L-乳酸脱氢酶热变性的热力学研究

用差示扫描量热法对L-乳酸脱氢酶的热变性进行了研究(温度扫描范围为290—390K,酶蛋白溶液浓度为0.28—0.72mg蛋白/mg溶液)。实验观察到当酶溶液浓度在0.62—0.72mg蛋白/mg溶液范围内有一个吸热转变,酶溶液浓度小于0.62mg蛋白/mg溶液时有两个未完全分开的吸热转变。 这个酶的量热焓与范德霍夫焓的比远大于1,而接近于2,这表明乳酸脱氢酶的变性过程不是一个简单的两态转变,从热力学和吸热峰的形状、大小分析,可以推断乳酸脱氢酶分子是由两个以弱相互作用相连结的合作结构区组成,而每一个结构区是由两个相互作用很强的亚基组成。也就是说乳酸脱氨酶的变性过程包括两个半独立的合作结构区的转变,每一个结构区的转变都近似一个两态转变,ΔHeal与ΔHvh的比值是随着两个半独立部分相互作用的增强,即蛋白浓度的增加而减小。随着蛋白浓度的减小,蛋白质周围水分子增多,酶分子中两个半独立部分的相对独立性增强,这可由热谱图上一个吸热转变变成两个半独立的转变得到证实。     

Gravitational forces on the chest wall

The gravitational work of breathing was determined by measuring the vertical motion of body mass. The subject, seated or lying supine on a force platform, performed breathing maneuvers in which rib cage volume (Vrc) and abdominal volume (Vab) were changed in varying proportions. The increment in the vertical force exerted on the platform and Vrc and Vab were measured over the course of each maneuver. The force signal was integrated twice with respect to time to obtain the change in the product of mass and height of the subject. This was multiplied by the gravitational acceleration to obtain the change in the gravitational potential (Ug). Simultaneous values of Ug, Vrc, and Vab were taken from the data, and the values of the coefficients for which the following equation best fit these values were determined: Ug = a1 Vrc + a2 Vab + (1/2)a11 Vrc2 + a12 Vrc Vab + (1/2)a22 Vab2. The coefficients a1 and a2 can be interpreted as the values of the expiratory gravitational forces on the rib cage and abdomen, respectively. In the seated posture, the force on the rib cage is expiratory and the force on the abdomen is inspiratory; the magnitudes of both are approximately 8 cmH2O. In the supine posture, both are expiratory forces of approximately 9 cmH2O. The coefficients of the quadratic terms in Ug are all positive, and the gravitational work per unit volume of chest wall expansion increases with increasing volume in both postures. The coefficients of the quadratic terms can be interpreted as gravitational contributions to the elastances of the compartments.     

Pulmonary surfactant will secure free airflow through a narrow tube

Well functioning pulmonary surfactant is necessary to ensure alveolar stability. It is proposed that surfactant is also required to keep the finest cylindrical airways open, thereby securing an unrestricted flow of air to and from the alveoli. If the surfactant is inadequate in quality or quality there is a risk that liquid will accumulate in the most marrow section of the airway and form a blocking column. To study that possibility special glass capillaries were used. The glass capillaries were heated and extended to make a short section very narrow. In the lumen of that section a minute volume (1 microliter) of liquid was deposited, which formed a blocking column. When pressure was raised on one side of the column, it forced the liquid to move away from the narrow section. Pressure dropped to zero as air could pass, and if the liquid column consisted of calf lung surfactant extract (CLSE), pressure remained at zero because a new liquid column did not form. If, on the other hand, the liquid column consisted of saline solution it would repeatedly reform as soon as it had been pressed out of the capillary's narrow section. The same occurred if the CLSE suspension forming the liquid column was very dilute or contained inhibiting proteins. These observations did not require that the capillary consisted of the material glass; they were also noted when the narrow tube was outlined by epithelium.     

点叶绵枣叶片培养及器官分化的研究

点叶绵枣叶外植体培养于MS 6-BA 1 PPm IBA 0.5 ppm培养基中,一月后不定芽仅从近轴面的叶表面产生。组织学的观察表明,不定芽起源于表皮细胞。     

几种常用中药对地鼠肠道正常菌群的影响

我们选择了几种药性不同的中药,使用各种选择性培养基,对给药组和正常动物组的地鼠肠菌群进行了研究,结果表明,黄芪组与正常动物组比较需氧菌的量有所增加,统计学差异显著(P<0.001)。而其他几味苦寒药(大黄、黄芩、白芍等)对需氧菌的作用不明显。在各类厌氧菌的分离结果中,各给中药组与正常组比较均有明显差异。给药组之间比较,药性相同的组之间没有显著变化,药性不同的组之间变化显著。通过实验我们发现中药对正常地鼠的肠道菌群是有明显影响的,与正常动物组相比及不同药性组间相比各类菌的增长或减少都具有统计学意义。