变性高效液相色谱检测沙门氏菌、空肠弯曲菌和肠出血性大肠杆菌

应用多重PCR 反应(multiplex PCR,mPCR)结合变性高效液相色谱(denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography,DHPLC)技术建立食品中沙门氏菌、空肠弯曲菌和肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7的快速检测方法.以编码沙门氏菌的fimY基因、编码空肠弯曲菌的gyrA基因和编码肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7的rfbE基因为靶基因,选择3对引物,建立并优化了快速鉴别沙门氏菌、空肠弯曲菌和肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7的多重PCR体系,扩增产物分别为284、159和499 bp,并验证了该多重PCR具有特异性.沙门氏菌、空肠弯曲菌和肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7标准菌株稀释成不同梯度,做灵敏度检测.试验结果表明该方法有很好的特异性,且灵敏度高,检测限可达到:沙门氏菌1.5 CFU/ml、空肠弯曲菌15 CFU/ml、肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7 15 CFU/ml.在随机采集的226份冷冻鸡肉类样品中,检出了7份样品为沙门氏菌阳性、10份为空肠弯曲菌阳性、1份为肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7阳性.研究建立的多重PCR-DHPLC方法可特异、灵敏地实现对沙门氏菌、空肠弯曲菌和肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7的快速检测.     

实时荧光定量PCR技术鉴别非O157∶H7大肠杆菌产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)的研究

本文运用实时荧光定量PCR的技术对菌株进行stx1基因、stx2基因、eaeA毒力基因检测;并对stx阳性、eaeA阳性的菌株进行O抗原基因rfbE(O157)、wzx(O26)、wbdI(O111)、ihp1(O145)、wzx(O103)检测。探究了实验室保存的94株非O157:H7大肠杆菌是否存在产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)存在;结果表明94株大肠杆菌中检出3株含有stx基因、12株含有eaeA基因;对stx和eaeA阳性菌株O抗原基因试验,检出2株含有wzx(O26)基;这2株大肠杆菌血清凝集试验结果为阳性。研究结果显示,实时荧光定量PCR技术具有特异性强,灵敏度高等特点,可用于产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)前期筛查。     

多种食源性致病菌检测的多重PCR 方法的研究

目的:利用多重PCR技术,建立可以同时检测多种食源性致病菌的多重PCR方法。方法:分别选择沙门氏菌invA基因,志贺氏菌的ipaH基因,单核细胞增生李斯特氏菌的hlyA基因,大肠杆菌O157:H7的eaeA基因,副溶血弧菌的toxR基因,设计多重PCR引物,建立多重PCR检测体系,并对该体系进行特异性和灵敏度实验。结果:通过对19株菌株进行实验,所有的目标菌株均为阳性,而其余菌株为阴性。对多重PCR体系的灵敏度进行考察,沙门菌的灵敏度为5000 CFU/mL;志贺氏菌的灵敏度为5500CFU/mL;单核细胞增生李斯特氏菌的灵敏度为5200 CFU/mL;O157:H7的灵敏度为5000CFU/mL;副溶血弧菌的灵敏度为6300CFU/mL。结论:建立的多重PCR体系能实现多种致病菌同时检测。     

肉类中大肠杆菌O157:H7多重PCR检测方法的建立

以编码大肠杆菌 O157 抗原的 rfbE 基因、编码 H7 抗原的 fliC 基因以及编码毒力因子的eaeA 基因为靶基因,选择3对引物,建立并优化了检测大肠杆菌 O157:H7 的多重 PCR 体系,扩增产物分别为291 bp、625 bp,368 bp,采用30株细菌验证了该多重 PCR 具有特异性.PCR 检测的灵敏度在 DNA 水平上达到91.35 Pg;在存在干扰菌鼠伤寒沙门氏(Salmonella typhimurium)的情况下,当起始污染量为1.4 CFU/mL时,37℃培养6 h即可检出.在30份肉类样品中,有3份检出了大肠杆菌 O157:H7.本研究建立的多重 PCR 方法可特异、灵敏地实现对大肠杆菌 O157:H7 的检测.     

肉类中大肠杆菌O157:H7多重PCR检测方法的建立

以编码大肠杆菌O157抗原的rfbE基因、 编码H7抗原的fliC基因以及编码毒力因子的eaeA基因为靶基因, 选择3对引物, 建立并优化了检测大肠杆菌O157:H7的多重PCR体系, 扩增产物分别为291 bp、625 bp、368 bp, 采用30株细菌验证了该多重PCR具有特异性。PCR检测的灵敏度在DNA水平上达到91.35 pg; 在存在干扰菌鼠伤寒沙门氏菌(Salmonella?typhimurium)的情况下, 当起始污染量为1.4 CFU/mL时, 37 ℃培养6 h 即可检出。在30份肉类样品中, 有3份检出了大肠杆菌O157:H7。本研究建立的多重PCR方法可特异、灵敏地实现对大肠杆菌O157:H7的检测。     

基因芯片技术检测3种食源性致病微生物方法的建立

建立一种运用多重PCR和基因芯片技术检测和鉴定志贺氏菌、沙门氏菌、大肠杆菌O157的方法, 为3种食源性致病菌的快速检测和鉴定提供了准确、快速、灵敏的方法。分别选取编码志贺氏菌侵袭性质粒抗原H基因(ipaH)、沙门氏菌肠毒素(stn)基因和致泻性大肠杆菌O157志贺样毒素(slt)基因设计引物和探针, 进行三重PCR扩增, 产物与含特异性探针的芯片杂交。对7种细菌共26株菌进行芯片检测, 仅3种菌得到阳性扩增结果, 证明此方法具有很高的特异性。3种致病菌基因组DNA和细菌纯培养物的检测灵敏度约为8 pg。对模拟食品样品进行直接检测, 结果与常规细菌学培养结果一致, 检测限为50 CFU/mL。结果表明：所建立的基因芯片检测方法特异性好, 灵敏度高, 为食源性致病菌的检测提供了理想手段, 有良好的应用前景。     

畜禽肉沙门氏菌和大肠杆菌O157多重PCR检测研究

沙门氏菌和大肠杆菌O157都是目前世界公认引起食源性疾病的重要致病菌.本研究针对致病茵传统检测方法耗时长、过程繁琐的缺点,建立了同时检测畜禽肉及其制品中沙门氏菌和大肠杆菌O157的多重PCR分子检测方法.结果表明:分别针对沙门氏茵侵袭基因invA、大肠杆菌O157抗原基因rfbE建立的多重PCR方法可简便、快速、灵敏地实现对沙门氏菌和大肠杆菌O157的同时检测,整个过程在9h～10h内完成,人工污染猪肉检测限分别达到2.4×102cfu/mL(沙门氏菌)和2.2×102 cfu/mL(大肠杆菌O157);为食源性致病菌的检测提供了理想手段,有良好的应用前景.     

饮用水中5种致病菌多重PCR技术检测研究

沙门氏菌(Salmonella sp．)、志贺氏菌(Shigella sp．)、绿脓杆菌(Pseudonmnas aeruginosa)、肠出血型大肠杆菌O157(Eterohaemorrhagic O157)和副溶血弧菌(Vibrio rahaemolyticus)是5种饮用水中不得检出食源性致病菌,根据它们的毒素基因、高度保守基因及特异性基因,设计合成5对寡核苷酸引物,应用PCR技术对10个属的30株细菌进行引物特异性检测。通过对多重PCR反应体系、条件进行优化,显提高了检测灵敏度。初步应用于水样分析中,极大的缩短了检测时间、降低了成本。实验结果表明：5对寡核苷酸引物都具较高的特异性和专一性,多重PCR检测灵敏度达到10^1～10^2cfu,检测需5～6h,在水样检测的初步应用中得到了均一、稳定、清晰的结果,可推广应用于环境监测、水源检测、食品卫生监督、商品检验检疫等领域。     

多重实时PCR检测产毒素性霍乱弧菌和副溶血弧菌

设计引物和探针,优化多重实时PCR条件,以同时检测霍乱弧菌霍乱毒素基因ctxA、副溶血弧菌种特异性基因gyrB和耐热肠毒素基因tdh。该多重实时PCR方法检测产毒素性的O1群(3株)和O139群(44株)霍乱弧菌菌株、不产毒素的O1群(12株)和O139群(6株)及非O1非O139群(7株)霍乱弧菌菌株的ctxA,阳性和阴性结果与普通PCR检测结果100%符合;检测副溶血弧菌种特异性gyrB,116株副溶血弧菌均阳性,而9株其它细菌和72株霍乱弧菌均阴性;检测tdh的阳性和阴性结果也与普通PCR结果完全一致。另外还建立了检测副溶血弧菌菌株trh1和trh2的单重实时PCR方法。     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Land,livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender,caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

Over the past 10 years, Ghusel VDC, Lalitpur District has moved from primarily subsistence agriculture into the wider cash economy aided by the Small Farmers' Development Program (SFDP), which provides credit to farmers mainly for the purchase of buffalo for milk production, and by the National Dairy Corporation, which supports local dairy cooperatives. Analysis reveals that buffalo-keeping and milk sales are increasing the well-being of many households, while at the same time creating new inequalities in gender roles and responsibilities, greater inequities between Brahmin and Tamang residents in Ghusel, and placing pressures on the ecosystem for increased supplies of fodder and fuelwood. Evidence suggests that there is critical, need for attention to the social, and particularly gender-based, implications of maintaining livestock for milk sales and to the ecological underpinnings of this livelihood system.     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Chiral Separation of G‐type Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents via Analytical Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs) are extremely toxic organophosphorus compounds that contain a chiral phosphorus center. Undirected synthesis of G‐type CWNAs produces stereoisomers of tabun, sarin, soman, and cyclosarin (GA, GB, GD, and GF, respectively). Analytical‐scale methods were developed using a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system in tandem with a mass spectrometer for the separation, quantitation, and isolation of individual stereoisomers of GA, GB, GD, and GF. Screening various chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for the capacity to provide full baseline separation of the CWNAs revealed that a Regis WhelkO1 (SS) column was capable of separating the enantiomers of GA, GB, and GF, with elution of the P(+) enantiomer preceding elution of the corresponding P(–) enantiomer; two WhelkO1 (SS) columns had to be connected in series to achieve complete baseline resolution. The four diastereomers of GD were also resolved using two tandem WhelkO1 (SS) columns, with complete baseline separation of the two P(+) epimers. A single WhelkO1 (RR) column with inverse stereochemistry resulted in baseline separation of the GD P(–) epimers. The analytical methods described can be scaled to allow isolation of individual stereoisomers to assist in screening and development of countermeasures to organophosphorus nerve agents. Chirality 26:817–824, 2014. © 2014 The Authors. Chirality published by John Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

Gamma-glutamylcysteine protects ergothioneine-deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants against oxidative and nitrosative stress

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), cannot synthesize GSH, but synthesizes two major low molecular weight thiols namely mycothiol (MSH) and ergothioneine (ERG). Gamma-glutamylcysteine (GGC), an intermediate in GSH synthesis, has been implicated in the protection of lactic acid bacteria from oxidative stress in the absence of GSH. In mycobacteria, GGC is an intermediate in ERG biosynthesis, and its formation is catalysed by EgtA (GshA). GGC is subsequently used by EgtB in the formation of hercynine-sulphoxide-GGC. In this study, M.tb. mutants harbouring unmarked, in-frame deletions in each of the fives genes involved in ERG biosynthesis (egtA, egtB, egtC, egtD and egtE) or a marked deletion of the mshA gene (required for MSH biosynthesis) were generated. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analyses (LC-MS) revealed that the production of GGC was elevated in the MSH-deficient and the ERG-deficient mutants. The ERG-deficient ΔegtB mutant which accumulated GGC was more resistant to oxidative and nitrosative stress than the ERG-deficient, GGC-deficient ΔegtA mutant. This implicates GGC in the detoxification of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in M.tb.     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

八种脑-肠肽侧脑室内注射对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响

用乌拉坦麻醉大鼠作急性实验,采用连续灌流胃并收集流出液的方法,观察向侧脑室内注射微量脑-肠肽对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响。实验结果如下:(1)雨蛙肽、八肽胆囊收缩素、促甲状腺素释放激素及四肽胃泌素均使总酸排出量增加;(2)生长抑素、胰多肽、P 物质、胰高血糖素则使总酸排出量减少;(3)上述肽类用侧脑室注射的剂量作肌肉注射,除四肽胃泌素也产生明显的刺激胃酸分泌作用外,对胃酸分泌均无明显影响。以上结果提示,脑内的一些肽类可能以神经递质或调制物的方式,参与中枢对胃酸分泌的调节。     

A chromium-tolerant plant growing in Cr-contaminated land

In this paper, a kind of Typhaceae plant species, Typha angustifolia L, with a high tolerance to Cr is described. Experiments were carried out to examine its ability to tolerant Cr and its physiological response. The results showed that there was no difference in growth, plant height, and biomass response to external Cr (VI) between the plants exposed to 100 microM Cr (VI) and control (0 microM), while increasing Cr levels to 200-800 microM induced a significant decrease in plant height and biomass, but no significant injury was detected, even for the plants exposed to 800 microM Cr. Chromium induced significant increases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) activities. Meanwhile, a significantly positive correlation was found between Cr and Mn or Cu in leaves and roots, respectively. The Cr tolerance of the plant appeared to be associated with the enhancement of SOD and POD activities and the improvement in uptake and translocation of the essential microelements.