自体甲状腺组织与干细胞移植治疗甲状腺功能减退症的研究进展

不可逆性甲减患者需要终身服用甲状腺激素，对患者的日常工作和生活造成了很大的不便。随着近年来对自体甲状腺组织与干细胞移植研究的进展，有望解决甲减病人终身服药这一问题。自体甲状腺组织移植的动物实验以及人体试验均表明：甲状腺移植物不但能够存活，而且能够发挥作用。最新的胚胎干细胞（Embryonic stemcell，ESC）研究证明，ESC可以分化为甲状腺滤泡细胞。     

硫化氢对体外大鼠肝星状细胞内Ca2+浓度变化及细胞增殖的影响

目的 研究硫化氢(H₂ S)对大鼠肝星状细胞-T6(HSC-T6) Ca²⁺浓度、细胞增殖的影响及其机制。 方法 活化HSC-T6用含10%小牛血清DMEM培养液制备为1×10⁵个肝星状细胞(HSC)悬液。钙离子荧光探针Fluo-3/AM负载细胞后，在不同刺激条件下，利用激光扫描共焦显微镜动态扫描HSC-T6细胞内Ca²⁺荧光强度（FI）变化，FI表示细胞内Ca²⁺浓度。四唑盐比色法，观察不同浓度H₂S供体——NaSH对HSC-T6细胞增殖的影响。 结果 低浓度H₂S（100μmol/L）明显降低HSC-T6细胞内Ca²⁺浓度（P<0.05)，而细胞增殖增加（增殖率为116%）；K_ATP通道阻断剂——格列本脲可阻断H2S的作用。高浓度H₂S（1mmol/L）刺激HSC-T6细胞内Ca₂₊浓度增加，但细胞增殖无明显变化(P＞0.05)。 结论 低浓度H₂S通过激活HSC-T6细胞K_ATP通道降低细胞内Ca²⁺浓度，可能通过调节细胞氧化应激促进细胞增殖；高浓度H2S刺激HSC-T6细胞内Ca₂₊浓度增加。提示H₂S在肝硬化门脉高压症的发生机制中具有双重作用。     

Acute anoxia stimulates proliferation in adult neural stem cells from the rat brain

Hypoxic-ischemic damage is a major challenge for neuronal tissue. In the present study, we investigated the effects of anoxia and glucose deprivation on adult neural stem cells (NSCs) in vitro. We assessed glucose deprivation, anoxia and the combination of the latter separately. After 24 h of anoxia, cell numbers increased up to 60% compared to normoxic controls. Whereas nearly all normoxic cells incorporated the mitotic marker BrdU (99%), only 85% of the anoxic cells were BrdU-positive. Counting of interphase chromosomes showed 8-fold higher cell division activity after anoxia. The number of necrotic cells doubled after anoxia (14% compared to 7% after normoxia). Apoptosis was measured by two distinct caspases assays. Whereas the total caspase activity was reduced after anoxia, caspase 3/7 showed no alterations. Glucose deprivation and oxygen glucose deprivation both reduced cell viability by 56 and 53%, respectively. Under these conditions, total caspases activity doubled, but caspase 3/7 activity remained unchanged. Erythropoietin, which was reported as neuroprotective, did not increase cell viability in normoxia, but moderately under oxygen glucose deprivation by up to 6%. Erythropoietin reduced total caspase activity by nearly 30% under all the conditions, whereas caspase 3/7 activity was not affected. Our results show that anoxia increases proliferation and viability of adult NSCs, although a fraction of NSCs does not divide during anoxia. In conclusion, anoxia increased cell viability, cell number and proliferation in NSCs from the rat brain. Anoxia turned out to be a highly stimulating environmental for NSCs and NSCs died only when deprived of glucose. We conclude that the availability of glucose but not of oxygen is a crucial factor for NSC survival, regulating apoptotic pathways via caspases activity other than the caspases 3/7 pathway. Therefore, we conclude that NSCs are dying from glucose deprivation, not from hypoxic-ischemic damage.     

骨髓基质细胞促进永久性局灶性脑缺血大鼠脑室下区的神经发生

目的 探讨移植骨髓基质细胞(BMSCs)对永久性局灶性脑缺血大鼠脑室下区(SVZ)细胞增殖的影响及其增殖细胞类型分析. 方法制作永久性局灶性脑缺血大鼠模型,分为空白对照组(MCAO)、PBS对照组(MCAO PBS)和治疗组(MCAO BMSCs),每组动物再分为脑缺血后7d和14d亚组.空白对照组不予处理,PBS对照组在脑缺血后1d移植PBS,治疗组在脑缺血后1d移植BMSCs.用Zausinger六分法检测神经功能恢复情况;注射5-溴脱氧鸟嘧啶核苷(BrdU)标记SVZ的新增殖细胞,免疫荧光双重标记检测新增殖细胞的类型. 结果在脑缺血后7d和14d,与两个对照组相比,治疗组的神经功能评分较高,有显著性差异(P<0.05);脑缺血后14d,治疗组的大鼠患侧SVZ的BrdU阳性细胞较其余两组高,存在显著差异(P<0.05);免疫荧光双重标记显示,新增殖细胞表达神经元和星形胶质细胞的标志物,提示新增殖细胞为神经元和神经胶质细胞的混合体. 结论 BMSCs可以改善永久性局灶性脑缺血大鼠的神经功能,其机制可能与促进SVZ的神经细胞增殖有关.     

体外分化胚胎干细胞为造血干细胞重建造血功能的研究

目的：探讨体外定向分化胚胎干细胞（ESCs）为造血干细胞（HSCs）对体内造血功能的重建作用。方法：将小鼠E14.1胚胎干细胞采用“三步诱导法”在体外分化发育为HSCs，造血克隆形成(CFU)实验观察其体外造血集落形成情况，免疫磁珠分选纯化HSCs移植给经亚致死剂量γ射线照射的雌性SCID小鼠，观察其植入及小鼠造血功能恢复情况。结果: 经过分阶段诱导，多种造血刺激因子联合应用能有效促进ESCs定向分化发育为HSCs,流式细胞仪检测HSCs特异性表面标志物CD34+/Sca-1+表达最高为（58.64±4.20）%，CFU培养能形成较多的红系、粒系/巨噬细胞系及混合细胞集落, Wright-Giemsa 染色显示为原始的造血细胞。此阶段的HSCs经分选纯化后移植给经γ射线照射后的小鼠，移植组小鼠+10 d造血功能开始恢复，观察40 d后除血小板恢复较慢外，白细胞、红细胞、血红蛋白等指标已接近正常，植入率为71.4%，存活率为43.0%，染色体检测证实已由受体鼠的XX转为供体鼠的XY。结论: 采用分阶段诱导的方法，可在体外定向诱导小鼠ESCs分化发育为HSCs，此来源的HSCs可以有效重建体内造血功能。     

EGCG对过氧化氢所致神经元过氧化损伤的保护作用

目的研究表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酚(EGCG)对过氧化氢(H2O2)所致神经元过氧化损伤的保护作用。方法分离胚胎18d大鼠大脑皮质神经元,原代培养2d后分为4组:①正常细胞对照组;②药物对照组(正常细胞内加EGCG);③氧化损伤组(正常细胞内加H2O2);④损伤后药物治疗组(氧化损伤30min后加入EGCG)。各组细胞再培养36h后,进行神经元形态观察、细胞活性MTT分析及细胞中丙二醛(MDA)含量的检测。结果氧化损伤组神经元多崩解成碎片,突起不完整,细胞活性显著降低,MDA含量显著升高。而在损伤后药物治疗组,神经元胞体立体感较强,多数突起完整。细胞活性显著增高,而MDA含量则显著下降。结论EGCG可抑制羟基自由基的产生,从而保护H2O2氧化损害的神经     

巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗抗瘤作用的实验研究

目的：探究巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗的细胞形态与表型特征,并观察其CTL反应的诱导效果。方法：分别采用透射与扫描电子显微镜、免疫荧光染色及流式细胞术等技术对巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗的超微结构及CD14、CD68、CD80、CD86、MHCⅡ等分子进行测定。采用生长状态良好的H22肿瘤细胞移植于接种不同肿瘤疫苗的实验小鼠,分别采用直接测量法、MTT法及比色法测定瘤重量、瘤体积、肿瘤细胞杀伤率和培养上清液LDH活性。结果：巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗细胞表面有许多的伪足皱褶、囊泡,胞浆内有大量大小不一、形态不规则的吞噬体；CD14、CD68、CD80、CD86及MHCⅡ的阳性细胞率分别为53.90%、98.60%、26.50%、90.20%和25.40%。小鼠体内实验结果显示,巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗接种组的肿瘤形成率、瘤体积与瘤重量明显低于对照组和石蜡诱生的巨噬细胞接种组（P均〈0.05）；巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗接种组的成瘤率与灭活肿瘤细胞接种组无明显差异（P〉0.05）,但瘤体积与瘤重量明显低于灭活肿瘤细胞接种组（P均〈0.05）。另外,巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗接种组的淋巴细胞自体肿瘤细胞杀伤率和培养上清液LDH活性分别高于对照组、灭活肿瘤细胞接种组和石蜡诱生的巨噬细胞接种组。结论：巨噬细胞肿瘤疫苗具备巨噬细胞的典型特征,该种细胞接种后可诱导机体产生特异性抗肿瘤免疫反应。     

纳米材料在组织工程体外细胞培养中的应用进展

组织工程包括细胞和生物支架两部分.其中细胞的活性在很大程度上取决于支架材料的优劣.良好的生物支架应该能尽可能地模拟细胞在体内的内环境,从而提供细胞生长所需的微环境.纳米材料由于很好地模拟了细胞在体内的拓扑结构,从而在组织工程领域得到了越来越广泛的应用.综述了纳米材料在各种细胞体外培养中的作用,初步探讨了纳米材料对细胞促进作用的机制,并对纳米材料在肝脏组织工程中的应用进行了展望.     

The control of endothelial cell adhesion and migration by shear stress and matrix-substrate anchorage

Endothelial cells constitute the natural inner lining of blood vessels and possess anti-thrombogenic properties. This characteristic is frequently used by seeding endothelial cells on vascular prostheses. As the type of anchorage of adhesion ligands to materials surfaces is known to determine the mechanical balance of adherent cells, we investigated herein the behaviour of endothelial cells under physiological shear stress conditions. The adhesion ligand fibronectin was anchored to polymer surfaces of four physicochemical characteristics exhibiting covalent and non-covalent attachment as well as high and low hydrophobicity. The in situ analysis combined with cell tracking of shear stress-induced effects on cultured isolated cells and monolayers under venous (0.5 dyn/cm²) and arterial (12 dyn/cm²) shear stress over a time period of 24 h revealed distinct differences in their morphological and migratory features. Most pronounced, unidirectional and bimodal migration patterns of endothelial cells in or against flow direction were found in dependence on the type of substrate-matrix anchorage. Combined by an immunofluorescent analysis of the actin cytoskeleton, cell-cell junctions, cell-matrix adhesions, and matrix reorganization these results revealed a distinct balance of laminar shear stress, cell-cell contacts and substrate-matrix anchorage in affecting endothelial cell fate under flow conditions. This analysis underlines the importance of materials surface parameters as well as primary and secondary adhesion ligand anchorage in the context of artificial blood vessels for future therapeutic devices.     

A glance at Listeria and Salmonella cell invasion: different strategies to promote host actin polymerization

The facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica have evolved multiple strategies to invade a large panel of mammalian cells. These pathogens use the host cell actin system for invasion and became a paradigm for the study of host-pathogen interactions and bacterial adaptation to mammalian hosts. The key signaling component that these pathogens use to orchestrate actin remodeling is the Arp2/3 complex, which is related to polymerization of actin filaments. These bacterial pathogens are able to trigger distinct invasion mechanisms. On the one hand, L. monocytogenes invade a host cell in a way dependent on the specific interactions between bacterial and host cell proteins, which in turn activate the host cell actin polymerizing machinery that culminates with bacterial internalization. Also, Listeria escapes from the newly formed parasitophorous vacuole and moves among adjacent cells by triggering actin polymerization. On the other hand, Salmonella invades a host cell by delivering into the cytoplasm virulence factors which directly interact with host regulators of actin polymerization which leads to bacterial uptake. Moreover, Salmonella avoids vacuole lyses and modulates the early and late endosomal markers presented in the vacuole membrane. This mini-review focuses on the different pathways that L. monocytogenes and S. enterica activate to modulate the actin cytoskeleton in order to invade, to form the parasitophorous vacuole, and to migrate inside host cells.