2型糖尿病患者的智能障碍

目的：调查没有临床神经损害体征的2型糖尿病患者早期的高级神经功能改变，方法：分别对52例2型糖尿病患者和32名健康对照者进行了韦氏智力量表的相似、数字广度、数字符号、木块图等4项分测验测定，采用二合一(相似、木块图)的方法计算简式智商，同时进行事件相关电位检查，结果：糖尿病患者组的相似、木块图分测验成绩和简式智商明显较健康对照组低下，ERP检查发现病人组N2、P3潜伏期较对照组明显延长，结论：2型糖尿病可导致高级神经功能损害。并且这种损害可能要早于周围神经损害。     

人抵抗素基因cDNA的克隆

目的克隆人抵抗素基因(hRETN)cDNA,为进一步研究RETN的结构和功能提供实验基础.方法应用RT-PCR方法从中国人网膜脂肪垫总RNA中扩增出RETN 基因cDNA,克隆入载体pMD18-T中,形成重组载体pMD18-T/hRETN.通过蓝白斑筛选出阳性克隆,限制性内切酶酶切鉴定后对其进行测序.结果从脂肪组织总RNA中扩增得到363 bp片段hRETN基因,其cDNA序列与Genbank hRETN基因序列基本相同.结论成功地克隆中国人hRETN cDNA.     

急进高海拔大鼠肾素-血管紧张素-醛固酮系统的对比性研究

目的：探讨急进高海拔地区机体对低压、低氧环境的适应机制；方法：将海拔10m处的平原大鼠快速带至海拔2261m，再带入海拔3800m处，用放射免疫法测定大鼠血浆肾素、血管紧张素Ⅱ和醛固酮的浓度；结果：随海拔递增①大鼠肾素及血管紧张素Ⅱ含量呈上升趋势，醛固酮浓度逐渐下降，统计学处理有显著性差异；②急进高海拔地区，醛固酮对血管紧张素Ⅱ的反应钝化，使醛固酮处于低水平状态；结论：上述结果提示：急进高海拔，机体对水、电解质的调节会发生变化，这些变化有利于急性高原适应。     

Smoking delays chondrogenesis in a mouse model of closed tibial fracture healing.

Smoking delays the healing process and increases morbidity associated with many common musculoskeletal disorders, including long bone fracture. In the current study, a murine model of tibial fracture healing was used to test the hypothesis that smoking delays chondrogenesis after fracture. Mice were divided into two groups, a nonsmoking control group and a group exposed to cigarette smoke for 1 month prior to surgical tibial fracture. Mice were euthanized at 7, 14, and 28 days after surgery. The outcomes measured were immunohistochemical staining for type II collagen protein expression as a marker of cartilage matrix and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining to measure proliferation at the site of injury. Toluidine blue staining and histomorphometry were used to quantify areas of cartilaginous and noncartilaginous fracture callus. Radiographs were analyzed for evidence of remodeling after injury. At day 7 after injury, mice exposed to cigarette smoke had a smaller fracture callus with less cartilage matrix compared to controls. Proliferation was present at high levels in both groups at this time point, but proliferating cells had a more immature morphology in the smoking group. At day 14, chondrogenesis was more active in smokers compared to controls, while a higher percentage of bone was present in the control animals. At day 28, X-ray analysis revealed a larger fracture callus remaining in the smoking animals. Together, these findings show that the chondrogenic phase of tibial fracture healing is delayed by smoking. This study represents, to our knowledge, the first analysis of molecular and cellular mechanisms of healing in a smoking mouse fracture model.     

HPCE法测定蛹虫草及其培养物中核苷类化合物的含量

目的　建立蛹虫草中核苷类化合物的高效毛细管电泳测定法 ,比较天然蛹虫草及其培养物中核苷类化合物的含量。方法　在HV - 30 1高效毛细管电泳仪上进行定量分析 ,采用石英毛细管柱 ,以pH9.0的 4 0mmol·L-1 硼砂溶液作为电极缓冲液 ;分离电压为 1 6KV ;检测波长为 2 5 4nm。结果　天然蛹虫草中核苷类化合物主要集中在子座部分。人工培养蛹虫草子座和菌丝中虫草素的含量分别是天然蛹虫草子座中的 5 .0 4倍和 1 0 .85倍 ;液体培养蛹虫草菌丝中腺嘌呤、腺苷、尿苷、鸟苷含量均高于固体培养蛹虫草子座。结论　天然蛹虫草及其培养物中核苷类化合物的种类和含量具有较大的差异。高效毛细管电泳法可以用于蛹虫草的定量分析 ,具有分离度高、简便、准确 ,样品消耗少等特点     

Standardized molecular typing of Candida albicans strains

Summary. A method is presented for the standardization of Candida albicans DNA fingerprinting, which is based on Southern hybridization of Eco RI-digested chromosomal DNA with the moderately repetitive DNA element CARE-2 and the subsequent rehybridization of the blots with a molecular size marker also included in each DNA sample. This method resulted in extremely precise alignment of all strain-specific CARE-2 hybridization patterns, even when analysed on different gels, and will enhance the accuracy of genetic relationship determinations in epidemiological studies including large numbers of strains.
Zusammenfassung. Zur Standardisierung des DNA-Fingerprinting von Candida albicans wurde eine Methode entwickelt, die auf der Southern Hybridisierung Eco RI-gespaltener chromosomaler DNA mit dem mittelrepetitiven DNA-Element CARE-2 und der darauffolgenden Rehybridisierung der Blots mit einem auch in den Proben enthaltenen molekularen Größenmarker beruht. Dies resultierte in einer äußerst präzisen Größen-bestimmung der hybridisierenden Fragmente, so daß alle stammspezifischen CARE-2-Hybridisierungsmuster exakt verglichen werden konnten, auch wenn die Isolate auf verschiedenen Gelen analysiert wurden. Die Methode erhöht die Genauigkeit der Bestimmung genetischer Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen in epidemiologischen Untersuchungen, in denen eine große Anzahl von Stämmen analysiert wird.     

Association of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism with essential hypertension

The renin-angiotensin system is involved in control of blood pressure and salt and fluid homeostasis. Genes for components of this system have been of major focus in research on the causation of the common, complex, polygenic trait, essential hypertension (HT). Association of an A→C variant at nucleotide 1166 of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT₁R) gene with HT, but an absence of linkage of this locus with this disease, has been reported recently. Since confirmation in a different setting is imperative, we performed a cross-sectional case-control study of the A1166C variant in a well-characterized group of 108 Caucasian HT subjects with a strong family history (two affected parents) and early onset disease. Genotyping was by mismatch polymerase chain reaction/ Bfr I restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Frequency of the C¹¹⁶⁶allele was 0.40 in HTs and 0.29 in normotensives. The difference in genotype (χ²= 13, P = 0.0015) and allele (χ²= 5.3, P = 0.02) frequencies between the two groups was significant (odds ratio for CC vs AA+AC = 7.3 [95% CI, 1.9–31.9). The present results implicate the AT₁R gene, or a locus in linkage disequilibrium with the variant tested, in the causation of essential HT.     

Changes in temporal gait characteristics and pressure distribution for bare feet versus various heel heights

The purpose of this study was to identify changes in temporal gait characteristics and pressure generation across the sole of the foot due to various heel heights in women's dress pumps. Thirty female subjects, aged 18-30 years, volunteered to participate. Subjects were required to have normal gait and to wear comfortably either size 7 or size 9 shoes. Subjects were tested initially in bare feet using electrodynography (Langer Biomechanics Group, 21 East Industry Court, Deer Park, NY 11729-9986) (EDG) at a cadence of ~100 steps/min set by metronome. EDG trials with 4 pairs of shoes were then performed in random order. Shoes were women's dress pumps identical except for heel height. Heel heights were 1.75, 3.12, 5.72 and 8.74 cm. Data were collected over ~ 30 steps and averaged over this period. Data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA, and changes were only considered significant if the ANOVA identified significant variations bilaterally. Considering temporal gait variables, we concluded that: (1) stance phase was shortened in shoes vs. bare feet but was unaffected by heel height, (2) the percentage of stance spent in weight bearing on the lateral and medial calcaneus decreased above a 3.12 cm heel height, (3) the percentage of stance spent in weight bearing on the first and second metatarsal heads increased in shoes vs. bare feet but was unaffected by heel height, (4) the percentage of stance spent in weight bearing on the fifth metatarsal was less in the 8.74 cm heel than in any other shoe or in bare feet. With regard to pressure variables, we found that: (1) peak pressure under the fifth metatarsal head was inversely related to heel height, (2) pressure under the third metatarsal head peaked earliest in heels greater than 5.72 cm high, and (3) pressure under the medial calcaneus peaked latest in heels greater than 5.72 cm high.     

药物构效关系研究与药物设计中常用计算机软件

分子力学、量子化学和分子图形学是研究有机药物分子电子特性、空间性质及其与受体相互作用的有力工具。现扼要介绍国内外较常用的量子化学和分子力学及分子图形学有关计算机程序的应用特性。     

Super-reactivity to amphetamine toxicity induced by schedule of reinforcement

The chronic exposure of rats to a schedule of operant water reinforcement coupled with chronically restricted access to water sensitized the animals to intermittentd-amphetamine injections (0.31–2.5 mg/kg with intervals of 12–23 days between any two injections) in such a way that this drug came to produce catastrophic losses of body weight (32.4% of control levels). In the sessions whend-amphetamine was administered, the rats were also given a total of 12 brief electric shocks. Loss of body weight was unaccompanied by parallel changes in operant behavior performance, or in food or water intake. Remarkably, in other studies with the same interventions (sham schedule sessions, water deprivation, and foot shocks), with the exception that reinforcers were never delivered,d-amphetamine did not produce catastrophic falls in body weight. This super-reactivity tod-amphetamine toxicity may be mediated by a possible stressor action of the schedule of reinforcement. Its mechanism might be analogous to the known sensitization produced by classical experimental stressor stimuli to the repeated administration ofd-amphetamine.