环境中邻苯酸酯类化合物污染研究概况

邻苯酸酯类化合物在工农业及人们日常生活中均有广泛应用。近来它已被确认为环境激素。本文介绍该领域的研究概况,着重在北美和西欧地区对这类化合物的风险评价、雌激素活性体内和体外的测定结果以及对它的安全性看法。     

己烯雌酚降解菌株沙雷氏菌的分离鉴定及其降解特性

利用具有降解己烯雌酚(diethylstilbestrol,DES)特性的功能微生物来降解DES、有望实现环境中DES的有效去除,然而迄今关于降解DES的功能菌株及其降解特性的报道很少.本研究通过选择性富集培养,从某污水处理站活性污泥中分离获得1株具有DES降解特性的细菌(菌株S).经形态观察、生理生化试验及16S rDNA序列同源性分析将菌株S鉴定为沙雷氏菌属(Serratia sp.)细菌.菌株S好氧生长,30℃、150 r·min-1摇床培养7 d后,对无机盐培养基中DES(50 mg·L-1)的降解率达68.3%.通过摇瓶实验,优化了菌株S生长和降解DES的最适环境条件:温度30℃,底物浓度40～60 mg·L-1,pH 7.0,接种量5%,盐添加量0 g·L-1,装液量10 mL(100 mL三角瓶).     

The effect of in utero exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls on reproductive development in eight year-old children

We have previously reported on the effects of in utero exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on thyroid function and growth hormone concentrations at birth and in two and five year-old children. Herein, we present our most recent follow-up examination findings for the same cohort of children at eight-years of age. A total of 56 children (23 boys, 33 girls) were examined. Bone age (BA), hormone concentrations, and indicators of reproductive development including Tanner, breast, genital, and armpit stages were assessed. Estradiol concentrations were significantly lower in children exposed to higher levels than median of PCDD/Fs + PCBs TEQ compared to the children exposed to levels lesser than median (P = 0.003). Girls exposed to higher levels than median of indicator PCBs had a significantly greater proportion in genital stage 1 and shorter fundi and uteri lengths, as compared to those exposed to low levels (P = 0.025 and P < 0.05, respectively). There was a significant negative relationship between estradiol concentrations and PCDD/Fs + PCB exposure level (P = 0.005). After adjusting for BA, there was a significant association between fundus length and indicator PCB exposure level (P = 0.034). Exposure to both high levels of ΣPCDD/Fs + PCBs TEQ and high levels of total PCBs was associated with decreased fundus length (P = 0.016) and uterus length (P = 0.016). In utero exposure to high levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs may result in lower estradiol concentrations in eight year-old children and impaired reproductive development in girls.     

Genome-wide identification and hormone expression patterns of the MaPIF family of banana genes北大核心CSCD

植物光敏色素作用因子(phytochrome interacting factor,PIF)是广泛分布于植物体内的一种转录因子,在植物的生长发育方面有着重要的作用.基于香蕉基因组数据,对香蕉MaPIF基因家族进行基因组鉴定,采用生物信息学分析方法对其进行命名,分析理化性质、蛋白质结构、基因结构、启动子顺势作用元件以及构建系统进化树;分析PIF家族在不同激素处理下的表达情况.结果显示,香蕉MaPIF家族有7个成员,均含有高度保守的bHLH结构域;编码区长度在1 116-2001bp之间,至少包含5个内含子,且大部分位于细胞外;进化树结果可以发现与拟南芥、水稻以及玉米PIF的亲缘关系较近;顺式作用元件预测结果显示,MaPIF上存在多种与激素和光相关的响应元件.qRT-PCR结果显示,MaPIF3-1、MaPIF4、MaPIF4-1在生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA)、生长素抑制剂(NPA)处理中均有显著表达,除此之外,所有成员在脱落酸(ABA)处理下均有明显表达.本研究表明MaPIF在香蕉生长发育中激素调控有重要作用.(图7表3参45)