钙通道和Na+/H+交换在表皮生长因子促肝癌细胞生长中的作用

目的许多生长因子如表皮生长因子(EGF),与肿瘤的发生密切相关.EGF与表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)结合,通过一系列的信息传导,导致肝癌细胞的增生.但受体后的信息传导机制尚不清楚.本实验探讨酪氨酸激酶、蛋白激酶C、Na+/H+交换、钙调蛋白和电压依赖性钙通道在EGF促肝癌细胞生长中的作用.方法本研究于无血清RPMI1640中培养肝癌细胞SMMC7721,采用3H-Thymidine(3H-TdR)掺入的方法,检测肝癌细胞DNA合成速率,研究酪氨酸激酶、蛋白激酶C、Na+/H+交换、钙调蛋白和电压依赖性钙通道在EGF促肝癌细脆生长中的作用.结果EGF 10-9M对肝癌细脆的生长有极显著促进作用,与对照组比较差异有显著意义(P＜0.05),酪氮酸激酶阻滞剂Genistein对EGF的促肝癌细胞生长作用具有极显著抑制作用(P＜0.001).钙调蛋白阻滞剂W-7、蛋白激酶C阻滞剂H-7和Na+/H+交换阻滞剂amiloride对EGF的促肝癌细胞生长作用具有显著抑制作用(P＜0.001,P＜0.01,P＜0.05),而对基础状态细胞的3H-TdR掺入值无显著影响(P＞0.05).电压依赖性钙通道阻滞剂Varapamil对BGF的促肝癌细胞生长作用无显著抑制作用(P＞0.05),对基础状态细胞的3H-TdR掺入值亦无显著影响(P＞0.05).结论结果显示,酪氨酸激酶、蛋白激酶C、Na+/H+交换及依赖钙-钙调蛋白途径在BGF的作用中起关键作用.电压依赖性钙通道与EGF的作用无关.     

LFA-1基因缺失对小鼠Nave T细胞体外向Th17细胞分化的影响

背景:淋巴细胞功能相关抗原-1(LFA-1)参与T细胞的活化和功能调节,与炎症性肠病的发病密切相关。目的:观察LFA-1基因缺失(LFA-1-/-)对小鼠Nave T细胞体外向Th17细胞分化的影响。方法:繁殖LFA-1-/-子代小鼠,提取鼠尾DNA,PCR法鉴定基因型。LFA-1-/-子代小鼠为实验组,野生型(WT)C57BL/6J小鼠为对照组,磁珠分选脾脏单个核细胞中的CD4+CD62L+Nave T细胞并检测其纯度。体外建立不同Th17细胞诱导分化体系[转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)、TGF-β+白细胞介素-6(IL-6)和TGF-β+IL-6+IL-23],以流式细胞术检测两组分选得到的Nave T细胞在不同体系中诱导出的Th17细胞比率,荧光定量PCR法和ELISA法检测Th17细胞特异性转录因子ROR-γt和特异性标记物IL-17A表达。结果:15只子代小鼠均为LFA-1-/-小鼠,磁珠分选得到的CD4+CD62L+Nave T细胞纯度大于95%。低剂量TGF-β+IL-6即能诱导出Th17细胞,在此基础上加入IL-23能促进更多Th17细胞产生。与WT对照组相比,LFA-1-/-组Nave T细胞在TGF-β+IL-6+IL-23体系中诱导产生Th17细胞的效应更为明显(17.2%±1.4%对5.7%±0.2%,P0.001),ROR-γt、IL-17A mRNA表达上调(P0.001),细胞培养上清液中IL-17A浓度升高(P0.01)。结论:LFA-1基因缺失能促进小鼠Nave T细胞体外向Th17细胞分化。     

KB-R7943对心力衰竭家兔哇巴因诱发心律失常的抑制作用

目的 探讨钠-钙交换体抑制剂KB-R7943对哇巴因诱发心衰家兔心律失常的影响.方法 40只成年家兔随机分为5组：假手术组、心衰对照组、哇巴因组、哇巴因合并KB-R7943（1μmol/L）组和哇巴因合并KB-R7943（5μmol/L）组.心衰组、哇巴因组、哇巴因合并KB-R7943（1 μmol/L）组和哇巴因合并K.B-R7943（5 μmol/L）组使用主动脉瓣关闭不全联合腹主动脉缩窄的方法建立心衰模型.建模8周后超声检测心功能,并利用Langendorff离体心脏灌流方法检测家兔各项离体心功能指标.灌流哇巴因（5μmol/L,4ml）诱发家兔心衰心脏产生心律失常,观察KB-R7943对离体心衰家兔心律失常的影响.结果 ①超声结果显示,与假手术组相比,心衰对照组家兔左室射血分数（LVEF）、短轴缩短率（％FS）均明显降低（P＜0.05）.②离体条件下,心衰对照组家兔离体心脏左室发展压（LVDP）、心率（HR）、室内压最大上升速率（＋dp/dtmax）、室内压最大下降速率（-dp/dtmax）较假手术组均明显下降（P＜0.05）.③哇巴因组1h内总心律失常（TT）、室速（VT）、室颤（VF）持续时间较心衰对照组明显增加（P＜0.05）.④与哇巴因组比较,哇巴因联合应用KB-R7943组1h内TT、VT、VF持续时间明显减短（P＜0.05）;与1 μmol/L KB-R7943相比,5μmol/L KB-R7943可使哇巴因诱发TT和VT时间进一步缩短（P＜0.05）.结论 钠-钙交换体抑制剂KB-R7943可抑制哇巴因诱发心衰家兔心律失常的持续时间,且较高浓度（5 μmol/L）KB-R7943对哇巴因诱发心衰家兔心律失常的抑制作用更强.     

Muscle phenotype in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1

Introduction: The pathogenesis of muscle involvement in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is not well understood. In this study, we characterized the muscle phenotype in patients with confirmed DM1. Methods: In 38 patients, muscle strength was tested by hand‐held dynamometry. Myotonia was evaluated by a handgrip test and by analyzing the decrement of the compound muscle action potential. Muscle biopsies were assessed for morphological changes and Na⁺‐K⁺ pump content. Results: Muscle strength correlated with a decline in Na⁺‐K⁺ pump content (r = 0.60, P < 0.001) and with CTG expansion. CTG expansion did not correlate with severity of myotonia, proximal histopathological changes, or Na⁺‐K⁺ pump content. Histopathologically, we found few centrally placed nuclei (range 0.2–6.9%). Conclusions: The main findings of this study are that muscle weakness correlated inversely with CTG expansion and that central nuclei are not a prominent feature of proximal muscles in DM1. Muscle Nerve 47:409‐415, 2013     

Sodium and calcium mechanisms of rhythmic bursting in excitatory neural networks of the pre‐Bötzinger complex: a computational modelling study

The neural mechanisms generating rhythmic bursting activity in the mammalian brainstem, particularly in the pre‐Bötzinger complex (pre‐BötC), which is involved in respiratory rhythm generation, and in the spinal cord (e.g. locomotor rhythmic activity) that persist after blockade of synaptic inhibition remain poorly understood. Experimental studies in rodent medullary slices containing the pre‐BötC identified two mechanisms that could potentially contribute to the generation of rhythmic bursting: one based on the persistent Na⁺ current (I_NaP), and the other involving the voltage‐gated Ca²⁺ current (I_Ca) and the Ca²⁺‐activated nonspecific cation current (I_CAN), activated by intracellular Ca²⁺ accumulated from extracellular and intracellular sources. However, the involvement and relative roles of these mechanisms in rhythmic bursting are still under debate. In this theoretical/modelling study, we investigated Na⁺‐dependent and Ca²⁺‐dependent bursting generated in single cells and heterogeneous populations of synaptically interconnected excitatory neurons with I_NaP and I_Ca randomly distributed within populations. We analysed the possible roles of network connections, ionotropic and metabotropic synaptic mechanisms, intracellular Ca²⁺ release, and the Na⁺/K⁺ pump in rhythmic bursting generated under different conditions. We show that a heterogeneous population of excitatory neurons can operate in different oscillatory regimes with bursting dependent on I_NaP and/or I_CAN, or independent of both. We demonstrate that the operating bursting mechanism may depend on neuronal excitation, synaptic interactions within the network, and the relative expression of particular ionic currents. The existence of multiple oscillatory regimes and their state dependence demonstrated in our models may explain different rhythmic activities observed in the pre‐BötC and other brainstem/spinal cord circuits under different experimental conditions.     

Sodium thiosulfate attenuates high phosphorous induced vascular calcification in rats with 5/6 nephrectomy

Objective To observe the expression of Klotho and Na+/Pi cotransporter in high phosphorous-induced rats with 5/6 nephrectomy and its relationship with vascular calcification, as well as to investigate the effect of early intervention by sodium thiosulfate (STS) on the progression of vascular calcification. Methods Either 5/6 nephrectomy (n=21) or sham operation (n=14) was conducted on 35 Sprague Dawley rats, who were then fed with high phosphorus (HP) diet or normal phosphorus (NP) diet for 16 weeks respectively. The rats were divided into 5 groups as follows: (1) remnant kidney rats receiving HP diet (NHP, n=7), (2) remnant kidney rats receiving NP diet (NNP, n=7), (3) sham operation rats receiving NP diet (SNP, n=7), (4) sham operation rats receiving HP diet (SHP, n=7), (5) remnant kidney rats receiving HP diet with STS (THP, n=7). The treatment group was given STS intraperitoneally three times a week for 16 weeks. At the end of the 16th week, rats tail artery blood pressures were tested, serum creatinine (Scr), calcium (Ca2+), phosphorus (P3+), FGF23, iPTH and urine protein were examined. Throacic aorta and kidney were then removed. Vascular calcification was confirmed by Von kossa staining. Klotho and Pit-1 expression in aortas were determined by immunohistochemistry. Renal lesion was determined by PASM-Masson staining. Renal Klotho and NaPi-2a mRNA were determined by real time RT-PCR. Results After 16 weeks, Scr, P3+, FGF23, iPTH, uric protein and blood pressure were significantly higher in NHP than those in SNP rats (all P＜0.05). PASM-Masson staining revealed typical renal pathology of chronic renal failure in NHP group. With the treatment of STS, THP rats showed significant decrease in Scr, P3+, FGF23, iPTH, uric protein and blood pressure by comparison with NHP group (all P＜0.05). Significant vascular calcification was found in NHP group while NNP and SHP group occasionally had vascular calcification; THP group had marked alleviation of vascular calcification. The aorta and renal expression of Klotho decreased remarkably while expression of Pit-1 and NaPi-2a increased significantly in NHP compared with SNP group (all P＜0.05). Accordingly, the aorta and renal expression of Klotho increased and Pit-1 and NaPi-2a decreased significantly in THP compared with NHP group (P＜0.05). Conclusions The early intervention of sodium thiosulfate might regulate Klotho and Na+/Pi cotransporter expression in both aorth and kidney, decreasing serum phosphate, delaying progression of vascular calcification and improving renal function.     

定心汤对心律失常大鼠模型的影响

目的  研究定心汤对心律失常大鼠模型的作用及各项相关指标的影响。方法  采用乌头碱所致心律失常模型观察药物作用。结果  定心汤对乌头碱致大鼠室性心律失常模型有明显作用,缩短心律失常持续时间,降低血清丙二醛（MDA）含量,增加血清超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性,增加心肌组织中Na+-K+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性。结论  定心汤有明显的抗室性心律失常作用,且呈剂量依赖性。