联合测定子宫内膜异位症患者血清中EMAb及CA125的临床评价

目的：对联合测定子宫内膜异位症（内异症）患者血清中ＥＭＡｂ及ＣＡ１２５进行临床评价。方法：采取内异症１０９例术前（内异症组）和健康妇女３０例（对照组）空腹静脉血，用酶联免疫吸附法（ＥＬＩＳＡ）测定两组血清中ＥＭＡｂ水平；用放射免疫法（ＲＩＡ）测定血清中ＣＡ１２５水平。结果：内异症组ＥＭＡｂ阳性率为６３．３０％，对照组为１０％，两组差异有显著性（Ｐ＜０．０５）。内异症各期及子宫腺肌病间ＥＭＡｂ阳性率差异无显著性（Ｐ＞０．０５）。内异症组血清ＣＡ１２５水平平均为７０．７０±１６．６２Ｕ／ｍｌ，对照组为１５．３８±５．３２Ｕ／ｍｌ，两组差异有显著性。如以ＣＡ１２５≥３５Ｕ／ｍｌ为阳性界值，则内异症组阳性率为８０．２３％，对照组为６．６６％。单独测定ＥＭＡｂ诊断内异症的敏感性为６３．３０％，特异性为９０％；单独测定ＣＡ１２５诊断内异症的敏感性为８０．２３％、特异性为９３．３３％。如以两者均阳性为诊断标准，则敏感性为５７．８０％，特异性为１００％；如以其中之一阳性为诊断标准，则敏感性为９１．７４％，特异性为８３．３３％。结论：测定内异症患者血清中ＥＭＡｂ及ＣＡ１２５水平对内异症有较好的辅助诊断价值，联合测定ＥＭＡｂ及?     

尖锐湿疣患者人乳头瘤病毒的基因分型

目的 探索尖锐湿疣患者人乳头瘤病毒的基因分型。方法 PCR方法检测HPV6／11型、HPV16／18型DNA。结果 检测尖锐湿疣患者100例，对其中35例进行组织活检，阳性检出率为91．4％(32／35)，阳性检出中，HPV6／11型26例(81．2％)，HPV16／18型3例(9．4％)，HPV6／11 HPV16／18型3例(9．4％)；对其中65例进行宫颈抹片检测，阳性检出率为92．3％(60／65)，阳性检出中，HPV6／11型41例(68．3％)，HPV16／18型12例(20．0％)，HPV6／11 HPV16／18型7例(11．7％)。结论 尖锐湿疣患者人乳头瘤病毒感染以HPV6／11型为主，HPV16／18型在宫颈处感染率高于其它处组织。     

CA的治疗和护理

目的 探讨对CA的最佳治疗方案及有效护理措施.方法 采取二氧化碳激光联合重组人白介素100万u局部疣体基地部注射和20万u臀部皮下注射治疗CA,根据病人实际情况给予一般性病护理措施、支持性心理治疗和健康教育.结果 675例CA患者386例一次性治愈,137例二次治愈,71例三次治愈,27例三次以上治愈,54例失访,总治愈率为92.0%,三个月后复发106例,复发率为17.1%.结论 采用本法治疗CA是一种简便、安全、不留疤痕、行之有效的方法.     

Effect of nilvadipine on the voltage-dependent Ca channels in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Effects of nilvadipine on the low- and high-voltage activated Ca²⁺ currents (LVA and HVA I_Ca, respectively) were compared with other organic Ca²⁺ antagonists in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. The inhibitory effects of nilvadipine, amlodipine and flunarizine on LVA I_Ca were concentration- and use-dependent. The apparent half-maximum inhibitory concentrations (IC₅₀s) at every 1- and 30-s stimulation were 6.3×10⁻⁷ M and 1.8×10⁻⁶ M for flunarizine, 1.9×10⁻⁶ M and 7.6×10⁻⁶ M for nilvadipine, and 4.0×10⁻⁶ M and 8.0×10⁻⁶ M for amlodipine, respectively. Thus, the strength of the use-dependence was in the sequence of nilvadipine>flunarizine>amlodipine. Nilvadipine also inhibited the HVA I_Ca in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC₅₀ of 1.5×10⁻⁷ M. The hippocampal CA1 neurons were observed to have five pharmacologically distinct HVA Ca²⁺ channel subtypes consisting of L-, N-, P-, Q- and R-types. Nilvadipine selectively inhibited the L-type Ca²⁺ channel current which comprised 34% of the total HVA I_Ca. On the other hand, amlodipine non-selectively inhibited the HVA Ca²⁺ channel subtypes. These results suggest that the inhibitory effect of nilvadipine on the neuronal Ca²⁺ influx through both LVA and HVA L-type Ca²⁺ channels, in combination with the cerebral vasodilatory action, may prevent neuronal damage during ischemia.     

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Inhibiting Excitatory Synapses in the CA1 Area of Rat Hippocampus

In the CA1 region of hippocampal slices prepared from young adult rats, we studied the ability of several specific agonists of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) to depress excitatory synaptic transmission at the CA3–CA1 pyramidal cell synapses. Three groups of mGluRs have been described: group 1 (mGluR1 and 5) receptors are positively coupled to phospholipase C whereas group 2 (mGluR2 and 3) and group 3 (mGluR4, 6, 7 and 8) receptors are negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase. We found that the broad-spectrum agonist (1 S ,3R)-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate and the group 1-specific agonist ( R,S )-dihydroxyphenylglycine both reversibly inhibited evoked field excitatory postsynaptic potentials, indicating the involvement of group 1 mGluRs. ( R,S )-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine presumably inhibited transmission via a presynaptic mechanism, as whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings revealed that inhibition of the synaptic transmission was always accompanied with an increase in paired-pulse facilitation. Treatment with a specific blocker of mGluR1 receptors, the phenylglycine derivative ( S )-4-carboxyphenylglycine, was without effect on the (1 S ,3 R )-1-amino-cyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate-induced depression of the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials, strongly suggesting that mGluR5 receptors are responsible for the (1 S ,3 R )-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate effect. Two selective agonists of group 2 mGluRs, (2 S ,1' s ,2' s )-2-(2'-carboxycyclopropyl)glycine and 4-carboxy-3-hydroxyphenylglycine, were totally ineffective in blocking CA3-CA1-evoked synaptic transmission, excluding the involvement of mGluR2/3 subtypes at this developmental stage.     

Effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915) on potassium conductances in CA3 neurons of the guinea-pig hippocampus in vitro

Summary The action of the potassium channel activator, cromakalim (BRL 34915), on membrane potential, input resistance and current-voltage-relationship of CA3 neurons in a slice preparation of the guinea-pig hippocampus was investigated by means of intracellular recordings. In the presence of tetrodotoxin, cromakalim (30–100 mol/l) produced a hyperpolarization up to 4 mV associated with a decrease in input resistance up to 10 MOhms. Determination of the equilibrium potential of the cromakalim action revealed that the hyperpolarization is due to the activation of a potassium conductance. This cromakalim-activated potassium conductance was voltage-dependent, i.e. it increased with hyperpolarization. Among a number of potassium channel blockers tested, only Cs⁺ (2 mmol/l) and Ba²⁺ (0.5 mmol/1) were able to inhibit the cromakalim-induced effects. Simultaneously, both cations suppressed the hyperpolarizing inward rectification (anomalous rectification) in these neurons, indicating that cromakalim activated or potentiated an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance. In addition, cromakalim slightly enhanced both amplitude and duration of afterhyperpolarizations following single calcium-dependent action potentials, suggesting that cromakalim might have a weak facilitatory effect on calcium-dependent potassium conductances.Send offprint requests to C. Alzheimer at the above address     

Secretion of a chemotactic factor for neutrophils and eosinophils by alveolar macrophages from asthmatic patients

The studies presented in this article demonstrate the release of an IgE-dependent chemotactic factor for polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and eosinophils by alveolar macrophages (AMs) from normal subjects (n = 15) and allergic asthmatic patients (n = 15). A 60-minute incubation of normal AMs previously sensitized by 20% nonheated allergic sera with anti-human IgE antibody or the related allergen induced the release of a chemotactic activity (CA) for PMN and eosinophils in culture supernatants. When AMs were obtained from asthmatic patients, direct incubation with anti-IgE or the related allergen induced the same CA, whereas incubation with an unrelated allergen failed to produce CA (neutrophil CA after addition of anti-IgE, 22.5 +/- 3.5 cells per high power field; with related allergen, 15.8 +/- 3.6; with unrelated allergen, 0.7 +/- 1.8; p less than 0.0001). A partial characterization of the neutrophil chemotactic factor was carried out. Enzymatic treatment by trypsin or carboxypeptidase or by heating (56 degrees C for 3 hr) failed to abolish the neutrophil CA. After gel filtration the greater part of the neutrophil CA (80%) was recovered among low-molecular-weight components (300 to 1300 daltons). A preliminary deactivation of PMN by leukotriene B4 suppressed the CA of AM supernatants. These results indicate that IgE-dependent stimulation of AMs produces a neutrophil and eosinophil CA, present in a low-molecular-weight fraction possibly related to leukotrienes, and emphasizes the role of AMs in inflammatory lung processes during allergic asthma.     

Sputum induction as a research tool for the study of human respiratory mucus

The study objectives were to compare in vitro transportability and physical properties of respiratory mucus, obtained invasively by direct collection (DC) right after endotracheal intubation and non-invasively by sputum induction with 3% hypertonic saline solution inhalation (SI) 24 h before the anesthesia. Twenty-two patients with no pulmonary disease scheduled for elective abdominal surgical procedures were studied. The parameters analyzed and the main results are as follows. (1) Transportability by cilia (MCT), SI was higher than DC (0.94+/-0.25 and 0.62+/-0.25; P<0.001). There was a significant correlation between the two methods and DC could be estimated by: DC=0.21+(0.44 SI) (r=0.44; P<0.001). (2) Transportability by cough (CC), SI was higher than DC (68.23+/-32.1 and 33.58+/-19.04 mm; P=0.002). (3) Contact angle (CA), SI was lower than DC (10+/-3 degrees and 22+/-14 degrees ; P=0.025). (4) Rheological properties (no significant difference obtained between SI and DC). These results indicated that SI changes mucus physical properties and transportability in non-expectorators.     

CA 125 concentrations in ovarian 'chocolate' cyst fluid can differentiate an endometriotic cyst from a cystic corpus luteum.

In a prospective study, the concentrations of CA 125, 17 beta-oestradiol and progesterone were assayed in 52 consecutive ovarian cysts, laparoscopically suspected to be endometriomas. Cysts with dark brown 'chocolate' fluid (n = 42) were excised by CO2-laser endoscopy. Cysts with clear fluid were diagnosed by pathology as follicular cysts (n = 5) or pseudoperitoneal cysts (n = 5). Fluids (n = 53) aspirated during echo-guided puncture for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were assayed simultaneously. Of the 42 women undergoing a cystectomy, the clinical diagnosis of an endometrioma was confirmed by pathology in only 68%, the other cases being corpora lutea (27%) or follicular cysts (5%). Cyst fluids from corpora lutea had lower CA 125 concentrations (< 1000 IU/ml) together with high 17 beta-oestradiol concentrations (> 2000 pg/ml) and/or high progesterone concentrations (> 100 ng/ml). Endometriotic cysts had either very high CA 125 concentrations (> 10,000 IU/ml) as occurred in 78% or lower CA 125 concentrations (< 1000 IU/ml) together with low 17 beta-oestradiol and/or progesterone concentrations. 'Chocolate' fluid-containing cysts aspirated during IVF had similar concentration profiles of CA 125, 17 beta-oestradiol and progesterone and the diagnoses derived from these concentrations were not contradicted in 19/27 women undergoing a laparoscopy within 4 months. In eight women, however, with high CA 125 concentrations in their cyst fluid, no endometriotic cysts were found at laparoscopy. Only 68% of cysts containing 'chocolate' material were endometriotic cysts and CA 125 could be useful in making this diagnosis. This method is recommended when dark brown fluid is aspirated in IVF.