Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Interphotoreceptor Matrix: Vectorial Secretion and Regulation

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play an essential role in both normal and pathological extracellular matrix degradation, and a TIMP has been associated with at least one type of retinal degeneration. We have studied expression of MMP-2 and TIMP-1 by zymography, immunocytochemistry, and immunoblotting in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) from normal, aged and diseased retinas. MMPs and TIMPs were found in the rat RPE, interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM), and in media conditioned by human and rat RPE in culture. In other polarized cells, MMPs and TIMP-2 are secreted vectorially towards the basal lamina. In the RPE, however, MMP-2 and TIMP-1 were secreted preferentially from the apical surface, the surface bordering the IPM. These findings provide new evidence that MMPs and TIMPs could play a role in the turnover of IPM components.Cell homogenates and conditioned media from RPE isolated from mutant Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats with inherited retinal dystrophy had similar amounts of MMP-2 and TIMP-1 as those from congenic control rats. The secretion of MMP-2 and TIMP-1 from RPE cell cultures isolated from young and aged human donors varied widely. However, with increasing cell passage number, secretion of MMPs and TIMPs from human RPE increased dramatically. Also, growing human RPE on bovine corneal endothelial cell-generated extracellular matrix instead of plastic reduced the secretion of both MMPs and TIMPs. These data suggest that the integrity of Bruch's membrane may serve to regulate RPE functions in MMP and TIMP secretion and that extracellular matrices contain signals that regulate MMP and TIMP synthesis and/or secretion by the RPE.     

Cytochrome c mRNA levels decrease in senescent rat heart.

The concentration of mitochondria decrease in the heart as rodents age from maturity to senescence. The reason for this change is not known. One purpose of the present study was to determine if cytochrome c mRNA, representative of proteins of the inner mitochondrial membrane, decreased in the hearts of Fischer 344 rats as they aged from 12 to 24 months. Twenty-two percent less cytochrome c mRNA existed per given quantity of extracted RNA from the heart in 24-month-old rats as compared with the 12-month-old group. No change in the quantities of cardiac -actin mRNA, Ca²⁺/calmodulin protein kinase II mRNA or 18S rRNA was noted between 12- und 24-month-old hearts. Thus, the decrease in cytochrome c mRNA suggests that decreased in mRNAs for proteins of the inner mitochondrial membrane could play some role in the diminished concentration of mitochondria that exists in the senescent heart.     

急性心肌缺血时红细胞变形性的变化及其机理

本实验观察了犬急性心肌缺血时体循环血与缺血区局部静脉血中红细胞变形性（ＲＣＤ）的变化。结果表明，阻断冠脉血流后高切变率下全血粘度（ηｂｈ）和红细胞刚性指数（ＥＲＩ）明显增高，而缺血区局部血液中此二者的变化明显大于体循环静脉血。事先切断内脏大神经，可使阻断冠脉后体循环血（而不是局部静脉血）的ηｂｈ和ＥＲＩ变化基本消失。缺血区局部血液ｐｈ和ｐＯ２明显降低，ｐＣＯ２明显增高，红细胞内ＡＴＰ含量减少和钙含     

氯胺酮对离体大鼠心室肌细胞内向整流钾电流的影响

目的观察氯胺酮对离体大鼠心室肌细胞内向整流钾电流(I_(k1))的影响。方法酶解法分离大鼠心室肌细胞,采用全细胞膜片钳技术记录 I_(k1),观察100μmol/L 氯胺酮在不同钳制电压下以及不同浓度(50～5000μmol/L)氯胺酮在-120mV 钳制电压下对大鼠心室肌细胞 I_(k1)的影响。结果 100 μmol/L 氯胺酮抑制 I_(k1),但不改变 I_(k1)翻转电压以及电流-电压曲线的形状；I_(k1)灌流液冲洗后,I_(k1)能够完全恢复。保持电压-40mV、钳制电压-120mV 下5～5000μmol/L 氯胺酮呈浓度依赖性抑制 I_(k1)其 IC_(50)为(162.3±8.4)μmol/L。结论氯胺酮呈浓度依赖性抑制大鼠心室肌细胞 I_(k1),可能延长动作电位时程导致心率变慢。     

Diagnosis of the acute ischaemic heart by ion elution from myocardium.

The post-mortem diagnosis of acute myocardial ischaemia may be difficult to establish in the absence of morphological changes in the myocardium or recent coronary thrombosis. Ischaemic cell injury leads to potassium (K) efflux and sodium (Na) influx and, if the blood is still circulating, the K:Na ratio of the tissue falls. In this study, the K:Na ratio was measured by eluting the ions from samples of myocardium and assaying the eluate. The method yields similar results to those obtained by a previous method, in which myocardial samples were homogenized. The K:Na ratios on samples of horizontal slices through the heart were plotted on maps of the slices. A low K:Na ratio corresponded to, but extended beyond, areas where there was morphological evidence of ischaemia. The method is simple and may be of use in routine practice.     

下肢缺血预处理对未成熟心肌的保护作用及其机制

目的　探讨下肢缺血预处理对未成熟心肌保护作用的机制。方法　采用双下肢缺血预处理 (DLIP)大白兔Langendorff离体心脏灌注模型。分为 4组 ,每组大白兔 6只 :E1组 ,动物麻醉后反复 3次阻断双下肢血流 5min ,松开 5min ,建立模型 ,灌注 15min转为工作心 15min ,全心停灌 45min ,恢复灌注 15min改为工作心 3 0min ;E2组 ,双下肢缺血预处理前静脉注射超氧化物歧化酶至双下肢缺血预处理完毕 ,重复E1组方法 ;E3组 ,静脉注射蛋白激酶C(PKC)阻滞剂多粘菌素B(PMB) ,时间 10min ,重复E1组方法 ;E4组 ,静脉注射ATP敏感性钾通道 (mitoKATP)阻滞剂(5 HD) ,时间 10min ,重复E1组方法。以左室功能恢复、心肌含水量、血清肌酸激酶 (CK )和乳酸脱氢酶 (LDH)漏出率、心肌组织ATP和丙二醛 (MDA)含量、超氧化物歧化酶 (SOD)活性、心肌细胞内Ca2 含量、心肌线粒体钙依赖性ATP酶 (Ca2 ATPase)活性及其Ca2 含量、心肌线粒体合成ATP能力 [ATP] m、超氧阴离子自由基 (O2 -)作为观察指标。结果　E1组左心室功能恢复优于其他各组 (P <0 .0 5 ) ,心肌ATP含量、SOD活性、Ca2 ATPase活性、[ATP] m 均优于其他各组 (P <0 .0 1) ,心肌含水量低于其他各组 (P <0 .0 5 ) ,MDA含量、CK、LDH漏出率、心肌细胞内Ca2 含量、心肌     

山莨菪碱、旋覆花素、苦碟子对过度训练致急性心肌损伤大鼠的影响

目的探讨山莨菪碱、旋覆花素、苦碟子对过度训练致急性心肌损伤大鼠的影响。方法雄性Wistar大鼠80只,体重200～220 g,随机分为5组:正常对照组(C组,n=8)、力竭对照组(E组, n=24)、山莨菪碱组(A组,n=16)、旋覆花素组(IB组,n=16)、苦碟子组(IS组,n=16)。采用游泳致力竭建立过度训练动物模型。A组于力竭前即刻腹腔注射山莨菪碱10 mg/kg,IB组于力竭前24 h和力竭前即刻口腔灌入旋覆花素25 ml/kg,IS组于力竭前即刻腹腔注射苦碟子20 ml/kg。取标本检测大鼠血清磷酸肌酸激酶(CK)及其同工酶(CK-MB)的活性,光镜观察心肌组织形态学,采用流式细胞术及TUNEL法检测大鼠心肌细胞凋亡,并计算心肌细胞凋亡率。结果与C组比较,E组、A组、IB组和IS组血清CK及CK-MB升高,心肌细胞凋亡率升高(P<0.05);与E组比较,A组、IB组及IS组大鼠血清CK及CK-MB及心肌细胞凋亡率均降低(P<0.05)。光镜下,E组的心肌细胞核深染,有固缩现象;而A组、IB组及IS组的心肌心肌组织学变化均未见异常。结论山莨菪碱、旋覆花素、苦碟子预先给药通过抑制心肌细胞的凋亡,可减轻过度训练致大鼠的心肌损伤。     

β-Methyl-15-p-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid metabolism and kinetics in the isolated rat heart

The use of 15-p-iodophenyl--methyl-pentadecanoic acid (Me-IPPA) as an indicator of long chain fatty acid (LCFA) utilization in nuclear medicine studies was evaluated in the isolated, perfused, working rat heart. Time courses of radioctivity (residue curves) were obtained following bolus injections of both Me-IPPA and its straight chain counterpart 15-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (IPPA). IPPA kinetics clearly indicated flow independent impairment of fatty acid oxidation caused by the carnitine palmitoyltransferase I inhibitor 2[5(4-chlorophenyl)pentyl]oxirane-2-carboxylate (POCA). In contrast, Me-IPPA kinetics were insenstive to changes in fatty acid oxidation rate and net utilization of long chain fatty acid. Analysis of radiolabeled species in coronary effluent and heart homogenates showed the methylated fatty acid to be readily incorporated into complex lipids but a poor substrate for oxidation. POCA did not significatly alter metabolism of the tracer, suggesting that the tracer is poorly metabolized beyond Me-IPPA-CoA in the oxidative pathway.     

丹参对心肌缺血和再灌注损伤的保护作用

采用在家兔全麻、开胸、自主呼吸和自主心律的条件下,结扎冠脉左室支造成急性心肌缺血模型,进而松开结扎结形成再灌注损伤模型。对心肌缺血和再灌注损伤的组织脂质过氧化物含量和局部血流量变化进行测定,同时辅以心电图监护;以丹参注射液为保护剂观察其作用效果。结果表明,随着缺血时间的延续,心肌脂质过氧化物含量逐渐增加;当缺血60分钟后再灌注30分钟,脂质过氧化物含量仍继续上升,明显高于缺血60分钟组,但与缺血90分钟组比较则无显著差异;其缺血区局部组织血流量再灌注后仅恢复53.2%。给予丹参保护的再灌注组,其缺血区组织脂质过氧化物含量较再灌注损伤组下降56.0%(P<0.005),而局部组织血流量恢复则提高32.0%(P<0.001)。     

Morphometric observations on the rat heart after high-dose treatment with cortisol

Summary Male Wistar rats were treated with high cortisol doses for 1 week. The dose administered daily was 15 mg per animal in group 1 (7 animals) and 30 mg in group 2 (7 animals). 7 rats served as control group. After cortisol treatment the body weights decreased due to skeletal muscle catabolism and the heart weights increased. Morphometric analysis of the left ventricular posterior papillary muscles gave evidence that the increased heart weights resulted from an increased number of mitochondria and an increased volume of the cytoplasm, whereas the myofibrillar mass was not affected. The surface area of inner mitochondrial membranes (+cristae mitochondriales) per myofibrillar unit volume increased from 15.7 ²/³ to 21.3 ²/³ in group 1 and 21.4 ²/³ in group 2. Ultrastructural changes indicating myocardial cell damage were absent. Similar quantitative results have been reported to occur in the early phase of cardiac overload. For elucidating the hemodynamic effects of glucocorticoid a second experiment was performed: 7 Wistar rats were treated with cortisol in the same way as group 1, 7 others of the same body weight served as control. The systolic arterial pressure was significantly elevated in the cortisol group. Though myocardial tissue is known to be able to accumulate large quantities of glucocorticoids our results indicate that the application of high cortisol doses for a short time does not produce myocardial cell damage and does not suppress the myocardial adaption to the glucocorticoid-induced hypertension, i.e. hypertrophy. On the contrary, it seems to be possible that the adaption process is itself facilitated or accelerated by the presence of high cortisol concentrations in the heart. This thesis is supported by the considerably higher relative heart weights in the cortisol groups and is in agreement with observations reported by other authors.Dedicated to Professor Dr. W. Doerr on the occasion of his 65th birthdayThe results have been partially reported in 1977 (cf. G. Mall and H. Reinhard, Verh. Dtsch. Ges. Path. 61, 445)This investigation was supported by the Sonderforschungsbereich 90 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.