浙北平原乡镇农业生态系统结构与功能现状及其相关性研究

调查分析了浙北平原15个乡镇农业生态系统的结构和功能现状,采用聚类分析和相关分析相结合的方法,研究了系统整体结构与功能以及结构和功能两两指标间的相关性。结果表明,聚类分析能揭示系统整体结构与功能的相关性,有利于从总体上把握调整的方向;两两指标间的相关分析可以明确持定结构和功能指标间相互关系的密切程度和方向,为有针对性地进行结构调整和功能优化提供依据。     

Novel phage display-derived mycolic acid-specific antibodies with potential for tuberculosis diagnosis

Tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity due to infectious disease. However, current clinical diagnostic methodologies such as PCR, sputum culture, or smear microscopy are not ideal. Antibody-based assays are a suitable alternative but require specific antibodies against a suitable biomarker. Mycolic acid, which has been found in patient sputum samples and comprises a large portion of the mycobacterial cell wall, is an ideal target. However, generating anti-lipid antibodies using traditional hybridoma methodologies is challenging and has limited the exploitation of this lipid as a diagnostic marker. We describe here the isolation and characterization of four anti-mycolic acid antibodies from a nonimmune antibody phage display library that can detect mycolic acids down to a limit of 4.5ng. All antibodies were specific for the methoxy subclass of mycolic acid with weak binding for α mycolic acid and did not show any binding to closely related lipids or other Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) derived lipids. We also determined the clinical utility of these antibodies based on their limit of detection for mycobacteria colony forming units (CFU). In combination with an optimized alkaline hydrolysis method for rapid lipid extraction, these antibodies can detect 10⁵ CFU of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a close relative of Mtb and therefore represent a novel approach for the development of diagnostic assays for lipid biomarkers.     

Job strain and tobacco smoking: an individual-participant data meta-analysis of 166,130 adults in 15 European studies

Background

Tobacco smoking is a major contributor to the public health burden and healthcare costs worldwide, but the determinants of smoking behaviours are poorly understood. We conducted a large individual-participant meta-analysis to examine the extent to which work-related stress, operationalised as job strain, is associated with tobacco smoking in working adults.

Methodology and Principal Findings

We analysed cross-sectional data from 15 European studies comprising 166 130 participants. Longitudinal data from six studies were used. Job strain and smoking were self-reported. Smoking was harmonised into three categories never, ex- and current. We modelled the cross-sectional associations using logistic regression and the results pooled in random effects meta-analyses. Mixed effects logistic regression was used to examine longitudinal associations. Of the 166 130 participants, 17% reported job strain, 42% were never smokers, 33% ex-smokers and 25% current smokers. In the analyses of the cross-sectional data, current smokers had higher odds of job strain than never-smokers (age, sex and socioeconomic position-adjusted odds ratio: 1.11, 95% confidence interval: 1.03, 1.18). Current smokers with job strain smoked, on average, three cigarettes per week more than current smokers without job strain. In the analyses of longitudinal data (1 to 9 years of follow-up), there was no clear evidence for longitudinal associations between job strain and taking up or quitting smoking.

Conclusions

Our findings show that smokers are slightly more likely than non-smokers to report work-related stress. In addition, smokers who reported work stress smoked, on average, slightly more cigarettes than stress-free smokers.     

奥沙利铂周围神经毒性模型大鼠行为学检测方法的比较

目的进行两种大鼠机械性痛觉敏感性测量方法、两种冷刺激缩足反应测量方法的比较研究。方法雌性Wistar大鼠,腹腔注射奥沙利铂4 mg/kg,建立标准奥沙利铂周围神经毒性大鼠模型。检测机械和冷热温度刺激下大鼠行为学变化,并对不同行为学检测方法的特点进行比较分析。结果模型组大鼠较正常组相比50%缩足阈明显降低(P0.05)、出现痛觉过敏及痛觉超敏(P0.05)、冷刺激诱发的缩足次数增多(P0.05),两组大鼠对热痛刺激反应均无明显差异,与临床患者症状表现基本一致。结论 Von Frey纤维丝刺激检测中4 g和15 g方法可更好的模拟临床患者的痛觉过敏、超敏反应;up-down法客观量化的反应出大鼠缩足阈值下降的程度。冷温度刺激中,丙酮喷洒法可较直观的观察大鼠受到冷刺激后的反应。     

不同种植模式对烤烟根系和叶片衰老特性的影响

以烤烟品种K326为试材,采用大田试验研究了广东南雄地区不同种植模式（单行种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜、单行种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜+后期垄体覆盖稻草、双行凹垄种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜和双行凹垄种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜+后期垄体覆盖稻草）对烤烟根系和叶片衰老特性,以及烤后烟叶经济性状的影响.结果表明：与其他种植模式相比,双行凹垄种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜+后期垄体覆盖稻草处理显著促进了各时期烤烟根系生长,根系活力提高;叶片叶绿素含量和保护酶(SOD、POD)活性均较高,而MDA含量较低,烤后烟叶的产量、产值、均价和上等烟比例等经济性状均显著高于其他处理.双行凹垄种植+前期垄体覆盖地膜+后期垄体覆盖稻草处理可以改善烤烟根系和叶片衰老特性,提高烤后烟叶经济性状,是广东南雄地区优质烟叶生产的有效种植模式.     

板蓝根热加工过程中氨基酸组分分析

利用氨基酸自动分析仪对板蓝根的新鲜植物组织和不同加工程度的板蓝根药材中的总氨基酸和游离氨基酸含量进行测定。结果表明:板蓝根的新鲜植物组织和不同加工程度的板蓝根药材氨基酸在含量上有明显差别。结论为:不同加工程度的板蓝根药材中氨基酸含量差别明显,其中碱性氨基酸含量的差别尤其显著,该差异可能是由于加工过程中发生美拉德反应造成的。     

Design, synthesis, and antiproliferative and CDK2-cyclin a inhibitory activity of novel flavopiridol analogues

The design and synthesis of a small library of 8-amidoflavone, 8-sulfonamidoflavone, 8-amido-7-hydroxyflavone, and heterocyclic analogues of flavopiridol is reported. The potential activity of these compounds as kinase inhibitors was evaluated by cytotoxicity studies in MCF-7 and ID-8 cancer cell lines and inhibition of CDK2-Cyclin A enzyme activity in vitro. The antiproliferative and CDK2-Cyclin A inhibitory activity of these analogues was significantly lower than the activity of flavopiridol. Molecular docking simulations were carried out and these studies suggested a different binding orientation inside the CDK2 binding pocket for these analogues compared to flavopiridol.     

An estradiol-porphyrin conjugate selectively localizes into estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells

A conjugate of a C(11)-beta-derivative of estradiol and an asymmetric tetraphenylporphyrin was synthesized to study its potential selective uptake by breast cancer cells naturally over-expressing the nuclear receptor for estrogen (ER). Competitive radioligand binding assays of this conjugate with recombinant ER showed that the conjugate bound to ER in a dose-dependent manner with an EC50 of 274 nM, compared with 1 nM for estradiol, the natural ligand. Cellular uptake studies with ER-positive MCF-7 and ER-negative HS578t human breast cancer cells revealed that, the conjugate was taken up by MCF-7 cells in a dose-dependent manner, which was obliterated by co-incubation with a large excess of estradiol. On the other hand there was very little uptake of the un-conjugated porphyrin by MCF-7 and Hs578t cells. HS578t cells also showed insignificant uptake of the conjugate under the conditions of our experiment. These results strongly suggested that specific interaction between the endogenous ER in MCF-7 cells and the estrogen part of the conjugate enabled these cells to selectively internalize the conjugate over the un-conjugated porphyrin. Therefore, ER-binding conjugates of estradiol and porphyrins could potentially be used for ER-targeted photodynamic therapy of hormone-sensitive cancers of breast, ovary, gonads etc.     

胃息肉与幽门螺杆菌感染关系研究

目的探讨胃息肉与幽门螺杆菌（Helicobacter pylori,H.pylori）感染关系。方法对1218例胃息肉同时进行H．pylori检查患者进行回顾性分析,分析胃息肉患者H.pylori感染率、胃息肉部位与H.pylori感染关系、胃息肉病理类型与H.pylori感染关系。结果发现胃息肉Hpylori感染患者532例,Hpylori感染率为43．7％。男性胃息肉患者H.pylori感染率为47．5％（216／455）,女性Hpriori感染率感染率为41．4％（316／763）（P〉0．05）,年龄〈20岁、20～39岁、40—59岁和≥60岁胃息肉H.priori感染率分别为41．7％、44．7％、41．6％和47．2％（P〉0．05）;胃窦胃角息肉H.pylori感染率高于其他部位（胃体、胃底和贲门）（P〈0．05）;炎性和增生性胃息肉H.priori感染率高于胃底腺和腺瘤性息肉（P〈0．05）。结论H.pylori感染可能与部分胃息肉发生有一定关系,需要进一步深入研究胃息肉的发生机制。