Pitch Shift in Exsomatized Cochlea Observed by Laser Interferometry

Pitch is one of the most important auditory perception characteristics of sound; however, the mechanism underlying the pitch perception of sound is unclear. Although theoretical researches have suggested that perception of virtual pitch is connected with physics in cochlea of inner ear, there is no direct experimental observation of virtual pitch processing in the cochlea. By laser interferometry, we observe shift phenomena of virtual pitch in basilar membrane vibration of exsomatized cochlea, which is consistent with perceptual pitch shift observed in psychoacoustic experiments. This means that the complex mechanical vibration of basilar membrane in cochlea plays an important role in pitch information processing during hearing.     

高效液相色谱法测定血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂的活性

建立了体外直接测定血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂活性的高效液相色谱分析方法。以马尿酰-组氨酰-亮氨酸为反应底物,血管紧张素转化酶为催化剂,反应所生成的马尿酸为测定指标,未加酶抑制剂的反应为空白对照。使用ZORBAX SB-C18色谱柱(4.6 mm i.d.×150 mm,填料粒径5　μm),柱温25 ℃,流动相为乙腈-超纯水(体积比为25∶75,各含0.05%（体积分数）三氟乙酸及0.1%（体积分数）三乙胺),流速0.5 mL/min,检测波长228 nm。在马尿酸浓度为0.005～1.000 mmol/L时,马尿酸浓度与其峰面积呈良好的线性关系(r＝0.9999),最小检测限为0.50 μmol/L;该方法对马尿酸的回收率为99.48%～105.64%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.20%(n＝6)。该方法可适用于血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂活性的体外测定,具有操作简便、精密度和准确性高的特点,为降血压药物的研制提供了方便可靠的检测手段。     

96孔板法用于高通量血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂体外检测

为在体外迅速检测血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂( ACEI)的抑制活性,选用96孔板,以呋喃丙烯酰三肽(FAPGG)为模拟底物,通过检测血管紧张素转化酶(ACE)酶解FAPGG生成N-[3-(呋喃)丙稀醇酰-2-苯丙氨酸( FAP)和双甘氨肽(GG)后340 nm处吸光值的下降衡量ACE的活性,采用加入ACEI前后ACE的活性变化衡量ACEI的活性.考察了不同缓冲体系、Cl-浓度、ACE酶活性(ACE酶浓度)、缓冲体系的pH值等对上述检测模型反应体系的影响,建立了高通量降血压肽活性体外检测方法,本方法最多可同时检测96个样品的ACE抑制活性,上机分析时间仅需10 s.不同批次活性平行测定的相对标准偏差均小于0.001％,p=0.667＞0.05,各测定结果无显著差异,重现性好,精密度较高.采用本方法测定了商品血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂Captopril的IC50值为16.19 nmol/L,与文献报道的测定结果一致.     

Second Virtual Pitch Shift in Cochlea Observed In Situ via Laser Interferometry

Pitch is the most important auditory perception characteristic of sound with respect to speech intelligibility and music appreciation,and corresponds to a frequency of sound stimulus.However,in some cases,we can perceive virtual pitch,where the corresponding frequency component does not exist in the stimulating sound.This virtual pitch contains a deviation from the de Boer pitch shift formula,which is known as second pitch shift.It has been theoretically suggested that nonlinear dynamics in the cochlea or in the neural network produce a nonlinear resonance with a frequency corresponding to the virtual pitch;however,there is no direct experimental observation to support this theory.The second virtual pitch shift,expressed via basilar membrane nonlinear vibration temporal patterns,and consistent with psychoacoustic experiments,is observed in situ in the cochlea via laser interferometry.