Experience with 500 prenatal diagnoses of sickle cell diseases: The effect of gestational age on affected pregnancy outcome

Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell diseases is obtained rapidly and precisely by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with Ddel restriction analysis and dot-blotting with alllele-specific oligonucleotides (ASO). Prenatal diagnosis of HgbSS and HgbSC was performed in 500 pregnancies, 196 by Southern blot and 304 by PCR. PCR drastically shortened the interval from sampling to reporting, allowing acceptance even of samples with unknown paternal phenotype, and resulted in an overall four-fold increase in diagnoses. In 108 pregnancies, the diagnosis was an affected fetus; 25 were HgbSC: 3 (12 per cent) were terminated; 83 were HgbSS: four ended in miscarriage; 40/79 (51 per cent) were terminated. The gestational age at the time of report to the mother appeared to be a major outcome determinant when the fetal diagnosis was HgbSS. The change-point in the maternal decision was found at 20 weeks of gestation. Before the 20th week, most mothers (64 per cent) chose termination; thereafter, the majority (72 per cent) chose continuation. The odds ratio of termination in earlier relative to later reporting was 4·7. In order to offer a choice to the mothers at risk of delivering a fetus affected by sickle cell disease, the diagnosis should be reported before the 20th week of gestation.     

固定化细胞单级生物脱氮动力学模型研究

以PVA为载体 ,采用冷冻 解冻法混合固定硝化菌和反硝化菌 ,在鼓泡床中研究了固定化细胞单级生物脱氮的动力学。结果表明 :在固定化细胞单级生物脱氮过程中 ,内扩散对反应的影响非常小 ,脱氮速率受化学反应控制。反应的动力学可以用Monod方程来表示 ,其动力学常数Ks 和vmax分别为 30 3 0mg L和 0 0 96mg L·s。用模型计算的脱氮速率与实测值非常接近     

Cr6+对人血红细胞膜的损伤及茶多酚对其保护作用的分子机理研究

采用TBA(thiobatbrturic acid)法和ESR自旅标记技术,测定了无机致癌物重铬酸钾(Cr~(6+))对红细胞膜的蛋白巯基和磷脂的作用,结果表明,Cr~(6+)引发红细胞膜产生脂质过氧化的同时,膜上蛋白巯基构象和磷脂的流动性发生改变.而茶多酚对Cr~(6+)引起红细胞膜上的这些变化均有明显抑制作用.     

环境物质稀土多元复合肥对玉米根尖细胞DNA的损伤

有关对稀土多元复合肥(RE-MECF)的卫生毒理研究较多,但对其遗传毒理研究报道较少.在此,采用了单细胞凝胶电泳技术,探知RE-MECF对玉米细胞DNA是否会产生损伤,以期引起注意.用不同梯度浓度的RE-MECF对农作物玉米进行染毒6 h后,将玉米根尖细胞制备成原生质体,再进行单细胞凝胶电泳,确定对DNA损伤并探讨其剂量-效应关系.结果显示,质量浓度为10 mg·L-1剂量组与阴性组比较没有显著性差异;质量浓度在102～103 mg·L-1剂量范围内彗星细胞的头长随着剂量的增加而缩短,而尾长随着剂量的递增而增长.与阴性组比较存在显著性差异,DNA拖尾率、损伤率随着剂量的增加相应升高;质量浓度在104mg·L-1剂量组彗星的头长和尾长与阴性组相比皆无显著性差异.实验结果表明:RE-MECF对玉米根尖细胞DNA具有一定的损伤作用.     

铁屑—粉煤灰处理含铬电镀废水的探讨

根据腐蚀电池原理，用铁屑－铁煤灰处理电镀含铬废水，结果表明，Cr(Ⅵ)去除率达到98％处理后出水水质良好，水质符合排放标准要求。     

氯化镉对不同鼠肝肿瘤细胞的毒性及对金属硫蛋白的诱导研究

本文比较了氯化镉对两种去分化和五种分化的鼠肝肿瘤细胞株的细胞毒性以及对金属硫蛋白的诱导能力。结果表明,经2μM氯化镉处理18h后,90—95％的细胞浆中镉同金属硫蛋白结合,而只有5—10％的镉同高分子量部分相连。在IIE细胞中镉与金属硫蛋白的结合取决于氯化镉的浓度与处理时间。当氯化镉浓度高达20μM时对去分化细胞的存活率未见有明显影响,但当浓度为3—10μM时则对分化细胞的存活率有显著影响。这种细胞毒性似与高分子量部分结合的镉的量有关,且氯化镉对这两种细胞的金属硫蛋白有不同的诱导能力。     

燃料电池汽车燃料储运方案经济性分析

综合案例研究结果，结合氢气、甲醇在不同储运方式时的成本，从固定设计成本、尾气排放、燃料价格、汽车造价4个方面比较了氢气、甲醇、汽油3种燃料电池汽车的经济性。结果表明：（1）直接氢燃料电池是燃料电池汽车的首选动力；（2）天然气重整制氢是目前氢燃料电池汽车获得燃料优先考虑的方式；（3）高压氢气、液氢是当前燃料电池汽车的首选燃料。     

Maternal cell contamination in chorionic villus samples assessed by direct preparations and three different culture methods

Presumptive maternal cell contamination (MCC) was monitored in identified male cases during cytogenetic comparison of direct techniques and three different culture regimes from 140 thoroughly dissected chorionic villus samples. Of the 66 identified male cases, 11(16·7 per cent) showed MCC, the mean number of cells examined per case being 8·2 (direct) and 14·5 (cultures); in the direct preparations only one of a total of 457 cells examined was female, while preparations from cultures revealed MCC in 11 cases. Four of these had MCC in more than one culture regime and four had only a single female cell. The results showed that (1) dependence on the culture system alone would have given a diagnosis based on maternal cells in one (1·5 per cent) male case, thus underlining the danger of this approach (a similar undetected rate of misdiagnosis being expected in the female cases) and (2) MCC was significantly lower in cultures grown in Chang medium as compared with the other two regimes, McCoy's 5A + 15 per cent fetal calf serum and 1 per cent Ultroser G, and McCoy's 5A + 25 per cent fetal calf serum, the latter expressing the highest level of MCC.     

蚕豆根尖细胞微核法监测连云港市近海海水污染的研究

研究了用蚕虫根尖细胞微核技术监测海水污染的可行性，报告了用此法监测连云港市近海海水污染的实验结果。在与同期化学监测结果对比的基础上，提出了划分布污染等级的初步标准，对应用该法的意义进行了讨论。     

微核技术在环境监测中的应用概况

本文根据近年来我国利用微核技术监测环境污染的研究，对微核技术的基本原理及其生物学意义进行了简要的概述；并介绍了两种常用的植物微核技术－紫露草四分体微核技术和蚕豆根尖细胞微核技术；对目前我国微核技术的发展状况及存在问题进行了初浅的探讨。