DIFFERENTIAL LETHAL EFFECTS OF BOTH CYTOSINE ARABINOSIDE AND HYDROXYUREA ON JEJUNAL CRYPT CELLS AND TESTOSTERONE-STIMULATED ACCESSORY SEX GLANDS

DNA-synthesizing cells from mouse jejunal crypts and accessory sex glands respond differently to the DNA synthesis inhibitors cytosine arabinoside and hydroxyurea. A single injection of either agent brought about a rapid inhibition of thymidine labelling in both the tissues. Whilst both agents had a lethal effect upon the majority of S-phase cells in the crypts, only a minority of S-phase cells in the accessory sex glands showed evidence of necrosis. These differences are considered in the context of possible physiological differences between continually dividing cells and putative G₀ cells. The accessory sex glands are normally quiescent proliferative tissues. They were stimulated to undergo DNA synthesis and later mitosis by testosterone propionate injections, commencing three days after castration. Cytosine arabinoside was the more effective cytocidal agent in the accessory sex glands, and when two injections were scheduled so as to affect a large number of DNA-synthesizing cells, a compensatory hyperplasia was evoked. In the coagulating gland, this compensatory response involved the proliferation of many cells which, in the absence of cytotoxic perturbation, would be non-proliferative (Q cells).     

THE EFFECTS OF CYTOSINE ARABINOSIDE ON THE CELL CYCLE OF CULTURED HUMAN LEUCOCYTES: A MICRODENSITOMETRIC AND AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY

PHA-stimulated leucocytes treated with cytosine arabinoside showed a changed uptake of [³H]thymidine, a lowered mitotic index and chromosome damage. Combined autoradiography and Feulgen microdensitometry demonstrated inhibition of DNA synthesis. Cells in the S period of the cell cycle were arrested in their progress, and cells newly entering S accumulated at the beginning of this period. At stronger concentrations these effects on the cell cycle were complicated by the cytotoxic effect of cytosine arabinoside. The inhibition of DNA synthesis is considered in the light of the chromosomal damage and megaloblastic changes caused by cytosine arabinoside, and is compared to the different pattern of DNA arrest found in megaloblastic anaemia.     

THE INFLUENCE OF GROWTH-INHIBITING AND GROWTH-PROMOTING MEDIUM CONDITIONS ON CRYSTALLIN ACCUMULATION IN TRANSDIFFERENTIATING CULTURES OF EMBRYONIC CHICK NEURAL RETINA

The effects of media containing undialysed serum (controls) or dialysed serum with or without ascorbic acid, were compared during the second half of the 41-day culture period in embryonic chick neural retina cultures, which had all been grown in control medium prior to 19 days. Conditions permitting greatest culture growth (controls) showed earlier and more extensive development of lentoids, greater accumulation of total crystallin and a higher proportion of δ relative to α+β crystallins. Conditions allowing least culture growth (dialysed serum) gave converse results throughout. Thus changes in culture growth rate apparently affect δ crystallin production more than α or β crystallin production. Insulin promotes growth in neural retina cultures, whether present throughout the culture period (in this case 31 days), or only from 18 days onwards. The frequency and survival of putative neuronal cell aggregates are both increased by insulin during the first 18 days of culture. Delta crystallin production during subsequent transdifferentiation is selectively promoted by insulin when present throughout, but this effect is largely obviated when insulin is present only from 18 days onwards. This anomaly could arise through percursor cell selection during the earlier phases of culture, since it is possible that some (not all) lentoids may be derived from aggregates of neuronal-like cells in neural retina cultures. Thus precursor cell selection as well as culture growth rate may influence the pattern of crystallin production during transdifferentiation.     

急性低氧对鲫鱼视网膜视杆和视锥信号的不同影响

在保持完整血液循环的鲫鱼眼杯标本上,应用Ａｇ－ＡｇＣｌ电极记录视网膜电图（ＥＲＧ）,研究了急性低氧下不同适应状态ＥＲＧ反应变化的情况,以期分析视锥与视杆通路对急性低氧的敏感性是否不同。结果表明：１．急性低氧对明视ＥＲＧ－ｂ波的影响要远远快于对暗视ｂ波的影响,这说明视锥信号通路比视杆信号通路对缺氧敏感;２．在间视状态下,ＥＲＧ的ｂ波在低氧开始反几分钟内有一个明显的增大过程,而在明视或暗视中皆未观察到     

RNA干扰对离体大鼠神经干细胞NgR基因表达的影响

目的观察RNA干扰（RNA interference,RNAi）对离体大鼠神经干细胞的Nogo-66受体（Nogo-66 reeeptor,NgR）基因表达的影响。方法设计并合成3条大鼠NgR基因mRNA的小分子干扰RNA（small interfering RNA,siRNA）转染体外培养的神经干细胞,免疫荧光及Western blot检测NgR表达。结果siRNA可以成功的转染神经干细胞,3条siRNA不同程度的阻断了神经干细胞的NgR基因表达,阻断效率随时间延长逐渐下降。阻断效果最好的1条siRNA在转染后第5d仍能保持（85．22±3．1）％高阻断效率。结论应用RNAi可以高效率的使大鼠神经干细胞的NgR基因表达沉默。     

缺氧和DDPH对人胚肺成纤维细胞前胶原mRNA表达的影响

用核酸原位杂交和图像分析等方法,观察直接缺氧（Ｈ）和缺氧猪肺动脉内皮细胞条件培养液（ＨＥＣＣＭ）对人胚肺成纤维细胞（ＫＭＢ１７）的前胶原ｐｒｏα１（Ⅰ）,ｐｒｏα１（Ⅲ）ｍＲＮＡ表达和抗高血压药１－（２,６－二甲基苯氧基）－２－（３,４－二甲氧基苯乙氨基）丙烷盐酸盐（ＤＤＰＨ）对此过程的影响。结果发现,Ｈ和ＨＥＣＣＭ均可使ＫＭＢ１７的两型前胶原ｍＲＮＡ表达量增高,明显高于对照组（Ｐ＜０．０１）。ＤＤＰＨ对ＨＥＣＣＭ组细胞的Ⅰ,Ⅲ两型前胶原ｍＲＮＡ表达增高均有显著的抑制作用（抑制率分别为－４３．９７％和－５６．２２％）,而对Ｈ组仅抑制ｐｒｏα１（Ⅰ）前胶原ｍＲＮＡ的过量表达（－５３．５８％）。提示缺氧可直接或通过肺动脉内皮细胞的介导,促进人胚肺成纤维细胞的Ⅰ、Ⅲ两型前胶原ｍＲＮＡ表达,ＤＤＰＨ在基因转录水平上对此过程有抑制作用     

ROOT CONTRACTION IN HYACINTH. I. EFFECTS OF IAA ON DIFFERENTIAL CELL EXPANSION

Contractile roots of Hyacinthus orientalis L. cv ‘Pink Pearl’ shorten as a result of growth of inner cortical cells which expand radially and contract longitudinally. Brief treatment with IAA (indole-3-acetic acid—0.5 and 1.0 mg/1) induces subapical swelling, root cap proliferation and decreased rates of elongation in potentially contractile roots. Growth resumes with removal of IAA from the culture medium and contraction subsequently occurs. The pattern of subsequent contraction is affected by prior IAA treatment; contraction occurs in the normal manner both acropetal and basipetal to the points of IAA-induced swelling, but does not occur in the swollen region itself. Microscopic examination of the swollen region reveals that cells of the middle and outer cortex are radially expanded and longitudinally shortened relative to middle and outer cortical cells of contracted and uncontracted portions of the same root and control roots. In contrast, inner cortical cells in swollen regions of IAA-treated roots show approximately 50% less radial expansion than inner cortical cells of control contracted roots. Middle and outer cortical cells in the swollen region of IAA-treated roots undergo radial expansion, while middle and outer cortical cells in adjacent contracting zones are compressed by radially expanding inner cortical cells. Average volumes of cortical cells in the IAA-induced swollen region increased approximately two-fold when contraction occurred in adjacent regions. These results suggest that in hyacinth roots, under certain circumstances, inner and outer cortical cells alike possess the ability for growth reorientation and expansion. However, during the usual course of contractile root development, cells of the outer cortex are restricted in this ability, through an as yet unknown mechanism, and are passively compressed by the radially expanding inner cortical cells.     

IN VITRO AGGREGATION OF MIXED EMBRYONIC KIDNEY AND NERVE CELLS : Influence on Macromolecular Synthesis

The possible role of nerve on growth of embryonic parenchymal organs such as kidney was explored by measuring macromolecular synthesis (DNA, RNA, and protein and three enzymes) in aggregates of mixed suspensions of cells from dissociated chick embryo kidney and nerve tissue. One and one-half to threefold increments in net synthesis of the three different types of macromolecules were observed in the mixed aggregates of kidney and nerve cells as compared with those of single organs or mixtures of kidney with nonneural cells. The addition of nerve-growth factor (NGF) did not significantly affect the results. Increased incorporation of label was paralleled by increases in chemically measured DNA and protein, suggesting an increase in growth in the mixed kidney-nerve aggregates compared with those of single tissues. Measurements of survival rate did not indicate increased cell stability in the mixed aggregates. The activities of three enzymes, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and lactic dehydrogenase, were also enhanced two to four times in cultures of kidney plus nerve cells. Morphologic studies indicated a high degree of reorganization of tubular structures within the reaggregates of kidney cells alone or in those mixed with nerve. In addition, radioautographs of thymidine-³H-labeled cells in the aggregates showed a high level of DNA synthesis in the reformed tubular cells. Electron micrographs revealed the presence of large numbers of nerve fibers containing microtubules in the mixed cell aggregates. The data suggest a significant role for nerve in the growth processes of embryonic parenchymal organs.     

Cd2+对三角褐指藻生长及尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶基因表达调控的影响

为了探究Cd2+对三角褐指藻(Phaeodactylum tricornutum)生长及尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶(UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase,UGPase)基因表达调控的影响,研究以不同浓度Cd2+处理三角褐指藻,测定其生长、叶绿素荧光参数、UGP基因转录水平、UGPase活性和金藻昆...     

禁食与胰岛素处理对鳜血糖和leptin-A基因表达的影响

为研究硬骨鱼类leptin基因表达与血糖之间的关系, 研究在禁食与胰岛素处理后, 检测鳜血糖和肝脏、肠道和脂肪组织leptin-A基因表达水平。在禁食实验中, 鳜被禁食10d, 并分别于禁食后0、4h、2d、6d和10d取样。禁食后6d鳜血糖开始降低, 禁食后10d鳜血糖显著降低。同时, 禁食后6d鳜肝脏leptin-A基因mRNA表达水平显著升高, 禁食后4h鳜肠道和脂肪组织leptin-A基因mRNA表达水平均显著升高。在胰岛素处理实验中, 分别于注射后12h和36h取样。腹腔注射胰岛素后12h, 鳜血糖显著降低, 而鳜肝脏、肠道和脂肪组织leptin-A基因mRNA表达水平无明显变化。腹腔注射insulin后36h, 鳜肠道leptin-A基因mRNA表达水平显著升高。研究结果表明, 长期禁食或胰岛素处理均能够降低鳜血糖水平, 且影响消化器官和脂肪储存器官leptin-A基因表达。     

亮叶杨桐黄酮提取物抗瘤活性及其对小鼠p53基因表达活性的影响

本文从亮叶杨桐中分离提取出黄酮类生物活性物质,对进行小鼠体内抗肿瘤试验和小鼠S-180肿瘤细胞中p53基因表达抑制实验。研究结果表明,亮叶杨桐中总黄酮含量达28.4％,黄酮提取物在剂量50mg·kg~(-1)时对小鼠肉瘤S-180的抑瘤率为64.0％,对艾氏腹水癌(EAC)Ⅰ小鼠的生命延长率为51.2％,有显著的抗肿瘤作用,并且药效与用药量有关。同时发现,黄酮类提取物的抗肿瘤活性优于化疗药物呋喃氟尿嘧啶(Ftorafur)。RT-PCR实验结果表明,在剂量500mg·kg~(-1)时,黄酮类提取物可以明显抑制小鼠S-180肿瘤细胞中突变型p53基因的转录活性,其抑制程度和呋喃氟尿嘧啶相同。     

CHANGES OF APPARENT IONIC MOBILITIES IN PROTOPLASM : I. EFFECTS OF GUAIACOL ON VALONIA

In normal cells of Valonia the order of the apparent mobilities of the ions in the non-aqueous protoplasmic surface is K > Cl > Na. After treatment with 0.01 M guaiacol (which does not injure the cell) the order becomes Na > Cl > K. As it does not seem probable that such a reversal could occur with simple ions we may assume provisionally that in the protoplasmic surface we have to do with charged complexes of the type (KX _I)⁺, (KX _II)⁺, where X _I and X _II are elements or radicals, or with chemical compounds formed in the protoplasm. When 0.01 M guaiacol is added to sea water or to 0.6 M NaCl (both at pH 6.4, where the concentration of the guaiacol ion is negligible) the P.D. of the cell changes (after a short latent period) from about 10 mv. negative to about 28 mv. positive and then slowly returns approximately to its original value (Fig. 1, p. 14). This appears to depend chiefly on changes in the apparent mobilities of organic ions in the protoplasm. The protoplasmic surface is capable of so much change that it does not seem probable that it is a monomolecular layer. It does not behave like a collodion nor a protein film since the apparent mobility of Na⁺ can increase while that of K⁺ is decreasing under the influence of guaiacol.     

EFFECTS OF METABOLIC INHIBITORS ON AMINO ACID METABOLISM IN RAT RETINA: A COMPARISON OF AMINO-OXYACETIC ACID AND ETHANOLAMINE-O-SULPHATE

Abstract— The abilities of AOAA and EOS to modify the utilisation of radioactively labelled glucose, acetate, glutamine and GABA were studied in isolated rat retina. AOAA inhibited the activities of GAD and GABA-T, while EOS inhibited GABA-T but not GAD. AOAA lowered the free amino acid contents of incubated retinae and suppressed the outflow of amino acids into the incubation medium, while EOS had no effect on either parameter. AOAA strongly inhibited the incorporation of ¹⁴C from labelled glucose, acetate and glutamine into GABA, and also suppressed the labelling of glutamate, aspartate and glutamine. These effects were qualitatively similar but quantitatively smaller with EOS. Both compounds markedly decreased the syntheses of aspartate and glutamate from exogenous GABA, while the passage of carbon from GABA to glutamine was much less affected. It is suggested that AOAA and EOS may act predominantly on neurones. It appears that inhibition of GABA-T alone does not cause a profound disturbance of the metabolism of other amino acids. Other metabolic inhibitors such as ouabain, malonate and fluoroacetate did not greatly affect the metabolism of GABA in rat retina.     

PATTERNS OF PUFFING ACTIVITY AND CHROMOSOMAL POLYMORPHISM IN DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA. IV. EFFECT OF INVERSIONS ON GENE EXPRESSION

We have observed that, contrary to a common assumption, the puffing patterns manifest in the salivary chromosomes of Drosophila subobscura are modified by chromosomal inversions as well as by genic content. An inversion effect is apparent in the E and A chromosomes of five strains coming from four different natural populations. An effect due to the geographical location of the populations is also detected in the J and O chromosomes. The chromosomal and geographic effects are distinguishable but not contradictory. Indeed, a statistical test using the DK² coefficient of distance shows that, for a given chromosomal arrangement, strains of different geographic origin exhibit puffing patterns significantly different; these patterns are, however, more similar to each other than they are to those of strains carrying different chromosomal arrangements of the same chromosome.     

STUDIES ON DROSOPHILA EMBRYONIC CELLS IN VITRO II. TISSUE- AND TIME-SPECIFICITY OF A LETHAL GENE, DEEP ORANGE

Embryonic cells which were homozygous or hemizygous for an X -linked (1-0.3) recessive lethal gene, deep orange ( dor ), were cultured in T-5 flasks. Muscle cells, epithelial cells, fibroblastic cells and nerve cells were maintained in a functionally active state for longer than the effective lethal phase of the embryos. Some defects in syncytium formation of muscle cells, formation of cellular spheres, and droplet formation on nerve fibers were observed. Addition of an extract of unfertilized wild-type eggs to the culture medium resulted in repair of these defective characters of dor embryonic cells.
To examine the time specificity of the paternal dor ⁺ gene, extracts of embryos obtained from matings of dor sn ³/ dor sn ³ females and dor ⁺ sn ³⁺/ Y males were tested for their ability to repair the defects of dor embryonic cells. The extract from embryos at the stage of blastoderm formation was not effective in repairing dor defects, but extracts from embryos at stages after gastrulation were effective for repair of various defects of dor embryonic cells. Various substances in the pteridine metabolic pathway were tested for their ability to repair defects of dor embryonic cells. The effective lethal phase of dor embryos and the pleiotropic effects of the dor gene are discussed.     

不同蛋白源对瓦氏黄颡鱼幼鱼生长和蛋白质代谢相关基因表达的影响

以初始体重为(2.90±0.01) g的瓦氏黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus vachelli)为研究对象, 探究不同蛋白源对瓦氏黄颡鱼生长、体组成、前肠PEPT1和肝脏TOR基因表达的影响。以鱼粉(FM)、大豆浓缩蛋白(SPC)、水解鱼蛋白(FH)和晶体氨基酸混合物(CAA)为主要蛋白源, 配制4种等氮(粗蛋白含量为39.0%)等脂(粗脂肪含量为9.0%)的实验饲料, 投喂实验鱼66d。结果显示, 不同蛋白源虽然对瓦氏黄颡鱼存活率(SR)无显著影响(P>0.05), 但显著影响了瓦氏黄颡鱼的特定生长率(SGR)。其中, SPC组瓦氏黄颡鱼SGR低于FM组, 却显著高于FH组和CAA组(P<0.05)。虽然SPC组瓦氏黄颡鱼粗蛋白含量低于FM组, 但其鱼体粗脂肪含量显著高于FM组(P<0.05)。不同蛋白源显著影响了瓦氏黄颡鱼PEPT1基因表达(P<0.05), 在35d时, SPC组PEPT1表达量虽然低于FM组, 但显著高于FH和CAA组(P<0.05);在66d时, SPC组瓦氏黄颡鱼前肠PEPT1表达量显著高于FM组(P<0.05)。不同蛋白源饲料对鱼体肝脏TOR基因表达无显著影响(P>0.05)。以上结果表明, SPC组瓦氏黄颡鱼生长性能虽然低于FM组, 但显著高于FH组和CAA组, 这可能是通过上调前肠PEPT1表达来实现的。     

重组人钙调素的制备及其对细胞增殖作用影响的研究

用PCR方法获得人钙调素基因Ⅲ(hCaMⅢcDNA),将其插入表达载体pBV220,构建重组表达质粒hCaMⅢ/pBV220,阳性重组子在大肠杆菌DH5α中经温度诱导可高效表达CaM蛋白,经15%SDS-PAGE分析,可观察到一分子量与理论值相符(约17kD)的诱导表达条带.进一步分析表达产物的性质表明,CaM主要以可溶性形式表达.Westernblot结果证实,17kD的表达条带可与标准鼠抗CaMMcAb起特异反应.用Phenyl-SepharoseCL-4B疏水亲和层析法纯化重组菌超声上清表达产物,可获得纯度达95%以上的CaM,每1L菌液可获CaM纯品3～4mg.生物活性测定结果提示,rhCaM具有与标准人脑CaM(Sigma)同样的激活NAD激酶的活性.将K562细胞及SP2/0细胞分别接种于24孔或96孔培养板,加入不同浓度rhCaM、CaM拮抗剂三氟拉嗪(TFP),培养48h后,用MTI比色法检测细胞增殖状况.rhCaM在一定浓度范围内与细胞增殖率成显著正相关;CaM拮抗剂TFP可抑制细胞增殖.将rhCaM加入已受TFP抑制的细胞,可恢复正常的细胞增殖功能.     

THE EFFECTS OF CURRENT FLOW ON BIOELECTRIC POTENTIAL : I. VALONIA

The effect of direct current flow upon the potential difference across the protoplasm of impaled Valonia cells was studied. Current density and direction were controlled in a bridge which balanced the ohmic resistances, leaving the changes (increase, decrease, or reversal) of the small, normally negative, bioelectric potential to be recorded continuously, before, during, and after current flow, with a string galvanometer connected into a vacuum tube detector circuit. Two chief states of response were distinguished: State A.—Regular polarization, which begins to build up the instant current starts to flow, the counter E.M.F. increasing most rapidly at that moment, then more and more slowly, and finally reaching a constant value within 1 second or less. The magnitude of counter E.M.F. is proportional to the current density with small currents flowing in either direction across the protoplasm, but falls off at higher density, giving a cusp with recession to lower values; this recession occurs with slightly lower currents outward than inward. Otherwise the curves are much the same for inward and outward currents, for different densities, for charge and discharge, and for successive current flows. There is a slight tendency for the bioelectric potential to become temporarily positive following these current flows. Records in the regular state (State A) show very little effect of increased series resistance on the time constant of counter E.M.F. This seems to indicate that a polarization rather than a static capacity is involved. State B.—Delayed and non-proportional polarization, in which there is no counter E.M.F. developed with small currents in either direction across the protoplasm, nor with very large outward currents. But with inward currents a threshold density is reached at which a counter E.M.F. rather suddenly develops, with a sigmoid curve rising to high positive values (200 mv. or more). There is sometimes a cusp, after which the P.D. remains strongly positive as long as the current flows. It falls off again to negative values on cessation of current flow, more rapidly after short flows, more slowly after longer ones. The curves of charge are usually quite different in shape from those of discharge. Successive current flows of threshold density in rapid succession produce quicker and quicker polarizations, the inflection of the curve often becoming smoothed away. After long interruptions, however, the sigmoid curve reappears. Larger inward currents produce relatively little additional positive P.D.; smaller ones on the other hand, if following soon after, have a greatly increased effectiveness, the threshold for polarization falling considerably. The effect dies away, however, with very small inward currents, even as they continue to flow. Over a medium range of densities, small increments or decrements of continuing inward current produce almost as regular polarizations as in State A. Temporary polarization occurs with outward currents following soon after the threshold inward currents, but the very flow of outward current tends to destroy this, and to decondition the protoplasm, again raising the threshold, for succeeding inward flows. State A is characteristic of a few freshly gathered cells and of most of those which have recovered from injuries of collecting, cleaning, and separating. It persists a short time after such cells are impaled, but usually changes over to State B for a considerable period thereafter. Eventually there is a reappearance of regular polarization; in the transition there is a marked tendency for positive P.D. to be produced after current flow, and during this the polarizations to outward currents may become much larger than those to inward currents. In this it resembles the effects of acidified sea water, and of certain phenolic compounds, e.g. p-cresol, which produce State A in cells previously in State B. Ammonia on the other hand counteracts these effects, producing delayed polarization to an exaggerated extent. Large polarizations persist when the cells are exposed to potassium-rich solutions, showing it is not the motion of potassium ions (e.g. from the sap) which accounts for the loss or restoration of polarization. It is suggested that inward currents restore a protoplasmic surface responsible for polarization by increasing acidity, while outward currents alter it by increasing alkalinity. Possibly this is by esterification or saponification respectively of a fatty film. For comparison, records of delayed polarization in silver-silver chloride electrodes are included.     

EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE RELIEF ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERIPHYTON IN LABORATORY STREAMS,I. HYDROLOGY1

We examined the hypothesis that the heterogeneity of epilithic algal assemblages in streams may be partly a result of hydrologic differences created when water flows over a rough substrate. A 32-day experiment was conducted in laboratory streams that contained either 22.5 × 22.5 × 4 cm or 7.5 × 22.5 × 4 cm tile blocks. Free water velocities in the streams overaged 28 cm·s^?1. Hydrologic parameters and algal assemblages associated with surfaces on top of blocks and with recessed surfaces between blocks were compared to corresponding surfaces in streams with of relief. In streams with blocks, shear velocities averaged 1.7 cm·s^?1 on the top of blocks and 0.8 cm·s^?1 in the recessed areas. Shear velocity at corresponding surfaces in the control (no relief) streams averaged 1.9 cm·s^?1 and exhibited little variation. The hydrologic differences created by the larger blocks significantly affected the distribution of algal biomass, with recessed areas having an average of 2.6 g·m^?2 AFDW more biomass than surfaces on the top of blocks. Differences in shear velocities and biomass accumulation between top and recessed areas for the smaller blocks were less than for large blocks. Successional changes on all substrates were similar with the exception that recessed surfaces had a significantly greater abundance of the filamentous chlorophyte Stigeoclonium tenue (Ag.) Kütz after day 16. The results suggest that in cobble riffle areas of natural streams, the interaction between current flow and substrate relief has the potential to create patches of algae which are different in biomass and taxonomic composition.