Cytopathological potato virus Y structures during Solanaceous plants infection

The ultrastructural analysis of tobacco, potato and pepper tissues during infection with necrotic strains and the ordinary Potato virus Y strain of revealed the presence of virus inclusions not only in the epidermis and mesophyll but also in the vascular tissues. For the first time cytoplasmic inclusions were documented in companion cells and phloem parenchyma as well as in xylem tracheary elements. The ultrastructural features studied in this work consisted of mostly laminated inclusions (in the traverse and longitudinal section), which were frequently connected with enlarged cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) located in the direct vicinity of the cell wall attached to virus particles opposite to plasmodesmata. It was noticed that ER participates in synthesis and condensation of the PVY inclusions. During compatible interaction of tobacco and potato plants with PVY, amorphous and nuclear inclusions were observed. Such forms were not found in pepper tissues and potato revealing the hypersensitivity reaction to the infection with PVY necrotic strains. It was stated that the forms of cytoplasmic inclusions cannot serve as a cytological criterion to distinguish the potato virus Y strains and do not depend on host resistance level. Only in compatible interaction in Solanaceous plants tissues cytoplasmic inclusions were observed from the moment the morphological symptoms appeared. In the reaction of hypersensitivity, the inclusions were found on the 24th day following the infection with the PVY necrotic strains, whereas the symptoms were observed 3 days after the PVY infection.     

Effect of Thermoelastic Characteristics of Components,Shape of Non-Isometric Inclusions,and Their Orientation on Average Stresses in Matrix Structures

The paper presents model calculations on which to predict volume-average external stress under changes of local internal stress in matrix composites with non-isometric inclusions. It is assumed that the rise of local stress owes to different coefficients of linear thermal expansion of non-isometric inclusions and matrix. The inclusions are taken as ellipsoids of rotation (disks, short fibers) and their principal semiaxes as oriented either along three mutually perpendicular directions x, y, and z of a rectangular coordinate system, only along x and y, or only along x. The average stress in the heterogeneous material and its local stress within an individual inclusion are related through a stress concentration operator (fourth rank tensor) for which an explicit expression is derived in a generalized singular approximation of random field theory. The relations obtained for external stress take into account thermoelastic characteristics of the two components as well as inclusion concentrations and orientations in the matrix. The calculation is applied to estimate the average stress along three axes in a composite consisting of an ED-20 epoxy binder and non-isometric copper inclusions.     

薄膜体内缺陷对损伤概率的影响

由实验中得到的激光损伤概率与表面杂质密度的关系出发，结合XRD测试和激光损伤测试的结果，得到体缺陷或杂质破坏起主导作用的损伤机理.将激光作用时杂质吸收的热学和力学过程与杂质分布的统计规律结合起来，得到了深埋于薄膜内部的杂质诱导薄膜损伤概率与杂质密度、激光功率密度以及薄膜厚度的关系.该模型认为能诱导薄膜破坏的杂质尺寸范围与杂质填埋深度有关，所以不同深度处能诱导薄膜损伤的杂质密度不一样，理论结果与实验结果符合得很好.该理论模型还可以很好地解释损伤形貌.     

Cellular localisation of calcium ions during potato hypersensitive response to Potato virus Y

Ca(2+) is one of the most universal and versatile signalling molecules and is involved in almost every aspect of cellular processes. Accumulating evidence suggests that Ca(2+) serves as a messenger in many growth and developmental processes and in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Numerous signals have been shown to induce transient elevation of cytoplasmic [Ca(2+)](cyt) in plants. The calcium free ions were detected cytochemically in Solanum tuberosum cv. Rywal tissues as a hypersensitive response (HR) from 10h to 5 days after a Potato virus Y (PVY) infection. Calcium was detected in vivo by its reaction with Alizarin S Red, producing an intense red staining in contact with calcium free ions. Calcium was found in the necrotic area of the epidermal and mesophyll cells 3 days after the PVY infection (when morphological symptoms on potato leaves appeared). Calcium ions were detected cytochemically in HR also by its reaction with potassium pyroantimonate. Inoculation with PVY(NTN) and also PVY(N) Wi induced a rapid hypersensitive response during which highly localised increased accumulation of electron-dense deposits of calcium pyroantimonate were detected. Calcium deposition was observed in necrotic and non-necrotic areas, starting from 10h after PVY infection. The deposits were present along ER cisternae, chloroplasts and mitochondria envelopes connected with PVY particles. The precipitates of calcium antimonate were detected near the nuclear envelope, inside karyolymph and along tracheary elements, especially when virus particles were present inside.     

湖南砂矿金刚石中石墨包裹体拉曼光谱原位测定：形成条件及成因指示

石墨是天然金刚石中最常见的包裹体之一,按其形成顺序可分为原生、同生、次生,原生/同生与次生石墨包裹体的存在指示了金刚石形成的环境及形成后可能经历的变化。对湖南沅水流域产出的13粒宝石级-半宝石级砂矿金刚石中的原生/同生石墨包裹体及次生石墨包裹体进行显微激光拉曼光谱的原位测试。测试显示,湖南沅水流域金刚石中原生/同生石墨包裹体与次生石墨包裹体的G带与D带拉曼位移均存在漂移,其中原生/同生石墨包裹体G带的漂移范围为1 591～1 600 cm-1,次生石墨的漂移范围为1 575～1 588 cm-1,显示其形成压力较低,结晶压力变化范围大。原生/同生石墨漂移程度估算出该区域压力范围为4.01～5.88 GPa,估算结果与利用橄榄石包裹体拉曼位移估算的源区压力范围基本一致。该区域内金刚石中原生/同生石墨包裹体的D带拉曼位移在1 350～1 368 cm-1之间,D带与G带的强度比(I_D/I_G值)值位于0.36～0.82之间,具有较低有序度结构/结晶程度与橄榄岩型金刚石的高结晶度石墨明显不同指示该区域部分砂矿来源的金刚石的形成深度较浅,成因与榴辉岩关系更为密切,形成过程极可能曾位于石墨-金刚石稳定域附近。研究结果表明,金刚石石墨包裹体拉曼位移的漂移程度可成为探索金刚石原生源区形成环境的有效方法之一。     

Ergastoplasmic paracrystalline inclusion bodies in the adipose gonadal envelope and fat body of the glow worm, Lampyris noctiluca (Insecta, Coleoptera).

The gonads of glow worm larvae are enveloped by adipose tissue which represents a specialized fat body. The adipose gonadal envelope, and also to a lesser extent the fat body cells, contain tubular paracrystalline inclusion bodies (PIBs). Cells of other tissues are devoid of such inclusions. The PIBs form in the cisternae of rough ER. In young larvae PIB formation is sparse, but at advanced larval stages PIBs often occur as bundles in stacks of ergastoplasm. Typically, a PIB within a cisterna consists of four to seven parallel tubules. The outer diameter of a tubule is ca 28.8 nm and the width of the tubule lumen ca 12.2 nm. The "wall" of a tubule contains globular protein subunits of ca 8.3 nm diameter; the subunits are arranged helically. Since the adipose gonadal envelope progresses through a cytological differentiation process during differentiation and maturation of the gonads, the increased number of PIBs may indicate enhanced metabolic activity of the tissue related to nutrition of the growing gonads.     

Characterization of inclusions in KD_2PO_4 crystals

The inclusions in conventionally grown KD2PO4(DKDP) crystals are investigated. The inclusions are captured by a light-scattering technique. The sizes are determined by an optical microscope and a transmission electron microscope(TEM), and the compositions are analyzed by time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry(TOF-SIMS) and an energy dispersive spectrometer(EDS). Two kinds of inclusions are observed in the DKDP crystals: a submicron-scale inclusion and a micron-scale inclusion. The typical submicron-scale inclusions contain growth solution, and their sizes range from tens to hundreds of nanometers, whereas the micron-scale inclusions contain growth solution and the metal element Na, and the sizes are tens of microns. The possible formation mechanisms of the inclusions are discussed, and the influence of the inclusions on laser-induced damage behaviors are analyzed and discussed.     

Internal states of active inclusions and the dynamics of an active membrane

A theoretical model of a two-component fluid membrane containing lipids and two-state active inclusions is presented. This model predicts several nonequilibrium morphology transitions. (i) Active pumping of the inclusions can drive a long-wavelength undulation instability. (ii) Active excitation of the inclusions can induce aggregation of high-curvature excited inclusions. (iii) Active inclusion conformation changes can produce finite-size domains. The resulting steady state domain size depends on inclusion activities. For a stable membrane the height fluctuation spectrum in the long-wavelength limit is similar to previous studies which neglected the inclusion internal states.     

Anchoring of drifting spiral and scroll waves to impermeable inclusions in excitable media

Anchoring of spiral and scroll waves in excitable media has attracted considerable interest in the context of cardiac arrhythmias. Here, by bombarding inclusions with drifting spiral and scroll waves, we explore the forces exerted by inclusions onto an approaching spiral and derive the equations of motion governing spiral dynamics in the vicinity of inclusion. We demonstrate that these forces nonmonotonically depend on distance and can lead to complex behavior: (a)?anchoring to small but circumnavigating larger inclusions; (b)?chirality-dependent anchoring.     

Statistical approach to bulk inclusion initialized damage in films

In experiments, we have found an abnormal relationship between probability of laser induced damage and number density of surface inclusion. From results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and laser induced damage, we have drawn a conclusion that bulk inclusion plays a key role in damage process. Combining thermo-mechanical damage process and statistics of inclusion density distribution, we have deduced an equation which reflects the relationship between probability of laser induced damage, number density of inclusion, power density of laser pulse, and thickness of films. This model reveals that relationship between critical sizes of the dangerous inclusions (dangerous inclusions refer to the inclusions which can initialize film damage), embedded depth of inclusions, thermal diffusion length and tensile strength of films. This model develops the former work which is the statistics about surface inclusion.     

片状切变型夹杂导致的脆性开裂

片状切变型夹杂可以表现一些重要物理过程的力学特征,例如在晶体材料中形成的滑移带、形变孪晶带以及片状马氏体等。这些过程与材料的断裂密切相关。本文采用位错连续分布方法,导出了位于片状夹杂端部的裂纹的应力强度因子的解析表达式。根据本文的结果,我们讨论了片状夹杂所导致的微裂纹扩展的特征。由夹杂理论可以得到多晶体孪晶脆断应力的Hall-Petch关系,理论计算与实验结果符合得好。 关键词：     

拉曼面扫描无损鉴定矿物包裹体：以彩虹方柱石中的磁铁矿包裹体为例

如何利用拉曼光谱对矿物中的微小包裹体进行无损鉴定，是矿物学与宝石学研究中经常遇到的问题。彩虹方柱石是一种含有特殊包裹体的方柱石，其包裹体在反射光下呈现虹彩效应。本文利用超景深显微镜、电子探针、显微激光拉曼光谱、X射线粉晶衍射分析，特别是创新性运用拉曼光谱面扫描填图技术对彩虹方柱石中微小的磁铁矿包裹体进行了无损鉴定研究。显微特征显示，彩虹方柱石的包裹体可能和固溶体出溶有关，微小包裹体平行排列，形成了类似反射型衍射光栅的结构，导致其在反射光下出现彩虹色。根据电子探针测试结果，彩虹方柱石端元组分为Ma_68.2-69.7Me_30.3-31.8，属针柱石亚族。根据拉曼光谱测试结果，部分包裹体出现了位于661 cm-1处的弱拉曼峰。由于图谱信噪比普遍偏低且该峰并不会在所有测试位置出现，所以容易被忽略。为进一步探究该峰的来源，对包裹体部位进行拉曼面扫描，并选择630～680 cm-1范围的拉曼峰进行了相关性分析，确认了包裹体位置普遍存在位于661 cm-1处的弱拉曼峰。该拉曼峰可归属为磁铁矿的A_1g振动峰，从而确认了产生虹彩效应的针状包裹体中包含有更微小的磁铁矿包裹体。XRD测试结果表明，包裹体较多的样品存在位于2.51 Å处的磁铁矿（311）晶面衍射峰，进一步验证了拉曼光谱面扫描的结果。根据上述实验，拉曼面扫描技术或许可以成为鉴定矿物宝石中微小包裹体的有效辅助性手段。该研究创新性提出，如果矿物包裹体的拉曼信号很弱，可以将拉曼面扫描结果与包裹体的分布特征结合分析来判断该信号的有效性。同时为无损鉴定矿物中的包裹体提供了一种新的研究思路与方法。     

KDP晶体微纳加工表层杂质对其激光损伤阈值影响的有限元分析

 根据KDP晶体杂质附近的温度场及热应力场理论,分析了微纳加工表层杂质影响下晶体温度场及热应力场的分布情况,发现杂质离子对激光的强吸收作用是造成KDP晶体损伤的主要原因之一,也是影响KDP晶体激光损伤阈值的最主要因素。通过分析还发现杂质半径对晶体的激光损伤阈值也有影响,并得到一个有害的杂质半径,使得杂质吸收能量最多,温度最高。另外杂质种类及杂质含量的不同也会对晶体的激光损伤阈值产生影响。     

天然流体包裹体中甲烷水合物生成条件原位变温拉曼光谱研究

准确获取流体包裹体中气体水合物的生成条件一直是传统包裹体分析方法面临的一个难题。文章采用原位拉曼光谱技术分析了天然流体包裹体中甲烷水合物的生成条件。并由常温拉曼光谱分析表明,研究流体包裹体的流体组成为CH4-H2O体系。通过三种方法控制实验温度的变化,在第三种方法实验条件下获得了-170 ℃时甲烷水合物与冰的拉曼光谱,逐渐升温原位观测甲烷水合物的消失温度。原位拉曼光谱检测结果表明,研究包裹体中甲烷水合物的生成温度为7.5 ℃。结合CH4-H2O体系水合物形成条件相平衡计算,得到包裹体中甲烷水合物生成时的压力为5.587 3 MPa。研究结果表明,原位拉曼光谱技术是准确获取流体包裹体种气体水合物生成条件的一种有效方法。     

质子探针在流体包裹体分析中的应用

本文着重阐述了质子探针无标样定量分析流体包裹体的方法原理、技术要点和分析时注意的问题。作者对我国斑岩铜矿石英中的流体包裹体进行了分析,还就国内外质子探针分析流体包裹体的现状进行了评述和展望。     

病斑、病斑附近烟叶和正常烟叶的FTIR研究

用傅里叶变换红外光谱法研究了赤星病、角斑病和气候型斑点病3组病斑、病斑附近烟叶和正常烟叶,发现3组烟叶样品红外光谱的吸光度比A1631/A1025呈现相同的变化趋势,有正常烟叶病斑附近烟叶病斑的规律。对3组烟叶样品整个光谱区的原始光谱和二阶导数光谱进行距离分析,结果显示,病斑附近烟叶与正常烟叶的Pearson相关系数大于病斑与正常烟叶的Pearson相关系数,即与病斑相比,病斑附近烟叶与正常烟叶具有更紧密的关系。吸光度比A1631/A1025和Pearson相关系数的这种变化趋势表明病斑附近烟叶的化学成分在逐渐改变,即病斑附近烟叶处于正常和病变的过渡状态。研究结果表明,傅里叶变换红外光谱有望成为诊断烟草潜育期病害的方法。     

A New theory for evaluating the number density of inclusions in films

A new formulation derived from thermal characters of inclusions and host films for estimating laser induced damage threshold has been deduced. This formulation is applicable for dielectric films when they are irradiated by laser beam with pulse width longer than tens picoseconds. This formulation can interpret the relationship between pulse-width and damage threshold energy density of laser pulse obtained experimentally. Using this formulation, we can analyze which kind of inclusion is the most harmful inclusion. Combining it with fractal distribution of inclusions, we have obtained an equation which describes relationship between number density of inclusions and damage probability. Using this equation, according to damage probability and corresponding laser energy density, we can evaluate the number density and distribution in size dimension of the most harmful inclusions.     

Analysis of stress field in a single anisotropic diamond/square shaped inclusion using the volume integral equation method and the numerical equivalent inclusion method

A volume integral equation method (VIEM) is used to study elastostatic problems in an unbounded elastic solid containing a single diamond/square shaped inclusion subject to uniform tensile stress at infinity. The inclusion is assumed to be a long parallel diamond/square cylinder composed of isotropic or anisotropic elastic materials and perfectly bonded to the isotropic matrix. The solid is assumed to be under plane strain on the plane normal to the cylinder. A detailed analysis of the stress field at the interface between the isotropic matrix and the single isotropic/orthotropic diamond/square shaped inclusion is carried out. The effects of a single isotropic/orthotropic diamond/square shaped inclusion on the stress field at the interface between the matrix and the inclusion are investigated in detail. The accuracy of the volume integral equation method for the interfacial stress field is validated and compared by the numerical equivalent inclusion method (NEIM) and the finite element method (FEM) using ADINA. Through detailed analysis of plane elastostatic problems using the parallel volume integral equation method (PVIEM) in an unbounded isotropic matrix with multiple isotropic diamond shaped inclusions under uniform remote tensile loading, it is demonstrated that the volume integral equation method can also be applied to solve general two- and three-dimensional elastostatic problems involving multiple isotropic/anisotropic inclusions whose shape and number are arbitrary.     

GFP immunogold staining, from light to electron microscopy, in mammalian cells

GFP has emerged as an important reporter for monitoring gene expression, protein localization, cell transformation and cell lineage. The development of GFP as a marker in many different biological systems has emphasized the need to image GFP at high resolution. GFP immunogold labeling with colloidal gold particles becomes essential for electron microscopy (EM) ultrastructural detection. Because of the small size, colloidal gold particles require silver enhancement, a procedure to increase the size of the particle as well as gold toning to stabilize the silver layer. GFP preembedding immunogold staining enables high quality cellular-ultrastructural EM analysis mainly for two reasons, on one hand it allows adequate fixation for EM analysis maintaining GFP antigenicity, on the other hand it also enables the epoxy resins inclusion after immunogold staining. Both of them help to preserve better the ultrastructure. However GFP immunogold staining presents some drawbacks, such as the progressive decrease in immunogold labeling with tissue depth. Special attention must be taken when using GFP-tagged protein, since the fusion could interfere with their localization and function. In this review we provide a detailed protocol of the GFP immunogold staining, their main applications for EM and possible troubles.