夏眠对刺参(Apostichopus japonicus(Selenka))能量收支的影响

夏眠是刺参最重要的生理特征;水温升高是其夏眠的主要诱发因子,而夏眠的临界温度与刺参体重密切相关。为揭示刺参夏眠对其能量利用对策的影响,测定了2种体重规格（134.0±13.5）g和(73.6±2.2）g刺参在10、15、20、25 ℃和30 ℃ 5个温度梯度下的能量收支。结果表明,温度和体重及其交互作用对刺参能量的摄入均有显著影响;而温度是影响其摄食能分配的主要因素。研究发现,刺参在非夏眠期、夏眠临界期和完全夏眠期的能量利用对策有所不同：在非夏眠期,刺参摄食能支出的最大组分是粪便能,占摄食能的比例超过50%,其次为呼吸耗能,占19.8%~39.4%,而生长能和排泄能占的比例较小,分别为5.7%~10.7%和2.9%~3.7%;在夏眠临界温度下,呼吸和排泄耗能占摄食能的比例均显著增大（分别为88.3%和13.6%）,而生长能所占比例降为负值（-55.3%）,刺参表现为负生长;而在夏眠期,刺参的摄食能和排粪能为零,为维持其基本生理活动,不得不动用以往贮存于体内的能量,消耗于呼吸和排泄等生理过程,供维持生命之用。总之,从能量生物学的角度看,夏眠的主要生态学意义在于刺参长时间处于相对高温环境,进而导致摄食受阻条件下的一种能量节约方式。     

大猿叶虫生活史的研究

大猿叶虫Colaphellus bowringi是江西山区十字花科蔬菜上的重要食叶害虫,以成虫在土中越夏和越冬。由于成虫滞育期的差异,该虫的化性显示了明显的种内变异。有些个体隔年繁殖;有些个体是一化性的,仅在春季或秋季繁殖1代;有些个体是二化性的,春季和秋季各繁殖1代;有些个体是多化性的,春季1代,秋季2～3代。因此,大猿叶虫在田间一年可发生4代。在春季,滞育成虫于2月底至4月初陆续出土繁殖;在秋季,滞育成虫于8月中旬至10月初陆续出土繁殖。春季羽化的成虫于4月底至6月上旬陆续入土越夏,秋季羽化的成虫于9月中旬至12月底陆续入土越冬。大猿叶虫一生能交配多次,大多数雌虫的产卵期超过1个月,最长达67天。平均每雌产卵量：春季世代为644粒,秋季世代为963粒,最高达1.950粒。各虫态的发育历期：在15～30℃间,卵为13.78～3.14天,幼虫为22.83～6.95天,蛹为12.10～3.18天。发育阈值温度：卵为10.7℃,幼虫为8.8℃,蛹为9.6℃。非滞育成虫的寿命约为1～2个月,滞育成虫的寿命为5～38个月。滞育成虫均入土蛰伏,在土中的蛰伏深度为9～31 cm 。     

Morpho-functional modifications of human syncytiotrophoblast plasma membrane during Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

Changes in [³⁵S]methionine protein labeling patterns were examined by following incorporation into the acid precipitate protein fraction of land snails,Otala lactea (Müller) (Pulmonata, Helicidae). Labeled proteins were analyzed by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing columns. Snails in four different physiological states were compared: active controls, short term aestivating snails (injected and allowed to enter aestivation), long term aestivating snails (aestivated for 14 days, injected, and maintained in the aestivating state), and snails aroused after aestivation (aestivated, injected, and aroused). Protein associated radioactivity was measured over a 7 day time course post injection. Autoradiographic analysis of SDS-polyacrylamide gels showed increases in the radioactivity of four proteins: 91 kDa (hepatopancreas, day 1 in long term aestivating animals), 50 kDa (hepatopancreas, day 2 in short term aestivating snails), 70 kDa and 30 kDa (foot, day 2 in short term aestivating animals). Hepatopancreas and foot from day 1 long term aestivating and day 2 short term aestivating animals were also analyzed by isoelectric focusing columns. Several pH-specific differences were apparent when controls and aestivating animals were analyzed. In particular a peak of radioactivity was observed at pH 5.05 in 1 d long term aestivating hepatopancreas and at pH 4.30 in 2d short term aestivating animals. Several differences were noted in foot with no specific pattern emerging. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the hepatopancreas peaks showed the appearance of several bands with increased radioactivity, including the 91 kDa and 50 kDa proteins described above. These results suggest thatO. lactea aestivation specific proteins may be involved in the transition to a depressed metabolic state.Abbreviations dpm radioactive disintegrations per minute - PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis - SDS sodium dodecyl sulphate - SRP stress related protein     

First evidence for photoperiodic regulation of the life cycle in a millipede species, Polydesmus angustus (Diplopoda: Polydesmidae)

The hypothesis that the periods of dormancy previously described in the millipede Polydesmus angustus may be photoperiodically induced diapauses was tested experimentally. In this species, biennial individuals exhibit two successive periods of dormancy: aestivation in the penultimate stadium (stadium VII) and reproductive dormancy in the adults, which emerge in autumn. It was first established that the reproductive dormancy is not a thermally controlled state of quiescence. When adults emerging in autumn were kept at 16 °C under natural photoperiod, their reproduction was delayed for several months in comparison with adults emerging in spring at similar temperatures. This indicates that the reproductive dormancy begins with a period of diapause. Further experiments provided evidence of a photoperiodic induction of the adult diapause. When millipedes were reared under short day length (L:D 12:12 h) throughout their development, they required more time to reproduce than millipedes reared under long day length (L:D 16:8 h) at the same temperatures. Photoperiod influenced reproduction in females, but no significant effects were detected in adult males. On the other hand, stadium VII was markedly longer at L:D 16:8 h than at L:D 12:12 h in both sexes, which strongly suggests that aestivation is also induced by photoperiod. However, the effects on the duration of stadium VII varied among individuals, some of which showed no response to long days. This study is the first to document photoperiodic regulation of the life cycle in the class Diplopoda, a trait common in other classes of terrestrial arthropods.