CO2浓度升高对三种树木叶片化学和舞毒蛾幼虫取食及生长的影响

探讨全球气候变化的生物学和生态学效应是当今生态学中的热点，研究大气CO2浓度升高对植物-昆虫相互作用关系的影响具有重要的理论和实践意义。本文使用开顶式气室（Open-top chamber，OTC）在野外条件下研究了CO2浓度升高对三种树木（小青杨、白桦和蒙古栎）叶片化学成分含量的影响，以及树木叶片品质变化对一种广食性森林昆虫（舞毒蛾）幼虫取食、生长发育和取食偏嗜性的影响。得出如下结果：（1）CO2浓度升高对3个受试树种叶片中的营养成分及次生代谢物含量均有显著影响，总体表现为氮含量降低，而碳氮比、非结构性碳水化合物、总酚和缩合丹宁含量增加。叶片中的化学成分含量可随时间发生显著变化，不同树种、甚至同一树种不同冠层高度的叶片对CO2浓度升高的响应强度也是不同的。叶片的干物质含量和比叶重对CO2浓度升高的响应不显著。（2）室内非选择性取食实验、室内选择性取食实验以及上树取食饲养方式下的多龄期取食实验，均发现高浓度CO2处理组内舞毒蛾幼虫的生长发育受到显著抑制。但对四龄舞毒蛾幼虫所进行的短期生物测定并未发现不同CO2浓度处理下幼虫的生长发育速率、对食物的取食率和转化率等昆虫营养指标存在显著差异。（3）叶片品质的降低是导致舞毒蛾幼虫生长发育受抑制的主要原因。但是总体上，CO2浓度升高导致的叶片品质变化并未显著影响幼虫的取食率和取食量。（4）舞毒蛾幼虫对不同叶片种类表现出清晰的取食选择性，这种选择性在其幼龄期就可表现出来。幼虫对小青杨上层叶片有最显著的偏嗜性，对蒙古栎下层叶片有最明显的拒食性。但是CO2浓度升高导致的叶片品质变化对舞毒蛾幼虫的取食选择性和寄主偏嗜行为并未产生显著影响。（5）检测出高浓度CO2处理组内舞毒蛾幼虫虫粪中含有浓度更高的植物次生代谢物质（总酚和缩合单宁），这很可能是昆虫整体生长发育受抑制的重要原因之一。

乙草胺对玉米根际微生物和作物抗氧化酶活性的影响

乙草胺作为我国应用最多的三大除草剂之一，被广泛地应用于玉米、花生、大豆等农田中。作为外源有机污染物，乙草胺在施入土壤后，对作物构成一定的逆境胁迫。作物在逆境胁迫下，自身会发生相应的改变抵御迫害，其中根际、活性氧清除系统、除草剂的代谢酶等在作物抵御乙草胺等除草剂的迫害中起着十分重要的作用。 本文以我国重要的粮食作物-玉米作为供试作物，在田间实验条件下研究了低（田间用量）、中（田间用量的2倍）、高（田间用量的5倍）三个浓度乙草胺处理下，乙草胺在玉米根际和非根际环境中的残留特征，并探讨了玉米根际微生物和玉米超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶、还原性谷胱甘肽、谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶对乙草胺施用的响应特征。 研究表明：（1）乙草胺在土壤中的降解迅速，并且在根际的降解得到强化，随着乙草胺的施用浓度增加，其在土壤中的最终残留量增大。（2）由于根际效应的存在，根际微生物量、真菌和细菌数量都显著高于非根际土壤，且根际和非根际土壤、高浓度处理和低、中浓度处理土壤间微生物群落结构明显不同。乙草胺各处理对根际微生物量有先抑制后刺激的作用，对根际细菌尤为显著，抑制作用随乙草胺浓度的增加而加强。乙草胺对本体土壤的微生物量影响较复杂，高浓度对本体土壤微生物量主要表现为抑制作用，而低、中浓度则是抑制和刺激作用交替出现，低浓度乙草胺对非根际土壤微生物的抑制作用未达到显著水平。乙草胺对对非根际真菌的抑制程度大于根际真菌。虽然各处理的微生物量都能恢复到正常水平，但非根际的恢复比根际需要更长的时间。土壤中细菌和真菌对乙草胺响应存在非同步性，并且群落变化具有一定的补偿作用。（3）除草剂乙草胺对玉米过氧化物酶（POD）的活性影响较小，POD不能作为乙草胺污染的生物标记物；超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）对乙草胺的污染有一定的指示作用，但其对乙草胺的敏感性不如谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶（GST）和还原性谷胱甘肽（GSH）高。低、中浓度乙草胺处理使玉米GST活性和GSH含量先升高后降低，高浓度抑制GST活性，降低GSH的含量。GST和GSH对乙草胺的响应非常敏感，可以作为评价除草剂对作物安全性评价的重要指标。 5倍田间用量乙草胺处理虽然对玉米产生了一定的影响，但玉米经一个月左右能恢复正常生长，说明乙草胺对玉米的安全性较高。但由于乙草胺在土壤中的最终残留量与初始浓度密切相关，且对土壤（根际和非根际）微生物群落会产生一定影响，所以应严格控制乙草胺的用量，以降低对土壤环境、水体环境和人类生活健康的风险性。

D-木糖异构酶基因亚克隆及其序列分析

我们大肠杆菌K12的D-木糖操纵子中克隆了D-木糖异构酶基因，并以Bal31缩短DNA方法，获得了彼此相差约200bp的亚克隆。而后，用质粒系统直接测定了这些亚克隆片段的基因序列，并进一步得出含有D-木糖异构酶基因的1620bp全序列。序列结果表明，其结构基因长为1320bp，编码着由440个氨基酸组成的蛋白，与Lawlis和Schellerberg发表的D-木糖异构酶基因序列相比，同源性达99.8%。

Capillary electrophoresis of urinary normal and modified nucleosides of cancer patients

This paper gives a capillary electrophoretic method for the separation of 15 urinary normal and modified nucleosides from cancer patients in less than 40 min. A 500 mmx50 mu m uncoated capillary column (437.5 mm to window) was used. The effects of the voltage and the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentration in the buffer on the separation were studied. With reproducibilities of migration times better than 1.2% (R.S.D.) and determined concentrations better than 5-25%, depending on the concentrations of nucleosides in the urine, the analytical characteristics of the method were food. Using this developed method, the concentrations of 13 normal and modified nucleosides, extracted on a phenyl boronic acid affinity chromatography column, in 25 urines from patients of 14 kinds of cancer were determined. The levels (nmol/mol creatinine) of modified nucleosides in urines from cancer patients were increased as compared with those in normal urines. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

Structural and magnetic properties of Sr2Fe1−xGaxMoO6 (0≤x≤0.25)

We have investigated the structure, magnetization and magnetoresistance (MR) of the double perovskite compounds Sr2Fe1−xGaxMoO6 (0≤x≤0.25). Rietveld refinement results show that the anti-site defects (ASDs) concentration increases with x, giving rise to highly disordered samples at the B/B positions, for the highest doping levels. The evolution of bond lengths and ions oxidation states could be understood by the distribution of trivalent Ga ions at the B/B positions, which leads to the formation of more disorder structure. The saturation magnetization and Curie temperature decreased with the Ga content increases in the samples, and their origin was found that the cations disorder for the Ga-doped compounds is annihilating double exchange mechanism due to the presence of significant amounts of Fe and Ga cations on the B site. The low-field magnetoresistance of Sr2FeMoO6 (SFMO) can be greatly enhanced by replacing the Fe by the nonmagnetic Ga ion up to a temperature of 300 K,since Ga ions may act as a barrier for electron transport along the chain in the ferromagnetic segregation and weaken the ferromagnetic exchange.

High resolution mass spectrometric alveolar proteomics: Identification of surfactant protein SP-A and SP-D modifications in proteinosis and cystic fibrosis patients

In the present study, one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with high resolution Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) have been applied as powerful approaches for the proteome analysis of surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-D, including identification of structurally modified and truncation forms, in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Highly sensitive micro preparation techniques were developed for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) FT-ICR MS analysis which provided the identification of surfactant proteins at very low levels. Owing to the high resolution, FT-ICR MS was found to provide substantial advantages for the structural identification of surfactant proteins from complex biological matrices with high mass determination accuracy. Several protein bands corresponding to SP-A and SP-D were identified by MALDI-FT-ICR MS after electrophoretic separation by one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and provided the identification of structural modifications (hydroxy-proline) and degradation products.

The luminescence of Eu3+ ion in Ca2Al2SiO7

Ca2Al2SiO7:Eu3+ was prepared by the sol-gel method. Through the emission spectrum of Eu3+ ion, the fluorescence parameters such as Omega(i) (i = 2,4) and radiative transition probabilities of D-5(0)-F-7(j) were calculated. The Pb2+ ion with bigger radius has an effect on the fluorescence spectra of Eu3+ which can be explained by the structure of the matrix. Simultaneously, the energy transfers between mercury-like ions (Pb2+ and Bi3+) and Eu3+ ion were observed. The D-5(4) and D-5(2) energy levels of Eu3+ are the resonance ones for Pb2+ ion.

Electrolummescence from (5)Do -> F-7(J) and D-5(1) -> F-7(J) (J=0-4) transitions with a europium complex as emitter

Electroluminescence (EL) devices with Eu(HTH)(3)phen [HTH: 4,4,5,5,6,6,6-heptafluoro-1-(2-thienyl)-1,3-hexanedione, phen: I 10-phenanthroline] as an emissive centre were fabricated using vacuum evaporation. In addition to the Eu3+ 5D0 --> F-7(J) (J = 0-4) lines that were visible in the photoluminescence signal, the device also showed strong emission from the D-5(1) --> F-7(J) (J = 0-4) transitions. The enhanced emission from the D-5(1) F-7(J) (J = 0-4) transitions was attributed to the increased excitation intensity in the EL device. The luminescence lifetimes of the 5 D, and 5 Do levels were measured to be 0.6 mus and 866 mus, respectively.

Electrochemical and spectroscopic study of vitamin D-2 by in situ thin layer CD spectroelectrochemistry

The electrooxidation of vitamin D-2 (VD2) was studied by cyclic voltammetry and in situ circular dichroic (CD) spectroelectrochemistry for the first time, The mechanism of electrooxidation and some useful kinetic and adsorption parameters were obtained. The results showed that the oxidation of VD2 in ethanol solution is an irreversible diffusion controlled process following a weak adsorption of the electroinactive product at a glassy carbon electrode, which blocks the electrochemical reaction. The electrooxidation occurs mainly at the triene moieties of the VD2 molecule. The CD spectroelectrochemical data were treated by the double logarithm method together with nonlinear regression, from which the formal potential E-0 = 1.08 V, alphan = 0.245, the standard electrochemical rate constant k(0) = 4.30( +/- 0.58) x 10(-4) cm s(-1) and the adsorption constant beta = 1.77(+/- 0.25) were obtained. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF SOME TMI ODD PARITY LEVELS

Eleven new lifetimes of odd parity excited energy levels in four configurations: 4f12 5d 6s 6p, 4f12 6S2 6p, 4f13 5d 6s and 4f13 6s 7s of atomic thulium have been mesured with atomic-beam laser spectrocopy. Two pulsed dye lasers are used for stepwise excitation and the time-resolved fluorescence decay was used to determine lifetime values. The accuracy of the measurements is about 10%.

NATURAL RADIATIVE LIFETIMES OF THE EXCITED-LEVELS OF THULIUM

The radiative lifetimes of eight excited levels of thulium have been measured with the method of stepwise excitation from the 4f13(F-degrees-7/2)6s2(1S0)\7/2\ ground state to the states studied using two pulsed dye lasers. Optical transients were recorded through observing fluorescences and evaluated with regard to the decay time. The accuracy of the measured lifetime values is about 10%.

Osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone in juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Growth hormone (GH) effectively promotes seawater (SW) adaptation in salmonids, but little is known of its effect in tilapias. Experiments were performed to investigate the effects of recombinant eel GH (reGH) on osmoregulatory actions and ultrastructural features of gill chloride cells in juvenile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Tilapia showed a markedly improved SW survival, when directly transferred from freshwater (FW) to 62.5% SW 24h after a single reGH injection (0.25 or 2.5 mu g g(-1)) or 3 reGH injections (0.25 mu g g(-1) every other day). Plasma Na+ and Mg2+ levels were significantly reduced by reGH (0.25 and 2.5 mu g g(-1)) compared with saline injections; Ca2+ concentrations were reduced significantly by high dose of reGH (2.5 mu g g(-1)) after SW transfer. However, fish failed to survive more than 24h when directly transferred to 70 % SW, although the fish treated with reGH could survive longer than the controls. When examined by electron microscopy, the chloride cells were identified as mitochondrion-rich and an extensive tubular system was induced by GH treatment. The results of the present study suggest that, similar to its effect on salmonids, GH also exerts acute osmoregulatory actions and enhances SW adaptation in juvenile tilapia. GH also stimulates the differentiation of chloride cells toward SW adaptation.