Effect of atorvastatin on neointimal hyperplasia of venous autografts in rats

AIM: To investigate the effect of atorvastatin on neointimal hyperplasia of autogenous vein graft in rats. METHODS: The model of autogenous vein graft was prepared by transplanting the external jugular vein into aorta in Wistar rats. The rats were divided into three groups: sham operation group, graft control group and graft experimental group. From three days after transplantation, the rats of autograft experimental group were treated by atorvastatin at a dosage of 5 mg·kg-1·d-1. Four weeks after treatment, venous autografts were removed at autopsy and cut into 4 μm sections. Histopathological examination was carried out to analysis the neointimal hyperplasia of grafted veins. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted to evaluate SMα-actin and PCNA expression of neointimal cells in venous autografts. RESULTS: In venous autograft control and experimental groups, SMα-actin-positive smooth muscle cells were proliferated and accumulated excessively in venous autografts, which resulted in significant neointimal formation and vascular lumen narrowing. Neointima quantitative assay revealed that the neointimal hyperplasia of venous autografts was suppressed obviously in graft experimental group, and its neointimal area and NIA/MA ratio of venous autografts were significantly lower than those in graft control group (P<0.01). Immunohistochemical assay indicated that the PCNA labeling index of neointimal cells was significantly lower in graft experimental group than that in graft control group (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Atorvastatin significantly inhibits the proliferation of neointimal smooth muscle cells and the development of neointimal hyperplasia of venous autografts in rats. Atorvastatin is a powerful inhibitor of restenosis after vascular reconstructive operation with a potential for therapeutic use.     

Functions of wild stathmin 1 and the C terminal mutant

AIM: To illustrate the effects of overexpression of stathmin 1 on melanocyte growth and the relationship between C terminal motif and stathmin 1 function.METHODS: The overexpression vector and C terminal mutant coding vector were constructed. The vectors were transfected into melanocytes by Lipofectamine 2000. MTT and FCM were used to inspect the cell growth, Western blotting was a tool in caspase-3 measurement, and spectrophotography was used to detect the melanin products and tyrosinase activity.RESULTS: The vectors of overexpression and mutation were constructed and transfected into melanocytes successfully. Both of them inhibited the melanocyte growth, induced apoptosis, and decreased the melanin products and tyrosinase activity.CONCLUSION: Overexpression of stathmin 1 inhibits melanocyte growth, melanin products and tyrosinase activity. The change of C terminal motif could not affect the role of stathmin 1 in melanocyte markedly.     

鄱阳湖南矶湿地堑秋湖鱼类生物完整性指数评价

为了深入了解鄱阳湖区堑秋湖的生态现状,应用鱼类生物完整性指数评价方法对南矶湿地保护区内6个堑秋湖水域进行完整性调查和生态评价.结果显示,南矶湿地堑秋湖内有鱼类36种,隶属于6目11科,其中鲤科鱼类25种,皆为本土物种;样品鱼类肉食性次级消费者鱼类物种多样性较为丰富,杂食性的物种个体较多;耐污性鱼类27种,敏感性鱼类9种;无显著畸形和严重病菌感染的鱼类个体.由鱼类生物完整性指数得分可知,6个样点湖泊中5个湖泊水域处于一般健康状态,1个湖泊水域处于健康状态.     

甘蔗黑穗病菌拮抗菌HAS的筛选和鉴定

采用传统形态学鉴定及16S rRNA基因序列分析,筛选鉴定对甘蔗黑穗病菌具有拮抗作用的细菌的归属,并采用细菌的通用引物P0、P6扩增16S rRNA基因片段.结果表明:得到1 533 bp的DNA片段,其序列与枯草芽孢杆菌序列的同源性高达99％.其形态学特征:菌体为短杆状,能运动;革兰氏阳性反应;3％KOH溶解性实验呈阴性反应;有鞭毛,鞭毛周生;芽孢中生,椭圆形,孢囊稍膨大,初步将该菌株归属为枯草芽孢杆菌.与病原真菌对峙培养的结果表明,该菌对引起甘蔗和其它作物病害的多个植物病原真菌均具有很好的抑制作用.据此,可将分离的菌株HAS确定为对甘蔗黑穗病菌有较好防治效果的枯草芽孢杆菌.     

不同籼稻颖果发育及其结构与品质性状

比较了两个籼稻品种颖果的发育,籽粒的主要品质性状以及胚乳淀粉体的大小、形状、结构等特性。结果表明： 扬稻6号的主要品质性状优于湘早籼33;在开花后前期扬稻6号干物质积累速率较慢,但在后期较快,淀粉充实度较高; 淀粉胚乳细胞内存在两种淀粉体,即单粒淀粉体,直径2.4~8.0 μm,平均4.7 μm;复合淀粉体,即由多个单粒淀粉体结合而成,直径5.7~19.5 μm,平均9.7 μm。湘早籼33单粒淀粉体多数为椭圆形或圆球形,大小差异较大,排列疏松,变异系数较大;扬稻6号胚乳单粒淀粉体基本为晶体多面形,发育良好,大小较为一致,排列紧密,变异系数较小。胚乳背部淀粉体的发育和排列结构优于腹部和中部。胚乳垩白的出现是由于淀粉体发育不良、排列疏松所致,而淀粉体的充实又与灌浆物质的输入途径紧密相关。     

微生物法测定米粉中维生素B_6含量不确定度评估

应用微生物法测定米粉样品中维生素B_6含量,并从多个方面分析测量的不确定度。试验结果表明:相对合成标准不确定度为0.01393,扩展不确定度为0.1653,测量结果为(5.932±0.1653)μg/hg;影响维生素B_6测定结果的最主要不确定度分量为微量移液枪容差。     

基于声发射技术的木材害虫信号特征检测

针对木材害虫声发射（AE）信号检测问题,研究杨树木段中麻点豹天牛幼虫AE信号波形特征及其信号的能量,为钻蛀害虫声音的监测提出一种新的方法。取一段具有麻点豹天牛幼虫的杨树木段,通过采样频率为500 kHz的2通道木材蠕变声发射信号采集系统采集原始AE信号。对采集到的原始信号滤波后进行小波分解,通过对各层高频信号的分析获取AE信号的频域特征,并对其进行重构与信号解析。结果表明,麻点豹天牛幼虫AE信号的主频主要集中在30 kHz附近,其信号的能量在16:00最高,反映了该幼虫在15:00-16:00较活跃。     

松节油及其组合对松墨天牛引诱效果比较

通过林间试验,比较了松节油与乙醇、苯乙醇、松油醇、糖酒醋液按不同比例组合而成的7种引诱剂(Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ、Ⅵ、Ⅶ)、2种成品引诱剂(Ⅷ、Ⅸ)对松墨天牛成虫的引诱效果.结果表明,松节油对松墨天牛有一定引诱作用(Ⅰ诱虫量2.4±0.92头,雌性比0.33±0.06).乙醇可显著增强松节油的引诱效果(Ⅴ诱虫量22.4±4.52头,Ⅲ雌性比0.57±0.04).苯乙醇、松油醇组合引诱剂对诱虫量无显著影响,但可显著提高诱雌能力(Ⅵ雌性比0.68±0.05).添加糖酒醋液显著降低了组合引诱剂的诱虫量(10.80土3.73头)及雌性比(0.26±0.10).组合引诱剂Ⅵ诱虫量(22.05±5.74头)显著高于成品引诱剂(Ⅷ、Ⅸ诱虫量分别为14.80±4.17、12.28±3.31头),雌性比(0.68±0.05)与引诱剂Ⅷ无差异,显著高于引诱剂Ⅸ(0.52±0.03) (P =0.05).     

云南红茶生产加工中实施HACCP的探讨

本文简要介绍了HACCP的历史和基本内容,并以云南红茶在生产加工过程中存在的主要危害及其控制方法来探讨HACCP在云南红茶生产加工中实施的可行性。