应用人精子头-尾膜完整性试验对生育力组及不育组精液的评价

目的应用人精子头-尾膜完整性试验,比较生育力组与不育组男性精液4种精子膜完整性类型的差异.方法精液标本分为生育力组(n=32)和不育组(n=50),采用"低渗肿胀-伊红拒染"结合试验,检测人精子头-尾膜完整性.结果头膜尾膜均损伤的Ⅰ型精子和头膜损伤-尾膜完整的Ⅲ型精子,生育组和不育组存在明显差异(P<0.01);头膜完整-尾膜损伤的Ⅱ型精子,生育组和不育组无明显差异(P>0.05);头膜-尾膜均完整的Ⅳ型精子,生育组明显高于不育组(P<0.01);Ⅳ型精子率与生育组精子活动率(n=32, r=0.82,P<0.01)和不育组精子活动率(n=50,r=0.80,P<0.01)均呈显著相关性.结论生育组具有较多头膜-尾膜均完整的精子."低渗肿胀-伊红拒染"结合试验能够清晰显示包括过渡型膜损伤的4种膜完整性类型的精子,精子头-尾膜完整性可以作为评价精子生理学的一项检测指标.     

圆头精子的冷冻保存

目的:探讨圆头精子的冷冻保存效果及其精子功能改变。方法:6例圆头精子症患者各提供1-3份精液标本,应用不含卵黄冷冻保护剂和二步降温方法冷冻保存圆头精子症标本,检测冷冻精子活动率、头-尾膜完整率、存活时间和顶体蛋白酶活性。结果:圆头精子标本冷冻保存后,精子活动率显著减少,膜完整率显著下降,头膜损伤-尾膜完整的精子率显著升高(n=13,P＜0.01)。体外存活时间缩短。精子冷冻前后无顶体蛋白酶活性。不含卵黄冷冻保护剂与含卵黄冷冻保护剂,以及两步冷冻与多步冷冻的效果比较未见显著差异(n=7,P＞0.05)。结论:圆头精子可经历冷冻保存后存活,但冷冻复苏率低。冷冻-解冻过程显著降低精子功能。不含卵黄冷冻保护剂和两步降温可应用于冷冻保存圆头精子症标本。     

冷冻保存对人类精子顶体完整性及超微结构的影响

目的探讨冷冻保存对人类精子顶体完整性及超微结构的影响.方法 2 0例正常生育力精液标本(A组)和27例不育症精液标本(B组)行冷冻保存.应用荧光标记豌豆凝集素法检测冷冻前、后精子顶体完整率.采用透射电镜观察冷冻精子头部超微结构的改变 (n=3).结果解冻后A和B组的顶体完整率与冷冻前的比较均有显著性下降(P<0.01) ,且B组的降低程度明显大于A组.透射电镜观察到冷冻精子头部超微结构发生不同程度的损伤,浆膜和顶体膜出现肿胀、破损,顶体结构异常改变显著增多,顶体内容物丢失,甚至顶体帽缺失.结论冷冻-解冻过程对精子顶体造成了损伤,引起顶体完整率降低和超微结构改变.     

低温冷冻对精子膜功能的影响

目的评价低温冷冻对精子膜功能的影响,为冻精的临床利用提供理论指导。方法用精子尾部低渗肿胀试验(hypoosmotic swelling test,HOST),比较冷冻前后及不同冷冻方法间精子尾部的低渗肿胀率,以评估低温冷冻对精子膜功能的影响。结果精尾低渗肿胀率在冷冻前为63．9±10．4％,经速冻法冷冻后为17．3±8．3％,经缓冻法冷冻后为 27．7±11．4％,任意二者间比较结果均有显著差异(P<0．01)。结论低温冷冻破坏了精子膜的功能完整性;降温速度越快,精子膜的功能完整性下降越显著。在冷冻前后进行精子尾部低渗肿胀试验,具有重要的临床意义。     

乙酰左旋肉碱对人类精子冷冻前后顶体完整性及超微结构的保护作用探讨

目的 研究乙酰左旋肉碱对人精子冷冻前后顶体完整性及超微结构的保护作用.方法 将18例患者的精液标本液化及PureSperm梯度离心处理后分为2组,分别为A组(对照)和B组(7.5 mmol/L乙酰左旋肉碱),液氮中冷冻2周,比较冻融前后各组精子存活率、 活力、 头部和尾部超微结构损伤比例和顶体完整性.结果 精子冷冻后存活率和活力均较冷冻前明显下降(P<0.05),B组精子解冻后存活率和活力明显高于组A(P<0.05).冷冻后精子头部和尾部损伤比例均较冷冻前明显增加(P<0.05),而B组精子解冻后头部和尾部损伤比例均较A组明显下降(P<0.05).精子解冻后顶体完整性较冷冻前明显下降(P<0.05),B组精子解冻后精子顶体完整性较A组明显提高(P<0.05).结论 冷冻过程对人精子产生损伤,冷冻保护剂中添加7.5 mmol/L乙酰左旋肉碱可以提高精子解冻后顶体完整性,减轻冷冻损伤对于精子头尾超微结构的损伤,起到冷冻保护作用.     

交感神经化学性损毁对SHR血压和尾动脉平滑肌细胞静息Em的影响

在１６℃状况下（一种抑制Ｎａ＾＋，Ｋ＾＋－ＡＴＰ酶的步骤），成年自发性高血压大鼠（ＳＨＲ）的尾动脉平滑肌细胞静息膜电位（Ｅｍ）绝对值显著小于同龄Ｗｉｓｔａｒ Ｋｙｏｔｏ（ＷＫＹ）大鼠。在ＳＨＲ发育早期皮下注射６－羟多巴胺（６－ｈｙｄｒｏｘｙｄｏｐａｍｉｎｅ ６－ＯＨＤＡ）损毁交感神经，其成年后的１６℃Ｅｍ值与ＷＫＹ组无明显差异，同时血压与显著低于未损组而接近ＷＫＹ水平，但血压和１６℃Ｅｍ二者的变化     

用双色荧光原位杂交检测人精子染色体非整倍体率

目的检测人精子染色体非整倍体率。方法采用双色荧光原位杂交（ＦＩＳＨ）方法,取少量精标本经洗后制片,用二硫苏糖醇（ＤＴＴ）和二碘水杨酸锂（ＬＩＳ）处理,使精子头部染色质去凝集。然后,与生物素标记的α卫星Ｘ染色体特异ＤＮＡ探针（ＤＸＺ１）和地高辛标记的α卫星Ｙ染色体特异ＤＮＡ探针（ＤＹＺ３）进行原位杂交。用ＣＹ３－链亲和素、山羊抗链亲和素检测Ｘ染色体探针杂交信号;用鼠抗地高辛抗体、与荧光素结合的兔抗鼠抗体检测Ｙ染色体探针杂交信号。结果在Ｎｉｋｏｎ荧光显微镜下可以清楚看到精子头部的杂交信号,头部有１个红色荧光杂交信号的精子为Ｘ染色体精子（Ｘ精子）,有１个绿色荧光杂交信号的精子为Ｙ染色体精子（Ｙ精子）。精子头部有２个荧光杂交信号的精子为染色体数目异常精子。若用１条常染色体探针和１条性染色体探针进行ＦＩＳＨ,可以区别头部有２个相同颜色荧光杂交信号的精子属非整倍体精子或二倍体精子。结论双色荧光原位杂交（ＦＩＳＨ）方法,可以用于测定接触致突变剂和非整倍体诱导剂后,人精子染色体非整倍体率的变化。     

一氧化氮与白细胞精子症不育的关系探讨

目的　探讨一氧化氮 (NO)与白细胞精子症不育的关系。方法　参照WHO标准方法 ,进行精液常规分析。采用过氧化物酶染色法检测精液中白细胞密度。用改良的低渗肿胀法检测精子细胞膜的完整性。采用镀铜镉还原荧光法 ,检测精液中NO代谢产物硝酸盐 (NO 3 )。结果　白细胞精子症不育组白细胞的密度为 (1.4 8± 0 .90 )× 10 9/L ,NO水平为 (10 3.5± 2 .0 ) μmol/L ,显著高于正常生育组的(0 .73± 0 .2 8)× 10 9/L和 (41.6± 1.8) μmol/L (P分别为<0 .0 5和 <0 .0 0 1)。精子的活动率、精子速度试验 (SVT)及精子头、尾部膜完整率 ,均明显低于生育组 (P <0 .0 1) ,而精子的死亡率则显著高于生育组 (P <0 .0 1)。结论　NO水平与白细胞密度呈正相关 ;与精子的活动率、SVT及精子头、尾膜的完整率呈负相关。表明当精液中的白细胞增高时 ,可产生过量的NO导致精子中毒受损使精子的受精能力下降     

EFFECT OF SUSPENDING MEDIUM VISCOSITY ONORIENTATION AND DEFORMATION OF RBCs IN A SHEAR FlOW FIELD

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STUDIES ON CHITOSAN AND ITS pH-RESPONSIBILITY

ＳＴＵＤＩＥＳＯＮＣＨＩＴＯＳＡＮＡＮＤＩＴＳｐＨ－ＲＥＳＰＯＮＳＩＢＩＬＩＴＹＳｕｎＤｕｏｘｉａｎ，ＷｕＳｈｕｉｚｈｕ（ＤｅｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔｏｆＡｐｐｌｉｅｄＣｈｅｍｉｓｔｒｙＴｉａｎｊｉｎＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ，Ｔｉａｎｊｉｎ，３０００７２，Ｃｈｉ...     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA in North Colombia Chimila Amerindians

HLA-A,-B,-C,-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Chimila Amerindians from Sabana de San Angel (North Colombian Coast) by using high resolution molecular typing. A frequent extended haplotype was found:HLA-A*24:02-B*51:10-C*15:02-BRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 (28.7%) which has also been described in Amerinndian Mayos Mexican population (Mexico, California Gulf, Pacific Ocean). Other haplotypes had already been found in Amerindians from Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic Coast), Peru (highlands and Amazon Basin), Bolivia and North USA. A geographic pattern according to HLA allele or haplotype frequencies is lacking in Amerindians, as already known. Also, five new extended haplotypes were found in Chimila Amerindians. Their HLA-A*24:02 high frequencies characteristic is shared with aboriginal populations of Taiwan; also, HLA-C*01:02 high frequencies are found in New Zealand Maoris, New Caledonians and Kimberly Aborigines from Australia. Finally, this study may show a model of evolutionary factors acting and rising one HLA allele frequency (-A*24:02), but not in others that belong to the same or different HLA loci.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.     

The universal muscular chamber. A basic unit of the genitourinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal, cutaneous, respiratory and other systems, endocameral hypertension; and spasm, the key to their idiopathic diseases and arthropathies

Starting with the integument, we see many organs are contractile sacs or multiples thereof, which tubes or bags constitute the major part of the entire body. Recognition of this basic unit and its characteristics sheds new light, individually and collectively, on many disorders previously considered unrelated. Muscular tears and perforations develop in the walls of these chambers, being no way peculiar to those organs, wherein, hydrochloric acid occurs. So, it is not necessary to explain the absence of excessive acid from patients who exhibit holes in the gastric, uterine, aortic, duodenal, rectal, pulmonary, retina, and other walls. Muscle, not acid is the great common factor relating idiopathic disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to each other and to similar diseases in other systems. When the units are linked together, the lesions tend to appear as arthropathies, i.e. at the joints. Rephrasing common-place observations, frees us from conventional, conceptual cul-de-sacs. An observation is only as good as its interpretation, so all possibilities must be considered, otherwise, we will remain blinded by our misconceptions.     

Der Einfluß von Nahrungsmitteln und Rauchen auf die klinisch-chemische Diagnostik von Phäochromozytom,Neuroblastom und Karzinoid-Syndrom

Zusammenfassung Der Einfluß von verschiedenen Nahrungsmitteln auf Methoden zur Bestimmung von Adrenalin (AD), Noradrenalin (NA), Vanillinmandelsäure (VMS), Metanephrinen (MN), Homovanillinsäure (HVS) und 5-Hydroxyindolessigsäure (5-HIE) im 24 h-Harn zur Diagnose des Phäochromozytoms bzw. Karzinoid-Syndroms wurde untersucht. Die in die Untersuchung einbezogenen Nahrungsmittel waren: Tee, Kaffee, Mandeln, Ananas, Käse, Walnüsse, Vanillepudding, Bananen, Tomaten und Milchschokolade. Außerdem wurde der Einfluß des Zigarettenrauchens auf die Bestimmung von AD, NA, VMS und MN untersucht.Walnüsse führten zu einer starken Erhöhung der 5-HIE-Ausscheidung. Bananen erhöhten die Ausscheidung von AD, NA, VMS, MN und 5-HIE. Kaffee und Ananas bewirkten eine geringe Zunahme der MN-Werte. Rauchen von 20–30 Zigaretten/Tag beeinflußte keine der vier Variablen.Wenn die beschriebenen Methoden benutzt werden, sollte lediglich auf den Verzehr von Bananen und Walnüssen vor und während der Harnsammelperioden verzichtet werden, da die oberen Normgrenzen im Harn überschritten werden könnten. Ein Verzicht auf Kaffee und Ananas in normalen Mengen ist nicht erforderlich. Es besteht kein Anlaß, weiterhin die bisherigen umfangreichen Restriktionen der übrigen Nahrungsmittel beizubehalten.