The role of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in intraperitoneal adhesion formation

Abdomino-pelvic adhesions arise from infection, endometriosis, or peritoneal injury during surgery, and represent a significant source of morbidity in women of reproductive age. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) plays a role in the chemotaxis of mononuclear cells and fibroblasts in a murine wound repair model. To evaluate the role of MCP- 1 in intraperitoneal adhesion formation, we investigated peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels of women undergoing laparoscopy. Patients without endometriosis were divided into two groups: normal fertile women undergoing bilateral tubal ligation without intraperitoneal adhesions (n=14) and women with pelvic adhesions (n=8). Patients with endometriosis were arranged into two groups: women with (n=17) and without (n=17) adhesions. Peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels were quantified using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Peritoneal biopsy samples were immunostained for the detection of MCP-1 protein and macrophages, and were also processed for the presence of MCP-1 mRNA expression. Among women without endometriosis, the median peritoneal fluid MCP-1 level was 144 pg/ml (range 54-261) in women without adhesions and was 336 pg/ml (range 130-2494) in women with adhesions (P=0.01). There was a significant correlation between adhesion scores and MCP-1 levels (r=0.50; P=0.018). Among women with endometriosis, peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels significantly correlated with the stage of the disease. The presence or absence of adhesions did not significantly affect the peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels in this group of women. In summary, we have found that women with adhesions have elevated peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels. However, we were not able to show an incremental effect of adhesions on peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels of patients with endometriosis. Thus, we conclude that factors besides the intraperitoneal adhesions contribute to the elevated peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels in patients with endometriosis.      

运用模糊聚类方法分析中药微量元素含量与药效的关系

目的:不同中药中各种微量元素的含量数据离散,从含量数据上很难说明不同药物的药物相似性,故运用模糊分类方法研究药物微量元素含量与药物疗效的关系,验证其在药物功效的相似性及不同种类中药定量指标评价方面的作用。方法:实验于2005-10/2006-11在吉林省中医药管理局中药微量元素分析实验室完成。用原子吸收分光光度法检测合欢花、黄芪、石菖蒲、远志、山楂、银杏叶、人参、元肉、蒲黄、酸枣仁、苏木11种中药中钾、钠、钙、镁、铁、铬、镍、锰、铜、锌元素的含量,结合锌/铜比值、镁/钙比值,以数据极差法进行统计指标的标准化处理,以数量积法算出衡量被分类对象之间的相关系数,确定论域上的模糊矩阵。结果:相关系数r=0.50时,合欢花,石菖蒲,远志,人参,元肉,蒲黄,酸枣仁7种药物聚类相似;相关系数r=0.65时,合欢花,石菖蒲,元肉,蒲黄,酸枣仁5种药物聚类相似;r=0.75时,合欢花,石菖蒲,蒲黄3种药物聚类相似。研究还发现:药物中金属元素含量丰富,而且相关系数较大的药物,其药物疗效相似。结论:运用数学与化学计量学方法建立模糊聚类分析模型,可以把离散的数据标准化处理,确定论域上的模糊矩阵可以研究不同药物间的药效相似性,可以对不同种类的中药进行定量指标的明确评价。     

商陆多糖I对小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖及脾淋巴细胞、巨噬细胞分泌细胞因子的影响

商陆多糖Ⅰ(Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharides Ⅰ,PAP-Ⅰ)体外能显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖,促进丝裂原诱导的淋巴细胞转化及双向混合淋巴细胞反应。检测PAP-Ⅰ和小鼠脾淋巴细胞培养上清液发现PAP-Ⅰ可显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞产生白细胞介素2(IL-2)及集落刺激因子(colony stimulating factor,CSF)。PAP-Ⅰ和小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞培养上清液中也存在CSF活性及促进重组粒单系集落刺激因子诱导骨髓细胞增殖的细胞因子。PAP-Ⅰ,ip可显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖及IL-2产生。     

赛庚啶对氧自由基的清除作用

赛庚啶(Cyp)对Fenton反应生成的·OH有较强的直接清除作用(EC₅₀为54μmol/L),并明显抑制·OH的生成速率(IC₅₀为22 μmol/L),且作用明显比·OH特异性清除剂甘露醇强(其EC₅₀和IC₅₀分别为22.7 mmol/L和10.7mmol/L)。Cyp对大鼠腹腔多形核白细胞(PMNs)产生的O₂也有一定的清除作用,其IC₅₀为179 μmol/L。提示Cyp的抗心肌损伤作用可能至少部分与其清除氧自由基作用相关。     

Vasoactive amines directly modify endothelial cells to affect polymorphonuclear leukocyte diapedesis in vitro

Bovine aortic endothelial cells were cultured on the basement membrane surface of amnionic membrane and used as a substrate for polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) diapedesis in vitro. Norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5HT), or phalloidin treatment of the endothelial cells (ECs) reduces, whereas histamine or cytochalasin B increases, the number of PMNs migrating across the ECs and amnionic membrane. In contrast, amine treatment of PMNs or acellular amnionic membrane does not alter PMN diapedesis or chemotaxis. The NE and histamine effects are blocked by appropriate receptor antagonists, but the 5HT effect is not. All the agents' effects are also reversible. Qualitatively similar effects on EC permeability to Evan's blue-labeled albumin occur with all agents; however, PMN adhesion to ECs is not affected. Previously, we reported that NE and 5HT increase stress fiber numbers and decrease EC permeability to macromolecules in vitro, whereas histamine has the opposite effects, and that NE and 5HT eliminate the erythrocyte extravasation associated with thrombocytopenia in vivo. In this study, we propose that these vasoactive amines also alter PMN diapedesis in vitro through a direct effect on the EC, in part due to alterations in the EC cytoskeleton.     

商陆多糖I对小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖及脾淋巴细胞、巨噬细胞分泌细胞因子的影响

商陆多糖Ⅰ(Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharides Ⅰ,PAP-Ⅰ)体外能显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖,促进丝裂原诱导的淋巴细胞转化及双向混合淋巴细胞反应。检测PAP-Ⅰ和小鼠脾淋巴细胞培养上清液发现PAP-Ⅰ可显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞产生白细胞介素2(IL-2)及集落刺激因子(colony stimulating factor,CSF)。PAP-Ⅰ和小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞培养上清液中也存在CSF活性及促进重组粒单系集落刺激因子诱导骨髓细胞增殖的细胞因子。PAP-Ⅰ,ip可显著促进小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖及IL-2产生。     

Handedness and headache

A California handedness study involved 199 male and 74 female cluster headache sufferers as well as 477 migraineurs. Earlier reported data indicated that cluster headache patients had a left-handedness prevalence of over 15%. With the current data the prevalence in males was 11.0% and in females, 8.2%. The corresponding migraine figures were 11.8% and 8.1%. The cluster and migraine headache groups did not differ significantly from each other or from the expected 10% frequency of left-handedness in either sex.