Sulfur‐Impregnated,Sandwich‐Type,Hybrid Carbon Nanosheets with Hierarchical Porous Structure for High‐Performance Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries

Sandwich‐type hybrid carbon nanosheets (SCNMM) consisting of graphene and micro/mesoporous carbon layer are fabricated via a double template method using graphene oxide as the shape‐directing agent and SiO₂ nanoparticles as the mesoporous guide. The polypyrrole synthesized in situ on the graphene oxide sheets is used as a carbon precursor. The micro/mesoporous strcutures of the SCNMM are created by a carbonization process followed by HF solution etching and KOH treatment. Sulfur is impregnated into the hybrid carbon nanosheets to generate S@SCNMM composites for the cathode materials in Li‐S secondary batteries. The microstructures and electrochemical performance of the as‐prepared samples are investigated in detail. The hybrid carbon nanosheets, which have a thickness of about 10–25 nm, high surface area of 1588 m² g^?1, and broad pore size distribution of 0.8–6.0 nm, are highly interconnected to form a 3D hierarchical structure. The S@SCNMM sample with the sulfur content of 74 wt% exhibits excellent electrochemical performance, including large reversible capacity, good cycling stability and coulombic efficiency, and good rate capability, which is believed to be due to the structure of hybrid carbon materials with hierarchical porous structure, which have large specific surface area and pore volume.     

tPA突变体在哺乳动物细胞中的表达

利用携带有二氢叶酸还原酶(dhfr)基因的pCI载体,实现tPA突变体(FrGGI)在CHO-dhfr^-细胞中的高效表达,获得高表达细胞株。采用分子克隆常规技术,将去除3’端非蛋白编码区的tPA突变体cDNA与pCI载体连接,构建真核表达载体pCI—tPA;采用阳离子脂质体转染法转染CHO-dhfr^-胞。经酶切及测序鉴定,证明所构建的质粒正确,转染CHO—dhfr细胞后,经过MTX加压筛选,得到了10株表达水平较高的细胞株,其活性可达每106细胞4000U／24h。以上结果为进行tPA突变体工程细胞株的筛选奠定了基础。     

普者黑岩溶湖泊湿地湖滨带景观格局演变对水质的影响

湖滨带作为湖泊与陆地之间的过渡带,是健康湖泊生态系统的重要组成部分。湖滨带景观格局的演变会对湿地水质产生重要影响,因此探究影响岩溶湿地水质变化的湖滨带关键景观因子,对深入了解景观格局对岩溶湿地水质的影响过程与机制具有重要意义。选择普者黑岩溶湖泊湿地为研究对象,以2005、2007、2009、2011年共4年的Landsat遥感影像及水质监测数据为基础,通过划定湖泊湿地湖滨带缓冲区域,运用秩相关分析和冗余分析研究湖滨带景观格局对普者黑岩溶湖泊湿地水质的影响。结果表明,湖滨带不同缓冲区内景观结构类型比例差异较大;枯水期水质与土地利用类型和景观格局指数的影响大于丰水期;景观格局在不同缓冲区尺度对岩溶湿地的水质具有不同的效应;随着监测点缓冲距离的增加,个别景观指数可较好的揭示湖滨带景观格局演变对岩溶湿地水质的影响,其中,蔓延度指数(CONTAG)、斑块结合度指数(COHSION)、均匀度指数(SHEI)对水质参数的影响较大,边界密度(ED)、聚集度(AI)对水质参数的影响随缓冲距离的增加逐渐减弱,其他景观指数对水质影响差异并不明显,最大斑块指数(LPI)在缓冲距离≤300m的区域内与水质的关系较密切,面积加权平均斑块分维数(AWMPFD)与水质参数有显著负相关性,多样性指数(SHDI)对水质的影响具有不确定性;另外,大部分水质参数与土地利用面积比例有较好的相关性,且湿地面积比例是表征岩溶湖泊湿地水环境质量的主要指标。     

传输靶向COX-2 siRNA联合化疗药物对大鼠胃癌细胞生长

目的：通过动物实验探讨传输靶向COX-2 siRNA联合化疗药物对大鼠胃癌细胞生长的抑制作用。方法：24 只健康SD 大鼠 平分为三组,治疗组用COX-2-siRNA转染的胃癌SGC7901 细胞接种,同时进行环磷酰胺、丝裂霉素C 化疗治疗;阴性对照组,用 阴性对照siRNA 转染的胃癌SGC7901 细胞接种,同时进行环磷酰胺、丝裂霉素C 化疗治疗;对照组(n=8),用未经转染的胃癌 SGC7901 细胞接种,不进行化疗治疗;三组转染后都接种了裸鼠。结果：治疗组、阴性对照组及对照组胃癌细胞凋亡率分别为 （22.28± 0.12）%、（1.23± 0.17）%和（1.03± 0.14）%,治疗组与阴性对照组和对照组比较差异都有统计学意义(t=18.152,17.555, P<0.05)。治疗组的抑瘤率为76.7%,阴性对照组和对照组分别为12.8%和6.89%,治疗组的抑瘤率明显高于其他两组(x2=15. 211,13.899,P<0.05)。Western blotting检测结果显示治疗组的COX-2 蛋白表达含量得到了明显抑制。结论：传输靶向COX-2 siRNA和化疗药物的配合应用可有效抑制COX-2 蛋白的表达,从而抑制胃癌细胞的生长,从而起到更好的治疗效果。     

Short exposure to paclitaxel induces multipolar spindle formation and aneuploidy through promotion of acentrosomal pole assembly

Paclitaxel is a widely used microtubule drug and cancer medicine. Here we report that by short exposure to paclitaxel at a low dose, multipolar spindles were induced in mitotic cells without centrosome amplification. Both TPX2 depletion and Aurora-A overexpression antagonized the multipolarity. Live cell imaging showed that some paclitaxel-treated cells accomplished multipolar cell division and a portion of the daughter cells went on to the next round of mitosis. The surviving cells grew into clones with varied genome content. The results indicated that an aneuploidy population could be induced by short exposure to paclitaxel at a low dose, implicating potential side effects of paclitaxel.     

Reproductive biology of female blue shark <Emphasis Type="Italic">Prionace glauca</Emphasis> in the southeastern Pacific Ocean

Polyandry is extremely common across a wide range of organisms. In promiscuous mating systems, females are often sexually harassed by males, but at the same time obtain benefits from multiple mating. It remains unclear whether polyandry is exclusively imposed by males or is also promoted by females. Here, we investigated this question by recording the time spent by female guppies near a single male or a group of males with similar size and colour patterns over three consecutive days. We accounted for the effect of shoaling by using a control treatment where a group of females was used instead of a group of males. Results showed that females spent significantly more time near the group of males, but not with the group of females. In the presence of a group of males, total female mating preference time did not change over the course of the study, but rather shifted from spending more time near the single male at the beginning of the experiment to spending more time near the group of males. The consequence of this female preference for associating with a group of males in a non-experimental setup would be to promote multiple mating. Our result indicates that polyandry in guppies is at least partially encouraged by females, and not entirely a consequence of male sexual behaviour.