香烟尘粒对人脐静脉内皮EA.hy926细胞的损伤作用

目的:选用人脐静脉内皮EA.hy926细胞株作为研究对象,观察二甲基亚砜溶解的香烟尘粒(DSP)对人脐静脉内皮EA.hy926细胞生长的影响。方法:以(1、2、4、8)mL/L剂量DSP作量效实验,小剂量DSP(2mL/L)作时效实验,采用MTT比色法和96孔板细胞蛋白测定方法来评价DSP对该细胞株增殖和活性的影响。透射电镜(TEM)观察不同处理因素作用后细胞超微结构变化。结果:DSP能抑制人脐静脉内皮EA.hy926细胞增殖(P<0.05),且对该细胞株具有明显毒性,它能减少细胞蛋白合成(P<0.05)、增加细胞死亡(主要为坏死),作用呈剂量和时间依赖。结论:DSP能损伤血管内皮细胞(VEC)。     

诱骗受体DcR3对佐剂型关节炎大鼠模型的作用分析

目的 研究诱骗受体DcR3 对佐剂型关节炎(AA)大鼠模型的作用及其机理.方法 注射弗式完全佐剂建立大鼠佐剂型关节炎(AA)模型,尾静脉注射DcR3蛋白,观察大鼠关节肿胀度、间接 ELISA 检测血清和滑膜液中细胞因子IL-1 β、TNF-α、IFN-γ的变化.RT-PCR检测滑膜和淋巴细胞中DcR3、Fas、FasL mRNA的表达以及脾脏中TGF-β、IFN-γ、TNF-α、IL-4、IL-10 mRNA的表达.Western blot分析滑膜细胞中Caspase-8、Caspase-3、Caspase-9、Bcl-2蛋白的表达.结果 DcR3 治疗AA大鼠后,足肿胀度降低;血液和滑膜液的IL-1β、TNF-α、IFN-γ水平下降;脾脏中TGF-β、IFN-γ、TNF-α mRNA 表达下调,IL-4、IL-10 mRNA表达上调;滑膜细胞中Caspase-8、Caspase-3蛋白表达上调,Bcl-2蛋白表达下调. 结论 DcR3 可以用于实验性大鼠AA的治疗,其治疗机制与调节滑膜细胞FasL、Fas mRNA的表达和血液淋巴细胞中 Fas mRNA的表达,促进滑膜细胞和自身反应性淋巴细胞的凋亡;调节脾脏细胞Th1/Th2细胞因子平衡相关.本研究为进一步阐明RA的发病机理奠定了重要基础,为有效治疗RA提供了新思路.     

NGF对局灶性脑缺血再灌注大鼠海马CREB表达的上调作用

目的探讨外源性神经生长因子(NGF)对局灶性脑缺血再灌注大鼠海马CREB和磷酸化的CREB(p-CREB)表达的影响。方法用线栓法阻塞大鼠大脑中动脉制作局灶性脑缺血再灌注模型,应用免疫组织化学、W estern B loting和图像分析方法检测大鼠海马CA1区CREB和磷酸化CREB表达。结果假手术组海马CA1区CREB有明显表达,缺血再灌注组CA1区表达较假手术组减少,NGF组CA1区的CREB表达多于缺血再灌注组(P<0.05)。假手术组海马CA1区p-CREB表达很少,缺血再灌注组p-CREB表达多于假手术组,NGF组p-CREB表达多于缺血再灌注组(P<0.05)。结论NGF上调海马CREB和p-CREB的表达,对缺血神经元起保护作用,CREB和p-CREB参与NGF对缺血神经元的保护作用机制。     

大鼠心肌匀浆上清液对骨髓间质干细胞诱导分化的影响

目的：探讨心肌匀浆上清液对大鼠骨髓间质干细胞（MSCs）诱导分化的影响。 方法： 体外分离培养大鼠MSCs，检测纯度。于原代培养第3 d加入自体心肌匀浆上清液持续作用1周。3周后，观察细胞形态，采用免疫细胞化学检测肌球蛋白重链和心肌特异性肌钙蛋白-T，RT-PCR方法检测Nkx2.5、α-MHC和ANP基因的表达。 结果： 大鼠MSCs经诱导后，表达肌球蛋白重链、心肌特异性肌钙蛋白-T和Nkx2.5、α-MHC基因，但未表达ANP基因，也未观察到肌管和闰盘样结构。 结论： 心肌匀浆上清液对MSCs具有定向诱导分化作用，但诱导不完全，具体机制仍需深入研究。     

Total ovarian volume before human chorionic gonadotrophin administration for ovulation induction may predict the hyperstimulation syndrome

Total ovarian volumes were measured before the administrationof HCG in 42 women undergoing treatment for infertility by in-vitrofertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer and considered to havean exaggerated response to stimulation (>20 follicles). Sevenwomen who subsequently developed moderate or severe ovarianhyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) (n = 7; group 1) were comparedwith 35 matched controls (five matched controls per case; n= 35; group 2) of similar age, number of follicles and durationof infertility who underwent follicular stimulation, oocyterecovery, in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer duringthe same period but did not develop moderate or severe OHSS.The mean age, duration of infertility and total number of follicleswere similar but the mean total ovarian volume was significantlyhigher in the group of women who developed moderate or severeOHSS compared with controls (271.00 ± 87.00 versus 157.30± 54.20 ml; P < 0.01). We conclude that total ovarianvolume measured before HCG administration is higher in womenwho develop moderate or severe OHSS compared with controls andmay therefore be used as an additional parameter in the preventativestrategy for the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.     

Antigen presentation by macrophages is enhanced by the uptake of necrotic, but not apoptotic, cells

The aim of this study was to determine whether phagocytosis of necrotic or apoptotic cells affects antigen presentation by murine bone marrow-derived macrophages. After uptake of necrotic neutrophils, macrophages were able to stimulate significantly higher T cell proliferation in vitro against both the recall antigen albumin and the mitogen concanavalin A. No such effect was seen following phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils. Flow cytometry revealed that, within 4h of ingestion, macrophages that had taken up the necrotic cells expressed higher levels of CD40 than those that had phagocytosed apoptotic cells. Macrophage cultures pulsed with apoptotic, but not necrotic, neutrophils contained higher levels of transforming growth factor beta1, but lower concentrations of tumour necrosis factor alpha, compared to untreated controls. Our interpretation of these results is that macrophages that have taken up necrotic neutrophils co-stimulate T cells with greater efficiency due to rapid CD40 up-regulation, whereas those that have ingested apoptotic cells are not only ineffective in co-stimulation, but also secrete inhibitory cytokine.     

Spatial arrangements of responses by cells in the cat visual cortex to light and dark bars and edges

Summary Detailed examination is made of the responses of visual cortical cells (area 17, border 17–18 and adjacent area 18) in the anaesthetized cat to stationary flashing bars and to bars (lines) and edges moving at their optimal velocities. Particular attention is given to the receptive field organization of cells in the simple family. While there is good general agreement between the main receptive field subregions revealed by stationary and moving stimuli, the responses to moving light and dark bars, supplemented by the responses to moving light and dark edges, provide a much more rapid, accurate and complete guide to the spatial organization of the receptive fields than do the response profiles to a stationary flashing bar. Moving light and dark bars between them generally reveal more subregions in the receptive fields of simple cells than is evident from the response profiles to a stationary flashing bar, particularly when the receptive fields have many subregions. In addition the responses to moving edges provide a rapid guide to spatial summation across the width of a subregion and the possible antagonistic effects of the next subregion in sequence.Two subclasses of cells in the simple family have been recognized: ordinary simple and fast simple cells. Two cell classes (A-cells and silent periodic cells) having properties intermediate between simple and complex types are discriminated and their properties described.     

Binding proteins for insulin-like growth factors in the human ovary: identification, follicular fluid levels and immunohistological localization of the 29-32 kd type 1 binding protein, IGF-bp1.

The occurrence of pregnancy-associated endometrial alpha 1-globulin (alpha 1-PEG), a 29-32 kd insulin-like growth factor binding protein, now termed type 1 or IGF-bp1, has been examined in the human ovary by monoclonal and polyclonal antibody based radioimmunoassay and immunohistological techniques. Follicular fluids aspirated from 51 follicles of 32 women undergoing hyperstimulation involving buserelin or clomiphene-based protocols contained 35.5-276.0 ng/ml (mean 101.0 mg/ml) of immunoreactive IGF-bp1. Mean fluid concentrations were three times the level of IGF-bp1 detected in paired serum samples, available for 21 women. Immunoreactive IGF-bp1 in follicular fluid exhibited similar dose-response curves to purified protein and amniotic fluid and immunoreactive IGF-bp1 coeluted in gel filtration with a peak of [125I]-IGF-1 binding corresponding to the elution profile of purified IGF-bp1. Gel filtration also revealed the presence in follicular fluid of a greater than 100 kd binding protein with a binding capacity equal to IGF-bp1 under the conditions employed. A highly significant correlation (P less than 0.001) was found between follicular fluid progesterone and IGF-bp1 and a correlation of lower significance was found between oestradiol and IGF-bp1 (P less than 0.05). However, only low levels of immunoreactive IGF-bp1 were detected in supernatant media of granulosa cells in culture (range undetectable to 2.3 ng/ml). Employing monoclonal antibody-based immunohistology, immunoreactive IGF-bp1 was consistently associated with luteinized granulosa cells of corpora lutea rather than paraluteal cells and its intensity of reactivity appeared to reflect luteal phase steroid hormone profiles. No consistent reactivity was detected in preovulatory follicles and granulosa cells in culture, although reactivity was associated with primordial oocytes. Immunoreactive IGF-bp1 was detected in six of nine supernatant media of explants of luteal tissue obtained from five corpora lutea, with levels ranging from undetectable to greater than 200 ng/ml. These observations suggest that IGF-bp1 is primarily related to luteinization of the granulosa and the resultant luteal cells, and if produced by the luteal cells, additional exogenous factors are required to induce production by granulosa cells in vitro.     

激活素受体样激酶1促进人脐静脉内皮细胞增殖和迁徙

目的： 研究激活素受体样激酶1（ALK1）对人脐静脉内皮细胞的作用。 方法： 体外培养人脐静脉内皮细胞（HUVECs），RT-PCR分析ALK1和ALK5在HUVEC激活状态下表达的变化。脂质体转染pcDNA3.1+ALK1到HUVECs，流式细胞仪检测HUVECs增殖的改变，boyden小室检测ALK1对HUVECs迁徙的影响。 结果： ALK1在HUVEC安静状态高表达，ALK1能促进HUVECs的增殖和迁徙。 结论： ALK1通过促进内皮细胞的增殖和迁徙在血管重塑中发挥作用。     

视网膜细胞培养上清液对骨髓基质细胞的诱导分化作用

目的探讨视网膜细胞培养上清液对骨髓基质细胞(BMSCs)的诱导分化作用。方法原代培养胚龄17d(E17)及生后3d(P3)SD大鼠的视网膜细胞,分别收集培养上清液,过滤后与DMEM按2:3混合,用此混合液诱导BMSCs,倒置相差显微镜下观察细胞形态变化,对诱导后的细胞进行神经丝蛋白(NF)、胶质源性纤维酸性蛋白(GFAP)及视网膜特异性标记物进行免疫化学染色,统计分析阳性细胞数;再用RT-PCR进一步检测诱导结果。结果E17和P3细胞上清液均能诱导BMSCs表达NF[(10.35±2.66)%,(10.64±3.94)%]和GFAP[(27.86±7.97)%,(24.38±5.80)%],但只有P3细胞上清液诱导的BMSCs表达视蛋白(opsin),同时RT-PCR也检测到视细胞发育调节转录因子Crx mRNA的表达。结论视网膜细胞培养上清液可以诱导BMSCs向神经元、胶质细胞与视细胞分化。