Geochemical Peculiarities of the Carbonate Constructions Formed during Microbial Oxidation of Methane under Anaerobic Conditions

The aragonite constructions of the Black Sea are formed in a stable anaerobic zone and are a perfect object to study the natural mechanism of anaerobic methane oxidation. The most probable pathway of methane oxidation is its methanogen-mediated reaction with bicarbonates, dissolved in seawater, with the formation of water and acetate, which is then consumed by other components of the anaerobic community. Comparison of the ¹³C values of carbonate minerals and organic matter once more demonstrated that the formation of the organic matter of biomass is accompanied by intense fractionation of carbon isotopes, as a result of which the total organic matter of biomass acquires an extremely light isotopic composition, characterized by ¹³C values as low as –83.8.     

p130/p107 expression distinguishes adipogenic potential in primary myoblasts based on age

Recent investigations have provided significant evidence that many mesodermally derived tissues contain stem cell-like precursors capable of being stimulated to undergo differentiation into a variety of cellular lineages. We have recently reported that primary myoblasts isolated from 23-month-old mice have an increased adipogenic potential when compared to their 8-month-old counterparts. To further characterize the degree of adipocyte differentiation in these myoblasts, we examined early and late markers of adipocyte differentiation. Within the first 24h of adipocyte differentiation, expression of p130 and p107, two members of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene family, are regulated and this event is an important one early in adipogenesis. Consistent with the increased adipogenic potential of the older myoblasts and in contrast to the younger cells, the p130:p107 pattern of expression is very similar to that observed in adipogenesis where there is a transient increase in p107 expression accompanied by a decrease in p130 expression. Interestingly, while these older cells accumulated lipid and expressed genes associated with lipid metabolism, they failed to express adipsin and leptin, two well-established markers of terminal adipocyte differentiation. These results suggest that older myoblasts are capable of initiating and progressing through the adipogenic program to a point where they express genes associated with lipid metabolism, but do not reach a terminally differentiated state. This finding may have important metabolic implications in the aging population.     

产油微藻的分离、筛选及自养培养氮源、碳源的优化

从云南滇池的水样中分离筛选得到一株自养产油小球藻(Chlorella vulgaris,C.vulgaris),其油脂产率可达28.6mg/(L·d),进一步考察了不同氮源、氮源浓度和添加无机碳源对其自养生长和油脂积累的影响。结果表明,硝酸钠为优化氮源,氮元素的优化浓度为123mg/L,油脂含量随氮元素浓度升高而降低;添加NaHCO3显著提高了C.vulgaris生物量产率和油脂产率,其优化浓度为800mg/L。在氮源和碳源的优化浓度下,C.vulgaris的最大生物量产率和油脂产率可达332.8mg/(L·d)和100.2mg/(L·d),分别是对照组的3.6和3.4倍。     

Design,synthesis and preliminary antiproliferative activity studies of new diheteroaryl thioether derivatives

A series of structurally new diheteroaryl thioether analogs was designed, prepared and screened toward MGC-803, MKN-45, EC-109 and H1650. Most of the target compounds displayed moderate to potent antiproliferative activities. Among them, compound 5 showed the best antiproliferative activity against the tested cell lines with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) values below 10 μM. In addition, flow cytometry analysis showed that compound 5 increased Bax expression, down-regulated expression of Bcl-2, cleaved caspases-3/9, finally inducing apoptosis of MKN-45 cells as well as arrested the cell cycle at G2/M phase. This study suggests that the diheteroaryl thioethers are a class of emerging chemotypes for developing antitumor agents or biological probes, and compound 5 could serve as a good starting point to design new apoptosis inducers.     

DNA池快速筛查牛STAM1基因SNPs及估算等位基因频率

目的:旨在对不同牛种STAM1基因进行SNPs筛查,为地方牛种选种选育提供一定理论依据.方法:选取生长发育性状明显差异的务川黑牛和贵州荷斯坦奶牛2个牛种构建DNA池,设计1对引物分别扩增2个牛种STAM1基因第14外显子序列总长898bp.切胶回收后对PCR产物进行双向测序.结果:在牛STAM1基因中快速筛查到5个SNPs:A33C、C66G、C356T、T523A、T652C,其中A33C(Tyr→Ser)、C66G(Pro→Arg)、C356T(Glu→Lys)为错义突变,T523A为同义突变,T652C位于内含子区.贵州荷斯坦奶牛在T523A和T652C两个位点基因频率为1.0000,而务川黑牛分别为0.6730和0.8106.生物信息学分析表明:突变前后STAM1的RNA二级结构和蛋白质二级、三级结构均有明显改变.结论:DNA池结合测序技术可快速筛选SNP位点,检测到STAM1基因第14外显子5个SNPs.     

生态脆弱区贫困与生态环境的博弈分析

生态脆弱区既是生态环境破坏最典型、最强烈的区域,也是贫困问题最集中的区域。然而,实践中试图摆脱"贫困陷阱"的成功案例并不多见。其中一个重要原因是鲜有协同生态保护与扶贫的研究,尤其是忽视了不同利益主体的相互作用过程与机制。从博弈论的视角,探讨生态脆弱区不同利益主体的两组核心博弈,即政府与民众以及政府与企业的博弈。研究发现,扶贫与生态环境保护相互作用过程事实上就是协调不同利益主体的目标与利益的博弈过程,博弈结果一定程度上决定了扶贫的效果以及生态环境保护的效应。研究为深入理解贫困与生态环境相互作用的过程与机制提供一个理论分析框架,并为中国生态脆弱区可持续发展实践提供有益借鉴。     

五种常绿冬青叶片防火性能评价

为了筛选冬青属(Ilex)植物优良防火品种,了解该属植物叶片燃烧表现特征,优化园林树种防火性能的评价方法,该文以克恩氏冬青(Ilex×koehneana)、史蒂芬冬青(Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’)、大别山冬青(I. dabieshanensis)、博福德冬青(I. cornuta ‘Burfordii’)、双核冬青(I. dipyrena)为研究对象,以海桐(Pittosporum tobira)和石楠(Photinia serrulata)作为参照,采用因子分析法对这七种植物鲜叶和干叶的防火性能分别进行综合评价。结果表明:(1)不同冬青品种鲜叶火灾性能指数存在显著性差异,其余指标均呈极显著性差异。(2)经过因子分析进行评价得出鲜叶抗火性从强到弱依次为博福德冬青史蒂芬冬青大别山冬青石楠海桐双核冬青克恩氏冬青;干叶抗火性从强到弱依次为史蒂芬冬青大别山冬青博福德冬青海桐双核冬青克恩氏冬青石楠。(3)综合鲜叶及干叶的评分结果,得出博福德冬青、史蒂芬冬青、大别山冬青得分较高,防火性能优于石楠和海桐,防火性能表现更突出。     

Population study of the Udmurt population: Analysis of ten polymorphic DNA loci of the nuclear genome

Genetic structure of Southern and Northern ethnographic groups of the Udmurt population from six regions of the Republic of Udmurtia has been studied. All the samples were examined using ten polymorphic DNA loci: VNTR/PAH, VNTR/ApoB, VNTR/DATI, VNTR/eNOS, ACE, CCR5 Δ32, KM19, IVS6a, THOI, and FABP2. Allelic and genotype frequencies were estimated for each of the six populations. The average heterozygosity for these ten polymorphic loci varied from 0.47 in Udmurts from Glazovskii region to 0.53 in Udmurts from Malopurginskii region. The level of genetic variation (F _ST) between populations of Udmurts was 0.0048. Ethnographic subdivision of the population into Northern and Southern Udmurts is in good agreement with the values of genetic distances and phylogenetic analysis.     

shRNA靶向干扰COX-2抑制人肝癌裸鼠皮下移植瘤及其血管生成

目的:探讨重组干扰质粒pshRNA-COX-2对人肝癌细胞Hep3B裸鼠皮下移植瘤生长和肿瘤血管生成的抑制作用。方法:重组干扰质粒pshRNA-COX-2转染Hep3B细胞并筛选后,RT-PCR和Western blot检测COX-2mRNA和蛋白表达,RT-PCR检测VEGFmRNA表达。将被成功转染的Hep3B细胞种植于裸鼠皮下,测量肿瘤大小,4周后处死裸鼠,免疫组织化学法检测肿瘤组织中COX-2蛋白表达和肿瘤微血管密度(MVD)。结果:与未转染细胞相比,干扰组COX-2mRNA和蛋白表达抑制率分别为65.3%和52.8%(P<0.05),干扰组VEGFmRNA表达抑制率为56.5%(P<0.05)。干扰组瘤体大小明显小于阴性组和空白组(P<0.01)。干扰组COX-2得分和MVD均明显低于阴性组和空白组(P<0.01)。结论:pshRNA-COX-2通过抑制COX-2表达明显抑制人肝癌细胞Hep3B裸鼠皮下移植瘤生长和肿瘤血管生成。     

堆肥化处理对畜禽粪便中四环素类抗生素及抗性基因控制的研究进展

随着四环素类抗生素在畜禽养殖中的广泛应用,畜禽粪便已成为四环素类抗生素和抗性基因的重要富集位点,其未经处理直接施用具有潜在的生态环境和人类健康风险。堆肥化处理可有效消减畜禽粪便中的四环素类抗生素,并且对抗性基因的扩散和传播具有一定的控制效果。本综述比较了不同的堆肥化工艺对粪肥中四环素类抗生素消减的效果,并重点讨论了其微生物降解机理,总结了堆肥化处理对粪肥中四环素抗性基因消减的研究进展,进一步讨论了堆肥化处理过程中抗性基因变化的微生态机理与控制策略,最后提出了采用热水解等预处理工艺去除抗生素压力和采用厌氧堆肥化工艺增强抗性基因控制的技术建议,以及从动态的角度采用高通量的检测技术来解析抗性基因消减机制的研究策略建议。