Attenuation of contractions to acetylcholine in canine bronchi by an endogenous nitric oxide-like substance.

1. The involvement was assessed of an endogenous nitric oxide-like substance in contractions of canine bronchi to acetylcholine. 2. Canine third order bronchial rings, in some of which the epithelium was removed mechanically, were suspended in organ chambers and isometric tension was recorded. In some experiments, the content of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) of the bronchi was also measured. 3. Acetylcholine induced concentration-dependent contractions. The contractions were potentiated by nitro-L-arginine (an inhibitor of the synthesis of nitric oxide), oxyhaemoglobin (a scavenger of nitric oxide), and methylene blue (an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase). The magnitude of the potentiation to acetylcholine-induced contractions by these inhibitors were not significantly different between tissues with and without epithelium. 4. Acetylcholine induced a concentration-dependent increase in intracellular content of cyclic GMP, which was similar in bronchi with and without epithelium. These increases were abolished by nitro-L-arginine and methylene blue. 5. During contractions to acetylcholine, exogenous nitric oxide relaxed the canine bronchi. The relaxations were not affected by nitro-L-arginine, but were augmented by superoxide dismutase plus catalase, and were abolished by methylene blue. 6. These observations suggest that, during contraction evoked by acetylcholine, the production of an endogenous nitric oxide-like substance increases and in turn attenuates the response of the airways to the muscarinic agonist. However, the endogenous nitric oxide-like substance does not play a major role in the epithelium-dependent attenuation of the contraction to acetylcholine in canine bronchi.     

VEGF165cDNA治疗缺血心肌的实验研究

目的：观察VEGFl65cDNA治疗缺血心肌后心功能、血流动力学、心肌灌注和代谢的变化。方法：健康杂种犬36只，随机分为VEGFl65cDNA和空质粒(pcDNA3：1)组(n＝12)，心肌梗塞组为对照组。Amroid环致慢性心肌缺血模型。VEGFl65基因转染采用直接心肌注射法。结果：基因转染后4周、8周时VEGF165基因组LVEF和CO及前壁、前侧壁、前间壁心肌灌注量、代谢和FDG摄入量明显高于同期心肌梗塞组。结论：VEGFl65基因治疗后4周和8周时心功能显著改善；成活心肌的数量显著增加和/或称成活心肌功能显著恢复。     

PET-CT在恶性肿瘤诊断中的初步应用

目的探讨PET-CT一体机在恶性肿瘤中的应用价值.方法收集已经明确诊断的全身不同部位的恶性肿瘤病例62例,经PET-CT检查后进行回顾性分析,采用目测和半定量分析方法.结果62例肿瘤病人共检出142个病灶,PET图像阳性率93.55%(58/62);PET图像阴性率6.45%(4/62);PET发现病灶而CT未完全发现病灶率19.4%(12/62);CT发现而PET未见浓聚率6.45%(4/62);原发灶未能找到率1.61%(1/62).标准化摄取值(SUV)大于2.5占78.2%(111/142);SUV2.5～2.0占14.8%(21/142);SUV小于2.0占7%(10/142).结论PET-CT与单纯PET,CT比较具有明显的优势,可以精确定位、定性,但PET-CT也有一定的局限性.     

"提高意识"活动在大学英语精读课中的体现 --对医学护理专业学生精读课改革的重新思考

语法翻译教学法多年来一直主宰着大学英语精读课的教学。随着中国经济突飞猛进的发展,各行各业的人们与国外同行交流的机会和要求也随之增加。面对社会发展而带来的这种变化,显然,古老传统的教学方法已不能适应。通过具体详尽的理论分析,对语法翻译教学法提出了自己的看法。     

间接荧光抗体试验检测日本血吸虫感染家兔血清中特异性抗体水平的动态变化

用尾蚴、雌虫、雄虫和血吸虫感染兔肝组织内虫卵冰冻切片抗原进行间接荧光抗体试验（ＩＦＡＴ），观察日本血吸虫感染家兔血清中特异性抗体的动态变化。抗尾蚴、成虫（雌、雄虫）、虫卵抗体检出的最早时间分别为３ｗｋ、３ｗｋ、４ｗｋ，其抗体滴度高峰分别在感染后７ｗｋ、１０～１２ｗｋ和１０ｗｋ。以抗尾蚴抗体水平最高，抗虫卵抗体次之，抗雌、雄虫抗体较低。这为全面了解感染宿主对血吸虫各期抗原（尾蚴、雌、雄虫、虫卵）的免疫反应及免疫学诊断提供了新的资料     

家兔急性不完全性脑缺血及重灌流的实验病理研究

采用低压低灌流方法造成家兔急性不完全性脑缺血，并进行重灌流。检测了脑电图（ＥＥＧ）及大脑组织中乳酸脱氢酶（ＬＤＨ）活性，观察了大脑皮层组织形态学变化。结果发现，脑缺血时大脑ＥＥＧ明显抑制，ＬＤＨ活性升高，脑组织超微结构表现为膜结构损伤。重灌流后ＥＥＧ严重抑制，ＬＤＨ活性升高，膜结构损伤进一步加重。     

刺激强度对黑质DA能神经元伤害性反应的影响

本研究用细胞外记录方法研究大鼠黑质多巴胺能神经元伤害性反应的特点。共记录了194个多巴胺能神经元。其中,大多数神经元(78％)可被尾部强电刺激(15mA,1.0ms)所抑制,15％被兴奋。兴奋和抑制反应均依赖于刺激强度。当刺激强度变化于0～20mA时,伤害性反应强度与刺激强度的对数显著相关。来自不同部位的刺激可会聚于同一神经元。反应潜伏期和阈值提示Aδ纤维参与伤害性信息传入黑质的过程。本文还讨论了多巴胺能神经元系统在痛觉机制中的作用。     

Effect of fathers'' age and birth order on occurrence of congenital heart disease.

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to examine if there is an effect of fathers' age and of birth order on the occurrence of congenital heart disease. DESIGN--This was a hospital based case-referent study including use of birth defects surveillance data. SUBJECTS--Subjects were 497 cases of congenital heart disease aged between 3 months and 5 years, born in Beijing and Hebei Province, China; 6222 children without congenital heart disease serve as reference baseline. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--With stratified analysis and logistic regression analyses, congenital heart disease was found to be associated with fathers' age less than 25 years (odds ratio 2.63), independent of mothers' age and of birth order. There was also evidence to show a higher birth order effect on the occurrence of congenital heart disease independent of parental ages. CONCLUSION--Higher birth order and fathers aged less than 25 years were both independently associated with some categories of congenital heart disease and with congenital heart disease overall.     

Nebivolol induces endothelium-dependent relaxations of canine coronary arteries.

Nebivolol is a new beta 1-antagonist that acutely reduces arterial blood pressure without depressing cardiac function. The present study was designed to determine the effect of nebivolol on coronary arteries. Rings of canine left anterior descending coronary (LAD) artery with or without endothelium were suspended in organ chambers and the isometric tension was recorded. In some experiments, the transmembrane potential of the smooth muscle cells was recorded by electrophysiological methods. During contractions to prostaglandin F2 alpha, nebivolol induced concentration-dependent relaxations of the coronary arteries. The enantiomer, l-nebivolol, also induced comparable relaxations; however, d-nebivolol induced smaller relaxations. The relaxations induced by nebivolol and its enantiomer were significantly larger in tissues with than in those without endothelium. The differences between tissues with and without endothelium were abolished by nitro-L-arginine (3 x 10(-5) M) or methylene blue (10(-5) M). The nebivolol-induced relaxations were not affected by indomethacin (10(-5) M), phentolamine (5 x 10(-6) M), propranolol (5 x 10(-6) M), or methysergide (3 x 10(-6) M). Nebivolol at a subthreshold concentration for inducing relaxation (3 x 10(-7) M) did not significantly affect endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine but potentiated ADP-induced endothelium-dependent relaxations. The potentiation is stereoselective for l-nebivolol. Nebivolol induced a small hyperpolarization of the coronary smooth muscle with endothelium (1 mV).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)