In order to define precisely the relation between descending monoaminergic systems and the motor system, we measured in the ventral horn of spinal cord of adult rats the variations of extracellular concentrations of 5-HT, 5-HIAA, DA and MHPG. Measurements were performed during rest, endurance running on a treadmill, and a post-exercise period, with microdialysis probes implanted permanently for 45 days. We found a slight decrease in both 5-HT and 5-HIAA during locomotion with a more marked decrease during the post-exercise period compared to the mean of rest values. In contrast, the concentration of DA and MHPG increased slightly during the exercise and decreased thereafter. These results, when compared with those of a previous study, which measured monoamines in the spinal cord white matter [C. Gerin, D. Bécquet, A. Privat, Direct evidence for the link between monoaminergic descending pathways and motor activity: I. A study with microdialysis probes implanted in the ventral funiculus of the spinal cord, Brain Res. 704 (1995) 191–201], highlight the complex regulation of the release of monoamines that occurs in the ventral horn. 相似文献
A case of hyperreactio luteinalis in an otherwise normal pregnancy is reported. Ascites was present, but no peritoneal implants or adenopathy were seen. Findings that would have suggested the correct diagnosis are the symmetrical and bilateral pattern of the mass, as well as the rather uniform size of the loculi, which were 1 to 3 cm in diameter. 相似文献
Our work concerned 15 patients (9 males, 6 females) with a mean age of 29.5 years, having a hematologic malignant disease and undergoing allogenic bone marrow transplantation.We studied :
1. The metabolic disorders induced by the conditioning regimen (chemotherapy and total body irradiation) pregraft accompanying cytolysis (day −7, −5, −2).
2. The corrective effect of a total parenteral nutrition introduced 2 days before the transplantation and pursued during 30 days post-graft (day −2 to day 30).
3. The interest of a high calorie intake (BEE × 2) and, after randomisation, of a variable nitrogen intake (24% of the total calorie intake for group A [8 patients] and 14% for group B [7 patients]). The patient characteristics of these two groups were closely comparable. Urinary parameters were studied daily (3-methylhistidine, cratinine, nitrogen) and blood parameters weekly (transferrin, pre-albumin, albumin, retinol binding protein).
We observed globally :
-- An excellent result of the nutritional support without significant weight loss;
-- protein catabolism stopped with a recovery of synthesis of RBP after day 7 and pre-albumin from day 7;
-- a decrease in muscle catabolism.
The randomized study showed :
-- a significant difference in nitrogen excretion between group A and group B;
-- earlier and better protein synthesis recovery in group A, particularly with regard to RBP and pre-albumin.
In conclusion, we recommend for the patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation :
-- nutritional support should be introduced before the conditioning regimen;
-- a high calorie intake (BEE × 2) with a nitrogen intake between 14% and 24% of the total calorie intake;
-- cyclic parenteral nutrition should be pursued during the second and third month post-graft.
Résumé
Nous avons étudié chez 15 malades (9 hommes, 6 femmes) d'âge moyen 29,5 ans, présentant une hémopathie maligne et nécessitant une greffe de moelle osseuse allogénique :
1. Les désordres métaboliques induits par la chimiothérapie et l'irradiation corporelle totale en période de prégreffe au cours de la cytolyse (J −7, J −5, J −2).
2. L'effet correcteur d'une nutrition parentérale introduite deux jours avant la greffe et exclusive durant les 30 jours post-greffe (J −2, J + 30).
3. L'intérêt d'un apport calorique élevé (BEE × 2) et, par randomisation, d'un apport azoté variable (24 % de l'apport calorique total pour le groupe A et 14 % pour le groupe B).
Nous avons étudié quotidiennement certains paramètres urinaires (3MeH, créatinine, azote) et les paramètres sanguins (transferrine, préalbumine, albumine, RBP) l'ont été de façon hebdomadaire.Nous avons constaté globalement un excellent résultat du support nutritif sans perte de poids significative, un arrêt du processus catabolique protéique avec reprise de synthèse après J +7 pour la RBP et pour la préalbumine et une réduction du catabolisme musculaire.L'étude randomisée a mis en évidence :
-- une différence statistique dans l'excrétion axotée, plus intense dans le groupe A,
-- une reprise des synthèses protéiques, plus précoce et plus performante dans ce même groupe pour la RBP et la préalbumine.
En conclusion et compte tenu de l'ensemble des éléments, nous préconisons chez ces malades devant subir une greffe de moelle osseuse allogénique :
-- une attitude préventive en ce qui concerne la nutrition à débuter avant le conditionnement,
-- un apport calorique élevé (BEE × 2) et un apport azoté situé entre 14 % et 24 % de l'apport calorique total,
-- une étude prospective quant à l'intérêt de certains acides aminés et d'une nutrition parentérale cyclique poursuivie au 2e et au 3e mois post-greffe.
Mots clés: greffe de moelle osseuse; nutrition parentérale totale; apport azotéKey-words: bone marrow transplantation; total parenteral nutrition; nitrogen intake 相似文献
Several stable Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mutants were selected after ethylmethane sulfonate mutagenesis for resistance to oligomycin, rutamycin, venturicidin, or antimycin. These mutants shared a number of common properties. They exhibited cross-resistance to those drugs which act on oxidative phosphorylation, irrespective of the structure and site of action of the drug. All the mutants showed a reduced ability to grow in suspension and to reach high saturation densities. They were also unable to use galactose as a carbon source. The short lag period required for selection (10–15 days), the similarity of the mutation rates for resistance to each of the four drugs, the high variance/mean ratios in fluctuation tests, and the recessive behavior of the resistance marker in hybrids suggest that the mutations responsible for resistance to oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors in CHO cells are coded by nuclear DNA. Segregation experiments indicated no linkage between the oligomycin-resistant marker (Olgr) and Thgr (thioguanine resistance). Oxidative phosphorylation, as measured by the rate of respiration coupled to phosphorylation in whole cells remained as sensitive to the drugs in the mutants as in the parental cell line. Glucose transport and the overall Krebs' cycle activities also appeared similar in the mutants and the wild type. All the mutants had an increased rate of lactic acid production (up to twofold), associated with increased specific activities for several glycolytic enzymes when assayed in cell-free extracts.We wish to dedicate this paper to Dr. Boris Ephrussi one of the founders of the field of somatic cell genetics. Many of the techniques, and more important, the concepts which prevail in this field can be laid to his seminal thinking on the subject. One of us (L.S.) in particular, owes a great deal to his personal stimulation and encouragement over a large number of years. 相似文献
The bcl-2 and caspase families of proteins play a central role in the modulation of apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of Co(2+) and Cr(3+) ions on the expression of bcl-2, bax, caspase-3 and caspase-8 to better understand the mechanisms leading to ion-induced apoptosis in macrophages. U937 human macrophages were exposed to Co(2+) and Cr(3+) ions. The expression of proteins was measured by Western blot while caspase activities were measured by colorimetric assay. Results show that Co(2+) ions inhibited bcl-2 expression with significant effect (p<0.05) after 16 h and a maximal 52% inhibitory effect after 24 h. Co(2+) stimulated bax expression with a significant stimulation (p<0.05) after 8 h and a maximal 1.75-fold increase after 16 h. Co(2+) also stimulated the expression of the active fragment of caspase-3 as well as caspase-3 activity maximal increase after 24 h. Co(2+) ions had no effect on caspase-8 expression or activity.Cr(3+) ions inhibited bcl-2 expression with significant effect (p<0.05) after 16 h and a maximal 43% inhibitory effect after 24 h. Cr(3+) stimulated bax expression with significant stimulation (p<0.01) after 8h and a maximal 2.25-fold increase after 24 h. Cr(3+) ions also stimulated the expression of the active fragments of caspase-3 and -8, as well as the activities of both proteases. The effect of Cr(3+) ions on the expression of both caspase active fragments was maximal after 16 h incubation. In conclusion, our results suggest that the modulation of the expression of proteins from the bcl-2 and the caspase families of proteins are implicated in the induction of macrophage apoptosis by Co(2+) and Cr(3+) ions. 相似文献
Influenza nucleoprotein (NP)-specific T-cell receptor transgenic mice (F5) were crossed
with transgenic mice expressing the cognate antigenic protein under the control of the H-
2Kb promoter. Double-transgenic mice show negative selection of thymocytes at the
CD4+8+TCR10 to CD4+8+TCRhi transition stage. A few CD8 T cells, however, escape clonal
deletion, and in the peripheral lymphoid organs of these mice, they exhibit low levels of
the transgenic receptor and upregulated levels of the CD44 memory marker. Such cells do
not proliferate upon exposure to antigen stimulation in vivo or ex vivo, however, they can
develop low but detectable levels of antigen-specific cytotoxic function after stimulation
in vitro in the presence of IL-2. 相似文献
In order to look for a site-specific T-cell response in RA SM, PCR analyses using oligonucleotide primers specific for 24 TCRBV (Vβ) families were performed to compare the respective usage of each TCRBV gene by T cells present in PB and SM of 13 patients with RA. In four patients, SM cells from two or three sites of inflammation were subjected to analysis. In one patient, synovial tissue was studied at two different phases of the disease, resulting in a total number of 19 samples of SM cells, which were compared with paired samples of PB cells. The results showed that whereas all 24 TCRBV gene families could be detected in both PB and SM cells, there was some skewing of increased or decreased usage frequencies of particular TCR Vβ genes among SM cells. Three TCRBV families were often overexpressed in SM: Vβ3, Vβl7, and Vβ22. Moreover, Vβ4 was often decreased in SM (7 out of 13). This decrease was statistically significant in the RA population studied. SM from different joints of a given patient showed similar variations of T-cell repertoire compared to PB, even 6 months later in the course of the disease. These results demonstrate a biased TCRBV gene utilization in RA SM. This bias appears to be similar in different joints and at different times in the course of the disease. No correlation was found between the bias of TCR repertoire in SM and the HLA typing of these patients. 相似文献
Osteocompatibility of porous polylactic-glycolic acid (PLGA) disks coated with synthetic peptides was assessed in 5-mm diameter unicortical tibial osseous wounds in rats. The coatings consisted of various ratios of peptides including the tripeptide arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) and the inactive arginine-glycine-glutamic acid (RGE). When left empty, the tibial wounds healed spontaneously with proliferation of intramedullary woven bone within 1 week. The reactive bone was resorbed, and by 3 weeks, the cortical wound was healed with lamellar bone, and the medullary space was repopulated with marrow. When PLGA disks were implanted there was a delay in repair with reduced bone fill and no bone bridging at 3 weeks. When disks were coated with increasing amounts of RGD peptide, there was a biphasic effect on osteocompatibility and on osseous ingrowth. Evaluation at 10 days showed a dose-dependent increase, with 1.5-fold greater osteocompatibility (p < 0.05) and 1.6-fold more osseous ingrowth into the polymer (p < 0.01) than uncoated disks. With more RGD and with undiluted RGE, osteocompatibility and osseous ingrowth were the same as with uncoated disks. At 3 weeks, there were no significant differences among all the groups. These data indicate that RGD coating enhanced early stages of osteocompatibility and ingrowth. 相似文献
Neurons in layer III of the medial entorhinal area (MEA) in the rat are extremely vulnerable to local injections of amino-oxyacetic acid and to exprimentally induced limbic seizures. A comparable specific pathology has been noted in surgical specimens from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Efforts to understand this preferential neuronal vulnerability led us to study the neural input to this layer in the rat. Iontophoretic injection of the retrograde tracer fast blue, aimed at layer III of the MEA, resulted in retrogradely labeled neurons in the presubiculum in all the injected hemispheres. The nucleus reuniens thalami, the anteromedial thalamic nucleus, the ventral portion of the claustrum (endopiriform nucleus), the dorsomedial parts of the anteroventral thalamic nucleus, and the septum-diagonal band complex were labeled less frequently. In only one experiment, retrogradely labeled neurons were observed in the ventrolateral hypothalamus and in the brainstem nucleus raphe dorsalis. Since projections from claustrum to the entorhinal cortex has not been studied in the rat with modern sensitive anterograde tracing techniques, iontophoretic injections of the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin were placed into the ventral portion of the claustrum. Anterogradely labeled fibers in the entorhinal area proved not to be confined to the MEA, since a prominent projection distributed to the lateral entorhinal area as well. In both areas, the densest terminal labeling was present in layers IV–VI, whereas layer III appeared to be only sparsely labeled. The present data indicate that of all potential afferents only those from the presubiculum distribute preferentially to layer III of the MEA. This, in turn, suggests a potentially important role of the presubiculum in the seizure-related degeneration of neurons in layer III of the MEA. 相似文献