神经生长因子对周围神经损伤后再生和修复的实验研究

手术切除５ｍｍ兔的尺神经，在两断端间连接肌桥并套装硅胶管，形成一个封闭腔，向腔内注入神经生长因子。间隔不同时间取尺神经桥接区、桥接区近段、远段、尺神经的脊髓投射节段和相应脊神经节，用光镜和电镜观察神经溃变和再生情况并作图像分析；用酶标示踪和电生理方法检测神经通路的重建状况。结果显示，周围神经离断后，肌束桥接并用硅胶管套装后注入外源性神经生长因子，可明显地促进离断神经的再生和修复。     

Possible role of autoantibodies against nephrin in an experimental model of chronic graft-versus-host disease

Nephrin, a product of the NPHS1 gene, is a component of the slit diaphragms that are found between glomerular foot processes and is a crucial element for glomerular filtration barrier. Recently, nephrin has been focused in a number of studies of proteinuria development including various types of acquired glomerular diseases including minimal change nephrotic syndrome and membranous nephropathy. However, the precise role of nephrin in such acquired glomerular diseases is still unknown. To analyse the role of nephrin further, two kinds of anti-nephrin antibodies were raised in the rabbits and applied to an experimental mouse model of chronic graft-versus-host disease, in which (C57BL/10 x DBA/2) F1 mice developed clinically apparent severe proteinuria with significant glomerular lesions 7 weeks after parental DBA/2 cell transfer. Antibody-sandwich ELISA detected anti-nephrin antibodies during week 2 to week 6, with the peak at week 2 or week 4. Colocalization of nephrin and IgG on week 4, week 6, and week 8 was revealed by confocal microscopic analysis, suggesting that in situ immune complex formation with nephrin in glomerular lesion. Taken together, it seems to be suggested nephrin and its autoantibody have a certain role in the development of glomerular lesion in our model mice.     

Immunohistochemical localization of apolipoproteins A-I and B in human carotid arteries

Decreased plasma levels of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) and increased plasma levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B) have been shown to correlate with increased risk of atherosclerosis. While many studies have investigated the plasma levels of these apolipoproteins with regard to their value as predictors of cardiovascular disease, comparatively little is known about their precise tissue localization in atherosclerotic plaques. The purpose of this study was to determine the tissue localization of apo A-I and apo B in atherosclerotic segments of human carotid arteries through the use of immunohistochemical techniques. With tissue samples obtained from surgery and autopsy, apo A-I and apo B were found to be present in atherosclerotic plaques and absent in normal arterial tissue. In the plaques, both apo A-I and apo B were found extracellularly, primarily in the lipid core, but also in connective tissue. In addition, both apo A-I and apo B were found intracellularly in foam cells. This similar intracellular and extracellular distribution of apo A-I and apo B was unexpected, in view of their differing associations with atherosclerosis.     

Therapeutic potential of chlorotoxin-like neurotoxin from the Chinese scorpion for human gliomas

Chlorotoxin, one of the key toxins in scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus venom, has been shown to bind specifically to glioma cell surface as a specific chloride channel blocker. In this study, a purified, recombinant chlorotoxin-like peptide from the scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch (named rBmK CTa) was characterized by in vivo and in vitro studies. The results from cell proliferation assay with human glioma (SHG-44) cells showed that rBmK CTa inhibits the growth of glioma cells in a dose-dependent manner, with an IC₅₀ value of approximately 0.28 μM. Under the same conditions, the IC₅₀ value for normal astrocytes increased to 8 μM. This clearly indicated that rBmK CTa had specific toxicity against glioma cells but not astrocytes. Results from whole-cell patch-clamp recording showed that chloride current in SHG-44 was inhibited by rBmK CTa in a voltage-dependent manner and percent inhibitions for the blocking action of rBmK CTa (0.07 and 0.14 μM) on I_Cl was 17.64 ± 3.06% and 55.86 ± 2.83%, respectively. Histological analysis of rBmK CTa treated mice showed that brain, leg muscle and cardiac muscle were the target organs of this toxin. These results suggest that rBmK CTa may have potential therapeutic application in clinical treatment of human glioma. It represents an approach for developing a novel therapeutic agent.     

Timing of odontogenic neural crest cell migration and tooth-forming capability in mice.

The mammalian tooth develops through sequential and reciprocal interactions between cranial neural crest (CNC)- derived ectomesenchymal cells and the stomadial epithelium. Classic tissue recombination studies demonstrated that premigratory CNC cells and CNC-derived ectomesenchymal cells possess odontogenic capacity and can respond to oral epithelial signals to form a tooth, suggesting that the CNC cells contributing to odontogenic tissue are not prespecified. Here we show that, in mice, CNC cells have populated the forming first branchial arch before the 9-somite stage and continue to migrate into the arch by the 13-somite stage. Grafts of the first arch from the 10-somite embryo or earlier yielded membranous bone and cysts but no teeth after subrenal culture. However, grafts of the first arch with its dorsally adjacent tissue containing migrating neural crest cells from the same age embryos gave rise to teeth. In contrast, teeth formed in first arch grafts that do not contain migrating neural crest cells from embryos with 12 or more somites. Interestingly, the acquisition of tooth forming capability in the first arch coincides with the onset of Fgf8 expression in the oral epithelium. These results suggest that there exists a population of odontogenic neural crest cells that migrates into the first arch between the 10- and 12-somite stages. These cells either possess odontogenic potential and are able to initiate tooth development, or can respond to odontogenic signals derived from the oral epithelium to support tooth formation.     

Comparison of local risk factors for children's atopic symptoms in Hanoi, Vietnam

BACKGROUND: A 1999 study in Hanoi, Vietnam using the International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire showed a high prevalence of atopic symptoms. Identifying risk factors for symptoms in these children may help in understanding the causes for these high estimates. METHODS: An ISAAC questionnaire with supplemental questions on environmental variables was distributed to 5495 school children in Hanoi and a suburban district, Dong Anh. The response rate was 65.7%. RESULTS: In Dong Anh, the following were among the significant age and gender adjusted associations: pig ownership [odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval), OR = 1.79 (1.18-2.70) for doctor-diagnosed asthma (DDA), OR = 1.72 (1.08-2.78) for doctor diagnosed hay fever (DDHF)] and farming [OR = 1.67 (1.27-2.19) for ever asthma, OR = 1.51 (1.09-2.09) for DDHF]. In multivariate models, tuberculosis (TB) was a significant predictor of atopic symptoms [Hanoi: OR = 3.09 (1.10-8.70) for DDA, Dong Anh: OR = 3.71 (1.40-9.84) for DDA, OR = 4.66 (1.88-11.57) for DDHF]. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are contrary to the "hygiene hypothesis". Recent immunologic and epidemiologic studies refute the inverse association between allergy and TB and may be one explanation for the positive association in this study. The positive association with pig ownership and farming may be because of exposures on farms in a developing country that may be different from exposures in farms of developed countries.     

主动脉性咽下困难的X线诊断——附10例病例分析

本文报道10例主动脉性咽下困难。病因为高血压和/或主动脉硬化。X线特征为:①下段食管不完全梗阻;②梗阻端正位呈两种不同形态:一为梳齿状;一为偏心性狭窄。左、右前斜位均为尖端指向前的偏心性狭窄;③受压移位食管左前斜位呈正“C”字形,右前斜位是反“C”字形,“C”字内有降主动脉断面致密影;④移位食管内之粘膜扭曲交叉。     

不同照射剂量及照后培养不同时间小鼠骨髓基质细胞损伤的变化

目的 :研究γ射线照射剂量及照射后培养时间对体外培养的骨髓基质细胞 (BMSC)损伤的影响。方法 :体外培养的BMSC随机分为正常组和不同剂量照射组 ,利用流式细胞仪 (FCM)、HE染色等技术观察处理后BMSC凋亡率和坏死率的变化。结果 :照射剂量从 0增至 5 0Gy时 ,凋亡率和坏死率随照后培养时间的延长其增加的幅度较小 ,当照射剂量从 5 0Gy增至 70Gy时 ,其增加幅度较大 ;当剂量大于 70Gy时 ,BMSC的损伤主要表现为坏死率的相对增高。结论 :BMSC的凋亡和坏死与照射剂量和照后培养时间有关 ,且表现出一定的规律性     

阿苯达唑乳治疗包虫病及犬用长效缓释驱虫剂的研究

包虫病是流行于我国西部地区的一种严重的人畜共患寄生虫病。全国有22个省、市和自治区有本病发生,垒1990年底止仅西部6个省