In vitro fluorescence displacement investigation of thyroxine transport disruption by bisphenol A

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical with high production volume and wide applications in many industries. Although BPA is known as an endocrine disruptor, its toxic mechanisms have not been fully characterized. Due to its structural similarity to thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), one possible mechanism of BPA toxicity is disruption of hormone transport by competitive binding with the transport proteins. In this study, the binding interactions of BPA, T4, and T3 with three thyroid hormone transport proteins, human serum albumin (HSA), transthyretin (TTR), and thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) were investigated by fluorescence measurement. Using two site-specific fluorescence probes dansylamide and dansyl-L-proline, the binding constants of BPA with HSA at drug site I and site II were determined as 2.90 104 and 3.14 104 L/mol, respectively. By monitoring the intrinsic fluorescence of tryptophan, a binding constant of 4.70 103 L/mol was obtained. Similarly, by employing 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid as fluorescence probe, the binding a nity of BPA with TTR and TBG was measured to be 3.10 105 and 5.90 105 L/mol, respectively. In general, BPA showed lower binding a nity with the proteins than T3 did, and even lower a nity than T4. Using these binding constants, the amount of BPA which would bind to the transport proteins in human plasma was estimated. These results suggest that the concentrations of BPA commonly found in human plasma are probably not high enough to interfere with T4 transport.     

信息化施工法在永蓝高速公路边坡工程中的应用

信息化施工是山区高速公路建设的关键技术之一,对路基、桥隧等的设计施工均发挥重要作用。本文以永蓝高速公路新铺子隧道出口高边坡工程为依托,对高速公路边坡工程信息化施工方法进行了系统的探讨。研究指出边坡工程信息化施工方法的主要内容是通过发掘施工中所揭露的地质信息,进行必要的位移和应力等方面的监测,以获得相应资料及数据进行边（...     

浅析污染源自动监测系统应用现状与发展思路

通过对污染自动监测系统应用现状和存在问题进行了分析,提出了污染源自动监测系统今后的发展思路。     

基于GIS的滇池流域景观格局优化

景观格局优化是景观生态学中的难点和热点问题。选择滇池流域为研究区域,在RS和GIS的支持下对2008年Landsat TM影像进行解译判读,获得景观类型图,运用最小耗费距离模型对区域景观格局进行优化。结合景观各组分生态系统服务功能价值和空间作用,构建了生态源地、生态廊道和生态节点等景观组分,以加强生态网络的空间连通性,提高景观格局稳定性,完善生态功能。源地具有较高的生态系统服务功能,需要维持和增大源斑块面积。所构建城市区域廊道、森林生态廊道、农业生产廊道应采取保持廊道规模,建立缓冲区,加强植被绿化,减少污染物的排放等措施以提高整个廊道的连通性。节点位于景观生态流和连通的重要位置上,需要加强控制。该研究对流域生态规划和土地利用优化布局有一定的参考价值。     

Theoretical and Empirical Study on Urban Population Carrying Capacity: Case of Haidian District in Beijing

Abstract

The measurement of urban population carrying capacity is the basis for cities’ sustainable development. However, the traditional study on population carrying capacity which was based on food supply is not applicable to the single urban area. This paper built a model for the analysis of urban carrying capacity, and took Haidian District in Beijing as an example to calculate the urban carrying capacity of Haidian District in the future, which was the basis for the improvement of the population carrying capacity. This study would also provide a reference to the measurement of the urban population carrying capacity for other cities and districts in China.     

Understanding why consumers in China switch between wild,farmed, and synthetic bear bile products

An important rationale for legally farmed and synthetic wildlife products is that they reduce illegal, wild-sourced trade by supplying markets with sustainable alternatives. For this to work, more established illegal-product consumers must switch to legal alternatives than new legal-product consumers switch to illegal wild products. Despite the widespread debate on the magnitude and direction of switching, studies among actual consumers are lacking. We used an anonymous online survey of 1421 traditional Chinese medicine consumers in China to investigate switching among legal farmed, synthetic, and illegal wild bear bile. We examined the past consumption behavior, applied a discrete choice experiment framed within worsening hypothetical disease scenarios, and used latent class models to investigate groups with shared preferences. Bear bile consumers (86% respondents) were wealthier, more likely to have family who consumed bile, and less knowledgeable about bile treatments than nonconsumers. Consumer preferences were heterogenous, but most consumer preferences switched between bile types as disease worsened. We identified five distinct latent classes within our sample: law-abiding consumers (34% respondents), who prefer legal products and were unlikely to switch; two all-natural consumer groups (53%), who dislike synthetics but may switch between farmed and wild; and two nonconsumer groups (12%), who prefer not to buy bile. People with past experience of bile consumption had different preferences than those without. Willingness to switch to wild products was related to believing they were legal, although the likelihood of switching was mediated by preferences for cheaper products sold in legal, familiar places. We found that consumers of wild bile may switch to legal alternatives, given the availability of a range of products, whereas legal-product consumers may switch to illegal products if the barriers to doing so are small. Understanding preferences that promote or impede switching should be a key consideration when attempting to predict consumer behavior in complex wildlife markets.     

川西亚高山3个优势树种细根形态特征

林木细根(直径2 mm)拥有庞大而复杂的分枝系统,在森林生态系统养分循环过程中发挥重要作用,因此研究不同树种细根构型形态对树种地下生态位分离、共存和森林生态系统功能过程具有重要意义.选取川西亚高山3个优势树种——岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)、粗枝云杉(Picea asperate)和红桦(Butula albosinensis),采用挖掘法采集完整的细根根系,依据根序分级方法,测定细根形态参数(直径、根长、比根长和比表面积).结果表明:细根形态在不同根序间差异显著,3个树种细根直径、根长随根序的升高而升高,比根长和比表面积随序级的升高而降低.不同树种间细根形态也表现出极显著差异,岷江冷杉、粗枝云杉和红桦细直径变化范围分别为0.31-0.85 mm、0.29-0.65 mm和0.23-0.55 mm,两个针叶树种(岷江冷杉和粗枝云杉)直径与根长均大于红桦.红桦的比根长和比表面积则高于两个针叶树种.综上所述,低级别根吸收能力更强而构建消耗更低;红桦比岷江冷杉和粗枝云杉根系吸收能力更强.     

环甲基硅氧烷的环境分布、行为与效应研究进展

近年来,挥发性环甲基硅氧烷(cVMS)在生产和生活过程中的广泛使用导致其环境和人体暴露风险日益增加,由于其具有持久性、潜在的生物积累性和毒性而被受关注。目前,人们对cVMS在全球各种环境介质中的赋存、行为及效应有一定的了解。排入环境中的cVMS大部分进入大气,在水体、沉积物、土壤和生物体中也有一定的含量。研究表明,希腊室内空气降尘中总的环硅氧烷含量中位数最高(1 380 ng·g~(-1)),其次为中国(362 ng·g~(-1));中国污水处理厂总的硅氧烷年人均通量(10 g·y~(-1))低于英国(D4~D6 48.3 g·y~(-1))和美国(D4~D6 93.5 g·y~(-1)),其中大连市一家采用CWSBR工艺的污水处理厂进水中cVMS的总浓度(1.05μg·L~(-1))普遍低于希腊(5.14μg·L~(-1))、西班牙(9.2μg·L~(-1))、加拿大(44μg·L~(-1))和一些北欧国家(17μg·L~(-1));我国大部分废水处理厂污泥中甲基硅氧烷的含量(0.1~lμg·g~(-1)dw)比一些北欧国家(26μg·g~(-1)dw)、希腊(20μg·g~(-1)dw)和加拿大(64μg·g~(-1)dw)等要低得多。中国普通居民吸入+摄食D4~D6的PELs中位数(173 ng·d~(-1))远低于中国普通人群的皮肤暴露(中位数18.5μg·d~(-1)),更低于英国成人日暴露量(1.875 mg·d~(-1))和美国妇女对总硅氧烷的日暴露量(307 mg·d~(-1))。环境中cVMS的行为和效应取决于其理化性质和具体的环境条件。进入大气的cVMS会与·NO_3、O_3和·OH反应,而与·OH反应脱去甲基生成硅醇是其主要的消除机制。污水处理过程中,大部分cVMS被污泥吸附固定,D6吸附污泥的能力最强,其次为D5和D4。挥发、吸附和非生物降解是cVMS在土壤中主要的环境行为。D4和D5可能存在生物放大作用。评估cVMS的TMF(trophic magnification factor)研究结果相互矛盾,且与BCF、BMF和BSAF的评估结果相反。总之,国内外对污水处理过程中cVMS的赋存状态和迁移、转化行为的研究比较多,且以进、出水和剩余污泥为主,而对整个工艺流程中具体变化的细化研究很少,对其生物积累特征、降解机制和降解产物更缺乏深入研究。因此,今后需要补充对其他环境介质、尤其是和人们居住、工作密切相关环境中cVMS分布规律的研究,深入探索其在实际环境中的降解过程,包括其降解产物或中间产物的环境行为,进一步评估其生态环境效应和人类健康风险。     

吡草醚原药对大鼠胚胎及胎仔发育的影响

经口染毒大鼠检测妊娠动物接触吡草醚原药后引起致畸的可能性,初步评价吡草醚原药致畸危害程度。依据《GB15670-1995农药登记毒理学试验方法》,选用的大鼠按雄、雌2:1比例同笼交配,次日清晨阴道涂片检查雌鼠,发现精子即确定为受孕第0天,设低、中、高三个剂量组(18.56、92.80、464.00 mg·(kg·d)-1)、一个阴性对照组和一个阳性对照组。在雌鼠受孕第6~15天灌胃给予受试物,连续共10天,在妊娠第19.5天,处死孕鼠检查胚胎发育情况。高剂量组和阳性对照组大鼠孕期体重增重值降低,差异有显著性(p0.05);中、高剂量组和阳性对照组大鼠吸收胎率与阴性对照组比较差异有显著性(p0.05);中、高剂量组和阳性对照组胎鼠重量与阴性对照组比较,差异有显著性(p0.01);阳性对照组胎鼠外观畸形明显,与阴性对照组比较差异有显著性(p0.01);各剂量组胎鼠外观畸形与阴性对照组比较,差异均无显著性(p0.05);中、高剂量组组和阳性对照组胎鼠骨骼及内脏畸形例数明显增多,差异有显著性(p0.01)。实验结果表明吡草醚原药中、高剂量组可明显影响雌鼠体重增长及其胚胎的发育。     

两性高分子螯合絮凝剂和氯化钙对羟基亚乙基二膦酸预镀铜废水的去除性能

以羟基亚乙基二膦酸(HEDP)预镀铜废水为处理对象,考察两性高分子螯合絮凝剂(ACPF)和CaCl2对其处理效果.结果表明,单独使用ACPF或CaCl2,用量大,残余Cu2+和COD浓度均不能达到电镀污染物排放标准(GB21900—2008);将ACPF和CaCl2配合使用,Ca2+可与HEDP螯合生成HEDP—Ca沉淀,促进ACPF与Cu2+螯合;且Ca2+还可与废水中的酒石酸根离子形成溶解度很小的结晶,促进絮体的形成和沉降.因此,处理药剂的用量明显降低,Cu2+和COD残余浓度均能达标.适宜的处理条件为:弱碱或碱性条件下,ACPF投加量为3.0 g.L-1,CaCl2投加量为2.0 g.L-1,Cu2+和COD的去除率分别达99.74%和97.5%,残余浓度分别为0.335和25.27 mg.L-1.