热电离质谱法(Thermal ionization mass spectrometry,简称TIMS)是一种测量同位素丰度比的经典分析方法,在地质学和核工业领域得到广泛应用。热电离质谱法测铀同位素丰度比时一般采用三带结构,由于铀的第一电离能较高,需要较高的电离温...热电离质谱法(Thermal ionization mass spectrometry,简称TIMS)是一种测量同位素丰度比的经典分析方法,在地质学和核工业领域得到广泛应用。热电离质谱法测铀同位素丰度比时一般采用三带结构,由于铀的第一电离能较高,需要较高的电离温度,长时间测试蒸发出铀化合物或电离出的铀离子在灯丝支架上沉积,影响灯丝支架上悬浮高压与源电压间的绝缘电阻,降低两者之间的电压差,导致绝大部分离子因动能不足无法进入离子透镜,最终影响离子流的稳定性,引起测试时信号产生波动。针对热电离质谱仪灯丝支架铀沉积导致的灯丝支架绝缘失效问题,采用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱法(Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry,简称LA-ICP-MS)对灯丝支架铀沉积分布进行了分析,取得以下结果:建立了LA-ICP-MS原位表面分析技术,其最佳激光频率为10 Hz,能量密度为6 J·cm-2,束斑直径为60μm。校准曲线相关系数R2=0.9992,表明建立的方法线性关系良好。应用建立的方法,测定了灯丝支架表面铀沉积的分布特征。结果显示:灯丝支架表面铀沉积随着灯丝支架使用时间的增加,对应的绝缘电阻变小;并沿着支架向两端延伸,铀沉积量逐渐降低。铀沉积主要集中在电离带灯丝支架中心上端,且蒸发带上铀沉积量明显低于电离带。同时绝缘挡片可以有效降低陶瓷绝缘体上铀的沉积,因此可以通过增大绝缘挡片来提高灯丝支架的绝缘效果。展开更多
Effects of maternal dietary zinc deficiency on prenatal and postnatal brain development were investigated in ICR strain mice. From d 1 of pregnancy (EO) until postnatal d 20 (P20), maternal mice were fed experimental ...Effects of maternal dietary zinc deficiency on prenatal and postnatal brain development were investigated in ICR strain mice. From d 1 of pregnancy (EO) until postnatal d 20 (P20), maternal mice were fed experimental diets that contained 1 mg Zn/kg/day (severe zinc deficient, SZD), 5 mg Zn/kg/day (marginal zinc deficient, MZD), 30 mg Zn/kg/day (zinc adequately supplied, ZA) or 100 mg Zn/kg/day (zinc supplemented, ZS and pair-fed, PF). Brains of offspring from these dietary groups were examined at various developmental stages for expression of nestin, an intermediate filament protein found in neural stem cells and young neurons. Immunocytochemistry showed nestin expression in neural tube 10. 5 d post citrus (dpc) as well as in the cerebral cortex and neural tube from 10.5 dpc to postnatal d 10 (P10). Nestin immunoreactivities in both brain and neural tube of those zinc-supplemented control groups (ZA, ZS, PF) were stronger than those in zinc-deficient groups (SZD and MZD). Western blot analysis confirmed that nestin levels in -pooled brain extracts from each of the zinc-supplemented groups (ZA, ZS, PF) were much higher than those from the zinc-deficient groups (SZD and MZD) from 10.5 dpc to P10. Immunostaining and Western blots showed no detectable nestin in any of the experimental and control group brains after P20. These observations of an association between maternal zinc deficiency and decreased nestin protein levels in brains of offspring suggest that zinc deficiency suppresses development of neural stem cells, an effect which may lead to neuroanatomical and behavioral abnormalities in adults.展开更多
基金grants from National Basic Research Program (G 1999054000) andNational Natural Science FOundation of China (No.39770643, 398702
文摘Effects of maternal dietary zinc deficiency on prenatal and postnatal brain development were investigated in ICR strain mice. From d 1 of pregnancy (EO) until postnatal d 20 (P20), maternal mice were fed experimental diets that contained 1 mg Zn/kg/day (severe zinc deficient, SZD), 5 mg Zn/kg/day (marginal zinc deficient, MZD), 30 mg Zn/kg/day (zinc adequately supplied, ZA) or 100 mg Zn/kg/day (zinc supplemented, ZS and pair-fed, PF). Brains of offspring from these dietary groups were examined at various developmental stages for expression of nestin, an intermediate filament protein found in neural stem cells and young neurons. Immunocytochemistry showed nestin expression in neural tube 10. 5 d post citrus (dpc) as well as in the cerebral cortex and neural tube from 10.5 dpc to postnatal d 10 (P10). Nestin immunoreactivities in both brain and neural tube of those zinc-supplemented control groups (ZA, ZS, PF) were stronger than those in zinc-deficient groups (SZD and MZD). Western blot analysis confirmed that nestin levels in -pooled brain extracts from each of the zinc-supplemented groups (ZA, ZS, PF) were much higher than those from the zinc-deficient groups (SZD and MZD) from 10.5 dpc to P10. Immunostaining and Western blots showed no detectable nestin in any of the experimental and control group brains after P20. These observations of an association between maternal zinc deficiency and decreased nestin protein levels in brains of offspring suggest that zinc deficiency suppresses development of neural stem cells, an effect which may lead to neuroanatomical and behavioral abnormalities in adults.
