抗鼠T淋巴细胞血清的制备

目的 根据小鼠神经元与T淋巴细胞具有共同抗原Thy-1的特点，利用鼠脑组织制备兔抗鼠T淋巴细胞血清。方法 提取鼠脑组织与弗氏完全佐剂混合，制成油包水乳剂， 免疫2只家兔后，采血，分离血清，用鼠脾淋巴细胞做凝集试验及补体依赖的细胞毒试验确定其活性。结果 制备的抗血清可与鼠脾淋巴细胞发生反应，2只兔抗血清凝集试验的效价分别为1：640及1：1280。抗血清1：320倍稀释后与鼠脾淋巴细胞做补体依赖的细胞毒试验，特异性细胞毒性均为32％。结论 用鼠脑组织制备抗鼠T淋巴细胞血清是一种可行的方法。     

Attachment loss and serum antibody levels against autologous and reference strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in untreated localized juvenile periodontitis patients

Abstract Immunological data have been suggested to be a potential tool in the diagnosis, classification and monitoring of periodontal diseases. However, the role of circulating antibodies in periodontal patients is poorly understood. Patients suffering from localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) are often reported to show high titers of serum IgG antibodies against Aetinobaeillus actinomycetemcomitans (A. actinomycetemcotnitans), but several affected patients do not. Most studies use well-known reference strains of the bacterium for testing against the patients' sera. The aim of the present investigation was to study the relationship between serum IgG antibody levels to autologous A. actinomycetemcomitans strains and clinical attachment loss (CAL). In addition, we wanted to assess the patients’serum titers against 4 well-known reference strains of the bacterium as well as their general potential immunoglobulin response. Intravenous blood samples were taken from 23 LJP patients and 10 healthy individuals, and autologous A. actinomycetemcomitans strains were cultured from 18 of the L.JP patients. CAL was measured at 4 different sites around ail present teeth and assessed as a % of teeth with at least 1 site moderately ≥2<5 mm) or severely (≥5 mm) involved. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed to evaluate the serum titers of IgG antibodies to A. actinomycetemcomitans antigens. No significant correlation was found between serum IgG antibody titers to autologous strains and CAL. However, there was a trend that low responders had more moderately affected teeth than had high responders and patients with undetectable A. actinomycetemcomitans levels, which is in agreement with a hypothetically protective role of the antibodies. The total counts of immunoglobulin assessed in all participants showed that the predominant class was IgG and the reference group displayed significantly less (p<0.05) IgG and IgG1 counts than the LJP patients. Both the reaction pattern against reference and autologous strains varied widely. We conclude that the specific antibody response against A. actinomycetemcomitans shows a weak correlation to clinical attachment levels in LJP patients.     

β-N-Acetylhexosaminadases in human cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with multiple sclerosis

β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase activity and isoenzyme have been investigated in normal human cerebrospinal fluid and that of patients with multiple sclerosis. β-N-acetylhexosaminidase activity in normal cerebrospinal fluids has been resolved into five components. The major component was in a form that eluted from DEAE cellulose at the same salt concentration as hexosaminidase As, the isoenzyme previously identified in human serum. Cerebrospinal fluid from patients exhibited a different isoenzyme profile, showing a remarkable increase in a form having a pI which was more acidic than that of As. These changes have a potential use in the diagnosis and further biochemical characterization of multiple sclerosis.     

Serum digoxin and beta-methyldigoxin in elderly patients on hospital admission: correlation with home compliance and clinical variables

Summary Serum digoxin and beta-methyldigoxin (BMD) were measured in 165 elderly patients (age >60 years) admitted to hospital, of whom 109 had been treated at home with digoxin and 56 with BMD.The mean BMD level was significantly lower than that of digoxin (1.1 vs. 1.4 ng/ml). Creatinine clearance and daily dose were the variables most strongly associated with digoxin level, and the prescribed dose and serum albumin were the best predictors of the BMD concentration. Compliance was assessed by a compliance index (CI), namely the ratio of the measured glycoside concentration, corrected for creatinine clearance, over the expected steady-state dose, calculated from a hospitalized reference group. Compliant individuals in both treatment groups, i.e. those with a CI > the median value, were characterized by a lower daily dose and dosage frequency.Toxicity, whether clinical or electrocardiographic, was present in 9% of the patients and was associated only with a significantly higher mean serum level of the drug.     

The Effects of Serum from Patients with Acute Liver Failure on the Growth and Metabolism of Hep G2 Cells

In many bioartificial liver systems currently being designed and evaluated for use in fulminant hepatic failure, direct contact is required between the patient's blood and the liver cells in the device. The efficacy of such devices will be influenced by the interaction of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) patient serum with the cells. We have found that FHF serum inhibits the growth rate and the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and protein; disturbs glutathione homeostasis; and induces morphological changes in cultured human Hep G2 cells. These interactions should influence the design of bioartificial liver devices based on proliferating cell lines and indicate the requirement to pretreat FHF patient plasma to reduce the toxin load.     

Synthesis of the antigen bovine serum albumin‐ergosterol and its immunocharacterization

Fungal contamination of agricultural commodities leads to their spoilage and renders them unfit for human consumption. Ergosterol, a predominant sterol in most fungi and a major constituent of the cell membrane, has been established as a reliable biochemical marker for fungal growth. Various chemical and physico‐chemical methods to quantify ergosterol as an index of fungal contamination are in practice. Yet, immunoassays are the methods of choice in food analysis due to their increased specificity, sensitivity and rapidity. This paper reports the synthesis of an antigen, bovine serum albumin‐ergosterol conjugate, and its immunocharacterization. Ergosterol was converted to ergosterol hemisuccinate (EHS) by succinylation. Subsequently, EHS was conjugated to bovine serum albumin by the mixed anhydride reaction. The molar ratio was found to be 1:28. Antisera raised against the synthesized antigen in rabbits was characterized by the Ouchterlony double‐diffusion technique and an antibody capture assay. Ouchterlony analysis showed a titre of 1:2. Further, characterization by an antibody capture assay, using 50 ng well (10 ng equivalent of ergosterol) of the antigen, gave a titre of 1:4000 dilution of antiserum, with an absorbance of 1.0 at 405 nm. The synthesized antigen may find an application in the development of an immunoanalytical method for ergosterol quantification as a measure of food quality in relation to fungal contamination.     

急性心肌梗塞患者血清唾液酸含量测定

本文测定了５０例正常人，３２例急性心肌梗塞，５４例冠心病无梗塞者血清ＳＡ水平，结果表明，急性心肌梗塞组血清ＳＡ水平与冠心病无梗塞组及正常人相比，具显著性差异，可能与心肌梗塞造成心肌细胞受损所致使细胞表面成份释放入血有关，所以血清ＳＡ测定可提供一新的心肌梗塞诊断依据。     

玉米油和猪油对大鼠血脂血糖代谢和脑脂褐质影响的比较研究

采用幼年ＳＤ雄性大鼠３０只，体重１５０±２０ｇ，随机分成三组，每组１０只：（１）基础饲料组：普通大鼠饲料；（２）猪油组：基础饲料中加入１０％猪油和１．５％胆固醇；（３）玉米油组：在基础饲料中加入１０％玉米油和１．５％胆固醇，饲养９周，比较玉米油和猪油对大鼠血脂血糖和脑脂褐质的不同影响。结果表明，玉米油组ＴＣ和ＬＤＬ－Ｃ水平较猪油组低，虽然两组均高于基础饲料组。玉米油组的ＨＤＬ－Ｃ比猪油升高不显著，但ＨＤＬ－Ｃ／ＴＣ（％）增加，同时ＬＤＬ－Ｃ／ＨＤＬ－Ｃ比值下降。基础饲料组，猪油组和玉米油组的大鼠平均血清ＴＧ分别为１.２８，１.２１和１.４５（ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ），各组之间的差别不显著。高脂饲料组动物的空腹血糖（ＳＧ）较基础饲料组高，但差别无统计学意义。三组不同饲料大鼠的脑脂褐质（ＬＰＦ）含量测定结果显示:基础饲料组大鼠的ＬＰＦ平均值１２.９Ｕ／ｇ蛋白质，而玉米油组和猪油组均明显升高，分别为２８.３和２８.８Ｕ／ｇ蛋白质。在以血脂各项指标为自常量，大脑ＬＰＦ含量为因变量的相关分析中发现，ＬＰＦ与ＴＣ和ＬＤＬ－Ｃ呈正相关，相关系数分别为０.６９１和０.５４７，Ｐ＜０.０１．     

补充维生素A、β－胡萝卜素对农村青少年机体维生素A储存水平的影响

本文对８２名１２～１５岁、体重３５～４５ｋｇ的农村初中学生进行了维生素Ａ、β－胡萝卜素的补充实验研究。实验１组（ｎ＝２１）每天补充２ｍｇ的β－胡萝卜素，实验２组（ｎ＝１９）每天补充６ｍｇ的β－胡萝素，实验３组（ｎ＝２４）每天补充４００μｇＲＥ维生素儿分别在实验初始、第四周末、第六周末和第八周末抽血测定。在实验的第七周，将补胡萝卜素的两组改为补维生素Ａ１０００μｇＲＥ、补维生素Ａ组改为补６ｍｇ的β－胡萝卜素。对照组（ｎ＝１８）给予安慰剂。结果显示：每天摄入营养素推荐摄入量（ＲＤＡ）剂量和２倍ＲＤＡ剂量的β－胡萝卜素，对于提高机体维生素Ａ、β－胡萝卜素水平的效果是相同的，而直接补充维生素Ａ，机体维生素Ａ、β－胡萝卜、素水平略高于补胡萝卜素组。本研究探讨了我国青少年确实的营养状况，也提示维生素Ａ在维生素Ａ营养中具有胡萝卜素不可替代的作用。     

体外制备的糖基化产物引起正常大鼠肾脏自由基损伤

目的 :研究体外制备的糖基化产物引起肾脏的自由基损伤。方法 :给正常大鼠静脉注射体外制备的糖基化血清蛋白 (GSP) 2个月 ,观察 GSP对肾脏自由基代谢的影响。结果 :GSP处理的大鼠肾脏糖基化终末产物 (AGE)浓度和 NBT染色强度明显高于对照组。与对照组比较 ,接受 GSP的大鼠肾脏超氧化物歧化酶 (SOD)和过氧化氢酶 (CAT)活性明显降低 ,尿液脂质过氧化物 (MDA)水平显著升高。结论 :外源性 GSP可引起正常大鼠肾脏自由基代谢紊乱 ,糖基化产物的致病作用部分是由氧化应激损伤引起的