Biochemical alterations in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to zinc: glutathione reductase as a target

The aim of this study was to investigate biochemical changes in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to zinc chloride (10, 30 and 100 microM) for a period of 48 h. Zinc exposure caused a concentration-dependent reduction in glutathione reductase (GR) activity in gills, liver and brain. Gill glutathione S-transferase (GST) was reduced when animals were exposed to the highest concentration of 100 microM zinc. The phosphorylation of p38(MAPK) increased in the brain of fish exposed to zinc 100 microM, while phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2) remained unchanged. Expression of proteins HSP60 and HSP70 were not affected by zinc exposure. Considering the significant concentration-dependent inhibition of GR in all tissues analyzed, this enzyme could be a potential biomarker of exposure to zinc, which has to be confirmed.     

赣南淘锡坑钨矿床流体包裹体特征及其地质意义

淘锡坑钨矿是赣南一个重要的大型石英脉型钨多金属矿床。矿床主要矿化阶段含矿石英脉中石英和黄玉中的流体包裹体类型有单一水溶液相H2O-NaCl(Ⅰa型)、富液L+V两相H2O-NaCl(Ⅰb型)、两相H2O-NaCl-CO2体系包裹体(Ⅱa型)和三相H2O-NaCl-CO2包裹体(Ⅱb型)。Ⅰb型包裹体均一温度范围为80~370℃,具有多峰态分布特征,可识别出140~190℃,200~250℃和340~360℃几个峰。成矿流体的盐度相对较低,一般<8w(NaCleq)%。用流体包裹体组合的方法获得四组包体的相关参数,结果表明同一包体组合内不同包体的盐度、均一温度及密度基本一致,而不同包体组合中包体的盐度、均一温度及密度则相差较大,显示出不同包体组合所捕获的流体存在较大的差异。Ⅰb型包裹体均一温度分别分布在329~355℃,214~240℃和141~189℃三个温度区间,经压力校正后的捕获温度分别为400~425℃,275~300℃,210~260℃。这些特征表明,淘锡坑钨矿至少存在三期热液流动,其中前两期为成矿期的热液活动,第三期(次生包体)为成矿后的热液活动。根据Ⅱ型包裹体的CO2部分均一温度与最终均一温度计算出成矿流体的捕获压力67.3~97.8 Mpa,平均压力74.8 Mpa,按静岩压力换算成成矿深度为2.59~3.77 km,平均为2.88 km。     

西湖茶园茶叶铅污染铅同位素示踪

通过对西湖茶园的植物和土壤样品进行一系列的调查,以着力寻找茶叶的铅污染源。利用铅同位素技术对西湖茶园的土壤、茶叶和城区的燃煤、大气气溶胶、汽车尾气进行铅同位素示踪研究。研究表明,茶园土壤铅物质的可溶相具同源性和残查态偏于多源性。清洗后的茶叶铅含量显著降低,但其同位素组成不发生明显改变,显示出茶叶中的铅与叶面空气沉降物中的铅同源。不同介质铅同位素对比值平均值呈现表土、大气(气溶胶)、煤的w(²⁰⁶Pb)/w(²⁰⁷Pb)与茶叶趋于相近,汽油低之;表土、大气(气溶胶)、汽油的w(²⁰⁸Pb)/〔w(²⁰⁶Pb)+w(²⁰⁷Pb)〕与茶叶趋于相近,煤略高之。不同区域茶叶铅物质具同源性,与种植的农业地质背景无关。在煤燃烧、气化过程中,Pb进入大气,通过大气沉降或被茶树吸收或附着在茶叶叶面;汽车尾气的排放是茶树铅污染的重要原因之一。     

Design and application of a direct-push vadose zone gravel permeameter

A borehole permeameter is well suited for testing saturated hydraulic conductivity (K(sat)) at specific depths in the vadose zone. Most applications of the method involve fine-grained soils that allow hand auguring of test holes and require a small water reservoir to maintain a constant head. In non-cohesive gravels, hand-dug test holes are difficult to excavate, holes are prone to collapse, and large volumes of water are necessary to maintain a constant head for the duration of the test. For coarse alluvial gravels, a direct-push steel permeameter was designed to place a slotted pipe at a specific sampling depth. Measurements can be made at successive depths at the same location. A 3790 L (1000 gallons) trailer-mounted water tank maintained a constant head in the permeameter. Head in the portable tank was measured with a pressure transducer and flow was calculated based on a volumetric rating curve. A U.S. Bureau of Reclamation analytical method was utilized to calculate K(sat). Measurements with the permeameter at a field site were similar to those reported from falling-head tests.     

Sensitivity of bacterioplankton nitrogen metabolism to eutrophication in sub-tropical coastal waters of Key West, Florida

Expression of intracellular ammonium assimilation enzymes were used to assess the response of nitrogen (N) metabolism in bacterioplankton to N-loading of sub-tropical coastal waters of Key West, Florida. Specific activities of glutamine synthetase (GS) and total glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH_T) were measured on the bacterial size fraction (<0.8 μm) to assess N-deplete versus N-replete metabolic states, respectively. Enzyme results were compared to concentrations of dissolved organic matter and nutrients and to the biomass and production of phytoplankton and bacteria. Concentrations of dissolved inorganic N (DIN), dissolved organic N (DON), and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) positively correlated with specific activities of GDH_T and negatively correlated with that of GS. Total dissolved N (TDN) concentration explained 81% of variance in bacterioplankton GDH_T:GS activity ratio. The GDH_T:GS ratio, TDN, DOC, and bacterial parameters decreased in magnitude along a tidally dynamic trophic gradient from north of Key West to south at the reef tract, which is consistent with the combined effects of localized coastal eutrophication and tidal exchange of seawater from the Southwest Florida Shelf and Florida Strait. The N-replete bacterioplankton north of Key West can regenerate ammonium which sustains primary production transported south to the reef. The range in GDH_T:GS ratios was 5–30 times greater than that for commonly used indicators of planktonic eutrophication, which emphasizes the sensitivity of bacterioplankton N-metabolism to changes in N-bioavailability caused by nutrient pollution in sub-tropical coastal waters and utility of GDH_T:GS ratio as an bioindicator of N-replete conditions.     

湖南骑田岭芙蓉矿田成岩成矿时代的厘定及其地质意义

通过对湖南骑田岭岩体芙蓉超单元南溪单元中粒斑状角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩、芙蓉矿田白腊水矿区的10号矿脉中蚀变花岗岩型锡矿石、19号矿脉中矽卡岩型矿石矿物、42号含矿花岗斑岩体和ZK801钻孔(80~90m)的细粒花岗岩的Rb-Sr、Sm-Nd和锆石SHRIMP U-Pb同位素年代学研究,分别获得南溪单元弱蚀变花岗岩全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄为146±10Ma(95%可信度)和岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为155±6Ma(95%可信度),蚀变矿化花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为156±5Ma(95%可信度),10号蚀变花岗岩型矿脉矿石的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为137±5Ma(95%可信度),19号矽卡岩型矿脉的矿石—矿物Sm-Nd等时线年龄为133±15Ma(95%可信度);42号含矿花岗斑岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为146±5Ma(95%可信度);ZK801钻孔中细粒花岗岩全岩的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为140±7Ma(95%可信度)。上述精确的年代学研究结果表明,芙蓉超单元花岗岩侵位时间为燕山早期,而不是印支期。由此推测骑田岭芙蓉超单元花岗岩形成于早—中侏罗世,它的构造环境可能为地壳处于强烈剪切挤压晚期,而区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩岩浆活动可能发生在140~145Ma之间,其构造环境可能为地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的;白腊水矿区不同类型矿床年代学研究结果(133~141Ma)清楚地表明,其成矿作用的时间与区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩的岩浆活动时间有明显的耦合关系。据此推断,骑田岭芙蓉锡矿是在晚侏罗世,地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的。而与芙蓉花岗岩主体侵入岩浆活动无直接成生关系。     

辽东青城子矿集区金、银成矿时代及地质意义

为确定辽宁青城子矿集区金、银的成矿时代 ,分别以含金硅化岩和含银网脉状石英晶体内流体包裹体为对象 ,应用Rb_Sr法测得金、银成矿的等时线年龄为 (2 33± 31)Ma～ (2 34± 14 )Ma ;作为对Rb_Sr法测年结果的验证 ,又以与贵金属矿石矿物共生的热液石英为对象 ,用40 Ar/3 9Ar快中子活化法测得坪年龄tp=(2 38.78± 0 .74 )Ma～ (2 38.80± 0 .6 0 )Ma,等时线年龄ti=(2 39.4 6± 1.13)Ma～ (2 4 0 .35± 0 .88)Ma。Rb_Sr和40 Ar/3 9Ar两种方法的测年结果基本一致 ,与本区印支期岩浆活动时代〔2 17.6Ma～ (2 30 .7± 5 )Ma〕吻合。     

Biomarkers of exposure and effect in the Brazilian flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus (Teleostei: Paralichthyidae) from the Patos Lagoon estuary (Southern Brazil)

Biomarkers of exposure (liver metallothionein-like proteins content and catalase and glutathione S-transferase activities) and effect (liver lipoperoxidation and blood cell DNA damage) of contaminants were analyzed in the Brazilian flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus from the Patos Lagoon estuary (Southern Brazil). Flounders were collected for a year in two sites: "Coroa do Boi" (polluted site) and "Saco do Justino" (non-polluted site). Results indicated that micronucleated cells frequency was the best biomarker to distinguish flounders from the two sites. Taken together, data from DNA damage analyses (micronucleus test and comet assay) indicated that flounders from the non-polluted site efficiently repaired the DNA breaks, contrary to those from the polluted site, which probably had their DNA repair system inhibited or exhausted. Furthermore, data from enzyme activities (catalase and GST) and lipid peroxidation indicated that flounders from the polluted site were under oxidative stress in summer and autumn.