Enhanced surface plasmon resonance immunoassay for human complement factor 4

Using an enhanced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) immunosensor, we have determined the concentration of human complement factor 4 (C4). Antibody protein was concentrated into a carboxymethyldextran-modified gold surface by electrostatic attraction force and a simultaneous covalent immobilization of antibody based on amine coupling reaction took place. The sandwich method was applied to enhance the response signal and the specificity of antigen binding assay. The antibody immobilized surface had good response to C4 in the range of 0.02-20 mug/ml by this enhanced immunoassay. The regeneration effect by pH 2 glycine-HC1 buffer was also investigated. The same antibody immobilized surface could be used more than 80 cycles of C4 binding and regeneration. In addition, the ability to determinate C4 directly from serum sample without any purification was investigated. The sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility of the enhanced immunoassay are satisfactory. The results clearly demonstrate the advantages of the enhanced SPR technique for C4 immunoassay.

Lewis酸对杂多酸催化异丁烷/丁烯烷基化反应的作用Ⅰ.SbCl_5的修饰作用

考察了SbCl5对杂多酸 (HPA)催化i C4 H10 /C4 H8烷基化反应的修饰作用 ,用Hammett指示剂测定了SbCl5/HPA催化剂的酸强度 .结果表明 ,经SbCl5修饰的HPA的酸强度有所提高 ,SbCl5的加入量、反应温度及反应时间对烷基化油收率及产物分布均有不同的影响.

稀土催化丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚合过程中的原位环化反应

采用 Nd( naph) 3- Al( C2 H5) 3- ( t- C4 H9) Cl三组分稀土催化剂进行丁二烯 ( BD) -异戊二烯( IP)的顺式共聚合 ,在聚合过程中引入有机氯代烃 ( RCl) ,以与聚合液中的烷基铝作用生成阳离子活性种 ,引发已生成的共聚物的环化反应及单体的环聚反应 ,得到可溶性无凝胶且含有环聚成分的环化共聚合产物 .考察了 RCl用量、单体组成、稀土催化剂用量、反应温度等对原位环化反应的影响 .以红外光谱、核磁共振光谱对环化产物的结构进行了初步分析 ,确认了环化产物的生成

水溶液中甘氨酰替亮氨酸与Ho(ClO_4)_3和Yb(ClO_4)_3相互作用的NMR研究(英文)

本文用~(13)C NMR方法研究了水溶液中三价顺磁性稀土离子Ho~(3+)和Yb~(3+)与二肽甘氨酰替亮氨酸之间的相互作用。对稀土诱导位移中的接触位移和偶极位移进行了分离。实验表明,与羧基相连的碳核所受的接触作用很大,因此不能把镱诱导的位移直接用于肽的构象分析。在水溶液中,肽通过羧基与稀土离子配位,在弱酸性条件下肽键和氨基均不参与配位。根据结构因子确定了肽在溶液中的构象,结果表明,分子片段C1-C2-C5-C6,C2-N-C3-C4和C2-C5-C6-C8为反式,而C2-C5-C6-C7和C1-C2-N-C3成旁式。

Influence of several non-nutrient additives on nonspecific immunity and growth of juvenile turbot, Scophthalmus maximus L.

The effects of three non-nutrient additives on nonspecific immunity and growth of juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) were studied in this feeding experiment. The five treatments are basal diet alone, basal diets containing three different additives [0.4 g kg(-1) of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS), 1.3 g kg (-1) of yeast cell wall and 0.8 g kg (-1) of bile acids] individually or in combination. Two hundred and twenty-five turbots (average initial weight 151.3 +/- 11.3 g) were randomly allotted in five treatments with three replicates within each treatment in a 72-day period. Comparing with basal diet group, activities of C3, C4, phagocyte, lysozyme, specific growth rate and feed conversion rate in yeast cell wall, XOS and the combined groups was enhanced significantly (P < 0.05); however, these parameters in bile acid groups were increased slightly (P > 0.05) except for phagocyte (P < 0.05); superoxide dismutase activity in additive groups was not significantly increased (P > 0.05) except for the combined group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, supplementation of yeast cell wall and XOS enhanced the nonspecific immunity of juvenile turbot. Synergistic or additive effect of the three additives was not observed.

Generation and analysis of 5318 expressed sequence tags from the filamentous sporophyte of Porphyra haitanensis (Rhodophyta)

Porphyra haitanensis T. J. Chang et B. F. Zheng (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) is cultivated in China and widely consumed in Asia. To gain more insight into its physiological and biochemical properties, we generated 5318 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from the sporophyte of P. haitanensis, and upon assembling into a nonredundant set, 2535 sequences were obtained, among which only 32.2% (816) shared certain similarity with published sequences (Nr and KOG). Functional classification of such ESTs revealed that most of the transcripts were related to its conservative biological metabolism, and P. haitanensis most likely possesses cyanide-resistant respiration and a C4-like carbon-fixation pathway, both of which have never been reported in a rhodophyte before. Twenty-eight percent of the nonredundant gene clusters exhibited significant similarity to those from P. yezoensis Ueda sporophytes, and 16 genes up-regulated in P. yezoensis sporophytes were also expressed abundantly in P. haitanensis. Codon usage analysis indicated that exposure to high GC pressure might occur during evolution of P. haitanensis. These findings represent the most extensive collection of ESTs from P. haitanensis to date, and all the ESTs in this study have been submitted to GenBank (accession nos. DN604790-DN608469, EG016226-EG018540).

Molecular cloning and characterization of a thioester-containing protein from Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri

Thioester-containing proteins are a family of proteins characterized by the unique intrachain beta-cysteinyl-gamma-glutamyl thioester, which play important roles in innate immune responses. The cDNA of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri thioester-containing protein (designated as CfTEP) was cloned by expressed sequence tag (EST) and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) approaches. The full-length cDNA of CfTEP was of 4616 bp, consisting of a 5 '-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 30 bp and a 3 ' UTR of 140 bp with a polyadenylation signal sequence AATAAA and a poly(A) tail. The CfTEP cDNA encoded a polypeptide of 1481 amino acids with the theoretical isoelectric point of 5.98 and the predicted molecular weight of 161.4 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence of CfTEP contained the canonical thioester motif GCGEQ, nine potential N-glycosylation sites and a C-terminal distinctive cysteine signature. It also contained a presumed catalytic histidine and proteolytic cleavage sites that were similar to C3 molecules. The high similarity of CfTEP with the thioester-containing proteins in other organisms, such as the TEPs from insects, the complement component C3, C4, C5 and the protease inhibitor alpha(2)-macroglobulin indicated that CfTEP should be a member of TEP family. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that CfTEP was closely related to TEPs from mollusc, nematodes and insects, and they formed a separate branch apart from the branches of complements factors and alpha(2)-macroglobulins. The spatial expression of CfTEP transcripts in healthy and bacterial challenged scallops was examined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The CfTEP transcripts were mainly detected in the tissues of hepatopancreas and gonad, and remarkably up-regulated by Microbial challenge, which suggested that CfTEP was a constitutive and inducible acute-phase protein involved in immune defense. These results provided new insights into the role of CfTEP in scallop immune responses, as well as the evolutionary origin of this important, widespread and functionally diversified family of proteins. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Impact of spatial resolution and spatial difference accuracy on the performance of Arakawa A-D grids

This paper alms at illustrating the impact of spatial difference scheme and spatial resolution on the performance of Arakawa A-D grids in physical space. Linear shallow water equations are discretized and forecasted on Arakawa A-D grids for 120-minute using the ordinary second-order (M and fourth-order (C4) finite difference schemes with the grid spacing being 100 km, 10 km and I km, respectively. Then the forecasted results are compared with the exact solution, the result indicates that when the grid spacing is I kin, the inertial gravity wave can be simulated on any grid with the same results from C2 scheme or C4 scheme, namely the impact of variable configuration is neglectable; while the inertial gravity wave is simulated with lengthened grid spacing, the effects of different variable configurations are different. However, whether for C2 scheme or for C4 scheme, the RMS is minimal (maximal) on C (D) grid. At the same time it is also shown that when the difference accuracy increases from C2 scheme to C4 scheme, the resulted forecasts do not uniformly decrease, which is validated by the change of the group A velocity relative error from C2 scheme to C4 scheme. Therefore, the impact of the grid spacing is more important than that of the difference accuracy on the performance of Arakawa A-D grid.

On the western boundary currents in the Philippine Sea

In this study we describe the velocity structure and transport of the North Equatorial Current (NEC), the Kuroshio, and the Mindanao Current (MC) using repeated hydrographic sections near the Philippine coast. A most striking feature of the current system in the region is the undercurrent structure below the surface flow. Both the Luzon Undercurrent and the Mindanao Undercurrent appear to be permanent phenomena. The present data set also provides an estimate of the mean circulation diagram (relative to 1500 dbar) that involves a NEC transport of 41 Sverdrups (Sv), a Kuroshio transport of 14 Sv, and a MC transport of 27 Sv, inducing a mass balance better than 1 Sv within the region enclosed by stations. The circulation diagram is insensitive to vertical displacements of the reference level within the depth range between 1500 and 2500 dbar. Transport fluctuations are, in general, consistent with earlier observations; that is, the NEC and the Kuroshio vary in the same phase with a seasonal signal superimposed with interannual variations, and the transport of the MC is dominated by a quasi-biennial oscillation. Dynamic height distributions are also examined to explore the dynamics of the current system.

Intraseasonal variability of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature during boreal winter: Madden-Julian Oscillation versus submonthly forcing and processes

[ 1] Intraseasonal variability of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) during boreal winter is investigated by analyzing available data and a suite of solutions to an ocean general circulation model for 1998 - 2004. This period covers the QuikSCAT and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) observations. Impacts of the 30 - 90 day and 10 - 30 day atmospheric intraseasonal oscillations (ISOs) are examined separately, with the former dominated by the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the latter dominated by convectively coupled Rossby and Kelvin waves. The maximum variation of intraseasonal SST occurs at 10 degrees S - 2 degrees S in the wintertime Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), where the mixed layer is thin and intraseasonal wind speed reaches its maximum. The observed maximum warming ( cooling) averaged over ( 60 degrees E - 85 degrees E, 10 degrees S - 3 degrees S) is 1.13 degrees C ( - 0.97 degrees C) for the period of interest, with a standard deviation of 0.39 degrees C in winter. This SST change is forced predominantly by the MJO. While the MJO causes a basin-wide cooling ( warming) in the ITCZ region, submonthly ISOs cause a more complex SST structure that propagates southwestward in the western-central basin and southeastward in the eastern ocean. On both the MJO and submonthly timescales, winds are the deterministic factor for the SST variability. Short-wave radiation generally plays a secondary role, and effects of precipitation are negligible. The dominant role of winds results roughly equally from wind speed and stress forcing. Wind speed affects SST by altering turbulent heat fluxes and entrainment cooling. Wind stress affects SST via several local and remote oceanic processes.

胶州湾四种哲水蚤种群动态的研究

本文研究了胶州湾内1988年5月至1989年5月，小拟哲水蚤[Paracalanus parvus(Claus)]、双刺纺锤水蚤[Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht)]、太平洋纺锤水蚤(A. pacifica steuer)和1982年5月至1983年4月中华哲水蚤(Calanus sinicus Brodsky)的种群结构和种群数量的季节变化。双剌纺锤水蚤和太平纺锤水蚤在胶州湾是季节性出现的种类，它们能产生休眠卵，本文对其休眠卵数量的季节变化以及影响休眠卵产生和孵化的因素进行了初步的探讨。本文还研究了体长的季节变化以及温度和食物条件对体长的影响。

长江口北港和北支浮游动物群落生态学比较研究

浮游动物是河口生态系统的重要组成部分，在食物网中，浮游动物是浮游植物捕食者，对浮游植物有摄食压力，所以控制浮游植物数量的增长。同时，浮游动物还是鱼类的饵料，从而影响渔业资源的数量。长江口是各种经济鱼、虾和蟹的重要产卵场、索饵场和洄游场。长江口各个分汊的分流量的差异较大，导致不同分汊的水文环境明显不同，其中最为明显就是北港和北支水域。然而以往对浮游动物的研究仅限于某一水域，没有对整体水域进行研究，本文选择最具代表性的北港和北支水域，对两水域浮游动物的群落生态特征进行比较研究。 本论文的数据来源于2004年5、8、11月和2005年2月在长江口北港和北支水域4个航次的海洋综合调查资料。通过采用优势度和优势种贡献率等生态学指标，同时结合逐步回归分析，讨论了温、盐与浮游动物总丰度变化的关系。结果表明，就四季而言，浮游动物总丰度和盐度呈显著正相关，和温度负相关。而就单个季节而言，除了5月和2月落潮，总丰度和盐度均呈显著正相关，与温度相关关系不显著。调查水域优势种主要为河口半咸水种或近海种。北港的盐度约为0-5, 表现为长江淡水特征；北支的盐度约为12-28，表现为长江径流和外海水团混合水团的特征。上述优势种的盐度适应和水团分布特征决定了长江口浮游动物分布的时空变化，即盐度较高的水域往往有较高的丰度，北支的总丰度和生物量均大于北港。此外，在长江口口内水域，水温较低的枯水期，浮游动物丰度高于水温较高的丰水期，温度的季节波动，以及主要优势种中华华哲水蚤（Sinocalanus sinensis）对低温环境的适应，是调查水域浮游动物总丰度季节变化的重要因素。 另一方面，本论文通过物种多样性、累积优势度曲线等群落水平的指标和相似性检验分析（ANOSIM），对长江口北港和北支浮游动物群落及其主要优势种的差异，以及主要生态因子对浮游动物群落的影响进行了分析。结果表明，北港主要由潮汐影响的淡水和低盐水组成，北支由中、高盐水组成。春季，北港浮游动物丰度和多样性均低于北支，主要优势种为中华华哲水蚤；北支优势种种数较多，主要是真刺唇角水蚤（Labidocera euchaeta）。夏季，北港和北支的多样性较接近，但是种类组成差别较大，北港以中华华哲水蚤和太平洋纺锤水蚤（Acartia pacifica）为主构成河口半咸水群落，北支以由火腿许水蚤（Schmackeria poplesia）、虫肢歪水蚤（Tortanus vermiculus）和太平洋纺锤水蚤等构成河口低盐群落。秋季，北港的丰度和多样性均低于北支，两个水域的群落差异明显，北港主要由中华华哲水蚤构成，北支由小拟哲水蚤（Paracalanus parvus）、针刺拟哲水蚤（Paracalanus aculeatus）、真刺唇角水蚤和中华哲水蚤（Calanus sinicus）等近岸和外海种组成。冬季，两个水域种数和多样性均较低，群落差别达四季最小，中华华哲水蚤占绝对优势。温度和盐度及其相互作用是决定长江口浮游动物群落特征的最主要因素。其中温度是造成研究水域浮游动物群落季节变化的主要因素，而由径流和外海水之间的消长引起的盐度变化是造成北港和北支浮游动物群落区域变化的决定因素。

几种非营养无公害添加剂对大菱鲆的效应和机理研究

在基础饲料中分别添加0.04％低聚木糖、0.13％酵母细胞壁、0.08％胆汁酸和同量组合添加，形成5个处理组。采用随机区组试验设计，将体重151.3±15.2 g 的健康大菱鲆鱼165尾平均分配到5个处理组(A～E)中（每组3重复），经72天试验，进行了生长、水质、消化、免疫等试验和测定，结果如下： 组合组的生长效果和饲料利用率最好，酵母细胞壁或低聚木糖单独添加，表现出优良的促生长和饲料利用率；单独添加胆汁酸也有良好效果。4试验组（组合组、酵母细胞壁组、低聚木糖组、胆汁酸组）与对照组比较，增重率分别提高15.4％、13.9％、12.4％（p<0.05）和7.4％(P>0.05)，饲料系数分别降低6.9％、6.2％、5.4％（p<0.05）和3.8％(P>0.05)。 不同添加剂及组合对试验鱼所处水环境因子变化仅有小幅影响，统计差异不显著（p>0.05）。4试验组比对照组的水体氨氮含量分别提高4.0％、3.2％、3.0％和0.8％(P>0.05)，COD含量分别提高2.8％、-2.2％、-3.4％和0.8％(P>0.05)。根据试验结果，建议水环境因子（氨氮、磷酸盐、COD等）作为水产动物营养与饲料研究的主要衡量指标之一。 3种添加剂组合后达到提高生长大菱鲆非特异性免疫功能的最优效果，对补体C3和C4、细胞吞噬活力和SOD的提高作用尤为显著；酵母细胞壁单独添加对补体C3和细胞吞噬活力的作用更加显著；低聚木糖单独添加对补体C4和细胞吞噬活力的作用显著；单独添加胆汁酸提高免疫力的作用相对较弱。 4试验组比对照组的蛋白质消化酶活力在胃和前肠，分别提高20％和24％、17％和19％、16％和15％（p<0.05）、11％和3％(P>0.05)；脂肪消化酶活力在前肠和中肠，分别提高22％和19％、19％和17％（p<0.05）、7％和12％（p>0.05）、19％和18％（p<0.05）。 4试验组比对照组的蛋白质消化率分别提高了3.6％、2.9％、3.7％（p<0.05）和1.5％（p>0.05）；粪蛋白质排出量减少12.7％、7.1％、13.4％和2.4％（p>0.05）。说明，3种添加剂显著提高了生长大菱鲆蛋白质消化率，使粪蛋白质排出量不同程度降低，显示了试验使用添加剂的无公害效应。 权衡不同添加剂及其组合对大菱鲆生长期生长性能、饲料利用率、水生态因子、消化酶活力、非特异性免疫、蛋白质消化与粪蛋白质排出的综合影响，本研究从生态与环保角度得出：3种添加剂组合的效果最好，酵母细胞壁或低聚木糖单独添加表现出优良效果；单独添加胆汁酸也有良好作用。

小型桡足类种群动力学研究

小型桡足类在生态系统中的重要作用近年来得到了广泛的关注，在近岸生态系统中，小型桡足类起着相当重要的作用。但关于小型桡足类种群动力学的研究在国内还处于起步阶段，因此我们选取了国内沿岸海域常见优势种小拟哲水蚤、双刺纺锤水蚤、太平洋纺锤水蚤及强额拟哲水蚤等四种小型桡足类为研究对象，探讨其种群动力学相关方面的变动机制。本文在2005年10月－2006年9月选取胶州湾为主要的研究海域，进行了一周年的小型桡足类的采样和培养实验研究。在胶州湾，小拟哲水蚤（Paracalanus parvus）全年出现，其种群数量变动呈现双峰型，在夏季（6月和8月）达数量高值，在冬季（1月）有一个小的高峰。种群数量在4月达全年最低值，在7月份数量也有一个明显的数量降低。从空间分布上来讲，该水蚤在冬季主要以CV期桡足幼体存在于湾南和湾外区域，湾北数量很少；从春末开始，各期幼体开始在各海区广泛分布。小拟哲水蚤在胶州湾几乎全年产卵（2月份除外），但较高的产卵率主要集中在春末到秋初，最大产卵率出现在5月，达27.9 eggs female-1d-1。总体来讲，在胶州湾小拟哲水蚤的产卵率与温度、叶绿素及体长均呈显著正相关，但与盐度呈负相关关系。从不同的区域来看，胶州湾湾北区域小拟哲水蚤产卵率较高，最高值出现在湾北6月份，产卵率达到了60.8 eggs female-1d-1。大于10 eggs female-1d-1的产卵率在湾北持续了6个月（4－9月），在湾口持续了5个月（4－8月），而在湾外只持续了3个月（5－7月）。小拟哲水蚤生物量在6月份达到最高值（6.15 mg C m-3），在4月达到全年最低值（0.028 mg C m-3）。次级生产的变动从4月到9月与生物量的变动趋势完全相似，但冬季生物量的高峰并没有伴随次级生产的高峰值，分析其原因是由于冬季低的生长率所致。小拟哲水蚤在整个胶州湾平均的年次级生产为158.41 mg C.m-3yr -1。强额拟哲水蚤（Paracalanus crassirostris）在胶州湾只在夏末到秋季出现，最大数量出现在8月份。从强额拟哲水蚤的分布区域来看，从湾内到湾外有递减趋势。在2006年9月份，只有湾北有部分种群，其他区域几乎没有该种出现。该种最大产卵率出现在8月，达11.2 eggs female-1d-1。强额拟哲水蚤生物量的变动与次级生产的变动趋势相似，最大值也都出现在8月份。该水蚤在胶州湾平均年次级生产仅为2.12 mg C m-3yr-1。双刺纺锤水蚤(Acartia bifilosa)在胶州湾是全年出现，其种群数量在5－6月份突发性增加达全年最高值（>8000 ind. m-3），之后又急剧下降。从该种的区域分布来看，5－6月份数量的高峰主要出现在湾北区域，7月份虽然各区域数量均下降，但大部分种群集中在湾外区域。双刺纺锤水蚤在胶州湾几乎全年产卵（1－2月除外），产卵率的最高值出现在4月，达16.5 eggs female-1d-1。4月份雌体高的产卵率为5月份种群数量的大量增加提供了补充。双刺纺锤水蚤生物量与次级生产的变动趋势一致，在5－6月份达到高值，在秋冬季次级生产较低。双刺纺锤水蚤在整个胶州湾平均的年次级生产为114.61 mg C m-3yr-1。太平洋纺锤水蚤（Acartia pacifica）在胶州湾季节性出现，在冬春季节消失，从夏季开始出现。该种在5月零星出现，种群数量在6月份开始增多，到7月份达到最高值2356 ind. m-3，之后在8月数量锐减至196 ind. m-3。从区域分布来看，该水蚤在胶州湾只出现在湾北和湾南区域，湾外区域几乎没有，而且呈现湾北到湾南递减的趋势。6月份数量大部分出现在湾北区域，到7月份才有一部份在湾南出现。太平洋纺锤水蚤在其出现季节均产卵，最大产卵率出现在6月份，达37.17 eggs female-1 d-1，部分补充了7月份太平洋纺锤水蚤种群数量的大量增加。太平洋纺锤水蚤生物量与次级生产的变动趋势相似，在7月份达到了最高值，在11月达到最低值。太平洋纺锤水蚤在胶州湾平均的年次级生产为45.63 mg C m-3yr-1。胶州湾四种小型桡足类总的年次级生产为~320 mg C m-3 yr-1。

紫菜壳孢子萌发过程及其世代差异研究

紫菜是一类海洋藻类研究的模式系统，具有重要的经济价值和理论研究意义。本研究基于紫菜的世代交替生活史，对其壳孢子萌发过程进行了研究，并对丝状孢子体与叶状配子体的世代差异进行了分析，主要包括以下三部分： 1） 对紫菜丝状孢子体与叶状配子体的连接枢纽——壳孢子的发育过程及其光影响进行了研究与讨论，发现壳孢子只有在附着后才能形成细胞壁并发育，说明壳孢子的附着是触发了壳孢子细胞壁的形成以及后期发育的开关，亦即附着是触发紫菜世代交替过程中配子体转录组表达的开关；纤维素酶和果胶酶均能抑制壳孢子附着，但影响机制各不相同，推测果胶质主要介导壳孢子的初始附着，而纤维素则与永久附着相关；波长≥580 nm的高强度（200 μmol•m-2•s-1）可见光有利于壳孢子早期发育。 2） 结合现有藻类数据，对坛紫菜丝状孢子体阶段11000 EST数据进行了大规模的生物信息学分析，结果首次发现坛紫菜丝状孢子体中可能存在PCK型C4光合固碳途径，并筛选出44条在紫菜孢子体中表达上调的代表基因。 3） 结合坛紫菜、条斑紫菜、海带和红毛菜，对红藻和褐藻等大型海藻孢子体与配子体阶段代表基因Rubisco的表达与羧化酶活性差异进行了研究分析，结果表明Rubisco的表达量和初始羧化酶活在其配子体中均显著高于其孢子体世代，即与藻体不同世代的相对复杂度无关，而与染色体倍性相关，说明Rubisco的世代差异极有可能与染色体倍性相连锁，因而可能是海藻世代交替过程中的重要功能基因。