己酮可可碱对选择性坐骨神经分支损伤大鼠脊髓星形胶质细胞的影响

目的观察己酮可可碱腹腔注射对选择性坐骨神经分支损伤大鼠(SNI)脊髓星形胶质细胞的影响。方法切断腓总神经和胫神经保留腓肠神经,制作坐骨神经分支选择性损伤模型。雄性SD大鼠48只随机分为:假手术组(Sh)、模型组(SNI)、己酮可可碱组(PTX)。PTX组从术前1d起至术后6d连续7d,每日一次腹腔注射己酮可可碱100mg/kg。观察指标包括:术前1d,术后1、3、5、7、14d的机械缩足反射阈值(MWT)和热缩足反射持续时间(TWD);不同组别脊髓星形胶质细胞标志物GFAP在术后1d、3d、7d、14d的表达。结果大鼠坐骨神经选择性切断后1d起MWT降低,TWD延长,与假手术组比差异显著(p<0.05);己酮可可碱腹腔注射抑制MWT降低和TWD延长,与模型组相比差异显著(p<0.05);己酮可可碱腹腔注射可减少部分坐骨神经切断后脊髓GFAP的表达,减少星形胶质细胞阳性细胞数。结论己酮可可碱腹腔注射可抑制SNI脊髓星形胶质细胞的增生,减轻痛觉超敏和痛觉过敏。     

Abnormal distribution of cathepsins in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded hippocampal sections of brains with early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease were studied immunohistochemically with antisera against cathepsin D and cathepsin B. In addition to the staining of neuronal perikarya, some of the senile plaques visualized by Bielshowsky silver staining and some of reactive astrocytes were positively stained with the antisera against cathepsin D and cathepsin B in brains with Alzheimer's disease. Abnormal localization of cathepsin D and cathepsin B immunoreactivity in neuronal perikarya was observed in brains with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. These findings demonstrate that the distribution of lysosomal proteases was altered in brains with Alzheimer's disease, suggesting the primary and/or secondary involvement of the lysosomal proteases in the pathological process of Alzheimer's disease.     

星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联失衡在AD发生进展中的作用及益肾填髓中药的干预机制

星形胶质细胞是中枢神经系统(CNS)重要的神经细胞类型,主要发挥营养与支持作用。星形胶质细胞与神经元之间存在密切的能量与物质偶联关系,能量偶联与物质偶联两者紧密关联、交互为用。近年来大量研究显示,星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联失衡在阿尔茨海默病(AD)的发生与进展中发挥核心作用,星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联网络失衡已成为AD干预的重要靶标并受到日益关注。中医学认为,AD的主要病机是肾虚髓亏,临床常用益肾填髓中药方剂治疗AD取得较好效果。研究发现大量益肾填髓方剂对星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联失衡具有调节和保护作用,中药方剂治疗AD的益肾填髓功效可能与其调节星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联失衡有一定的内在联系。该文就星形胶质细胞-神经元偶联失衡与AD肾虚髓亏病机之间可能内在联系及益肾填精中药干预机制的研究进展做一综述。     

葛根素对星形胶质细胞肿胀及大鼠脑水肿的对抗作用

为观察葛根素是否有对抗星形胶质细胞肿胀及脑水肿的作用 ,体外实验用培养的星形胶质细胞进行 ,整体实验用Wistar雄性大鼠tACPD(5 0 0nmol,2 μL)尾状核内微量注射的方法 ,分别测定星形胶质细胞水含量、脑组织水含量和Na+ 、K+ 、Ca2 + 含量 ,部分脑组织进行电镜观察。结果显示葛根素可以阻断tACPD引起的星形胶质细胞水含量增加 ,减轻由tACPD尾状核内注射引起的脑组织水含量和Na+ 含量增加 ,电镜检查证实葛根素可以减轻tACPD引起的星形胶质细胞肿胀及足突肿胀对毛细血管的挤压。提示葛根素可以对抗星形胶质细胞肿胀及脑水肿。     

Developmental transition in plasticity properties of differentiating astrocytes: age-related biochemical profile of plasminogen activators in astroglial cultures

Plasminogen activator (PA) is a key enzyme in control of the cascade of extracellular proteolytic activities, proteases that degrade the extracellular components. Mammalian cells produce two molecular forms of PA, the urokinase type (u-PA) and the tissue type (t-PA); the u-PA type enzyme regulates cell migration/invasion and related tissue plasticity events. Thus, these plasticity properties of cells are defined by their PAs' biochemical profiles. The capacity of the differentiating glial cells of the central nervous system (CNS) to express and regulate the two types of PA activities has been examined as a function of cell age in culture. Results of the study suggest that only the immature astrocyte is endowed with these plasticity properties. Differentiating heterogeneous rat glial cells in culture express PA activity. Astroglia were identified as the primary source for the glial PA activity, as no PA activity was detected in the purified oligodendroglia. Cellular PA activity levels of differentiating rat and mouse astroglia are developmentally regulated. The specific activity of PA reached its highest level in rat astroglia at a cell age corresponding to 20-32 postnatal days (P20-P32) and in mouse astroglia at P8-P14; thereafter, this declined (three- to fourfold decrease) within 2 weeks to a low value. At comparable ages (P0-P35), the magnitudes of the PA specific activities of the differentiating rat astroglia and of the developing cerebrum, the tissue from which these cells were purified, were similar. Differentiating rat astroglia produce u-PA and t-PA, the cellular content of both is developmentally regulated, and the u-PA form is only found in the immature cells. u-PA is the predominant form in the immature astrocyte until age P13. Both forms are found in cells at ages P14-P30, and at later stages u-PA disappears while the t-PA type persists as the sole form. After 3 more weeks neither of the PA types was detected. Astroglia express also PA inhibitory activity; the rat astroglial PA inhibitor (PAI) seemed to be identical to PAI-1, one of the known types of PAIs. Stimulation of astroglial proliferation by their subculturing in contrast to Schwann cells did not lead to an increase; rather, beyond a certain cell age (P13) it resulted in a threefold irreversible decline in the PA specific activity of the daughter cells. It has been established that various biochemical properties of CNS mature glia appear on schedule with cell age in culture, thus defining "mature"glia in vitro.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

雄激素对脑损伤后星形胶质细胞反应的影响

目的：研究雄激素对脑穿刺损伤后星形胶质细胞（Ａｓｔ）反应性胶质化的影响。方法：通过免疫组化、免疫荧光染色及流式细胞仪计数等方法,观察切除睾丸及补充睾丸酮后脑穿刺损伤鼠伤灶周围ＧＦＡＰ－ＩＲ阳性细胞的形态、数量与比例变化。结果：切除睾丸鼠脑损伤后,伤灶周围反应性胶质比较单纯损伤鼠明显,表现为胞体肥大,突起增粗、延长,ＧＦＡＰ免疫组化染色显著增强。睾丸酮治疗后,Ａｓｔ反应程度虽有减弱,但未能恢复到正常     

Effect of ATP on astrocyte stellation is switched from suppressive to stimulatory during development

Adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) functions as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator in the brain. To understand the role of ATP during brain development, we investigated the effects of ATP on morphology of cultured astrocytes obtained from the cerebral cortices of embryonic day 18 (E18) and postnatal day 2 (PN2) rats. In E18 astrocytes, ATP (10–1000 μM) alone did not affect astrocyte morphology, but significantly suppressed astrocyte stellation induced by the β-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol or the membrane-permeable cyclic AMP analog dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The suppressive effect of ATP in embryonic astrocytes was selectively mimicked by P_2U purinoceptor agonists. ATP had no effect on stellation induced by the protein kinase C (PKC) activator phorbol ester. It is probable that ATP, via P_2U purinoceptors, suppresses cyclic AMP-dependent regulatory mechanism for stellation in embryonic astrocytes. On the other hand, PN2 astrocytes differentiated into stellate cells in response to ATP. The ATP-stimulated stellation in PN2 astrocytes was mimicked by adenosine, and blocked by P₁ purinoceptor antagonists. It is probable that ATP is broken down into adenosine, which stimulates P₁ purinoceptors, inducing stellation in postnatal astrocytes. These findings suggest that the effect of ATP on astrocyte stellation is switched from suppressive (P_2U purinoceptor-mediated) to stimulatory (P₁ purinoceptor-mediated) during late embryonic to neonatal stages. ATP may be a critical factor that determines timing of astrocyte differentiation during development.     

Interferon-β inhibits proliferation and progression through S phase of the cell cycle in five glioma cell lines

Summary The growth inhibitory effect of IFN- was evaluated in 5 human glioma cell lines (AO2V4, GJC, GJR, NN and NNR) and in normal astrocyte cultures (SC and TM). All 5 glioma cell lines showed an anti-proliferative response to IFN- whereas normal glial cells were non-responsive. IFN- at 10, 100 and 500 U/ml lead to a 30%,70% and 80% relative decrease in cell number after 12 days, respectively in AO2V4 cells. GJC and GJR cell lines also responded significantly to the lowest concentration of IFN- tested and at 500 U/ml the relative cell number decreased 55%. The NN and NNR cells were the least responsive to IFN- with maximum growth inhibition of 30% at 500 U IFN-/ml. Following treatment with IFN-, AO2V4, GJC, GJR and normal astrocytes all expressed mRNA encoding the anti-viral protein, 2-5A synthetase demonstrating that IFN- bound to receptors on all four cell lines and activated signal transduction pathways required for induction of an anti-viral protein. A determination of the relative number of viable cells showed that none of these cells exhibited a significant decrease in cell viability. Since the antiproliferative response to IFN- was not primarily due to cell death, the effect of IFN- on cell cycle progression was evaluated by flow cytometry. All treated glioma cell lines showed a relative increase in proportion of cells in S phase. AO2V4 cells had a 50%–80% increase in the percentage of cells in S phase, whereas GJC, GJR and NNR had percentage increases of 20%–40%. IFN- treatment of normal astrocytes did not significantly alter their cell cycle profile. These data suggest that IFN- exerts its antiproliferative effect on glioma cells by arresting the ordered progression through S phase or decreasing entry into G₂/M phase of the cell cycle.     

The presence of glutathione in primary neuronal and astroglial cultures from rat cerebral cortex and brain stem

Summary The concentration of the tripeptide glutathione (GSH) was measured in primary cultures of neurons and astroglial cells from rat cerebral cortex and brain stem. The concentration of GSH was found to be approximately 20 nmol/ mg protein in the neuronal culture from the cerebral cortex and ca. 40 nmol/ mg protein in the neuronal brain stem cultures. A GSH concentration of approximately 20 nmol/mg was observed in the astrocyte cultures from both brain regions. The possibility to increase the GSH concentration was tested by incubating the cultures in the presence of the GSH precursor -glutamylcysteine (-GC). In the cultured astrocytes -GC produced a dose-dependent increase in GSH. A similar increase was observed in the neuronal cultures, but this effect failed to reach statistical significance.     

3-硝基丙酸预处理诱导沙土鼠脑缺血耐受与海马星形胶质细胞的激活

目的：探讨海马区星形胶质细胞的激活与3－硝基丙酸（3－NPA）预处理诱导脑缺血耐受的关系。方法：阻断沙土鼠双侧颈总动脉造成前脑缺血模型，通过HE染色和免疫组化观察海马锥体细胞死亡和星形胶质细胞的反应。结果：对照组海马CA1区已失去正常结构，锥体细胞大部分丧失，存活神经元计数显低于假手术组。3－NPA预处理组存活神经元减少，但高于对照组，假手术组海马CA1区仅见少量胶质原纤维酸性蛋白（GFAP）阳性细胞，染色较弱，突起不明显，对照组海马CA1区GFAP阳性细胞增多，多为弱阳性。3－NPA预处理组海马CA1区GFAP阳性细胞数目明显增多，染色较深，突起增粗。结论：星形胶质细胞形态和机能的改变可能与3－硝基丙酸预处理诱导脑缺血耐受有关。