人睾丸组织中成熟精子的分离方法初探

探索简单、适用的体外分离睾丸组织中成熟精子的方法,以用于男性无精子症病人行卵母细胞内单精子注射受精-胚胎移植为目的。用含不同浓度透明质酸酶的10 %人血白蛋白人类输卵管液培养人睾丸曲细精管组织匀浆2 4 h,再用Percoll梯度离心法洗涤后计算所获各级精子的总数,并设置前后对照和空白对照进行比较。用不同浓度透明质酸酶处理后的4个实验组分别与2个对照组比较,实验组所获得的各级精子的总数高于对照组,有显著差异(P<0 .0 1)。实验组中透明质酸酶浓度分别为5 0、10 0、15 0 u/ ml的10 %人血白蛋白人类输卵管液处理组获得的各级精子总数组间比较,处理前对照和处理后空白对照之间比较,无显著差异(P>0 .0 5 )。而用浓度为2 0 0 u/ ml的10 %人血白蛋白人类输卵管液处理组获得的各级精子的总数与其它浓度处理组之间比较存在统计学差异(P<0 .0 1) ,其所获得的各级精子总数相似,但活动能力较其它浓度处理组低。透明质酸酶结合Percoll梯度离心可从人睾丸曲细精管组织匀浆中分离出较多更纯的成熟精子,但过高浓度的透明质酸酶可能会影响分离出的精子的活动能力。     

一种基于微处理器的消化道内按摩装置的研制

首先简要回顾了微电子机械系统技术研究进展,然后介绍了一种基于微处理器的消化道内按摩装置的基本结构,工作原理和特点。尤其详细介绍了采用MSP430F123微处理器产生周期脉冲,来控制整个按摩胶囊的供电。总的说来,消化道内按摩装置具有重要的临床应用价值和商业价值,开发消化道内按摩装置对我国生物医学工程产业和微电子机械系统产业的发展都有着积极和深远的意义。     

眉部运动的显微外科解剖学研究及其临床意义

目的：为解决除皱术中眉毛上提效果欠佳,不够持久的问题。方法：对10例新鲜尸体进行了大体及显微解剖。结果：证实了额肌深面“滑动层”和“滑动间隙”的存在,观察了眉内侧2／3自皮肤向深面发出固定到眉嵴处的眉毛支持韧带,外侧上方的颞融合线和下方的眉限制韧带静态固定结构,上述结构决定了眉毛的形态;阐述了额肌、皱眉肌和降眉肌的眉毛动力机制,探讨了老年性外侧眉毛下垂主要由于外侧的滑动脂肪垫向下“疝出”所致。结论：通过破坏“滑动间隙”,切断颞融合线和眉限制韧带,切除外侧滑动脂肪垫,达到眉部上提的良好、持久效果。     

Noggin signaling from Xenopus animal blastomere lineages promotes a neural fate in neighboring vegetal blastomere lineages.

In Xenopus, localized factors begin to regionalize embryonic fates prior to the inductive interactions that occur during gastrulation. We previously reported that an animal-to-vegetal signal that occurs prior to gastrulation promotes primary spinal neuron fate in vegetal equatorial (C-tier) blastomere lineages. Herein we demonstrate that maternal mRNA encoding noggin is enriched in animal tiers and at low concentrations in the C-tier, suggesting that the neural fates of C-tier blastomeres may be responsive to early signaling from their neighboring cells. In support of this hypothesis, experimental alteration of the levels of Noggin from animal equatorial (B-tier) or BMP4 from vegetal (D-tier) blastomeres significantly affects the numbers of primary spinal neurons derived from their neighboring C-tier blastomeres. These effects are duplicated in blastomere explants isolated at cleavage stages and cultured in the absence of gastrulation interactions. Co-culture with animal blastomeres enhanced the expression of zygotic neural markers in C-tier blastomere explants, whereas co-culture with vegetal blastomeres repressed them. The expression of these markers in C-tier explants was promoted when Noggin was transiently added to the culture during cleavage/morula stages, and repressed with the transient addition of BMP4. Reduction of Noggin translation in B-tier blastomeres by antisense morpholino oligonucleotides significantly reduced the efficacy of neural marker induction in C-tier explants. These experiments indicate that early anti-BMP signaling from the animal hemisphere recruits vegetal equatorial cells into the neural precursor pool prior to interactions that occur during gastrulation.     

Association of the envelope glycoproteins of influenza virus with liposomes--a model study on viral envelope assembly.

Envelope glycoproteins of virus N (an avian influenza virus) were artificially associated with liposomes, using octylglucoside as detergent which could be readily removed by dialysis. The prepared liposomes, about 0.1-1 μm in diameter, contained specific hemagglutinin and neuraminidase activities. The total amounts of proteins incorporated into liposomes were about the same irrespective of the lipid composition. Similarly, the neuraminidase activity of liposomes remained unchanged by altering lipids. However, the hemagglutinating and cell-adsorbing properties of liposomes varied greatly depending on the composition of lipids. As both lipid and protein components can be altered, the present system may be elaborated for the study of protein-lipid interactions and functions of viral membranes.     

Rh proteins vs Amt proteins: an organismal and phylogenetic perspective on CO2 and NH3 gas channels.

Rh (Rhesus) proteins are homologues of ammonium transport (Amt) proteins. Physiological and structural evidence shows that Amt proteins are gas channels for NH(3), but the substrate of Rh proteins, be it CO2 as shown in green alga, or NH3/NH4+ as shown in mammalian cells, remains disputed. We assembled a large dataset generated of Rh and Amt to explore how Rh originated from and evolved independently of Amt relatives. Analysis of this rich data implies that Rh was split from Amt first to emerge in archaeal species. The Rh ancestor underwent divergence and duplication along speciation, leading to neofunctionalization and subfunctionalization of the Rh family. The characteristic organismal distribution of Rh vs. Amt reflects their early separation and subsequent independent evolution: they coexist in microbes and invertebrates but do not in fungi, vascular plants or vertebrates. Rh gene-duplication was prominent in vertebrates: while epithelial RhBG/RhCG displayed strong purifying selection, erythroid Rh30 and RhAG experienced different episodes of positive selection in each of which adaptive evolution occurred at certain time points and in a few codon sites. Mammalian Rh30 and RhAG were subject to particularly strong positive selection in some codon sites in the lineage from rodents to human. The grounds of this adaptive evolution may be driven by the necessity to increase the surface/volume ratio of biconcave erythrocytes for facilitative gas diffusion. Altogether, these results are consistent with Rh proteins not being the orthologue of Amt proteins but having gained the function for CO2/HCO3- transport, with important roles in systemic pH regulation.     

大鼠内毒素休克肝线粒体Ca^2＋,Mg^2＋含量变化与线粒体损伤

本文在大鼠内毒素休克模型上，观察了肝线粒体结构和功能与Ｃａ＾２＋，Ｍｇ＾２＋含量变化的关系。结果发现：休克动物肝组织和线粒体的Ｃａ＾２＋浓度升高，Ｍｇ＾２＋浓度下降与正常对照组相比有非常显著性差异；用图像分析仪定量分析显示线粒体结构明显受损，线粒体标志酶之一－琥珀酸脱氢酶（ＳＤＨ）活性明显下降，本文认为组织和线粒体内Ｍｇ＾２＋／Ｃａ＾２＋比值下降是休克细胞不可逆损伤重要因素之一。