墨旱莲对4种蝮蛇毒引起的炎症和出血的影响

目的探讨墨旱莲提取液对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒所致的炎症和出血的影响。方法应用短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的致炎模型,观察墨旱莲提取液对蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的影响。墨旱莲提取液分别与不同蛇毒混合,给小鼠腹部皮下注射,观察其对蛇毒引起的小鼠皮下出血的影响。结果墨旱莲提取液15g／kg连续2次灌胃给药,对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒或尖吻蝮蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的急性炎症造模和短尾蝮蛇毒棉球肉芽肿的慢性炎症造模(20g／kg)均有明显的抑制作用,对这些蛇毒引起的小鼠皮下出血也能明显抑制。结论墨旱莲提取液对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒引起的炎症和出血均有明显的抑制作用。     

八种常见国产蛇毒对白血病细胞杀伤作用研究

用体外细胞培养的方法,观察了我国常见的八种蛇毒（眼镜蛇毒、蝮蛇毒、眼镜王蛇毒、竹叶青蛇毒、蝰蛇毒、烙铁头蛇毒、银环蛇毒及金环蛇毒）对人白血病Ｔ淋巴细胞系ＣＥＭ细胞、人单核细胞白血病Ｕ９３７细胞及人早幼粒细胞白血病ＨＬ６Ｏ细胞的生长曲线、存活率及分裂指数的影响。结果发现八种常见蛇毒中眼镜蛇毒对白血病细胞的杀伤作用最强,蝮蛇毒次之（与空白对照组相比,Ｐ值均小于０．０１）,其余六种蛇毒的作用则很弱。但无论是眼镜蛇毒还是蝮蛇毒,其杀伤淋巴细胞白血病、单核细胞白血病及早幼粒细胞白血病细胞的作用之间无显著差异。     

几种蛇毒抑菌作用的比较

本文通过平板扩散实验观察了蛇岛蝮蛇毒、长白山白眉蝮蛇毒、江浙蝮蛇毒及中华眼镜蛇毒对革兰氏阳性菌和革兰氏阴性菌的抑菌作用。结果表明四种蛇毒对试验菌株均有不同程度的抑菌作用;其中白眉蝮蛇毒对金黄色葡萄球菌的最小抑菌浓度为０．６３ｍｇ／ｍｌ,对大肠杆菌为５．０ｍｇ／ｍｌ。抑菌作用与蛇毒中Ｌ—氨基酸氧化酶的活力有相关性。利用ＣＭ—ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＣ－２５ＳｅｐｈｄｅｘＧ—７５一对江浙蝮蛇毒的抑菌成份进行初步的柱层析分离,从纯化的各组份看,Ｌ—氨基酸氧化酶活力高的其抑菌活性也高。     

中国的毒蛇和抗蛇毒血清

我国产有近五十种毒蛇中,具有剧毒且对人畜危害较大者,约有十几种,即银环蛇,眼镜蛇,金环蛇,眼镜王蛇,蝰蛇,蝮蛇,尖吻蝮,竹叶青,烙铁头蛇及常见的几种海蛇。我国抗蛇毒血清的研制,一直未得到应有的重视,及至1970年始有抗蛇毒血清供临床使用。目前计有四种产品,即精制抗蝮蛇毒血清,精制抗尖吻蝮蛇毒血清,精制抗银环蛇毒血清和精制抗眼镜蛇毒血清。现正陆续研制抗蝰蛇毒血清,抗金环蛇毒血清等,为治疗我国毒蛇咬伤中毒患者提供可靠的特效药。     

乙醇对中华眼镜蛇毒毒性的影响

目的为了探索乙醇对眼镜蛇毒毒性的影响。方法将眼镜蛇毒不同浓度致死量经不同浓度乙醇体外处理后,分别于小白鼠皮下注射、口服,将致死量蛇毒皮下注射后的小白鼠立即于局部注射乙醇,观察蛇毒毒性情况。结果小白鼠经皮下注射致死量眼镜蛇毒后,在局部注射50％（或异蛇米酒）、75％乙醇0．1～0．2ml有一定的保护作用;口服100倍皮下注射致死量眼镜蛇毒未发现有毒性表现,口服经50％乙醇处理后的眼镜蛇毒（100倍皮下注射致死量）未增加小鼠死亡率。结论眼镜蛇毒体外经过乙醇处理后毒性有所下降。口服少量的眼镜蛇毒是安全的。眼镜蛇毒与乙醇混合后口服未见蛇毒毒性增加。     

几种蛇毒与鲎试剂产生凝胶反应的实验研究

目的探讨蛇毒能否与鲎试剂产生凝胶反应．建立中药及有效成分抗蛇毒作用的试验途径。方法采用鲎试剂试管凝胶反应法。结果不同的蛇毒能使鲎试剂产生凝胶反应的浓度不同,眼镜蛇毒与竹叶青蛇毒为5μg／ml．五步蛇毒0．32μg／ml．蝮蛇毒37．5μg／ml,蝰蛇毒2．5pg／ml。结论蛇毒能与鲎试剂产生凝胶反应。     

蝮蛇毒致小鼠肾损伤模型的建立

目的探索一种建立蝮蛇毒致肾损伤动物模型的方法。方法将清洁级12周龄雄性昆明小鼠72只,随机分为9组,每组8只,A、B、C组为不同时间的对照组（A-3h,B-3d,C-5d）;D、E、F组为蝮蛇毒1mg／kg肌注组（D-3h,E-3d,F-5d）;G、H、I组为蝮蛇毒2mg／kg肌注组（G-3h,H-3d,I-5d）。按照分组要求计算每组小鼠中每只小鼠需肌注的蝮蛇毒的总量．配制2种不同浓度的蝮蛇毒液．D、E、F、G、H、I组小鼠分别肌注不同浓度的蝮蛇毒液0．15ml,A、B、C组小鼠右臀部注射生理盐水0．15ml以进行对照。结果肌注蝮蛇毒后的小鼠均出现中毒症状,但各组小鼠均无死亡。E、F、H、I组小鼠的肾功能与正常对照组比较有明显差异（P〈0．05）。D、E、F、G、H、I组小鼠均有如下病理学改变：肾被膜下出血．肾皮质充血．肾小球充血。肾小囊扩大．肾小管周围毛细血管充血．肾小管肿胀。小管细胞变性等。结论肌注蝮蛇毒是一种建立蛇毒致小鼠肾损伤动物模型的较好方法。     

王锦蛇血清对尖吻蝮蛇毒的抑制作用

目的 探讨王锦蛇血清对尖吻蝮蛇毒的抑制作用。方法 王锦蛇血清与不同剂量的尖吻蝮蛇毒分别混合后,注射到小鼠背皮下,测定王锦蛇血清对尖吻蝮蛇毒的抗出血活力;腹腔注射此混合物后,测定王锦蛇血清对尖吻蝮蛇毒的抗毒效价;先后注射尖吻蝮蛇毒和王锦蛇血清,测定王锦蛇血清对尖吻蝮蛇毒引起的死亡、组织损伤和炎症的抑制、保护和治疗作用。结果 1ml王锦蛇血清可完全抑制10mg（干重）的尖吻蝮蛇毒的出血活力;1ml王锦蛇血清可中和11mg（干重）尖吻蝮蛇毒的致死活力;王锦蛇血清对由尖吻蝮蛇毒引起的致死、组织损伤和炎症有显著的抑制、保护和治疗作用。结论 王锦蛇血清是尖吻蝮蛇毒的强抑制剂,可能成为未来新的蛇伤治疗药物的原料。     

四种不同方法注射眼镜蛇蛇毒对小鼠LD_(50)的影响分析

目的比较小鼠经不同途径注射眼镜蛇蛇毒的半数致死量(LD_(50)),并观察中毒症状。方法将小鼠分别经四种途径注射眼镜蛇毒冻干粉溶液,并根据各组小鼠死亡情况,运用Bliss软件测定LD_(50)估计值、置信区间等。观察各组小鼠生物学行为及死亡情况,并对死亡小鼠和存活小鼠进行解剖分析。结果小鼠经静脉、腹腔、肌肉和皮下注射眼镜蛇蛇毒的LD_(50)分别为0.691 mg/kg、0.741 mg/kg、0.803 mg/kg和0.915 mg/kg,95%CI分别为0.634～0.742 mg/kg、0.676～0.792 mg/kg、0.754～0.856 mg/kg和0.851～1.05 mg/kg。各组小鼠中毒症状明显,表现为呼吸困难、精神萎靡、眼球昏暗、眼角有分泌物、身体出现扭体抽搐等反应,均在2～9 h内死亡。结论小鼠经静脉注射眼镜蛇毒溶液中毒的毒性剂量最小,皮下注射眼镜蛇毒溶液中毒的毒性剂量最大。小鼠经四种不同途径注射眼镜蛇蛇毒的LD_(50)的值按从大到小的排序为皮下注射,肌肉注射,腹腔注射,静脉注射。     

蛇伤药酒体外抗5种蛇毒的实验研究

目的探讨蛇伤药酒抗五步蛇、竹叶青蛇、眼镜蛇、蝰蛇、蝮蛇蛇毒的效果。方法采用鲎试剂试管凝集反应法。结果蛇伤药酒浓度为1.0 ml/ml时,对5种蛇毒均有破坏产生凝胶反应的作用;浓度为0.5ml/ml时,对五步蛇、竹叶青蛇、眼镜蛇蛇毒有破坏产生凝胶反应的作用;浓度为0.3 ml/ml时,仅对五步蛇毒有破坏产生凝胶反应的作用;浓度降至0.1 ml/ml时,对5种蛇毒均无破坏产生凝胶反应的作用。结论蛇伤药酒有较好的抗蛇毒作用,且对五步蛇毒作用最强。     

Quantitation of commercial equine tetanus antitoxin by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

In the USA, the potency of commercially prepared equine tetanus antitoxin is determined by the method outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 9, Part 113.451. In the current test, commercial equine tetanus antitoxin is tested by a toxin neutralization test in guinea pigs. The in vivo test measures antitoxin content through effectiveness of protection of guinea pigs injected with diluted mixtures of antitoxin and a standard toxin. A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, designed as an in vitro alternative to the in vivo test, measures antitoxin content based on a competitive reaction between standard or unknown serum and murine monoclonal antibody specific for tetanus toxin. The monoclonal antibody used in the assay delayed death in mouse passive protection studies and reacted with the C fragment of tetanus toxin. No cross-reaction was observed when the antibody was tested with the toxins of Clostridium chauvoei, C. novyi, C. perfringens, or C. sordellii. The in vitro test will measure the antitoxin content of serum samples containing 100-1500 units of antitoxin. Tetanus antitoxin titers obtained by the competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay compared favorably with the toxin neutralization test conducted in guinea pigs. The in vitro assay serves as a feasible alternative to the in vivo test because it can be completed in less time, is reproducible, and eliminates the use of test animals.     

Cytogenetics of the Javan file snake (Acrochordus javanicus) and the evolution of snake sex chromosomes

Advanced snakes (Caenophidia) are an important group including around 90% of the recent species of snakes. The basal splitting of the clade is still rather controversial, and it is not fully understood when the differentiation of sex chromosomes started in snake evolution. To help resolve these questions, we performed cytogenetic analysis on the Javan file snake, also known as the elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) from the family Acrochordidae, which occupies an informative phylogenetic position. For the first time for acrochordids, we identified heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes with a highly heterochromatic W chromosome. These traits are likely synapomorphies of advanced snakes. In contrast to other caenophidian snakes, the Javan file snake lacks an accumulation of Bkm repeats and interstitial telomeric repeats on the W chromosome. This observation supports the sister group relationship between acrochordids and all other caenophidian snakes including the family Xenodermatidae and questions the suggested role of Bkm repeats in the formation of sex heterochromatin in snakes. The revealed partial gene content of the Z chromosome in acrochordids supports the hypothesis that the progressive degeneration of the W chromosome commenced in snakes before the basal split of Caenophidia, albeit its evolutionary rate in file snakes might be slower than in their sister lineage.     

破伤风抗毒素临床反应观察报告

作者对兰州生物制品研究所常规生产的3批破伤风抗毒素（TAT）进行了临床反应观察。结果表明,TAT皮内试验假阳性反应率平均为13．3％,阳性反应率为0．9％。450例患者注射后过敏反应发生率为0,年龄,性别因素与皮试阳性率及注射后反应无相关性。     

Novel microsatellite loci in the grass snake (Natrix natrix) and cross-amplification in the dice snake (Natrix tessellata)

Six novel polymorphic microsatellite loci are presented for the grass snake (Natrix natrix), a species with declining populations in many regions. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to seven. Four dice snake (Natrix tessellata) microsatellites were polymorphic in the grass snake with three to four alleles. At two loci, the expected heterozygosity differed significantly from observed heterozygosity. Cross-amplification of the grass snake markers in the dice snake showed two polymorphic microsatellites with two and four alleles.     

Vero细胞法检测白喉抗毒素的研究

参照Ｍｉｙａｍｕｒａ等报道,建立了微量细胞培养检测白喉抗毒素的方法。以家兔皮肤试验为参照,Ｖｅｒｏ细胞培养法敏感度为９８．１１％,特异度为８４．００％,符合率为９６．２０％,相关系数ｒ＝０．９３,在白喉血清抗毒素测定中值得推广     

Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: an electromyographic study of lateral undulation of the Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) and the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)

Electromyography and cinematography were used to determine the activity of epaxial muscles of colubrid snakes during terrestrial and aquatic lateral undulatory locomotion. In both types of lateral undulation, at a given longitudinal position, segments of three muscles (Mm. semispinalis-spinalis, longissimus dorsi, and iliocostalis) usually show synchronous activity. Muscle activity propagates posteriorly and generally is unilateral. With each muscle, large numbers of adjacent segments (30 to 100) show simultaneous activity. Terrestrial and aquatic undulation differ in two major respects. (1) During terrestrial undulation, muscle activity in a particular region begins when that portion of the body has reached maximal convex flexion and ends when it is maximally concave; this phase relation is uniform along the entire snake. During swimming, however, muscle activity passes posteriorly faster than the wave of vertebral flexion, causing the relation of muscle activity to flexion to change along the length of the snake. (2) In the terrestrial mode, the block of active muscle segments remains approximately constant in size as it passes down the snake, whereas during swimming the number of adjacent active muscle segments increases posteriorly. Despite the fact that Elaphe obsoleta has nearly twice as many body vertebrate as Nerodia fasciata (240 vs. 125), the only difference observed in the swimming of these two species is that a larger number of adjacent muscle segments is simultaneously active in comparable regions of Elaphe obsoleta than in Nerodia fasciata.     

Evolution of coloration, urotomy and coral snake mimicry in the snake genus Scaphiodontophis (Serpentes: Colubridae)

The Neotropical hinged-tooth, coral snake mimics of the genus Scaphiodontophis are characterized by extremely long and disproportionately thick tails that are extremely fragile. Both the coloration and tail structure are putative antipredator devices. While all examples have components of the coloration that match those of the venomous coral snakes (family Elapidae), the range of variation is extreme, leading to controversy on the status of various populations, including nine named taxa. Individual, ontogenetic and geographic variation in scutellation and head, body and tail coloration were analysed to evaluate population status and possible evolutionary trends based on a sample of 183 examples from Mexico, Central America and Colombia. Variation in subcaudal counts show population differences (higher in Mexico and upper Central America) but are not congruent with geographic variation in coloration. Generally snakes from north of Nicaragua and from central and eastern Panama have a pattern of dyads (black-light-black bands separating red bands), those from Atlantic slope Nicaragua to western Panama a pattern of monads (light-black-light bands separating the red ones) and those from Colombia have both pattern types on the same snake. The dyads and/or monads may be present the length of the body and tail, restricted to the anterior part of the body or on the entire body or on the anterior part of the body and on the tail. Two or more of these variants may occur at a single geographic locality or only a single one may be present. Head and nuchal colour patterns (Z, A, V and Du) are relatively consistent geographically. The Adantic slope Guatemala, Belize and Honduras population have the A pattern, those of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama the V pattern, and those in Colombia a Du pattern. Other populations have the Z coloration. Intermediate conditions in coloration of the body and tail and head and neck are found at localities intermediate between the main pattern types, indicating intergradation among adjacent populations. Consequently, we regard these snakes as representative of a single species, Scaphiodontophis annulatus Dumeril and Bibron and the eight other names applied to various populations and individuals as synonyms. Analysis of colour pattern leads us to the conclusion that the tricolour pattern evolved from a uniform one through a lineate-spotted condition (usually present on the non-tricolour portions of the snake) through a bicolour red and black pattern to the dyadal condition. The monadal pattern in turn was derived from the dyadal one. The data further indicates that tricolour components first appeared anteriorly and progressively expanded posteriorly. The evolutionary sequence for the head and nuchal pattern appears to be A → Z → V → Du S. annulatus has a series of jaw and tooth specializations designed for rapid processing of hard-bodied prey found during diurnal foraging in the leaf-litter. Urotomy in this species involves intervertebral tail-breakage (pseudoautotomy) without regeneration. Evidence is presented supporting the long-tail multiple break hypothesis as applicable to Scaphiodontophis and other snakes with similar tail morphology (specialized pseudoautotomy). This is in contrast to snakes with similar tail morphology (specialized pseudoautotomy). This is in contrast to Coniophanes and other snakes with a high incidence of urotomy having long but unspecialized tails (unspecialized pseudoautotomy) without multiple breaks over time. All Scaphiodontophis colour patterns have a general resemblance to that of venomous coral snakes and offer protection from generalizing predators having innate or other triggered responses to coral snake colours. The aposematic effect is enhanced by tail thrashing and head twitching behaviours. The characteristic foraging pose of S. annulatus, which tends to expose the head and anterior body, makes even the incomplete tricolour pattern effective as an antipredator defence. No evidence supports the idea that tail thrashing or the incomplete tricolour pattern directs the predator attacks to the tail to expedite pseudoautotomy. Coral snake mimicry and specialized pseudoautotomy are shown not to be co-evolved and pseudautotomy seems to have evolved long before mimetic coloration in this genus.     

Postovipositional development of the sand snake Psammophis sibilans (Serpentes:Lamprophiidae) in comparison with other snake species

Characterizing and comparing developmental progress across different species helps to interpret how different or similar body forms evolved. We present an embryonic table for the oviparous African Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans from the Lamprophidae family, describing its postovipositional in ovo development. Psammophis is a good model of a genus that is widely distributed in Africa and Asia and includes 22 species. We describe ten embryonic stages based on the development of externally visible morphological characteristics such as; pharyngeal arches, facial processes, eyes, scales, body pigmentation and body colour pattern development. This study discusses the development of this snake and compares it with that of the closely related brown house snake Lamprophis fulliginosus (Lamprophidae) and the medically important venomous cobras Naja haje haje and Naja kaouthia from the sister lineage Elapidae. The distantly related basal snake Python sebae, which displays different morphology and behaviour, was chosen for deeper insight into the evolution of body structures within the snake clade. We found interspecific differences in the relative stage of development of embryonic structures at the time of oviposition and during postovipositional embryonic development. One of the outcomes of this study is that embryonic structures such as the pharyngeal processes, eye pigmentation and scales are interspecifically conservative in regard to timing of morphodifferentiation, while body pigmentation, colour and colour pattern are interspecifically plastic in their temporospatial development.