五种免疫相关性心血管疾病的免疫学研究

对扩张型心肌病、风湿性心脏病，原发性高血压，冠心病及肥厚型心肌病进行外周血清可溶性白细胞介素２受体，Ｔ淋巴细胞亚群及自然杀伤细胞活性的检测，并与健康对照组比较，结果显示：ＤＣＭ组，ＲＨＤ组及ＥＨＴ组的ｓＩＬ－２Ｒ明显高于ＮＣ组，而ＤＣＭ、ＲＨＤ风湿活动组的ＮＫ活性低于ＮＣ组，ＥＨＴ组ＮＫ活性高于ＮＣ组。     

Altered gating and conductance of Na+ channels in hyperkalemic periodic paralysis

Electrophysiological studies on muscle fibres from patients with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis with myotonia have shown that the episodes of weakness are caused by a sustained depolarization of the sarcolemma to potentials between -40 and -60 mV. In muscle fibre segments from three such patients this sustained depolarization was caused by noninactivating Na⁺ channels with reduced single-channel conductance blocked by TTX and procainamide. As the chloride conductance was normal, myotonia may be best explained with the abnormal reopenings of the Na⁺ channels. The recently described genetic linkage between hyperkalemic periodic paralysis with myotonia and the gene coding for the TTX-sensitive Na⁺ channel suggests an altered primary structure of this channel causing its abnormal function.     

Myocarditis: unresolved issues in diagnosis and treatment

Myocarditis is an enigmatic disease. Lymphocytic myocarditis is most commonly viral in origin. Considerable evidence suggests that myocardial damage is due to an immune-mediated mechanism rather than to direct effects of the virus itself. The presentation is variable, ranging from a clinically inapparent or relatively benign illness to acute progressive heart failure and death. Although examination of the endomyocardial biopsy specimen is the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of myocarditis there are problems with this technique, relating particularly to sampling error and histologic interpretation. Considerable evidence, both animal and human, suggests that a link between viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy does exist. There is a rational basis for the use of immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis. Although many favorable responses have been reported with the use of these agents, the results of more definitive studies are awaited to determine the role of immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis more clearly. Recommendations for the practical management of patients with myocarditis are made. Whenever possible, patients with this diagnosis should be entered into the ongoing NIH trial.     

Clinical and familial study of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Objective　To explore the characteristics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Methods　Seven patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and 34 members of three families were studied. All patients and family members underwent history collection, clinical examination, electrocardiogram (ECG), two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE) and a signal averaging electrocardiogram. Programmed ventricular stimulation was performed in five patients. Results　All patients and family members had normal morphologic characteristics and normal function of the left ventricular by 2-DE. Fourteen persons had abnormal findings indicating ARVC. Five had enlargement of the right ventricular with diffused hypocontractility, eight had thin and systolic bulging in the focal anterior wall with hypokinesia and one had bulging of the inferior wall. Twenty-five persons (seven patients and 18 family members) had abnormal findings in ECG. Positive ventricular late potential was recorded in 13 persons (six patients). Two to three monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with left bundle branch block (LBBB) configurations were induced in five patients. Ventricular fibrillation was induced in two patients during the electrophysiologic study (EPS). Five patients had very high pacing threshold and/or ineffective pacing in one or many regions of the right ventricle. Two members of one family died suddenly. One member was a dwarf with ARVC. Spontaneous VT with a left bundle branch block (LBBB) configuration was recorded in five patients, polymorphic VT with extremely short coupling interval in one, and premature ventricular complexes with LBBB configuration in 12 (six patients). Conclusion　Our familial study strongly suggests that ARVC may be a hereditary disease and it is helpful in the diagnosis and detection of ARVC. The most common manifestations were abnormal structure and function of the right ventricle and abnormal ECG of repolarization and ventricular arrhythmia which originates from the right ventricle.     

全外显子组测序和目标序列靶向捕获测序在遗传性视网膜变性基因诊断中的差异

目的:对比外显子组测序(whole exome sequencing,WES)和目标序列靶向捕获测序检测中国遗传性视网膜变性(inherited retinal dystrophies,IRDs)患者致病基因变异的差异。方法:收集182例IRDs家系,所有先证者均接受系统的眼科检查和必要的全身检查,采集患者及家属血样并提取基因组DNA。按照就诊的时间顺序将患者平均分为两组,一组91例接受WES,另一组91例应用本课题组设计并定制的“遗传性眼病基因诊断芯片” (hereditary eye disease enrichment panel,HEDEP)进行IRDs致病基因外显子区域靶向捕获测序。对候选致病基因用Sanger测序进行验证,并对家系成员进行共分离分析,使用多重连接依赖的探针扩增技术对拷贝数变异进行验证,针对二代测序捕获效率低的区域如RPGR ORF15区,应用Sanger 测序补充检测。根据美国医学遗传学与基因组学学会和分子病理学协会(American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology,ACMG/AMP)制定的《ACMG/AMP基因变异分类标准与指南》将检测到的所有基因变异进行分类,本文只包含“致病的”、“可能致病的”的基因变异,不包含“意义不明确的”、“可能良性的”和“良性的”基因变异。结果:应用HEDEP确诊的家系共51例,阳性率为56.04%(51/91);应用WES确诊的家系共30例,阳性率为33.00%(30/91);总阳性率44.51%(81/182)。平均测序深度以及测序覆盖度方面,HEDEP优于WES,此外HEDEP具有检测拷贝数变异潜力。本研究共检测到29个IRDs基因的致病突变,最常见的致病基因为USH2A、ABCA4和RPGR,基因突变频率分别为11.54%(21/182)、6.59%(12/182)、3.85%(7/182);共发现43个新的致病突变,并检测到6例家系携带RPGR ORF15区的突变。结论:针对临床确诊的IRDs病例,HEDEP较WES能获得更高的基因诊断阳性率和更精确的诊断结果,可作为IRDs基因诊断的首选方法,WES可作为其他基因诊断方法的补充手段。同时,本研究丰富了IRDs致病基因的突变频谱,为将来IRDs基因诊断、遗传咨询和基因治疗奠定了基础。     

遗传性无综合征耳聋一家系畸变产物耳声发射测试

目的　探索遗传性进行性无综合征耳聋患者的听功能改变特点。方法　一个常染色体显性遗传进行性无综合征耳聋家系 5 2名成员及听力正常组 15名 ,进行了纯音测试及畸变产物耳声发射 (distortionproductotoacousticemissions,DPOAE)测试。结果　无综合征耳聋家系中 34名成员纯音测试为感音神经性聋 ,其中纯音听阈均值 (puretoneaverage ,PTA)≥ 40dB的 15例 (2 9耳 )DPOAE反应缺失 ,PTA≤ 35dB伴高频下降的 12例 (2 3耳 )DPOAE高频或高、中频振幅下降或缺失 ;2 1名 (42耳 )纯音听阈正常成员中 ,有 12例 (15耳 )DPOAE高频或高、中频振幅下降或缺失。结论　DPOAE能鉴别出耳蜗亚临床的病理改变 ,对该病的早期诊断 ,遗传咨询有指导意义。     

QT Dispersion Level and Its Clinical Significance.in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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正常及突变MyBPC与肌凝蛋白结合功能的对比研究

目的　比较正常及突变 My BPC与肌凝蛋白的结合功能 .方法　重叠 PCR法制备正常及突变 My BPC的表达载体 ,大肠杆菌 BL- 2 1中表达并提纯蛋白 . 10 0 μL 含 2 .2 μmol· L- 1肌凝蛋白溶液中 ,分别加入不同浓度 My BPC蛋白 ,经离心、 SDS- PAGE,密度法测定两者的结合率 .结果　3774D1 8,32 2 3S1 4 0 结合率分别为 (6 8.2 0± 1.72 ) % ,(2 4.41±2 .10 ) % ,较正常 My BPC (82 .70± 2 .44 ) %显著降低 (n=5 ,P<0 .0 1) .结论　为家族性肥厚型心肌病突变基因的“肽类毒剂”致病学说提供了依据     

Clinicopathological features of hereditary breast cancer

The possible role of germline mutations ofBRCA1 andBRCA2 as causative agents of familial breast cancer was assessed. Their possible involvement in the carcinogenesis of hereditary breast cancer was investigated using 63 clinically suspect families. Twenty-one lineages (33.3%) had mutations in one of the twoBRCA genes. This relatively low incidence suggested that germline mutations in unknown genes are involved in the carcinogenesis of hereditary breast cancer in the Japanese population. However, the clinicopathological features characteristic of hereditary breast cancer, such as early disease onset, a high incidence of bilateral breast cancer, and a high incidence of multiple primary carcinomas in other organs were confirmed in the present study.     

Dramatic improvement of severe dilated cardiomyopathy in an acromegalic patient after treatment with octreotide and trans-sphenoidal surgery

Severe congestive heart failure developed in an acromegalicpatient, and was successfully treated with octreotide followedby trans-sphenoidal surgery. Clinical, hormonal echocardiographicand haemodynamic findings as well as histological heart examinationbefore and after treatment revealed tliat over-production ofgrowth hormone may induce the myocardial cell degeneration responsiblefor mechanical heart dysfunction. In addition, this unique exampledemonstrates the reversibility of myocardial damage followingoctreotide and trans-sphenoidal surgery, leading to significantimprovement in cardiac function with minimal diastolic dysfunctionand moderate interstitial fibrosis.