肾上腺皮质球状带细胞的电兴奋性与醛固酮分泌:离子通道的作用

醛固酮是肾上腺皮质球状带(ZG)细胞产生的类固醇类激素,对体液电解质平衡和血压稳定起着关键调控作用。醛固酮生成是一个钙离子依赖性的过程,离子通道在这一过程中扮演着关键角色。临床上发现的原发性醛固酮增多症大多与离子通道的突变有关。最近ZG细胞独特的rosette结构与其电兴奋性的关系引起了更多研究兴趣。阐明rosette与ZG细胞电兴奋性以及醛固酮分泌之间的关系,有助于更深入地了解调节醛固酮分泌的机制,为原发性醛固酮增多症的发病机制提供新见解。

Post-fire recovery of Puya raimondii, vegetation and birds in the puna of Huascarán National Park, Perú

A large fire of 233 ha in Huascarán National Park in Peru provided an opportunity to compare plant and bird responses in burned and nearby unburned zones of the puna. Heights and live diameters of flagship Puya raimondii rosettes(assigned to four broad developmental phases), plant communities(66 species in 24 families and nine growth forms) and bird communities(77 species in six trophic guilds) were monitored after the fire. Although no mortality was observed, Puya raimondii plants were affected by the fire, losing approximately 60% of their photosynthetic area across all developmental phases, but recovered quickly during the first two years after fire. The comparison of Puya rosette recovery after fire was complicated by the changes in live rosette diameter for unburned plants, which showed plasticity of photosynthetic area linked to seasonal and annual fluctuations in precipitation in this relatively dry environment(decreased by 26% for mature adult plants over the study period). Fire caused an immediate change in the density, biomass and composition of vegetation. Although the species present remained similar, their abundances changed significantly immediately after the fire, with notable reductions in dominant tussock grasses. This provided opportunities for other plants, resulting in higher postfire diversity of plant species, genera, families and growth forms. In turn, the changes in vegetation after fire affected the composition of birds according to their trophic guild. Granivores largely disappeared,generalists were mostly unaffected, and other guilds showed a more complex response. As the vegetation recovered, most displaced birds returned within approximately one year.

Direct-Ink-Writing Printed Strain Rosette Sensor Array with Optimized Circuit Layout

The full-field multiaxial strain measurement is highly desired for application of structural monitoring but still challenging,especially when the manufacturing and assembling for largearea sensing devices is quite difficult.Compared with the traditional procedure of gluing commercial strain gauges on the structure surfaces for strain monitoring,the recently developed Direct-Ink-Writing(DIW)technology provides a feasible way to directly print sensors on the structure.However,there are still crucial issues in the design and printing strategies to be probed and improved.Therefore,in this work,we propose an integrated strategy from layered circuit scheme to rapid manufacturing of strain rosette sensor array based on the DIW technology.Benefit from the innovative design with simplified circuit layout and the advantages of DIW for printing multilayer structures,here we achieve optimization design principle for strain rosette sensor array with scalable circuit layout,which enable a hierarchical printing strategy for multiaxial strain monitoring in large scale or multiple domains.The strategy is highly expected to adapt for the emerging requirement in various applications such as integrated soft electronics,nondestructive testing and small-batch medical devices.

Neoplastic-Like CELL Changes of Normal Fibroblast Cells Associated with Evolutionary Conserved Maternal and Paternal Genomic Autonomous Behavior (Gonomery)

The present comparative review discusses conservation of early evolutionary, relic genetics in the genome of man, which determine two different mechanistic reductive division systems expressed by normal, human diploid cells. The divisions were orderly and segregated genomes reductively to near-diploid daughter cells, which showed gain of a proliferative advantage (GPA) over cells of origin. This fact of GPA expression is a fundamental requirement for initiation of tumorigenesis. The division systems were responses to a carcinogen-free induction system, consisting of short (1 - 3 days) exposures of young cells to nutritional deprivation of amino acid glutamine (AAD). In recovery growth (2 - 4 days) endo-tetra/ochtoploid cells and normal diploid metaphase cells demonstrated chromosomal reductive divisions to respectively heterozygous and homozygous altered daughter cells. Both division systems showed co-segregating whole complements, which for reduction of the diploid metaphases could only arise from gonomeric-based autonomous behavior of maternal and paternal (mat/pat) genomes. The timely associated appearance with these latter divisions was fast growing small-cells (1/2 volume-size reduced from normal diploidy), which became homozygous from haploid, genomic doubling. Both reductive divisions thus produced genome altered progeny cells with GPA, which was associated with pre-cancer-like cell-phenotypic changes. Since both “undesirable” reductive divisions expressed orderly division sequences, their genetic controls were assumed to be “old genetics”, evolutionarily conserved in the genome of man. Support for this idea was a search for evidential material in the evolutionary record from primeval time, when haploid organisms were established. The theory was that endopolyploid and gonomery-based reductive divisions relieved the early eukaryotic organisms from accidental, non-proliferative diploidy and polyploidy, bringing the organism back to vegetative haploid proliferation. Asexual cycles were common for maintenance of propagating haploid and diploid early unicellular eukaryotes. Reduction of accidental diploidy was referred to as “one-step meiosis” which meant gonomeric-based maternal and paternal genomic independent segregations. This interpretation was supported by exceptional chromosomal behaviors. However, multiple divisions expressing non-disjunction was the choice-explanation from evolutionists, which today is also suggested for the rarer LL-1 near haploid leukemia. These preserved non-mitotic mechanistic divisions systems are today witnessed in apomixes and parthenogenesis in many animal phyla. Thus, the indications are the modern genome of man harbors, relic-genetics from past “good” evolvements assuring “stable” proliferation of ancient, primitive eukaryotes, but with cancer-like effects for normal human cells.

Sodium iodate-induced retina degeneration observed in non-separate sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mounts

Background:Sodium iodate(SI)is a chemical widely applied to induce retina degeneration in animal models.SI treatment caused formation of rosettes/folds in the outer nuclear layer(ONL)of the rat retina,but it was previously unclear whether SI also forms rosettes in mice.In addition,SI induced retina degeneration was never addressed in non-separate sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mount.Here we displayed features of retina degeneration including rosette formation in mice and developed a morphological analytic assessment using sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mounts.Methods:SI was intraperitoneally injected in Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats and C57BL/6J mice using a single dose(50 mg/kg)or with a dose range(10 to 50 mg/kg)in BALB/C mice.Rat retinas were investigated up to 2-week post-injection by histology and whole mounts,and mouse retinas were investigated up to 3-week post-injection by histology,fluorescent staining of sections and/or sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mounts for the morphological evaluations of the SI-induced retina damage.Results:SI-induced retina damage caused photoreceptor(PR)degeneration and rosettes/folds formation,as well as retina pigment epithelium degeneration and inward migration.It displayed mixed nuclei from choroid to PRs,due to layer disorganization,as shown by single horizontal images in the sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mounts.Measurement of the PR rosette area induced by SI provided a quantitative,morphological evaluation of retina degeneration.Conclusions:The method of non-separate sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole staining and mount allows us to observe the integral horizontal view of damage from sclera to PR layers,which cannot be addressed by using sectioned and separate whole mount methods.This method is applicable for morphological evaluation of retina damage,especially in the subretinal layer.

Tackling Post-Operative Cutaneous Scarring with Autologous Cell Therapy

Regenerative medicine has brought about refreshing new thinking about age old problems. However, some problems remain mostly untouched and are not being addressed. A point in question is the track of scar tissue left behind post-operatively, which reveals the surgeon’s line of invasive incision. This confers on the patient an adverse psychological reminder and burden for the rest of his/her life. Most patients cannot afford corrective plastic surgery to ameliorate this skin defect. This paper seeks to ask whether biomedical scientists could play a role in arriving at a more pleasing cosmetic result, using a simple cell culture procedure of isolating un-manipulated autologous primary epidermal and dermal cells from a small skin tissue segment in close proximity to the surgeon’s incision line.

过量表达URO基因抑制拟南芥次生细胞壁开关基因表达

植物次生细胞壁的发育受到一系列转录调控因子的调节.但关于这一过程如何与植物整体发育相整合,一直少有报道.拟南芥URO(UP-RIGHT ROSETTE)基因过量表达导致在相应突变体uro中自由态生长素浓度明显升高,并导致该突变体中次生细胞壁发育减弱.本研究利用突变体uro及其杂合子uro/+,通过定量PCR的方法,检测了一系列调控植物次生细胞壁分化相关基因的表达情况.结果表明,在uro/uro和uro/+中,植物次生细胞壁发育开关基因的表达受到明显抑制,而对于木质部导管细胞分化的开关基因没有明显影响.因此,URO基因是介导植物细胞壁次生加厚与植物生长发育状态关联的基因,URO基因通过抑制次生细胞壁发育达到维持细胞的生长状态的效果.

胎母输血综合征的实验室检测与临床干预

胎母输血综合征(FMH)是一种妊娠期罕见疾病,可能会导致胎儿宫内窘迫、贫血,甚至死亡,但FMH发病隐匿,缺乏特异性,因此,选择适当的检测方法进行早期诊断并积极治疗具有重要的临床意义。该文将详细介绍常见的FMH筛查实验,如Rosette screen、Kleihauer-Betke酸洗脱实验、anti-D抗体及anti-HbF抗体的流式细胞术等。FMH治疗方案的选择需考虑胎龄和病情严重程度。出现大量胎母输血时,治疗以宫内输血为首选。提高临床医师对于FMH的认识,重视早期诊断和治疗,有助于保障母婴生命安全。

Hole-drilling method using grating rosette and Moire interferometry

The hole-drilling method is one of the most wellknown methods for measuring residual stresses. To identify unknown plane stresses in a specimen, a circular hole is first drilled in the infinite plate under plane stress, then the strains resulting from the hole drilling is measured. The strains may be acquired from interpreting the Moire signature around the hole. In crossed grating Moire interferometry, the horizontal and vertical displacement fields （u and v） can be obtained to determinate two strain fields and one shearing strain field. In this paper, by means of Moire interferometry and three directions grating （grating rosette） developed by the authors, three displacement fields （u, v and s） are obtained to acquire three strain fields. As a practical application, the hole-drilling method is adopted to measure the relief strains for aluminum and fiber reinforced composite. It is a step by step method; in each step a single laminate or equivalent depth is drilled to find some relationships between the drilling depth and the residual strains relieved in the fiber reinforced composite materials.

INFLUENCE OF POLYACTIN A ON THE THROCYTE TUMOR－ERYTHROCYTE ROSETTE FORMING OF SARCOMA 180 BEARING MICE

Three tests were used to assay the tumor-erythrocyte rosette forming rate for Sarcoma 180 (S180) bearing mice after abdominal injection or polyactin A.The results showed that the forming rates of the direct tumor-erythrocyte rosette,enhanced tumor-erythrocyte rosette, cooperative tumor-erythrocyte rosette in the tumor bearing mice group decreased by 22.07 %,25.87% and 24. 90% respectively,compared with those in the normal group. he difrerences were all remarkable(P<0. 01).After injection of polyactin A into the tumor bearing mice,the forming rates increased by 11. 64%, 16. 77% and 13.56% respectively.The dirference was also remarkable. These suggest that polyactin A can improve the adherence of erythrocytes and serum enhancing factors to tumor cells,and their cooperative adherence, thus strengthen the immune function of erythrocytes.

Genome-wide Expression Profiling in Seedlings of the Arabidopsis Mutant uro that is Defective in the Secondary Cell Wall Formation

Plant secondary growth is of tremendous importance, not only for plant growth and development but also for economic usefulness. Secondary tissues such as xylem and phloem are the conducting tissues in plant vascular systems, essentially for water and nutrient transport, respectively. On the other hand, products of plant secondary growth are important raw materials and renewable sources of energy. Although advances have been recently made towards describing molecular mechanisms that regulate secondary growth, the genetic control for this process is not yet fully understood. Secondary cell wall formation in plants shares some common mechanisms with other plant secondary growth processes. Thus, studies on the secondary cell wall formation using Arabidopsis may help to understand the regulatory mechanisms for plant secondary growth. We previously reported phenotypic characterizations of an Arabidopsis semi-dominant mutant, upright rosette （uro）, which is defective in secondary cell wall growth and has an unusually soft stem. Here, we show that lignification in the secondary cell wall in uro is aberrant by analyzing hypocotyl and stem. We also show genome-wide expression profiles of uro seedlings, using the Affymetrix GeneChip that contains approximately 24 000 Arabidopsis genes. Genes identified with altered expression levels include those that function in plant hormone biosynthesis and signaling, cell division and plant secondary tissue growth. These results provide useful information for further characterizations of the regulatory network in plant secondary cell wall formation.

ASSAYS AND LIGHT MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY FOR ERRFC AND ANAE POSITIVE CELLS OF LYMPHOID CELLS DURING YOLK-SAC HEMOPOIESIS IN CHICK EMBRYO

I.INTRODUCTION The theory about 3 stages of embryonic hemopoiesis has been accepted by most investigators. Yolk sac is the first hemopoietic organ at the early stage of embryonic.

RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE ASSOCIATED WITH WHEAT ROSETTE STUNT VIRIONS

Wheat rosette stunt virus （WRSV） contains an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The RNA polymerase activity is associated with the viral nucleocapsid （NP）.In vitro transcription of purified NP required all of the four nucleoside triphosphates and Mg2+.There was a need of a proper salt concentration and some reducing reagents in the system for increasing the RNA polymerase activity.The optimum temperature for in vitro transcription was around 25℃.Within the first 90 min of in vitro reaction, incorporation rose linearly with the time course of incubation. The experiments of ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease treatments showed that single-stranded RNAs were synthesized in vitro by the RNA polymerase.Two fractions of WRSV-NP could be separated by SDS-dissociation and ultracentrifugation.The supernatant fraction contained three structural proteins of NP: L, N and NS;and the pellet fraction contained the viral RNA.When the supernatant proteins and the viral RNA were mixed together, RNA polymerase activity