The Role of the Liquid Phase in the Degradation of Toluene and m‐Cresol within a Biofilm Trickle‐Bed Reactor

The degradation of toluene and m‐cresol in a biofilm trickle‐bed reactor was experimentally and theoretically investigated. Degradation is the result of the cooperation between suspended and immobilized microorganisms in the trickling film and the biofilm. The role of the trickling film is that of a barrier for mass transfer to the biofilm or that of an additional reaction space. This is the result of physical availability of pollutants to the liquid phase as well as co‐substrate degradation of inherent biomass. An instationary reactor balance model is presented. In addition to this the change in wetting behavior of carrier surface due to biofilm formation is discussed. A partial wetting of biofilm surface by rivulets of the trickling film is proposed. The model was verified by experimental data. The different reactor operation modes denoted as biofilm regime versus trickling film regime for the chosen pollutant system were expressed in terms of dimensionless reactions and transfer numbers. It is shown that the volumetric reaction rates for toluene in a trickling film regime reaches values twice as high as that of a biofilm regime due to the presence of the second substrate m‐cresol. The limiting step in both cases is the mass transfer of oxygen to bacteria in the biofilm or trickling film.     

粘型小麦不育系育性恢复性的细胞遗传学研究

利用5个粘性不育系分别与中国春的二体,1B重双端体及1B°1D^Ⅳ缺四体杂交,调查其F1的育性及其F1减数分裂中期Ⅰ的染色体配对情况和后期Ⅰ出现落后染色体的细胞频率。结果表明：（1）5个不育系与中国春二体杂交F1的自交结实率存在明显差异。中国春的1B重双端体使5个不育系的自交结实率大幅度下降,中国春的1B°1DⅣ缺四体使各不育系表现全不育;（2）5个不育系和3个父本杂交F1减数分裂中期Ⅰ出现单价体细胞的频率与其后期Ⅰ出现落后染色体细胞的频率不存在直接相关;（3）5个不育系与中国春二体的杂交F1自交结实率与其减数分裂中期Ⅰ出现单价体细胞的频率呈正相关。相关系数为0.9695**,与后期Ⅰ出现落后染色体细胞的频率不直接相关。     

Diphenyl Diselenide Reduces Mechanical and Thermal Nociceptive Behavioral Responses After Unilateral Intrastriatal Administration of 6-Hydroxydopamine in Rats

Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, in addition to motor dysfunction, also present alterations in pain sensation. The present study characterized the antinociceptive effects of diphenyl diselenide ((PhSe)₂) in a model of nociception induced by unilateral, intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) injection in rats. Male adult Wistar rats received 20 μg/3 μl of 6-OHDA (in saline solution containing 0.02 % of ascorbic acid) or 3 μl of vehicle into the right striatum (1.0 mm anterior, 3.0 mm lateral, and 5.0 mm ventral—with respect to the bregma). Thirty days after injection, rats received (PhSe)₂ intragastrically at a dose of 10 mg/kg 1 h before behavioral tests (von Frey hairs, hot plate, tail immersion, formalin, and open field). Our results demonstrated that 6-OHDA injection to rats augmented the response frequency of von Frey hairs (VHF) stimulation, besides reducing the thermal withdrawal latency in the hot plate test. Importantly, the (PhSe)₂ treatment decreased the mechanical allodynia measured by the response frequency of VHF stimulation and diminished the thermal nociception in the hot plate test in 6-OHDA-injected rats. In conclusion, these results revealed that a single oral administration of (PhSe)₂ 1 h prior to the accomplishment of the behavioral tests was effective to attenuate the increased mechanical and thermal nociception caused by a single intrastriatal 6-OHDA injection to rats. Furthermore, other clarifying studies are warranted to improve the evidence bases for future clinical use of (PhSe)₂ as a new alternative therapy for the treatment of painful symptoms associated to PD.     

Infection by Helicobacter pylori and acute myocardial infarction. Do cytotoxic strains make a difference?

The classical risk factors for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) fail to explain all the epidemiological variations of the disease. Among the risk factors recently reported, several infectious agents appear to increase the risk of AMI. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, a bacterium involved in duodenal and gastric ulcer, gastric cancer and MALT-lymphoma, seems to be strongly associated with AMI. More virulent (anti-CagA positive) strains of the bacterium are almost exclusively the causative agents of such diseases. To determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection and of virulent strains, a case-control study was conducted in a group of male patients with AMI. A group of patients consecutively admitted to the Emergency Care Unit served as controls. We studied 223 consecutive male patients, mean age 60.2 (range 40-79) years, admitted for AMI to the Coronary Care Units at Hospitals in two towns of Northern Italy, 223 age matched male patients (mean age 61.8, range 40-79 years) admitted to the Emergency Care Unit, served as control. H. pylori seroprevalence was assessed by presence of antibodies (IgG) against H. pylori and anti-CagA in circulation. Among the patients we investigated the presence of hypertension, levels of cholesterol and glucose in serum, fibrinogen in plasma and smoking habits. H. pylori infection was present in 189/223 (84.7%) of the patients and in 138/223 (61.8%) of the control population (p < 0.0001 OR 3.42 [IC 95% 2.12-5.54]). The anti-CagA antibodies were detected in 33.8% of infected patients with AMI (64/189) versus 26.8% in the control subjects (37/138) (p:0.17, OR 1.40 [IC 95% 0.84-2.33]). Classical risk factors for AMI did not differ among patients with and without H. pylori infection. Patients admitted to the Coronary Care Unit for acute myocardial infarction had a notably higher prevalence of anti-H. pylori not restricted to virulent strains, when compared to a population of patients referred to the Emergency Care Unit. The classical risk factors for coronary disease were present in the patients with AMI irrespective of H. pylori status.     

山东省忍冬科植物资源及其园林应用

忍冬科植物是优秀的园林观赏植物,其形态优美,不但可以观花赏果,还具芳香,为园林植物造景提供了广泛的资源。山东省忍冬科植物共有24种、4变种及2变型,但目前在园林应用中,尚未引起人们足够的重视和研究。文章简要介绍了山东省忍冬科植物的分布情况;通过分析忍冬科植物的观赏特性,探讨了它们的园林用途;最后对其开发利用和保护提出了建议。     

Regulation of GSK3β/Nrf2 signaling pathway modulated erastin-induced ferroptosis in breast cancer

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - Ferroptosis is a newly discovered form of regulated cell death and characterized by an iron-dependent accumulation of lethal lipid reactive oxygen species...     

SSR与SRAP标记在玉米品种鉴定中的比较研究

利用SSR标记和SRAP标记对19个玉米品种及8份莱农15样品进行了分析,比较了2种标记的分辨能力及在亲缘关系和杂交种纯度鉴定中的表现.与SSR标记相比,SRAP标记用于玉米品种鉴定扩增住点数量更多,PIC值更高,具有更高的分辨率;在亲缘关系分析方面,SSR检测的遗传距离变幅更大,2种标记计算的遗传距离呈极显著正相关,分类结果基本一致;在杂交种纯度检测中,SRAP标记的期望位点在杂交种群体中检测率高于SSR标记相应位点,检测杂交种纯度结果更接近田问种植鉴定,因而准确度更高.SRAP在玉米品种鉴定中具有一定的优势,可作为SSR标记技术的有益补充,特别是在杂交种纯度鉴定中应用.     

Caveolin-1 Is Up-Regulated by GLI1 and Contributes to GLI1-Driven EMT in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) has been recently identified to be over-expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and promote HCC cell motility and invasion ability via inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, the mechanism of aberrant overexpression of Cav-1 remains vague. Here, we observed that Cav-1 expression was positively associated with GLI1 expression in HCC tissues. Forced expression of GLI1 up-regulated Cav-1 in Huh7 cells, while knockdown of GLI1 decreased expression of Cav-1 in SNU449 cells. Additionally, silencing Cav-1 abolished GLI1-induced EMT of Huh7 cells. The correlation between GLI1 and Cav-1 was confirmed in tumor specimens from HCC patients and Cav-1 was found to be associated with poor prognosis after hepatic resection. The relationship between protein expression of GLI1 and Cav-1 was also established in HCC xenografts of nude mice. These results suggest that GLI1 may be attributed to Cav-1 up-regulation which plays an important role in GLI1-driven EMT phenotype in HCC.