Genetic factors in neurotoxicology and neuropharmacology: A critical evaluation of the use of genetics as a research tool

Animals have evolved a detoxication system to enable them to survive in a hostile chemical environment in which foods contain many non-nutrient chemicals. Detoxication depends on enzymes which are often genetically polymorphic. As a result, inter-individual variation is common, and in humans several Mendelian loci have been identified. However, most variation in response is probably due to the action of several genes. Genetic variation in response to the neurotoxin MPTP and to chemically and physically-induced seizures is reviewed. In the former case, differences between pigmented and white mouse strains have been noted which are consistent with the hypothesis that humans are more sensitive than mice or rats because of the presence of melanin in human brains. However, variation in sensitivity probably also depends on other genes. In the case of audiogenic seizures, a single locus has been identified and mapped, but its relationship with seizures induced by other agents is not clear. Genetic variation in response to alcohol is also discussed. The failure of most toxicologists to consider genetic variation as a potentially confounding variable, and as a powerful research tool, is discussed critically in relation to non-repeatability of research on the neurotoxic effects of lead, and in relation to the genetic variation in MPTP, seizures, and alcohol response already noted. It seems clear that genetic methods provide a powerful research tool which is largely being ignored by toxicologists.     

诱导空间的分子网收敛特征

研究了诱导空间的分子网收敛理论,给出诱导空间的几个与分子网收敛有关的刻画,从本质上揭示了诱导空间分子网收敛的特征及与之相关的闭包运算的内部结构。另外,作为应用,解决了《L-fuzzy拓扑空间论》中提出的关于序列式空间的几个问题。     

蓄电池容量自动测试仪

本文根据国标《CB5008.1～3—85》的规定,设计了一种蓄电池容量自动测试仪.该仪器利用8位单片计算机进行控制,完成测试过程中的自动恒流、自动测量时间和温度、自动进行数据处理、自动停机等功能.它的优点是操作简单,测量精度高,成本低.本文介绍了蓄电池容量的测量原理和计算方法,对单片机的硬件和软件系统都做了全面的叙述.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Naja siamensis</Emphasis>, a cryptic species of venomous snake revealed by mtDNA sequencing

Because of possible variation in venom composition, an understanding of venomous snake systematics is of great importance for the optimization of antivenom treatment of snakebite patients. Intraspecific variation in the morphology of many venomous snakes complicates the definition and indentification of some species when allopatric populations are involved. Selectively neutral or near-neutral mtDNA sequences can reveal evolutionary relationships obscured by ecogenetically-caused morphological variation. We use comparative sequencing of the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene to reveal the existence of a widespread, cryptic species of spiting cobra from southeast Asia. This species,Naja siamensis, is widely sympatric with other Asiatic cobra species. This may be of considerable medical significance, and calls for further research into venom composition in Asiatic cobras.     

Variability of sterol utilization in stored-products insects

A comparison of sterol utilization by 3 stored-products insects revealed very different capabilities. The fluor beetle,Tribolium castaneum dealkylates and converts dietary sitosterol to about equal amounts of cholesterol (43.7%) and 7-dehydrocholeterol (39.8%), whereas another flour beetle,Tenebrio molitor, produces considerably less 7-dehydrocholesterol (16.8%) and relatively more cholesterol (66.7%) from sitosterol. The lepidopteran,Plodia interpunctella, utilized dietary sterol very similar to plant-feeding lepidoptera, producing primarily cholesterol (86.5%) from sitosterol.     

DrugFET的研究（XⅢ）：四苯硼钠一烟碱FET的研制与应用

本文将离子敏感场效应晶体管（ＩＳＦＥＴ）与药物敏感膜相结合,研制成一种药物敏感场效应晶体管传感器（ＤｒｕｇＦＥＴ）。用四苯硼钠为电活性物质,邻苯二甲酸二辛酯为增塑剂,制成ｐｖｃ膜,对烟碱的线性范围为１．０×１０－２～２．０×１０－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ,斜率为５７．５ｍｖ／ｐｃ,适宜ｐＨ范围为５．５～８．０,检出限为１．０×１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。用该传感器分析烟草中烟碱的含量,结果和分光光度法相一致。     

并殖吸虫第二中间宿主一新种——平和华溪蟹(十足目:短尾派)

本文记述了采自福建省平和县的淡水蟹华溪蟹属Sinopotamon一新种——平和华溪蟹S.pinheensesp.nov;蟹体内并殖吸虫囊蚴感染率为100％(21/21)。