微生物燃料电池降解焦化废水过程研究

焦化废水生化处理流程复杂，污染物降解过程尚不明确，构建无膜空气阴极焦化废水微生物燃料电池，利用循环伏安法、红外分析、微生物群落结构等分析考察了焦化废水的降解过程中，各类有机物含量变化、官能团的变化、有机物异步降解次序及优势菌种的演替.焦化废水中含硫无机物被优先降解，酚类降解次之，含氮污染物历经好氧硝化与厌氧反硝化降解过程，但落后于前者；长链烷烃类降解缓慢；生物群落结构与底物中有机物种类密切相关，初期Desulfurella优先氧化含硫污染物、Flavobacterium降解酚类次之、Nitrospirae氧化降解NH₄⁺-N较为缓慢，随时间延长Alcaligenes、Thiobacillus演变为优势菌落，实现了酚类的降解及NO₃^-的反硝化降解；电池输出电压为470.9mV，最高输出功率密度达12.5mW/cm²，COD、T_phenols、T_surful、TN、NH₄⁺-N的降解分别为85.8%、83.3%、87.5%、43.8%、89.9%.利用微生物燃料电池技术处理焦化废水，一步实现水质净化及能量回收，为废水生物处理控制提供理论和实践参考.     

Unusual sonographic features of ARPKD

The classic sonographic appearance of the kidneys in fetuses with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) has been well described. We report a case of enlarged kidneys with pyramidal hyperechogenicity quite similar to medullary nephrocalcinosis found in a fetus at 34 weeks' gestation. At 39 weeks, a female neonate was delivered and died after 22 h due to pulmonary insufficiency secondary to severe oligohydramnios. On pathological analysis, the gross and microscopic findings were typical of ARPKD with diffuse dilatation of tubules throughout. The fetal renal lobulation was prominent and on section, the pyramids were delineated within each lobule, accounting for the clear image of the pyramids observed on sonography. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Oil-dispersant mixtures: understanding chemical composition and its relation to human toxicity

The ability for the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil-dispersant mixtures to become aerosolized following natural sea surface activity markedly increases the probability of inhalation exposure to this aerosolized mixture and subsequent adverse respiratory health effects. Thus, the purpose of this study was to elucidate the chemical composition of WAF of these mixtures as well as determine how this relates to lung epithelial cell cytotoxicity. WAF was prepared by mixing each dispersant (Corexit 9500/9527/9580) with crude oil. For “chemical constituent fingerprinting,” these prepared WAF were extracted prior with dichloromethane, analyzed by Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and qualitatively evaluated using the NIST08 database. Results from chemical analysis revealed an increase in structure complexity of the WAF oil-dispersant mixtures when compared to WAF of crude oil only. This complexity was characterized by high molecular weight compounds such as alkyl derivatives, esters, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Previously a concentration-dependent reduction in cultured A549 cells was noted at 2 or 24?h time points following exposure to either the WAF-oil/9500 or WAF-oil/9527. Thus, a possible correlation exists between the chemical complexity of these mixtures and the ability to induce lung epithelial cell death in potentially exposed individuals.     

The synergistic interaction of Nickel(II) with dna damaging agents

In this report we present several examples in which nickel(II) in combination with DNA damaging agents caused an enhanced or synergistic biological response using several different endpoints. These examples of Ni(II) toxicity represent several approaches designed to understand the genotoxicity of Ni(II) as well as several other metal ions. They are discussed in this report as a partial basis for our hypothesis that Ni(II) may alter the cellular processing of DNA damage at some common point in the pathway for DNA repair of several different agents. In cultured Chinese hamster cells DNA damage by Ni(II) ions was not readily demonstrated by the method of alkaline elution, but pretreatment of cells with Ni(II) before X‐irradiation produced an enhanced amount of strand breaks compared to the amount produced by X‐rays alone. A synergistic enhancement of cell transformation of Syrian hamster embryo cells was observed for combined treatments of Ni(II) and benzo(a)pyrene. The nickel enhancement of mutagenesis by ultraviolet light was demonstrated for the bacterial gene gpt stably integrated into the Chinese hamster V79 genome.     

Short‐chain fatty acids affect cell‐association and invasion of HEp‐2 cells by Salmonella typhimurium

Abstract

This study demonstrates that the growth of S. typhimurium in Luria Bertani broth supplemented with acetate, propionate, butyrate, or a mixture of the three SCFA, affected cell‐association and the ability to invade cultured HEp‐2 cells. Cell‐association and invasion was determined after growth for 4 h of growth in the presence of the SCFA at pH 6 and 7. The results suggest that the growth rate of the culture may have affected cell‐association and invasion since accompanying the significant decrease in growth rate in the presence of SCFA at pH 6 was a decrease in cell‐association and invasion. However, the results also suggest that the individual SCFA may play a role in modulating cell‐association and the invasion phenotype and the regulation of cell‐association and invasion by the SCFA was dependent on the concentration and the pH of the medium. Although the growth rates were similar for S. typhimurium in the SCFA mixture, butyrate (100 mM) and propionate (50 mM) at pH 6, differences in cell‐association and invasion were observed among these cultures. Also, at pH 7, differences were observed among the SCFA treatments even though the growth rates were similar.     

Assessment of a potential preventive ability of amygdalin in mycotoxin-induced ovarian toxicity

The possible effects of a natural substance amygdalin and its combination with the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) on the steroid hormone secretion (progesterone and 17-β-estradiol) by porcine ovarian granulosa cells (GCs) were examined in this in vitro study. Ovarian GCs were incubated without (control group) and with amygdalin (1, 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 μg mL¹), or its combination with DON (1 μg mL¹) for 24 h. The release of steroid hormones was determined by ELISA. The progesterone secretion by porcine ovarian GCs was not affected by amygdalin in comparison to the control. However, the highest amygdalin dose (10,000 μg mL¹) caused a significant stimulation of the 17-β-estradiol release. A combination of amygdalin with DON significantly (P < 0.05) increased the progesterone release at all concentrations. Similarly, a stimulatory effect of amygdalin co-administered with DON was detected with respect to the 17-β-estradiol secretion at the highest dose (10,000 μg mL¹) of amygdalin and 1 μg mL¹ of DON. Noticeable differences between the effects of amygdalin alone and its combination with DON on the progesterone release were detected. In contrast, no differences between the stimulatory effects of amygdalin and its combination with DON on the 17-β-estradiol synthesis by porcine GCs were observed. Findings from this in vitro study did not confirm the expected protective effect of amygdalin on mycotoxin induced reprotoxicity. Our results indicate that the stimulatory effect of amygdalin combined with DON on the progesterone release was clearly caused by the DON addition, not by the presence amygdalin per se. On the other hand, the stimulation of 17-β-estradiol production was solely caused by the presence of amygdalin addition. These findings suggest a possible involvement of both natural substances into the processes of steroidogenesis and appear to be endocrine modulators of porcine ovaries.     

Dietary Spirulina platensis alleviates aluminum and aluminum fluoride induced histopathological and biochemical alterations in mice kidney

Aluminum and its salts widely used in our daily life have been reported nephrotoxic to humans and animals following prolonged exposure. Therefore, the present study was made to examine the renoprotective role of Spirulina platensis against Al³⁺ and AlF₃ in male Swiss albino mice. Exposure to these chemicals decreased feed and water intake, and body and kidney weights. Histology of kidney and their biochemistry were also markedly altered along with that of serum biochemistry. Spirulina not only minimize toxic effects of test chemicals but also favored faster recovery of treated mice after their withdrawal.     

短链氯化石蜡(SCCPs)和多环芳烃(PAHs)联合暴露对HepG2细胞抗氧化系统的影响

环境污染物的低剂量、联合毒性效应已经成为毒理学研究中的热点问题。短链氯化石蜡(SCCPs)和多环芳烃(PAHs)都是典型的有机污染物且在人母乳和血液中都以较高的浓度水平存在。为探究PAHs和SCCPs的联合暴露毒性效应,选择了HepG2细胞作为受试模型,测定了PAHs、SCCPs和它们的混合物暴露后细胞增殖活性及抗氧化系统指标。结果表明,PAHs和SCCPs暴露都能引发ROS的产生,两者混合时更加剧了ROS的产生,表现为协同效应。另外,PAHs和SCCPs暴露都能引起过氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性的降低,因此两者混合时共同抑制SOD酶活性,表现为协同效应。而PAHs引起过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性升高,SCCPs则显著抑制CAT酶活性,两者联合暴露时CAT酶活性仍降低,但表现为拮抗效应。另外,PAHs和SCCPs暴露都引起谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量的轻微下降,只有SCCPs暴露引起丙二醛(MDA)含量显著升高,而两者联合暴露对GSH含量和MDA含量的影响表现为拮抗效应。表明不管是PAHs和SCCPs单独暴露还是联合暴露都能够干扰HepG2细胞内部的抗氧化系统,破坏抗氧化系统和自由基之间的平衡,使细胞氧化性损伤,甚至造成细胞凋亡。