Simple,noninvasive system for measuring the heart rate of avian embryos and hatchlings by means of a piezoelectric film

Using a flexible piezoelectric film, the authors developed a simple system to determine noninvasively the heart rate of chicken embryos and hatchlings. The film was piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), which is sensitive enough to detect cardiogenic ballistic movements of the egg (ballistocardiogram (BCG)) and precordial movements of the hatchling attributable to cardiac contractions (apexcardiogram (ACG)). The BCG could be detected, during the second half of incubation, by placing the egg on the PVDF film on a soft substrate. The detected signal was found to be a measure of movement velocity. The ACG could be measured when the hatchling's chest wall made contact with the PVDF film installed in a box in which the hatchling was confined. The heart rate was counted from the lag time of autocorrelation calculated for a certain time segment (e.g. 2s) of the BCG and ACG recordings.     

胰岛素、可地松和已烯雌酚处理妊娠早期小鼠对其胚胎发育的影响

本文用不同剂量的胰岛素、可地松、已烯雌酚,作用于妊娠开始至80小时的昆明小鼠,然后观察胚胎早期(植入前)和胚胎晚期(妊娠18天)的胚胎数量、发育时期及其与黄体数相比成活率的变化。实验表明,用较大剂量激素处理后,早期胚胎的上述各项指标,均表现出十分明显的抑制效果。当剂量逐渐降低后,仍表现出不同程度的抑制作用,只是逐渐趋于正常。所用各种激素对晚期胚胎的影响,表现在除部分死亡外,存活者的生长和发育一直落后。说明妊娠早期小鼠体内某些激素的水平,不仅直接影响早期,而且也影响晚期胚胎的发育。     

细胞因子调节对纤连蛋白在孕早期小鼠子宫内膜表达的研究

目的:通过研究细胞因子对FN表达的调节,探讨FN在围着床期子宫内膜表达的调节机理。方法:给孕早期小鼠注射不同的细胞因子,收集子宫内膜。分别用Immuno-blot法及RT-PCR法测定子宫内膜FN蛋白和nRNA的水平。结果:LIF低、高剂量组的FNmRNA和蛋白水平都比对照组高,统计分析差异有显著性（P<0.05,P<0.01）,IL-1和IL-1ra各组FN水平与对照组比无显著差异。结论:LIF在转录和转录后水平上调早期子宫内膜FN的表达,LIF参与着床与调节粘附分子的表达有关。IL-1系统则不影响子宫内膜FN的合成。     

异丙酚麻醉不同阶段对卵细胞受精和对早期胚胎质量的影响

目的探讨异丙酚静脉麻醉下取卵手术中卵泡抽吸液中异丙酚的浓度变化及各阶段对卵细胞受精和早期胚胎质量的影响.方法 17例实施超促排卵下体外受精-胚胎移植术的妇女预测卵泡至少有15个,按取卵的先后分3组(早、中、晚)分别培养.记录从静脉给异丙酚到每个卵泡取出时间.检测卵泡抽取液中异丙酚的浓度及观察卵细胞的受精率及卵裂率等.结果取出第G一个卵泡的平均时间是200秒,取出卵泡的平均速率是17.6s/ 个.所有患者的最后一个卵泡抽吸液中异丙酚的浓度明显高于第一个卵泡抽吸液中异丙酚的浓度(P<0.01).除未成熟的卵细胞占总卵泡百分比在3组间有明显的区别外,受精率和卵裂率无明显区别.结论随着麻醉的进展,卵泡抽吸液中异丙酚的浓度逐渐增加,但与所给剂量或持续的时间之间无必然的关联.我们不能显示卵泡抽吸液中升高的异丙酚浓度对卵细胞质量的不利影响.     

In normal development pulmonary veins are connected to the sinus venosus segment in the left atrium

Background: Classic theories descibe that the common pulmonary vein develops as an outgrowth from either the sinus venosus or atrial segment. Recent studies show that the pulmonary veins are connected to the sinu-atrial region before its differentiation into a sinus venosus and atrial segment. Methods: The development of the sinu-atrial region with regard to the developing common pulmonary vein and the growth of the atrial septum was investigated in avian embryos, using both scanning electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Embryos ranging between stage HH12 and HH28 were incubated with QH-1 that recognizes quail endothelial cells and precursors, HNK-1, that appears in this study to detect the myocardium of the sinus venosus, or with HHF-35, being specific for muscle actins. Also vascular casts of the heart were produced by injecting prepolymerized Mercox into the vascular system. Results: In preseptation stages the common pulmonary vein drains into the left part of the sinus venosus, that is clearly demarcated by the sinuatrial fold and HNK-1 expression. During atrial septation the left part of the sinus venosus, in contrast to the right part, loses its HNK-1 antigen from stage HH23 onwards, while at the same time the sinu-atrial fold in the left atrial dorsal wall flattens and disappears. From stage HH25 onwards HNK-1 expression is restricted to the right part of the sinus venosus, which contributes to the right atrium. The myocardial atrial septum never expresses the HNK-1 antigen, suggesting that the septum is of atrial origin. Discussion: It appeared that the sinus venosus does not only contribute to the sinus venarum of the right atrium, but also to the left atrium. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

促进胚胎干细胞来源造血干/祖细胞移植后细胞免疫功能恢复

目的:体外诱导胚胎干细胞分化为造血干/祖细胞过程中, 增加成熟T淋巴细胞的含量, 以促进其重建致死量照射小鼠的造血功能后免疫功能的早期重建。方法:胚胎干细胞在含甲基纤维素的培养基中自由分化形成胚胎体, 分化第6d添加造血生长因子, 同时添加胸腺肽, 流式细胞仪检测分化细胞中CD₃₄⁺的造血干/祖细胞和CD⁺₃的成熟T淋巴细胞含量, 最后将分化细胞注射入致死量照射小鼠体内, 观察60d, 以移植物抗宿主病(GVHD)发病率作为T淋巴细胞免疫功能的指标, 用PCR检测Sry反映移植细胞在宿主体内的存活。结果:分化第13d, 未加胸腺肽, CD⁺₃的成熟T淋巴细胞含量仅10.52%, 重建造血后无GVHD发生;添加胸腺肽, CD⁺₃的成熟T淋巴细胞含量升高达22.93%, 重建造血后GVHD发病率100%。结论:胚胎干细胞体外分化为造血干/祖细胞过程中, 添加胸腺肽, 能增加CD⁺₃的成熟T淋巴细胞含量, 体内重建造血后细胞免疫功能恢复较快。     

光照对胎兔视觉器官发育影响的研究

近的来众多学者对振声等刺激范围的胎教研究已广泛开展，有些已在临床实际应用中取得了良好的成效。而光照机制的研究，特别是有关胎体在光照条件下视觉器官所发生的变化研究报道尚属罕见。本研究应用组织学技术对胎兔在光照强度不同的条件下视觉器官所发生改变的实验结果，进行了分析，并证实在一定的光照强度及限定时间内胎兔视神经、视网膜等组织发育状况良好。本研究结果为进一步开展恍照胎教的理论学研究及早日应用于临床提供了     

毫米波辐射对植入前小鼠胚胎及早期胚胎的影响

本文报道小鼠受精卵体外及在体受毫米波辐照后一些改变。毫米波源为36.11GHz固态微波连续发生器,波长8mm,功率密度为10mW/cm~2、8mW/cm~2、4mW/cm~2及2mW/cm~2。结果发现2-4mW/cm~2毫米波辐照即可使体外培养之受精卵细胞表面微绒毛减少、脱落,细胞表面形成许多囊泡。透射电镜下可见细胞间隙扩大、胞浆中线粒体膨胀、空化,用FITC-ConA试验可见细胞表面结合荧光减少。酶试验证明辐照后卵胚细胞表面AKP,ATPase,5′-Nase均有降低。在体受精卵细胞经辐射后证明,辐射可使胎儿体重增长减慢,囊胚形成数量下降,植入率降低,而表面酶下降不明显。     

Immunocytochemistry of ambiguous cells in adult and embryonic dwarf (dw) mouse pituitaries

In the pars distalis of the pituitary gland in adult and embryonic dwarf (dw/dw) mutant mice, ambiguous cells exhibiting ultrastructural features common to growth hormone (GH) cells and prolactin (Prl) cells were analyzed by means of colloidal gold ultrastructural immunocytochemistry in order to define the functional nature of these peculiar cells. Adult and 18-day embryonic pituitaries from normal (+/+; dw/+) and dwarf (dw/dw) mice were processed with antibodies to GH, Prl, TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone), ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), LH (luteinizing hormone), FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone), and HCG (chorionic gonadotropic hormone). In the adult and embryonic dwarf pituitaries, the ambiguous cells reacted negatively to all of the antibodies except for anti-ACTH, which labeled them well. In addition, the ACTH-positive cells showed a much wider variety of shapes and granule size and distribution, as compared with normal adults. In the embryos, this variability in ACTH cell morphology occurred not only in dwarf embryos, but in their normal counterparts as well. The results thus suggest that adult dwarf pituitaries may retain an embryonic or incompletely differentiated form of ACTH cells. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

生长因子作为评价胚胎质量的生物学标记物的研究

目的　研究表皮生长因子 (epidermalgrowthfactor,EGF)、转化生长因子 - β1(transforminggrowthfactor- β1,TGF -β1)、胰岛素样生长因子 -Ⅱ (insulin -likegrowthfactor-Ⅱ ,IGF -Ⅱ )做为评价小鼠胚胎质量生物学标志物的可能性。方法　取小鼠二细胞胚胎 ,分为正常和异常两组 ,体外培养至囊胚期 ,对胚胎的生长发育及着床能力进行形态学观测 ;检测胚胎培养液中三种生长因子的含量 ,研究生长因子含量与胚胎质量间的关系。结果　 1.正常组胚胎培养液中EGF、IGF -Ⅱ的含量显著高于异常组 ,且EGF含量与胚胎生长发育的形态学指标呈正相关 ,但与着床指标相关不显著 ;2 .IGF -Ⅱ与胚胎生长发育及着床指标均呈正相关。 3.TGF - β1的含量两组间差异无显著性。结论　胚胎培养液中EGF、IGF -Ⅱ含量测定可反映胚胎生长发育能力 ,IGF -Ⅱ还可反映胚胎着床能力 ,从而有利于了解胚胎功能状态及生存潜力 ,为胚胎质量的检测提供了一条新的思路