Effect of auricular electrical stimulation and naloxone on nociceptive sensitivity in rabbits

P. K. Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR K. V. Sudakov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 110, No. 10, pp. 339–341, October, 1990.     

几种超短肽的抗抑郁作用

超短肽(overshort peptides,简称OSP)是一类由2～4个氨基酸组成的活性肽,存在于体内,参与多方面的生理、生化或病理过程,其中有些OSP分布于CNS,可能参与情感等高级神经活动的调节。为了探讨OSP可能的药用前景,我们对其中5个OSP进行了抗抑郁作用研究。     

甲基强的松龙对嗅鞘细胞移植治疗受损视网膜神经节细胞的早期保护效应

目的:观察注射甲基强的松龙对嗅鞘细胞移植治疗受损视网膜节细胞的早期保护作用。方法:实验于2005-09/2006-09在北京大学医学部神经解剖实验室完成。实验动物分组:成年雄性SD大白鼠55只随机取出7只为正常对照组,不进行任何实验处理;其余48只为实验组,在手术显微镜下经动物的左侧眶上缘暴露视神经,然后将视神经鞘顺向划开,在距眼球后壁2mm处将视神经剪断。将实验组动物随机分成4组,每组12只:①损伤组。②静脉注射甲基强的松龙组,动物实施术后30min给予一次性尾静脉注射甲基强的松龙注射液(90mg/kg)。③嗅鞘细胞移植组,动物术后移植嗅鞘细胞组织层。④给药后嗅鞘细胞移植组,动物术后30min给予一次性尾静脉注射甲基强的松龙注射液(90mg/kg),然后移植嗅鞘细胞组织层。术后21d麻醉下处死各组大鼠。实验评估:通过视神经逆行荧光标记和蛋白免疫印迹方法观察视网膜神经节细胞存活状况以及热休克蛋白27表达情况。结果:55只SD大鼠均进入结果分析。①视网膜神经节细胞的存活数量:甲基强的松龙静脉注射组高于损伤组[(16.525±9.557),(9.889±5.585)个/视野,P<0.1],给药后嗅鞘细胞移植组明显高于甲基强的松龙静脉注射组和嗅鞘细胞移植组[(28.881±13.660),(16.525±9.557),(13.513±6.840)个/视野,P<0.1,<0.01]。②各组视网膜神经节细胞热休克蛋白27的表达:甲基强的松龙静脉注射组高于损伤组,给药后嗅鞘细胞移植组明显高于甲基强的松龙静脉注射组和嗅鞘细胞移植组。结论:早期注射甲基强的松龙使受损视网膜神经节细胞存活率升高,并使热休克蛋白27表达上调,同时亦表现出了对移植嗅鞘细胞移植治疗受损视网膜神经节细胞的显著保护效应。     

Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among blood product recipients in San Francisco before transfusion

To determine the incidence of transfusion-associated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection after routine screening of donated blood, a pilot study estimated the pretransfusion prevalence of HIV infection among blood product recipients in San Francisco. Among the 911 nonduplicate pretransfusion specimens from recipients without a clinical history of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC), the overall prevalence of antibody to HIV was 2.9 percent (5.2% among males and 0.6% among females; p = 0.00002). If recipients in specifically defined or possible high-risk groups (n = 348) were excluded, a seropositivity rate of 1.8 percent (10/563) was detected, with all the positives occurring in men (10/242, 4.1%) and none in women (0/321, 0%). This demonstrated prevalence of HIV infection among blood product recipients in San Francisco before transfusion was substantially higher than the known 0.02 to 0.04 percent prevalence in the donor population. Therefore, the population of women without known risk for AIDS is the best in which to assess the risk of HIV infection in patients who are currently receiving seronegative blood transfusions.     

Placebo Analgesia: Clinical considerations

Pain is the predominant symptom that prompts patients to seek medical advice and treatment from physiotherapists. Various treatment modalities such as heat and cold, electrical stimulation (Cheing and Hui-Chan, 1999), ultrasound, manipulative techniques, massage and laser treatment have been demonstrated in varying degrees to be clinically effective for managing pain of different pathologies. However, all these treatments could be assumed to have some placebo elements (French, 1994).

From a research design perspective, the presence of placebo response is undesirable and must be controlled as it complicates the demonstration of ‘real' treatment effect. From a clinical perspective, it is intriguing to note that the condition of patients in the placebo control groups did improve considerably in many of these validation studies, although in the majority the improvement was not so marked as in the treatment groups. Conspicuously, some neuro-physiological and psychological aspects of the placebo effects may have clinical use in enhancing the effect of pain treatments and their outcomes.

Unfortunately, although placebo response has been a subject of continuing interest among some physiotherapy researchers and clinicians, information about placebo analgesia and its clinical utility is seldom discussed. The purpose of this paper is to provide clinicians with an overview of the construct and research related to placebo analgesia as well as a discussion of the potential clinical use of certain components of placebo analgesia to enhance pain rehabilitation outcomes in physiotherapy practice.     

低氧暴露对运动性贫血大鼠抗氧化能力的影响

目的:观察低氧暴露对运动性贫血大鼠某些抗氧化酶的影响,探讨低氧条件下抗氧化系统的反应是否有利于改善运动性贫血。方法:实验于2005-07/09在广东省高等学校运动生物化学教学重点实验室完成。选择6周龄健康雄性SD大鼠40只,均为运动性贫血动物模型,大鼠适应环境1周后采用6周递增负荷跑台运动方式建立。按随机数字表法分为1h低氧暴露组、2h低氧暴露组和间歇性低氧暴露组、常氧恢复组,每组10只。采用人工常压低氧环境,低氧浓度控制在14.5%左右,按分组每天在常压低氧舱进行1,2h和间歇性低氧暴露(低氧暴露1h,中间间歇3h,再低氧暴露1h),其余时间在舱外常氧中自由活动,每周6d,持续3周。常氧恢复组大鼠在常氧中自由活动。3周后测试运动性贫血大鼠血清丙二醛含量、超氧化物歧化酶活性和血浆过氧化氢酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化酶活性。结果:纳入动物40只,均进入结果分析。①低氧暴露3周后1h低氧暴露组、2h低氧暴露组、间歇性低氧暴露组血清丙二醛含量均显著低于常氧恢复组[分别为(2.62±0.16),(2.60±0.22),(2.55±0.06),(3.36±0.34)μmol/L,P<0.05]。②低氧暴露3周后血清超氧化物歧化酶和血浆谷胱甘肽过氧化酶、过氧化氢酶活性均高于常氧恢复组,2h低氧暴露组与常氧恢复组比较差异有显著性意义[分别为(4239.68±169.53),(3190.30±339.40)μkat/L;(20622.46±2002.07),(15556.44±607.79)μkat/L;(50.01±6.67),(35.17±4.50)μkat/L,P<0.05]。③各低氧暴露组间除2h低氧暴露组血清超氧化物歧化酶活性显著高于1h低氧暴露组外[分别为(4239.68±169.53),(2126.41±161.20)μkat/L,P<0.05],其他指标组间差异无显著性意义(P>0.05)。结论:低氧暴露可提高运动性贫血大鼠机体的抗氧化能力,有利于促进运动性贫血的恢复。     

木贼提取物对小鼠脑心肺过氧化脂质产生的影响

木贼水醇提取物对小鼠过氧化脂质的产生有明显抑制作用。该提取物能减少体外与体内实验小鼠脑、心、肺匀浆中MDA含量,并随剂量的增加作用增强。提示木贼水醇提取物可能具有抗衰老作用。     

白花前胡中前胡香豆素D和前胡香豆素E的分离和鉴定

从中药白花前胡(Peucedanum Praeruptorum Dunn)根中分到5个化合物,经理化常数、波谱数据及化学反应分别鉴定为前胡香豆素D(I),Pd-Ib(II),前胡香豆素E(III),nodakenetin(IV)和scopoletin(V)。其中化合物I和III为两个新化合物,与巳知化合物凯林内酯的化学沟通确定了其绝对构型,其化学结构分别为3'(S),4'(S)-二乙酰氧基-3',4'-二氢邪蒿内酯(I)和3'(R)-惕各酰氧基-4'-酮基-3',4'-二氢邪蒿内酯(III)。化合物IV和V为首次从该植物中分离得到。通过DEPT,¹H-¹HCOSY和¹³C-¹HCOSY等实验归属了II的碳氢信号。     

多索茶碱在大鼠体内的药代动力学

为全面了解多索茶碱在大鼠体内代谢情况,用高效薄层色谱法和光密度扫描法,给大鼠ig多索茶碱后,测定在不同时间各组织和体液中多索茶碱的含量。结果表明,多索茶碱在大鼠体内药代动力学为一室模型并能在体内迅速转化为其它代谢产物。T_1/2(Ke)为1.17～3.75h,达峰时间T(peak)为0.72～1.46h,Cmax,AUC及CL/F呈剂量依赖关系。给药1h,以胃壁浓度最高,8h除胃肠组织浓度降低较慢外,其它组织中药物浓度明显降低。尿、粪及胆汁中原形药总排出量占给药量的5.2%。血浆蛋白结合率约25%。提示多索茶碱在体内可能转化为其它代谢产物。     

血管黏附分子中选择素结构、功能及其表达的特点

目的:归纳总结选择素的组成、分布、结构、表达及其选择素与配体相互作用的主要功能。资料来源:应用计算机检索Medline数据库1990-01/2007-01有关选择素功能的相关文章,检索词“Selectin,function”,限定文章语言种类为英文。同时计算机检索中国期刊全文数据库、万方数据库1994-01/2007-01期间的选择素的相关文章,检索词“选择素、功能”,限定文章语言种类为中文。资料选择:对资料进行初审,选取与选择素研究进展相关文献,然后筛除明显无关文献或相关性不强的文献,对剩余文献开始查找全文,进一步明确其相关性。纳入标准:随机对照研究;实验或临床研究包含平行对照组。排除标准:重复或类似的同一研究、综述文献(或个案报道等)。资料提炼:共收集到79篇有关选择素研究方面的文章,33个实验或临床研究符合纳入标准。排除的46篇文献中,32篇为未随机研究或重复性研究,14篇为综述类文章。资料综合:33个实验包括403例患者和342只实验动物,分别阐述了以下3点:①选择素家族的组成、分布:目前发现的选择素家族包括3个成员:L-选择素、P-选择素、E-选择素,P-选择素和E-选择素表达于内皮细胞,L-选择素只表达于白细胞。②选择素的结构及其表达:选择素分子是一类Ⅰ型跨膜糖蛋白,它分为胞外区、跨膜区和胞内区,3种选择素的胞外区的不同部位在同一物种或不同物种间有一定的同源性。而跨膜区和胞内区则没有同源性,胞内区是细胞内部分。③选择素的配体:选择素执行其功能离不开和其配体的相互作用,配体包括糖类配体和蛋白类配体两部分。糖类配体主要是一些寡糖基团。蛋白类配体多是一些分子量在数万到数十万单位的蛋白分子。④选择素的主要功能为:介导炎症过程中白细胞的起始黏附,参与肿瘤转移过程,参与缺血-再灌注损伤,参与血栓形成及促进创伤的修复和愈合,参与细胞内外的信号传递,参与器官移植免疫排斥反应等。结论:①目前发现的选择素家族的3个成员,P-选择素和E-选择素表达于内皮细胞,L-选择素只表达于白细胞。②选择素的主要作用是在炎症发生时介导白细胞与血管内皮细胞的起始黏附,以及介导白细胞之间、白细胞与血小板之间的黏附。此外,在淋巴细胞归巢、炎症反应、血栓形成、自身免疫性疾病及肿瘤转移等过程中,选择素还发挥着重要作用。