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In a co-culture of dissociated neurons of lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and spinal dorsal horn (DH) neurons of newborn
rats, we examined peculiarities of induction of long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission through synapses formed
by primary afferents on DH neurons. Induction of LTD was provided by low-frequency (5 sec−1) microstimulation of single DRG neurons. Ion currents were simultaneously recorded in pre- and post-synaptic cells using
a dual whole-cell path-clamp technique. Parameters of evoked excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs and eIPSCs,
respectively) initiated in DH neurons by intracellular stimulation of DRG neurons were analyzed. Monosynaptic eEPSC mediated
by activation of AMPA receptors demonstrated no sensitivity to blockers of NMDA and kainate receptors (20 μM DL-AP5 and 10 μM SIM 2081, respectively), but were entirely blocked upon applications of 10 μM DNQX. Monosynaptic glycinergic
eIPSCs found in some of the DH neurons were blocked by 1 μM strychnine and were insensitive to 10 μM bicuculline and blockers
of glutamatergic neurotransmission, DL-AP5 and DNQX. Long-lasting (360 sec) low-frequency stimulation of DRG neurons did not affect the amplitude of glycineinduced
eIPSCs in DH neurons. At the same time, such stimulation of DRG neurons evoked a drop in the amplitude of AMPA-activated eEPSCs
in DH neurons to 41.6 ± 2.5%, on average, as compared with the analogous index in the control. This effect lasted at least
20 min after stimulation. Long-term depression of glutamatergic transmission in DH neurons was observed at the holding potential
of −70 mV and did not change after applications of 10 μM bicuculline and 1 μM strychnine. The LTD intensity depended on the
duration of low-frequency stimulation of primary afferent neurons. Sequential stimulation of DRG neurons lasting 120, 160,
200, and 240 sec resulted in decreases in the eEPSC amplitude in DH neurons to 85.6 ± 3.9, 62.7 ± 4.3, 51.8 ± 3.5, and 41.6
±2.5% with respect to control values. Our findings show that use-dependent induction of homosynaptic LTD of glutamatergic
transmission is possible at the level of a separate pair of synaptically connected DRG and DH neurons under co-culturing conditions.
Such LTD of glutamatergic synaptic transmission mostly mediated by activation of AMPA receptors depends on the duration of
activation of a presynaptic DRG neuron and does not need depolarization of a postsynaptic DH neuron. 相似文献
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Satoshi Suzuki Kazushige Furuya Tadashi Kawai Ichiro Takeuchi 《Journal of applied phycology》2008,20(5):833-844
Recent studies on global climate change report that increase in seawater temperature leads to coastal ecosystem change, including
coral bleaching in the tropic. In order to assess the effect of increased seawater temperature on a temperate coastal ecosystem,
we studied the inter-annual variation in productivity of Laminaria japonica using long-term oceanographic observations for the Uwa Sea, southern Japan. The annual productivity estimates for L. japonica were 2.7 ± 2.5 (mean ± SD) kg wet wt. m−1 (length of rope) (2003/2004), 1.0 ± 0.6 kg wet wt. m−1 (2004/2005) and 12.1 ± 12.5 kg wet wt. m−1 (2005/2006). Our previous study using the same methodology at the same locality reported that the productivity was estimated
for the 2001/2002 (33.3 ± 15.2 kg wet wt. m−1) and 2002/2003 (34.0 ± 8.7 kg wet wt. m−1) seasons. Productivity in 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 was significantly lower than in years 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2005/2006.
A comparison of oceanographic conditions among the 5 years revealed the presence of threshold seawater temperature effects.
When the average seawater temperature during the first 45 days of each experiment exceeded 15.5°C, productivity was reduced
to about 10 % of that in cooler years. Moreover the analysis of growth and erosion rates indicates that when the seawater
temperature was over 17.5°C, erosion rate exceeded growth rate. Thus, an increase of seawater temperature of just 1°C during
winter drastically reduces the productivity of L. japonica in the Uwa Sea. 相似文献
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Under intracellular recording, we studied the effect of ATP on nerve cells of the rat intact nodose ganglion. The resting
membrane potential of the examined neurons was, on average, –60.3 ± 1.4 mV (n = 84); among such units, 88% were classified as C cells. Local application of 2 mM ATP to the surface of the ganglion using
a modified laminar flow system led to depolarization of neurons by 7.1 ± 0.9 mV, on average (n = 19). A blocker of P2X receptors, PPADS (100 μM), suppressed these depolarization responses, decreasing their amplitude,
on average, to 16 ± 3% (n = 3) of the initial value. The obtained data indicate that an overwhelming majority of neurons of the intact nodose ganglion
possess functional P2X receptors on their membranes. The absence of the corresponding responses in a considerable part of
neurons of intact spinal ganglia [13-15] was, apparently, determined by the fact that P2X receptors in the course of the described experiments had enough time to
desensitize before ATP reached the effective concentration. 相似文献
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Ercan Varol Selahattin Akcay I. Hakki Ersoy Mehmet Ozaydin Banu Kale Koroglu Simge Varol 《Biological trace element research》2010,133(2):121-127
Sixty-three patients with endemic fluorosis (36 males/27 females; mean age 33.9 ± 8.6 years) and 45 age-, sex-, and body mass
index-matched healthy controls (30 males/15 females; mean age 32.7 ± 8.8 years) were included in this study. Aortic stiffness
indices, aortic strain (AS), aortic distensibility (AD), and aortic strain index (ASI) were calculated from the aortic diameters
measured by echocardiography and blood pressure obtained by sphygmomanometry. The urine fluoride levels of fluorosis patients
were significantly higher than control subjects as expected (1.9 ± 0.1 mg/l vs. 0.4 ± 0.1 mg/l, respectively; P < 0.001). AS and AD were significantly lower in fluorosis patients than in the controls (for AS 5.3 ± 3.6 vs. 8.0 ± 3.4%;
P < 0.001 and for AD 0.2 ± 0.1 vs. 0.3 ± 0.1 cm2 dyn−1 10−3; P < 0.001, respectively). In contrast, signicantly higher ASI was observed in fluorosis patients than in the controls (3.4 ± 0.6
vs. 3.0 ± 0.4; P < 0.001, respectively). The results of our study demonstrate that elastic properties of ascending aorta are impaired in patients
with endemic fluorosis. 相似文献
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Microbial community structure in the subtropical north-east Atlantic Ocean was compared between 2 years and variation attributed
to environmental variables. Surface seawater communities were analysed by flow cytometry and fluorescence in situ hybridisation.
Probes specific to Alphaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes identified 67–100% of cells. Due to natural variation in the study region due to the occurrence of major currents and islands,
data could not be pooled but were instead divided between distinct water masses. Community structure did not differ greatly
around the Cape Verde Islands between sampling periods but varied substantially in the open ocean, suggesting different environmental
perturbations favour specific bacterial groups. Wind speed varied significantly between years, with moderate to strong breeze
in winter 2008 and gales in winter 2006 (8.9 ± 0.2 ms−1 and 16.0 ± 0.4 ms−1, respectively). Enhanced wind-driven turbulence was associated with domination by the SAR11 clade of Alphaproteobacteria, which were present at 2.4-fold in the abundance of Prochlorococcus (41.8 ± 1.6% cells, compared to 17.7 ± 7.1%). Conversely, the calmer conditions of 2008 seemed to favour Prochlorococcus (40.0 ± 1.2% cells). Prochlorococcus high-light adapted clade HLI were only numerous during wind-driven turbulence, whereas oligotrophic-adapted clade HLII dominated
under calm conditions. Bacteroidetes were most prominent in turbulent conditions (9.5 ± 1.3% cells as opposed to 4.7 ± 0.3%), as were Synechococcus. In 2008, a considerable dust deposition event occurred in the region, which may have led to the substantial Gammaproteobacteria population (22.5 ± 4.0% cells compared to 4.6 ± 0.6% in 2006). Wind-driven turbulence may have a significant impact on microbial
community structure in the surface ocean. Therefore, community change following dust storm events may be linked to associated
wind in addition to dust-derived nutrients. 相似文献
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Nicola D’Amelio Luca Fontanive Fulvio Uggeri Furio Suggi-Liverani Luciano Navarini 《Food biophysics》2009,4(4):321-330
Caffeine complexation by chlorogenic acid (3-caffeoylquinic acid, CAS Number [327-97-9]) in aqueous solution as well as caffeine–chlorogenate
complex in freshly prepared coffee brews have been investigated by high-resolution 1H-NMR. Caffeine and chlorogenic acid self-associations have also been studied and self-association constants have been determined
resorting to both classical isodesmic model and a recently introduced method of data analysis able to provide also the critical
aggregation concentration (cac). Furthermore, caffeine–chlorogenate association constant was measured. For the caffeine, the
average value of the self-association constant determined by isodesmic model (K
i = 7.6 ± 0.5 M−1) is in good agreement with the average value (K
a = 10 ± 1.8 M−1) determined with the method which permits the determination of the cac (8.43 ± 0.05 mM). Chlorogenic acid shows a slight
decreased tendency to aggregation with a lower average value of association constants (K
i = 2.8 ± 0.6 M−1; K
a = 3.4 ± 0.6 M−1) and a critical concentration equal to 24 ± 1 mM. The value of the association constant of the caffeine–chlorogenate complex
(30 ± 4 M−1) is compatible with previous studies and within the typical range of reported association constants for other caffeine–polyphenol
complexes. Structural features of the complex have also been investigated, and the complex conformation has been rediscussed.
Caffeine chemical shifts comparison (monomeric, complexed, coffee brews) clearly indicates a significant amount of caffeine
is complexed in beverage real system, being chlorogenate ions the main complexing agents. 相似文献
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Cell density and fatty acid (FA) content of Pavlova lutheri and Chaetoceros muelleri were analysed in a continuous algal production system (250-L bags) with reduced diameter. The cell density and FA content
and composition in the algal production system were determined in replicate bags over a period of 5 weeks. The results showed
that the cell density and essential FAs increased during the experiment for both species. After 5 weeks the mean cell numbers
had increased to 6.0 ± 0.3 × 106 cells mL−1 in the P. lutheri bags and 6.0 ± 0.4 × 106 cells mL−1 in the C. muelleri bags. The content of total FAs increased significantly (p < 0.05) in all of the bags during the experiment. At the end of the experiment the mean total FA content were 2.7 ± 0.3 pg cell−1 in the P. lutheri bags and 1.8 ± 0.1 pg cell−1 in the C. muelleri bags. Maximum total FA content registered was 3.0 pg cell−1 in one of the P. lutheri bags. The content of the essential FAs (ARA, EPA, DHA) increased over time in both of the species. At the end of the experiment
the content of EPA (0.6 ± 0.1 pg cell−1) and DHA (0.3 ± 0.0 pg cell−1) were highest in the P. lutheri bags, while ARA (0.1 ± 0.0 pg cell−1) was highest in C. muelleri. EPA and DHA constituted 22% and 11%, respectively, of total FA content in P. lutheri, while ARA constituted 6% of total FA content in C. muelleri. The results from this experiment indicate that flagellates such as P. lutheri perform better in narrow bags with improved light conditions, while diatoms like C. muelleri perform better in wider bags under light limitation. Implications for bivalve hatcheries are discussed. 相似文献
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Zabun Nahar Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Md Ashrafur Rahman Mohammad Arifur Rahman Wasimul Bari Sheikh Nazrul Islam Md Saiful Islam Abul Hasnat 《Biological trace element research》2010,133(3):284-290
The purpose of the study was to determine the serum concentration of trace elements of panic disorder patients and to find
out the relationship between trace element levels and nutritional status or socio-economic factors. The study was conducted
among 54 panic disorder patients and 52 healthy volunteers. Patients were recruited from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical
University by random sampling. Serum trace element concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy
(for Mg, Zn, Ca, and Cu) as well as graphite furnace (for Mn). Data were analyzed by independent t test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, regression analysis, and ANOVA. The serum concentration of Mn, Zn, Ca, Cu, and Mg in
panic disorder patients were 0.37 ± 0.30, 0.67 ± 0.20, 99.91 ± 15.15, 0.83 ± 0.23, and 21.14 ± 3.72 mg/L, while those were
0.4163 ± 0.2527, 0.86 ± 0.3, 106.6073 ± 18.6531, 0.8514 ± 0.3646, and 21.37 ± 2.03 mg/L in control subjects, respectively.
The serum concentration of Zn decreased significantly (p = 0.001) in patient group. But the differences of the concentration of Mn, Ca, Cu, and Mg between patient and control group
were not significant (p = 0.522, p = 0.065, p = 0.800, and p = 0.712, respectively). Socio-economic data reveal that most of the patients were very poor and middle aged. Mean BMIs of
the control group (23.74 ± 2.71 kg/m2) and the patient group (22.62 ± 3.74 kg/m2) were within the normal range (18.5–25.0 kg/m2). There was no significant relationship between serum zinc level and BMI of patients (r = 0.038; p = 0.809). So the decreased level of serum zinc in panic disorder patients was not because of other reasons, but rather it
may provide a prognostic tool for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. 相似文献
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Gigartina skottsbergii is a commercially important carrageenan producer that has been suffering severe extraction pressure in Chile’s Magellan Region
and Cape Horn Archipelago since 1998. In order to create baseline information for its cultivation and repopulation, we studied
the effects of agricultural fertilizers on growth of G. skottsbergii early developmental stages. The culture media utilized were: a) seawater + Bayfoland, b) seawater + Superphosphate, c) seawater
+ Urea, d) seawater + Provasoli and e) seawater as a control. The culture conditions were: a) 12L:12D photoperiod; b) temperature
8 ± 1°C and c) irradiance at 45 μmol photons m−2 s−1. After 60 days, higher relative growth rates between treatments were observed; the treatments that included Bayfoland and
Provasoli showed greater growth (382 ± 55 and 378 ± 50 μm, respectively,) compared to Superphosphate (88 ± 16 μm), control
(78 ± 10 μm) and Urea (70 ± 11 μm) treatments, after 81 days. The Urea treatment and the control had inhibitory effects on
G. skottsbergii germlings growth and survival, as evidenced by progressive loss of pigmentation and death after 60 days. These results showed
that Bayfoland was an excellent alternative to develop cultures. 相似文献
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Casimiro-Lopes G de Oliveira-Junior AV Portella ES Lisboa PC Donangelo CM de Moura EG Koury JC 《Biological trace element research》2009,127(2):109-115
The purpose of this study was to compare plasma leptin, plasma zinc, and plasma copper levels and their relationship in trained
female and male judo athletes (n = 10 women; n = 8 men). Blood samples were obtained 24 h after training to measure plasma zinc, copper, and leptin levels. Subjects presented
similar values to age (22 ± 2 years old), body mass index (24 ± 1 kg/m2), plasma zinc (17.2 ± 2 μmol/L), copper (12.5 ± 2 μmol/L), and leptin (5.6 ± 1.3 μg/L). However, height, total body mass,
lean mass, fat mass, and sum of ten-skinfold thickness were higher in male than female. Plasma leptin was associated with
sum of ten skinfolds in male (r = 0.91; p < 0.001) and female athletes (r = 0.84; p < 0.003). Plasma zinc was associated with leptin in males (r = 0.82; p < 0.05) while copper was associated with plasma leptin in females (r = 0.66; p < 0.05). Our results suggest that young judo athletes lost sex-related differences in leptin levels. Plasma zinc, plasma
copper, and energy homeostasis may be involved in regulation of plasma leptin. 相似文献
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In this study, sludge was taken from a municipal wastewater treatment plant that contained a nearly equal number of archaeal
amoA genes (5.70 × 106 ± 3.30 × 105 copies mg sludge−1) to bacterial amoA genes (8.60 × 106 ± 7.64 × 105 copies mg sludge−1) and enriched in three continuous-flow reactors receiving an inorganic medium containing different ammonium concentrations:
2, 10, and 30 mM NH4+–N (28, 140, and 420 mg N l−1). The abundance and communities of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in enriched nitrifying
activated sludge (NAS) were monitored at days 60 and 360 of the operation. Early on, between day 0 and day 60 of reactor operation,
comparative abundance of AOA amoA genes to AOB amoA genes varied among the reactors depending on the ammonium levels found in the reactors. As compared to the seed sludge, the
number of AOA amoA genes was unchanged in the reactor with lower ammonium level (0.06 ± 0.04 mgN l−1), while in the reactors with higher ammonium levels (0.51 ± 0.33 and 0.25 ± 0.10 mgN l−1), the numbers of AOA amoA genes were deteriorated. By day 360, AOA disappeared from the ammonia-oxidizing consortiums in all reactors. The majority
of the AOA sequences from all NASs at each sampling period fell into a single AOA cluster, however, suggesting that the ammonium
did not affect the AOA communities under this operational condition. This result is contradictory to the case of AOB, where
the communities varied significantly among the NASs. AOB with a high affinity for ammonia were present in the reactors with
lower ammonium levels, whereas AOB with a low affinity to ammonia existed in the reactors with higher ammonium levels. 相似文献
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To identify the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonizing wetland seedlings following flooding, we assessed
the effects of AMF on seedling establishment of two pioneer species, Bidens frondosa and Eclipta prostrata grown under three levels of water availability and ask: (1) Do inoculated seedlings differ in growth and development from
non-inoculated plants? (2) Are the effects of inoculation and degree of colonization dependent on water availability? (3)
Do plant responses to inoculation differ between two closely related species? Inoculation had no detectable effects on shoot
height, or plant biomass but did affect biomass partitioning and root morphology in a species-specific manner. Shoot/root
ratios were significantly lower in non-inoculated E. prostrata plants compared with inoculated plants (0.381 ± 0.066 vs. 0.683 ± 0.132). Root length and surface area were greater in non-inoculated
E. prostrata (259.55 ± 33.78 cm vs. 194.64 ± 27.45 cm and 54.91 ± 7.628 cm2 vs. 46.26 ± 6.8 cm2, respectively). Inoculation had no detectable effect on B. frondosa root length, volume, or surface area. AMF associations formed at all levels of water availability. Hyphal, arbuscular, and
vesicular colonization levels were greater in dry compared with intermediate and flooded treatments. Measures of mycorrhizal
responsiveness were significantly depressed in E. prostrata compared with B. frondosa for total fresh weight (−0.3 ± 0.18 g vs. 0.06 ± 0.06 g), root length (−0.78 ± 0.28 cm vs.−0.11 ± 0.07 cm), root volume (−0.49 ± 0.22 cm3 vs. 0.06 ± 0.07 cm3), and surface area (−0.59 ± 0.23 cm2 vs.−0.03 ± 0.08 cm2). Given the disparity in species response to AMF inoculation, events that alter AMF prevalence in wetlands could significantly
alter plant community structure by directly affecting seedling growth and development. 相似文献
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Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot is an edible green alga farmed in Korea using seed stock produced from regeneration of isolated utricles
and medullary filaments. Experiments were conducted to reveal the optimal conditions for nursery culture and out-growing of
C. fragile. Sampling and measurement of underwater irradiance were carried out at farms cultivating C. fragile at Wando, on the southwestern coast of Korea, from October 2004 to August 2005. Growth of erect thalli and underwater irradiance
were measured over a range of depths for three culture stages. During the nursery cultivation stage (Stage I), growth rate
was greatest at 0.5 m depth (0.055 ± 0.032 mm day−1), where the average midday irradiance over 60 days was 924 ± 32 μmol photons m−2 s−1. During the pre-main cultivation stage (Stage II), the greatest growth rate occurred at a depth of 2 m (0.113 ± 0.003 mm day−1) with an average irradiance of 248 ± 116 μmol photons m−2 s−1. For the main cultivation stage (Stage III) of the alga, thalli achieved the greatest increase in biomass at 1 m depth (7.2 ± 1.0 kg
fresh wt m−1). These results suggest that optimal growth at each cultivation stages of C. fragile could be controlled by depth of cultivation rope. 相似文献
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Moro D Bradshaw SD 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1999,169(8):538-548
A laboratory study investigated the metabolic physiology, and response to variable periods of water and sodium supply, of
two arid-zone rodents, the house mouse (Mus domesticus) and the Lakeland Downs short-tailed mouse (Leggadina lakedownensis) under controlled conditions. Fractional water fluxes for M. domesticus (24 ± 0.8%) were significantly higher than those of L. lakedownensis (17 ± 0.7%) when provided with food ad libitum. In addition, the amount of water produced by M. domesticus and by L. lakedownensis from metabolic processes (1.3 ± 0.4 ml · day−1 and 1.2 ± 0.4 ml · day−1, respectively) was insufficient to provide them with their minimum water requirement (1.4 ± 0.2 ml · day−1 and 2.0 ± 0.3 ml · day−1, respectively). For both species of rodent, evaporative water loss was lowest at 25 °C, but remained significantly higher
in M. domesticus (1.1 ± 0.1 mg H2O · g−0.122 · h−1) than in L. lakedownensis (0.6 ± 0.1 mg H2O · g−0.122 · h−1). When deprived of drinking water, mice of both species initially lost body mass, but regained it within 18 days following
an increase in the amount of seed consumed. Both species were capable of drinking water of variable saline concentrations
up to 1 mol · l−1, and compensated for the increased sodium in the water by excreting more urine to remove the sodium. Basal metabolic rate
was significantly higher in M. domesticus (3.3 ± 0.2 mg O2 · g−0.75 · h−1) than in L. lakedownensis (2.5 ± 0.1 mg O2 · g−0.75 · h−1). The study provides good evidence that water flux differences between M. domesticus and L. lakedownensis in the field are due to a requirement for more water in M. domesticus to meet their physiological and metabolic demands. Sodium fluxes were lower than those observed in free-ranging mice, whose
relatively high sodium fluxes may reflect sodium associated with available food.
Accepted: 16 August 1999 相似文献
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Deficiencies in Cu, Se, and Zn impair one or more biochemical functions, and excess are associated with toxicity. Baseline
studies on the Ghanaian population are scanty. The study was undertaken to determine whether significant rural/urban differences
in the serum levels of Cu, Se, and Zn did exist. Forty males/60 females from rural and 50 males/50 females from urban Ghanaian
communities were sampled. Serum Cu, Se, and Zn were determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Cu level for rural
and urban subjects was 997 ± 333 and 979 ± 290 μg/L, respectively (p = 0.68). However, Cu levels were significantly higher in the rural females (1,063 ± 367 μg/L) than the rural males (898 ± 249 μg/L;
p = 0.0085). Se levels for rural/urban subjects were 97 ± 36 and 87 ± 31 μg/L, respectively (p = 0.03). Zn levels in the rural/urban subjects were 312 ± 218 and 150 ± 102 μg/L, respectively (p = 0.002). Additionally, Zn was significantly higher in rural females (428 ± 204 μg/L) than the urban females (166 ± 103 μg/L;
p = 0.0002). Finally, Zn was significantly higher in rural females (428 ± 204 μg/L) than males (172 ± 116 μg/L; p = 0.0028). In conclusion, Cu, Se, and Zn were higher in the rural group compared to the urban group, and the generally low
Zn levels were confirmed in another cohort follow-up study. 相似文献
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Xue-Qin Xie Jie Wang Bao-Fu Huang Sheng-Hua Ying Ming-Guang Feng 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2010,86(5):1543-1553
A superoxide dismutase (SOD) was characterized from Beauveria bassiana, a fungal entomopathogen widely applied to insect control. This 209-aa enzyme (BbSod2) showed no more than 71% sequence identity
to other fungal Mn-SODs, sharing all conserved residues with the Mn-SOD family and lacking a mitochondrial signal. The SOD
activity of purified BbSod2 was significantly elevated by Mn2+, suppressed by Cu2+ and Zn2+ but inhibited by Fe3+. Overexpressing the enzyme in a BbSod2-absent B. bassiana strain enhanced its SOD activity (107.2 ± 6.1 U mg−1 protein) by 4–10-fold in different transformants analyzed. The best BbSod2-transformed strain with the SOD activity of 1,157.9 ± 74.7 U mg−1 was 93% and 61% more tolerant to superoxide-generating menadione in both colony growth (EC50 = 2.41 ± 0.03 versus 1.25 ± 0.01 mM) and conidial germination (EC50 = 0.89 ± 0.06 versus 0.55 ± 0.07 mM), and 23% more tolerant to UV-B irradiation (LD50 = 0.49 ± 0.02 versus 0.39 ± 0.01 J cm−2). Its virulence to Spodoptera litura larvae was enhanced by 26% [LT50 = 4.5 (4.2–4.8) versus 5.7 (5.2–6.4) days]. Our study highlights for the first time that the Mn2+-cofactored, cytosolic BbSod2 contributes significantly to the virulence and stress tolerance of B. bassiana and reveals possible means to improving field persistence and efficacy of a fungal formulation by manipulating the antioxidant
enzymes of a candidate strain. 相似文献
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Nitrifying granules cultivation in a sequencing batch reactor at a low organics-to-total nitrogen ratio in wastewater 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
It is possible to cultivate aerobic granular sludge at a low organic loading rate and organics-to-total nitrogen (COD/N) ratio
in wastewater in the reactor with typical geometry (height/diameter = 2.1, superficial air velocity = 6 mm/s). The noted nitrification
efficiency was very high (99%). At the highest applied ammonia load (0.3 ± 0.002 mg NH4+–N g total suspended solids (TSS)−1 day−1, COD/N = 1), the dominating oxidized form of nitrogen was nitrite. Despite a constant aeration in the reactor, denitrification
occurred in the structure of granules. Applied molecular techniques allowed the changes in the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
(AOB) community in granular sludge to be tracked. The major factor influencing AOB number and species composition was ammonia
load. At the ammonia load of 0.3 ± 0.002 mg NH4+–N g TSS−1 day−1, a highly diverse AOB community covering bacteria belonging to both the Nitrosospira and Nitrosomonas genera accounted for ca. 40% of the total bacteria in the biomass. 相似文献
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Ribitsch D Karl W Wehrschütz-Sigl E Tutz S Remler P Weber HJ Gruber K Stehr R Bessler C Hoven N Sauter K Maurer KH Schwab H 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,81(5):875-886
In the course of a microbial screening of soil samples for new oxidases, different enrichment strategies were carried out.
With choline as the only carbon source, a microorganism was isolated and identified as Arthrobacter nicotianae. From this strain, a gene coding for a choline oxidase was isolated from chromosomal DNA. This gene named codA was cloned in Escherichia coli BL21-Gold and the protein (An_CodA) heterologously overexpressed as a soluble intracellular protein of 59.1 kDa. Basic biochemical characterization of
purified protein revealed a pH optimum of 7.4 and activity over a broad temperature range (15–70 °C). Specific activities
were determined toward choline chloride (4.70 ± 0.12 U/mg) and the synthetic analogs bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-dimethylammonium
chloride (0.05 ± 0.45 × 10–2 U/mg) and tris-(2-hydroxyethyl)-methylammonium methylsulfate (0.01 ± 0.12 × 10–2 U/mg). With increasing number of oxidizable groups, a significant decrease in activity was noted. Determination of kinetic
parameters in atmorspheric oxygen resulted in K
M = 1.51 ± 0.09 mM and V
max = 42.73 ± 0.42 mU/min for choline chloride and K
M = 4.77 ± 0.76 mM and V
max = 48.40 ± 2.88 mU/min for the reaction intermediate betaine aldehyde respectively. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic
analysis of the products formed during the enzyme reaction with choline chloride showed that in vitro the intermediate betaine
aldehyde exists also free in solution. 相似文献
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Rahman A Azad MA Hossain I Qusar MM Bari W Begum F Huq SM Hasnat A 《Biological trace element research》2009,127(2):102-108
The purpose of the study was to determine the concentration of trace elements present in scalp hair sample of schizophrenic
patients and to find out the relationship between trace elements level and nutritional status or socioeconomic factors. The
study was conducted among 30 schizophrenic male patients and 30 healthy male volunteers. Patients were recruited from Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University by random sampling. Hair trace element concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorption
spectroscopy and analyzed by independent t test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, regression analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Mn, Zn, Ca, Cu, and Cd concentrations
of schizophrenic patients were 3.8 ± 2.31 μg/gm, 171.6 ± 59.04 μg/gm, 396.23 ± 157.83 μg/gm, 15.40 ± 5.68 μg/gm, and 1.14 ± 0.89 μg/gm
of hair sample, while those of control subjects were 4.4 ± 2.32 μg/gm, 199.16 ± 27.85 μg/gm, 620.9 ± 181.55 μg/gm, 12.23 ± 4.56 μg/gm,
and 0.47 ± 0.32 μg/gm of hair sample, respectively. The hair concentration of Zn and Ca decreased significantly (p = 0.024; p = 0.000, respectively) and the concentration of Cu and Cd increased significantly (p = 0.021; p = 0.000, respectively) in schizophrenic patients while the concentration of Mn (p = 0.321) remain unchanged. Socioeconomic data reveals that most of the patients were poor, middle-aged and divorced. Mean
body mass indices (BMIs) of the control group (22.26 ± 1.91 kg/m2) and the patient group (20.42 ± 3.16 kg/m2) were within the normal range (18.5−25.0 kg/m2). Pearson’s correlation analysis suggested that only Ca concentration of patients had a significant positive correlation
with the BMI (r = 0.597; p = 0.000) which was further justified from the regression analysis (R
2 = 44%; t = 3.59; p = 0.002) and one-way ANOVA test (F = 3.62; p = 0.015). A significant decrease in the hair concentration of Zn and Ca as well as a significant increase in the hair concentration
of Cu and Cd in schizophrenic patients than that of its control group was observed which may provide prognostic tool for the
diagnosis and treatment of this disease. However, further work with larger population is suggested to examine the exact correlation
between trace element level and the degree of disorder. 相似文献
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Daisuke Sugimori 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,82(2):351-357
To develop a microbial treatment of edible oil-contaminated wastewater, microorganisms capable of rapidly degrading edible
oil were screened. The screening study yielded a yeast coculture comprising Rhodotorula pacifica strain ST3411 and Cryptococcus laurentii strain ST3412. The coculture was able to degrade efficiently even at low contents of nitrogen ([NH4–N] = 240 mg/L) and phosphorus sources ([PO4–P] = 90 mg/L). The 24-h degradation rate of 3,000 ppm mixed oils (salad oil/lard/beef tallow, 1:1 w/w) at 20°C was 39.8% ± 9.9% (means ± standard deviations of eight replicates). The highest degradation rate was observed at
20°C and pH 8. In a scaled-up experiment, the salad oil was rapidly degraded by the coculture from 671 ± 52.0 to 143 ± 96.7 ppm
in 24 h, and the degradation rate was 79.4% ± 13.8% (means ± standard deviations of three replicates). In addition, a repetitive
degradation was observed with the cell growth by only pH adjustment without addition of the cells. 相似文献