Multilineage potential of homozygous stem cells derived from metaphase II oocytes

Human stem cells derived from human fertilized oocytes, fetal primordial germ cells, umbilical cord blood, and adult tissues provide potential cell-based therapies for repair of degenerating or damaged tissues. However, the diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens in the general population and the resultant risk of immune-mediated rejection complicates the allogenic use of established stem cells. We assessed an alternative approach, employing chemical activation of nonfertilized metaphase II oocytes for producing stem cells homozygous for MHC. By using F1 hybrid mice (H-2-B/D), we established stem cell lines homozygous for H-2-B and H-2-D, respectively. The undifferentiated cells retained a normal karyotype, expressed stage-specific embryonic antigen-1 and Oct4, and were positive for alkaline phosphatase and telomerase. Teratomatous growth of these cells displayed the development of a variety of tissue types encompassing all three germ layers. In addition, these cells demonstrated the potential for in vitro differentiation into endoderm, neuronal, and hematopoietic lineages. We also evaluated this homozygous stem cell approach in human tissue. Five unfertilized blastocysts were derived from a total of 25 human oocytes, and cells from one of the five hatched blastocysts proliferated and survived beyond two passages. Our studies demonstrate a plausible "homozygous stem cell" approach for deriving pluripotent stem cells that can overcome the immune-mediated rejection response common in allotransplantation, while decreasing the ethical concerns surrounding human embryonic stem cell research.     

音猬因子的功能受体斑片在培养神经干细胞中的表达

目的　观察在培养的神经干细胞内是否有发育调控分子———音猬因子 (sonichedgehog)功能受体———斑片 (patched)表达。　方法　神经干细胞克隆在体外培养传代后 ,用patched的特异性引物对培养的神经干细胞进行RT PCR分析 ,PCR产物经克隆测序后 ,用地高辛标记克隆的探针 ,对神经干细胞进行原位杂交分析。　结果　神经干细胞克隆内大量的细胞均可表达sonichedgehog的功能受体patched ,patched阳性细胞间未见明显差别 ,克隆边缘与中央的patched分布也未见明显差别。　结论　sonichedgehog信号传导路可能在神经干细胞的增殖与分化过程中起重要作用。     

三磷酸腺苷对人胃癌细胞系MGC－803影响的电镜观察

用透射电镜和扫描电镜方法观察了三磷酸腺苷（ＡＴＰ）对人胃癌细胞系ＭＧＣ－８０３的影响，结果表明，ＡＴＰ能使ＭＧＣ－８０３细胞的核仁由网状向环状改变，微丝的组装得到改善，细胞表面微绒毛减少。提示ＭＧＣ－８０３细胞的恶性表型在ＡＴＰ作用下可向正常方向逆转。     

促癌变剂对淋巴细胞核仁rRNA基因转录的活化作用——rDNA原位杂交荧光显示法

用原位杂交荧光显示法观察了人淋巴细胞在促癌变剂黄芫花提取物(WCE)和12-0-十四烷巳豆醇-13乙酸酯(TPA)处理后,间期核仁rDNA的定位与数量改变,并与丝裂原植物血细胞凝集素(PHA)的效应作了比较,同时用银染色法观察了核仁。对照组淋巴细胞核仁小,原位杂交的rDNA为少数明亮荧光斑和分散的荧光点。经促癌变剂WCE和TPA处理后,银染色的核仁增大,银染颗粒增多,表明rDNA转录活化。原位杂交证明rDNA信号数目明显扩增,许多荧光小点断续相连形成网织状结构,与PHA刺激核仁转录活化的表现一致。对核仁内所含银染颗粒和rDNA荧光斑点数均值的统计学分析表明,WCE、TPA和PHA各加药组均明显多于对照组。3个加药组之间无明显差别。提示两种促癌变剂皆具有刺激核仁rDNA扩增和转录活化的效应。     

左肝管全程剖开胆肠吻合术的应用解剖学研究

左肝管全程剖开手术,必须熟悉左肝管与邻近血管的局部解剖关系.为此我们用 ABS 丙酮溶液灌注塑型了6具新鲜成人尸肝脏,解剖40例(成人30,儿童10)肝脏标本,测量了左肝管长度和管径,左肝管与肝总管夹角。全程剖开左肝管与右肝管,并观察左肝管与右肝管、左肝动脉、门静脉左干和肝圆韧带的关系,提出了右肝管全程剖开手术方法和注意事项。     

An autopsy-proved case of AIDS in Taiwan

The first case of AIDS positively identified in a non-foreigner in Taiwan was a 25-year-old unmarried male who had practiced homosexuality for ten years. The patient began to have abdominal pain accompanied with loose stools and weight loss in June 1985, followed by fever, cough, headache, dizziness, and loss of memory. Facial hyperpigmentation and extensive oroesophageal candidiasis were noted. Laboratory studies showed severe lymphopenia with a reversed T-helper to T-suppressor ratio, cutaneous anergy and polyclonal gammopathy. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies were positive by ELISA and Western blot, and the virus was isolated from the blood. At autopsy, disseminated cytomegalovirus infection, extensive CNS toxoplasmosis and early lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma were demonstrated. The detection of HIV in the adrenal medulla supports the consensus that the virus is neurotropic.     

Supraependymal cells in the third ventricle of the neonatal rat

Supraependymal cells in the third ventricle of neonatal male and female rats were examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Supraependymal cells in the third ventrical of adult male rats were also studied with SEM. Many neonate supraependymal cells were round to oval in shape and exhibited varying degrees of surface irregularity. Small finger-like processes or narrow pseudopodia projected from the cell bodies over the underlying ependymal cells. Some neonatal supraependymal cells exhibited flattened cell bodies with broad pseudopodia and few surface irregularities. TEM revealed a variety of cell profiles. Prominent within the cytoplasm of many supraependymal cells were lysosomes, smooth and coated vesicles suggesting pinocytosis, subplasmalemma vacuoles, and occasional lipid droplets. The morphological characteristics of neonatal supraependymal cells suggested they were mononuclear phagocytes. Adult supraependymal cells exhibited more pleomorphic cell shapes with numerous cell processes, varying widely in size and shape, and often extending over the ventricular surface for considerable distances. These observations, in combination with previous studies by other investigators, suggest that some adult supraependymal cells may also be phagocytic in nature. The differences in morphology between adult and neonatal supraependymal phagocytes may relate to the differing third ventricle environment between adult and neonates and/or differences in the origin of the phagocytes with age.     

Anbenshi的抗感染免疫作用

安本施(Anbenshi)是从清热解毒中药中华猕猴桃根中提取的多糖复合物制剂。本文观察了它的抗感染免疫作用。结果显示:该制剂有抑制细菌粘附的能力,抑制率与已知粘附抑制物ConA相近;它能诱生干扰素,效价及性质与聚肌胞类同;Anbenshi在体外无直接抑菌作用,但体内给药能明显增强小鼠对致病菌感染致死的保护作用,并能明显增强腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬功能。Anbenshi的抗感染免疫作用,可能系通过抑制细菌在局部粘附作用和增强机体的免疫抗菌能力。     

癌瘤患者骨髓细胞c－erbB和c－erbA的基因异常

本文在大系列研究造血系统恶性肿瘤-白血病和白血病前期的基础上，对３１例恶性肿瘤患者骨髓进行血液学、细胞和分子遗传学研究。发现恶性肿瘤患者骨髓有与白血病前期骨髓相似的病态造血（Ｍｙｅｌｏｄｙｓｐｌａｓｉａ）和相关基因异常即ｃ－ｅｒｂＢ基因重排、扩增和ｃ－ｅｒｂＡ缺失。它们不仅同骨髓红系病态造血相关，也同巨核系病态造血相关。骨髓巨核系病态造血及其相关基因异常可能代表急性淋巴细胞白血病等多种恶性肿瘤的早期病变。而ｃ－ｅｒｂＢ重排及其相关的骨髓巨核系异常增生可能是肿瘤发病的遗传背景。