Metal components analysis of metallothionein-III in the brain sections of metallothionein-I and metallothionein-II null mice exposed to mercury vapor with HPLC/ICP-MS

Mercury vapor is effectively absorbed via inhalation and easily passes through the blood–brain barrier; therefore, mercury poisoning with primarily central nervous system symptoms occurs. Metallothionein (MT) is a cysteine-rich metal-binding protein and plays a protective role in heavy-metal poisoning and it is associated with the metabolism of trace elements. Two MT isoforms, MT-I and MT-II, are expressed coordinately in all mammalian tissues, whereas MT-III is a brain-specific member of the MT family. MT-III binds zinc and copper physiologically and is seemed to have important neurophysiological and neuromodulatory functions. The MT functions and metal components of MTs in the brain after mercury vapor exposure are of much interest; however, until now they have not been fully examined. In this study, the influences of the lack of MT-I and MT-II on mercury accumulation in the brain and the changes of zinc and copper concentrations and metal components of MTs were examined after mercury vapor exposure by using MT-I, II null mice and 129/Sv (wild-type) mice as experimental animals. MT-I, II null mice and wild-type mice were exposed to mercury vapor or an air stream for 2 h and were killed 24 h later. The brain was dissected into the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum, and the hippocampus. The concentrations of mercury in each brain section were determined by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of mercury, copper, and zinc in each brain section were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The mercury accumulated in brains after mercury vapor exposure for MT-I, II null mice and wild-type mice. The mercury levels of MT-I, II null mice in each brain section were significantly higher than those of wild-type mice after mercury vapor exposure. A significant change of zinc concentrations with the following mercury vapor exposure for MT-I, II null mice was observed only in the cerebellum analyzed by two-way analysis of variance. As for zinc, the copper concentrations only changed significantly in the cerebellum. Metal components of metal-binding proteins of soluble fractions in the brain sections were analyzed by size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) connected with ICP-MS. From the results of HPLC/ICP-MS analyses, it was concluded that the mercury components of MT-III and high molecular weight metal-binding proteins in the cerebellum of MT-I, II null mice were much higher than those of wild-type mice. It was suggested that MT-III is associated with the storage of mercury in conditions lacking MT-I, and MT-II. It was also suggested that the physiological role of MT-III and some kind of high molecular weight proteins might be impaired by exposure to mercury vapor and lack of MT-I and MT-II.     

动力学光度法测定污水中痕量汞

基于硫酸介质中，草酸钠作活化剂，汞对过碘酸钾氧公鸡冠花红而使其褪色的反应的抑制作用，建立了测定痕量汞的动力学光度新方法，讨论了其动力学条件。方法简便，灵敏，选择性较好。测定的线性范围为０．０１－０．１５ｍｇ／Ｌ，检出限为２．０μｇ／Ｌ。用于合成水样和污水中痕量汞的测定，结果满意。     

1-(2-苯并噻唑)-3-(4-偶氮苯基)-三氮烯与汞的显色反应研究及应用

研究了新试剂１－（２－苯并噻唑）－３－（４－偶氮苯基）－三氮烯（ＢＴＰＡＰＴ）与汞的显色反应．在Ｔｗｅｎ－８０存在下，ｐＨ为１１．２０时，Ｈｇ（Ⅱ）与试剂生成红色的１∶１型配合物，最大吸收峰位于５１０ｎｍ，表观摩尔吸光系数为１．１０×１０５Ｌ·ｍｏｌ－１·ｃｍ－１，线性范围０－１４μｇ／２５ｍＬ．建立了可用于饮用水、生活用水和工业废水汞含量测定的方法．     

三线性直接分解法分析高维灰色体系

对于由多个两维测量数据组成的三维阵，本文提出一种新三线性直接分解方法。采用高维ＰＣＡ分解，从三维阵中直接提取抽象光谱和抽象浓度，再结合ＱＺ算法，唯一地确定混合物中各组分光谱的浓度。该方法可以排除其它未知组分的干扰，适用于高维灰色体系定性定量分析和多点校准。用模拟数据讨论了光谱分离度对该方法的影响，应用于混合维生素Ｂ１、Ｂ２和Ｂ６的荧光分析，求得的光谱和浓度与实验值吻合很好。     

氢化物发生-原子荧光光谱法测定水中汞的测量不确定度分析

对氢化物发生-原子荧光光谱法测定水中汞的分析方法的测量不确定度进行了估计。认为在分析的全过程中,标准溶液的配制、校准曲线的绘制以及试样的分析是测量不确定度的三项主要来源。基于这一认识,建立了相应的数学模型,对关系式中的各个变量作了分析并对其不确定度进行量化。最后,按统计学的计算方法给出了合成不确定度和扩展不确定度。     

Synthesis and characterization of new thermally stable copoly(ester–amide)s from diester–dicarboxylic acids

Three new aromatic diester–dicarboxylic acids containing furan rings, namely, benzofuro[2,3-b]benzofuran-2,9-dicarboxyl-bis-phenyl ester-4,4^′-dicarboxylic acid, benzofuro[2,3-b]benzofuran-2,9-dicarboxyl-bis-phenyl ester-3,3^′-dicarboxylic acid and benzofuro[2,3-b]benzofuran-2,9-dicarboxyl-bis-naphthyl ester-2,2^′-dicarboxylic acid were synthesized by the reaction of benzofuro[2,3-b]benzofuran-2,9-dicarbonyl chloride with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid and 3-hydroxy-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid, respectively. Diester–dicarboxylic acids were characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. Then, these monomers were converted to aromatic copoly(ester–amide)s by their reaction with various aromatic diamines via the direct polycondensation. These polymers were characterized by viscosity measurements, solubility tests, FT-IR, Ultraviolet and ¹H-NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. The polymers with inherent viscosities in the range of 0.16–0.37 dl/g in dimethyl sulfoxide at 30 °C were obtained in high yield. Most of them dissolved readily at room temperature in polar solvents. The synthesized copoly(ester–amide)s possessed glass-transition temperatures from 210–255 °C. The copoly(ester–amide)s exhibited excellent thermal stabilities and had 10% weight loss at temperature above 295 °C under nitrogen atmosphere.     

动力学—压电石英晶体传感器测定水中微量汞的研究

基于涂银压电石英晶体对ＣＮ＾－离子的灵敏响应，应用汞对六氰合铁酸钾与邻二氮杂菲反应的动力学催化作用，建立了动力学－ＰＱＣ传感器单面触液测定微量汞的新方法。研究了ＰＱＣ传感器对汞的响应机理，响应曲线，实验条件及共存离子干扰情况。     

The convergence properties of direct methods of energy minimization with respect to linear coefficients in the LCAO-MO-SCF approach

It is shown that in the LCAO-MO-SCF problem, if the molecular orbital orthonormality constraints are introduced in the manner first suggested by Fletcher, then the Hessian of the problem is singular. It is suggested that this singularity may well account for the slow convergence observed using direct energy minimization methods to solve the SCF problem. Ways of avoiding the consequences of this singularity are discussed.     

Effect of operating parameters on selective separation of heavy metals from binary mixtures via polymer enhanced ultrafiltration

Performance of continuous polymer enhanced ultrafiltration (PEUF) method was investigated for removal of mercury and cadmium from binary mixtures. This method includes the addition of polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a water soluble polymer to bind the metals, which was followed by ultrafiltration operation performed on both laboratory and pilot scale systems. The influence of various operating parameters such as temperature, metal/polymer ratio, presence of calcium ions and pH on retention of metals and permeate flux was investigated. To investigate the possibility of selective separation of mercury and cadmium, experiments were conducted for binary solutions at different pH and loading ratios. It was seen that the retention of mercury decreased and permeate flux increased when the temperature increased. The increased pH and decreased metal/polymer ratio, loading (L), resulted in higher retention of both metals. Shapes of retention vs. pH or L curves were very similar for both metals. Retentions stay almost constant at a value very close to unity until a critical L or pH value was reached, then, R decreases almost linearly with L or pH. However, retention of cadmium was affected more than that of mercury as the pH decreased and L increased. This leads to the selective separation of mercury and cadmium. At low pH values (about 5) and at high L values (about 0.3), mercury was removed by ultrafiltration operation while almost all cadmium passed through the membrane. At pH 5.5 and cadmium/polymer ratio about 0.35 and mercury/polymer ratio about 0.39, the highest separation factor was obtained as 49.     

金汞齐富集冷原子荧光测汞法的研究

本文介绍了一种用于测定汞的金汞齐富集热解系统。研究了该系统与冷原子荧光测汞仪联用的工作条件和干扰,在最佳条件下的检出下限为4×10~(-13)克汞,分析周期3分钟,相对标准偏差2.5%(1.5×10~(-9)克汞)。