Immunolocalization of chloride transporters to gill epithelia of euryhaline teleosts with opposite salinity-induced Na<Superscript>+</Superscript>/K<Superscript>+</Superscript>-ATPase responses

Opposite patterns of branchial Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase (NKA) responses were found in euryhaline milkfish (Chanos chanos) and pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis) upon salinity challenge. Because the electrochemical gradient established by NKA is thought to be the driving force for transcellular Cl⁻ transport in fish gills, the aim of this study was to explore whether the differential patterns of NKA responses found in milkfish and pufferfish would lead to distinct distribution of Cl⁻ transporters in their gill epithelial cells indicating different Cl⁻ transport mechanisms. In this study, immunolocalization of various Cl⁻ transport proteins, including Na⁺/K⁺/2Cl⁻ cotransporter (NKCC), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), anion exchanger 1 (AE1), and chloride channel 3 (ClC-3), were double stained with NKA, the basolateral marker of branchial mitochondrion-rich cells (MRCs), to reveal the localization of these transporter proteins in gill MRC of FW- or SW-acclimated milkfish and pufferfish. Confocal microscopic observations showed that the localization of these transport proteins in the gill MRCs of the two studied species were similar. However, the number of gill NKA-immunoreactive (IR) cells in milkfish and pufferfish exhibited to vary with environmental salinities. An increase in the number of NKA-IR cells should lead to the elevation of NKA activity in FW milkfish and SW pufferfish. Taken together, the opposite branchial NKA responses observed in milkfish and pufferfish upon salinity challenge could be attributed to alterations in the number of NKA-IR cells. Furthermore, the localization of these Cl⁻ transporters in gill MRCs of the two studied species was identical. It depicted the two studied euryhaline species possess the similar Cl⁻ transport mechanisms in gills.     

Using a fermented mixture of soybean meal and earthworm meal to replace fish meal in the diet of white shrimp,Penaeus vannamei (Boone)

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the potential of a Bacillus subtilis E20‐fermented mixture (FSFEM) containing soybean meal (SBM) and Eisenia fetida earthworm meal (EM) at a ratio of 4:1 to increase the methionine level in order to satisfy the methionine requirement of white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in a diet with fish meal (FM) completely replaced by mixtures. B. subtilis E20 fermentation improved the mixture's palatability and utilization based on better growth performance in comparison to shrimp fed FSEM (contains fermented SBM and EM at a ratio of 4:1) diets. FSFEM is a good substitute for FM. Maximal replacement levels of FM with FSFEM were 80% in a shrimp diet with 37% of crude protein and 7% of crude lipid based on weight gain and 100% based on feeding efficiency. In addition, shrimp fed experimental diets had no significant differences in survival after being challenged by Vibrio alginolyticus. It is suggested that B. subtilis E20‐FSFEM has the potential to replace FM in cultured shrimp diets.     

印楝引种试验初报

1986年在我国海南省万宁县首次引种印楝(Azadirachta indica A.Juss)的初步结果表明,印楝树适宜在该地种植,在没有采取特殊保护措施的自然条件下能顺利越冬越夏,生长情况良好。育苗三个月即可移植出圃造林。移植两年后可郁闭成林。平均株高可达6米,胸径达9.8厘米。树龄两年即出蕾开花,首次花期在4～5月份。同年8～9月份果实成熟,产生的种子具有正常生活力。据试验期间观察,印楝还具有较强的抗风和耐旱能力,并具有一定的抗寒能力,是值得进行大量推广的速生树种。     

高等院校动物医学专业本科学生实践创新能力培养的研究

摘要：全面推进动物医学专业学生实践创新能力的培养,符合现代教育理念和我国未来发展的趋势。为了满足社会的快速发展及国家对畜牧行业高素质应用型人才的需求,同时也为了配合辽宁老工业基地实现经济的转型与快速发展,作为辽宁省主力农业院校的沈阳农业大学,以构建更加科学合理的培养模式为目标,对动物医学专业本科学生实践创新能力培养方式进行了探索。在改革中：①充分利用校内外实习基地,采用“校内+校外”的实习模式,将企业单位引入实践教学中;②通过综合实践活动和积极参与第二课堂来促进本科学生科学探究能力的提升,利用这种课内教育和课外教育的相互融合来加强学生实践创新能力的培养;③加强毕业论文环节中对动物医学专业本科生实践创新能力的培养;④推进我院教学方法的改革、营造学术氛围,以多样的创新人才培养方式作为辅助手段。通过一系列改革将实践创新教育与专业教学融为一体,有利地推进了学生创新意识、实践技能、社会交往能力的培养。     

精油防治仓库害虫的实仓应用

采用4种精油对4种仓库害虫进行了模拟实仓防治试验.结果发现,0.2％(W/W)肉桂油拌种对小麦的保护效果可维持8个月以上.以0.45mg/cm~2的剂量处理麻袋,齿叶黄皮和八角茴香精油处理能保持小麦4个月无虫,肉桂油可保持8个月无虫.实仓试验中发现,15ppm马拉硫磷加15ppm肉桂油混用处理.虫口减退率达100％.30ppm马拉硫磷和30ppm肉桂油处理的虫口减退率分别为89.8％和98.5％.     

Human endothelial cell growth factor: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and chromosome localization

Several of the endothelial cell polypeptide mitogens that have been described probably play a role in blood vessel homeostasis. Two overlapping complementary DNA clones encoding human endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF) were isolated from a human brain stem complementary DNA library. Southern blot analysis suggested that there is a single copy of the ECGF gene and that it maps to human chromosome 5 at bands 5q31.3 to 33.2 A 4.8-kilobase messenger RNA was present in human brain stem messenger RNA. The complete amino acid sequence of human ECGF was deduced from the nucleic acid sequence of these clones; it encompasses all the well-characterized acidic endothelial cell polypeptide mitogens described by several laboratories. The ECGF-encoding open reading frame is flanked by translation stop codons and provides no signal peptide or internal hydrophobic domain for the secretion of ECGF. This property is shared by human interleukin-1, which is approximately 30 percent homologous to ECGF.     

Fucoxanthin enhances HO-1 and NQO1 expression in murine hepatic BNL CL.2 cells through activation of the Nrf2/ARE system partially by its pro-oxidant activity

To determine whether fucoxanthin, a major carotenoid in brown sea algae, may activate cellular antioxidant enzymes via up-regulation of the Nrf2/antioxidant-response element (ARE) pathway, we incubated mouse hepatic BNL CL.2 cells with fucoxanthin (0.5-20 μM) for 0-24 h. We found that fucoxanthin (≥5 μM) significantly increased cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) at 6 h of incubation, whereas preincubation with α-d-tocopherol (30 μM) significantly attenuated the increase of ROS, indicating the pro-oxidant nature of fucoxanthin. Fucoxanthin significantly increased the phosphorylation of ERK and p38 and markedly increased nuclear Nrf2 protein accumulation after incubation for 12 h. Moreover, fucoxanthin significantly enhanced binding activities of nuclear Nrf2 with ARE and increased mRNA and protein expression of HO-1 and NQO1 after incubation for 12 h. siRNA inhibition of Nrf2 led to markedly decreased HO-1 and NQO1 protein expression. Thus, fucoxanthin may exert its antioxidant activity, at least partly, through its pro-oxidant actions.     

Designed polar cosolvent-modified supercritical CO2 removing caffeine from and retaining catechins in green tea powder using response surface methodology

This study examines cosolvent-modified supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) to remove caffeine from and to retain catechins in green tea powder. The response surface method was adopted to determine the optimal operation conditions in terms of the extraction efficiencies and concentration factors of caffeine and catechins during the extractions. When SC-CO2 was used at 333 K and 300 bar, 91.5% of the caffeine was removed and 80.8% of catechins were retained in the tea: 3600 g of carbon dioxide was used in the extraction of 4 g of tea soaked with 1 g of water. Under the same extraction conditions, 10 g of water was added to <800 g of carbon dioxide in an extraction that completely removed caffeine (that is, the caffeine extraction efficiency was 100%). The optimal result as predicted by three-factor response surface methodology and supported by experimental data was that in 1.5 h of extraction, 640 g of carbon dioxide at 323 K and 275 bar with the addition of 6 g of water extracted 71.9% of the caffeine while leaving 67.8% of the catechins in 8 g of tea. Experimental data indicated that supercritical carbon dioxide decaffeination increased the concentrations of caffeine in the SC-CO2 extracts at 353 K.     

用抑制消减杂交法分离巴西橡胶树胶乳特异表达基因

采用巴西橡胶树常割树胶乳的Poly(A )RNA为Tester,叶片Poly(A )RNA为Driver,通过抑制消减杂交法(suppressive subtractive hybridization,SSH)构建了一个胶乳特异表达基因差减文库,通过菌落PCR及反式Northern Dot-Blot筛选鉴定阳性差异片段,获得79个胶乳特异表达阳性克隆,部分阳性克隆还通过Northern Blot杂交及RT-PCR进一步验证.随机挑选部分阳性克隆序列比较分析,结果表明有部分克隆与巴西橡胶树中已知的基因相同,而多数克隆在巴西橡胶树中是新发现,它们与橡胶生物合成、物质代谢运输、信号传导和形态建成等相关.