氯丙烯对鸡胚脑神经细胞钙稳态与能量合成影响的研究

进一步研究氯丙烯的中毒机理,探讨氯丙烯对神经细胞内钙稳态与能量合成的影响。方法用Fura-2／AM、电子探针X线微区分析、ATP生物发光分析等方法测定氯丙烯染毒后鸡胚脑神经细胞内游离Ca2+、钙百分含量及ATP、ADP、AMP含量的改变。 结果随着氯丙烯浓度的增加,细胞内游离Ca2+浓度、钙百分含量明显增加(P     

芬太尼对离体大鼠心脏收缩力及心肌细胞钙离子移动的影响

目的　观察芬太尼对离体灌流心脏收缩力及心肌细胞钙离子移动的影响,研究其对心肌收缩力的作用。方法　（１） 以含不同浓度芬太尼的克汉二氏重碳酸盐缓冲液（ＫＨＢ） 灌流大鼠心脏,测定心率（ＨＲ） 、左室收缩压（ＬＶＳＰ） 、左室舒张压（ＬＶＤＰ）、左室收缩压上升最大速率（ ＋ ｄｐ／ｄｔｍａｘ）、左室舒张压下降最大速率（ － ｄｐ／ｄｔｍａｘ） ;（２） 用Ｆｌｕｏ３ＡＭ 钙荧光指示剂染色急性分离的大鼠心肌细胞,在激光共聚焦显微镜下动态观察用药前和用不同浓度芬太尼后,ＫＣｌ 诱发的细胞内钙离子浓度的变化。结果　１ ｎｇ／ｍｌ 和２０ ｎｇ／ｍｌ 的芬太尼对心肌收缩力和心肌细胞钙离子移动的影响较小,心肌收缩力的各项指标和钙荧光强度与对照组相比,差异无显著性（ Ｐ＞ ０．０５） 。而２００ ｎｇ／ｍｌ 芬太尼使心率减慢及＋ ｄｐ／ｄｔｍａｘ 、－ ｄｐ／ｄｔｍａｘ下降,且差异有显著性（ Ｐ＜０ ．０５） 。结论　芬太尼对心肌细胞钙离子的跨膜内流影响较小,而使心肌收缩力保持稳定。超临床使用浓度的芬太尼仍有抑制心肌的趋势。     

猪血小板衍化生长因子的提取和纯化

目的 建立一种简单、经济的血小板衍化生长因子（PDGF）的纯化方法。方法 血小板衍化生长因子（PDGF）具有耐酸性（pH2.5）,耐热（100℃）以及耐受2%SDS的特性。采用酸醇提取、热处理、离子交换层析、分子筛等蛋白分离和纯化技术从猪血小板中提取和纯化PDGF。结果 猪血小板衍化生长因子（pPDGF）纯化倍数达7582倍,活性回收率为3%。结论 本方法简单、经济,纯化的猪血小板衍化生长因子(pPDGF）具有明显的生物学活性。     

2型糖尿病与钙,磷代谢及相关激素的关系

目的 观察２型糖尿病患者钙、磷代谢及相关激素的变化及对骨代谢的影响。方法 测定２０例健康对照者和６０例２型糖尿病患者血甲状旁腺素（ＰＴＨ）、降钙素（ＣＴ）、２５羟维生素Ｄ３「「２５（ＯＨ）Ｄ３」」、环磷酸腺苷（ｃＡＭＰ）和血、尿钙（Ｃａ）、磷（Ｐ）、镁（Ｍｇ）,糖基化血红蛋白（ＨｂＡｌｃ）、２４ｈ尿和２４ｈ尿白蛋白定量等指标。结果 ２型糖尿病患者血ＰＴＨ水平显著高于对照组（Ｐ〈０．０１）,ＣＴ水平     

外周动静脉同步换血对血清钙的影响

目的：探讨外周动静脉同步换血对血清钙的影响。方法：对２５全高胆红素血症患儿采用同型血进行外周动静脉同步换血,换血前后在同一动脉端取血测血清钙。结果：换血过程中应用钙剂组（观察组）与未应用钙剂组,血钙水平在换血前后及两组之间均无差异,Ｐ〉０．０５。注射钙剂的不良反应发生率为６．２５％。结论：外周动静脉同步换血疗法对血清钙无明显影响,换血过程中静注钙剂是不必要的。     

Sources of Ca2+ in relation to generation of acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization in rat mesenteric artery

1. The aim of the present study was to identify the sources of Ca²⁺ contributing to acetylcholine (ACh)-induced release of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) from endothelial cells of rat mesenteric artery and to assess the pathway involved. The changes in membrane potentials of smooth muscles by ACh measured with the microelectrode technique were evaluated as a marker for EDHF release.
2. ACh elicited membrane hyperpolarization of smooth muscle cells in an endothelium-dependent manner. The hyperpolarizing response was not affected by treatment with 10 μM indomethacin, 300 μM N^G-nitro-L-arginine or 10 μM oxyhaemoglobin, thereby indicating that the hyperpolarization is not mediated by prostanoids or nitric oxide but is presumably by EDHF.
3. In the presence of extracellular Ca²⁺, 1 μM ACh generated a hyperpolarization composed of the transient and sustained components. By contrast, in Ca²⁺-free medium, ACh produced only transient hyperpolarization.
4. Pretreatment with 100 nM thapsigargin and 3 μM cyclopiazonic acid, endoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase inhibitors, completely abolished ACh-induced hyperpolarization. Pretreatment with 20 mM caffeine also markedly attenuated ACh-induced hyperpolarization. However, the overall pattern and peak amplitude of hyperpolarization were unaffected by pretreatment with 1 μM ryanodine.
5. In the presence of 5 mM Ni²⁺ or 3 mM Mn²⁺, the hyperpolarizing response to ACh was transient, and the sustained component of hyperpolarization was not observed. On the other hand, 1 μM nifedipine had no effect on ACh-induced hyperpolarization.
6. ACh-induced hyperpolarization was nearly completely eliminated by 500 nM U-73122 or 200 μM 2-nitro-4-carboxyphenyl-N,N-diphenylcarbamate, inhibitors of phospholipase C, but was unchanged by 500 nM U-73343, an inactive form of U-73122. Pretreatment with 20 nM staurosporine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, did not modify ACh-induced hyperpolarization.
7. These results indicate that the ACh-induced release of EDHF from endothelial cells of rat mesenteric artery is possibly initiated by Ca²⁺ release from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP₃)-sensitive Ca²⁺ pool as a consequence of stimulation of phospholipid hydrolysis due to phospholipase C activation, and maintained by Ca²⁺ influx via a Ni²⁺- and Mn²⁺-sensitive pathway distinct from L-type Ca²⁺ channels. The Ca²⁺-influx mechanism seems to be activated following IP₃-induced depletion of the pool.

     

Induction of a low voltage-activated,fast-inactivating Ca2+ channel in cultured bone marrow stromal cells by dexamethasone

The production of biochemical markers associated with the osteoblastic phenotype, and accompanying changes in the expression of voltage-operated Ca²⁺ channels, have been examined in rat bone marrow stromal cell cultures treated with dexamethasone (10^-8 M). Whole cell clamp analysis of voltage-operated Ca²⁺ channels in control cultures (using Ba²⁺ as the charge carrier) revealed primarily a high voltage-activated (HVA), slowly inactivating current, which was enhanced two- to threefold by treatment of the cells with Bay K 8644 (300 nM) and inhibited by nifedipine (4 M). In dexamethasone-treated cultures, the I–V relationship for inward current was shifted to more positive potentials in comparison with control cells. Most cells in these cultures possessed both the HVA current and also a faster inactivating, low-voltage-activated (LVA), nifedepineresistant current. These two currents could be separated both by nifedipine and by the use of steady state inactivation of the LVA current. The two components of the Ba²⁺ current varied widely in their relative size. The combination of LVA and HVA currents seen in dex-induced stromal cells resembles records of voltage-operated Ca²⁺ channels from cultures of calvarial osteoblasts.     

Caffeine inhibits cytoplasmic Ca2+ oscillations induced by carbachol and guanosine 5′-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) in hyperpolarized pancreatic ß-cells

The effects of caffeine on cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ oscillations induced by carbachol and guanosine 5-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP--S) were studied in individual mouse pancreatic ß-cells clamped at a hyperpolarized potential. Addition of 10 mM caffeine did not affect the cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ concentration ([Ca²⁺]₁) in ß-cells exposed to 20 mM glucose and hyperpolarized with diazoxide. Under similar conditions 100 M carbachol induced a typical response with a marked [Ca²⁺]_i peak followed by a lower sustained elevation. Irrespective of whether 10 mM caffeine was present, there were [Ca²⁺]_i transients with frequencies of 1–5/min superimposed on the sustained phase in 50–60% of the cells. In previously non-exposed cells the introduction of 10 mM caffeine caused temporary lowering of the sustained phase with disappearance of the transients. Subsequent omission of caffeine in the continued presence of carbachol caused a marked [Ca²⁺]_i peak followed by reappearance of the [Ca²⁺]_i, transients. However, in cells oscillating in the presence of caffeine its omission caused disappearance of the transients. In this case reintroduction of caffeine restored the transients.In cells kept at –70 mV by a patch pipette containing 100 M GTP--S and 3 mM Mg-ATP there were [Ca²⁺]_i transients with frequencies of 0.5–2.5/min. These transients were sufficiently pronounced to activate repetitively a K⁺ current. Addition of 10 mM caffeine caused disappearance of the [Ca²⁺]_i transients or reduction of their amplitudes and frequencies.The results indicate that caffeine does not activate Ca²⁺-induced Ca²⁺ release in hyperpolarized ß-cells but inhibits the Ca²⁺-mobilizing effect of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. Correspondence to: E. Gylfe at the above address     

Effect of Bay K 8644 and ryanodine on the refractory period,action potential and mechanical response of the guinea-pig ureter to electrical stimulation

We have investigated the effect of the dihydropyridine calcium channel agonist, Bay K 8644, and of the plant alkaloid blocker of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, ryanodine, on the refractory period, action potential and mechanical response of the guinea-pig isolated ureter to electrical stimulation. All experiments were performed in ureters pre-exposed to 10 M capsaicin to eliminate the inhibitory influence exerted by local release of sensory neuropeptides on ureteral excitability and contraction. In organ bath experiments, electrical field stimulation with parameters which produce direct excitation of ureteral smooth muscle (train of pulses at 10 Hz, 5 ms pulse width, 60 V for 1 s) produced tetrodotoxin- (1 M) resistant phasic contractions. The response to EFS was abolished by nifedipine (1 nM-3 M) and was enhanced by Bay K 8644 (1 nM-3 M). In the presence of Bay K 8644 (1 M), nifedipine (30 M) abolished the evoked contractions. Ryanodine (10–100 M) had no significant effect on the amplitude of evoked contraction. The response of the guinea-pig ureter to direct electrical stimulation of smooth muscle is characterized by a refractory period: at least 40 s interstimulus interval was required to produce a second response in all preparations tested. Bay K 8644 (1 M) markedly reduced the refractory period of the ureter and a similar effect was observed with ryanodine (100 M). To further analyze the effect of Bay K 8644 and ryanodine on the refractory period, the response of the ureter was investigated over a 10 s period of stimulation (other parameters as above). In control ureters, continuous stimulation for 10 s produced only one phasic contraction just after the beginning of the train of stimuli. In the presence of Bay K 8644 or ryanodine, more than one phasic contraction developed during a 10 s stimulation, i.e. the refractory period became shorter than the train duration. When both Bay K 8644 and ryanodine were tested on the same preparations, an additive excitatory effect was observed on the mechanical response to electrical stimulation. A slight elevation of KCI concentration (5–10 mM) reduced the refractory period of the ureter as observed with ryanodine or Bay K 8644. Application of KCI (80 mM) produced a biphasic contractile response of the ureter: a series of phasic contractions occurred first, which were then replaced by a slowly developing tonic response. Bay K 8644 (1 M) enhanced both components of the response to KCI. Ryanodine (10 and 100 M) markedly prolonged the duration of phasic contractions evoked by KCI and, at 100 M, slightly (about 25%) reduced the amplitude of tonic contraction.In sucrose gap experiments, electrical stimulation (single pulse, 40–130 V, 1–3 ms pulse duration) evoked an action potential and accompanying phasic contraction which were abolished by 1 M, nifedipine. Bay K 8644 (1 M) produced a marked prolongation of action potential duration, increased the number of spikes and enhanced contraction amplitude and duration. Ryanodine (100 M) depolarized the membrane, reduced the delay between stimulus application and onset of the action potential, shortened the action potential at 50% of repolarization and increased afterhyperpolarization, without producing marked effects on the accompanying mechanical response. KCI (5 mM) likewise produced a slight membrane depolarization and decreased latency between stimulus application and onset of the action potential but did not affect action potential duration. The combined administration of ryanodine and Bay K 8644 produced additive effects on action potential and contractions: furthermore, the contractile phase of the overall contraction-relaxation cycle was significantly prolonged by the combined administration of the two agents, an effect not observed with either drug alone. In the presence of both Bay K 8644 and ryanodine, multiple action potentials and contractions were observed during a train of pulses delivered at a frequency of 1 Hz for 12 s: when a second action potential was triggered before relaxation of the preceding contraction, a summation of the contractile response was observed. These findings demonstrate that availability of voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels is a major mechanism in determining the refractory period of the guinea-pig ureter and, consequently, can be considered as a limiting step in regulating the maximal frequency of ureteral peristalsis. Furthermore, a ryanodine-sensitive mechanism regulates the excitability and contraction-relaxation cycle of ureteral smooth muscle. The increased electrical excitability of the ureter observed in the presence of ryanodine may involve blockade of transient outward currents triggered by spontaneous calcium release from the store and consequent membrane depolarization.     

The selectivity of different external binding sites for quaternary ammonium ions in cloned potassium channels

Tetraethylammonium (TEA) is thought to be the most effective quaternary ammonium (QA) ion blocker at the external site of K⁺ channels, and small changes to the TEA ion reduce its potency. To examine the properties of the external QA receptor, we applied a variety of QA ions to excised patches from human embryonic kidney cells or Xenopus oocytes transfected with the delayed rectifying K⁺ channels Kv 2.1 and Kv 3.1. In outside-out patches of Kv 3.1, the relative potencies were TEA > tetrapropylammonium (TPA) > tetrabutylammonium (TBA). In contrast to Kv 3.1, the relative potencies in Kv 2.1 were TBA > TEA > TPA. In Kv 3.1 and Kv 2.1, external tetrapentylammonium (TPeA) blocked K⁺ currents in a fast, reversible and, in contrast to TEA, time-dependent manner. The external binding of TPeA appeared to be voltage independent, unlike the effects of TPeA applied to inside-out patches. External n-alkyl-triethylammonium compounds (C₈, C₁₀ chain length) had a lower affinity than TEA in Kv 3.1, but a higher affinity than TEA in Kv 2.1. In Kv 3.1, the decrease in QA affinity was large when one or two methyl groups were substituted for ethyl groups in TEA, but minor when propyl groups replaced ethyl groups. Changes in the free energy of binding could be correlated to changes in the free energy of hydration of TEA derivatives calculated by continuum methodology. These results reveal a substantial hydrophobic component of external QA ion binding to Kv 2.1, and to a lesser degree to Kv 3.1, in addition to the generally accepted electrostatic interactions. The chain length of hydrophobic TEA derivatives affects the affinity for the hydrophobic binding site, whereas the hydropathy of QA ions determines the electrostatic interaction energy.