Fos Expression in the Rat Brain Following Vaginal-Cervical Stimulation by Mating and Manual Probing

Vaginal-cervical stimulation (VCS), provided by mating or manual probing, induces many reproductive behavioral and endocrine changes in female rats. These changes include an increase in lordosis duration, heat termination and pseudopregnancy. Electro-physiological and [¹⁴C]2-deoxy-D-glucose studies collectively show that neurons in the medial preoptic area, ventromedial hypothalamus and midbrain central gray respond to manual VCS. In the present study we immunocytochemically labeled brain sections for Fos, the protein product of the immediate early gene c-fos, to detect VCS-responsive neurons in hormone-primed animals receiving VCS by mating or manual probing. In Experiment 1, females receiving mounts and intromissions were compared to: 1) vaginally-masked females receiving mounts but no VCS, 2) females exposed to an intact anesthetized male or 3) females not exposed to males or the testing arena. Those animals receiving VCS showed a dramatic increase in the number of Fos-immunoreactive cells in the medial preoptic area, posterodorsal portion of the medial amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, as well as the dorsomedial hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamus and midbrain central gray. These effects of VCS were confirmed in Experiment 2 in animals receiving manual vaginal-cervical probing. These findings extend previous electrophysiological and [¹⁴C]2-deoxy-D-glucose studies by providing evidence that additional brain areas respond to VCS by mating, as well as manual probing.     

川芎嗪对肾缺血再灌注时c-fos bcl-2 ICAM-1蛋白表达的影响

目的　探讨大鼠肾缺血再灌注损伤不同时间c -fos、细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2、细胞间粘附分子- 1蛋白的表达及川芎嗪对其影响。方法　用免疫组化法检测大鼠急性肾缺血再灌注不同时间内及川芎嗪干预后c -fos、细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2、细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白表达的分布及强度变化。结果　c -fos蛋白分布于近曲小管、远曲小管、集合管上皮细胞的细胞核、细胞浆内 ,再灌注后 1h表达明显增强 ,3h达高峰 ,6h锐减。细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2蛋白主要分布于近曲小管上皮细胞的细胞浆 ,再灌注后 1h表达明显增强 ,6h达高峰 ,2 4h仍有较强表达。细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白分布在肾血管、肾小管等部位 ,其中以肾血管为著 ,其表达增强于再灌注后 1h ,直到 2 4h仍有增高趋势。川芎嗪干预后c -fos、细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白表达明显下降 (P <0 0 1 )。细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2表达明显增高 (P <0 .0 1 )。结论　川芎嗪对肾缺血再灌注损伤有较好的保护作用     

氟烷吸入麻醉引起c—fos基因在中枢神经系统的表达与分布

研究氟烷吸入麻醉在中枢神经系统作用部位。应用ｃ－ｆｏｓ基因免疫组织化学方法。ＳＤ大鼠在吸入氟烷浓度为０．７５％．１。５％和２％麻醉１ｈ后，Ｆｏｓ阳性神经元主要分布于端脑；梨状皮层，杏仁核簇，伏核，外侧隔核，终纹麻核、海马ＣＡＩ区，海马回嗅觉小岛；     

5-羟色胺对大鼠脊髓P物质痛觉调制的影响(英文)

比较SP,5-HT与For诱发的脊髓内c-fos表达的异同,以及它们之间的相互关系,从而进一步了解SP在脊髓痛觉调制中的主要作用.方法:用免疫组织化学法和痛阈测定法.结果:发现大鼠it P物质(sP)10μg和sc5％甲醛(For)150μL诱发的脊髓c-fos表达主要在背角Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅴ及Ⅵ层,同时SP使痛阈降低,For使痛级均数(PIR)升高.5-HT it 20μg引起的c-fos表达较多地分布于背角Ⅲ—Ⅳ层,并可使痛阈升高.5-HT和Fen可分别减弱和增加SP及For诱发的脊髓c-fos表达及痛反应.结论:SP在脊髓内可能主要起致痛作用,5-HT可抑制SP引起的脊髓c-fos表达,从而参与SP的痛觉调制作用.     

丙泊酚对大鼠肝脏缺血-再灌注损伤c-fos、c-jun蛋白及细胞凋亡的影响

目的 通过研究丙泊酚对大鼠肝脏缺血-再灌注损伤时c-fos、c-jun蛋白的影响,进一步探讨丙泊酚对肝脏缺血-再灌注损伤的保护机制.方法 36只健康SD大鼠(雌雄不限)随机分为三组,每组12只.肝脏缺血-再灌注组(A组):肝缺血前30min经微量泵持续输注牛理盐水10ml·kg-1·h-1至再灌注后1h;肝脏缺血-再灌注加丙泊酚组(B组):肝缺血前经微量泵持续输注丙泊酚30ml·kg-1·h-1至再灌注后1h;假手术组(C组):末予缺血处理,经微量泵持续输注生理盐水10ml·kg-1·h-1共1.5h.各组大鼠取肝脏右叶标本,免疫组化染色,显微镜下观察c-fos、c-jun蛋白的表达并进行图像分析,电镜下观察细胞凋亡情况.结果 免疫组化结果显示c-fos、c-jun蛋白在B组的表达较A组明显减少(P<0.05).图像分析结果表明积分光密度(IOD)值三组差异有统计学意义(P<0.05).电镜结果显示B组细胞凋亡不显著,明显少于A组.结论 丙泊酚对肝脏缺血-再灌注损伤的保护作用与c-fos、c-jun蛋白密切相关,可明显减少两者的表达,并且显著减轻肝脏缺血-再灌注损伤所引起的细胞凋亡.     

癌基因c-fos、c-jun蛋白在鳞状细胞癌皮损中的表达及意义

目的　探讨癌基因c fos、c jun的表达与皮肤鳞癌发生和发展的关系。　方法　采用免疫组化法对 6 0例皮肤鳞癌的c fos、c jun的表达情况进行检测 ,并与正常皮肤组织进行对照。　结果　c fos、c jun在正常皮肤组织不表达 ,在皮肤鳞癌中的表达阳性率分别为 6 1.7%和 4 8.3% ,其表达水平与癌组织的分化程度有关 (P <0 .0 5 ) ,肿瘤的分化程度越高其表达水平越高。　结论　c fos、c jun的表达水平可作为判定皮肤鳞癌分化的指标。     

戊四氮诱发大鼠全身强直-阵挛性癫痫发作诱导丘脑c-fos癌基因表达

首次运用Fos癌蛋白抗体免疫组化法详细研究了戊四氮诱发大鼠全身强直-阵挛性癫痫发作诱导丘脑c-fos癌基因表达的动态分布。主要结果是:腹腔内注入戊四氮诱导大鼠癫痫发作后0.5h,丘脑室旁核出现低密度的Fos-免疫阳性(Fos-ir)细胞核标记;3h时,中等密度的Fos-ir标记扩布至大部分丘脑中线和板内核群及网状核;6h时,所有上述丘脑核群的Fos-ir标记普遍增为中等至高密度。结合文献报道,上述结果提示:丘脑室旁核很可能是戊四氮诱发大鼠全身强直-阵挛性癫痫发作的重要起源部位之一;丘脑中线和板内核群及网状核很可能在此种癫痫发作的病理生理机制中起重要作用。     

Fos oncoprotein expression in the rat forebrain following muscimol-induced absence seizures

Fos oncoprotein expression is a marker of neuronal activation following seizures. Here, using this method we examined the anatomical locations of muscimol-induced absence seizures in the rat forebrain. Six hours after a systemic injection of muscimol a massive Fos immunoreactivity appeared in the olfactory system, retrosplenial cortex and paraventricular thalamic nucleus, whereas other cortical areas contained low level of Fos expression. These results provide the first functional morphological evidence suggesting that these forebrain structures with Fos expression may play an important role in the pathophysiology of muscimol-induced absence seizures.     

Increased c-Fos/activator protein-1 confers resistance against anergy induction on antigen-specific T cell

We have studied the contribution of c-Fos/activator protein-1 (AP-1) to antigen-specific T cell response with reference to T cell anergy by increasing c-Fos/AP-1 in vivo and in vitro. First, after injection of a high dose of staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB), clonal deletion of SEB-reactive V(beta)8(+) CD4 T cells occurred both in control B6 and H2-c-fos transgenic (fos) mice, whereas proliferation of T cells against SEB was profoundly depressed in B6 but not in fos mice. Second, the keyhole limpet hemocyanin-specific CD4 T(h)1 cell clone produced decreasing amounts of IL-2 in response to increasing amounts of concanavalin A (Con A) in vitro, whereas the decrease was less significant in the T(h)1 clones stably transfected with c-fos gene. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay with nuclear protein from the transformants showed that overexpression of the c-fos gene compensated the amounts of AP-1 in the nuclei of Con A-treated T(h)1 clones. Thus, increased c-Fos/AP-1 confers resistance against anergy induction on antigen-specific T cells.