川芎嗪对环孢素引起的大鼠胰岛β细胞毒性防护作用的实验研究

给大鼠应用环孢素(CsA)50mg/kg·d灌胃,共10天,引起高血糖症及血浆和胰腺组织中胰岛素水平下降。同时联合应用川芎嗪(LIG)50mg/kg·d共10天,能有效地防止和(或)减轻CsA引起的上述变化。LIG还有效地减轻了CsA引起的尿血栓素B_2和尿血栓素B_2/6-酮-前列腺素F_(1α)值的升高。结果提示LIG对CsA引起的胰岛β细胞毒性的防护作用可能与调节前列胰素代谢有关。     

Conversion from Cyclosporine to Tacrolimus Improves Quality-of-Life Indices, Renal Graft Function and Cardiovascular Risk Profile

Long-term use of cyclosporine after renal transplantation results in nephrotoxicity and an increased cardiovascular risk profile. Tacrolimus may be more favorable in this respect. In this randomized controlled study in 124 renal transplant patients, the effects of conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus on renal function, cardiovascular risk factors, and perceived side-effects were investigated after a follow-up of 2 years. After conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus renal function remained stable, whereas continuation of cyclosporine was accompanied by a rise in serum creatinine from 142 +/- 48 micromol/L to 157 +/- 62 micromol/L (p < 0.05 comparing both groups). Conversion to tacrolimus resulted in a sustained reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and a sustained improvement in the serum lipid profile, leading to a reduction in the Framingham risk score from 5.7 +/- 4.3 to 4.8 +/- 5.3 (p < 0.05). Finally, conversion to tacrolimus resulted in decreased scores for occurrence of and distress due to side-effects. In conclusion, conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus in stable renal transplant patients is beneficial with respect to renal function, cardiovascular risk profile, and side-effects. Therefore, for most renal transplant patients tacrolimus will be the drug of choice when long-term treatment with a calcineurin inhibitor is indicated.     

Plasma Concentrations of Mycophenolic Acid Acyl Glucuronide Are Not Associated with Diarrhea in Renal Transplant Recipients

The aim of this study was to determine whether plasma concentrations of the acyl (AcMPAG) and phenolic (MPAG) glucuronide metabolites of mycophenolic acid (MPA) were related to diarrhoea in renal transplant patients on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) with cyclosporine (CsA) or tacrolimus (TCL). Blood samples (0, 30, 120 min) were taken at days 3, 10, week 4, months 3, 6 and 12 for determination of MPA, MPAG and AcMPAG. MPA-AUC was estimated using validated algorithms. Two hour AUCs were calculated for MPAG and AcMPAG. Immunosuppressive therapy consisted of CsA/MMF (n= 110) and of TCL/MMF (n= 180). In 70/290 (24%) patients 86 episodes of diarrhoea were recorded during 12 months. Significantly more patients on TCL (31.1%) suffered from diarrhea compared to CsA (12.7%). MMF dose, MPA-AUC and the 2 h AUCs of MPAG and AcMPAG did not differ between patients with and without diarrhoea. Plasma AcMPAG and MPAG concentrations were substantially higher in patients on CsA compared with TCL, while MPA-AUC was lower in the former group. These data support the concept that CsA inhibits the biliary excretion of MPAG and AcMPAG, thereby potentially reducing the risk of intestinal injury through enterohepatic recycling of MPA and its metabolites.     

Mycophenolate Mofetil Is Associated with Altered Expression of Chronic Renal Transplant Histology

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) reduces acute rejection in controlled trials of kidney transplantation and is associated with better registry graft survival. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated additional antifibrotic properties of MMF, however, human histological data are lacking. We evaluated sequential prospective protocol kidney biopsies from two historical cohorts treated with cyclosporine (CSA)-based triple therapy including prednisolone and either MMF (n = 25) or azathioprine (AZA, n = 25). Biopsies (n = 360) were taken from euglycemic kidney-pancreas transplant recipients. Histology was independently assessed by the Banff schema and electron microscopic morphometry. MMF reduced acute rejection and OKT3 use (p < 0.05) compared with AZA. MMF therapy was associated with limited chronic interstitial fibrosis, striped fibrosis and periglomerular fibrosis (p < 0.05-0.001), mesangial matrix accumulation (p < 0.01), chronic glomerulopathy scores (p < 0.05) and glomerulosclerosis (p < 0.05). MMF was associated with delayed expression of CSA nephrotoxicity, reduced arteriolar hyalinosis, striped fibrosis and tubular microcalcification (p < 0.05-0.001). The beneficial effects of MMF remained in recipients without acute rejection. Retrospective analysis shows that MMF therapy was associated with substantially reduced fibrosis in the glomerular, microvascular and interstitial compartments, and a delayed expression of CSA nephrotoxicity. These outcomes may be due to a limitation of immune-mediated injury and suggest a direct effect of reduced fibrogenesis.     

肾移植术后普通环孢素A与环孢素A微乳剂对移植肾功能影响的系统评价

目的评价肾移植术后普通环孢素A与环孢素A微乳剂对受者移植肾功能影响的差异。方法遵循Cochrane肾脏协作组随机对照试验检索策略，检索MEDLINE（1994—2006．3）、EMBASE（1994～2006．3）、中国生物医学文献数据库CBM（1994—2006．3）、Cochrane图书馆（2005年第4期）与肾移植相关的8种中文杂志。采用Revman4．2．7进行Meta分析。结果共有5个随机对照试验纳入研究，包括1671例同种异体尸体肾移植患者。结论肾移植术后使用普通环孢素A与环孢素A微乳剂相比受者移植肾功能无明显差异，但环孢素A微乳剂肾毒性发生率较高。     

Physiological neutrophilia of pregnancy is not associated with a rise in plasma granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)

A patient with neutropenia and life-threatening infections secondary to T-γ lymphoproliferative disease, who did not respond to treatment with recombinant human G-CSF (filgrastim), was treated with filgrastim plus cyclosporine A (CyA). The patient achieved a good response in the absolute neutrophil count and subsequently required a dose reduction in the filgrastim. The patient was eventually discontinued from the CyA but continues on filgrastim alone. While on therapy, the large granular lymphocytes disappeared from the circulation and the beta-TCR rearrangement, which was present prior to beginning therapy, became undetectable. The patient had no significant toxicity to the CyA or the filgrastim and he has not experienced any serious infections or required hospitalization. Filgrastim has proven to be relatively nontoxic and of some benefit to patients with this disease and should probably be utilized first when treatment is necessary. However, if improvement is not observed, these findings suggest that a trial of the combination of CyA plus filgrastim may be beneficial.     

冬虫夏草对大鼠小剂量环孢素A慢性肾毒性保护作用的实验研究

为进一步探讨冬虫夏草对环孢素Ａ慢性肾毒性的保护作用和机制，将ＳＤ大鼠分为两组：ＣｓＡ大鼠分为两组：ＣｓＡ组和ＣｓＡ＋冬虫夏草组，实验３个组。结果显示：在实验不同时期冬虫夏草组大鼠血Ｃｒ，ＢＵＮ及血清Ｎａ＾＋，Ｋ＾＋均较对照组为低，实验第３月冬虫夏草组鼠血清血管紧张素Ⅱ（ＡＴ－Ⅱ）水平低于对照组；实验不同阶段尿ＥＧＦ排出量亦较对照组为低；肾组织病理形态改变较对照组明显为轻。本实验证明冬虫夏草对ＣｓＡ     

肾移植术后受者环孢素的血药浓度监测

目的 观察环孢素血药浓度与肾移植效果间关系。方法 对９７例接受同种异体肾脏移植术受者术后８周内２０６例次环孢素血药浓度监测结果进行回顾性分析，按照受者术后的临床表现、生化指标将其分为术后正常组、急性排斥组、急性毒性组，采用荧光偏振免疫测定法，以单克隆抗体试剂测定环孢素血药浓度。结果 术后正常组６２例移植肾功能良好，环孢素的给药剂量为５２±１．９ ｍｇ／ｋｇ·ｄ，１７１例次环孢素血药浓度的平均值为３０９．８５±１３１．６９μｇ／Ｌ；术后急性排斥组 ２６例，距发生排斥反应最近一次的环孢素血药浓度平均为１６５．８０±１２３．１３μｇ／Ｌ，环孢素的给药剂量为 ４．８±１．６ｍｇ／ｋｇ·ｄ；术后急性毒性组９例，距发生毒性反应最近一次的环孢素血药浓度平均为５５６．５１±１０２．５０μｇ／Ｌ，环孢素的给药剂量为６．２±１．０ｍｇ／ｋｇ·ｄ。三组之间环孢素的给药剂量无显著性差异（Ｐ＞０．０５），但环孢素血药浓度却相差很大，两两之间有显著性差异（正常组与排斥组 Ｐ＜ ０．０５；正常组与毒性组Ｐ＜ ０．０５；排斥组与毒性组Ｐ＜ ０．０１）。结论 环孢素浓度较低时，出现排斥反应的可能性较大；而环孢素浓度较高时，发生毒性反应的机会较多。