抗聚合人血清白蛋白的抗独特型抗体

一种针对兔抗聚合人血清白蛋白抗体(anti-PHSA,Ab_1)的抗独特型抗体(anti-anti-PHSA,Ab_2),已通过免疫同种动物制成。该Ab_2具有以下特性:(1)它既可与兔anti-PHSA反应,也可与鼠的单克隆的anti-PHSA反应。(2)它与鼠的单克隆的anti-PHSA的反应,可受到PHSA和乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)上的聚合人血清白蛋白受体(PHSA-R)的抑制。(3)它可在异种动物体内诱导产生具有anti-PHSA活性的抗-抗独特型抗体(anti-anti-anti-PHSA,Ab_3),而且在收获的Ab_2血清中也查见了Ab_3。本研究不仅表明了针对PHSA的免疫应答中独特型网络调节的客观存在,而且在其抗独特型抗体(anti-Id)中,的确存在具有PHSA内映像的成分。     

国人延髓动脉的观察

本文观察了110例成人脑标本的延髓外部动脉;采用动脉X线造影法和透明法,在20例人脑标本上观察了延髓内部动脉的形态和供应。将延髓表面分为四区,供应各区的外部动脉可分为相应的4群。前正中群和前外侧群动脉主要来自脊髓前动脉,前正中群动脉供应舌下神经核、内侧丘系及部分锥体束等中缝两侧结构;前外侧群动脉供应大部分锥体束;外侧群动脉来自椎动脉、小脑下后动脉、基底动脉和小脑下前动脉,主要供应网状结构、脊髓丘脑束、三叉神经脊束及核、迷走神经背核等;后群动脉来自脊髓后动脉和小脑下后动脉,主要供应薄、楔束核等。本文还讨论了延髓外侧区的血液供应及“终动脉”等问题。     

HOPFIELD网络的联想记忆性质

本文首先给出了有关联想记忆的一系列概念，通过计算机模拟验证了网络的某些固有性质，同时指出了它的固有问题，并仿真研究了Ｈｏｐｆｉｅｌｄ网络中参数间的关系。     

人体寄生虫学网络课程的应用与评价

目的对郧阳医学院人体寄生虫学网络课程的教学效果进行评价。方法选取2005级临床医学一系和二系分别作为实验组和对照组，对照组的人体寄生虫学采用传统教学方法教学，实验组采用传统教学和本课题组构建的人体寄生虫学网络课程平台进行辅助教学。结果实验组学生的人体寄生虫学理论课程考试成绩和实验课程考试成绩明显优于对照组学生（P〈0．05）。结论人体寄生虫学网络课程能够显著提高教学效果，对突破传统面授教学的局限性和帮助学生网上学习具有重要意义。     

骨髓神经组织定向干细胞的分离培养鉴定

目的:为临床中枢神经系统疾患的细胞移植及组织工程修复周围神经提供一种应用广泛、可来源于自体、无免疫排斥和伦理道德等问题的移植用种子细胞。方法:采用DMEM/F12(1∶1)无血清神经干细胞培养液,通过先贴壁、后悬浮的方法从大鼠骨髓中分离、培养单克隆生长的神经组织定向干细胞(neural tissue-committed stem cells,NTC-SCs),通过免疫细胞化学检测NTCSCs细胞球CXCR4和Nestin蛋白,以及细胞球自然分化后神经元β-TublinⅢ、MAP2ab以及神经胶质细胞CNPase、GFAP等蛋白的表达。结果:NTCSCs细胞球表达神经干细胞标志蛋白Nestin和组织定向干细胞标志蛋白CXCR4;NTCSCs细胞球在含15%胎牛血清的DMEM培养液中可自然分化,免疫荧光显示神经元和神经胶质蛋白β-TublinⅢ、MAP2ab、CNPase、GFAP等标志物阳性。结论:本研究提供了一种操作简便、成本低廉的NTCSCs的分离培养方法,NTCSCs作为种子细胞为脑、脊髓等神经系统疾患和创伤的修复和治疗提供了广阔的应用前景。     

Release of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine from the neural and the intermediate lobe of the rat pituitary gland evoked by electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk

A calcium-dependent release of 5-hydroxytryptamine from the neural and intermediate lobe of the rat pituitary gland has been demonstrated following electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk with stimulation parameters thought to evoke propagated action potentials. The 5-hydroxytryptamine release from the intermediate lobe was double that from the neural lobe. The mass of the intermediate lobe of the rat is about 80% of that of the neural lobe [Holzbauer, Racké, Mann, Cooper, Cohen, Krause and Sharman (1984) J. Neural Transm. 59, 91-104]. The relatively high overflow of 5-hydroxytryptamine from the intermediate lobe agrees with immunohistochemical studies in which a larger number of 5-hydroxytryptamine fibres were seen in the intermediate lobe than in the neural lobe. The present results have demonstrated that the rat hypophysis contains neuronal 5-hydroxytryptamine. They also suggest that this amine may act as a neurotransmitter substance in the neural and intermediate lobe.     

损毁单侧黑质-纹状体通路的大鼠SVZ、纹状体和黑质神经前体细胞的变化

研究成年大鼠脑室下区 (SVZ)神经前体细胞 (neural precursors)在黑质 -纹状体通路损伤后的反应 ,本研究用 6-羟多巴胺单侧纹状体注射以损毁黑质 -纹状体通路 ,损毁 10 d后腹腔注射 Brd U ,连续 4d,每日两次 ;在 SVZ、纹状体和黑质部位用免疫组化方法检测 Brd U、nestin以及 GFAP阳性细胞。结果显示 :(1) 6-羟多巴胺损毁黑质 -纹状体通路后 ,伤侧 SVZ的 Brd U阳性细胞数明显增多 ,并成簇分布 ;nestin和 GFAP阳性细胞数也增多 ,但以 GF AP阳性细胞增多明显 ;(2 )伤侧纹状体可见大量 Br-d U、GFAP以及少量 nestin阳性细胞分布 ,而健侧只有少量 GFAP阳性细胞 ;(3 )伤侧可见 Brd U阳性细胞在 SVZ和纹状体之间呈条带样分布 ;(4 )伤侧黑质除酪氨酸羟化酶阳性神经元减少外 ,未见 Brd U、GFAP和 nestin阳性细胞表达。上述结果表明 ,6-羟多巴胺损毁黑质 -纹状体通路后 ,SVZ神经前体细胞活动增强 ,有向纹状体迁移的趋势。     

Infrared spectroscopy: A new diagnostic tool in Alzheimer disease

Biological markers play an evolving role in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). We compare conventional measurements of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau and β-amyloid_1–42 proteins to a novel approach – Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy – a simple technique derived from chemical and physical sciences that characterizes intramolecular bonds. For automatic diagnostic analysis, we developed an artificial neural network (ANN). We examined 71 patients with a clinical diagnosis of AD and 66 controls. β-Amyloid_1–42 was decreased (sensitivity 80% and specificity 78%); tau was elevated (sensitivity 76% and specificity 88%) in CSF of AD patients. The combined tau/β-amyloid_1–42 quotient was able to distinguish healthy from diseased subjects with 99% sensitivity and 86% specificity. The ANN could separate FT-IR spectroscopy data with 88.5% sensitivity and 80% specificity. FT-IR spectroscopy proved to be cost-effective and simple to perform. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity is in the range of CSF tau and β-amyloid_1–42 protein analysis. Larger sample numbers for ANN training and validation could increase diagnostic accuracy and thus prove to be a useful screening tool.     

Screening for coeliac disease as a possible maternal risk factor for neural tube defect

Coeliac disease is an important cause of malabsorption, particularly of folic acid, in adults. We investigated the possibility that it might be a maternal risk factor for neural tube defect (NTD)-associated pregnancy by screening affected mothers using serum endomysial antibody (EmA) which has high sensitivity and specificity for coeliac disease. One (1.6%) of 60 patients was EmA positive and had a diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by the finding of villous atrophy on jejunal biopsy. In conclusion, the majority of NTD-associated pregnancies are not associated with maternal coeliac disease and our study is additional evidence that abnormalities of folic acid metabolism rather than absorption are the most important risk factors for NTD. Further studies are needed to determine whether the coeliac disease prevalence among women with NTD-affected pregnancy is higher than that of the general population.     

Amniotic fluid folate, vitamin B12 and transcobalamins in neural tube defects

Levels of folate, vitamin B12, the vitamin B12 binding proteins, apotranscobalamin I, II and III (TC I, II and III) and the unsaturated vitamin B12 binding capacity (UBBC) were measured in mid-trimester amniotic fluids from normal pregnancies, and from those where the fetus had open spina bifida, anencephaly or omphalocoele, and where the fetus was normal but the mother had had a previous neural tube defect pregnancy. At 15-19 weeks' gestation, vitamin B12 levels were low in the fluids of all the types of abnormal fetuses, and also of normal fetuses where there had been a previous NTD sib. In contradistinction, TC I, II and III and UBBC levels were generally abnormally high in all these groups. Low vitamin B12 levels in the face of high carrier protein levels suggest deranged vitamin B12 production or transport. Since these abnormalities are present in fluids from normal sibs of NTD individuals as well as from those with midline lesions, an inherited defect is implied. We propose that at least part of the genetic predisposition to NTD, and possibly other midline defects, could reside in an abnormality connected with vitamin B12 production, transport or metabolism, and a mechanism is suggested.