Stress response of yeast candida intermedia to Cr(VI)

Stress response of yeast Candida intermedia ZIM 156 exposed to chromium(VI) was investigated. Yeast cells were treated with Cr(VI) in concentrations of 50, 100, 300 and 500 microM in the mid-exponential growth phase. Monitoring of some bioprocess parameters during growth, specifically pO(2), showed that Cr(VI) addition, specifically in concentration of 100 and partially 50 micromol/L, increased metabolism intensity, which is connected to induced stress responses. Furthermore, oxidation of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin indicated increased intracellular oxidant level, specifically at 100 microM Cr(VI) concentration. Antioxidant defense systems were further investigated. Catalase and superoxide dismutase activity was not increased in the cells exposed to the both Cr(VI) concentrations, which indicate that catalase and superoxide dismutase do not participate in cell defense systems. In contrast intracellular glutathione content in reduced form increased significantly in the cells exposed to 100 micromol Cr(VI)/L. Therefore, we demonstrated that glutathione plays an important role in the stress response of C. intermedia to Cr(VI).     

TAI系列Ⅰ中的冰草染色体与小麦部分同源关系的同工酶研究

本文分析了TAI系列Ⅰ及其亲本的胚乳过氧化物酶(CPXE)、苹果酸脱氢酶(MDH)、醇脱氢酶(ADH)、酸性磷酸酶(ACPH)和碱性磷酸酶(PHE)的酶谱表型。把冰草同工酶结构基因Mdh-Ag~t2定位到TAI-13、基因Cpxe-Ag~2定位到TAI-14、基因Adh-Ag~t1、Acph-Ag~t2和Phe-Ag~t2定位到TAI-16中的冰草染色体上。根据这些基因定位和我们以前的研究工作,结合植株表型分析,推测TAI-11、TAI-12、TAI-13、TAI-14、TAI-15、TAI-16和TAI-17中的冰草染色体分别与小麦第2、3、1、7、6、4和5同祖群有一定部分同源关系。     

Regulation of secretory granule formation in chronically hypersecretory melanotrophs in the rat pituitary

The formation of secretory granules in chronically hypersecretory melanotrophs in the rat pituitary was studied. Hypersecretion was induced by treatment with the dopamine antagonist haloperidol (1.5 mg/kg daily for 7 days), which releases the normal neural dopaminergic inhibition of secretion from the melanotroph. Morphometric analysis showed a 100% increase in the volume fraction of granular endoplasmic reticulum after haloperidol treatment, while the volume fractions of electron-dense granules, electron-lucent granules and the Golgi apparatus were unaltered. The mean diameter of the mature secretory granules was increased by 10%, indicating a 30% increase in mean granule volume. A similar increase in diameter was observed in condensing granules within the Golgi area. With earlier results on the effect of chronic inhibition the study shows that a main adaptive response of the melanotroph to altered secretory conditions is a change in the volume of the secretory granules, regulated by a mechanism that operates at an early stage of granule formation.     

Cytological localization of α-MSH,ACTH and β-endorphin in the pars intermedia of the cichlid teleost Sarotherodon mossambicus

Summary The pars intermedia of S. mossambicus contains two different endocrine-cell types. The predominant cell type is lead-haematoxyline-positive and assumed to synthesize MSH and related peptides. The second cell type is PAS positive and its function and product(s) are unknown. Staining of light-microscopic and ultrathin sections with antisera against -MSH, ACTH 1–24 and human -endorphin revealed that only the lead-haematoxyline-positive cells of the pars intermedia react with these antisera, and that the secretory granules of these cells contain compounds that were immunoreactive to all three antisera. These findings are in line with the hypothesis that -MSH, ACTH and endorphins are derived from the same precursor molecule. No specific reaction with one of the antisera could be detected in the PAS positive cells.     

Histological and ultrastructural studies of the rabbit pars intermedia in organ culture

Pars intermedia (PI) tissue from fetal, perinatal, neonatal and juvenile rabbits has been maintained in organ culture for up to nine weeks after explantation. Autoradiography showed that DNA synthesis took place for at least 22 days of culturing. PI-glandular cells and interstitial cells remain identifiable throughout this period but ACT-type cells were recognised only up to six weeks. Material from fetal and perinatal animals had a higher proportion of surviving cells than that from adult animals. The degree of differentiation achieved by PI-glandular cells in vitro appears to depend on three factors: i) the stage of development reached before explantation; ii) the original topographic position in the PI tissue before explantation; and iii) the position in the explant in relation to the gas-liquid interphase.     

毛乌素沙地中间锦鸡儿根瘤菌遗传多样性及16S rDNA全序列分析

野生豆科植物中间锦鸡儿是毛乌素沙地的优势种。从蛋白质和DNA水平分析与其共生的根瘤茵的遗传多样性。在蛋白质水平上,24株中间锦鸡儿根瘤菌和9株参比菌株分为2组,A组包含95．8％供试中间锦鸡儿根瘤菌,参比菌株聚为B组,菌株GH72不与其余供试根瘤菌聚类。应用16S　rDNA　PCR—RFLP方法将供试菌株分为22种基因型,中间锦鸡儿根瘤菌组成12种,其余10种由参比菌株构成。表明中间锦鸡儿根瘤菌具高水平遗传多样性。选取代表菌株GH2001进行16S　rDNA全序列测定。与已知相关根瘤菌菌株16S　rDNA进行同源性比较,构建系统发育树状图。GH2001位于Rhizobium分支,与且Agrobacterium radiobacter,Ag.rubi,Rhizobium giardinii,R.mongolense,R.yanglingense,R.galegae和R.huautlense的序列同源性分别达到99％、98．3％、96．3％、95．5％、95．6％、95．27％和95．7％。     

中型滇丁香抑菌及抗耐药菌株作用的研究

采用平板法 ,对中型滇丁香乙醇浸膏抑菌和抗耐药菌株的活性进行研究 ,发现其对金黄葡萄球菌、乙型溶血性链球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、大肠埃希菌、白色念珠菌敏感菌株具有抑制或杀菌作用 ;对金黄葡萄球菌、大肠埃希菌的耐药菌株没有抑菌或杀菌的作用 ;以青霉素为对照 ,发现其对大肠埃希菌和白色念珠菌的抑菌作用比青霉素明显。     

2种麻黄光合及其耐逆性分析

在河西临泽小泉子麻黄大田种植试验区和民勤沙生植物园中草药种植区,对多年生中麻黄(Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex Mey.)和草麻黄(E.sinica Stapf)的光合速率、蒸腾速率及其影响因子进行测试分析,结果表明:(1)中麻黄和草麻黄的光合速率日变化均为单峰曲线,峰值均出现在11:00时,分别为12.098和11.560μmol.m-2.s-1。(2)中麻黄蒸腾速率日变化为单峰曲线,峰值在11:00时,为25.992 5 mol.m-2.s-1;草麻黄蒸腾速率日变化呈双峰曲线,峰值分别出现在11:00时与15:00时,峰值为26.280 0和24.3600 mol.m-2.s-1。(3)2种麻黄光合速率与光量子通量密度、大气温度、水汽压亏缺及蒸腾速率之间均呈显著或极显著正相关关系,与大气CO2浓度和胞间CO2浓度之间均呈显著或极显著负相关关系,与其余因子相关不显著。(4)2种麻黄水分利用效率对比分析显示,中麻黄水分利用效率值(平均0.9022)高于草麻黄(平均0.4532),表明中麻黄与草麻黄相比在生长过程中是以较低的蒸腾强度和相对较高的光合速率值来适应干旱荒漠环境的,比草麻黄更具抗干旱性。     

Sauvagine-like and corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

Summary Immunocytochemical methods were used to investigate the occurrence and distribution of sauvagine, corticotropin-releasing factor-, or urotensin I-like immunoreactivities (SVG-ir, CRF-ir, UI-ir, respectively) in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) brain, using specific antisera raised against non-conjugated SVG, ovine CRF, rat/human CRF, and UI. In the hypothalamus, SVG-ir was found in the magnocellular perikarya, in the dorsal and ventral regions of the preoptic nucleus, and in the hypothalamo-hypophyseal projections to the external zone as well as the internal zone of the median eminence, to pars nervosa, and in fibres running from the pars nervosa to the pars intermedia of the pituitary. In contrast, CRF-ir was found only in parvocellular perikarya, mainly localized in the rostro-ventral part of the preoptic nucleus, with fine processes protruding through the ependyma of the third ventricle, fibre projections terminating in the anterior preoptic area and in the neuropil of the periventricular gray, and a caudal projection to the external zone of the median eminence. No CRF-ir staining was seen in the pars nervosa and pars intermedia. The use of UI-specific antisera failed to give a positive response in the frog brain. It is concluded that, in the frog brain, two anatomically different CRF-like (or SVG-like) systems co-exist, comparable to the reported co-existence of UI-ir and CRF-ir neuronal systems in fish brain.     

Effects of experimental hypo-or hypernatremia on the fine structure of the pars intermedia of the murine pituitary

Summary Quantified ultrastructural observations of the pars intermedia (PI) of the murine hypophysis enable evaluation and kinetic study of relatively fine secretory changes in the gland. Changes in volume of rER and newly formed dense secretory granules (Golgi granules) appear to best translate functional variations in the PI, as shown by the morphological effects of drugs affecting the dopaminergic control of the gland. Our morphometric results show that the PI is stimulated, but only briefly (no longer than 8–12 days), by both salt-loading and Na deprivation. However, the PI displays different secretory patterns in salt-loaded and Na-deprived mice; moreover, bromocriptine, which abolishes PI stimulation in Na-deprived mice, has only a slight inhibitory effect in salt-treated animals. Thus, it appears that the stimulation of the PI under both experimental conditions is triggered by different mechanisms. These results underline the plurifactorial control of the PI and show that the gland may have complex effects on hydromineral regulation.