Molecular cloning and expression of interleukin 1beta (IL-1 beta) from red seabream (Pagrus major)

The interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) cDNA was cloned from the red seabream (Pagrus major) by homology cloning strategy. A cDNA fragment was amplified by PCR using two degenerated primers, which were designed according to the conserved regions of other known IL-1beta sequences, and elongated by 3' ends and 5' ends RACE PCR to get the full length coding sequence of red seabream IL-1beta (RS IL-1beta). The sequence contained 1252 nucleotides that included a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 84 bp, a 3' UTR of 410 bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 759 nucleotides which could be translated into a putative peptide of 253 amino acids with molecular weight of 28.6 kD and putative isoelectric point pI of 5.29. The deduced peptide contained two potential N-glycosylation sites and an identifiable IL1 family signature, but lacked the signal peptide and the clear ICE cut site, which were common in other nonmammalian IL-1beta genes. The RS IL-1beta had the highest homology with piscine IL-1beta according to phylogenetic tree analysis. The transcript expression was detected in blood, brain, gill, heart, head kidney, kidney, liver, muscle and spleen in the pathogen challenged and healthy red seabream by RTPCR. Results showed that the RS IL-1beta mRNA was constitutively expressed in most of the tissues both in stimulated and un-stimulated fish, and the expression could be enhanced by pathogen challenging.

Laurenidificin, a new brominated C-15-acetogenin from the marine red alga Laurencia nidifica

new brominated C-15-acetogenin, namely, laurenidificin, was isolated from the marine red alga Laurencia nidifica. Its structure was determined on the basis of spectroscopic methods. (C) 2010 Bin Gui Wang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

Inheritance of 15 microsatellites in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas: segregation and null allele identification for linkage analysis

Microsatellites were screened in a backcross family of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Fifteen microsatellite loci were distinguishable and polymorphic with 6 types of allele-combinations. Null alleles were detected in 46.7% of loci, accounting for 11.7% of the total alleles. Four loci did not segregate in Mendelian Ratios. Three linkage groups were identified among 7 of the 15 segregating loci. Fluorescence-based automated capillary electrophoresis (ABI 310 Genetic Analyzer) that used to detect the microsatellite loci, has been proved a fast, precise, and reliable method in microsatellite genotyping.

15种獐牙菜属植物中主要药用成分的高效液相色谱测定

对青藏高原和云贵高原的15种獐牙菜属植物进行了3种苦味苷,即獐牙菜苦苷(swertiamarin)、龙胆苦苷(gentiopicroside)、苦龙苷(amarogentin)、一种黄酮苷-当药黄素(swertisin)、及5种(口山) 山酮苷-芒果苷(mangiferin)、当药醇苷(swertianolin)、7-O-[α-L-吡喃鼠李糖-(1→2)-β-D-吡喃木糖]-1,8-二羟基-3-甲氧基(口山) 山酮(7-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-xylopyranosyl]-1,8-dihydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone)、7-O-β-D-吡喃木糖-1,8-二羟基-3-甲氧基(口山) 山酮(7-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-l,8-dihydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone)、3-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖-1,8-二羟基-5-甲氧基(口山) 山酮(3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-1,8- dihydroxy-5-methoxyxanth-one)等9种主要药效成分同时进行了高效液相色谱的含量测定(Kromasil C18柱,甲醇-水梯度洗脱,二级管阵列检测);并对其主要药效成分的分布进行了比较。

岩浆－热液过渡阶段体系中不相容元素地球化学行为及其机制－以新疆阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉研究为例

伟晶岩形成和演化中岩浆-热液过渡阶段物理化学性质、过铝质富挥发分岩浆体系岩浆液相不混溶、流体相出溶事件的相对时间尺度以及在岩浆-热液过渡阶段体系中稀土和其它微量元素地球化学行为(稀土“四重效应”机制和微量元素分异及控制因素等)是目前过铝质岩浆体系研究的焦点问题。对上述问题的研究和探讨，将有助于了解伟晶岩形成和演化的全过程，有助于了解挥发分(H_20、F、B、P)对过铝质岩浆体系物理性质以及对REE和其它微量元素地球化学行为影响，这对于理解过铝质岩浆体系成岩、成矿作用过程具有重大的理论和实际意义。本论文选择著名的新疆阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉为研究对象，由于它具有完美的分带特征，使我们有可能通过各结构带矿物学、地球化学的研究揭示伟晶岩成因和演化过程以及讨论岩浆-热液过渡阶段体系中的稀土和微量元素地球化学行为。由于LCT型伟晶岩具有明显的分带性、矿物颗粒大小不均匀性等特点，因此利用全岩样品研究伟晶岩往往因取样没有代表性而被大多数岩石学家和地球化学家所否定。考虑到这点，本文系统采集阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉各结构带磷灰石、电气石、碱性长石、石英矿物，部分结构带的石榴石、绿柱石、锂辉石矿物以及伟晶岩冷凝边和蚀变围岩的全岩样品，通过各结构带磷灰石矿物化学组成和~(87)Sr／~(86)Sr比值测定，电气石矿物的化学组成和硼同位素组成分析，碱性长石中磷含量的电子探针分析和碱性长石-石英矿物对的氧同位素体系研究以及蚀变围岩和冷凝边的化学组成分析，本文较为详尽系统地探讨以上所有的问题。通过本次多年的研究，我们获得了以下几点新的认识：f1) 富挥发分过铝质岩浆体系的样品存在稀土“四重效应”和Y-Ho、Zr-Hf、Nb-Ta、Sr-Eu元素对的显著分异，表明在过铝质岩浆演化过程中含氟流体相起着重要的作用；目前，稀土“四重效应”机制被认为是含水流体相与过铝质岩浆熔体相互作用的结果(Irber 1999；Bau 1997)，而不是独居石、磷钇矿、石榴石矿物等矿物的早期结晶引起的残余熔体稀土含量的异常变化。由于阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉各带磷灰石以及与其共生的石榴石、绿柱石、碱性长石、锂辉石矿物均存存明显的稀土“四重效应”以及相同电价、相似离子半径的不相容元素间存在显著的分异，并结合最近赵振华等(1999)和Sba and Chappell(1999)报道S型花岗岩全岩和单矿物(磷灰石、独居石、长石、黄玉等)均存在稀土“四重效应”这一现象，本文研究提出，稀土“四重效应”是富挥发分过铝质岩浆体系的一个基本特征，其机制既不可能由含稀土的副矿物早期结晶引起残余熔体相中REE含量变化的结果，也不能定性地归因于流体相与熔体相相互作用过程中稀土元素在流体／熔体之间分异的结果，而很可能与伟晶岩岩浆形成之前某些过程密切相关，S型花岗岩岩浆在液相线以上存在硅酸盐熔体与高盐熔体(或卤水相)的不混溶液相分离有可能是过铝质岩浆体系产生稀土“四重效应”的主要原因。(2) 由于Sr~(2+)与Eu~(2+)具有相同的电价、相似的离子半径，根据经典的地球化学原理，它们具有相似的地球化学行为，在各种地质过程中其它们具有紧密的一致性。阿尔泰3号伟晶岩磷灰石中Sr／Eu比值具有二歧变化现象，其中I、Il、III和IV带磷灰石具有低的Sr／Eu比值(16:0～111.2)，而V、VI、VII带、核部带和IV带中的一个磷灰石则显示较大的Sr／Eu比值(主要在246．6～514:9范围，其中IV带的一个磷灰石该比值在10000以上)。对世界范围内的过铝质花岗岩统计表明，过铝质岩浆岩的全岩样品中的Sr／Eu也呈现二歧变化，由此本文提出Sr／Eu比值是指示过铝质岩浆体系中岩浆流体相出溶的有效地球化学参数，大于300的Sr／Eu比值是Eu~(2+)强烈分配进入流体相的地球化学标志。(3) 阿尔泰3号伟晶岩I、II、III带电气石矿物的硼同位素组成(δ~(11)B)分布在-41.11‰～-30.90‰之间，V、VI、VII带电气石矿物硼同位素组成(δ~(11)B)在-15.23‰～-9.20‰范围，IV带电气石硼同位素分布于-39.19～13.10‰范围，如此大的硼同位素分馏无法根据实验研究获得的熔体／流体相间的分馏系数进行合理解释。我们的研究表明岩浆成因电气石的B同位素组成与电气石化学组成具相关性，随电气石Y位上AI、Li阳离子数的增大，δ~(11)B值显示明显增大的趋势。阿尔泰3号伟晶岩最初形成的结构带中电气石的B同位素组成是目前所发现的最低值之一(-41.1l～39.01‰)，指示形成伟晶岩脉的初始岩浆可能由含非海相蒸发岩的泥质岩经变质深熔作用形成，或是伟晶岩岩浆在上侵定位过程中同化了含非海相蒸发岩地层的结果。本次研究利用电气石-白云母和电气石-四硼酸盐矿物间的同位索分馏以及熔体相-流体相间的同位索分馏，合理解释了阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉电气石B同位素分馏过程，并首次获得伟晶岩形成、演化过程中B同位素组成演化的全程图谱。(4)伟晶岩岩浆形成和演化过程是否存在由过磷引起的液相不混溶现象未见确凿的岩石学和实验地球化学证据。阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉糖粒状钠长石带(II带)明显由两种不同组构的岩性组成，而且该带是3号脉主要的Be矿化带，也是P、REE最重要的沉淀场所。阿尔泰3号伟晶岩脉梳状结构带和I带的碱性长石具较高P含量(平均值分别为0.42 wt％和0.22 wt％)，随着岩浆的演化进行，从III带到核部带，碱性长石中P含量逐渐增大(平均值由0.21 wt％增至0.50 wt％)，而II带碱性长石中异常低的P含量(平均值为0.08、wt％)是该带大量磷灰石矿物饱和结晶，导致残余熔体相中P极度亏损所造成的，而不是晚期出溶的岩浆热液交代形成的。根据Watson (1978)、Ryerson and Hess(1980)在液相线以上温度下实验研究获得的微量元素在不混溶的基性和酸性液相中分配特征，以及Webster et a1．(1997）对德国Ehrenfriedersdorf矿区伟晶岩石英中熔体包裹体的研究成果，我们推断在富磷岩浆体系中，在其演化的早期将出现由磷引起的液相不混溶作用，它对伟晶岩成岩和Be的成矿具有重大的影响。

Direct synthesis and characterization of titanium-substituted mesoporous molecular sieve SBA-15

Ti-substituted mesoporous SBA-15 (Ti-SBA-15) materials have been synthesized by using a new approach in which the hydrolysis of the silicon precursor (tetramethoxysilane, TMOS) is accelerated by fluoride. These materials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (Y-RF), N-2 sorption isotherms, diffuse-reflectance UV-visible (UV-vis) and UV-Raman spectroscopy, Si-29 MAS NMR, and the catalytic epoxidation reaction of styrene. Experiments show that Ti-SBA-15 samples of high quality can be obtained under the following conditions: F/Si greater than or equal to 0.03 (molar ratio), pH less than or equal to 1.0, aging temperature less than or equal to 80 degreesC, and Ti/Si less than or equal to 0.01. It was found that the hydrolysis rate of TMOS was remarkably accelerated by fluoride, which was suggested to play the main role in the formation of Ti-SBA-15 materials of high quality. There is no stoichiometric incorporation of Ti, and the Ti contents that are obtained are quite low in the case of the approach that is proposed. The calcined Ti-SBA-15 materials show highly catalytic activity in the epoxidation of styrene.

Direct synthesis of highly ordered Fe-SBA-15 mesoporous materials under weak acidic conditions

Iron-substituted SBA-15 (Fe-SBA-15) materials have been synthesized via a simple direct hydrothermal method under weak acidic conditions. The powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), NZ sorption and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterizations show that the resultant materials have well-ordered hexagonal meso-structures. The diffused reflectance UV-vis and UV resonance Raman spectroscopy characterizations show that most of the iron ions exist as isolated framework species for calcined materials when the Fe/Si molar ratios are below 0.01 in the gel. The presence of iron species also has significant salt effects that can greatly improve the ordering of the mesoporous structure. Different iron species including isolated framework iron species, extraframework iron clusters and iron oxides are formed selectively by adjusting the pH values of the synthesis solutions and Fe/Si molar ratios. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Alkanes-assisted low temperature formation of highly ordered SBA-15 with large cylindrical mesopores

Highly ordered SBA-15 silicas with large cylindrical mesopores (similar to 15 nm) are successfully obtained with the help of NH4F by controlling the initial reaction temperatures in the presence of excess amounts of alkanes.

Factors influencing the catalytic activity of SBA-15-supported copper nanoparticles in CO oxidation

Copper nanoparticles were deposited onto mesoporous SBA-15 support via two different routes: post-grafting method and incipient wet impregnation method. Both XRD and TEM reveal that the post-grafting can make Cu particles very small in size and highly dispersed into channels of SBA-15, while the impregnation method mainly forms large Cu particles on the external surface of SBA-15. TPR experiments show that CuO species formed by the post-grafting method is more reducible than that prepared by the impregnation method. The catalytic activity tests for CO oxidation manifests that the sample prepared by the post-grafting method has a much higher activity than that prepared by the impregnation method, with a lowering of 50 degrees C for T-50, showing a strong dependence of catalytic activity on the size and dispersion of Cu particles. Besides the preparation procedure, other factors including calcination temperature, reduction treatment, copper loading as well as the feed composition, have an important effect on the catalytic activity. The best performance was obtained when the catalyst was calcined at 500 degrees C and reduced at 550 degrees C. The calcination and reduction treatment at high temperature have been found to be necessary to completely remove the organic residue and to generate active metallic copper particles. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.