刺激大鼠迷走神经向中端对其不同脑区5-HT含量的影响

采用荧光分光光度法,测定脑内5-HT的含量,观察电刺激两侧颈迷走神经向中端对大鼠海马、下丘脑和中-桥脑内5-HT含量的影响,结果如下:(1)刺激迷走神经向中端后,三脑区的5-HT含量均显著增加(P<0.05-0.005);(2)侧脑室内注射新斯的明(10μg/10μl)或烟碱(10μg/10μl)后,刺激迷走神经向中端使三脑区5-HT含量增多的效应显著提高(p<0.01-0.001);(3)侧脑室内注射六烃季胺(250μg/10μl)后,刺激迷走神经向中端使三脑区5-HT含量增多的效应显著下降(p<0.05-0.005);(4)侧脑室内注射阿托品(10μg/10μl)或纳洛酮(10μg/10μl)后,不影响刺激迷走神经向中端引起的三脑区5-HT含量增多的效应(p>0.05)。由此看来,迷走传入冲动很可能先使脑内Ach释放增多,然后,Ach作用于N-胆碱受体而导致海马、下丘脑和中-桥脑内5-HT含量增加。以上结果表明,在脑内,迷走传入纤维和5-HT能神经元之间可能存在着机能联系。     

青海省海北地区高寒草甸鸟类群落结构的季节变化

本研究地区,高寒草甸鸟类群落由22种鸟组成,它们隶属于2目9科,其中留鸟11种,迁徙鸟8种。在当地繁殖的鸟19种,冬候鸟2种。各项鸟类群落指标呈现明显季节变化,一般从早春开始上升,到夏季达到高峰,然后逐渐下降至隆冬的最低点。     

多鳞铲颌鱼的生态适应性及地理分布成因的探讨

本文根据对多鳞铲颔鱼的分布、生物学特性及栖居河段的生态环境等所做的调查和研究,探讨了多鳞铲颌鱼的生态适应性及分布成因等问题。做为对北方寒冷气候的适应,多鳞铲颌鱼有蛰伏泉穴越冬的习性,越冬期近6个月;推测多鳞铲颌鱼是由原始鲃类演化来的,形成于更新世早期;现代分布状况可能是受第四纪冰期的影响而造成的。     

DNA sequence evidence for polymorphic forms of human serum amyloid A (SAA)

Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute-phase reactant and precursor to amyloid A protein, the major constituent of the fibril deposits of reactive amyloidosis. The factors determining whether the 104-amino acid SAA molecule is converted into the 76-amino acid amyloid A protein and deposited as fibrils are not known. As an initial step toward investigating the possibility that a particular primary structure of SAA is involved in amyloid formation, we have cloned and determined the nucleotide sequence of human SAA-specific cDNAs. The first clone, selected using an oligonucleotide probe, was shown to encode the signal peptide and amino-terminal region of SAA. The cDNA of this clone served as probe in the selection of two distinct, full-length SAA cDNAs, initially differentiated by the presence (pSAA21) or absence (pSAA82) of a PstI site in the coding sequence. The complete nucleotide sequence of pSAA82 cDNA was determined. Since there appear to be multiple human SAA alleles, it is conceivable that their differential expression is important to amyloid formation.     

Monoclonal antibody that inhibits infection of HeLa and rhabdomyosarcoma cells by selected enteroviruses through receptor blockade.

BALB/c mice were immunized with HeLa cells, and their spleen cells were fused with myeloma cells to produce hybridomas. Initial screening of culture fluids from 800 fusion products in a cell protection assay against coxsackievirus B3 (CB3) and the CB3-RD virus variant yielded five presumptive monoclonal antibodies with three specificities: protection against CB3 on HeLa, protection against CB3-RD on rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells, and protection against both viruses on the respective cells. Only one of the monoclonal antibodies (with dual specificity) survived two subclonings and was studied in detail. The antibody was determined to have an immunoglobulin G2a isotype and protected cells by blockade of cellular receptors, since attachment of [35S]methionine-labeled CB3 was inhibited by greater than 90%. The monoclonal antibody protected HeLa cells against infection by CB1, CB3, CB5, echovirus 6, and coxsackievirus A21 and RD cells against CB1-RD, CB3-RD, and CB5-RD virus variants. The monoclonal antibody did not protect either cell type against 16 other immunotypes of picornaviruses. The monoclonal antibody produced only positive fluorescence on those cells which were protected against infection, and 125I-labeled antibody confirmed the specific binding to HeLa and RD cells. The results suggest that this monoclonal antibody possesses some of the receptor specificity of the group B coxsackieviruses.     

Allometry in the placoderm Bothriolepis canadensis and its significance to antiarch evolution

A set of 18 measurements of the dermal armour of Bothriolepis canadensis Whiteaves (Placodermi, Anti-archa) is analysed with respect to allometric growth patterns. The strongest allometric patterns were found for the orbital fenestra and premedian plate of the head-shield. and the anterior median dorsal plate of the trunk-shield. These are all areas of the greatest importance in antiarch phylogeny and imply a role for ontogenetic effects such as paedomorphosis in the evolution of antiarchs. It is suggested that this is partly a result of the severe constraints on growth in a closed box such as the armour of placoderms, and may be generally true of such arrangements.     

Sapwood area ofPinus contorta stands as a function of mean size and density

Summary An indirect test of the relationship between leaf area and the combination of mean size and density is made in stands of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.). Total sapwood cross-sectional area of these stands is a function of the product of density and mean diameter raised to an exponent of about 1.6. Results from other studies, representing four species, suggest that this relationship between sapwood area and the combination of mean size and density may be general. The implications of the relationship are discussed in the context of evapotranspiration, competition and self-thinning.Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Paper No. 3072     

Induction of endogenous xenotropic retrovirus expression by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate

Summary The tumor promotor 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was examined for its ability to induce endogenous retrovirus from a high-passage clone of Kirsten sarcoma virus-transformed Balb/c (K-Balb) mouse cells. TPA activated virus in a concentration-dependent manner (0.0016 to 4.0 μM). Exposure to 1mM actinomycin D inhibited virus induction, suggesting that cellular RNA synthesis is required de novo by this inducer. A broad-spectrum neutralizing antibody to murine type C virus, gp70, was shown to neutralize the infectivity of the induced virus. The activated virus had the host range of the xenotropic Balb virus:2, and after removal of the inducer, the activated state decayed rapidly. TPA stimulated DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis in K-Balb cells, indicating that the mechanism of inducation may be different from that of previously identified virus inducers. The effects observed using the well-defined K-Balb system offer an opportunity to study the modulation of retrovirus gene expression by TPA. This work was conducted while the authors were with the Biological Carcinogenesis Program, Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Frederick, MD 21701, and was supported under Contract NO1-CO-75380 with the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20205.     

红色角毛虫的形态学和形态发生过程的研究

观察并描述了上海采集到的红色角毛虫的形态结构和形态发生过程。发现形态发生时虫体分别于前、后两个区域发生前、后两个口围带原基,并且由同一个体分裂而成的前,后两个仔虫内,额、腹、横棘毛和缘棘毛的分化并不完全相同,以至造成两个仔虫上棘毛的数目和缘棘毛的列数有明显差异。根据红色角毛虫的形态结构及其形态发生中的一些不够稳定的特点,推测它可能是一种还处于分化中的腹毛类纤毛虫。     

关于法氏囊内T细胞及腔淋巴细胞的研究

本实验表明,法氏囊内存在一个T淋巴细胞弥散渗透区(DIA),在初生雏鸡中开始形成,一月半发育完善,同样在ISE(滤泡间上皮)上皮层内亦存在少量的弥散T淋巴细胞,上述淋巴细胞与腔淋巴细胞,形态结构极为相似。酯酶活性反应均显示T细胞型。 另外初生雏鸡切除胸腺,不仅影响DIA的发育而且影响滤泡的发育。