生物光子辐射的研究进展

生物光子辐射来自生物分子从高能态向低能态的跃迁,它提供了有机体代谢及能量转化的重要信息,生物光子对生命系统内部的变化及外界环境的影响有高度的敏感性,生物光子的探测和分析能够揭示系统内部的细节变化,展示外界环境的微弱影响。本文就近年来生物光子辐射研究的热点与进展作一简要综述。     

髓性白血病细胞HL60自发超微弱生物光子辐射研究

采用光子计数成像采集系统（PIAS）对髓性白血病细胞HL60自发的超微弱生物光子辐射进行了初步研究,获得了HL60细胞的生物光子强度与培养时间及细胞密度的关系。研究表明,HL60细胞的生物光子强度反映了细胞繁殖规律性及新陈代谢状况。为进一步探索肿瘤细胞与抗癌药物作用的生物光子效应,我们把TNF－β（肿瘤坏死因子）对悬浮HL60细胞进行处理,发现比同性质无TNF－β药物的对照组有更强的的超微弱光子辐射。     

鸡胚完整脑的光子发射和光激发光研究

利用自制的单光子记录系统,对离体的浸于DMEM培养液中的鸡胚的完整脑所进行的光子发射测量显示出整脑与培养液相比有光子发射.完整脑的光子发射强度与胚龄,鸡胚的健康状况和离体后脑组织的新鲜程度有关.在对完整脑的光激发光测量中观察到一种短寿命的延迟发光,它的衰减过程不服从指数衰减规律而表现出双曲线衰减行为.从生物光子发射归因于生物体内的非定位的相干性电磁场及Frohlish的生命系统中存在着长距离的相干性的理论,讨论了利用生物光子发射研究细胞间通讯、生物的调节及生物与环境关系的意义,以及所检测的光子发射与生物系统自身的相干性电磁场的关系,并提出应从环境对生物系统自身场的影响来理解所测的生物光子发射.     

生物光子发射的半经典理论

生物光子发射（ＰＥ）方法是揭示生命活动的一种非损伤方法。由于机理不清,仅获有限的认同。根据Ｄｉｃｋｅ近似,顾樵曾经提出ＰＥ的全量子理论。然而,Ｄｉｃｋｅ近似不适合生物系统。本文在不引入Ｄｉｃｋｅ近似的前提下,利用量子化学和半径典辐射理论研究了ＰＥ的全同粒子模型。结果表明,全同粒子会成相干态,其中超辐射态的光子发射几率是粒子数的平方和三次方的线性函数。本文结论成功地解了细胞分裂和细胞癌变等生命活动的ＰＥ现象和外界因素对ＰＥ现象的影响。     

生物光子学（生命科学交叉研究丛书）

生物光子辐射是一个普遍的生命现象，存在于各种动物、植物、藻类及微生物系统之中。生物光子学是一门新兴的交叉学科，涉及分子生物学、生物化学、量子光学、统计物理学及光电探测理论等。本书系统阐述了生物光子辐射的相干性理论、量子理论、半经典理论及生物光子统计理论，并全面介绍了生物光子检测技术在食品安全与质量检验、水质分析与环境监测、医疗科技、药物性能及效力的研究和农业科学等领域的应用。本书可作为相关专业的教师、研究生等的数学参考用书，也可作为相关技术人员的参考材料。     

生物光子学应用

生物光子学是光学技术与生命科学的交叉学科,可以在分子水平上研究细胞的功能和结构,包括生物系统的光子辐射以及这些光子携带的信息,用光子及其技术对生物系统进行检测、加工和改造等。激光扫描共焦显微术、双光子荧光显微术、近场光学扫描显微术和光镊等显微技术在生命科学研究中的应用非常重要。     

生物光子场的光谱分布特性研究

改装设计了分光谱段测试生物光子场辐射强度的装置;用此装置实验证明生物系统的超微弱光子辐射（ＵＰＥ）存在于从紫外－可见到红外的宽光谱范围内,而且其ｆ（λ）≌常数。此结果对于证实生物光子场的相干特性具有一定意义。     

国际生物光子及生物光子学会议将于2003年10月在北京召开

00 3年 10月 12～ 16日将在北京召开国际生物光子及生物光子学会议 (ＩＣＢＢ) ,议题包括 :生物光子的物理、化学和生物学性质 ;生物光子在医学、农业和环境中的应用 ;生物系统中光子传播、散射、反射的物理学 ;生物大分子荧光标记的新方法 ;肿瘤非损伤诊断、定位和治疗的光学新进展 ;光成像和内窥镜 ;亚细胞水平的光学成像 ;功能分子成像和分子化学成像 ;测量及可视化的新光学技术等等。感兴趣者 ,可与中国生物物理学会魏舜仪女士联系。Ｅ＿ｍａｉｌ:<ｓｂ @ｓｕｎ5 .ｉｂｐ .ａｃ .ｃｎ >.国际生物光子及生物光子学会议将于2003年10月在北…     

宁夏沙湖水生生态系统健康评估

以宁夏沙湖为例,选取pH值、悬浮物、溶解氧、化学耗氧量、生物耗氧量、总磷及铵氮等7项指标进行实测,并计算沙湖水体的综合污染指数,确定了水生环境的外部压力状态。计算并测量了沙湖水生生态系统在宏观尺度上的自由能、结构自由能,群落尺度上的浮游生物生物量、生产量及二者的比例关系,以判定其内部特征的变化情况。综合外部压力状态和内部特征指标体系的计算,结果表明,沙湖水生生态系统活力下降,生物周转速度慢,系统利用外界资源能力下降,种群增长受人为干扰,物种多样性下降,湖泊富营养化严重,并有进一步恶化趋势,目前处于不(或亚)健康状态。     

生物钟作用机制及其对动物年节律产生的影响

生物钟几乎存在于所有生命体,是生物适应外界环境的每日周期性变化而产生的内部活动。生物钟在体内受转录-翻译-负反馈环路调控,能调节组织、器官的活动,其正常维持对生物的健康、生长、繁殖等具有重要意义。与之相对,由于环境的四季变化,生物也形成了体内的年周期生理变化,如季节性发情、昆虫滞育等。生物的年节律在外部主要受光周期为主的环境因素影响,在体内则与基因表达、激素含量和细胞组织形态的变化有关。褪黑素是识别外部光周期变化的重要信号,而生物钟在垂体解析褪黑素信号并调控下游信号变化中扮演着重要角色,对环境年度变化的识别和机体年节律的产生具有重要指导作用。本文通过介绍昆虫和哺乳动物的昼夜节律和年节律产生的机制,并结合鸟类的年节律,综述了生物钟对年节律产生影响的作用机制研究进展,以期为今后研究年节律的影响机制提供更广泛的思路。     

Biophoton Emission Induced by Heat Shock

Ultraweak biophoton emission originates from the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are produced in mitochondria as by-products of cellular respiration. In healthy cells, the concentration of ROS is minimized by a system of biological antioxidants. However, heat shock changes the equilibrium between oxidative stress and antioxidant activity, that is, a rapid rise in temperature induces biophoton emission from ROS. Although the rate and intensity of biophoton emission was observed to increase in response to elevated temperatures, pretreatment at lower high temperatures inhibited photon emission at higher temperatures. Biophoton measurements are useful for observing and evaluating heat shock.     

Proteins involved in biophoton emission and flooding-stress responses in soybean under light and dark conditions

To know the molecular systems basically flooding conditions in soybean, biophoton emission measurements and proteomic analyses were carried out for flooding-stressed roots under light and dark conditions. Photon emission was analyzed using a photon counter. Gel-free quantitative proteomics were performed to identify significant changes proteins using the nano LC–MS along with SIEVE software. Biophoton emissions were significantly increased in both light and dark conditions after flooding stress, but gradually decreased with continued flooding exposure compared to the control plants. Among the 120 significantly identified proteins in the roots of soybean plants, 73 and 19 proteins were decreased and increased in the light condition, respectively, and 4 and 24 proteins were increased and decreased, respectively, in the dark condition. The proteins were mainly functionally grouped into cell organization, protein degradation/synthesis, and glycolysis. The highly abundant lactate/malate dehydrogenase proteins were decreased in flooding-stressed roots exposed to light, whereas the lysine ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase bifunctional enzyme was increased in both light and dark conditions. Notably, however, specific enzyme assays revealed that the activities of these enzymes and biophoton emission were sharply increased after 3 days of flooding stress. This finding suggests that the source of biophoton emission in roots might involve the chemical excitation of electron or proton through enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation and reduction reactions. Moreover, the lysine ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase bifunctional enzyme may play important roles in responses in flooding stress of soybean under the light condition and as a contributing factor to biophoton emission.     

Characterization of ascorbate peroxidase in soybean under flooding and drought stresses

Flooding and drought are the two different forms of water stress that adversely affect the growth and development of soybean plant in particular at early stage. Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) is a known antioxidant enzyme that plays key role in abiotic stresses. To investigate the changes in APX in soybean under drought and flooding stresses, western blotting, enzyme activity assay and biophoton emission techniques were used. Flooding stress was imposed by adding excess amount of water in the sand and drought by withholding water supply. Under flooding stress, a decrease in APX was detected with time. Completely opposite trend was evident in hypocotyl and root of plants exposed to drought. Western blotting and APX activity results are complementary to each other. Biophoton emissions further confirmed the increasing and decreasing trend of APX under drought and flooding stress, respectively.     

Biophoton imaging: a nondestructive method for assaying R gene responses

Plant disease resistance (R) proteins of the nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat class are responsible for pathogen recognition and activation of defense signaling networks leading to the hypersensitive response (HR). Genetically, R-protein signaling appears to be integrated through a limited set of common downstream components. However, the timing of development of visible HR is unique to individual R proteins. By utilizing the phenomena of ultraweak photon emission from leaves undergoing an incompatible interacttion, a powerful nondestructive and facile assay is described to compare timing of defense responses elicited by different R proteins. We demonstrate that ultraweak photon emission, or "biophoton generation," is demonstrated to be associated with hypersensitive cell death. Biophoton emission requires an intact R signaling network and increases in cytosolic calcium and nitric oxide, but elevated reactive oxygen species are not necessary. Importantly, the assay is robust and applicable to a range of incompatible interactions in various plant species. The ability to assay R responses nondestructively in real time and a chosen genetic background makes this technique amenable to subtle genetic dissection of plant defense responses.     

Ultraweak photon emission and proteomics analyses in soybean under abiotic stress

Biophotons are ultraweak photon emissions that are closely related to various biological activities and processes. In mammals, biophoton emissions originate from oxidative bursts in immunocytes during immunological responses. Biophotons emitted from plant organs provide novel information about the physiological state of plant under in vivo condition. In this review, the principles and recent advances in the measurement of biophoton emissions in plants are described. Furthermore, examples of biophoton emission and proteomics in soybean under abiotic stress are reviewed and discussed. Finally, this review suggests that the application of proteomics should provide a better interpretation of plant response to biophoton emission and allow the identification of genes that will allow the screening of crops able to produce maximal yields, even in stressful environments.     

Effect of exogenous hydrogen peroxide on biophoton emission from radish root cells

Biophotons spontaneously emitted from radish root cells were detected using highly sensitive photomultiplier tube. Freshly isolated radish root cells exhibited spontaneous photon emission of about 4 counts s^?1. Addition of hydrogen peroxide to the cells caused significant enhancement in biophoton emission to about 500 counts s^?1. Removal of molecular oxygen using glucose/glucose oxidase system and scavengering of reactive oxygen species by reducing agents such are sodium ascorbate and cysteine completely diminished biophoton emission. Spectral analysis of the hydrogen peroxide-induced biophoton emission indicates that biophotons are emitted mainly in green–red region of the spectra. The data provided by electron paramagnetic resonance spin-trapping technique showed that formation of singlet oxygen observed after addition of H₂O₂ correlates with enhancement in biophoton emission. These observations provide direct evidence that singlet oxygen is involved in biophoton emission from radish root cells.     

Effect of Microwave and He-Ne Laser on Enzyme Activity and Biophoton Emission of Isatis indigotica Fort

The seed embryos of Isatis indigotica Fort were exposed to He-Ne laser (5.23 mW/mm2, radiated for 5 min) and microwave (1.26 mW/mm2, radiated for 8 s) irradiation to determine the effects of microwave and He-Ne laser pretreatment on enzyme activities, and biophoton emission of cotyledon. Then: (i) changes in the activities of enzymes in I. indigotica cotyledon (such as amylase, transaminase, and proteinase) were measured to investigate the effects of He-Ne laser and microwave pretreatment; and (ii) biophoton emission was measured to determine the speed of cell division and metabolism. Results from these experiments indicated that: (i) the activities of amylase, transaminase, and proteinase of the cotyledon pretreated by HeNe laser and microwave were significantly increased; and (ii) the intensity of biophoton emission was enhanced significantly by He-Ne laser and microwave irradiation. These changes suggest that He-Ne laser and microwave pretreatment can improve the inner energy of seeds, lead to an enhancement of cotyledon enzymes, and speed up the metabolism of the cell, resulting in significantly increased biophoton emission.Moreover, the mechanism of action of the effects of laser and microwave radiation on the microcalorimetric parameters, enzyme activities, and biophoton emission of seeds is discussed on the basis of the results obtained.     

Properties of biophotons and their theoretical implications

The word "biophotons" is used to denote a permanent spontaneous photon emission from all living systems. It displays a few up to some hundred photons/(s x cm2) within the spectral range from at least 260 to 800 nm. It is closely linked to delayed luminescence (DL) of biological tissues which describes the long term and ultra weak reemission of photons after exposure to light illumination. During relaxation DL turns continuously into the steady state biophoton emission, where both, DL and biophoton emission exhibit mode coupling over the entire spectrum and a Poissonian photo count distribution. DL is representing excited states of the biophoton field. The physical properties indicate that biophotons originate from fully coherent and sometimes even squeezed states. The physical analysis provides thermodynamic and quantum optical interpretation, in order to understand the biological impacts of biophotons. Biological phenomena like intracellular and intercellular communication, cell growth and differentiation, interactions among biological systems (like "Gestaltbildung" or swarming), and microbial infections can be understood in terms of biophotons. "Biophotonics", the corresponding field of applications, provide a new powerful tool for assessing the quality of food (like freshness and shelf life), microbial infections, environmental influences and for substantiating medical diagnosis and therapy.