可重复性小鼠局灶性脑缺血/再灌注模型的探讨

目的介绍一种标准的小鼠局灶性脑缺血/再灌注模型的制作方法,并观察不同脑缺血/再灌注时间脑梗死体积和脑水肿的变化。方法用腔内线栓法制作脑缺血/再灌注动物模型,用TTC染色法进行脑大体观察,用甲酚紫染色法观察脑切片梗死灶,用脑血流激光多普勒监测脑血流的变化,用ImageJ软件计算脑梗死体积和脑水肿。结果当线栓封闭大脑中动脉时,脑血流就会急剧下降至最低水平,拔出线栓后脑血流迅速上升至缺血前水平。脑缺血后,脑片上呈现明显的梗死灶,脑梗死体积和脑水肿的大小较恒定。脑缺血90min再灌注24h组梗死体积、脑水肿体积、脑水肿百分数及神经功能缺损程度均显著大于脑缺血30min再灌注24h组(P<0.001)。脑缺血30min/再灌注72h脑水肿非常明显(72.6±4.3)mm3,再灌注7d时脑水肿开始减退,仅为(50.9±4.1)mm3,再灌注30d时脑容积出现萎缩,脑水肿呈负值(-20.1±1.8)mm3。结论该小鼠局灶性脑缺血/再灌注模型具有重复性好、容易操作的优点。脑缺血30min就可造成不可逆性脑损害,脑水肿在再灌注72h即达到高峰。     

Expansions of CAG repeat tracts are frequent in a yeast mutant defective in Okazaki fragment maturation

To understand the causes of CAG repeat tract changes that occur in the passage of human disease alleles, we are studying the effect of replication and repair mutations on CAG repeat tracts embedded in a yeast chromosome. In this report, we examine the effect of a mutation in the RTH1/RAD27 gene encoding a deoxyribonuclease needed for removal of excess nucleotides at the 5'-end of Okazaki fragments. Deletion of the RTH1/RAD27 gene has two effects on CAG tracts. First, the rth1/rad27 mutation destabilizes CAG tracts. Second, although most tract length changes in wild-type yeast cells are tract contractions, approximately half of the changes that occur as a result of the rth1/rad27 mutation are expansions of one or more repeat units. These results support the hypothesis that tract expansions that occur during passage of human disease alleles bearing expanded CAG tracts result from excess DNA synthesis on the lagging strand of replication.      

Urethral caruncle in a male: a case report

Urethral caruncle in a 60-year-old male labourer is being reported. Its occurrence in male urethra has not been reported so far in the literature.     

Amplatzer vascular plug closure of a Blalock–Taussig shunt through a Glenn shunt

We describe an unusual route and uncommon device use for the percutaneous closure of a modified Blalock–Taussig (BT) shunt. A 4‐year‐old male had presented with severe upper body swelling after a bidirectional Glenn shunt done one month earlier. The BT shunt which was clipped during the surgery was found to be patent. The BT shunt was finally closed from the bidirectional Glenn using an Amplatzer vascular plug, resulting in symptom relief. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.