胸腺切除后血清乙酰胆碱受体抗体改变及与疗效关系

随访２３例因重症肌无力行胸腺切除术的病人。运用灵敏度高、特异性强的ＢＡＳ—ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测手术前、后血清乙酰胆碱受体抗体（ＡｃｈＲ抗体）水平，所得结果均进行统计学分析。２３例病人胸腺切除后，１８例临床症状改善，有效率７８％。术后１４例（６１％）病人血清ＡｃｈＲ抗体水平下降，统计结果表明，手术前后血清ＡｃｈＲ抗体水平差异有显著性（Ｐ＜０．０５），但与症状改善无关（Ｐ＞０．０５）。手术前后血清ＡｃｈＲ抗体水平不影响疗效（Ｐ＞０．０５）。     

Elevated anti-alginate serum titers in patients with acute cholangitis and gallstones imbedded withPseudomonas aeruginosa

Electron microscopy and bacteriological culture revealed viable bacteria covered with a glycocalyx (biofilm) in choledochal stones recovered from two patients with acute cholangitis. On the cut surface of the choledochal stones, the cholesterol stone component was surrounded with a layer of brown pigment stone. In each case, bacterial culture of the choledochal stone recoveredPseudomonas aeruginosa. Since alginate is the main component of the glycocalyx produced byP. aeruginosa, serum IgM, IgG and IgA anti-alginate antibodies were measured in each patient. The present study is the first to demonstrate acute and transient IgM seroconversion to alginate in cases of acute cholangitis. In one case, the elevation of anti-alginate IgM preceded the elevation of anti-alginate IgG. The authors propose that the bacterial glycocalyx may play a significant role in acute cholangitis.     

Serum glomerular binding activity is highly correlated with renal disease in MRL/lpr mice.

The pathogenesis of lupus nephritis is felt to be mediated by anti-DNA antibodies. However, the anti-DNA response and renal disease do not entirely correspond. We recently developed a new assay which detects immune elements based on their ability to bind glomeruli as an alternative approach to understanding the pathogenesis of this disorder. The glomerular binding activity (GBA) defined by this assay consists of immune elements containing IgG which interact specifically with renal tissue, the binding of which is DNase-inhibitable, but which do not bind to DNA directly. In the current study we assessed the relationship between GBA and renal disease in MRL/lpr mice (both untreated and cyclophosphamide-treated) and compared it with the anti-DNA assay. Both assays were highly correlated with renal disease in untreated mice in terms of proteinuria. In cyclophosphamide-treated mice, however, only a weak correlation between the anti-DNA assay and proteinuria was apparent. GBA, in contrast, was more strongly correlated with proteinuria in treated mice. This correlation improved substantially when the DNase-sensitive component of the GBA was used. GBA appeared related to, but not covariant with, the anti-DNA response. These results demonstrate that GBA is a better correlate of murine lupus nephritis than the anti-DNA assay, and suggest that the immune elements detected by this assay, the DNase-sensitive component in particular, may be pathogenically important.     

镉对小鼠免疫功能的影响

采用单只动物多项免疫功能检测法,观察了小鼠在免疫后,不同时间一次灌胃30mg/kg氯化镉(CdCl_2)及反复多次灌胃不同剂量的CdCl_2,对小鼠免疫器官重量,迟发型变态反应(DTH),抗体形成细胞(IgM-PFC)及抗体滴度的影响。结果表明:反复多次灌胃4.8 mg/kg CdCl_2对小鼠DTH有明显抑制作用,提示CdCl_2对动物免疫功能有一定影响。     

Stage-specific surface antigens of the cattle lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus

Immunofluorescence on live Dictyocaulus viviparus parasites revealed a significant antibody response by vaccinated and patently infected bovine hosts to the sheath of infective larvae (L3), a structure which is generally thought to be shed from the parasite surface prior to invasion of host tissue. In contrast, surface-exposed antigens of the adult, egg and pulmonary L1 stages were recognized only by serum antibody from calves exposed to a patent lungworm infection. Radioiodination of sheathed L3 identified a restricted set of components while a more complex pattern of labelled material was observed with adult parasites. Many more components of adult worms were labelled by the Bolton-Hunter than by the lodogen reagent, probably reflecting the more penetrative labelling propensities of the former. Stage-specificity of surface-associated antigens of adult parasites was demonstrated by their immunoprecipitation by antibody from patently-infected, but not from vaccinated, calves. There was no in vitro release of the major iodinatable surface-associated antigens of adult parasites nor any binding of antibody raised against adult excretory-secretory (ES) products to the surface of living adult worms, suggesting that surface components do not contribute to adult ES products in this species. Antibody responses to the surface of adults. L1 and eggs were specific to patently-infected animals and may provide a useful indicator of exposure to patent infection.     

Immunology: Diversity of the blocking effects of antisperm antibodies on fertilization in human and mouse

The blocking effects of complement-dependent sperm immobilizingantibodies in the sera of infertile women and monoclonal antispermantibodies against humans and mice on fertilization were investigated.The hemizona assay (HZA) and sperm penetration assay (SPA) wereused to study the inhibitory effects of sera from 22 infertilepatients positive for sperm immobilizing antibodies. Use ofthese tests allowed us to differentiate whether the antibodyblocked sperm—zona pellucida tight binding and/or spermpenetration into the ooplasm. The zona pellucida penetrationassay (ZPA) was also used to study the effects of four monoclonalantibodies (mAbs) on human sperm penetration into the zona pellucida.Seven mAbs against murine spermatozoa were tested for theirinhibitory effects on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and HZA inmice. Of 22 patient sera with sperm immobilizing antibodies,21 (95.5%) inhibited HZA attachment and penetration, whereasthis did not occur in any of 13 patient sera without these antibodies.However, 19 of 22 (86.4%) patient sera with sperm immobilizingantibodies and eight of 13 (61.5%) patient sera without theseantibodies inhibited the SPA. Two (2C6, 1G12) of four mAbs againsthuman spermatozoa showed strong inhibitory effects in all theassays (HZA, ZPA and SPA). One mAb (3B10) did not inhibit HZAbut blocked ZPA and SPA. Another mAb (H6-3C4) seemed to haveno inhibitory effects on fertilization. Two (Vx 5 and Vx 8)of seven mAbs against murine spermatozoa inhibited IVF in micebut did not block mouse HZA. These findings suggest that antispermantibodies block fertilization at specific stages. Some of themmay inhibit sperm capacitation and thus prevent all processesof fertilization that follow. Some other antibodies may notaffect capacitation and sperm binding to zona pellucida butinhibit the acrosome reaction, followed by the blocking of spermpenetration through zona pellucida and ooplasm.     

Binding of cardiolipin to polystyrene beads: evidence for a lamellar phase orientation

Summary. The association of cardiolipin with polystyrene beads was studied using ³¹P-NMR and electron microscopy. In the presence and absence of fetal calf serum, cardiolipin appeared to bind to the polystyrene beads in lamellar phase as assessed by ³¹P-NMR imaging. Electron microscopic analysis revealed an even coating of phospholipid about the beads with extensive micelle binding. Cardiolipin-coated beads challenged with ACA-positive sera followed by immunogold indicated antibody bound to micelles associated with the bead. Studies conducted with ACA IgG purified from patient sera indicated that some ACA bound to CL beads in the absence of a source of ACA cofactor (i.e. gelatin-blocked beads), some ACA required β₂-GPI for binding (i.e. no binding in the presence of β₂-GPI-depleted plasma), whereas other ACA which showed negliglible binding with gelatin-blocked beads, showed enhanced binding in the presence of /?₂-GPI-depleted plasma. The data indicate that: (1) cardiolipin binds to polystyrene beads in lamellar phase, (2) ACA bind to phospholipid micelles bound directly to the polystyrene beads, and (3) ACA differ between individuals displaying varying phospholipid and phospholipid/cofactor substrate specificities.     

IgA肾病和非IgA系膜增殖性肾小球肾炎抗内皮细胞抗体的检测

对１２７例ＩｇＡ肾病（ＩｇＡＮ）患者和２５例非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎血清进行了抗内皮细胞抗体ＡＥＣＡ的检测。结果表明：ＩｇＡ肾病患者和非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎患者血清ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＧ较正常对照组高，而ＩｇＡＮ患者较非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎患者ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＧ的水平高，Ｐ〈０．０５。ＩｇＡＮ患者的ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＡ水平较正常对照组高。ＩｇＡＮ患者按ＡＥＣＡ水平分为阳性与阴性组，对两组硬化面积比进行比较，未见     

Growth effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and a monoclonal antibody against the EGF receptor on four glioma cell lines

Summary Epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been shown to stimulate DNA synthesis and cell division in normal glia. At least half of malignant human gliomas (MHG) express high levels of the EGF receptor (EGFR), which are above those detected in normal brain. The demonstration that antibodies against the EGFR inhibit the growth of squamous cell carcinoma line A-431, with large numbers of EGFR, in vitro and in vivo raises the possibility that these agents could be used therapeutically against malignant human gliomas either alone or conjugated to other agents. We have measured the growth effects of EGF and an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody, 528 (Ab-528), on four well-characterized human malignant glioma cell lines, D-263 MG, D-247 MG, U-343 MGa Cl 26, and D-37 MG, with 2.9×10⁴, 1.5×10⁵, 8.6×10⁵ and 1.59×10⁶ EGFRs per cell, respectively. EGF significantly increased cell number in D-263 MG and D-37 MG by 65% and 74%, respectively, had no effect on D-247 MG, and significantly decreased cell number in U-343 MGa Cl 26 by 39%. U-343 MGa Cl 26 growth was inhibited 19% by Ab-528, but Ab-528 had no effect on growth of the other MHG lines. Ab-528 significantly inhibited all EGF-mediated growth effects. These studies demonstrate that, although Ab-528 alone has little antiproliferative activity on MGH, it successfully competes with EGF to reduce the biological effects of EGF-EGFR binding. Therefore, this antibody could potentially be used to target radioisotopes to MHG via the EGFR for diagnosis and therapy.Supported by Grants CA-11898, NS-20023, CA-43722, and the Association for Brain Tumor Research (MHW, PAH)     

自身免疫性溶血性贫血20例临床分析

本文报道温抗体型自身免疫性溶血性贫血20例,其中包括特殊类型“兼有冷抗体和温抗体的自身免疫性溶血性贫血”3例,伴有血小板减少性紫瘢的Fisher—Evans综合征4例。并对本病致病因素、发病年龄、临床表现及特殊类型产生机理进行了讨论。