Inducing dopaminergic differentiation of expanded rat mesencephalic neural stem cells by ascorbic acid in vitro

Ascorbic acid (AA) induced differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) into dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons is reported.NSCs derived from rat mesencephalon were maintained and expanded in a defined medium containing mitogens of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF).Compared with the control, ascorbic acid treatment led to more DAergic neuronal differentiation as indicated by the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine transporter (DAT), which are specific markers of dopamine neurons.AA induction also enhanced expression of Nurr1 and Shh.PD98059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) pathway, could block AA-induced Nurr1, TH and DAT mRNA expression.The results might suggest a new strategy to provide enough dopaminergic cells for the therapy of Parkinson's disease (PD), and Nurr1 and ERK signaling pathway might participate in the AA-induced DAergic differentiation.     

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) based microchip for DNA electrophoresis

A novel poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) -based microchip for DNA separation through electrophoresis has been developed using a micro-electro-mechanical-system(MEMS) technology. Unlike previous hybrid PDMS microchip, one PDMS film is first created on glass support by pressing method in our microchip. Thus, increased band-broadening phenomena, arising from the material nonuniformity at the walls of microchannel, can be avoided in electrophoresis process. A low-viscosity hydroxypropylmethylcellulose-100 (HPMC-100) is used as the separation medium for fluorescent intercalator-labeled double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) fragments. Mannitol is introduced to PDMS-based microchip as a separation medium additive to enhance separation efficiency. At applied electric field strength of 150 V/cm, excellent separations of the PCR marker could be achieved with an effective separation distance of 25mm .     

兽药添加剂喹乙醇对水生生物的毒理学研究

兽药添加剂喹乙醇是一种在畜禽及水产养殖中应用广泛的促生长剂 ,但其安全性仍存在较大争议 ,使用不当或过量使用会对环境构成潜在危害 .采用斑马鱼和鲤鱼作为生物材料 ,分别研究了兽药添加剂喹乙醇对斑马鱼的急性毒性、对斑马鱼胚胎发育的影响及对鲤鱼肾细胞DNA的损伤 .急性毒性试验表明 ,96hrLC50 为 1 996.87mg/L ;胚胎发育试验实验结果表明 ,96hrEC50 为2 2 1 .2 0mg/L ;单细胞凝胶电泳试验结果表明 ,喹乙醇能引起较大的DNA损伤 ,与空白对照相比有极显著性差异 (P <0 .0 1) ,并在设定的剂量范围内呈现一定的剂量效应关系     

基于LS-SVM的燃料电池控制建模的研究

由于直接甲醇燃料电池数学模型的复杂性难以满足工程上对DMFC控制系统的设计，提出一种基于最小二乘支持向量机建模算法，用具有RBF核函数的LS-SVM离线建立DMFC电堆的非线性模型；仿真和实验结果表明了该建模方法具有建模简单、模型精度高等优点，亦证明了该算法的有效性和优越性。研究结果对直接甲醇燃料电池控制系统的建模和控制具有一定的实用价值。     

细胞因子诱导的NK细胞过继免疫治疗恶性肿瘤的初步应用

目的　采集不同类型恶性肿瘤患者外周血,扩增CINK细胞,并观察自体CINK细胞过继免疫治疗的疗效和安全性.方法　利用抗CD3 单抗、IL-2、PHA从9 例肿瘤患者PBMC中诱导扩增CINK细胞,2 周左右开始自体回输.结果　CINK细胞经培养后细胞总数和CD3- CD56+NK细胞均获大量增殖.肿瘤患者经自体CINK 细胞免疫治疗后, CD3、CD4 T 细胞、NK 细胞、CD4/CD8的比例均显著提高(P<0.01),睡眠、食欲等指标也有相应改善,治疗过程中未见副作用. 结论　自体CINK细胞过继免疫治疗可以显著提高患者免疫功能,改善患者生活质量,且副作用小.     

移动化学反应界面实验装置的改进

针对移动化学反应界面实验的4个难以解决的关键问题,在W.K.Chen实验装置的基础上,设计了一种新的多移动化学反应界面实验装置,在对CoCl2与NaOH形成的移动化学反应界面进行实验对比的同时,对KCl KBr与AgNO3形成的多移动化学反应界面进行了实验研究.结果表明,该装置能很好地避免电解时产生的H 、OH-的干扰,反应界面清晰,实验精度较高,能节省大量的阴、阳极液,稳定性好.     

Development of the CAS-IBB single-particle microbeam for localized irradiation of living cells

A single-particle microbeam facility has been constructed at the Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering (LIBB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The system was designed to deliver a defined numbers of hydrogen ions, produced by a van de Graaff accelerator, in an energy range of 2.0-3.0 MeV, into an area smaller than that of the nucleus of an individual living cell. The beam is collimated by a borosilicate glass capillary that forms the beam-line exit. An integrated computer program recognizes the cells and locates them one by one over the microbeam exit for irradiation. We present technical details of the CAS-LIBB microbeam facility, particularly on the collimator, hardware, control program, as well as cell irradiation protocols available. Various factors contributing to the targeting and positioning precision are discussed along with accuracy measurement results.     

LC3真核表达载体构建及其在293T细胞中自噬诱导研究

【目的】构建pEGFP-N1-LC3真核表达载体,并将其转染进人胚肾细胞293T,通过Earle's盐平衡液(Balanced salt solution,EBSS)饥饿诱导观察细胞自噬现象。【方法】RT-PCR扩增LC3基因,并将其插入pEGFP-N1真核表达载体构建重组质粒。将重组质粒转染至人胚肾细胞293T,显微镜观察、Western blot检测GFP-LC3融合蛋白表达情况。对转染细胞进行Earle's盐平衡液饥饿诱导,通过Western blot验证自噬指标,激光共聚焦显微镜观察自噬泡形成。【结果】成功构建pEGFP-N1-LC3真核表达载体,并在293T细胞中成功表达目的蛋白,在进行Earle's盐平衡液饥饿诱导后观察到自噬泡的形成,Western blot检测到LC3-Ⅰ向LC3-Ⅱ的转化。【结论】本实验为研究自噬在癌细胞病理进程中的机制提供了实验素材。     

微生物燃料电池修复钒污染地下水的响应曲面优化研究

使用响应曲面法, 对单室微生物燃料电池去除五价钒的运行条件进行分析和优化。采用乙酸钠作为单室微生物燃料电池的碳源, 探讨钒初始浓度、COD初始浓度和电解液电导率对五价钒去除率的影响, 三因素三水平的响应曲面分析结果表明, 五价钒初始浓度对五价钒去除率的影响最显著, 其次为 COD 初始浓度, 最后是电解液电导率。利用响应曲面法得到最优实验条件: 五价钒初始浓度为75.44 mg/L, COD初始浓度为1007.48 mg/L, 电导率为11.98 mS/cm, 此时可获得五价钒的最大理论去除率80.31%。验证实验的结果证实了该优化方法的可靠性。研究成果可以促进微生物燃料电池技术在治理钒污染地下水领域的实际应用。     

Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)

This study reviews the taxonomy of the southern Australian scincid lizards previously referred to Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii (Duméril and Bibron, 1839) and L. baudini Greer, 1982; here placed along with L. spenceri and the recently described L. rawlinsoni in the genus Pseudemoia. Electrophoretic, karyotypic and morphological data show that populations assigned to P. entrecasteauxii belong to three species. The name Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii is restricted here to a morphologically variable species which occurs in woodlands, forests and heathlands from the Blue Mountains, NSW, through the southeastern mainland, Bass Strait islands and Tasmania, to the islands of Spencer Gulf, SA. Populations designated as L. entrecasteauxii Form B by recent authors are mostly referrable to P. entrecasteauxii (s.s.). Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) is resurrected to apply to strongly striped populations disjunctly distributed in open grassland habitats from Tasmania, south-central Victoria, the southeast Australian highlands, Blue Mountains and New England Tableland. This species largely encompasses those populations referred to by several workers as L. entrecasteauxii Form A. A neotype for Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pagenstecheri is designated. A new species, P. cryodroma, is restricted to alpine and subalpine habitats on the high plains of Victoria. Pseudemoia cryodroma may have had a hybrid origin from P. entrecasteauxii and P. pagenstecheri. Pseudemoia baudini, hitherto known only from the unique holotype, is redescribed. This species extends eastward along the coast of the Great Australian Bight as far as the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. A key to the species of Pseudemoia is provided.