肢体远隔缺血期适应联合后适应促进大鼠缺血性脑卒中模型神经发生的作用及机制

目的 探讨肢体远隔缺血期适应(per-conditioning,PerC)联合后适应(post-conditioning,PostC)对缺血性脑卒中后神经再生的作用,并明确PerC联合PostC对脂肪酸β-氧化(fatty acid β-oxidation,FAO)限速酶——肉毒碱棕榈酰转移酶(carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1A,CPT1A)的影响。方法 对成年雄性SD大鼠进行大脑中动脉闭塞(middle cerebral artery occlusion,MCAO)造模,MCAO模型后30 min进行肢体远隔缺血期适应治疗(PerC),再灌注24 h后重复进行肢体远隔缺血适应(PostC),1次/d,直到取材。再灌注14 d后对大鼠进行神经功能评分,通过免疫组织化学染色检测室管膜下区(subependymal ventricular zone, SVZ)神经再生情况,通过酶联免疫吸附测定(enzyme linked immunosorbent assay,ELISA)法检测CPT1A的表达。结果 与MCAO组及PerC/PostC组比较,PerC+PostC组大鼠,身体不对称运动行为评分降低,神经干细胞的数量以及向梗死区迁移的细胞数量增加。Pearson相关性分析显示,神经干细胞的数量与神经功能呈负相关(r=-0.917 9, P<0.0001)。然而,迁移到基底节区的神经干细胞的凋亡数量在各组之间差异无统计学意义。机制研究显示,PerC+PostC组CPT1A的蛋白水平显著增加。结论 PerC联合PostC治疗能够通过增加神经干细胞的数量改善神经功能,神经干细胞的脂肪酸氧化可能是其促进神经干细胞迁移的机制之一。     

转录因子Ascl2调控Acss1/3的表达影响结直肠癌患者预后

转录因子Ascl2作为WNT信号靶基因,可影响结直肠癌（CRC）前体细胞干性特征,探讨其能否调控短链脂肪酸β-氧化而影响CRC患者的预后。方法 下载稳定干扰Ascl2表达的CRC LS174T细胞（sh-Ascl2/LS174T）的mRNA及miRNA差异表达数据（GSE69036和GSE34926）分析其靶基因;应用RT-PCR方法和Western 印迹定量检测sh-Ascl2/LS174T及对照细胞中的Ascl2、Acss1和Acss3的mRNA表达水平,以及Ascl2和Acss1蛋白表达水平,从GSE44076表达数据和UALCAN数据比较在正常结直肠粘膜、CRC组织和不同临床病理分期的肿瘤组织的表达水平差异;TCGA数据库下载548例CRC患者基因 mRNA表达量及相关临床信息,用Spearman等级相关分析表达相关性,Kaplan-Meier法进行生存分析,Cox回归分析评估危险因素。结果 sh-Ascl2/LS174T细胞中Acss1的mRNA较对照细胞下调2.08倍,miR-4282表达水平下调2.069倍。RT-PCR定量检测sh-Ascl2/LS174T细胞中Acss1的mRNA和miR-4282水平明显下降(P＜0.01), Acss3的mRNA水平明显升高(P＜0.05);Acss1和Ascl2蛋白水平较对照细胞均明显下降。CRC组织Ascl2和Acss1的mRNA水平明显高于癌旁结直肠粘膜组织(P＜0.001),而Acss3明显低于癌旁结直肠粘膜组织 (P＜0.001);CRC组织中Ascl2与Acss1的mRNA表达水平呈正相关,与Acss3的表达水平呈负相关(均P＜0.001)。Ascl2和Acss3表达水平与疾病特异性生存期（DSS）、总体生存期（OS）、无进展生存期（PFS）无关,Acss1高表达组比低表达组的DSS (P=0.0389)和OS (P=0.04)明显降低。Ascl2与Acss1基因异常表达、Ascl2、Acss1和Acss3基因异常联合表达与CRC患者的DSS存在显著的联系(P=0.0377和P=0.0161),Ascl2、Acss1和Acss3三个基因的联合异常表达是影响CRC患者DSS的危险因素之一(P=0.043)。结论Ascl2对CRC细胞中的Acss1/3的表达可能具有调控作用而导致其短链脂肪酸β-氧化的重编程,它们的联合异常表达可以一定程度预测CRC患者的预后     

Metabolism of methyl-branched iodo palmitic acids in cultured hepatocytes

The metabolic fate of methyl-branched iodo fatty acids was studied in primary culture of rat hepatocytes. We compared 16-iodo-2-R,S-methyl palmitic acid (2-Me), which can be oxidized, with 16-iodo-3-R,S-methyl palmitic acid (3-Me) which can be oxidized only after an initial oxydation and with 16-iodo-2,2-dimethyl palmitic acid (2,2-Me₂) and 16-iodo-3,3-dimethyl palmitic acid (3,3-Me₂) which cannot be oxidized at all. The normal fate of natural fatty acids was given by comparative experiments with [1-¹⁴C] palmitic acid. Monomethyl-branched iodo fatty acids were taken up in the same range as palmitic acid but more than dimethyl-branched iodo fatty acids. After a 15-h incubation, acido-soluble products (ASP) accounted for 75% of the radioactivity taken up as 16-iodo-2-methyl palmitic acid, 50% as other methyl-branched iodo fatty acids and only 30% as palmitic acid, which indicated that all the methyl-branched iodo fatty acids underwent a strong deiodination process. Fatty acids were esterified in the following order: palmitic acid >16-iodo-3-R,S-methyl palmitic acid>16-iodo-2-R,S-methyl palmitic acid>16-iodo-2,2-dimethyl palmitic acid>16-iodo-3,3-dimethyl palmitic acid. Cultured hepatocytes, labelled for 3 h with the various fatty acids and reincubated for 12 h without fatty acid, secreted large amounts of free dimethylbranched iodo fatty acids as compared to the monomethyl ones and palmitic acid. Only hepatocytes prelabelled with 16-[¹²⁵I]iodo-2,2-dimethyl palmitic acid exhibited an appreciable secretion of labeled triglycerides, but at a lower rate than with [1-¹⁴C] palmitic acid. Conversely, the 16-iodo-monomethyl palmitic acids remained chiefly in hepatocyte triglycerides. Minute amounts of 16-iodo-methyl-branched-palmitic acids were found in hepatocyte or secred phospholipids as compared with palmitic acid. This metabolic fate of methyl-branched iodo palmitic acids argues against their utilization as imaging probes to monitor in vivo the synthesis and the secretion of triglycerides by the liver.     

β-Methyl-15-p-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid metabolism and kinetics in the isolated rat heart

The use of 15-p-iodophenyl--methyl-pentadecanoic acid (Me-IPPA) as an indicator of long chain fatty acid (LCFA) utilization in nuclear medicine studies was evaluated in the isolated, perfused, working rat heart. Time courses of radioctivity (residue curves) were obtained following bolus injections of both Me-IPPA and its straight chain counterpart 15-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (IPPA). IPPA kinetics clearly indicated flow independent impairment of fatty acid oxidation caused by the carnitine palmitoyltransferase I inhibitor 2[5(4-chlorophenyl)pentyl]oxirane-2-carboxylate (POCA). In contrast, Me-IPPA kinetics were insenstive to changes in fatty acid oxidation rate and net utilization of long chain fatty acid. Analysis of radiolabeled species in coronary effluent and heart homogenates showed the methylated fatty acid to be readily incorporated into complex lipids but a poor substrate for oxidation. POCA did not significatly alter metabolism of the tracer, suggesting that the tracer is poorly metabolized beyond Me-IPPA-CoA in the oxidative pathway.     

The effect of hyperoxia on the lungs of rats deficient in essential fatty acids

Morphological alterations in the lungs of rats deficient in either or both of vitamin E and essential fatty acids were investigated after exposure to hyperoxia for 48h. In rats deficient in both vitamin E and essential fatty acids, there was damage to type-2 alveolar cells observed as swollen mitochondria and bleb formation in the cytoplasm. None of these changes was found in rats deficient in only one of these substances. Hyperoxia in rats deficient in both substance also caused destruction of the capillary endothelial cells and edema in the interstitium. The lungs of rats deficient in only one of the substances showed some edema in the capillary endothelial cells, but not destruction, and less interstitial edema. These findings suggest that simultaneous deficiency in vitamin E and essential fatty acids facilitates lung damage in rats exposed to hyperoxia.(Murakami R, Obara H, Momota T et al.: The effect of hyperoxia on the lungs of rats deficient in essential fatty acids. J Anesth 3: 149–154, 1989)     

Fast-induced changes in plasma glucose, insulin and free fatty acid concentration compared in rats during the night and day

Changes in PG, PI and PFFA were examined and compared in fed rats or after 0 to 12 hours of fasting, during the night or during the day. At night, a progressive decrease in PG and PI and an increase in PFFA were induced by 0 to 12 hours of food deprivation. During the light period a decrease in PG occurred only from the 6th hour of fasting. A slight, progressive increase in PFFA levels was induced from 0 to 12 hours of fasting, while no significant variation of PI levels was observed. The results are discussed in terms of relationships between blood glucose, PFFA levels, and food intake in control rats over the circadian cycle.     

Linear Unsaturated Polyamides: Nylons 6 u18 and 18 u18

Summary: Linear unsaturated nylons 6 u18 and 18 u18 have been made containing a double bond in the center of the diacid segment with potential for additional functionalization. Solution state NMR showed the presence of a small portion of cis amide units. Solid state NMR verified the presence of the double bond in the bulk, and that the polyamides were present in the α‐crystalline form. Thermal stability was comparable to linear saturated nylons, and the melting and crystallization temperatures of the unsaturated nylons were lower compared to the saturated analogs.

DSC heating and cooling thermograms for nylons 6 u18 and 18 u18.     

Monocyte cytokine secretion induced by chemically-defined derivatives of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The capacity of a K. pneumoniae membrane proteoglycan (Kp-MPG) and four of its chemically defined derivatives to activate human monocytes was studied by measuring immunoreactive IL-1 beta, IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in culture supernatants. Monocyte culture supernatants were also tested for their comitogenic activity on concanavalin A-stimulated thymocytes and for their cytotoxic activity on the mouse fibroblastic L929 cell line. The four Kp-MPG derivatives were: (i) an acylpoly(1-3)galactoside (APG); (ii) an APG preparation submitted to acid hydrolysis which removed all fatty acids but left intact the galactose chain of APG (GC-APG); (iii) a preparation obtained by mild alkaline hydrolysis, containing additional ester-linked C14 and C16 fatty acids bound to the APG molecule (EFA-APG); and (iv) a polymer of the latter compound (APG pol). Kp-MPG induced the synthesis of IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha with dose-responses and kinetics similar to those of Salmonella minnesota lipopolysaccharide (Sm-Re-LPS). APG pol and EFA-APG induced the secretion of the three cytokines with lower potency than Kp-MPG or Sm-Re-LPS. APG did not trigger any detectable cytokine production and GC-APG induced only borderline and inconsistent responses. Our data demonstrate the critical role of ester-linked C14 and C16 fatty acids in the triggering of monocyte response to Kp-MPG derivatives.     

Distal Proctocolitis and n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3 PUFAs): The Mucosal Effect In Situ

It has been postulated that patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) have altered reactivity of gut-associated lymphoid tissue. In such cases there is intense infiltration of the mucosa with immune competent cells and associated tissue damage. We have shown previously that the dietary supplementation with the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) results in significant systemic immune suppression. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the in situ effect of n-3 PUFAs on distal proctocolitis. Each patient received either fish oil extract (EPA 3.2 g, DHA 2.4 g) (n = 9) or sunflower oil (n = 9) daily in a double blind manner for six months. Monthly assessment included: (1) disease activity using clinical, sigmoidoscopic, and histological scores and (2) immunohistochemical analysis (immunoglobulins, CD profiles) of rectal biopsy specimens (before and after six months supplementation) using monoclonal antibodies and quantitative computer-assisted video image analysis. Prior to receiving supplementation, patients with proctocolitis (n = 18) showed significantly higher numbers of cells expressing CD3 (pan T cells) and HLA-DR and IgM containing cells compared with non-colitic controls (n = 8). Six months supplementation with n-3 PUFAs resulted in significant reduction in the number of cells expressing CD3 and HLA and the percentage of cells containing IgM. There was no significant change in the CD20 nor the percentage of IgG or IgA containing cells in either group of patients with procto-colitis. In patients receiving n-3 PUFA supplementation, there was improvement in the disease activity and histological scores, compared with pretreatment evaluation. This study has demonstrated both evidence of suppression of in situ immune reactivity and concurrent reduction in disease activity in patients with proctocolitis receiving n-3 PUFA supplementation. This may have important implication for therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis.