15NO2胁迫下三角梅不同器官的氮素吸收分配动态及代谢规律

近年来研究园林植物消减大气污染物的修复技术及其原理,理清氮氧化物污染对植物生理生态的影响机制,对城市生态环境保护和文明建设具有重要意义。以三角梅(Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd)小苗为研究材料,通过人工模拟熏气法,设计短时间高浓度¹⁵NO₂胁迫处理,以CK为对照,比较8.0μL/L ¹⁵NO₂处理和4.0μL/L ¹⁵NO₂处理对三角梅各器官¹⁵N的吸收量和各器官¹⁵N-氨基酸含量的影响,探究¹⁵NO₂胁迫下三角梅各器官内氮素的吸收分配动态及代谢规律研究。结果表明,¹⁵NO₂胁迫后显著提高了三角梅各器官¹⁵N含量,其中叶片是¹⁵N的主要积累器官。8.0μL/L ¹⁵NO₂处理下三角梅各器官¹⁵     

Animal-fed plants: an investigation into the uptake of ant-derived nutrients by the far-eastern epiphytic fern Lecanopteris Reinw. (Polypodiaceae)

The epiphytic fern genus Lecanopteris (Polypodiaceae) is regularly inhabited by five species of Iridomyrmex and Crematogaster, which nest and deposit debris in the hollow rhizomes. These epiphytes gain nutrients from ants in two ways: by root absorption from carton runways which surround plants, and by uptake of solutes from ant faeces and debris through the inner rhizome walls. The rhizome cavity surface is black, minutely pitted and bears no specialized absorptive structures. Nutrients containing 14-glucose, 86-rubidium and 32-phosphorus injected into the rhizome cavity were translocated through the plant. Ants inhabiting Lecanopteris were fed glycine and urea containing 15-nitrogen, and this label was incorporated into the fern tissues. Thus ant-derived nutrients can be incorporated into Lecanopteris tissues. The ferns may gain other benefits from the ants such as defence against herbivores, nurture of juveniles or spore dispersal.     

Mass transport parameters of aspen wood chip beds via stimulus-response tracer techniques

A stimulus-response tracer technique has been used to characterize packed beds of untreated, as well as acid prehydrolyzed, and enzymatically hydrolyzed aspen wood chips. Glucose was used as the tracer. Bulk liquid phase dispersion, interphase mass transfer, and intraparticle diffusion coefficients were determined for these materials as well as effective porosities and tortuosities. The untreated and prehydrolyzed aspen wood chips were found to have effective coid fractions of ca. 0.8, while the enzymatically hydrolyzed wood chips exhibited a void fraction of 0.37. Intraparticle diffusion was approximately twice as rapid in the prehydrolyzed and enzymatically hydrolyzed wood chips as in the untreated wood chips. Also, under the current experimental conditions, intraparticle diffusional transport resistance accounted for roughly half of the total tracer pulse dispersion. It is demonstrated that stimulus-response tracer techniques can be useful and convenient probes for beds of lignocellulosic, or other conversion and/or treatment. (c) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Clearance rates of bacteria by the rotifer Filinia longiseta (Ehrb.) measured using three tracers

The clearance rates (CRs) of bacteria by Filinia longiseta were measured at 19°C, both in situ in Lake Loosdrecht and in the laboratory during summer. The tracer particles used in the field were: (1) 0.51 µm fluorescent microspheres, and (2) fluorescently labelled bacteria (FLB). A third type of tracer particle, natural [methyl-³H]-thymidine-labelled bacteria (< 1.2 µm), were used as a radiotracer in a laboratory experiment. The uptake of the first two tracer-particle types was measured by microscopic examination of the rotifer guts. In the third case, the uptake of radioactivity was determined by liquid scintillation counting. The rate of uptake of the microspheres decreased 10 min after the start of the experiment, probably because the gut passage time was exceeded. Using a 5 min feeding time, the rate of uptake of microspheres was higher than that of the FLB, though the variation in the uptake in both cases was high. The ingestion rates and CRs of bacteria by F. longiseta based on the fluorescent tracers were: microspheres, 5115 bact.ind^–1 h^–1 and 0.368 µl ind^–1 h^–1; FLB, 2252 bact.ind^–1 h^–1 and 0.162 µl ind^–1 h^–1. The mean CR using the thymidine-labelled natural bacteria and a 10 min feeding time was 0.179 µl ind^–1 h^–1. Thus, the CR based on the microsphere method was twice as high as for the other two methods.     

Hydrology of Tjeukemeer

The hydrology of Tjeukemeer is described in relation to a more complex system. A model is developed-based on fluctuating chloride concentrations — to estimate in- and outflow of the lake. Results are given for actual data.     

Patterns of carbon allocation above ground in a deciduous (Vaccinium uliginosum) and an evergreen (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) dwarf shrub

The carbon allocation to current-year shoots of the deciduous Vaccinium uliginosum L. and the evergreen V. vitis-idaea L. was studied in a field experiment using ¹⁴C. During the first week after labelling, 0–50% and 30–80% of the initially assimilated ¹⁴C was lost in V. vitis-idaea and V. uliginosum respectively. Later on, the losses were smaller. After leaf fall in V. uliginosum , 30, 10 and 8% of the initially assimilated ¹⁴C was recovered in the abscised leaves, in plants labelled 1 July, 1 August and 1 September, respectively. The amounts found in the old V. vitis-idaea leaves the year after labelling were 33, 20 and 10%. Only traces of past-year assimilates were found in the current-year V. vitis-idaea leaves, while it was estimated that the V. uliginosum leaves contained 10–15% of the past-year label. It is concluded that V. vitis-idaea is mainly dependent on early summer assimilates - produced by leaves that have overwintered – for the current year shoot growth, while past-years' assimilates probably make an important contribution to the leaf expansion in V. uliginosum. When fruits occurred, a large fraction of the ¹⁴C assimilates was allocated to them.     

Assimilation efficiency of Vibrio bacterial protein biomass by the flagellate Pteridomonas : assessment using flow cytometric sorting

A flow cytometric sorting technique for direct determination of bacterial biomass assimilation by phagotrophic flagellates was developed and tested in laboratory culture experiments. Living Vibrio bacteria were quantitatively pulse-chase labelled with [(35)S]methionine tracer and fed to Pteridomonas flagellates. Flow sorting revealed that the isotopically labelled material is in either bacterial prey or flagellate predators and the egested bacterial debris contained negligible amounts of tracer. These experimental results confirm an earlier hypothesis that flagellates release metabolised bacterial proteins primarily in a dissolved form. The assimilation efficiency of the Vibrio protein biomass by Pteridomonas was low, only about 20%, independently of the amount of consumed bacterial biomass, confirming our earlier indirect estimates. Additionally, against expectations that cells decrease their metabolic activity whilst preparing for and engaged in division, we found that the precursor uptake rates by flow sorted bacterial cells at the S+G(2) cell cycle stages were constantly 1.5 times higher than those of cells at the G(1) stage.     

Flow of Deposited Inorganic N in Two Gleysol-dominated Mountain Catchments Traced with <Superscript>15</Superscript>NO<Subscript>3</Subscript><Superscript>−</Superscript> and <Superscript>15</Superscript>NH<Subscript>4</Subscript><Superscript>+</Superscript>

In two mountain ecosystems at the Alptal research site in central Switzerland, pulses of ¹⁵NO₃ and ¹⁵NH₄ were separately applied to trace deposited inorganic N. One forested and one litter meadow catchment, each approximately 1600 m², were delimited by trenches in the Gleysols. K¹⁵NO₃ was applied weekly or fortnightly over one year with a backpack sprayer, thus labelling the atmospheric nitrate deposition. After the sampling and a one-year break, ¹⁵NH₄Cl was applied as a second one-year pulse, followed by a second sampling campaign. Trees (needles, branches and bole wood), ground vegetation, litter layer and soil (LF, A and B horizon) were sampled at the end of each labelling period. Extractable inorganic N, microbial N, and immobilised soil N were analysed in the LF and A horizons. During the whole labelling period, the runoff water was sampled as well. Most of the added tracer remained in both ecosystems. More NO₃⁻ than NH₄⁺ tracer was retained, especially in the forest. The highest recovery was in the soil, mainly in the organic horizon, and in the ground vegetation, especially in the mosses. Event-based runoff analyses showed an immediate response of ¹⁵NO₃⁻ in runoff, with sharp ¹⁵N peaks corresponding to discharge peaks. NO₃⁻ leaching showed a clear seasonal pattern, being highest in spring during snowmelt. The high capacity of N retention in these ecosystems leads to the assumption that deposited N accumulates in the soil organic matter, causing a progressive decline of its C:N ratio.     

Accumulation and distribution of samarium-153 in rat brain after intraperitoneal injection

It is well known that rare earth elements (REEs) have come into extensive use in a number of fields. As a result, REEs are becoming closely related to human's daily life. However, until now, the distributions of REEs in the brain are not yet very clear. In this study, Sprague-Dawley male rats were intraperitoneally injected with 0.25 mL of ¹⁵³SmCl₃ solution (containing 10 μg Sm). The brain were perfused with saline to minimize the blood influence. The radioactivities of ¹⁵³Sm in the five brain regions (hypothalamus, cerebellum, hippocampus, corpus striatum, and cerebral cortex) were counted. The results suggested that Sm did enter into the brain. Although only about 0.0003% of the given dose was accumulated in the brain, Sm seemed to be remain in the brain for a long time. The highest amounts and lowest concentrations of ¹⁵³Sm were found in the cerebral cortex, and the highest concentrations of ¹⁵³Sm were found in the hypothalamus.     

In vivo conversion of 18- and 20-C essential fatty acids in rats using the multiple simultaneous stable isotope method

An important question for mammalian nutrition is the relative efficiency of C18 versus C20 essential fatty acids (EFAs) for supporting the tissue composition of n-3 and n-6 pathway end products. One specific question is whether C22 EFAs are made available to tissues more effectively by dietary alpha-linolenic acid (18:3n-3) and linoleic acid (18:2n-6) or by dietary eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (20:3n-6). To address this question in a direct manner, four stable isotope compounds were given simultaneously in a novel paradigm. A single oral dose of a mixture of 2H5-18:3n-3, 13C-U-20:5n-3, 13C-U-18:2n-6, and 2H5-20:3n-6 was administered to rats given a defined diet. There was a preferential in vivo conversion of arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) to docosatetraenoic acid (22:4n-6) and of 22:4n-6 to n-6 docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n-6) when the substrates originated from the C18 precursors. However, when the end products docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) or 22:5n-6 were expressed as the total amount in the plasma compartment divided by the dosage, this parameter was 11-fold greater for 20:5n-3 than for 18:3n-3 and 14-fold greater for 20:3n-6 than for 18:2n-6. Thus, on a per dosage basis, the total amounts of n-3 and n-6 end products accreted in plasma were considerably greater for C20 EFA precursors relative to C18.