The use of radiolabeled and fluorescein-labeled antiglobulins in assays to predict platelet transfusion outcome

We used both radiolabeled and fluorescein-labeled antiglobulins in assays to detect antibodies against platelets in multiply transfused patients to determine the value of these tests in predicting the outcome of platelet transfusion in such patients. In 15 allosensitized patients, we studied 68 single-donor platelet transfusions, 43 (63%) of which had a poor outcome, defined as a corrected count increment (CCI), less than 10,000. The results obtained with either test were significantly correlated with the CCI following transfusion (p less than 0.001), but the assay using the radiolabeled antiglobulin had slightly better sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value. When the assays were used in combination, there was again significant correlation with the CCI of the transfusion, p less than 0.001. When both assays predicted failure of the transfusions, 31/31 (100%) such transfusions resulted in a CCI of less than 10,000, and when both assays predicted success of the transfusions, 14/15 (93%) such transfusions resulted in a CCI of greater than 10,000. Both assays are useful in predicting the outcome of the platelet transfusions; when the assay results were concordant, almost total predictive accuracy was obtained.     

Multiple bilateral spinal nerve root calcifications in Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease

We present a patient with Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease with multiple bilateral symmetrical cervical nerve root calcifications. To our knowledge, such a finding has not been described in the literature in association with this disease. We propose that multiple bilateral symmetrical spinal nerve root calcifications may be an additional imaging feature, possibly diagnostic, in this hereditary motor and spinal neuropathy.     

脐血间充质干细胞分离培养的理论研究与应用

目的:间充质干细胞具有多向分化潜能,在一定的实验条件控制下可分化为骨、软骨、肌肉、神经、肝和内皮等多种细胞,本文在于进一步综合分析脐血间充质干细胞的优化分离培养条件。资料来源:应用计算机检索Medline、PubMed数据库1980-01/2006-12期间有关脐血间充质干细胞分离培养的文献,检索词“mesenchymal stem cells,human umbilical cord blood(HUCB),isolation,culture”,并限定文章语言种类为English。同时计算机检索CNKI,万方数据库1990-01/2006-12期间相关文献,限定文章语言种类为中文,检索词“间充质干细胞,脐血,分离,培养”。并手工查阅相关书籍。资料选择:检索有关脐血间充质干细胞分离培养的综述和实验论据,参考综合各文献中脐血间充质干细胞培养的方法条件,选择比较典型和比较新颖的文献进行综合。资料提炼:共检索到79篇有关脐血间充质干细胞分离纯化、培养扩增的文献,纳入30篇。资料综合:国内外有大量的实验证实,间充质干细胞具有肯定的支持造血功能,而且在一定实验条件控制下可分化为骨、软骨、脂肪、肌腱、肌肉、神经、基质、肝、内皮等多种细胞。脐血来源间充质干细胞具有低免疫原性等很多优点已成为干细胞研究领域的热点,目前分离培养间充质干细胞的方法多样,日趋成熟,但仍存在许多不足,需进一步探索间充质干细胞的分离纯化技术。结论:目前已经建立了多种脐血间充质干细胞分离纯化培养扩增的方法,为其在细胞工程和组织工程的应用提供了基础。     

肾移植术后乙型肝炎病毒拉米夫定耐药的治疗

目的:观察肾移植术后乙型肝炎病毒患者发生拉米夫定耐药后,应用新一代核苷类抗乙型肝炎病毒药物阿德福韦和恩替卡韦的治疗效果。方法:选择2001-05/2006-09于南方医科大学南方医院器官移植科就诊的乙型肝炎病毒感染并发生病毒多聚酶催化域YMDD基序变异,对拉米夫定耐药的肾移植患者4例,患者均知情同意。定期复查血清丙氨酸转氨酶、天冬氨酸转氨酶、总胆红素、乙型肝炎病毒DNA定量及乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异情况,先后采用拉米夫定、阿德福韦及恩替卡韦进行治疗,并观察其治疗效果。结果:①4例患者分别随访16,26,63,67个月,移植肾功能良好。②4例患者分别在服用拉米夫定14,24,51和62个月(术后12个月)时出现乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异,乙型肝炎病毒DNA升高至105～109拷贝/mL,肝功能异常。2例加用阿德福韦3个月后撤除拉米夫定,单用阿德福韦治疗,乙型肝炎病毒DNA均降为104拷贝/mL,肝功能正常,其中1例单用阿德福韦9个月后乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异转阴,另1例单用阿德福韦2个月,乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异仍为阳性;2例停用拉米夫定,直接换为恩替卡韦,其中1例2个月后肝功能正常,乙型肝炎病毒DNA阴性,乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异阴性,另1例服药2个月后肝功能正常,乙型肝炎病毒DNA降为104拷贝/mL,乙型肝炎病毒YMDD变异仍为阳性。结论:新型抗乙型肝炎病毒药物阿德福韦和恩替卡韦可有效抑制拉米夫定耐药的乙型肝炎病毒复制,有利于乙型肝炎病毒阳性肾移植患者长期存活。     

嗅鞘细胞修复脊髓损伤的实验室研究现状

目的:在成年哺乳动物中损伤的脊髓缺乏轴突再生能力,损伤平面以下运动、感觉、反射功能全部或部分永久丧失。在许多脊髓损伤的动物模型中,移植的嗅鞘细胞显示了促进轴突再生的能力。为此就嗅鞘细胞对脊髓损伤修复的实验室相关研究现状进行综述。资料来源:应用计算机检索Pubmed和Elsevier数据库和中国期刊网数据库1979-01/2006-05期间的相关文章,检索词为“olfactory ensheathing cell”,并限定文章语言种类为English和中文。资料选择:对资料进行初审,并查看每篇文献后的引文。纳入标准:文章所述内容应与嗅鞘细胞修复脊髓损伤的动物实验或临床研究相关。排除标准:重复研究或Meta分析类文章。资料提炼:共收集到50篇相关文献,30篇文献符合纳入标准,排除的20篇文献为内容陈旧或重复。符合纳入标准的30篇文献中,分别涉及嗅鞘细胞的生物学特点、嗅鞘细胞修复脊髓损伤的动物实验研究、嗅鞘细胞修复脊髓损伤的临床实验研究。资料综合:现代社会脊髓损伤的发生率逐渐升高,造成脊髓损伤平面以下机体功能永久性丧失,给患者、家庭和社会带来沉重的负担。嗅鞘细胞以其独特的生物学特性与在脊髓损伤动物模型中明确地促进轴突再生的作用为治疗脊髓损伤燃起新的希望。嗅鞘细胞属于神经胶质细胞,存在于鼻腔的嗅上皮、嗅神经和中枢神经系统的嗅球,兼有许旺细胞和星状胶质细胞的特性,研究发现有辅助轴突再生和改善神经功能的作用。嗅鞘细胞治疗脊髓损伤的临床试验也已展开,初步证实了移植的安全性、可行性和潜在的修复作用。结论:嗅鞘细胞移植能够促进损伤脊髓的轴突再生,但因其促进轴突再生的确切机制仍不甚明确,部分应用于临床的病例尚缺乏长期随访结果,故需要对嗅鞘细胞移植治疗脊髓损伤这一课题进行更深入的研究。     

睡眠剥夺对力竭运动大鼠胸腺谷胱甘肽、丙二醛、超氧化物歧化酶的影响

目的:观察不同睡眠剥夺时间后力竭运动对大鼠胸腺谷胱甘肽、丙二醛含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性的变化,探讨睡眠剥夺对大鼠抗氧化能力的影响。方法:实验于2006-04/05在湖南师范大学体育学院运动生物化学实验室完成。实验分组:选择10周龄健康雄性SD大鼠30只,按随机数字表法分为5组,每组6只:睡眠非运动组,睡眠 力竭运动组和睡眠剥夺24,48,72h 力竭运动组。实验方法:①采用轻柔刺激法制备大鼠睡眠剥夺模型。②睡眠非运动组和睡眠 力竭运动组不进行睡眠剥夺。③睡眠 力竭运动组和睡眠剥夺各组大鼠运动方案:跑台坡度为10°,速度为19.3m/min(相当于76%VO2max),所有大鼠运动至力竭(运动末期,大鼠先后滞留跑道后1/3处达3次以上,各种刺激驱赶均无效,停跑后体征表现为呼吸急促,神情倦怠,腹卧位,对刺激反应迟钝,捕捉时,逃避反应较运动前减弱)。实验评估:①大鼠一般状态。②力竭时间。③大鼠力竭后麻醉处死,测定胸腺谷胱甘肽、丙二醛含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性。结果:纳入大鼠30只,均进入结果分析。①大鼠一般状态:睡眠 力竭运动组大鼠表现为形态正常,活泼好动,皮毛光亮,眼睛有神;睡眠剥夺48,h 力竭运动组大鼠均出现神态倦怠,眼神黯淡,四肢亦有不同程度的红肿;睡眠剥夺24h 力竭运动组大72鼠介于以上两者之间。②睡眠 力竭运动组和睡眠剥夺24,7248,h组大鼠的力竭时间分别为(232.36±37.67),(269.19±38.61),(162.42±35.70),(141.07±28.56)。③谷胱甘肽含量、超氧化物歧化酶活性:睡眠 力竭运动组谷胱甘肽含量和超氧min化物歧化酶活性均低于睡眠非运动组[分别为(25.54±0.79),(27.09±1.31)mg/g;(±0.21),(±0.10)mkat/g],差异有显4.594.88著性意义(P<0.05);睡眠剥夺24h 力竭运动组谷胱甘肽含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性均高于睡眠非运动组[分别为(28.60±0.96),(27.09±1.31)mg/g;(±0.10),(±0.10)5.234.88mkat/g],差异有显著性意义(P<0.05),睡眠剥夺48,h 力竭运动组P72均低于睡眠非运动组[分别为(23.74±1.19),(22.43±0.52),(27.09±1.31)mg/g;(±0.14),(±0.18),(±0.10)mkat/g],4.523.354.88差异均有非常显著性意义(P<0.01);睡眠剥夺各组与睡眠 力竭运动组间谷胱甘肽含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性差异均有非常P显著性意义(P<0.01);睡眠剥夺各组间比较差异有显著性意义(P<0.05)。④丙二醛浓度:睡眠 力竭运动组丙二醛浓度高于P睡眠非运动组[分别为(±0.27),(±0.24)μmol/L],差异有非常显著性意义(P<0.01);睡眠剥夺各组与睡眠非运动组之间6.565.35P差异均有非常显著性意义(P<0.01);睡眠剥夺24,48,72h 力竭运动组丙二醛含量均高于睡眠 力竭运动组[分别为(±0.12),(±P7.398.850.72),(10.89±0.82),(±0.27)μmol/L],差异有显著性意义(P<0.05;P<0.01);睡眠剥夺各组间比较,睡眠剥夺48h与睡眠剥夺24h差6.56异无显著性意义(P>0.05),睡眠剥夺72h与睡眠剥夺24h、睡眠剥夺72h与睡眠剥夺48h间比较差异有非常显著性意义(P<0.01)。结论:①睡眠剥夺24h可引起大鼠胸腺氧化应激,使氧自由基能力有所增强。②睡眠剥夺48,72h力竭运动后氧自由基能力降低。     

Differential effects of airway anesthesia on ozone-induced pulmonary responses in human subjects

We examined the effect of tetracaine aerosol inhalation, a local anesthetic, on lung volume decrements, rapid shallow breathing, and subjective symptoms of breathing discomfort induced by the acute inhalation of 0.30 ppm ozone for 65 min in 22 ozone-sensitive healthy human subjects. After 50 min of ozone inhalation FEV(1) was reduced 24%, breathing frequency was increased 40%, tidal volume was decreased 31%, and total subjective symptom score was increased (71.2, compared with 3.8 for filtered air exposure). Inhalation of tetracaine aerosol resulted in marked reductions in ozone-induced subjective symptoms of throat tickle and/or irritation (92.1%), cough (78.5%), shortness of breath (72.5%), and pain on deep inspiration (69.4%). In contrast, inhalation of tetracaine aerosol (mass median aerodynamic diameter of 3.52 microm with a geometric standard deviation of 1.92) resulted in only minor and inconsistent rectification of FEV(1) decrements (5.0%) and breathing frequency (-3.8%) that was not significantly different from that produced by saline aerosol alone (FEV(1), 5.1% and breathing frequency, -2.7%). Our data are consistent with afferent endings located within the large conducting airways of the tracheobronchial tree being primarily responsible for ozone-induced subjective symptoms and provides strong evidence that ozone-induced inhibition of maximal inspiratory effort is not dependent on conscious sensations of inspiratory discomfort.     

Vagal afferents contribute to exacerbated airway responses following ozone and allergen challenge

Brown-Norway rats (n=113) sensitized and challenged with nDer f 1 allergen were used to examine the contribution of lung sensory nerves to ozone (O(3)) exacerbation of asthma. Prior to their third challenge rats inhaled 1.0ppm O(3) for 8h. There were three groups: (1) control; (2) vagus perineural capsaicin treatment (PCT) with or without hexamethonium; and (3) vagotomy. O(3) inhalation resulted in a significant increase in lung resistance (R(L)) and an exaggerated response to subsequent allergen challenge. PCT abolished the O(3)-induced increase in R(L) and significantly reduced the increase in R(L) induced by a subsequent allergen challenge, while hexamethonium treatment reestablished bronchoconstriction induced by allergen challenge. Vagotomy resulted in a significant increase in the bronchoconstriction induced by O(3) inhalation and subsequent challenge with allergen. In this model of O(3) exacerbation of asthma, vagal C-fibers initiate reflex bronchoconstriction, vagal myelinated fibers initiate reflex bronchodilation, and mediators released within the airway initiate bronchoconstriction.