二步冷冻保存同种异体骨-ACL-骨移植后排斥反应的影响

目的 :探讨新鲜异体和二步冷冻保存同种异体骨 前交叉韧带 (ACL) 骨移植后排斥反应的差异。方法 :将 6 0只新西兰兔和 6 0只日本大耳兔分别随机分成自体骨 ACL 骨移植组、新鲜异体骨 ACL 骨移植组和二步冷冻保存同种异体骨 ACL 骨移植组 ,分别于术前及术后 1周、2周、3周、4周各采血 2ml测定血清中白细胞介素 2 (IL 2 )水平 ,术后 4周、12周切取移植关节 ,作苏木精 -伊红染色。结果 :光镜下检查显示 ,自体移植组和二步冷冻保存移植组均未见明显炎性细胞浸润 ,胶原排列规则 ,分化成熟。新鲜异体移植组有大量淋巴细胞浸润 ,其IL 2水平明显高于自体移植组和二步冷冻保存同种异体移植组且高于术前水平 (P <0 .0 1)。结论 :二步冷冻减轻了同种异体骨 ACL 骨移植后排斥反应 ,移植后其组织学改变同自体移植相似     

移植于脊髓的断离肋间神经重发新支至原去神经肋间肌的实验观察

将15只大鼠左侧第11或12肋间神经从根部向外,自周围组织完全分离出20～35mm,并于此处剪断。再将其近端改向植入脊髓左侧半 L_(1～2) 之间的髓节内。在存活57～413天后解剖观察,发现自移植神经的干上发出1～3条新分支,分布于原去神经的肋间肌。经光、电镜观察证实是成活的再生神经纤维。于移植神经干注射 CB-HRP 后,发现这些神经纤维来源于原肋间神经髓节的前角和移植部髓节内的神经细胞。故认为外周神经缺损,不作神经对接或桥接,不经断离神经的远段,在一定条件下可以由近段发出再生纤维组成新支,分布于去神经的靶组织。     

The nuclear pore complex protein Tpr is a common autoantigen in sera that demonstrate nuclear envelope staining by indirect immunofluorescence

We studied the autoantigen targets of 75 human sera that had antibodies to the nuclear envelope (NE) as identified by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on HEp‐2 cells. Several different IIF staining patterns could be identified when antibodies to different components of the nuclear membrane (NM) and nuclear pore complexes (NuPC) were identified: a smooth membrane pattern characteristic of antibodies to nuclear lamins, a punctate pattern typical of antibodies to the nuclear pore complex and more complex patterns that included antibodies to nuclear and cytoplasmic organelles. Western immunoblotting of isolated nuclear and NE proteins and immunoprecipitation of radiolabelled recombinant proteins prepared by using the full‐length cDNAs of the Translocated promoter region (Tpr), gp210 and p62 were used to identify specific autoantibody targets. Fifty‐two of the 75 (70%) sera bound to Tpr, 25 (33%) bound to lamins A, B or C, 15 (20%) reacted with gp210 and none reacted with p62. Sixteen (21%) did not react with any of the NE components tested in our assays. The clinical features of 37 patients with anti‐NE showed that there were 34 females and three males with an age range of 16–88 years (mean 59 years). The most frequent clinical diagnosis (9/37 = 24%) was autoimmune liver disease (ALD; two with primary biliary cirrhosis), followed by seven (19%) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), four (11%) with a motor and/or sensory neuropathy, three (8%) with anti‐phospholipid syndrome (APS), two with systemic sclerosis (SSc), two with Sjögren's syndrome (SjS), and others with a variety of diagnoses. This report indicates that Tpr, a component of the NuPC, is a common target of human autoantibodies that react with the NE.     

血清谷氨酰转肽酶含量测定在慢性乙型肝炎中的临床意义

目的探讨血清谷氨酰转肽酶（GGT）含量变化在慢性乙型肝炎（CHB）不同程度肝脏病理损害中的变化规律及临床意义。方法测定70例CHB患者血清ALT、AST、GGT水平，同时行肝活体组织检查，对肝脏进行炎症分级和纤维分期。分析ALT、AST、GGT与CHB之间的关系。结果（1）ALT、AST、GGT随炎症程度和纤维化程度的上升而上升，但到G4和s4后则下降。GGT随ALT、AST的升高而升高，ALT、AST和GGT的相关系数分别为：0．322、0．328（P〈0．05）。在保肝治疗后，ALT较快降至正常且GGT保持在一个较低水平的为轻度CHB，而随着ALT下降，GGT仍持续在一个较高水平的为中度及重度CHB，其中重度CHB的GGT水平有所波动。结论血清GGT比ALT、AST更准确的反映肝脏的炎症程度，GGT的活动度给临床判断慢乙肝的炎症提供了重要的判断依据。     

抗人喉癌/抗VEGF双功能抗体制备及应用研究

目的：研制抗人喉癌／抗血管内皮因子（VEGF）双功能克隆抗体，用于喉癌抗血管生成治疗。方法：采用二次杂交瘤技术制备抗人喉癌／抗VEGF双功能抗体。经酶联免疫吸附试验法和SP法检测喉癌及癌前病患者血清及癌组织中VEGF的含量表达。结果：获得6株分泌抗人喉癌／抗VEGF双功能抗体的杂交瘤，经免疫组化证实与喉癌细胞特异性结合率为93％，而与血管内皮细胞结合率为89％。血清中VEGF含量表达，喉癌组与癌前病组及正常对照组相比差异均显著。IgG亚型鉴定为IgG2aBSAb抗体效价为1：25 600倍（ELISA法）。结论：二次杂交瘤法制备的双功能抗体具有均匀性、可控性、效价高、稳定性好，可用于喉癌抗血管生成治疗，动态检测可作为判断喉癌预后的客观指标。     

Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene Polymorphisms in Psoriatic Arthritis

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis. MnSOD gene polymorphisms were determined by polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphisms method in fifty-two patients with psoriatic arthritis and 90 healthy controls. The genotype frequency of MnSOD 1183C/T was significantly higher in patients with psoriatic arthritis than in controls. In contrast, the frequency of MnSOD 1183T/T was significantly decreased in patients with psoriatic arthritis. The phenotype frequency of MnSOD 1183C was significantly increased in patients with psoriatics arthritis in comparison to healthy controls. Therefore, MnSOD 1183C polymorphisms may be a precipitating factor for the development of psoriatic arthritis.     

智能化穴位温度检测仪的研制及实验研究

在经络穴位的生物物理属性中，由于皮肤温度比较灵敏，易于观察，又能及时反映该处血管的舒缩变化。作者利用铂电阻作为测温控头，用微机进行数据处理，并利用该系统进行人体皮肤温度的检测及分析。结果表明：皮肤温差点基本上是循经分布的。     

Role of a conserved amino-terminal sequence in the ecotropic MLV receptor mCAT1

The amino-terminus of mCAT1 and homologous proteins is predicted to form a positively charged, amphipathic alpha helix on the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane. Peptides with similar sequence motifs often provide membrane anchors, protein-protein interaction domains, or intracellular transport-targeting signals. Deleting most of the cytoplasmic N-terminal sequence of mCAT1 led to reduced expression on the cell surface and accumulation in the endoplasmic reticulum but did not abrogate receptor function. Surprisingly, when the N-terminal 36 or 18 amino acids of mCAT1 were fused to green fluorescent protein (gfp), gfp accumulated almost exclusively in mitochondria. Mitochondrial targeting depended on arginines at positions 15 and 16 and was inhibitable by downstream transmembrane sequences. Although the full-length mCAT1 was not detected in mitochondria, the mitochondrial-targeting property of the N-terminal sequence fused to gfp is conserved in orthologous and paralogous proteins that diverged approximately 80 million years ago, suggesting a conserved biological function. We propose that the conserved N-terminal motif of CAT proteins provides a regulatable signal for transport to, or retention in, different cell membrane compartments.     

A rapid and easy method for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 mutation detection using conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis

Until now, the study of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene in patients suspected of having the disease was expensive and laborious due to the large size of the gene. We have optimized the conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis (CSGE) technique to analyze by four rather simple multiplex PCR reactions, and a single electrophoresis run, the entire coding region of the MEN1 gene, plus the exon–intron boundaries. This improvement of the CSGE technique was confirmed as an effective procedure for screening for the MEN1 gene by detecting ten previously known MEN1 gene mutations and four polymorphisms. The MEN1 gene of 12 patients with unknown mutations was then screened, and an abnormal CSGE profile was identified in 10/12 cases. Subsequent DNA sequencing demonstrated 3 of them to be novel mutations (E45K, 4479delACAG, 6073insC) and 7 to have been previously reported; in the remaining 2 patients, we confirmed the absence of any alteration of the coding sequence of MEN1. Mutation screening of the MEN1 gene using CSGE was demonstrated to be a fast, simple, and inexpensive method to study patients suspected of having MEN1 disease. Received: November 29, 2001 / Accepted: January 28, 2002     

The RANTES promoter polymorphism: a genetic risk factor for near-fatal asthma in Chinese children

BACKGROUND: RANTES promoter polymorphisms were found associated with asthma/atopy in some studies but not others, possibly reflecting the genetic heterogeneity among different ethnicities and different asthma severity. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this investigation was to test the genetic association between the RANTES -28C/G and -403G/A polymorphisms and asthma/atopy in a cohort of Chinese children, with particular emphasis on those patients who had experienced life-threatening asthma attacks. METHODS: Forty-eight children with near-fatal asthma, 134 children with mild-to-moderate asthma, 69 children with allergic disorders but no asthma, and 107 nonasthmatic nonatopic control children were genotyped through use of a PCR-based assay. RESULTS: No significant difference was demonstrated for frequency of the RANTES -28C/G polymorphism when the mild-to-moderate asthma, atopic/nonasthmatic, and normal control groups were compared. The RANTES -28G allele was present in a significantly higher proportion of the children with near-fatal asthma compared with the nonasthmatic nonatopic controls (odds ratio, 2.93 [1.41-6.06]; P =.006) and the children with mild-to-moderate asthma (odds ratio, 3.52 [1.73-7.16]; P =.001). The frequency of -28G allele carriage correlated with asthma severity. The RANTES -28G allele was also associated with an increased blood eosinophil count and a higher degree of bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The RANTES -403G/A polymorphism did not influence asthma/atopy susceptibility, blood eosinophil count, or bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Interestingly, a higher frequency of -403A allele carriage was observed in the moderate asthma subgroup compared with the mild asthma analog. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that the RANTES -28C/G polymorphism exacerbates asthma severity, representing a genetic risk factor for life-threatening asthma attacks in Chinese children. In addition, the linkage disequilibrium between these 2 polymorphisms is a potential confounder that must be considered in the design and interpretation of RANTES gene association studies.