Mosaicism for trisomy 12: Four cases with varying outcomes

Trisomy 12 observed in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) may reflect generalized mosaicism or indicate mosaicism confined to only the placenta. In this report, four cases of trisomy 12 observed in CVS or cultured placental biopsies with varying outcomes are presented. Seven dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms for chromosome 12 were used to determine the chromosome 12 origins in the fetus or child and to delineate the mechanism(s) that gave rise to the trisomy. In two cases (cases A and C), the mosaicism was confined to the placenta, resulting in normal liveborns. Although, in one case, the molecular results suggested an apparent duplication of one paternal chromosome 12 in the placenta, normal biparental inheritance was found in the diploid fetal cell line in both cases. In two other cases (cases B and D), trisomy 12 was observed in both extraembryonic and fetal tissues. In one of these pregnancies, a child was born by Caesarean section at 37 weeks because of intrauterine growth retardation and oligohydramnios, and resulted in neonatal death. Molecular markers and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed low-level trisomy 12 mosaicism in the spleen. In the fourth case, fetal abnormalities were detected on ultrasound and low-level trisomy 12 mosaicism was observed in amniotic fluid cells using conventional cytogenetics and FISH. Molecular markers revealed a maternal meiosis I non-disjunction of chromosome 12 in DNA from a cultured placental biopsy. Although predicting the outcomes of pregnancies involving confined placental mosaicism remains difficult, molecular techniques are valuable tools for distinguishing uniparental from biparental disomy and mechanisms of mosaicism.     

流动注射在线离子交换富集-原子荧光光谱法测定环境水样中痕量汞

提出了一种流动注射在线离子交换富集一氢化物发生原子荧光光谱法测定水样中总汞的分析方法。设计了双柱并联富集，串联洗脱的在线离子交换流路及操作程序，优化了各项化学条件及流路参数。方法操作简便快速，灵敏度高，干扰少。富集倍数达25倍以上，采样频率为30次／h，回收率达90％－105％。应用于环境水样中痕量汞的测定，获得了满意的结果。     

Prenatal detection of trisomy 21 in uncultured amniocytes by fluorescence in situ hybridization: A prospective study

A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the detection of trisomy 21 in interphase nuclei of uncultured amniotic fluid cells. Five hundred cases were analysed in situ and classified as normal or abnormal; the results were subsequently checked against the cytogenetic findings. Four hundred and ninety-three were correctly identified as normal with an 86·6 per cent average frequency of scored nuclei exhibiting two signals; six cases were correctly identified as trisomic for chromosome 21 with 81·7 per cent of scored nuclei exhibiting three signals; and one abnormal case involving an unbalanced chromosome 21·21 translocation was falsely scored as normal due to poor hybridization/detection efficiency. The method has been substantially improved and simplified so that it is suitable for the rapid detection of trisomy 21. As aneuploidy detection in interphase does not identify structural chromosome aberrations, it is not a substitute for fetal chromosome analysis.     

Comparative analysis of the structure of carbon materials relevant in combustion

The determination of the structure of carbon materials is an analytical problem that join the research scientific communities involved in the chemical characterization of heavy fuel-derived products (heavy fuel oils, coal-derived fuels, shale oil, etc.) and of carbon materials (polycyclic aromatic compounds, tar, soot) produced in many combustion processes.

The knowledge of the structure of these “difficult” fuels and of the carbon materials produced by incomplete combustion is relevant to research for the best low-environmental impact operation of combustion systems; but an array of many analytical and spectroscopic tools are necessary, and often not sufficient, to attempt the characterization of such complex products and in particular to determine the distribution of molecular masses.

In this paper the size exclusion chromatography using N-methyl-pyrrolidinone as eluent has been applied for the characterization of different carbon materials starting from typical carbon species, commercially available like polyacenaphthylene, carbon black, naphthalene pitch up to combustion products like soot and soot extract collected in fuel-rich combustion systems. Two main fractions were detected, separated and molecular weights (MWs) determined by comparison with polystyrene standards: a first fraction consisted of particles with very large molecular masses (>100 000 u); a second fraction consisted of species in a relatively small MW range (200–600 u). The distribution of these fractions changes in dependence on the carbon sample characteristics.

Fluorescence spectroscopy applied on the fractions separated by size-exclusion chromatography has been used and comparatively interpreted giving indications on the differences and similarities in chemical structure of such different materials.     

利用分子信标和EXO III放大荧光信号快速检测Ag+

设计新型的DNA探针,其主要功能区域包含适配体区域和分子信标互补区域;当无靶标存在时,羧基荧光素（FAM）的荧光被黑洞猝灭基团（BHQ）猝灭,加入靶标后,Ag⁺与适配体区域特异性结合,使得分子信标与其互补区域发生结合,加入EXO Ⅲ后,分子信标被酶解,从而释放Ag⁺/DNA探针复合物用于下一轮反应,同时产生大量的FAM,因此,可以通过荧光的增强来定量检测靶标的含量.评价了该方法的灵敏度和选择性,探究它在实际样品中的表现能力.结果表明,适配体区域与分子信标间隔2个碱基的DNA探针与分子信标结合效果最好,检测的信噪比最大.该方法对Ag⁺的检测最低下限（LOD）为0.1nmol/L,在0.5~200nmol/L范围内,荧光值与靶标浓度成线性关系（R²=0.994）.对实际样品的检测在20~200nmol/L范围内呈线性关系（R²=0.998）,且能很好的从混合样品中区分10nmol/L Ag⁺.该研究建立的快速检测Ag⁺方法具有良好的线性定量能力和操作性能,且灵敏度高、特异性强,可满足现实的需求.     

冰中和水中四环素光降解动力学及其影响因素的比较

冰雪是一类重要且普遍的环境介质,而冰雪环境光化学是一门新兴的学科.在相同光照条件下比较冰中和水中有机污染物的光化学行为,有助于揭示冰雪光化学与水环境光化学之间的异同.本文以四环素（TC）为模型化合物,比较了模拟日光（λ>290 nm）照射下不同水体冰相和水相中TC的光降解动力学,研究了不同相中溶解性物质（腐殖酸（HA）、Cl^-、NO₃^-和Fe（III））对光降解的影响及作用机制,以揭示冰雪环境光化学和水环境光化学的异同.结果表明,冰中和水中TC光解遵循准一级反应动力学,纯水冰中表观光解量子产率为4.76×10^-3,高于纯水中表观光解量子产率（3.85×10^-3）.在不同水体中,冰相TC的光解快慢顺序为海水冰中 > 淡水冰中 > 纯水冰中,而在水相中光解快慢顺序与冰相不同,为淡水中 > 海水中 > 纯水中.通过考察主要溶解性物质对冰/水中TC光降解动力学的影响发现,无论是在冰相还是水相,Cl^-、HA、NO₃^-和Fe（III）均加快了TC的光降解,且促进作用随浓度的升高而增强.但在水相与冰相中每个因素促进的程度却存在差异,相对于水环境,冰中HA、NO₃^-、Fe（III）敏化作用较大,对TC光降解的促进作用较强;而冰中Cl^-对TC光解的促进作用较水相中弱.这些溶解性物质对TC光解的促进作用能够解释海水冰、淡水冰与海水、淡水中TC相对于纯水冰相/水相具有较强的光降解能力.进一步地,将实验数据外推到实际环境,在35°~50°N地区的仲冬季,冰雪表面和水体表层TC光化学降解的半减期分别为15.4~38.9 min和19.0~48.0 min,其不仅依赖于光解发生的纬度与季节,还受到反应基质（冰/水）的影响.以上结果揭示了冰中和水中TC光化学转化行为的异同,这对于准确评价寒冷环境中此类新型污染物的归趋具有重要意义.     

太湖北部湖区春、冬季节天然有机质的荧光特征及环境意义

天然有机质(OM)广泛存在于各类水体,含有丰富的碳、氮、磷等生源要素,其形成、转化、归宿及其相伴随的营养盐再生过程是水生态系统营养盐生物地球化学循环的重要环节,在湖泊蓝藻水华暴发过程中势必也扮演着非常重要的营养盐供给者的角色.本研究于2015年2月和5月分别在太湖北部湖区采集了17个样品,利用POM-DOM PARAFAC三维荧光模型解析春、冬季节颗粒态有机质(POM)和溶解态有机质(DOM)的荧光特征及来源,并探讨POM和DOM各荧光组分之间及其与叶绿素a(Chla)的关系.结果表明,春、冬季节太湖北部湖区POM和DOM的荧光峰、荧光中心位置和荧光强度均存在明显的差别;POM有着比DOM更复杂的组分构成.综合POM和DOM的荧光强度和荧光指数可知,春、冬季节太湖北部湖区POM和DOM均以自生源为主,河口区受陆源贡献较大.POM(C1p~C5p)和DOM(C1d~C5d)有5种荧光组分,分别是类色氨酸(C1和C2)、类腐殖质(C3和C4)及类酪氨酸(C5).POM和DOM的荧光组分特征存在明显的差别;春、冬季节POM均以类腐殖质荧光C3为主,荧光组分高值区分别集中在梅梁湾区域和湖心区;而DOM均以类蛋白组分C2、C1和C5为主,荧光组分高值区均分布在竺山湾区域.相关分析结果显示,春季C1d与C2d(P0.01)、C3d与C4d(P0.01)、C1p与C4p(P0.05)、C2p与C5p(P0.01)均具有较强的相关性.值得注意的是,C3d(P0.01)、C4d(P0.05)与C3p均具有较好的相关关系,表明POM与DOM在组分、来源上具有某种联系.与春季类似,冬季荧光组分C1d与C2d、C3d与C4d、C1p与C2p、C1d与C2p亦具有极好的相关性(P0.01).春季C5d与Chla之间存在正相关关系(P0.01),而C2d(P0.05)、C3p(P0.01)与Chla之间具有负相关关系;冬季C4d与Chla之间也存在负相关关系(P0.05).     

黄河干流宁蒙段溶解性有机物组分特征及其与金属离子的相关性

溶解性有机物(dissolved organic matter,DOM)是天然水体的重要组成部分,由于化学极性及所含的官能团不同,其在水体中的化学行为也不同.本研究以黄河干流宁蒙段为研究对象,于2015年4月采集了下河沿至头道拐沿程7个断面的水样,采用XAD系列树脂将DOM分为疏水性酸(hydrophobic acid,HOA)、疏水性碱(hydrophobic base,HOB)、弱疏水性酸(weak hydrophobic acid,WHOA)和亲水性物质(hydrophilic matter,HYI)这4个组分,探讨了DOM组分含量、荧光峰值及其与Pb、Zn、Cu、Cr、As这5种金属离子之间的相关性.结果表明,黄河宁蒙段DOM总量由下河沿至头道拐沿程逐渐增加.各断面DOM腐殖化程度较低,以亲水性的蛋白质类小分子物质(HYI)为主,疏水性酸(HOA)次之,这与黄河沿岸排污导致内源作用增强有关.三维荧光光谱中类腐殖质和类蛋白质荧光峰型显著,且类腐殖质峰沿程逐渐增强,进一步证实了内源污水输入的影响.SPSS相关性分析结果表明,DOM与5种金属离子呈现出不同程度的相关性,其中与Cu离子显著相关;4种组分中HYI与Cu离子的相关性最强,说明二者在迁移转化过程中存在显著相互作用.进一步研究发现,芳香蛋白类物质荧光峰强度随Cu离子浓度的升高而降低,这可能是Cu与亲水性组分中的芳香类蛋白质发生络合产生荧光淬灭效应,从而导致荧光强度降低.     

北京森林土壤富里酸亚组分的表征及荧光指标分析

为探究土壤FA（富里酸）的结构组成及其腐殖化和芳香性特征,采用SFS（同步荧光光谱）技术结合FRI（荧光区域积分）、DSFS（导数荧光光谱）及PCA（主成分分析）对土壤FA亚组分的荧光光谱特征及荧光指标间的相关性进行了分析.利用XAD-8吸附树脂结合初始pH为3、5、7、9和13的Na₄P₂O₇（焦磷酸钠）缓冲溶液逐步洗脱技术将土壤FA分别分级得5种亚组分（FA₃、FA₅、FA₇、FA₉和FA₁₃）.结果表明:①FA₃-FA₁₃的SFS体现3类荧光峰,分别代表类蛋白、类富里酸和类腐殖酸物质.FA₃和FA₅含有含量相近的类蛋白、类富里酸和类腐殖酸物质,而FA₇-FA₁₃含有的主要成分是类蛋白物质;同时,FA₇-FA₁₃的类富里酸和类腐殖酸较FA₃和FA₅更为复杂,且FA₇-FA₁₃含有更多易降解的单环芳香族化合物.②FA₃和FA₅的类酪氨酸和类色氨酸物质被识别,且FA₇-FA₁₃的类色氨酸含量明显大于类富里酸和类腐殖酸含量.③FA₃-FA₁₃光谱荧光强度指标（I₂₄₀/I₃₄₀、I₂₄₀/I₄₅₀、I₃₄₀/I₂₇₀、I₄₅₀/I₂₇₀和I₄₅₀/I₃₄₀）的对比分析表明,FA₃和FA₅的腐殖化程度和芳香性均大于FA₇-FA₁₃.④荧光指标A_FLR/A、A_HLR/A、S_270-340、S_270-450、A₂/A₁和A₃/A₁可作为指示亚组分芳香性的优化指标,且A_HLR/A、A₂/A₁和A₃/A₁可作为最佳指标反映亚组分的腐殖化程度.研究显示,土壤FA亚组分的结构表征及荧光指标分析为后续FA亚组分与环境污染物相互机理研究提供依据,为探究有机质的结构特性和环境行为提供理论支撑.      

溶解性有机质在岩溶水系统中的迁移转化及影响因素分析

溶解性有机质(DOM)的荧光物质是一种较好的示踪剂,用于鉴别DOM的来源及其在水文系统中的地球化学行为.该物质在岩溶水系统中的研究较少,并且要作为潜在示踪剂,系统中有很多因素影响其光谱信息.实验选取一典型岩溶流域,通过三维荧光光谱技术(EEMs)和平行因子分析(PARAFAC),结合水化学数据分析,揭示DOM荧光物质在不同岩溶含水空间的组成和转化关系,刻画流域尺度DOM的来源,探讨水化学因素对DOM荧光物质转移的影响机制.结果表明,流域外源地表水和岩溶地表水中的DOM以类蛋白色氨酸为主,浅层岩溶水和深层岩溶水以类蛋白色氨酸和酪氨酸为主.荧光指数(FI)、生物指数(BIX)和腐殖化指数(HIX)的综合分析认为,浅层岩溶水和深层岩溶水的DOM主要来自于内源微生物分解,岩溶地表水和外源地表水的DOM既有陆源输入又有内源微生物分解,且内源贡献占有较大比例.受岩溶水化学参数的影响,3种荧光物质具有明显的分异特征:类酪氨酸物质对Ca~(2+)和HCO_3~-具有较强的适应性,在岩溶水中存在的比例比较大.类色氨酸物质则相反,类富里酸物质则与TDS、浊度、Cl~-、SO_4~(2-)等呈现极显著正相关关系.流域上游浅层岩溶水中的DOM主要来自内源.出露地表以后,其有机质同时来自内源和外源输入.在流域下游渗入深层岩溶地下水以后,DOM逐渐向低芳香烃有机质化合物转化,大分子DOM逐渐减少,荧光强度减弱.主成分分析(PCA)提取出3个主成分,分别为反映岩溶水渗滤、转化、水流条件的水体矿化指标,反映土壤淋滤和自然渗滤关系的TOC、NO_3~-及类蛋白质指标,以及反映岩溶水系统水化学、生物化学过程的Ca~(2+)、HCO_3~-、荧光指数和类富里酸指标.此外研究还认为,总荧光强度,类富里酸物质和类蛋白物质可以分别作为岩溶水快速渗流、转化及岩溶含水层脆弱性的示踪剂.研究结果有助于认识岩溶地下水DOM的生物地球化学循环,进行岩溶系统有机污染控制,为岩溶水系统中物质的地球化学过程表征提供一种新的工具.