Effects of an 8-weeks erythropoietin treatment on mitochondrial and whole body fat oxidation capacity during exercise in healthy males

The present investigation was performed to elucidate if the non-erythropoietic ergogenic effect of a recombinant erythropoietin treatment results in an impact on skeletal muscle mitochondrial and whole body fatty acid oxidation capacity during exercise, myoglobin concentration and angiogenesis. Recombinant erythropoietin was administered by subcutaneous injections (5000 IU) in six healthy male volunteers (aged 21 ± 2 years; fat mass 18.5 ± 2.3%) over 8 weeks. The participants performed two graded cycle ergometer exercise tests before and after the intervention where VO_2max and maximal fat oxidation were measured. Biopsies of the vastus lateralis muscle were obtained before and after the intervention. Recombinant erythropoietin treatment increased mitochondrial O₂ flux during ADP stimulated state 3 respiration in the presence of complex I and II substrates (malate, glutamate, pyruvate, succinate) with additional electron input from β-oxidation (octanoylcarnitine) (from 60 ± 13 to 87 ± 24 pmol · s^?1 · mg^?1 P < 0.01). β-hydroxy-acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase activity was higher after treatment (P < 0.05), whereas citrate synthase activity also tended to increase (P = 0.06). Total myoglobin increased by 16.5% (P < 0.05). Capillaries per muscle area tended to increase (P = 0.07), whereas capillaries per fibre as well as the total expression of vascular endothelial growth factor remained unchanged. Whole body maximal fat oxidation was not increased after treatment. Eight weeks of recombinant erythropoietin treatment increases mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation capacity and myoglobin concentration without any effect on whole body maximal fat oxidation.     

碳纳米管的氧化及其复吸性能

以混酸氧化的方法对多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)进行改性,利用不同的回流时间来探讨含氧官能团对复吸性能的影响。采用扫描电子显微镜、BET氮吸附法对MWCNTs结构进行表征,用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FITR)、化学滴定法来测定其表面官能团。结果表明,混酸氧化使MWCNTs引入了大量的羧基等活性官能团,氧化碳纳米管(O-MWCNTs)在水中的相容性和分散性较好,两端端口被打开,孔隙结构发生变化。氧化回流1.5 h使MWCNTs表面引入最多的含氧官能团,此时OMWCNTs获得最高的平衡复吸水含量(493%),复吸性能曲线与含氧官能团的量呈现一定的正相关性,表明含氧官能团是影响复吸性能的重要因素。     

反应条件对Au／γ-Mn02催化甲苯氧化反应的影响

制备了γ-MnO2纳米棒以及Au/γ-MnO2催化剂,并用X射线衍射（ XRD）、扫描电镜（ SEM）和透射电镜（ TEM）等手段对其进行表征．结果表明：Au颗粒均匀分散在载体γ-MnO2的表面,颗粒大小约为10 nm．在无溶剂存在下甲苯和氧气的氧化反应中测试了样品的催化活性．研究了反应时间、反应温度、初始氧气压力及催化剂加入量对催化活性的影响．活性测试结果表明：Au/γ-MnO2催化剂对苯甲醛有特殊的选择性;反应时间、温度、初始压力及催化剂加入量等条件对甲苯转化率及苯甲醛、苯甲酸、苯甲酸苄酯的选择性都有很大影响,但对苯甲醇的选择性影响不大．