Sanfilippo D syndrome: Correction of glucosamine-6-sulphatase deficiency following fibroblast culture in chang's media

The de-O-sulphation of α-linked glucosamine-6-sulphate residues in heparan sulphate requires a specific sulphatase, glucosamine-6-sulphatase, which has been shown to be deficient in tissues of Sanfilippo D, or mucopolysaccharidosis type IIID (MPS IIID), patients. MPS IIID fibroblasts cultured in Basal Eagle's medium supplemented with either fetal calf serum or heat-inactivated fetal calf serum, MDCB or Ultraserg media had residual glucosarnine-6-sulphatase activities towards a heparin-derived trisaccharide substrate, O-(α-N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulphate)-(1→4)-L -O-(α-iduronic acid-2-sulphate)-(1→4)-D -O-2,5-anhydro [1-³H]mannitol-6-sulphate, GlcNAc6S-IdoA2S-anM6S, which were less than 1 per cent of the normal range for fibroblasts cultured in Basal Eagle's medium supplemented with fetal calf serum. However, the glucosamine-6-sulphatase activities of MPS IIID fibroblasts grown in Chang's medium were similar to the activities in normal control fibroblasts which were cultured in Basal Eagle's medium. These results indicate that caution is required for prenatal diagnosis of MPS IIID patients using chorionic villi or amniotic cells cultured in Chang's medium.     

国外防护服技术的发展

近十几年来,国际上防护服技术发展非常迅速,主要表现在:国际性学术会议举行频繁;学术性团体相继成立;学术论文数量增加很快;新品种不断出现;市场形势看好。发展迅速的主要原因是:皮肤防护意识的加强;法规和标准化建设的推动;新型防护材料的发展;基础研究工作的深入。但就整体而言,防护服技术仍是一个比较年轻的处于初始阶段的学科,许多问题有待解决。预计近期内仍将是一种蓬勃发展的形势。     

化肥厂尿素粉尘对人体的危害性调研及工业卫生评价

通过对动物皮肤染毒和皮下注射尿素溶液试验，观察尿素粉尘对动物皮肤、呼吸道和肝、肾等器官的损伤程度。对触尘人员与非触尘人员健康状况进行调查比较，分析尿素粉尘对人体的危害程度。结果：动物皮肤染毒４８小时后，对不同剂量染毒组的动物皮肤在光镜下观察试验结果，其表皮层细胞未见任何异常。对不同剂量染毒组经注射实验后，发现高浓度尿素粉尘对气管粘膜有轻度损伤，且有剂量——效应关系；在动物肝、肾、肺泡等器官未见明显损害。对触尘群体健康调查后，初步认为长时间接触尿素粉尘对人体呼吸系统有一定的影响，且局限在气管和支气管；尿素粉尘对人体皮肤基本无刺激作用。     

Male coloration and chick condition in blue-footed booby: a cross-fostering experiment

Sexual selection models suggest that female choice is based on male traits that indicate their genetic or environmental condition, consequently enhancing her reproductive success by direct or indirect benefits. We investigated the relationship between male foot colour and offspring condition in the blue-footed booby, a socially monogamous seabird, with conspicuous and variably condition-dependent coloured feet that are selected by females. In a cross-fostering experiment, we found that chick condition was related to the foot colour of the foster father and, to some extent, to the foot colour of the genetic father; thus overall, the fathers sexual ornamentation (genetic and foster) explained 32% of variance of chick condition. These data suggest that foot colour, a dynamic sexually selected trait, is mostly a signal of parental contribution. In species in which males provide parental care, females may choose mates with higher parental ability. Overall, our data suggest that colourful integuments are honest signals of parental ability.Communicated by J. Graves     

新型劳动保护用美容美发品的研制

对自制的斯珀绿系列劳保用品类的美容美发产品的效果作了进一步研究,比较了斯珀绿系列用品与市售一般劳保用品的使用效果,说明在劳保用品的使用上,更具有其优越性。     

Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages

Of the recent sauropsid skin appendage types, only feathers develop from a cylindrical epidermal invagination, the follicle, and show hierarchical branching. Fossilized integuments of Mesozoic diapsids have been interpreted as follicular and potential feather homologues, an idea particularly controversially discussed for the elongate dorsal skin projections of the small diapsid Longisquama insignis from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan. Based on new finds and their comparison with the type material, we show that Longisquama's appendages consist of a single-branched internal frame enclosed by a flexible outer membrane. Not supporting a categorization either as feathers or as scales, our analysis demonstrates that the Longisquama appendages formed in a two-stage, feather-like developmental process, representing an unusual early example for the evolutionary plasticity of sauropsid integument.     

A simple dermal absorption model: Derivation and application

This paper deals with the derivation of a QSAR for the estimation of:

• the skin permeation coefficient from aqueous solutions in cm h⁻¹,

• the stratum corneum/water partition coefficient.

These QSARs enable the estimation of:

• the aqueous permeation coefficient in cm h⁻¹,

• the maximum dermal absorption in mg cm⁻² h⁻¹ from a saturated aqueous solution at steady state,

• the lag time in hours (h),

• the diffusivity of a substance in the stratum corneum in cm² h⁻¹

By using the independent variables:

• the log(octanol/water partition coefficient),

• the molecular weight,

• the water solubility.

The estimated maximum dermal absorption and the lag time were compared with some recent measured data of substances, which were not used for developing the QSARs. The estimates were generally in the same order of magnitude as the measured absorption and lag time. These QSARs are recommended for risk assessment of chemicals in the scope of the European REACH legislation.     

劳动特效护肤霜的研制及效果观察

为防治职业性皮肤病,保护工人身体健康,采用水解明胶研制和生产出劳动特效护肤霜。对这种护肤霜的使用,作者用统一的方法,在冬季对５１９ 例皲裂患者进行效果观察。发现对各种程度的皲裂均有显著疗效。有效率达９８．２０％ ,治愈率达８９．２１％ ,皲裂程度愈轻效果愈明显。在使用过程中,未见任何刺激性和副作用,部分患者用这种护肤霜擦脸后,皮肤变得细嫩光滑。经过安全和毒性试验表明：无毒性、无致敏性、无刺激性。三种致突变试验均属阴性。长期使用是安全的。观察表明：对皮肤皲裂有显著的治疗功效,同时还能有效地保护皮肤     

Dermal Insecticide Residues from Birds Inhabiting an Orchard

The US Environmental Protection Agency conducts risk assessments of insecticide applications to wild birds using a model that is limited to the dietary route of exposure. However, free-flying birds are also exposed to insecticides via the inhalation and dermal routes. We measured azinphos-methyl residues on the skin plus feathers and the feet of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in order to quantify dermal exposure to songbirds that entered and inhabited an apple (Malus x domestica) orchard following an insecticide application. Exposure to azinphos-methyl was measured by sampling birds from an aviary that was built around an apple tree. Birds sampled at 36 h and 7-day post-application were placed in the aviary within 1 h after the application whereas birds exposed for 3 days were released into the aviary 4-day post-application. Residues on vegetation and soil were also measured. Azinphos-methyl residues were detected from the skin plus feathers and the feet from all exposure periods. Our results underscore the importance of incorporating dermal exposure into avian pesticide risk assessments.