BACKGROUND & AIMS: High-dose chemotherapy often requires hematopoietic progenitor cell reinfusion, but drugs with extramedullary dose-limiting toxicity may be administered in the high-dose range by simple growth factor support. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility and toxicity of a three-drug high-dose regimen supported by recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF). Ten patients with histologically proven malignancy were enrolled. Eight had breast cancer, one non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and one a mediastinal tumor of unknown origin. The regimen included cyclophosphamide (C) 5 g/m2, etoposide (E) 1.5 g/m2, and cisplatin (P) 150 mg/m2 (CEP), administered in a 3-day schedule followed by rhG-CSF, 300 micrograms once a day, beginning from day +5 (36 h after the end of chemotherapy). The cycle was repeated as clinically needed up to three times. After the first course, hematologic recovery was rapid and complete without documented infections, and no relevant extramyeloid toxicities were observed. Eight of 10 patients received a second course with comparably low toxicity, and three of them received a third course. We concluded that CEP therapy can be administered safely and even repeatedly, by simple growth factor support, in good performance status cancer patients.

背景与目标： 大剂量化疗通常需要造血祖细胞回输，但具有髓外剂量限制毒性的药物可以通过简单的生长因子支持在高剂量范围内施用。在这项研究中，我们评估了由重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子 (rhG-CSF) 支持的三药大剂量方案的可行性和毒性。纳入了10例经组织学证实为恶性肿瘤的患者。8人患有乳腺癌，1人患有非霍奇金淋巴瘤，1人患有不明原因的纵隔肿瘤。该方案包括环磷酰胺 (C) 5g/m2，依托泊苷 (E) 1.5g/m2和顺铂 (P) 150 mg/m2 (CEP)，以3天的时间表施用，然后是rhG-CSF，300微克每天一次，从第5天开始 (化疗结束后36小时)。根据临床需要重复循环多达三次。第一个疗程后，血液学恢复迅速而完整，没有记录的感染，也没有观察到相关的髓外毒性。10名患者中有8名接受了毒性相对较低的第二疗程，其中3名接受了第三疗程。我们得出的结论是，在表现良好的癌症患者中，通过简单的生长因子支持，可以安全甚至反复地进行CEP治疗。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe CBS 356 exhibits extracellular maltase activity. This activity may be of commercial interest as it exhibited a low pH optimum (3.5) and a high affinity for maltose (Km of 7.0+/-1.8 mM). N-terminal sequencing of the protein indicates that it is the product of the AGL1 gene. Regulation of this gene occurs via a derepression/repression mechanism. In sugar- or nitrogen-limited chemostat cultures, the specific rate of enzyme production (q(p)) was independent of the nature of the carbon source (i.e. glucose or maltose), but synthesis was partially repressed by high sugar concentrations. Furthermore, q(p) increased linearly with specific growth rate (mu) between 0.04 and 0.10 h(-1). The enzyme is easily mass-produced in aerobic glucose-limited fed-batch cultures, in which the specific growth rate is controlled to prevent alcoholic fermentation. In fed-batch cultures in which biomass concentrations of 83 g L(-1) were attained, the enzyme concentration reached 58,000 Units per liter culture supernatant. Extracellular maltase may be used as a dough additive in order to prevent mechanisms such as maltose-induced glucose efflux and maltose-hypersensitivity that occur in maltose-consuming Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

背景与目标： : 裂殖酵母粟酒裂殖酵母CBS 356表现出细胞外麦芽糖酶活性。该活性可能具有商业意义，因为它表现出低的最适pH (3.5) 和对麦芽糖的高亲和力 (Km为7.0 +/-1.8 mM)。蛋白质的N端测序表明它是AGL1基因的产物。该基因的调节是通过抑制/抑制机制发生的。在糖或氮限制的恒化器培养物中，酶产生的特定速率 (q(p)) 与碳源的性质 (即葡萄糖或麦芽糖) 无关，但高糖浓度会部分抑制合成。此外，在0.04和0.10 h(-1) 之间，q(p) 随特定生长速率 (mu) 线性增加。该酶很容易在需氧葡萄糖限制的分批补料培养物中大量生产，其中控制特定的生长速率以防止酒精发酵。在生物量浓度为83g L(-1) 的分批补料培养物中，酶浓度达到每升培养上清液58,000单位。细胞外麦芽糖酶可以用作面团添加剂，以防止在消耗麦芽糖的酿酒酵母中发生的诸如麦芽糖诱导的葡萄糖外排和麦芽糖超敏反应的机制。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:Microbial oil is one important bio-product for its important function in energy, chemical, and food industry. Finding suitable substrates is one key issue for its industrial application. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substrates can be utilized by oleaginous microorganisms with two different bio-pathways ("de novo" lipid fermentation and "ex novo" lipid fermentation). To date, most of the research on lipid fermentation has focused mainly on only one fermentation pathway and little work was carried out on both "de novo" and "ex novo" lipid fermentation simultaneously; thus, the advantages of both lipid fermentation cannot be fulfilled comprehensively. RESULTS:In this study, corncob acid hydrolysate with soybean oil was used as a mix-medium for combined "de novo" and "ex novo" lipid fermentation by oleaginous yeast Trichosporon dermatis. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substrates (sugars and soybean oil) in the medium can be utilized simultaneously and efficiently by T. dermatis. Different fermentation modes were compared and the batch mode was the most suitable for the combined fermentation. The influence of soybean oil concentration, inoculum size, and initial pH on the lipid fermentation was evaluated and 20 g/L soybean oil, 5% inoculum size, and initial pH 6.0 were suitable for this bioprocess. By this technology, the lipid composition of extracellular hydrophobic substrate (soybean oil) can be modified. Although adding emulsifier showed little beneficial effect on lipid production, it can modify the intracellular lipid composition of T. dermatis. CONCLUSIONS:The present study proves the potential and possibility of combined "de novo" and "ex novo" lipid fermentation. This technology can use hydrophilic and hydrophobic sustainable bio-resources to generate lipid feedstock for the production of biodiesel or other lipid-based chemical compounds and to treat some special wastes such as oil-containing wastewater.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: An experimental system has been developed which allows the identification of intermediates in the abscisic acid (ABA) signal transduction pathway leading to desiccation tolerance in plants. Desiccation tolerance in callus of the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum is mediated via the plant hormone ABA, which induces the expression of gene products related to desiccation tolerance. Based on T-DNA activation tagging, a gene (CDT-1) was isolated which encodes a signalling molecule in the ABA transduction pathway. Constitutive overexpression of CDT-1 leads to desiccation tolerance in the absence of ABA and to the constitutive expression of characteristic transcripts. CDT-1 represents a novel gene with unusual features in its primary sequence. The CDT-1 gene resembles in several features SINE retrotransposons. Mechanisms by which CDT-1 activates the pathway could be via a regulatory RNA or via a short polypeptide.

背景与目标： 已开发出一种实验系统，该系统可以鉴定脱落酸 (ABA) 信号转导途径中的中间体，从而导致植物对干燥的耐受性。复活植物Craterostigma plantagineum愈伤组织的干燥耐受性是通过植物激素ABA介导的，该激素诱导与干燥耐受性相关的基因产物的表达。基于t-dna激活标记，分离出编码ABA转导途径中的信号分子的基因 (CDT-1)。CDT-1的组成型过表达导致在不存在ABA的情况下的干燥耐受性和特征转录本的组成型表达。CDT-1代表了一种新的基因，其主要序列具有异常特征。CDT-1基因类似于正弦反转录转座子的几个特征。CDT-1激活该途径的机制可能是通过调节RNA或通过短多肽。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Biochemical methane potential (BMP) assay was conducted at 35 °C to evaluate the effects of inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR) and substrate mix ratio between para-grass and pig manure co-digesting using different inocula. Rubber latex digester (RLD) inoculum showed higher methanogenic activity (41.4 mL CH4/gVS) than pig farm digester (PFD) inoculum (37.3 mL CH4/gVS). However, the maximum methane yields, occurred at the highest para-grass mix ratio (G), were 369.6, 437.6, 465.9 and 442.6 mL CH4/gTSadded for RLD inoculum, versus 332.4, 475.0, 519.5 and 521.9 mL/gTSadded for PFD inoculum at ISR 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. HPr, HBu and HVa appeared at higher G, corresponding to substrate's higher biodegradability. Response surface indicated that higher ISR and G had a significantly positive impact on methane yield. It suggested the use of higher ISR, i.e. 3 or 4, for BMP assay of these co-substrates. Dominant species of fermentative bacteria in each inoculum was tested by DGGE.

背景与目标： : 在35 °C下进行生化甲烷势 (BMP) 测定，以评估接种物与底物的比例 (ISR) 和底物混合比例在使用不同接种物的对位草和猪粪共同消化之间的影响。橡胶胶乳消化器 (RLD) 接种物显示出比猪场消化器 (PFD) 接种物 (37.3 mL CH4/gVS) 更高的产甲烷活性 (41.4 mL CH4/gVS)。然而，在最高的对草混合比 (G) 下，RLD接种物的最大甲烷产量为369.6、437.6、465.9和442.6 mL CH4/gts，而在ISR 1、2、3下，PFD接种物的最大甲烷产量为332.4、475.0、519.5和521.9 mL/gts，和4。HPr，HBu和HVa出现在较高的G处，对应于底物的较高的生物降解性。响应面表明，较高的ISR和G对甲烷产量有显着的积极影响。建议使用更高的ISR (即3或4) 进行这些共底物的BMP测定。通过DGGE测试了每个接种物中发酵细菌的优势种。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :In this work, the effect of adaptation on P. stipitis fermentation using acid-pretreated corn stover hydrolyzates without detoxification was examined. Two different types of adaptation were employed, liquid hydrolyzate and solid state agar adaptation. Fermentation of 12.5% total solids undetoxified acid-pretreated corn stover was performed in shake flasks at different rotation speeds. At low rotation speed (100 rpm), both liquid hydrolyzate and solid agar adaptation highly improved the sugar consumption rate as well as ethanol production rate compared to the wild-type strains. The fermentation rate was higher for solid agar-adapted strains compared to liquid hydrolyzate-adapted strains. At a higher rotation speed (150 rpm), there was a faster sugar consumption and ethanol production for both the liquid-adapted and the wild-type strains. However, improvements in the fermentation rate between the liquid-adapted and wild strains were less pronounced at the high rotation speed.

背景与目标： : 在这项工作中，研究了使用酸处理的玉米秸秆水解产物而没有解毒的适应对P. stipitis发酵的影响。采用了两种不同类型的适应，即液体水解产物和固态琼脂适应。在摇瓶中以不同的转速进行未脱毒的酸预处理的玉米秸秆12.5% 总固体的发酵。与野生型菌株相比，在低旋转速度 (100 rpm) 下，液体水解产物和固体琼脂适应都大大提高了糖消耗率和乙醇生产率。与液体水解产物相比，固体琼脂适应菌株的发酵速率更高。在较高的旋转速度 (150 rpm) 下，液体适应性菌株和野生型菌株的糖消耗和乙醇生产都更快。然而，在高转速下，适应液体的菌株和野生菌株之间的发酵速率改善不太明显。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Of the sugars recovered from lignocellulose, D-glucose can be readily converted into ethanol by baker's or brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). However, xylose that is obtained by the hydrolysis of the hemicellulosic portion is not fermentable by the same species of yeasts. Xylose fermentation by native yeasts can be achieved via isomerization of xylose to its ketose isomer, xylulose. Isomerization with exogenous xylose isomerase (XI) occurs optimally at a pH of 7-8, whereas subsequent fermentation of xylulose to ethanol occurs at a pH of 4-5. We present a novel scheme for efficient isomerization of xylose to xylulose at conditions suitable for the fermentation by using an immobilized enzyme system capable of sustaining two different pH microenvironments in a single vessel. The proof-of-concept of the two-enzyme pellet is presented, showing conversion of xylose to xylulose even when the immobilized enzyme pellets are suspended in a bulk solution whose pH is sub-optimal for XI activity. The co-immobilized enzyme pellets may prove extremely valuable in effectively conducting "simultaneous isomerization and fermentation" (SIF) of xylose. To help further shift the equilibrium in favor of xylulose formation, sodium tetraborate (borax) was added to the isomerization solution. Binding of tetrahydroxyborate ions to xylulose effectively reduces the concentration of xylulose and leads to increased xylose isomerization. The formation of tetrahydroxyborate ions and the enhancement in xylulose production resulting from the complexation was studied at two different bulk pH values. The addition of 0.05 M borax to the isomerization solution containing our co-immobilized enzyme pellets resulted in xylose to xylulose conversion as high as 86% under pH conditions that are suboptimal for XI activity. These initial findings, which can be optimized for industrial conditions, have significant potential for increasing the yield of ethanol from xylose in an SIF approach.

背景与目标： : 在从木质纤维素中回收的糖中，D-葡萄糖可以很容易地通过面包师或啤酒酵母 (酿酒酵母) 转化为乙醇。但是，通过半纤维素部分的水解获得的木糖不能被相同种类的酵母发酵。天然酵母的木糖发酵可以通过将木糖异构化为其酮糖异构体木酮糖来实现。外源木糖异构酶 (XI) 的异构化最佳地发生在7-8的pH下，而随后的木糖发酵为乙醇发生在4-5的pH下。我们提出了一种新颖的方案，该方案通过使用能够在单个容器中维持两个不同pH微环境的固定化酶系统，在适合发酵的条件下将木糖高效异构化为木酮糖。提出了两酶颗粒的概念验证，即使将固定化的酶颗粒悬浮在pH对于XI活性次优的本体溶液中，也显示了木糖向木酮糖的转化。共固化酶颗粒在有效进行木糖的 “同时异构化和发酵” (SIF) 方面可能非常有价值。为了帮助进一步改变平衡以促进木酮糖的形成，将四硼酸钠 (硼砂) 添加到异构化溶液中。四羟基硼酸根离子与木酮糖的结合有效地降低了木酮糖的浓度，并导致木糖异构化增加。在两个不同的本体ph值下研究了四羟基硼酸根离子的形成和络合引起的木酮糖生产的增强。向含有我们的共固定化酶颗粒的异构化溶液中添加0.05 M硼砂导致木糖到木酮糖的转化率在pH条件下高达86%，这对于XI活性而言是次优的。这些初步发现可以针对工业条件进行优化，具有通过SIF方法提高木糖乙醇产量的巨大潜力。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :In this study, cellulose hydrolysis activity of two mixed bacterial consortia (NS and QS) was investigated. Combination of NS culture and BHM medium exhibited better hydrolytic activity under the optimal condition of 35 degrees C, initial pH 7.0, and 100rpm agitation. The NS culture could hydrolyze carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), rice husk, bagasse and filter paper, among which CMC gave the best hydrolysis performance. The CMC hydrolysis efficiency increased with increasing CMC concentration from 5 to 50g/l. With a CMC concentration of 10g/l, the total reducing sugar (RS) production and the RS producing rate reached 5531.0mg/l and 92.9mg/l/h, respectively. Furthermore, seven H2-producing bacterial isolates (mainly Clostridium species) were used to convert the cellulose hydrolysate into H2 energy. With an initial RS concentration of 0.8g/l, the H2 production and yield was approximately 23.8ml/l and 1.21mmol H2/g RS (0.097mmol H2/g cellulose), respectively.

背景与目标： : 在这项研究中，研究了两个混合细菌群落 (NS和QS) 的纤维素水解活性。在35 ℃，初始pH 7.0和100rpm搅拌的最佳条件下，NS培养物和BHM培养基的组合表现出更好的水解活性。NS培养物可以水解羧甲基纤维素 (CMC)，稻壳，蔗渣和滤纸，其中CMC的水解性能最佳。CMC水解效率随着CMC浓度从5增加到50g/l而增加。CMC浓度为10g/l时，总还原糖 (RS) 产量和RS产量分别达到5531.0mg/l和92.9mg/l/h。此外，使用七个H2-producing细菌分离物 (主要是梭状芽孢杆菌属) 将纤维素水解产物转化为H2能量。初始RS浓度为0.8g/l时，H2产量和产率分别约为23.8毫升/l和1.21mmol H2/g RS (0.097mmol H2/g纤维素)。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :The development of more productive strains of microorganisms and processes that increase enzyme levels can contribute to the economically efficient production of second generation ethanol. To this end, cellulases and xylanases were produced with the S1M29 mutant strain of Penicillium echinulatum, using different concentrations of cellulose (20, 40, and 60 g L(-1)) in batch and fed-batch processes. The highest activities of FPase (8.3 U mL(-1)), endoglucanases (37.3 U mL(-1)), and xylanases (177 U mL(-1)) were obtained in fed-batch cultivation with 40 g L(-1) of cellulose. The P. echinulatum enzymatic broth and the commercial enzyme Cellic CTec2 were tested for hydrolysis of pretreated sugar cane bagasse. Maximum concentrations of glucose and xylose were achieved after 72 h of hydrolysis. Glucose yields of 28.0% and 27.0% were obtained using the P. echinulatum enzymatic extract and Cellic CTec2, respectively.

背景与目标： : 开发更具生产力的微生物菌株和提高酶水平的工艺可以有助于经济高效地生产第二代乙醇。为此，在分批和补料分批过程中，使用不同浓度的纤维素 (20、40和60g L(-1))，用棘青霉的S1M29突变菌株生产纤维素酶和木聚糖酶。在用40g L(-1) 纤维素补料分批培养中获得最高的FPase (8.3 U mL(-1)) 、内切葡聚糖酶 (37.3 U mL(-1)) 和木聚糖酶 (177 U mL(-1)) 活性。测试了棘皮草酶肉汤和商业酶Cellic CTec2对预处理的甘蔗渣的水解作用。水解72小时后达到最大浓度的葡萄糖和木糖。分别使用棘皮草酶提取物和Cellic CTec2获得28.0% 和27.0% 的葡萄糖产量。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Female entertainment workers (FEWs) in China are at increased risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, but correlates of their risky sexual behaviour remain poorly understood. Using data from a series of four surveys, this paper employs repeated measures analysis to identify individual and social correlates of consistent condom use among FEWs in Shanghai. Results reveal that both individual cognitive and social influence factors are statistically significant in their bivariate relationships to consistent condom use with a stable or non-stable partner; only prevention motivation and perceived self-efficacy in condom use remain significant in the multiple regressions. When individual and social correlates are examined together, only peer support for condom use remains a significant and independent correlate of consistent condom use in sex with a non-stable partner. Behavioural intervention is urgently needed and should take a multilevel approach, emphasizing individual prevention motivation and behavioural skills training and promoting peer/social support.

背景与目标： : 中国的女性娱乐工作者 (few) 感染艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染的风险增加，但对其危险性行为的相关性仍知之甚少。本文利用四项调查的数据，采用重复措施分析，以识别上海few中持续使用安全套的个人和社会相关性。结果表明，个体认知和社会影响因素在与稳定或非稳定伴侣一致使用安全套的双变量关系中具有统计学意义; 在多元回归中，只有预防动机和安全套使用中的自我效能感仍然显着。当将个人和社会相关性一起检查时，只有同伴对避孕套使用的支持仍然是与不稳定伴侣在性行为中一致使用避孕套的重要且独立的相关性。迫切需要行为干预，并应采取多层次的方法，强调个人预防动机和行为技能培训，并促进同伴/社会支持。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Catch crop candidates (corn, guinea grass) for recovering nutrients from farm soil and aquatic plants (water caltrop, water hyacinth) were utilized to produce L-lactic acid. The efficiencies ofpre-treatment methods for enzymatic saccharification and L-lactate production of two fermentation processes, thermophilic simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF), as well as separate saccharification and fermentation, were compared. Conditions were set at 55 degrees C and pH 5.5 for non-sterile fermentation. Alkaline/peroxide pre-treatment proved the most effective for saccharification in pre-treated corn, guinea grass, water caltrop and water hyacinth with glucose yields of 0.23, 0.20, 0.11 and 0.14 g/g-dry native biomass (24-hour incubation period), respectively. Examination of the two types of thermophilic L-lactate fermentation employed following alkaline/peroxide pre-treatment and saccharification demonstrated that the L-lactate yield obtained using SSF (0.15 g/g in the case of corn) was lower than that obtained using separate saccharification and fermentation (0.28 g/g in the case of corn). The lower yield obtained from SSF is likely to have resulted from the saccharification conditions used in the present study, as the possibility of cellulase deactivation during SSF by thermophilic L-lactate producing bacteria existed. A cellulase that retains high activity levels under non-sterile conditions and a L-lactate producer without cellulose hydrolysis activity would be required in order for SSF to serve as an effective method of L-lactate production.

背景与目标： : 用于从农场土壤和水生植物 (水caltrop，水葫芦) 中回收养分的农作物候选物 (玉米，几内亚草) 用于生产L-乳酸。比较了嗜热同时糖化和发酵 (SSF) 以及单独糖化和发酵两种发酵过程的酶促糖化和L-乳酸生产预处理方法的效率。将非无菌发酵的条件设定在55 ℃ 和pH 5.5。碱性/过氧化物预处理被证明对经预处理的玉米，豚草，水caltrop和水葫芦的糖化最有效，葡萄糖产量分别为0.23，0.20，0.11和0.14g/g干天然生物质 (24小时孵育期)。对碱性/过氧化物预处理和糖化后使用的两种嗜热L-乳酸发酵的检查表明，使用SSF获得的L-乳酸产量 (玉米为0.15g/g) 低于使用单独糖化和发酵获得的L-乳酸产量 (在该情况下为0.28g/g) 玉米)。从SSF获得的较低产量可能是由于本研究中使用的糖化条件所致，因为存在嗜热L-乳酸产生细菌在SSF期间纤维素酶失活的可能性。为了使SSF用作生产L-乳酸的有效方法，将需要在非无菌条件下保持高活性水平的纤维素酶和无纤维素水解活性的L-乳酸生产者。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :To achieve high time-space efficiency for sophorolipid production with yeast Candida bombicola, a strategy of high cell density fermentation was employed. The approach consisted of two sequential stages: (1) the optimization of the carbon source and the nutrient concentration to achieve the maximal cell density and (2) the computer-aided adjustment of physical parameters and the controlled feeding of substrates for enhanced volumetric productivity. Both stages have been successfully implemented in a 10-L fermenter, where up to 80 g dry cell weight/L was obtained and a remarkably high volumetric productivity (> 200 g isolated sophorolipids/L/day) was achieved. Both the biomass and volumetric productivity were markedly higher than previously reported. Specifically, the high productivity of sophorolipids could be attained on a very short time scale (24 h), highlighting the industrial potential of the platform developed in this work.

背景与目标： : 为了实现酵母念珠菌生产槐糖脂的高时空效率，采用了高细胞密度发酵策略。该方法包括两个连续的阶段 :( 1) 优化碳源和养分浓度以实现最大细胞密度; (2) 计算机辅助调节物理参数和受控进料底物以提高体积生产率。这两个阶段都已在10-l发酵罐中成功实施，其中获得了高达80 g的干细胞重量/L，并且实现了非常高的体积生产率 (> 200g分离的槐糖脂/L/天)。生物量和体积生产率均明显高于先前报道的水平。具体来说，可以在非常短的时间范围内 (24小时) 实现槐糖脂的高生产率，这突显了在这项工作中开发的平台的工业潜力。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Four types of neutral glycosphingolipids (LacCer, Gb3Cer, Gb4Cer, and IV3αGalNAc-Gb4Cer; 10 pmol each) were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-electrospray ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight (ESI-QIT-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) with a repeated high-speed polarity and MSn switching system. This system can provide six types of mass spectra, including positive and negative ion MS, MS2, and MS3 spectra, within 1 s per cycle. Using HPLC with a normal-phase column, information on the molecular weights of major molecular species of four neutral glycosphingolipids was obtained by detecting [M+Na]+ in the positive ion mode mass spectra and [M−H]− in the negative ion mode mass spectra. Sequences of glycosphingolipid oligosaccharide were obtained in the negative ion MS2 spectra. In addition, information on the ceramide structures was clearly obtained in the negative ion MS3 mass spectra. GlcCer molecular species were analyzed by HPLC-ESI-QIT-TOF MS with a reversed-phase column using 1 pmole of GlcCer. The structures of the seven molecular species of GlcCer, namely, d18:1-C16:0, d18:1-C18:0, d18:1-C20:0, d18:1-C22:0, d18:1-C23:0, d18:1-C24:1, and d18:1-C24:0, were characterized using positive ion MS and negative ion MS, MS2, and MS3. The established HPLC-ESI-QIT-TOF MS with MSn switching and a normal phase column has been successfully applied to the structural characterization of LacCer and Gb4Cer in a crude mixture prepared from human erythrocytes.

背景与目标： : 四种类型的中性鞘糖脂 (LacCer，Gb3Cer，Gb4Cer和IV3αGalNAc-Gb4Cer; 使用高效液相色谱 (HPLC)-电喷雾电离四极杆离子阱飞行时间 (ESI-qit-tof) 质谱 (MS) 分析，并具有重复的高速极性和MSn切换系统。该系统可以在每个周期1 s内提供六种类型的质谱，包括正负离子MS，MS2和MS3光谱。使用带有正相色谱柱的HPLC，通过在正离子模式质谱中检测 [M Na] 和在负离子模式质谱中检测 [M-h]-，获得了有关四种中性鞘糖脂的主要分子种类的分子量的信息。在负离子MS2光谱中获得了鞘糖脂寡糖序列。此外，在负离子MS3质谱中清楚地获得了有关神经酰胺结构的信息。GlcCer分子种类通过hplc-esi-QIT-TOF MS用反相色谱柱使用1 pmole的GlcCer进行分析。GlcCer的七个分子物种的结构，即d18:1-C16:0，d18:1-C18:0，d18:1-C20:0，d18:1-C22:0，d18:1-C23:0，d18:1-C24:1和d18:1-C24:0，使用正离子MS和负离子MS，MS2和ms3进行表征。建立的具有MSn切换和正相柱的hplc-esi-QIT-TOF MS已成功应用于由人红细胞制备的粗混合物中LacCer和Gb4Cer的结构表征。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :The effects of pre-treatment methods on saccharification and hydrogen fermentation of Chlorella pyrenoidosa biomass were investigated. When raw biomass and biomass pre-treated by steam heating, by microwave heating, and by ultrasonication were used as feedstock, the hydrogen yields were only 8.8-12.7 ml/g total volatile solids (TVS) during dark fermentation. When biomass was pre-treated by steam heating with diluted acid and by microwave heating with diluted acid, the dark hydrogen yields significantly increased to 75.6 ml/g TVS and 83.3 ml/g TVS, respectively. Steam heating with diluted acid is the preferred pre-treatment method of C. pyrenoidosa biomass to improve hydrogen yield during dark fermentation and photofermentation, which is followed by methanogenesis to increase energy conversion efficiency (ECE). A total hydrogen yield of 198.3 ml/g TVS and a methane yield of 186.2 ml/g TVS corresponding to an overall ECE of 34.0% were obtained through the three-stage process (dark fermentation, photofermentation, and methanogenesis).

背景与目标： : 研究了预处理方法对小球藻生物质糖化和氢发酵的影响。当使用通过蒸汽加热，通过微波加热和通过超声处理的原始生物质和生物质作为原料时，在黑暗发酵期间，氢产率仅为8.8-12.7毫升/g总挥发性固体 (TVS)。当通过用稀酸进行蒸汽加热和用稀酸进行微波加热对生物质进行预处理时，暗氢产量分别显著增加至75.6毫升/g TVS和83.3毫升/g TVS。用稀酸蒸汽加热是C. pyrenoidosa生物质的首选预处理方法，以提高黑暗发酵和光发酵过程中的氢产量，随后是甲烷生成以提高能量转化效率 (ECE)。通过三阶段过程 (暗发酵、光发酵和产甲烷) 获得了198.3毫升/g TVS的总氢产率和186.2毫升/g TVS的甲烷产率，对应于34.0% 的总ECE。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Repeated exposure to a moderately intense stressor typically produces attenuation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response (habituation) on re-presentation of the same stressor; however, if a novel stressor is presented to the same animals, the HPA axis response may be augmented (sensitization). The extent to which this adaptation is also evident within neural activity patterns is unknown. This study tested whether repeated ferret odor (FO) exposure, a moderately intense psychological stressor for rats, leads to both same-stressor habituation and novel-stressor sensitization of the HPA axis response and neuronal activity as determined by immediate early gene induction (c-fos mRNA). Rats were presented with FO in their home cages for 30 min a day for up to 2 wk and subsequently challenged with FO or restraint. Rats displayed HPA axis activity habituation and widespread habituation of c-fos mRNA expression (in situ hybridization) throughout the brain in as few as three repeated presentations of FO. However, repeated FO exposure led to a more gradual development of sensitized HPA-axis and c-fos mRNA responses to restraint that were not fully evident until after 14 d of prior FO exposure. The sensitized response was evident in many of the same brain regions that displayed habituation, including primary sensory cortices and the prefrontal cortex. The shared spatial expression but distinct temporal development of habituation and sensitization neural response patterns suggests two independent processes with opposing influences across overlapping brain systems.

背景与目标： : 反复暴露于中等强度的应激源通常会在重新呈现相同的应激源时导致下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺 (HPA) 轴反应 (习惯) 的减弱; 但是，如果向同一动物呈现一种新型的应激源，则可能会增强HPA轴反应 (敏化)。在神经活动模式中这种适应的程度也很明显是未知的。这项研究测试了反复暴露的雪貂气味 (FO) (一种中等强度的大鼠心理压力源) 是否会导致HPA轴反应和神经元活动的相同压力源习惯和新压力源敏化 (由立即的早期基因诱导确定) (c-fos mRNA)。每天在家养中给大鼠30分钟的FO，最多2周，然后用FO或约束对大鼠进行攻击。大鼠在整个大脑中显示出HPA轴活动的习惯性和c-fos mRNA表达的广泛习惯性 (原位杂交)，其中只有三个重复的FO表现。然而，反复的FO暴露导致致敏的HPA轴和c-fos mRNA对约束的反应逐渐发展，直到先前的FO暴露14 d后才完全明显。在许多表现出习惯性的相同大脑区域 (包括初级感觉皮层和前额叶皮层) 中，敏化反应都很明显。习惯和敏化神经反应模式的共享空间表达但时间上的不同发展表明，两个独立的过程在重叠的大脑系统中具有相反的影响。