Effects of sympathetic inhibition on blood pressure and renal responses to central hypervolaemia in normal humans

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of short-term sympathetic inhibition with clonidine on blood pressure and renal responses to central hypervolaemia induced by thermoneutral head-out water immersion. Eleven healthy subjects were randomly studied on two occasions, during a 1 h pre-immersion period, 2 h of water immersion and a 1 h post-immersion period, after either placebo or clonidine treatment. Clonidine caused a significant suppression of plasma adrenaline, plasma noradrenaline, urinary noradrenaline excretion and mean arterial blood pressure. Blood pressure remained constant during water immersion after both placebo and clonidine, compared with the respective pre-immersion control values. The suppression pattern of plasma catecholamines and urinary noradrenaline in response to water immersion during placebo was similar after clonidine treatment. Renal volume excretion was not affected by clonidine. In contrast, clonidine caused a significant attenuation of the immersion-induced stimulation of natriuresis (maximum -33±12%, P<0.01, compared with placebo). These data indicate that the renal capacity to excrete sodium is impaired during moderate blood pressure reduction by short-term sympathetic inhibition with clonidine, whereas the regulation of arterial blood pressure in response to central hypervolaemia is maintained.     

Effect of early outdoor experience on the activity of wild and semi-domestic deermice

The gross activity of wild and semi-domestic strains of prairie deermice was measured in two kinds of novel test apparatus (tilt-cage and activity wheel). Differences in strain activity were not obtained in either apparatus. Activity was significantly decreased in both strains by early experience in the field and by rearing wild genotype subjects in large laboratory cages. It was suggested that differential early sensory experience associated with both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the early rearing environment may be responsible for the treatment effect. Whereas no daily changes in activity were noted in the tilt-cages, activity in the wheels was sipnificantly higher on day 1 for all groups. In contrast to recent literature, wheel running activity did not change with total water deprivation.     

Environmental risk factors for hepatitis A infection in the Zenica–Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Zenica-Doboj Canton, 1106 hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections were reported during 2000 (an incidence rate of 252/100 000 population), with 996 (90.1%) cases occurring in nine community-wide outbreaks. Analysis of water supplies showed that 398 (19.1%) samples contained coliforms, including 202 (50.8%) that were contaminated with thermotolerant Escherichia coli. Sewage sanitation systems were absent or substandard in 53 910 (81.8%) rural households. The group most affected during outbreaks comprised children aged 7-14 years (incidence rate of 598/100 000). The development of health promotion and prevention initiatives in schools, combined with rigorous hygiene measures, will be necessary to achieve control of the spread of HAV.     

白血病骨髓瘤单抗对白血病细胞株细胞内环核苷酸的影响

本文应用放射免疫测定法,检测了单克隆抗体(λ-44-5-15,λ26-4-15,SMb,OKT10和抗B)作用于相应白血病瘤细胞后细胞内cAMP、cGMP的含量变化。结果发现:抗原、抗体比例在80∶1时经McAb作用16～24h后,瘤细胞内cAMP含量明显高于对照组,cGMP含量明显低于对照组(P<0002-0001)。从而提示:McAb可通过对细胞膜作用,调控细胞内cAMP和cGMP的水平。本文还对McAb作用浓度及作用时间进行了探讨。     

Significance of right ventricular filling for left ventricular enddiastolic pressure-volume relationship under acute hypoxia in the dog

Summary In 14 closed-chest dogs, the significance of right ventricular filling for left ventricular enddiastolic pressure-volume relationship was investigated under acute hypoxia by means of single plane cineventriculography and simultaneous intraventricular pressure recording.Both after 5 min asphyxia (respirator switched off) (n=5) and after 3 min hypoxia (ventilation with pure N₂) (n=9), there was a significant leftward shift (p<0.005) of the left ventricular enddiastolic pressure-volume curve as compared to the control curves under normoxia. To simulate the elevated filling of the right ventricle under acute hypoxia, rapid intraventricular infusion was applier under normoxic conditions to raise right ventricular enddiastolic pressure to the same values as that measured under hypoxia. The extent of the ensuing leftward shift of the left ventricular enddiastolic pressurevolume curve was on average 60% of the shift under hypoxia in both sets of experiments. Neither the slope of the relationship between volume stiffness and enddiastolic pressure, nor the relationship between tangent elastic modulus and left ventricular wall stress, was affected by hypoxia or asphyxia.Thus, the shift of the left ventricular enddiastolic pressure-volume curve in the early stage of hypoxia is predominantly due to the influence of increased right ventricular filling. Since the increased volume of the atria under acute hypoxia limits left ventricular distensibility additionally, the changes in left ventricular enddiastolic pressure-volume relationships, observed in the early stage of hypoxia are mainly, or even entircly, the result of interaction of the various heart compartments, and not a reflection of alterations in myocardial tissue elasticity.Preliminary results were presented at the symposium on Cardiac adaptation to hemodynamic overload, training and stress in Tübingen (1983)Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Postoperative water and electrolyte changes in skeletal muscle: a clinical study with three different intravenous infusions

Twenty-seven patients admitted for cholecystectomy were matched for age and sex in three groups for different perioperative fluid therapies over a period of 3 days. Group I was given an acetated half-isotone "balanced" saline solution with the addition of 2.5% glucose, Group II an acetated Ringer solution and Group III an isotonic glucose solution. Percutaneous muscle biopsies were performed before and on the third day after surgery for the determination of water content and the concentration of sodium, potassium, magnesium and chloride in skeletal muscle. The cumulative balance of sodium and potassium was measured daily during the study. In all three groups a significant increase in the total muscle water content was demonstrated. The concentration of sodium and chloride in skeletal muscle increased significantly in Groups II and III, whereas the concentration of potassium decreased in all groups. The cumulative sodium balance was positive in Groups I and II; the potassium balance was negative in all groups. In conclusion, the patients given the balanced saline solution showed the least change in water content and electrolyte concentrations in skeletal muscle.     

Effect of interferon alpha,interferon beta,and interferon gamma on the in vitro growth of human renal adenocarcinoma cells

Interferon-, interferon-, and interferon- differ in their antiproliferative effects for several cell lines. Interferons were thus assessed for their activity in inhibiting proliferation of three renal cell carcinoma cell lines. The malignant epithelial phenotype of each of these cell lines was confirmed by electron microscopy, histology, karyotype and tumorigenicity. When compared on an anti-viral unit basis, naturally produced interferon- was more effective than natural interferon- for all cell lines and clones. Proliferation of each of the cell lines was inhibited by interferon-. In all cases, removal of interferons from culture media resulted in resumption of the rate of cell growth after a variable delay of 6–10 days. If the antiproliferative effects of interferons predominate in mediating tumor regression, clinical response may depend upon the type of interferon to which the tumor is exposed.     

The topography of expanded uncrossed retinal projections following neonatal enucleation of one eye: differing effects in dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and superior colliculus

The topographic organization of the uncrossed retinal projections to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and superior colliculus (SC) was studied in normal adult hooded rats and in rats subjected to unilateral ocular enucleation on the day of birth. Sections were stained for anterograde degeneration products following discrete retinal lesions at various locations. The projection from the temporal crescent to the dLGN in neonatally enucleated rats had an expanded but topographically normal organization, with the nasotemporal and dorsoventral retinal axes displaying polarities identical to those in normal adults. Neonatal enucleation permits the remaining uncrossed retinogeniculate projection to extend primarily along the "lines of projection" into neuropil normally recipient of binocularly conjugate crossed projections. In the SC, the dorsoventral axis of the temporal crescent showed a normal polarity, but the nasotemporal axis failed to display any topographic organization. Retinal loci in the temporal crescent projected throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the ipsilateral SC. Retinal lesions placed outside the temporal crescent failed to produce any substantial degeneration in ipsilateral dLGN or SC. These topographically distinct effects in dLGN and SC following unilateral eye removal on the day of birth are discussed in the context of differing constraints upon axonal ingrowth and connectivity during early development, which may normally bring about the characteristically distinct features of retinogeniculate and retinocollicular organization.     

Changes in Cell Characteristics Due to Culture Conditions in Cell Lines From Human Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eight cultured cell lines were established from human smallcell lung cancers. Every cell line showed the morphologicaland biochemical characteristics of small cell cancer. Changesin cell characteristics were observed in many of these celllines when culture conditions were changed: "oat cell type"changed to "intermediate cell type" and vice versa when serum-freemedium was changed to serum-supplemented medium; a deficiencyof vitamin A in the medium caused a change to squamous cellsand vice versa; and a tumor promoter (teleocidin B) enhancedthe adherence of these cells to the surface of plastic culturedishes. These findings provide evidence that many small celllung cancer cell lines can change their morphology with changesin the environment of the cells.     

重庆市某三甲医院消毒供应中心纯化水细菌污染情况和消毒效果调查

目的了解重庆市某三甲医院消毒供应中心(CSSD)纯化水处理系统的细菌水平、消毒方法及效果。方法运用无菌技术采集重庆市某三甲医院CSSD不同时期的纯化水进行细菌培养,根据细菌培养、余氯、硬度检测结果对纯化水处理系统采取一系列措施以改善水质,并对各项措施的实施效果进行评价。结果该院CSSD纯化水存在细菌总数超标的情况,分别经过调整加盐量、更换水处理机耗材、安装含氯消毒剂加药装置并在水处理机制水时将5%84消毒液持续低流量泵入纯化水储水罐后,细菌总数明显降低,纯化水水质达标。结论该院纯化水存在细菌污染现象,医院应加强管理,CSSD需按时维护水处理设备,定期监测水质。