A modified method of UDS detection in vitro suitable for screening the DNA-damaging effects of chemicals

The UDS induced in cultured FL cells by exposure to chemicals was measured as hydroxyurea-resistant incorporation of 3H-TdR in the acid-insoluble fraction of the 14C-TdR-prelabelled cells synchronized by the combination of arginine starvation and pretreatment with hydroxyurea. The level of UDS is represented by the ratios of 3H/14C radioactivities which are measures of specific activities of 3H. Two direct-acting alkylating agents, MMS and MNNG, a cross-linking agent, mitomycin C, and 3 procarcinogens, B(a)P, AFB1 and cyclophosphamide elicited UDS in the absence or presence of the liver-metabolizing system. Three chemicals of unknown carcinogenicity were also able to induce UDS in this assay system, i.e., bis-(O,O-diethylphosphinothioyl)-disulphide, 4-chlorophenoxy acetic acid (sodium salt) and caramelized malt sugar. With the exception of 4-chlorophenoxy acetic acid, they were also active in the Ames test.     

钐在小鼠肝脏细胞中的动态观察

It is generally considered that the rare earth compounds are plasma membrane-impermeable, thus affecting the cells only on their surface. Recently, we found that after repeated injections to mice of large dose of samarium trichloride, a soluble compound of rare earth, samarium aggregates appeared in Kupffer cells and hepatocytes of liver. In this study, we aimed at observing the route by which samarium enters the liver cells and the process of the formation of samarium aggregates. Samarium trichloride was given to Swiss mice at one dose of 70 mg/kg intravenously. Thereafter, at different intervals from 15 min to 48 h after the injection, the samarium in liver was traced dynamically by electron microscopy and X ray microanalysis. From 15 min to 2 h both Kupffer cells and hepatocytes endocytosed samarium-containing particles and formed phagosomes, in which the ingested particles were progressively concentrated. Besides, the small phagosomes fused with each other. Phagocytosis was especially active in Kupffer cells. During the 4 h to 24 h many Kupffer cells were degenerated and broken. In hepatocytes the phagosomes gathered mostly around the bile canaliculi. Groups of highly electron-dense particles were found in the lumen of bile canaliculi, implying the excretion of samarium by bile. At the 48 h, the samarium-containing phagosomies were found still in both kinds of cells in the liver.     

Simultaneous convective and diffusive mass transfers in a hemodialyser

The mass transfer in a hemodialyser in the presence of combined dialysis and ultrafiltration has been calculated by integration of mass fluxes across the boundary layers in blood and dialysate phase taking into account the partial rejection of solute as well as changes in local blood flow and ultrafiltration flux along the membrane. Clearances of creatinin, vitamin B12, and myoglobin have been calculated as a function of blood and ultrafiltrate flow rate and were found to be in good agreement with in vitro measurements. The data suggest the following empirical correlation for the hemodiafiltration clearance.     

云南的金鹬虻属五新种（双翅目：鹬虻科）

本文报道了在云南发现的金鹬虻属五新种,并与已发表种作了必要的比较。     

灯光诱虫在森林—鱼塘复合生态系统中的作用

昆虫是森林生态系统中的重要组成部分。由于森林中枯枝落叶较多,生境复杂,为昆虫提供了良好的繁殖和栖息场所;因而在森林中昆虫的种类多,数量大。大多数昆虫都以森林     

高温厌氧条件下纤维素的直接乙醇发酵

本文介绍了出分解纤维素的嗜热厌氧菌Clostridium celluloflavus sp.nov.直接发酵纤维素产乙醇的初步研究、发酵于60℃下进仃,其主要产物为乙醇、乙酸、氢气和二氧化碳。文中介绍了间歇发酵的若干特征与影响发酵的因素,1％纤维素发酵至120小时,大约有70％纤维素被分解;乙醇的转化率约为0.36g/g降解纤维素;发酵液中乙醇浓度达到56至61mM。发酵中乙醇与乙酸浓度的比值因发酵时间与其它发酵条件的不同而不同。     

Oligomerization of uridine phosphorimidazolides on montmorillonite: A model for the prebiotic synthesis of rna on minerals

The 5-phosphorimidazolide of uridine reacts on Na⁺-montmorillonite 22A in aqueous solution to give oligomers as long as 7 mers. The maximum chain length increases to 9 mers and the overall oligomer yield increases when 9:1 ImpU, A⁵ ppA mixtures react under the same conditions. The oligomer yield and maximum chain length decreases with the structure of the added pyrophosphate in the order A⁵ ppA>A⁵ ppU>U⁵ ppU. Structure analysis of individual oligomer fractions was performed by selective enzymatic hydrolyses followed by HPLC analysis of the products. The regioselectivity for 3,5-bond formation is 80–90% in the 9:1 ImpU, A⁵ ppA reaction, a percentage comparable to that observed in the 9:1 ImpA, A⁵ ppA reaction. Oligomerization of ImpU is inhibited by addition of dA⁵ ppdA, and MeppA. No oligomers containing A⁵ ppU were products of the 9:1 ImpU, A⁵ ppA reaction, a finding consistent with the simple addition of the ImpU to the A⁵ ppA and not the rearrangement of an ImpU-A⁵ ppA adduct. Concentrations of lysine or arginine which were close to that of the ImpU did not inhibit oligomer formation. Treatment of Na⁺-montmorillonite with 1 M arginine yielded arginine-montmorillonite, an amino acid-mineral adduct which did not catalyze ImpU oligomerization. Neither the 4–9 mers formed in the 9:1 ImpU, A⁵ ppA reaction nor the 4–9 mers formed by the base hydrolysis of poly(U) served as templates for the formation of oligo(A)s.     

In vitro fertilization of in vitro matured pig oocytes: effects of boar and ejaculate fraction

Ejaculates from 3 young boars were collected on 4 occasions as a series of separate 15-ml fractions. The contribution of different fractions of these ejaculates to observed variability in the quality of the semen when used for IVF was then determined. On the basis of sperm concentration, 3 fractions representing the first peak concentration (Fraction 1), the lowest sperm concentration after Fraction 1 (Fraction 2), and the second peak concentration (Fraction 3) were selected for analysis in vitro. Oocyte-cumulus-granulosa cell complexes were obtained by dissection from slaughterhouse ovaries. In vitro matured oocytes were randomly assigned for fertilization by the 3 semen samples from each boar. Sperm concentration was the same in all the samples during prefertilization incubation, while the final concentration for fertilization was 5 x 10(5) sperm/ml. Data were analysed using ANOVA for a split-plot design. In the presence of fraction effects, Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) test was used for multiple comparison of treatment means. Oocyte penetration rates differed among fractions (P = 0.001) and varied from 69 to 100% (mean 95.7%) for Fraction 1, from 0 to 100% (mean 53.3%) for Fraction 2, and from 50to 100% (mean 89.9%) for Fraction 3. There were also differences in male pronuclear formation rate (P = 0.028; mean 27.6, 9.3 and 16.4% for Fractions 1, 2 and 3, respectively); in the rate of polyspermy (P = 0.0001; mean 92.3, 31.9 and 76.3% for Fractions 1, 2 and 3, respectively); and in the number of penetrated spermatozoa per oocyte P = 0.002; mean 5.58, 1.94 and 4.07 for Fractions 1, 2, and 3, respectively). The first peak concentration of semen (Fraction 1) showed superiority in fertilizing ability and less variability in penetration rate from replicate to replicate compared with the other 2 fractions. By multiple comparison, Boar 1 showed higher rates of penetration (P < 0.05), male pronuclear formation (P < 0.05) and polyspermy (P < 0.05) than the other 2 boars. There was no fraction-by-boar interaction. The IVM-IVF system adopted proved to be a promising method for boar semen evaluation.     

锈寄生菌对落叶松褐锈病的抑制效应

目测及镜检结果表明,褐锈菌被锈寄生菌寄生后,夏孢子堆由桔红渐变为灰褐,后期夏孢子失去发芽力,孢子堆原基处只存有寄生菌的分生孢子器．锈寄生菌的发酵液代谢产物含有３种抗性物质．自７月中下旬至９月中旬,分生孢子的发生量多于褐锈菌的孢子量,表明落叶松褐锈病的发生程度随着锈寄生菌寄生率的增加而减轻．