SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF GUANINE, URIC-ACID, HYPOXANTHINE AND XANTHINE IN HUMAN PLASMA BY REVERSED-PHASE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH AMPEROMETRIC DETECTION

A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method with amperometric detection is described for the separation and quantification of uric acid, guanine, hypoxanthine and xanthine. The isocratic separation of a standard mixture of the compounds was achieved in 5 min on a Spherisorb 5 C-18 reversed-phase column, with a mobile phase of NaH2PO4 (300 mmol dm(-3) pH 3.0)-methanol-acetonitrile-tetrahydrofuran (97.8 + 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.2). Uric acid, guanine, hypoxanthine and xanthine were completely separated, with detection limits in the range 2-20 pmol per injection. The effect of pH and the composition of the mobile phase on the separation are described. The hydrodynamic voltammograms of these compounds were recorded at a glassy carbon electrode. The linear range of the calibration graph for each compound was: uric acid; 1-5000 mu mol dm(-3); guanine, 0.5-2000 mu mol dm(-3); hypoxanthine, 0.1-500 mu mol dm(-3) and xanthine, 0.5-5000 mu mol dm(-3). The within- and between-day precision was good. The uric acid and hypoxanthine content in human plasma was measured using the proposed method. Good recoveries of uric acid (97.9-103%), hypoxanthine (98.0-99.2%), guanine (96.0-98.3%) and xanthine (96.0-102%) were obtained from human plasma. The results of electrochemical detection were in good agreement with those of UV detection.

SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF BILIRUBIN IN DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE

The electrochemical reduction of bilirubin (BR) in dimethyl formamide (DMF) is discussed in detail. The kinetic study of the electroreduction process of BR results in values of 7.94 x 10(-6) cm2/s for the diffusion coefficient and about 10(-3) cm/s for the standard heterogeneous electrode reaction rate constant. Thin-layer spectroelectrochemical investigations of BR exhibit a blue shift and a red shift at E(pc) = -0.6 V and E(pc) = -0.85 V respectively. They also give values of E0' = -1.55 V and n = 1 for the reduction process, and E0' = -1.35 V and n = 1 for the oxidation process. It was found experimentally that as the potential changes from negative to positive, the sequential color changes are similar to those of some of the color components in visible light. A mechanism for BR electroreduction in DMF has been proposed.

石墨炉原子吸收光谱法测定磷时基体改进剂的应用研究

本文阐述几种基体改进剂测定磷的效果,发现Pd/Ca混合基体改进剂对测定植物和动物组织中磷最理想,利用氘灯扣背景,其特征量为8.2ng,吸光度线性范围为0～0.220,磷含量为0.144％和1.35％时,相对标准偏差为2％左右,精密度好,抗干扰能力强,测定茶树叶和贻贝中磷比较理想。

A GLASSY-CARBON ELECTRODE MODIFIED BY DISPERSED ALPHA-ALUMINA AS AN ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTOR IN LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR CYSTEINE AND GLUTATHIONE

The dispersion of alumina particles on a glassy-carbon surface serving as a modified electrode significantly enhances the amperometric detection of cysteine and glutathione following liquid chromatography. With an applied potential of 0.8 V vs. SCE, the detection limits were 1.2 ng for cysteine and 8 ng for glutathione and the electrode response was linear up to 600 ng for cysteine and 1.8-mu-g for glutathione. The modified electrode displayed high sensitivity and stability and was easy and inexpensive to prepare.

稀土LD31挤压铝合金氧化膜物性的研究

近年来,铝质材料在建筑业方面取得极广泛的应用。建筑用铝合金的装饰与防护系数是采用硫酸溶液,阳极氧化后,用电解着色方法着成青铜-古铜色系,使其具有古朴、典雅。庄重的外观。引起世界各国科学家、建筑家和工艺美术家极大的兴趣。改善铝合金着色防护层的性能,对延长材料的使用寿命和开拓功能材料新用途都具有重要意义。

LnAlO_3中Ce~(3+),Tb~(3+),Dy~(3+)的发光及Ce-Tb,Ce-Dy的敏化发光(Ln=La,Gd,Y)

本文采用BaF_2作为助熔剂和抑制剂经固相反应合成了一系列以LnAlO_3(Ln=La,Gd,Y)为基质的磷光体,系统地研究了LnAlO_3中Ce~(3+),Tb~(3+),Dy~(3+)的发光及Ce-Tb,Ce-Dy的敏化发光,发现随Ln的不同,LnAlO_3作为基质对激活剂的发光性质的影响也不同,本文得到一些规律性结果,并作了讨论。

稀土挤压铝合金在流酸中的阳极氧化

添加稀土的铝合金的加工性能及耐腐蚀性均有明显地改善,为了提高其防护和装饰性能,我们在流酸溶液、硫酸亚锡溶液中进行稀土LD_(13)变形铝合金电解着色研究,得到了较好的工艺参数。电解着色工艺: 酸洗(时间1～3分,室温)→中和(时间2分,60℃)→刻蚀(时间1～3分)→氧化(时间40分,20℃、电压 18V,电流 0.7～1.5安/分米~2)→着色(时间3～6分,室温)→封闭(时间15分,55℃)。在阳极氧化生产的过程中,各种生产条件的变化,对膜层的质量都有一定影响。 1.电解液浓度对膜厚的影响在浓度分别为5％、20％、35％的硫酸溶液中,温度22℃,1安/分米~2的电流密度,对含0.20％稀土的LD_(31)挤压铝合金处理,其结果如图1。提高电解液的浓度,增加对铝件的侵蚀作用,一般情况下氧化膜厚度增加。但从图1看出,浓度增加到35％,

γ辐照掺杂SiO_2的ESR研究

分别掺有磷和硼的二氧化硅经γ辐照后产生多种顺磁性中心,ESR研究指出氧空穴O~-主要稳定在杂质离子附近.O_2~-自由基稳定在Si离子上.F心的研究认为氧缺位俘获电子存在一个动态平衡过程.

Electrochemical investigations of micro-droplets formed on metals during the deliquescence of salt particles in atmosphere

CORROSION; WATER; SPECTROSCOPY; CHLORIDE; ZINC; NUCLEATION; INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; SURFACES; GROWTH

Interaction between Thymidylate Synthase and Its Cognate mRNA in Zebrafish Embryos

Thymidylate synthase (TS), which catalyzes the de novo synthesis of dUMP, is an important target for cancer therapy. In this report, the effects of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and ZD1694 on the regulation of TS gene expression were evaluated in zebrafish embryos. Our results revealed that the expression of TS was increased by about six-fold when embryos were treated with 1.0 mu M 5-FU and there was a greater than 10-fold increase in the TS protein level after treatment with 0.4 mu M ZD1694. Northern blot analysis confirmed that expression of TS mRNA was identical in treated or untreated embryos. Gel shift and immunoprecipitation assays revealed that zebrafish TS was specifically bound with its cognate mRNA in vitro and in vivo. We identified a 20 nt RNA sequence, TS:N20, localized to the 5'-UTR of TS mRNA, which corresponded to nt 13-32; TS:N20 bound to the TS protein with an affinity similar to that of the full-length TS mRNA. The MFold program predicted that TS:N20 formed a stable stem-loop structure similar to that of the cis-acting element found in human TS mRNA. Variant RNAs with either a deletion or mutation in the core motif of TS:N20 were unable to bind to the TS protein. In vitro translation experiments, using the rabbit lysate system, confirmed that zebrafish TS mRNA translation was significantly repressed when an excess amount of TS protein was included in the system. Additionally, a TS stability experiment confirmed that treatment of zebrafish embryos with 5-FU could increase the TS stability significantly, and the half life of TS protein was about 2.7 times longer than in untreated embryos. Our study revealed a structural requirement for the interaction of TS RNA with TS protein. These findings also demonstrated that the increase in TS protein induced by 5-FU occurs at the post-transcriptional level and that increased stability and translation efficiency both contributed to the increase in TS protein levels induced by TS inhibitors.

Interaction between Thymidylate Synthase and Its Cognate mRNA in Zebrafish Embryos

Thymidylate synthase (TS), which catalyzes the de novo synthesis of dUMP, is an important target for cancer therapy. In this report, the effects of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and ZD1694 on the regulation of TS gene expression were evaluated in zebrafish embryos. Our results revealed that the expression of TS was increased by about six-fold when embryos were treated with 1.0 mu M 5-FU and there was a greater than 10-fold increase in the TS protein level after treatment with 0.4 mu M ZD1694. Northern blot analysis confirmed that expression of TS mRNA was identical in treated or untreated embryos. Gel shift and immunoprecipitation assays revealed that zebrafish TS was specifically bound with its cognate mRNA in vitro and in vivo. We identified a 20 nt RNA sequence, TS:N20, localized to the 5'-UTR of TS mRNA, which corresponded to nt 13-32; TS:N20 bound to the TS protein with an affinity similar to that of the full-length TS mRNA. The MFold program predicted that TS:N20 formed a stable stem-loop structure similar to that of the cis-acting element found in human TS mRNA. Variant RNAs with either a deletion or mutation in the core motif of TS:N20 were unable to bind to the TS protein. In vitro translation experiments, using the rabbit lysate system, confirmed that zebrafish TS mRNA translation was significantly repressed when an excess amount of TS protein was included in the system. Additionally, a TS stability experiment confirmed that treatment of zebrafish embryos with 5-FU could increase the TS stability significantly, and the half life of TS protein was about 2.7 times longer than in untreated embryos. Our study revealed a structural requirement for the interaction of TS RNA with TS protein. These findings also demonstrated that the increase in TS protein induced by 5-FU occurs at the post-transcriptional level and that increased stability and translation efficiency both contributed to the increase in TS protein levels induced by TS inhibitors.

The experimental research of R-phycoerythrin subunits on cancer treatment: A new photosensitizer in PDT

The mouse tumor cell 5180 and human liver carcinoma cell SMC 7721 cells were first treated with R-PE and its subunits (alpha, beta, gamma subunits), then irradiated with Argon laser (496 nm, 28.8 J/cm(2)). Survival rate was measured by MTT method. In order to compare the phototoxicity in normal cells, the mouse marrow cells were treated with photofrin II and beta-subunit, irradiated with 45 J/cm(2) of light; survival rate was also measured by MTT method. The result showed that R-PE subunits had better PDT effect on s180 cells than R-PE and lower phototoxicity in marrow cells than photofrin II Flow cytometric analysis showed that PDT results in a growth inhibition and a G(0)-G(1) cell cycle arrest in SMC 7721 cells. The tumor cells inhibited by PDT in vivo were morphologically observed by TEM, the tumor cell death was daze to the occlusion of tumor blood vessels and inducement of cell programmed death in nuclei. Therefore, with the advantage in special fluorescence activity, loth molecular weight, good light absorbent character and weak phototoxicity, R-PE subunit is art attractive option for improving the selectivity of PDT.

Yangtze- and Taiwan-derived sediments on the inner shelf of East China Sea

X-ray diffraction (XRD) mineralogical and grain-size analyses indicate that inner continental shelf sediments in the East China Sea (ECS) represent a unique mixing of clays derived from the Yangtze River and silts/sands from small western Taiwanese rivers. Taiwanese (e g., Choshui) clays (< 2 mu m) display no smectite but the best illite crystallinity and are only distributed along southeastern Taiwan Strait. Both Yangtze and Taiwanese river clays are illite-dominated, but the poor illite crystallinity and the presence of smectite and kaolinite indicate that Taiwan Strait clays are mainly Yangtze-dominated. In contrast, medium silts (20-35 mu m) and very fine sands (63-90 mu m) in the Taiwan Strait are characterized by low feldspar/quartz, low K-feldspar/plagioclase and high kaolinite/quartz, indicating their provenance from Taiwanese rivers. Taiwanese silts and sands are introduced primarily by the way of typhoon-derived floods and transported northward by the Taiwan Warm Current during summer-fall months. Yangtze clays, in contrast, are widely dispersed southward about 1000 km to the western Taiwan Strait, transported by the China Coastal Current during winter-spring months Since most Taiwan Strait samples were collected in May 2006, clay results in this paper might only represent the winter-spring pattern of the dispersal of Yangtze sediments. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

中国北方海域扇贝产品质量的比较研究

由于局部养殖环境质量恶化和病害频发的困扰，严重影响了我国扇贝养殖产量、质量和出口创汇。针对扇贝养殖面临产品质量不高等问题，系统评估我国扇贝产品质量十分必要。本文以我国北方海域海湾扇贝Argopecten irradians和栉孔扇贝Chlamys farreri为研究对象，较为系统地研究了大连湾、秦皇岛、莱州湾、烟台、威海、胶州湾、胶南等七海域扇贝质量，包括营养品质、重金属富集、麻痹性贝毒污染三个方面。 研究结果表明，栉孔扇贝的蛋白质营养优于海湾扇贝，而脂类营养则低于海湾扇贝，海湾扇贝在不同海域的主成分分析可以看出，地理位置接近的海域营养状况比较相似，各海域的综合营养品质依次为：莱州湾＞烟台＞大连湾＞秦皇岛＞威海＞胶州湾＞胶南； 重金属含量存在组织差异性，贝边的含量总是高于贝柱，取自同一海域的栉孔扇贝的重金属含量高于海湾扇贝，六种重金属的平均含量排序为：Zn＞Cu＞Cd＞As＞Pb＞Hg，部分海域扇贝Cd和Zn有超标现象，两种重金属分别超标1.41～17.28倍和1.24～1.59倍，Hg、Pb、As和Cu均未超标； 用小白鼠生物测试法对扇贝内脏团、贝柱和其他组织的贝毒含量进行测定，结果仅在秦皇岛和大连湾海湾扇贝的内脏团中检测出麻痹性贝毒，其毒力分别为2.17 Mu•g -1和2.48 Mu•g -1，未超过食用安全标准（4 Mu•g -1），其他海域的样品均未检测到麻痹性贝毒的存在。

Nutrient characteristics in the Yangtze River Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam

From November 2002 to 2006, five cruises were undertaken in the Yangtze River Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea to compare the nutrient concentrations, ratios and potential nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth before and after impoundment (June 2003) of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD). Concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) and total nitrogen (TN) exhibited an increasing trend from 2002 to 2006. In contrast, total phosphorus (TP) concentration exhibited a decreasing trend. The mean concentrations of DIN, SRP, and TN in the total study area increased from 21.4 mu M, 0.9 mu M, and 41.8 mu M in 2002 to 37.5 mu M, 1.3 mu M. and 82.2 mu M in 2006, respectively. while TP decreased from 2.1 mu M to 1.7 mu M. The concentration of dissolved reactive silica (DRSi) had no major fluctuations and the differences were not significant. The mean concentration of DRSi in the total study area ranged from 52.5 to 92.3 mu M. The Si:N ratio decreased significantly from 2.7 in 2002 to 1.3 in 2006, while TN: TP ratio increased from 22.1 to 80.3. The area of potential P limitation of phytoplankton growth expanded after 2003 and potential Si limitation appeared in 2005 and 2006. Potential P limitation mainly occurred in an area of salinity less than 30 after 2003, while potential Si limitation occurred where the salinity was greater than 30. By comparison with historical data, the concentrations of nitrate and SRP in this upper estuary during November 1980-2006 increased obviously after impoundment of TGD but DRSi decreased. Meanwhile, the ratios of N:P, Si:N and Si:P decreased obviously. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.