大鼠消化道神经激肽A的发育研究

应用免疫细胞化学ＰＡＰ法系统研究了大鼠胚胎１３天至成年食道及胃神经激肽Ａ发生发育过程。结果如下：（１）在食道，直至出生前，即胚胎２１天才于环肌层及粘膜肌层出现阳性膨体纤维，出生后，随幼鼠的生长发育相继在上皮内、纵肌层、肌间丛、粘膜下丛出现神经激肽Ａ免疫反应阳性物，其纤维的密度、粗细和着色也逐渐增加，３０天时已具备成年的分布特征，其发育主要在生后４周；（２）在胃，于胚胎１４天，首先在肌间丛处呈现阳性     

Defective Treg response in acute kidney injury was caused by a reduction in TIM-3+ Treg cells

Background: Despite years of research, the treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a significant challenge. Animal studies presented causal links between elevated regulatory T cell (Treg) response and better prognosis in AKI. Previous studies in mice and humans showed that TIM-3+ Treg cells were more potent than TIM-3- Treg cells. In this study, we investigated the role of TIM-3 in Treg in AKI patients.

Methods: Peripheral blood from AKI patients and healthy controls were gathered, and TIM-3+ Treg subset was examined.

Results: Compared to healthy controls, the AKI patients presented a significant upregulation in the frequency of circulating CD4+CD25+ T cells; however, the majority of this increase was from the CD4+CD25+TIM-3- subset, and the frequency of CD4+CD25+TIM-3+ T cells was downregulated in AKI patients. In both healthy controls and AKI patients, the CD4+CD25+TIM-3+ T cells expressed higher levels of Foxp3, and were more potent at expressing LFA-1, LAG-3, CTLA-4, IL-10 and TGF-β. In addition, the CD4+CD25+TIM-3+ T cells from both healthy controls and AKI patients presented higher capacity to suppress CD4+CD25- T cell proliferation than the CD4+CD25+TIM-3- T cells. Interestingly, the total CD4+CD25+ T cells from AKI patients presented significantly lower inhibitory capacity than those from healthy controls, indicating that the low frequency of CD4+CD25+TIM-3+ T cells was restricting the efficacy of the Treg responses in AKI patients.

Conclusions: We demonstrated that TIM-3 downregulation impaired the function of Treg cells in AKI. The therapeutic potential of CD4+CD25+TIM-3+ T cells in AKI should be investigated in future studies.     

妊高征患者淋巴细胞β_2－肾上腺素能受体结合量改变及与新生儿体重关系的研究

应用放射配体结合分析，测定４０例正常晚期妊娠妇女及４０例妊高征妇女外周血淋巴细胞β_２－肾上腺素能受体（β_２－ＡＲ）结合量，并测定两组妇女分娩的新生儿体重。结果为：１．正常晚期妊娠妇女外周淋巴细胞β_２－ＡＲ结合量明显降低，妊高征妇女β_２－ＡＲ结合量降低更显著；２．妊高征孕妇组的新生儿出生体重明显低于正常妊娠组的新生儿体重；３．孕妇β_２－ＡＲ结合量与新生儿出生体重呈明显正相关，提示好高征与机体β_２－ＡＲ结合量下降有关，β_２－ＡＲ改变影响胎儿生长发育。     

Breakpoint clusters of the PML gene in acute promyelocytic leukemia: Primary structure of the reciprocal products of the PML-RARA gene in a patient with t(15;17)

DNA studies of the translocation t(15;17) in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have shown that the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) gene on chromosome 17 is juxtaposed to the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) gene on chromosome 15. The PML breakpoints have been mapped to 3 clusters: bcr1, bcr2, and bcr3. We have examined the PML breakpoint distribution in a series of 33 Chinese patients with APL Twenty-two patients fell within bcr1, 2 within bcr2, and 9 within bcr3. The primary structure of the reciprocal chromosome translocation joints of one patient and that of their normal counterparts have been determined and compared to those of 2 previously reported cases. These studies revealed possible topoisomerase II cleavage sites close to the breakpoints and suggested implications of DNA attachment sites to nuclear matrix. We propose that these features are relevant to the process of illegitimate recombination generating the translocation. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

GPR34-mediated sensing of lysophosphatidylserine released by apoptotic neutrophils activates type 3 innate lymphoid cells to mediate tissue repair

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脉动流场中离体血管段长度与内皮细胞内皮素代谢相关--内皮细胞膜张应力累加效应实验研究 Ⅲ

用离体血管灌流实验验证冯元桢等关于血管内皮细胞的膜张应力逆血流方向累加的理论分析.长度分别为11、21 cm的离体血管段内皮细胞分别置于平均切应力均为0.12 N/m2的脉动流环境中剪切42 h.11 cm处理的内皮素-1(ET-1)平均分泌速率(16.93±0.89 pg/cm2*h)显著低于21 cm处理(26.13±1.79 pg/cm2*h), 差异比率为1∶1.5.脉动流作用引起的ET-1平均分泌率显著高于定常流的作用. 总体上表明在脉动流条件下,血管段长度与其血管内皮细胞ET-1代谢(分泌量)间有密切的相关关系.本实验结果从又一个侧面证实血管内皮细胞膜张应力存在累加效应.     

An electrical admittance based index of thoracic intracellular water during head-up tilt in humans

During 50 degrees head-up tilt (HUT), the number of erythrocytes within the thorax has been shown to be reduced by approximately 25% and this level is retained during a maintained tilt, whilst that in the thigh increases by approximately 70%. To evaluate whether the electrical admittance of intracellular water (ICW) may be used to monitor this redistribution of red cells in humans, we determined the regional difference in the reciprocal value of the impedance at 1.5 and 100 kHz for the thorax (thoraxICW) and for the leg (legICW). In ten subjects all variables remained unchanged during head-down tilt but during HUT, presyncopal symptoms were induced in eight subjects after a mean of 27 (SEM 7) min as mean heart rate dropped from 85 (SEM 4) to 66 (SEM 3) beats x min(-1), mean arterial blood pressure from 80 (SEM 3) to 60 (SEM 5) mmHg, and mean oxygen saturation of venous blood from 76 (SEM 2)% to 73 (SEM 3)% (P < 0.05). The mean haematocrit increased from 50 (SEM 5)% to 52.5 (SEM 3.5)% (P < 0.01) and mean central venous pressure decreased during tilting (from a mean of 1 (SEM 1) to a mean of -1 (SEM 1) mmHg; P < 0.05) and returned to value at rest during the maintained tilt. Mean thoracic impedances increased by 7.0 (SEM 1.0) ohms (1.5 kHz) and 5.4 (SEM 1.2) ohms (100 kHz), and mean leg impedances decreased by 9.3 (SEM 1.2) ohms (1.5 kHz) and 3.1 (SEM 1.0) ohms (100 kHz) (P < 0.01). Mean thoraxICW decreased at 40 degrees HUT and remained reduced by 11 (SEM 2) S x 10(-4) (P < 0.05) until the presyncopal symptoms developed, at which time it was lower by 16 (SEM 2) S x 10(-4) (P < 0.01). Mean legICW increased from 97 (SEM 15) to 99 (SEM 15) S x 10(-4) (P = 0.08) during HUT but decreased during maintained tilt (to 94 (SEM 15) S x 10(-4); P < 0.05). The results suggested that during HUT, the difference in electrical admittance at a high and a low frequency current reflects the reduced number of red cells within the thorax.     

The renal cell carcinoma lysis by a specific cytotoxic T cell clone is independent of the Fas/Fas-L cytotoxic pathway

The expression of Fas antigen at the surface of renal cell carcinoma and the susceptibility to Fas-mediated lysis by a tumor specific CTL clone were investigated. Renal cell carcinoma cell lines expressed Fas antigen and were susceptible to apoptosis mediated by antibodies to Fas/APO1. Using RT-PCR, we further showed that these cell lines expressed mRNA for Fas deleted transmembrane region, corresponding to a soluble form of Fas/APO-1. To investigate the role of the Fas/FasL pathway in the cytotoxic response against RCC cells, we analyzed the induction of Fas-L on a tumor specific T cell clone (CTL 8C2), previously generated against one RCC cell line. Fas-L expression on CTL 8C2 was detected by RT-PCR after stimulation with autologous tumor cells. However, the cytotoxic activity of CTL 8C2 was completely abolished when EGTA was added, suggesting that the cytolysis was mainly mediated by a Ca++-dependent pathway, perforin/granzyme-based.     

唾液酸化的路易斯寡糖—X抗原在结直肠癌细胞系LoVo,HT29？…

目的 探讨唾液酯化的路易期寡糖－Ｘ（ＳＬｅＸ）抗原的表达与结直肠癌转移潜能的相关性。方法 采用原位分子杂交技术,检测结直肠癌细胞表面ＳＬｅＸ抗原合成酶－－α１,３岩藻糖转移酶（α１,３Ｆｕｃ－Ｔ）在高、低转移民生结直肠癌细胞系ＬｏＶｏ、ＨＴ２９细胞内的ｍＲＮＡ水平的表达,并应用免疫组化ＬＳＡＢ法,流式细胞仪,从定性、定量两个方面直接检测ＳＬｅＸ抗原在ＬｏＶｏ、ＨＴ２９细胞内蛋白水平的表达。结果 高