背根神经节Nav1.8磷酸化在大鼠糖尿病痛性周围神经病变中的作用

目的 本研究采用射频热凝毁损腰交感神经节,探讨背根神经节（DRG）Nav1．8磷酸化在大鼠糖尿病痛性周围神经病变中的作用。方法 采用腹腔注射链尿佐菌素诱导糖尿病痛性周围神经病变大鼠模型,取造模成功的大鼠20只,随机分为糖尿病对照组（D组）及交感神经节射频热凝组（R组）,每组10只,另取10只同月龄大鼠为正常对照组（C组）。R组大鼠在X光机介导下行右侧L3,4椎旁腰交感神经节射频热凝毁损。分别于射频热凝前、射频热凝后1、2周时,采用von Frey纤维丝测定大鼠右侧后爪对机械性刺激缩足反应的阈值（PWT）;射频热凝后2周,采用Western-blotting方法测定DRG细胞Nav1．8蛋白和苏氨酸磷酸化Nav1．8蛋白表达,并采用透射电镜观察大鼠腓肠神经超微病理结构。结果 与C组比较,射频热凝前D组和R组PWT降低（P＜0．01）。射频热凝后1～2周,R组较D组PWT升高,但仍较C组降低（P＜0．05）。C组髓鞘排列均匀,轴突内可见形态正常的线粒体;D组脱髓鞘明显,髓鞘板层排列紊乱、断裂、肿胀;R组脱髓鞘程度明显减轻,髓鞘板层局部排列紊乱、空泡形成。与C组比较,D组和R组Nav1．8蛋白表达降低（P＜0．05）,而苏氨酸磷酸化Nav1．8蛋白表达增高（P＜0．01）;R组苏氨酸磷酸化Nav1．8蛋白表达低于D组（P＜0．05）。结论 DRG细胞Nav1．8的磷酸化可能是糖尿病痛性周围神经病变大鼠痛觉过敏形成的机制之一。     

硬膜外腔注射生理盐水对剖宫产术患者腰麻效果的影响

目的探讨硬膜外腔注射生理盐水对剖宫产术患者腰麻效果的影响。方法择期行子宫下段剖宫产术患者60例,年龄24～30岁,体重59～73 kg,随机分为2组,每组30例,A组蛛网膜下腔注射规定剂量的0.75%布比卡因后硬膜外腔注射生理盐水5 ml;B组蛛网膜下腔注射0.75%布比卡因。按序贯法进行试验,设定布比卡因的起始剂量为9 mg,剂量梯度为1.5 mg,若上一例有效,则下一例递减一个剂量梯度,若无效则下一例递增一个剂量梯度,蛛网膜下腔阻滞有效的标准为注射布比卡因后20 min内阻滞上平面达T5。采用概率单位法计算ED50。结果A组布比卡因的ED50（5.8 mg）低于B组（8.1 mg）,两组比值为0.72,95%置信区间为0.27～0.98,区间范围不包括1,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论硬膜外腔注射生理盐水可增强剖宫产术患者腰麻的效果。     

透明质酸钠粉雾剂防治开腹术后腹腔粘连的实验研究

为观察透明质酸钠粉雾剂防治开腹术后粘连的作用并探讨其作用机制，将30只大鼠均分为A、B两组，开腹摩擦回肠肠管形成腹腔粘连，B组损伤局部应用透明质酸钠粉雾剂，3周后观察粘连状况。结果两组共死亡3只，A组Ⅱ级粘连3只，Ⅲ级10只；B组0级、Ⅰ级及Ⅲ级各为2、11和1只，经秩和检验两组有显著性差异（P＜0．05）。表明透明质酸钠粉雾剂可有效防止或减轻大鼠术后腹腔粘连，为临床防治开腹术后粘连及其并发症提供了一种简便、有效的方法。     

高效液相色谱法测定人血清中丙戊酸钠的含量

建立了ＨＰＬＣ方法测定人血清中丙戊酸钠的药物浓度。采用反相柱和乙腈－水（６０∶４０）作为流动相，庚酸作为内标，血样经提取后，用４－溴甲基－６，７－二甲氧基香豆素衍生化，测定波长设在λＳ３２５ｎｍ和λＲ３９８ｎｍ，内标庚酸的保留时间为４．５７ｍｉｎ，丙戊酸钠的保留时间为５．２１ｍｉｎ，线性范围为２～１５０μｇ／ｍｌ。测定了１０名健康受试者单次口服丙戊酸钠片剂后不同时间的血药浓度。     

Ion channel expression by white matter glia: I. Type 2 astrocytes and oligodendrocytes

White matter is a compact structure consisting primarily of neuronal axons and glial cells. As in other parts of the nervous system, the function of glial cells in white matter is poorly understood. We have explored the electrophysiological properties of two types of glial cells found predominantly in white matter: type 2 astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Whole-cells and single-channel patch-clamp techniques were used to study these cell types in postnatal rat optic nerve cultures prepared according to the procedures of Raff et al. (Nature, 303:390-396, 1983b). Type 2 astrocytes in culture exhibit a "neuronal" channel phenotype, expressing at least six distinct ion channel types. With whole-cell recording we observed three inward currents: a voltage-sensitive sodium current qualitatively similar to that found in neurons and both transient and sustained calcium currents. In addition, type 2 astrocytes had two components of outward current: a delayed potassium current which activated at 0 mV and an inactivating calcium-dependent potassium current which activated at -30 mV. Type 2 astrocytes in culture could be induced to fire single regenerative potentials in response to injections of depolarizing current. Single-channel recording demonstrated the presence of an outwardly rectifying chloride channel in both type 2 astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, but this channel could only be observed in excised patches. Oligodendrocytes expressed only one other current: an inwardly rectifying potassium current that is mediated by 30- and 120-pS channels. Because these channels preferentially conduct potassium from outside to inside the cell, and because they are open at the resting potential of the cell, they would be appropriate for removing potassium from the extracellular space; thus it is proposed that oligodendrocytes, besides myelinating axons, play an important role in potassium regulation in white matter. The conductances present in oligodendrocytes suggest a "modulated Boyle and Conway mechanism" of potassium accumulation.     

Enhancement of blood-brain barrier permeability to sodium fluorescein by stimulation of µ opioid receptors in mice

Summary The effects of opioids on the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were examined in mice with sodium fluorescein as an indicator of the permeability. The brain was perfused with saline 30 min after injection of sodium fluorescein (40 mg/kg, i. v.) and examined by fluorometry. Morphine hydrochloride (0.3–10 mg/kg, s. c.) markedly increased the brain level of sodium fluorescein dose-dependently without influencing the plasma level, when administered 20 min before sodium fluorescein injection. Intracerebroventricularly (i. c. v.) injected morphine hydrochloride (0.5 and 1.0 Erg) increased the brain sodium fluorescein level. Buprenorphine (0.1 and 0.5 mg/kg, s. c.) was also effective. However, pentazocine, ethylketazocine, U-50488H and SKF-10047 had no significant influence. The i.c.v. administration of [D-Ala², McPhe⁴, Gly(ol)⁵]enkephalin (0.1 g) and [D-Ala², D-Leu⁵]enkephalin (0.5 g) but not of [D-Thr², Leu⁵]enkephalin-Thr increased the brain level of sodium fluorescein significantly. A small dose of naloxone (i. p.) significantly inhibited the effects of morphine, buprenorphine, [D-Ala², McPhe⁴, Gly(ol)⁵]enkephalin and [D-Ala³, D-Leu⁵]enkephalin. ICI-174864 co-administered i. c. v. with [D-Ala², D-Leu⁵]enkephalin was ineffective in antagonizing the effect of the latter. These findings suggest that the stimulation of µ opioid receptors results in an increase in BBB permeability to sodium fluorescein. Send offprint requests to K. Saeki     

A cAMP-activated chloride channel in the plasma membrane of cultured human gastric cells (HGT-1)

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) secretion by gastric parietal cells involves an apical Cl^– conductance, the properties of which have not been defined. In the present study, forskolin and histamine [agonists that increase intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)], and dibutyryl cAMP, activated channels in previously quiescent cell-attached membrane patches on cultured human gastric cells (HGT-1). In the cell-attached configuration (Cl^–149 mmol/ 1 in bath and pipette), channels exhibited outward rectification, voltage dependence, inward current (–0.7 pA) at zero holding potential and a reversal potential of +24 mV, consistent with the presence of a Cl^– conductive pathway. In excised inside-out patches, channels (i) exhibited degrees of outward rectification and voltage dependence that were comparable to those seen in cell-attached patches, (ii) demonstrated a –21 mV shift of their reversal potential when bath Cl^– was decreased from 149 mmol/l to 53 mmol/l (calculated Cl^–:cation permeability ratio 171), and (iii) were highly sensitive to the Cl^– channel blocker diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (DPC, 10^–3 mol/l). This cAMP-activated Cl^– channel bears many similarities to other Cl^– channels within intestinal epithalia, and may represent the apical Cl^– channel operating in HCl-secreting gastric parietal cells.     

Anion channels in a leaky epithelium

We have used the patch-clamp technique to characterize three anion channels in the ventricular membrane of the choroid plexus epithelium from Necturus. The most frequently occurring channel had a nonlinear IV-curve. The conductance in excised patches with 112 mM chloride at both sides was 28 pS at 0 mV, increasing towards positive membrane potentials. The selectivity ratios were P _NaP _Cl 0.1 and . SITS and furosemide (1 mM) on the inside reduces chloride flux to 0.15 and 0.37 times the control value. In attached patches, the most commonly observed channel had a conductance of 7.5 pS. The single-channel current for this channel reversed direction at 15 mV hyperpolarization, indicating accumulation of chloride to a factor of 1.8 above equilibrium. External stimulation of the tissue by theophylline, IBMX and dbcAMP, or by hypotonic shock did not increase the activity of this channel. In very few excised patches, we have observed a chloride channel with a conductance of 7 pS with 112 mM chloride at both sides. The 7 pS channel appears to be identical to a 2 pS channel found in attached patches. The 2 pS channel was not normally active in attached patches but was activated in 28% of the patches by external stimulation. Finally, in few excised patches we have found a 375 pS channel which inactivates within seconds when membrane potential is stepped from 0 mV to a value that differs more than 10–20 mV from zero. The channel did not conduct gluconate but and P _NaP _Cl 0.1. Internal SITS and furosemide (1 mM) reduced chloride flux to 0.3 and 0.5 times the control value. The channel was never seen in attached patches. The current carried through these channels can not account for the transepithelial steady state Cl^–-flux measured by microelectrodes. KCl exit from the cell is suggested to be carried by KCl-cotransport or by channels that are too small to be seen in patch-clamp experiments.     

The effect of harmaline on intestinal sodium transport and on sodium-dependentd-glucose transport in brush-border membrane vesicles from rabbit jejunum

Harmaline inhibition of sodium uptake and of sodium-dependentd-glucose transport was investigated using brush-border membrane vesicles from frozen rabbit jejunum. Under sodium-gradient conditions, initiald-glucose uptake (20 s) was inhibited by harmaline at concentrations above 0.5 mM, but at lower harmaline concentrationsd-glucose uptake was stimulated by 10–15%. When a similar potassium gradient was used, harmaline had no effect. At concentrations upt to 2 mM, harmaline did not alter the equilibrium uptake ofd-glucose ord-mannitol. After pre-equlibration with sodium (25 mM),d-glucose uptake was inhibited at harmaline concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 2 mM. Sodium (10 mM) uptake was also inhibited by harmaline. Increasing the sodium concentration reduced the inhibitory effect of harmaline on tracer sodium uptake as well as on sodium-dependentd-glucose uptake. Similar to phlorizin, harmaline (1 mM) was able to prevent glucose-induced sodium influx across the brush-border membrane.Sodium uptake into brush-border membrane vesicles seems to be inhibited at lower harmaline concentrations than sodium-dependentd-glucose uptake. At high (2 mM) inhibitor concentrations, however, sodium-dependent glucose uptake is more strongly inhibited than sodium uptake. These results suggest that harmaline inhibits both sodium and sodium-dependent transport across intestinal brush-border membranes by interacting with specific sodium-binding sites.     

Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide are raised in essential hypertension during low and high sodium intake

Summary Plasma levels of -human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) were measured in 17 patients with primary hypertension (11 females, 6 males, aged 22–61; blood pressure systolic 154±7 mmHg, diastolic 92±4 mmHg) and in 9 normotensive controls (4 males, 5 females, aged 20–71; blood pressure systolic 117±4 mmHg, diastolic 76±2 mmHg) during unrestricted sodium diet, at the 4th day of a low sodium intake (40–60 mEq/day) and at the 6th day of sodium loading (280–320 mEq/day) both after an overnight rest and after 4 h of upright posture. In the controls, plasma levels of hANP at 8:00 a.m. were lowered from 73±11 to 49±7 pg/ml during low sodium diet and increased to 128±37 pg/ml after high salt intake. Plasma ANP levels were significantly lower after 4 h of upright posture during unrestricted, low and high sodium intake. In the hypertensive group, plasma ANP levels were elevated during unrestricted diet (203±43 pg/ml), during the low sodium period (139±31 pg/ml), and after high sodium intake (267±63 pg/ml) compared to the controls. All levels were lowered by upright posture. The absolute decrease was more pronounced compared to the normotensives, the relative decline was similar in both groups. In the hypertensives, plasma ANP levels significantly correlate with systolic and diastolic blood pressure (r=0.468,r=0.448,P<0.05) and with urinary aldosterone during unrestricted diet (r=0.536,P<0.05). There was an inverse correlation between plasma ANP levels and plasma renin concentration during low and high sodium intake (r=–0.469,r=–0.496,P<0.05).These studies demonstrate raised circulating plasma ANP levels in patients with essential hypertension. The modulation of ANP by different sodium intake and by upright posture is maintained similar to the changes in plasma ANP in normotensive controls. Raised ANP levels in the hypertensives are correlated with low renin secretion and high aldosterone excretion. High ANP levels, therefore, might indicate sodium retention in essential hypertension.Abbreviation ANP atrial natriuretic peptide Supported by a grant from Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, NRW