山地五月茶提取物对乳腺癌细胞MDA-MB-231增殖的抑制活性研究

为深入了解海南岛热带野生植物的保健功能及其活性成分,用CCK-8法检测山地五月茶（Antidesma montanum）果和叶的乙醇提取物对MDA-MB-231乳腺癌细胞增殖的抑制活性。结果表明,山地五月茶果和叶的乙醇提取物作用72 h对细胞的半数抑制浓度（IC₅₀）分别为483 μg/mL和306 μg/mL。叶的乙醇提取物分别经石油醚、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇萃取,比较各有机溶剂萃取相及剩余水相对乳腺癌细胞抑制增殖活性,结果显示乙酸乙酯相表现出较高的活性,其处理细胞72 h的IC₅₀为150.5 μg/mL。划痕实验和Transwell检测结果表明,乙酸乙酯相提取物具有抑制MDA-MB-231细胞迁移和侵袭的能力。流式细胞仪检测结果表明,乙酸乙酯相提取物能够使MDA-MB-231细胞周期S期显著延长。UPLC-MS/MS分析结果显示,乙酸乙酯相含有穗花杉双黄酮活性成分。穗花杉双黄酮处理MDA-MB-231细胞72 h的抑制增殖IC₅₀为192.6 μg/mL,表明其是山地五月茶抑癌活性成分之一。     

Development and testing of a surface roughness measurement device based on aerial ultrasonic reflections

Paddy and Water Environment - Repairs of concrete irrigation channels in Japan are guided to a large extent by the degree to which their walls have degraded over decades of use. Current methods of...     

农杆菌介导法将反义蜡质基因转入杂交稻亲本

通过农杆菌介导法将反义蜡质基因导入特青(OryzasativaL.subsp.indica)和广粳1号(OryzasativaL.subsp.japonica)这两个杂交稻亲本的愈伤组织中,获得了经PCR检测证明外源基因已整合进植物基因组中的再生植株,其中含潮霉素抗性基因的植株有6株,但仅有2株能够扩增出反义蜡质基因的特异条带,其原因可能是在转基因植株中出现了基因丢失或沉默现象。试验表明,粳型稻广粳1号的不同外植体(成熟胚、幼胚、幼穗、花药)的愈伤诱导率比特青的高,且随着继代时间的延长,不同基因型水稻诱导的愈伤之间的转化率存在着极显著性差异(P<0.01);经过转染的水稻愈伤在一定的筛选压力下会出现“逃逸”现象,抗性筛选后成活愈伤PCR检测发现广粳1号和特青的愈伤转化率只有44.4%和29.4%;不同凝固剂对愈伤诱导的质量有着明显的影响,植物凝胶作凝固剂比琼脂作凝固剂时的愈伤褐化率低。     

Chronic otitis externa with heat shock protein 70-positive intranuclear inclusion bodies in the ceruminous gland epithelium of a Chihuahua dog

A Chihuahua dog showed persistent itching in the right ear canal. Anti-inflammatory medicines and prednisolone were ineffective and total ear canal ablation was performed. Histological diagnosis was chronic otitis externa. Eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies (Cowdry type A and full-type) were occasionally observed in the ceruminous gland epithelium. The inclusion bodies were negative for nucleic acid and ultrastructurally composed of fibrous structures (approximately 10 nm in width). Viral infection was initially suspected, but polymelase chain reaction tests did not detect the expected viral genes. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the inclusion bodies were positive for heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), suggesting that these bodies could be protein aggregates including HSP70. The etiology of this lesion has not been elucidated, but chronic inflammation may influence the cytoplasm-to-nuclear transportation of HSP70. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of canine chronic otitis externa with HSP70-positive intranuclear inclusion bodies.     

添加剂对番茄茎秆好氧堆肥发酵过程及氮素损失的影响

为研究减少在番茄茎秆好氧堆肥过程中氮素损失的途径,提高堆肥品质,以粉碎的番茄茎秆为原料,按物料干重分别加入5%的腐殖酸(T1)、氯化钙(T2)和过磷酸钙(T3),同时以不进行任何添加的堆体作为对照(CK),进行45 d的好氧堆肥试验。结果表明：3种添加剂均可降低堆肥过程中的氮素损失,同时减少了NH₃的挥发量;堆肥结束时,CK、T1、T2和T3处理的氮素损失率分别为18.04%、15.00%、12.65%和14.05%,累计NH₃挥发量为CK(1 648.11 mg/kg)>T1(1 330.35 mg/kg)>T3(995.35 mg/kg)>T2(528.11 mg/kg)。其中,添加氯化钙的处理保氮效果最好,与对照相比,氮素损失率低至12.65%,NH₃挥发量减少67.96%;各处理高温期均≥3 d,发芽指数≥80%,表明堆体已经腐熟,无植物毒性。综上,番茄茎秆好氧堆肥中添加氯化钙,对于减少堆肥过程中的氮素损失较为理想。本研究可为番茄茎秆好氧堆肥保氮工艺优化提供理论依据。     

Interannual variability in stock abundance of the neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii, in the North Pacific Ocean during 1979–1998: impact of driftnet fishing and oceanographic conditions

Variability in catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) was examined for the autumn cohort of Ommastrephes bartramii collected with research driftnets during 1979–1998 along five longitudinal transects passing through the Subarctic, Transitional and Subtropical Domains in the North Pacific. CPUE was generally low during the period of intensive commercial driftnet fishing (1980–1992) and increased following the 1992 moratorium on the use of large-scale driftnets. However, CPUE levels were low for the cohorts hatched in 1992 and 1996 (captured in subsequent years owing to a one-year life of O. bartramii ) that experienced low sea surface temperatures from hatching to recruitment. Among similar-aged squid collected from 180° and 179°30'W in June, mantle lengths were significantly greater in 1997 than during 1995–96. These findings suggest that the driftnet fishery and sea surface temperatures from hatching to recruitment strongly affected stock abundance and possibly growth.     

Relationship between soak time and number of enmeshed animals in experimentally lost gill nets

In order to determine the effects of ghost fishing by lost gill nets, the relationship was examined between soak time and number of enmeshed animals in experimentally lost gill nets by using diving observations. Two experimental gill nets were set at 13 m depth in Tateyama Bay, Chiba Prefecture, Japan for approximately 200 days. One gill net was deployed in a small trough surrounded by artificial reefs, and the other was deployed on an adjacent open sandy bed. Twelve species of crustaceans, six species of gastropods, and five species of bony fish were enmeshed in the experimental gill nets. The number of enmeshed animals in the artificial reef gill net was substantially larger than that in the sandy bed gill net. The number of enmeshed animals in the experimental gill nets increased rapidly within one month after deployment, and then declined gradually showing fluctuations caused by the decrease in newly enmeshed animals, and the drop off from gill nets caused by the decomposition of dead animals. The decrease in the number of enmeshed animals was expressed by logarithmic equations, and based on these equations, the duration of capture function for the lost gill nets was calculated to be 284–561 days in the artificial reef gill net and 200 days in the sandy bed gill net. The duration of capture function for the lost gill nets for non-commercial by-catch species such as small crustaceans and gastropods was longer than for commercial species such as Japanese spiny lobster and bony fish.     

Guanine-cytosine contents of the host and symbiont cDNA in a symbiotic coral

ABSTRACT:   Hermatypic (reef-building) corals harbor dinoflagellate endo-symbionts Symbiodinium spp. In studying gene expression in such symbiotic corals, problems arise regarding how to distinguish the coral and symbiont mRNA, and how to estimate their fractions in the mRNA population of the holobiont (symbiotic complex of the coral and Symbiodinium cells). In this study, these issues were addressed using juveniles of hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis in symbiosis with Symbiodinium cells of strain PL-TS-1. First, the guanine-cytosine (GC) contents were determined in expressed sequence tags (EST) from PL-TS-1 cells cultured in vitro and symbiont-free larvae of A. tenuis , and their average GC contents were found to be significantly different. The average GC content of the EST from the holobiont was much closer to that of A. tenuis larvae, suggesting that the majority (>90%) of mRNA isolated from the holobiont originated in the host. In protein-coding sequences, little overlap was observed between the GC-content distributions of PL-TS-1 cells and A. tenuis larvae. All of the coding sequences ( n  = 59) found in the A. tenuis EST had GC contents below 0.5, whereas the GC content exceeded 0.5 in the majority (43/44) of coding sequences from the nuclear genome of PL-TS-1 cells.     

EDTA对铅胁迫下萝卜芽苗菜生长的影响

以萝卜芽苗菜为材料,在其生长期外施不同浓度EDTA,初步探讨了EDTA对铅胁迫下萝卜芽苗菜部分生理生化特性的影响.结果表明:在300 mg/L铅胁迫浓度下萝卜芽苗菜的膜透性明显增大,过氧化物酶(POD)活性、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、可溶性蛋白含量明显下降.随着外施EDTA浓度的增加,萝卜芽苗菜的膜透性先下降后升高,过氧化物酶(POD)活性、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、可溶性蛋白含量先升后降.就供试材料而言,在一定浓度范围内的EDTA对铅胁迫萝卜芽苗菜的伤害效应有缓解作用,其中以0.75 μmol/L EDTA处理效果最为明显.