酸性环境介导皮质神经元损伤及阻断酸敏感离子通道1α的神经保护作用

目的 探讨脑梗死模型中酸性环境能否介导皮质神经元损伤及阻断酸敏感离子通道1α（acidsensing ion channels1α，ASIC1α）的神经保护作用。方法 制作缺氧细胞模型、脑梗死动物模型，检测ASIC1α阻断剂对乳酸脱氢酸（lactate dehydrogenase，LDH）释放率、大鼠行为学、脑梗死体积以及ASIC1蛋白表达的影响。结果 酸性环境可以损伤皮质神经元，加重缺氧对细胞的毒性作用，经侧脑室注射ASIC1α阻断剂可以改善脑梗死大鼠的行为学改变，梗死体积明显减小（P〈0.05）；随梗死时间延长，缺血半暗带ASIC1表达增加，在缺血后24h表达量较明显。结论 酸性环境导致皮质神经元损伤，其损伤机制与缺血后神经元ASIC1α开放以及表达增加有关；阻断ASIC1α具有神经保护作用。     

切开复位内固定治疗股骨髁间骨折

目的探讨股骨髁间骨折的切开复位内固定临床价值。方法自1995年7月～2001年12月,采用切开复位,普通钢板、95°角钢板、DCS或髁部支撑钢板等内固定治疗股骨髁间骨折32例。根据AO/ASIF分类,C1型13例,C2型10例,C3型9例。根据术前术后X线片及术后膝关节功能恢复情况评价内固定效果。结果27例获得随访,随访时间9个月～7年,根据Sanders评分标准,优14例,良9例,差4例。结论切开复位内固定是治疗股骨髁间骨折的理想选择。     

锌及复合微量营养素的营养干预对学龄前儿童蛋白质营养状况的影响

选择重庆市近郊农村学龄前儿童１４０名，男、女各半，随机分为单纯补锌组、补锌及复合微量营养素组和单纯补充微量营养素组，另一组为对照。实验组每组４０人，对照组为２０人，进行１０周营养干预实验。结果显示，在补锌的同时服用硒、锰、维生素Ａ等多种微量营养素或单纯补充多种微量营养素均能有效改善受试儿童体内锌营养状况，使血浆中前白蛋白、转铁蛋白、铜蓝蛋白含量增加，血清中多种必需及非必需氨基酸，３甲基组氨酸浓度下降。提示，儿童营养状况改善后其体内蛋白质合成代谢加强，而分解减少，这种变化除缘于血清锌含量增加外，可能还与其它微量营养素的作用有关。而单纯补锌儿童血清锌变化并不显著，血清中几种转运蛋白与对照均无明显差异。     

A subpopulation of bone marrow-derived macrophage-like cells shares a unique ion channel pattern with microglia.

Rat microglia share a number of antigenic, functional, and morphological similarities with macrophages from other tissues, but are characterized by a distinctly different pattern of ion channels in the cellular membrane (Kettenmann et al., J Neurosci Res 26:278-287, 1990). Macrophages typically express outward and inward K+ currents. In contrast, microglia lack outward currents and only show inwardly rectifying K+ currents, regardless of the isolation or cultivation method employed for microglia. In this study we demonstrate that a subpopulation of bone marrow-derived macrophage-like cells possesses inward rectifier K+ currents, but no outward currents and thus with regard to the electrophysiological characteristics closely resembles microglia. A second population of bone marrow-derived macrophage-like cells shows the usual channel pattern described for other body macrophages. Our results strengthen the hypothesis that in the bone marrow distinct pools of precursor cells exist, possibly reflecting an early differential lineage determination for body and brain macrophages, i.e., microglia.     

大肠杆菌表达耐热DNA聚合酶的纯化和鉴定

目的探讨工程菌表达的耐热ＤＮＡ聚合酶的纯化方法。②方法收集ＩＰＴＧ诱导带有耐热ＤＮＡ聚合酶（ＴＤ聚合酶）基因表达质粒的工程菌株ＤＨ－ＴＤ４，用溶菌酶裂解，６０℃处理后，上清液用硫酸铵沉淀，根据溶解度差异进行粗分级，然后进行离子交换层析细分级，并经聚合酶链式反应（ＰＣＲ扩增）鉴定其活性。③结果纯化的ＴＤ聚合酶具有良好的聚合活性。④结论溶解度差异与离子交换层析是工程菌表达的耐热ＤＮＡ聚合酶纯化的主要步骤。基因工程制备的ＤＮＡ聚合酶可用于ＰＣＲ检测     

Interaction of Nucleoside Analogues with the Sodium–Nucleoside Transport System in Brush Border Membrane Vesicles from Human Kidney

The therapeutic efficacy of nucleosides and nucleoside analogues as antitumor, antiviral, antiparasitic, and antiarrhythmic agents has been well documented. Pharmacokinetic studies suggest that many of these compounds are actively transported in the kidney. The goal of this study was to determine if therapeutically relevant nucleosides or analogues interact with the recently characterized Na⁺-driven nucleoside transport system of the brush border membrane of the human kidney. Brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were prepared from human kidney by divalent cation precipitation and differential centrifugation. The initial Na⁺-driven ³H-uridine uptake into vesicles was determined by rapid filtration. The effect of several naturally occurring nucleosides (cytidine, thymidine, adenosine), a pyrimidine base (uracil), a nucleotide (UMP), and several synthetic nucleoside analogues [zidovudine (AZT), cytarabine (Ara-C), and dideoxycytidine (ddC)] on Na⁺–uridine transport was determined. At a concentration of 100 µM the naturally occurring nucleosides, uracil, and UMP significantly inhibited Na+-uridine transport, whereas the three synthetic nucleoside analogues did not. Adenosine competitively inhibited Na+-uridine uptake with a K _i of 26.4 µM (determined by constructing a Dixon plot). These data suggest that naturally occurring nucleosides are substrates of the Na⁺–nucleoside transport system in the renal brush border membrane, whereas synthetic nucleoside analogues with modifications on the ribose ring are not. The K _i of adenosine is higher than clinically observed concentrations and suggests that the system may play a physiologic role in the disposition of this nucleoside.     

锌指蛋白440在人膝关节OA软骨细胞损伤中的促进作用及机制

探讨锌指蛋白440（ZNF440）在膝关节（Knee）骨性关节炎（OA）软骨细胞损伤和退化变性病理生理学中的作用。方法 Knee软骨中分离人软骨细胞,分为对照组、Knee OA组、ZNF440-GFP（绿色荧光蛋白）组、ZNF440-siRNA组和Scriptaid组。通过免疫组化和Western blotting测定ZNF440在Knee OA软骨中的表达。用ZNF440-GFP过表达和ZNF440-siRNA转染细胞,并给予白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)刺激。分别用qPCR和WB检测分解代谢、合成代谢和凋亡相关标志物的mRNA和蛋白表达水平。生物信息学分析有可能抑制ZNF440表达的化合物。结果 与对照组相比,ZNF440在Knee OA软骨中的表达有所增加(P＜0.05);ZNF440过表达明显增加基质金属蛋白酶（MMP）13和PARP p85的表达,并降低COL2A1表达(P＜0.05);siRNA敲除ZNF440可部分逆转IL-1β刺激诱导的人Knee OA软骨细胞的分解代谢和细胞凋亡(P＜0.05)。通过生物信息学分析和验证实验,确定Scriptaid是一种有可能下调ZNF440表达的化合物。Scriptaid处理可降低OA软骨细胞中ZNF440的表达,同时降低过表达ZNF440的人Knee OA软骨细胞中MMP13和PARP p85的表达(P＜0.05)。结论 ZNF440在人Knee OA软骨中的表达明显增加,可能通过调节细胞中炎症、分解代谢和凋亡标志物的表达参与软骨退行性机制。此外,Scriptaid可降低ZNF440的表达,并抑制其在OA软骨细胞中的破坏作用     

Evaluation of the osmoregulatory function of taurine in brain cells

Summary Homogenous primary cultures of mouse astrocytes and cortical neurons were used to clarify the role of taurine in ion and osmoregulation in the CNS. This study indicates that both neurons and glial cells have uptake systems for taurine. The cell water content does not change during loading of cells with taurine. Chemical analysis indicates that part of the accumulated taurine is metabolized and that the product(s) are stored in the cells. Extracellular taurine (1 mM) has no effect on K⁺, Na⁺, Cl^-, or Ca²⁺ movements in astrocytes. However, astrocytes loaded to a taurine content which corresponds a concentration of 60 mM (corresponds to normal mouse cortex levels) show a 50% reduction in their K⁺ accumulation by carriers and a 100% increase in Ca²⁺ turnover rates. Movements of Ca²⁺ and K⁺ are involved in neurotransmission. It appears that taurine stored in glial cells, has an important effect on ion homeostasis in the CNS and may act indirectly on neuronal excitability.     

Characterization of the antisecretory action of prostaglandin D2 in the rat colon

Previous studies have shown that prostaglandin D₂ (PGD₂) inhibits neuronally mediated secretion in the rat colon. This antisecretory action of PGD₂ was further characterized by the use of a prostaglandin D receptor blocker. Prostaglandin D₂ inhibited the neuronally mediated short-circuit current evoked by prostaglandin I₂, which represents Cl^- secretion. The concentration-response curve for the inhibition by PGD₂ was shifted to the right in the presence of the prostaglandin D receptor blocker, AH 6809. AH 6809 had no effect on the short-circuit current response induced by prostaglandin E₂ or iloprost, a stable prostaglandin I₂ analogue, suggesting an interaction of the blocker with receptors specific for PGD₂. A direct interaction of PGD₂ with enteric neurones was studied by determining its effect on acetylcholine release from enteric neurones preloaded with [³H]choline. Prostaglandin D₂ suppressed ³H release induced by electric field stimulation. It had, however, no effect on the release induced by depolarization with potassium. The results suggest that the inhibitory action of PGD₂ on enteric cholinergic neurones is mediated by prostaglandin D receptors.     

Distribution of neurons of origin of zinc-containing projections in the amygdala of the rat

The present study describes the distribution of neurons of origin of zinc-containing pathways in the amygdaloid complex of the rat, using the selenium method for simultaneous retrograde labeling of all zinc-containing neurons. With this method, vesicular ionic zinc is precipitated intravitally with selenium compounds and transported retrogradely to the parent neurons, where it can be visualized by silver amplification. Neurons labeled retrogradely with silver-amplified precipitate were observed in all amygdaloid nuclei except for the lateral olfactory tract nucleus, the accessory olfactory tract nucleus and the central nucleus. Very few labeled cell bodies were seen in the anterior amygdaloid area and the medial nucleus. The amygdalo-hippocampal area and the amygdalo-piriform transition area both showed a substantial number of labeled somata throughout their rostrocaudal extent. In the anterior cortical nucleus, very few labeled cell bodies were found in the rostral pole, whereas they were abundant in the caudal quarter of the nucleus. In the posterolateral cortical nucleus, the number of labeled cell bodies increased gradually; there were none in the rostral pole, but most of the neurons in the caudal part were labeled. The posteromedial cortical nucleus contained a great number of labeled somata, but with some variation in the rostrocaudal extent of the nucleus. Considerable numbers of labeled neurons were observed throughout the lateral nucleus. In the basolateral nucleus, a small number of labeled cell bodies was present in the rostral half, but a gradual increase was observed in the caudal direction. Finally, in the basomedial nucleus, very few labeled cell bodies were present in the rostral two-thirds, whilst a considerable number was encountered in the caudal one-third. Possible functional implications of neuronal zinc are considered. The distribution of neurons of origin of zinc-containing projections has been compared with previously described intrinsic connections of the rat amygdala, and tracts that may possibly be zinc-containing are outlined and discussed. It is concluded that in all probability a substantial proportion of the intrinsic connectivity of the rat amygdaloid complex is zinc-containing.The authors thank Ms. M. Sørensen, Mrs. A. Lyhr, Mr. A. Meier and Mrs. K. Wiedemann for excellent technical help.