Effects of Bisphenol A on expression of genes related to amino acid transporters,insulin- like growth factor,aquaporin and amino acid release by porcine trophectoderm cells

The peri-implantation period of pregnancy is critical for conceptus development, implantation, and signaling for establishment of pregnancy. This study evaluated the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on proliferation, adhesion, and migration of porcine trophectoderm (pTr2) cells, expression of transporters of arginine and synthesis of amino acids. All concentrations of BPA decreased proliferation and adhesion of pTr2 cells after 96 h compared to the control group. Lower concentrations of BPA (1 × 10⁻⁹, 1 × 10^-8, 10^-7M) increased (P < 0.05), but higher concentrations of BPA (1 × 10^-5, 1 × 10^-4 M) decreased migration of pTr2 cells. BPA increased expression of SLC7A1 mRNA at lower concentrations (1 × 10⁻⁹ to 1 × 10^-6M) and SL7A6, another cationic acid transporter, at higher concentrations (1 × 10^-5, 1 × 10^-4 M). BPA also down-regulated the expression of IGF1 and IGF1 receptor at concentrations of 1 × 10^-7 to 1 × 10^-4 M compared to the control group. The expression of mRNAs for aquaporins (AQP) 3 and 4 were reduced at all concentrations of BPA, but at lower concentrations of BPA, (1 × 10⁻⁹ to 1 × 10^-8M) expression of AQP9 mRNA increased and the expression of AQP11 was not affected by BPA (P > 0.05). There was an inhibitory effect of BPA on the release of synthesis of asparagine, threonine, taurine, tryptophan, and ornithine into the culture medium by pTr2 cells. Collectively, BPA adversely affected the expression of transporters for cationic amino acids like arginine, as well as AQPs, IGF1, and IGF1R associated with proliferation, migration, and adhesion of pTr2 cells. Those adverse effects would likely increase pregnancy losses during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy.     

胎盘组织液氨基酸的含量测定及层析鉴别

本文采用层析法进行鉴定,用氨基酸分析仪测氨基酸的含量,为胎盘组织液的质量标准提供可靠依据。本法准确率为99%。     

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.     

小儿氨基酸注射液治疗胎儿宫内发育迟缓的探讨

经临床鉴定静脉内注射小儿氨基酸对治疗胎儿宫内发育迟缓具有肯定效果。在Ｂ超监视下，使用小儿氨基酸的孕妇组于用药期间，胎儿生长参数ＢＰＤ和ＨＣ显著高于使用成人氨基酸的孕妇组。１０例足月娩出胎儿体重均达到甚至超过２．５ｋｇ。由此得出结论：使用小儿氨基酸注射液对于改善胎儿宫内发育迟缓优于成人氨基酸。     

Taurine entry into perilymph of the guinea pig

Taurine is a β-aminosulfonic acid and is a ubiquitous amino acid whose role in the cochlea is not well established. In this study, its entry from blood into perilymph was investigated in the guinea pig as animal model. The penetration rate of [³H]taurine (molecular weight 125) into the perilymph of the scala vestibuli was measured 1 and 2 h after the intravenous infusion of [³H]taurine in nephrectomized animals. Results showed a rate of penetration in perilymph related to plasma at 36 ± 4.7% (n = 5) after 1 h and 43 ± 5.6% (n = 5) after 2 h. Compared to the penetration rate of urea (molecular weight 60) and mannitol (molecular weight 186) reported previously in rats, a passive entry of taurine into perilymph through the blood-perilymph barrier is suggested. Received: 30 July 1997 / Accepted: 15 January 1998     

Glutamine and Other Amino Acid Losses During Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration

Abstract: Serum amino grams and daily losses of glutamine (Gin) and other amino acids (AAs) into diafiltrate were measured during the first 5 days of continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) in 6 ICU patients with acute renal failure (ARF). Four patients had ARF as a part of multiple organ failure (MOF) of septic origin, and 2 patients had isolated ARF because of primary renal disease. During the study, all the patients received defined total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The mean daily AA losses into dialysate were relatively low (0.61 ± 0.1 g N ) and reached 4.5% of the daily AA substitution. Gln represented 32.7 ± 5.9% of the total AA losses (0.19 ± 0.04 g N ). Serum levels of Gin (p = 0.002) and of most other AAs were significantly lower in the patients than in the control subjects (AA analysis in 16 healthy volunteers). Phenylalanine (Phe) was the only AA that was increased significantly (p < 0.01) in the patients. The mean patient serum concentrations of Phe and tyrosine were significantly higher (p < 0.03) than the correspondent concentrations in dialysate, but the lysine concentration was higher in dialysate (p < 0.03). The serum and dialysate concentrations of other AAs did not differ. Gin in serum decreased significantly (p < 0.03) on the second day of CVVHDF but returned to the baseline levels subsequently. Serum concentrations of Phe increased on the second day of CVVHDF (p < 0.05). Serum concentrations of other AAs remained stable during the whole study. We conclude that Gin losses into dialysate during CVVHDF are relatively low, but CVVHDF itself may induce changes in Gin metabolism and distribution that are reflected by a decrease of serum Gin levels at the institution of this treatment. Therefore, the need for Gin supplementation in ICU patients is even greater in the first days of CVVHDF.     

术中输注氨基酸对硬膜外阻滞复合全麻开胸手术患者围术期体温的影响

目的评价术中输注氨基酸对硬膜外阻滞复合全麻食管癌和贲门癌手术患者围术期深部体温和代谢的影响。方法择期食管癌和贲门癌手术患者21例,ASAⅠ或Ⅱ级,随机分为3组(n =7):从麻醉诱导开始至手术结束,分别静脉输注氨基酸混合液240kJ·h-1(AA组)、等容量乳酸钠林格氏液(LR组)、葡萄糖溶液240kJ·h-1(GLU组)。麻醉诱导前至术后2h每5分钟测定鼓膜温度,于麻醉诱导前即刻、手术开始后1h和术后1h检测指尖血糖,采用4分表法评价术后2h内寒战的发生情况,采用间接测热仪测定术前与术后氧耗。结果与麻醉诱导前即刻比较,术后30min LR组和GLU组氧耗降低,AA组氧耗升高(P<0.01),术后2h LR组、GLU组鼓膜温度降低(P<0.05),AA组差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);与LR组和GLU组比较,AA组术后2h内寒战发生例数减少(P< 0.05),术后30min氧耗增多(P<0.05),LR组与GLU组比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论硬膜外阻滞复合全麻开胸手术患者术中静脉输注氨基酸可通过提高基础代谢率,缓解围术期深部体温降低,减少术后寒战发生,而输注葡萄糖不产生此效应。     

高效液相色谱法测定脑活素注射液中的氨基酸含量及肽图分析

本文采用高效液相色谱法分析研究了进口药品脑活素注射液中的氨基酸含量及其低分子肽的肽图。试验结果反映了该药品的内在质量,同时提出控制质量的可靠方法.     

Characterization of an arabinogalactan protein from the pressed juice of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Echinacea purpurea</Emphasis>: investigations into the type of linkage between the protein and polysaccharide moieties

A high molecular weight arabinogalactan protein (AGP) from the pressed juice of Echinacea purpurea, known to exhibit immunomodulatory properties in vitro, was characterized. Alkaline hydrolysis was carried out, leading to degradation of the protein core and to carbohydrate moieties linked to the amino acid responsible for binding. Gel permeation chromatography of these AG subunits gave one peak with a molecular weight of 30 × 10³ Da. Hydroxyproline (42.9% w/w) was detected as the dominant amino acid after alkaline hydrolysis and was thus identified as the major amino acid responsible for the binding between the protein and the AG subunits via an O-glycosidic linkage. Large amounts of glutamine/glutamic acid (24.5% w/w) and asparagine/aspartic acid (17.3% w/w) were also found. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the intact AGP were shown to bind to the AG subunits too, indicating that the epitopes responsible for such interactions are localized in the polysaccharide moiety of the AGP.     

Effects of amino acids on the excitability of respiratory bulbospinal neurons in solitary and para-ambigual regions of medulla in cat

The effects of inhibitory (gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine) and excitatory (L-glutamate and DL-homocysteate, DLH) amino acids on the excitability of respiratory bulbospinal neurons were studied in decerebrate, paralyzed, bilaterally vagotomized, artificially ventilated cats. Unit activities were recorded extracellularly in the medulla in both the ventrolateral portion of the nucleus tractus solitarius and the para-ambigual region in the vicinity of the nucleus ambiguus (dorsal and ventral respiratory groups, respectively). All neurons were bulbospinal since they could be antidromically activated by electrical stimuli to the spinal cord. We used variations in antidromic latency (ADL) as a measure of changes in excitability of the soma. All neurons exhibited variations in ADL related to the respiratory cycle, being shortest (minimum ADL) during neural activity and longest (maximum ADL) in the silent period. Neurons whose discharge frequencies fell during application of putative inhibitory amino acids showed an increase of minimum ADL compared to control, indicating hyperpolarization. Minimum ADL, in some cells, became shorter during application of excitatory amino acids, indicating depolarization; in others, mechanisms secondary to increased neuronal firing likely obscured their effects. The transient maximum ADL usually present at the onset of the silent period was increased by excitatory amino acids and, in some units, was reduced or eliminated by inhibitory amino acids. These effects are discussed in terms of a modulation by synaptic inputs and neurotransmitters of the cumulative afterhyperpolarization which follows bursts of action potentials.