Effect of cadmium intoxication on glucose utilization in energy metabolism of muscles

The influence of cadmium intoxication on carbohydrate metabolism in skeletal muscles and liver of the male Wistar rats has been studied. Cadmium was administered as cadmium acetate in a dose of 0.3 mg Cd2+/kg body weight for three months. At the same time the control rats were injected with 0.9% NaCl. The animals were decapitated and samples of their skeletal muscles: the soleus muscle (composed mainly of red slow twitch fibers; ST) the gastrocnemius muscle containing two types of fibers (white fast twitch fibers FTb and red fast twitch fibers, FTa) and the liver were dissected out. In the samples of muscles, liver and serum contents of glycogen, glucose, pyruvate and lactate, as well as activities of hexokinase, pyruvate kinase and lactate dehydrogenase were measured. Intoxication of rats with cadmium for three months resulted in a reduction of glycolytic enzymes in the serum, ST and FTa muscle fibers and in the liver but did not change the activities of glycolytic enzymes in the FTb muscle fibers. The data obtained for the concentrations of glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscles suggest different mechanisms of cadmium influence on glycogen utilization in these organs.     

异色瓢虫若虫对麦三叉蚜的捕食作用

研究表明,异色瓢虫高龄若虫捕食麦二叉蚜的功能反应为ＨｏｌｌｉｎｇⅡ型反应,喜好捕食低龄若蚜;在４０℃下捕食率最低,１０℃次之,２５℃最高．在１０～２５℃内捕食率ｙ与温度ｘ的关系为ｙ＝２８．１３０３＋２．６６６５ｘ,在２５～４０℃内为ｙ＝１９９．９２７５－３．６４２ｘ;在种内干扰条件下,其捕食作用率Ｅ与开敌密度Ｐ的关系为Ｅ＝０．６８９７Ｐ－０．７９３０,搜索常数Ｑ为０．６８９７,干扰系数ｍ为０．７９３０;其分摊竞争强度Ｉ与异色瓢虫密度Ｐ的关系为Ｉ＝０．０４００＋１．０３８３ｌｏｇＰ．     

准分子激光治疗近视眼

本文对准分子激光PRK治疗近视眼息者503例的早期临床结果进行分析,近视范围为－2．0至－15．0D,根据术前屈光度不同分为三组,术后随访三个月．结果证实准分子激光是一种安全、有效、预测性较好的治疗近视眼方法．全部病人提高了裸眼视力,绝大部分保持了最佳矫正视力,且没有产生危及视力的并发症．     

硬脂酸修饰超氧化物歧化酶的制备及其性质研究

报道了一种修饰ＳＯＤ的方法。所得硬脂酸修饰ＳＯＤ比活力为每毫克蛋白１００００单位,经鉴定已达均一程度。测得其分子量为３５０００．修饰ＳＯＤ和天然ＳＯＤ在紫外光区的最大吸收均在２６５ｎｍ。修饰ＳＯＤ对温度、ｐＨ、蛋白酶水解的稳定性比天然ＳＯＤ增强,且免疫原性消除。在低浓度的某些有机介质中活性比在水中高。     

限制性核酸内切酶Bsp 63Ⅰ的纯化及性质研究

用Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓｓｐｈａｅｒｉｃｕｓ６３菌为材料,经ＤＮＡ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ和ＣｉｂａｃｒｏｎＢｌｕｅＦ３ＧＡ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ两步亲和层析,将Ｂｓｐ６３Ⅰ纯化到均一程度。酶比活力达６１４００Ｕ／ｍｇ蛋白。用凝胶过滤法测得该酶分子量为１１３８００。该酶样品在ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ中呈现为一条蛋白带,并测得其亚基分子量为５６８００。用ＤＮＳ－Ｃｌ法测得该酶Ｎ－末端氨基酸为丙氨酸。上述结果表明该酶分子是由两个相同亚基组成。     

Alteration of seed fatty acid composition by an ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana affecting diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity.

In characterizing the enzymes involved in the formation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in the Brassicaceae, we have generated a series of mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana that have reduced VLCFA content. Here we report the characterization of a seed lipid mutant, AS11, which, in comparison to wild type (WT), has reduced levels of 20:1 and 18:1 and accumulates 18:3 as the major fatty acid in triacylglycerols. Proportions of 18:2 remain similar to WT. Genetic analyses indicate that the fatty acid phenotype is caused by a semidominant mutation in a single nuclear gene, designated TAG1, located on chromosome 2. Biochemical analyses have shown that the AS11 phenotype is not due to a deficiency in the capacity to elongate 18:1 or to an increase in the relative delta 15 or delta 12 desaturase activities. Indeed, the ratio of desaturase/elongase activities measured in vitro is virtually identical in developing WT and AS11 seed homogenates. Rather, the fatty acid phenotype of AS11 is the result of reduced diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity throughout development, such that triacylglycerol biosynthesis is reduced. This leads to a reduction in 20:1 biosynthesis during seed development, leaving more 18:1 available for desaturation. Thus, we have demonstrated that changes to triacylglycerol biosynthesis can result in dramatic changes in fatty acid composition and, in particular, in the accumulation of VLCFAs in seed storage lipids.     

Early cytokine and chemokine gene expression in lymph nodes of macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus is predictive of disease outcome and vaccine efficacy.

Competitive PCR was used to evaluate the expression of cytokine, granzyme B, and chemokine genes in lymph nodes of macaques recently infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) pathogenic molecular clone SIVmac239 (n = 16), the nonpathogenic vaccine strain SIVmac239 delta nef (n = 8), and the nonpathogenic molecular clone SIVmac1A11 (n = 8). For both SIVmac239 and its nef-deleted derivative, strong expression was observed as early as 7 days postinfection for interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, gamma interferon, and IL-13. The levels of gene induction were equally intense for both viruses despite a lower viral load for SIVmac239 deltanef compared with that for SIVmac239. However, the nature of the cytokine network activation varied with the viral inocula. Primary infection with SIVmac239 was characterized by a higher level of IL-4, IL-10, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, MCP-1, and RANTES gene expression and a lower level of IL-12 and granzyme B gene expression compared with infection with SIVmac239 delta nef. Thus, infection with nef-deleted SIV was associated with a preferential Th1 versus Th2 pattern of cytokine production. Infection with SIVmac1A11 was characterized by a delayed immune response for all markers tested. The unique patterns of cytokine and chemokine gene expression in lymph nodes correlated nicely with the pathogenic potential of the SIV strains used as well as with differences in their ability to serve as protective vaccines.     

Experimental study and mechanism analysis on bioeffects by nanosecond electromagnetic pulses

The athermal bioeffects caused by nanosecond electromagnetic pulses with body cells was studied by using a broad band transverse EM-wave cell (BTEM CELL). The experimental system and preliminary mechanism analysis were presented.     

摇蚊幼虫对底泥中氮、磷释放作用的研究

本文研究了摇蚊幼虫对底泥中氮、磷释放的影响,初步探讨了摇蚊在湖泊富营养化过程中的生态作用。结果表明,摇蚊幼虫能明显促进底泥中氮、磷的释放,而释放到水层中的氮、磷又容易被藻类吸收利用,从而促进藻类生长。这种生态效应与水体营养循环和富营养化的发生及发展过程间存在着重要的关系。     

Regulation of GABAB receptors by histamine and neuronal activity in the isolated spinal cord of neonatal opossum in culture.

The aim of these experiments has been to analyse the properties of receptors for the transmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in developing mammalian nervous system. Changes in responses of GABAB receptors have been measured after alterations of the chemical environment and the level of electrical activity. We have previously shown that when the central nervous system (CNS) of the new-born opossum, Monodelphis domestica, is cultured for three to five days in the presence of histidine, inhibition by baclofen, a GABAB agonist, disappears (Stewart et al. 1991). We have now investigated whether histidine acts indirectly by way of conversion to histamine. As with histidine, culture with 150 microM histamine for five days virtually abolished the inhibition by baclofen. The effects of histidine, as well as histamine, were blocked by mepyramine, a histamine H1-receptor antagonist, and by ranitidine, an H2-antagonist. Tetrodotoxin (TTX), which blocks all electrical activity, protected preparations from the action of histidine but not histamine. Our results suggest that histidine is converted to histamine, which reduces the efficacy of GABAB agonists. We conclude that, in the developing mammalian CNS, transmitter levels and electrical activity can selectively influence the properties of receptors.