Nitric oxide release from a single cell measured in situ by a porphyrinic-based microsensor.

Nitric oxide is an important bioregulatory molecule, being responsible, for example, for activity of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). Acute hypertension, diabetes, ischaemia and atherosclerosis are associated with abnormalities of EDRF. Nitric oxide is thought to be a retrograde messenger in the central nervous system. The technology is not yet available for rapid detection of NO released by a single cell in the presence of oxygen and/or nitrite, so the release, distribution and reactivity of endogenous NO in biological systems cannot be analysed. Here we describe a porphyrinic microsensor that we have developed and applied to monitoring NO release in a microsystem. We selectively measured in situ the NO released from a single cell with a response time of less than 10 ms. The microsensor consists of p-type semiconducting polymeric porphyrin and a cationic exchanger (Nafion) deposited on a thermally sharpened carbon fibre with a tip diameter of approximately 0.5 microns. The microsensor, which can be operated in either the amperometric or voltammetric mode, is characterized by a linear response up to 300 microM and a detection limit of 10 nM. Nitric oxide at the level of 10(-20) mols can be detected in a single cell.     

金刚石钻进能量与花岗岩地层风化程度的关系

基于钻进过程监测系统在充填土-风化花岗岩地层中对液压旋转钻进的监测数据,对金刚石钻进系统的能量进行了分析.结果表明,钻进系统的能量分布与在普通风化花岗岩地层中的结果一致,黏滞能、动能以及钻进总能量与岩石的风化程度呈负相关,轴力功与岩石的风化程度呈正相关,说明金刚石钻进能量与岩石风化程度具有很好的响应关系.动能、轴力功及黏滞能受钻进方式影响,用于地层识别将受严格的可比条件限制.金刚石钻进比功随岩石风化程度的增强而减少,在不同风化程度的岩层中具有很好的分区性.而且,在充填土及全风化、强风化花岗岩地层中,金刚石旋转钻进比功值明显低于冲击凿碎比功,在微风化的坚硬岩中,旋转钻进比功则明显高于冲击凿碎比功.     

In vitro reactivation of anaphase spindle elongation using isolated diatom spindles

A key step for analysing the mechanochemistry of mitosis would be the isolation of a functional spindle capable of anaphase chromosome movement in vitro. Although Mazia and Dan first isolated spindles in 1952, with one or two possible exceptions, isolated spindles are non-functional. An alternative approach has used permeabilized cells to study anaphase chromosome movement, but these preparations are biochemically and morphologically complex, and hence difficult to analyse. We describe here a simple procedure for isolating diatom spindles which are capable of anaphase spindle elongation in vitro. With addition of ATP, the two half-spindles slide completely apart, with concomitant decrease in the zone of overlap. Electron microscopy reveals decreased numbers of microtubules throughout the spindle after ATP addition and confirms the complete absence of structures beyond the spindle poles. These results are inconsistent with theoretical models of mitosis which suggest that spindle poles are pushed apart by microtubule growth, are pulled apart by external forces applied to the poles, or are released from tension generated during spindle formation. The results are consitent with models that postulate mechanical interactions in the zone of microtubule overlap as a factor in spindle elongation.     

A family of mammalian Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporters.

Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) is essential for many enzymatic reactions, in which it serves to maintain prosthetic metal ions in their reduced forms (for example, Fe2+, Cu+), and for scavenging free radicals in order to protect tissues from oxidative damage. The facilitative sugar transporters of the GLUT type can transport the oxidized form of the vitamin, dehydroascorbic acid, but these transporters are unlikely to allow significant physiological amounts of vitamin C to be taken up in the presence of normal glucose concentrations, because the vitamin is present in plasma essentially only in its reduced form. Here we describe the isolation of two L-ascorbic acid transporters, SVCT1 and SVCT2, from rat complementary DNA libraries, as the first step in investigating the importance of L-ascorbic acid transport in regulating the supply and metabolism of vitamin C. We find that SVCT1 and SVCT2 each mediate concentrative, high-affinity L-ascorbic acid transport that is stereospecific and is driven by the Na+ electrochemical gradient. Despite their close sequence homology and similar functions, the two isoforms of the transporter are discretely distributed: SVCT1 is mainly confined to epithelial systems (intestine, kidney, liver), whereas SVCT2 serves a host of metabolically active cells and specialized tissues in the brain, eye and other organs.     

博格达山南缘芦草沟组的浊积扇

根据岩性、沉积构造、古生物化石和地球化学标志,系统分析了博格达山南缘广泛发育的二叠系芦草沟组的沉积环境。研究表明：博格达山南缘芦草沟组深湖相沉积十分发育,并在此背景上沉积了近岸浊积扇和远岸浊积扇。其中,深湖相暗色泥、页岩和油页岩构成了良好的烃源岩。同时,认为吐哈盆地前侏罗系具有良好的勘探前景。     

用柱层析和TLC分离小麦PGIP和植保素

植物抗病能力大小的测定需要比较准确可靠且相对简便的办法。采用接种病菌于植物上观察染菌情况虽然直观,但受病菌本身的生理状态及外界环境影响很大,且不便于定量的表述。因此,选择合适的生理生化指标作为植物抗性大小的衡量标准,对于植物病理的研究具有重要的意义。选择了小麦体系的两种抗性物质－ 小麦植保素和 Ｐ Ｇ Ｉ Ｐ作为小麦的抗性指标来分离分析     

SO_2两转两吸流程中“ⅢⅠ-ⅣⅡ”和“ⅢⅡ-ⅣⅠ”换热情况浅析

通过工艺计算,定量分析比较 Ｓ Ｏ２ 转化中“ⅢⅠ－ ⅣⅡ”和“ⅢⅡ－ ⅣⅠ”两种换热流程的差异,论证了就换热情况而言,“ⅢⅠ－ ⅣⅡ”流程优于“ⅢⅡ－ ⅣⅠ”流程