Effects on Fertility of Rabbits After Active Immunization With Rat Testicular Cytochrome ct

ABSTRACT: A Male rabbit was immunized with rat testicular cytochrome (Cyt) c_t and mated with normal, unimmunized females. The matings resulted in abnormal pregnancies: no offspring or stillborn or undersized liveborn offspring weighing 25–30 gm each. Another unusual observation was that fur-pulling behavior, normally exhibited by pregnant female rabbits at the end of the gestational period, was absent in all of these pregnancies. Therefore, immunization of a normal rabbit with testicular cyt c_t appeared to interfere with physiological and behavioral aspects of pregnancy in normal female rabbits. The immunological basis of these findings remains to be determined.     

HLA-DR4 SUBTYPE AND -B ALLELES IN DQB1*0302-POSITIVE HAPLOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH IDDM

We determined the distribution of DR4 subtypes in 309 DQB1*0302-positive haplotypes found in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and 70 control haplotypes present only in healthy family members. An increased frequency of DRB1*0401 allele (74.4% vs. 55.7%, P = 0.003) and a decrease of DRB1*0404 allele (23.6% vs. 40.0%, P = 0.0064) was revealed. A further analysis of extended haplotypes demonstrated strong linkages between various B alleles and DRB1*04 subtypes. HLA-B39 was more frequent in DRB1*0404–DQB1*0302-positive IDDM haplotypes compared with control ones (37.0% vs. 14.3%, P = 0.049), suggesting an involvement of the region telomeric to HLA-DRB1 in the susceptibility to IDDM.     

Mechanisms of delta-hexachlorocyclohexane toxicity: II. Evidence for Ca2+-dependent K+-selective ionophore activity

delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane (delta-HCH) interacts with cardiac ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ channels (RyR2), accounting in part for altered Ca2+ transients and contractility (reported in companion report). Analysis of channel gating kinetics in the presence of delta-HCH also revealed a nonfluctuating membrane current that remained even after RyR2 channels were blocked. We further elucidated the nature of a direct interaction between delta-HCH and biological membranes by measuring ionic currents across planar lipid bilayers made from defined lipids lacking cellular protein using voltage-clamp. Dimethyl sulfoxide, in the presence or absence of 50 microM gamma-HCH (lindane) or delta-HCH, produced negligible steady-state current with symmetric 100 mM CsCl in the range of +/-50 mV. However, the addition of 50 microM Ca2+ to the bilayer chamber in the presence of delta-HCH induced a profound increase in ionic permeability that was not seen in the presence of gamma-HCH or dimethyl sulfoxide control. Significantly, the permeability increase 1) was proportional with increasing Ca2+ to approximately 600 microM and saturated between 1 and 2 mM Ca2+ regardless of holding potential, 2) occurred only when delta-HCH and Ca2+ were added to the same side of the membrane, and 3) was independent of the order of addition or of the side of the membrane to which delta-HCH and Ca2+ was added. The Ca2+-dependent current produced by delta-HCH was highly selective for monovalent cations (K+ > Cs+ > Na+), with negligible conductance for Ca2+ or Cl-. In symmetric 100 mM K+, the conductance induced with 50 microM concentration each of delta-HCH and Ca2+ was 4.25 pA/mV. The results show that delta-HCH increases the ionic permeability of phospholipid membranes by two distinct Ca2+-dependent mechanisms: one mediated through RyR and the other mediated by a unique ionophore activity.     

电脉冲介导基因转移效率的实验研究

目的　研究电脉冲介导的基因转移效率及其最佳的基因转移的电脉冲参数。方法　用微量注射器将pcD2/LacZ质粒10μg,在昆明小鼠的股四头肌注射,1～2min内在注射部位给予不同参数的电脉冲刺激(不同的电脉冲参数每组10只小鼠),然后进行β-半乳糖苷酶活性的测定或酶组织化学染色。同时设空白对照组及单纯注射组。结果　电脉冲可明显增加LacZ基因的表达,电脉冲组的β-半乳糖苷酶活性（131.6U/mg±86.5U/mg蛋白）是单纯注射组（4.9U/mg±1.0U/mg蛋白）的30倍（P<0.05）。组织化学染色结果表明电脉冲组肌肉组织中β-半乳糖苷酶蓝色颗粒的数目和染色的程度均明显高于单纯肌肉注射组。当电脉冲参数电压200V/cm,波宽40ms,脉冲次数6次和频率1Hz时,可获得最高的基因表达效率。结论　在最佳的电脉冲参数条件下,电脉冲介导的基因转移可获得较高的基因表达。     

不同产地牡丹皮饮片质量评价

目的对不同产地牡丹皮饮片进行质量评价。方法采用化学及仪器分析的方法测定3种不同产地牡丹皮饮片的水分、灰分、浸出物、丹皮酚、丹皮总苷及丹皮多糖含量。结果不同产地牡丹皮饮片有效成分含量有显著差异。结论3种不同产地的牡丹皮饮片样品中,安徽铜陵牡丹皮饮片质量最优。     

Prospective evaluation of a prostacyclin-sparing aspiring formulation and heparin/warfarin in aspirin users with unstable angina or non-Q wave myocardial infarction at rest

The aim of this trial was to compare the efficacy of combinationantithrombotic therapy with a prostacyclin-sparing aspirin plusanticoagulation versus conventional aspirin plus anticoagulation,when added to antianginal therapy, in patients with unstableangina or non-Q wave myocardial infarction already being treatedwith aspirin. In a double-blind (for the aspirin) study, 144prior aspirin users were randomized; 72 patients received controiled-release,prostacyclin-sparing aspirin 75 mg daily plus anticoagulation(intravenous heparin followed by warfarin to maintain the internationalnormalized ratio at 2–3), and 72 patients received conventionalaspirin 75 mg daily plus the same anticoagulation. Controlled-releaseaspirin was formulated to preserve endothelial cell prostacyclinsynthesis. Trial therapy was begun by 13.2 ± 12.3 h ofqualifying pain, and continued for 12 weeks. The frequency of recurrent angina with electrocardiographicchanges, myocardial infarction, or death, was analysed by intentionto treat. At 12 weeks, events were