应用差异光谱法建立绵羊采食复杂日粮干物质消化率模型的研究

研究旨在探讨利用放牧家畜“日粮—粪”差异光谱,建立干物质消化率模型的可行性。通过人工混合复杂日粮饲喂绵羊进行室内代谢试验,获得104份“日粮—粪”样品对,同时将相应的日粮和粪光谱做差获得104份差异光谱,将70份用于建模,34份用于检验。结合偏最小二乘法,利用差异光谱建立绵羊在采食成分较复杂时干物质消化率预测模型。最佳光谱范围为8 656～4 310 cm-1;光谱预处理方法以多元散射校正+一阶导数处理+Norris平滑(MSC+1st Deriv+Norris)处理的效果最好,最佳主因子数为7。经外部检验得到预测标准误差(RMSEP)为2.46%,相对标准误差(RPD)大于2.5,预测值与实际值的决定系数为0.833 9,说明所建近红外模型具有较好的预测效果。     

Performance of a novel piezoelectric motor at 4.7 T: applications and initial tests

The focus of this report was to test the performance of a novel piezoelectric motor under high magnetic field strength conditions and to investigate its potential applications in small animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The device is made entirely of nonferrous materials and consists of four piezoelectric ceramic plates connected to a threaded metal tube through which a screw migrates. Ultrasonic vibrations of the threads inherent to the tube result in rotational and translational motion of the screw. Potential applications of the piezoelectric motor were investigated at 4.7 T. Firstly, phantom studies showed the motor was capable of accurately delivering low injection volumes ( approximately 0.01 ml). Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) studies performed in vivo using serially acquired T1-weighted, spin-echo imaging demonstrated the ability of the motor to reliably administer MR contrast-enhancing agent into live tumor-bearing mice without the introduction of image artifacts. In a second set of experiments, the motor allowed for controlled, dynamic repositioning of an anatomic slice of interest in a live animal to magnetic field isocenter, which resulted in reduced geometric distortion and image artifact due to improved radiofrequency and gradient field homogeneity. In conclusion, piezoelectric motors are MR compatible and offer great potential for improving MRI efficiency and throughput, particularly in a preclinical setting. Further investigation into applications such as automated capacitor tuning and impedance matching for MR transceiver coils is warranted.     

Formation of toxic arsenical in roasted muscles of marine animals

Arsenobetaine, an organo‐arsenic compound known to be non‐toxic, occurs ubiquitously in marine animals. To elucidate the food hygiene safety of the degradation products of arsenobetaine formed on cooking, arsenicals generated by roasting the muscles of the starspotted shark Mustelus manazo and of the red crayfish Panulirus longipes femoristriga were investigated. ­As a result, both muscle types were found to contain the tetramethylarsonium ion, which is reported to show a higher acute toxicity than dimethylarsinic acid (cacodylic acid) or methanearsonic acid. As a minor compound, arsenate was also detected in the muscle of M. manazo. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Potential Vasculoprotective Effects of Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) Extract in Diabetic KK-Ay Mice

Polyphenols are bioactive compounds found naturally in fruits and vegetables; they are widely used in disease prevention and health maintenance. Polyphenol-rich blackcurrant extract (BCE) exerts beneficial effects on vascular health in menopausal model animals. However, the vasculoprotective effects in diabetes mellitus (DM) and atherosclerotic vascular disease secondary to DM are unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether BCE is effective in preventing atherosclerosis using KK-A^y mice as a diabetes model. The mice were divided into three groups and fed a high-fat diet supplemented with 1% BCE (BCE1), 3% BCE (BCE2), or Control for 9 weeks. The mice in the BCE2 group showed a considerable reduction in the disturbance of elastic lamina, foam cell formation, and vascular remodeling compared to those in the BCE1 and Control groups. Immunohistochemical staining indicated that the score of endothelial nitric oxide synthase staining intensity was significantly higher in both BCE2 (2.9) and BCE1 (1.9) compared to that in the Control (1.1). Furthermore, the score for the percentage of alpha-smooth muscle actin was significantly lower in the BCE2 (2.9%) than in the Control (2.1%). Our results suggest that the intake of anthocyanin-rich BCE could have beneficial effects on the blood vessels of diabetic patients.     

西溪国家湿地公园5种人工植物群落 土壤动物群落的结构与多样性

2007年5月对西溪国家湿地公园5种人工植物群落中的土壤动物群落进行了调查.结果共获得土壤动物5 569只,分别隶属于4门10纲26目,其中优势类群为真螨目和弹尾目,两者共占总捕获量的65.42%,常见类群有单向蚓目、盲蛛目、毛马陆目、幺蚰目、等足目、双尾目、双翅目、鞘翅目、膜翅目,其余类群为稀有类群.不同植物群落间土壤动物密度存在极显著差异,而类群数差异不显著.土壤动物垂直分布异质性较大.MDS排序显示,梅、垂柳和柿群落之间表现出较好的相似性,早园竹和桑群落与另4个群落之间的相似性较差,土壤动物群落排序结果与环境中的草本覆盖率相关.DG指数比H′能更好地展现土壤动物多样性.     

The Role of Microbiome in Brain Development and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Hundreds of billions of commensal microorganisms live in and on our bodies, most of which colonize the gut shortly after birth and stay there for the rest of our lives. In animal models, bidirectional communications between the central nervous system and gut microbiota (Gut–Brain Axis) have been extensively studied, and it is clear that changes in microbiota composition play a vital role in the pathogenesis of various neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, anxiety, stress, and so on. The makeup of the microbiome is impacted by a variety of factors, such as genetics, health status, method of delivery, environment, nutrition, and exercise, and the present understanding of the role of gut microbiota and its metabolites in the preservation of brain functioning and the development of the aforementioned neurological illnesses is summarized in this review article. Furthermore, we discuss current breakthroughs in the use of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics to address neurological illnesses. Moreover, we also discussed the role of boron-based diet in memory, boron and microbiome relation, boron as anti-inflammatory agents, and boron in neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, in the coming years, boron reagents will play a significant role to improve dysbiosis and will open new areas for researchers.     

高分辨率及高灵敏度小动物PET研究进展

作为一种高灵敏度且具有定量测量能力的功能分子影像技术,小动物PET越来越广泛地用于各种生物医学研究,例如疾病动物模型研究、新药物研发和新治疗方法评估等。首先回顾小动物PET成像系统的发展历史、效率和空间分辨率等性能的改进和产业化;其次,讨论了影响PET空间分辨率和效率的各种因素,包括晶体大小、探测器几何、正电子射程、光子非共线效应、图像重建算法和阻碍PET系统同时达到高空间分辨率和高效率的相互作用深度不确定效应;最后,介绍了小动物PET成像系统在以下几个方面的取得的最新进展:（1）高密度、小的光衰减常数和高光产额的闪烁晶体;（2）体积小、增益大、时间性能好、工作电压低和磁兼容的新型硅光电倍增管光探测器;（3）各种深度测量PET探测器,详细介绍了一个可达到分辨0.43 mm×0.43 mm×20 mm晶格和达到2.4 mm深度分辨率的双端读出探测器;（4）使用深度测量探测器的小动物PET成像系统,详细介绍了一个使用高分辨率双端读出探测器,全视野达到0.55 mm平均位置分辨率的小动物PET原型系统;（5）磁兼容插件式小动物PET成像系统和PET/MRI同时成像的优点;（6）小动物PET图像重建和数据校正的特点、传统的滤波反投影算法和新的迭代算法的优缺点和PET图像重建算法未来的发展方向。As the most sensitive and quantitative molecular imaging technique,small animal positron emission tomography (PET) has become a widely used tool in biomedical research such as in animal model of human disease,development of new drugs and the evaluation of new therapeutics.In this paper,first the history,the efforts to improve the spatial resolution and sensitivity as well as the commercialization process of small animal PET scanner are reviewed.Then the factors that affect the spatial resolution and sensitivity of PET scanner such as crystal size,detector geometry,positron range,photon noncollinearity and imaging reconstruction are discussed in detail.The depth of interaction effect which hinders the simultaneous achievement of PET spatial resolution and sensitivity are also discussed.Finally the recent progress made in the following areas of small animal PET instrumentation are introduced:(1) high density,short light decay constant and bright scintillator,(2) compact,high gain,good timing resolution,low bias voltage and MRI compatible silicon photomultiplier,(3) depth encoding detectors by using different methods,a detector using dual-ended readout,identifying 0.43 mm×0.43 mm×20 mm crystals and achieving a 2.4 mm depth of interaction resolution was introduced in detail,(4) small animal PET scanners using depth encoding detectors,a prototype scanner using high resolution dualended readout detectors and achieving an average of 0.55 mm spatial resolution in the whole field of view was introduced in detail.(5) MRI compatible small animal PET inserts and the advantage of simultaneous PET/MRI imaging,(6) image reconstruction and data correction of small animal PET,the filter back projection and iterative reconstruction algorithms are compared and a few key directions of PET image reconstruction will be presented.     

长骨骨折患者中西结合食疗的平衡膳食模式研究

为证明中国营养平衡米和粉（CNBR和CNBP）作主食,制得骨伤患者食疗的平衡膳食,可提高骨折患者的疗效,对骨折患者中西结合食疗的平衡膳食模式进行了研究。结果表明：（1）用理化方法检测每100g主食的蛋白质、脂肪、碳水化合物和热量,CNBR为10．24、2．45、70．00g和343．01kcal（1cal=4．1868J）;CNBP为26．20、30．60、35．50g和522kcal;而普通稻米为7．29、1．10、77．00g和347．00kccal（2）据骨伤机体高代谢的营养需要求得：早期热量=BMR·应激因素·1．25＋（15％～25％）BMR,为2700～2800kcal;中期热量=BMR·应激因素·1．25·PAL＋（15％～25％）BMR,为4000～4100kcal;晚期热量：BMR·PAL,为2400kcal。（3）按以CNBR和CNBP为主食的平衡膳食基本模式2700kcal±x·100kcal（CNBR575g±x·21．54和CNBP50g±x·5．00）求得：早期2700—2800kcal需要主食CNBR575～579g和CNBP50～55g,中期4000～4100kcal主食CNBR855～877g和CNBP115—120g,晚期2400kcal需要主食CNBR510g和CNBP35g;各期副食相同：蔬菜和水果500g～200g、鱼和肉50～100g、蛋40g、大豆30g、花生油12．25g、盐6g,可制得骨折患者食疗以CNBR和CNBP为主食的中西结合平衡膳食模式。（4）平衡膳食模式评价：热量和3大营养素数量足够,比例平衡,符合骨伤机体高代谢营养需要,适合骨折患者的食疗,建议推广应用。     

动物尿液中15种甾类同化激素的液相色谱-串联质谱同时测定

采用液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱仪（LC-ESIMS/MS）,在多反应监测（MRM）模式下建立了动物尿液中15种甾类同化激素（睾酮、孕酮、诺龙、甲基睾酮、丙酸睾酮、丙酸诺龙、苯丙酸诺龙、大力补、勃地龙、群勃龙、康力龙、醋酸群勃龙、甲炔诺酮、甲羟孕酮、醋酸甲羟孕酮）的快速确证测定方法。试样经酶解处理后,过C18固相萃取柱净化,氮吹至干,残余物用0.50 mL乙腈-水（体积比1∶1）溶解后测定。采用正离子扫描方式进行仪器方法学研究,确定监测离子对,进行MRM模式定性定量分析。该方法的检出限（LOD）为0.2～0.5μg/L,定量下限（LOQ）为0.5～1.0μg/L;在2.0～200.0μg/L范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.998。在1.0、5.0μg/L的添加水平上,上述15种激素的平均回收率为59%～118%,相对标准偏差为1.0%～11.2%。该法操作简单,灵敏度高,可用于动物尿液中15种甾类同化激素的测定。     

Influence of relative response factor in the determination of organic microcontaminants with isotopically labeled standards

The use of isotopically labeled internal standards in the analysis of organic microcontaminants entails the determination of relative response factors (RRFs) of the unlabeled with respect to the labeled compounds. RRFs were measured daily during 28 replicate polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) analyses on two different sets of samples. Daily RRFs allowed more precise results to be attained than those provided by mean RRFs, the latter being the mean of all the daily RRFs obtained during the same series of analyses. Analytical applications to food matrices are presented, including the PCB contamination profile of an olive oil and that found in a matrix of Italian national mean diet. Based on the latter sample, also the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) daily intake of Italians is assessed. Seven PAHs are determined.