双酚A和壬基酚对隆线溞和微型裸腹溞的毒性

我们以隆线溞和微型裸腹溞为实验动物,进行了两种酚类内分泌干扰物双酚A(BPA)和壬基酚(NP)的毒性效应研究。急性实验测定出双酚A对隆线溞的24h和48h半数致死浓度(LC50)为:12.02mg/L和11.64mg/L,对微型裸腹溞24h和48h半数致死浓度LC50为:13.70mg/L和9.63mg/L。而壬基酚对隆线溞的24h和48h半数致死浓度(LC50)分别为:0.221mg/L和0.159mg/L,对微型裸腹溞的24h和48h半数致死浓度(LC50)分别为:0.334mg/L和0.126mg/

Effects of arsenate on the growth and microcystin production of Microcystis aeruginosa isolated from Taiwan as influenced by extracellular phosphate

Arsenic pollution and eutrophication are both prominent issues in the aquaculture ponds of Taiwan. It is important to study the effects of arsenic on algal growth and toxin production in order to assess the ecological risk of arsenic pollution, or at least to understand naturally occurring ponds. The sensitivity of algae to arsenate has often been linked to the structural similarities between arsenate and phosphate. Thus, in this study we examined the effects of arsenate (10(-8) to 10(-4) M) on Microcystis aeruginosa TY-1 isolated from Taiwan, under two phosphate regimes. The present study showed that M. aeruginosa TY-1 was arsenate tolerant up to 10(-4) M, and that this tolerance was not affected by extracellular phosphate. However, it seems that extracellular phosphate contributed to microcystin production and leakage by M. aeruginosa in response to arsenate. Under normal phosphate conditions, total toxin yields after arsenate treatment followed a typical inverted U-shape hormesis, with a peak value of 2.25 +/- 0.06 mg L-1 in the presence of 10(-7) M arsenate, whereas 10(-8) to 10(-6) M arsenate increased leakage of similar to 75% microcystin. Under phosphate starvation, total toxin yields were not affected by arsenate, while 10(-6) and 10(-5) M arsenate stimulated microcystin leakage. It is suggested that arsenate may play a role in the process of microcystin biosynthesis and excretion. Given the arsenic concentrations in aquaculture ponds in Taiwan, arsenate favors survival of toxic M. aeruginosa in such ponds, and arsenate-stimulated microcystin production and leakage may have an impact on the food chain.

Effects of nonylphenol on the growth and microcystin production of Microcystis strains

Both organic pollution and eutrophication are prominent environmental issues concerning water pollution in the world. It is important to reveal the effects of organic pollutants on algal growth and toxin production for assessing ecological risk of organic pollution. Since nonylphenol (NP) is a kind of persistent organic pollutant with endocrine disruptive effect which exists ubiquitously in environments, NP was selected as test compound in our study to study the relationship between NP stress and Microcystis growth and microcystin production. Our study showed that responses of toxic and nontoxic Microcystis aeruginosa to NP stress were obviously different. The growth inhibition test with NP on M. aeruginosa yielded effect concentrations EbC50 values within this range of 0.67-2.96 mg/L. The nontoxic M. aeruginosa strains were more resistant to NP than toxic strains at concentration above 1 mg/L. Cell growth was enhanced by 0.02-0.2 mg/L NP for both toxic and nontoxic strains, suggesting a hormesis effect of NP on M. aeruginosa. Both toxic and nontoxic strains tended to be smaller with increasing NP. But with the increased duration of the experiment, both the cell size and the growth rate began to resume, suggesting a quick adaptation of M. aeruginosa to adverse stress. NP of 0.05-0.5 mg/L significantly promoted microcystin production of toxic strain PCC7820, suggesting that NP might affect microcystin production of some toxic M. aeruginosa in the field. Our study showed that microcystin excretion was species specific that up to 75% of microcystins in PCC7820 were released into solution, whereas > 99% of microcystins in 562 remained in algal cells after 12 days' incubation. NP also significantly influenced microcystin release into cultural media. The fact that NP enhanced growth and toxin production of M. aeruginosa at low concentrations of 0.02-0.5 mg/L that might be possibly found in natural freshwaters implies that low concentration of NP may favor survival of M. aeruginosa in the field and may play a subtle role in affecting cyanobacterial blooms and microcystin production in natural waters. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Microcalorimetric investigation of the toxic action of Cr(VI) on the metabolism of Tetrahymena thermophila BF5 during growth

Tetrahymena thermophila BF5 produce heat by metabolism and movement. Using a TAM air isothermal microcalorimeter, the power-time curves of the metabolism of T thermophila BF5 during growth were obtained and the action on them by the addition of Cr(VI) were studied. The morphological change with Cr(VI) coexisted and biomass change during the process of T thermophila BF5 growth were studied by light microscope. Chromium has been regarded as an essential trace element for life. However, hexavalent chromium is a known carcinogen, mutagen, cytotoxicant and strong oxidizing agent. Cr(VI) of different concentration have different effects on T thermophila BF5 growth with the phenomenon of low dose stimulation (0-3 x 10(-5) mol L-1) and high dose inhibition (3 x 10(-5) to 2.4 x 10(-4) mol L-1). The relationship between the growth rate constant (k) and c is a typical U-shaped curve, which is a characteristic of hormesis. T thermophila BF5 cannot grow at all when the concentration of Cr(VI) is up to 2.4 x 10(-4) mol L-1. The microscopic observations agree well with the results obtained by means of microcalorimetry. And T thermophila BF5 had obviously morphological changes by the addition of Cr(VI). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

稀土离子对钙调蛋白及其靶酶结构与功能的影响

稀土元素由于在农业上的广泛应用已经越来越多地进入到生物体循环中，因此在分子水平上研究它们对生物体功能的影响及其作用机理成为人们迫切需要解决的课题。钙调蛋白（CaM）是广泛存在于生物体内的一种多功能的调节蛋白，调节着至少40余种酶的活性。基于上述原因，本文选取钙调蛋白作为研究对象，系统地比较了不同浓度的钙离子和稀土离子对它的靶酶钙调神经磷酸酶、磷脂酶凡、乳酸脱氢酶活性的影响，并采用荧光光谱、同步荧光光谱、紫外差谱、红外光谱等方法研究了它们对钙调蛋白及其靶酶构象变化的影响。发现稀土离子对钙调蛋白靶酶的活性均表现出"低浓度促进，高浓度抑制"的Hormesis效应，由于靶酶分子结构的差异，其最大激活浓度有所区别，钙调蛋白可以缓解稀土离子对靶酶的抑制作用；发现高浓度的稀土离子与钙调蛋白作用后，可以降低钙调蛋白与靶肤／酶分子的亲合性，并抑制其调节靶酶活性功能的发挥；稀土离子与钙调蛋白作用后，增大其α-螺旋含量，减少价折叠结构，对小肤的二级结构影响较小；二乙三氨五乙酸及其衍生物二乙三胺五乙酸－双二甲酞胺和二乙三胺五乙酸一双（异烟麟）可以作为乳酸脱氢酶的竞争性抑制剂抑制其活性，抑制常数分别为3.37、7.41、8.52μmol几，钙调蛋白也可以缓解它们对脱氢酶的抑制作用；首次制备出一株由稀土离子诱导钙调蛋白构象变化后的单克隆抗体2C3，该抗体可以特异性地识别含稀土的钙调蛋白，与Ca－CaM、La-CaM、Eu-CaM以及Yb-CaM之间的解离常数分别为157、26.8、21.8和64.8 nmol／L，该抗体还能够区分钙调蛋白结合不同浓度稀土离子后的构象状态。

Alleviation of pre-exposure of mouse brain with low-dose C-12(6+) ion or Co-60 gamma-ray on male reproductive endocrine damages induced by subsequent high-dose irradiation

Irradiation has been widely reported to damage organisms by attacking on proteins, nucleic acid and lipids in cells. However, radiation hormesis after low-dose irradiation has become the focus of research in radiobiology in recent years. To investigate the effects of pre-exposure of mouse brain with low-dose C-12(6+) ion or Co-60 gamma (gamma)-ray on male reproductive endocrine capacity induced by subsequent high-dose irradiation, the brains of the B6C3F(1) hybrid strain male mice were irradiated with 0.05 Gy of C-12(6+) ion or Co-60 gamma-ray as the pre-exposure dose, and were then irradiated with 2 Gy as challenging irradiation dose at 4 h after pre-exposure. Serum pituitary gonadotropin hormones, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone, testis weight, sperm count and shape were measured on the 35th day after irradiation. The results showed that there was a significant reduction in the levels of serum FSH, LH, testosterone, testis weight and sperm count, and a significant increase in sperm abnormalities by irradiation of the mouse brain with 2 Gy of C-12(6+) ion or Co-60 gamma-ray. Moreover, the effects were more obvious in the group irradiated by C-12(6+) ion than in that irradiated by Co-60 gamma-ray. Pre-exposure with low-dose C-12(6+) ion or Co-60 gamma-ray significantly alleviated the harmful effects induced by a subsequent high-dose irradiation.

Early effects of low dose C-12(6+) ion or X-ray irradiation on human peripheral blood lymphocytes

The aim of this study was to estimate the acute effects of low dose C-12(6+) ions or X-ray radiation on human immune function. The human peripheral blood lymphocytes (HPBL) of seven healthy donors were exposed to 0.05 Gy C-12(6+) ions or X-ray radiation and cell responses were measured at 24 h after exposure. The cytotoxic activities of HPBL were determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT); the percentages of T and NK cells subsets were detected by flow cytometry; mRNA expression of interleukin (IL)-2, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma were examined by real time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR); and these cytokines protein levels in supematant of cultured cells were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). The results showed that the cytotoxic activity of HPBL, mRNA expression of IL-2, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha in HPBL and their protein levels in supernatant were significantly increased at 24 h after exposure to 0.05 Gy C-12(6+) ions radiation and the effects were stronger than observed for X-ray exposure. However, there was no significant change in the percentage of T and NK cells subsets of HPBL. These results suggested that 0.05 Gy high linear energy transfer (LET) C-12(6+) radiation was a more effective approach to host immune enhancement than that of low LET X-ray. We conclude that cytokines production might be used as sensitive indicators of acute response to LDL (C) 2009 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

混合稀土对大鼠肝脏中7种酶的小剂量刺激作用

研究了常乐(用于肥料添加剂的一种混合稀土硝酸盐)对Wistar大鼠肝脏中7种常见酶(ALT,ICD,AST,LAP,ALP,γGT ,CHE)活性的变化,并用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP MS)测定了稀土在肝脏中的累积情况。结果表明,稀土对多种酶表现出低剂量激活、高剂量抑制的小剂量刺激作用 (Hormesis),但产生刺激作用的剂量随酶的种类不同而不同 ,并表现出明显的性别差异

镧对小鼠肝脏中几种酶活性的影响

分别从体内作用和体外作用两个方面研究了镧对鼠肝脏中的胆碱脂酶、异柠檬酸脱氢酶、谷丙转氨酶活性的影响 ,同时用电感耦合等离子质谱 (ICP -MS)研究了镧在肝脏中的累积情况 .结果表明 :经尾静脉注射后镧在肝脏中有明显的累积现象 ,其累积量随给药剂量的增大而增加 ;镧对上述三种酶的活性均表现出低剂量激活 ,高剂量抑制的Hormesis效应