Electroacupuncture-induced neural activation detected by use of manganese-enhanced functional magnetic resonance imaging in rabbits

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of acupuncture on neural activity detected by use of manganese-enhanced functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and elucidate the relationship between somatic acupoint stimulation and brain activation. ANIMALS: 40 New Zealand White rabbits. PROCEDURE: Manganese-enhanced fMRI was performed in anesthetized rabbits manipulated with electroacupuncture (EA) on Zusanli (ST-36) and Yanglingquan (GB-34) acupoints. Image acquisition was performed on a 1.5T superconductive clinical scanner with a circular polarized extremity coil. T1-weighted images were acquired sequentially as follows: baseline, after mannitol injection, after manganese infusion, and 5 and 20 minutes after initiation of EA. RESULTS: Changes in focal neural activity were detected by use of manganese-enhanced fMRI. Stimulation on Zusanli (ST-36) for 5 minutes resulted in activation of the hippocampus, whereas stimulation on Yanglingquan (GB-34) resulted in activation of the hypothalamus, insula, and motor cortex. Activation became less specific after 20 minutes of EA. Furthermore, stimulation on ipsilateral acupoints led to bilateral brain activation. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Each acupoint has a corresponding cerebral linkage, and stimulation on these points resulted in time-dependent neural activation. Understanding the linkage between peripheral acupoint stimulation and central neural pathways may provide a useful guide for clinical applications of acupuncture.     

诊断桑树黄化型萎缩病的新方法

本文探讨利用瑞氏染色法和旦尼氏染色法诊断桑树黄化型萎缩病的可能性。试验结果表明,用此方法,在病株枝条或主根的横切面上,韧皮部的病原寄生部位被染成兰色或青色,呈阳性反应,健株组织切片的韧皮部则不着色,呈阴性反应。可作为桑黄化型萎缩病病株的实验诊断手段。     

德菲尔法构建重大动物疫病预警指标体系

[目的 ]构建重大动物疫病暴发流行预警指标体系。[方法 ]以禽流感和口蹄疫为例,采用文献调研法和德菲尔专家咨询法中的专家会议法初拟重大动物疫病预警体系的框架和指标;应用德菲尔专家咨询法评价预警指标的重要性、可操作性;应用组合权重法比较各指标综合影响的大小,并将指标分类。[结果 ]筛选出禽流感和口蹄疫预警预报一级指标6项(易感动物、饲养管理和免疫情况等)以及二级指标14项(免疫效果、环境消毒、温度等),并将指标分为三类(关键指标、重要指标和一般指标)。[结论 ]初步构建了重大动物疫病暴发流行预警指标体系。     

新疆边境跨界动物疫病传入风险因素调查

新疆地域辽阔,周边国家动物疫情形势复杂,随时有传入外来动物疫病的危险。调查结果表明新疆接壤国家多且边境线长,地理环境复杂,动物及动物产品贸易频繁,野生动物种类繁多,虽然边界线隔离设施较好,但仍然存在跨界动物疫病传入的风险因素,需要有针对性地强化边境防控措施。     

Adaptability of various models of the water production function for rice in Jilin Province,China

The existing irrigation schedule of most rice-growing areas in Jilin Province is not in full compliance with the Water Requirements Law of the rice; these discrepancies affect the yield of rice to some extent. Thus, research on rice water regulations and selection of an appropriate water production function model (WPFM) is very important. In this study, according to the water demand characteristics of rice, we used drought treatments separately during the tillering, jointing booting, flowering, and milky stages. Evapotranspiration and yield data were obtained using a test pit experiment and production measurements in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Five commonly used WPFMs (the Jensen, Blank, Minhas, Stewart, and Singh model) were selected for this study, and the water sensitivity index of each model was calculated based on the evapotranspiration, yield, and the model equations. The Jensen model was found to be the most suitable WPFM for this region; furthermore, a mathematical relationship between the water sensitivity index and days after rice planting was established. These results have important theoretical and practical implications for guidelines regarding rice irrigation in Jilin Province.     

2006年第四季度饲料和原料中霉菌毒素调查报告

为了更好地指导养殖户和饲料生产企业进行生产，预防霉菌毒素，百奥明公司从全国各地收集各种饲料和原料样本，进行霉菌毒素检测，并形成季度报告。为行业内同仁提供参考。[第一段]     

蛋白质营养水平对工蜂初生重和咽下腺发育的影响

利用不同配比的茶花粉和黄豆粉饲料饲喂蜂群,测定后代工蜂的初生重和咽下腺宽度。结果发现,饲喂100％茶花粉与饲喂“75％茶花粉＋25％黄豆粉”的蜂群,所育工蜂的初生重差异不显著,与饲喂100％黄豆粉的蜂群相比,差异极显著;饲喂100％茶花粉与饲喂“75％茶花粉＋25％黄豆粉”的蜂群相比,6日龄、9日龄、12日龄工蜂咽下腺宽度差异均不显著,与饲喂100％黄豆粉的蜂群相比,6日龄、9日龄差异不显著,而12日龄差异显著。本试验结果表明,蛋白质营养水平对工蜂初生重和咽下腺发育均具有显著的影响。     

cFLIP regulates death receptor-mediated apoptosis in an ovarian granulosa cell line by inhibiting procaspase-8 cleavage

More than 99% of follicles in mammalian ovaries undergo atresia, but the mechanisms regulating the strict selection process are still unclear. Granulosa cell apoptosis is considered the trigger of follicular atresia, which occurs in advance of the death of an oocyte. Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein (cFLIP), a homologue of procaspase-8 (also called FLICE), is an intracellular anti-apoptotic protein. It is expressed in granulosa cells of porcine ovaries, where its levels decreases during follicular atresia. We hypothesized that cFLIP regulates granulosa cell apoptosis by acting as a pro-survival factor. In the present study, to further reveal the function of cFLIP in granulosa cells, we examined the anti-apoptotic mechanism of cFLIP using KGN, a human granulosa tumor cell line. Fas-mediated apoptosis was induced by co-treatment with anti-Fas antibody (CH-11), which acts as an agonist of Fas-ligand, and cycloheximide (CHX). When cFLIP was stably expressed in KGN cells following transfection of an expression vector, the Fas-mediated apoptosis was inhibited. Suppression of cFLIP by small interfering RNA (siRNA) spontaneously induced cell death. Silencing of cFLIP promoted cleavage of procaspase-8, and the cell death caused by cFLIP siRNA was completely blocked by a caspase-8 inhibitor (Z-IETD-FMK), indicating that cFLIP regulates apoptosis in KGN cells by inhibiting cleavage of procaspase-8. In conclusion, cFLIP is an essential pro-survival factor for granulosa cells, and it prevents granulosa cell apoptosis by inhibiting procaspase-8 activation.     

家蚕中肠上皮细胞增殖和分化的初步研究

通过分析家蚕自幼虫期到蛹期发育过程中肠上皮细胞的增殖与分化情况,鉴定家蚕中肠干细胞的潜在定位。采用苏木精和伊红(Hematoxylin and Eosin,H&E)染色与4’,6-二脒基-2-苯基吲哚(4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole,DAPI)染色追踪变态和发育时期家蚕中肠的形态结构及细胞组成变化,结果显示,幼虫经历蜕皮及变态时,中肠形态结构以及中肠上皮细胞组成均发生明显变化:在幼虫每个龄期的盛食期肠壁较薄,眠前期(蜕皮前)明显变厚,至眠期其厚度达到峰值;中肠上皮层存在柱状细胞(CC)、杯状细胞(GC)和再生细胞(RC)3种细胞,3种类型细胞随龄期逐渐增多,其中各龄期柱状细胞持续增多,至眠期达到峰值,靠近基底膜的小细胞在眠前期增多。利用5-溴脱氧尿嘧啶核苷(5-Bromo-2-deoxyUridine,BrdU)和磷酸化组蛋白(Phospho-histone H3,PHH3)免疫荧光染色检测到中肠上皮细胞,尤其是中肠上皮层靠近基底膜处的小细胞在幼虫各龄眠前期的增殖率最高。同时通过BrdU滞留标记实验在中肠上皮层靠近基底膜处发现了BrdU滞留阳性信号。研究结果发现家蚕幼虫蜕皮时中肠上皮层靠近基底膜处的小细胞发生快速增殖,推测这些小细胞中存在着潜在的家蚕中肠干细胞。     

羽毛角蛋白降解的研究进展

羽毛角蛋白是一种硬性蛋白,在动物饲料、复合材料、食品包装和医药制品等领域展现出良好应用前景。但因羽毛角蛋白难溶解和降解的特殊性,一般方法很难获得可溶性角蛋白,酶法相对于传统物理和化学降解法具有反应条件温和、环境污染小和降解产物稳定等优点,是具有很高实用价值的羽毛降解途径。文中重点介绍角蛋白酶对羽毛的降解作用,并概述物理、化学方法的降解原理以及角蛋白的综合利用。