应用流式细胞分析技术研究微纳尺度SiO2对雄性大鼠睾丸生精细胞的毒性作用

为了进一步研究纳米与微米尺度SiO2对雄性大鼠的生殖毒性作用,选择不同剂量的纳米SiO2(20～40nm)与微米SiO2(1～10μm),采用气管滴注方式对雄性Wistar大鼠分组染毒.于染毒5周后处死大鼠,应用流式细胞技术对睾丸生精细胞进行分析.结果表明:1)高、低剂量纳米SiO2组及高剂量微米SiO2组细胞凋亡率均显著高于对照组;2)与对照组相比,高、低剂量纳米SiO2组及高剂量微米SiO2组1C细胞显著减少,4C细胞显著增加;3)与对照组相比,高剂量纳米SiO2组和高剂量微米SiO2组G0/G1期细胞比例显著降低,高剂量纳米SiO2组G2/M期细胞比例显著增加.结果提示纳米SiO2能够阻滞细胞周期进程,诱导生精细胞凋亡;与微米SiO2相比,纳米SiO2对大鼠睾丸生精细胞的损伤有更严重的趋势.     

榨菜线粒体DNA雄性不育相关片段克隆及序列分析

研究了榨菜(Brassica juncea var．tumida Tsen and Lee)细胞质雄性不育性(CMS)与线粒体基因组的关系,以榨菜细胞质雄性不育系及其保持系线粒体DNA(mtDNA)为模板,设计合成引物进行PCR扩增,从榨菜胞质雄性不育系mtDNA上扩增得到与雄性不育相关的特异片段T1170,点杂交分析表明,T1170仅与榨菜胞质雄性不育系mtDNA有杂交信号,而保持系的mtDNA则无,序列测定该片段全长1173bp,编码389个氨基酸,其中疏水氨基酸占35％。图4参9。     

The scent of dominance: female field crickets use odour to predict the outcome of male competition

Pheromones may convey information about mate quality and social status. In the field cricket Gryllus integer, females mount the males for copulation, such that males cannot coerce females to mate. We examined whether virgin G. integer females preferred the scent of potentially dominant males to that of subordinate males. First, we collected pheromones by confining males on filter paper. Next, we offered filter paper from each of two size-matched males and control paper to females that had never been exposed to males, and measured the time spent by the female on each kind of paper. Finally, dominance status of the males in each size-matched pair was determined by pitting the two males against one another in agonistic contests. When offered filter paper from subsequently dominant versus subsequently subordinate males, females spent more time on the paper from the dominant male than the subordinate male, and much less time on control paper. Thus, pheromones may inform female G. integer about a male's potential to achieve dominant social status. Male pheromones were also associated with the female's tendency to mount a male. In contrast to cockroaches, where females prefer the scent of subordinate males (presumably to avoid risk of injury), female crickets prefer the scent of potentially dominant males and are more likely than males to wound their mating partners.     

Female mate choice in the non-territorial lizard Ameiva plei (Teiidae)

Mate choice by females has been documented in a variety of taxa. Female mate choice in species lacking male resource control or paternal care might occur if preferred males provide protection from harassment. Female mate choice was investigated in a natural population of the non-territorial lizard Ameiva plei (Teiidae). Consort pairs were allowed to form naturally. Consort males were significantly larger than non-consort males. After removal of consort males, the “abandoned” female's reaction to the first male who approached her was recorded. Females rejected all small males. Female preference for large males was significantly higher than preference for small males. Large males may be better equipped to guard the females from harassment and behavior of large males is less harassing than behavior of small males, thereby affording the female increased foraging time. Received: 21 June 1996 / Accepted after revision: 28 December 1996     

PFOS致大鼠肝毒性及其作用机制研究

通过全氟辛烷磺酸(perfluomoctane sultanate,PFOS)大鼠灌胃染毒实验评价PFOS对肝功能的影响,探讨PFOS肝毒性反应的潜在机制与可能途径。将Sprague Dawley (SD)雄性大鼠随机分为3组,分别以0 mg·kg~(-1)、5 mg·kg~(-1)和10 mg·kg~(-1)PFOS灌胃染毒28 d。以HE和油红染色法观察大鼠肝脏形态改变。ELISA法测定各组谷丙转氨酶(alanine aminotransferase,ALT)、谷草转氨酶(aspartate transaminase,AST)、碱性磷酸酶(alkaline phosphatase,ALP)含量变化。化学比色法测定肝匀浆脂代谢水平和氧化产物含量。RT-PCR法检测肝脏内氧化应激以及脂代谢相关基因表达水平。结果表明,PFOS暴露大鼠体重显著降低而肝脏系数显著增加(P0.05),与对照组相比PFOS组血清肝功能酶均出现随PFOS浓度增加而升高(P0.05)。同时大鼠肝脏谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(glutathione peroxidase,GSH-px)和丙二醛(malondialdehyde,MDA)水平在高剂量组显著升高(P0.05),超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)含量先显著升高(P0.05)后显著降低(P0.05)。且肝脏中脂代谢水平也随PFOS浓度的增加而出现显著改变(P0.05)。PFOS组基因表达均较对照组显著上升(P0.05)。以上结果说明PFOS具有明显的肝毒性作用,可影响肝脂代谢水平,这可能与PFOS引起的氧化应激所导致的损伤有关。     

Why male orangutans do not kill infants

Infanticide is widespread among mammals, is particularly common in primates, and has been shown to be an adaptive male strategy under certain conditions. Although no infanticides in wild orangutans have been reported to date, several authors have suggested that infanticide has been an important selection pressure influencing orangutan behavior and the evolution of orangutan social systems. In this paper, we critically assess this suggestion. We begin by investigating whether wild orangutans have been studied for a sufficiently long period that we might reasonably expect to have detected infanticide if it occurs. We consider whether orangutan females exhibit counterstrategies typically employed by other mammalian females. We also assess the hypothesis that orangutan females form special bonds with particular “protector males” to guard against infanticide. Lastly, we discuss socioecological reasons why orangutan males may not benefit from infanticide. We conclude that there is limited evidence for female counterstrategies and little support for the protector male hypothesis. Aspects of orangutan paternity certainty, lactational amenorrhea, and ranging behavior may explain why infanticide is not a strategy regularly employed by orangutan males on Sumatra or Borneo.     

Territory quality affects female preference in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Mate preferences on male colour have been implicated in generating and maintaining species diversity among haplochromine cichlid fish. Their lek-like mating system suggests that not only male colour but also territory quality is instrumental in mate choice. We assessed the relative importance of territory quality and male colour in mate choice by testing whether territory quality can override the female preference for males of her own colour in the Lake Victoria cichlid genus Pundamilia. First, we showed in experimental groups that the dominant male preferentially monopolised a large tube relative to a small tube. The situation mimics quality difference in rocky crevices that serves as a focal point for male courtship display. Second, in mate-choice tests, Pundamilia nyererei females were allowed to choose between closely related P. nyererei and P. pundamilia males; these species differ strikingly in male nuptial coloration, but little else. We gave either both males the same small tube or one of them a large tube. The preference of P. nyererei females for P. nyererei males in the control situation (where both males had a small tube) was significantly diminished in favour of P. pundamilia males when the latter had the large tube. The results provide experimental evidence that differences in territory quality can override the female preference for males of her own colour. This finding is critical for a recent hypothesis proposing that male competition for mating territories can facilitate the process of sympatric speciation by sexual selection.     

五氯酚钠对雄性小鼠的生殖毒性作用

为研究五氯酚钠(PCP-Na)对雄性小鼠的生殖毒性作用,将100只昆明雄性小鼠随机分为5组:3个染毒组、1个阴性对照组(蒸馏水)和1个阳性对照组(环磷酰胺40mg·kg-1).以不同剂量(13.44、26.88、53.76mg·kg-1)PCP-Na经口染毒,连续染毒5d,每天1次.染毒结束后第2d和第23d分两批处死动物,检测精子数量、精子畸形率以及睾丸、附睾重量及其脏器系数的变化.结果表明,PCP-Na染毒结束后第2d,与阴性对照组相比,高剂量组(53.76mg·kg-1)精子畸形率显著增加(p<0.05),睾丸、附睾重量及附睾系数显著下降(p<0.05),其他指标无显著变化(p>0.05).中、低剂量组(26.88、13.44mg·kg-1)各检测指标与阴性对照组均无显著性差异(p>0.05);PCP-Na染毒结束后第23d,与阴性对照组相比,高剂量组(53.76mg·kg-1)精子畸形率显著增加、精子密度显著减少、睾丸和附睾重量显著下降(p<0.05),中剂量组(26.88mg·kg-1)附睾重量显著下降(p<0.05),其他指标均无显著变化(p>0.05);PCP-Na引起的精子畸形以头部畸形为主,主要为无定形,其次为无钩形、香蕉形和尾折叠.以上结果提示,在本实验条件下,PCP-Na对雄性小鼠具有明显的生殖毒性.     

氰戊菊酯与辛硫磷混合杀虫剂(农满忆)对雄性小鼠精子畸形率和生殖细胞微核率的影响

为初步探讨氰戊菊酯与辛硫磷混合杀虫剂(农满忆)对雄性小鼠生殖细胞的损伤效应,将该杀虫剂对小鼠进行灌胃染毒5d,于第6d取小鼠睾丸细胞进行微核试验并采用精子畸形实验检测小鼠不同时期(第6、14、36d)精子畸形率的改变.结果表明,与对照组相比,该杀虫剂中、高剂量组(60、120mg·kg-1)小鼠睾丸细胞微核率均显著升高(p<0.05),而低剂量组(30mg·kg-1)微核率没有显著变化(p>0.05);中、高剂量组均能诱导小鼠不同时期精子畸形率显著升高(p<0.05),而低剂量组精子畸形率变化不显著(p>0.05).因此,氰戊菊酯与辛硫磷混合杀虫剂能够使雄性小鼠精子畸形率增加并造成雄性生殖细胞微核率升高,有一定的致突变作用.     

小麦异源细胞质遗传效应的比较研究

本文以稳定的同核异质异核杂种小麦为材料,对小麦属和山羊草属的细胞质遗传效应进行了比较研究,分析了异源细胞质遗传疚的特点,并初步筛选出了一批在小麦雄性不育性应用中以及在小麦核质杂种优势利用中有价值的细胞质材料。