LIF对体外培养小鼠孕早期胚胎发育及ICAM-1表达的影响

目的研究白血病抑制因子（ＬＩＦ）在胚胎发育中的作用并探讨其参与胚泡着床的机制。方法收集昆明种小鼠的单细胞受精卵,连续培养１２０ｈ,观察不同浓度ＬＩＦ对胚胎发育的影响;用免疫印迹法测定培养液中细胞间粘附分子（ＩＣＡＭ－１的表达水平。结果ＬＩＦ在０．１～１０ｎｇ／ｍｌ浓度之间对胚胎发育有促进作用,其作用在桑椹胚及胚泡期最明显（Ｐ＜０．０５）;ＬＩＦ增加胚胎ＩＣＡＭ－１的表达,其作用在０．１ｎｇ／ｍｌ浓度时最强,并随着浓度的增加而减弱。结论适应浓度的ＬＩＦ可促进胚胎发育,增加ＩＣＡＭ－１的表达,从而参与胚胎着床过程。     

共培养在小鼠胚胎发育过程中的作用

目的 通过人子宫内膜上皮与小鼠胚胎共培养,了解其对胚胎发育的影响。方法 观察共培养２４、３６ｈ及６０ｈ后的小鼠胚胎,并分级,结果 １共培养组停留于２细胞胚胎数显著少于对照组;２共培育２４、３６ｈ后,鼠胚１￣３有胚胎比例较对照组增加,差异有显著性;６０ｈ后,１￣３级胚胎比较与对照组相比差异无显著性。结论 人子宫内膜上皮与小鼠胚胎短期共培养有利于改善胚胎质量。     

Chick gonadogenesis following early surgical bursectomy

Left ovaries of bursectomized chick embryos were examined on the 17th day of incubation in comparison to normal and sham-operated controls, by histological and histochemical observations. The results show that in bursectomized embryos the cortex appears irregulary developed, with a significant decrease in the mean thickness and in the percentage of the secondary sex cords in the total cortical area. Furthermore, the germinal epithelium appears thicker and the subcortical medulla and the tunica albuginea more compact. The greater activity of the enzyme ⁵–3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase ( ⁵3HSD) found in ovaries of bursectomized embryos (histochemical method) could be related to an endocrine dismetabolism affecting the cortical development. On the basis of these results and those of other authors, some hypotheses are advanced. In particular, an action of the bursal factor on GTH receptors could be the factor responsible of the enhanced steroidogenic activity altering the hormonal environment.     

Pentose shunt activity in developing chick retina and pigment epithelium: A switch in biochemical expression in cultured pigment epithelial cells

Pentose shunt activity in developing chick retina and pigment epithelium was studied by measuring the rate of ¹⁴CO₂ evolution from glucose selectively labelled in the C-1 and C-6 positions. In the retina, shunt activity declines from appreciable levels at stages 29–31 to minimal activity in the 2-week-old hatched chick. Overall retinal metabolism also declines up to stage 45, but dramatically increases again after hatching. Developing chick pigment epithelium has minimal shunt activity at all stages studied. In contrast, cultured chick pigment epithelium has appreciable shunt activity which is constant over a period of several weeks in culture. This appears to be a switch in biochemical differentiation which could form the basis at least in part for subsequent changes in cell types observed in cultured pigment epithelial cells byEguchi and Okada (1973).     

Binding of psychotropic drugs to isolated alpha-acid glycoprotein

Alpha1-acid glycoprotein (alpha1-AG) was purified from human sera, and its binding properties with respect to psychotropic drugs were examined by equilibrium dialysis methods in order to clarify the specificity of binding. Radioactive imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant, was used as the primary ligand. Other drugs, representative of different classes, were tested as potential inhibitors of the alpha1-AG-imipramine binding. The K(a) for imipramine was 2.8 x 10(5) (+/- 0.8) M(-10 (mean +/- S.D.). Chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, thioridazine, loxapine and thiothixene, which are antipsychotic drugs, were competitive inhibitors of imipramine binding, and their K(a) values were in the same range. Propranolol, haloperidol and diazepam were also competitive inhibitors but their affinities were lower. Molindone, an indolic antipsychotic, when tested at the same concentrations as the other drugs, did not affect imipramine binding. Trihexyphenidyl, an anti-Parkinson drug, was a potent but noncompetitive inhibitor. These data identify the antidepressant and major tranquilizer drugs that exhibit high affinity for alpha1-AG and indicate that alpha1-AG may account for 40 per cent of total imipramine bound in serum. Since in psychiatric clinical practice two drugs are frequently administered together, possible competitive effects are discussed as well as the potential role of alpha1-AG in psychiatric illness.     

Dietary antioxidants and the biochemical response to oxidant inhalation. II. Influence of dietary selenium on the biochemical effects of ozone exposure in mouse lung

We examined the influence of dietary selenium (Se) on the pulmonary biochemical response to ozone (O3) exposure. For 11 weeks, weanling female strain A/St mice were fed a test diet containing Se either at 0 ppm (-Se) or 1 ppm (+Se). Each diet contained 55 ppm vitamin E (vit E). Mice from each dietary group were exposed to 0.8 +/- 0.05 ppm (1568 +/- 98 micrograms/m3) O3 continuously for 5 days. After O3 exposure, they were killed along with a matched number of unexposed controls, and their lungs were analyzed for various biochemical parameters. The Se contents of lung tissue and whole blood were determined, and the levels were seven- to eightfold higher in +Se mice than in -Se mice, reflecting the Se intake of the animals. In unexposed control mice, Se deficiency caused a decline in glutathione peroxidase (GP) activity relative to +Se group. After O3 exposure, the GP activity in the -Se group was associated with a lack of stimulation of glutathione reductase (GR) activity and the pentose phosphate cycle (PPC) as assessed by measuring glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) activities. In contrast, the +Se group after O3 exposure exhibited increases in all four enzyme activities. Other parameters, e.g., lung weight, total lung protein, DNA and nonprotein sulfhydryl contents, and O2 consumption, were not affected by dietary Se in the presence or absence of O3 exposure. The data indicate that dietary Se alters the GP activity, which in turn influences the GR and PPC activities in the lung evidently through a reduced demand for NADPH. The level of vit E in the lung was found to be twofold higher in the -Se group than in the +Se group, suggesting a compensatory relationship between Se and vit E in the lung. With O3 exposure, both Se and vit E contents further increased in the lungs of each dietary group. It is plausible that Se and vit E under oxidant stress are "mobilized" to the lung from other body sites.     

Reserpine as an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation and the relevance to its psychoactive properties

Many drugs differing widely in chemical structure uncouple mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in vitro. This observation has led to the hypothesis that in vivo uncoupling is the basis of their pharmacological activity. Serpasil, a parenteral preparation of reserpine, recently has been shown to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation in vervet monkey kidney mitochondria. Although the drug exhibits some properties of a "classical" uncoupler, our studies show that it has a dual effect on energy conservation. Reserpine released respiratory control in rat liver mitochondria only when dissolved in organic solvents (as in Serpasil) or when deprotonated. Reserpine also released the oligomycin-induced respiratory control in beef heart submitochondrial particles, and inhibited energized uptake of Ca2- by rat liver mitochondria. Reserpine had a dual effect on mitochondrial ATPase: It (a) enhanced ATP hydrolysis by intact liver mitochondria, and (b) inhibited ATP hydrolysis by submitochondrial particles of beef heart. On a molar basis, reserpine was less effective than carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone in all bioenergetic reactions examined. Homogenates and mitochondria isolated from brain and liver of rats stuporous from intraperitoneally injections of Serpasil exhibited no detectable abnormalities in respiratory states and responded to known uncouplers in the expected manner. There was no evidence of in vivo uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation as a basis of the pharmacological activity of reserpine, although interference with energy transfer may be involved in toxic manifestations of the drug. The results indicate the need for caution in interpreting the action of drugs formulated in complex pharmaceutical preparations and based solely on in vitro experiments.     

Effect of low-dose phenobarbital on hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronyl transferase activity

To determine whether hepatic microsomal enzyme induction occurs in rats following administration of phenobarbital at doses similar to those used in humans (0.5 to 7.5 mg/kg), UDP-glucuronyl transferase (UDPGT) and cytochrome P-450 activities were measured in liver homogenate and microsomal preparations from control rats and rats treated for 6 days with phenobarbital at 1 and 3 mg per kg per day. While no significant increases in liver weight and protein content of homogenate and microsomal preparations were observed with either dose of the drug, both UDPGT and P-450 activities were enhanced significantly following administration of phenobarbital at 3 mg per kg per day. The activity of P-450 was increased by approximately 30% and that of UDPGT by 15-24 and 45-66%, respectively, employing bilirubin and p-nitrophenol as the acceptor substrate. The extent of induction of bilirubin or p-nitrophenol UDPGT was similar when measured with "native" enzyme or with enzyme activated by UDP-N-acetyl glucosamine, digitonin or deoxycholate. These data suggest that the discordant effects of phenobarbital on UDPGT and cytochrome P-450 previously reported in humans and rats may not be attributable solely to differences in the drug doses employed.     

人子宫内膜细胞共培养体系对早期鼠胚体外发育的影响

目的:研究人子宫内膜共培养体系对早期鼠胚体外发育的影响及移植后的妊娠情况。方法:将2-细胞小鼠胚胎与人子宫内膜细胞进行体外共培养,对照组为无营养细胞的单纯培养液,每日在显微镜下观察胚胎的发育情况。将培养到囊胚期的胚胎移植回小鼠的子宫腔,观察着床情况。结果:共培养体系中68.3％的2-细胞胚胎发育至桑椹胚期,50.8％发育至囊胚期,囊胚的孵化率为36.7％,胚胎的着床率为25.0％。而对照组只有24.8％的2-细胞胚胎发育至桑椹胚期,11.4％到达囊胚期,且其中大部分为早期囊胚即停止发育。另外对照组细胞碎片出现早且多,卵裂球不均匀,胚形态差,移植后胚胎的着床率仅为3.1％。结论:人子宫内膜细胞共培养体系可以促进小鼠胚胎的体外发育,改善胚胎的质量,提高着床率。     

不同高浓度CO_2对2-细胞小鼠胚胎体外发育的影响

目的 :观察不同高浓度二氧化碳 ( CO2 )对 2 -细胞小鼠胚胎体外发育的影响。方法 :获取小鼠 2 -细胞胚胎 ,置于 CZB培养液微滴 ,覆盖经三蒸水处理的石蜡油 ,分别在 5 % CO2 (对照组 )、5 .7%CO2 、6.0 % CO2 和 1 5 % CO2 浓度下体外培养 ;在 1 5 % CO2 时 ,另设覆盖经磷酸盐缓冲液 ( PBS)处理的石蜡油或不覆盖石蜡油的实验组 ,观察胚胎发育情况。结果 :5个实验组的囊胚率均显著低于对照组 ( P<0 .0 1 ) ,5 .7% CO2 时仅为 4.3% ,其余 4组的均为 0。 CO2 浓度 5 .7%和 6.0 %时 ,胚胎大部分停滞在 2 -细胞和 4-细胞期 ,两者间无统计学差异 ( P>0 .0 5 )。CO2 浓度 1 5 %时 ,覆盖经三蒸水处理的石蜡油组 ,有 1 5 %的胚胎发育到 4-细胞阶段 ,但 4-细胞胚胎的卵裂球不规则 ,很快退化 ;覆盖经 PBS处理过的石蜡油组 ,有 2 .2 %的胚胎发育到 4-细胞 ,其余出现严重的退化。结论 :高浓度 CO2 对小鼠胚胎发育有强毒性效应 ,引致胚胎发育停滞和严重降解 ;高浓度 CO2 时 ,胚胎覆盖三蒸水处理石蜡油的效果优于经 PBS处理的石蜡油 ;严密监控 CO2 浓度对胚胎体外发育是重要的