放松训练对高考学生身心健康的影响

目的　研究放松训练法对高考学生身心健康的影响 ,为考生心理健康水平的提高 ,减轻考前焦虑提供科学措施。方法　选择同一学校两个高中三年级的班级 ,分别作为对照组 ( n=72 )和放松训练组 ( n=70 )。高考前的 3个月开始进行全身放松训练 ,每天约 2 5分钟 ,连续两个半月。比较训练前后两组考生的心理健康水平 ,并评价放松训练法的作用效果。结果　对照组考生在考前半个月 SCL-90的阳性项目数以及焦虑、强迫、躯体化、人际敏感、抑郁等 5项因子分和 SAS总均分均显著高于 3个月前 ;放松训练组考生经 2个半月的放松训练后 ,其 SCL-90的焦虑、强迫、人际敏感、抑郁、躯体化等 5项因子分和 SAS总均分均显著低于放松训练前 ,且阳性项目数、总均分以及焦虑、强迫、抑郁、躯体化、人际敏感等 5项因子分和 SAS总均分均显著低于对照组高考前半月的相应分值。结论　随着高考的临近 ,考生的心身反应增多且加重 ,心理健康水平明显下降 ;全身放松训练法能有效改善考生的各种心身反应和紧张焦虑状况 ,有利于保护考生的心理健康     

中国江苏地区汉族人群肿瘤坏死因子β遗传多态性研究

目的　探讨中国江苏地区汉族人群肿瘤坏死因子 β遗传多态性分布。方法　收集江苏地区 16 8名无血缘关系健康个体的静脉血提取DNA ,应用聚合酶链反应限制性片段长度多态性 (PCR -RFLP) ,对TNFβ基因多态性进行分析。结果　TNFβ检测到三个等位基因 ,其基因型频率分别为TNFβ 1/ 1=2 1 4 % ,TNFβ 1/ 2 =4 7% ,TNFβ 2 / 2 =31 5 % ,基因型分布符合Hardy-Weinberg定律。统计分析显示 :江苏地区汉族人群TNFβ等位基因频率分布与欧美白种人均有显著性差异(P <0 0 5 )。结论　TNFβ等位基因频率分布具有种族差异     

Microscale Transport and Sorting by Kinesin Molecular Motors

As biomolecular detection systems shrink in size, there is an increasing demand for systems that transport and position materials at micron- and nanoscale dimensions. Our goal is to combine cellular transport machinery-kinesin molecular motors and microtubules-with integrated optoelectronics into a hybrid biological/engineered microdevice that will bind, transport, and detect specific proteins, DNA/RNA molecules, viruses, or cells. For microscale transport, 1.5 microm deep channels were created with SU-8 photoresist on glass, kinesin motors adsorbed to the bottom of the channels, and the channel walls used to bend and redirect microtubules moving over the immobilized motors. Novel channel geometries were investigated as a means to redirect and sort microtubules moving in these channels. We show that DC and AC electric fields are sufficient to transport microtubules in solution, establishing an approach for redirecting microtubules moving in channels. Finally, we inverted the geometry to demonstrate that kinesins can transport gold nanowires along surface immobilized microtubules, providing a model for nanoscale directed assembly.     

Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI): Application of the Generalized Minimal Residual (GMRes) Method

Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) is a developing imaging modality for cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias. It reconstructs epicardial potentials, electrograms, and isochrones from electrocardiographic body-surface potentials noninvasively. Current ECGI methodology employs Tikhonov regularization, which imposes constraints on the reconstructed potentials or their derivatives. This approach can sometimes reduce spatial resolution by smoothing the solution. Accuracy depends on a priori knowledge of solution characteristics and determination of an optimal regularization parameter. These properties led us to implement an independent, iterative approach for ECGI—the generalized minimal residual (GMRes) method—which does not apply constraints. GMRes was applied to experimental data during activation/repolarization of normal and infarcted hearts. GMRes reconstructions were compared to Tikhonov reconstructions and to measured gold standards in isolated hearts. Overall, the accuracy of GMRes solutions was similar to Tikhonov regularization. However, in certain cases GMRes recovered localized potential features (e.g., multiple potential minima), which were lost in the Tikhonov solution. Simultaneous use of these two complementary methods in clinical ECGI will ensure reliability and maximal extraction of diagnostic information in the absence of a priori information about a patient's condition.© 2003 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC2003: 8719Hh, 8757Gg     

妊娠中晚期暴露于可卡因对子代海马发育的影响

目的　建立妊娠中晚期暴露于可卡因的小鼠动物模型 ,研究可卡因对子代海马的发育是否具有影响以及这种影响在可卡因诱发的神经行为异常发病机理中可能所起的作用。方法　运用水迷宫方法观察可卡因对子鼠青春期空间辨别能力的影响 ,分别采用甲苯胺蓝染色技术和免疫组织化学结合图象分析技术观察海马中锥体细胞和神经胶质细胞的发育情况。结果　妊娠中晚期暴露于可卡因的小鼠子代在青春期海马锥体细胞极性紊乱 ,发育不良 ,未迁移到正常位置 ;神经胶质细胞数目减少。水迷宫结果显示可卡因可引起子代寻找平台的潜休期延长。结论　妊娠中晚期暴露于可卡因可引起子代青春期海马发育异常 ,这可能在可卡因引起子代空间辨别能力下降的发病机理中起着重要作用。     

Neuropathogenesis of Chimeric Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection In Pig-tailed and Rhesus Macaques

We recently reported that a chimeric simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV_KU-1) developed in our laboratory caused progressive depletion of CD4⁺T lymphocytes and AIDS within 6 months of inoculation into pig-tailed macaques (M.nemestrina). None of the pig-tailed macaques showed productive SHIV infection in the central nervous system (CNS). In this report, we show that by further passage of the pathogenic virus in rhesus macaques [M. mulatta], we have derived a new strain of SHIV (SHIV_KU-2) that has caused AIDS and productive CNS infection in 3 of 5 rhesus macaques infected with the virus. Productive replication of SHIV in the CNS was clearly shown by high infectivity titers and p27 protein levels in brain homogenates, and in 2 of the 3 rhesus macaques this was associated with disseminated, nodular, demyelinating lesions, including focal multinucleated giant cell reaction, largely confined to the white matter. These findings were reminiscent of HIV-1 associated neurological disease, and our immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization data indicated that the neuropathological lesions were associated with the presence of SHIV-specific viral antigens and nucleic acid respectively. However, the concomitant reactivation of opportunistic infections in these macaques suggested that such pathogens may have influenced the replication of SHIV in the CNS, or modified the neuropathological sequelae of SHIV infection in the rhesus species, but not in pig-tailed macaques. Our findings in the two species of macaques highlight the complexities of lentiviral neuropathogenesis, the precise mechanisms of which are still elusive.     

小鼠FoxP3基因腺相关病毒的制备与鉴定

目的:构建携带小鼠FoxP3基因的重组腺相关病毒,并检测其在NIH3T3细胞的表达情况。方法:将FoxP3通过内部核糖体进入位点(IRES)与报告基因增强型绿色荧光蛋白连接,构建同时含有目的基因和报告基因的重组腺相关病毒(rAAV)表达质粒,通过磷酸钙沉淀法共转染HEK293细胞,收获并通过肝素亲和层析法纯化病毒,并对病毒纯度和滴度进行鉴定。利用携带FoxP3基因的重组病毒体外感染小鼠NIH3T3细胞,体外观察感染效率和目的基因转录情况。结果:包装成功的rAAV/FoxP3经纯化后获得了高纯度的rAAV/FoxP3,实时定量PCR检测rAAV/FoxP3的病毒滴度达到5.0×1012vg/mL,体外感染NIH3T3细胞,流式细胞术测定感染效率可达92.88%,实时PCR测定细胞内存在高水平FoxP3mRNA。结论:获得携带FoxP3-IRES-EGFP的rAAV,并可有效感染NIH3T3细胞,为进一步研究FoxP3的生物学功能提供了有效工具。     

SARS coronavirus induces apoptosis in Vero E6 cells

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease. Its etiological agent has been convincingly identified as a new member of family Coronaviridae (SARS-CoV). It causes serious damage to the respiratory system yet the mechanism is not clear. Infection-induced apoptosis or necrosis is suspected but no direct evidence for this yet exists. To date, Vero E6 cells are the only cell line that could be used to replicate the virus with obvious CPE (cytopathic effect) in vitro. It is known for some viruses (including members of family Coronaviridae) that CPE can be caused either by virus-induced apoptosis (active death) or cell necrosis (passive death). In this study, we examined the apoptosis in the SARS-CoV infected Vero E6 cells. Indeed, the results do show that the CPE was induced by apoptosis rather than necrosis, shown by typical DNA fragmentation, through the existence of apoptotic bodies and swollen mitochondria. This observation has some implications for the SARS-CoV pathogenicity: SARS-CoV does induce apoptosis in cell cultures and might have the same effect in vivo, responsible for the severe damage of the respiratory system.     

Responses of reticulospinal neurons in the lateral reticular nucleus area of the rat to cutaneous noxious and non-noxious stimulation

Response properties of reticulospinal neurons in the lateral reticular nucleus (LRN) area to natural cutaneous stimulation were investigated systematically in 45 urethane-anesthetized rats by using extracellular recording techniques. A total of 64 neurons were tested with peripheral stimuli, of which 19 were responsive only to noxious stimuli; 7 responsive to both noxious and non-noxious stimuli; 4 responsive only to non-noxious stimuli; and 34 not responsive to any cutaneous stimuli. Both the noxious and non-noxious receptive fields were large and bilateral. Among the neurons responding to noxious stimuli, the majority (72%) was excited. This study provides evidence that some reticulospinal neurons in the rat LRN area are involved in the mechanisms of nociception.     

半导体激光体外照射血管治疗仪的研制

为克服 He-Ne激光血管内照射疗法所具有的不足,我们采用830nm、500mW半导体激光器,研制了用于体外血管照射的激光治疗仪.设计了易于固定的激光输出头,并且采用单片机控制整机,提高了仪器的稳定性和可靠性.临床应用取得了令人满意的治疗效果.