Interactions of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Adjustments to Behavioral Stressors

The relationships among a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory measures were examined in young college males subjected to a cold pressor task, reaction-time shock avoidance task, and three levels of graded exercise. As expected, the relationships between cardiovascular (e.g., heart rate and cardiac output) and respiratory (e.g., oxygen uptake and minute ventilation) variables were tightly linear when considering rest and exercise values. However, the range of individual cardiopulmonary responses during cold pressor and reaction time was considerable, often leading to disruptions in the cardiovascular/respiratory interactions. Analyses of extreme high and low ventilation reactors during both reaction time and cold pressor revealed that the excessive ventilation responders in cold pressor showed clear signs of hyperventilation. Increases in ventilation by the high reactors during reaction time were of smaller magnitude than during cold pressor, with potential hyperventilation much less clear. Increases in minute ventilation by reactors during the cold pressor task were primarily due to large increases in tidal volume, with only modest increases in respiratory rate. For reaction time, however, the increases in ventilation by reactive individuals stemmed from rate increases with tidal volume remaining essentially unchanged.     

CORRELATION OF SKIN POTENTIAL AND SKIN RESISTANCE MEASURES

Simultaneous measurements of skin potential (SP) and skin resistance (SR) obtained from 20 male and 20 female adult subjects during 2 sessions held 2 to 9 days apart were used in studying (1) the correlation of change measurements and prestimulus level in the two measures, and (2) the amount of correlation between SP and SR using both simple difference and residual change scores in which the regression of poststimulus values on initial level (prestimulus) has been controlled. Correlations within Ss and correlations among Ss showed large individual variability, correlation differences between males and females, and high correlation between SP and SR change scores. Although the law of initial value (LIV) seemed to have little applicability to the measurement of electrodermal responses, the results underscored the need to control for contamination of change measures by initial level regardless of direction.     

Birth factors and laterality: Effects of birth order,parental age,and birth stress on four indices of lateral preference

As an alternative to genetic theories of handedness, some theorists have offered an environmental mechanism, associated with birth stress, for the appearance of left-handedness. They suggest that brain damage as a result of birth difficulties can lead to a switch in hand preference from the right side to the left side. Consequently, one should find more left-handers in groups where the probability of the occurrence of birth stress is greater. Three studies are presented which explore the laterality of not only hand but also foot, eye, and ear, in a total of 5161 individuals, in an attempt to assess any relationship to birth stress. Maternal age seems to predict deviations from dextrality, dependent on the sex of the offspring, while paternal age and birth order do not. The use of a direct measure of conditions predisposing toward birth stress suggests that these results depend on prenatal or perinatal environmental trauma rather than chromosomal factors.This research was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada and from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and represents an equal and shared contribution of both authors.     

急性胰腺炎患者空腹高血糖发生率及其危险因素分析

目的:回顾性分析急性胰腺炎(AP)患者空腹高血糖发生率及其危险因素。方法:收集2018-01—2018-12武汉大学人民医院胰腺外科133例AP且无糖尿病(DM)病史的住院患者病历资料,按照不同性别、年龄、AP临床分型、病因、CT指数评分(CISI)等分组,χ2检验分析各组临床因素与空腹高血糖(FPG≥6.1mmol/L)发生率的关系,多因素二元logistic回归分析空腹高血糖独立危险因素。结果:AP临床分型(χ2=5.494,P=0.019)和CTSI(χ2=6.236,P=0.013)与AP患者空腹高血糖相关(P<0.05)。CTSI≥6分(P=0.015,OR=2.920,95%Cl=1.234—6.905)为AP患者空腹高血糖的独立危险因素(P<0.05)。结论:临床分型中重症+重症及CTSI≥6分的AP患者易发生空腹高血糖,尤其CTSI≥6分是AP后空腹高血糖的独立危险因素,临床应高度关注。     

Frequent cellular senescence in small bile ducts in primary biliary cirrhosis: a possible role in bile duct loss

The pathogenesis of progressive bile duct loss in primary biliary cirrhosis remains unclear. In this study, the involvement of cellular senescence of biliary epithelial cells was examined in liver tissue samples from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (n = 33), and compared with control diseased and normal livers (n = 83). In addition, cellular senescence was induced by oxidative stress in cultured mouse biliary epithelial cells. Biliary epithelial cells in small bile ducts in primary biliary cirrhosis, especially those in patients presenting with chronic non-suppurative cholangitis, frequently expressed senescence-associated beta-galactosidase, and senescence-associated p16(INK4) and p21(WAF1/CIP). In contrast, senescence-associated markers were rarely expressed in small bile ducts in control livers. The infiltration of myeloperoxidase-positive inflammatory cells into biliary epithelial cell layers was closely associated with the cellular senescence of biliary epithelial cells in early-stage PBC. Cellular senescence of cultured mouse biliary epithelial cells was induced by treatment with H2O2 via the p38MAPK-dependent pathway and nitric oxide-augmented H2O2-induced cellular senescence. Oxidative stress- and nitric oxide-mediated cellular senescence may be involved in bile duct lesions, which are followed by progressive bile duct loss in primary biliary cirrhosis.     

流体剪切力在骨生长、重建中的重要作用

骨组织具有最优化结构,是一个典型的结构-功能受生物力学控制的例子。力学因素在骨的生长、重建和成形中起着十分重要的作用,但力学刺激的本质形式至今无法确认。骨组织存在多孔结构,力学负荷引起的变形会促使流体流动对骨细胞产生作用,离体实验也证实骨细胞能对流体产生响应,因此流体剪切力是研究骨组织受力学调控时考虑的一个重要方面。现有的研究主要体现在流体的有效作用形式,细胞的生物学反应,以及流体剪切力在细胞中的力学转导;各个方面的研究都提示,流体剪切力至少部分的参与了骨组织内的力转导。作者就这方面的研究进展作一综述。     

Stimulus specificity in the habituation of the startle response in the rat

A series of experiments evaluated whether the habituation of the startle response of the rat to tactile and auditory cues is stimulus specific. Experiment 1 showed stimulus specificity of a short-term habituation effect, whereby the startle to the second of a pair of stimuli was significantly less when the initial stimulus involved the same rather than the different modality. Experiments 2 and 3 focused on the more persistent decrement in startle that is a result of repeated stimulation, and demonstrated that such long-term habituation to the tactile and auditory stimuli contained a stimulus specific component in addition to a generalized component. The generalized habituation observed between the tactile and auditory stimuli in the three experiments may be due to an auditory accompaniment of the tactile stimulus employed. Discussion emphasized the utility of investigating habituation in a preparation with robust specificity.     

稳定层流剪应力对内皮细胞骨架调节蛋白VASP表达的影响

为探讨生理强度的稳定层流剪应力对内皮细胞骨架actin相关蛋白VASP特征影响规律，我们采用胰蛋白酶消化法分离人脐静脉内皮细胞(HUVECs)，模拟体内流动环境，建立平行板流动腔模型。利用细胞图像分析系统和ALEXA488—若丹明一次毒蕈环肽双标记法，观察内皮细胞在稳态层流下形态、actin排列变化与VASP分布变化之间的规律。采用Western blot定量动态检测细胞内VASP表达及磷酸化的水平。结果表明，内皮细胞在10dyn／cm^2剪切作用后，随时间细胞逐渐延长，长轴趋于剪应力作用方向排列，细胞与静息态的细胞相比，细胞内骨架沿剪应力方向重组，与此同时VASP表达增强，沿着actin纤维呈点状分布，尤其集中在细胞膜下actin末端区域；Western blot检测显示在剪切后，细胞内VASP出现快速磷酸化，VASP总体表达量增加，2h达高峰后逐渐恢复，8h后再次逐渐升高。以上结果提示血流动力学特性中剪应力引起了细胞胞质内骨架蛋白分子重组，血管内皮细胞形态改变，在此过程中，VASP发挥骨架调节蛋白的作用。     

高脂血症患者血流剪切率的变化及对血管功能的影响

目的：观察高脂血症患者血流剪切率的变化特点及探讨非诺贝特提高血管舒张功能的机制。方法:以20例正常人、62例高甘油三酯血症病人(其中30例予以饮食治疗、32例予非诺贝特治疗)为观察对象，以肱动脉B超测量血流、血管弹性和舒张功能等指标，检测血浆一氧化氮(NO)、氧化型低密度脂蛋白(Ox-LDL)、血脂的变化。结果:高甘油三酯血症病人超声显示平均血流剪切率（MSR）、血流介导的扩张效应(FMD)和血管弹性指标Da、Dr显著小于正常对照组，而平均血管壁紧张度(MCWT)显著大于正常对照组；血Ox-LDL浓度高于、NO水平低于正常对照组，且NO与MSR、 FMD水平呈正相关，与甘油三酯(TG)、总胆固醇(TC)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)和Ox-LDL浓度呈负相关。8周的低脂饮食治疗可使TC、TG水平下降，但NO、Ox-LDL和血管超声指标未见显著改变；非诺贝特治疗组血管超声MSR 、FMD显著高于对照组，血TG、TC、LDL-C和Ox-LDL浓度低于、NO水平高于对照组。结论:高甘油三酯血症时MSR的下降和氧化因子Ox-LDL的升高共同参与内皮的损伤机制，导致NO水平下降，表现为血管舒张功能的下降和弹性下降，MSR的上升和Ox-LDL的下降有利于内皮功能的修复。     

Maternal immunization modulates the primary immune response to 2-phenyl-oxazolone in BALB/c mice

The development of the antibody repertoire in newborn mice is greatly influenced by idiotypic network interactions. It has been demonstrated that anti-idiotypic antibodies either directly injected or transferred from the mother may alter the repertoire for life. For an elucidation of the underlying mechanisms we have analyzed the primary immune response to 2-phenyl-5-oxazolone (phOx) coupled to chicken serum albumin (CSA) in BALB/c mice after complete disappearance of maternal antibodies which originated from different stages of affinity maturation. Depending on the serum titers of the mothers after primary (1° mo), secondary (2° mo) or tertiary (3° mo) immunization, maternal anti-phOx IgG persisted in F1 mice for up to 9 months. In addition, F1 mice born to 2° mo developed – even without immunization – an anti-phOx IgM titer which reached levels similar to an antigen-induced primary response. An enhancement of the early primary anti-phOx as well as anti-CSA response was seen in F1 mice born from 1° mo, whereas the response was delayed when born to 2° mo and 3° mo. The antibody titers in the latter group of mice remained at a lower level for 3 months. In contrast, mice of the F2 generation which received a smaller amount of the same collection of maternal antibodies as F1 mice from 3° mo exhibited a quite different primary response: (i) They showed an earlier onset in their anti-CSA response. (ii) Whereas normally a plateau in antibody titer was reached by the 4th weak after immunization, in 55 % of the F2 mice a prolonged increase of the anti-phOx and anti-CSA antibody titers was observed. At 12 weeks after antigenic challenge, titers reached plateau levels of 6 × 10⁵ which were never before seen in a primary phOx or CSA response. Thus, depending on its own immunological experience, the maternal immune system induces a state of memory in the offspring which results in a faster and/or enhanced immune response in the F1 and F3 generations.