碲化镉（CdTe）探测器的原理及医学应用

本文介绍了一种新型的化合物半导体探测器——CdTe探测器,它具有灵敏度高,探测效率高、能量分辨率好、可以在室温下使用,以及对湿度不敏感和体积小等优点,并介绍了该探测器在医学应用方面的前景。     

SUMOylation and PARylation cooperate to recruit and stabilize SLX4 at DNA damage sites

SUMOylation plays important roles in the DNA damage response. However, whether it is important for interstrand crosslink repair remains unknown. We report that the SLX4 nuclease scaffold protein is regulated by SUMOylation. We have identified three SUMO interaction motifs (SIMs) in SLX4, mutating all of which abrogated the binding of SLX4 to SUMO-2 and covalent SLX4 SUMOylation. An SLX4 mutant lacking functional SIMs is not recruited to PML nuclear bodies nor stabilized at laser-induced DNA damage sites. Additionally, we elucidated a novel role for PARylation in the recruitment of SLX4 to sites of DNA damage. Combined, our results uncover how SLX4 is regulated by post-translational modifications.     

The effects of ammonium sulphate deposition and root sinks on soil solution chemistry in coniferous forest soils

The effects of enhanced (NH_{4 2}SO₄deposition on soil solution cation and anion concentrations and annualionic fluxes were followed using a standardised experimental protocolin six European coniferous forests with contrasting soil types, pollutioninputs and climate. Native soil cores containing a ceramic suction cupwere installed in the field, roofed and watered every two weeks withlocal throughfall or local throughfall with added(NH₄)₂SO₄ at 75 kgNH₄ ⁺-N ha^-1 a^-1. Livingroot systems were established in half of the lysimeters.Untreated throughfall NH₄ ⁺-N deposition at thesites ranged from 3.7 to 29 kg ha^-1 a^-1Soil leachates were collected at two weekly intervalsover 12 months and analysed for volume, andconcentrations of major anions and cations. Increasesin soil solution NO₃ ^- concentrations inresponse to N additions were observed after 4–9months at three sites, whilst one sandy soil with highC:N ratio failed to nitrify under any of thetreatments. Changes in NO₃ ^- concentrationsin soil solution controlled soil solution cationconcentrations in the five nitrifying soils, withAl³⁺ being the dominant cation in the more acidsoils with low base saturation. The acidification responses ofthe soils to the (NH_{4 2}SO₄additions were primarily related to the ability of thesoils to nitrify the added NH₄ ⁺. pH and soiltexture seemed important in controllingNH₄ ⁺ leaching in response to the treatments,with two less acidic, clay/clay loam sites showingalmost total retention of added NH₄ ⁺, whilstnearly 75% of the added N was leached asNH₄ ⁺ at the acid sandy soils. The presenceof living roots significantly reduced soil solutionNO₃ ^- and associated cation concentrations attwo of the six sites. The very different responses of the sixsoils to increased (NH₄)₂SO₄deposition emphasise that the establishment of N critical loadsfor forest soils need to allow for differences in N storagecapacity and nitrification potential.     

内蒙古西伯利亚棘球绦虫和多房棘球绦虫泡状蚴在小白鼠发育成熟的比较

本文报道人兽共患的泡状肝包虫病原,西伯利亚棘球绦虫Echinococcus sibiricensis (Rausch andSchiller, 1954)泡状蚴和多房棘球绦虫Ech inococcusmultilocularis ( Leuckart, 1863)泡状蚴在KM株小白鼠发育成熟过程比较观察的结果.此两虫种泡状蚴的发育成熟过程仍然和它们早期发育的规律(唐崇惕等,2001)相同.虽然它们成熟的泡囊都被着生在网状结构中的许多原头节所充满,但是在多房棘球绦虫9-14个月的泡状蚴,仍然可以见到它们的原头节和网状结构都是起源于泡囊囊壁内表面的胚细胞层,并且始终保持与该层的联系.而西伯利亚棘球绦虫泡状蚴在鼠肺脏或肝脏的各泡囊中的原头节和网状结构是由可移动的胚细胞团发育生成,它们与泡囊囊壁没有如前者样的联系.西伯利亚棘球泡状蚴在各别小白鼠肝脏也能发育成熟,但不正常,宿主反应异常强烈.     

An intrinsic adenylate kinase activity regulates gating of the ABC transporter CFTR

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an anion channel in the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter family. Like other ABC transporters, it can hydrolyze ATP. Yet while ATP hydrolysis influences channel gating, it has long seemed puzzling that CFTR would require this reaction because anions flow passively through CFTR. Moreover, no other ion channel is known to require the large energy of ATP hydrolysis to gate. We found that CFTR also has adenylate kinase activity (ATP + AMP <=> ADP + ADP) that regulates gating. When functioning as an adenylate kinase, CFTR showed positive cooperativity for ATP suggesting its two nucleotide binding domains may dimerize. Thus, channel activity could be regulated by two different enzymatic reactions, ATPase and adenylate kinase, that share a common ATP binding site in the second nucleotide binding domain. At physiologic nucleotide concentrations, adenylate kinase activity, rather than ATPase activity may control gating, and therefore involve little energy consumption.     

Role of CFTR’s intrinsic adenylate kinase activity in gating of the Cl− channel

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a Cl^?channel in the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter protein family. CFTR features the modular design characteristic of ABC transporters, which includes two membrane-spanning domains forming the channel pore, and two ABC nucleotide-binding domains that interact with ATP and contain the enzymatic activity coupled to normal gating. Like other ABC transporters CFTR is an ATPase (ATP + H₂O → ADP + P_i). Recent work has shown that CFTR also possesses intrinsic adenylate kinase activity (ATP + AMP ? ADP + ADP). This finding raises important questions: How does AMP influence CFTR gating? Why does ADP inhibit CFTR current? Which enzymatic activity gates CFTR in vivo? Are there implications for other ABC transporters? This minireview attempts to shed light on these questions by summarizing recent advances in our understanding of the role of the CFTR adenylate kinase activity for channel gating.