环境内分泌干扰物毒理学研究

传统上,环境内分泌干扰物的研究对象主要是对动物生殖器官的作用.但是脊椎动物体内存在复杂的内分泌系统,来调节其生长发育及繁殖.本文从环境内分泌干扰物对生物完整内分泌系统的影响总结了最近的研究进展.内分泌干扰物可通过作用于下丘脑.脑垂体.性腺轴的内分泌系统途径,影响重要激素或者受体,并最终影响动物的繁殖;也可作用于下丘脑一脑垂体.甲状腺轴途径,影响甲状腺激素的合成、转运、结合等过程,破坏甲状腺激素内环境的稳定而对生长发育造成危害.环境污染物也可通过影响类固醇激素的合成途径,即通过非受体途径而发挥内分泌干扰物作用.水体缺氧也可干扰鱼类的内分泌系统,因此也是内分泌干扰物.分子生物学技术,如组学、转基因技术等不仅可为环境污染物的内分泌干扰作用的危险评价提供可靠的手段而且也可揭示污染物作用的模式.     

穿心莲内酯硫酸酯化反应体系中四个新的衍生物的分离与表征

通过色谱方法, 从复杂的穿心莲内酯硫酸酯化反应体系中分离获得4个新的穿心莲内酯衍生物, 应用谱学方法进行了表征. 主要利用1H NMR, 13C NMR, DEPT, 1H-1H COSY, HSQC, HMBC及NOSEY等1D和2D NMR技术, 并通过与母体化合物NMR数据的对比分析, 鉴定这4个化合物分别为3,19-二羟基-8,11,13-赖百当三烯-15,16-内酯(1), 3-羟基-8,11,13-赖百当三烯-15,16-内酯-19-硫酸酯(2), 8,11,13-赖百当三烯-15,16-内酯-3,19-二硫酸酯(3), 3-羟基- 8(R)-12(S)-8(12)-环氧-13-赖百当烯-15,16-内酯-19-硫酸酯(4).     

层状四水硫酸锆催化合成乙二醇单乙醚醋酸酯反应机理的理论研究

采用以量子化学ASED－MO（含原子对排斥的EHMO法）为基础的结构自动优化EHTOPT法,研究了层状四水硫酸锆催化合成乙二醇乙醚醋酸酯的反应机理;构筑了反应组分乙二醇单乙醚羟基上的氢原子通过氢 键与层状四水硫酸锆结晶水上的氧原子结合。同时,还研究了醋酸在四水硫酸锆表面形成正碳离子的结合状态,提出了相应的酯化反应机理,在此基础上推导出的动力学方程与实验结果相符。     

基于坐标映射的类周期电磁金属阵列布局设计的灵敏度分析方法

特定性能的类周期电磁金属阵列已成功应用于多种类型的电磁器件中,以实现其电磁辐射或散射性能的提升设计.类周期电磁金属阵列可描述为由多个相似形状的电磁金属单元按照特定的布局形式组合形成.布局形式由阵列的布局参数确定,通常包括每个单元的尺寸、转角以及位置参数.布局参数往往规模较大且相互独立,需要经过设计优化以满足阵列的性能要...     

Cytosolic escape of mitochondrial DNA triggers cGAS-STING-NLRP3 axis-dependent nucleus pulposus cell pyroptosis

Low back pain (LBP) is a major musculoskeletal disorder and the socioeconomic problem with a high prevalence that mainly involves intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration, characterized by progressive nucleus pulposus (NP) cell death and the development of an inflammatory microenvironment in NP tissue. Excessively accumulated cytosolic DNA acts as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) that is monitored by the cGAS-STING axis to trigger the immune response in many degenerative diseases. NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent pyroptosis is a type of inflammatory programmed death that promotes a chronic inflammatory response and tissue degeneration. However, the relationship between the cGAS-STING axis and NLRP3 inflammasome-induced pyroptosis in the pathogenesis of IVD degeneration remains unclear. Here, we used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histopathology to demonstrate that cGAS, STING, and NLRP3 are associated with the degree of IVD degeneration. Oxidative stress induced cGAS-STING axis activation and NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in a STING-dependent manner in human NP cells. Interestingly, the canonical morphological and functional characteristics of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening with the cytosolic escape of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were observed in human NP cells under oxidative stress. Furthermore, the administration of a specific pharmacological inhibitor of mPTP and self-mtDNA cytosolic leakage effectively reduced NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptotic NP cell death and microenvironmental inflammation in vitro and degenerative progression in a rat disc needle puncture model. Collectively, these data highlight the critical roles of the cGAS-STING-NLRP3 axis and pyroptosis in the progression of IVD degeneration and provide promising therapeutic approaches for discogenic LBP.Subject terms: Cell death, Diseases     

多物种生态竞争系统周期正解的存在性和全局吸引性

利用重合度理论中的延拓定理和Lyapunov泛函方法讨论了一类具有多个滞量的多物种生态竞争系统周期正解的存在性和全局吸引性,得到了一些新的结果．实例表明我们的结果更加广泛,更加便于应用．     

Potential Value of Wood Tar as a Natural Fungicide against Valsa mali

The Valsa canker caused by Valsa mali seriously harmed the production of East Asian apples and caused very significant economic losses. Considering the chemical residues and the improvement of people’s awareness of environmental protection, there is a need for screening new green pesticides for the control of Valsa canker. Therefore, we conducted systematic evaluations on the antifungal activity of wood tar. In this research, the effective concentration (EC₅₀) of six strains of V. mali to wood tar was determined, and the EC₅₀ ranged from 69.54 to 92.81 μg/mL. After treatment with wood tar, the hyphae of V. mali broke, swelled, and deformed; the permeability of the cell membrane increased; and the activity of pectinase reduced. Moreover, the expression levels of five genes related to pectinase also decreased significantly. In addition, the activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) and peroxidase (POD) of apple leaves treated with wood tar also increased. On detached apple branches, wood tar also showed therapeutic and protective activities. In the 2016–2019 field experiments, wood tar also showed good efficacy against Valsa canker and promoted the formation of callus. (In the experiments from 2016 to 2019, it can be seen that the control effect of 50% wood tar and 100% wood tar in the field is above 75% and promoted the formation of callus.) This study is the first to report the bidirectional efficacy of wood tar against Valsa mali and for trunk wound healing. The above results evidenced that wood tar has great potential to be developed as a natural alternative to commercial fungicides for the management of apple Valsa canker.     

Consistency in formulation of spin current and torque associated with a variance of angular momentum

Based on the Noether's theorem, we develop systematically and rigorously the spin-dependent formulation of the conservation laws. The effect of the electronic polarization due to the spin-orbit coupling is included in the Maxwell equations. The polarization is related to the antisymmetric components of spin current, and it provides a possibility to measure the spin current directly. The variances of spin and orbit angular momentum currents imply a torque on the "electric dipole" associated with the moving electron. The dependencies of the torque on the polarization and the force on the motions of spin-polarized electrons in a two-dimensional electron gas with the Rashba spin-orbit coupling are discussed.     

拓扑绝缘体表面态的STM研究

文章主要介绍了利用扫描隧道显微镜对拓扑绝缘体表面态进行的一系列研究工作,包括拓扑绝缘体表面态的电子驻波以及拓扑表面态的朗道量子化现象.这些工作对于拓扑绝缘体基本性质的确立以及深入理解具有十分重要的意义.     

用不变本征算符法求晶面吸附原子的振动模

晶体表面的扩散和缺陷对晶体振动模式的影响是表面物理学研究的一个重要和基本的课题.晶格振动的频率对应于系统的能带.由于晶格中原子的振动不是孤立的,并且晶格具有周期性,所以在晶体中形成格波.格波代表晶体中所有原子都参与的频率相同的振动,又常称为一种振动模.本文讨论在表面吸附位势系数β_0与晶体内部原子的周期位势系数β不同的情况下,晶体表面吸附一个质量为m_0(与晶格原子质量m不同)的原子以后晶格的振动模.采用不变本征算符方法,严格地导出此振动模为ω=((2β(1-coshα))/(hm))~(1/2),其中α=ln[-(mβ_0+m_0(-2β+β_0)+(β_0)~(1/2)((-4mm_0β+(m+m_0)~2β_0))~(1/2)/2m_0β].此结果表明,ω不但取决于吸附位势与吸附原子的质量,也与晶格原子的质量与内位势有关.