利用神经网络构建超声多普勒栓子信号自动检测系统

对血液中栓子的早期检测有着重要的临床诊断意义.超声多普勒技术使栓子的无损检测成为可能,但是目前的检测尚依赖于医生的手动操作和临床经验,仍缺乏可靠的自动检测系统.本文基于小波包变换和主元分析提取对栓子敏感的特征参数,并利用神经网络构建超声多普勒栓子信号的自动检测系统.仿真研究和临床实验表明:该系统有效提高了栓子检测的准确性,有望应用于临床诊断.     

巨噬细胞炎症蛋白1-α、解整合素样-金蛋白酶8、12 和CD68蛋白在颌骨巨细胞病变及长骨骨巨细胞瘤中的表达

目的检测巨噬细胞炎症蛋白1-α(MIP-1α)、解整合素样-金属蛋白酶(ADAM)8、12和CD68在颌骨巨细胞病变和长骨骨巨细胞瘤中的表达,探讨其在这两种巨细胞病变中的多核巨细胞发生中的作用.方法采用免疫组织化学SP法检测24例颌骨中心性巨细胞病变,24例长骨骨巨细胞瘤石蜡组织中的MIP-1α、ADAM8、ADAM12和CD68蛋白的表达.结果 MIP-1α在24例颌骨中心性巨细胞病变和24例长骨骨巨细胞瘤中的血管、类骨质和新骨形成区中强表达,而在多核巨细胞和圆形单核细胞中为阴性;ADAM8、ADAM12和CD68在颌骨中心性巨细胞肉芽肿和长骨骨巨细胞瘤中几乎所有多核巨细胞和部分圆形单核基质细胞均为阳性.结论颌骨中心性巨细胞病变和长骨骨巨细胞瘤中的多核巨细胞可能由CD68+的圆形单核基质细胞融合而成,这些圆形单核细胞可能是由骨微环境中的趋化因子,募集外周血中循环的单核细胞到病变局部分化而成的具有破骨细胞前体细胞性质的细胞,继而在某些融合蛋白作用下发生融合,成熟为多核破骨样巨细胞.     

Defects in neurofibromatosis 2 protein function can arise at multiple levels

Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) is an inherited cancer syndrome resulting from mutations in the NF2 tumor suppressor gene. Analysis of NF2 mutations has revealed some general genotype-phenotype correlations. Severe disease has been associated with mutations that produce a premature termination while more mild disease has been associated with missense mutations. Here, we provide experimental proof for these genotype-phenotype correlations by demonstrating that nonsense mutations fail to produce stable merlin protein while missense mutations result in the generation of merlin proteins defective in negative growth regulation. This inability to suppress cell growth may result from defects in the function of merlin at several levels, including failure to form an intramolecular complex. Based on these findings, we propose a model for merlin growth suppression that provides a framework for analyzing NF2 patient mutations and merlin function.      

Longitudinal alteration of circulating dendritic cell subsets and its correlation with steroid treatment in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

In this study, we found that 74 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) exhibited a rapid, dramatic decrease in numbers of circulating myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (mDCs and pDCs) during the first 2 weeks of illness (5.3- and 28.4-fold reductions for mDCs and pDCs compared with 25 healthy individuals, respectively), with slow return to normal cell numbers during convalescence (weeks 5–7 of illness on average). In addition, numbers of circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells exhibited milder reductions (2.1- and 1.8-fold at week 1) and earlier return to normal at a mean of weeks 3 and 4, respectively. A significant inverse correlation was found between numbers of DC and T-cell subsets and high-dose steroid treatment. Our novel findings thus suggest that the acute SARS-coronavirus infection probably contributes to the initial reduction of DC and T-cell subsets in blood, and that high-dose steroid administration may subsequently exacerbate and prolong low expression of the cell subsets. These findings will aid the framing of further studies of the immunopathogenesis of SARS.     

PDGFR-alpha signaling is critical for tooth cusp and palate morphogenesis.

Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFR-alpha) and PDGF ligands are key regulators for embryonic development. Although Pdgfralpha is spatially expressed in the cranial neural crest (CNC)-derived odontogenic mesenchyme, mice deficient for Pdgfralpha are embryonic lethal, making it impossible to investigate the functional significance of PDGF signaling in regulating the fate of CNC cells during tooth morphogenesis. Taking advantage of the kidney capsule assay, we investigated the biological function of PDGF signaling in regulating tooth morphogenesis. Pdgfralpha and Pdgfa are specifically and consistently expressed in the CNC-derived odontogenic mesenchyme and the dental epithelium, respectively, throughout all stages of tooth development, suggesting a paracrine function of PDGF signaling in regulating tooth morphogenesis. Highly concentrated expression patterns of Pdgfralpha and Pdgfa are associated with the developing dental cusp, suggesting possible functional importance of PDGF signaling in regulating cusp formation. Loss of the Pdgfralpha gene does not affect proper odontoblasts proliferation and differentiation in the CNC-derived odontogenic mesenchyme but perturbs the formation of extracellular matrix and the organization of odontoblast cells at the forming cusp area, resulting in dental cusp growth defect. Pdgfralpha-/- mice have complete cleft palate. We show that the cleft palate in Pdgfralpha mutant mice results from an extracellular matrix defect within the CNC-derived palatal mesenchyme. The midline epithelium of the mutant palatal shelf remains functionally competent to mediate palatal fusion once the palatal shelves are placed in close contact in vitro. Collectively, our data suggests that PDGFRalpha and PDGFA are critical regulators for the continued epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during tooth and palate morphogenesis. Disruption of PDGFRalpha signaling disturbs the growth of dental cusp and interferes with the critical extension of palatal shelf during craniofacial development.     

肾炎益气液对肾毒血清性肾炎大鼠肾脏超微结构的影响

目的:观察肾毒血清性肾炎大鼠肾组织超微结构变化及肾炎益气液对该变化的影响。方法: 采用大鼠肾毒血清性肾炎模型,常规电镜制片、染色,观察肾组织超微结构的变化。结果: 注射肾毒血清(NTS)后,病理组大鼠电镜下可见明显的系膜细胞增生,系膜基质增多,毛细血管腔闭塞及上皮下、内皮下电子致密物沉积等多种病理损伤性变化。而肾炎益气液组上述病变有所减轻。结论: 肾炎益气液有不同程度减轻肾小球电镜下病变的作用。     

鹿茸多肽对胎大鼠脑神经干细胞体外诱导分化的实验研究

目的　探讨鹿茸多肽对胎大鼠脑神经干细胞体外分化的影响。　方法　从E12～ 14d的Wistar大鼠脑中分离扩增获得大量神经干细胞后 ,加入不同浓度的鹿茸多肽 ,观察其对胚胎神经干细胞分化的影响 ,并通过免疫组织化学染色检测神经干细胞分化为神经元和星形胶质细胞的状况。　结果　 5 0 μg L组分化细胞总数与对照组相比有显著性差异 (P <0 0 1) ;5 0 μg L、10 0 μg L、2 0 0 μg L组神经元特异烯醇化酶 (NSE)阳性率与对照组相比有显著性差异 (P <0 0 1) ,并呈一定的剂量依赖性。　结论　鹿茸多肽在体外可明显促进神经干细胞向神经元分化 ,为鹿茸多肽应用于神经系统损伤性疾病的治疗提供了实验依据。     

Three novel mutations of the fibrillin-1 gene and ten single nucleotide polymorphisms of the fibrillin-3 gene in Marfan syndrome patients

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant disorder of the extracellular matrix. Allelic variations in the gene for fibrillin-1 (FBN1) have been shown to cause MFS. To date, over 550 mutations have been identified in patients with MFS and related connective tissue diseases. However, about a half of MFS cases do not possess mutations in the FBN1 gene. These findings raise the possibility that variants located in other genes cause or modify MFS. To explore this possibility, firstly we analyzed FBN1 allelic variants in 12 Japanese patients with MFS, and secondly we analyzed fibrillin-3 gene (FBN3) in patients without FBN1 mutations using conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis (CSGE) and direct sequencing analysis. We identified three novel FBN1 mutations and ten FBN3 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In this report, we could not detect a responsible mutation of the FBN3 gene for MFS. Although the number of the cases in this report is small, at least these results suggest that disease-causing mutations in exon regions of the FBN3 gene are very rare in MFS.Nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession numbers: AB177797, AB177798, AB177799, AB177800, AB177801, AB177802, AB177803     

Real-time imaging of individual fluorescent-protein color-coded metastatic colonies in vivo

We have established stable, bright green fluorescent protein (GFP)- or red fluorescent protein (RFP)-expressing HT-1080 human fibrosarcoma clones. These cell lines showed similar cell proliferation rates and high-frequency experimental lung metastasis. The HT-1080-GFP and -RFP clones enable simultaneous real-time dual-color imaging in the live animal. HT-1080 cells were transduced with retroviral vectors containing GFP or RFP and the neomycin resistance gene. Stable transformants were selected stepwise with G418 up to 800 μl/ml. Subsequently, high GFP- or RFP-expressing clones, HT-1080-GFP or HT-1080-RFP, respectively, were selected. 3×10⁶ cells from each clone were mixed and injected into the tail vein of SCID mice. The cells seeded the lung at high frequency with subsequent formation of pure green and pure red colonies as well as mixed yellow colonies with different patterns visualized directly on excised lungs. The lung metastases were also visualized by external fluorescence imaging in live animals through skin-flap windows over the chest wall. Lung metastases were observed on the lung surface of all mice. SCID mice well tolerated multiple surgical procedures for direct-view imaging via skin-flap windows. Real-time metastatic growth of the two different colored clones in the same lung was externally imaged with resolution and quantification of green, red, or yellow colonies in live animals. The color coding enabled determination of whether the colonies grew clonally or were seeded as a mixture with one cell type eventually dominating, or whether the colonies grew as a mixture. The simultaneous real-time dual-color imaging of metastatic colonies described in this report gives rise to the possibility of color-coded imaging of clones of cancer cells carrying various forms of gene of interest. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

海洛因成瘾复吸大鼠脑组织超微结构和部分神经递质的变化

目的：建立海洛因成瘾、脱毒，复成瘾、脱毒，再成瘾、脱毒3个阶段大白鼠模型，了解海洛因致各阶段大白鼠脑损害的动态趋势。方法：电镜下观察脑超微结构变化，荧光分光度法测定脑NA、DA、5-HT等神经递质的含量。结果：3个阶段大鼠脑内多部位神经元胞体、轴突、树突都出现变性、凋亡、胀亡等超微病理结构改变，神经胶质细胞、神经毯也出现相应的超微病理结构改变，而且随复吸次数增多而病变加重。脑NA、DA、5-HT、含量升高，而且随复吸次数增多而升高。结论：大白鼠脑组织出现广泛性超微病理结构改变，随复吸次数增多而病变加重，脑神经递质含量也随复吸次数增多而升高。