曲酸产生菌激光诱变效应的研究

采用经紫外线(UV)、^60Co、亚硝基胍(NTG)复合诱变得到的黄曲霉曲酸产生菌(UCN7—12),进行激光诱变处理。研究证实在经过UV、^60Co、NTG诱变处理后,黄曲霉突变株用He—Ne激光与YAG激光进行诱变处理仍能提高产酸率,其中He—Ne激光辐照处理20min,正变率为12．1％,产量提高约13％。YAG激光辐照处理300sec,正变率16．7％,产量提高18．3％。说明上述两种激光对黄曲霉曲酸产生菌有一定的诱变效应。     

He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗核蛋白的影响

采用低剂量(5 mW.mm-2)He-Ne激光辐照经增强UV-B辐射处理(10.08 KJ.m-2.d-1)后的‘ML7113’小麦幼苗,待小麦幼苗长7 d后,对各处理组小麦幼苗的核蛋白进行提取,通过紫外吸收法测定各个处理组幼苗核蛋白的含量。采用SDS聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法(SDS-PAGE)进行电泳。结果显示:小麦幼苗经UV-B辐射后核蛋白含量明显增高;单独激光处理后,小麦幼苗核蛋白含量低于对照组;经He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射复合处理后,小麦幼苗核蛋白含量低于UV-B辐射处理组,而高于对照组,推测一定剂量的He-Ne激光在一定程度上抑制了增强UV-B辐射的促进作用。     

He-Ne激光处理不同时期蚕豆幼苗对抗氧化系统的影响

采用功率为3.50 mW/mm2的He-Ne激光处理不同时期蚕豆,研究其四叶期叶片中丙二醛(MDA)含量,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性及同工酶谱的变化。结果表明,与对照相比,He-Ne激光处理不同时期蚕豆,MDA含量均显著降低,且各处理间没有显著差异;SOD、POD、CAT酶活性有不同程度提高。SOD、POD同工酶的酶谱在浸种24小时和胚芽露头期经激光处理后改变,在一叶期处理后没有改变;CAT同工酶谱没有变化;在一叶期处理的三种同工酶谱都没有改变。     

He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗微管结合蛋白MAP65s的影响

分别采用5 mW/mm2 He-Ne激光辐照、10.08 kJ/m2·d 增强UV-B辐射及二者组合对"临优2018"小麦幼苗进行处理,通过紫外吸收法测定各处理组幼苗中微管结合蛋白MAP65s的含量,并且采用SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳对MAP65s蛋白进行鉴定,进一步分析He-Ne激光对增强UV-B辐射引起的小麦幼苗微管骨架损伤的修复效应.结果显示:经UV-B处理(B)后,小麦幼苗中的MAP65s蛋白含量低于对照组(CK)(P<0.01);单独激光(L)处理,MAP65s蛋白含量高于对照组(CK)(P<0.05);经He-Ne激光和UV-B复合处理(BL)后,MAP65s蛋白含量高于UV-B处理组,低于CK组.该结果表明:一定剂量的He-Ne激光辐照能够促进小麦幼苗微管结合蛋白MAP65s的合成,并且可能在一定程度上修复增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗微管骨架系统造成的损伤.     

He-Ne激光对盐胁迫下水稻幼苗抗氧化活性的影响

为减轻盐胁迫对植物造成的伤害,本研究采用He-Ne激光对盐胁迫下的水稻进行辐照处理,选用水稻9311作为对照、耐盐海稻86作为研究对象,以0.5%的氯化钠进行盐胁迫,He-Ne激光(辐照计量5 m W·mm-2,波长632.8 nm)进行照射。设置了对照组(CK),盐胁迫组、盐胁迫和激光复合处理组(分别为L、BL组),进行了水稻抗氧化活性方面的研究。结果表明:与对照组(CK)比较,He-Ne激光对水稻的盐胁迫有一定的缓解作用,其中对水稻9311的作用最明显,表现为激光处理提高了水稻幼苗中过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活性和减缓了丙二醛(MDA)含量的增速;同时也说明新选育的海稻86耐盐性高于水稻9311。因此,一定剂量的He-Ne激光可以提高了水稻的耐盐性,这为抗盐胁迫及耐盐植物的育种提供了途径和理论依据。     

He-Ne激光对UV-B辐射小麦幼苗抗氧化系统的影响

分别采用5 mW.mm-2He-Ne激光辐照、10.08 kJ.m-2.d-1的UV-B辐射及二者组合对‘晋麦8号’小麦幼苗进行处理,5 d后测定各处理幼苗叶片超氧阴离子(O 2)产生速率,丙二醛(MDA)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、抗坏血酸(AsA)及类胡萝卜素(Car)的变化,分析He-Ne激光对增强UV-B辐射引起小麦损伤的修复效应。结果显示:He-Ne激光辐照可使UV-B辐射后小麦幼苗超氧阴离子的产生速率和MDA含量均减小,GR和APX活性升高,AsA和Car含量增加。表明超氧阴离子的产生速率、MDA、GR、APX、AsA和Car变化同小麦幼苗损伤修复的能力相关,一定剂量的He-Ne激光辐照可部分修复增强UV-B对小麦幼苗抗氧化系统的辐射损伤。     

诱变选育具有磺胺胍抗性的L-色氨酸产生菌的研究

采用紫外线、甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)及半导体激光诱变的方法,处理产色氨酸谷氨酸棒状杆菌GA22(Phe-+Tyr-+5MTr)选育磺胺胍抗性菌株以提高L-色氨酸的产量。用紫外照射20S、EMS处理40 min及半导体激光辐照16 min,筛选得到抗性突变株GA507(Phe-+Tyr-+5MTr+SGr),产色氨酸的量达到5.35 g/L,较出发菌株提高50.3%,并具有良好的遗传稳定性。     

He-Ne 激光和紫外-B 辐射对红梗牛皮菜黄酮类化合物成分、含量及生长的影响

分别用He-Ne激光(5.23 mW/mm2,5 min/d)和紫外-B辐射(UV-B,280～320 nm)(强度12 μW/cm2,8 h/d)及二者复合处理红梗牛皮菜(Beta vulgaris var.cicila),然后通过水解比色和高效液相色谱(HPLC)法分析叶中甲醇水溶性黄酮类化合物,并测定形态与生长指标.结果表明,UV-B辐射处理后黄酮类化合物含量增加到对照的160%,但激光复合处理后,则恢复到略高于对照的水平.其中槲皮素和黄酮在各处理组中变化非常显著,槲皮素在UV-B(B)、He-Ne激光(L)及二者复合(BL)处理后被大量诱导;而黄酮仅在对照组(CK)和L组出现.分析表明,He-Ne激光与UV-B辐射一样,对黄酮类化合物的诱导是具有选择性的,具有高UV吸收并具较高抗氧化作用的化合物更容易被诱导.因此He-Ne激光很可能通过这种选择机制来减轻UV-B导致的伤害.     

激光、~(60)Co—r射线对草毒生物效应的研究

本实验用CO_2激光功率密度10.44W/cm~2、3.40W/cm~2,一次10秒及再次6、10、14秒处理草莓、茎尖外植体,可使多数处理的无性后代,产量提高或品质改善。He—Ne激光输出功率10.6mW,原光斑照射30、40秒,也有与CO_2激光相似效应。~(60)Co—r射线吸收剂量193Gy,单独处理及与He—Ne激光30秒复合处理,可改善果实品质,He—Ne激光对~(60)Co—r射线的辐射损伤有修复作用。     

增强UV-B辐射和He-Ne激光对小麦原生质体微管骨架的影响

以小麦叶片原生质体为材料,采用间接免疫荧光定位法标记其微管系统,并利用激光共聚焦扫描显微系统进行观察。研究了低剂量He-Ne激光(5mW.mm-2)、增强UV-B辐射(10.08kJ.m-2.d-1)及二者的复合处理对小麦幼苗叶肉细胞中微管骨架的影响。结果表明,增强UV-B辐射后,小麦叶片细胞中微管骨架发生解聚,呈短棒状或点状分布,微管束弥散且荧光强度减弱;而增强UV-B辐射后再施以He-Ne激光处理,小麦叶肉细胞微管骨架有部分断裂,但较单独UV-B处理组的损伤程度轻,说明低剂量的He-Ne激光可以部分修复增强UV-B辐射对微管骨架的损伤,且对微管的聚合有促进作用。     

Monitoring of early events of experimental woodchuck hepatitis infection: Studies of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by cytofluorometry and PCR

Abstract The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of woodchucks experimentally infected by woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) were examined simultaneously for the presence of membrane associated WHV antigens by cytofluorometry, and for WHV DNA and RNA sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Four woodchucks were inoculated: two with a well-defined infectious inoculum and two with an inoculum obtained from an animal at the late incubation phase, which was positive for WHV DNA by PCR but still devoid of WHV markers. Infection was demonstrated in all four inoculated woodchucks by the appearance at different times of WHV DNA and WHV antigens in both leucocytes and serum. WHV DNA was first detected by PCR either in the serum (two cases) or in leucocytes (two cases). The mean percentage of cells positive for membrane associated WHsAg or WHcAg detected by cytofluorometry were 37%±25 and 17%±15 respectively. After 8 weeks, all inoculated animals were WHsAg positive in serum. These data suggest that PBMC are involved in the early events of hepadnavirus infection. They also show that sera which are positive by PCR for WHV DNA may transmit viral infection even while still seronegative for WHV markers and for WHV DNA by dot blot.     

Bundle sheath chloroplasts of rice are more sensitive to drought stress than mesophyll chloroplasts

We investigated the effects of drought stress on the ultrastructure of chloroplasts in rice plants. After the seedlings were grown in a glasshouse for 1 month, they were treated for drought stress using two methods. One drought treatment was imposed by reducing the water supply to the plants for 1 month. The other was imposed by withholding water for 2 weeks to examine the withering process of leaves by drought stress. The ultrastructural changes of chloroplasts in bundle sheath cells were more prominent than those in mesophyll cells under both drought stress treatments. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) content in bundle sheath chloroplasts reduced more dramatically than in mesophyll chloroplasts by drought stress. Although a slight swelling of thylakoids was sometimes observed in bundle sheath chloroplasts in moderate stress for 1 month, the thylakoids were less affected by drought stress than chloroplast envelope. These results suggest that chloroplasts in bundle sheath cells were more sensitive to drought stress than those in mesophyll cells and the thylakoids were less damaged by drought stress compared with chloroplast envelope.     

Analysis of Water Sorption Isotherms of Superabsorbent Polymers by Solution Thermodynamics

Water sorption isotherms of superabsorbent polymers were measured, and their affinity for water was evaluated by solution thermodynamics. The results provide basic data for the functional packaging of food to control the water content of food during its transportation or storage. Water activity above 0.9 was measured by adding a specific amount of water to the samples, while that below 0.9 was measured with apparatus for evaluating water sorption isotherms. Thus, water sorption isotherms for superabsorbent polymers were obtained up to a water activity of approximately 0.98. The amount of water sorbed by the superabsorbent polymers was influenced by the type of functional groups in the polymers, and not by the degree of cross-linking in the polymers. The integral Gibbs free energy, which is the most suitable parameter for evaluating the affinity of a material for water, was evaluated from the water sorption isotherms by using solution thermodynamics.     

Alterations in Ca2+-ATPase activity and calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA expression in the kidney cortex of rats with saline ingestion

The alteration in calcium metabolism in rats ingested with saline was investigated. Rats were freely given saline as drinking water for 2 and 7 days. Calcium concentration in the serum was significantly elevated by saline ingestion for 2 and 7 days, while serum inorganic phosphorus concentration was not altered. Serum urea nitrogen concentration was significantly increased by saline ingestion for 7 days. Calcium content in the femoral-diaphyseal and metaphyseal tissues was not altered by saline ingestion for 7 days. Calcium content in the kidney cortex was significantly elevated by saline ingestion for 7 days. Ca2+-ATPase activity in the basolsateral membranes of kidney cortex was clearly increased by saline ingestion for 2 and 7 days. The enzyme activity was not altered by the addition of sodium chloride (10-3 and 10-2 M), parathyroid hormone (10-7 and 10-6 M), and calcitonin (3 × 10-8 and 3 × 10-7 M) in the enzyme reaction mixture. A calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA expression in the kidney cortex was markedly suppressed by saline ingestion for 7 days, although such a suppression was not seen for 2 days. These results suggest that saline ingestion causes the disturbance of calcium transport system in the kidney cortex of rats, and that the renal disorder may induce hypercalcemia.     

Ion dependence of cystine and lysine uptake by rat renal brush-border membrane vesicles.

The shared transport system for uptake of L-cystine and L-lysine was examined in isolated rat renal brush-border membrane vesicles for the ionic requirements for activation of the system. No requirement for sodium was seen for either cystine or lysine influx. However, the efflux of lysine from the vesicle was stimulated by Na+. Therefore, the transport system appears to be asymmetric in its requirement for sodium. Two different divalent cations were used in the membrane isolations which resulted in different responses of cystine uptake to the electrogenic movement of K+ out of the vesicle. Membranes prepared by Mg-aggregation showed no stimulation of cystine influx by the imposition of a transient interior negative potential while vesicles prepared by Ca-aggregation did respond to electrogenic stimulation by an outwardly directed K-diffusion potential in the presence of valinomycin. Lysine influx was stimulated by electrogenic potassium efflux in both Mg-prepared and Ca-prepared membranes. No difference in sodium requirement for cystine influx was seen between the vesicles isolated by different cation-aggregation methods.     

Neural mechanisms of auditory information processing by identified interneurones in Orthoptera

Three qualities of sound—the directional, the temporal and the spectral—are important for intraspecific communication in Orthoptera. The neural mechanisms employed by identified interneurones for encoding these sound qualities are illustrated by examples of physiological processes found at different levels of the CNS. Discussed are: (1) the creation of directional information by local interneurones in the thorax, and the use of time-intensity trading in sound location; (2) mechanisms for encoding the temporal parameters of sound by interneurones ascending to the brain; (3) frequency-dependent neural filtering of auditory information by local interneurones.     

Comparison of pure Holsteins to crossbred Holsteins with Norwegian Red cattle in first and second generations

A total of 1922 first generation crossbred cows born between 2005 and 2012 produced by inseminating purebred Israeli Holstein cows with Norwegian Red semen, and 7487 purebred Israeli Holstein cows of the same age in the same 50 herds were analyzed for production, calving traits, fertility, calving diseases, body condition score, abortion rate and survival under intensive commercial management conditions. Holstein cows were higher than crossbreds for 305-day milk, fat and protein production. Differences were 764, 1244, 1231 for kg milk; 23.4, 37.4, 35.6 for kg fat, and 16.7, 29.8, 29.8 for kg protein; for parities 1 through 3. Differences for fat concentration were not significant; while crossbred cows were higher for protein concentration by 0.06% to 0.08%. Differences for somatic cells counts were not significant. Milk production persistency was higher for Holstein cows by 5, 8.3 and 8% in parities 1 through 3. Crossbred cows were higher for conception status by 3.1, 3.6 and 4.7% in parities 1 through 3. Rates of metritis for Holsteins were higher than the crossbred cows by 7.8, 4.6 and 3.4% in parities 1 to 3. Differences for incidence of abortion, dystocia, ketosis and milk fever were not significant. Holstein cows were lower than crossbred cows for body condition score for all three parities, with differences of 0.2 to 0.4 units. Contrary to comparisons in other countries, herd-life was higher for Holsteins by 79 days. A total of 6321 Holstein cows born between 2007 and 2011 were higher than 765 progeny of crossbred cows backcrossed to Israeli Holsteins of the same ages for milk, fat and protein production. Differences were 279, 537, 542 kg milk; 10.5, 17.7, 17.0 kg fat and 6.2, 12.9, 13.2 kg protein for parities 1 through 3. Differences for fat concentration were not significant, while backcross cows were higher for protein percentage by 0.02% to 0.04%. The differences for somatic cell score, conception rate, and calving diseases other than metritis, were not significant. Holstein cows were lower than backcross cows by 1.5% to 2.5% for conception status in parities 1 to 3 and lower for body condition score for parities 1 and 2, with differences in the range of 0.06 to 0.09 units. Culling rates were higher, and herd-life lower for the crossbred cows. The gains obtained in secondary traits for crossbred cows did not compensate for the major reduction in production.     

Liver glycogen metabolism in endotoxin shock. I. Endotoxin administration decreases glycogen synthase activities in dog livers

The effects of E. coli endotoxin administration on hepatic glycogen content and glycogen synthase activities in dogs were studied. Liver glycogen content was decreased by 80% 2 hr after endotoxin injection. When enzyme preparations were preincubated at 25 degrees C for 3 hr prior to their assays, 75% of total glycogen synthase was in I form in control dogs. Under such conditions, endotoxin administration decreased the percentage I activity from 75 to 37%; decreased the Vmax and Km for UDP-glucose for total glycogen synthase by 62.2 and 35.3%, respectively; decreased the Vmax and Km for UDP-glucose for glycogen synthase I by 75.6 and 15.6%, respectively; increased the A0.5 for glucose-6-P for the activation of glycogen synthase D by 126% at high (10 mM) and by 18-fold at low (1 mM) UDP-glucose concentration; increased the percentage D activity from 24 to 72%; decreased the I50 for ATP for the inhibition of total glycogen synthase by 49.7%; decreased the I50 for ATP for the inhibition of glycogen synthase I by 26.4%; and decreased the percentage I activity from 78 to 33% at ATP concentrations below 6 mM. When enzyme preparations were not preincubated prior to their assays, 90% of total glycogen synthase was in D form in control dogs. Under such conditions, endotoxin administration decreased the Vmax and Km for UDP-glucose for total glycogen synthase by 47.1 and 33.3%, respectively, and increased the A0.5 for glucose-6-P for the activation of glycogen synthase D by 24.2% at high (10 mM) and by 106% at low (1 mM) UDP-glucose concentration. From these results, it is clear that endotoxin administration greatly impaired hepatic glycogenesis by decreasing the activity of glycogen synthase; this impairment is at least in part responsible for the depletion of liver glycogen content in endotoxin shock. Kinetic analyses revealed that the decrease in the activity of glycogen synthase in endotoxic shock is a result of a decrease in the interconversion of this enzyme from inactive to active form and an increase in the interconversion from active to inactive form.     

Impact of structural changes in wood‐using industries on net carbon emissions in Finland

Forests and forest industries can contribute to climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, by storing it in biomass, and by fabricating products that substitute more greenhouse gas emission intensive materials and energy. The objectives of the study are to specify alternative scenarios for the diversification of wood product markets and to determine how an increasingly diversified market structure could impact the net carbon emissions (NCEs) of forestry in Finland. The NCEs of the Finnish forest sector were modelled for the period 2016–2056 by using a forest management simulation and optimization model for the standing forests and soil and separate models for product carbon storage and substitution impacts. The annual harvest was fixed at approximately 70 Mm³, which was close to the level of roundwood removals for industry and energy in 2016. The results show that the substitution benefits for a reference scenario with the 2016 market structure account for 9.6 Mt C (35.2 Mt CO₂ equivalent [CO₂ eq]) in 2056, which could be further increased by 7.1 Mt C (26 Mt CO₂ eq) by altering the market structure. As a key outcome, increasing the use of by‐products for textiles and wood–plastic composites in place of kraft pulp and biofuel implies greater overall substitution credits compared to increasing the level of log harvest for construction.