Background: The antidepressant amitriptyline is commonly used orally for the treatment of chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain, which is thought to be caused by high-frequency ectopic discharge. Among its many properties, amitriptyline is a potent Na+ channel blocker in vitro, has local anesthetic properties in vivo, and confers additional blockade at high stimulus-discharge rates (use-dependent blockade). As with other drug modifications, adding a phenylethyl group to obtain a permanently charged quaternary ammonium derivative may improve these advantageous properties.
Methods: The electrophysiologic properties of N-phenylethyl amitriptyline were assessed in cultured neuronal GH3 cells with the whole cell mode of the patch clamp technique, and the therapeutic range and toxicity were evaluated in the rat sciatic nerve model.
Results: In vitro, N-phenylethyl amitriptyline at 10 [mu]m elicits a greater block of Na+ channels than amitriptyline (resting block of approximately 90%vs. approximately 15%). This derivative also retains the attribute of amitriptyline in evoking high-degree use-dependent blockade during repetitive pulses. In vivo, duration to full recovery of nociception in the sciatic nerve model was 1,932 +/- 72 min for N-phenylethyl amitriptyline at 2.5 mm (n = 7) versus 72 +/- 3 min for lidocaine at 37 mm (n = 4; mean +/- SEM). However, there was evidence of neurotoxicity at 5 mm. 相似文献
The aim of this study was to assess alcoholic inpatients' smoking and coffee intake variation following withdrawal. Only moderate smokers (less than 30 cigarettes/day) showed a significant increase of cigarette consumption after alcohol withdrawal. However, their urinary cotinine level did not vary, suggesting a behavioral, and not biological, compensation through smoking following alcohol withdrawal. Heavy smokers (30 cigarettes/day or more) showed no significant clinical or biological variation of smoking behavior. Coffee consumption increased after alcohol withdrawal in all patients, irrespective of smoking habits. 相似文献
BACKGROUND: A simple, rapid, inexpensive method for measuring the flow in a
patient's vascular access would permit routine monitoring during
haemodialysis, and hence provide information of access graft deterioration
sufficiently early to increase the success of minimally invasive remedial
procedures. This paper reports the validation of such a method in animals.
METHODS: A PTFE graft was implanted in sheep between the carotid artery and
the jugular vein. While the sheep was under general anaesthesia and on an
haemodialysis circuit, ultrasound velocity in its blood was perturbed by
the injection of a 5-10 ml bolus of isotonic NaCl. The pump tubing flow was
measured by a transit-time blood flow meter. This flow was combined with
the areas of perturbation generated by the injection before and after
mixing in the access flow to estimate graft flow. The calculated graft flow
was compared to flow measured directly by a transit-time probe on the same
carotid artery. RESULTS: Over a 10-fold range, 120-1260 ml/min, graft flow
measured by ultrasound velocity dilution agreed well with graft flow
measured directly with a scatter of 76 ml/min about the regression line.
CONCLUSION: Ultrasound velocity dilution provides a method for measuring
flow in the graft accurate enough for clinical evaluation of patients on
dialysis.
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The incidence (%) of hyperbilirubinemia (serum bilirubin ≥257 μmol/l) was similar in neonates with a combination of ABO incompatibility and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency (45%), with ABO incompatibility (54%) or G-6-PD deficiency (37%), alone (ns). Carboxyhemoglobin values, corrected for inspired CO, were similarly elevated in all three groups (0.87 ± 0.32%, 0.82 ± 0.29%, 0.76 ± 0.18%, respectively, ns), but correlated with bilirubin only in those with ABO incompatibility alone. ABO-incompatible/G-6-PD-deficient neonates, compared with those with either condition alone, are not at increased risk for hemolysis or hyperbilirubinemia. 相似文献
In a human in-vitro fertilization (IVF) programme, the effect of co-
culture of embryos with human fibroblasts was evaluated with respect to
pregnancy rate and embryo development. Patients were included in the study
after giving informed written consent. The IVF treatments were randomly
assigned by stratification of both age (<36 versus > or =36 years)
and previous IVF attempts (yes versus no). After fertilization was
established, the zygotes were transferred to a 4-well dish with or without
fibroblasts and cultured for 2 days. On the third day after ovum pick-up
(OPU), cell number and quality [5 (good) to 1 (poor)] of the embryos were
scored and a maximum of three embryos was transferred. Supernumerary
embryos of good quality were cryopreserved. The design of this study was a
group sequential trial with the objective of detecting differences between
pregnancy rates following IVF with conventional incubation or incubation in
co-culture with fibroblasts. This design included one evaluation at
half-way data collection. In the study, 148 patients had an OPU, of whom 77
were allocated to the co-culture group. There was no statistically
significant difference in pregnancy rate, cell number and embryo quality
between the two groups. The ongoing pregnancy rate per embryo transfer was
27% in co-culture and 30% in the conventional culture group. The
implantation rates per transferred embryo were 17 and 18% respectively.
Using a multivariate logistic regression model for the probability of
ongoing pregnancies, the odds ratio of co-culture, adjusted for age and
previous IVF attempts, was not statistically significant. In conclusion,
co-culture with human fibroblasts does not contribute to an improvement of
embryo quality nor to a higher pregnancy rate after IVF in an unselected
group of patients.
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The endothelins are signalling peptides that act via two receptors, ET(A)
and ET(B). In the human endometrium, endothelin receptors have been
demonstrated in glands and stroma and have been shown to vary during the
course of the menstrual cycle. The present study was undertaken to
determine whether or not expression of endothelin receptors changes during
pregnancy or after administration of exogenous progestagens. The expression
of the receptors was correlated with the appearance of basement membrane
components during decidualization of the endometrial stroma. Decidual
specimens (n = 15) were obtained during the first trimester of pregnancy
and 10 at term. Sixteen pairs of endometrial biopsies were obtained from
women with menorrhagia before and after exposure to exogenous progestagens.
A total of 15 hysterectomy specimens were used as controls for the
expression of stromal basement membrane proteins in the absence of
decidualization. Autoradiography was carried out with selective ligands for
ET(A) ([125I]-PD 151242) and ET(B) ([125I]-BQ3020). The distribution of
ligand binding was then compared with the distribution of laminin alpha2
light chain and collagen IV. ET(A), ET(B), laminin alpha2 light chain, and
collagen IV were expressed in stromal decidual cells in the first trimester
of pregnancy. ET(B) was also found on endometrial glandular epithelium.
Quantitative macro-autoradiography and multiple regression analysis
demonstrated a highly significant positive correlation (P < 0.001)
between expression of ET(B) and laminin alpha2 light chain. In the third
trimester qualitative examination suggested a reduction of ET(A) in the
stroma. Progestagen-induced decidua exhibited a similar pattern to that
found in first trimester decidua. This study has demonstrated up-regulation
of ET(B) during the progesterone- dependent process of decidualization and
suggests a paracrine or autocrine role for endothelins in the decidua.
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Human Fallopian tubal epithelial cells in culture lose morphological
features associated with the epithelium in situ and the extent to which
they retain their in-vivo phenotype or function is unknown. In order to
address this question, immunocytochemical markers were identified which
distinguish secretory (HMFG2+, LhS28-) from ciliated (HMFG2-, LhS28+)
epithelial cells in tissue sections of Fallopian tube. These markers were
used to analyse the phenotype of tubal cells in vitro. Primary cultures of
human tubal epithelial cells were seeded onto glass and grown to confluence
before addition of oestradiol-17beta. In the absence of hormone, tubal
epithelial cells expressed cytokeratins and nuclear receptors for oestrogen
and progesterone and adopted a homogeneous (HMFG2+, LhS28-) secretory cell
phenotype. Following the addition of oestradiol-17beta, a proportion of
cells became positive for LhS28. The induction of a ciliated epithelial
cell phenotype was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, where on
permeable collagen membranes, approximately one-third of tubal epithelial
cells became ciliated in the presence of oestradiol-17beta. We suggest that
in vitro, tubal epithelial cells adopt an immature secretory-like phenotype
and that oestrogen can induce differentiation to a ciliated epithelial cell
phenotype.
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Single-dose and multiple-rising dose studies of recombinantfollicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) in hypogonadotrophic maleand female volunteers demonstrated that the rate of FSH absorptionafter i.m. injection is higher in men than in women. In theabsence of endogenous FSH, a correlation between serum FSH andbody weight became apparent. The elimination half-life of rFSHwas not different between the sexes and was comparable withurinary FSH. However, the in-vitro bio:immuno ratio of serumFSH was significantly higher after the administration of rFSHthan after urinary FSH. When rFSH was administered daily witha fixed dose, steady state levels were reached within 3-5 days.Serum FSH concentrations increased in a dose-dependent mannerwhen the daily dose was increased weekly over 3 weeks from 75to 225 IU. In hypogonadotrophic women, rFSH induced normal folliculargrowth whereas oestrogen synthesis was impaired. In women pituitarysuppressed by a high-dose oral contraceptive, the daily administrationof 150 IU rFSH for 1 week induced more and larger antral folliclesthan the same regimen with urinary FSH, whereas the serum immunoactiveFSH concentrations measured 24 h after each dosing were similar.It is concluded that even though equal or lower serum immunoactiveFSH concentrations were obtained following the administrationof rFSH compared with urinary FSH, circulating bioactivity FSHconcentrations were higher. Therefore, the conventional ideathat serum immunoreactive FSH correlates positively with themagnitude of the ovarian response should be reconsidered. 相似文献