铜陵淡水豚国家级自然保护区半自然水域鱼类群落结构研究

2021年5月采用多网目复合刺网和抛网相结合的方法,对铜陵淡水豚国家级自然保护区半自然水域夹江鱼类群落进行了调查。共采集到鱼类30种,隶属于5目7科27属。相对重要性指数显示鲢（Hypophthalmichthys molitrix）、贝氏?（Hemiculter bleekeri）、似鳊（Pseudobrama simoni）、团头鲂（Megalobrama amblycephala）、鳊（Parabramis pekinensis）和翘嘴鲌（Culter alburnus）为群落优势种。与长江江豚（Neophocaena asiaeorientalis）争夺饵料资源的凶猛性鱼类比例达到2.4%,体长分布显示夹江中存在大量长江江豚无法摄食的大个体鱼类（17.5%）。夹江鱼类群落的Shannon-Weiner指数、Simpson指数、Margalef指数和Pielou均匀度指数依次分别为1.955~2.181,0.794~0.820,2.952~3.856和0.705~0.730。空间生态位宽度指数、平均拥挤度和生态位重叠指数表明,夹江优势种鱼类可能存在较为激烈的种间竞争。建议清理鳡（Elopichthys bambusa）、翘嘴鲌、达氏鲌（Culter dabryi）和乌鳢（Channa argus）等凶猛性鱼类及其他与长江江豚争夺饵料的鱼类,及时捕捞全长超过25 cm的鱼类,补充投放鲢、似鳊、银鲴（Xenocypris argentea）等长江江豚偏好摄食鱼类。     

Blood pressure and blood lipids in normotensive patients with diabetes mellitus type I with microalbuminuria]

The study involved 50 normotensive men (means age = 34 years) with diabetes mellitus type I (mean duration of the disease 14 years). Group I included 29 patients with normal albumin excretion with the urine (UAE below 30 mg daily), and group II-21 patients with microalbuminuria (UAE 30-300 mg daily). Both groups were similar in relation to the age and duration of diabetes mellitus. Blood cholesterol was significantly higher in patients of group II than in patients of group I (p = 0.02) similarly to blood triglycerides levels (p = 0.01). Mean arterial pressure was lower in patients of group I than that in patients of group II (94.3 +/- 7.0 vs 99.1 +/- 6.0 mm Hg; p = 0.01). HbA1c was positively correlated with blood cholesterol (p = 0.01) and blood triglycerides levels (p = 0.05).     

N-Alkyl derivatives of 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose

Mono- and di-N-alkylated derivatives of 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucose (alkyl=methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, benzyl) were synthesised by the reductive alkylation of per-O-acetyl-d-glucosamine. (N-ethyl, N-propyl, N-butyl, N-pentyl and N-hexyl)-1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucoses were deacetylated in order to attempt an enzymatic phosphorylation. All products were characterised by means of IR, NMR and MS spectra. N-Ethyl- and N-pentyl-d-glucosamines were found to exhibit weak antifungal activity.     

Purification to homogeneity of Candida albicans glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase overexpressed in Escherichia coli

The Candida albicans GFA1 gene encoding glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase, an enzyme of cell wall biosynthesis pathway in fungi and bacteria, recently an object of interest as a target for the chemotherapy of systemic mycoses, was PCR amplified and cloned to an Escherichia coli expression vector pET23b. The activity of the enzyme in the lysates from the overproducing E. coli strain was approximately 50-100 times higher than in the lysates from the control E. coli strain. This abundant overproduction allows to purify milligram amounts of the enzyme to homogeneity.     

Diseases associated with protein aggregation

The so-called conformational diseases constitute a specific subtype of protein folding diseases that is characterized by abnormal aggregation of improperly folded polypeptides. This review describes a series of examples of such disorders and summarizes the present knowledge on their molecular pathophysiology and new therapeutic strategies.     

Effects of cystic fibrosis and congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens-associated mutations on cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-mediated regulation of separate channels

The protein defective in cystic fibrosis (CF), the CF transmembrane-conductance regulator (CFTR), functions as an epithelial chloride channel and as a regulator of separate ion channels. Although the consequences that disease-causing mutations have on the chloride-channel function have been studied extensively, little is known about the effects that mutations have on the regulatory function. To address this issue, we transiently expressed CFTR-bearing mutations associated with CF or its milder phenotype, congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens, and determined whether mutant CFTR could regulate outwardly rectifying chloride channels (ORCCs). CFTR bearing a CF-associated mutation in the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD1), DeltaF508, functioned as a chloride channel but did not regulate ORCCs. However, CFTR bearing disease-associated mutations in other domains retained both functions, regardless of the associated phenotype. Thus, a relationship between loss of CFTR regulatory function and disease severity is evident for NBD1, a region of CFTR that appears important for regulation of separate channels.     

RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子的结构与功能

ＲＮＡ聚合酶Ⅲ (ｐｏｌⅢ )是真核生物催化合成ｔＲＮＡ和 5ＳｒＲＮＡ及一些核小ＲＮＡ和胞质ＲＮＡ必需的酶。ＲＮＡ聚合酶Ⅲ能够识别ｔＲＮＡ基因中一些高度保守的特征性ＤＮＡ序列而启动下游ＤＮＡ的转录 ,这些序列称为ＲＮＡ聚合酶Ⅲ启动子。ＲＮＡ聚合酶Ⅲ启动子不仅广泛存在于真核细胞中ｔＲＮＡ、Ｕ6核小ＲＮＡ(ＳＮＲ6 )等的基因中 ,也是病毒催化合成一些小片段ＲＮＡ如腺病毒ＶＡＲＮＡ所必需的。ＲＮＡ聚合酶Ⅲ启动子因其能在体内外高效快速地转录某些小片段基因 ,已被人们广泛地应用于核酶和反义ＲＮＡ技术中 ,在众多的ＲＮＡ…     

集胞藻Synechocystissp.PCC6803利用葡萄糖生长与光合能量转化的关系

用PAM叶绿素荧光仪测定了饥饿细胞、光自养细胞和混合营养细胞的叶绿素荧光 ,并对 3种类型细胞的荧光参数 :PSⅡ实际光化学效率 φⅡ和还原型质醌Q-A 进行了比较。用双重转盘磷光机测定了光自养细胞和混合营养细胞的毫秒延迟发光。根据叶绿素荧光动力学分析和毫秒延迟发光的结果及光合电子传递抑制剂 3,4_二氯苯基二甲脲 (DCMU)、二溴百里香醌 (DBMIB)对集胞藻 6 80 3(Synechocystissp .PCC 6 80 3)混合营养生长影响进行了分析 ,集胞藻 6 80 3混合营养培养的生长速率显著高于光自养培养的原因可能在于一是外源葡萄糖没有抑制反而是促进了混合营养细胞的光自养生长 ,二是呼吸基质向质醌库提供电子 ,使光合机构的能量转化加强 ,从而促进了集胞藻6 80 3细胞的利用葡萄糖的合成代谢。     

基因重组大肠杆菌表达类人胶原蛋白诱导条件优化研究

为了提高重组大肠杆菌BL21高密度发酵生产类人胶原蛋白的产量,分别研究了诱导时机、乙酸浓度、诱导强度以及补氮方式对外源基因表达的影响,并对各因素进行了优化。采用补料-分批式发酵,初始装液体积为6L。最终细胞密度可达到84.3g／L,类人胶原蛋白的表达量为14.6g/L。结果表明:在对数生长的中后期进行诱导,尽量减少乙酸的积累量,42℃诱导3h后降温至39℃继续诱导,并采用每隔10min补36ml补料氮溶液的周期操作方式,有利于细胞的生长和外源蛋白的表达。