太阳热处理对小白菜根肿病防治效果的研究

为探讨太阳热处理对小白菜根肿病的防治效果,以超级小黄白为供试材料,测定太阳热处理前后的土壤理化性质、根肿菌休眠孢子数量、土壤微生物多样性及发病率和病情指数,评价太阳热处理对小白菜根肿病的影响。研究表明:经太阳热处理后土壤0~10 cm处pH由4.96提高至5.60,根肿菌休眠孢子的浓度由1.09×106 g-1减少至5.74×105 g-1。变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)结果证明,太阳热处理提高了土壤细菌微生物多样性,其中0~10 cm处和10~20 cm处土壤细菌微生物群落的香浓维纳指数分别由1.51、0.91提高到1.98、1.53,0~10 cm处根肿病的发病率由87.10%降低到49.12%,病情指数由45.24降低到16.96,防治效果明显。本研究为太阳热处理在实际农业生产中的应用及对根肿病的防治提供了理论基础。

Natural history of major complications in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis evaluated by per-rectal portal scintigraphy

AIM: To examine the correlation between the porto-systemic hypertension evaluated by portal shunt index (PSI) and life-threatening complications, Including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver failure (Child-Pugh stage progression),and esophagogastric varices.METHODS: Two hundred and twelve consecutive subjects with HCV-related cirrhosis (LC-C) underwent per-rectal portal scintigraphy. They were allocated into three groups aocording to their PSI: group Ⅰ, PSI≤10%; group Ⅱ, 10%＜PSI＜30%;and group Ⅲ, 30%≤PSI. Of these, selected 122 Child-Pugh stage A (Child A) subjects were included in analysis (a mean follow-up period of 5.9±5.4 years, range 6 mo-21 years).RESULTS: No significant correlation between PSI and cumulative probability of HCC Incidence was observed.Cumulative probability of Child A to B progression was tended to be higher in group Ⅲ than in group Ⅰ, and significantly higher in group Ⅲ than in group Ⅱ (62% vs 34%, 62% vs 37%; P = 0.060, ＜0.01; respectively).Cumulative probability of varices tended to be higher In group Ⅲ than in group Ⅰ (31% vs 12%, P = 0.090). On multivariate analyses, significant correlation between PSI and Child A to B progression was observed, and no significant correlation between PSI and HCC incidence or varices progression was observed.CONCLUSION: Patients with LC-C of Child A will progress to Child B rapidly after their PSI reaches 30% or higher.PSI can be used to predict occult progressive porto-systemic shunting and liver failure non-invasively. It indicates that PSI may play an important role in follow-up of the portosystemic hypertension gradient for outpatients with LC unlike hepatic venous catheterization.

Identification of Active Component of Hachimi-jio-gan Ameliorating Diabetic Nephropathy

Conventional medicine-based Chinese herbal prescriptions,have fascinated much attention due to their extensive and unique diversity of biological effects without toxicity and/or adverse effects.Treatment with Hachimi-jio-gan(Ba-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan in Chinese)improved the dysregulated levels of hyperglycemic condition-related oxidative stress generation,advanced glycation endproduct generation,and renal function parameters.These results indicate that Hachimi-jio-gan is a prospective therapeutic agent against the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.Cornel iridoid glycosides and polyphenol are the active compounds of Corni Fructus,the active component of Hachimi-jio-gan,against kidney damage caused by diabetes.Additionally,major components of the Corni Fructus,morroniside and 7-O-Galloyl-D-sedoheptulose(GS)are considered to be important contributors to prevent and/or delay the onset of kidney damage caused by diabetes.Chief of all,GS is expected to be developed as a novel therapeutic drug for the diabetes-accelerated kidney damage.

Irrigation system and land use effect on surface water quality in river, at lake Dianchi, Yunnan, China

The surface water samples were collected in river Dahe and its tributaries, which flow into severely eutrophic lake Dianchi, Yunnan Province, China, in order to elucidate factors controlling water quality fluctuations. The temporal and spatial distribution of water quality tendency was observed. The water quality of each river is dependent on the hydrology effect such water gate and circulating irrigation system. We must consider the hydrology effect to accurately understand water quality variations of river in this study field. In river without highly circulating irrigation system or water gate effect, the downstream nitrate nitrogen （NO3-N） concentration increase occurred in area dominated by open field cultivation, whereas the NO3-N concentration was constant or decreased in area dominated by greenhouse land use. This result suggests that greenhouse covers the soil from precipitation, and nitrate load of greenhouse could be less than that of open field cultivation while the rainfall event. In the upper reaches of river, where is dominated by open field cultivation, there were no sharp increase dissolved molybdate reactive phosphorus and total phosphorus concentration, but P load was accumulated in the lower reaches of river, whose predominant land use is greenhouse. Although the P sources is unclear in this study, greenhouse area may have potential of P loads due to its high P content in greenhouse soil. Considering hydrology effect is necessary to determine what the major factor is influencing the water quality variation, especially in area with highly complicated irrigation system in this studying site.

Evaluation of the sperm DNA fragmentation index in infertile Japanese men by in-house flow cytometric analysis

Semen analysis has long been used to evaluate male fertility.Recently,several sperm function tests have been developed.Of those,the sperm DNA fragmentation index(DFI),which describes the status of the sperm DNA,is thought to be a suitable parameter for evaluating male fertility.However,there have been no large-scale studies on the sperm DFI of Japanese men.Therefore,we investigated the feasibility of using an in-house flow cytometry-based sperm DFI analysis based on the sperm DNA fragmentation test of sperm chromatin structure assay(SCSA)to assess male fertility in Japan.This study enrolled 743 infertile and 20 fertile Japanese men.To evaluate reproducibility,inter-and intraobserver precision was analyzed.A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to set a cutoff value for the sperm DFI to identify men who could father children by timed intercourse or intrauterine insemination.The variability of the sperm DFI among fertile volunteers was determined.The relationship between semen parameters and the sperm DFI was assessed by Spearman’s rho test.A precision analysis revealed good reproducibility of the sperm DFI.The cutoff value of sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men was 24.0%.Semen volume had no relationship with the sperm DFI.Sperm concentration,sperm motility,total motile sperm count,and percentage of normal-shaped sperm were significantly and negatively correlated with the sperm DFI.The median sperm DFI was smaller in fertile volunteers(7.7%)than that in infertile men(19.4%).Sperm DNA fragmentation analysis can be used to assess sperm functions that cannot be evaluated by ordinary semen analysis.