Hedgehog/Wnt feedback supports regenerative proliferation of epithelial stem cells in bladder

Epithelial integrity in metazoan organs is maintained through the regulated proliferation and differentiation of organ-specific stem and progenitor cells. Although the epithelia of organs such as the intestine regenerate constantly and thus remain continuously proliferative, other organs, such as the mammalian urinary bladder, shift from near-quiescence to a highly proliferative state in response to epithelial injury. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this injury-induced mode of regenerative response are poorly defined. Here we show in mice that the proliferative response to bacterial infection or chemical injury within the bladder is regulated by signal feedback between basal cells of the urothelium and the stromal cells that underlie them. We demonstrate that these basal cells include stem cells capable of regenerating all cell types within the urothelium, and are marked by expression of the secreted protein signal Sonic hedgehog (Shh). On injury, Shh expression in these basal cells increases and elicits increased stromal expression of Wnt protein signals, which in turn stimulate the proliferation of both urothelial and stromal cells. The heightened activity of this signal feedback circuit and the associated increase in cell proliferation appear to be required for restoration of urothelial function and, in the case of bacterial injury, may help clear and prevent further spread of infection. Our findings provide a conceptual framework for injury-induced epithelial regeneration in endodermal organs, and may provide a basis for understanding the roles of signalling pathways in cancer growth and metastasis.     

贮藏温度对蓝莓活性成分及抗氧化活性的影响

研究不同贮藏温度下,蓝莓果实的活性成分及抗氧化活性的变化,确定蓝莓鲜果适宜的贮藏温度,并为研究蓝莓果实中主要的抗氧化成分提供参考.在贮藏温度为20~25,10~15,0~5℃下,于不同贮藏期取样测定蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮的质量分数;测定蓝莓对DPPH自由基（DPPH.）和羟自由基（OH.）的清除率,并分析3种活性成分与蓝莓抗氧化活性的相关性.结果表明,在不同的贮藏温度下,蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮的质量分数及抗氧化活性均呈现先上升后下降的趋势,在贮藏初期,较高的贮藏温度能明显促进蓝莓果实活性成分含量和抗氧化活性的增加,但在贮藏后期,较高的温度加速了蓝莓果实活性成分含量和抗氧化活性的下降速度,并缩短了蓝莓贮藏期;低温（0~5℃）能使蓝莓果实的活性成分含量和抗氧化活性始终维持在一个相对较高的水平,且能显著增加果实的贮藏期,是蓝莓较适宜的贮藏温度;蓝莓果实中花青素、总酚和总黄酮质量分数与其清除自由基的能力之间均呈显著正相关（P〈0.05）.     

多孔介质太阳能吸热器的非稳态传热

为了研究塔式太阳能多孔介质吸热器的非稳态传热特性,建立了该吸热器的非稳态传热模型,通过最小二乘拟合提出适合该类型吸热器多孔介质的体积对流换热系数模型,采用数值方法求解,分别分析典型的非稳态无量纲温度场以及平均颗粒直径、孔隙率、厚度与入口空气速度对非稳态无量纲温度场的影响.结果表明:为了减小吸热器的热应力破坏,相关参数选...     

Skin collagen fiber-based radar absorbing materials

By using skin collagen fiber (CF) as raw material,Schiff base structure containing CF (Sa-CF) was synthesized through CF-salicylaldehyde reaction.Then a novel radar absorbing material (Fe-Sa-CF) was prepared by chelating reaction between Sa-CF and Fe 3+.The coaxial transmission and reflection method was used to analyze the complex permittivity and complex magnetic permeability of these CF-based materials,and the radar cross section (RCS) method was used to investigate their radar absorbing properties in the frequency range of 1.0-18.0 GHz.Experimental results indicated that the conductivity of CF increased from initial 1.08×10-11 to 2.86×10-6 S/cm after being transferred into Fe-Sa-CF,and its dielectric loss tangent (tanδ) in the frequency range of 1.0-17.0 GHz also increased.These facts suggest that the Fe-Sa-CF is electric-loss type radar absorbing material.In the frequency range of 3.0-18.0 GHz,Sa-CF (1.0 mm in thickness) exhibited somewhat radar absorbing property with maximum radar reflection loss (RL) of-4.73 dB.As for Fe-Sa-CF,the absorbing bandwidth was broadened,and the absorbing intensity significantly increased in the frequency range of 1.0-18.0 GHz where a maximum radar RL of-9.23 dB was observed.In addition,the radar absorbing intensity of Fe-Sa-CF can be further improved by increasing membrane thickness.When the thickness reached to 2.0 mm,the RL values of Fe-Sa-CF were-15.0-18.0 dB in the frequency range of 7.0-18.0 GHz.Consequently,a kind of novel radar absorbing material can be prepared by chemical modification of collagen fiber,which is characterized by thin thickness,low density,broad absorption bandwidth and high absorption intensity.     

太湖溶藻细菌的分离及评价

从放置于太湖梅梁湾流域的除藻中试装置的人工介质上分离到一株溶藻细菌,经生理、生化和分子生物学鉴定,该株细菌属于芽孢杆菌属.经测定该菌具有较强的溶解铜绿微囊藻和降解微囊藻毒素LR(MC-LR)的功能:该菌(105个/mL)对铜绿微囊藻液(4.5×107个/mL)作用第16,32,48h的溶藻率分别为48%、63%和96%;对MC-LR(2.649μg/L)作用第18,36,54和72h藻毒素降解率分别为15%、29%、73%和100%.应用新建立的实时荧光定量PCR法(RTQ-PCR)对人工介质上的该溶藻芽孢杆菌丰度进行定量检测,结果显示,人工介质上该细菌的丰度约为1%,在7,8,9三个月中呈现递增趋势,其分布具有一定的时空变化规律.     

氧化铁纳米颗粒固定化溶藻菌的除藻作用

为了探讨氧化铁纳米颗粒固定化溶藻菌后对铜绿微囊藻的溶藻作用和降解微囊藻毒素LR(MC-LR)的作用,从太湖水体中分离获得一株属于芽孢杆菌属的溶藻菌,将其与氧化铁纳米颗粒固定化后,以普通Fe2O3作为实验对照,测定其溶藻作用和降解MC-LR作用.以激光粒度仪测定氧化铁纳米颗粒与溶藻菌两者单独和同时存在时的粒径大小及粒径分布,以获得氧化铁纳米颗粒固定化溶藻菌的证据.分析结果表明:在太湖水体中分离获得的一株芽孢杆菌具有较强的溶藻和降解MC-LR的作用,作用24 h后的溶藻率和MC-LR降解率分别达到44.3%和20.5%.同时加入氧化铁纳米颗粒后,溶藻率达到53.0%,MC-LR的降解率达到33.0%.激光粒度仪检测发现,氧化铁纳米颗粒与细菌混合后的颗粒物的平均直径增加到氧化铁纳米颗粒的12.3倍,同时氧化铁纳米颗粒和细菌单独存在时的粒径分布峰消失.氧化铁纳米颗粒是一种具有良好性能的生物固定化材料,可能通过其特有的途径有效地固定化溶藻菌,并增强溶藻菌的溶藻和降解藻毒素作用.     

Projective Group Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with Arbitrary Parameter

In this paper, the projective group consensus issue for second order multi-agent systems(MASs) in directed graphs with a dynamic leader is investigated. The proposed projective group consensus with arbitrary parameter includes traditional consensus, reverse group consensus and cluster consensus as its special cases. Novel distributed control protocols are designed to obtain projective group consensus without analyzing signed directed graph as in most current literatures on bipartite consensus problem. On the basis of Lyapunov stability property, algebraic graph and some necessary matrix theory, sufficient conditions for delay and delay-free cases are derived. Finally, simulations of nonlinear chaotic MASs are adopted to testify the theoretical results.     

磁性壳聚糖微球的表征及其磁响应性

以戊二醛为交联剂、Fe3O4为磁核,采用反相悬浮交联技术合成了磁性壳聚糖微球,并利用数码光学显微成像仪、激光粒度仪、傅立叶红外光谱对磁性微球的形态、大小和化学结构进行了表征,采用原子吸收分光光度仪、磁天平和可调磁场对其磁响应性进行了研究.结果表明:所合成的磁性壳聚糖微球粒径在50~200μm之间,基本呈圆球形,表面比较光滑,且内部均匀分布着磁性介质Fe3O4;当磁性微球粒径小于280μm时,在外加磁场作用下,微球的磁化率与沉降速度都随着微球粒径的增大而增大.这表明所制备的磁性壳聚糖微球具有良好的磁响应性.     

超声波场影响Langmuir吸附相平衡的机理分析

从分子动力学规律出发,建立了Langmuir吸附系统在外场作用下的吸附相平衡关系式,并根据超声条件下吸附相分子的受迫振动和非吸附相分子的波动,分别讨论了吸附相分子及非吸附相分子在超声波场中获得的能量,结果表明:在超声波场中,吸附相分子比非吸附相分子获得更多的能量是Langmuir吸附平衡等温线降低的本质所在.理论结果进一步表明:当超声波频率一定时,Langmuir平衡吸附量随超声波场能流的增大而减少;当超声波能流一定时,可通过调节超声波频率达到吸附相分子的固有频率而使吸附相分子获得最大的能量,从而使Langmuir平衡吸附量最小.     

石杉碱甲片联合丁苯酞软胶囊对轻度阿尔茨海默病患者认知功能的疗效观察

目的 评价石杉碱甲片联合丁苯酞软胶囊对阿尔茨海默病患者认知功能的临床疗效.方法 将100例轻度阿尔茨海默病(Alzheimer's disease,AD)患者随机分为石杉碱甲片联合丁苯酞软胶囊组(治疗组)及单独应用石杉碱甲组(对照组).治疗前及治疗90 d后分别评价两组患者简易智力状态检查(Mini-mental St...