Regulation of neuronal differentiation in neuron-enriched primary cultures from embryonic rat cerebra by platelet activating factor and the structurally related glycerol ether lipid, dodecylglycerol.

Primary cultures enriched in neurons dissociated from embryonic rat cerebra were used to demonstrate that platelet activating factor and the structurally related ether glycerolipid, dodecylglycerol, are readily taken up in small amounts by neurons and that they stimulate the differentiation of neurons. The stimulation of neuronal differentiation was observed as a precocious development of axon-like extensions which correlated with a concentration-dependent increase in neuronal-specific enzyme activities. This stimulation of morphological and neurochemical factors by either platelet activating factor or dodecylglycerol was almost completely abolished by triazolam, a known inhibitor of platelet activating factor function. Neither platelet activating factor nor dodecylglycerol at the concentrations used to achieve stimulation of neuronal differentiation compromised the plasma membrane, as indicated by the lack of leakage of cytoplasmic lactic acid dehydrogenase.     

甘草酸抗病毒活性的研究进展

以国内外发表的文献为材料,简述甘草酸在抗病毒方面研究进展。对甘草酸抗肝炎病毒、疱疹属病毒、HIV病毒及SAS病毒等机制进行了综述。甘草酸抗病毒活性强,能抑制多种不相关的DNA、RNA病毒的生长,并且不影响正常细胞的活性。但由于其脂溶性和生物利用度低,及长期使用会引起一些不良反应,而限制了它的应用。总的来说,甘草酸在抗病毒方面的前景良好,有其独特优势,但其抗病毒机制复杂,很多方面有待进一步研究。     

糖尿病调脂药物治疗的循证医学

本文重点介绍近年来糖尿病患者调脂治疗,主要包括临床常用的他汀类、贝特类、烟酸等药物降胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、低密度脂蛋白-胆固醇(LDL-C)水平、升高高密度脂蛋白-胆固醇(HDL-C),以及减少心血管事件的疗效、不良反应等。     

鹅去氧胆酸连接氨基酸的合成

胆石症是一种常见病,鹅去氧胆酸(CDCA)可用于胆固醇胆石症的治疗。它能改变胆汁组成,降低胆汁内胆固醇饱和度,增加胆固醇溶解性,使胆石逐渐溶解。但CDCA易被肠道内细菌7-脱羟酶作用生成石胆酸(LC),引起腹泄、腹部痉挛、高转     

Reversible shifts in the Ca2+-dependent release of aspartate and glutamate from hippocampal slices with changing glucose concentrations

It is known that low glucose concentrations increase the aspartate and decrease the glutamate content of brain tissue both in vivo and in vitro. To see whether these changes occur in the transmitter compartment or not, the release of aspartate and glutamate evoked by electrical-field stimulation or by high K+ was followed in slices of rat hippocampus superfused with 5 or 0.2 mM glucose. Superfusion with 0.2 mM glucose increased the evoked release of aspartate about ten times and that of glutamate about threefold. This shift in the ratio of aspartate to glutamate released was accompanied by a similar increase in the relative amount of aspartate contained in the slices. The high evoked release of aspartate and glutamate was well maintained, provided 0.5 mM glutamine was added to the medium. Changing the concentration of glucose after the first period of stimulation rapidly altered the relative amounts of aspartate and glutamate released but not the enhanced release of glutamate. The large evoked release of both aspartate and glutamate in 0.2 mM glucose was almost entirely Ca2+-dependent. The relative amounts of aspartate and glutamate released by 50 mM K+ also changed when the glucose concentration was reduced. Results suggest two effects of low glucose concentrations: an increase in the overflow of synaptically released glutamate due to a decreased uptake and an increase in the proportion of aspartate to glutamate formed and released from the transmitter pool. These observations are consistent with the interpretation that these two transmitters can be released in different proportions from the same terminals.     

INFLUENCE OF DIET ON FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF RED CELL AND NEURAL MEMBRANES

Increasing dietary 18:2 n-6/18:3 n-3 causes similar relative changes in fatty acid profiles of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine from rat neural and erythrocyte membranes.     

刺梨酸的分离与结构研究

从刺梨中分离出一种新的五环三萜酸,命名为刺梨酸。通过光谱分析和衍生物的制备,确定其化学结构为2β,3α,7β,19α-四羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-羧酸。     

兔孤束核区微量注射γ-氨基丁酸的降压效应

在53只乌拉坦麻醉家兔身上,观察到延髓孤束核(NTS)区注射γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)使血压显著下降,安定(DZ)有相似的降压效应,荷包牡丹碱(BIC)和印防己毒素(PIC)则使血压升高;促甲状腺素释放激素(TRH)和甲硫脑啡肽(MTP)对血压无明显影响;延髓的另一些区域应用GABA等药物后血压变化不明显;提示GABA能神经递质系统参与心血管活动的抑制性中枢调节,NTS区是其作用部位之一。     

果酸疗法在痤疮治疗中的应用

目的：评价果酸（羟基乙酸）治疗痤疮的临床疗效和安全性,掌握果酸治疗的适应证及方法。方法：应用浓度为20%、35%、50%、70%的羟基乙酸治疗24例痤疮患者,采用自身前后对照进行疗效观察。结果：23例患者完成治疗。4周后皮损减退率34%,有效率83%;8周后12例患者皮损减退率53%,有效率100%;12周后5例患者皮损减退率69%,有效率100%;炎性皮损减退率高于非炎性皮损。结论：果酸治疗痤疮至少需要4周,且安全有效。