Effect of (+/-)-, (+)- and (-)-gossypol on the lactate dehydrogenase-X activity of rat testis

The effect of (+/-)-, (+)- and (-)-gossypol on testicular lactate dehydrogenase-X (LDH-X) was studied in vitro and in vivo. It was found that racemic gossypol and the two optical enantiomers had similar inhibitory effects on rat testicular LDH-X in vitro. However, neither racemic gossypol nor the enantiomers exhibited an inhibitory effect on testicular LDH-X in vivo. It is concluded that inhibition of testicular LDH-X is not likely to be the mechanism of the antifertility action of gossypol. The inhibition of testicular LDH-X in vitro by all three preparations of gossypol is probably non-specific.     

Construction of an Rb gene expression plasmid.

We obtained an 844 bp Bg1II fragment from an Rb cDNA clone and inserted it into the expression vector pWR-13 to construct an Rb gene expression plasmid. When the Rb Bg1II fragment was fused in-frame into pWR-13, it was operated by a Lac Z promoter and produced a fusion protein which consisted of expressed Rb protein and a small peptide from Lac Z. The recombinants were transformed into E. coli with the CaCl2 method, screened by in situ hybridization, and restriction mapped. Total cellular protein of transformed clones was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Commassie blue staining. The sense clones showed a unique band at 28,000. On Western blot, this band specifically reacted with 125I-labelled antibody against synthetic Rb peptide. This protein comprised more than 5% of total bacterial protein.     

Synthesis of a new hydroxyethylene dipeptide isostere Phe ψ[CH2CH(OH)]Phe as HIV-1 protease inhibitor

A new type of pseudodipeptide isostere exampled by Phe ψ[CH2CH(OH)]Phe was synthesized from phenylalanine. The H]V protease inhibitory activity (IC50) of Noa-His-Pheψ[CH2CH(OH)]Phe-Ile-Amp was 0. 8 pmol·L-1.     

多问病人一个问题改进全科医疗中抑郁症的诊断

在全科医疗诊断抑郁症时，在原有2个问题的筛查问卷基础上再增加一个问题（病人是否要求立即帮助解决抑郁症状），可增加筛查的特异性。Arroll及其同事报告了一个横向交叉诊断可靠性研究结果。该研究包括了新西兰6个诊所中19个全科医生和1000名以上连续病人。采用两个筛查问题再加一个问题的方法，全科医生正确诊断抑郁症率达到79％，对没有抑郁症者的正确评估率为94％。     

人发微量、宏量元素与血压和脑卒中关系的探讨

本研究使用中子活化测定方法分析对比了我国不同地区三个人群头发中微量元素及宏量元素与血压和脑卒中的关系.结果表明发镧、锌、锰、铜及钙、镁含量在人群间有显著性差异.发镧与血压水平呈正相关,而必需微量元素锌、锰与血压呈负相关.提示镧系元素,尤其镧在人发中和体内含量过高可能与血压升高有关,而锌、锰及宏量元素钙、镁、钾可能是预防血压升高及脑卒中的保护因素.     

移植肾血管痉挛原因探讨

通过对临床37例肾移植的观察，发现术中移植肾开放血流后肾血管痉挛现象与当时血压明显相关。收缩压大于24kPa者，移植肾血管痉挛率为53．33％，收缩压低于24kPa者，移植肾血管痉挛率为9．09％。两组有显著性差异（P＜0．01）．发生血管痉挛的肾脏排尿时间较未痉挛者明显延长，分别为23±6．35min．3．8±0．86min，两组差异极显著（P＜0．01）．从而认为肾移植术中提升血压应适度，并针对移植肾血管痉挛的原因进行了讨论。     

细胞粘附分子在恶性肾肿瘤中的表达

采用斑点杂交和Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ杂交技术研究１２例恶性肾肿瘤组织中细胞间粘附分子和血管细胞粘附分子基因转录水平的表达。结果发现，细胞间粘附分子的阳性表达率为１００％，血管细胞粘附分子的阳性表达率为７５％（９／１２）。提示恶性肾肿瘤细胞中存在活化的细胞间粘附分子和血管细胞粘附分子基因，并可能影响肿瘤与宿主间的免疫反应。