牛磺酸、谷酰胺、改良CR1和改良CR2培养液对牛受精卵体外发育的影响

本研究探讨了牛磺酸、谷酰胺、改良CR1 (CR1 无机盐成分 10% 胎牛血清) 和改良CR2 培养液(改良CR1 液 1 m m ol/L谷酰胺和绵羊输卵管分泌液浓度的多种氨基酸)对牛卵子体外受精后的分裂率、囊胚率和囊胚细胞数的影响。结果表明: 牛磺酸和谷酰胺对牛卵子受精后体外发育的影响依赖于胚胎培养液种类; 利用改良CR1 和改良CR2 培养液可成功生产可移植胚胎, 但它们所生产的可移植胚胎的效率无显著差异, 利用改良CR1 培养液生产可移植胚胎的成本更低一些。     

Tuberculosis in alpaca (Lama pacos) on a farm in Ireland. 1. A clinical report

This case report describes tuberculosis (TB) due to infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) in alpaca (Lama pacos) on a farm in Ireland. Two severely debilitated alpaca were presented to the University Veterinary Hospital, University College Dublin in November 2004. Bloods were taken, and haematology and biochemistry results were indicative of chronic infection. Radiological examination showed evidence of diffuse granulomatous pneumonia suggestive of tuberculosis. On necropsy there were granulomatous lesions present throughout many body organs including lung, liver, kidney, intestine as well on peritoneum and mesentery. Culture of acid-fast bacilli from lesions led to a diagnosis of tuberculosis due to M. bovis. The use of intradermal skin testing proved inefficient and unreliable for ante mortem diagnosis of tuberculosis in alpaca. Infection due to M. bovis should be considered among the differential diagnoses of debilitating diseases in alpaca, particularly those farmed in areas known to be traditional black spots for tuberculosis in cattle.     

N-(2-亚甲基吡啶)脱氢枞胺希夫碱及其铜配合物与牛血清白蛋白的作用研究

运用紫外光谱、荧光光谱和圆二色谱研究了具有抗癌活性的N-(2-亚甲基吡啶)脱氢枞胺希夫碱(L)及其铜配合物[Cu(L)2Br]Br(1)在模拟生理条件(p H值7.2)下与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用,分析了它们之间相互作用的机制。结果表明,1对BSA的荧光猝灭方式为静态猝灭,L为动态猝灭;通过计算得到了不同温度下的结合常数(Ka)、结合位点数(n)及相关的热力学参数(ΔG0、ΔH0和ΔS0),表明L和1与BSA的相互作用力以疏水作用为主,且结合反应是由焓和熵驱动的自发过程。同步荧光光谱分析表明,化合物与BSA的作用使蛋白质的构象发生改变,圆二色谱也证明了化合物能够显著改变BSA的构象,由典型的α-螺旋结构变为扭曲链。     

Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus in Relation to Embryos Fertilized In Vitro

The association of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) with embryos derived by in vitro fertilization from oocytes of experimentally infected heifers or oocytes/embryos exposed to the virus in vitro was investigated. Using a nested-PCR assay, proviral DNA of BIV was not detected in follicular fluid or in embryos derived from BIV-infected donors. In vitro exposure of oocytes to BIV during maturation or insemination with BIV-infected semen resulted in zona pellucida-intact embryos testing negative for BIV provirus. However, exposure of zona pellucida-free day-7 embryos to the virus resulted in a positive BIV assay for 28% of the batches of embryos, suggesting that the zona pellucida has a role in protecting against BIV infection. The presence of BIV in the IVF system had no apparent effect on the development of bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage.