蟾酥注射液对小鼠S180和人结肠癌HT-29裸鼠移植性肿瘤的影响

目的研究蟾酥注射液对小鼠移植性肿瘤 S180和人结肠癌 HT-29裸鼠移植性肿瘤的抑制作用.方法分别用小鼠 S180和人结肠癌 HT-29裸鼠两种荷瘤小鼠模型,观察药物对上述肿瘤的抑瘤作用,并镜下观察后者细胞凋亡情况.结果与荷瘤阴性对照组比较,蟾酥注射液各剂量组对小鼠 S180抑瘤率( IR)为 19.1%～38.2%(P<0.05),呈量效关系;而对人结肠癌 HT-29裸鼠移植性肿瘤的 IR为 9.5%～15.8%(P>0.05),也呈量效关系,但差异均未见统计学意义;环磷酰胺则能显著抑制小鼠 S180和 HT-29细胞裸鼠移植性肿瘤的生长( IR分别为70.7%和 67.1%, P<0.01),镜检可见其有显著促进肿瘤细胞凋亡作用;未发现实验药物出现明显的毒副作用.结论该实验所用的蟾酥注射液,对小鼠 S180有抑制作用,而对人结肠癌 HT-29裸鼠移植性肿瘤,则作用不明显,表明不同类型的肿瘤对其敏感性不同.     

Anti-inflammatory effect of erythropoietin pretreatment on cardiomyocytes with hypoxia/reoxygenation injury and the possible mechanism

Objective： To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of erythropoietin （EPO） pretreatment on cardiomyocytes exposed to hypoxialreoxygenation injury （H/R） and explore the possible mechanism.
Methods： The cultured neonatal rats＇ ventricular cardiomyocytes were divided randomly into 4 groups, control group （C group）, EPO pretreatment group （E group）, EPO and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate （PDTC） pretreatment group （EP group） and PDTC pretreatment group （P group）. After 24 hours＇ pretreatment, the cardiomyocytes were exposed to H/R. After pretreatment and H/R, the expression of tumor necrosis factor- α （TNF- α ） gene in all the groups was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. The nuclear factor- κ B （NF- κB） activity was detected by electrophoretic mobility shift assay （EMSA） and the inhibitor- κB α （Ⅰ- κB α） protein level was detected by Western blot.
Results： The decrement of Ⅰ- κB a protein and the increasing NF- KB activity were found in cardiomyocytes pretreated with EPO before H/R compared to other groups （t=3.321, 4.183, P〈0.01）. However, after H/R, NF- κB activity and expression of TNF- α gene were significantly reduced, Ⅰ- κB a protein expression was increased in cardiomyocytes of E group compared to other groups （t=-3.425, 3.687, 3.454, P〈0.01）. All theses changes caused by EPO pretreatment were eliminated by the intervention of PDTC （an antagonist to NF- κB） during pretreatment.
Conclusions： EPO pretreatment can inhibit the activation of NF- κB and upregulation of TNF- α gene in cardiomyocytes exposed to H/R through a negative feedback of NF- κB signaling pathway, and thus produces the anti-inflammatory effect. This might be one of the ways EPO produces the anti-inflammatory effect.     

腮腺间隙良性肿瘤的MRI诊断

目的探讨腮腺间隙常见良性肿瘤的影像特征及其诊断与鉴别诊断。方法良性肿瘤20例，包括多形性腺瘤13例、乳头状淋巴囊腺瘤3例、淋巴管瘤2例、血管瘤1例、脂肪瘤1例。经手术病理证实15例，穿刺活检证实4例，典型MR特征结合病史确诊1例。结果13例多形性腺瘤中有11例位于腮腺浅叶，2例位于深叶；9例表现为均匀等T1长T2信号．4例在T2WI上信号明显不均匀；静脉注射Gd—UIPA后3例瘤实质均匀强化，4例增强后明显不均匀强化。3例Warthin瘤中2例发生于一侧，1例累及双侧腮腺，在T1WI上呈低信号，T2WI上信号等于或低于正常腺实质，增强后无明显强化。2例淋巴管瘤呈明显长T1长T2信号，并有多房现象。1例血管瘤信号不均质，呈明显长T1长T2信号，静1脉注射Gd—DTPA后病变往往显著异常强化。1例脂肪瘤在T1WI及T2WI上均表现为明显高信号强度。结论运用MR成像研究腮腺间隙的良性肿瘤，有利于疾病的定位，有助于病变的诊断与鉴别诊断。     

Splanchnic ischaemia and its role in multiple organ failure

Multiple organ failure remains the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit. Increasing numbers of investigators have focused their attention on the role of gastrointestinal tract in the pathogenesis of this syndrome. Their data indicate that inadequate gut perfusion leads to a measurable imbalance between oxygen delivery and the needs of the tissues, i.e., ischaemia. Gut ischaemia of sufficient duration impairs gastrointestinal tract barrier function, facilitating the passage of enteric bacterial endotoxin into the circulation. It has been hypothesized that production of tumor necrosis factor α, and other biologic mediators by endotoxin–stimulated macrophages, triggers a generalized and uncontrolled inflammatory response that ultimately leads to multiple organ failure.
Preliminary evidence suggests that survival can be improved significantly if gut ischaemia is promptly identifed and aggressively treated by administration of fluids and inotropic drugs, using gastric intramucosal pH as the therapeutic endpoint. Future studies are needed to determine whether additional treatment modalities can improve outcome once the inflammatory response has fully developed.     

Quality of life research in patients with rectal cancer: traditional approaches versus a problem-solving oriented perspective

The present paper critically appraises two recent overviews of the literature on rectal cancer and quality of life (QL). These reviews focus on the Anglo-American literature, largely neglect research from other countries, and provide little stimulus regarding future research directions. As an alternative perspective we propose the concept of problem-solving oriented QL research. The major theme is that the QL concept must be integrated into the clinical arena. To begin with, QL researchers must make themselves understandable. We outline several ways in which this can be achieved: (a) placing QL in a broader concept together with outcomes that are more familiar to clinicians; (b) depicting individual patients in the form of QL profiles; (c) clarifying the psychosocial/clinical correlates of particular QL scores of interest; and (d) conducting studies with a definitive practical goal in mind and integrating practitioners and patients into the study group. We illustrate the feasibility of such a research program by performance data from our Marburg-Biedenkopf field trial. Pursuing an ambitious research strategy that integrates experimental and applied research, the QL movement will have the chance to show that it is not merely l'art pour l'art, but indeed is beneficial to society. Received: 28 September 1998 / Accepted: 14 October 1998     

Cerebrospinal fluid-filtration reduces TNF alpha in bacterial meningitis-CSF

A 37 year old male was admitted with the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. Pneumococci were seen in the Gram stain of the cerebrospinal fluid. The clinical condition did not suggest severely raised intracranial pressure, there were no localizing signs and symptoms. CSF was turpid, with 20.100/3/mm³, mainly polymorphonuclear cells. Tumor necrosis factor alpha in CSp was greatly increased with 813 pg/ml. Parallel to the application of intravenous Penicillin G a CSF filtration was carried out. Within 214 h 225 ml CSF were filtrated through a Pall-filter, using a bidirectional pump. Cell count dropped to 720/3 cells/mm³, TNF-alpha to 39 pg/ml. The clinical course was uneventful, on day 12 the patient could be discharged without sequelae. CSF filtration may be a highly effective method to reduce from the CSF pathogenetically important cytokines, such as TNF-alpha, being responsible for intrathecal/meningeal inflammatory processes and triggered by cell-wall components of bacteria, e.g. pneumococci.     

Enhanced in vivo cytotoxicity of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor with etoposide in human renal cell carcinoma

Summary The combination of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and etoposide (ETP) was evaluated for potential cytotoxic efficacy against a human renal cell carcinoma xenograft using an in vivo assay employing an athymic mouse host with tumor implanted a the subrenal capsule site. Both antitumor efficacy (relative survival or RTS) and toxicity (weight loss) of TNF and ETP alone and in combination were evaluated. While TNF and ETP alone were mildly inhibitory (RTS 90% and 71%, respectively), the combination caused marked tumor inhibition (45% of controls). Host toxicity encountered with the combination did not exceed the toxicity associated with ETP alone, suggesting that the therapeutic index may have been augmented. It is concluded that enhanced antitumor activity without substantial augmentation of toxicity is observed with this combination, providing a rationale for further evaluation of tumor necrosis factor-based regimens for the treatment of advanced renal carcinoma.Supported by a Merit Review grant, VA Medical Research Service, Durham, NC 27710, USA     

Contribution of tumor necrosis factor to the lethality of mice with endotoxin shock presensitized by serum from tumor-bearing mice

Translated from Byulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 115, No. 1, pp. 57–59, January, 1993.     

Cytogenetic analysis in human breast tumors

Cytogenetic analysis using C-, G-, and Ag-nucleolus organizer region (NOR) staining techniques, performed on established cell lines as well as directly processed breast tumor effusions, revealed that: 1) chromosome No. 1 is involved in translocation; 2) based on 1q translocation chromosome, breast tumors could be classified into two groups; and 3) double minutes and homogeneously staining regions may be present in breast tumor cells in vivo as well as in vitro, and that homogeneously staining regions may exhibit some heterogeneity in staining.     

Polymorphisms of tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 are not associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or Graves' disease

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and Graves' disease (GD) are autoimmune endocrinopathies and associated with distinct HLA-DR and -DQ alleles as well as several tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-α) and β (TNF-β) alleles. TNF-α and TNF-β interact with TNF receptor (TNF-R), of which two subtypes have been described: TNF-R1 and TNF-R2. We investigated TNF-R2 alleles in 90 patients with IDDM, 101 with GD and 70 healthy controls. Genomic DNA was amplified with specific flanking primers for the untranslated 3 region of TNF-R2. SSCP analysis revealed two alleles by different fragment patterns: TNF-R2*1 and TNF-R2*2. Patients with IDDM or Graves' disease and controls did not differ significantly: TNF-R2*1/*1:IDDM(8%)/GD(2%)/KO(4%); TNF-R2*2/*2:IDDM(34%)/GD(48%)/KO(42%), heterozygosity TNF-R2*1/*2:IDDM(58%)/GD(50%)/KO(54%) (IDDM vs KO: P =0.46, χ²=1.57; GD vs KO: P =0.59, χ²=1.05). In conclusion, the studied polymorphism of TNF-R2 was associated with neither IDDM nor GD in a German population.