Macroporous thin membranes for cell transplant in regenerative medicine

The aim of this paper is to present a method to produce macroporous thin membranes made of poly (ethyl acrylate-co-hydroxyethyl acrylate) copolymer network with varying cross-linking density for cell transplantation and prosthesis fabrication. The manufacture process is based on template techniques and anisotropic pore collapse. Pore collapse was produced by swelling the membrane in acetone and subsequently drying and changing the solvent by water to produce 100 microns thick porous membranes. These very thin membranes are porous enough to hold cells to be transplanted to the organism or to be colonized by ingrowth from neighboring tissues in the organism, and they present sufficient tearing stress to be sutured with surgical thread. The obtained pore morphology was observed by Scanning Electron Microscope, and confocal laser microscopy. Mechanical properties were characterized by stress–strain experiments in tension and tearing strength measurements. Morphology and mechanical properties were related to the different initial thickness of the scaffold and the cross-linking density of the polymer network. Seeding efficiency and proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells inside the pore structure were determined at 2 h, 1, 7, 14 and 21 days from seeding.     

An analysis of the paradoxical effect of morphine on runway speed and food consumption

A previously reported paradigm in which rats run down a runway for food reward followed by morphine injection was analyzed to assess the utility of the paradigm in studies of opiate reinforcement. One experiment replicated the original report that post-trial morphine caused both an increase in runway speed and a decrease in food consumption (taste aversion) over successive trials, and showed in addition that the increase in runway speed did not occur as a result of food deprivation alone, but required the animals to have consumed food in the goal box. A second study using the quaternary opiate antagonist methyl naltrexone to block the peripheral effects of morphine suggested that the increase in runway speed has a peripheral locus while the taste aversion has a central one. A third experiment in which morphine was microinjected into either the lateral ventricle or the ventral tegmental area supported these observations, in that intracranial morphine failed to result in an increased runway speed, but did produce taste aversion after microinjection into either site. These findings also suggest that the increase in runway speed caused by post-trial morphine in this experiment has a peripheral locus of effect, which is probably distinct from the central effect that supports morphine self-administration and conditioned place preference. Offprint requests to: W.A.CorrigallThe views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Addiction Research Foundation     

芳香PET树脂母粒的研制

通过丙烯酸和丙烯酸正丁酯溶液共聚合，得到丙烯酸－丙烯酸正丁酯共聚物，该树脂与环氧氯丙烷反应后再与PET树脂切片继续反应，可使PET树脂切片表面形成聚丙烯酸酯自膨润型吸油网络结构，将表面具有聚丙烯酸酯自身膨润型吸油网络结构的PET树脂切片（简称为留香剂）在油溶性香精中浸泡，香精就被吸附在留香剂表面，即得到芳香PET树脂母粒。用SEM观察了母粒的表面结构形态。     

多官能度活性橡胶增韧环氧树脂的研究：Ⅲ.三元共混增韧环氧树脂

本文研究了双酚A对多官能度环氧基和羧基聚丙烯酸正丁酯橡胶增韧环氧树脂的影响。结果表明,加入双酚A,拉伸断裂能有大幅度提高,同时不降低弹性模量。这可能是由椽胶提高断裂伸长与双酚A提高屈服应力产生协同效应的结果。对羧基橡胶增韧的三元共混体系,拉伸断裂能随羧基官能度上升而增加。断裂面的形态研究表明,由于羧基橡胶与双酚A的酯化反应,大大减少了羧基橡胶聚集对增韧的不利影响。     

丙烯酸酯共聚物涂膜中钛螯合物的交联作用

用红外光谱、紫外光谱、差示扫描量热等手段表征了掺杂体系内钛螯舍物(Ti-Ac)与丙烯酸酯共聚物的相互作用。测试了Ti-Ac用量对涂膜耐水性、耐热性及复溶性的影响。鲒果表明。当ωTi-Ac=0．015时涂膜的吸水率可下降到1％以下。且涂膜仍保持较好的复溶性(15s)。     

Chronic administration of theophylline to rats induces a post-insulin binding defect in adipocyte glucose transport

Summary To determine whether adenosine is involved in long-term regulation of glucose transport in adipose tissue, we have investigated effects of administration of an adenosine receptor antagonist (theophylline) on adipocyte glucose transport. Rats were injected with theophylline (30 mg/kg, dissolved in 0.9% NaCl) daily for 7 days. Controls were injected with saline. The rats were then killed, and epididymal adipocytes were isolated. Insulin-stimulated glucose transport rates were decreased by about 25%–30% in the cells from theophylline-treated rats at all insulin concentrations tested. The half-maximally effective concentration of insulin was not altered (6.5±0.5 and 6.7±0.5 mU/l in control and treated cells respectively), suggesting a post-insulin binding defect. This was confirmed by the finding that ¹²⁵I-insulin binding to the cells was not altered. Adenosine receptor number and affinity (measured on detergent-solubilized adipocyte extracts using ¹²⁵I-hydroxyphenylisopropyl adenosine) was also not changed by theophylline treatment. We conclude that theophylline administration causes decreased glucose transport rates in rat adipocytes at a post-insulin binding level. Thus, chronic adenosine receptor blockade impairs adipocyte glucose transport, suggesting that adenosine is involved in long-term regulation of glucose metabolism in adipose tissue.     

甲基叔丁基醚无铅汽油肾脏毒性的实验研究

目的：了解甲基叔丁基醚（MTBE）无铅汽油对肾脏的毒性及毒作用机制。方法：昆明种小鼠经呼吸道静式染毒，MTBE无铅汽油22．9、11．4及2．3g/m^3每天一次，连续2h，共22d亚急性染毒。日立－7150型全自动生化仪检测血清中尿素氮（BUN）、肌酐（Cr）含量；肾组织均浆中丙二醛（MDA）和超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）含量分别用荧光法，邻苯三酚自氧化固定时间法测定；电镜观察肾皮质区超微结构的变化，结果：22.9g/m^3染毒组雌性小鼠血清中BUN含量与阴性对照组间比较差异有显著性（P＜0．05）；电镜观察到22.9g/m^3染色毒对照组雌雄性小鼠的肾小球基底膜，肾小管细胞线粒体及绒毛均未见显著异常改变。结论：MTBE无铅汽油对肾小球的滤过功能有一定的影响，雌性小鼠可能更为敏感。     

Enhancement of performance by methyl β-carboline-3-carboxylate, in learning and memory tasks

Benzodiazepines are known to induce a profound anterograde amnesia in man. In this report, it is shown that methyl β-carboline-3-carboxylate (β-CCM), an inverse agonist of the benzodiazepine receptor, has the opposite effect; it enhances performance in learning and memory tasks. Three different learning models were used: habituation to a new environment and passive avoidance in mice and imprinting in chicks. The opposite effects of both β-CCM and the benzodiazepine diazepam were blocked by administration of the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist Ro 15-1788, provicling evidence that the benzodiazepine receptor is involved in these effects.     

Bulk and Solution Copolymerization of Butyl Acrylate/Methyl Methacrylate at Elevated Temperatures

A series of bulk and solution (in toluene) copolymerizations of butyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate were performed independently at two laboratories. The runs were at elevated temperatures ranging from 90 to 140 °C conducted to high conversion levels, and samples were characterized for conversion, cumulative copolymer composition and number‐ and weight‐average molecular weights and distribution. Variation of the comonomer feed composition, temperature, and the solvent, initiator and chain transfer agent concentrations was studied. Using a mechanistic model, conversion data were predicted to high conversions using terminal model kinetics at 90 and 115 °C. The copolymer composition data conformed to the terminal kinetic model over the entire temperature range. Solvent effects were reflected by changes in the butyl acrylate rate constants.

Composition vs. conversion. Effect of feed composition for runs at 140 °C.