水下冲击波的生物效应

研究了水下冲击波的生物效应。研究结果表明:水下冲击伤死亡率高,肺仍然是水下冲击波致伤和致死的主要靶器官,肠道损伤的发生率较高,而肝、脾、肾等脏器和体表很少发生损伤;初步的量效关系分析表明,引起轻度、中度、重度和极重度冲击伤的冲量值分别为121.1～142.0、142.0～214.3、247.8～322.6和322.6～579.8kPams。     

水下冲击伤个人防护的实验研究

通过实验筛选出适合水下冲击伤防护的材料及结构形式,探讨筛选防护层对水下冲击伤防护效果。结果表明:所选复合材料层对水下冲击波的防护措施是显著的，可明显减轻水下冲击伤的伤情，为水下冲击伤的防护研究提供了实验依据。     

Microchip extraction of catecholamines using a boronic acid functional affinity monolith

We report on the development of a rapid enzyme logic gate-based electrochemical assay for the assessment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The concept harnesses a biocatalytic cascade that emulates the functionality of a Boolean NAND gate in order to process relevant physiological parameters in the biochemical domain. The enzymatic backbone ensures that a high-fidelity diagnosis of traumatic brain injury can be tendered in a rapid fashion when the concentrations of key serum-based biomarkers reach pathological levels. The excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate and the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase were used here as clinically-relevant input TBI biomarkers, in connection to the low-potential detection of the NADH product in the presence of methylene green at a glassy carbon electrode. A systematic optimization of the gate and the entire protocol has resulted in the effective discrimination between the physiological and pathological logic levels. Owing to its robust design, the enzyme-based logic gate mitigates potential interferences from both physiological and electroactive sources and is able to perform direct measurements in human serum samples. Granted further detailed clinical validation, this proof-of-concept study demonstrates the potential of the electrochemical assay to aid in the rapid and decentralized diagnosis of TBI.     

Structure-Toxicity Relationships for Aliphatic Compounds Encompassing a Variety of Mechanisms of Toxic Action to Vibrio fischeri

Abstract

QSARs based upon the logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient, logP, and energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, E_LUMO were developed to model the toxicity of aliphatic compounds to the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Statistically robust, hydrophobic-dependent QSARs were found for chloroalcohols and haloacetonitriles. Modelling of the toxicity of the haloesters and the diones required the use of terms to describe both hydrophobicity and electrophilicity. The differences in intercepts, slopes, and fit of these models suggest different electrophilic mechanisms occur between classes, as well as within the diones and haloesters. In order to model globally the toxicity of aliphatic compounds to V. fischeri, all the data determined in this study were combined with those determined previously for alkanones, alkanals, and alkenals. A highly predictive two-parameter QSAR [pT₁₅ = 0.760(log P) ?0.625(E _LUMO) ?0.466; n = 63, s = 0.462, r ² = 0.846, F = 171, Pr > F = 0.0001] was developed for the combined data that models across classes and is independent of mechanisms of action. The toxicity of these compounds to V. fischeri compares well to the toxicity (50% population growth inhibition) to the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis (r ² = 0.850).     

Application of Hydrophobicity Parameters to Prediction of the Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Commercial Surfactant Mixtures

Abstract

Ethoxylated alcohols are the most extensively used nonionic surfactants in detergent products. The application of QSAR to their aquatic toxicity is complicated by the fact that they are multicomponent mixtures, the parent alcohols being often mixtures of isomers and homologues, each one being ethoxylated to varying degrees. A spreadsheet method for calculation of aquatic toxicity of such nonionic surfactant mixtures is presented. The method is based on a combination of the Könemann narcosis QSAR and mixture toxicity equations based on the principle of concentration addition. Log P values used in the spreadsheet calculations are themselves calculated by spreadsheet formulae based on the Leo and Hansch method modified by incorporation of the position dependent branching factor originally applied to linear alkylbenzene sulphonates. Close agreement between calculated and experimental EC50 values (48 hr Daphnia tests) is obtained for a range of ethoxylated alcohols having a diversity of branching patterns, carbon numbers and degrees of ethoxylation. The effects of increasing carbon number (decreasing EC50), branching (increasing EC50) and increasing degree of ethoxylation (increasing EC50) are all quantified.     

基于拉曼光谱方法研究不同剪切力下的红细胞亚损伤

利用共聚焦拉曼光谱技术,对人工心脏泵不同剪切应力下受到亚损伤的红细胞进行实验研究,验证拉曼光谱对红细胞亚损伤程度的评估能力,为血液损伤评价提供了一种新的思路。实验采集血红蛋白和红细胞的拉曼光谱标准谱图并进行对比分析,以确定红细胞谱图特征峰的归属。用血液剪切力试验平台对测试血样施加暴露时间为1 s,大小分别为0,50,100,150,200,250和300 pa的剪切力。利用共聚焦拉曼仪器,在10倍长焦物镜,532 nm激光光源波长,积分时间10 s,积分次数2次,2.5 mW功率下采集剪切应力作用后的红细胞拉曼谱图。通过归一化的方法对比红细胞的拉曼谱图变化,评估红细胞亚损伤的程度,运用曲线拟合方法对特征峰和剪切应力进行拟合,验证拉曼光谱对红细胞亚损伤的评估能力。对比血红蛋白和红细胞的拉曼光谱标准谱图发现,红细胞谱图能够反映血红蛋白的内部结构。且结果表明,拉曼光谱法可以用于区分不同剪切应力下亚损伤的红细胞,推断剪切应力可以透过细胞膜从而影响到其内部的血红蛋白结构。且随着剪切力的增大,1 376 cm-1位置左侧谱线呈现明显抬高趋势,1 549和1 604 cm-1位置的峰强增高,1 639 cm-1位置的氧浓度标记带ν₁₀振动谱带减弱。其中1 549 cm-1位置的峰强为亚铁离子高自旋带,在不同剪切力的作用下,峰强差异表现最明显,与剪切应力呈明显的正向线性关系,拟合效果良好。拉曼光谱法检测样本处理简单、耗时短、操作简便、重现性好,且可以精确的检测到细胞内部结构的细微变化,可以评估红细胞的亚损伤程度,弥补了传统评价溶血的方法的不足,为人工心脏泵血液损伤评价提供了新的技术手段,拓宽了拉曼检测方法的应用领域。     

基于气相色谱-质谱联用的血府逐瘀汤治疗大鼠颅脑损伤的血浆代谢组学研究

该文研究了血府逐瘀汤对颅脑损伤大鼠血浆代谢组的影响,采用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)技术对治疗组、模型组以及假手术组的血浆代谢物进行检测,定性定量分析了43种重要的代谢物。模型组和假手术组的t检验(t-test)结果显示13种代谢物存在显著差异。正交偏最小二乘-判别分析(OPLS-DA)分析结果也显示模型组和假手术组代谢差异明显。结合变量的投影重要性指标(VIP)及t检验结果,筛选出乳酸、组氨酸、棕榈酸、色氨酸、亚油酸、油酸、硬脂酸作为生物标志物。观测7种标志物在治疗组中第1、3、7、14 d的变化情况。结果显示:治疗组中乳酸、组氨酸、棕榈酸、亚油酸、硬脂酸的相对浓度逐渐降低,色氨酸的相对浓度先降低后升高,油酸的相对浓度先升高后降低,且7种代谢物的相对浓度在第14 d时均接近于假手术组的水平。表明血府逐瘀汤对颅脑损伤具有一定的治疗作用,乳酸、组氨酸、棕榈酸、色氨酸、亚油酸、油酸、硬脂酸7种代谢物可以作为生物标志物监测颅脑损伤的治疗效果及恢复情况。