Thrombospondin co-localises with TGFβ and IGF-I in the extracellular matrix of human osteoblast-like cells and is modulated by 17β estradiol

Thrombospondin (TSP) is a multifunctional glycoprotein which is synthesised by several cell types including osteoblasts, and incorporated into the extracellular matrix (ECM) of these cells. The function and regulation of TSP in bone is not clear. In this study, using a long term culture model of human osteoblast-like cells, we examined the distribution of TSP in the ECM and its modulation by added estradiol. In this model the osteoblast-like cells form a regular multilayer which continues to increase in depth up to 50 days post confluence. In the ECM of these cultures and in 19-week fetal bone, the bone markers osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase were diffusely distributed in the matrix. In contrast, labelling for TSP was concentrated, confined to the banded collagen and its immediately adjacent ECM. This pattern of labelling resembled that of the growth factors transforming growth factor-I (TGF), and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), with which TSP label co-localised. Labelling intensities were comparable between fetal bone and the in vitro material for TSP, TGF and IGF-I. TSP label was present by 10 days post confluence, reached a maximum by 20 days, and declined slowly thereafter, a time course which was similar to that of IGF-I. Incubation of osteoblast-like cell cultures with 17 estradiol resulted in an increase in multilayer depth and a maximal 3-fold increase in TSP labeling at 30 days as well as approximately 2-fold increases for TGF and IGF-I. The dose-response relationship for these responses to estradiol treatment was biphasic with maximal increases at 10^–10 M–10^–11 M of added estradiol. Treatment with 17 estradiol produced labelling intensities that were not significantly different from controls. Studies with other cell types have suggested that TSP may be involved in modulation of growth factor activity. The similarities between TSP, TGF and IGF-I, in terms of their distribution and regulation by 17 estradiol treatment, may indicate a role for TSP in modulating bone cell proliferation and function through interaction with local growth factors.     

Sex pheromone of the pine sawflyDiprion pini (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae): Chemical identification,synthesis and biological activity

The main component of the sex pheromone secretion of femaleDiprion pini L. (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) from insects collected both in Finland and in France has been identified as athreo-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol (8 ng per female) stereoisomer by GC-MS and synthesis. The secretion also contains lower and higher homologues in small amounts (1–4% of the main component). Combined gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection showed activity in both natural and esterified extracts (acetates and propionates); the esters of the main component gave the largest responses. The acetates and propionates of the eight stereoisomers of 3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol were synthesized from enantiomerically highly enriched (>99% ee) building blocks. The stereochemistry of the main component was established to be (2S,3R,7R)-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol by GC analysis of the natural material. It was purified by liquid chromatography prior to the GC analysis of both its pentafluorobenzoates and its isopropylcarbamates on a non-chiral polar column (ECD) and a chiral column (NPD), respectively. Field tests demonstrated that both the acetate and propionate of the main component (100 g of each applied on cotton roll dispensers) were active in attracting males, with or without the presence of several of the minor compounds. Experiments with smaller amounts of the acetate and the propionate (1 g in France and 50 g in Finland) demonstrated that the propionate was more active than the acetate, and that it also caught more males than a blend of the two compounds.     

Fibronectin peptide DRVPHSRNSIT and fibronectin receptor peptide DLYYLMDL arrest gastrulation ofRana pipiens

Gastrulation is characterized by dramatic cell migration which is thought to require the interaction of cell adhesion molecules with extracellular molecules. We have tested two novel peptides, a fibronectin peptide and a fibronectin receptor peptide, for their effects on gastrulation of the leopard frogRana pipiens. The fibronectin peptide DRVPHSRNSIT corresponds to residues 1373–1383 of the cell-binding domain of fibronectin; the receptor peptide DLYYLMDL corresponds to residues 124–131 of 1 subunit of a variety of integrins including 51. Either of these peptides significantly inhibited gastrulation after being microinjected into mid-blastulae. These results indicate that these sequences may correspond to the ligand/receptor interaction sites of fibronectin and its receptor(s).     

有间隙系统自激振动的近似解析解

对有间隙系统自激振动非线性方程的解析解进行了分析,通常平均法产生误差的重要原因在于假设平均法的解时未考虑间隙的影响,从而提出一种新的方法,即加权平均法。经验证,计算精度符合工程要求,为某些非线性方程提供了一条求其近似解析解的途径。     

藏药抱茎獐牙菜的胚胎学研究

抱茎獐牙菜（ＳｗｅｒｔｉａｆｒａｎｃｈｉｔｉａｎａＭａｘｉｍ．）花药４室,药壁发育为双子叶型;绒毡层异型起源,为非典型腺质型绒毡层;中层２层;花药壁表皮宿存,与药室内壁一起纤维状加厚．胞质分裂为同时型,四分体的排列方式为四面体型;成熟花粉为２细胞．子房２心皮,１室,８列胚珠,为侧膜胎座．薄珠心,单珠被,倒生胚珠．胚囊发育为蓼型．珠孔受精,受精作用属于有丝分裂前配子体融合类型．胚乳发育为核型．胚胎发育为茄型酸浆Ⅰ变型．反足细胞分裂为５～８个,宿存,每个细胞均多核和异常膨大,反足细胞形成的吸器明显,并在胚乳层之外形成染色深的类似“外胚乳”的结构．果实成熟时,种子只发育至球型胚早期阶段．反足细胞在龙胆科一些高山短命植物中的宿存与分裂具有重要的生殖适应与进化意义,这对于龙胆科一年生植物在青藏高原严酷的环境下,甚至在只有几周的生长季节内完成其生活史是十分重要的     

拟塑性流体理论中一类奇异非线性边界值问题

研究了起源于拟塑性流体理论中的一类奇异非线性两点边界值问题正确的存在性和唯一性。     

高氯氧化锌烟尘浓硫酸脱氯的影响因素

研究了浓硫酸用量、固化反应时间、物料粒度对浓硫酸法脱氯的影响。结果表明,随着浓硫酸用量增加脱氯率增大,当烟尘酸量达到０．５２ｍｌ／ｇ时,再继续增加酸量,脱氯率反而下降;固化反应时间与脱氯率呈线性关系,随着固化反应时间的延长,脱氯率增大;氯化锌烟尘粒度在６０￣１７５μｍ范围内,对脱氯率影响不大。     

结晶器内连铸坯热弹塑性应力的有限元分析

建立了结晶器内连铸坯热弹塑性应力有限元分析模型,在推导的热弹塑性本构方程中考虑了材料力学性能,屈服函数随温度和应变速率的变化,模拟计算了结晶器内连铸坏应力分布。模拟结果表明,在铸坯的热节约内,高温坯壳受到拉应力的作用,易于产生裂纹,从而说明铸坯偏角区形成的热节约是连铸坯裂纹缺陷乃至漏钢事故发生的诱因。     

阳离子交换树脂催化合成1—萘乙酸甲酯的研究

本文研究了用强酸性阳离子交换树脂作催化剂,１—萘乙酸和甲醇直接酯化合成１—萘乙酸甲酯的反应。考察了催化剂用量,反应物料配比,反应时间等因素对产率的影响,通过正交实验,找到了较佳反应条件：当催化剂用量为反应液的３％,醇酸摩尔比为２０～３０,在回流温度下反应４小时,酯的收率＞９２％,纯度＞９９％。该法工艺简单,操作方便,无三废污染,适合工业化生产。