Cardiac anomalies in chronic renal failure

PRINCIPAL CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN END STAGE RENAL DISEASE: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in end stage renal disease patients. Very often, complications observed are left ventricular hypertrophy and various forms of arterial degenerative lesions involving coronary arteries, less frequently pericarditis and calcifying valvulopathy are diagnosed. THE REASONS ARE COMPLEX: Risk factors can be either specific of uremia per se such as anemia, overhydration, fistula or the same as in the general population. Hemodynamic alterations including tensile stress or blood flow play a major role associated to various locally or generally generated substances whose role remains currently to be determined. THEIR TREATMENTS: Treatments of cardiovascular complications are not specific in this end stage renal disease population but are more often the treatment of the etiology: reduction of fistula blood flow, increase of hemoglobin, best control of weight gain between two hemodialysis sessions or blood pressure control.     

F-actin fiber distribution in glomerular cells: structural and functional implications

BACKGROUND: Glomerular distention is associated with cellular mechanical strain. In addition, glomerular distention/contraction is assumed to influence the filtration rate through changes in filtration surface area. A contractile cytoskeleton in podocytes and mesangial cells, formed by F-actin-containing stress fibers, maintains structural integrity and modulates glomerular expansion. In this study, the glomerular cell distribution of F-actin and vimentin filaments was studied in normal control and nine-month streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Results in situ were compared with observations in tissue culture. METHODS: Microdissected rat glomeruli were perfused to obtain a physiological 25% glomerular expansion over the basal value. Fixation was done without change in glomerular volume. Dual fluorescent labeling of F-actin and vimentin was carried out, and samples were examined by confocal laser scanning microscopy. RESULTS: The podocyte cell bodies and their cytoplasmic projections, including the foot processes, contained bundles of vimentin-containing fibers. Except for a thin layer at the base of foot processes, they did not demonstrate F-actin. While mesangial cells in culture had F-actin as long stress fibers resembling tense cables, mesangial cells stretched in situ contained a maze of short tortuous F-actin fibers organized in bundles that often encircled vascular spaces. This fibrillar organization was disrupted in diabetic glomeruli. CONCLUSION: Mesangial cells, but not podocytes, contain a cytoskeleton capable of contraction that is disorganized in long-term diabetes. Together with previous observations, the distribution of this cytoskeleton suggests that mesangial cell contraction may be involved in the redistribution of glomerular capillary blood flow, but not substantially in the modulation of glomerular distention. Disorganization of stress fibers may be a cause of hyperfiltration in diabetes.     

脉冲角加速度刺激诱发豚鼠短潜伏期前庭诱发电位

以脉冲角加速度刺激在豚鼠记录出短潜伏期诱发反应，反应由发生于刺激开始后10ms以内的5～7个波组成，高强度刺激时反应振幅数微伏，I波潜伏期约2．5ms，不同动物及同一动物不同时间测试反应非常稳定。系列实验结果表明脉冲角加速度刺激诱发的豚鼠短潜伏期诱发反应系前庭诱发电位。     

多囊卵巢综合征患者血清生长激素和泌乳素对左旋多巴反应的研究

目的：探讨多囊卵巢综合征（ＰＣＯＳ）患者生长激素（ＧＨ）和泌乳素（ＰＲＬ）异常分泌的机理。方法：对黄体生成素（ＬＨ）／卵泡刺激素（ＦＳＨ）≥３的１５例患者（Ｉ型组）、ＬＨ／ＦＳＨ＜３的１５例患者（Ⅱ型组）以及２０例月经周期正常妇女（对照组），行左旋多巴（Ｌ－ＤＡ，５００ｍｇ）兴奋下丘脑－垂体轴功能试验，观察３组ＧＨ和ＰＲＬ的浓度变化。结果：在基础状态下，Ⅰ、Ⅱ型组的ＧＨ较低（Ｐ＜０．０１）、ＰＲＬ较高（Ｉ型组，Ｐ＜０．０５）；Ｌ－ＤＡ兴奋试验后，Ⅰ、Ⅱ型组ＧＨ的升高程度和ＰＲＬ的下降程度均低于对照组。结论：ＰＣＯＳ的ＧＨ和ＰＲＬ异常分泌可能与其中枢ＤＡ活性不足有关。     

绞股蓝总甙复合国产1号避孕片对健康妇女脂类代谢及血压的影响

本研究将180名已婚、一孩、年龄33±5岁,需要使用避孕措施的健康妇女随机分成6组,即IUD组、绞股蓝总甙加IUD组、1号OC片组、40mg、60mg、80mg绞股蓝总甙分别与1号OC片复合的3个试验组.用双盲法给药,连续服用6个月观察脂类代谢和血压的变化.结果显示:以IUD组和1号OC片组的数据为参比值.服用不同剂量绞股蓝总甙复合口服避孕药后无升高TG和TC的趋势,有显著升高HDL-C作用和使APOA_1水平上升的趋势;亦存在降低收缩压的趋势,对舒张压无明显影响,但在服药后3个月时HDL-C水平曾发生暂时性下降.     

去甲氧柔红霉素联合方案治疗难治性急性淋巴细胞白血病的远期疗效

目的探讨应用去甲氧柔红霉素（ＩＤ）为主的联合化疗方案治疗难治性儿童急性淋巴细胞白血病（ＡＬＬ）的远期疗效及其临床应用价值。方法初治诱导缓解方案用ＶＩＬＰ（长春新碱、去甲氧柔红霉素、左旋门冬酰胺酶、泼尼松）。完全缓解（ＣＲ）后作巩固治疗及庇护所治疗，然后再用ＶＩＬＰ作早期强化治疗。复发者诱导治疗用ＩＡ（去甲氧柔红霉素、阿糖胞苷）方案。ＣＲ后巩固和早期强化治疗用初治者同样方案。结果１０例初治患儿９例获ＣＲ，７例复治患儿５例获ＣＲ，总ＣＲ率为８２％（１４／１７）。ＣＲ的１４例中持续ＣＲ（ＣＣＲ）＞３年者４例，＞２年者４例，＞１年者１例。结论用去甲氧柔红霉素为主的联合方案是治疗难治性儿童ＡＬＬ有效的方法，对初治患儿作为一线药物其远期疗效会更好。     

肺癌肺叶袖状切除术的安全性和有效性

目的:评价肺癌肺叶袖状切除术后患者的手术安全性和远期生存状况.方法:回顾分析了1999年10月至2003年12月行肺癌根治术的94名病例,其中肺叶袖状切除术11例(Ⅰ组),全肺切除术17例(Ⅱ组),肺叶切除术66例(Ⅲ组).通过比较三组术后气管插管时间、ICU停留时间、吻合口并发症率及围手术期死亡率,评价肺叶袖状切除术的手术安全性,比较Ⅰ、Ⅱ组间的生存期和转移复发率探讨其远期有效性.组间率比较用x2检验或Fisher精确检验,均数比较用t检验,生存分析用Kaplan-Meier法,生存曲线比较用Log rank检验.显著性差异标准α=0.05.结果:Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ组的手术死亡率为0,11.8%,3.0%,组间无显著性差异;平均气管插管时间为0.5±2.3天,2.0±7.2天,0.6±4.1天(Ⅰ、ⅢVSⅡ组,P＜0.05);吻合口并发症率为3.0%,0,5.8%,组间无显著性差异.Ⅰ组1年、3年生存率为45.5%、32.5%,Ⅱ组为58.8%、45.8%.两组生存率、远期局部复发率和转移率无显著性差异.结论:肺癌肺叶袖状切除术具有和肺叶切除术相近的手术安全性,优于全肺切除术,而其复发转移率、远期疗效与后者相近,是安全有效的手术方式.     

鲎抗内毒素因子模拟肽4的体外生物活性实验研究

目的研究鲎抗内毒素因子模拟肽4(modeling peptide 4 from the Limulus anti—lipopolysaccharide factor，M4)体外中和内毒素的活性。方法研究以对内毒素高亲和力的多粘菌素B(polymyxin B．PMB)为对照，M4设80、40、20、10、5μmol／L浓度，结合内毒素的活性以生物传感技术分析；中和内毒素的能力以鲎试验动态浊度法测定；对LPS刺激THP-1细胞释放TNF-α的影响采用ELISA试剂盒定量观察。结果M4具有较好的内毒素亲和力和中和活性，在5、10、20、40和80μmol／L浓度时对内毒素2EU／ml(1EU约等于100pg)的中和率分别为43．44％、47．76％、63．12％、81．54％和84．54％，呈明显的浓度梯度效应．20μmol／L以上浓度时与PMB作用相当。对THP-1细胞释放TNF—α的影响结果显示，M4可明显抑制LPS刺激的TNF—α释放，但M4本身具有诱导THP-1细胞释放TNF—α的作用。结论M4具有较强的中和内毒素活性，值得进一步深入研究。