Characterization of proteolytic bacteria from the Aleutian deep-sea and their proteases

Six deep-sea proteolytic bacteria taken from Aleutian margin sediments were screened; one of them produced a cold-adapted neutral halophilic protease. These bacteria belong to Pseudoalteromonas spp., which were identified by the 16S rDNA sequence. Of the six proteases produced, two were neutral cold-adapted proteases that showed their optimal activity at pH 7-8 and at temperature close to 35 degrees C, and the other four were alkaline proteases that showed their optimal activity at pH 9 and at temperature of 40-45 degrees C. The neutral cold-adapted protease E1 showed its optimal activity at a sodium chloride concentration of 2 M, whereas the activity of the other five proteases decreased at elevated sodium chloride concentrations. Protease E1 was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity and its molecular mass was 34 kDa, as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The molecular weight of protease E1 was determined to be 32,411 Da by mass spectrometric analysis. Phenylmethyl sulfonylfluoride (PMSF) did not inhibit the activity of this protease, whereas it was partially inhibited by ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid sodium salt (EDTA-Na). De novo amino acid sequencing proved protease E1 to be a novel protein.

栉孔扇贝Chlamys farreri生态免疫机制的基础研究

针对目前栉孔扇贝Chlamys farreri养殖亟待解决的种质、病害、环境和产品质量等日趋严重的问题，从栉孔扇贝本身的防御机制和神经内分泌机制入手，较为系统地研究了环境胁迫，应激激素与血细胞免疫功能之间的相互作用机制；从生态免疫学角度，探讨了栉孔扇贝大规模死亡的原因，为栉孔扇贝病害防治和种质优化提供了一些理论依据。主要研究结果如下： 1.较为系统地综述了贝类生态免疫机制的研究进展。分析了应激激素对贝类细胞免疫活性的抑制作用，以及生态免疫过程中免疫成本的投入与其他生态因子之间的内在联系，分析了病原体与宿主之间的相互作用机制，提出了贝类生态免疫机制研究新见解和新思路。 2.筛选出一种较适用的抗凝剂配方：Glucose 20.8 gL-1，EDTA 20mM, Sodium chloride 20 gL-1，Tris-HCl 0.05M，pH=7.4。 3.模拟研究了栉孔扇贝养殖过程中的主要环境胁迫因子，包括露空胁迫（5°C，17°C和25°C露空最长持续24小时），急性温度胁迫（从17°C分别直接升至23°C和28°C或降至11°C），急性盐度胁迫（从盐度31直接升至盐度35或降至盐度25和20），饥饿胁迫（持续40天）和密度胁迫（分为低、中和高密度），对栉孔扇贝血细胞免疫功能的影响，养殖过程中的露空胁迫对栉孔扇贝的血细胞免疫功能具有抑制作用，从而削弱了扇贝胁迫后恢复的最初24小时中抗击病原体的能力。高温下（25°C）的露空胁迫能够显著地降低扇贝的成活率。急性升温胁迫（从17°C突变至28°C）会严重的破坏栉孔扇贝的内稳态，损伤其血细胞免疫功能，从而增加了扇贝对病原体的易感性。而扇贝对快速的降温胁迫（从17°C突变至11°C）则具有较高的耐受性。盐度20的低盐胁迫能够显著抑制栉孔扇贝的血细胞防御功能，同时低盐有利于许多病原体的繁殖，两方面的协同作用，将大大增加扇贝大规模死亡的几率。饥饿胁迫（40天）能够显著地抑制血细胞的免疫活性，然而在实验室饵料充足的条件下，养殖密度除了对血细胞的吞噬活性有一定的抑制作用外，对血细胞其他的免疫活性影响不明显。 4.揭示了环境胁迫因子，包括露空胁迫（17°C 露空24小时），温度胁迫（从17°C分别直接升至28°C或降至11°C持续7天），低盐胁迫(从盐度31直接降至盐度20持续7天)和饥饿40天胁迫，对栉孔扇贝血细胞超微结构的影响，露空胁迫（17°C 露空24小时），低盐胁迫(盐度20持续7天)和饥饿40天胁迫严重损伤了血细胞的膜系统及各种细胞器的结构。 5.利用酶联免疫法测定了栉孔扇贝血淋巴中应激激素（肾上腺素，去甲肾上腺素和多巴胺）的基础浓度，分别为0.088±0.11, 18.63±1.96 和 2.59±0.46ng/ml。研究了血淋巴中应激激素对环境胁迫（包括露空，急性升温和急性降盐）的响应水平，急性露空，升温和降盐能够显著提高血淋巴中肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素的浓度，而多巴胺浓度变化却呈现出完全相反的趋势。 6.肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素体外诱导栉孔扇贝血细胞研究结果表明：浓度为30ng/ml或50ng/ml的去甲肾上腺素能够显著抑制血细胞的吞噬活性，浓度为50ng/ml的去甲肾上腺素能够显著抑制血细胞的活性氧产物，而肾上腺素对血细胞免疫功能的影响则不显著。

Comparative researches on effects of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate upon Lateolabrax japonicus biomarker system

Fish Lateolabrax japonicus were exposed to anion surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at 1 mg/l, respectively, for 6, 12 and 18 d, with one control group. Liver antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), reduced glutathione (GSH) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) were determined; brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and liver inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activities were also measured. The results of the study indicated that these parameters made different, sometimes, adverse responses to SDBS and SDS exposure, such as the activity of NOS can be inhibited by SDBS and induced by SDS, the different physico-chemical characteristics of SDBS and SDS should be responsible for their effects on enzyme activities. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Effects of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the Mytilus galloprovincialis biomarker system

The effects of in vivo exposure of Mytilus galloprovincialis to two anionic surfactants (SDBS and SDS) on the molecular biomarker system were studied. After continuous exposure for 72 days, activities/levels of GST, GPx and GSH were significantly higher than in corresponding control groups following exposure to 3.000 mg/L SDS and SDBS. Activities of SOD and CAT were significantly inhibited by experimental SDBS (except CAT in 0.100 mg/L group), but not by SDS. Statistical analysis of enzyme activities/levels suggested that there were significant positive relationships between GST and GPx, and negative relationships were found between GSH and CAT, GSH and SOD. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) results showed that a greater genotoxic effect was observed for SDBS than for SDS. Based on the above results, the biomarker system of mussels can be affected by the two anionic surfactants (>= 3.000 mg/L); it was more easily affected by SDBS than by SDS. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Response of integrated biomarkers of fish (Lateolabrax japonicus) exposed to benzo[a]pyrene and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate

Fish Lateolabrax japonicus were exposed to 0.1 and 1 mg/L of anion surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) and to 2 and 20 mu g/L of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) for 6, 12, and 18 days, with control and solvent control groups. Liver antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), reduced glutathione (GSH), and glutathione S-transferase (GST), were determined; brain acetyleholinesterase (AChE) and liver inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activities were also measured. The results indicated that (1) L. japonicus avoided oxidative damage through antioxidant systems; (2) SOD, GPx, and GSH were induced, and GST was inhibited and then induced by B[a]P exposure; and (3) CAT, GPx, and AChE were induced while NOS was inhibited, and GST was induced and then inhibited by SDBS stress in experimental period. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Catena-Poly[[[tetra-mu(2)-aqua-heptaaqua-(mu(2)-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylato)-mu(3)-hydroxido-trinickel(II)sodium]-mu(4)-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylato]sesqui-hydrate]

The title coordination polymer, {[Ni3Na(OH)(C9H3O6)(2)( H2O)(11)] center dot 1.5H(2)O}(n), is built up from three independent Ni-II ions and one Na-I cation bridged by benzene-2,4,6-tricarboxylate ( BTC) ligands and water molecules. Three Ni-II ions are bridged by three bidentate carboxylate groups of three BTC ligands, two aqua ligands and one OH- unit, to form a trinuclear metal cluster. The Na-I cation is bonded to the Ni-II cluster by two bridging water molecules. One of the three BTC ligands bridges neighbouring clusters into one-dimensional chains, which are further connected through a complex hydrogen-bonding scheme, forming a three-dimensional suprastructure. The title complex is isomorphous with the previously reported Co-II complex.

祁连山海北高寒湿地40～80cm土壤温度状况观测分析

海北高寒湿地土壤水分达超饱和状态,土体热容量大,因而地温在随时间进程中变化平稳,日、年较差较小. 年内季节冻土并不深厚,多维持于1 m 左右,小于高山草甸土分布区. 由于50 cm 层次年平均地温仅为1. 2 ℃,暖季的6～9 月平均为2. 8 ℃左右. 因此,按温度诊断特点来看,该类型高寒湿地土在中国土壤分类中属寒冷性土壤温度状况,仍为正常有机土.

Separation and determination of flavone and xanthone glycosides in Tibetan folk medicinal species Swertia mussotii and S-franchetiana by capillary electrophoresis

The contents of five pharmacologically active flavone and xanthone glycosides, namely, swertianolin, swertisin, isoorientin, mangiferin, and 7-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl]-1,8-dihydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone, extracted from Tibetan folk medicinal species Swertia mussotii and S. franchetiana were determined by capillary electrophoresis with diode-array detection. The separation of five components has been optimized with a capillary column with a total length of 48.5 cm and effective length of 40 cm (50 mu m i.d). The influence of the running buffer, the sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS) concentration, organic modifier, etc. on the resolution was evaluated. The background electrolyte contained 30 mM borate buffer, 28 mM SDS, 1.0% (v/v) acetonitrile, and was adjusted to pH 9.0 with 0.1 M NaOH. A good baseline resolution was obtained for the separation of five components within 5 min with the working voltage of 24 kV and a column temperature of 25 degrees C. The established method was rapid and reproducible for the separation and determination of five flavone and xanthone glycosides from the extracts of S. mussotii and franchetiana plant samples.

长石及其伴生矿物的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar法对比研究

~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar法是继K-Ar法后发展起来的一个新的年代学分支，自1962年Sigurgeirssion正式提出~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar计时理论以来，经C. M. Merrihue, G. Turner, G. B. Dalrymple, M. A. Lanphere, I. McDougall, J. G. Mitchell等人的不断改造和完善，现已发展成为一门较为成熟的学科。~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar法以其独特的优点而倍受地质学家的偏爱，其中阶段加热技术是~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar法得以广泛应用的关键，它不仅可以提供一般的年代学资料，同时，还提供诸如样品的受热历史、过剩Ar、封闭温度以及岩体的隆起速率等许多信息。近十年来，对这一领域的研究，无论是在理论方面，还是在实验技术方面，都取得了可喜的进展。