Differential effects of Th1, monocyte/macrophage and Th2 cytokine mixtures on early gene expression for glial and neural-related molecules in central nervous system mixed glial cell cultures: neurotrophins, growth factors and structural proteins

Background  

In multiple sclerosis, inflammatory cells are found in both active and chronic lesions, and it is increasingly clear that cytokines are involved directly and indirectly in both formation and inhibition of lesions. We propose that cytokine mixtures typical of Th1 or Th2 lymphocytes, or monocyte/macrophages each induce unique molecular changes in glial cells.     

音猬因子的功能受体斑片在培养神经干细胞中的表达

目的　观察在培养的神经干细胞内是否有发育调控分子———音猬因子 (sonichedgehog)功能受体———斑片 (patched)表达。　方法　神经干细胞克隆在体外培养传代后 ,用patched的特异性引物对培养的神经干细胞进行RT PCR分析 ,PCR产物经克隆测序后 ,用地高辛标记克隆的探针 ,对神经干细胞进行原位杂交分析。　结果　神经干细胞克隆内大量的细胞均可表达sonichedgehog的功能受体patched ,patched阳性细胞间未见明显差别 ,克隆边缘与中央的patched分布也未见明显差别。　结论　sonichedgehog信号传导路可能在神经干细胞的增殖与分化过程中起重要作用。     

SARS病毒S1蛋白重组C端片段免疫效果的实验研究

为获得纯化的重组SARS病毒S1蛋白C端 ,研究其刺激机体产生针对SARS病毒免疫应答的规律和机制 ,将编码SARS病毒S1蛋白C端 311个氨基酸残基的基因克隆 ,并在原核表达系统中表达 ,纯化获得了的重组蛋白。利用SARS患者恢复期的血清 ,对纯化的重组S1蛋白进行血清学分析。结果表明 ,本研究中克隆表达的重组蛋白序列与公布的SARS病毒S1蛋白C端的序列相同 ,其编码的重组蛋白相对分子质量约为 5 90 0 0Mr。SARS患者恢复期的血清均与重组蛋白反应 ,在5 9 0 0 0Mr处形成特异性的反应条带 ,而来自SARS流行前的正常人对照血清则不能与重组蛋白反应。在本研究中获得的重组蛋白可以为研究SARS病毒识别宿主细胞受体的过程及其机制提供条件。     

TRP超家族与肾脏

TRP(Transient receptor potentical)家族是非选择性阳离子通道家族，近来发现其与肾脏关系密切，如调节肾小管离子转运，肾脏微循环等。TRP通道异常可导致遗传性局灶节段硬化性肾病（FSGS），常染色体显性遗传多囊肾(ADPKD)，低镁血症继发低钙血症(HSH)等，对TRP通道的进一步研究将有助于临床肾脏病的防治。     

Partial androgen insensitivity with phenotypic variation caused by androgen receptor mutations that disrupt activation function 2 and the NH(2)- and carboxyl-terminal interaction

Partial androgen insensitivity with sex phenotype variation in two unrelated families was associated with missense mutations in the androgen receptor (AR) gene that disrupted the AR NH(2)-terminal/carboxy terminal interaction. Each mutation caused a single amino acid change within the region of the ligand-binding domain that forms activation function 2 (AF2). In one family, the mutation I737T was in alpha helix 4 and in the other F725L was between helices 3 and 4. Neither mutation altered androgen binding as determined by assays of mutant AR in the patient's cultured genital skin fibroblasts or of recombinant mutant receptors transfected into COS cells. In transient cotransfection assays in CV1 cells, transactivation with the AR mutants at low concentrations of DHT was reduced several fold compared with wild-type AR but increased at higher concentrations. Defects in NH(2)-terminal/carboxy terminal interactions were identified in mammalian two hybrid assays. In similar assays, there was reduced binding of the p160 coactivators TIF2/SRC2 and SRC1 to the mutant AR ligand binding domains (LBD). In the family with AR I737T, sex phenotype varied from severely defective masculinization in the proband to a maternal great uncle whose only manifestation of AIS was severe gynecomastia. He was fertile and passed the mutation to two daughters. The proband of the F725L family was also incompletely masculinized but was raised as a male while his half-sibling by a different father was affected more severely and reared as a female. These studies indicate that the function of an AR AF2 mutant in male development can vary greatly depending on the genetic background.     

中晚期重型乙型肝炎血浆置换与内科治疗生存率的比较

观察血浆置换、内科治疗对中晚期重型乙型病毒性肝炎生存率的影响,探索中晚期重型肝炎的治疗方法。方法观察在内科治疗基础上给予血浆置换患者的肝功能、并发症及疾病的转归,与同期仅予内科综合治疗的患者相比较,对相应的临床资料进行统计学分析,从而了解两种治疗方法的疗效。结果血浆置换组36例,18例好转、18例死亡,内科治疗组32例,13例好转、19例死亡,两组之间患者生存情况无统计学差异;肝功能指标(ALT、AST、SB、ALB、TC、ChE和凝血酶原时间(PT)也无统计学差异。结论与内科治疗相比较,在其基础上给予血浆置换并不能提高中晚期重型病毒性肝炎生存率;中晚期重型肝炎患者的预后决定于其肝功能衰竭的程度。     

DNA prime followed by protein boost enhances neutralization and Th1 type immunity against FMDV

Prime-boost strategy has been exhibited its potency to enhance immune responses, which would be important to the success to develop a vaccine against the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). An eukaryotic expression construct encoding the FMDV capsid VP1 protein with a recombinant VP1 protein or a commercial FMDV vaccine were tested in the prime-boost strategy in mice and cattle trials. The levels of induced specific antibodies, T cell proliferations, and DTH activities were significantly higher in the prime-boost groups than in those vaccinated with DNA, protein or FMDV vaccine alone. More importantly, the levels of neutralizing antibodies in the former groups were significantly higher than others and could last for at least four months in cattle trials. This study suggests that the prime-boost strategy significantly improves the effective immunity and may provide a longer protection against FMDV infection.     

肝脏特异性表达载体Kbpala/Alb-ATP7B 的构建及表达

目的：构建小鼠白蛋白启动子引导下携带野 生及常见突变型Arg778Leu、His1069Gln的人ATP7B cDNA的肝脏特异 性表达载体Kbpala/Alb-ATP7B，并检测其表达情况。方法:定点突变法获取人群中常见的Arg778Leu及His1069Gln两种ATP7B突变体，定向克隆将小鼠白蛋白启动子Alb序列及野生和突变的ATP7B cDNA依次亚克隆至转基因载体Kbpala上，得到可在肝脏特异性表达的正常及突变型人 ATP7B的转基因载体Kbpala/Alb-ATP7B。将其 短暂转染BRL细胞及BHK细胞，通过Western blotting检测其蛋白表达情况。结果:经酶切鉴定及定点测序证实，转基因载体Kbpala/Alb-ATP7B 构建成功；Western blotting显示仅在肝脏细胞实现表达。结论:带 有人类ATP7B cDNA的野生及常见致病突变型的转基因载体Kbpala/Alb -ATP7B构建成功并在肝脏细胞特异性表达。     

难治性便秘综合治疗及影响因素的评价

目的评价综合治疗对难治性便秘的疗效及影响因素。方法将84例难治性便秘分为非重叠组和重叠组。应用个体化综合治疗4周,观察便秘症状评分变化及总有效率,分析IC患者的重叠症状和心理障碍状态对疗效的影响。结果(1)84例便秘患者中,重叠组和非重叠组分别占40.5%和59.5%。(2)重叠组和非重叠组的总有效率分别为50.0%和78.0%(P<0.05)。(3)对37例IC患者的心理测试调查显示,59.4%(22/37)有心理障碍状态,重叠组和非重叠组伴有心理障碍状态对治疗的总有效率分别为4.8%和31.5%(P<0.05)。结论适合个体化的综合治疗使多数难治性便秘缓解症状,但伴有重叠症状,尤其心理障碍状态则影响疗效。     

婚恋依恋研究进展

近年来依恋研究已由亲子依恋、依恋表征拓展到婚恋依恋．婚恋依恋是成人与情侣间的依恋情感联结。该文介绍了婚恋依恋提出的背景和主要观点、婚恋依恋类型及测量方法、有关婚恋依恋的主要研究成果、最后探讨了婚恋依恋领域有待深入研究的问题。