Summary The applications of immobilized lipase ofMucor miehei for the synthesis of acetone glycerol acyl ester from acetone glycerol and fatty acid, which is the first step for monoglyceride production was investigated. With a high oleic acid to acetone glycerol ratio (O/A, mol/mol), a high catalytic activity was observed under low water content in the reaction mixture. By the combination of high O/A ratio (>3) and removal of water which was produced during the reaction, the conversion degree was increased to almost 100%. With the O/A ratio of 3, the approximate half-life of the immobilized lipase and productivity of ester was estimated to be 20 days and 869 g product/g immobilized enzyme per 2 half-lives, respectively. 相似文献
Summary Living cells of Candida parapsilosis KSh 21 were immobilized by adsorption on different types of glass rings. The presence of n-tetradecane enhanced the cell adsorption especially on normal glass rings. The high adhesion of cellulose-coated glass rings and of sintered glass rings induced a quick adsorption of the cells. The quantity of 1-tetradecanol produced in the cultures of immobilized cells especially on SGR was higher than that of the free cells. Low numbers of free cells released in the immobilized cultures were observed. Better contact between the immobilized cells and oil droplets was noticed. 相似文献
The lipopolysaccharides of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata strains St. Louis (ATCC 23782) and Sp 11 both contain L-acofriose, rhamnose, glucose and glucosamine as the main sugar constituents. 2-Keto-3-deoxyoctonate and neuraminic acid were tentatively identified. The fatty acid spectrum found with both strains comprises 3-OH-C10 and C12:1 (ester-linked) and 3-oxo-C14 (amide-linked). Isolated lipid A from strain Sp 11 contains glucosamine, glucosamine-phosphate and the total of the fatty acids of the lipopolysaccharide. Methylation analysis of the degraded polysaccharide of this lipopolysaccharide shows L-acofriose in both terminal and 1 leads to 2 chain-linked positions in a 1:4 molar ratio. Rhamnose is exclusively chain-linked (1 leads to 2), glucose is both terminally and chain-linked (1 leads to 6) in a 1:1 molar ratio. The serological activity of the lipopolysaccharide of both the R. capsulata strains is low in antisera against living or heat-killed cells when tested by passive hemagglutination, Ouchterlony immunoprecipitation or gel-immunoelectrophoresis. No crossreaction was observed among the lipopolysaccharides of R. capsulata strains St. Louis, Sp 11 and 37b4 in immunoprecipitation. Lipopolysaccharide of strain Sp 11 was found to lack lethal toxicity in galactosamine-sensitized mice. 相似文献
Summary Human arterial smooth muscle cells (hASMC) from explants of the inner media of uterine arteries were studied in secondary
culture. We had previously found that these cells depend on exogenous platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) for proliferation
in vitro. Deprivation of the serum mitogen(s) by culture in plasma-derived serum or bovine serum albumin (BSA) caused a true
growth arrest that was reversible upon reexposure to the mitogen(s). When added to serum-containing medium, heparin caused
a reversible growth arrest which could be competed for by increasing concentrations of serum. In the current study we used
a set of smooth muscle-specific actin and myosin, antibodies to study the expression of contractile proteins in stress fibers
under indirect immunofluorescence on hASMC in culture. Even in sparse culture, grwoth-arrested hASMC expressed stress fibers
containing these actin and myosin epitopes. This was true irrespective of whether growth arrest was achieved by culture in
media containing only BSA or a combination of heparin and whole blood serum. hASMC proliferating in whole blood serum in sparse
culture did not express such strees fibers, as judged by immunofluorescent staining. This was true also for cells that were
restimulated to proliferate in serum after a growth arrest. Utilizing a monoclonal antibody against a nuclear antigen expressed
in proliferating human cells, we were able to demonstrate an inverse relationship between the expression of this antigen and
the SMC-specific contractile proteins, respectively. Under these culture conditions, the reversible transition between defifferentiated
and differentiated hASMC was almost complete and terminated about 1 wk after the change in culture condition. We conclude
that hASMC in vitro respond, to exogenous PDGF by proliferation and dedifferetiation as a single population of cells. We also
conclude that this modulation is reversible, because the cells become uniformly quiescent and differentiated when the mitogenic
stimulus is blocked or removed.
This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council (Project no. 4531 and 6816), the Swedish Association
against Heart and Chest Diseases, the King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD (grant HL 29873) and the Swedish National Board for Laboratory Animals. 相似文献
Fungal spore populations in the outdoor and indoor atmosphere of Ismailia have been studied during the period from March 1992
to May 1993. A total of 23 350 cfu and 73 species were recorded,Cladosporium cladosporioides, Aureobasidium pullulans andAspergillus flavus were the most abundant. The indoor and outdoor mycoflora showed marked quantitative and qualitative differences. In view
of count, recorded species could be categorized into three groups as follows: (a) species showing higher counts in out- than
indoor, (b) species showing the opposite trend i.e. lower counts in out-door than indoor, (c) species showing approximately
equal counts in out- and indoor. Regarding seasonal periodicity, March and either September or October showed the highest
count for both normal fungal flora (NFF) and opportunistic fungal flora (OFF). While January and July showed the lowest count
of them both, May but not July was the lowest as for outdoor NFF. 相似文献
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common adenoma in old men. Tomatoes are a rich source of bioactive compounds that, as well as selenium (Se), possess antioxidant and antiproliferative activity. The aim was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of Se in combination with a tomato extract in aged rats with BPH. Aged male Wistar rats were divided in the following groups (n = 10 rats/group): Control (C), BPH, BPH + Finasteride (BPH + F), BPH + Tomato Lipidic Extract (BPH + E), BPH + Selenium (BPH + S) and BPH plus E plus S (BPH + E + S). After 4 weeks of treatment, prostate weight, diuresis, antioxidants enzymes, prooxidants and inflammatory markers, growth factors and androgens were determined. BPH + E + S reduced prostate weight by 59.29% and inhibited growth by 99.35% compared to BPH + F which only decreased weight and inhibited growth by 15.31% and 57.54%, respectively. Prooxidant markers were higher with BPH + F (49.4% higher vs. BPH), but BPH + E + S decreased these markers (94.27% vs. BPH) and increased antioxidant activity. Finally, diuresis was higher with the BPH + E + S combination and markers of inflammation and growth factors were significantly lower with respect to BPH + F. Our findings provide a beneficial and protective therapeutic option of E + S directed against androgens, oxidative stress and inflammation that regulates cell proliferation in the prostate gland. 相似文献
This paper deals with uranium biosorption by Myxococcus xanthus biomass in which dry biomass, accumulating up to 2.4 mM of uranium g−1, is demonstrated to be a more efficient biosorbent than wet biomass. For uranium concentrations of 0.1–0.3 mM, between 95.79% and 95.99% of the uranium was taken up from the solution. Dry biomass biosorption was found to be relatively rapid, reaching equilibrium after 5–10 min. In addition, the pH influenced biosorption, pH 4.5 promoting maximum uptake. It was also established that the biosorbed uranium is located on the cellular wall and within the extracellular mucopolysaccharide of this microorganism. Furthermore, using sodium carbonate as a desorbent agent, 80.82% of the biosorbed uranium could be recovered. The results obtained indicate the possible utilization of M. xanthus biomass to solve some problems of the water contaminated by uranium. 相似文献
1. 1.|In the freshwater fish Chalcalburnus chalcoides, an increase in the body (standard) size caused decreases in the upper LT-50 from 36.6° to 36.0°C and lower LT-50 from 6.3° to 5.3°C
2. 2.|The fish acclimated to constant temperatures between 10°C and 30°C showed reasonable heat acclimation and also reasonable cold acclimation. Thus, an increase in the acclimation temperature from 10°C to 30°C caused increases in the upper LT-50 from 34° to 36.2°C and the lower LT-50 from 1.25 to 6.5°C.
3. 3|The mean survival time — temperature curves of 10°, 20° and 30°C acclimated fish at various constant temperatures showed decreased in the survival tim ewith increasing lethal temperatures. Furthermore, an increase in the acclimation temperature causes a shift in the survival duration-temperature curve to the right, i.e., the fish become more heat resistant. Thus, the mean survival duration of 10°, 20° and 30°C acclimated fish at 35°C were 7.5, 79.6 and 530 minutes, respectively.
4. 4.|The effect of the thermal experience to changing lethal temperatures depends on the first lethal temperature to which the fish were exposed as well as the sequence of temperature changes. In the experiments in which the first lethal temperatures were between 32° and 34°C and the temperature was varied in an ascending order, their thermal resistance was increased and the fish required 114 to 174% of the expected lethal doses to die while in the experiments in which the starting temperature were between 38° and 40°C and the temperature varied in descending order, the fish become more sensitive to the upper lethal temperature and they died after receiving only 62 to 81% of the expected lethal doses. Thus, with a gradual increase in the lethal temperature, the fish show additional acclimation in the zone of resistance which in turn causes an increase in the thermal resistance. This may have ecological significance in nature.
Author Keywords: acclimation; lethal temperatures; temperature change; survival 相似文献
Summary The formation of citric acid, oxalic acid, erythritol and glycerol by three strains of Aspergillus niger immobilized in calcium alginate was investigated and compared with that of free cells when cultivated in shake flasks under phosphate limitation. Morphological changes were followed using an electron microscope. The production of acids and polyols, the consumption of glucose and fructose, and also the morphological changes were strain-dependent. The results also reflected the influence of long storage of a strain on productivity, morphological behaviour and phosphate consumption.
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A new single gene-recessive internode length mutant inPisum, lkc, is characterized. The internodes oflkc plants are 30–40% shorter than those of comparableLkc plants, and this is attributable to reductions in both cell length and the number of cells per internode. Dwarfism in the mutant is not due to modified gibberellin (GA) levels, as determined by gas chromatography-selected ion monitoring (GC-SIM) for GA1 and GA20, and bioassay (rice cv. Tan-ginbozu). Furthermore,lkc plants are not as responsive as the wild-type to applied GA1. The diminished stature oflkc plants appears to result from a direct or indirect interference with the transduction of the GA1 signal. 相似文献