环境激素对生物的影响及其预防措施

环境激素问题已经成为世界性的重大环境问题。文中叙述了环境激素的概念、种类和作用机理，归纳了环境激素对人类及其它生物的影响和危害及其预防对策。     

辐射化学在环境激素研究中的应用

环境激素对地球生态系统带来严重威胁.大量难降解环境激素(如多氯联苯、二噁英)危害全球脆弱的生态环境,其直接后果之一就是人类乳腺癌等恶性疾病发病率急剧上升.因此,当今世界各国均十分重视环境激素的环境生物学机理研究.辐射化学作为一门高新技术,在环境激素污染物处理、降解机理与生命科学研究等方面可发挥重要作用,例如:同步辐射可用于直接观测溶液口的雌激素受体ER真实结构,脉冲辐解、激光光解和电子自旋共振用于研究环境激素活性瞬态粒子动力学等等.     

固相萃取法分离富集污水样品中痕量壬基酚

本文结合气相色谱质谱选择离子(GCMS∑SIM)定量分析壬基酚含量,对固相萃取技术提取富集污水和再生水样品中痕量壬基酚的操作条件和参数进行了研究。研究结果表明,OasisRHLB固相萃取柱对壬基酚具有优良吸附保留性能,多级混合洗脱方式的洗脱效率达97.01%;测定结果准确度和精密度满足要求。     

城市污水再生处理过程中壬基酚的迁移转化行为研究

采用SPE-GC-MSD-SIM方法,分析了壬基酚在污水再生处理全过程中的迁移转化行为与归宿.研究表明,在污水二级生物处理流程中,壬基酚主要来源为原污水和泥区回流液;壬基酚的去除途径有一沉池生污泥的吸附迁移作用和曝气池单元的生物降解转化作用,其中一沉池生污泥的吸附去除29.8%,曝气池生物降解54.4%,NP总去除率为84.2%.絮凝、过滤和消毒的污水再生深度处理工艺对壬基酚的迁移转化作用不明显.     

植物激素“802”对凤眼莲耐寒及去污能力的影响

叶面喷施“802”能提高凤眼莲耐寒和去污能力,“802”的喷施浓度以100mg/l为宜。但“802”不能提高凤眼莲对水温的极端忍受限,水温低于5℃时风眼莲仍会死亡。     

Validation of I ecological transfer models and thyroid dose assessments using Chernobyl fallout data from the Plavsk district, Russia

Within the project “Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety” (EMRAS) organized by the IAEA in 2003 experimental data of ¹³¹I measurements following the Chernobyl accident in the Plavsk district of Tula region, Russia were used to validate the calculations of some radioecological transfer models. Nine models participated in the inter-comparison. Levels of ¹³⁷Cs soil contamination in all the settlements and ¹³¹I/¹³⁷Cs isotopic ratios in the depositions in some locations were used as the main input information. 370 measurements of ¹³¹I content in thyroid of townspeople and villagers, and 90 measurements of ¹³¹I concentration in milk were used for validation of the model predictions.A remarkable improvement in models performance comparing with previous inter-comparison exercise was demonstrated. Predictions of the various models were within a factor of three relative to the observations, discrepancies between the estimates of average doses to thyroid produced by most participant not exceeded a factor of ten.     

Capsaicin-induced dysregulation of acid-base status in the American cockroach

Abstract

Members of TRP receptor family are involved in response to acidification. Here, we determined the effect of capsaicin, one of the TRP receptor activators, on hemolymph acid-base status in the American cockroach. Periplaneta americana adult individuals were injected with lactic acid (5% or 10%) and exposed to 100?µM capsaicin solution. Hemolymph pH was measured 15?min, 1, 4, 8 and 24?h after lactic acid and capsaicin application with a glass microelectrode. The results demonstrated that cockroaches recover from acidosis within 4?h from acid injection. Capsaicin impaired the buffering capacity of insects’ hemolymph, resulting in significant drop of hemolymph pH observed even 24?h after application. Joint action of capsaicin and acidosis reveals new insight into possible mechanism of capsaicin action on TRP receptors in insects.     

Experimentally nonylphenol-polluted diet induces the expression of silent genes VTG and ERα in the liver of male lizard Podarcis sicula

Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals (EDCs) with estrogen-like properties i.e nonylphenol (NP) induce vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis in males of aquatic and semi-aquatic specie. In the oviparous species VTG is a female-specific oestrogen dependent protein. Males are unable to synthesize VTG except after E₂ treatment.This study aimed to verify if NP, administered via food and water, is able to induce the expression of VTG even in males of vertebrates with a terrestrial habitat such as the lizard Podarcis. By means of ICC, ISH, W/B and ELISA we demonstrated that NP induces the presence of VTG in the plasma and its expression in the liver. VTG, undetectable in untreated males, reaches the value of 4.34 μg/μl in the experimental ones. Expression analysis and ISH in the liver showed that an NP-polluted diet also elicits the expression of ERα in the liver which is known to be related to VTG synthesis in Podarcis.