The influence of rapid growth on sodium salicylate pharmacokinetics in male turkeys

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of growth on the pharmacokinetics of sodium salicylate (SS) in male turkeys. SS was administered intravenously at a dose of 50 mg/kg. Plasma drug concentrations were assessed by high‐performance liquid chromatography, and pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by noncompartmental analysis. As the age increased from 6 to 13 weeks (body weight increase from 2.35 to 9.43 kg), median body clearance decreased from 1.34 to 0.87 ml/min/kg. This caused a significant increase in the median mean residence time from 3.42 to 4.44 hr. Elimination phase proved to be biphasic and two elimination half‐lives (T_1/2el) were distinguished. Whereas T_1/2el1 was found to increase with age by 128%, T_1/2el2 represented a later but faster and less age‐dependent phase of elimination (increase by 56% in the respective groups). Volume of distribution decreased with age. These effects may lead to different therapeutic response to SS in turkeys of different age and body weights.     

普通烟草β-胡萝卜素羟化酶2基因克隆与生物信息学分析

β-胡萝卜素羟化酶(beta-carotene hydroxylase,BCH)是植物类胡萝卜素合成代谢中的关键限速酶,为获得烟草β-胡萝卜素羟化酶2(NtBCH2)基因序列,采用同源克隆法从烟草中分离NtBCH2的基因组DNA序列,基因登录号为JX101477。结果表明:1)同源克隆法从烟草中克隆出NtBCH2基因,NtBCH2基因组DNA全长2131bp,cDNA为1 083bp,含7个外显子和6个内含子。2)NtBCH2蛋白有309个氨基酸,分子量为34.79kD,具有7个糖基化位点,11个磷酸化位点,4个跨膜域。3)系统发育树与BLAST分析表明,NtBCH2是番茄的SlBCH和辣椒CaBCH2的同源基因;GENEVESTIGATOR数据库芯片结果表明,NtBCH2在幼嫩的茎和子叶中表达量最高。     

甘蓝型油菜烷羟化酶基因MAH1的克隆与表达分析

在植物蜡质合成途径中,中链烷烃羟化酶(mid-chain alkane hydroxylase,MAH)催化烷烃羟基化形成二级醇,进一步氧化为酮。本研究以拟南芥P450依赖性酶CYP96A15/MAH1基因为探针,采用电子克隆与RT-PCR技术,获得2个甘蓝型油菜MAH1的全长编码区序列,分别命名为BnMAH1-1和BnMAH1-2(Gen Bank登录号分别为KT795344和KT795345)。二者ORF长度均为1491 bp,无内含子,核苷酸与氨基酸序列分别有92.4%与90.9%的一致性。根据编码区预测的BnMAH1-1和BnMAH1-2前体蛋白均为包含496个氨基酸残基的多肽链,具有典型的P450蛋白家族保守结构P415x R417x、K螺旋(E359xx R362)、C末端的血红素结合域(F436xx Gx Rx Cx G445)以及氧结合带保守区域(A/G)G309x(D/E)T312(T/S)。NCBI Blast N、氨基酸序列多重比对与系统学分析表明,两者与拟南芥MAH1/CYP96A15同源性最高。实时荧光定量PCR表明,BnMAH1-1与BnMAH1-2主要在甘蓝型油菜茎、叶、花、及角果中表达,其中在叶片中的表达量最高,在根系中的表达量很低,这与角质层蜡质主要沉积在植株地上部分相一致。BnMAH1-1和BnMAH1-2在无蜡粉材料茎、叶片中几乎不表达,表明蜡质的减少与MAH1的转录下调有关。BnMAH1-1与BnMAH1-2受SA、Me JA、ACC、ABA、Na Cl及干旱胁迫诱导表达,其中BnMAH1-1可能在水分胁迫响应中起主要作用。     

W/O微乳液体系中SA和MS清除·O_2~-的研究

以水溶液体系作为对照,利用分光光度法研究了W/O型微乳液体系中水杨酸（SA）和水杨酸甲酯（MS）清除超氧阴离子自由基（·O2-）的性能.结果发现,在水浴时间为20min、pH值为8.20和邻苯三酚加入量适宜的情况下,W/O微乳液体系中SA、MS对·O2-的清除率分别可达72.92%、81.47%.微小的pH值变化会引起邻苯三酚自氧化速率的显著变化,电解质溶液对其也有明显的影响,但对SA、MS清除·O2-的能力影响不大.     

Immunohistochemical analysis of pseudorabies virus spread through neurons innervating the eyeball

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) was inoculated intraocularly into BALB/c mice, and the distribution pattern of cells positive for several neurotransmitters and viral antigens in the eyeball, trigeminal nerve ganglia, and superior cervical ganglia was examined immunohistochemically to clarify the neural route of the virus spread. In the eyeball, substance P (SP)- and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-positive cells were detected in the ipsilateral iris and ciliary body, neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY)-positive cells were detected in the choloid membrane, and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cells were detected in the ipsilateral inner nuclear layer of the retina; all these cells contained viral antigens. In the superior cervical ganglia, viral antigen-positive cells containing TH or NPY were found at bilateral sites. In the trigeminal nerve ganglia, viral antigen-positive cells containing SP or CGRP were found at bilateral sites. These findings indicated that the SP- and CGRP-positive ganglion cells of the trigeminal nerve ganglia innervating the iris or ciliary body, and the NPY-positive ganglion cells of the superior cervical ganglia innervating the iris, ciliary body, and choroid membrane served as the route for the virus spread. These findings also suggested that dopaminergic neurons, such as the TH-positive retinal cells and TH-positive ganglion cells of the superior cervical ganglia, served as the route for virus spread.     

苯并_a_芘对大弹涂鱼肝脏芳烃羟化酶活性的影响

研究了苯并(a)芘(BaP)胁迫下大弹涂鱼肝脏芳烃羟化酶(AHH)活性的变化,结果显示BaP对大弹涂鱼肝脏AHH活性总体表现为显著的诱导作用(P＜0.01),其中BaP暴露的浓度及时间是影响AHH活性的重要因素.0.05mg@L-1浓度的BaP暴露对AHH活性无显著影响,而0.2mg@L-1和0.5mg@L-1浓度组AHH活性则显著被诱导(P＜0.01).随着暴污时间的延长,0.2mg@L-1浓度组AHH活性被显著诱导(P＜0.01),而0.5mg@L-1组AHH活性则相对稳定.对AHH活性变化的剂量-效应关系进行回归分析的结果表明,0.5mg@L-1浓度组暴露7d时,AHH活性受到一定程度的抑制.污染解除后,0.5mg@L-1浓度组AHH活性显著降低,恢复至与对照组相近,表明大弹涂鱼肝脏仍具有较强的生理调节机能,同时也表明AHH活性可及时反映环境中BaP的水平.以上这些结果表明AHH适于作为大弹涂鱼受BaP胁迫的生物指标.     

Tyrosine hydroxylase activity and dopamine turnover of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) brain: the special status of the hypothalamus

The dynamics of catecholamine (CA)-synthesis enzymes have been poorly studied in fish. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme of CA synthesis has been only studied inin vitro conditions. In the present report thein vivo CA synthesis and the CA metabolism were studied in different regions of the forebrain of the rainbow trout. Levels of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and the rate of accumulation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) were determined by HPLC following a treatment with hydroxybenzylhydrazine (NSD), a potential inhibitor of DOPA decarboxylase. Kinetics of the accumulation of DOPA and of the decline of DOPAC were in agreement with those found in rat, evidencing that the accumulation of DOPA following NSD can be used in trout to quantify thein vivo enzymatic activity of tyrosine hydroxylase. Experiments using treatment with NSD or with methyl-p-tyrosine reached a same conclusion: the DA neuronal activity in trout is much higher than NE neuronal activity. However, the hypothalamus had high DA levelsvs. lowin vitro andin vivo TH activities and exhibited a low CA turnover.     

Activities of biotransformation enzymes in pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and their modulation by in vivo administration of mebendazole and flubendazole

Basal activities of certain pheasant hepatic and intestinal biotransformation enzymes and modulation of their activities by anthelmintics flubendazole (FLBZ) and mebendazole (MBZ) were investigated in subcellular fractions that were prepared from liver and small intestine of control and FLBZ or MBZ treated birds. Several oxidation, reduction and conjugation enzyme activities were assessed. In the liver, treatment of pheasants by FLBZ or MBZ caused very slight or no changes in monooxygenase activities and conjugation enzymes. More significative changes were detected in small intestine. Metyrapone and daunorubicin reductase activities were increased by both substances in the liver. This is the first evidence that certain benzimidazoles modulate reductases of carbonyl group. With respect to the relatively slight extent of the changes caused by FLBZ or MBZ we can assume that repeated administration of therapeutic doses of both FLBZ and MBZ has probably no serious influence on pheasant biotransformation enzyme system.     

琼氏不动杆菌GXP04的苯酚羟化酶基因的克隆及序列分析

提取琼氏不动杆菌GXP 04的总DNA,采用限制性内切酶E coRⅠ酶切处理后,构建以pLAFR 3为载体的基因组文库。通过TA IL-PCR扩增出苯酚羟化酶的上游基因,对菌落原位杂交获得的11个转化子进一步鉴定,最终确定其中的8个转化子含有完整的苯酚羟化酶基因,选取其中的pLAFR 3-7对GXP 04的苯酚羟化酶基因的核苷酸序列进行分析,并对其蛋白质基本性质进行预测。     

9个产地6种杨树花中水杨苷含量测定方法的优化及其分布研究

建立HPLC法测定不同品种不同产地杨树花中水杨苷含量的方法,并对其分布进行研究。采用Waters XBrigeTM C18柱(4.6 mm×150 mm,5μm);流动相为水-甲醇-乙腈(92∶4∶4);流速为1.0 m L/min;柱温为30℃;检测波长为267 nm。并对水杨苷含量进行分析。水杨苷的线性范围为0.04208～0.4208 mg/m L(r=0.9996),平均回收率为101.6%(RSD=1.4%)。毛白杨中的水杨苷含量均高于其他品种,其中山东和陕西的含量最高,加拿大杨、黑杨和川杨中水杨苷含量最低。该法快速、简便、准确,可用于测定杨树花中水杨苷的含量;不同地域不同品种杨树花中的水杨苷含量有较大差异,可为制定杨树花质量标准提供科学依据。