RhoA/Rho激酶在大鼠阴茎勃起机制中的调节作用

一般认为一氧化氮（nitric oxide,NO）释放增加促进小动脉和海绵体平滑肌舒张是导致男性阴茎勃起的主要机制。研究发现内源性血管收缩因子对维持阴茎萎状态有重要作用。应用大鼠模型活体检测使用Y-27632拮抗Rho-激酶活性后对阴茎勃起生理机制的影响;应用免疫转印技术检测 阴茎海绵体内RhoA和Rho激酶蛋白的表达。结果显示在大鼠海绵体组织内有内源性RhoA和Rho激酶蛋白的表达和存在;Y-27632海绵体内注射阻滞RhoA/Rho激酶活性使ICP和CCP/MAP比值明显升高;局部小剂量应用Y-27632对MAP没有明显影响;Y-27632可增强系列电刺激引起的由NO介导的CCP/MAP比值的增加;NO合成酶和鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂的作用不能阻滞RhoA/Rho激酶抑制剂对大鼠阴茎海绵体平滑肌的松弛作用和CCP/MAP的增加。说明RhoA/Rho激酶信号系统发挥了维持海绵体萎软状态重要作用,这是与NO介导途径不同的阴茎勃起生理调节机制。RhoA/Rho激酶抑制剂可能是ED治疗的新领域新方法。     

数值学报（2003年第12卷）

本书是由英国剑桥大学出版、发行的不定期专题论文集，每年出版一卷，登载数值分析、计算方法及其应用等方面的高水平创造性研究论文或综述报告，论文作者多为当代相关领域的国际性学术带头人。     

亨施自述

在我们极其复杂和不断变化的世界里，知悉某些物理量能用很高的精确度来测量和预言，是一件人欣慰的事。精确测量作为物理学中最美的一个方面永远吸引着我。使用更好的测量工具，人们能够看到以前无人见过的地方。不止一次，测量值与理论值之间似乎微不足道的差异导致了基础知识领域里的重要进展。现代科学的诞生本身便是与精确的测量技术密切相关。     

作为非物质文化遗产的南涧彝族“跳菜”

本文根据衡量非物质文化遗产的四条标准：具有突出的历史、文化和科学价值；具有展现中华民族文化创造力的典型性和代表性；具有在一定群体中世代传承、活态存在的特点；具有鲜明特色，在当地有较大影响。结合南涧彝族“跳菜”的实际情况进行比照分析，得出了南涧彝族“跳菜”是一种非物质文化遗产的结论。     

Mutations in genes encoding melanosomal proteins cause pigmentary glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

Pigmentary glaucoma is a significant cause of human blindness. Abnormally liberated iris pigment and cell debris enter the ocular drainage structures, leading to increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma. DBA/2J (D2) mice develop a form of pigmentary glaucoma involving iris pigment dispersion (IPD) and iris stromal atrophy (ISA). Using high-resolution mapping techniques, sequencing and functional genetic tests, we show that IPD and ISA result from mutations in related genes encoding melanosomal proteins. IPD is caused by a premature stop codon mutation in the Gpnmb (GpnmbR150X) gene, as proved by the occurrence of IPD only in D2 mice that are homozygous with respect to GpnmbR150X; otherwise, similar D2 mice that are not homozygous for GpnmbR150X do not develop IPD. ISA is caused by the recessive Tyrp1b mutant allele and rescued by the transgenic introduction of wildtype Tyrp1. We hypothesize that IPD and ISA alter melanosomes, allowing toxic intermediates of pigment production to leak from melanosomes, causing iris disease and subsequent pigmentary glaucoma. This is supported by the rescue of IPD and ISA in D2 eyes with substantially decreased pigment production. These data indicate that pigment production and mutant melanosomal protein genes may contribute to human pigmentary glaucoma. The fact that hypopigmentation profoundly alleviates the D2 disease indicates that therapeutic strategies designed to decrease pigment production may be beneficial in human pigmentary glaucoma.     

The extent of linkage disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Linkage disequilibrium (LD), the nonrandom occurrence of alleles in haplotypes, has long been of interest to population geneticists. Recently, the rapidly increasing availability of genomic polymorphism data has fueled interest in LD as a tool for fine-scale mapping, in particular for human disease loci. The chromosomal extent of LD is crucial in this context, because it determines how dense a map must be for associations to be detected and, conversely, limits how finely loci may be mapped. Arabidopsis thaliana is expected to harbor unusually extensive LD because of its high degree of selfing. Several polymorphism studies have found very strong LD within individual loci, but also evidence of some recombination. Here we investigate the pattern of LD on a genomic scale and show that in global samples, LD decays within approximately 1 cM, or 250 kb. We also show that LD in local populations may be much stronger than that of global populations, presumably as a result of founder events. The combination of a relatively high level of polymorphism and extensive haplotype structure bodes well for developing a genome-wide LD map in A. thaliana.     

Galileo as a ‘bad theologian’: a formative myth about Galileo’s trial

For 150 years after Galileo’s condemnation in 1633, there were many references to the trial, but no sustained, heated or polarized discussions. Then came the thesis that Galileo was condemned not for being a good astronomer but for being a bad theologian (using Scripture to support astronomical hypotheses); it began in 1784–1785 with an apology of the Inquisition by Mallet du Pan in the Mercure de France and the printing in Tiraboschi’s Storia della letteratura italiana of an apocryphal letter attributed to Galileo but forged by Onorato Gaetani. This thesis is not only untenable and false but inverts and subverts the truth; it proved to be long-lasting and widely accepted; so it may be labeled a myth. It was held by such writers as Bergier; Bergier; B; Feller; Cooper; Purcell; Marini; Reumont; Madden and Duhem. Afterwards, it was generally abandoned, its death knell being pope John Paul II’s speeches in 1979–1992. The myth seems to have acted as a catalyst insofar as its creation encouraged the proliferation of pro-clerical accounts and the articulation of pro-Galilean ones, thus making the discussion of Galileo’s trial the cause célèbre it is today.     

早-中元古代Columbia超级大陆研究进展

地球在过去25亿年里曾发生过几次全球性大规模碰撞造山事件（如 Grenville事件,Pan-African事件等）;地质学家由此推测大陆块自早元古代以来曾发生过周期性拼合和分离,从而导致古超级大陆的形成和裂解[1].在过去10年里（1991～2001年）,被认为由约1.0 Ga Grenville造山事件所形成的超级大陆Rodinia已成为古大陆重建的一个热点[2,3].然而,地质学家们在重建Rodinia 过程中发现,并非全部Rodinia组成陆块都是由Grenville造山带所焊接,而     

基质金属蛋白酶-26(MMP-26)在小鼠胚胎植入过程中的作用

基质金属蛋白酶-26（MMP-26，又称Endometase或基质水解素-2）是MMPs家族的一个新成员，它可在胎盘，子宫以及不同肿瘤细胞系中表达，采用子宫角注射，免疫组化，原位杂交，胚泡与子宫上皮单层培养，免疫印迹，RT-PCR和RNA印迹等多种体内外实验方法研究并报道了MMP-26在小鼠胚胎中的表达以及MMP-26抗体在胚胎植入中的作用，研究表明，MMP-26的mRNA与蛋白在小鼠胚泡中均有强烈的表达，此外，体内研究显示，MMP-26抗体能显著抑制小鼠胚胎的着床；在体外培养体系中，MMP-26抗体可显著抑制小鼠胚泡在子宫上皮单层上的黏附与扩展；同时，MMP-26抗体以剂量依赖关系抑制整合素αV亚基mRNA和蛋白的表达，研究提示，MMP-26可能直接或间接参与滋养层细胞侵入子宫内膜的过程，促使小鼠胚泡成功植入。     

脉冲激光照射下生物质材料的传热特性

采用快速瞬态温度检测系统测定高能脉冲激光作用下生物质材料的温度动态变化,研究生物质材料瞬态传热特性以及激光脉冲宽度、功率密度、材料厚度与初始含湿量对温度变化规律的影响.根据实验现象,尝试提出脉冲激光作用下生物质材料传热的数学模型,数值模拟分析表明,计算与实验结果基本吻合,能较好地反应脉冲激光作用下生物质材料的传热特性,为进一步深入研究和理论分析积累了有价值的实验资料,提供了可供参考的经验.