大气压冷等离子体射流灭活子宫颈癌Hela细胞

研究了大气压冷等离子体射流对子宫颈癌Hela细胞的灭活机制. 在倒置显微镜下观察不同等离子体处理条件下的细胞形态, 并通过中性红吸收测试定量测定各个条件下的细胞存活率. 将功率维持在18 W, 在900 mL/min 氩等离子体中添入氧气的百分含量分别为1%, 2%, 4% 和8%的条件下处理Hela细胞, 探讨活性气体氧气在惰性气体氩气中的百分含量对Hela癌细胞灭活效率的影响, 发现添加2%氧气时, 氩/氧等离子体灭活效果最佳, 处理180 s后细胞存活率可降至7%. 当继续添加氧超过2%时, 灭活效果逐渐减弱, 直至8%时, 其效果反而不如单纯氩等离子体. 通过测量等离子体发射光谱, 结果表明活性氧自由基在癌细胞灭活过程中可能起关键作用. 关键词： 大气压冷等离子体射流 Hela癌细胞 存活率 发射光谱     

Quasi-Two-Dimensional Diffusion in Adherent Cells Revealed by Three-Dimensional Single Quantum Dot Tracking

Intracellular diffusion is critical for molecule translocation in cytoplasm and mediates many important cellular processes.Meanwhile,the diffusion dynamics is affected by the heterogeneous cytoplasm.Previous studies on intracellular diffusion are mainly based on two-dimensional(2 D) measurements under the assumption that the three-dimensional(3 D) diffusion is isotropic.However,the real behaviors of 3 D diffusion of molecules in cytoplasm are still unclear.Here,we have built a 3 D single-particl...     

打开DNA双链的物理新方法——激光微流法

文章报道了一种打开DNA双链的物理方法——激光微流法.DNA双链分子被固定在石英片的表面,在一定强度的激光衰逝波和微流振荡共同作用下,DNA双链间的氢键被迅速打开.利用全内反射单分子荧光共振能量转移技术,可以观察到激光微流法打开单个DNA的动力学过程.通过对激光进行控制,可以准确地打开连接在石英表面特定位置的DNA双链.DNA分子打开的比例与激光功率的关系表明微流产生的机械能与激光光能在DNA双链打开过程中缺一不可.     

聚焦慢速高荷态重离子束微束斑X射线源

利用电子束离子源(EBIS)或者电子束离子陷阱(EBIT)产生的慢速高电荷态重离子束轰击金属靶面,离子束与靶面作用并复合辐射特征X射线;并将高荷态离子束采用离子光学系统会聚为微细束后再与靶面作用,能够辐射出微米甚至亚微米级、纳米级的微束斑X射线.本文介绍这一新型微束斑X射线源的结构、机理及其特性等.     

液晶光学双稳态中离子电荷飘移引起的自脉冲振荡

在液晶混合光学双稳装置中,实验上观察到了由于直流电场引起的液晶中离子电荷飘移与液晶分子再取向之间竞争相互作用导致的自脉冲振荡现象。给出了该系统的弛豫方程。通过数值分析,得到了与实验定性一致的结果。 关键词：     

Interactions between DNA and histones－ a dynamic process of nucleosome formation

We have studied the dynamic process of interactions between a DNA chain and a histone octamer by numerical simulations.It is found that DNA indeed may wrap around the histone octamer about two turns as in the actual situations.The simulation shows that the interaction potential between DNA and histone is a key factor for the wrapping of DNA,and the temperature is also an important parameter in the process.     

Effects of CRAC Channel on Spatiotemporal Ca2＋ Patterns in T Cells

A reaction-diffusion model is built to investigate the temporal and spatial patterns of cytoplasmic Ca2＋ dynamics under the effects of Ca2＋-release activated Ca2＋ （CRAC） channels in T cells. Simulation results show a strong dependence of the modulation mode of Ca2＋ oscillation and dynamic patterns of Ca2＋ wave on the influx rate through the CRAC channel （ksoc）. When ksoc is small, cytoplasmic Ca2＋ is modulated as a frequency-modulation （FM） signal, whereas it shows an amplitude modulation （AM） mode after ksoc passes through a critical value. The heterogeneity in spatial Ca2＋ distribution is mostly arising from the influx through CRAC channels in both FM and AM modes. During each Ca2＋ spike, a more sustained cytoplasmic Ca2＋ gradient is maintained in the AM mode rather than in the FM mode.     

Model for processive movement of myosin V and myosin VI

Myosin V and myosin VI are two classes of two-headed molecular motors of the myosin superfamily that move processively along helical actin filaments in opposite directions. Here we present a hand-over-hand model for their processive movements. In the model, the moving direction of a dimeric molecular motor is automatically determined by the relative orientation between its two heads at free state and its head‘s binding orientation on track filament.This determines that myosin V moves toward the barbed end and myosin VI moves toward the pointed end of actin.During the moving period in one step, one head remains bound to actin for myosin V whereas two heads are detached for myosin VI: the moving manner is determined by the length of neck domain. This naturally explains the similar dynamic behaviours but opposite moving directions of myosin VI and mutant myosin V (the neck of which is truncated to only one-sixth of the native length). Because of different moving manners, myosin VI and mutant myosin V exhibit significantly broader step-size distribution than native myosin V. However, all the three motors give the same mean step size of -36nm (the pseudo-repeat of actin helix). All these theoretical results are in agreement with previous experimental ones.