MicroRNA-9-5p mediates sympathetic overactivity by targeting KCNN3 in paraventricular nucleus of rats with T2D

AIM To investigate whether microRNA-9-5p （miR-9-5p） mediates sympathetic overactivity by targeting KCNN3 （potassium intermediate/small conductance calcium-activated channel, subfamily N, member 3） gene,which encoded small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel 3 （SK3） protein, in paraventricular nucleus （PVN） of rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2D）. METHODS A rat model of T2D was established by high-fat diet combined with intraperitoneal injection of 30 mg/kg streptozotocin. The levels of miR-9-5p and KCNN3 mRNA in PVN were detected by real-time PCR. The relationship between KCNN3 and miR-9-5p was predicted by TargetScan. Recombinant adeno-associated virus （rAAV）-miR-9-5p or KCNN3 were bilaterally microinjected into the PVN to observe the changes in plasma glucose levels and sympathetic drive indicators. The number of FosB and SK3 positive cells was measured by immunofluorescence staining. The protein expression of SK3 was determined by Western blot. The relationship between KCNN3 and miR-9-5p were confirmed by cell transfection and dual-luciferase reporter assay. RESULTS Compared with the rats in diabetes control （DC） group, the blood glucose, sympathetic drive indexes and the level of miR-9-5p in PVN were significantly increased, while the SK3 expression in PVN was obviously reduced in the diabetes mellitus （DM） rats. After microinjecion of rAAV-miR-9-5p in PVN, the sympathetic drive indexes, blood glucose, and the number of FosB-positive cells were increased significantly, but the SK3 protein expression was significantly reduced （P<0.05）. However, up-regulation of KCNN3 in PVN had the opposite effect. These responses were obviously enhanced in DM rats compared with DC rats. The results of cell transfection and dual-luciferase reporter assay demonstrated that miR-9-5p bound to the 3’-UTR of KCNN3 and inhibit its expression. CONCLUSION miR-9-5p was up-regulated in PVN of the rats with T2D, and it may mediate sympathoexcitation by targeting KCNN3.     

绵羊WNT5A基因克隆及其组织表达分析

WNT5A(Wnt family member 5A)参与了多种细胞的增殖、凋亡和分化等生物学过程,在乳腺形态发生、毛囊发育等方面发挥了重要作用.该试验利用RT-PCR获得绵羊WNT5A基因的CDS区,分析WNT5A蛋白的结构特征并利用RT-qPCR检测WNT5A基因在9个组织中的表达情况.绵羊WNT5A基因的CDS区...     

基于YOLOv5s-ESTC的肉苁蓉检测

为了解决因梭梭和红柳等宿主遮挡、样本分布密集、样本大小不均衡等造成人工种植肉苁蓉检测精度低以及模型参数量过大难以向嵌入式设备移植等问题,该研究提出一种基于改进YOLOv5s的人工种植肉苁蓉轻量化检测方法。首先,将YOLOv5s的主干网络替换为EfficientNetv2网络,以减少模型参数量和计算复杂度进而实现模型轻量化,便于后期将模型向嵌入式设备部署;其次,为了增强模型对小目标肉苁蓉特征信息的提取能力,将C3模块与Swin Transformer Block进行整合,得到C3STR模块,将其引入主干网络,并将其输出的特征图与Neck网络中的特征图进行融合;最后,在检测头前端与颈项加强网络之间添加CA注意力机制,以弱化背景信息、聚焦目标特征,提高网络检测性能。试验结果表明,该模型对于肉苁蓉的检测精度和准确率分别为89.8%和92.3%,模型的参数量和计算量分别为5.69×10⁶ MB和6.8 GB,权重文件大小为11.9 MB,单幅图像推理时间为8.9 ms,能够实现实时性检测。同其他主流模型相比,改进后的模型的检测精度分别比SSD、Faster R-CNN、YO...     

改进YOLOv5s对病理学图像中猪只小肠绒毛的检测

为解决传统小肠绒毛需要专业人员手动检测耗时耗力且存在主观性和不稳定性等问题,同时提高在复杂病理学图像中小肠绒毛检测的准确率和效率,该研究提出基于改进YOLOv5s检测复杂病理学图像下猪只小肠绒毛的方法。首先,采用串联形式的混合池化对空间金字塔进行优化,增强特征提取与特征表达,提升检测精度;然后引入一种基于注意力机制的网络模块(simpleattentionmechanism,SimAM)与Bottleneck中的残差连接相结合,使用SimAM对Bottleneck中的特征图进行加权,得到加权后的特征表示,利用注意力机制加强模型对目标的感知。试验结果表明,该研究算法的平均精度（average precision）和每秒传输帧数（frame per second,FPS）达到92.43%和40帧/s。改进后的YOLOv5s在召回率和平均精度上相较改进前提高2.49和4.62个百分点,在不增加模型参数量的情况下,每帧图片的推理时间缩短1.04 ms。与经典的目标检测算法SSD、Faster R-CNN、YOLOv6s、YOLOX相比,平均精度分别提高15.16、10.56、2.03和4.07...     

黄芪多糖在LPS诱导的DF-1细胞炎症反应中的抗炎作用及其调节机制

为探讨黄芪多糖(Astragalus polysaccharide,APS)在LPS(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)诱导的鸡胚成纤维细胞系DF-1(chicken embryonic fibroblast cell line,DF-1)炎症模型中对IL-1β和TNF-α表达的影响,以及细胞因子信号转导抑...     

First Identification of 12β-Deoxygonyautoxin 5 (12α-Gonyautoxinol 5) in the Cyanobacterium Dolichospermum circinale (TA04) and 12β-Deoxysaxitoxin (12α-Saxitoxinol) in D. circinale (TA04) and the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum (Group IV) (120518KureAC)

Saxitoxin and its analogues, paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), are potent and specific voltage-gated sodium channel blockers. These toxins are produced by some species of freshwater cyanobacteria and marine dinoflagellates. We previously identified several biosynthetic intermediates of PSTs, as well as new analogues, from such organisms and proposed the biosynthetic and metabolic pathways of PSTs. In this study, 12β-deoxygonyautoxin 5 (12α-gonyautoxinol 5 = gonyautoxin 5-12(R)-ol) was identified in the freshwater cyanobacterium, Dolichospermum circinale (TA04), and 12β-deoxysaxitoxin (12α-saxitoxinol = saxitoxin-12(R)-ol) was identified in the same cyanobacterium and in the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum (Group IV) (120518KureAC) for the first time from natural sources. The authentic standards of these compounds and 12α-deoxygonyautoxin 5 (12β-gonyautoxinol 5 = gonyautoxin 5-12(S)-ol) were prepared by chemical derivatization from the major PSTs, C1/C2, produced in D. circinale (TA04). These standards were used to identify the deoxy analogues by comparing the retention times and MS/MS spectra using high-resolution LC-MS/MS. Biosynthetic or metabolic pathways for these analogues have also been proposed based on their structures. The identification of these compounds supports the α-oriented stereoselective oxidation at C12 in the biosynthetic pathway towards PSTs.     

萘和p,p′-DDE在典型包气带介质上的吸附动力学及吸附-解吸特征

选取3种典型包气带土壤为吸附剂,萘和p,p′-DDE为吸附质,研究了其吸附动力学特征及吸附解吸规律。实验结果显示,初始浓度越大,吸附到达平衡所需时间就越短。数据拟合结果表明,单一级次的动力学方程难以描述两种吸附质的吸附动力学特征,分析认为土壤对有机污染物的吸附过程不是单一反应,而是有机污染物在无机矿物、无定型有机碳和凝聚型有机碳上同时进行吸附反应的复合结果。萘与p,p′-DDE的吸附、解吸过程均表现出非线性,Freundlich方程的吸附指数n在不同程度上偏离1;两种污染物在土样中的吸附过程不完全可逆,Kow、初始浓度以及土壤有机碳含量（fo）c的差异都影响其在土壤不同组分上的吸附百分比,进而影响解吸率。萘更多地吸附在无机矿物表面及无定型有机碳上,随着初始浓度的增大（37.7~780.9μg.L-1）,解吸率可从10%左右增至近85%;而当初始浓度为37.7μg.L-1时,随foc的增大（0.01%~0.65%）,解吸率由12.39%降至3.90%。p,p′-DDE则更多地吸附在凝聚型有机碳上,解吸率随浓度的变化（11.0~275.1μg.L-1）仅在1%~5%内波动,当初始浓度为11.0μg.L-1时,解吸率随foc的增大由4.49%降至1.06%。两者解吸率都和foc呈负相关关系。     

黑麦草（Lolium perenne）根际细菌多样性对Ni污染沉积物修复效果的响应

应用黑麦草（Lolium perenne）对某滨海城市南排污河的重金属污染沉积物——底泥进行植物修复,并结合变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）分析了黑麦草根际土壤的重金属Ni含量和细菌多样性的关系。结果表明,黑麦草对Ni的修复效果较好,种植黑麦草后根际土壤Ni浓度降低了11.8%。根际土壤中Ni有效态含量与根际土壤pH值的变化呈较好的正相关关系,相关系数为0.968 8。对根际土壤细菌多样性进行分析,重金属Ni含量变化能够影响土壤细菌的多样性,根际土壤细菌多样性随黑麦草的生长而不断演变,且与根际土壤中Ni浓度变化有密切联系。对DGGE电泳后回收的部分片段进行测序并建立了进化树,结果表明,测序片段与非培养方法得到的菌种的同源性较高,且其均在土壤或河道底泥的相关研究中被发现。不同时期细菌群体组成和Shannon指数随着修复时间而变化,并与细菌总数有正相关关系。     

长期用生活污水处理厂排放的废水浇灌影响了糙米和土壤中重金属的含量

A pot experiment was conducted in a plastic film house to evaluate the translocation and uptake of heavy metals(Pb,Cd,Cu,and Zn) into brown rice(Oryza sativa L.) and the heavy metals residues in soils which had previously been irrigated with domestic wastewater for a long time(3 years).The range of Pb,Cd,Cu,and Zn was 5.10 ± 0.01,0.105 ± 0.017,5.76 ± 0.42,and 23.56 ± 1.40 mg kg-1,respectively in the domestic wastewater-irrigated soil,and 0.370 ± 0.006,0.011 ± 0.001,0.340 ± 0.04,and 2.05 ± 0.18 mg kg-1,respectively,in the domestic wastewater-irrigated brown rice.The results indicated that application of domestic wastewater to arable land slightly increased the levels of Pb,Cd,Cu,and Zn in soil and brown rice(P < 0.01).The concentrations of heavy metals in brown rice were lower than the recommended tolerable levels proposed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.However,the continuous monitoring and pollution control of hazardous materials from domestic wastewater are needed in order to prevent excessive build-up of heavy metals in the food chain.     

过去(1958-2007)和未来(2011-2060)50年淮河流域气候变化趋势分析

根据淮河流域1958-2007年观测资料和ECHAM5/MPI-OM模式对该流域2011-2060年气候变化的预估结果,分析淮河流域1958-2007年平均气温、极端高(低)温、农业界限温度和年降水量变化,并对2011-2060年气温和降水量变化趋势进行预估。结果表明:(1)淮河流域年平均气温,20世纪90年代以前以降温为主,90年代中后期增温显著;季节变化上,春秋两季气温呈波动增加趋势,冬季增温速率较高,夏季则呈下降趋势,极端气温事件出现次数和温度变化幅度均减小。淮河流域热量资源的时间变化以增温趋势为主,各界限温度初日提前,终日推迟,持续日数和累积温度增加。从区域分布上,流域东部增温趋势强于西部。1958-2007年年降水量和极端降水等无突变性的增加或减少趋势;季节变化上,流域夏季降水量变幅较大。(2)3种排放情景下淮河流域年平均气温升高趋势一致,且SRES-A1B情景升温幅度大于其它两种情景且约在2040年突变增温,3种情景下季节平均气温均为冬季升高最快;未来年降水量有微弱增加,但M-K检测均无显著变化趋势,未来50a淮河流域季节降水仍以春、夏季降水为主,约占全年降水量的70%。