Pretreatment with Tongxinluo protects porcine myocardium from ischaemia/reperfusion injury through a nitric oxide related mechanism

Background The traditional Chinese medicine Tongxinluo can protect myocardium against ischaemia/reperfusion injury, but the mechanism of its action is not well documented. We examined the involvement of nitric oxide in the protective role of Tongxinluo. Methods Miniswine were randomized to four groups of seven: sham, control, Tongxinluo and Tongxinluo coadministration with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor Nω-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 10 mg/kg i.v.). Three hours after administration of Tongxinluo, the animals were anaesthetised and the left anterior descending coronary artery ligated and maintained in situ for 90 minutes followed by 3 hours of reperfusion before death. Area of no reflow and necrosis and risk region were determined pathologically by planimetry. The degree of neutrophil accumulation in myocardium was obtained by measuring myeloperoxidase activity and histological analysis. Myocardial endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity and vascular endothelial cadherin content were measured by colorimetric method and immunoblotting analysis respectively.Results Tongxinluo significantly increased the local blood flow and limited the infarct and size of no reflow. Tongxinluo also attenuated myeloperoxidase activity and neutrophil accumulation in histological sections and maintained the level of vascular endothelial cadherin and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity in the reflow region when compared with control group. The protection of Tongxinluo was counteracted by coadministration with L-NNA. Conclusions Tongxinluo may limit myocardial ischaemia and protect the heart against reperfusion injury. Tongxinluo regulates synthesis of nitric oxide by altering activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.     

胰岛素强化治疗对严重创伤患者炎性反应及预后的影响

Objective To investigate the effects of intensive insulin therapy on inflammatory re-sponse and prognosis of patients with severe trauma. Methods Eighty severely injured patients were di-vided into intensive insulin therapy group (n = 40, IT) and routine therapy group (n = 40, RT) in random pair. At the time of admission, a continuous infusion of insulin (2 -4 U/h) was pumped into the patients of IT group to maintain blood glucose level at 6 -8 mmol/L. Patients in RT group were given routine treatment without administration of insulin. Fever, organ injury, and mortality of patients in 2 groups were recorded. Venous blood was drawn from patients of 2 groups on the morning of post treatment day (PTD) 1, 3, 5, and 7. Values of TNF-α, C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-2, and IL-10 in plasma were assayed. Results High fever appeared in 9 patients in IT group, and WBC exceeded 10.0×109 for more than 3 days in 17 patients in this group, versus 20 and 29 patients respectively in RT group. Dysfunction of 1 organ appeared in 31 pa-tients in IT group and 30 patients in RT group. Dysfunction of 3 organs appeared in 10 patients in IT group and 19 patients in RT group. Dysfunction of 4 organs appeared in 7 patients in IT group and 12 patients in RT group. In IT group, 4 patients died within 3 post-injury day (PID), and 1 patient died after PID 3 (total case fatality: 12.5% ). In RT group, 5 patients died within 3 PID, and 4 patient died after PID 3 (total case fatality: 22.5%). Plasma levels of TNF-α and CRP of patients in IT group were significantly lower than those of patients in RT group on PID 3 - 7 ( P<0.05 or P<0.01 ), while levels of IL-2 and IL-10 of patients in IT group were significantly higher than those of patients in RT group ( P<0.05 or P<0.01 ). Plasma levels of TNF-α ( 1.3±0.6 μg/L) and CRP (55±16 mg/L) of patients in IT group on PTD 7 were lowered to the trough level, and they were significantly lower than those of patients in RT group (3.0±0.8μg/L, 89±20 mg/L, respectively, P <0.01 ). Conclusions Intensive insulin therapy can mitigate systemic inflammatory response and improve prognosis of patients with severe trauma.     

血清瘦素在男生青春发育期的动态观察

目的 探讨血清瘦素在男生青春期发育中的作用。方法 健康男生170名，调查首次遗精时间，测定血清瘦素、睾酮、促卵泡成熟激素、黄体生成激素水平，采用多元Logistic回归模型分析男生青春期发育的影响因素；同时，连续两年观察，分析血清瘦素在青春期的动态变化。结果 末次研究已遗精组血清瘦素、睾酮、促卵泡成熟激素、黄体生成激素水平均明显高于未遗精组。多因素分析显示血清瘦素、睾酮、促卵泡成熟激素、体重为男生青春期发育的独立影响因素。初次资料分析，遗精前组血清瘦素、睾酮明显高于未遗精组。结论 血清瘦素、睾酮、促卵泡成熟激素、体重为男生青春期发育的独立影响因素，男生遗精前期血清瘦素、睾酮已有明显改变。     

某社区老年人支气管哮喘流行病学调查

目的　了解社区老年人支气管哮喘的患病情况 ,为哮喘防治奠定基础。　方法　采用整群抽样 ,对南海市桂城社区 2 481名 60岁以上老年人进行哮喘的流行病学调查。　结果　确诊老年人哮喘 98例 ,患病率为 3 .95 % (男4.91%、女 2 .92 % ) ,男性高于女性 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;工业区老年人哮喘的患病率高于文化区 (患病率分别为 5 .12 %、3 .2 6% ,P<0 .0 5 ) ;有遗传家族史者 45例 ,占 45 .92 % ;78%的患者发病年龄 >14岁 ;诱发因素前 3位分别是上呼吸道感染、气候变化和刺激性气体 ;合并COPD2 5例 ,占 2 5 .5 1%。　结论　老年人哮喘是不容忽视的疾病 ,需加强对社区哮喘的管理和教育。     

NK／LAK细胞对人口腔癌耐细胞药株杀伤活性的观察

OBJECTIVE: To understand the relation between cytotoxic activity of immunologic effector cells and multidrug resistance of the tumor cells. METHODS: Continuous observation of the morphological changes and MTT colorimetry were employed to evaluate the cytotoxic activity of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and natural killer (NK) cells against multidrug-resistant (MDR) human oral carcinoma cell line-KBV200 (before and after reversal of MDR) and parental drug-sensitive cell line KB. The morphologic changes of LAK cells and the 3 target cell lines were observed continuously under inverted microscope 3 h after co-culture of LAK cells with one of three target cell lines respectively. The lysis rates of three tumor cell lines in response to co-culture with LAK or NK cells were determined using MTT colorimetry. RESULTS: In comparison with the parental drug-sensitive cell line KB, both KBV200 and its reserved cell line by verapamil (KBVV) showed earlier adherence and greater number of cells lysed by LAK. In MTT colorimetry assay, the cytotoxicity of both LAK and NK cells against the 3 cell lines was associated with the effector-to-target (E/T) cell ratio; the lysis rates of KBV200 and reversed KBV200 cells by verapamil in response to LAK and NK cells were higher than that of KB cells (P<0.05), but KBV200 and KBVV did not significantly differ (P>0.05). At the same E/T ratio, LAK cells possessed stronger cytotoxicity than NK cells against all the tumor cell lines (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Immunologic effector cells possess strong cytotoxic activity against multidrug-resistant cell line KBV200. Modulation of MDR does not decrease the cytotoxic activity of the immunologic effector cells. The results of this study suggest that adoptive cell immunotherapy with immunologic effector cells may be of value in controlling the progress of MDR tumors.     

腮腺血管瘤的超声诊断

腮腺血管瘤系先天性良性肿瘤或血管畸形,本文通过对12例经手术病理证实的腮腺血管瘤作一回顾性分析,探讨腮腺血管瘤的超声诊断价值。1材料与方法本组12例腮腺血管瘤,均在我院口腔科做腮腺血管瘤切除并经病理证实,年龄1~15岁,平均6岁。其中男5例,女7例。血管瘤均位于一侧腮腺区,左侧8例,右侧4例。临床表现为病人颜面不对称,局部隆起,皮肤颜色可正常或透出青紫色,肿瘤边界不清,扪之柔软,可被压缩,部分产生疼痛、面瘫等症状。术前超声均诊断为腮腺血管瘤可能性大。仪器采用西门子G50,HDI-4000彩超诊断仪,探头频率10MHz,超声检查时患者仰卧,…     

高果糖诱导IR大鼠模型血清脂质代谢的改变及意义

目的: 评估高果糖膳食对机体胰岛素敏感性及血清脂质代谢的影响及意义.方法:以高果糖膳食(果糖占总热量34.5%)诱导并经钳夹技术证实建立胰岛素抵抗(IR)大鼠模型,生化比色法测定血清游离脂肪酸(FFA),生化酶法测定血清甘油三酯(TG)及总胆固醇(TC).结果:高果糖膳食喂养4周后,实验组大鼠葡萄糖输注率由(11.5±0.6)mg/kg·min-1下降至(6.6±0.4)mg/kg·min-1(P<0.01);血清FFA由(0.45±0.09)mmol/L增至(0.78±0.19)mmol/L(P<0.01);TG由(0.54±0.10)mmol/L增至(0.96±0.22)mmol/L(P<0.01);TC由(1.96±0.32)mmol/L增至(2.42±0.21)mmol/L(P<0.01).结论:高果糖膳食可导致机体严重IR,是建立IR大鼠模型的有效手段;该模型同时伴有血清脂代谢各相关指标的明显异常,血脂的变化既是IR的结果,也是IR向纵深发展的原因和必要条件.     

肝脏少见恶性肿瘤的CT表现

目的 分析5例不同组织类型的肝脏少见恶性肿瘤的CT表现，以提高对这些恶性肿瘤的识别能力。方法 经临床和病理证实的肝脏少见恶性肿瘤5例，均行CT检查，其中肝肉瘤3例(包括血管肉瘤1例，恶性间叶瘤1例，恶性纤维组织细胞瘤1例，类癌2例)。结果 上述肝脏恶性肿瘤表现多样化，恶性间叶瘤以儿童肝内巨大单发囊性为主病灶；肝血管肉瘤表现为肝内多发境界清楚的低密度灶，可合并坏死、囊变及新鲜出血，无肝硬化基础；恶性纤维组织细胞瘤为肝右叶单发巨块低密度病灶，可伴纤维分隔，免疫组织化学标记具有诊断价值；类癌CT特征为肝内单发或多发病灶，密度不均匀，呈单房或多房，增强表现实质部分强化，伴类癌综合征时更具有诊断价值。结论 本组分析的5例肝脏恶性肿瘤临床均较少见，各种病理类型的此类肿瘤有其相似和不同的CT征象，结合临床及实验室检查，应在临床诊断中考虑到上述肿瘤的可能，以免漏诊或误诊。     

人抵抗素基因cDNA的克隆

目的克隆人抵抗素基因(hRETN)cDNA,为进一步研究RETN的结构和功能提供实验基础.方法应用RT-PCR方法从中国人网膜脂肪垫总RNA中扩增出RETN 基因cDNA,克隆入载体pMD18-T中,形成重组载体pMD18-T/hRETN.通过蓝白斑筛选出阳性克隆,限制性内切酶酶切鉴定后对其进行测序.结果从脂肪组织总RNA中扩增得到363 bp片段hRETN基因,其cDNA序列与Genbank hRETN基因序列基本相同.结论成功地克隆中国人hRETN cDNA.     

人端粒酶逆转录酶在肿瘤免疫治疗中的应用

寻找有效的抗原表位是近期肿瘤免疫治疗的热点．人端粒酶逆转录酶(hTERT)的免疫学特性使其成为肿瘤免疫治疗中一个吸引人的目标。从人和鼠系统获得的数据证实，细胞毒淋巴细胞(CTL)能识别hTERT特异的肽并杀死多种组织类型hTERT表达的肿瘤细胞。由于hTERT在人肿瘤组织中的广泛表达，在极少正常组织的低水平表达，临床试验已开始检验将hTERT作为肿瘤免疫治疗目标的可行程度。近期树突状细胞(DC)转运系统及其相关技术的发展和成熟提供了一个快速有效筛选抗原肽的方法。