烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用进展

随着仿生机器人、智能控制及人工智能等领域的发展,传统的机械驱动方式已无法满足相关领域对致动系统提出的柔性、高效及多源刺激响应性等要求,因此需发展新型的人工肌肉材料。以碳纳米管和石墨烯为代表的烯碳材料具有轻质、高强、高电导率和柔性等特征,在人工肌肉领域展现出了巨大的应用潜力。以烯碳材料为基元构筑宏观组装体材料,或以烯碳材料为添加相制备纳米复合材料,可在微观和宏观架起桥梁,实现烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用。本文基于上述两种应用形式,综述了烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用进展。首先从一维纤维和二维薄膜的烯碳人工肌肉宏观表现形态出发,介绍了既作为结构材料,又提供了响应、驱动功能的烯碳材料在人工肌肉中的应用。接着从机电性能、可编程的响应形变以及传感功能三个方向,介绍了烯碳材料作为增强赋能相在人工肌肉材料中的功能性应用。最后阐述了基于烯碳材料人工肌肉的机遇与挑战。     

离子液凝胶的研究进展

离子液凝胶结合了离子液体的稳定、不挥发、良好导电性以及普通凝胶的环境响应性智能特点,因而不但可用于制作新型太阳能电池、锂电池、超级电容器、人工肌肉和电致变色装置,还可作为功能膜材料用于催化反应和气体分离,以及作为生物传感器用于检测葡萄糖、多巴胺等生物分子.本文综述了近年来离子液凝胶主要的制备方法及其在电化学、热学、环境响应等方面的性能,展望了这些材料作为光电材料、功能膜材料和生物传感器的潜在巨大前景.     

电机械聚合物人工肌肉材料的研究进展

模拟肌肉组织进行信息传递、能量转换、传动的人工肌肉驱动器成为新材料研发焦点。智能聚合物可以对外界刺激发生响应,产生形变,是制备人工肌肉的良好材料,已被广泛地用于机器人与智能机械系统,成为众多肌肉驱动器中的研究重点。本文主要总结电机械聚合物人工肌肉材料的研究进展,论述了静电作用、电热驱动、水/湿度驱动三种驱动方式的工作机理和研究进展,分析了聚合物人工肌肉材料驱动器发展过程中受到限制的关键因素,并对未来人工肌肉材料研究提出展望。     

乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽的鉴定与测定

肌肽是具有抗氧化、抗衰老等多种活性的功能性二肽. 建立了一种高效液相色谱测定鸡肌肉中肌肽的新方法, 该法采用NH2柱分离, 样品无需衍生, 操作简便. 通过该法和HPLC-MS 联用技术鉴定了乌骨鸡肌肉中存在肌肽, 同时比较乌骨鸡和普通白洛克鸡肌肉中肌肽的量. 结果表明: 该法适合于肌肉中肌肽的测定, 测定结果显示, 乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽量约0.45%, 普通白洛克鸡肌肉中约0.22%. 乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽量显著高于普通白洛克鸡, 这表明肌肽可能是体现乌骨鸡滋补营养作用的主要成分之一.     

仿生材料电活性聚合物“人工肌肉”的研究进展

自古以来,自然界就是人类各种技术思想、工程原理及重大发明的源泉.20世纪中期,人们越来越深刻认识到大自然的启发对于开发新材料和新技术的重要性,从而提出仿生学概念并建立仿生学这一学科.随着研究的发展,仿生学已成为自然科学的一个前沿和焦点.进入21世纪以来,随着机器人开发的不断深入以及人们对智能机械系统的强烈需求,作为机器人和智能机械系统驱动关键的人工肌肉已成为仿生领域的研究重点.电活性聚合物驱动器具有应变高、柔软性好、质轻、无噪声等特点,与肌肉有着极为相似的特性,甚至在一些方面的性能已经超过了肌肉,被公认为是最合适的仿肌肉材料,称之为"人工肌肉".近二十年来,在电活性聚合物驱动材料方面取得的研究进展使得仿生的"人工肌肉"研究得以飞速发展.     

微波消解-火焰原子吸收法测定大鲵皮肤和肌肉中的微量元素

采用微波消解,火焰原子吸收法(FAAS)法测定大鲵皮肤和肌肉中5种微量元素Cu,Fe,Mn,Zn、Ca的含量,并与鲶鱼皮肤作对照。结果表明:大鲵皮肤和肌肉中含丰富的钙、铁、锌,含量明显高于鲶鱼皮肤,铜和锰的含量在大鲵皮肤、肌肉和鲶鱼皮肤中不存在显著性差异。     

基于液晶聚合物的光致形变复合材料

可变形液晶聚合物是近年来的研究热点,它们在人造肌肉、软机器人和智能光学设备等智能软系统的开发中表现出巨大潜力。然而,传统热响应液晶聚合物的应用通常受到聚合物基体的低热导率以及对外部加热装置高度依赖性的限制。相比之下,光控方法具有许多优点,包括具有非接触式、远程原位以及精确操纵的能力,这有助于开发各种不受限制且可远程操作的智能软器件。最近,通过引入有机或无机光响应组分作为功能添加剂来开发光控可变形液晶聚合物有许多重要进展。其中,通过功能模块、液晶相和聚合物基质之间的相互作用,所引入组分的多种功能可以与液晶聚合物的定向变形行为相结合。本文将重点介绍掺入光敏有机染料或无机纳米组分的可光操作液晶聚合物复合体系的设计策略、制造方法和工作原理,并简要总结它们可能的应用和未来的发展。     

剪切波弹性成像在肌骨系统疾病诊断上的应用进展

超声剪切波弹性成像作为弹性成像的一种新技术路径,具有实时、无创、定量测量组织弹性的特点和优势。因肌肉硬度与其生物学特性相关,可使用超声剪切波弹性成像技术对肌肉的生物力学特征进行评估,也可为肌骨疾病的诊断提供新的参考工具。另外还可对肌骨系统中的其他成分如肌腱、韧带、神经进行生理状态下的评估和相关疾病的诊断。本文就其在肌肉、肌腱、韧带、神经上的应用作简要概述。     

海水养殖鱼类肌肉中微量元素的测定

应用原子吸收光谱法测定了湛江海域十种养殖鱼类肌肉中微量元素的含量。结果表明,海水养殖鱼肌肉中含有丰富的K、Na、Mg、Ca、Zn、Fe等微量元素,经常食用,可以提高机体的免疫力,增强体质,能较好地满足人体对微量元素的需要。     

肌肉醇取代苯甲酸盐的合成及生物活性

本文以硫脲和硫酸二甲酯为原料反应生成S-甲基异硫脲硫酸盐,再与2-甲基氨基乙醇反应生成肌肉醇硫酸盐,分离出肌肉醇碱,最后与具有生物活性的取代苯甲酸反应生成了7种肌肉醇取代苯甲酸盐。化合物结构经IR,1H NMR和元素分析进行表征,初步室内生测结果表明该类化合物具有一定的抑菌活性。     

DSC and EPR study on AMP.PNP,BeFx and AlF4 containing myosin nucleotide complexes

Differential scanning calorimetry and electron paramagnetic resonance experiments were performed on glycerinated skeletal muscle fibres to study the effect of the binding of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues to myosin. The thermal unfolding of muscle fibres in rigor showed three discrete domain regions with thermal stability of 52.2, 58.8 and 67.8°C. AMP.PNP and ATP plus AlF₃ or BeF₂ affected markedly the transitions, which implies the strong interaction between AMP.PNP or nucleotide analogues and catalytic domain of myosin, and a partial dissociation of heads from actin. ADP.BeFx and states model the transition states of the ATP hydrolysis cycle which precede the powerstroke of the muscle fibres. Spectrum deconvolution on isothiocyanate-labelled fibres in AMP.PNP-state resulted in two populations; 50% of labels was highly ordered with respect to fibre axis, whereas the other 50% of labels was randomly oriented. The myosin heads which showed high degree of order were in the strongly binding ADP-state. The spectra in - and ADP.BeFx state reflected random orientation of labels with increased rotational mobility in comparison with rigor. The results suggest that myosin in muscle fibres in ADP.BeFx state exists in two forms. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effect of organotin compounds on trout AMP‐deaminases

The comparative toxicity of the organotin compounds tributyltin chloride (TBTC), dibutylin dichloride (DBTC) and monobutyltin trichloride (MBTC) was investigated on 5′ adenylic acid deaminase (AMP‐deaminase) purified from trout skeletal muscle and heart. Treatment with TBTC of both enzymatic forms of AMP‐deaminase rapidly decreases the enzyme activity, and the organotin derivatives DBTC and MBTC have a significant minor inhibitory effect. Differences were observed in TBTC inhibition rate between trout muscle and heart purified enzymes that could be related to the different cellular localization of the two AMP‐deaminases. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Regulation of 5'-adenosine monophosphate deaminase in the freeze tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica

Background

The wood frog, Rana sylvatica, is one of a few vertebrate species that have developed natural freeze tolerance, surviving days or weeks with 65–70% of its total body water frozen in extracellular ice masses. Frozen frogs exhibit no vital signs and their organs must endure multiple stresses, particularly long term anoxia and ischemia. Maintenance of cellular energy supply is critical to viability in the frozen state and in skeletal muscle, AMP deaminase (AMPD) plays a key role in stabilizing cellular energetics. The present study investigated AMPD control in wood frog muscle.

Results

Wood frog AMPD was subject to multiple regulatory controls: binding to subcellular structures, protein phosphorylation, and effects of allosteric effectors, cryoprotectants and temperature. The percentage of bound AMPD activity increased from 20 to 35% with the transition to the frozen state. Bound AMPD showed altered kinetic parameters compared with the free enzyme (S _0.5 AMP was reduced, Hill coefficient fell to ~1.0) and the transition to the frozen state led to a 3-fold increase in S _0.5 AMP of the bound enzyme. AMPD was a target of protein phosphorylation. Bound AMPD from control frogs proved to be a low phosphate form with a low S _0.5 AMP and was phosphorylated in incubations that stimulated PKA, PKC, CaMK, or AMPK. Bound AMPD from frozen frogs was a high phosphate form with a high S _0.5 AMP that was reduced under incubation conditions that stimulated protein phosphatases. Frog muscle AMPD was activated by Mg·ATP and Mg·ADP and inhibited by Mg·GTP, KCl, NaCl and NH₄Cl. The enzyme product, IMP, uniquely inhibited only the bound (phosphorylated) enzyme from muscle of frozen frogs. Activators and inhibitors differentially affected the free versus bound enzyme. S _0.5 AMP of bound AMPD was also differentially affected by high versus low assay temperature (25 vs 5°C) and by the presence/absence of the natural cryoprotectant (250 mM glucose) that accumulates during freezing.

Conclusion

Maintenance of long term viability under the ischemic conditions in frozen muscle requires attention to the control of cellular energetics. Differential regulatory controls on AMPD by mechanisms including binding to muscle proteins, actions allosteric effectors, glucose and temperature effects and reversible phosphorylation adjust enzyme function for an optimal role in controlling cellular adenylate levels in ischemic frozen muscle. Stable modification of AMPD properties via freeze-responsive phosphorylation may contribute both to AMPD control and to coordinating AMPD function with other enzymes of energy metabolism in cold ischemic muscle.     

Nucleotide Analogue Induces Global and Local Changes in Muscle Fibres

The effect of AMP.PNP on the thermal stability and dynamics of myosin head were investigated by using DSC and different spin label technique for chemically skinned muscle fibres prepared from rabbit. The thermal unfolding of the fibres in rigor, strong as well as weak-binding state showed a complex process characterizing at least three discrete domain regions with different stability (T _m =54, 58.4 and 62.3°C). The unfolding at 54°C refers to the catalytic domain of myosin, whereas transition at T _m =58.4°C represents the rod-like region. In the presence of AMP.PNP only the parameters of the last transition changed significantly (T _m =70.4°C) showing an increased interaction between actin and myosin heads being attached to actin. Measurements on MSL-fibres (labelled at Cys-707 of myosin) in the presence of AMP.PNP showed that about half of the cross-bridges dissociated from actin. This fraction had a dynamic disorder, the other population had the same spectral feature as in rigor. In contrast, on TCSL-fibres AMP.PNP increased the orientational disorder of myosin heads, a random population of spin labels was superimposed on the ADP-like spectrum showing conformational and motional changes in the internal structure of myosin heads. ST EPR measurements reported increased rotational mobility of spin labels in the presence of AMP.PNP. The DSC and EPR results suggest that in the presence of AMP.PNP the attached heads have the same global orientation as in rigor, but the internal structure undergoes a local conformational change. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Rabbit Muscle Acetone Powder as Riocatalyst for Adencsine 5′-Monophosphate Fiosensors

Abstract

Rabbit muscle acetone powder is examined as a suitable biocatalytic layer for adenosine S'monophosphate (AMP) biosensors. This acetone powder biosensor is shown to possess excellent steady-state and dynamic response characteristics with effective usable lifetime and selectivity. Finally, the proposed biosensor is shown to compare favorably with other ANP biosensors with the principle advantage of being readily available at reasonable cost.     

Rapid determination of creatine, phosphocreatine, purine bases and nucleotides (ATP, ADP, AMP, GTP, GDP) in heart biopsies by gradient ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography.

A simple binary solvent method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of creatine (Cr), phosphocreatine (PCr), ATP, ADP, AMP, GTP, GDP, IMP, NAD, inosine, adenosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine. This allows separation of the most important nucleotides present in myocardial biopsies as, for example, in studies using 31P NMR spectroscopy. In NMR spectra ATP and PCr are the only visible high-energy phosphates, therefore the status of other nucleotides and bases cannot be determined. The nucleotides, AMP degradation products, PCr and Cr in pig and rat heart muscle were resolved with 35 mM K2HPO4, 6 mM tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate buffer, pH 6.0, and a binary acetonitrile gradient on medium-bore, 250 mm or 125 mm x 3.9-4.6 mm I.D. steel octadecyl-bonded (C18) columns at a flow-rate of 1.5 or 1.0 ml/min. This method, optimized for use with older high-performance liquid chromatography pumps (100 microliters displacement heads), resolves the major porcine and rat myocardial nucleotides and degradation products within 22 min. The amounts found in normoxic porcine muscle are: Cr 9.21 +/- 0.75; hypoxanthine 1.40 +/- 0.14; PCr 7.20 +/- 1.2; IMP 1.34 +/- 0.13; beta NAD 1.82 +/- 0.23; AMP 0.10 +/- 0.04; GDP 0.05 +/- 0.02; ADP 1.23 +/- 0.09; GTP 0.19 +/- 0.01; ATP 4.45 +/- 0.32 mumol/g wet weight. The method, incorporating adenosine tetraphosphate as an internal standard, allows the documentation of changes in both the high-energy phosphates and their degradation products in a single analysis of myocardial samples as small as 200 micrograms (wet weight).     

Thermal analysis in biological and medical applications

In this paper, I will sum up our research activity from this field performed in the last about 25 years. I will focus on three main points: basic muscle research in the different intermediate states of ATP hydrolysis cycle during muscle contraction, R&D activities to develop and test different dairy products and TA application in some surgical and diagnostic problem. Our initial research concerned the investigation of thermal stability of main muscle proteins clarifies their basic unfolding characteristics. Later we extended the thermal stability investigation from protein solution to the myosin myofibrils and to the higher organization of muscle proteins, the muscle fibres, checking the effect of nucleotides. At that time, it became possible to stabilize the different intermediate states of ATP hydrolysis up to the time of DSC measurement, using different P_i analogues (V_i, AlF_x and BeF_x) and non-hydrolysable ATP analogue (AMP.PNP). This way the targets were AM.ADP.V_i (and with AlF_x or BeF_x) so-called weak binding state, AM.ADP the “strong” binding state as well as the “rigor” AM complex state. AM.AMP.PNP state was used to mimic the AM.ATP state. With our R&D cooperation, a cold spreadable butter was successfully developed. We were a partner in the development of Ca-enriched cheese, in its spreadable form too as well as in the development and testing of different dairy products using probiotic cultures. Our TA activity covers a wide range of medical applications, e.g. investigation of the different abnormalities of human leg skeletal muscle, different stages of degeneration of human vertebral disc, to judge the goodness/applicability of different suture technique on tracheal cartilage in primary airway reconstruction or the characterization of different self-expandable stents implantation in the oesophagus treatment. We have joined those groups who try to use DSC in the diagnosis of different diseases from blood plasma, e.g. in the case of breast cancer, melanoma, in psoriasis.     

二甲氧基嘧啶胺与金属配合物的恒容燃烧热测定

在无水乙醇中，使钴、铜、锌、锰的盐与二甲氧基嘧啶胺(AMP)反应，回流数 小时后，浓缩、冷却，抽滤，制得了6种二甲氧基嘧啶胺与钴、铜、锌、锰的固态 配合物．用化学分析和元素分析确定了它们的组成，分别为Co(AMP)_2Cl_2(1)， Cu(AMP)_2Cl_2(2)，Cu(AMP)_2(NO_3)_2(3)，Zn(AMP)_2Cl_2(4)，Mn(AMP) _2Cl_2(5)和zn(AMP)s04(6)；用IR，～1H NMR研究了他们的成键情况；用精密转动 弹热量计测定了配体及配合物的恒容燃烧热△_cU，计算了它们的标准摩尔燃烧焓 △_cH_m～θ和标准摩尔生成焓△fH_m～θ．     

Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates from nucleoside monophosphates

Syntheses of adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP) and ribavirin 5′-triphosphate (RTP) from ribavirin 5′-monophosphate (RMP) (1) were performed using enzymes as catalysts. Synthesis of ATP is based on acetyl phosphate as the phosphate donor, and acetate kinase (Bacillus stearothermophilus, EC 2.7.2.1), adenylate kinase (porcine muscle, EC 2.7.4.3), and inorganic pyrophosphatase (yeast, EC 2.6.1.1) as the catalysts. Three reactions on a 150-mmol scale provided ATP as its barium salt in 82% yield and 67% purity. Synthesis of RTP used phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) as the phosphate donor, and pyruvate kinase (rabbit muscle, EC 2.7.1.40) and adenylate kinase (rabbit muscle) as the catalysts. A gram-scale reaction provided RTP as its barium salt in 93% yield and 97% purity. This work demonstrates the utility of the autoxidationresistant acetate kinase fromB. stearothermophilus, the value of pyrophosphatase in controlling the level of pyrophosphate in the reactions and the ability of adenylate kinase to accept at least one substrate other than a derivative of adenosine.     

A rapid, simple determination of plasma cyclic AMP.

Plasma cyclic AMP content was determined without being extracted, using binding protein obtained from rat liver. EDTA was suitable as an anticoagulant for cyclic AMP estimation. Cyclic AMP further added to EDTA plasma was able to be estimated. The estimated values by plasma dilution were almost the same as the expected values. It was thought that the direct assay was useful for determination of plasma cyclic AMP. Isoproterenol (50 microgram/kg, iv) produced an increase of plasma cyclic AMP level accompanied with a decrease of blood pressure and an increase of heart rate in anesthetized dogs. Cyclic AMP level of peripheral venous plasma was 18.6 +/- 1.32 p mole/ml in human (N=25), 21.6 +/- 3.04 P mole/ml in dogs (N=7) and 50.6 +/- 4.59 p mole/ml in rabbit (N=9). Plasma cyclic AMP level of rabbit was higher than those of human and dog.