Processing of global and local properties——An analysis with event-related brain potentials

The different processing of global and local properties of compound visual stimuli was studied with event-related brain potentials (ERPs) in the present experiment. It was found that, compared with the identification of global properties, the discrimination of local properties elicited longer RTs, lower accuracies, increased amplitudes of P1, decreased amplitudes of N1, and longer latencies of N2 and P3. The conflict of global and local properties increased the amplitudes of P2, decreased the amplitudes of P3, and prolonged latencies of N2 and P3. These results indicated that the advantage of global processing occurs at an early perceptual stage, and the attentional mechanisms for global and local processing may be different.     

The 3-Phosphorylated Phosphoinositide Response of 3T3-L1 Preadipose Cells Exposed to Insulin,Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1, or Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

We compared the pattern of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides produced by confluent 3T3-L1 preadipose cells upon exposure to growth factors that either induce differentiation (insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1) or do not (platelet-derived growth factor). Following addition of insulin or insulin-like growth factor-1, PI(3,4,5)P3 rapidly rose, on average, to levels tenfold over basal. PI(3,4)P₂ either did not change (after insulin) or slightly increased (1.5 fold). Time course studies with insulin demonstrated that the rise in PI(3,4,5)P₃ peaked by 1 minute, and levels then remained steady over 30 minutes. Dose-response experiments showed that insulin at a concentration of 1 nM was sufficient for the PI(3,4,5)P₃ response. Insulin failed to increase PI(3,4)P₂ at any of the time points or at any of the doses used. In contrast, after addition of platelet-derived growth factor, both PI(3,4)P₂ and PI(3,4,5)P₃ rose concurrently and to comparable extents. These data suggest that one possible mechanism contributing to insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1-induced 3T3-L1 preadipose cell differentiation is a distinct pattern of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositide accumulation, defined by a prominent increase in PI(3,4,5)P₃ with no (in the case of insulin), or a minimal (in the case of IGF-1), rise in PI(3,4)P₂.     

第四纪甲虫研究方法及意义

第四纪甲虫的研究在国外已开展多年,形成了一套完整的方法,而在我国几乎为一空白。第四纪甲虫研究方法一般包括如下几个步骤：野外采样,实验室分离,标本保存,标本鉴定,结果分析。第四纪甲虫研究的意义主要表现在如下三个方面：重建古气候、恢复昆虫地理史和第四纪考古。     

幼年蝙蝠下丘神经元的听空间特性

实验分别在出生后４周龄的幼年和成年鲁氏菊头蝠（Ｒｈｉｎｏｌｏｐｈｕｓｒｏｕｘｉ）上进行。使用移动声刺激装置,高频喇叭可在动物头部前方水平方向１８０度、垂直方向６０度的范围内移动。玻璃微电极记录单个神经元的听反应。实验考察了幼年和成年动物下丘神经元的听空间特性,共观察了３０１个神经元,其中幼年动物１４８个,成年动物１５３个。结果表明,４周龄的幼年动物下丘听神经元已表现出方向敏感性,即每个听神经元均有一个特定的最佳反应中心和反应域。但神经元听反应中心在听空间的分布相当弥散,大多数位于对侧水平方向２０—８０度、垂直方向上下１５度范围内。而成年动物听神经元反应中心的分布则相当集中,局限地分布于对侧水平方向２８－５０度,垂直方向０—１０度范围内,两者构成明显差异。     

高温胁迫对光系统Ⅱ异质性的影响

高温胁迫可诱导光系统Ⅱ（ＰＳⅡ）活性中心转化为无活性中心。本文讨论了在高温胁迫导致荧光猝灭的情况下如何用叶绿素荧光动力学计算ＰＳⅡ无活性中心相对含量的问题。正常的小麦叶片其ＰＳⅡ无活性中心相对含量（Ｆｖｉ／ＦＶ）约为０．１５５±０．０１１。小麦叶片经５０℃１分钟高温胁迫后,其Ｆｖｉ（相对于正常Ｆｖ）降至对照的７０％,在随后室温下６０分钟内又降至５０％。而５５℃５分钟和５５℃１０分钟高温胁迫后,在恢复期内其ＰＳⅡ无活性中心的含量从常温的１．４倍左右的基础上分别上升至２．４和２．９倍,说明高温胁迫对ＰＳⅡ中心除了起瞬时钝化作用外,还存在一个间接的较为缓慢的持续钝化作用。     

盐或低温胁迫对花生幼苗下胚轴ATP酶和质膜中PIP2含量的影响

经６％－１２％Ｄｅｘｔｒａｎ Ｔ７０密度梯度离心,获得了纯度较高的７ｄ龄花生幼苗下胚轴质膜和液泡膜制剂。１５０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮａＣｌ或１０℃低温处理花生幼苗２４ｈ,其下胚轴质膜上的Ｍｇ＾２＋激活的ＡＴＰａｓｅ活性分别提高了３７．６％和１７．２％;Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ活性分别提高４５．８％和３３．６％。上述盐或低温处理也提高了液泡膜上Ｍｇ＾２＋激活的ＡＴＰａｓｅ活性,分别为对照的１４１．２％和１     

中国铜脚异丽金龟组及其分类问题讨论(鞘翅目:丽金龟科)(英)

新设的铜脚异丽金龟组包括中国异丽金龟属已知的大型、绿色种类,绝大多数为常见种,彼此形态十分近似。它们是:铜脚异丽金龟(新纪录)Anomala cupripes Hope new record,红脚异丽金龟(新种)A. rubripes sp. nov., 绿脚异丽金龟(新亚种)A. rubripes virescens ssp. nov., 彤脚异丽金龟(新种)A. ignipes sp. nov., 川直异丽金龟A. truncata Bates,滇直异丽金龟(新等级)A. truncata chlorochelys Arrow, stat, nov., 宽角异丽金龟A. expansa Bates,大绿异丽金龟(新种)A. virens sp. nov., 砂尾异丽金龟(新种)A. granuliformis sp. nov. 和檐角异丽金龟(新种)A. planicorna sp. nov.。其中红脚异丽金龟和绿脚异丽金龟是我国南部和台湾的重要害虫,国内外文献中长期误作铜脚异丽金龟引用至今。     

中国海洋浮游端足类的物种多样性

中国海域已发现浮游端足类122种,呈现从北部往南部海区、从近海往外海区种数逐渐增加,且暖水性也逐渐增强的分布特征。渤海、黄海北部和西南部的浮游端足类同属暖温带分布,黄海东南部和东海西北部为暖温带分布和热带分布的过渡带,东海东部和东海西南部以及台湾海峡、南海均属热带分布,其中东海东部和南海中、南部热带大洋分布的特征显著。     

Characterization of phospholipase A2 activation by plasmin in cultured bovine endothelial cells

Treatment of cultured bovine carotid artery endothelial cells with 0.1 µM human plasmin has been reported to induce a receptor-mediated short burst of arachidonate release, which is a pertussis toxin-sensitive and extracellular calcium-dependent reaction. Plasmin-induced calcium influx in cells was significantly inhibited by pretreatment with pertussis toxin, indicating that the former was coupled with a pertussis toxin-sensitive guanosine 5-triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein. Plasmin significantly induced the formation of lysophosphatidylcholine but not lysophosphatidylethanolamine. A cellular phospholipase A₂ with an arachidonyl specificity at the sn-2 position of phosphatidylcholine, which required submicromolar calcium, was identified as a cytosolic phospholipase A₂ by immunoblot analysis. By a cell-free enzyme activity assay and immunoblot analysis, plasmin was found to induce a translocation of the cytosolic phospholipase A₂ from the cytosol to the membrane. Taken together, the results suggest that plasmin bound to its putative receptor and activated a GTP-binding protein coupled to calcium influx channel, followed by translocation and activation of cytosolic phospholipase A₂ in endothelial cells.