cGMP-dependent cation channel of retinal rod outer segments

Light-modulated cytoplasmic cGMP simultaneously controls plasma membrane Na+ conductance in visual excitation and Ca2+ entry into rods by direct interaction with the cation channel. Cytoplasmic Ca2+ in turn may set operating points and contribute to the dynamics of several enzymes that regulate cGMP levels in the dark, recovery from excitation and receptor adaptation or down regulation. Similar channels may couple electrical activity to internal nucleotide metabolism in other tissues. We here report the identification, partial purification and behaviour after reconstitution of a protein of relative molecular mass 39,000 (Mr 39K) present in both disk and plasma membranes from bovine rod outer segments that mediates these cGMP-dependent cation fluxes. Its cGMP agonist specificity, kinetic cooperativity, ionic selectivity, membrane density and other features closely match the properties of the visual cGMP-dependent conductance inferred from electrophysiological measurements.     

Light-induced reduction of cytoplasmic free calcium in retinal rod outer segment

The response of retinal rod photoreceptors to light consists of a membrane hyperpolarization resulting from the decrease of a light-sensitive conductance in the outer segment. According to the calcium hypothesis, this conductance is blocked by a rise in intracellular free Ca triggered by light, a notion supported by the findings that an induced rise in internal Ca leads to blockage of the light-sensitive conductance and that light triggers a net Ca efflux from the outer segment via a Na-Ca exchanger, suggesting a rise in internal free Ca in the light. We have now measured both Ca influx and efflux through the outer segment plasma membrane and find that, contrary to the calcium hypothesis, light seems to decrease rather than increase the free Ca concentration in the rod outer segment. This result implies that Ca does not mediate visual excitation but it probably has a role in light adaptation.     

Different receptors for distribution of peanut and ricin agglutinins between inner and outer segments of rod cells

Lectins can be used as probes for cell-surface oligosaccharides1-4. These proteins display high specificities for certain haptene sugars, although the details of the sugar linkages and the three-dimensional array of the oligosaccharide may all be involved in determining the affinity of a lectin for its receptor. We have now shown that peanut and ricin agglutinins bind differentially to the surfaces of rod inner and outer segments.     

原子吸收法测定硬酯酸钙中微量钠钾离子的方法研究

研究用于吸收发光光度法测定了硬酯酸钙中钠、钾的含量，方法可靠、快速、易行，其加速回收率分别在97．5％－102．5％、96．7－103．3％之间，RSD低于3．15％和5．00％，方法结果令人满意，适合硬酯酸盐中微量钠钾的测定。     

药用碳酸锂中钠钾钙镁的测定方法研究

采用火焰原子吸收分光光度法测定了药用碳酸锂中钠钾钙镁的含量，测定的相对标准偏差低于5．2％，回收率为95～105％．     

Control of Ca2+ in rod outer segment disks by light and cyclic GMP

Photons absorbed in vertebrate rods and cones probably cause electrochemical changes at the photoreceptor plasma membrane by changing the cytoplasmic concentration of a diffusible transmitter substance, reducing the Na+ current flowing into the outer segment of the cell in the dark, to produce the observed membrane hyperpolarization that is the initial excitatory response. Cyclic GMP has been proposed as the transmitter because a light-activated cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) has been found in rod disk membranes and because intracellularly injected cyclic GMP reduces rod membrane potentials. Free Ca2+ has also been proposed because increasing external [Ca2+] quickly and reversibly reduces the dark current and divalent cationophores increase the Ca2+ sensitivity. Ca2+ efflux from rod outer segments (ROS) of intact retinas occurs simultaneously with light responses. Vesicles prepared from ROS disk membranes become more permeable on illumination, releasing trapped ions or molecules, but intact outer segment disks have not previously been found to store sufficient Ca2+ in darkness and to release enough in light to meet the theoretical requirements for control of the dark current by varying cytoplasmic Ca2+ (refs 14-18). We now report experiments that show the required Ca2+ storage and release from rod disk membranes suspended in media containing high-energy phosphate esters and electrolytes approximating the cytoplasmic composition of live rod cells. Cyclic GMP stimulates Ca2+ uptake by ROS disks in such media.     

Induction by cyclic GMP of cationic conductance in plasma membrane of retinal rod outer segment

Vertebrate rod photoreceptors hyperpolarize when illuminated, due to the closing of cation-selective channels in the plasma membrane. The mechanism controlling the opening and closing of these channels is still unclear, however. Both 3',5'-cyclic GMP and Ca2+ ions have been proposed as intracellular messengers for coupling the light activation of the photopigment rhodopsin to channel activity and thus modulating light-sensitive conductance. We have now studied the effects of possible conductance modulators on excised 'inside-out' patches from the plasma membrane of the rod outer segment (ROS), and have found that cyclic GMP acting from the inner side of the membrane markedly increases the cationic conductance of such patches (EC50 30 microM cyclic GMP) in a reversible manner, while Ca2+ is ineffective. The cyclic GMP-induced conductance increase occurs in the absence of nucleoside triphosphates and, hence, is not mediated by protein phosphorylation, but seems rather to result from a direct action of cyclic GMP on the membrane. The effect of cyclic GMP is highly specific; cyclic AMP and 2',3'-cyclic GMP are completely ineffective when applied in millimolar concentrations. We were unable to recognize discrete current steps that might represent single-channel openings and closings modulated by cyclic GMP. Analysis of membrane current noise shows the elementary event to be 3 fA with 110 mM Na+ on both sides of the membrane at a membrane potential of -30 mV. If the initial event is assumed to be the closure of a single cyclic GMP-sensitive channel, this value corresponds to a single-channel conductance of 100 fS. It seems probable that the cyclic GMP-sensitive conductance is responsible for the generation of the rod photoresponse in vivo.     

Highly cooperative feedback control of retinal rod guanylate cyclase by calcium ions

Visual excitation in retinal rod cells is mediated by a cascade that leads to the amplified hydrolysis of cyclic GMP (cGMP) and the consequent closure of cGMP-activated cation-specific channels in the plasma membrane. Recovery of the dark state requires the resynthesis of cGMP, which is catalysed by guanylate cyclase, an axoneme-associated enzyme. The lowering of the cytosolic calcium concentration (Cai) following illumination is thought to be important in stimulating cyclase activity. This hypothesis is supported by the finding that the cGMP content of rod outer segments increases several-fold when Cai is lowered to less than 10 nM. It is evident that cGMP and Cai levels are reciprocally controlled by negative feedback. Guanylate cyclase from toad ROS is strongly stimulated when the calcium level is lowered from 10 microM to 10 nM, but only if they are excited by light. We show here that the guanylate cyclase activity of unilluminated bovine rod outer segments increases markedly (5 to 20-fold) when the calcium level is lowered from 200 nM to 50 nM. This steep dependence of guanylate cyclase activity on the calcium level in the physiological range has a Hill coefficient of 3.9. Stimulation at low calcium levels is mediated by a protein that can be released from the outer segment membranes by washing with a low salt buffer. Calcium sensitivity is partially restored by adding the soluble extract back to the washed membranes. The highly cooperative activation of guanylate cyclase by the light-induced lowering of Cai is likely to be a key event in restoring the dark current after excitation.     

离子选择电极连续测定天然水中钾钠含量

离子选择电极连续测定天然水中钾钠含量李运涛（西北轻工业学院化学工程系，陕西咸阳７１２０００；作者，男，３３岁，讲师）钾钠是天然水中的重要组分，实验室中通常采用重量法、火焰光度法及原子吸收法［１］等测定．而目前野外常用阴阳离子差减法计算水中钾钠的含量，...     

Modulation of A-type potassium channels by a family of calcium sensors

In the brain and heart, rapidly inactivating (A-type) voltage-gated potassium (Kv) currents operate at subthreshold membrane potentials to control the excitability of neurons and cardiac myocytes. Although pore-forming alpha-subunits of the Kv4, or Shal-related, channel family form A-type currents in heterologous cells, these differ significantly from native A-type currents. Here we describe three Kv channel-interacting proteins (KChIPs) that bind to the cytoplasmic amino termini of Kv4 alpha-subunits. We find that expression of KChIP and Kv4 together reconstitutes several features of native A-type currents by modulating the density, inactivation kinetics and rate of recovery from inactivation of Kv4 channels in heterologous cells. All three KChIPs co-localize and co-immunoprecipitate with brain Kv4 alpha-subunits, and are thus integral components of native Kv4 channel complexes. The KChIPs have four EF-hand-like domains and bind calcium ions. As the activity and density of neuronal A-type currents tightly control responses to excitatory synaptic inputs, these KChIPs may regulate A-type currents, and hence neuronal excitability, in response to changes in intracellular calcium.     

热酸浸出黄钠铁矾渣工艺

以黄钠铁矾渣为原料,研究硫酸浸出过程的工艺条件,分析浸出过程的热力学和动力学机理.实验结果表明,在液固比为5∶1,搅拌速率为350 r/min条件下,浸出黄钠铁矾渣的最佳工艺条件为:硫酸质量浓度为225 g/L,反应温度为95 ℃,反应时间为2.5 h,该条件下多组实验的渣中Fe、Zn浸出率均大于96%.黄钠铁矾渣硫酸浸出过程在动力学上属于收缩核模型,受化学反应控制.     

高铁酸钾与次氯酸钠联合氧化降解聚乙烯醇的研究

文章比较了高铁酸钾、次氯酸钠、高铁酸钾与次氯酸钠联用对PVA的降解效果,考察了高铁酸钾和次氯酸钠的投加量、氧化时间、PVA溶液的pH值和初始质量浓度对PVA去除率的影响。通过红外光谱及黏度测定,对降解产物及其分子量变化进行了分析。结果表明,用高铁酸钾与次氯酸钠联合氧化PVA时,降解效果最佳;在3.0 g/L,pH值为7.2的PVA溶液中,当高铁酸钾与次氯酸钠的投加量分别为0.32 g/L、3.92 g/L,反应时间为50 min时,PVA的去除率大于98%,COD去除率大于40%;在联合氧化降解过程中,PVA断链成小分子物质,最终降解产物主要为羧基化合物。     

Nonequilibrium dynamic transition in a kinetic Ising model driven by both deterministic modulation and correlated stochastic noises

We report the nonequilibrium dynamical phase transition （NDPT） appearing in a kinetic Ising spin system （ISS） subject to the joint application of a deterministic external field and the stochastic mutually correlated noises simultaneously. A time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau stochastic differential equation, including an oscillating modulation and the correlated multiplicative and additive white noises, was addressed and the numerical solution to the relevant Fokker-Planck equation was presented on the basis of an average-period approach of driven field. The correlated white noises and the deterministic modulation induce a kind of dynamic symmetry-breaking order, analogous to the stochastic resonance in trend, in the kinetic ISS, and the reentrant transition has been observed between the dynamic disorder and order phases when the intensities of multiplicative and additive noises were changing. The dependencies of a dynamic order parameter Q upon the intensities of additive noise A and multiplicative noise M, the correlation λ between two noises, and the amplitude of applied external field h were investigated quantitatively and visualized vividly. Here a brief discussion is given to outline the underlying mechanism of the NDPT in a kinetic ISS driven by an external force and correlated noises.     

水泥中钾钠测定的改进方法

在水泥行业中测定钾钠普遍采用火焰光度法,本文对该法的实验方案、干扰元素的消除进行了研究,并与国家标准样品进行了对比试验,检测结果误差均符合国家标准要求,满足一般水泥企业常规检验要求。     

悬浮液进样—火焰原子吸收光谱法测定中草药中的钾钠

将悬浮液进样-火焰原子吸收光谱法应用于中草药中钾钠的测定,建立了中草药中钾钠的快速分析新方法,将样品粉碎、磨细悬浮于琼脂胶体中,直接喷入空气-乙炔火焰,以空白溶液为参比,用氚灯作背景扣除,用标准曲线法测定了山药、枸杞、泽泻、沸手四种中草药中的钾钠。     

火焰原子光谱法快速测定指甲中的钙镁钾

建立了非完全消化-火焰原子光谱法快速测定指甲中钙、镁、钾的分析方法。在低温下用浓硝酸消解样品,可获得均匀、透明的样品溶液。用发射法测定钙、钾,以吸收法测定镁。以Sr2+作为钙的释放剂及钾的消电离剂。对样品处理条件、化学干扰、试液与空白溶液粘度一致性、背景吸收干扰及检出限进行了考察。测定结果的相对标准偏差小于2.2%,测定结果与灰化法一致,相对误差小于±1.2%。方法简便、准确。