Oxidation of diazinon and malathion by myeloperoxidase

The aim of the work was to investigate the in vitro oxidation of diazinon and malathion, organophosphorous pesticides (OPs) containing phosphorthioate group, catalyzed by enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO). The oxidation was performed in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The products were identified as oxon derivatives (phosphates), where the sulfur atom from thioate group was substituted by an oxygen atom. No hydrolysis products were detected after enzyme - induced oxidation. The oxidation efficiency was controlled using acethylcholinesterase (AChE) bioassay for determination of oxon derivatives concentration. The influence of OPs concentration, incubation time of OPs with MPO, as well as MPO concentration on the yield of oxo forms was investigated. Kinetic constants of MPO in oxidation of malathion and diazinon were estimated. The maximum concentration of oxo forms was achieved after 10 min incubation of OPs in 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) with 100 nM MPO.     

土壤非交换性钾释放动力学特征及其生物

采用生物耗竭法和0.2mol L-1的NaTPB化学浸提法,利用不同动力学方程对我国8种主要土壤非交换性钾的释钾特性及其生物有效性进行定量评估。结果表明,供试土壤非交换性钾释放分为快速释放和稳定释放两个阶段,一级动力学方程、Elovich 方程、双常数曲线方程和抛物线扩散方程均能描述土壤非交换性钾的释放过程。根据双常数方程中的参数（a）所表征的土壤非交换性钾释放速率常数,供试8种土壤的释钾能力按取土地区存在着自西向东、自北向南渐减的趋势。盆栽试验中,在累积释钾量高且释放速率快的土壤上,黑麦草累积生物量、累积吸钾量和相对含钾量较高,表现出强的供钾能力;与此相反,累积释放量低且释放速率慢的土壤上,黑麦草各项指标偏低,供钾能力较弱。以黑麦草钾素丰缺临界值34.00 mg kg-1 DW-1和土壤非交换性钾释放速率396.32 mg kg-1 h-1作为评价指标,供试8种土壤中,仅取自新疆石河子、陕西常武和黑龙江哈尔滨地区的土壤在短期不施用钾肥的情况下能保证黑麦草丰产且不出现缺钾症状。因此,为了维持土壤钾素平衡和保证作物高产稳产,在我国西北、东北地区耕地土壤中应加强秸秆的循环利用,而在华中和华东地区则需增施钾肥和有机肥。     

三江平原岗地白浆土水解酶活性和动力学特性对不同连作农作物的响应

作物种植会对农田生态系统产生一定的影响。大田试验条件下,在黑龙江省853农场岗地白浆土上连续6年种植玉米、大豆、小麦、水稻,研究了土壤理化性质以及土壤中与碳、氮、磷、硫元素转化相关的9种水解酶活性和动力学特性的响应;同时研究了不同作物种植对土壤脲酶、磷酸单酯酶、磷酸二酯酶、芳基硫酸酯酶及β-葡糖苷酶动力学特性的影响。结果表明,大豆连作土壤的有效氮、总碳、总氮、总磷和总硫含量都稍高;大豆处理土壤pH值略低,但其它三种作物种植下的土壤均呈微酸性,差异不显著。土壤水解酶动力学参数对种植作物的反应与表观活性的反应不一致。玉米连作土壤蛋白酶和磷酸单酯酶活性高于其它处理;小麦处理的磷酸二酯酶和芳基硫酸酯酶活性最高,水稻连作土壤蛋白酶、磷酸二酯酶和磷酸三酯酶活性最低。连年种植小麦处理的土壤脲酶、磷酸二酯酶以及芳基硫酸酯酶Vmax显著高于其它处理,小麦连作土壤β-葡萄糖苷酶、脲酶、磷酸二酯酶和芳基硫酸酯酶的Vmax/Km值显著高于其它处理,可以看出在此处理下土壤酶具有较强的催化潜势。     

Extraction and characterization of soil hydrogenases oxidizing atmospheric hydrogen

Soils are the largest sink of atmospheric hydrogen contributing about 75% to the total budget. Atmospheric H₂ is assumed to be oxidized in soil by abiontic soil hydrogenases. Extraction of a forest soil with a slightly alkaline (pH 8.5) buffer containing polyethylene glycol (PEG), followed by filtration yielded a bacteria-free extract that oxidized H₂ at ambient concentrations (0.2–2.0 ppmv). Hydrogenase activity was assayed by gas chromatographic analysis of H₂ consumption and by conversion of ³H₂ to tritiated water. Only less than 2% of the original activity was recovered in the extract. Kinetic analysis nevertheless resulted in a biphasic kinetics exhibiting two K_m and V_max values that were similar to those detected in the original soil. In addition, activities of both original soil and soil extract showed similar optima at pH 4–6 and at 30 °C, indicating that representative fractions of soil hydrogenases were recovered in the extract. Precipitation with PEG or ultrafiltration allowed further purification of the activity, albeit only about 20% of that in the crude extract could be recovered in the precipitate or the fraction >100 kDa.     

Gymnastic Training of Hippotherapy Horses Benefits Gait Quality When Ridden by Riders with Different Body Weights

The objective was to evaluate the effects of gymnastic training on stride characteristics of walk and trot in therapy horses carrying riders of different weights. Eighteen horses used for therapeutic riding 5 days/week were randomly divided into 2 groups. Nine horses performed gymnastic (GYM) exercises after therapeutic riding on 4 days/week for 3 months, 9 horses did no additional exercises (SED). On days 0 and 90, an inertial sensor mounted to the girth on the ventral midline was used to evaluate stride characteristics when horses were ridden at walk (1.3 m/second) and trot (3.0 m/second) by able-bodied riders representing rider: horse body weight ratios (BWRs) 15%, 20%, and 25%. On day 0, the measured variables did not differ significantly between sedentary (SED) and GYM groups, but on day 90, the following statistically significant results were found: GYM-trained horses had higher regularity for all BWRs at walk and 15% and 20% BWRs at trot. Higher stride symmetry was found in GYM-trained horses carrying 25% BWRs at walk and all rider weights at trot. Dorsoventral displacement was higher in GYM-trained horses when carrying 20% and 25% BWRs at walk and 25% BWRs at trot. Dorsoventral power was lower in SED-trained versus GYM-trained horses carrying 15% BWR at walk and 20% BWR at trot. A more regular and symmetrical stride with a larger range of dorsoventral trunk motion is likely to provide a better therapeutic riding experience.     

酶的提取及其催化活性研究

[目的]酪氨酸酶是一种多酚氧化酶,具有广泛用途,因此对酪氨酸酶的研究受到广泛重视。[方法]试验以 pH=7.2的 Na2HPO4-HCl缓冲溶液为体系,用分光光度计在480nm处测定土豆提取液的吸光度,以吸光度对时间的变化率(ΔA/Δt)为反应速率,建立多巴溶液的转换动力学曲线,从而可计算出酪氨酸酶的活性。[结果]结果显示在此波长下,以 pH=7.2的Na2HPO4-HCl缓冲溶液为体系,对测定体系干扰小,所测数据波动小,酪氨酸酶的活性稳定性高,为进一步确定和研究影响酪氨酸酶活性的因素提供理论依据。[结论]该试验以缓冲溶液为底物研究和测定酪氨酸酶的催化活性,准确度高,效果佳。     

Role of nitrite and nitric oxide in the processes of nitrification and denitrification in soil: Results from N tracer experiments

Recent research has proven soil nitrite to be a key element in understanding N-gas production (NO, N₂O, N₂) in soils. NO is widely accepted to be an obligatory intermediate of N₂O formation in the denitrification pathway. However, studies with native soils could not confirm NO as a N₂O precursor, and field experiments mainly revealed ammonium nitrification as the source of NO. The hypothesis was constructed, that the limited diffusion of NO in soil is the reason for this contradiction. To test this diffusion limitation hypothesis and to verify nitrite and NO as free intermediates in native soils we conducted through-flow (He/O₂ atmosphere) ¹⁵N tracer experiments using black earth soil in an experimental set up free of diffusion limitation. All of the three relevant inorganic N soil pools (ammonium, nitrite, nitrate) were ¹⁵N labelled in separate incubation experiments lasting 81 h based on the kinetic isotope method. During the experiments the partial pressure of O₂ was decreased in four steps from 20% to about 0%. The net NO emission increased up to 3.7 μg N kg⁻¹ h⁻¹ with decreasing O₂ partial pressure. Due to the special experimental set up with little to no obstructions of gas diffusion, only very low N₂O emission could be observed. As expected the content of the substrates ammonium, nitrate and nitrite remained almost constant over the incubation time. The ¹⁵N abundance of nitrite revealed high turnover rates. The contribution of nitrification of ammonium to the total nitrite production was approx. 88% under strong aerobic soil conditions but quickly decreased to zero with declining O₂ partial pressure. It is remarkable that already under the high partial pressure of 20% O₂ 12 % of nitrite is generated by nitrate denitrification, and under strict anaerobic conditions it increases to 100%. Nitrite is present in two separate endogenous pools at least, each one fed by the nitrification of ammonium or the denitrification of nitrate. The experiments clearly revealed that nitrite is almost 100% the direct precursor of NO formation under anaerobic as well as aerobic conditions. Emitted N₂O only originated to about 100% from NO under strict anaerobic conditions (0-0.2% O₂), providing evidence that NO is a free intermediate of N₂O formation by denitrification. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time that NO has been detected in a native soil as a free intermediate product of N₂O formation at denitrification. These results clearly verify the “diffusion limitation” hypothesis.     

长江三角洲地区污水污泥与健康安全风险研究Ⅴ.污泥施用对土壤微生物群落功能多样性的影响

利用BIOLOG测试方法对长江三角洲地区施污泥土壤的微生物群落功能多样性进行了初步探讨。研究结果表明,施用污泥后土壤微生物群落代谢剖面、多样性指数、动力学参数均发生了变化,说明微生物对单一碳源底物的利用能力发生了改变。微生物群落功能多样性动力学研究结果发现,供试土壤的微生物群落代谢剖面(AWCD)与培养时间之间呈非线性关系,其变化过程符合微生物种群生长动态模型(S型)。除滩潮土的杭州新鲜消化污泥和杭州风干污泥处理外,其他污泥处理均使土壤微生物群落功能多样性动力学参数K和r值降低,S值增大。土壤微生物群落功能多样性特征的变化可以较好地显示施用污泥后土壤微生物群落对碳源利用能力和模式的差异,反映施用污泥特定生境土壤微生物群落功能多样性的变化。     

石英砂-腐殖酸-Cupriavidus gilardii CR3复合体对铜离子的吸附特性及机理研究

[目的]研究pH、初始铜离子浓度和吸附时间对石英砂-腐殖酸-Cupriavidus gilardii CR3复合体吸附铜离子的影响。[方法]利用等温吸附模型和动力学模型拟合试验数据,通过测定复合体吸附铜离子前后的Zeta电位、扫描电子显微镜-能谱(SEM-EDS)和傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR),研究吸附剂对铜离子的吸附特性及机理。[结果]pH是影响吸附能力的主要因素,静电作用可使复合体表面负电荷增多,提高吸附量。在最适pH(5.0)下,复合体对铜离子的最大吸附量为13.08 mg/g。复合体对铜离子的吸附过程符合化学单分子吸附的Langmuir模型和二级动力学模型。[结论]该研究认为静电作用和单分子化学吸附是石英砂-腐殖酸-Cupriavidus gilardii CR3复合体吸附铜离子的主要机制。     

Release of sulphate-sulphur, potassium, calcium and magnesium from spent mushroom compost under field conditions

 The release of SO₄ ^2–-S, K⁺, Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ from soil amended with spent mushroom compost (SMC), a byproduct of mushroom production, was measured in leachate from field lysimeters for 30 weeks. Rates of application were 0 and 80 t ha^–1 moist SMC. The SMC contained 1.7% K, 6.5% Ca, 0.4% Mg and 1.2% S (of which 87% is SO₄ ^2–-S), and has a C : S ratio of 26. The break-through curves of ion leaching were polymodal indicating the preservation of soil structure in the lysimeters and its influence on leaching. SO₄ ^2–-S release from SMC was rapid (first-order exponential) and was very similar to the release from a laboratory incubation. The release of K⁺, Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ was described using first/zero-order models which were also used to describe their release in the laboratory. The rate and amount of Ca²⁺ release was similar in the field and laboratory, but the amount of K⁺ (and to a lesser extent Mg²⁺) release was less in the field than in the laboratory. Recoveries of SMC applied nutrients in leachate were 80% of S (263 kg ha^–1), 3% of K (14 kg ha^–1), 16% of Ca (284 kg ha^–1) and 37% of Mg (40 kg ha^–1). Little if any S was mineralised. Using SMC could provide plants with S, K, Ca and Mg but there is potential for SO₄ ^2–-S losses via leaching. Received: 7 April 1999