某污灌区重金属与两种持久性有机污染物(POPs)污染趋势评价

对某污灌区的土壤剖面进行采样分析,利用不同的评价方法进行评价,结果表明,土壤中金属元素Cr、As、HG、Cd、Cu、Pb、Ni、Zn和持久性有机污染物BHC、DDT含量有上升趋势,80%以上的表层土壤样品污染物含量超过土壤底层,85%以上的土壤样品污染物含量明显超过当地土壤的自然背景值.通过污染物在土壤中的残留模型预测,两种有机污染物和元素Cr、As、Hg、Cd、Cu会在土壤中累积,持续的污水灌溉可能使在土壤中累积的这些污染物进入地下水或食物链,对环境健康造成危害.     

沈阳市城郊土壤有机污染特征

对沈阳市城郊土壤中35种有机污染物进行了检测,分析了土壤有机污染检出特征和空间分布特征.沈阳市城郊土壤共检出了15种有机污染物;苯并(a)芘、六氯苯、滴滴涕和六六六的变异系数均大于l,其污染物浓度局部富集程度高,含量起伏变化大,土壤有机污染呈现“一多三少”的现象,即全区检出有机污染物的采样点多,检出的有机污染物种类较少,有机污染物含量少,且无超标点.受土壤包气带岩性影响,城郊土壤垂向上有机污染规律明显.土壤区域有机污染分布特征与城市土地利用功能一致性较高.分析了各类有机污染物含量和分布特征的主要影响因素,对防治城市土壤污染,进而保障居民的食品安全和饮水安全具有重要意义.     

中国城市污泥土地利用关注的典型有机污染物

污泥土地利用是国内外城市污泥主要的处置方式之一,而污泥中的有机污染物是污泥土地利用的限制性因素之一.本文分析了国内外城市污泥中有机污染物的浓度和研究现状,针对我国国情,认为多环芳烃(PAHs)是城市污泥中一种常见的有机污染物,总含量一般在1 ～ 10 mg·kg-1,有的因污水来源复杂而超过了100 mg·kg-1;壬基苯酚(NP/NPE)在我国污水处理厂污泥样品中均有检出,浓度在1～128 mg·kg-1.污泥园林绿化、林地利用、土壤改良等将是今后主要的利用方向,要实现污泥安全、环保的土地利用,多环芳烃(PAHs)和壬基苯酚(NP/NPE)将是主要考虑的典型有机污染物.     

溶解性有机质对土壤中有机污染物环境行为的影响

土壤中溶解性有机质(DOM)是生物活性和物理化学反应活性都很活跃的有机组分,主要通过疏水吸附、分配、氢键、电荷转移、共价键、范德华力等多种作用与有机污染物结合,提高溶液中有机污染物的溶解度,改变土壤中有机污染物的吸附-解吸、迁移-转化等环境行为．DOM对有机污染物的吸附-解吸、迁移-转化过程的影响有双重性：一方面,DOM与有机污染物在土壤表面的共吸附可增加土壤对有机污染物的吸附容量,促进有机污染物在土壤中的吸持;另一方面,DOM对有机污染物的增溶作用,有利于土壤中有机污染物的解吸,提高移动性．作为光敏剂,DOM能提高土壤中有机物的光解反应速率．在一定条件下,DOM也可影响土壤中有机污染物的水解过程．DOM对土壤中有机污染物环境行为的影响与DOM和有机污染物的性质及其相互作用的介质条件密切相关．     

南极的持久性有机污染物表明 地球是一个家

正我们于2009年开始在长城站及附近区域开展持久性有机污染物(Persistent Organic Pollutants,简称POPs)的样品采集和环境行为研究。经过7年的努力,我们已经在菲尔德斯半岛和附近的阿德利岛布设了数十个固定的样品采集点,获取了大量宝贵的南极环境样品,为调查南极环境中持久性有机污染物赋存水平、迁移转化和环境效应提供了重要的支撑和保障。随着现代工业和技术的发展,南极洲也相继     

微生物菌剂在难降解有机污染治理的研究进展

大量的难降解有机污染物被排放到环境中,因其蓄积性、持久性和生物毒性,对人类健康和生态环境造成严重危害。近年来,利用微生物菌剂治理难降解有机污染物的研究已取得较好的进展。综述微生物菌剂在国内外的发展历程,介绍微生物菌剂制备中常用的固定化技术及载体材料,并分析总结微生物菌剂在酚类物质、多环芳烃和多氯联苯等有机污染物治理中的研究进展。在此基础上,提出治理难降解有机污染物的微生物菌剂研发所存在的主要问题及其展望。     

沈阳市城郊表层土壤有机污染评价

城市土壤是保护城市环境的一个重要生态屏障.随着有机污染物的“致癌、致畸、致突变”特性被人们所认知,土壤有机污染也逐渐受到人们的重视.在我国目前缺乏相关环境质量标准的背景下,尝试采用因子分析评价法,对沈阳城郊表层土壤有机污染物进行识别,并对土壤有机污染程度进行定量评价与分级.结果表明,苯并(a)芘、滴滴涕、六氯苯和六六六对土壤污染负荷的贡献率最高,是主要的有机污染因子;利用因子分析评价法,34个城郊表层土壤采样点的有机污染评价综合评分在O-224.62之间,以较轻度污染和中度污染为主,评价结果及分级与实际情况基本相符.在此基础上,分析了各类有机污染物的污染来源,对防治城市土壤污染,进而保障居民的食品安全和饮水安全具有重要意义.     

持久性有机污染物的植物修复

简要介绍了持久性有机污染物,重点分析了植物对去除环境中持久性有机污染物的修复机制,指出了植物修复技术存在的问题和今后的发展方向。     

滩涂底栖动物有机污染生态学研究进展

底栖动物由于对有机污染物具有较强的吸收能力,再加上其移动能力较差、生活方式比较固定,而被广泛运用于滩涂有机污染的研究.目前这些研究主要集中在如下几个方面：（1）有机污染物在底栖动物体内的分布特征及在底栖食物链中的动力学研究;（2）底栖动物对有机污染物的生理响应研究;（3）污染物对底栖动物群落组成和结构影响研究;（4）底栖动物在滩涂有机污染检测中的应用研究.研究结果表明：滩涂底栖动物对有机污染物的累积具有选择性和季节波动性;有机污染物可以在底栖食物链中传递;底栖动物体内的有机污染物成分和含量可以有效地指示其生存环境的有机污染状况;底栖动物的混合功能氧化酶和抗氧化酶系统对体内有机污染物的累积产生积极的响应;有机污染物对底栖动物的免疫系统造成不利影响,并对遗传物质造成破坏;有机污染对底栖动物的群落组成和结构具有显著的影响.     

环境污染物对丛枝菌根(AM)形成及功能的影响

丛枝菌根(AM)具有植物和微生物的双重特性,在污染土壤修复中受到越来越多的重视.AM在修复污染土壤的同时,也深受污染物毒害的影响,从而降低AM在污染土壤修复中的作用.如何减少环境污染物对AM的不利影响,是AM应用中需要考虑的问题.从有机和无机污染物角度, 综述了不同污染物对AM形成及功能的影响,并分析了可能的影响机理.大量研究表明,无论是有机污染物还是无机污染物,都会对AM的结构、形成和功能产生破坏性影响,主要表现在孢子萌发、侵染率、菌丝伸长受抑制等.有机污染物可能通过影响光合产物向AM真菌的分配, 间接影响AM真菌的活性,而重金属则通过抑制AM真菌活性, 直接对其产生影响.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.