢物质以及DMSP可能在抗捕食防御中发挥作用。     

颗石形态学及古海洋学应用

颗石藻是一种单细胞海洋钙化浮游藻类,可以在细胞周围产生方解石质的颗石。颗石藻细胞死亡后,散落的颗石可沉降至深海,保存在海洋沉积物中。自白垩纪以来,颗石就是海洋中碳酸钙的重要贡献者,其丰度和形态(大小、厚度、重量)决定了大洋“碳酸盐泵”的强度。室内培养实验和地质记录都表明颗石藻钙化作用及颗石形态对环境因素如温度、盐度、光照以及pH等非常敏感,因此颗石形态学分析在海洋碳循环与古气候研究中具有重要意义。本文对颗石形态学在古海洋研究中的应用进行了综述,重点介绍了颗石形态学参数测量方法,尤其是颗石重量的测量方法,并介绍了颗石钙化作用指标,如颗石大小、重量在古海洋学研究中的应用。     

南海北部和西菲律宾海颗石藻种群特征及差异

本文对南海北部SCS-N站(116°E,18°30′N,2016年5月)和菲律宾海西部PAC-ST02-34站(129°59.7′E,17°29.7′N,2016年1月)真光层中颗石藻种群结构进行了对比。总体而言,南海北部真光层颗石藻丰度高于西菲律宾海,而物种多样性指数低于西菲律宾海,这与南海北部真光层中营养盐浓度高于同纬度西菲律宾海有关;两个海域颗石藻丰度极大值都出现在次表层,但在南海北部出现的深度要浅于西菲律宾海,这是由于南海北部真光层营养盐、温、盐跃层较西菲律宾海更浅。Florosphera profunda是两个海域颗石藻种群的主要优势种,南海北部次级优势种为Emiliania huxleyi和Gephyrocapsa oceanica,而西菲律宾海次级优势种则为Umbellosphaera irregularis。颗石藻属种的垂直分布构成在两个海域具有相似的特征,其中F.profunda主要分布在真光层中深层(80m);G.oceanica和Gladiolithus flabellatus也主要出现在真光层中深层;Umbellosphaera irregularis,Syracosphaera pulchra,Helicosphaera carteri和Discosphaera tubifera等则主要分布在100m以浅;E.huxleyi和Calcidiscus leptoporus在南海北部主要分布在100m以浅,但在西菲律宾海则出现在深层(150m附近)。     

一种颗石藻水华种的特征界定

颗石藻是一类海生或咸水生光自养单细胞鞭毛藻,可通过光合作用利用CO2合成有机物,又可通过生物矿化作用在细胞表面形成典型的以CaCO3为主要成分的颗石层,在全球碳沉降中起到重要作用[1]。颗石藻增殖和形成水华过程中可以释放大量挥发性的二甲基硫(DMS)和丙烯酸,是影响气候、特别是区域性环境效应的重要物质[2—4]。暴发颗石藻水华时大量的CaCO3颗石粒形成强烈的反光层[5],使底部生物的光照受到限制;另一方面,在围塘和内湾环境中易形成恶性水质的种类,则可以通过暴发增殖形成对海域环境、区域性气候、环境生态等方面造成影响。具有毒性的颗石藻同样影响到海水养殖业和人类安全[6],因此,颗石藻成为海洋环境科学研究的重要对象之一[7]。同时,作为一种具有多领域利用价值的资源生物,颗石藻又引起广泛重视,是生物矿化基础研究[8,9]的良好材料,也是作为以人类食用或养殖动物饵料为目标进行研究和应用的对象[10—12]。因此,对区域性原生颗石藻种类的特征界定有重要的意义。虾塘养殖模式下,常出现一种水面浮沫的长期恶性水质,但对其中浮游植物原因种的研究相对缺乏。2004年11月间,浙江省象山港虾塘中出现维持时间很长的浮沫状恶性水质,导...     

伊乐藻对富营养化水体的净化作用分析

利用室内静态模拟生长体系,研究了沉水植物伊乐藻在夏季高温季节5种不同氮磷营养条件水体中的生长状况及其对水体中氮、磷的净化效果。结果表明:低氮(1.0～5.5mg.L-1)、低磷(0.3～1.3mg.L-1)营养盐水体中的伊乐藻生长状态良好,但在高浓度氮(8.0mg.L-1)、磷(2.0mg.L-1)营养盐条件下,伊乐藻生长在后期受到部分抑制。伊乐藻对水体氮磷的去除效果随水体氮磷浓度的增加而增强,与起始水体氮磷含量相比,不同营养盐条件处理50d时,各处理伊乐藻对水体总氮的去除率分别达到55.88%、85.51%、88.18%、93.57%、95.97%,总磷的去除率分别达到47.55%、74.31%、57.75%、79.23%、74.92%。可见,伊乐藻在夏季高温季节对水体氮磷有一定去除效果,且对氮的去除效率高于磷,其对高氮、高磷环境有一定的耐受能力。     

氮、磷营养盐对底栖硅藻的生长及生化组成影响

目的:研究了从福建连江海域分离得到的一株野生底栖硅藻(Nitzschia.constricta)的生长和生理特性.方法:测定了在不同氮磷浓度条件下比增长速率、色素,以及不同时期底栖硅藻蛋白和胞外多糖的积累情况.结果:当硝酸氮浓度为900mg/l时,获得最大比增长速率0.21和叶绿素a含量4.31mg/l、类胡萝卜素含量3.44mg/l、胞外多糖产率90.57μg/ml.当氮浓度为75mg/l时,在第10d得到最大蛋白产率28.90μg/ml.当磷浓度为4.4mg/l时,可得到最大比增长速率0.13、叶绿素a含量3.42mg/l、类胡萝卜素2.82mg/l、蛋白含量23.16μg/ml,无磷培养基中第5d的胞外多糖产率最高13.51μg/ml.结论:氮磷营养盐浓度的增加促进了此种底栖硅藻的生长,但不一定会促进蛋白及胞外多糖的产生.     

渤海中部营养盐赋存形态季节变化及其对营养盐库的影响

根据2013年7月(夏季),11月(秋季)和2014年5月(春季)渤海中部氮、磷、硅营养盐库各赋存形态数据以及温度、盐度等水文数据,分析海域不同季节各营养盐库以及相互间转化规律。结果表明:调查海域受陆源输入、吸收转化、扰动混合以及分解释放等因素影响,各营养盐库含量及其组分迁移转化呈现明显的季节特征,春夏高生产力季节为无机态向有机态和颗粒态转化期,秋季为有机态和颗粒态溶解分解释放期。夏季氮磷营养盐库含量分别为(37.43±10.09)μmol/L和(0.73±0.19)μmol/L,且以溶解有机态为主要赋存形态。秋季各营养盐库以及无机态组分含量受扰动以及分解释放影响均明显增加,而溶解有机态和颗粒态组分降低,其中颗粒氮(PN, particulate nitrogen)含量为(1.78±1.05)μmol/L,降幅66%;溶解有机磷(DOP, dissolved organic phosphorus)含量为(0.13±0.06)μmol/L,降幅66%;而溶解无机磷(DIP, dissolved inorganic phosphorus)为(0.54±0.20)μmol/L,升高10.8倍。春季各营养盐库组分变化明显,其中溶解无机氮(DIN, dissolved inorganic nitrogen)、DIP和活性硅酸盐(SiO_3, reactive silicate)受浮游植物吸收转化影响,含量较秋季分别降幅45%、89%和85%, DON受秋冬季分解影响,含量降低36%。而PN和DOP增加明显,分别增高27%和1.6倍。调查海域各赋存形态营养盐比值表明,无机态营养盐比值均远离Redfield比值,对海域内硅藻的优势种地位产生影响。而各有机态以及颗粒态组分比值显示相比较氮,DOP、颗粒态磷(PP, particulate phosphorus)和硅在秋冬季低生产力季节更易受到扰动和分解释放影响,对于缓解海域内磷硅限制状况具有重要作用。     

营养盐因子对细基江蓠繁枝变种氮、磷吸收速率的影响

在实验室条件下,研究了营养盐因子对细基江蓠繁枝变种的氮、磷吸收速率的影响。分别进行了营养盐浓度与温度双因子试验,氮磷比与荧 浓度双因子试验肽不同化合态氮比例单因子试验。（1）氮、磷的吸收速率随营养盐浓度的升高而增大,氮的吸收速率在21℃,总氮浓度为100μmol/L时最大,达2.58μmol/(g.h);磷的吸收速率在31℃,总磷为6．3μmol/L时最大,达0.17μmol/(g.h),温度与营养盐浓度有显著的交互作用效应。（2）当氮浓度一定时,环境氮磷比对氮的吸收率无显著影响,但对磷的吸收速率有显著影响,藻中收的氮磷比随环境氮磷比的不同而变化,（3）对3种不同化合态氮的吸收速率与培养液中各种氮占总无机氮的比例呈正相关,当三比例相同时,对NH4^ -N、NO3^--N格NO2^-析吸收分别占总吸收氮的40．7％、28．5％和30．8％。     

台湾海峡上升流区浮游植物对营养盐添加的响应

2006年6月在台湾海峡近岸上升流区通过表层水体营养盐添加的现场培养实验,研究该海区营养盐限制情况及其浮游植物水华产生的主要影响因素.对营养盐,叶绿素a浓度和浮游植物细胞丰度进行了测定,结果表明,实验中不存在明显的硅限制;氮磷营养盐均存在明显的限制,且氮限制情况更为严重.营养盐添加后,冰河拟星杆藻(Asterionellopsis glacialis)等硅藻迅速生长成为优势藻种,其对氮磷的利用机制有所不同.对氮营养盐采取吸收后迅速同化利用,相较于硝酸盐的补充,氨氮补充条件下优势硅藻更易迅速生长并迅速死亡;对磷营养盐的利用则由于体内磷库的存在,采用迅速吸收后贮存在体内慢慢消耗的利用机制.氮营养盐的补充是上升流期间浮游植物水华产生的主要因素.     

CO2和硝氮加富对龙须菜(Gracilaria lemaneiformis)生长、生化组分和营养盐吸收的影响

为了探讨大气CO2和海水硝氮浓度升高对龙须菜生理特性的影响,在实验室条件下把藻体于CoNo、C No、CoN 和C N 4种不同CO2和硝氮供应水平的处理中进行培养,15d后,分别测定各种不同培养条件下藻体的生长、色素含量、可溶性蛋白含量和营养盐吸收速率.结果表明:CO2或硝氮浓度增加都会使藻体生长加快,但当二者同时加富时对生长的促进作用没有表现出协同效应.不管是高氮还是低氮的培养条件,高浓度CO2都能使藻体的色素和可溶性蛋白的含量降低,而使硝酸还原酶活性升高;同时,在硝氮加富的条件下,高浓度CO2培养能够显著提高藻体的营养盐吸收速率.不管是高还是低的CO2浓度培养条件下,硝氮浓度增加都会使藻体的色素和可溶性蛋白含量以及营养盐吸收速率得到显著提高.这些结果说明,在大气CO2浓度升高或海水富营养化条件下,龙须菜的生长、硝酸还原酶活性和营养盐吸收速率都可能得到促进,而色素和可溶性蛋白的含量也会受到影响.     

白蚁与动物及微生物的共生类型及其机制

综述了白蚁螱客的主要种类、共生关系及相关机制的研究进展。白蚁螱客中,已报道的动物种类达170种。在与动物的共生关系中存在偏利共生（宾主共栖和异种共栖）、互利共生和无关共生三种;在与微生物的共生关系中,存在与内生菌（原生动物、细菌、真菌和放线菌）和外生菌（蚁巢伞菌等）间的互利关系。指出了白蚁与螱客研究中存在的问题,给出了解决方案,并提出了今后可能的研究热点或方向,为白蚁的综合利用（如纤维素酶）及今后研究物种间的协同进化提供了基础资料。     

New amino-dithiaphospholanes and phosphoramidodithioites and their rhodium and iridium complexes

New sulfur derivatives of phosphoramidite ligands were synthesized and the impact of the sulfur unit on the spectroscopic properties of their rhodium and iridium complexes was investigated. The new ligands Bn₂NPSCH₂CH₂S^a(P-S^a) (Bn = benzyl, 4), Bn₂NPSCHCHS^a(CH₂)₃C^aH₂(P-S^a)(C^a-S^a) (6) and Bn₂NP(4-XC₆H₄OMe)₂ (X = S, 7a; X = O, 7b) were converted to the rhodium and iridium complexes trans-[Rh(CO)Cl(L)₂] (L = 4, 6, 7), [RhCl(COD)(L)] (L = 4, 6, 7), [IrCl(COD)(7a)] and [IrCl₂Cp∗(6)]. For comparison, some phosphoramidite complexes of these formulations also were synthesized. The new metal complexes were spectroscopically analyzed. For the carbonyl complexes, the ν_CO IR stretching frequencies were lower than for the corresponding phosphite and phosphoramidite ligands. The ¹J_PRh coupling constants for the rhodium complexes with the new ligands were also smaller than for the respective phosphoramidite and phosphite complexes. Finally, the ¹J_PSe coupling constants of the selenides of the new ligands were lower than those of the phosphoramidite ligands but higher than for PPh₃. The spectroscopic data reveal that the new thio ligands 4, 6 and 7a are more electron donating than phosphites and phosphoramidites but less electron donating than PPh₃.     

Astrocytes and Synaptosomes Transport and Metabolize Lactate and Acetate Differently

Astrocytes transport the monocarboxylate acetate, but synaptosomes do not. The reason for this is unknown, because both preparations express monocarboxylate transporters (MCT). The transport and metabolism of lactate, another monocarboxylate, was examined in these two preparations, and the results were compared to those for acetate. Lactate transport is more rapid in astrocytes than in synaptosomes, but of lower affinity (Kms of 17 and 4 mM, respectively). Lactate (0.2 mM) is metabolized to CO2 more rapidly in synaptosomes than in astrocytes (rates of 0.37 and 0.07 nmol x mg protein(-1) x min(-1), respectively). The reason for this is unclear, but cellular differences in lactate dehydrogenase isotype expression may be involved. Acetate is metabolized to CO2 more rapidly in astrocytes than in synaptosomes (rates of 0.43 and 0.02 nmol x mg protein(-1) x min(-1), respectively). This is likely due to cellular differences in the expression of monocarboxylate transporter subtypes.     

Rapporteur report: Basics and technology and metrology and standards

The first and second sessions of the Workshop focussed on the basics of ultrasound and infrasound, their applications in both industry and medicine, and metrology and protection standards for ultrasound applications.     

Relative and combined effects of ethanol and protein deficiency on strontium and barium bone content and fecal and urinary excretion

To elucidate accumulation of minerals in human iliac arteries with aging, the content of minerals was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. Bilateral common, internal, and external iliac arteries of 16 men and 8 women, ranging ages from 65 to 93 yr, were examined. It was found that an extremely high accumulation of calcium and phosphorus occurred in the common iliac artery at old age, being higher than that of the internal and external iliac arteries. It should be noted that the accumulation of calcium and phosphorus is the highest in the common iliac artery among the human arteries examined to date. Regarding sexual differences, the content of calcium and phosphorus in the common and internal iliac arteries was higher in women than in men, whereas their content in the external iliac artery was lower in women than in men.     

Prostaglandin and thromboxane production by human and guinea-pig macrophages and leucocytes

The ability of partially purified human and guinea-pig haematogenous cell populations, when cultured in vitro, to metabolise arachidonic acid (AA) has been studied. Supernatants from 24 hour cell culture have been subjected to analysis for products of AA metabolism by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection.The cell types studied were human peripheral blood monocytes (both glass adherent and non-adherent), neutrophils, eosinophils and leukemic leucocytes; thoracic duct lymphocytes and lung alveolar macrophages. From the guinea-pig, induced and non-induced macrophage or neutrophil enriched peritoneal exudate populations, lymph node cells, peritoneal eosinophils and peripheral blood platelets were examined. Supernatants were assayed for the presence of PGE₂, PGD₂, PGF_2α, TXB₂ and 6-keto-PGF_1α. In all types studied PGE₂ and TXB₂ were the major products formed. The identification of PGE₂ and TXB₂ was confirmed by GC/MS with multiple ion monitoring.The results have been compared with other reports and their possible significance discussed in relation to the proposed role of prostaglandins as mediators and modulators in immunopathology.     

Chemokines and cytokines: axis and allies in asthma and allergy

Allergic asthma can be precipitated by many factors. For the atopic person, fungus, pollen, dust mites, cockroach antigens, and diesel exhaust are all agents that may trigger an allergic attack. Cytokines and chemokines are integral mediators of fungal asthma. From the earliest time points, they recruit and activate the cells required for the clearance of fungus as well as being critical factors involved in the immunopathology of this disease. In the final analysis, it is clear that these mediators can act to the benefit or the detriment of the host.     

Oxidation and nitration of ribonuclease and lysozyme by peroxynitrite and myeloperoxidase

In spite of the many studies on protein modifications by reactive species, knowledge about the products resulting from the oxidation of protein-aromatic residues, including protein-derived radicals and their stable products, remains limited. Here, we compared the oxidative modifications promoted by peroxynitrite and myeloperoxidase/hydrogen peroxide/nitrite in two model proteins, ribonuclease (6Tyr) and lysozyme (3Tyr/6Trp). The formation of protein-derived radicals and products was higher at pH 5.4 and 7.4 for myeloperoxidase and peroxynitrite, respectively. The main product was 3-nitro-Tyr for both proteins and oxidants. Lysozyme rendered similar yields of nitro-Trp, particularly when oxidized by peroxynitrite. Hydroxylated and dimerized products of Trp and Tyr were also produced, but in lower yields. Localization of the main modified residues indicates that peroxynitrite decomposes to radicals within the proteins behaving less specifically than myeloperoxidase. Nitrogen dioxide is emphasized as an important protein modifier.