Effect of the state of graphite surfaces on the activity of immobilized glucose oxidase

The work deals with immobilization of glucose oxidase on modified graphite. The effect of the carrier surface composition on the major properties of the immobilized enzyme was examined. The level of activity of the immobilized enzyme is shown to depend on the quantity of Ti and Zr oxides applied on the graphite surface. The high activity of the enzyme immobilized on graphite will enable it to be used for construction of enzyme electrodes.     

Effect of the composition of the medium and magnesium and calcium ions on the germination of spores of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris]

The germination of the spores of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris formed on a complex medium is stimulated by suspending them in solutions containing Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions. The stimulation is not the result of the initiation of the spores in the presence of the ions since the experiments were carried out at a temperature of 20 degrees C at which the initiation did not virtually take place. The ions of Na+ and K+ have almost no effect on the germination of the spores. The fraction of the resting spores of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris depends on the composition of the growth medium, especially on its amino acid composition. The addition of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions to a minimal synthetic growth medium stimulates the growth of the cultures and decreases the dormancy of the spores. The spores formed on the synthetic medium are less thermostable than the spores formed on the complex medium. Thermostability of the spores increases upon the addition of Mg2+ to the synthetic medium. Spore suspensions obtained on the synthetic medium with Mg2+ or Ca2+ are initiated more completely than spore suspensions obtained on the complex medium.     

Synapsoarchitechtonics of the parietal and acoustic regions of the cerebral cortex of cats]

The synapse architecture of the simcipital and auditory cortex of the cat (fields 7 and 22 after M. O. Gurevich and oth., 1929) was studied electron microscopically. In the both areas of the cortex there are much more axo-dendritic synapses that axo-somatic ones. In the upper layers the synapses are more often formed on small dendrites and thorns, while in layers IV-VI they often occur on the main trunks of large dendrites. The synapses on small branches and thorns of dendrites contain spherical vesicles, and the synapses on on large dendrites are formed by the terminals of two kinds-with flattened and spherical vesicles. The amount of axo-somatic synapses increases towards the lower layers of the cerebral cortes. The synapses on the soma and apical dendrites of the pyramid neurons always contain flattened vesicles; on the stellate neurons there occur perisynaptic terminals with sperical vesicles as well.     

The spreading of monolayers of myosin

The spreading of the muscle proteins myosin and actomyosin depends both on the salt solution in which the proteins are dissolved and on the solution on which they are spread. The spreading is more complete the lower the concentration of the salt solution in which the proteins are dissolved and the higher the salt concentration of the solutions on which the proteins are spread. This effect seems to be due partially to the difference in density allowing the spread droplets a longer life on the surface, and partially to the effect of salt on the charge of the protein. A change in the pH of the substrate has a smaller effect than a change in the salt concentration. Heavy metals like Cu⁺⁺ or Zn⁺⁺, inhibit spreading almost completely. The dependence of spreading on these salts and on time was investigated in detail.The effect of the different salts was also compared with the effect of different phosphate compounds. It was noted that the above substances, including the different salts, phosphate compounds, and heavy metals, affect the mechanism of spreading but not films already spread. The viscosity of these fibrillar proteins was compared with other proteins in the monomolecular film state and in myosin an unusually high viscosity was found.     

Biological effect of lipid fractions of Actinomycetes

Biological activity of lipid fractions of actinomycetes was examined on microorganisms and laboratory animals. The anabolic effect of the acetone fraction of Actinomyces aurigineus 2377 (on Wistar female rats), anabolic effect of sterols of Actinomyces griseus 15 (on chicks), and the high growth stimulating effect (up to 40-60%) of sterols of Actinomyces canosus 89 (on rats) were noted. The estrogenic effect of sterols of Act. griseus 15, Act. griseus 20 and Act. albodenitrificans 13a on the sex system was shown. The antimicrobial properties of lipid fractions differed in their selectivity with respect to the test organisms and depended also on the actinomycete species and cultivation conditions.     

Immobilization of immunoglobulins on silica surfaces. Kinetics of immobilization and influence of ionic strength.

The kinetics of, and the influence of ionic strength on, the immobilization of rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) on different types of well-characterized silica surfaces were investigated. Adsorptive immobilization was compared with covalent attachment via thiol-disulphide exchange reactions. The amount of immobilized IgG on five different types of silica surfaces as a function of IgG concentration, at two different ionic strengths, was determined. The IgG-solid-surface interaction involved different types of interaction forces, depending on the surface chemistry of the solid surface. The solid-surface chemistry is an important parameter determining the immobilized amount of IgG. When conditions for covalent attachment of IgG to the surfaces were fulfilled, the IgG showed high affinity and the immobilized amount of IgG showed a fast saturation. Changes in ionic strength showed no significant influence on the kinetics of immobilization on these surfaces. The amount of covalently attached IgG was partially ionic-strength-dependent, indicating that adsorptive interactions were involved. The results are of fundamental interest for the development of new immunosensors based on surface-concentration-measuring devices.     

界面上配基种类对BSA吸附行为的影响

利用双偏振极化干涉测量仪(DPI)研究了界面上配基种类对BSA吸附行为的影响。采用3-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTES)、3-(甲氨基)丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MAPTMS)和N,N-二乙基-3-氨基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(DAPTMS)对DPI芯片进行了修饰,利用X射线光电子能谱比较了芯片上不同配基的密度,采用原子力显微镜(AFM)和DPI对界面上BSA吸附行为进行了研究。结果表明APTES修饰界面上BSA呈饼状,高配基密度易导致BSA多位点吸附。相同偶联密度条件下BSA在DAPTMS修饰芯片的吸附量高于MAPTMS修饰芯片,但吸附层厚度一致,表明DAPTMS表面上BSA存在聚集现象;AFM扫描结果与DPI分析结果一致,证明了配基密度和种类不仅影响界面上蛋白质吸附量,而且影响蛋白质吸附密度和表面聚集行为。     

8种致病真菌在5种材料上的存活时间研究

目的了解实验所用常见致病真菌能否在常用医用原材料上生存及生存时间。方法选择8种常见致病真菌,活化后将它们分别接种在5种常用的医用原材料上,接种后及以后的每24h将接种有真菌的医用材料放入巯基乙酸盐液体培养基中并观察能否生存,记录存活时间。结果红色毛癣菌和须癣毛癣菌在棉布、纸板、铁皮、玻璃表面存活25～28d,在地板胶表面存活14～15d;新生隐球菌在棉布、纸板、铁皮表面存活24～27d,在玻璃和地板胶表面存活14～18d;茄病镰刀菌在上述5种材料上存活22～27d;石膏样小孢子菌在棉布、纸板、铁皮和玻璃表面存活20～27d,在地板胶表面存活8d;申克孢子丝菌在棉布、纸板、玻璃和地板胶表面存活17～24d,在铁皮表面存活10d;白念珠菌在棉布、纸板、铁皮和地板胶表面存活15～20d,在玻璃表面存活4d;犬小孢子菌在棉布、纸板、铁皮、玻璃和地板胶上存活时间分别为10d、9d、3d、2d和1d。结论实验所用各种真菌在医用原材料上都能存活,其时间长短不仅与菌种有关,还与所存在的材料有关。真菌在吸水性强、表面粗糙的材料(棉布、纸板)上的平均存活时间长于在吸水性差、表面光滑的材料(玻璃、铁皮和地板胶)。     

不同培养方法对甘薯无菌苗生长的影响

试验结果表明,在甘薯组织培养中液体培养不降低无菌苗生长势,对无菌苗生长有一定促进作用,适合于甘薯无菌苗的快速繁殖。液体培养20d比相同条件下固体培养的无菌苗植株高度高出63．16％,经方差分析,差异显著,具有统计学意义;液体培养60d比相同条件下固体培养的无菌苗植株高度,单株叶片数,单叶面积分别高出59．43％,106．70％,49．82％,经方差分析,前两者差异显著,具有统计学意义。     

桑木层孔菌液体培养过程中几种胞外酶活性的变化

研究了桑木层孔菌Phellinus mori液体培养过程中发酵液中淀粉酶、果胶酶、羧甲基纤维素酶（CMC酶）和漆酶等4种胞外酶的活性变化,同时测定了蛋白质、还原糖和pH的变化。结果表明,桑木层孔菌拥有丰富的胞外酶系,淀粉酶酶活第7天时达到最大值,果胶酶在第9天和第12天的酶活都较高,羧甲基纤维素酶第10天时酶活最高,漆酶酶活第9天时达到最大值,说明桑木层孔菌对淀粉类物质利用最早。蛋白质浓度在第8天和第11天时出现两个峰值,还原糖浓度随培养时间逐渐降低,发酵液pH值在培养初期逐渐变小,后期逐渐变大。     

Molecular-genetic basis of regulation of the synthesis of individual types of hemoglobin

The data on the control of ontogenetic hemoglobin type synthesis were analyzed in normal and pathological human and animal organisms. The assumption is made that such control depends on the level of erythroid cell differentiation and erythropoetic factors activity. The latters act as a trigger in switching of qualitative hemoglobin production.     

甘薯、胡萝卜发根单寄主培养体系繁殖马铃薯腐烂线虫的研究

利用发根农杆菌A4转化甘薯品种徐薯18和胡萝卜品种天红2号的发根,建立甘薯茎线虫病病原线虫(马铃薯腐烂线虫)的单寄主培养体系。通过该体系对马铃薯腐烂线虫的行为进行观察以及繁殖情况进行调查。结果表明:(1)马铃薯腐烂线虫在甘薯和胡萝卜发根上都能正常发育和繁殖,完成其生活周期;(2)培养4周和8周后,在甘薯发根上线虫繁殖倍数分别为2.6和50.6倍;在胡萝卜发根上线虫繁殖倍数分别为1.7和9.9倍;相同培养时间内,线虫在甘薯发根上的繁殖数极显著高于在胡萝卜发根上的繁殖数。(3)利用发根系统繁殖马铃薯腐烂线虫,便于研究其行为,在显微镜下可以直接观察到线虫在发根上活动情况,这对研究发根和线虫相互关系十分有利。基于上述结果,初步证实构建甘薯发根单寄主培养体系繁殖马铃薯腐烂线虫是可行的,且优于胡萝卜发根繁殖马铃薯腐烂线虫体系。     

天台山七子花群落下土壤微生物生物量的季节动态

研究天台山七子花群落下土壤微生物生物量的季节变化规律及生态特性。根据实测数据分别对根际、根围微生物生物量碳、氮与土壤环境因子之间进行相关性分析,并建立了土壤微生物指标与环境因素之间的回归方程,以此为基础对天台山七子花群落下土壤微生物生物量的季节变化进行预测。回归分析表明：土壤温度、水分对微生物生物量的影响大于土壤pH值对微生物生物量的影响,而且土壤温度、水分对微生物生物量氮的影响大于对微生物生物量碳的影响。土壤温度对微生物生物量碳、氮的影响最大。     

3种入侵植物叶片挥发物对旱稻幼苗根的影响

入侵植物通过化感作用对入侵地的生态系统构成了严重的威胁,影响了入侵域农作物的生产。采用石蜡切片技术,利用光学显微镜进行观察,研究了不同质量浓度的黄顶菊、三叶鬼针草、胜红蓟3种入侵植物的叶片挥发物对旱稻幼苗初生根的结构以及根系发育的影响,结果表明:低质量浓度(5g)的三叶鬼针草和胜红蓟叶片挥发物对根皮层起抑制作用,低质量浓度(5g)的三叶鬼针草挥发物对维管柱有促进作用,而黄顶菊挥发物对髓腔影响比较大,表现为低浓度抑制,高浓度促进;20g质量浓度的三种入侵植物叶片挥发物对旱稻幼苗初生根结构影响最大,均出现结构上的变异;对侧根的发育随浓度的增加而呈现明显的抑制作用,20g质量浓度时没有侧根的发生。表明入侵植物对受体植物根结构的影响随植物种类和挥发物浓度的不同而有不同的特点。     

藏红花瓣状体的诱导与花柱-柱头状物的定向分化

藏红花 (ＣｒｏｃｕｓｓａｔｉｖｕｓＬ .)又名番红花、西红花 ;藏药中称为苟日苟木。它是鸢尾科草本植物 ,原产于欧洲、地中海地区。我国长期以来把它作为珍贵的中藏药。其药用部位是柱头 ,有效成分主要是藏红花素、藏红花酸、藏红花醛和藏红花苦素。丁葆祖等于 1979年首次从藏红花的球茎获得完整的植株[1 ] 。Ｓａｎｏ等人 1987年在离体条件下 ,诱导花柱 柱头状物再生获得成功[2 ] ,此后国内外不断有相关报道[3～ 7] 。但试验大多集中在由外植体直接或由愈伤组织间接诱导柱头状物 ,且花柱 柱头状物的频率低和数量少。我们试图先由藏红花…     

Calibration of measured center of pressure of a new stairway design for kinetic analysis of stair climbing

A stairway that allows the collection of kinetic data is essential for biomechanical studies on stair climbing. There is a need to validate the measured center of pressure (COP) on the surface of a stair in order to verify the accuracy of the calculation of joint kinetics. The purpose of this study was to validate a new stairway design for kinetic analysis of stair climbing through a calibration and error analysis of the COP obtained from this system. The new stairway design allows the collection of kinetic data for multiple steps without any constraint to foot placement. Known vertical forces were applied to known locations on the surface of each stair and each force plate. Multiple regression analyses were conduced to determine the distribution pattern of the error in the measured COP. It was found that the error in the COP was a function of location on the stair or force plate. The magnitude of the vertical force had no significant effect on the error in the measured COP. The distribution pattern of the error in the measured COP on the force plates used in this study matched the results in the literature. A healthy female subject was used as the subject in a stair climbing test. The error in the measured COP had a significant effect on the calculated joint resultant moments, especially the abduction-adduction and internal-external rotation moments. The correction of these errors should make the kinetic calculation in stair climbing more accurate.     

Role of carbohydrates in micropropagation of cork oak

The influences of carbon sources, fructose, glucose, sorbitol and sucrose on shoot proliferation and in vitro rooting of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) were compared at a wide range of concentrations (1–6%, w/v). The highest number of shoots occurred on glucose-containing medium. Nevertheless, we have chosen 3% sucrose which induced a similar rate of proliferation but favoured shoot elongation, permitting an effectively higher number of shoots during transfers. Sorbitol and autoclaved fructose did not stimulate shoot proliferation. Adventitious root formation was strongly dependent on carbohydrate supply. Sorbitol and autoclaved fructose were completely ineffectively on rooting induction. Glucose was the most effective carbon source on rooting promotion followed by sucrose and filter-sterilized fructose. The rooting response induced by fructose was dependent on the sterilizing procedure. The number of adventitious roots produced per shoot increased with increasing glucose and sucrose concentration. The content of reducing sugars in leaves of proliferation cultures and in leaves and roots of rooted plantlets was more dependent on carbon concentration than on glucose or sucrose supplement. The results presented here show that carbohydrate requirements during cork oak micropropagation depend upon the phase of culture. Sucrose (3%) and glucose (4%) were the best carbon sources respectively during proliferation and rooting phases.     

Development of the fetal rat liver: ultrastructural and stereological study of hepatocytes

Qualitative and quantitative changes in the liver tissue composition have been studied during prenatal development of the Wistar rat by electron microscopy and stereologic methods. The absolute volume of the fetal liver is multiplied by 84 between days 13 and 20 of gestation. In the meantime, the average hepatocyte volume is multiplied by 1.5 between days 12 and 20. The volumetric fraction of hepatocytes increases from 35% of the volumetric fraction of the liver on day 12 to 66% on day 20 of gestation. The non-hepatocyte cells decrease from 49% on day 12 to 25% on day 20. By days 12 and 13, the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus are well differentiated, indicating that young fetal hepatocytes are able to synthesize and export plasma proteins. The volumetric fraction of free ribosomes decreases from 38% of the hepatocytic cytoplasm on days 12 and 13 to 6% on day 20. The mitochondrial compartment occupies about 10% of the hepatocyte cytoplasm. The mitochondria, small and round on days 12, 13 and 14, become oblong from day 18 of gestation. The shape of hepatocytes changes during the prenatal development, from potato-like on days 12, 13, 14 to cubic on day 20, with an intermediate, more spheric, stage on day 18.     

Use of snake venom immobilized phosphodiesterase for analysis of the nucleotide composition of oligodesoxyribonucleotides]

A simple one-step technique for the analysis of nucleotide composition of oligodeoxyribonucleotides is described. The method is based on enzymatic hydrolysis and subsequent separation of hydrolysate on a "combined" column with Aminex A 28 anionite, on which top immobilyzed on DEAE cellulose snake venom phosphodiesterase is layed. The method is tested using a number of synthetic di- and tri-deoxyribonucleotides.