The blood chemical status of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua following capture by jig and demersal longline with differential hook removal methods

Common haematological [haematocrit (Hct)], primary (serum cortisol) and secondary (serum glucose and plasma lactate) analytes were utilized to compare blood biochemical status of Gadus morhua captured rapidly by jig with that of G. morhua captured by commercial demersal longline. In general, the physiological status of G. morhua, despite blind hook times, was significantly more disrupted (pronounced haemo-concentration and significantly elevated concentrations of cortisol, glucose and lactate) following longline capture relative to capture by jig, while no differences were detected among longline-caught fish as a function of dehooking method (or concomitant extent of overt physical trauma). Blood profiles from the more stressed G. morhua, a possible function of more extended longline hook times, were similar to the most stressed values reported for this species. The results also demonstrate that, although acute blood biochemical status is an effective gauge of relative stress, it does not reflect physical injury status, which has been shown to exert a strong influence on delayed mortality in previous studies in this species. Thus, acute blood chemical status alone may not be the most complete predictor of mortality. Future studies should evaluate physiological repercussions from capture-handling against physical trauma during more extended post-release periods for this species.     

柴胡幼苗越冬抗寒性及其相关生理指标筛选

以北柴胡、地产柴胡、三岛柴胡的根为试验材料,以早春植株成活率为越冬抗寒性指标,测定越冬期不同柴胡品种根系生理生化特征,进行柴胡抗寒性综合评价,并对主要抗寒生理指标进行通径分析和相关性分析,以探讨冬季自然低温条件下柴胡生理特性与抗寒性的关系,筛选适合柴胡越冬抗寒性鉴定的生理指标。结果表明:(1)北柴胡、地产柴胡、三岛柴胡返青期的返青率依次为80%、50%、10%,且各品种间差异显著。(2)3个品种柴胡越冬期根系可溶性糖含量、游离脯氨酸含量、可溶性蛋白含量、根系活力与返青率大小顺序一致,其中北柴胡根系游离脯氨酸平均含量分别为地产柴胡和三岛柴胡的2.44倍和4.49倍,且可溶性蛋白含量显著高于地产柴胡、三岛柴胡,但3个品种柴胡的相对电导率、丙二醛含量水平与返青率大小顺序相反。(3)自然越冬过程中,各柴胡品种的根系活力均呈下降趋势,且以三岛柴胡根系活力下降幅度最大,达80%,而北柴胡根系活力下降幅度最小为52.04%。(4)越冬期3个柴胡品种的越冬抗寒性综合排序为:北柴胡地产柴胡三岛柴胡;柴胡根中脯氨酸含量、可溶性蛋白含量与综合评价值呈极显著正相关关系,相对电导率与综合评价值呈显著负相关关系;生理指标决策系数的大小顺序依次为脯氨酸含量可溶性蛋白含量电导率。研究表明,越冬期柴胡根系游离脯氨酸含量是影响其抗寒性的主要影响因素,其含量可作为评价柴胡抗寒性的指标。     

减数分裂实验材料的优化与染色体制备技术改进

“优化”的实验材料是遗传学实验教学达到预期目标的必备条件之一,蝗虫精子形成中的减数分裂是比较好的观察减数分裂的材料之一。分别从蝗虫品种、捕捉时间、精细管取材位置等方面优化实验材料,同时通过改进染色技术提高染色体制片效果,有利于学生更有效地理解减数分裂的概念以及各个分裂时期染色体特征,牢固掌握遗传学基本定律。     

豆渣对平菇和灵芝发酵产生木质素酶系的影响

研究了不同浓度的豆渣(1%~5%)对平菇和灵芝固态发酵油菜秸秆产生木质素降解酶系的影响。结果表明:与对照(无豆渣)相比,浓度为3%、4%的豆渣显著提高平菇产生的锰过氧化物酶(MnP)和木质素过氧化物酶(LiP)活性;漆酶(Lac)的活性也在豆渣浓度为2%~4%时得到显著提高。灵芝发酵基质中,3%的豆渣显著提高了MnP和LiP的活性;浓度为3%~5%的豆渣也可显著提高灵芝发酵基质中Lac的活性,其中豆渣浓度为3%时,平菇与灵芝单菌发酵中Lac的活性都达到峰值,分别为对照的2.3倍、1.67倍。     

综述与专论：运动经外泌体防治肌少症的研究进展

肌少症（sarcopenia）是以骨骼肌质量和肌力进行性下降为特征的增龄性综合征,探究其发病机理对于肌少症的预防与治疗具有重要意义。研究表明,外泌体（exosomes）与肌少症关联密切,可能是一种有益的削弱/防治手段,但其机制尚未厘清。近期研究表明,外泌体富含运动因子/细胞因子,其不仅参与机体细胞与组织间的交互作用（cross talk）,亦介导了包括骨骼肌细胞增殖与分化在内的诸多病理生理过程。此外,运动可通过促进外泌体的释放并调节外泌体携带的miRNAs和/或蛋白质的表达,从而有效改善肌少症。本文就外泌体及其生物学特性以及外泌体与肌少症之间的关系进行归纳梳理,总结并分析运动对外泌体的影响及其可能机制,以期为肌少症的防治提供新的策略。     

黑尾地鸦线粒体基因组序列测定与分析

采用长PCR扩增的线粒体DNA和引物步移法, 测定并注释了中国特有鸟类-黑尾地鸦(Podoces hendersoni)的线粒体基因组全序列。黑尾地鸦的mtDNA序列全长16 867 bp, GenBank登录号GU592504。基因含量和排列次序与原鸡的一致, 包含13个蛋白编码基因、22个tRNA、2个rRNA和1个控制区(D-loop)。除COI基因以GTG作为起始密码子外, 其余12个蛋白质编码基因均以典型ATG密码子起始。11个蛋白编码基因以完全终止密码子TAA、AGG或AGA终止, COIII和ND4基因终止密码子为不完整的T。tRNA^Ser(AGY)的DHU臂缺失, tRNA^Leu(CUN)的反密码子环由9个碱基构成, 而不是标准的7个碱基。其余的20个tRNA基因的二级结构均属典型的三叶草结构。预测了rRNA的二级结构, 其中, 12S rRNA二级结构包含4个结构域, 43个茎环结构; 16S rRNA的二级结构包含6个结构域, 55个茎环结构。此外, 在其他鸟类控制区中所发现的F-box、D-box、C-box、B-box、Bird similarity-box和CSB1-box也同样存在于黑尾地鸦中。     

Latitudinal gradients and the shaping of life‐history traits in a gregarious caterpillar

The present study aimed to investigate how the impact of several factors linked to geography would shape life‐history traits in a gregarious species, using the pine processionary moth (PPM) Thaumetopoea pityocampa as a model system. PPM has a wide geographical distribution over the Mediterranean Basin, and it is a strictly gregarious species throughout larval development, where the total reproductive output of each female forms a colony. We reviewed both published and unpublished data on PPM from all over its distribution in the Mediterranean Basin and extracted data on fecundity, egg size, egg parasitoid mortality, flight period, and development time. These life‐history traits were then related to location, expressed as latitude and altitude, local average temperatures, and host tree species. We found that PPM fecundity increaseed with latitude, concomitant with an increase in the length of development and an earlier onset of adult flight. These results are the opposite of that found in other Lepidoptera species with a wide geographical distribution, as well as in insects in general. We propose that a large colony size in PPM is important at higher latitudes because this confers an advantage for thermoregulation and tent building in areas where larvae have to face harsher conditions during the winter, thus shifting the optimal trade‐off between the number and size of eggs with latitude. However, host tree species also affected the relationship between egg number and size and the optimal outcome of these traits is likely a compromise between different selection pressures. © 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 100 , 224–236.     

鲎素抗菌肽作用机理研究

鲎素抗菌肽是中国鲎天然免疫的重要组成部分,具有广谱抗菌活性,对细菌、真菌、肿瘤细胞及一些病毒具有强大的抑制作用,且这种作用具有较好的选择性。本文主要介绍了鲎素的种类和生物活性、鲎素的结构与功能关系、鲎素作用机理的最新研究进展,并对鲎素临床应用面临的问题及对策做了简要综述。     

术前胸部CT检查对食管癌手术切除的价值

胸部CT不仅可作为一种诊断食管癌的辅助检查方法,而且对肿瘤的外浸程度、与周围器官关系、判断手术切除可能性能提供有价值的参考依据,弥补上消化道钡透及纤维胃镜检查的不足.随着相关领域研究的不断深入,术前胸部CT对食管癌的可切除判断的参考价值也越发重要与可靠,我们就术前胸部CT检查对食管癌手术切除做一综述.