纳米氧化锌对大鼠肝及肝癌细胞的毒性效应

目的研究氧化锌纳米颗粒引致大鼠肝细胞(BRL-3A)和大鼠肝癌细胞(CBRH-7919)毒性的潜在机制。方法不同浓度(0.1～100mg/L)的氧化锌纳米颗粒与细胞相互作用不同时间(12～48h)后,检测细胞的生存率及细胞生成的活性氧(ROS)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)浓度的变化。结果氧化锌纳米颗粒以浓度依赖模式及时间依赖模式诱导细胞毒性,且大鼠肝癌细胞对氧化锌纳米颗粒的耐受性好于正常大鼠肝细胞;ROS的浓度变化与GSH浓度变化的关系及其与细胞生存率变化的关系都呈负相关,即氧化锌纳米颗粒诱导的细胞毒性是通过氧化应激产生作用的。结论本研究揭示了纳米颗粒诱导的细胞毒性在不同种类的细胞间存在差异,这一结果有利于准确评估纳米材料对生物机体的整体毒性效应,并为应用纳米材料科学、合理地治疗肿瘤提供了依据。     

Distribution of diatoms in the Northeast Water Polynya, Greenland

This study formed part of the Northeast Water project (NEW project) which dealt with physical, geophysical and biological processes in the Northeast Water Polynya off Northeast Greenland. This was part of the International Arctic Polynya Programme (IAPP). The diatom composition of the water masses, sea ice and melt ponds was analysed to show the relationship between ice and the water column near the ice with regard to the origin and fate of the cells in the ice and melt ponds. Fragilariopsis oceanica, Fragiliria sp. I and Chaetoceros socialis usually dominated the phytoplankton, while the ice and melt pond samples showed a wide range of assemblages, with different single-celled pennates and two undescribed species, Navicula sp. 1 and Nitzschia sp. 1 often dominant. Planktonic algae in sea ice can be released into the water column during ice break-up and melt, thus contributing to the spring bloom in the water column, if the timing of the release and the species composition are correct. The number of different ice algal assemblages supports the theory that cells originated from the water column, the benthos and freshwater. In addition, differential growth in the sea ice or melt ponds often altered the relative abundance of species in comparison with what is usually found in their original habitat. However, many of the cells in the ice and melt ponds were dead (empty frustules), making it difficult to determine whether the cells had actually lived in these habitats.     

真菌密度感应分子Farnesol在表皮葡萄球菌和白假丝酵母菌混合生物膜形成中的作用

目的探讨真菌密度感应分子Farnesol在表皮葡萄球菌和白假丝酵母菌混合生物膜形成中的作用。方法将表皮葡萄球菌标准株ATCC35984及白假丝酵母菌标准株ATCC10231混合培养建立体外生物膜模型,加入Farnesol或不加入Farnesol分为Farnesol处理组和对照组,孵育2、4、6、8、12、24、48、72、96h时用结晶紫染色法半定量检测生物膜形成能力;二甲氧唑黄(XTT)比色法评价生物膜的体外生长动力学;扫描电子显微镜观察生物膜超微结构;荧光定量PCR分析各组生物膜形成相关基因的表达情况。结果结晶紫染色法生物膜半定量检测显示,12、24hFarnesol处理组和对照组差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。XTT比色法生长动力学检测显示,Farnesol处理组在4、48h与对照组比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。扫描电镜结果显示,对照组混合生物膜结构较Farnesol处理组致密复杂。荧光定量PCR结果显示,培养6hFarnesol处理组表皮葡萄球菌生物膜形成相关基因icaA、fbe、aap基因及白假丝酵母菌生物膜形成相关基因als3、hwp1、efg1基因的表达下调;培养24hFarnesol处理组表皮葡萄球菌生物膜形成相关基因aap基因及白假丝酵母菌生物膜形成相关基因als3、hwp1、efg1基因的表达下调。结论在真菌密度感应分子Farnesol的干预下,对照组形成的混合生物膜较Farnesol处理组结构更为致密及复杂,这种结构的改变可能与Farnesol处理组白假丝酵母菌生物膜形成相关基因als3、hwp1、efg1基因的表达下调相关性更密切。     

Small scale retentive structures and Dinophysis

Despite its rarity, Dinophysis acuminata is in terms of economic impact, the first toxic algal species along the coasts of Western Europe. It is observed at low levels (< 20 cell l^− 1) all the year round but toxic events occur mainly in late spring and summer. D. acuminata ecophysiology is largely unknown due to the inability to culture it. Therefore, standard biomass models based on inorganic nutrition are largely inadequate. Presently, any progress in describing the conditions of population growth of this species will be a step forward to prediction of harmful events at the coast. This species has been observed at increased, albeit low cell densities in retentive eddies located in pycnocline layers. A concentration build-up of one species results from the balance between growth and loss processes, one of the latter being dispersal. The scales of interest for a D. acuminata population are of the order of 10 nautical miles on the horizontal and duration of 10 days, for a reported achievable growth rate of 0.6 day^− 1. A three dimensional (3D) hydrodynamical model of the Bay of Biscay has been elaborated to reproduce hydrological structures over the last decade. We attempt here to relate the existence of retentive structures revealed from simulations under realistic forcing conditions and the toxic coastal events recorded in the 10-year time series of the French plankton monitoring network database. The eddies in the coastal area appear to be directly related with the Dinophysis coastal events and they may be a potential effective tool to predict those.     

关于"山区垃圾填埋场进场道路"设计中若干问题的探讨

该文通过对几个山区垃圾进场填埋场道路设计的实例分析,探讨山区垃圾填埋场进场道路设计中的重点和难点,特别是选线中的几个要点,总结其与一般道路设计的不同,最终在设计中找到安全、经济的设计方案.     

火花塞的种类及其应用分析

介绍13种类型的火花塞结构特点、性能;阐述火花塞既不“炽热”点火、又不“积炭”的热工作范围,以及火花塞选择的一般原则;分析火花塞选择不当的现象、原因;指出火花塞清洁、检查、调整的正确方法。     

解决船舶生物污损问题的国际统一方式

生物污损造成的环境生态破坏问题足近年来海洋环境保护工作者研究的热点问题,船舶的生物污损带来的外来物种入侵问题也引起了国际海事组织(International Maritime Organization,IMO)的高度关注.各成员国将在IMO的组织下为解决船舶生物污损问题制定国际统一的控制措施.通过对船舶牛物污损危害性的介绍,结合国外一些国家对生物污损问题的管理经验,并与压载水公约的立法过程进行对比,分析了IMO可能采取的立法措施,对我国航运业应采取的应对措施提出r意见和建议.     

船舶压载水防治措施探讨

船舶压载水是外来海洋生物入侵的重要途径,严重危害水域生态平衡,破坏生物多样性,危害环境,造成严重的经济损失。本文针对压载水污染问题,从压载水的管理、处理技术、无压载舱船舶设计等方面,探讨压载水的预防途径和防治方法。     

海船压载水处理设备研发的重要性分析

通过对海洋污染及我国航运及造船业发展状况的分析,结合将要实施的相关公约,说明研发海船压载水处理设备的必要性,并介绍研发海船压载水处理设备的关键技术。对了解海船压载水处理设备原理有一定的借鉴作用。     

Topological constraints on the dynamics of wasp-waist ecosystems

Small pelagic fish species like anchovy or sardines are of high ecological and economical importance. As marine food webs are fished down, these small pelagics tend to be more exploited and overfished. It is not yet very well known what the possible effects of their collapse can be, therefore there is an urgent need to outline a theoretical framework for understanding their dynamics. These fish occupy very special position in food webs, ensuring energy transfer between species lower and higher levels, while forming narrow “wasp-waists” poor in number of species (but very abundant). Our purpose was to quantify the interaction structure of model food webs of equal complexity but different levels of “wasp-waistedness”. We analysed the topological properties of the webs by characterising every direct and indirect interactions between individual species, as well as by assessing the relative positional importance of each species in each web. We found that (1) the shorter the interaction pathways considered, the weaker the predictive power of node degree for positional importance, (2) the importance of species varies more in wasp-waist food webs, (3) if longer indirect chain effects are considered, indirect effects can well be stronger than direct ones, (4) interactions between coexisting wasp-waist species are stronger than the average, and (5) the “self-regulatory” looping effects are also stronger for wasp-waist species. Based on the topological properties of the networks, our results describe constraints acting on the dynamical behaviour of wasp-waist ecosystems. We give explanations, from this viewpoint, for regime shifts in which one WW species replaces another, and for the unpredictable dynamics of these fish stocks. From a marine conservation viewpoint, we illustrate that as the abundance of wasp-waist species decreases, the architecture of energy flows becomes highly vulnerable and unreliable. We provide an approach for quantifying these structural changes.