硅藻定量检验和种属鉴定的实验研究

本实验用家兔18只,分为溺死组、死后(抛尸)入水组及对照组,每组各6只。采用消化—光镜法作肺、肝、肾硅藻计数(定量)及种属鉴定检验,同时作水样检验及空白对照。结果:(一)进一步证实生前硅藻可经空气源性进入肺脏并存积于大循环内脏(肝、肾)的概念;(二)提示水中尸体肺脏如有大量硅藻检出,仅此即可作为诊断溺死的可靠依据;空气源性吸入及检验过程中的污染并不影响该检验结果对鉴定溺死的判断。种属分析溺死组肺与水样的主要硅藻种属相符,而肝、肾中硅藻计数及种属分析均无诊断意义。     

微波消解-扫描电镜联用法在溺死诊断中的应用

目的探讨微波消解-扫描电镜联用法在溺死诊断中的应用价值。方法收集已知死因的尸体标本105例,其中水中尸体85例(生前溺死70例,死后抛尸入水15例),陆地自然死亡尸体20例。水中死亡案例同时收集落水处水样。分别用微波消解-扫描电镜联用法(方法 A)和硝酸破机-光镜联用法(方法 B)对上述尸体的离体肺、肝、肾、骨髓组织及水样进行硅藻定性、定量检测。结果①溺死尸体的肺、肝、肾、骨髓中及落水处水样硅藻检出率:A法分别为100%、94.3%、92.9%、82.9%、100%,硅藻检验阳性率为100%;B法分别为90%、62.9%、51.4%、28.6%、92.9%,硅藻检验阳性率为65.7%。②两种方法检出的硅藻种类与落水处水样中硅藻的种类均一致。③两种方法在死后入水尸体离体的肺中也检出少量硅藻(<3个/2g肺组织),但在死后入水尸体的其它脏器及陆地自然死亡尸体脏器中均未检出硅藻。结论微波消解-扫描电镜联用法较硝酸破机-光镜联用法对尸体离体组织脏器中的硅藻检出率高,方法灵敏,定性准确。     

溺死尸体组织与溺液中硅藻种类的一致性研究

目的探讨溺死尸体组织器官与溺液中硅藻的种类的一致性。方法采用微波消解-扫描电镜联用法检测34具已知溺死地点尸体的肝、肾、肺以及溺液中的硅藻,并对各样本检出的硅藻种类进行一致性分析。结果肝组织、肾组织、肺组织和溺液中含量最多的硅藻依次为:舟形藻、菱形藻、针杆藻、直链藻、桥弯藻、小环藻;远端组织器官与肺组织,组织器官与溺液之间的硅藻种类一致率在0.44～0.68;远端组织器官(肝、肾)与肺组织中的硅藻种类一致率无统计学差异(P0.05);组织器官(肝、肾和肺)与溺液中的硅藻种类一致率无统计学差异(P0.05);溺死地点明确案例中有19例(19/34)肺组织和溺液可以被聚为一类。结论组织器官硅藻种类与溺液一致并非溺死诊断的必要条件。     

宁波甬江水域夏冬季节溺死兔内脏硅藻16SrDNA的鉴定

目的采用PCR法检测夏季7月和冬季12月宁波甬江水域溺死家兔内脏组织中硅藻16SrDNA,评估其在夏季7月和冬季12月溺死鉴定中的应用价值。方法于夏季7月和冬季12月分别选取30只大白兔,总计60只大白兔,随机分为溺死组(n=10)、死后入水组(n=10)、空气栓塞组(n=10)。各组分别提取心、肝、肺、肾组织,应用PCR技术检测上述兔内脏硅藻16SrDNA。结果与死后入水组比较,夏季7月兔溺死组心、肝、肺、肾组织中硅藻16SrDNA检出率明显增高(P<0.05);而冬季12月溺死组仅心、肺组织中检见硅藻16SrDNA,与死后入水组比较无明显差异(P>0.05);夏季7月溺死兔组心、肝、肺、肾组织中硅藻16SrDNA检出率明显高于冬季季12月溺死兔组(P<0.05);夏季7月和冬季12月空气栓塞组心、肝、肺、肾组织中硅藻16SrDNA均未检出。结论宁波甬江水域夏季溺死兔中硅藻16SrDNA检出率高,PCR技术可用于溺死诊断;而冬季硅藻16SrDNA检出率低,运用该技术诊断溺死应慎重。     

PCR-DHPLC法检测硅藻SSU基因在溺死鉴定中的应用

目的采用PCR-DHPLC法检测硅藻SSU基因,评估其在溺死鉴定中的应用价值。方法 60只实验兔随机分为生前溺死（水中溺毙）、死后入水（空气栓塞致死后入水）、对照组（空气栓塞致死后不做处理）;溺死人体脏器组织;取各组织检材提取硅藻DNA,PCR扩增硅藻特异的核糖体小亚基（SSU）片段,用琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测、DHPLC检测分析。结果 6份硝酸消化法检测阴性的溺死人体器官组织检材经PCR及琼脂糖凝胶电泳检出5例阳性。生前溺死组肺、肝、肾硅藻检出率分别为100%、90%、85%,死后入水组仅肺检出硅藻（15%）,对照组各组织均为阴性;生前溺死组检出率明显高于死后入水组（P〈0.05）。10份溺死人体器官组织检材采用DHPLC法检出硅藻种类明显多于微波消解-扫描电镜法（P〈0.05）。脏器检出硅藻种类与溺死点水样一致。结论采用PCR-DHPLC法检测硅藻SSU基因,有助于溺死鉴定和溺死地点的推断,具有法医学应用价值。     

溺死家兔内脏花粉检验的研究

用醋酸酥法破机，显微镜下观察内脏组织中花粉。12只溺死家兔的肺边缘组织检出率为100％（肺组织含花粉500粒／g左右），肝为50％，肾为33．3％；溺死后1天，1周、2周三组解剖，肺边缘组织花粉计数值无明显差异，证明花粉具有很强的抗腐败能力，可以作为水中高度腐败尸体死因鉴定依据之一。同时，水体沉积物花粉港能够反映入水地点的植被状况，为判断和认定溺死者的入水地点提供依据；此法尤其适用于冰水等硅藻和浮游生物很少的水体中的生前入水溺死的诊断。     

微波消解-扫描电镜联用检测脏器内硅藻

目的介绍一种微波消解-扫描电镜联用检测脏器内硅藻的新方法。方法大白兔30只,随机分为生前溺死组（n=15）和死后溺尸组（n=15）。提取兔肺、肝、肾、股骨骨髓和现场珠江水样,采用建立的微波消解-扫描电镜联用法检测脏器组织和水样中的硅藻,并与硝酸乙醇消解-扫描电镜联用的方法进行比较。结果生前溺死组的兔肺、肝、肾、股骨骨髓组织中大多数观测到与现场珠江水样一致的硅藻,微波消解-扫描电镜联用法检测脏器内硅藻的平均含量分别为：2505.2个/2g肺,18.7个/10g肝,6.5个/10g肾,6.3个/0.5g骨髓;肺与肝、肾、骨髓检出硅藻的阳性比例为86.7%,脏器硅藻检出含量和硅藻检验阳性比例均明显高于硝酸乙醇消解-扫描电镜联用法所测值。死后溺尸组的兔脏器组织均未观测到硅藻。结论微波消解-扫描电镜联用法检测脏器内硅藻,高效、安全、环保,硅藻检验灵敏度高,降低了劳动强度,提高了定性定量分析准确度,且能有效避免污染,在法医学溺死鉴定中具有良好的应用价值。     

SEM/EDAX检测内脏异物元素成分诊断溺死

为探讨溺死诊断的依据和推断入水地点，用扫描电镜／X－射线谱仪（SEM／EDAX）检测19例溺死尸体及28只溺死兔的肺、肾、心、肝等组织异物颗粒及其元素成分和含量，并以陆地上死亡尸体14具及8只陆地上勒死兔（2只勒死后入水浸泡6天）作实验对照。结果发现，19例溺死尸体及28只溺死兔的肺边缘区呼吸性细支气管、肺泡管、肺泡囊及肺泡内均可见高能谱值的异物颗粒，其大小自数微米至数十微米不等，多为无定形异物颗粒或细小异物颗粒集落。其中元素成分为硅、铝、钙、铁、铬、钛、钼、铅、锡、铜、溴等，与入水地点溺液中所含元素成分相同；肾、心、肝组织异物颗粒检出率分别为77％、53％及47％，数量较少，颗粒较小，大小自1微米以下至十数微米。非溺死尸体及实验兔的肺、肾、心、肝组织未检出或偶尔检出异物颗粒，其元素成分多为铁、钙或硅等，可能是病理及生理性异物颗粒，如含铁血黄素、钙化灶等。用SEM／EDAX检测水中尸体组织中异物颗粒及其元素成分和含量，可以诊断溺死，推断入水区域，为明确案件性质和确定侦察范围提供科学依据。     

酶消化联合强酸消化法的硅藻检验CSCD

目的采用酶消化联合强酸消化法对溺死尸体的器官进行硅藻检验,并评价其应用价值。方法收集40例本地区确证为溺死的尸体,每例提取肺、肝、肾组织及现场水样,分别采用强酸消化法、酶消化联合强酸消化法、酶消化法对组织样本进行硅藻检验,从消化时间、消化能力、硅藻检出率等方面进行比较分析。结果在消化时间、消化能力方面,酶消化联合强酸消化法明显优于酶消化法;在硅藻检出率方面,酶消化联合强酸消化法明显优于强酸消化法。结论酶消化联合强酸消化法结合了强酸消化法和酶消化法的优点,并且操作安全,环境污染小,具有一定的推广和实践价值。     

酶消化联合强酸消化法的硅藻检验

目的采用酶消化联合强酸消化法对溺死尸体的器官进行硅藻检验,并评价其应用价值。方法收集40例本地区确证为溺死的尸体,每例提取肺、肝、肾组织及现场水样,分别采用强酸消化法、酶消化联合强酸消化法、酶消化法对组织样本进行硅藻检验,从消化时间、消化能力、硅藻检出率等方面进行比较分析。结果在消化时间、消化能力方面,酶消化联合强酸消化法明显优于酶消化法;在硅藻检出率方面,酶消化联合强酸消化法明显优于强酸消化法。结论酶消化联合强酸消化法结合了强酸消化法和酶消化法的优点,并且操作安全,环境污染小,具有一定的推广和实践价值。     

Comparison between Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of Bacterial 16S rDNA and Diatom Test for Diagnosis of Drowning

When a body is discovered in water, it is difficult to conclude whether the cause of death was drowning, even today. Although diatom testing by the digestive method is classical, we hypothesized that aquatic bacteria, as well as diatoms, might be detected in drowned bodies, and conducted temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE)‐targeting 16S rDNA. DNA was extracted from the site water, and from heart blood and liver samples from 27 bodies concluded as drowning deaths by autopsy and subjected to TGGE after amplification of 16S rDNA by polymerase chain reaction. We observed whether the feature point of each 16S rDNA from the site water and blood or liver samples matched. Considerably higher correspondence was observed in drowned bodies, and the rate was higher than that achieved with the digestive method. Moreover, TGGE is safer than the digestive method. Our study suggests that this method can aid diagnosis of drowning.     

A new molecular approach to help conclude drowning as a cause of death: Simultaneous detection of eight bacterioplankton species using real-time PCR assays with TaqMan probes

We developed a novel tool for concluding drowning as a cause of death. We designed nine primer pairs to detect representative freshwater or marine bacterioplankton (aquatic bacteria) and then used real-time PCR with TaqMan probes to rapidly and specifically detect them. We previously cultured the genus Aeromonas, which is a representative freshwater bacterial species, in blood samples from 94% of victims who drowned in freshwater and the genera Vibrio and/or Photobacterium that are representative marine bacteria in 88% of victims who drowned in seawater. Based on these results, we simultaneously detected eight species of bacterioplankton (Aeromonas hydrophila, A. salmonicida; Vibrio fischeri, V. harveyi, V. parahaemolyticus; Photobacterium damselae, P. leiognathi, P. phosphoreum) using three sets of triplex real-time PCR assays and TaqMan probes labelled with fluorophores (FAM, NED, Cy5). We assayed 266 specimens (109 blood, 157 tissues) from 43 victims, including 32 who had drowned in rivers, ditches, wells, sea or around estuaries. All lung samples of these 32 victims were TaqMan PCR-positive including the lung periphery into which water does not readily enter postmortem. On the other hand, findings in blood and/or closed organs (kidney or liver) were PCR-positive in 84% of the drowned victims (except for those who drowned in baths) although the conventional test detected diatoms in closed organs in only 44% of the victims. Thus, the results of the PCR assay reinforced those of diatom tests when only a few diatoms were detectable in organs due to the low density of diatoms in the water where they were found. Multiplex TaqMan PCR assays for bacterioplankton were rapid, less laborious and high-throughput as well as sensitive and specific. Therefore, these assays would be useful for routine forensic screening tests to estimate the amount and type of aspirated water.     

检测浮游生物叶绿素相关基因诊断溺死的实验研究

目的评估浮游生物叶绿素相关基因检测用于溺死诊断的价值。方法将18只大白兔随机分为溺死组（n=10）、死后抛尸组（n=6）和对照组（n=2）,各组分别取心血及肺、肝、肾、脑组织,分离浮游生物并提取其DNA,用PCR技术检测叶绿素相关基因EG（EG1和EG2）及SK（SK1和SK2）。同时用硝酸消化法检验肺和肝组织中的硅藻。结果溺死组心血及肺、肝、肾、脑组织中EG1分别检出9、10、9、7和8例阳性,EG2分别检出8、10、7、5和7例阳性;死后抛尸组仅在心血和肺组织中各检出1例EG1阳性;对照组各组织均未检出EG1和EG2。SK1、SK2除在溺死组心血、肺和肾有少数检出外（≤2例）,在其他组未检出扩增产物。硝酸消化法从溺死组肺、肝组织中分别有9例及3例检出硅藻,死后抛尸组仅在1例肺组织中检出。结论浮游生物叶绿素相关基因EG用于溺死诊断的阳性检出率要高于硝酸消化法,在溺死诊断中具有较高的应用价值。     

The forensic medical evaluation of the results of determining diatomaceous plankton in the diagnosis of drowning

Evaluation of demonstrative value of method based on diatom plankton determination as a diagnostical sign of death due to drowning was performed. Plankton was detected in the viscera in 37% of cases (as a whole 376 bodies of people who drowned in fresh water were examined). Plankton was detected in aspiration type of drowning and its mixed variant. In spastic and reflector types of drowning plankton wasn't detected. According to author's opinion this method is an objective diagnostical test to determine the cause of death of people when their bodies are found in water.     

Selective culturing and genus-specific PCR detection for identification of Aeromonas in tissue samples to assist the medico-legal diagnosis of death by drowning

The detection of autochthonous aquatic bacteria in tissue samples from drowning cases is increasingly considered as an alternative approach to assist the medico-legal diagnosis of death by drowning. Bacteria belonging to the genus Aeromonas may be suitable candidates for this application as they are ubiquitous in natural aquatic environments but are generally not part of the human microbiota. The research aims of this study were (i) to develop a sensitive, specific and rapid screening and confirmation method for Aeromonas species in tissue samples and (ii) to evaluate aseptic sternal puncture as a post-mortem sample technique and bone marrow as an alternative matrix to provide evidence of death by drowning. The presence of Aeromonas in tissue samples was verified by cultivation using the selective media Ampicillin Dextrin Agar (ADA) and Ryan's Aeromonas Medium. The use of ADA medium was found most optimal for the sensitive, inexpensive and quick detection of aeromonads in human tissue samples. Positive culture plates were confirmed by harvesting all colonies for DNA extraction and subsequent PCR amplification using Aeromonas genus-specific primers. Aeromonads were detected in lung swab, blood and bone marrow of drowned bodies (n=3), but were negative in these three matrices for all negative controls (n=90) tested. Bone marrow proved to be a suitable alternative matrix and can be sampled post-mortem by an aseptic sternal puncture. In conclusion, this study confirms previous indications that aeromonads in cultures from blood of water bodies can be considered a potential marker for drowning. Given the fact that the number of immersed bodies (drowned and non-drowned) included in this study is statistically not significant, however, more tissue samples need to be investigated to confirm the validity of these methods to aid the diagnosis of death by wet drowning.     

辽宁清河、棋盘山两座水库中硅藻种群及数量变化规律的法医学研究

目的研究辽宁清河、棋盘山两座中小型水库中硅藻种群及数量可能存在的区域性和时间性差异,拟为法医相关检案明确死因、规范现场水样提取方法及正确分析落水地点提供科学依据。方法选择辽宁境内棋盘山秀湖和铁岭清河两座水库作为研究对象,2012年春季（5月）及夏季（8月）分别在水库最宽段从岸边向水库中心以一定间距设点取样,观察硅藻种群及数量的变化。结果硅藻数量由岸边向水库中心呈现最低-增多-最多-减少-稳定的变化趋势,岸边硅藻数量最少,近岸带硅藻数量达峰值,之后硅藻数量降低,经一段水域过渡之后在水库中心区域硅藻数量趋于稳定;同一观测点春季硅藻数量明显多于夏季;岸边及近岸带以羽纹纲硅藻为主,在过渡区域,中心纲硅藻与羽纹纲硅藻混杂出现,水库中心区域内中心纲硅藻占绝对优势。结论水库型静水水体中,硅藻种群和数量存在区域性及时间性差异,合理布点取水,对于比对和分析现场水样与死者脏器中硅藻种群及数量至关重要。     

Detection of diatom in formalin-fixed tissue by proteinase K digestion

The diatoms detection has been proposed to be useful in the diagnosis of drowning. Enzymatic digestion of unfixed lung tissues and other organs with proteinase K is widely employed to detect diatoms. Handling unfixed organs or blood from the bodies with some infectious diseases could prove to be dangerous. In this study, we examined the application of enzymatic digestion for diatom detection to formalin-fixed lung obtained at autopsy. Furthermore, we assessed the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the contamination of the lung specimen with foreign bodies inhaled in the course of drowning, smoking, or air pollution. Formalin-fixed lung was heated in 0.01 M Tris–HCl buffer (pH 7.5) containing sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (tissue lysis-buffer), with or without glycine. Thereafter, the lung was subjected to enzymatic digestion with proteinase K. A part of formalin-fixed or unfixed samples digested with proteinase K were incubated with hydrogen peroxide at 80 °C for 6 h or 12 h, while the residues were processed without incubation. Formalin-fixed samples heated in tissue lysis-buffer with glycine could be digested with proteinase K; further, the number and proportion of diatoms detected in both formalin-fixed and unfixed samples were observed to be similar. The results suggest that enzymatic detection of diatoms can be applied to formalin-fixed organs by heating the samples in glycine-containing tissue lysis-buffer. As the use of formalin-fixed tissue for diatom detection can decrease risk of contamination by pathogenic organisms during the course of enzymatic digestion, the method presented in this study would be beneficial, to some extent, to individuals performing diatom analysis. Moreover, our results suggest that archival organs stored in formalin solution could be available in diatom detection over a long time-period following autopsies. Clearer image of diatoms was observed in the specimen incubated with hydrogen peroxide for 6 h, in which inhaled foreign bodies were discolored, than those not subjected to incubation. Therefore, incubation of sample digested with hydrogen peroxide in the limited time would be helpful for quantitative and qualitative diatom analysis.