白细胞介素—1对大鼠下丘脑室旁核Fos癌蛋白和CRF的诱导作用

将白细胞介素-1(IL)注入大鼠侧脑室,用Fos癌蛋白抗体免疫组化法检测了下丘脑室旁核的激活神经元:大量位于含促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子(CRF)相应区域的室旁核小细胞部神经元呈Fos免疫强阳性。Fos和CRF的免疫双染色显示了许多Fos免疫阳性神经元也呈CRF免疫阳性。此外,在IL-1注射动物中,CRF的免疫阳性显著加强,提示CRF合成增加。     

杏仁核参与大鼠哮喘发作及其机制探讨

为探讨杏仁核是否参与大鼠哮喘发作及其机制,采用卵蛋白致敏哮喘大鼠模型,运用WGA-HRP逆行追踪与免疫组织化学染色相结合的双重标记方法,在光镜下观察向下丘脑室旁核(PVN)发出投射的杏仁核神经元内Fos蛋白的表达情况。结果显示:杏仁核内可观察到三种阳性细胞,即HRP逆标神经元、Fos阳性神经元和HRP/Fos双标神经元。Fos阳性细胞呈双侧分布,主要分布在杏仁核的内侧亚核(MeA)和中央亚核(CeA);HRP逆标神经元和HRP/Fos双标神经元分布在注射区同侧的内侧杏仁核,内侧杏仁核内HRP/Fos双标神经元占HRP单标神经元的33.55%。本研究结果提示,哮喘大鼠发作时,杏仁核、下丘脑室旁核的神经元兴奋,且杏仁核到下丘脑室旁核的直接投射可能参与了哮喘发作的调控。     

异丙酚诱导GAD_(67)-GFP基因敲入小鼠意识消失过程中GABA能神经元的活化

探讨在系统性给予谷氨酸脱羧酶67-绿色荧光蛋白(GAD67-GFP)基因敲入小鼠异丙酚后诱导的意识消失作用中的GA-BA能神经元的活化情况。GAD67-GFP阳性小鼠20只,腹腔注射异丙酚130mg/kg(对照组腹腔注射相同体积的生理盐水)。分别在注射后5min,30min,1h进行行为学评分,随后立即处死并取脑,应用免疫组织化学观察神经元活化标记物Fos在全脑的表达分布并用免疫荧光双标的方法观察Fos与GABA能神经元的共存情况。行为学结果表明在给予异丙酚后5min和30min均能达到适度或深度麻醉效果,而1h时则处于过渡状态,行为学评分为5min时13分,30min时14分,1h时为9分。与对照组相比,Fos在海马CA1区、杏仁核、丘脑室旁核、下丘脑室旁核、梨状核、下丘脑腹内侧核、中脑导水管周围灰质的表达在三个时间点都有明显增加(P<0.05),在嗅球外丛状层有表达但与对照组相比无明显差异(P>0.05)。注射后5min、30min和1h下丘脑腹内侧核有Fos与GABA共存,有共存的细胞占该区域Fos阳性神经元的80.3%、89.7%和91.6%。下丘脑腹内侧核GABA能神经元活化是异丙酚诱导意识消失的可能机制之一。     

热应激时下丘脑视上核和室旁核Fos蛋白的表达

为了探讨不同温度下,大鼠的行为表现及大鼠下丘脑视上核和室旁核内神经元Fos蛋白的表达情况,本研究将成年SD大鼠置于不同温度(24℃、34℃、38.5℃、42℃),相对湿度为60%的实验仓内60min,观察大鼠的行为表现;同时应用免疫组化染色技术,观察大鼠下丘脑视上核和室旁核内Fos阳性神经元的形态、分布和数量的变化。行为学结果显示:24℃时,大鼠无异常表现,直肠温度为36℃左右;34℃仅引起大鼠直肠温度升高至38℃左右,动物行为无明显变化;38.5℃和42℃时,大鼠直肠温度升高至39℃以上,最初大鼠精神萎靡,活动减少,但随后转为兴奋状态,出现惊跳、逃窜行为。免疫组化染色结果显示:24℃时,下丘脑视上核、室旁核内Fos阳性细胞较少;34℃时,Fos阳性细胞的表达量增加;38.5℃时,Fos阳性细胞数达到峰值;42℃时又降低,并出现三种Fos阳性细胞:即胞核为Fos阳性、胞浆为Fos阳性以及胞浆、胞核均为Fos阳性。以上结果表明下丘脑视上核、室旁核内Fos蛋白的表达随温度的升高而发生明显的变化,提示这两个核团参与了热应激过程。     

下丘脑室旁核经迷走神经复合体对哮喘大鼠的神经调控研究

为探讨下丘脑室旁核对哮喘大鼠的神经调控途径,取健康雄性SD大鼠制备哮喘模型并诱发哮喘发作,运用WGA-HRP逆行追踪法与免疫组织化学染色法(ABC法)相结合的双重标记方法,在光镜下观察向迷走神经复合体(DVC)发出投射的下丘脑室旁核(PVN)神经元内Fos蛋白的表达情况。结果显示:PVN内有三种阳性细胞,即HRP逆行标记神经元、Fos样免疫阳性神经元和HRP/Fos双标神经元。这些神经元主要见于PVN小细胞部的内侧亚核和外侧亚核,散在分布于背侧亚核,在前小细胞亚核内未见阳性反应;Fos样免疫阳性细胞呈双侧分布,且HRP逆标神经元,HRP/Fos双标神经元也为双侧分布,但以注射区同侧占优势。HRP/Fos双标神经元占HRP标记细胞的44.22%。本研究结果提示,哮喘大鼠发作时中枢内包括下丘脑PVN、延髓DVC的多个脑区内神经元兴奋,且两者之间通过直接投射联系参与哮喘的调控。     

大鼠束缚后脑内Fos蛋白的表达

目的探讨大鼠束缚后对大鼠脑内Fos蛋白表达的影响。方法将大鼠束缚于小的塑料桶内1、3或6h,于解束后30min处死,脑组织进行Fos蛋白免疫组织化学染色。结果Fos阳性神经元表达于1．前脑：扣带回、新皮质(尤其是第3和5层)、外侧隔核、杏仁中央核;2．间脑：下丘脑视前区、下丘脑外侧区、视上核、室旁核、第三脑室室周区、弓状核、丘脑室旁核、外侧膝状体、内侧膝状体;3．脑干：中脑的上丘视性层、中脑导水管周围灰质、下丘的皮质部;脑桥的臂旁外侧核、蓝斑、A5区;延髓的耳蜗核、延髓内脏带(MVZ)等处。Fos表达的时问规律是束缚1h最高,3h次之,6h最少。结论大鼠被束缚后全脑多处核团的神经元发生不同程度的Fos反应,随着束缚时间的延长,动物产生适应性,Fos表达减少。     

精氨酸加压素阳性神经元在大鼠下丘脑的定位

目的:观察大鼠精氨酸加压素(AVP)及其mRNA阳性神经元在下丘脑的分布和形态特征。方法:以尼氏染色作参照,运用免疫组化和原位杂交观察AVP及其mRNA在下丘脑的表达。结果:下丘脑AVP及其mRNA阳性的神经元由吻侧到尾侧依次出现于视上核,视上核和视交叉上核,视上核、视交叉上核和室旁核,视上核和室旁核及视上核、下丘脑前核和室旁核。AVP及其mRNA阳性神经元仅占据视上核背内侧;在第三脑室室管膜膜内或膜下可见AVP阳性神经元的胞体或突起;在不同核团内AVP阳性神经元的形态存在差异。结论:AVP及其mRNA阳性神经元在下丘脑不同核团内具有特异性分布;AVP阳性触液神经元可能是调节脑脊液和脑组织之间AVP含量的桥梁。     

免疫抑制剂雷帕霉素对LPS免疫激发大鼠脑内免疫相关核团神经元Fos和nNOS表达的影响

观察免疫抑制剂雷帕霉素对大鼠中枢免疫核团Fos和nNOS表达的影响,并探讨雷帕霉素对中枢免疫调节的作用。将大鼠分为雷帕霉素(10mg/kg)实验组和生理盐水对照组。两组动物分别给药后,腹腔注射免疫激发剂细菌脂多糖(LPS,25mg/kg),用免疫组织化学方法显示并计数下丘脑室旁核、视上核和孤束核中Fos蛋白阳性、nNOS样免疫阳性神经元和Fos/nNOS双标神经元数量,并对数据进行统计学处理。结果显示:实验组动物的下丘脑室旁核、视上核和孤束核内Fos、Fos/nNOS神经元数目较对照组均显著减少(P<0.01)。这一结果表明免疫抑制剂雷帕霉素降低了中枢免疫相关核团内因LPS免疫应激所引起的nNOS的表达,提示雷帕霉素在抑制机体免疫机能的同时,也降低了神经-内分泌系统对免疫的抑制作用。     

去除窦弓神经引起下丘脑室旁核小细胞部氮能神经元持续激活(英文)

目的:旨在研究去除窦弓神经是否导致下丘脑室旁核(PVN)氮能神经元处于持续激活状态。方法:成年大鼠行窦弓神经去除术,1周后制备下丘脑脑片,进行还原型尼克酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸脱氢酶(NADPH-d)组织化学结合Fos免疫组织化学染色。结果:在PVN的内侧、背侧和外侧小细胞部有大量Fos阳性神经元分布,并与NADPH-d部分共存,但在PVN的室周和前小细胞部以及大细胞仅观察到弱阳性的Fos信号,偶尔观察到双标记神经元。结论:去窦弓神经大鼠下丘脑室旁核小细胞部氮能神经元处于持续激活状态,可能起代偿性抑制中枢交感活性的作用。     

大鼠下丘脑及邻近区域催产素免疫阳性神经元与垂体后叶的关系

本文运用免疫细胞化学PAP及ABC法,显示大白鼠下丘脑内OXT免疫阳性神经元,并于垂体后叶注射WGA-HRP,显示下丘脑中逆行标记细胞,结合免疫细胞化学方法,观察下丘脑及其邻近区域内HRP与OXT双标记细胞,证实下丘脑视上核、室旁核、穹窿前核和后核、血管周细胞群、下丘脑视前区、下丘脑前区及外侧区、背侧副细胞群内、室周部、第三脑室侧壁室管膜细胞下及室间孔部室管膜细胞下,均有OXT免疫阳性神经元,其中至少部分神经元可发出向垂体后叶的投射纤维。位于第三脑室侧壁室管膜下及室间孔部室管膜下的神经元,可能监测脑脊液中各种因素的变化,调节垂体后叶OXT的分泌,也可能直接通过共树突向脑脊液内释放OXT。     

腹腔注射2-脱氧-D-葡萄糖可诱发大鼠视上核和室旁核神经元表达Fos

目的 探讨腹腔注射2-脱氧-D-葡萄糖（2-DG）能否激活大鼠下丘脑视上核（SON）和室旁核（PVN）神经元而表达Fos。方法 健康雄性SD大鼠12只,随机分为腹腔注射2-DG组（6只）、生理盐水对照组（3只）及正常对照组（3只）。各自处理后,应用免疫组织化学方法,观察各组下丘脑SON和PVN内Fos表达及其与催产素（OT）和加压素（VP）的双标情况,同时采用ELISA方法对血清中OT和VP的含量进行检测。 结果与生理盐水对照组和正常对照组相比,2-DG引发的特异性Fos免疫阳性产物主要集中分布于下丘脑外侧区和穹隆周区,在SON、PVN也有密集表达。SON和PVN内的Fos表达与该区的特异性神经活性物质OT和VP有共存。OT/Fos双标细胞率（双标细胞占OT阳性细胞的百分率）在SON和PVN分别为87.10%、90.57%,明显高于VP/Fos在这两个核团的双标率（双标细胞占VP阳性细胞的百分率,68.42%、76.92%）,两者比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。ELISA检测结果显示,2-DG组动物血清中OT和VP水平与对照组相比无明显变化。 结论 腹腔注射2-DG可激活大鼠下丘脑SON和PVN内OT和VP神经元表达Fos,SON和PVN可能参与2-DG诱导的急性应激反应。     

延髓内脏带儿茶酚胺能神经元对LPS免疫刺激的Fos表达

目的　探讨“延髓内脏带 (MVZ)至下丘脑室旁核 (PVN)”的儿茶酚胺能通路在“免疫 脑通讯”中的作用。　方法　应用WGA HRP逆行追踪与抗Fos和抗酪氨酸羟化酶 (TH)抗体双重免疫组织化学相结合的三重标记方法 ,即先将WGA HRP注入大鼠一侧PVN内 ,存活 4 8h后经腹腔注射免疫刺激剂脂多糖 (LPS)诱发免疫反应后 ,观察MVZ中WGA HRP逆标细胞、Fos蛋白和儿茶酚胺能神经元 (以TH为标记物 )的分布及表达状况。　结果　在MVZ内发现 7种阳性神经元 ,即HRP、Fos、TH单标细胞、Fos HRP、Fos TH、HRP TH双标细胞和Fos HRP TH三标细胞。Fos HRP双标记和Fos HRP TH三标记细胞分别占总HRP逆行标记细胞的 12 5 %和 39 6 %。　结论　MVZ对LPS免疫刺激起反应 ,并可能将免疫信息经儿茶酚胺能神经元上传至PVN ;MVZ可能作为“免疫 脑通讯”的一个中继站 ,通过“MVZ→PVN”通路起免疫调节作用。     

大鼠延髓至下丘脑室旁核的儿茶酚胺能投射神经元在胃伤害性刺激后的FOS表达

用ＨＲＰ注入下丘脑室旁核逆行追踪与抗Ｆｏｓ和抗酪氨酸羟化酶（ＴＨ）双重免疫细胞化学相结合的三重标记方法，对大鼠孤束核和延髓腹外侧区至下丘脑室旁核的儿茶酚胺能投射神经元对胃伤害性刺激后的ｃ－ｆｏｓ表达进行了观察，发现孤束核和延髓腹外侧区有７种不同的标记细胞：ＨＲＰ、Ｆｏｓ、ＴＨ单标细胞，Ｆｏｓ／ＨＲＰ、Ｆｏｓ／ＴＨ、ＨＲＰ／ＴＨ双标细胞，Ｆｏｓ／ＨＲＰ／ＴＨ三标细胞。上述７种标记细胞主要分布在延髓中、尾段孤束核的内侧亚核、连合亚核和延髓腹外侧区以及两者之间的网状结构。ＨＲＰ标记细胞以注射侧为主，对侧有少量分布。本文结果证明，大鼠孤束核和延髓腹外侧区至下丘脑室旁核投射的部分儿茶酚胺能神经元可能参与胃伤害性刺激的传导和调控。     

Isolation and restraint stress results in differential activation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin neurons in sheep

This study investigated sex differences in the stress-induced activation of neurons containing corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) and enkephalin in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of gonadectomized male and female sheep. Groups (n=3) of both sexes were either subjected to 90 min isolation and restraint stress (stress group) or were not stressed. Blood samples were taken every 10 min for 90 min prior to and after stress to monitor cortisol levels in plasma. Brains were harvested after 90 min of stress. Stress caused elevation of plasma cortisol levels to a similar extent in both sexes. Double-labeling immunohistochemistry for Fos and either CRH, AVP or enkephalin was undertaken to quantify the numbers of neurons staining for CRH, AVP and enkephalin that also immunostained for Fos. Stress increased Fos immunostaining in all cell types. There was a greater proportion of CRH than AVP neurons activated in stressed animals. There were no sex differences in the activation of CRH and AVP neurons although females had a greater proportion of enkephalin cells staining for Fos than males in both control and stressed animals. There were no differences between control and stressed animals in the proportion of cells co-staining for CRH and AVP. We conclude that isolation and restraint stress activates neurons producing CRH, AVP and enkephalin in sheep and that CRH may play a greater role than AVP in regulating adrenocorticotrophic hormone secretion in response to this stressor in sheep. Finally, isolation and restraint stress does not influence co-localization of CRH and AVP in sheep.     

The role of catecholaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus and medullary visceral zone in response to restraint water-immersion stress in rats

The activity of catecholaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus and the medullary visceral zone (MVZ) in rats in response to restraint water-immersion stress (RWIS) was measured by use of dual Fos and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunohistochemistry. In RWIS rats Fos immunoreactive (Fos-IR) nuclei dramatically increased in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), the supraoptic nucleus (SON), the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV), the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), the area postrema (AP), and the ventrolateral medulla (VLM). A small number of TH-immunoreactive (TH-IR) and Fos/TH double-labeling neurons in the PVN, and their absence from the SON, were observed in both RWIS and nonstressed rats. More TH-IR neurons were observed in the MVZ of RWIS rats than in nonstressed rats. In RWIS and nonstressed rats, the percentage of Fos-IR nuclei in TH-IR neurons was 38.0 and 14.3% in the DMV, 34.4 and 9.7% in the NTS, 18.6 and 4.5% in the AP, and 45.7 and 18.9% in the VLM, respectively. In conclusion, catecholaminergic neurons in the MVZ are involved in the response to RWIS; although the PVN and SON also participate in the response to RWIS, the mechanism is not via catecholaminergic neurons.     

不同游泳训练方式对大鼠下丘脑室旁核c-fos表达的影响

为了观察游泳运动后大鼠下丘脑室旁核(PVN)内c-fos mRNA及Fos免疫阳性神经元的表达变化,探讨下丘脑PVN对不同形式运动的调节机制,本实验将60只雄性SD大鼠随机分为对照组(n=10)和运动组(n=50),建立大鼠游泳运动模型(持续训练和间歇训练)。在运动结束后0、0.5、1、2、4h等不同时间点,冰水浴分离新鲜脑组织或用多聚甲醛灌注固定取脑,前者经RT-PCR反应,半定量分析运动后下丘脑PVN内c-fos mRNA的含量变化,后者经冰冻切片、免疫组织化学染色,观察Fos免疫阳性神经元的定位和分布情况。结果显示:(1)对照组大鼠下丘脑PVN内c-fos mRNA表达极低,而运动结束后c-fos mRNA表达明显升高。持续运动组逐渐升高,1h时达到最大值;间歇训练结束后2h,c-fos mRNA表达最强,然后回落,运动结束4h组c-fos mRNA仍较对照组显著增多(P<0.05);(2)运动大鼠Fos免疫阳性神经元的数目明显增多,特别是在PVN处。在室旁核小细胞部(pPVN),持续组游泳结束后1hFos阳性神经元的数目显著升高达峰值,而间歇组在运动结束后2h达峰值,同一时刻间歇组的表达高于持续运动组;室旁核大细胞部(mPVN)内,持续组Fos阳性神经元数在运动结束后持续升高,2h后显著下降,而间歇组各时刻阳性神经元的表达变化无统计学差异(P>0.05)。以上结果提示,下丘脑PVN在运动后机体调节中起重要作用,不同的运动方式可以产生不同的影响,且pPVN对不同形式运动性应激反应具有较高灵敏度。     

Evidence for the medullary visceral zone as a neural station of neuroimmunomodulation

The aim of the present study was to test the possibility that the catecholaminergic projectional pathway from the vagus nerve to the medullary visceral zone (MVZ) thence to the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN) was involved in the cytokine-to-brain communication. A triple labeling method in which WGA-HRP retrograde tracing was combined with anti-Fos and -TH immunohistochemical staining was used. WGA-HRP was stereotaxically injected into unilateral PVN in the rat, after a survival of 48 h, animals received intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The distribution of the HRP retrogradely labeled neurons, Fos protein positive and catecholaminergic neurons (tyrosine hydroxylase as marker) in the MVZ was observed. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy (SDV) and sham surgery were also used to observe the different Fos expression in the MVZ after intraperitoneal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or pyrogen-free saline (NS). Under light microscope, seven types of positively stained neurons could be distinguished within the MVZ, namely neurons single-labeled with Fos, HRP or TH, respectively; neurons double-labeled with Fos/TH, Fos/HRP or HRP/TH separately; and neurons triple-labeled with Fos, HRP and TH staining. Intraperitoneal LPS caused lots of robust Fos expression within the MVZ in the sham surgery groups and this response in the MVZ was markedly inhibited in the vagotomized rats. The results suggested that some catecholaminergic neurons in the MVZ could send projections to the PVN and this pathway might be involved in the relay of peripheral immune information via vagus nerve. MVZ was a neural relay station in the immune-to-brain communication and might play a significant role in the neuroimmunomodulation via vagus-MVZ-PVN pathway.     

Losartan blocks the excitatory effect of peripheral hypertonic stimulation on vasopressinergic neurons in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in rats: electrophysiological and immunocytochemical evidence

The effect of peripheral hypertonic stimulation on the neurons of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) was investigated in the present study with both electrophysiological and immunocytochemical methods. The discharge frequency of the neurons with phasic activity in PVN could be increased by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of hypertonic saline (HS, 1.5M NaCl) (from 2.8 +/- 0.5 Hz to 5.4 +/- 0.9 Hz, P<0.001). The Fos expression in PVN could be enhanced (from 21.2 +/- 12.9 to 217.3 +/- 38.5 Fos-positive neurons, P<0.001) by i.p. HS and the majority of AVP-positive neurons expressing Fos (91.7 +/- 3.6%) was in magnocellular subdivision of PVN. After intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of losartan, angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist (5 microg/microl), the excitatory effect of peripheral hypertonic stimulation on PVN neurons with phasic activity was inhibited significantly, and the number of the neurons co-expressing Fos and AVP in PVN decreased significantly (P<0.001) as well. The result demonstrated that the vasopressinergic neurons in PVN could be excited by peripheral hypertonic stimulation, and this excitation might be mediated by angiotensin II fibers projecting from subfornical organ to PVN.