氧载体对小白链霉菌发酵生产ε-聚赖氨酸的影响

为了有效改善发酵体系中的溶氧水平,提高小白链霉菌Streptomyces albulus PD-1发酵生产ε-聚赖氨酸的能力,文中通过对氧载体的种类、最佳添加浓度以及添加时间进行筛选,最终确定在0 h添加0.5%(V/V)的正十二烷促进ε-聚赖氨酸生产效果最佳。在5 L发酵罐0 h添加0.5%的正十二烷进行批次补料发酵,ε-聚赖氨酸的产量和菌体干重分别可以达到(30.8±0.46)g/L和(33.8±0.29)g/L,较之对照组分别提高了31.6%和20.7%。ε-聚赖氨酸的产量和菌体干重的提高归因于0.5%正十二烷的添加促进发酵液中溶氧水平从23.8%提高到32%,同时发酵液中的一种主要副产物(聚二氨基丙酸)的含量下降31%。实验结果表明,正十二烷的添加可以提高S.albulus PD-1发酵液中的溶氧水平,抑制副产物的生成,促进ε-聚赖氨酸的合成。     

洱海蓝藻爆发的时空特征及影响因子

湖泊生态环境对区域气候变化和流域人类活动十分敏感。随着流域的持续开发,洱海作为云贵高原第二大淡水湖泊面临着严重的生态与环境问题,主要包括水质恶化和生态功能的衰退,其中蓝藻水华问题尤为突出。针对湖泊现代监测数据存在时间序列较短、连续监测记录缺乏、监测位点不完全一致等问题,应用沉积物记录开展色素等多指标分析和环境变化重建研究,并对洱海湖区南、中、北3个湖盆的沉积物记录进行对比分析,从而探讨洱海富营养化与蓝藻爆发的历史与变化特征,并识别藻类响应模式的空间异同。沉积物色素记录结果表明,洱海蓝藻生物量变化具有明显的时空差异性,呈现由南至北,先后增加、最后呈现蓝藻水华全湖性持续爆发的模式。进一步的简约模型方差分解结果表明气候变暖和营养盐富集是洱海蓝藻生物量变化的主要驱动因子,此外相对较浅的南部湖盆还受到水位波动、水动力减弱、水生植物演化的综合影响。因此,在气候变暖的背景下,控制水体营养盐输入、合理调控湖泊水位、提高水体透明度并恢复水生植物是控制洱海蓝藻水华爆发和进行生态恢复的重要措施。     

离子交换层析结合反向色谱纯化聚二氨基丙酸

ε-聚赖氨酸生产菌株Streptomyces albulus PD-1可合成一种新型非蛋白质氨基酸均聚物聚二氨基丙酸,采用离子交换层析和反向色谱,对聚二氨基丙酸的分离纯化进行研究。离子交换层析柱选用DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow填料,50 mmol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(p H 7.5)平衡上样,含0.5 mol/L Na Cl的磷酸盐缓冲液(p H 7.5)洗脱,收集洗脱液用分子筛Sephadex G-25除去磷酸盐缓冲液。然后用C18反相色谱进一步纯化,流动相为V(甲醇)/V(0.1%磷酸)=5/95。经过离子交换层析和反向色谱,纯化得到聚二氨基丙酸纯品,回收率为39.8%,样品纯度达98.4%,为后续的聚二氨基丙酸的深入研究奠定基础。     

涝渍地农业示范小区综合整治开发的理论与方法研究

寻求与当地自然条件和农业经济水平相适应的土地开垦及其合理利用方式,是我国南方涝渍地域面临的一个重要问题,选择江汉平原四湖地区一个由湖泊垦殖形成的碟形微域作为研究对象。借助对该地区进行综合开发的契机,对其生态学特点、开发模式等进行了重新探讨。结果表明,该地区随地面高程的梯级递变,土壤类型、剖面结构、土壤水分和土壤温度动态变化等方面存在明显的梯级分异特征。总体上可分成5个梯级,根据对该梯级分异的具体面积和位置的分析,该地区存在水稻面积过大,低湖地区资源利用不合理,水旱轮作地区农田整治水平低,利用不充分等问题。通过对其进行工程整治,将原有的5个梯级归并成4个梯级;在此基础上开展以农业综合开发和优化农作制度为主要内容的“梯级开发”,使该地区的农业经营效益得到大幅度提高。     

洪湖水体藻类藻相特征及其对生境的响应

藻类是水生态系统的重要成分,它的群落结构、细胞密度变化与水环境相适应,随水环境的变化而改变,因此藻相变化是评价水体质量的一项重要指标。2009—2010年在洪湖水面不同方位布点采样,对水体的浮游藻类藻相(群落结构、密度)和水质状况(水位(water level,H)、水温(water temperature,tw)、透明度(transparency,SD)、总氮(total nitrogen,TN)、总磷(totalphosphorus,TP)、高锰酸盐指数(permanganate index,CODMn)和叶绿素含量(chlorophyll a,Chl-a)等)进行了逐月的调查、监测,采用湖库营养状态指数法对湖泊富营养化评价,并运用多元逐步回归方法建立水体藻类与生境因子的回归方程。结果表明:洪湖水体总体上已达到轻度富营养化状态;藻类以蓝藻门、硅藻门和绿藻门为主,共鉴定出7门65属,藻细胞密度为1.14×106—3.24×107个/L,藻相季节变化特征明显。藻类组成以蓝藻门密度最高(52.93%),硅藻门(25.96%)和绿藻门(16.83%)次之,隐藻门(1.98%)、金藻门(1.64%)、裸藻门(0.42%)和甲藻门(0.25%)相对较低。藻类藻相及优势种在不同季节有所差异,冬春季节(12—5月)以硅藻门的直链藻、小环藻和针杆藻为优势种,夏秋季节(7—11月)以蓝藻门的鱼腥藻和微囊藻为优势种;湖泊藻类细胞密度与tw、CODMn呈正显著相关关系,与H、TN、TP、SD相关关系不显著;藻细胞生长逐步回归方程为y=3.7815+0.0794tw+0.5670CODMn-1.3467SD,藻细胞生长主要受水温和有机污染物等的影响,氮磷不是藻类生长的控制因子;在湖泊不同区域,环境条件存在差异,导致藻类生长过程中起主导作用的环境因子存在一定的差异,蓝藻生长主要受tw、CODMn和SD控制,绿藻生长主要受H、tw和CODMn影响,而硅藻生长决定于水体CODMn。     

Economical production of isomaltulose from agricultural residues in a system with sucrose isomerase displayed on Bacillus subtilis spores

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - A safe, efficient, environmentally friendly process for producing isomaltulose is needed. Here, the biocatalyst, sucrose isomerase (SIase) from Erwinia...     

Two Hydrolase Resistant Analogues of Diadenosine 5′,5″′-P,P-Triphosphate for Studies with FHIT,The Human Fragile Histidine Triad Protein¶

Abstract

The design and synthesis of analogues of diadenosine 5′,5″′-P,P-triphosphate that are resistant to pyrophosphate hydrolysis is described in relation to their rôle in signalling and tumorigenesis involving the Fhit protein, the human fragile histidine triad protein, which is a novel Ap3A binding/cleaving protein.

     

Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase 3: Overexpression and Growth Dependence in Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In the United States, only one in six lung cancer patients survives five years after diagnosis. These statistics may improve if new therapeutic targets are identified. We previously reported that an enzyme of fatty acid metabolism, very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 3 (ACSVL3), is overexpressed in malignant glioma, and that depleting glioblastoma cells of ACSVL3 diminishes their malignant properties. To determine whether ACSVL3 expression was also increased in lung cancer, we studied tumor histologic sections and lung cancer cell lines. Immunohistochemical analysis of normal human lung showed moderate ACSVL3 expression only in bronchial epithelial cells. In contrast, all of 69 different lung tumors tested, including adeno-, squamous cell, large cell, and small cell carcinomas, had robustly elevated ACSVL3 levels. Western blot analysis of lung cancer cell lines derived from these tumor types also had significantly increased ACSVL3 protein compared to normal bronchial epithelial cells. Decreasing the growth rate of lung cancer cell lines did not change ACSVL3 expression. However, knocking down ACSVL3 expression by RNA interference reduced cell growth rates in culture by 65–76%, and the ability of tumor cells to form colonies in soft agar suspension by 65–80%. We also conducted studies to gain a better understanding of the biochemical properties of human ACSVL3. ACSVL3 mRNA was detected in many human tissues, but the expression pattern differed somewhat from that of the mouse. The enzyme activated long- and very long-chain saturated fatty acid substrates, as well as long-chain mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids to their respective coenzyme A derivatives. Endogenous human ACSVL3 protein was found in a punctate subcellular compartment that partially colocalized with mitochondria as determined by immunofluorescence microscopy and subcellular fractionation. From these studies, we conclude that ACSVL3 is a promising new therapeutic target in lung cancer.     

Waist-to-height ratio is an accurate and easier index for evaluating obesity in children and adolescents

Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the accuracy of the index of waist‐to‐height ratio (WHTR), and proposed the optimal thresholds of WHTR in the definition of childhood overweight and obesity in a bi‐ethnic Chinese school‐aged population. Research Methods and Procedures: Overweight and obese were identified by BMI for age and gender in a random sample including 2055 Han and 2132 Uygur ethnic school‐aged children (8 to 18 years old). WHTR was calculated by waist circumference divided by height on the basis of standard anthropometric measurements. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed to assess the accuracy of WHTR as a diagnostic test for childhood overweight and obesity, compared with waist circumference. The optimal thresholds of WHTR for defining overweight and obesity were recommended respectively by gender. The correlation between WHTR and age was analyzed and compared with BMI. Results: A‐values (area under curve) of WHTR for diagnosing overweight and obesity were both over 0.90 in both genders and better than those of waist circumference. A threshold of 0.445 was identified for overweight in both genders, with the sensitivity and specificity >0.80. The thresholds for defining obesity was 0.485 in boys and 0.475 in girls, both having the sensitivity and specificity >0.90. WHTR showed less association with age than BMI. Conclusions: WHTR is a simple, easy, accurate, and non‐age‐dependent index with high applicability to screening overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The use of WHTR in the general childhood population has been justified by this study.