Cerebral Cortical Aquaporin-4 Expression in Brain Edema following Cardiac Arrest in Rats

OBJECTIVES: Brain edema occurs following clinical as well as experimental cardiac arrest (CA) and predicts a poor neurologic outcome. The objective of this study was to determine the expression of cerebral cortex aquaporin (AQP)-4, a member of a family of membrane water-channel proteins, in brain edema formation following normothermic or hypothermic CA. METHODS: Twenty-four rats were subjected to time-matched normothermic (N-Sham, 37.5 degrees C +/- 0.5 degrees C, n = 6) or hypothermic (H-Sham, 34 degrees C +/- 0.5 degrees C, n = 6) sham experiments and normothermic (N-CA, n = 6) or hypothermic (H-CA, n = 6) CA induced by asphyxiation for 8 minutes. Hypothermia was induced before CA. The animals were resuscitated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilation, and epinephrine administration. Brain edema was determined by brain wet-to-dry weight ratio at one hour of resuscitation. AQP4 immunoactivity in the cerebral cortex was determined using immunohistochemical staining and was semiquantified as an intensity of staining with an automated cell imaging system. RESULTS: Mild hypothermia in the sham experiments did not alter cerebral cortex AQP4 immunoactivity (mean +/- SD) (55.0 +/- 3.7 in H-Sham vs. 53.3 +/- 1.7 in N-Sham, p > 0.05). N-CA resulted in a significant increase in AQP4 immunoactivity (61.8 +/- 4.5) compared with N-Sham (p = 0.01) and H-Sham (p = 0.03). H-CA attenuated AQP4 compared with N-CA (53.4 +/- 1.3, p = 0.01). Brain wet-to-dry weight ratios were 4.41 +/- 0.07 in N-Sham, 4.40 +/- 0.08 in H-Sham (p > 0.05 vs. N-Sham), 4.55 +/- 0.04 in N-CA (p = 0.004 vs. N-Sham; p = 0.005 vs. H-Sham), and 4.43 +/- 0.09 in H-CA (p = 0.02 vs. N-CA; p > 0.05 vs. N-Sham and H-Sham). CONCLUSIONS: Cerebral cortical AQP4 expression is up-regulated after normothermic CA, which is attenuated by hypothermia induced before CA.     

双功能域重组FN多肽抑制癌细胞浸润能力的研究

在制备了两个Cell Ⅰ-Hep Ⅱ 双结构域重组FN多肽(CH50和CH56)的基础上,研究其抑制肿瘤细胞浸润能力的作用。两个多肽的结构差异是CH50中删除了Cell I和HepⅡ之间的Ⅲ-11和ED-A结构顺序。CH50(ED_(50)为30.2 nmol/L)结合细胞的能力略高于CH56(ED_(50)为45.4 nmol/L)。两种多肽均可显著抑制黑色素瘤B16/F1细胞结合层粘素的能力,抑制作用相同。在体内肿瘤浸润抑制试验中,两种多肽均可显著抑制癌细胞浸润能力,使肺转移结节数降低80％左右。结果提示:Ⅲ-11和ED-A结构顺序对Cell Ⅰ-Hep Ⅱ 双结构域多肽结合细胞的能力有一定的影响,但删除Ⅲ-11和ED-A不是重组多肽抑制肿瘤转移的决定因素,Cell I和Hep Ⅱ 这两个结构域单独连接在一起是其抑制肿瘤细胞转移的结构基础。     

缺血性脑血管病与颈动脉粥样硬化及其危险因素的关系

目的探讨缺血性脑血管病(ICVD)与颈动脉粥样硬化及其危险因素的关系。方法对186例ICVD患者与194例非脑血管病患者和正常体检者(对照组)行颈部血管超声检查和血液生化检查;比较两组间的颈动脉硬化程度及脑卒中危险因素的差异。结果ICVD组年龄[(69±7)岁]和患有高血压(66.1%)、糖尿病(53.4%)、代谢综合征患者(44.6%)的比率非常明显高于对照组[(61±5)岁、48.8%、15.2%、12.9%](均P<0.001)。ICVD组颈动脉粥样硬化分级计分≥2分(斑块发生率)、≥3分(血管狭窄发生率)分别为69.3%、20.4%,明显高于对照组的33.5%和5.1%(均P<0.05)。结论颈动脉粥样硬化是ICVD的危险因素之一;各种危险因素的聚集对ICVD的发生起重要作用。     

腹腔镜下治疗输卵管妊娠术28例临床分析

目的 :对腹腔镜下治疗输卵管妊娠手术做出评价 ,并与传统剖腹手术方法比较。方法 :在电视腹腔镜下行保守性手术 8例及根治性手术 2 0例 ;对照组 2 8例采用传统剖腹手术方法。结果 :两组手术时间、尿TT恢复正常时间、切口感染差异均无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,两组术中出血、术后体温、肛门排气时间、下床活动时间、住院天数差异有显著性 (P <0 .0 1)。结论 :腹腔镜下治疗输卵管妊娠术具有创伤小 ,康复快 ,术中出血少 ,术后感染率低等优点 ,有助于提高患者生活质量 ,是临床上的理想手术方式     

当前PCO行业和市场问题的浅析

广州鼠害与卫生虫害防治协会(以下简称协会)成立于2001年5月18日,截止2003年11月31日止,现有团体会员238个(其中厂家9个),个人会员93个,在团体会员中,领有灭鼠杀虫服务资质证有220个(其中街镇124个占56%,社会PCO公司96个占44%),从事灭鼠杀虫的从业人员近1 600人.2002、2003年已进行"病媒生物防治工"职业培训,并领取中华人民共和国职业资格证书共1 354人,除去外地区22人,实际本市1 332人,占从业人员的83.3%,以后每年都进行初级、中级的培训.协会作为行业协会"应定位在自律性行业管理组织上,应以服务为宗旨,同时做好自律、协调、监督工作"."改革逼使我们尽快培育和发展行业协会,使行业协会的作用真正得到发挥,并承担起政府转移出去的一些职能".协会成立二年来,为政府、社会、会员的服务中在市爱卫办的指导和会员单位的大力支持下,摸着石头过河,取得了一点成绩,但我市协会在实际工作中,碰到一些急待探讨的问题,部分问题通过协会的自治管理是可以解决的,有些问题不是协会本身能解决的.     

Factors affecting the neonatal response to artificial surfactant

Objective : To define the individual neonatal response to the artificial surfactant, Exosurf, and factors that may influence the response.
Methodology : Eighty-two consecutive, preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome, who received Exosurf at <12h of age were studied. Their response was categorized from the graphical change in the oxygenation index with postnatal age, for 12h after each of two doses of surfactant and assessed independently by two observers. Clinical factors were analysed for their effect on the four pre-defined categories of response, namely: none; mild; good; relapsed; and good: sustained.
Results : Within the first 12h, 11% of the neonates showed no response, 5% a mild response and 84% a good response, but 34% relapsed. By 24h, 6% still showed no response (all died), 11% showed a mild response and 83% a good response, of whom half relapsed. At 24h, no response was significantly associated with low gestational age and asphyxia mild response with less severe lung disease. According to the response there was a gradation in the risk of death during the first week.
Conclusions : The response to Exosurf can be individually and reproducibly categorized and demonstrated that 83% of neonates had a good response but half relapsed. No response was associated with extreme prematurity and asphyxia     

MMP-2、TIMP-2在脑胶质瘤中的表达及其意义

目的 分析MMP-2、TIMP-2的表达与脑胶质瘤恶性程度和侵袭性之间的关系。方法 采用免疫组化和原位杂交的方法,检测42例人脑胶质瘤和8例正常脑组织中,MMP-2 mRNA、MMP-2和TIMP-2蛋白表达。结果 MMP-2蛋白表达水平(LI)与肿瘤的分级呈正相关(r=0.872,P<0.01);Ⅲ、Ⅳ级与正常脑组织、Ⅰ～Ⅱ级之间均有显著的差异(P<0.01)。MMP-2mRNA表达与肿瘤的分级同样呈正相关(P<0.01);Ⅲ、Ⅳ级与正常脑组织、Ⅰ～Ⅱ级之间均有显著的差异(P<0.01)。MMP-2蛋白表达增高时TIMP-2蛋白表达也增高;但随着肿瘤恶性程度的增加,TIMP-2表达强度增加的幅度较MMP-2明显减缓。结论 MMP-2的高表达与脑胶质瘤恶性程度呈正相关;TIMP-2与MMP-2间的平衡失调与脑胶质瘤的侵袭性和恶性程度密切相关。     

Thymocyte and peripheral blood T lymphocyte subpopulation changes in piglets following in utero infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Piglets infected in utero with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) are born severely immunocompromised. In this article we more closely examine the effects of in utero PRRSV infection on circulating and thymic T cell populations. Numbers of CD4+, CD8+, and dual-positive lymphocytes were quantitated in circulation and in the thymus during the 2 weeks following birth. At birth we found that the number of circulating lymphocytes was suppressed by 60%. Lymphocyte numbers were also suppressed by 42% at day 7, but by day 14 the number of lymphocytes had rebounded and was actually 47% greater than controls. At birth and day 7, a drop in the number of CD4+ cells could partially explain the suppression we observed, while the rebound in total lymphocyte numbers seen at day 14 was due to a nearly fourfold increase in the number of circulating CD8+ cells. As a result, the normal CD4+:CD8+ ratio of between 1.4 and 2.2 for neonatal pigs was reduced to 0.1-0.5. The thymuses of infected piglets were found to be 50% smaller than those of control pigs and were characterized by cortical involution and severe cortical depletion of thymocytes. Analysis of the population of thymocytes revealed that double-positive thymocytes were suppressed to a greater degree than either single positive subpopulation. In addition, we show that the number of thymocytes undergoing apoptosis was increased twofold in piglets infected with PRRSV. Taken together, these results help explain the dramatic immunosuppression observed in neonatal animals infected in utero with PRRSV.