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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a key lipid-derived compound which mediates important physiological functions in the nervous system via activation of four EP receptors (EP1-4). Recent studies have shown that altered PGE2 signalling due to abnormal lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress may underlie some pathologies of the nervous system. The prenatal exposure to the drug misoprostol, a prostaglandin type E analogue, has also been linked to a number of neurodevelopmental defects. In the present study, we use ratiometric calcium imaging with fura-2AM as a calcium indicator to determine the effects of PGE2 and misoprostol on calcium homeostasis in growth cones of mouse neuroblastoma (Neuro-2a) cells. Our results show that both drugs increase the amplitude of calcium transients in growth cones of Neuro-2a cells and induce neurite retraction. Moreover, quantitative real-time PCR also revealed that the mRNA expression level of the four EP receptors was significantly higher during the neurogenesis period in mouse indicating the importance of PGE2 signalling in the nervous system.  相似文献   

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The direct immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOD) on TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite and its application as glucose biosensor were investigated. The room-temperature phosphorescence of TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite can be quenched by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The detection of glucose may be accomplished by monitoring the formation of hydrogen peroxide which generated in the oxidation process of glucose with the catalysis of GOD. To our surprise, by using a 96-hole polyporous plate accessory of fluorescence spectrophotometer, the biosensor exhibits excellent linear response to glucose concentrations ranging from 1.0 × 10−9 to 1.0 × 10−2 M with a detection limit of 1.2 × 10−10 M. The TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite can be used as both supporting material and signal transducer. The phosphorescence intensity and color of the biosensor change obviously and even could be observed with naked eyes by continuous addition of glucose. Based on the room-temperature phosphorescence of TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite, a new method of solid substrate-room-temperature phosphorimetry (SS-RTP) for glucose determination is proposed. A glucose biosensor was fabricated with wide determination concentration range, low detection limit, high sensitivity, and fast response time. And the biosensor has been successfully applied to the determination of glucose in human blood serum. The coacervation of GOD enzyme and its interaction with TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite enlarge the surface area and enhance the chemical stability of GOD. The nice biocompatibility, large surface area, good chemical stability and nontoxicity of the TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite have made this material suitable for functioning as biosensor.  相似文献   

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Global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing rapidly. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that atmospheric [CO2] has risen from approximately 280 μmol mol?1 in pre-industrial times to approximately 381 μmol mol?1 at present and will reach 550 μmol mol?1 by 2050. In the absence of strict emission controls, atmospheric [CO2] is likely to reach 730–1020 μmol mol?1 by 2100. Rising atmospheric [CO2] is the primary driver of global warming, but as the principal substrate for photosynthesis it also directly affects the yield and quality of crops. Food quality is receiving much more attentions recently, however, compared with grain yield, our understanding in the response of grain quality to elevated [CO2] is very limited. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world and the first staple food in Asia, providing nutrition to a large proportion of the world’s population. Elevated [CO2] leads to numerous physiological changes in rice crops, such as changes in the photosynthesis and assimilate translocation, nutrient uptake and translocation, water relation, and altered gene expression and enzyme activity. These altered processes are very likely to affect the chemical and physical characteristics of rice grains. In this review, we first describe main characteristics of rice grain quality, and then summarize findings in literature related to the impact of elevated [CO2] on grain quality falling into four categories: processing quality, appearance, cooking and eating quality, and nutritional quality, as well as the possible mechanisms responsible for the observed impacts. Elevated [CO2] caused serious deterioration of processing suitability, in particular, head rice percentage was significantly decreased. In most cases, elevated [CO2] increased chalkiness of rice grains. The evaluation of physicochemical characteristics together with starch Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) properties indicated no change or small changes in cooking and eating quality under elevated [CO2], and these changes could not be detected by sensory taste panel evaluation. Elevated [CO2] significantly decreased nitrogen or protein concentration in rice grains, while in most cases other macro- and micro-nutrients showed no change or decrease in concentration. In addition, the responses of rice quality to elevated [CO2] might be modified by varieties, applied fertilizer rates or gas fumigation methodologies. The available information in the literature indicates a clear tendency of quality deterioration and thus lower commercial value for rice grains grown under a projected high CO2 environment. Understanding the factors causing quality deterioration in rice and the related biological mechanisms might be the utmost important scientific theme in future research. Here we also discuss the necessity of formulating adaptation strategies for rice production in future atmospheric environments, nevertheless, the increase in yield, the improvement in quality and stress resistance of rice should be combined and integrated into the adaptation approaches. Compared with enclosure studies, the field experiments using Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) system provide sufficient experimental space and the most realistic mimic of a future high CO2 atmosphere, and give scientists perhaps the best opportunity to achieve multiple goals.  相似文献   

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As the greenhouse effect increases, the development of systems able to convert with high efficiency CO2 to energetically rich molecules owns a crucial weight in the technological and environmental domain. As catalyst, rhenium complexes, of the type fac-[Re(L)(CO)3Cl] (i.e. L = 2,2′-bipyridyl or 4,4′-bipyridyl), have attracted a large interest demonstrating promising catalytic properties. fac-[Re(v-bpy)(CO)3Cl]-based polymer deposited onto a solid support has been already investigated as heterogeneous catalyst in the reduction of CO2. Here, we deposited by electrochemical polymerization fac-[Re(v-bpy)(CO)3Cl] onto a nanocrystalline TiO2 film on glass and we investigated by cyclic voltammetry the properties of such heterogeneous catalyst in the electrochemical reduction of CO2. We demonstrated that the nanoporous nature of the substrate allows to increase the two-dimensional number of redox sites per surface area and hence to get a significant enhancement of the catalytic yield.  相似文献   

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The reaction of with Co(dmgBF2)2(H2O)2 in 1.0 M HClO4/LiClO4 was found to be first-order in both reactants and the [H+] dependence of the second-order rate constant is given by k2obs = b/[H+], b at 25 °C is 9.23 ± 0.14 × 102 s−1. The [H+] dependence at lower temperatures shows some saturation effect that allowed an estimate of the hydrolysis constant for as Ka = 9.5 × 10−3 M at 10 and 15 °C. Marcus theory and the known self-exchange rate constant for Co(OH2)5OH2+/+ were used to estimate an electron self-exchange rate constant of k22 = 1.7 × 10−4 M−1 s−1 for .  相似文献   

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范峰华  郑荣波  刘爽  郭雪莲 《生态学报》2021,41(16):6525-6532
近年来,二氧化钛纳米颗粒(TiO2NPs)环境释放量不断增加,并通过多种途径进入湿地生态系统,不可避免地影响到湿地生态系统环境和功能。然而,关于TiO2NPs对沼泽土壤反硝化作用和氧化亚氮(N2O)排放的影响机及制尚不明确。选择典型沼泽土壤,通过室内培养实验研究土壤理化性质、反硝化酶活性、反硝化速率(DNR)和N2O排放对不同剂量TiO2NPs 0 mg/kg (CK)、10 mg/kg (A10)、100 mg/kg (A100)、1000 mg/kg (A1000)输入的响应,探讨TiO2NPs输入对沼泽土壤反硝化作用和N2O排放影响的内在机制。结果表明:不同剂量TiO2NPs处理显著降低了土壤pH (P<0.05),A10处理显著降低土壤总有机碳(TOC)含量(P<0.01),A1000处理显著降低硝态氮(NO3--N)和亚硝态氮(NO2--N)含量(P<0.05)。TiO2NPs处理抑制硝酸盐还原酶(NAR)活性,促进一氧化氮还原酶(NOR)和氧化亚氮还原酶(NOS)活性(P<0.01),A1000处理先促进后抑制了亚硝酸盐还原酶(NIR)活性(P<0.05)。不同剂量TiO2NPs处理抑制了土壤DNR,促进了N2O排放,TiO2NPs处理通过抑制NIR活性,降低土壤DNR,同时通过促进NOR活性,提高N2O排放。综上,TiO2NPs输入通过影响反硝化还原酶活性改变沼泽土壤反硝化过程,导致沼泽土壤N2O排放增加,改变湿地氮的源、汇功能,影响全球气候变化。为TiO2NPs输入的湿地环境风险评估研究提供理论基础。  相似文献   

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ZrO2 supported La2O3 catalyst prepared by impregnation method was examined in the transesterification reaction of sunflower oil with methanol to produce biodiesel. It was found that the catalyst with 21 wt% loaded La2O3 and calcined at 600 °C showed the optimum activity. The basic property of the catalyst was studied by CO2-TPD, and the results showed that the fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield was related to their basicity. The catalyst was also characterized by TG–DTA, XRD, FTIR, SEM and TEM, and the mechanism for the formation of basic sites was discussed. It was also found that the crystallite size of support ZrO2 decreased by loading of La2O3, and the model of the solid-state reaction on the surface of La2O3/ZrO2 catalyst was proposed. Besides, the influence of various reaction variables on the conversion was investigated.  相似文献   

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高CO2浓度对杂交水稻光合作用日变化的影响——FACE研究   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
大气二氧化碳(CO_2)浓度增高导致全球变暖,但作为光合作用底物促进绿色作物的光合作用。为了明确高CO_2浓度对杂交水稻结实期光合日变化的影响,2014年利用稻田FACE(Free Air CO_2Enrichment)平台,以生产上曾创高产纪录的两个杂交稻新组合甬优2640和Y两优2号为供试材料,设置环境CO_2和高CO_2浓度(增200μmol/mol)两个水平,测定杂交稻抽穗期和灌浆中期光合作用日变化和成熟期生物量。结果表明,高CO_2浓度环境下两组合抽穗期叶片净光合速率均大幅增加(全天平均52%),但灌浆中期的平均增幅减半,其中Y两优2号这种光合下调表现更为明显。大气CO_2浓度升高使两杂交稻组合抽穗和灌浆中期叶片气孔导度均大幅下降,导致蒸腾速率下降而水分利用效率大幅增加,Y两优2号气孔导度和蒸腾速率对CO_2的响应上午大于下午,而甬优2640表现相反。尽管大气CO_2浓度升高使杂交稻结实期不同时刻胞间CO_2浓度均大幅增加,但对气孔限制值特别是胞间CO_2与空气CO_2浓度之比多无显著影响,两品种趋势一致。大气CO_2浓度升高对甬优2640地上部生物量及其组分的影响明显大于Y两优2号,CO_2与品种间多存在互作效应。以上结果表明,与甬优2640相比,Y两优2号最终生产力从高CO_2浓度环境中获益较少可能与该品种生长后期存在明显的光合适应有关,但这种光合适应似乎不是由气孔限制造成的。  相似文献   

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A new supermolecular assembly crystal, [C6H8N2]6H3[PW12O40]·2H2O (DMB-PWA), was synthesized with phosphotungstic acid (PWA) and 1,2-diaminobenzene (DMB) under hydrothermal conditions and was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FTIR) and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. DMB-PWA could effectively catalyze oxidative degradation of chitosan with H2O2 in the heterogeneous phase. The optimum degradation conditions were determined by orthogonal tests as follows: amount of chitosan 1.00 g, 30% (wt %); H2O2, 3.0 mL; dosage of catalyst, 0.06 g; reaction temperature, 85 °C; and reaction time, 30 min. The water-soluble chitosan with a viscosity-average molecular weight (Mv) of 4900 was obtained under the optimum degradation conditions and was characterized by FTIR, ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflection spectra (UV-vis DRS), and X-ray powder diffraction analysis.  相似文献   

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The organotin complex [Ph3SnS(CH2)3SSnPh3] (1) was synthesized by PdCl2 catalyzed reaction between Ph3SnCl and disodium-1,3-propanedithiolate which in turn was prepared from 1,2-propanedithiol and sodium in refluxing THF. Reaction of 1 with Ru3(CO)12 in refluxing THF affords the mononuclear complex trans-[Ru(CO)4(SnPh3)2] (2) and the dinuclear complex [Ru2(CO)6(μ-κ2-SCH2CH2CH2S)] (3) in 20 and 11% yields, respectively, formed by cleavage of Sn-S bond of the ligand and Ru-Ru bonds of the cluster. Treatment of pymSSnPPh3 (pymS = pyrimidine-2-thiolate) with Ru3(CO)12 at 55-60 °C also gives 2 in 38% yield. Both 1 and 2 have been characterized by a combination of spectroscopic data and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.  相似文献   

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大气CO2浓度和温度互作对水稻生长发育的影响   总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4  
大气二氧化碳(CO_2)浓度和温度的增加是全球气候变化的两个最主要特征。目前空气中的CO_2浓度已从1800年的不到280μmol/mol上升到391μmol/mol,预测本世纪末最高将增至936μmol/mol。伴随CO_2及其它温室气体增强的温室效应,相比1980—1999年,2100年之前全球地表平均气温将增高1.5—4.0℃。水稻是人类最重要的食物来源,为全球半数以上人口提供营养。在介绍CO_2浓度和温度增高试验平台的基础上,系统总结了CO_2浓度和气温这两个重要的环境因子特别是两者的交互互作对水稻影响的实验进展,内容包括光合作用、生育进程、分蘖发生、物质生产、籽粒产量、受精过程、碳氮代谢、稻米品质以及水稻/杂草竞争等方面。结果表明,作为光合作用的底物,大气CO_2浓度增高对水稻生产力的直接影响通常是有益的;相反,气温升高及其与CO_2的互作对水稻各生长过程的影响变异很大(从负到正),反映了处理因子(包括CO_2-温度处理水平和时间)、供试品种及其生长条件之间复杂的交互作用。目前这一方向有限的认识多来自于封闭或半封闭气室的研究,未来研究的重点是利用稻田T-FACE(Temperature-Free Air CO_2Enrichment)技术结合气室试验展开更多更深入的学科交叉研究,研明CO_2浓度与温度的交互作用对水稻关键生长过程的影响,并找出这些互作效应的生物学机制,增强人们对气候假定情景下水稻响应的预测能力,进而更加有效地制订出应对气候变化的适应策略。  相似文献   

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Aim

Many cancers originate and flourish in a prolonged inflammatory environment. Our aim is to understand the mechanisms of how the pathway of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) biosynthesis and signaling can promote cancer growth in inflammatory environment at cellular and animal model levels.

Main methods

In this study, a chronic inflammation pathway was mimicked with a stable cell line that over-expressed a novel human enzyme consisting of cyclooxygenase isoform-2 (COX-2) linked to microsomal (PGE2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1)) for the overproduction of pathogenic PGE2. This PGE2-producing cell line was co-cultured and co-implanted with three human cancer cell lines including prostate, lung, and colon cancers in vitro and in vivo, respectively.

Key findings

Increases in cell doubling rates for the three cancer cell types in the presence of the PGE2-producing cell line were clearly observed. In addition, one of the four human PGE2 subtype receptors, EP1, was used as a model to identify PGE2-signaling involved in promoting the cancer cell growth. This finding was further proven in vivo by co-implanting the PGE2-producing cells line and the EP1-positive cancer cells into the immune deficient mice, after that, it was observed that the PGE2-producing cells promoted all three types of cancer formation in the mice.

Significance

This study clearly demonstrated that the human COX-2 linked to mPGES-1 is a pathway that, when mediated by the EP, is linked to promoting cancer growth in a chronic inflammatory environment. The identified pathway could be used as a novel target for developing and advancing anti-inflammation and anti-cancer interventions.  相似文献   

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为了弄清血红蛋白A2现象的发生机制,我们对“红细胞HbA2”的化学组成进行了分析。“红细胞HbA2”的双向电泳结果表明,它含有两种血红蛋白成分:一种相当于HbA,另一种很可能是溶血液HbA2。其单向二次电泳结果也证明,它是由溶血液HbA2和HbA所组成。结果初步说明,盘红细胞中HbA2可能与HbA结合存在。两者可能有相互作用,也许这是产生血红蛋白A2现象的原因。  相似文献   

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城市森林在吸收、滞留大气污染物,改善城市生态环境方面具有重要意义。以大庆市6种常见绿化树种为研究对象,采用水洗-滤膜法和熏气试验探究不同树种对总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)、大颗粒物(PM>10)、粗颗粒物(PM3—10)和细颗粒物(PM1—3)的滞留规律以及对大气中SO2、NO2的消减效果。研究结果表明:(1)不同树种的滞尘能力差异显著(P<0.05),对TSP的滞留量从大到小依次为:油松(3.82±0.40)g/m2>红瑞木(1.45±0.12)g/m2>紫丁香(1.22±0.17)g/m2>梣叶槭(1.21±0.13)g/m2>大叶杨(0.93±0.17)g/m2>旱柳(0.54±0.14)g/m2;(2)树种间对不同颗粒物的滞留量具有显著差异(P<0.05),供试树种对不同粒径颗粒物滞留的质量占比表现...  相似文献   

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Two isomeric dibenzo-O2S2 macrocycles L1 and L2 have been synthesised and their coordination chemistry towards palladium(II) has been investigated. Two-step approaches via reactions of 1:1-type complexes, [cis-Cl2LPd] (1a: L = L1, 1b: L = L2), with different O2S2 macrocycle systems (L1 and L2) have led to the isolation of the following bis(O2S2 macrocycle) palladium(II) complexes in the solid state: [Pd(L1)2](ClO4)2 (2a) and a mixture of [Pd(L1)2](ClO4)2 (2a) + [Pd(L2)2](ClO4)2 (2b).  相似文献   

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Inhibitory effect of 1α,25dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25D3 = calcitriol) in different cell type is well recognized but its promoting effect on vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) is poor established. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine stimulatory effect of calcitriol on aortal SMCs proliferation in culture. We used the cell division analysis procedure based on the quantitative sequential halving of the stably incorporating fluorescent dye carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE). This technique allowed the visualization of cycles of SMCs division by flow cytometry. Rat aortal SMCs were labeled with CFSE and cultured for up to 10 days with defined concentration of calcitriol in medium. Proliferative activity as the percentage of SMCs in different phases of the cell cycle using propidium iodide was determined. Apoptosis was assessed using Annexin-V/CFDA method. The results suggest that low concentrations of an active form of vitamin D—1α,25dihydroxycholecalciferol applied in supraphysiological concentration of 10 nmol/l is a mitogenic factor for aortal SMCs. None of the applied concentrations of calcitriol caused apoptosis. The findings well support our morphological (LM) and ultrastructural (TEM and SEM) observations.  相似文献   

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Human non-pancreatic secretory phospholipase A2 (hnpsPLA2) is a group IIA phospholipase A2 which plays an important role in the innate immune response. This enzyme was found to exhibit bactericidal activity toward Gram-positive bacteria, but not Gram-negative ones. Though native hnpsPLA2 is active over a broad pH range, it is only highly active at alkaline conditions with the optimum activity pH of about 8.5. In order to make it highly active at neutral pH, we have obtained two hnpsPLA2 mutants, Glu89Lys and Arg100Glu that work better at neutral pH in a previous study. In the present study, we tested the bactericidal effects of the native hnpsPLA2 and the two mutants. Both native hnpsPLA2 and the two mutants exhibit bactericidal activity toward Gram-positive bacteria. Furthermore, they can also kill Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium. The two mutants showed better bactericidal activity for E. coli at neutral pH than the native enzyme, which is consistent with the enzyme activities. As hnpsPLA2 is highly stable and biocompatible, it may provide a promising therapy for bacteria infection treatment or other bactericidal applications.  相似文献   

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Recent updates on Magnetic Nano-Particles (MNPs) based separation of nucleic acids have received more attention due to their easy manipulation, simplicity, ease of automation and cost-effectiveness. It has been indicated that DNA molecules absorb on solid surfaces via hydrogen-bonding, and hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions. These properties highly depend on the surface condition of the solid support. Therefore, surface modification of MNPs may enhance their functionality and specification. In the present study, we functionalized Fe3O4 nano-particle surface utilizing SiO2 and TiO2 layer as Fe3O4/SiO2 and Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2 and then compare their functionality in the adsorption of plasmid DNA molecules with the naked Fe3O4 nano-particles. The result obtained showed that the purity and amount of DNA extracted by Fe3O4 coated by SiO2 or SiO2/TiO2 were higher than the naked Fe3O4 nano-particles. Furthermore, we obtained pH 8 and 1.5 M NaCl as an optimal condition for desorption of DNA from MNPs. The result further showed that, 0.2 mg nano-particle and 10 min at 55 °C are the optimal conditions for DNA desorption from nano-particles. In conclusion, we recommended Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2 as a new MNP for separation of DNA molecules from biological sources.  相似文献   

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Two alternating 1-D metal-radical linear [L:Cu(hfac)2]n and zig-zag [L:Mn(hfac)2]n chains (where L = 4-trimethylsilylethynyl-1-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-3-oxylimidazoline-1-oxide)benzene) and hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate) are described and characterized by X-ray diffraction of their crystals. Bulk magnetic measurements of L:Cu(hfac)2 indicated a ferromagnetic interaction with J = 6 cm−1 and L:Mn(hfac)2 yielded ferrimagnetic interactions with J = −95 cm−1. For the latter, a strong increase of their magnetic moment at lowest temperatures was observed only at very low static magnetic field, while for Hdc > 0.05 T saturation effect led to a downward slope after reaching a maximum.  相似文献   

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该实验以烟草悬浮细胞 BY 2 为材料,在烟草悬浮细胞中分别加入0.05、0.10、0.15、0.20 mmol·L-1AlCl3,以等体积去离子水处理的悬浮细胞液为对照,并依据前述实验结果选择0.15 mmol·L-1 AlCl3,分别添加5 mmol·L-1 DMTU(H2O2 抑制剂)、20 μmol·L-1CaCl2、15 μmol·L-1 LaCl3(Ca2+通道抑制剂)和50 μmol·L-1 ATP设计多项处理,分析胞外ATP(eATP)对铝离子(Al3+)胁迫引起的植物细胞死亡及其胞内H2O2、Ca2+的影响,以揭示Al3+胁迫下植物调节细胞死亡的可能机制,进一步扩展对eATP功能的认知。结果显示:(1)随着 AlCl3 胁迫浓度的提高,细胞死亡水平和胞内H2O2水平上升,而胞内Ca2+和eATP水平则逐渐降低。(2)外援施加H2O2抑制剂 DMTU(二甲基硫脲)和Ca2+能够有效缓解AlCl3诱导的细胞死亡水平的上升;而Ca2+通道抑制剂LaCl3(三氯化镧)则加剧了AlCl3胁迫下的细胞死亡。(3)在AlCl3胁迫下对细胞添加外源ATP,能够缓解AlCl3胁迫下胞内H2O2水平上升和Ca2+水平下降的同时,并显著降低AlCl3胁迫导致的细胞死亡。研究表明, Al3+以剂量依赖的模式提升细胞死亡和细胞内H2O2的水平并降低胞内Ca2+和eATP水平,AlCl3诱导的细胞死亡受到H2O2和Ca2+水平变化的调节,eATP可以通过调节H2O2与Ca2+水平缓解AlCl3诱导的细胞死亡。推测Al3+胁迫可能通过抑制钙离子通道而破坏了细胞内H2O2和Ca2+之间的协同关系,外源ATP对Al3+诱导H2O2上升的缓解作用可能是由于其提升了细胞的抗氧化能力。  相似文献   

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