Frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common type of bladder cancer. Here we sequenced the exomes of nine individuals with TCC and screened all the somatically mutated genes in a prevalence set of 88 additional individuals with TCC with different tumor stages and grades. In our study, we discovered a variety of genes previously unknown to be mutated in TCC. Notably, we identified genetic aberrations of the chromatin remodeling genes (UTX, MLL-MLL3, CREBBP-EP300, NCOR1, ARID1A and CHD6) in 59% of our 97 subjects with TCC. Of these genes, we showed UTX to be altered substantially more frequently in tumors of low stages and grades, highlighting its potential role in the classification and diagnosis of bladder cancer. Our results provide an overview of the genetic basis of TCC and suggest that aberration of chromatin regulation might be a hallmark of bladder cancer.     

外源性H2S通过调节β-位淀粉样前体蛋白裂解酶1表达对PC12细胞APP／Aβ代谢的影响

目的观察外源性硫化氢对嗜铬细胞瘤细胞β-位淀粉样前体蛋白裂解酶1（BACE1）的调节作用,进而探讨其对淀粉样前体蛋白／β-位淀粉样蛋白代谢途径的影响。方法用硫氢化钠作外源性H2s供体,实验设空白对照组、NaHs50μmol／L组、NaHS100μmol／L组和NariS200μmol／L组,按分组浓度处理PC12细胞24h后,RT-PCR和Western blot法检测细胞内BACE1 mRNA及蛋白表达,并用Western blot法继而检测APP代谢过程中关键蛋白APP、C99、C83表达变化,EusA法检测细胞培养液中AB40和AB42水平。结果NaHS在实验浓度范围内从基因与蛋白两个水平上呈剂量依赖性下调BACE1表达,并下调C99、Ap40和Ap42蛋白表达,上调C83蛋白,各NaHS组分别与对照组比较,差别均有统计学意义（P〈0．05）,而对APP蛋白表达没有影响,各组间比较差别无显著性（P〉0．05）。结论外源性H2s具有通过调节PC12细胞BACE1表达下调APP／Aβ代谢的作用。     

离心压缩机的扩压器内部流场分析及其结构优化

首先对等宽型无叶扩压器内部流动情况进行了较为详细的分析,在此分析基础上进行了两处改进：1）将等宽型无叶扩压器改为收缩型无叶扩压器;2）在原等宽无叶扩压器中加装导向叶片,并利用CFD软件（FLUENT）对改进后的扩压器内部流场进行数值模拟。从模拟结果上看：改进后的扩压器其内部流动不均匀情况得到明显改善,拥有了良好的气动性,从而有效地提高了压缩机整体性能。     

金属矿床和油气藏:沉积盆地中的两个亲兄弟

越来越多的证据揭示,沉积盆地中的很多金属矿床之中及附近发现有油气显示和沥青残斑,甚至油气藏。沉积盆地中的大多数金属矿床的流体包裹体中检测到甲烷和乙烷等有机气体,甚至一些矿床包裹体中还检测出原油。反过来,在很多油田的原油中也发现高含量金属元素。然而,长期以来,大多数研究者对沉积盆地金属矿床或者油气藏的研究是孤立进行的。文章对沉积盆地中金属矿床与油气藏这两个看似风马牛不相及的地质体进行了空间关系、物质关系和时间关系的分析,结果认为盆地中上述地质体的形成是对统一地质事件的响应,即在构造应力或者岩石静压力驱动下,成矿流体和油气向沉积盆地的隆起以及其他有利部位运移并成藏成矿。该认识对沉积盆地中金属矿床和油气藏的勘查也有指导意义。     

A review of three species of Hesperonoe (Annelida: Polynoidae) in Asia,with descriptions of two new species and a new record of Hesperonoe hwanghaiensis from Korea

A taxonomic review of three Asian species of Hesperonoe (Annelida: Polynoidae) is presented. Hesperonoe hwanghaiensis Uschakov and Wu, 1959 Uschakov PV, Wu B. 1959. [The polychaete worms of the families Phyllodocidae and Aphroditidae (Polychaeta, errantia) from the Yellow Sea]. Arch Inst Oceanol Sinica. 1:1–40, pls. I–X. (In Chinese and Russian). [Google Scholar] (type locality: Qingdao, China) is redescribed based on five specimens collected from an intertidal site in the Korean coast of the Yellow Sea, as a new record of this species from Korea, which is the only known habitat outside the type locality. Hesperonoe coreensis sp. nov. is described based on nine specimens collected from two intertidal sites in the Korean coast of the Yellow Sea, including the same site as the habitat of H. hwanghaiensis. Hesperonoe japonensis sp. nov. is described by re-examination of many specimens collected from eight intertidal sites and a subtidal one in Japan, which was previously misidentified as H. hwanghaiensis. The three species are clearly distinguishable from one another by the species-specific morphology of the macrotubercles (or marked ridges) on the surface of elytra. All of the three species seemed to be commensal with the burrowing mud shrimp Upogebia major in intertidal flats, except for an additional probable host of another upogebid shrimp Austinogebia narutensis for H. japonensis sp. nov. in a subtidal habitat. The morphological characteristics and host species of the three Asian species are compared with all of the other five congeners known from the North American Pacific and Arctic Sea.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:51CB5C5B-0838-48AC-A0BA-8E63AA7628CB     

三峡水库二期蓄水初期螺山站水位流量变化响应

三峡工程二期蓄水对坝下游江段水情的变化产生了一定的影响.在水库蓄水的初期阶段,分析螺山江段水位流量的变化响应,采用综合落差指数法描述了该河段水位流量关系的变化,并通过同流量水位法初步撂悉了访河段近几年河床冲淤变化情况.结果表明,水库蓄水后.枯水期该站月径流量占径流量的百分比上升了0.43%,丰水期和平水期分别下降了0.2%和0.23%;从该站水位距平值来看,枯水期有所上升,丰水期和平水期均有所下降.时该站水位流量关系进行单值化处理后,发现蓄水后水位流量关系曲线较蓄水前偏左.同时,同流量下水位的变化也反映了该河段泥沙冲淤情况,对此本文作了初步探悉,发琨在同一江段的不同时段都有冲淤的变化.     

Galectin-3 stabilizes heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Q to maintain proliferation of human colon cancer cells

Comparative analysis of proteomes using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-resistant human colon cancer cell line revealed that decreased galectin-3 expression was significantly associated with retarded proliferation. However, in the presence of 5-FU proliferation rate of cells with suppressed galectin-3 expression did not differ from that of cells with normal galectin-3 expression, even galectin-3 suppression augmented apoptosis. Mechanism by which galectin-3 regulates cancer cell proliferation has been identified in immunoprecipitates of the anti-galectin-3 antibody. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Q (hnRNP Q) was identified as a protein interacting with galectin-3. Interestingly, while galectin-3 protein was not affected by the hnRNP Q level, its suppression was accompanied by a decrease in hnRNP Q expression. The present study demonstrates that galectin-3 stabilizes hnRNP Q via complex formation, and reduction in the hnRNP Q level leads to slow proliferation and less susceptibility to 5-FU. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. B.C.Yoo; S-H.Hong; These two authors contributed equally to this work. Received 10 September 2008; received after revision 19 October 2008; accepted 07 November 2008     

PPAR γ partial agonist, KR-62776, inhibits adipocyte differentiation via activation of ERK

Indenone KR-62776 acts as an agonist of PPARγ without inducing obesity in animal models and cells. X-ray crystallography reveals that the indenone occupies the binding pocket in a different manner than rosiglitazone. 2-Dimensional gel-electrophoresis showed that the expression of 42 proteins was altered more than 2.0-fold between KR-62776- or rosiglitazone-treated adipocyte cells and control cells. Rosiglitazone down-regulated the expression of ERK1/2 and suppressed the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in these cells. However, the expression of ERK1/2 was up-regulated in KR-62776-treated cells. Phosphorylated ERK1/2, activated by indenone, affects the localization of PPARγ, suggesting a mechanism for indenone-inhibition of adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells. The preadipocyte cells are treated with ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059, a large amount of the cells are converted to adipocyte cells. These results support the conclusion that the localization of PPARγ is one of the key factors explaining the biological responses of the ligands. Received 04 March 2009; received after revision 13 March 2009; accepted 17 March 2009     

本科生导师制下地理信息科学专业实践教学模式的研究

基于地理信息科学专业实践教学的特点,阐述了重庆师范大学本科生导师制下地理信息科学专业的实践教学模式及其现状,并从专业课程教学,科研项目,导师制评价和管理制度,面向专业竞赛的实践教学,本科研学团队和专业实习基地等方面论述了教改效果及改进措施.通过改革,地理信息科学专业学生的培养质量和竞争力得到了较大提升,符合我国地理信息产业长远和健康发展的需要.     

基于BP-AsymBoost的医疗诊断模型

本文主要研究BP神经网络以及AdaBoost算法在医疗诊断中的应用,在分析标准AdaBoost算法的基础上提出改进的AdaBoost算法,即BP-AsymBoost.针对UCI数据库中的威斯康星乳腺癌数据集设计结合BP网络以及改进后的AdaBoost算法的诊断模型,并且通过多个指标将其与BP模型,遗传算法优化的BP模型,未经改进的BP-AdaBoost模型进行比较,验证BP-AsymBoost模型的有效性.