Postsynaptic fall in intracellular pH induced by GABA-activated bicarbonate conductance

Synaptic inhibition mediated by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is known to involve opening of receptor-gated chloride channels. Recent evidence indicates that these channels also show a significant permeability to the physiologically important bicarbonate anion. In all the excitable cells studied to date, the intracellular pH (pHi) is higher than would be predicted from a passive distribution of H+ ions, and consequently there is an outwardly directed electrochemical driving force for HCO3-. In the presence of CO2/HCO3- therefore, activation of GABA-gated channels could give rise to a significant efflux of bicarbonate, leading to a fall in postsynaptic pHi. We have examined the influence of GABA on pHi in crayfish skeletal muscle and we find that in the presence of CO2, GABA induces a dramatic fall in pHi which is coupled to an alkalosis at the extracellular surface. This fall in pHi and the extracellular alkalosis are attributable to a GABA-activated, picrotoxin-sensitive HCO3--conductance. In view of the sensitivity of ion channels and intracellular ion concentrations to changes in pHi, a GABA-induced postsynaptic acidosis could prove to be important in the modulation of inhibitory transmission.     

Photosynthetic bicarbonate utilization inPorphyra haitanensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)

The activities of carbonic anhydrase (CA) and photosynthesis of Porphyra haitanensis were investigated in order to see its photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon source. Both intra- and extra-cellular CA activities existed in the thallus. CA inhibitors, acetazolamide (AZ) and ethoxyzolamide (EZ), remarkably depressed the photosynthetic oxygen evolution in seawater of pH 8.2 and 10.0, and EZ showed stronger inhibition than AZ. The observed net photosynthetic rate in seawater of pH 8.2 was much higher than that of CO2 supply theoretically derived from spontaneous dehydration of HCO3-. P. haitanensis also showed a rather high pH compensation point (9.9). The results demonstrated that P. haitanensis could utilize bicarbonate as the external inorganic carbon source for photosynthesis. The bicarbonate utilization was closely associated with dehydration catalyzed by extracellular CA activity. The inorganic carbon composition in seawater could well saturate the photosynthesis of P. haitanensis. The low Km value and compensation points for inorganic carbon reflected the existence of CO2- concentrating mechanism in this alga.     

五元杂环取代的茂金属配合物的合成及表征

将(C5Me4H) C4H3S,(C4H3S)C(CH3)(C2H5)(C5H5)和2- CH3C4H2O(C5Me4H)分别与Mo(CO)6,Ru3(CO)12和Fe(CO)5在二甲苯中加热回流,合成了3个新型的双核配合物[(η5-C5Me4C4H3S) Mo(CO)3]2,[(η5- C5H4)C(CH3) (C2H5) (C4H3S)Ru(CO)2]2和[(η5- C5 Me4(2 - CH3CH2O))Fe(CO)(μ-CO)]2.通过元素分析、红外光谱、核磁共振氧谱对其结构进行了表征.     

含六员螯环FeSCNNP的双核铁羧基簇合物的合成和谱学表征

Fe3(CO)12与两个前配体五叫杂环SP（C6H4OR）（S）N（C6H5）NC（Me)反应,得到两个新的含μ--SCNNP双桥基的双核铁羰基簇合物Fe2(CO)6[ μ-SC（Me)NN(C6H5)P(C6H4OMe)](1）和Fe2(CO)6[μ－SC（Me)NN(C6H5)P(C6H4OEt]（Ⅱ）,对它们进行了元素分析,IR,1HNMR和MS的表征,这类簇合物中含有硫,磷链SCNNP双齿配体,它们与两个金属原子形成两个六员螯环,增强了簇合物骨架结构的稳定性。     

含半填隙磷原子配体六核钴羰合簇的P(OEt)_3和PPh_3取代衍生物的合成和表征

用 P( OEt) 3和 PPh3分别与 Co6(μ6-P) (μ,η2 -SCH2 CH2 CH2 S) (μ-PSCH2 CH2 CH2 S)( CO) 12 进行取代反应 ,首次得到 4个一取代和 1个二取代含半填隙磷原子配体六核钴羰基簇合物的取代衍生物 ,化学式如下 :Co6( μ6-P) ( μ,η2 -SCH2 CH2 CH2 S) ( μ-PSCH2 CH2 CH2 S)( CO) 11〔P( OEt) 3〕 ( a 和 b,同分异构体 ) ,Co6( μ6-P) ( μ,η2 -SCH2 CH2 CH2 S) ( μ-PSCH2 CH2 CH2 S) (μ-CO) ( CO) 9〔P( OEt) 3〕2 ( ) ,Co6(μ6-P) (μ,η2 -SCH2 CH2 CH2 S) (μ-PSCH2 CH2 CH2 S) ( CO) 11( PPh3) ( a) ,Co6( μ6-P) ( μ,η2 -SCH2 CH2 CH2 S) ( μ-PSCH2 CH2 CH2 S) ( μ-CO) ( CO) 10 ( PPh3) ( b) .对 5个合成的簇合衍生物通过元素分析 ,IR( νco)、1HNMR、31PNMR和 MS谱学表征 ,发现 a和 b, a和 b 是一取代的同分异构体 ,P( OEt) 3和 PPh3可能取代母体钴簇合物基底不同钴原子上的一个 CO. 是二取代产物 ,两个P( OEt) 3分子可能各取代母体钴簇合物在顶端的两个钴原子上的一个 CO.     

Interaction between liquid water and hydroxide revealed by core-hole de-excitation

The hydroxide ion plays an important role in many chemical and biochemical processes in aqueous solution. But our molecular-level understanding of its unusual and fast transport in water, and of the solvation patterns that allow fast transport, is far from complete. One proposal seeks to explain the properties and behaviour of the hydroxide ion by essentially regarding it as a water molecule that is missing a proton, and by inferring transport mechanisms and hydration structures from those of the excess proton. A competing proposal invokes instead unique and interchanging hydroxide hydration complexes, particularly the hypercoordinated OH(-)(H(2)O)(4) species and tri-coordinated OH(-)(H(2)O)(3) that can form a transient hydrogen bond between the H atom of the OH(-) and a neighbouring water molecule. Here we report measurements of core-level photoelectron emission and intermolecular Coulombic decay for an aqueous hydroxide solution, which show that the hydrated hydroxide ion is capable of transiently donating a hydrogen bond to surrounding water molecules. In agreement with recent experimental studies of hydroxide solutions, our finding thus supports the notion that the hydration structure of the hydroxide ion cannot be inferred from that of the hydrated excess proton.     

簇合物Co6(μ3-S)2(μ4,η2-SPR)(CO)14(R=Fc,naphthyl

用P2S5分别与萘和二茂铁反应，得到两种配位基前体：(L1，C10H7为naphthyl萘基)和(L2，Fc为二茂铁基).L1和L2分别与Co2(CO)8反应，得到两种新的含S、P桥基的六核钴羰基簇合衍生物：Co6(μ3-S)2(μ4,η2-SPC10H7)(CO)14(Ⅰ)和Co6(μ3-S)2(μ4,η2-SPFc)(CO)14(Ⅱ).L1与Ru3(CO)12反应得到Ru3(μ3-S)(μ-H)2(CO)9(Ⅲ)和Ru4(μ3-S)(μ3-PC10H7)(CO)10(Ⅳ).通过元素分析和谱学表征，对簇合物Ⅰ～Ⅳ的结构进行了推测.     

Insulin-like growth factor-II gene expression in Wilms' tumour and embryonic tissues

Wilms' tumour (nephroblastoma) is an embryonal neoplasm occurring in hereditary and spontaneous forms. Both types show rearrangements of the short arm of chromosome 11. The germ line of children with the rare inherited triad of aniridia, genito-urinary abnormality and mental retardation carry a chromosome 11 that has a deletion in its short arm (band 11p13) and these children are at increased risk of developing Wilms' tumour. Neonates with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, in which there may be duplication of the 11p13-11p15 region, are similarly predisposed. In the spontaneous form of the tumour a deletion of the 11p14 band in tumour cells, but not in normal cells, has been reported, and the development of homozygosity for recessive mutations in the 11p region is implicated in the aetiology of Wilms' tumour. In view of these chromosomal rearrangements and because Wilms' tumour is histologically indistinguishable from the early stages of kidney development, we have now examined the expression of genes localized to 11p in Wilms' tumour and human embryonic tissue. In 12 sporadic tumours examined, the expression of the gene coding for insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II), localized to the 11p15 region, was markedly increased relative to adult tissues, but was comparable to the level of expression in several fetal tissues including kidney, liver, adrenals and striated muscle. This may reflect the stage of tumour differentiation, but could also contribute to the malignant process, as IGF-II is an embryonal mitogen.     

Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification

The atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide (p(CO(2))) will almost certainly be double that of pre-industrial levels by 2100 and will be considerably higher than at any time during the past few million years. The oceans are a principal sink for anthropogenic CO(2) where it is estimated to have caused a 30% increase in the concentration of H(+) in ocean surface waters since the early 1900s and may lead to a drop in seawater pH of up to 0.5 units by 2100 (refs 2, 3). Our understanding of how increased ocean acidity may affect marine ecosystems is at present very limited as almost all studies have been in vitro, short-term, rapid perturbation experiments on isolated elements of the ecosystem. Here we show the effects of acidification on benthic ecosystems at shallow coastal sites where volcanic CO(2) vents lower the pH of the water column. Along gradients of normal pH (8.1-8.2) to lowered pH (mean 7.8-7.9, minimum 7.4-7.5), typical rocky shore communities with abundant calcareous organisms shifted to communities lacking scleractinian corals with significant reductions in sea urchin and coralline algal abundance. To our knowledge, this is the first ecosystem-scale validation of predictions that these important groups of organisms are susceptible to elevated amounts of p(CO(2)). Sea-grass production was highest in an area at mean pH 7.6 (1,827 (mu)atm p(CO(2))) where coralline algal biomass was significantly reduced and gastropod shells were dissolving due to periods of carbonate sub-saturation. The species populating the vent sites comprise a suite of organisms that are resilient to naturally high concentrations of p(CO(2)) and indicate that ocean acidification may benefit highly invasive non-native algal species. Our results provide the first in situ insights into how shallow water marine communities might change when susceptible organisms are removed owing to ocean acidification.     

The v-v energy transfer of highly vibrationally excitedstates (Ⅱ)──Vibrational quenching of CO(v) by H_2O

The vibrational energy transfer from highly vibrationally excited CO to H 2O molecules is studied by time-resolved Fourier transform infrared emission spectroscopy (TR FTIR). Following the 193 nm laser photolysis of CHBr 3 and O 2 the secondary reactions generate CO(v). The infrared emission of CO(v→v-1) is detected by TR FTIR. The excitation of H 2O molecules is not observed. By the method of the spectral simulation and the differential technique, 8 rate constants for CO(v)/H 2O system are obtained: (1.7±0.1), (3.4±0.2), (6.2±0.4), (8.0±1.0), (9.0±2.0), (12±3), (16±4) and (18±7) (10 -13cm 3·molecule -1·s -1). At least two reasons lead to the efficient energy transfer. One is the contributions of the rotational energy to the vibational energy defect and the other is the result of the complex collision. With the SSH and ab initio calculations, the quenching mechanism of CO(v) by H 2O is suggested.     

Epstein--Barr virus-induced cell fusion

Serological and molecular biological studies have shown an association between Epstein--Barr virus (EBV) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Although it has been shown that the epithelioid tumour cells carry EBV genomes, they are apparently devoid of receptors for EBV (H.W., unpublished observations). Other have suggested that fusion of EBV carrying cells with epithelial cells may be the mode of entry of the virus into cells unable to absorb the virus and that this may be mediated by one of the known syncytium-forming viruses which inhabit the respiratory tract (for example, members of the paramyxovirus group). de Thé and colleagues suggested that intercellular bridges could be seen in NPC tumour material. We have developed a technique which permits the preparation of stable monolayers of viable human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Using this technique we have now demonstrated that EBV can induce fusion between EBV-superinfected lymphoblastoid cells and cells devoid of EBV receptors.     

自组装环荧光显微成像技术应用于美他环素的测定

基于毛细流效应,建立了自组装环荧光显微成像技术测定美他环素的方法.美他环素在pH为10.60的NH3-NH4Cl缓冲溶液及聚乙烯醇-124存在下,可形成直径1.84 mm、环线宽59.6μm的自组装环.当点样体积为0.30μL时,线性范围为3.39×10-13~2.03×10-12mol.ring-1(1.13×10-6~6.77×10-6mol.L-1),检出限为1.05×10-13mol.ring-1(3.50×10-7mol.L-1).实测盐酸美他环素片剂中美他环素含量及四种牛奶中残留美他环素的含量,回收率分别在95.2%~106%和94.7%~104%.本方法为药物分析及食品中残留抗生素的检测提供了一种新方法,具有背景干扰小、耗样量少、简单、快速及对环境无污染等优点.     

Anthropogenically enhanced fluxes of water and carbon from the Mississippi River

The water and dissolved inorganic carbon exported by rivers are important net fluxes that connect terrestrial and oceanic water and carbon reservoirs. For most rivers, the majority of dissolved inorganic carbon is in the form of bicarbonate. The riverine bicarbonate flux originates mainly from the dissolution of rock minerals by soil water carbon dioxide, a process called chemical weathering, which controls the buffering capacity and mineral content of receiving streams and rivers. Here we introduce an unprecedented high-temporal-resolution, 100-year data set from the Mississippi River and couple it with sub-watershed and precipitation data to reveal that the large increase in bicarbonate flux that has occurred over the past 50 years (ref. 3) is clearly anthropogenically driven. We show that the increase in bicarbonate and water fluxes is caused mainly by an increase in discharge from agricultural watersheds that has not been balanced by a rise in precipitation, which is also relevant to nutrient and pesticide fluxes to the Gulf of Mexico. These findings demonstrate that alterations in chemical weathering are relevant to improving contemporary biogeochemical budgets. Furthermore, land use change and management were arguably more important than changes in climate and plant CO2 fertilization to increases in riverine water and carbon export from this large region over the past 50 years.     

碳化氨水中含碳量的分析及测量

近年来氨法吸收二氧化碳成为化学吸收方法捕集二氧化碳研究方面的热点,碳化氨水中含碳离子的测定至今仍然是一个难点。该文使用0.1 mol/L的H2SO4溶液和Metrohm 809 Titrando滴定仪,经过对多个碳化氨水溶液样品的滴定测量,并且结合质量守恒法和BaCl2沉淀法进行比较,发展和确认了能够测量出碳化氨水溶液中含氨量和含碳量的滴定方法。对滴定过程进行了深入的分析,认为美国能源实验室(NETL)发展的NH3、CO32-、HCO3-测量方法存在问题。滴定方法相对于Raman光谱和NMR方法的缺点是无法区分含碳离子形态,但优点是能够快速准确地测定碳化氨水中的含氨量和含碳量。     

铑催化剂上CO的吸附态及其加氢反应

用红外光谱法测定表明：各种硅胶负载仲进型铑催化剂上，线ＣＯ／桥ＣＯ红外吸收强度比值与金属助剂（Ｍ）的关系变化顺序为（５０：１）（Ｒｈ－Ｍｎ）〉（２２：１）（Ｒｈ－Ｌｉ）〉（９．１：１）（Ｒｈ－Ｍｎ－Ｆｅ－Ｌｉ）〉（３．５：１）（Ｒｈ－Ｆｅ）〉２．８：１）（Ｒｈ）。在各种Ｒｈ－Ｍ／ＳｉＯ２催化剂上，线、桥ＣＯ吸附态的加氢原位ＦＴＩＲ跟踪实验表明：随着加氢的进行，线ＣＯ／桥ＣＯ吸收强度比值均逐渐减少…     

Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification

About one-third of the carbon dioxide (CO(2)) released into the atmosphere as a result of human activity has been absorbed by the oceans, where it partitions into the constituent ions of carbonic acid. This leads to ocean acidification, one of the major threats to marine ecosystems and particularly to calcifying organisms such as corals, foraminifera and coccolithophores. Coccolithophores are abundant phytoplankton that are responsible for a large part of modern oceanic carbonate production. Culture experiments investigating the physiological response of coccolithophore calcification to increased CO(2) have yielded contradictory results between and even within species. Here we quantified the calcite mass of dominant coccolithophores in the present ocean and over the past forty thousand years, and found a marked pattern of decreasing calcification with increasing partial pressure of CO(2) and concomitant decreasing concentrations of CO(3)(2-). Our analyses revealed that differentially calcified species and morphotypes are distributed in the ocean according to carbonate chemistry. A substantial impact on the marine carbon cycle might be expected upon extrapolation of this correlation to predicted ocean acidification in the future. However, our discovery of a heavily calcified Emiliania huxleyi morphotype in modern waters with low pH highlights the complexity of assemblage-level responses to environmental forcing factors.     

Fabrication of LaAlO3 film by sol-gel process with corresponding inorganic

Well-cubic perovskite lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO(3)) film on (110) silicon substrate was fabricated by sol-gel method with corresponding inorganic salts. Lanthanum acetate and aluminum acetate glacial acetic acid solutions were prepared via ligand exchange starting from lanthanum nitrate hexahydrate and aluminum nitrate hexahydrate after being refluxed. (CH(3)CO)(2)O removed nitrates and the crystallized H(2)O completely, acetylacetone (AcAc) was partially bidentated with metallic ion of the metallic acetates and formed La(OAc)(3-x)(AcAc)(x), which were hydrolyzed into La(AcAc)(3-x)(OH)(x) by adding 10 ml 0.4% methyl cellulose (MCL) solution. The La(AcAc)(3-x)(OH)(x), polymerizing and combining with MCL, formed the LaAlO(3) sol precursor with heteropolymeric structure and formed film easily. The epitaxial LaAlO(3) film on Si(110) substrate was crystallized after being annealed in thermal annealing furnace for 650-750 degrees C/30 min. The mor-phologies and microstructures were characterized. The refractive index of the LAO film was 1.942 to 2.007; the dielectric constant and the dissipation factors were estimated to be 23-26 and 2.1x10(-4) - 2.4x10(-4) respectively.     

组织热参数变化对光动力学中辅助热疗效果的影响

光动力学疗法(PDT)在治疗人体的局部病变,特别是对肿瘤而言,有着较为理想的效果.而在光动力治疗的同时,光纤头产生的热量又会对病变组织形成热疗.通过对组织取不同比热和热导率数值时的定量计算和研究,得出了组织热参数的变化对光动力学中辅助热疗效果的具体影响,该结果和结论对于临床治疗方案的制定具有一定的理论指导意义.     

基于Pt电极和Nafion电解质的CO传感器研究

为有效地对大气环境中的CO气体进行监控, 设计和制作了一种可在室温下工作的新型结构Nafion基CO气体传感器。该传感器由活性炭过滤帽、 Pt敏感电极、 Nafion膜、 对电极、 分隔层和储水罐等部分组成。储水罐的设计提供了Nafion膜正常工作时所需要的湿度环境。采用化学沉积法在Nafion膜上制备Pt敏感电极的工艺条件。研究结果表明, 当反应物H2PtCl6溶液浓度为5 mmol/L、还原剂NaBH4溶液浓度为30 mmol/L, NaBH4溶液的pH值为13时, 制作的Pt电极具有最好的气敏特性。对体积分数为400×10^-6的CO测试时,响应电流为107 nA, 响应时间为40 s, 恢复时间为50 s。当CO体积分数在50～400×10^-6时, 传感器的响应电流值与CO气体浓度具有很好的线性关系。     

Histamine regulates T-cell and antibody responses by differential expression of H1 and H2 receptors

Many pathological processes, including those causing allergies and autoimmune diseases, are associated with the presence of specialized subsets of T helper cells (TH1 and TH2) at the site of inflammation. The diversity of TH1 and TH2 function is not predetermined but depends on signals that drive the cells towards either subset. Histamine, released from effector cells (mast cells and basophils) during inflammatory reactions can influence immune response. Here we report that histamine enhances TH1-type responses by triggering the histamine receptor type 1 (H1R), whereas both TH1- and TH2-type responses are negatively regulated by H2R through the activation of different biochemical intracellular signals. In mice, deletion of H1R results in suppression of interferon (IFN)-gamma and dominant secretion of TH2 cytokines (interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13). Mutant mice lacking H2R showed upregulation of both TH1 and TH2 cytokines. Relevant to T-cell cytokine profiles, mice lacking H1R displayed increased specific antibody response with increased immunoglobulin-epsilon (IgE) and IgG1, IgG2b and IgG3 compared with mice lacking H2R. These findings account for an important regulatory mechanism in the control of inflammatory functions through effector-cell-derived histamine.