蛭弧菌与微生物污染的相互关系探讨

本文在实验室条件下动态观察了蛭弧菌含量与微生物污染的相互关系。结果表明：蛭弧菌含量的增加滞后于水体污染，而污染过后蛭弧菌则可在较长时间内维持较高水平，这一特性在水污染指示中的可能作用值得进一步探讨。     

Deprivation of parenting disrupts development of homeostatic and reward systems in marmoset monkey offspring.

BACKGROUND: Early environment is a major determinant of long-term mental health, evidenced by the relationship between early-life neglect or abuse and chronically increased vulnerability to developmental psychopathology, including major depressive disorder (MDD). Animal studies can increase understanding of environmentally mediated causal risk processes. We describe how daily deprivation of biological parenting in primate infants disrupts development of homeostatic and reward systems central to MDD. METHODS: Nine breeding pairs of marmoset monkeys provided control twins (CON) and early-deprived twins (ED); the latter were socially isolated for 30-120 min/day on days 2-28. During the first year of life, basal urinary norepinephrine (NE) titers and cardiophysiologic activity were measured. At the end of year 1 (adolescence), automated neuropsychologic tests were conducted to measure responsiveness to changes in stimulus-reward association (simple/reversed visual discrimination learning) and to reward per se (progressive ratio [PR] reinforcement schedule). RESULTS: The ED monkeys exhibited increased basal urinary NE titers and increased systolic blood pressure relative to CON siblings. The ED monkeys required more sessions to reinstate stimulus-oriented behavior following reversal, suggesting increased vulnerability to perceived loss of environmental control; ED monkeys also performed less PR operant responses, indicating that reward was less of an incentive and that they were mildly anhedonic relative to CON. CONCLUSIONS: In marmoset monkeys, neglect-like manipulation of ED leads to chronic changes in homeostatic systems, similar to those in children and adolescents exposed to early-life adversity and in MDD, and to responses to environmental stimuli similar to those that characterize MDD.     

高原康胶囊对大批快速进入高原者血浆醛固酮、血管紧张素II及水负荷的影响及意义

目的 :了解高原康胶囊对快速进入高原者血浆醛固酮 (Aldosterone ,ALD)、血管紧张素II(AngiotensinII ,AII)及水负荷的影响及意义。方法 :将 80名由平原快速进入高原的新兵随机分为实验组 4 0名 ,对照组 4 0名 ,实验组于平原登机前开始给予口服高原康胶囊 ,连服 3日 ,对照组给予安慰剂 ,两组均于进入高原的前 1天及进入高原的第 3天午给予水负荷实验 ,并对饮水前血浆ALD、AII及饮水后 15 0min内各时间段的尿量及两组进入高原后 7天内急性高原病 (Acutehighal titudediseaes ,AHAD)的发病率进行对照比较。结果 :对照组进入高原后与平原相比血浆ALD、AII显著升高 ,水负荷实验 6 1min～ 15 0min各时间段的尿量及相应时间的总尿量与平原时相应各时间段的尿量及相应时间的总尿量相比则显著减少 (P <0 0 5～ 0 0 0 1) ,而实验组则无显著变化 (P >0 0 5 ) ;进入高原后实验组与对照组相比水负荷实验 6 1min～ 90min的尿量及 12 0min、15 0min的尿总量则显著多于对照组 (P <0 0 5 ) ;血浆ALD、AII及AHAD发病率则显著低于对照组 (P <0 0 5～ 0 0 0 1)。结论 :高原康胶囊能显著降低快速进入高原者的血浆ALD、AII ,通过对水负荷调节的影响减少机体的钠水潴留 ,从而防止快速进入高原者AHAD的发生 ,可用于大批快     

Effects of chelating agents on the rheological property of cervical mucus

As an ongoing effort to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the calcium-dependent fertility regulation process, the viscoelastic properties of the mucus obtained from lamb cervix and human semen, as well as their water and total protein contents after exposure to EDTA, a chelating agent, or Nonoxynol-9 (N-9), a spermicidal agent, were examined. The viscosity was measured using a Cone Plate Digital Viscometer, while the water and total protein contents were determined by the lyophilization process and the Lowry method, respectively. The significant changes in the rheological properties of mucus, such as its viscosity and the water content, upon exposure to EDTA were demonstrated. The viscosity of cervical mucus and human semen were significantly increased by EDTA treatment (as compared to the controls): lamb cervical mucus (2.9 ± 0.3 vs. 2.2 ± 0.3 cps) and human semen (5.0 ± 0.3 vs. 4.3 ± 0.3 cps), respectively. The hydration rate was decreased by EDTA treatment as compared with the control (93.6 ± 0.7 vs. 96.8 ± 0.8%). Among tested samples, the reduction in the percentage of sperm penetration through the cervical mucus was the highest in the mucus containing EDTA, which had the lowest water content (93.6 ± 0.7%), indicating that there is a positive relationship between the hydration rate of the cervical mucus and its ability to permit the penetration of spermatozoa. This result indicates that spermicidal activity exerted by high concentrations of EDTA is in part due to its effect on the rheological properties of cervical mucus or semen.     

血液透析水处理设备的现状与研发

血液透析水处理设备的进步与发展,直接影响到患者的生存质量。进入21世纪通过国际学术交流与合作,一些诸如双极反渗、直供式、热消毒等新的思维和理念,促进了血液透析水处理设备研制与开发。     

Cyclic tensile stretch load and oxidized low density lipoprotein synergistically induce lectin-like oxidized ldl receptor-1 in cultured bovine chondrocytes, resulting in decreased cell viability and proteoglycan synthesis.

Mechanical stimulation is known to be an essential factor in the regulation of cartilage metabolism. We tested the hypothesis that expression of lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) can be modulated by cyclic tensile stretch load in chondrocytes. Cyclic loading of repeated stretch stress at 10 cycles per minute with 10 kPa of stress for 6 h induced expression of LOX-1 to 2.6 times control in cultured bovine articular chondrocytes, equivalent to the addition of 10 microg/mL oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) (2.4 times control). Application of the cyclic load to the chondrocytes along with 10 microg/mL ox-LDL resulted in synergistically increased LOX-1 expression to 6.3 times control. Individual application of cyclic loading and 10 microg/mL ox-LDL significantly suppressed chondrocytes viability (84.6% +/- 3.4% and 80.9% +/- 3.2% of control at 24 h, respectively; n = 3; p < 0.05) and proteoglycan synthesis [81.0% +/- 7.1% and 85.7% +/- 5.2% of control at 24 h, respectively; p < 0.05 when compared with 94.6% +/- 4.6% for native-LDL (n = 3)]. Cyclic loading and 10 microg/mL ox-LDL synergistically affected cell viability and proteoglycan synthesis, which were significantly suppressed to 45.6% +/- 4.9% and 48.7% +/- 6.7% of control at 24 h, respectively (n = 3; p < 0.01 when compared with individual application of cyclic loading or 10 microg/mL ox-LDL). In this study, we demonstrated synergistic effects of cyclic tensile stretch load and ox-LDL on cell viability and proteoglycan synthesis in chondrocytes, which may be mediated through enhanced expression of LOX-1 and which has important implications in the progression of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis.     

巢湖水藻类毒性及对饮用水水质影响

目的了解巢湖含藻水源水和藻类毒性对饮用水水质的影响。方法于1999年在距巢湖水厂岸边1.5km(A点:废弃水源)和3.0km(B点:现用水源)处取水样进行巢湖的浮游藻类调查,取B点湖水及其处理后的饮用水检测微囊藻毒素(MC)含量,并进行水质分析及Ames试验、微核试验和单细胞凝胶电泳(SCGE)试验。结果A和B点水样全年共检出浮游藻类83种,分属于8门49属,年均藻量(每升水样藻细胞数)B点(8205.67×104个/L)比A点(7024.24×104个/L)高16.8%。巢湖16份水样中有12份检出了MC,2份超标;合肥和巢湖市5个水厂原水及饮用水中未检出MC(不含四水厂)。合肥四水厂MC含量较低的原水,经过运输贮存后,清水池一次出厂水MC含量超标,经混凝、加氯和活性炭等处理后,二次出厂水未检出MC;原水中总氮等6项指标不同程度地超过GB3838-2002地表水环境质量标准Ⅴ类标准,经处理后的饮用水符合卫生标准;Ames试验与微核试验提示原水有可疑致突变性,经混凝处理不能消除,加氯后致突变性仍存在。SCGE试验表明原水有机浓集物存在DNA损伤效应。结论现用巢湖水源浮游藻类的污染重于废弃水源,湖水与四水厂清水池一次出厂水中的MC均存在超标现象,原水和饮用水存在可疑致突变性。     

Impaired water metabolism and cerebral oedema following experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage in rats1

The acute phase of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is frequently associated with an impaired water metabolism and a disposition to cerebral oedema. For study of the pathogenesis of brain oedema following SAH, an experimental model of SAH was created in the rat The diuretic curves after water loading, the brain water and electrolyte contents and the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid arginine vasopressin (AVP) levels were examined in rats with SAH. Following a water load, a significant water retention and increases in brain water and sodium contents were observed after subarachnoid bleeding. Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid AVP levels were also elevated following SAH. It can be concluded that AVP plays important roles in the development of antidiuresis after water loading and in the disturbance of the brain water and electrolyte balance following experimental SAH.     

Super-reactivity to amphetamine toxicity induced by schedule of reinforcement

The chronic exposure of rats to a schedule of operant water reinforcement coupled with chronically restricted access to water sensitized the animals to intermittentd-amphetamine injections (0.31–2.5 mg/kg with intervals of 12–23 days between any two injections) in such a way that this drug came to produce catastrophic losses of body weight (32.4% of control levels). In the sessions whend-amphetamine was administered, the rats were also given a total of 12 brief electric shocks. Loss of body weight was unaccompanied by parallel changes in operant behavior performance, or in food or water intake. Remarkably, in other studies with the same interventions (sham schedule sessions, water deprivation, and foot shocks), with the exception that reinforcers were never delivered,d-amphetamine did not produce catastrophic falls in body weight. This super-reactivity tod-amphetamine toxicity may be mediated by a possible stressor action of the schedule of reinforcement. Its mechanism might be analogous to the known sensitization produced by classical experimental stressor stimuli to the repeated administration ofd-amphetamine.     

Ampullary carcinoma: Demonstration by current MR techniques

The objective of this study was to demonstrate the appearance of ampullary carcinoma using current MR techniques, including fat suppression, gadolinium enhancement, and MR cholangiography. Nine patients with ampullary carcinoma were examined by MRI at 1.5 T. MR examinations included T1-weighted spoiled gradient echo, T1-weighted fat-suppressed, and immediate postgadolinium spoiled gradient echo images for all patients and MR cholangiography for three patients. The imaging features of ampullary carcinomas, including tumor size and morphology, signal intensity, and enhancement characteristics, were determined. Ampullary carcinomas shown on MR images ranged in size from 1.5 to 5.5 cm. Tumors were low in signal intensity on precontrast T1-weighted spoiled gradient echo and T1-weighted fat-suppressed images relative to normal pancreatic tissue and enhanced less than normal pancreas on immediate postgadolinium spoiled gradient echo images. Tumor conspicuity was greatest on immediate postgadolinium spoiled gradient echo images. MR cholangiography demonstrated high grade obstruction of the common bile duct and mild dilatation of the pancreatic duct at the level of the ampulla with abrupt termination of the ducts in two untreated patients and moderate dilatation of the common bile duct in one patient who had a biliary stent. Ampullary carcinomas can be demonstrated on MR images as small masses arising at the ampulla. Tumors are well defined on immediate postgadolinium spoiled gradient echo images.