人体动脉血气波浪式变化特点的实验证据—同时间动、静脉血波浪式变化幅度的不同*

目的: 人动脉血来源是右心系统并在肺脏进行气体交换的静脉血,右心系统的静脉血是否存在波浪式信号目前尚没有证据支持,本研究旨在对比同时间动、静脉血中信号的连续变化特点。方法: 选择心功能正常,需要连续监测动脉血流动力学变化的患者6 例,4男2女,年龄（59.00±16.64） 岁,体质量（71.67±10.37）kg,左心射血分数（LVEF）（61.33±2.16)%。患者签署知情同意书后,选择心功能正常需要监测动、静脉血流动力学变化的患者6 例,连续同时桡动脉、颈内静脉逐搏取血,测定PaO₂。选取2个典型呼吸周期,用于分析同时段动、静脉血气的波浪式变化。分别比较患者血氧分压最高和最低值,以验证同时段动、静脉血气是否都存在周期性波浪式信号变化。此外,将患者动脉、静脉血气周期性波浪式信号的变化幅度进行统计学t 检验分析,比较有无差异。结果: 共6例患者,抽取动、静脉血液充满肝素化细长塑化管需要15~16次心跳,即取血需要15~16次心跳,全部覆盖超过2个呼吸周期。所有患者动脉血气中PaO₂均呈现明显的波浪式变化（P<0.05）,幅度是（9.96±5.18）mmHg,是均值的（8.09±2.43）%。患者静脉血气中PaO₂波动幅度并不明显,为（1.63±0.41）mmHg,是均值的（3.91±1.22）%,与动脉血气组相比有明显统计学差异（P<0.05）。结论: 采用同时连续逐搏动、静脉取血血气分析法证实,患者自主呼吸时动脉血气有明显的周期性波浪式变化信号,而静脉血气几乎没有周期性波浪式变化信号（很弱）,说明动脉血气波浪式信号主要是由于肺通气过程中吸气和呼气期产生肺泡中氧分压规律性上升和下降,通过离开肺毛细血管与肺泡氧气压力平衡的动脉化血液,经过左心室搏血进入动脉血管系统所致。     

Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase is required for the establishment of private virus-specific CD8+ TCR repertoires and facilitates optimal CTL responses

Virus-immune CD8(+) TCR repertoires specific for particular peptide-MHC class I complexes may be substantially shared between (public), or unique to, individuals (private). Because public TCRs can show reduced TdT-mediated N-region additions, we analyzed how TdT shapes the heavily public (to D(b)NP(366)) and essentially private (to D(b)PA(224)) CTL repertoires generated following influenza A virus infection of C57BL/6 (B6, H2(b)) mice. The D(b)NP(366)-specific CTL response was virtually clonal in TdT(-/-) B6 animals, with one of the three public clonotypes prominent in the wild-type (wt) response consistently dominating the TdT(-/-) set. Furthermore, this massive narrowing of TCR selection for D(b)NP(366) reduced the magnitude of D(b)NP(366)-specific CTL response in the virus-infected lung. Conversely, the D(b)PA(224)-specific responses remained comparable in both magnitude and TCR diversity within individual TdT(-/-) and wt mice. However, the extent of TCR diversity across the total population was significantly reduced, with the consequence that the normally private wt D(b)PA(224)-specific repertoire was now substantially public across the TdT(-/-) mouse population. The key finding is thus that the role of TdT in ensuring enhanced diversity and the selection of private TCR repertoires promotes optimal CD8(+) T cell immunity, both within individuals and across the species as a whole.     

The desymmetrization of bicyclic beta -diketones by an enzymatic retro-Claisen reaction. A new reaction of the crotonase superfamily

The enzyme 6-oxocamphor hydrolase, which catalyzes the desymmetrization of 6-oxocamphor to yield (2R,4S)-alpha-campholinic acid, has been purified with a factor of 35.7 from a wild type strain of Rhodococcus sp. NCIMB 9784 grown on (1R)-(+)-camphor as the sole carbon source. The enzyme has a subunit molecular mass of 28,488 Da by electrospray mass spectrometry and a native molecular mass of approximately 83,000 Da indicating that the active protein is trimeric. The specific activity was determined to be 357.5 units mg(-)1, and the K(m) was determined to be 0.05 mm for the natural substrate. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was obtained from the purified protein, and using this information, the gene encoding the enzyme was cloned. The translation of the gene was found to bear significant homology to the crotonase superfamily of enzymes. The gene is closely associated with an open reading frame encoding a ferredoxin reductase that may be involved in the initial step in the biodegradation of camphor. A mechanism for 6-oxocamphor hydrolase based on sequence homology and the known mechanism of the crotonase enzymes is proposed.     

纳豆枯草杆菌培养滤液对家兔离体肠平滑肌的作用

目的观察纳豆枯草杆菌培养滤液（culture filtrate,CF）对家兔离体肠平滑肌的作用,并初步探讨其作用机制。方法制备兔离体回肠标本,分别记录肠平滑肌的正常收缩张力和收缩频率作为给药前对照,然后按累积剂量分别加入CF小剂量（每次0．2mL）、CF大剂量（每次0．5mL）、肉汤（每次0．5mL）,给药间隔3min,共给药8次,并描记收缩曲线。观察不同剂量cF对肠平滑肌的作用。另取肠段按毛果芸香碱、CF或阿托品、再毛果芸香碱的顺序给药,观察CF对M胆碱受体的作用。结果CF小剂量组在累积给药达1．6mL时,CF大剂量组在累积给药达3．5mL和4．0mL时,兔离体肠平滑肌收缩张力下降,与给药前比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）,其余各点差异均无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。CF小剂量组在累积给药达1．2、1．4、1．6mL时,CF大剂量组在累积给药达4．0mL时,兔离体肠平滑肌收缩频率明显降低,与给药前比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05或P〈0．01）,其余各点差异均无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。CF或阿托品可明显对抗毛果芸香碱引起的兔离体肠平滑肌收缩张力的增加（P〈0．05或P〈0．01）,同时CF还能使其收缩频率明显减少（P〈0．01）。结论纳豆枯草杆菌CF能明显抑制兔离体肠平滑肌蠕动,其作用机制可能与阻断M胆碱受体有关。     

基于最大熵原理的多尺度毛竹胸径分布统一模型构建及应用

在生态学中,尺度问题一直是重点也是难点,多尺度胸径分布问题经常遇到且至今没有很好的解决方法,建立多尺度胸径分布统一模型是解决问题的关键;多尺度胸径分布统一模型的建立包括2方面的内容:第一,选择合适的概率分布函数,应用最大熵原理推出胸径分布统一模型,它具有明确的解析表达式,既能克服常用方法无法解释测树因子服从某种概率分布的真正原因,也能克服常用方法无法区分测树因子服从多种概率分布的不足,从而可以作为林分尺度测树因子概率分布的统一模型.第二,尺度与尺度转换,常用研究尺度问题的方法具有2个不足:(1)研究大尺度时损失了样地(林分尺度)资料的宝贵信息;(2)研究林分尺度时无法进行尺度转换.提出的联合最大熵概率密度函数可以克服常用研究尺度方法的以上2个不足,该函数的每一个组成部分都是最大熵函数;联合最大熵概率密度函数可以作为多尺度胸径分布统一模型,既可以最大限度的利用每个样地的信息,又可以进行多尺度的自由转换,从而为测树因子统计分布建模提供了一种有效方法;用森林资源连续清查样地中属于安吉的22个毛竹样地对文中提出的方法进行了验证,结果表明方法可行且对每个样地的拟合精度都很高.     

Further studies of proximal tubular brush border membraned-glucose transport heterogeneity

Summary The properties of two sodium-dependentd-glucose transporters previously identified in renal proximal tubule brush border membrane (BBM) vesicles are studied. The low-affinity system, found in BBM vesicles from the outer cortex (early proximal tubule), is shown to be associated with the high-affinity phlorizin binding site typically found in renal BBM preparations. The high-affinity system, found in BBM vesicles from the outer medulla (late proximal tubule), is almost two orders of magnitude less sensitive to inhibition by phlorizin and is apparently not associated with high-affinity phlorizin binding. The sodium/g;ucose stoichiometry of the outer medullary transporter is found to be 21 by two independent methods. Previous measurements have established that the stoichiometry of the outer cortical system is 11. It is suggested that this arrangement of transporters in series along the proximal tubule enables the kidney to reabsorb glucose from the urine in an energy-efficient fashion. The bulk of the glucose load is reabsorbed early in the proximal tubule at an energetic cost of one Na⁺ per glucose molecule. Then in the late proximal tubule a larger coupling ratio and hence a larger driving force is employed to reabsorb the last traces of glucose from the urine.     

低碘膳食对大鼠脑组织中同源盒基因NKX－2.2表达的影响

目的：探讨低碘膳食对大鼠脑组织同源盒基因Nkx－2.2表达的影响,揭示低碘导致脑发育迟滞的可能分子作用机制。方法：雌性Wistar大鼠随机分为2组：低碘组和正常对照组,均饲以低碘饲料,分别饮用去离子水和碘酸钾溶液,3个月后分别取材于孕16天、新生及20日鼠龄低碘及正常仔鼠,实时荧光定量PCR检测其脑组织中Nkx－2.2 mRNA含量。结果：低碘组血清甲状腺激素水平明显低于对照组(P＜0.05或P＜0.01）,建立缺碘Wistar大鼠动物模型。低碘及正常各年龄组的表达水平随着年龄增加表达趋势不一致,但均有明显差别（F=573.68、120.82, P<0.01)。各年龄组低碘及正常大鼠比较,孕16天正常鼠Nkx－2.2表达水平明显高于低碘鼠(t=6.86, P<0.01),而新生及20日龄低碘鼠Nkx－2.2表达水平明显高于正常鼠(t=15.85、10.61, P<0.01)。结论：同源盒基因Nkx－2.2表达差异与低碘导致脑发育迟滞密切相关。     

氦氖激光和亚硝基胍复合诱变选育高产乙醇的休哈塔假丝酵母

木糖的乙醇发酵一直被视为木质纤维原料生物转化产生乙醇的关键因素,休哈塔假丝酵母(Candidashehatae)是木糖发酵性能较好的天然酵母之一。对Candida shehatae HDYXHT-01进行了氦氖激光诱变和NTG诱变,力求选育出发酵木糖产乙醇能力强的菌株。氦氖激光诱变得到的突变株HN-3乙醇产量为17.03g/L,乙醇得率达到0.3393g/g,相比原始菌株提高20.36%。再对HN-3进行NTG诱变,得到的突变株NTG-2乙醇产量为24.20g/L,相比HN-3提高42.10%。进而对NTG-2菌株进行了摇瓶48h连续发酵试验,测得其乙醇产量、木糖利用率、乙醇得率和乙醇产率分别达到24.16g/L,69.26%,0.4360g/g和0.7075g/(L·h)。     

Gauging the effects of sampling failure in biogeographical analysis

Aim Various methods are employed to recover patterns of area relationships in extinct and extant clades. The fidelity of these patterns can be adversely affected by sampling error in the form of missing data. Here we use simulation studies to evaluate the sensitivity of an analytical biogeographical method, namely tree reconciliation analysis (TRA), to this form of sampling failure. Location Simulation study. Methods To approximate varying degrees of taxonomic sampling failure within phylogenies varying in size and in redundancy of biogeographical signal, we applied sequential pruning protocols to artificial taxon–area cladograms displaying congruent patterns of area relationships. Initial trials assumed equal probability of sampling failure among all areas. Additional trials assigned weighted probabilities to each of the areas in order to explore the effects of uneven geographical sampling. Pruned taxon–area cladograms were then analysed with TRA to determine if the optimal area cladograms recovered match the original biogeographical signal, or if they represent false, ambiguous or uninformative signals. Results The results indicate a period of consistently accurate recovery of the true biogeographical signal, followed by a nonlinear decrease in signal recovery as more taxa are pruned. At high levels of sampling failure, false biogeographical signals are more likely to be recovered than the true signal. However, randomization testing for statistical significance greatly decreases the chance of accepting false signals. The primary inflection of the signal recovery curve, and its steepness and slope depend upon taxon–area cladogram size and area redundancy, as well as on the evenness of sampling. Uneven sampling across geographical areas is found to have serious deleterious effects on TRA, with the accuracy of recovery of biogeographical signal varying by an order of magnitude or more across different sampling regimes. Main conclusions These simulations reiterate the importance of taxon sampling in biogeographical analysis, and attest to the importance of considering geographical, as well as overall, sampling failure when interpreting the robustness of biogeographical signals. In addition to randomization testing for significance, we suggest the use of randomized sequential taxon deletions and the construction of signal decay curves as a means to assess the robustness of biogeographical signals for empirical data sets.