水稻穗上发芽的差异蛋白质分析

采用IEF-SDS-PAGE双向电泳技术,对穗上发芽的水稻胚芽进行蛋白质分离,获得清晰的电泳图谱。结果表明:同一品种未发芽和穗上发芽的水稻胚芽蛋白质电泳图谱基本一致,体现了其蛋白质组分的稳定性,同时未发芽和穗上发芽的水稻胚芽蛋白质也具有各自的特异性。从图谱中得到50个差异表达的蛋白质,其等电点多集中在pH5.0-6.5之间,分子量多集中在14.4-67.0ku之间。这些差异蛋白的分析结果为今后进一步研究水稻穗上发芽的分子机理奠定了试验基础。     

菜地重金属污染的标准值分析与治理对策

参照通用标准值,检测与评价福州市郊22个蔬菜地土样的镉(Cd)、铅(Pb)、汞(Hg)、砷(As)4种重金属,从污染范围和程度上阐明蔬菜基地污染现状。结果表明,Pb,As未超标,污染指数分别为0.01～0.64和0.02～0.11;Cd的污染指数为0.17～29.0,但大多在6～10之间,表现出污染面广、污染程度重;Hg的污染指数为0.47～9.0,但大多为1.5,虽表现出污染面广,但污染程度相对较轻。由于这4种重金属之间并无显著的相关性(r<0.4),说明菜地重金属污染源的复杂性。灰色关联分析结果表明,菜体Cd含量与土壤Cd总量关联度最大(0.75067),菜体Pb含量与土壤pH关联度最大(0.70949),而菜体Hg,As含量与土壤有机质关联度最大(0.67921,0.76537),表明菜体某种重金属污染与否,除与土壤重金属含量有关外,还与不同土壤类型及其相关的理化性状有关。菜地污染标准值应以是否造成菜体污染为依据,即要将土壤重金属污染标准值与菜体重金属污染指标有机结合起来,并以此来合理评价菜地污染状况,提出因地制宜的治理菜体重金属污染方法。     

优质晚籼稻产量因素分析及育种应用探讨

对62份优质晚籼稻新品系产量因素进行相关分析和通径分析．结果表明：各产量因素与产量均呈正相关,其中穴穗数、结实率和穗长与产量的相关达极显著或显著水平;对产量的净贡献率大小依次为穴穗数(39．2％)、结实率(24．58％)、每穗总粒数(17．8％)、千粒重(15．37％)。株高和穗长作用极微弱且为负值。各产量因素问相互制约,相互促进。根据研究结果和育种实践,认为优质晚籼稻高产育种的主攻方向是提高穴穗数、结实率和总粒数;高产(产量在550kg／667m^2以上)结构模式应该是有效穗21—23万穗／667m^2,每穗总粒数160—175粒,结实率85％-90％,千粒重25—28g.     

Effect of pH on Structural Changes in Perch Hemoglobin that Can Alter Redox Stability and Heme Affinity

pH can be manipulated to alter the oxidative stability of fish-based foods during storage. X-ray diffraction was used to investigate the ability of reduced pH to cause structural changes in fish hemoglobins that lead to enhanced oxidative degradation. Decreasing pH from 8.0 to 6.3 and 5.7 created a large channel for solvent entry into the heme crevice of perch hemoglobin beta chains. The proton-induced opening of this channel occurred between site CD3 and the heme-6-propionate. Solvent entry into the heme crevice can enhance metHb formation and hemin loss, processes that accelerate lipid oxidation. Reduced pH also decreased the distance between Ile at E11 in one of the alpha chains and the ligand above the heme iron atom. This sterically displaces O₂ and protonated O₂ which increases metHb formation. These studies demonstrate that pH reduction causes structural changes in perch hemoglobin which increase oxidative degradation of the heme pigment.     

Comparative effects of dietary supplementation with maggot meal and soybean meal in gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) and darkbarbel catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli): growth performance and antioxidant responses

A 6‐week growth trial was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with maggot meal (MGM) and soybean meal (SBM) on the growth performance and antioxidant responses of gibel carp (GC) and darkbarbel catfish (DC). The basal diet was formulated to contain 114 g kg⁻¹ fish meal (FM) and 200 g kg⁻¹ SBM. The basal diet was supplemented with either 280 g kg⁻¹ FM (Control), 390 g kg⁻¹ MGM or 450 g kg⁻¹ SBM to obtain three isonitrogenous (crude protein: 380 g kg⁻¹) and isocaloric (gross energy: 16 kJ g⁻¹) diets. For GC, a significant decrease in specific growth rate (SGR) was only observed in fish fed the SBM diet compared with the control (P < 0.05). Principal components analysis (PCA) of GC showed a higher similarity in antioxidant response to dietary supplementation with MGM and SBM proteins between liver and intestine, but the DC did not. The present results suggest that supplementing 390 g kg⁻¹ MGM protein to basal diet cause an enhancement of the antioxidant capacity in GC, but supplementing 390 g kg⁻¹ MGM and 450 g kg⁻¹ SBM proteins to basal diets resulted in a significant attenuation of the antioxidant capacity in DC.     

Effects of dietary carbohydrate/lipid ratios on growth performance,body composition and glucose metabolism of fingerling blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala

This study aimed to investigate the optimum dietary carbohydrate/lipid (CHO/L) ratio for fingerling blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala (average initial weight: 6.61 ± 0.03 g). Six isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets were formulated to contain various CHO/L ratios ranging from 1.62 to 24.20. Each diet was tested in four replicates for 10 weeks. Specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio and nitrogen and energy retention all improved significantly (P < 0.05) as dietary CHO/L ratios decreased from 24.20 to 5.64 but showed little difference (P > 0.05) as dietary CHO/L ratios ranged from 2.45 to 5.64. Hepatosomatic index increased significantly (P < 0.05) as dietary CHO/L ratios increased, whereas intraperitoneal fat ratio showed an opposite trend (P < 0.05). Opposite to moisture content, lipid content of whole body and carcass all increased significantly (P < 0.05) as dietary CHO/L ratios decreased. Liver lipid content showed little difference (P > 0.05) among all the treatments, while liver glycogen content increased significantly (P < 0.05) with increasing CHO/L ratios. High dietary carbohydrate enhanced the activities of liver hexokinase, pyruvate kinase and glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase but did not induce hyperglycaemia. Based on the second‐order polynomial regression analysis of SGR, the optimal dietary carbohydrate and lipid contents for fingerling blunt snout bream were 291.7 and 81.4 g kg⁻¹, respectively, with a corresponding dietary CHO/L ratio of 3.58.     

Effects of dietary thiamin on the physiological status of the grouper <Emphasis Type="Italic">Epinephelus coioides</Emphasis>

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary thiamin on the physiological status of the juvenile grouper, Epinephelus coioides. Graded levels of thiamin (0.08, 0.50, 2.12, 3.15, 4.63, 12.37 mg thiamin kg⁻¹ diet) were fed to grouper juveniles (mean weight: 16.97 ± 0.14 g) for 10 weeks. Although fish fed the thiamin-deficient (TD) diet showed no obvious symptoms of thiamin deficiency or increased mortality, those fed the lowest doses of thiamin (0.08 and 0.50 mg thiamin kg⁻¹ diet) had significantly decreased transketolase activity in the liver. In addition, the level of liver thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in fish fed the TD diet was 33–67% higher than that in fish with the thiamin-supplemented diet. There were no significant differences in superoxide dismutase activity between the different groups of fish.     

Purification and characterization of a cysteine-like protease from the body wall of the sea cucumber <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stichopus japonicus</Emphasis>

The sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus) is able to undergo autolysis in response to a variety of environmental and mechanical cues. Within the framework of a long-term study of this phenomenon we have purified a protease from the body wall of the sea cucumber by means of ion-exchange chromatography with DE-52 cellulose and gel filtration chromatography with Sephadex G-100. The final enzyme preparation was nearly homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and its molecular weight was estimated to be approximately 35.5 kDa. The purified enzyme exhibited a maximum activity for the hydrolysis of casein at pH 7.0 and 50°C and a remarkable stability at pH 4.0–7.0 and 40–60°C. Based on the inhibition and activation profiles obtained with numerous specific protease inhibitors and an activator, the protease purified from the body wall of the sea cucumber was defined to be a cysteine-like protease.     

Pleistophora infestation in fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas (Rafinesque)

Pleistophora infestation was observed in adult fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, held under laboratory conditions. Fish were clinically healthy, and presented no gross findings at necropsy. Histopathology revealed parasitic stages only in the ovaries. Spores within sporophorous vesicles were mainly encountered in late vitellogenic oocytes and were ultrastructurally identified as a microsporidian parasite. Heavily parasitized oocytes underwent degeneration followed by the release of spores into the ovarian interstitium. Degenerating oocytes and interstitial spores caused ovarian inflammation. Male fish showed no parasites in the testes. Parasitic infestation was compared with body length, body weight, gonadal weight, gonadosomatic index and plasma vitellogenin levels, and revealed no statistically significant differences between non-parasitized and parasitized females. The isolated holding conditions of the fish and the presence of parasitic stages in the ovaries suggested that an infestation with Pleistophora ovariaeSummerfelt, 1964 was more probable than that with Pleistophora mirandellae (Vaney & Conte, 1901).