Mutations in Rab3a alter circadian period and homeostatic response to sleep loss in the mouse

Rab3a is the most abundant Rab (ras-associated binding) protein in the brain and has a regulatory role in synaptic vesicle trafficking. Mice with a targeted loss-of-function mutation in Rab3a have defects in Ca(2+)-dependent synaptic transmission: the number of vesicles released in response to an action potential is greater than in wildtype mice, resulting in greater synaptic depression and the abolishment of CA3 mossy-fiber long term potentiation. The effect of these changes on behavior is unknown. In a screen for mouse mutants with abnormal rest-activity and sleep patterns, we identified a semidominant mutation, called earlybird, that shortens the circadian period of locomotor activity. Sequence analysis of Rab3a identified a point mutation in the conserved amino acid (Asp77Gly) within the GTP-binding domain of this protein in earlybird mutants, resulting in significantly reduced levels of Rab3a protein. Phenotypic assessment of earlybird mice and a null allele of Rab3a revealed anomalies in circadian period and sleep homeostasis, providing evidence that Rab3a-mediated synaptic transmission is involved in these behaviors.     

Increased proliferation of B cells and auto-immunity in mice lacking protein kinase Cdelta

Protein kinase C (PKC), which comprises 11 closely related isoforms, has been implicated in a wide variety of cellular processes, such as growth, differentiation, secretion, apoptosis and tumour development. Among the PKC isotypes, PKC-delta is unique in that its overexpression results in inhibition of cell growth. Here we show that mice that lack PKC-delta exhibit expansion of the B-lymphocyte population with the formation of numerous germinal centres in the absence of stimulation. The rate of proliferation in response to stimulation was greater for B cells from PKC-delta-deficient mice than for those from wild-type mice. Adoptive transfer experiments suggested that the hyperproliferation phenotype is B-cell autonomous. Production of interleukin-6 was markedly increased in B cells of PKC-delta-null mice as a result of an increase in the DNA-binding activity of NF-IL6. Furthermore, the PKC-delta-deficient mice contain circulating autoreactive antibodies and display immune-complex-type glomerulonephritis, as well as lymphocyte infiltration in many organs. These results suggest that PKC-delta has an indispensable function in negative regulation of B-cell proliferation, and is particularly important for the establishment of B-cell tolerance.     

基于AutoCAD2000的服装样片自由放码技术

论述了服装样片放码技术原理,以及AutoCAD2000样片的输入、输出与放码之间的关系;阐述了以AutoCAD为平台,采用VisualC 6.0和ObjectARX2000编程开发服装样片自由放码应用程序的设计思想,可提高执行效率,同时具有直接读取数字化仪和屏幕打板并用的优势。设计的应用程序,模仿了“画顺”的设计思想,重点使用了AutoCAD2000基本类库AcDb中的AcDbCurve类、LWPOLYLINE实体和addVertexAt()函数,并基于图形数据库扩展记录进行放码数据存储。给出了已成功运用到实践中的程序框图和源程序代码节选。     

试论原子相互结合的根本原因

在教材和教学中讲到原子相结合的原因时 ,应强调元素的原子倾向于能量最低 ,结构稳定 ,而不能仅用“八隅律”来解释。     

基于PEEC方法的平面电路EMC问题分析

提出了基于部分元等效电路（PEEC）方法求解印制板电路电磁兼容问题的新方法,即将印制板电路的辐射问题分为两步：（1）用部分元等效电路的方法确定印制板导体上的场源（电流）分布;（2）将所有电流元的辐射场进行叠加求总的辐射场。文中对上述方法进行了分析,在此基础上通过一个对称电路和一个非对称电路的辐射场计算,提出了一些工程设计中减小辐射的设计准则。     

明胶-十二烷基硫酸钠复配体系表面活性的研究

对明胶－十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)复配体系,研究了SDS浓度、明胶浓度、明胶种类及分子量对其表面活性的影响。实验结果表明,随着SDS浓度的增加,体系的表面张力降低,并在其变化曲线中有一“平台”区域,同时体系的乳化力增大,其乳化力顺序为纯SDS溶液>水解皮明胶－SDS>水解骨明胶－SDS>骨明胶－SDS>皮明胶－SDS体系;各体系的起泡力及其稳定性亦随之增大。而明胶浓度的增加导致了各明胶－SDS体系表面张力的增大,且明胶浓度对大分子明胶体系的影响较之小分子明胶体系要大;明胶浓度的增加降低了体系的泡沫稳定性;但明胶浓度及其种类、分子量对体系的乳化力影响不大。     

中共从"革命党"变为执政党的首要理论基石:生产力标准

作为中国共产党第三代领导集体和江泽民总书记在理论上的最重大建树之一,"三个代表"也是把邓小平同志关于生产力标准的理论发挥应用于党建领域的结果,它形成了中共从"革命党"变为执政党的首要理论基石,也是目前中共一切理论的逻辑出发点.本文力求从八个方面说明这个逻辑出发点何以成立.     

Glycine binding primes NMDA receptor internalization

NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartate) receptors (NMDARs) are a principal subtype of excitatory ligand-gated ion channel with prominent roles in physiological and disease processes in the central nervous system. Recognition that glycine potentiates NMDAR-mediated currents as well as being a requisite co-agonist of the NMDAR subtype of 'glutamate' receptor profoundly changed our understanding of chemical synaptic communication in the central nervous system. The binding of both glycine and glutamate is necessary to cause opening of the NMDAR conductance pore. Although binding of either agonist alone is insufficient to cause current flow through the channel, we report here that stimulation of the glycine site initiates signalling through the NMDAR complex, priming the receptors for clathrin-dependent endocytosis. Glycine binding alone does not cause the receptor to be endocytosed; this requires both glycine and glutamate site activation of NMDARs. The priming effect of glycine is mimicked by the NMDAR glycine site agonist d-serine, and is blocked by competitive glycine site antagonists. Synaptic as well as extrasynaptic NMDARs are primed for internalization by glycine site stimulation. Our results demonstrate transmembrane signal transduction through activating the glycine site of NMDARs, and elucidate a model for modulating cell-cell communication in the central nervous system.     

Lower Cambrian small shelly faunas from Zhejiang (China)and their biostratigraphical implications

Despite a long history of research on the Early Cambrian in China most available data on small skeletal fossils concern fossil associations of the shallow carbonate platform. Information on skeletal fossils from marginal shelf environments of the Yangtze Platform is scanty, which may reflect the rarity of fossils in deeper sedimentary environments but is also due to limitation of carbonate distribution and outcrops, difficulties in fossil extraction, and a general research focus on the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds on the carbonate platform. Here we present a documentation of Meishucunian to Qiongzhusian small skeletal fossils from the lower Hetang Formation and the chert unit at its base from the Jiangshan region, Zhejiang Province, representing a relatively deep shelf environment compared to the inner shelf region. The earliest association (Meishucunian) from the chert unit underlying the Hetang Formation is mainly characterized by the occurrence of Protohertzina anabarica, P. unguliformis, Fengzuella zhejiangensis, and Kaiyangites novilis, which differs somewhat in composition from SSF-associations of typical inner shelf deposits. The enigmatic skeletal fossil Fengzuella zhejiangensis, which exhibits an unusual secretional growth mode previously unrecognized from the Early Cambrian, is described in detail. A younger (Qiongzhusian) fossil association contains numerous arthropod remains, such as disarticulated spines of arthropods (Jiangshanodus- and Kijacus-type), which have previously been considered as conodont-like fossils, and bradoriid valves.     

贵州岩溶山区旱地灌溉方式研究

贵州借助前人、同仁和本课题研究工作 ,对旱地灌溉方式问题进行几种不同的研究 ,向社会公诸一个解决贵州岩溶山区旱地灌溉的一种新思维方式 ,并提供旱地灌溉的一种最佳模式。即 :喷灌 +雨养模式 ,以此推荐一个 2 1世纪岩溶山区旱地农业产业化的基本模式 ,为推动旱地高效节水思路尽快转化为生产力服务。