Intra-articular morphine versus bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia following knee arthroscopy

In a prospective, double blind, randomized study, 30 ASA I patients were allocated to three groups depending on the drug injected intra-articularly, in an attempt to establish the best postoperative analgesic protocol following knee arthroscopy. Group 1 received 3 mg of preservative-free morphine in 25 ml saline; group 2, 5 mg of preservative-free morphine in 25 ml saline; and group 3, 25 ml 0.25% bupivacaine. The degree of postoperative pain was evaluated by visual analogue scale and the need for additional analgesics at 1, 2, 3, 8 and 24 h. We conclude that bupivacaine 0.25% provides analgesia of early onset and of short duration. While 3 mg-preservative free morphine provides moderate postoperative analgesia with peak effect during the eighth postoperative hour, 5 mg preservative-free morphine provides effective and long lasting (more than 24 h) pain relief. No side effects were noted.     

The late component of L-type calcium current during guinea-pig cardiac action potentials and its contribution to contraction

 L-Type Ca²⁺ current (I _Ca,L) elicited during the action potential (AP) of guinea-pig ventricular myocytes exhibits an early and a late component. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to characterize the process regulating the late I _Ca,L component and to assess its contribution to excitation-contraction coupling. A stepwise decrease in repolarization rate of AP-like voltage-clamp pulses led to an exponential increase in Ca²⁺ charge carried by I _Ca,L. This saturation behaviour was significantly reduced or absent when Ba²⁺ or monovalent cations were used as charge carriers, which suggests that the late component of I _Ca,L is controlled mainly by Ca²⁺-dependent processes. Simultaneously recording I _Ca,L and zero-load shortening or the internal Ca²⁺ concentration (fura-2) revealed that Ca²⁺ carried by the late component of I _Ca,L markedly contributes to the Ca²⁺ content of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Reducing the charge transfer by late I _Ca,L during a series of AP-like conditioning clamp pulses by 48% reduced the shortening amplitude during a subsequent test stimulation by 56%. This relationship was absent during long rectangular depolarizing conditioning clamps, during which Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange increased its influence on SR Ca²⁺ loading. The late component of I _Ca,L developed only a minor direct influence on the simultaneous cell shortening. Thus, the main contribution of the late I _Ca,L component is to supply Ca²⁺ for SR loading. Received: 5 November 1997 / Received after revision: 12 June 1998 / Accepted: 15 June 1998     

Magnesium restores high K-induced inactivation of the fast Na channel in guinea pig ventricular muscle

The effect of extracellular magnesium concentration (Mg_o) on the upstroke of the action potential was studied in guinea pig ventricular muscle under various K⁺ concentrations (2.7–19mM). Increased Mg_o shifted the steady state inactivation curve of the fast Na channel in the depolarizing direction and this effect was concentration-dependent (0–20mM). Such an effect could explain the Mg-induced increase in maximum rate of rise of the action potential which Späh and Fleckenstein (1979) proposed to be due to a Mg channel.     

可溶性PCP-2EC/Fc蛋白在神经粘附和轴突生长中的促进作用

为了探讨酪氨酸磷酸酶PCP- 2在神经粘附和轴突生长中的作用,本实验构建了PCP- 2胞外区与人免疫球蛋白IgGFc融合蛋白表达载体,在哺乳动物细胞中表达并纯化PCP- 2EC/Fc蛋白,进行荧光球聚集实验,然后以PCP 2胞外区融合蛋白作为基质,观察其对原代培养神经元的粘附和轴突生长的影响。结果显示,PCP- 2胞外区可同源粘附,对原代培养神经元的粘附和轴突生长有促进作用,提示PCP -2作为同源介导的神经粘附分子,可能在维持正常神经的功能和促进损伤神经的修复中发挥重要作用。     

慢性不完全性睡眠剥夺对幼鼠学习记忆的影响

目的：探讨慢性不完全性睡眠剥夺对幼鼠学习记忆能力的影响及其可能机制。方法：建立慢性不完全性睡眠剥夺动物模型，并测定其空间学习记忆能力，同时对幼鼠大脑前额皮质及海马神经元性一氧化氮合酶(nNOS)的表达进行分析。结果：睡眠剥夺组幼鼠完成预定任务所需的时间及发生错误的次数均超过正常对照组。睡眠剥夺组的nNOS在前额皮质区域阳性、强阳性表达面积及在海马区域强阳性表达面积均大于正常对照组。结论：慢性不完全性睡眠剥夺会影响幼鼠的学习记忆能力，而前额皮质及海马中nNOS表达水平的下降可能是慢性不完全性睡眠剥夺影响未成熟脑学习记忆能力的机制之一。     

Feeding suppression induced by intra-ventricle III infusion of 1,5-anhydroglucitol

1,5-Anhydroglucitol (1-DG) has been known as an antimetabolic glucose analogue. Using gas chromatography, 1-DG was found to be physiologically present in rat serum. In order to investigate its direct and long-term effects on feeding, 1-DG was infused during the light period into the rat third ventricle in doses of 3.0, 6.0 and 12.0 mumol/rat. Its effects were then compared to those of similarly applied 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Following initial hyperphagia, both of these glucose-analogues produced suppressive effects on feeding during the subsequent day throughout the light and dark periods. On the third day after 2-DG injection reduction of feeding did not recover completely to the pretreatment baseline levels, but it did recover after 1-DG. Both 1-DG and 2-DG caused linear dose-related hypophagia, with the slope for 1-DG being about half of that for 2-DG. It is suggested that the delayed hypophagia which followed the initial hyperphagia produced by deoxyglucose was a result of sustained inactivation of the Na-pump due to intracellular ATP deficiency caused by accumulation of deoxy-glucose-6-phosphate.     

Grandparental genotyping enhances exome variant interpretation

Trio exome sequencing is a powerful tool in the molecular investigation of monogenic disorders and provides an incremental diagnostic yield over proband‐only sequencing, mainly due to the rapid identification of de novo disease‐causing variants. However, heterozygous variants inherited from unaffected parents may be inadvertently dismissed, although multiple explanations are available for such scenarios including mosaicism in the parent, incomplete penetrance, imprinting, or skewed X‐inactivation. We report three probands, in which a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant was identified upon exome sequencing, yet was inherited from an unaffected parent. Segregation of the variants (in NOTCH1, PHF6, and SOX10) in the grandparent generation revealed that the variant was de novo in each case. Additionally, one proband had skewed X‐inactivation. We discuss the possible genetic mechanism in each case, and urge caution in data interpretation of exome sequencing data. We illustrate the utility of expanding segregation studies to the grandparent generation and demonstrate the impact on exome interpretation strategies, by showing that objective genotype data can overcome subjective parental report of lack of symptoms.     

Reversible and irreversible inhibition of rat brain muscarinic receptors is related to different substitutions on bisquaternary pyridinium oximes

The role of the functional substituents on the pyridinium ring of bisquaternary pyridinium compounds, mostly oximes, in exerting reversible and irreversible inhibition of binding of [³H]-N-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate ([³H]-4NMPB) to rat brain stem muscarinic receptors was studied. The drugs tested, i.e. HGG-42, HGG-12, HGG-52, HI-6, obidoxim, SAD-128 and TMB-4, could reversibly inhibit binding of [³H]-4NMPB, with the highest potency (K_I=1.7–6 M) exhibited by analogs possessing hydrophobic substituents at position 3 or 4 of the pyridinium ring. Bisquaternary drugs possessing an oxime moiety at position 2, but not at position 4 of the pyridinium ring, could also induce about 30% reduction of maximal binding capacity (B_max) (loss of muscarinic receptors) in addition to their reversible effect. Thus the structural correlates of the reversible and the irreversible effects of these drugs are different.     

不同浓度酒精灭活后的国人成骨肉瘤细胞超微结构的变化

目的 :探讨两种不同浓度的酒精灭活骨肉瘤细胞 (OS- 732 )后细胞内部结构变化和临床应用价值。方法 :75%和 95%酒精灭活骨肉瘤细胞 ,光镜和电镜下观察细胞形态 ,MTT法检测细胞活性。结果 :灭活后的细胞内部结构发生明显改变 ,形成不可逆性损伤。 MTT法检测证明处理后的肿瘤细胞已无生存能力。结论 :两种浓度的酒精对骨肉瘤细胞的灭活是有效的 ,为临床上骨肉瘤的保肢治疗提供良好的选择。     

基于BDNF/TrkB/p-CREB信号通路探讨血府逐瘀胶囊促进神经再生防治卒中后抑郁的作用及机制

目的 探讨血府逐瘀胶囊对卒中后抑郁（post-stroke depression,PSD）大鼠抑郁症状的改善作用,并基于神经再生关键通路脑源性神经营养因子（brain derived neurotrophic factor,BDNF）/酪氨酸激酶受体B(tyrosine kinase receptor,TrkB)/磷酸化环腺苷酸应答元件结合蛋白（phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein,p-CREB）探讨其机制。方法 采用短暂大脑中动脉梗塞（transient middle cerebral artery occlusion,tMCAO）复合慢性不可预知应激（chronic unpredictable mild stimulation,CUMS）方法复制PSD大鼠模型。大鼠随机分为假手术组、模型组及血府逐瘀低、高剂量（0.43、0.86 g/kg）组和氟西汀（1.8 mg/kg）组,每组18只。连续给予药物干预28 d,利用神经功能评分、糖水偏好实验、旷场实验、强迫游泳实验考察血府逐瘀胶囊对PSD大鼠神经功能损伤以及抑郁症...