阵列电化学生物传感器研究进展

阵列生物传感器技术作为一种高通量、快速、选择性高和集成化的分析技术,已在基因组学和蛋白质组学的研究和药物筛选、环境分析,食品分析,临床诊断等领域中得到广泛的应用.阵列生物传感器主要有阵列光学生物传感器和阵列电化学生物传感器.阵列电化学生物传感器是将生物分子识别物质如酶、抗原/抗体、DNA等固定在阵列电极上,以阵列中每根电极产生的电化学信号作为检测信号的电化学分析器件.阵列电化学生物传感器以灵敏度高、分析速度快、选择性好、易于微型化和集成化以及仪器价格低廉等特点受到了研究工作者的极大关注.本文简单介绍了阵列电化学生物传感器的原理和特点,重点评述了2005年以来阵列电化学生物传感器在单组份检测和多组份同时检测两方面的研究进展,简单讨论了阵列电化学生物传感器研究中存在的问题.     

生物传感器应用于食源性致病菌检测研究进展

生物传感器技术是一种由生物、化学、物理、医学、电子技术等多种学科互相渗透形成起来的高新微量分析技术,具有选择性好、灵敏度高、分析速度快、成本低、能在复杂的体系中进行在线连续监测的特点.本文根据生物传感器的分子识别元件将生物传感器分为DNA传感器、免疫传感器、细胞传感器三大类,简要介绍各种生物传感器的原理及其在检测食源性致病菌方面的应用情况,并对未来生物传感器应用于实际检测进行了展望.     

检测食源性致病菌的生物传感器

  大肠埃希氏菌、李斯特氏菌和鼠伤寒沙门氏菌等几种食源性致病菌不仅威胁到人们的 生命安全,还会造成巨大的社会经济损失.生物传感器是将生物识别元件和信号转换元件紧 密结合,从而检测目标化合物的分析装置.生物传感器在致病菌检测方面具有分析速度快、 灵敏度高、专一性强等特点;可分为光学式、电化学式、压电式生物传感器等;在检测食源 性致病菌方面生物传感器表现出能够满足实际应用的发展潜力,但是生物传感器目前仍面临 并需要解决一些问题,这也是生物传感器从实验室到市场如此缓慢的原因.最后提出了实际 检测应用中对生物传感器的要求.     

DNA生物传感器在环境污染监测中的应用

基于生物催化和免疫原理的生物传感器在环境领域中获得了广泛应用.近年来,随着分子生物学和生物技术的发展,人们开发了以核酸探针为识别元件,基于核酸相互作用原理的DNA生物传感器.该传感器可用于受感染微生物的核酸序列分析、优先控制污染物的检测以及污染物与DNA之间相互作用的研究,在环境污染监测中具有潜在的巨大应用前景.简要介绍了核酸杂交生物传感器的基本原理及其在环境微生物和优先控制污染物（priority pollutant）检测中的应用研究进展.     

适配体在受体和分子传感器中的应用研究进展

适配体是从随机寡核苷酸文库中筛选得到的一类可以结合特异靶分子的寡核苷酸序列,在生物医学中具有极其诱人的应用前景.与传统抗体相比,由于具有制备简便、易于修饰、稳定性好,以及结合目标物范围广等特点,适配体已广泛应用于生物传感器的开发,一方面可以用作敏感元件,用于实现对靶分子的识别和检测;另一方面,可以作为敏感元件与传感器件耦合的桥梁,提高耦合的效率.此外,近年来在基于适配体的生物传感器中引入各种纳米材料例如金属纳米颗粒、碳材料和功能性纳米球等也促进了基于适配体的生物传感器在分析性能和商业应用等方面的提升和改进.本文首先简要介绍了基于SELEX技术筛选适配体的方法,总结了适配体的基本特性;其次,详细概括和总结了适配体生物传感器的基本原理及其分类;随后,结合近年来基于适配体的生物传感器领域的最新研究成果,重点介绍了适配体在生物传感器开发中的应用,主要包括在仿生嗅觉与味觉受体传感器方面的应用以及在检测小分子物质和蛋白质的应用;最后,对适配体在生物传感器中的应用面临的问题及其发展趋势进行了分析和展望.     

DNA生物传感器进展

近几年来,酶传感器、免疫传感器及微生物传感器等发展较为成熟,而DNA生物传感器的研究相对较少.文章从核酸杂交的原理出发介绍了DNA生物传感器的工作原理,举例说明了电化学、光学和声学等几种典型的DNA生物传感器,指出了其固有的优缺点,肯定了DNA传感器发展前景.     

气体生物传感器的应用研究进展

气体生物传感器是基于生物识别、生物转化及气体信号输出的传感器。近年来,由于气体生物传感器具有操作简单、灵敏度高、特异性好等特点,被应用于生物标志物、细胞、蛋白等靶物质的检测中。介绍了气体生物传感器的性质和分类,并分别阐述了蛋白酶介导的气体生物传感器、核酸酶介导的气体生物传感器、模拟酶介导的气体生物传感器和其他气体生物传感器的原理和应用,展望了气体生物传感器的检测手段和应用前景,为气体生物传感器的研究提供了参考。     

场效应晶体管生物传感器在生物医学检测中的应用研究进展*

场效应晶体管生物传感器因其灵敏度高、分析速度快、无标记、体积小、操作简单等特点而受到了很多关注,广泛应用于DNA、蛋白质、细胞、离子等生物识别物的检测。近年来,更有纳米材料和微电子技术在传感器设计中提高传感器的传感性能,场效应晶体管生物传感器朝着高灵敏、微型化、快速化以及多功能化的方向以令人惊叹的速度发展。研究场效应晶体管生物传感器工作原理,阐述近年来场效应晶体管生物传感器在生物医学检测领域中最新的研究进展与应用,探讨场效应晶体管生物传感器克服各种缺陷的应对策略,为该传感器在未来生物医学检测中的开发提供参考。     

适配体传感器在微生物检测中的应用

适配体是一类特异的核酸序列,具有靶分子广、特异性强、稳定等优点.该类核酸分子在体外通过SELEX(systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment)技术(系统进化的指数富集技术)鉴定和筛选得到.相对于抗体,适配体为诊断和检测分析系统中的识别配基提供了另一个选择.适配体生物传感器是将生物识别元件和信号转换元件紧密结合,从而检测目标化合物的分析装置.适配体生物传感器在微生物检测方面具有分析速度快、灵敏度高、专一性强等特点,在微生物检测中显示出良好的应用前景.介绍了适配体、SELEX流程以及适配体传感器,综述了适配体传感器在微生物检测中的应用.     

生物传感器在环境分析中的研究现状与前景

论述生物传感器的发展现状与前景。在环境控制中,生物传感器作为广谱装置应用于废水或生化需氧量的检测以及特异性地对农药、重金属、硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐、除草剂和次氮基乙酸等环境污染物进行检测。讨论了各类生物传感器（如酶生物传感器、全细胞生物传感器、受体传感器和免疫传感器）在环境分析中的应用实例及其优缺点,并指出了急需解决的问题以阐明其应用趋势,以期在这一跨学科领域进行更多的研究。     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.     

2016年中国植物科学若干领域重要研究进展

2016年中国植物科学持续稳步发展, 表现在中国植物科学家在国际主流高影响力学术期刊发表文章的数量稳中有升, 中国植物科学领域的期刊逆风出行, 进入研究性期刊世界前三甲行列。中国科学家在植物学诸多领域取得了丰硕的成果。水稻(Oryza sativa)产量性状杂种优势的分子遗传机制解析入选2016年中国科学十大进展; 植物受精过程中雌雄配子体信号识别机制的研究和独脚金内酯的受体感知机制入选2016年生命科学十大进展。我国植物科学, 特别是以水稻为代表的作物研究在国际学术界已占有一席之地。例如, 在水稻组学(如基因组和转录组等)资源和技术平台的建立、重测序的开发及功能基因的克隆和调控网络的解析方面取得了系列重要成果(如揭示了独脚金内酯信号转导的“去抑制化激活”机制、从分子水平上阐释了水稻籼粳杂种不育和广亲和性基因S5的作用机理及发现了控制水稻耐冷的基因组位点), 已经引领世界水稻乃至作物科学研究。该文对2016年中国本土植物科学若干领域取得的重要研究进展进行了概括性评述, 旨在全面追踪当前中国植物科学领域的发展前沿和研究热点, 与读者共享我国科学家所取得的杰出成就。