HORMONAL-REGULATION OF TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR AND PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR TYPE-1 IN CULTURED MONKEY SERTOLI CELLS

Sertoli cells play a central role in the control and maintenance of spermatogenesis. Isolated Sertoli cells of mouse and rat testes have been shown to secrete plasminogen activator (PA) and a plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) in culture. In this study, we have investigated the hormonal regulation of PA and PAI-1 activities in cultured monkey Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells (5x10(5) cells/well) isolated from infant rhesus monkey testes were preincubated at 35 degrees C for 16 h in 24-well plates precoated with poly(D-lysine) (5 mu g/cm(2)) in 0.5 mi McCoy's 5a medium containing 5% of fetal calf serum and further incubated for 48 h in 0.5 mi serum-free medium with or without various hormones or other compounds, PA as well as PAI-1 activities in the conditioned media were assayed by fibrin overlay and reverse fibrin autography techniques respectively. The Sertoli cells in vitro secreted only tissue-type PA (tPA), no detectable amount of urokinase-type PA (uPA) could be observed, Monkey Sertoli cells were also capable of secreting PAI-1, Immunocytochemical studies indicated that both tPA and PAI-1 positive staining localized in the Sertoli cells, spermatids and residual bodies of the seminiferous epithelium; Northern blot analysis further confirmed the presence of both tPA and PAI-1 mRNA in monkey Sertoli cells. Addition of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) or cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) derivatives or cAMP-generating agents and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist or phorbol ester (PMA) to the cell culture significantly increased tPA activity. PAI-1 activity in the culture was also enhanced by these reagents except 8-bromo-dibutyryl-cAMP, forskolin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthin (MIX) which greatly stimulated tPA activity, whereas decreased PAI-1 activity, implying that neutralization of PAI-1 activity by tile high level of tPA in the conditioned media may occur. These data suggest that increased intracellular signals which activate protein kinase A (PKA), or protein kinase C (PKC) can modulate Sertoli cell tPA and PAI-1 activities, The concomitant induction of PA and PAI-1 by the same reagents in the Sertoli cells may reflect a finely tuned regulatory mechanism in which PAI-1 could limit the excession of the proteolysis.

复合垂直流人工湿地基质氧化还原酶活性研究

对复合垂直流人工湿地系统(IVCW)基质中5种常见的氧化还原酶活性进行了研究.结果表明,氧化还原酶活性存在显著性季节差异,过氧化物酶在春、夏、秋三季的酶活性显著高于冬季的酶活性(P<0.05);多酚氧化酶和过氧化氢酶的活性最高在秋季;脱氢酶在夏、冬两季时酶活性显著高于秋季和春季的酶活性(P<0.05);硝酸盐还原酶在春、冬季时显著高于夏、秋季(P<0.01).空间分布上,除过氧化物酶外,湿地下行流池的酶活性显著高于上行流池,并且随着基质深度的增加递减;但基质硝酸盐还原酶各层之间差异不显著.图6表3参17

香溪河库湾春季叶绿素a浓度动态及其影响因子分析

2005年3月至4月,对三峡水库香溪河库湾的叶绿素a动态及其与TN、TP等环境因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明,从香溪河库湾下游到上游,叶绿素a存在明显的水平分布。在时间分布上,3月17日暴发一次大规模的水华,4月份水华的暴发有一个明显的平面推移的过程。叶绿素a浓度与TN、TP之间存在着一定的负相关关系,TN与叶绿素a浓度的相关性较显著。香溪河库湾极可能是N限制型水体,而不受P限制。叶绿素a与透明度存在反双曲线关系,与溶解氧呈显著正相关关系。

蓝藻有机无机复混肥对几种作物的增效试验

研究了几种专用蓝藻有机无机复混肥,并对农作物进行了田间肥效试验。结果表明,施用蓝藻有机无机复混肥与普通N、P、K复合肥相比较,对烟草,西芹,韭菜,康乃馨等都有增产和改良土壤的效果。烟草试验表明,蓝藻复混肥的施用量以900kg/hm2效果最好,烟草产量、产值、上等烟比例分别比对照增加7.28%,5.04%,19.81%;西芹试验表明,施用蓝藻有机无机复混肥的各处理比对照高,其中以900kg/hm2和1200kg/hm2最高;其次是600kg/hm2;分别比对照高17.1%、16.3%和9.5%;而施用蓝藻有

空间微重力条件下小型水生闭合生态系统的研究

目的以小球藻和澳洲水泡螺构成二元水生封闭生态系统(closed aquatic ecosystem,CAES),研究微重力对此二元系统运行的影响。方法设定了空间1 G对照、地面1 G和1.4 G(离心机)条件利用遥测方法对搭载于"神舟"2号飞船的CAES系统进行了跟踪,获得微重力及各种对照条件下该系统运行的数据。结果在空间微重力条件下,生产者小球藻的生物量日变化较大,每天的生物量平均值在飞行中表现为递减趋势,而3组对照的生产者生物量日变化较小,2个1 G对照组每天的生物量平均值表现为一定的增长后趋于平衡,

水生植物叶片的分形特征研究

应用分形几何理论对保安湖部分水生植物叶的分形特征进行研究 ,以寻找其中的自相似性特征 ,计算其分形维数 ,并力图了解各个分维的生态学含义。计算得到各物种分维平均值 ,马来眼子菜为 1 441(1 3 2 2 -1 52 0 ,sd =0 0 547) ,菹草为 1 472 (1 3 81-1 565,sd =0 0 489) ,大茨藻为 1 3 2 5(1 2 0 9-1 40 6,sd =0 0 470 ) ,轮叶黑藻为 1 10 3(1 0 0 1-1 2 17,sd =0 0 456)。按分维值排序

草鱼呼肠孤病毒新分离株(GCRV_(991))的病毒学特性分析

从湖南长沙分离到一株致病性强的草鱼呼肠孤病毒 (GCRV991) ,该病毒能使草鱼CIK ,肥头鲤FHM细胞产生明显的CPE ,对水生动物BF2 ,EPC及哺乳动物BHK ,VERO细胞株不敏感。中和实验显示 ,GCRV873 抗体能有效地中和GCRV991病毒颗粒 ,形成抗原抗体免疫复合物。纯化的病毒核酸与蛋白经SDS PAGE分离 ,分别呈现 11条清晰的核酸带及 5条主要与 2条微量结构多肽图谱 ,其核酸蛋白分子量大小与GCRV873 相近似。该毒株基因组总分子量为 14.48× 10 6kD ,大

两种泥鳅杂交及人工诱导大鳞副泥鳅雄核发育的染色体变化

当泥鳅自交时 ,其后代染色体数为 2n =1 0 0 ;如果泥鳅卵子与大鳞副泥鳅精子授精 ,其染色体来源于两种泥鳅 ,染色体数为 2n =74,并未发现有染色体丢失现象。当泥鳅卵子经紫外线辐射后与大鳞副泥鳅精子授精 ,如果不进行二倍化处理 ,86%的胚胎染色体完全来源于父本大鳞副泥鳅 ,为雄核发育单倍体n =2 4 ,经过二倍化处理后所获得的二倍体为大鳞副泥鳅雄核发育纯合二倍体 ,染色体数为 2n =48。

微囊藻栅藻资源竞争的动力学过程Ⅰ.光能和磷营养的半饱和参数及其生长率动态

以Tilman提出的“资源竞争机制学说”为依据 ,在单因子 (光、磷 )限制条件下 ,测定并计算铜绿微囊藻 (Microcystisaeruginosa)和斜生栅藻 (Scenedesmusobliquus)的半饱和常数 ,以双因子交互作用模型预测它们的生长动态 .结果表明 :在光强为 10 .0～ 17.1μE和磷浓度为 3.10～ 2 0 .0 μmol的范围内 ,微囊藻的生长率大于栅藻的生长率 .说明磷的增加是微囊藻成为水华的充分条件 ,但不是必要条件 ,至少低光强是一个重要的作用因子 .

湖北栀子花挥发油的GC/MS分析

利用水蒸气蒸馏法从湖北栀子花鲜花中提取栀子花挥发油。通过 DB 5弹性石英毛细管柱 GC MS分析所得栀子花挥发油 ,共鉴定了 4 0个化合物并测定了其相对含量。湖北栀子花挥发油的主要成分为芳樟醇 ( 1 7 92 %)、茉莉内酯 ( 9 1 1 %)和惕各酸顺 3 己烯酯( 6 5 4 %)

鲃巴亚科鱼类一新种(鲤形目:鲤科)

<正> 宽头四须鲃,新种Barbodes laticeps sp.nov.(图1) 根据模式标本8尾描记。 背鳍条3,7—8,臀鳍条3,5;胸鳍条1,12—13,腹鳍条1,8。鳃耙8—14。下咽齿3行,2.3.5—5.3.2。侧线鳞38×[6/(5—V)]×42;背鳍前鳞12—17;围尾柄鳞14—16。脊椎骨4+34—36(X光检视8尾)。

Characterization of C-C chemokine receptor subfamily in teleost fish

Chemokines and their receptors play important roles in nervous and immune systems. Little information, however, exists concerning this gene family in teleost fish. In the present Study, 17 C-C chemokine receptors genes were identified from Danio rerio, 9 from Gasterosteus aculeatus, 10 from Oryzius latipes, 8 from Takifugu rubripes and 5 from Tetraodon nigroviridis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the orthologs to mammalian CCR6, 7, 8, 9 and CCRL1 receptors were evident in zebrafish, but the clear orthologs to mammalian CCR1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 were not found in zebrafish. The gene structure of zebrafish CCR (zfCCR) was further analyzed. The open reading frame of zfCCR3-1, zfCCR3-3, zfCCR6-1, zfCCR6-2, zfCCR8-2 contain one exon, and two exons were identified for zfCCR2-1, zfCCR2-2, zfCCR4 and zfCCRLI-1, three exons for zfCCR3-2, zfCCR5 and zfCCR7, four exons for zfCCR8-1 and zfCCR9-1. The expression analyses showed that in zebrafish, most C-C chemokine receptor genes Were expressed in fertilized eggs and oocytes, and all the receptor genes were expressed in larval stages. The zfCCR2-2, zfCCR3-1, zfCCR4 and zfCCR6-2 genes were expressed in all normal organs examined, whereas not for zfCCR2-1, zfCCR3-3, zfCCR6-1, zfCCR8-1, zfCCR9-2 and zfCCRL1-2. The expression of zfCCR3-2, zfCCR5, zfCCR7, zfCCR9-1 and zfCCRLI-1 were detected in the majority organs. and zfCCR8-2 and zfCCR8-3 detected only in brain. The differential expression pattern of different paralogues in organs may indicate their difference in function, which requires further investigation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Distribution of 25 semi-volatile organic compounds of two urban lakes in Wuhan, China

In this study, the levels of 25 semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) were measured in samples of water, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and sediment from two urban lakes in Wuhan, China. The total concentrations of 25 SVOCs varied from 529.4 to 2168.9 ng/L, 120.7 to 22543.7 ng/g dry weight and 1577.3 to 61579.6 ng/g dry wt. in water, SPM and sediment, respectively. The concentration of SVOCs in SPM was 9-10 times higher than that in water, and the concentration of SVOCs in sediment 1.5-2 times higher than that in SPM. The level of total SVOC25 in the samples from Moshuihu Lake was higher than that in Yuehu Lake. Among the 25 SVOCs, phthalate compounds were on the highest level in all observed samples ranging between 441.9-1831.2 ng/L, 116.3-17566.8 ng/g, dry wt. and 6432.8-48177.6 ng/g dry wt. in water, SPM and sediment, respectively. Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, the predominant component of the analyzed pollutants, was in the range from 246.7 to 537.5 ng/l, 51.2 to 15540.0 ng/g dry wt. and 468.2 to 45010.3 ng/g dry wt. in water, SPM and sediment, respectively. The content of PAHs, dinitrotoluene and isophoton in sediment was higher than that in water and SPM at most of the locations. The possible sources of the pollutants and their inter-relation with human activities were discussed.

Benthic algae of the Gangqu River, Shangrila, China

We surveyed the benthic algae at 32 sites in the Gangqu River system during May 2005. Among the 162 different taxa observed, 88.8% were diatoms. Achnanthes linearis and Achnanthes lanceolata var. elliptica were the dominant species, comprising 17.1% and 14.3% of the total relative abundance, respectively.

Sorption, degradation and mobility of microcystins in Chinese agriculture soils: Risk assessment for groundwater protection

In the present paper, sorption, persistence, and leaching behavior of three microcystin variants in Chinese agriculture soils were examined. Based on this study, the values of capacity factor and slope for three MCs variants in three soils ranged from 0.69 to 6.00, and 1.01 to 1.54, respectively. The adsorption of MCs in the soils decreased in the following order: RR > Dha(7) LR > LR. Furthermore, for each MC variant in the three soils, the adsorption rate in the soils decreased in the following order: soil A > soil C > soil B. The calculated half-time ranged between 7.9 and 17.8 days for MC-RR, 6.0-17.1 days for MC-LR, and 7.1-10.2 days for MC-Dha(7) LR. Results from leaching experiments demonstrated that recoveries of toxins in leachates ranged from 0-16.7% for RR, 73.2-88.9% for LR, and 8.9-73.1% for Dha 7 LR. The GUS value ranged from 1.48 to 2.06 for RR, 1.82-2.88 for LR, and 1.76-2.09 for Dha(7) LR. Results demonstrated the use of cyanobacterial collections as plant fertilizer is likely to be unsafe in soils. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.