TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL OOZING AFTER GLAUCOMA SURGERY

Aim: To study the prevalence of filtration-bleb transconjunctival oozing in the first postoperative year after various glaucoma procedures. Methods: Cross-sectional, single-point examination of all filtration blebs in eyes which had glaucoma surgery in the last year. Eyes were examined 3-12 months after surgery and were grouped into non-penetrating (NPGS) and penetrating (PGS)     

用丝裂霉素C行青光眼加强手术：滤过泡无血管化及经结膜渗漏和滤过泡裂孔的发生

目的：前瞻性研究青光眼术中应用丝裂霉素C（MMC）对于结膜滤过泡高危因素如无血管化、经结膜的渗漏（TCO）和滤过泡裂孔的影响。方法：一位观察者对进行了青光眼手术联合MMC的125例连续患者的125只眼进行为期2年的前瞻性研究，这些患者最初都成功地建立了滤过通道。巩膜瓣切开前将MMC置于该区，多数患者MMC0．2g／L持续2min。青光眼手术包括小梁切除术、深巩膜切除术和联合手术。将干燥的荧光素试纸置于滤过泡的无血管区，以观察房水外流[点渗漏（PL）或未流出（TCO）]。     

Evaluation of xanthotoxol for central nervous system activity.

Xanthotoxol (XT), 8-hydroxypsoralen, exhibited dose-graded sedative activity in dogs, cats, rats, mice and hamsters. At doses of 5-20 mg/kg intraperitoneally (i.p.) in cats and 3-100 mg/kg orally (p.o.) in dogs, XT blocked predatory mouse/rat killing behavior. In mice, XT (10-300 mg/kg i.p.) exhibited a dose-dependent reduction in locomotor activity but was less potent in this regard than reference diazepam (10-100 mg/kg i.p.). XT in mice (0.1-10.0 mg/kg i.p.) and in hamsters (0.1-10.0 mg/kg p.o.) antagonized amphetamine-induced hypermobility but was less potent than diazepam. XT elevated the electrical threshold in foot-shock-induced fighting behavior in rats. XT (0.1-30.0 mg/kg p.o.) potentiated pentobarbital-induced narcosis in hamsters at otherwise subeffective doses of pentobarbital. Conditioned avoidance responses in rats were not significantly altered with 1-3 mg/kg i.p. and 30-100 mg/kg p.o. doses of XT but 300 mg/kg p.o. blocked both conditioned and unconditioned response. Doses of 100-1000 mg/kg i.p. of XT in mice were used to study 48-h acute toxicity of XT and its LD50 was estimated to be 468 mg/kg. Doses of 10, 40 and 80 mg/kg p.o. were used to study the chronic toxicity of XT in rats for 6 months and no side effects or abnormalities in reproductive activity or endocrine integrity were noted. The F1 generation of rats from 6-month XT-treated parents were free of teratogenic effects.     

A cocaine analog and a GBR analog label the same protein in rat striatal membranes.

Because some evidence suggests that cocaine and GBR12935 bind to different sites, we utilized photoaffinity probes from both classes of compounds to see if they label the same protein. [125I]RTI-82 a cocaine analog, and [125I]DEEP, a GBR analog, labeled protein(s) showing the same molecular weight, a similar pharmacological profile and a similar sensitivity to neuraminidase.     

Comparison of the potential therapeutic effects of interleukin 2 or interleukin 4 secretion by a single tumour.

Engineering of a variety of rodent tumour cells to secrete either interleukin 2 (IL-2), or interleukin 4 (IL-4), has been demonstrated to reduce their tumorigenicity. However the mechanisms of action of secreted IL-2 and IL-4 have not been compared in a single rodent tumour. Here we demonstrate that the weakly immunogenic murine fibrosarcoma FS29 had reduced growth rate and in some cases was rejected by syngeneic animals, when modified to secrete either IL-2 or IL-4, but not IL-5. Immunohistochemical analysis of tumour nodules undergoing regression showed stimulation of a largely lymphocytic infiltrate by IL-2 and a macrophage and granulocyte infiltrate, with a small number of lymphocytes by IL-4. Indeed, secretion of low levels of IL-2 and IL-4 in combination resulted in optimal rejection, suggesting that the two cytokines might mobilise different and complementary effector cell mechanisms. Both IL-2 and IL-4-secreting cells failed to induce the rejection of admixed, unmodified FS29 cells. The loss of cytokine secreting cells from such admixtures occurred more rapidly for IL-2-secreting cells. Injection of IL-4-secreting, but not IL-2-secreting FS29 cells could protect mice from a delayed challenge with unmodified FS29 cells. These data suggest that IL-4 secretion stimulates the better long-term host anti-tumour response.