Paraneoplastic movement disorder in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and CRMP-5 autoantibody.

The paraneoplastic autoantibody, collapsin response-mediator protein (CRMP)-5 immunoglobulin G (IgG), is specific for neuronal cytoplasmic CRMP-5, and is usually associated with small-cell lung carcinoma or thymoma. We report on details of a movement disorder that followed anti-B-cell therapy in a patient with lymphoma, and was accompanied by CRMP-5 IgG.     

铸造粉尘对肺功能影响的研究

目的 探讨铸造粉尘对接尘工人和铸工尘肺患者肺功能的影响。方法 选择Ⅰ期铸工尘肺患者38例、0^ 者22例、有20a以上粉尘接触史而胸部X线改变无异常者85例，进行肺功能测定，并与65名对照进行比较。结果 铸工尘肺患者肺功能各项指标均低于对照组，肺功能损伤程度以轻、中度损伤为主；0^ 和接尘工人小气道功能各项指标低于对照组，肺功能损伤程度以轻度损伤为主。结论 铸造粉尘既可以导致铸工尘肺患者肺功能不同程度的损伤，也可使0^ 和接尘工人肺功能有一定程度的损伤。     

抗人胸腺细胞球蛋白与柔红霉素交联方法及其偶联物体外抗肿瘤作用

分别用12.5％、25.0％、50.0％、75.0％和100.0％氧化的Dex T_(10)作为交联剂交联抗人胸腺细胞球蛋白(AHTG)和柔红霉素(DNR)形成免疫偶联物(AHTG-Dex-DNR),其中以25.0％氧化的DexT10作为交联剂最佳。它既提高了偶联物的交联度,又降低了硼氢化钠对AH-TG和DNR活性的损伤。偶联物对靶细胞CEM 24h细胞毒试验LD_(50)为10.68μg/ml。对非靶细胞K562仅有轻微杀伤作用,10min细胞毒试验为特异的杀灭肿瘤细胞试验,对CEM的LD_(50)为14.79μg/ml,对K562几乎无细胞毒作用,表明免疫偶联物有特异性细胞毒作用。     

Glucocorticoid regulation of eicosanoid production by glial cells under basal and stimulated conditions

We measured the production of two eicosanoids, prostaglandin E₂ and thromboxane-B₂, by rat glial cell cultures under basal conditions, following stimulation with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide, and following treatment with synthetic glucocorticoids. Stimulation of rat glial cells in culture with either phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate or lipopolysaccharide caused a 1.5–5.0-fold increase in prostaglandin E₂ production, but did not affect thromboxane production. Pretreatment of the cultures with dexamethasone markedly inhibited the stimulated production of prostaglandin E₂ but had only a modest effect on basal production. Dexamethasone did not affect the activity of the enzyme protein kinase C, a putative regulator of eicosanoid synthesis. Our findings show that glucocorticoids have the potential to modulate central nervous system eicosanoid production particularly under conditions of stimulated production, such as inflammatory and demyelinating disorders. This mechanism may explain, at least in part, the therapeutic benefit of glucocorticoids in patients with multiple sclerosis.     

青蒿素和青蒿琥酯对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞的体外抑制作用比较研究

目的 对比研究青蒿素及其衍生物青蒿琥酯对人乳腺癌MCF—7细胞增殖的影响并探讨其作用机制。方法 采用体外培养的人乳腺癌MCF—7细胞株，利用SRB法测定青蒿素和青蒿琥酯对MCF—7细胞增殖的影响，FCM法测定细胞周期的变化，亚Gl期含量测定和DAN荧光染色法观察细胞凋亡。结果 10μmol/L青蒿素和lμmol/L青蒿琥酯能明显改变MCF—7细胞的细胞周期，使S期细胞显著减少，G0 Gl期细胞明显增加。青蒿素对MCF—7细胞增殖仅有微弱抑制作用，但其衍生物青蒿琥iB却有显著的抑制作用，IC50为0．3lμmol/L。同样，lμmol/L青蒿琥酷引起MCF—7细胞的凋亡和直接的细胞毒作用明显强于10μmol/L青蒿素的作用。结论 体外研究表明，对肿瘤细胞增殖的抑制青蒿琥酯比青蒿素作用强。     

No regression of renal AL amyloid in monoclonal gammopathy after successful autologous blood stem cell transplantation and significant clinical improvement.

BACKGROUND: High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous blood stem cell transplantation induces remission of plasma cell dyscrasia in patients with AL amyloidosis. The impact of this treatment on the glomerular amyloid mass is still unknown. METHODS: In the present study, the quantity of the renal amyloid mass before and more than 3 years after high-dose melphalan treatment and autologous blood stem cell transplantation was assessed in two patients. At the time of the second renal biopsy, both patients were in complete remission without detectable serum and urinary monoclonal IgA-lambda and a normal percentage of plasma cells in the bone marrow. RESULTS: In both patients with biopsy-proven AL amyloidosis, urinary protein excretion decreased from 7 g/24 h to <2 g/24 h more than 3 years after autologous blood stem cell transplantation. In contrast, glomerular amyloid deposits persisted, as shown in the second biopsy. CONCLUSION: Despite complete remission of the plasma cell dyscrasia and improvement of glomerular permeability, the amount of glomerular amyloid mass did not regress.     

Morphological analysis of renal cell culture models of calcium phosphate stone formation

Cell culture models of calcium phosphate renal stone formation were established using the MDCK cell line. Renal microliths were detected within pseudocysts in three-dimensional soft agar cultures, and were also observed in the basal region of cells lining the cell sheet, and immediately beneath domes or blisters in monolayers and collagen gel cultures. Light and scanning electron microscopy indicated that these microliths had a similar lamellated and spherical appearance to those in humans. These microliths were first detected microscopically after 21 days of culture, and were found to be composed of calcium phosphate by X-ray and microinfrared spectroscopic analyses. These culture models may provide a powerful new tool to study the pathogenesis of renal stone diseases and/or calcium phosphate stone formation in humans and animals.     

接触汞对男工生殖功能影响的调查研究

本文选择接触汞男工１１７名，对照组１２３名对他们的性功能、男工妻子妊娠的结局、胎儿发育和子代生长状况进行了回顾性调查。接触汞男工的阳萎、早泄和性减退率明显增高，每周的性交次数明显减少，与对照组比较均有显著性差异（Ｐ＜０．０５），男工妻子的早产、自然流产、难产和围产儿死亡率高于对照组。本文调查结果说明无机汞可能引起男性功能障碍。     

Expression of the cell surface antigen detected by the monoclonal antibody A7 in pancreatic carcinoma cell lines

In a previous study, we used a murine monoclonal antibody, A7, against human colon carcinoma as a drug-carrier to treat colorectal cancer.¹ In the present study, we found that MAb A7 also reacted immunohistochemically with 73% of human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines, with the A7 antigen mainly being detected on the cell surface. However, the A7 antigen was found in only 9% of the spent media of these human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines by ELISA. On the other hand, the positive incidence of CA19-9, POA, ferritin, CEA, DU-PAN-2 and SLX in those spent media was 100%, 64%, 64%, 55%, 55% and 36%, respectively. These results suggest that the A7 antigen may only rarely be shed into the sera of pancreatic cancer patients, in which case MAb A7 could be a suitable drug-carrier in targeting chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients.