膜脂在类囊体不同功能膜区的分布及其与植物抗寒性的研究

一． 通过对黄瓜类囊体及其基粒片层、间质片层、PS II放氧颗粒和LHC II 复合体脂类成分的分析，得 到以下结果：各膜区均含有类囊体膜的五种脂类成分，在类囊体及其基粒片层、间质片层和PS II放氧颗粒中，MGDG含量最高，分别为42.5%、40.5%、46.3%、和35.7%，其次是DGDG，含量在31-35%之间。值得注意的是黄瓜类囊体间质片层MGDG含量高于基粒片层，而且DGDG/DGDG分子比也较高。这在其它植物材料中还未见报道。在黄瓜LHC II中，PG含量最高，为35.5%，约是类囊体膜PG含量的3倍。从基粒片层、PS II放氧颗粒到LHC II， PG含量呈逐渐增加的趋势，而在间质片层中，PG含量最低。SQDG除在LHC II中含量稍低外，在其它膜区中的分布没有明显的差异。脂类脂肪酸组成分析结果表明：MGDG主要含亚麻酸，含量在90%以上。DGDG也主要含亚麻酸，含量在90%左右，DGDG所含棕榈酸多于MGDG中的含量。SQDG中主要脂肪酸组分为棕榈酸和亚麻酸。不同膜区MGDG、DGDG和SQDG脂肪酸组成没有明显差异在PG中含量最高的脂肪酸是叶绿体特有的反式十六碳一烯酸（trans-16:1)。此外，PG还含有较多的棕榈酸、硬脂酸和油酸。在不同膜区PG的脂肪酸组成有较明显的差异。 根据以上结果，我们推测脂类除了形成膜的流动性基质外，还可能选择性地结合在膜蛋白周转形成特 异的脂质微区，通过膜脂膜蛋白的相互作用，以行使其特殊的生理功能。 二、通过比较两种不同抗寒性小麦品种在低温锻炼前后类囊体脂类及其脂肪酸成分、LHC II复合体及类囊体吸收光谱、低温荧光发射光谱，发现经低温锻炼后：（1）抗寒与不抗寒小麦品种类囊体PG的trans-16:1含量均明显降低，抗寒品种类囊体MGDG/DGDG比值也明显降低，而不抗寒品种这一比值变化不明显。（2）抗寒品种脂/色素比值明显增高，而不抗寒品种滑明显增加。（3）抗寒与不抗寒品种LHC II宏聚体含量均降低而单体含量增加。（4）抗寒与不抗寒品种类囊体吸收光谱四阶导数光谱A_(683)/A_(652)比值均升高。（5）不抗寒品种低温荧光发射光谱F_(685)/F_(738)比值上升，而抗寒品种这一比值没有变化。通过对上述结果的分析，我们认为低温锻炼过程中类囊体膜流动性增强是使抗寒品种抗寒力增强的主要原因之一，此外，MGDG含量降低对膜的稳定性可能起重要作用。trans-16:1含量的降低和LHC II寡聚体解聚可能是植物对于低温的一种适应性反应。

Changes in lipids of mussel during storage

Proximate composition, lipid and fatty acid components of dried mussel and changes in lipids during 1 year storage were studied. Male mussel contained lower fat contents and higher contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids of C20:5n-3, and C22:6n-3. High percentages of Cl6:1, Cl7:1, Cl8:3n-3, C20:3n-8 existed in NL and C!6:0, C18:0, Cl8:1n-9, C20:2n-6, C20:5n- 3, C22:6n-3 were very rich in PL. Triglycerides phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol were major components of mussel lipids. Free fatty acids (FFA) increased greatly and phospholipids decreased during storage, saturated fatty acids showed an increase trend and polyunsaturated fatty adds decreased differently. Dried mussels were vacuum packed and air packed and packaging methods had a great influence on the oxidation of mussellip,ids, indicating preference of vacuum packaging.

The triglyceride fatty acids from heart lipids of Puntius sarana and their variation with different sizes

The triglyceride fatty acid components from the heart lipid of Puntius sarana of different sizes have been characterized by thin-layer and gas liquid chromatography. Csub(10) to Csub(24) acids including both odd-numbered and branched chain acids were detected. The major constituents were ante-iso Csub(10), Csub(10), Csub(12:2), Csub(14), Csub(16), Csub(16:1),Csub(17), Csub(18) , Csub(18:1), Csub(18:2), Csub(18:3) and Csub(20:4) while twenty other acids were detected in lower proportion. The composition of these acids and their variation with size of fish have been investigated and discussed.

Oxidation of residual lipids in fish protein concentrates and its effect on the nutritional quality of the protein

The paper reviews the work reported on the changes in the nutritive value of fish protein concentrates (FPC) during, storage, with special emphasis on the effects of the interactions between oxidised residual lipids and proteins of the FPC. Theories on the oxidised lipid-protein interactions are reviewed and the nutritional significance of these reactions is discussed.

Effect of oxidation of dietary fish lipids on the quality of proteins in diet

The paper reports results of a study on the effect of oxidised fish oil in the diet on the quality of dietary fish proteins. With increased oxidation of oil, digestibility and utilization of the protein registered a decrease. Oxidation of fish oil beyond a stage was found to affect the intake of diet itself and rats lost weight rapidly.

Effect of pre-processing iced storage on deteriorative changes in lipids of silver pomfrets stored at -18°C

Silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus) was frozen in the fresh condition as well as after holding in ice for one, two and four days. Evaluation of changes in the quality of these samples during storage at -18°C has shown that shelf-life decreased sharply if the pre-freezing iced storage was more than one day. The shelf-life of one day iced, two day iced and four day iced frozen samples were 32, 20 and 16 weeks respectively. No correlation was observed between the peroxide value and the organoleptic detection of rancid flavour. Levels of free fatty acids were more in the samples frozen after storage in ice for one day than in all the other samples.

Aniracetam restores the effects of amyloid-beta protein or ageing on membrane fluidity and intracellular calcium concentration in mice synaptosomes

In the present study, we observed the in vitro effect of aniracetam on membrane fluidity and free calcium concentrations (Ca(2+)i) of frontal cortical (FC) and hippocampal (HP) synaptosomes of aged mice and young mice treated with amyloid-beta protein (A

Small-diameter membrane reflector wrinkling

This study concerns the wrinkling performance of thin membranes for use as novel reflectors in space-based telescopes. We introduce small-scale experiments for inducing and interrogating wrinkling patterns in at membranes, and we capture these details computationally by performing a range of finite element analysis. The overall aim is to assess the sophistication of modelling, to verify the feasibility of a small-diameter reector concept proposed in accompanying work. © 2009 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.

SOI membrane-based pressure sensor in stress sensitive differential amplifier configuration

This paper introduces a pressure sensing structure configured as a stress sensitive differential amplifier (SSDA), built on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) membrane. Theoretical calculation show the significant increase in sensitivity which is expected from the pressure sensors in SSDA configuration compared to the traditional Wheatstone bridge circuit. Preliminary experimental measurements, performed on individual transistors placed on the membrane, exhibit state-the-art sensitivity values (1.45mV/mbar). © 2012 IEEE.

Self-assembled multilayer graphene oxide membrane and carbon nanotubes synthesized using a rare form of natural graphite

The fabrication of flexible multilayer graphene oxide (GO) membrane and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using a rare form of high-purity natural graphite, vein graphite, is reported for the first time. Graphite oxide is synthesized using vein graphite following Hummer's method. By facilitating functionalized graphene sheets in graphite oxide to self-assemble, a multilayer GO membrane is fabricated. Electric arc discharge is used to synthesis CNTs from vein graphite. Both multilayer GO membrane and CNTs are investigated using microscopy and spectroscopy experiments, i.e., scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), core level photoelectron spectroscopy, and C K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS), to characterize their structural and topographical properties. Characterization of vein graphite using different techniques reveals that it has a large number of crystallites, hence the large number of graphene sheets per crystallite, preferentially oriented along the (002) plane. NEXAFS and core level spectra confirm that vein graphite is highly crystalline and pure. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and C 1s core level spectra show that oxygen functionalities (-C-OH, -CO,-C-O-C-) are introduced into the basal plane of graphite following chemical oxidation. Carbon nanotubes are produced from vein graphite through arc discharge without the use of any catalyst. HRTEM confirm that multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNTs) are produced with the presence of some structure in the central pipe. A small percentage of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are also produced simultaneously with MWNTs. Spectroscopic and microscopic data are further discussed here with a view to using vein graphite as the source material for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. © 2013 American Chemical Society.

Outer membrane proteins induced by iron deficiency in Anabaena sp PCC 7120

Iron deficiency can induce cyanobacteria to synthesize siderophore receptor proteins on the outer membrane to enhance the uptake of iron. In this study, an outer membrane of high purity was prepared from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 based on aqueous polymer two-phase partitioning and discontinuous sucrose density ultra-centrifugation, and the induction of outer membrane proteins by iron deficiency was investigated using 2-D gel electrophoresis. At least. five outer membrane proteins were newly synthesized or significantly up-regulated in cells transferred to iron-deficient conditions, which were all identified to be siderophore receptor proteins according to MALDI-TOF-MS analyses. Bacterial luciferase reporter genes luxAB were employed to monitor the transcription of the encoding genes. The genes were induced by iron deficiency at the transcriptional level in different responsive modes. Luciferase activity expressed from an iron-regulated promoter may be used as a bioreporter for utilizable iron in natural water samples. (C) 2009 National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited and Science in China Press. All rights reserved.