Determination of carcinoembryonic antigen and cancer antigen (CA 15‐3) in bitches with tumours on mammary gland: preliminary report

The aim of this work was to determine levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen (CA 15‐3) in the blood serum of 45 bitches. A modified procedure was used to determine the CEA and CA 15‐3 markers with the human kits using the radioimmunoassay method. Samples collected from extirpated tumour of mammary glands were histologically processed and classified as per WHO guidelines. The average age of animals with tumour was 10.00 ± 2.2 years; for healthy bitches average age was 4.2 ± 3.2 years. Values of CEA and CA 15‐3 were considered positive, if they exceeded 0.23 ng mL^?1 and 7 IU mL^?1, respectively. Average levels of CEA in the tumour group were 0.25 ± 0.06 versus 0.20 ± 0.03 in healthy bitches (P = 0.0001). The average CA 15‐3 value in bitches with tumour was 8.58 ± 1.27 versus 5.14 ± 1.34 in healthy animals (P < 0.0001).     

亲吻素-1基因对雄性哺乳动物生殖调控的研究进展简

亲吻素-1（Kiss-1）基因参与哺乳动物性腺轴的调节,同时也参与其他生殖功能的调控,作者综述了Kiss-1基因在雄性哺乳动物生殖系统的研究进展,并对该领域今后的研究方向进行了分析。     

Temporal changes in plasma thyroid hormone,growth hormone and free fatty acid concentrations,and hepatic 5′-monodeiodinase activity,lipid and protein content during chronic fasting and re-feeding in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Temporal changes in growth, plasma thyroid hormone, cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations, hepatic T₃ content and hepatic 5-monodeiodinase activity were measured in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) subjected to a sustained fast for up to eight weeks, and during a four-week re-feeding period. The purpose of the study was to examine aspects of the endocrine control of energy partitioning processes characteristic of short-term (acute; fasting) and long-term (chronic; starvation) food-deprivation states in fish, and to explore the role of the thyroid hormones, cortisol and GH in the energy repartitioning that takes place during an acute anabolic (re-feeding) state following chronic food deprivation.Differences in growth rate between fed and fasted groups were evident after two weeks, but significant weight loss by the fasted groups was not evident until between four and six weeks into the fast. Hepatosomatic indices (HSIs) were significantly reduced in the fasted fish within seven days, and as early as two days in one study; recovery of the HSI in fasted fish was evident within three days of re-feeding. Liver protein content (expressed as % wet weight) was consistently depressed in the fasted fish in only one of the three studies. Liver total lipid content (expressed as % wet weight) was depressed in the fasted fish within two days of food deprivation. Because of the rapid and sustained decrease in the HSI of fasted fish, the hepatic total protein and lipid reserves, when considered on a body weight basis, were markedly lowered within the first few days of the fast. Plasma GH concentrations exhibited a bi-modal pattern of change, with a transient fall in levels, followed by a sustained increase in fasted fish. The indicators of interrenal activity were suggestive of a depressed pituitary-interrenal axis in fasted animals; plasma cortisol levels were elevated to levels of fed animals within one day of re-feeding. The indicators of thyroid hormone economy (plasma thyroid hormone levels, liver triiodothyronine content, hepatic 5-monodeiodinase (MD) activity, thyroid epithelial cell height) were similarly indicative of a depressed pituitary-thyroid axis in fasted animals, with recovery to levels of the fed animals within one week. Despite the compensatory changes in accumulation of reserves (as indicated by a compensatory increase in HSI), there were no apparent compensatory changes in any of the endocrine parameters evident during the re-feeding period.     

怀头鲇、鲇及其杂交F↓（1）肝、胰脏胚后发育及卵黄吸收方式

利用形态学和组织连续切片技术,对怀头鲇（Silurus soldatovi）、鲇（Silurus asotus）及其杂交F1的肝、胰脏胚后发育和卵黄吸收方式进行对比观察.结果表明,3种鲇出膜后约2天在心脏后方有一肝细胞团,3天后肝细胞团逐步增大,4天后肝分叶.以后随着各种鲇生长速度不同肝、胰脏发育程度也不同.3种鲇的胰脏均为紧凑型,卵黄囊依照先卵黄球、后脂肪的顺序被吸收,3种鲇只有怀头鲇和杂交F1代卵黄吸收方式相同.出膜后4天,各鲇的卵黄均被全部吸收,腹腔上部大部分空间为肝脏占有,同时腹腔内出现结构简单的胃及肠.研究还发现肝脏的发育与卵黄囊密切有关.[中国水产科学,2006,13（3）：460-465]     

中华补血草和德国补血草的耐盐性比较

【目的】比较中华补血草(Limonium sinense Kuntze)和德国补血草（Limonnium tataricum）的耐盐能力。【方法】以中华补血草和德国补血草为试材,设置1.66 （对照CK）,4,6,8,10,12,14 mg/g NaCl胁迫处理,分析不同处理下2种补血草的生长情况及叶片中丙二醛（MDA）含量、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性和电解质外渗率等指标变化,并比较2种补血草叶片的盐腺分布特征。【结果】在1.66～8 mg/g NaCl胁迫下,2种补血草植株外部形态无明显变化;在10～14 mg/g NaCl胁迫下,随盐胁迫程度的加剧,2种补血草盐害症状加重,且德国补血草比中华补血草盐害程度深,出现盐害症状时间早。在 1.66～10 mg/g NaCl胁迫下,2种补血草叶片中的MDA含量变化小,德国补血草在NaCl含量为12 mg/g时、中华补血草在NaCl含量为14 mg/g时,MDA含量上升;SOD活性均随NaCl含量的增加而先升后降,中华补血草增幅大,而德国补血草降幅大;2种补血草细胞电解质外渗率均随NaCl含量的增加而总体呈上升趋势,德国补血草上升幅度大。中华补血草叶表皮分布的盐腺直径极显著小于德国补血草,分布密度极显著大于德国补血草,盐腺面积所占比例较德国补血草大。【结论】中华补血草能耐NaCl含量为14 mg/g的土壤,德国补血草能耐NaCl含量为12 mg/g的土壤,中华补血草的耐盐性强于德国补血草。     

乳腺特异表达载体缺失片段的鉴定与修复

通过对pBC1中的乳腺特异表达启动子成分进行分析,鉴定了位于β酪蛋白启动子上游两个EcoRⅠ位点(-89~-94和-120~-125)之间的缺失片段,31bp的缺失使得该载体中的一个乳控盒元件(-112~-141)和一个乳腺因子识别序列(-92~-102)遭到破坏,并使得位于TATA框上游的所有启动子成分发生了位置改变。通过与山羊β酪蛋白启动子序列进行比较,设计并合成了缺失片段,经一系列的酶切和连接处理,使得该缺失得到了修复,修复后的载体具有所有乳蛋白表达需要的启动子调控原件。本试验结果为利用修复后的乳腺特异高效表达载体进行乳腺生物反应器的研究奠定了分子生物学基础。     

饮高碘水对肉仔鸡生产性能及组织器官碘含量的影响

试验用艾维茵肉仔鸡１２０只，随机分为４组，分别饮用每千克含碘量为１５ｍｇ，２５ｍｇ，４５ｍｇ和０ｍｇ的饮水，饮用３７ｄ。结果表明：不同的碘水平对肉鸡生产性能、器官发育均未产生不良影响。但高碘饮水组鸡的组织碘含量均显著高于对照组鸡。