A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS HABROPHLEBIODES ULMER (EPHEMEROPTERA: LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE)

Abstract  The present paper deals with a new species Habrophlebiodes zijinensis sp. nov. collected in Nanjing, Jiangsu Povince, China.     

创伤后巨噬细胞对T细胞白介素2及白介素2受体α基因表达的直接接触抑制作用

以25μg/ml的丝裂霉素C处理巨噬细胞30min,可阻断巨噬细胞白介素1(IL-1)、白介素6(IL-6)、肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)及前列腺素E_2(PGE_2)的合成与分泌。创伤小鼠巨噬细胞经丝裂霉素C处理后,可明显抑制正常T细胞白介素2(IL-2)mRNA及IL-2受体(IL-2R)αmRNA水平,并增强Ts细胞的抑制活性。去除T细胞中Ts细胞可使巨噬细胞的抑制作用消失。表明创伤后巨噬细胞可通过直接的细胞接触方式抑制T细胞IL-2及IL-2 Rα的基因表达,且这一作用是通过增加Ts细胞活性而实现的。     

The alpha- and beta-tubulin folding pathways

The alpha-beta tubulin heterodimer is the subunit from which microtubules are assembled. The pathway leading to correctly folded alpha- and beta-tubulins is unusually complex: it involves cycles of ATP-dependent interaction of newly synthesized tubulin subunits with cytosolic chaperonin, resulting in the production of quasi-native folding intermediates, which must then be acted upon by additional protein cofactors. These cofactors form a supercomplex containing both alpha- and beta-tubulin polypeptides, from which native heterodimer is released in a GTP-dependent reaction. Here, we discuss the current state of our understanding of the function of cytosolic chaperonin and cofactors in tubulin folding.     

甘蔗细平象的研究

甘蔗细平象Trockorhopalus humeralis Chevrolat是云南甘蔗上的一种毁灭性地下害虫,以幼虫和成虫在地下蔗头内为害,为害期8-10个月。据1989年调查,受害蔗每亩损失500-3000kg,严重的无收。此虫1年发生1代,以成虫在蔗头内越冬,有喜湿性,不能飞翔,主要通过沟河流水传播。在河川坝地,沙壤土中虫口较多;宿根年限越长的甘蔗受害越重。建议蔗稻轮作;缩短甘蔗宿根年限;早春翻挖有虫蔗蔸烧毁;结合新植蔗下种,宿根蔗松蔸培土施用甲基异柳磷或铁灭克等颗粒杀虫剂进行防治。     

濒危植物——长喙毛茛泽泻的雌雄配子体发育

长喙毛茛泽泻 Ranalisma rostratum stapf 小孢子母细胞的减数分裂过程为连续型,四分体为左右对称型。成熟花粉为三胞花粉。花药绒毡层为变形绒毡层。雌蕊由多数单室子房构成,每子房中含一具双珠被、薄珠心的倒生胚珠。胚囊发育为葱型。成熟胚囊中三个反足细胞退化;二个极核分别位于中央细胞的两端,其体积相差明显。这种极核分布可能与反足细胞过早退化有关。     

Cellulolytic enzymes of fungi isolated from wood materials

Species of Cunninghamella, Gliocladium deliquescens, Trichoderma harzianum and T. koningii were isolated from rotten wood chips. When grown on medium containing cellulose, all except Cunninghamella produced the three primary enzymes (exoglucanase, endoglucanase and -glucosidase) of the cellulase complex. The patterns for enzyme production, changes in mycelial mass and pH of the induction medium for T. harzianum and T. koningii were closely similar, and were distinguishable from those of G. deliquescens.     

聚多巴胺改性聚合物在神经修复中的研究进展 *

多巴胺在碱性条件下会发生自聚合生成聚多巴胺。由于聚多巴胺具有超强黏附性能,在过去几年中其被大量应用于修饰各类生物材料。神经修复中使用的材料多为聚合物,但单独使用聚合物修复神经的效果不佳。聚多巴胺改性聚合物的亲水性和生物相容性均优于单一聚合物。除此以外,聚合物上的聚多巴胺涂层还可用于进一步修饰促进神经修复的分子。综述了聚多巴胺的合成机理、性能以及聚多巴胺改性各类聚合物在神经修复中的研究进展,并展望了该类材料的发展前景。     

The effect of high buffer cardioplegia and secondary cardioplegia on cardiac preservation and postischemic functional recovery: a 31P NMR and functional study in Langendorff perfused pig hearts.

High buffer cardioplegia may provide protection against ischemic damage by reducing the extent of intracellular acidosis. Secondary cardioplegia may improve postischemic recovery by restoration of high energy phosphates, ionic gradients, and intracellular pH. To test these hypotheses, pig hearts were arrested with high buffer (150 mM MOPS) cardioplegia or modified St. Thomas' solution II and then kept ischemic at 12 degrees C for 8 h. High energy phosphates and intracellular pH were followed during the period of ischemia, using 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and functional recovery was followed during reperfusion. The hearts arrested by high buffer cardioplegia showed significantly higher intracellular pH than hearts preserved with St. Thomas' solution, but there were no significant differences in high energy phosphates. There were no significant differences in functional recovery. We found, however, that secondary cardioplegia abolished ventricular fibrillation, and resulted in improved functional recovery after 8 h of ischemic preservation compared with the hearts reperfused with Krebs-Henseleit solution alone. Our results suggest that despite attenuating the decreases in intracellular pH, high buffer cardioplegia does not improve recovery following 8 h of preservation at 12 degrees C. Secondary cardioplegia reduces the incidence of ventricular fibrillation and improves postischemic functional recovery of the myocardium.