Type II pneumocytes modulate surfactant production in response to cigarette smoke constituents: Restoration by vitamins A and E

This study was to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoke constituents upon type II pneumocyte surfactant production in vitro, and how vitamins A and E may alter the response. Freshly isolated type II pneumocytes from Sprague–Dawley rats were incubated 20 h in medium with fetal bovine serum that was or was not treated with cigarette smoke. The number of adherent cells was inversely related to the dose of smoke or benzo(a)pyrene. Despite the decreased number of treated cells, the total amount of surfactant per culture well was unchanged, whereas surfactant production per cell was significantly increased (P < 0.05). Vitamin A concentration was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in the smoke-treated serum compared with untreated serum. When vitamin A or E was added to the cigarette smoke-treated serum, cell adherence and surfactant production returned to control values. In conclusion, cigarette smoke constituents or benzo(a)pyrene alone decreased the number of adherent type II pneumocytes, but did not alter surfactant amounts because of an increased production of surfactant per cell. Type II pneumocytes seem to adjust surfactant production dependent upon the number of type II pneumocytes to produce it and vitamin A or E enhance cell attachment in the presence of the smoke toxins.     

Sympathoadrenal excitation and inhibition by lower brainstem stimulation in cats

Effects of stimulation of brainstem sites on hemodynamics and plasma catecholamine levels were assessed in cats under chloralose-urethane anesthesia. Pressor areas of the dorsal medulla (DM) and ventrolateral medulla (VLM) and the depressor area of the paramedian reticular nucleus (PRN) were stimulated electrically using a monopolar electrode, or chemically using sodium glutamate microinjection. Plasma levels of norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI) were measured in caval blood above the adrenal veins. Electrical stimulation of the DM and VLM produced increases in blood pressure and in plasma NE and EPI levels that were enhanced after acute vagotomies. The NE and EPI responses were attenuated after acute, bilateral adrenalectomies, confirming augmented adrenomedullary secretion, whereas the pressor responses were intact. Injection of sodium glutamate into the same pressor regions of the DM or VLM also produced pressor responses and elevated plasma catecholamine levels, indicating that the responses resulted from activation of neuronal perikarya. Stimulation of the PRN attenuated pressor and catecholamine responses during stimulation of the DM and VLM. The results indicate that pressor responses during stimulation of the DM and VLM are due at least partly to activation of perikarya in these regions, are associated with but not dependent on adrenomedullary activation, and are enhanced after vagotomy; and that neurons of the PRN exert inhibitory modulation of the pressor and adrenomedullary responses during stimulation of VLM and DM.     

端粒酶突变体对肝癌细胞端粒酶活性的作用

目的　观察端粒酶突变体对肝癌细胞端粒酶活性和生长抑制的作用。方法　利用质脂体转染法在培养的肝癌细胞中导入端粒酶突变体，并与维甲酸和人参皂甙对照，利用TRAP－银染方法对不同时期肝癌细胞进行了端粒酶活性的测定，并观察各期细胞生长情况。结果　在加入端粒酶突变体后肝癌细胞端粒酶活性明显降低，细胞出现明显凋亡现象，其作用效果与维甲酸基本相同。结论　端粒酶突变体对肝癌细胞的抑制作用可能是通过抑制端粒酶活性途径实现的。     

上颌第一恒磨牙根管治疗的临床疗效分析

目的 总结并分析上颌第一恒磨牙根管治疗的临床疗效。方法 对151颗上颌第一桓磨牙患牙进行根管治疗并观察疗效。结果 151例患牙完成根管充填136颗；治愈率为90.07%。共检出四根管32颗，检出率为21.19%。结论 熟悉髓室和根管的解剖形态，正确的根管预备，严密的根管充填，是提高上颌第一恒磨牙根管治疗疗效的必要条件。     

Post-stimulus depression of reflex changes in circular muscle activity in the guinea pig small intestine.

The extent and time course of depression of successive reflex responses recorded with intracellular microelectrodes from the circular smooth muscle of the guinea pig small intestine were determined. Two stimuli were used, distension and distortion of the mucosa by compression; these were applied either at the same or at different sites. Excitatory responses oral and inhibitory responses anal to the stimuli were recorded. Post-stimulus depression of both ascending excitatory and descending inhibitory reflexes occurred, but the extent of depression was slightly less for the descending inhibition. A conditioning distension lasting 9 s depressed the excitatory response to a test distension applied 2 s later at the same site by 90%. After 30 s the depression was 50% and test responses were normal if inter-stimulus intervals were increased to 2 min. Increasing the duration of the conditioning stimulus increased the depression. Post-stimulus depression was less for compression stimuli than for distension stimuli and prior mucosal compression had almost no effect on responses to subsequent distension. The post-stimulus depression was greater if conditioning and test stimuli were at the same rather than different sites. For different sites, conditioning stimuli at 15 mm from the recording site (near) depressed responses to stimuli at 30 mm (far) to a greater extent than far stimuli depressed responses to near stimuli. If the conditioning stimulus at 15 mm was maintained until after the far test stimulus was applied, depression of the test response did not occur. It is concluded that the major sites of post-stimulus depression are at the synapses between primary sensory neurons and the first interneurons of reflex pathways, and that post-stimulus depression also occurs at other places in the pathway, presumably at synapses between interneurons or between interneurons and motor neurons.     

延边地区各种肝病患者HBsAg携带者及单项ALT增高者中抗-HCV分布

自1991年11月到1992年2月,用酶联免疫吸附试验对延边地区87例各种肝病患者.65例HBsAg携带者及5例单项ALT增高者血清共157份进行了抗-HCV检测.33例呈阳性,总阳性率为21.0％,其中单项ALT增高者高达80.O％.其次.急性肝炎为35.2％.慢性迁延性肝炎为18.2％.HBsAg携带者为6.2％,肝硬化为0％.     

Comparative Study on the Immunogenicity between Recombinant MS-Sj26GST Vaccine and Recombinant BCG-Sj26GST Vaccine in Schistosoma japonicum

TuberculosisandSchistosomiasisarethemajorcontagiousdiseaseswhicharethemostdangeroustothepeople’shealth Inordertogetridofthem ,wemustlookforamoreusefulvaccine Bythetech niquesofmolecularbiology ,2 6 0 0 0DaGlutathionStransferase (GST) genewasclonedintotheE coli MycobacteriumtransferringandexpressionvectorpBCG 2 0 0 0totransformittoMycobacteriumsmeg matismc2 15 5 (MS)andBCGseparatelyinordertoconstructrMS Sj2 6GSTvaccineandrBCG Sj2 6GSTvaccine Inthisstudy ,theBALB/cmicewereimmu niz…     

尼莫地平复方丹参注射液治疗新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病疗效观察

目的观察尼莫地平联合复方丹参注射液治疗新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病(HIE)的疗效.方法 128例HIE患儿随机分为复方丹参注射液组32例,尼莫地平组,尼莫地平加复方丹参注射液,与对照组.结果复方丹参注射液组、尼莫地平组、尼莫地平加复方丹参注射液治疗组总有效率分别为81.3%(26/32)、80.0%(24/30)、97.1%(34/35),对照组总有效率为51.6%(16/31),P＜0.05.结论尼莫地平与复方丹参注射液在治疗HIE时有协同作用,疗效显著,未见副作用发生.     

Soluble Fcγ receptors in periodontal lesions

Soluble Fcγ-binding components were detected in gingival fluid from periodontal lesions by incubation with biotinylated human Fcγ fragments. FcγIII receptor was identified by incubation of gingival fluid with monoclonal antibody. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electophoresis and Western transfer showed that most of the Fcγ-binding components had minimal mobility in a 4–15% gradient gel under nonreducing conditions. Under reducing conditions, the main band of Fcγ-binding components in gingival fluid migrated corresponding to protein A of 49 kDa. The pattern of Fcγ-binding components was similar in serum and gingival fluid except for the observation in gingival fluid of Fcγ-binding components migrating like standard proteins of 19 to 20 kDa, a size that corresponds to the polypeptide part of FcγII receptor and FcγIII receptor.     

北京市宣武区中学生生殖健康知识调查分析

【目的】掌握青少年性发育特点,以便开展有针对性的青春期生殖健康教育,提高自我保护能力,使其健康的成长。【方法】重点高中2所、普通高中4所、职业高中3所,分别选择同年级、同号班级22个班的1 800名高中生,由专门调查员进班发问卷,要求学生在15 min内完成。学生填写问卷时,采用校方人员回避,问卷不记名方式,填写后当场封存,确保学生的隐私权。【结果】调查学生中生理知识知晓率达到70.74%,性病、艾滋病方面知识知晓率达53.9%,相关避孕知识知晓率15%,学生中的性活动发生率17.9%,缺乏保护意识的学生占25.4%,接触过淫秽品的学生43.5%,对婚前性行为的看法持开放态度的学生占38%。【结论】学生的性观念开放,综合自我保护能力较低,易受疾病和社会危险因素伤害,对其成长过程造成障碍。