A new metabolic pathway from n-dodecane to α, ω-dodecanedioic acid in a mutant of Candida tropicalis

Summary The metabolic formation of ,-dodecanedioic acid via ,-dodecanediol from n-dodecane using a mutant S76 of Candida tropicalis was studied.It was found that resting cells of S76 produce ,-dodecanediol from n-dodecane. This intermediate was identified by different analytical methods. With n-dodecanol as substrate the quantitative changes in the concentrations of ,-dodecanediol as well as other intermediates, e.g. monoacid, -hydroxy acid and ,-dioic acid produced by resting cells of S76 for different periods of time were determined. With ,-dodecanediol as the sole carbon source, quantitative changes of -hydroxy acid and ,-dioic acid produced by S76 were also recorded.The results confirm the existence of a new metabolic pathway via ,-diol in the course of ,-dioic acid formation from n-alkane in the mutant S76 of C. tropicalis.     

云斑天牛对补充营养寄主的选择性

通过林间调查和室内选择性试验,研究云斑天牛Batocera horsfieldi(Hope)成虫在补充营养阶段对多种寄主植物的选择性。林间调查结果表明,云斑天牛成虫对法国冬青(V.awabuki)和光皮桦(B.luninifera)有较强的嗜食性,林间最高取食选择率分别为100%和92.4%。利用"Y"型嗅觉仪测定云斑天牛成虫对法国冬青、核桃(Jugians regia L.)、光皮桦和杨树(Populus tomentosa)等寄主挥发物的行为反应,生测结果与林间调查及室内选择结果一致,法国冬青和光皮桦的挥发物对云斑天牛引诱效果明显,并且枝条挥发物引诱力高于叶片挥发物,引诱效果最佳的组合为:采用蒸馏法,用二氯甲烷提取的冬青枝叶粗提物;采用浸提法,用乙醚提取的冬青和光皮桦枝叶粗提物和二氯甲烷分别提取的冬青枝和叶的粗提物。     

滁菊连作土壤中尖孢镰刀菌的分离、鉴定及变化特征

采用传统平板培养法及尖孢镰刀菌专性培养基对滁菊连作土壤的真菌和尖孢镰刀菌进行分析测定,结果表明,在滁菊连作条件下,土壤中真菌和尖孢镰刀菌的数量显著增加,平均分别达到8.71×105 cfu/g干土和3.12×104cfu/g干土,各自是对照土壤的2.24倍和5.57倍。土壤中尖孢镰刀菌数量显著增加可能是导致滁菊连作障碍的重要因素。     

挂榜山小鲵早期胚胎发育初步观察

2005年1～2月,在Nikon体视镜下对挂榜山小鲵的早期胚胎发育过程进行了观察,对不同发育时期进行了数码拍照。根据胚胎发育的外部形态及典型特征将挂榜山小鲵早期胚胎发育过程分为21个时期。在水温6．5～10℃的条件下,受精卵历时1134h孵化出膜,初孵幼鲵全长约16．50mm。     

细小病毒H-1对人肝癌移植瘤的抑制及其组织学与组织化学的研究

本文用人肝癌裸小鼠QGY-9204移植模型为材料,进行了细小病毒H-1抑瘤的组织学、组织化学及分子生物学研究。以两种不同剂量(5×10~7PFU和5×10~8PFU)的H-1进行瘤内注射,发现注入H-1后的肿瘤生长速率明显缓于对照组,且5×10~7PFU的H-1注入即可产生这一效应。以1×10~8PFU H-1注入瘤内,不同时间进行组织切片观察,发现从感染后第3天起瘤内开始出现坏死,且随感染时间的延长坏死范围也逐渐扩大,而对照组在该期间均未见此变化。电镜结果也表明,在受损的肿瘤细胞内有H-1病毒颗粒存在。PCR反应和ABC免疫染色显示在感染后的肿瘤组织内也有H-1 DNA扩增和NS-1蛋白表达,并且两者显示的时间与组织内坏死的过程相一致。这些结果提示,细小病毒H-1通过它的DNA复制和NS-1蛋白的表达以促进肿瘤的坏死,从而达到肿瘤抑制和裂解。     

Maternal Deprivation Enhances Behavioral Vulnerability to Stress Associated with miR-504 Expression in Nucleus Accumbens of Rats

Objective

In this study, the effect of maternal deprivation (MD) and chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in inducing depressive behaviors and associated molecular mechanism were investigated in rats.

Methods

Maternal deprivation was established by separating pups from their mothers for 6 hours daily from postnatal day 1 to day 14. Chronic unpredictable stress was established by water deprivation, elevated open platform, food deprivation, restraint stress and electric foot shock. The depressive behaviors were determined by use of sucrose preference test and forced swim test.

Results

Rats in MD/CUS group exhibited lower sucrose preference rate, longer immobility time, and lighter body weights than rats in other groups (MD/control, non-MD/CUS and non-MD/control group). Meanwhile, higher miR-504 expression and lower dopamine receptor D1 (DRD1) and D2 (DRD2) expression were observed in the nucleus accumbens of rats in the MD/CUS group than in the other three groups. MiR-504 expression correlated negatively with DRD1 gene expression and sucrose preference rate in the sucrose preference test, but correlated positively with immobility time in forced swim test. Both DRD2 mRNA and protein expression correlated negatively with immobility time in forced swim test.

Conclusion

These results suggest that MD enhances behavioral vulnerability to stress during adulthood, which is associated with the upregulation of miR-504 and downregulation of DRD2 expression in the nucleus accumbens.     

苏云金杆菌毒力的生物测定

本文对苏云金杆菌(Bt)制剂的生物测定标准化及目前采用的生物测定方法作一较详细的介绍.其中对鳞翅目幼虫的生物测定包括混合饲食法、浸叶饲喂法、蜡洞法、液滴法;对双翅目幼虫的生物测定则有世界卫生组织提出的方法和美国国内标准方法;对鞘翅目幼虫目前还没有一个统一的标准方法.生化和免疫测定法比传统的生物测定方法快速、简便,但亦存在不足.     

四川省生物多样性与生态系统多功能性分析

生态系统服务与人类福祉和可持续发展息息相关,近年来生物多样性丧失极大影响了生态系统服务。探究生物多样性与生态系统服务之间的关系成为当前生态学领域内的一个重大科学问题。以四川省各乡镇为单元,计算了景观尺度上的多样性指数,评估了四川省水土保持功能、水源涵养功能、固碳功能,并研究了两者之间关系。结果表明：在景观尺度上,Shannon''s多样性指数、修正Simpson''s多样性指数、景观丰度三种多样性指数可以较好表征四川省生物多样性空间分布格局。由景观丰度、欧式最近邻距离的标准差、景观丰度密度构成解释变量矩阵,RDA模型矫正解释率42.25%（P<0.001）,可更好解释由土壤保持功能、水源涵养功能、固碳功能构成的响应变量矩阵。四川省生物多样性及生态系统服务关系的模式有以下几种：（1）成都平原区区县空间距离较近,在生态系统服务和生物多样性梯度均差异较小;（2）盆周山地区、盆地丘陵区各区县在水土保持功能梯度上差异较大,与多样性关系较弱;（3）川西高原区区县在固碳、水源涵养梯度上差异较大,并有协同关系,多样性梯度差异较大;（4）川西高山峡谷区、西南山地区区县之间生态系统服务和多样性差异较大,生态系统服务可能存在强烈权衡关系,需进一步引入解释因子。