心肌肌钙蛋白T在病毒性心肌炎心肌组织中的表达及意义

目的:了解病毒性心肌炎心肌组织中肌钙蛋白T的表达情况,探讨病毒性心肌炎时心肌结构蛋白损伤的机制及意义。方法:运用免疫组化和计算机图像分析技术,观察13例明确性病毒性心肌炎和17例界限性病毒性心肌炎尸检心脏标本中心肌肌钙蛋白T的表达与分布。结果:在正常对照的心肌组织中,蛋白成强阳性表达,分布均匀,未见缺染。在明确性心肌炎及14例界限性心肌炎心肌组织中都存在着不同程度的蛋白表达缺染或脱失。缺染的范围及分布与病毒性心肌炎病变特点基本一致,但其范围往往小于炎症细胞浸润范围。计算机图像分析和数据统计结果显示缺染区域的心肌肌钙蛋白T表达量要明显小于其周边区域和正常心肌细胞(P＜0．01)。结论:病毒性心肌炎患者的心肌损害要早于炎症细胞的浸润,病毒的作用可能是心肌肌钙蛋白T脱失的主要因素。心肌肌钙蛋白T的免疫组化检查可以作为一种有效的手段,来辅助病毒性心肌炎的病理学诊断。     

急性重症病毒性心肌炎的临床特征分析

目的:探讨急性重症病毒性心肌炎的临床特征及心脏彩超和血清心肌损伤标志物对重症病毒性心肌炎的早期临床诊断价值。方法:回顾性分析2013年6月至2015年8月入住我院心脏科的临床诊断为急性心肌炎的患者27例,其中符合急性重症心肌炎诊断标准的患者10例,其余17例为非重症心肌炎,另选取10例入院检查后排除心血管疾病的患者为健康对照组。对三组患者的一般临床资料、心脏彩超结果及心肌损伤标志物结果进行分析,选取有统计学差异的指标行ROC曲线分析得出预测重症心肌炎的效能。结果:重症心肌炎组左室室间隔厚度、左室后壁厚度、左房内径、血浆B型尿钠肽较其余两组显著增高,进一步行ROC曲线分析提示左室室间隔厚度、左室后壁厚度预测重症心肌炎的敏感性分别为80%、70%,特异性均为94%,临界值分别为0.855 cm、0.875 cm。结论:急性心肌炎患者室壁厚度增加,当左室室间隔厚度0.855 cm或左室后壁厚度0.875 cm时需引起重视,警惕患者可能进展至重症病毒性心肌炎。     

11例吸毒死亡法医学鉴定回顾性研究分析

目的：奉文时吸毒及体内藏毒死亡法医学尸体检验与鉴定中的相关问题进行回顾性研究。强调该类法医学鉴定中应该特别注意的问题。方法：将2003年初至2006年底昆明市及周边地区11例吸毒死亡法医学鏊定案例进行回顾性研究分析,同时对毒品作用机理、死亡原因、吸毒流行病学特征、吸毒死亡者的病理组织学特征、体内藏毒死亡特征、吸毒死亡法医学尸体检验与鉴定应注意的问题等进行论述。结果：吸毒或体内藏毒死亡的法医学尸体检验与鉴定具有一定的形态学特征,吸毒死亡法医学检验与鉴定工作具有相当的难度。结论：吸毒及体内藏毒死亡法医学尸体检验与鉴定,必须在充分进行尸体剖验的基础上并结合毒物检验、现场勘验、案情调查、临床表现和死亡经过等资料进行充分的案情研究并排除其他原因致死,才能得出正确的结论。     

恶性大脑中动脉梗死致死的法医学鉴定

目的:对恶性大脑中动脉梗死(m MCAI)致死的法医学鉴定问题进行回顾性分析。方法:详细报道1例恶性大脑中动脉梗死致死案例,通过对案例进行详细的尸体检验与死亡原因鉴定,对恶性大脑中动脉梗死致死法医学鉴定问题进行回顾性研究。结果:根据尸体检验及包括病理组织学检查结果并结合本案案情资料及其他相关法医学检验资料,证实本例因左侧大脑中动脉先天发育异常合并血栓形成致左侧大脑大面积梗塞死亡。结论:m MCAI患者死亡法医学鉴定时应根据全面细致的尸体检验,同时掌握有关案情、现场的材料及临床资料,并对所有相关材料进行正确合理的辩证分析,最终做出客观、准确、公正的鉴定结论。     

脑血管畸形致猝死的法医病理研究

目的:分析脑血管畸形致猝死的法医病理理论。方法:选择法医学工作中31例脑血管畸形致猝死病例作为研究对象,分析病例的猝死原因以及病理类型等情况。结果:31例中有25例有明显的外伤史,其中大部分为斗殴造成的外伤,脑血管破裂出血之后导致死亡。脑动脉或静脉畸形是最为常见的脑血管畸形病理类型,28例患者为此类病理类型,畸形的主要发生部位有脑底部、脑室、蛛网膜下腔和脑干;最为常见的出血类型是蛛网膜下腔出血,占14例。结论:就法医病理学研究而言,脑血管畸形致猝死的鉴定具有一定的难度,再结合法医病理学特点的同时可以联合脑血管造影、磁共振检查等措施,确保得到科学、准确的结论。     

热毒灵过敏致大泡表皮松解型药疹伴全身感染死亡相关问题的研究

目的:对1例热毒灵致大泡表皮松解型药疹伴全身感染和血气胸死亡的相关问题进行讨论分析。方法:详细报道1例热毒灵致大泡表皮松解型药疹伴全身感染和血气胸死亡的案例,并对该案例的相关性理论进行回顾性分析,对案例进行详细的尸体检验与死亡原因的鉴定。结果:本案结合案情资料、尸体检验及包括病理组织学检查在内的其他相关法医学检验证实因大泡表皮松解型药疹伴皮肤及全身感染和血气胸死亡,最终导致多器官功能障碍而死亡。结论:热毒灵致大泡表皮松解型药疹伴全身感染和血气胸死亡的法医学鉴定应根据案情资料并结合用药史、有关病历资料、生前临床表现、解剖发现、病理组织学检验、法医毒化检验并参考特殊检查结果等多种因素进行综合评定。     

小鼠外周血心肌特异性microRNAs 的变化与病毒性心肌炎 相关关系初探

目的:通过识别病毒性心肌炎小鼠和正常小鼠血浆中miR-1,miR-133,miR-206表达量的差异,分析外周血中心肌特异性microRNAs的变化与病毒性心肌炎相关关系,为探索miRNAs作为病毒性心肌炎诊断的生物标志物提供可行性的研究资料。方法:在小鼠病毒性心肌炎模型的基础上,采用荧光定量PCR方法,检测病毒性心肌炎急性期小鼠组和正常小鼠组血浆中相关miRNAs含量,并进行统计学分析。再于病毒注射后1d,3d,5d,7d,9d,11d,分别处死病毒小鼠,观察血浆miRNAs的动态变化规律。同时用Elisa检测心肌肌钙蛋白的变化,对目的 miRNAs与心肌肌钙蛋白进行相关性分析。结果:急性期时三种miRNAs血浆含量显著上调。病毒注射后3d开始上升明显,并持续保持在较高水平到7d,于9d时开始下降。发病期间,血浆miRNAs含量与心肌肌钙蛋白呈现良好的正相关性。结论:小鼠外周血中心肌特异性microRNAs在病毒性心肌炎发病过程中的呈现明显上调并与病程和相应指标存在相关关系,为miRNAs作为病毒性心肌炎诊断的生物标志物提供了重要线索。     

RNA 检测技术在法医病理学中的应用研究

DNA技术广泛应用于法医学中,RNA分析技术为调查疾病和死亡原因提供依据,RNA检测可以作为法医病理学检测一个有效的工具。RNA还可以应用在损伤时间和死亡后间隔时间的检测。在法医案件分析中,体液中细胞特异mRNA的表达的分子检测已经为DNA分析的重要补充手段。本文综述了RNA检测技术在法医病理学中的研究进展及其应用。     

氧化应激与病毒性心肌炎

病毒性心肌炎是指由柯萨奇病毒、埃可(ECHO)、脊髓灰质炎、腺病毒,流感病毒等病毒感染引起的心肌局限性或弥漫性的急性或慢性炎症病变,属于感染性心肌疾病。重症易发生恶性心率失常、急性心衰、心源性猝死等,在临床及法医尸检中常常得到证实。在病毒所致的心肌损伤中包括病毒的直接损伤、免疫应答反应、炎细胞的浸润等。近年对于氧化应激与急性病毒性心肌炎的相关性研究越来越深入,已证实活性氧和细胞抗氧化防御机制之间的失衡在病毒性心肌炎的心肌损伤过程中起到了重要作用。本文将综述氧化应激的来源及其在病毒性心肌炎发病机制中的作用和当前抗氧化治疗的现状。     

小儿病毒性腹泻的临床预后及危险因素分析

目的:探讨小儿病毒性腹泻的临床预后及危险因素。方法:纳入病例是2018年1月至2019年12月本院收治的200例小儿病毒性腹泻患者,回顾性分析其临床资料,分析小儿病毒性腹泻的临床特点。根据疾病痊愈情况分组,将128例痊愈患者作为实验组,72例未痊愈患者作为参照组,Logistic分析小儿病毒性腹泻患者疾病痊愈的危险因素。结果:200例患者中,HAstV感染121例,占60.50%;HAD感染36例,占18.00%;HUCV感染15例,占7.50%;HRV感染10例,占5.00%;混合感染18例,占9.00%。HAstV类型病毒性腹泻患者临床症状以呼吸道症状、发热、呕吐为主;HAD类型病毒性腹泻患者临床症状以发热、呕吐为主;HUCV类型病毒性腹泻患者临床症状以呼吸道症状、发热为主;HRV类型病毒性腹泻患者临床症状以发热、呕吐为主;混合感染类型病毒性腹泻患者临床症状以呼吸道症状、发热、呕吐为主。年龄、中枢神经损害、心肌损害、近1 w是否接触过腹泻是小儿病毒性腹泻患者疾病痊愈的危险因素,P0.05。结论:小儿病毒性腹泻不同感染类型,临床症状各不相同。小儿病毒性腹泻患者预后与年龄、中枢神经损害、心肌损害、近1 w是否接触过腹泻有着极为密切的联系,应当引起临床重视与关注。     

Analysis of sudden unexpected death in southern Ontario,with emphasis on myocarditis.

The records of all 2427 autopsies performed at the Brantford (Ont.) General and Paris (Ont.) Willett hospitals from Jan. 1, 1969 to Aug. 15, 1978 were reviewed. Of the 1299 cases of sudden unexpected death investigated by a coroner almost 28% were due to unnatural causes--violence or poisoning. The main cause of natural sudden death was coronary artery disease, which accounted for 43.3% of all the sudden unexpected deaths. In 20 cases the cause of death was thought to be viral myocarditis, and in 9 of the 20 there was serologic evidence of at least previous coxsackievirus disease. Two of the nine cases were of special interest because of the finding of giant-cell myocarditis in one and aortic valve disease in the other. Eleven of the 20 persons were aged 13 to 46 years. These findings support the view that the most serious manifestation of enterovirus infection today is cardiac damage by coxsackieviruses.     

脊柱损伤的法医临床学鉴定研究进展

随着社会和现代交通、建筑事业的发展,脊柱损伤的病人发病率呈上升趋势,尤其道路交通事故为其损伤的首要原因。脊柱损伤的现场急救、临床诊断与治疗为人们所关注。然而,伴随着事件的进一步处理,对病人的损伤进行法医学鉴定显得尤为重要。目前,有关脊柱损伤的鉴定标准仅仅是确定的标准,没有规定标准的适用条件。同时,也易导致鉴定人对标准的理解与应用存在差异,由此导致了鉴定结论的争议。本文对脊柱损伤的法医临床学应用研究进展作一综述。     

病毒性心肌炎与支原体肺炎患儿心肌损伤标志物水平的检验意义

目的:探讨病毒性心肌炎与支原体肺炎患者心肌损伤标志物水平检测意义。方法:回顾性分析医院收治的病毒性心肌炎患儿53例和肺炎支原体肺炎患儿49例分别作为病毒性心肌炎组和支原体肺炎组,选取同期体检正常儿童50例作为对照组,分别检测心肌酶指标和心肌蛋白指标。结果:病毒性心肌炎组心肌肌钙蛋白I(c Tnl)、肌红蛋白(MYO)显著高于支原体肺炎组、对照组,差异显著(P0.05);支原体肺炎组和对照组组间差异显著,具有统计学意义(P0.05)。病毒性心肌炎组肌酸激酶(CK)、肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB)、门冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)均显著高于支原体肺炎组、对照组,差异显著(P0.05);支原体肺炎组、对照组组间对比差异显著,具有统计学意义(P0.05)。2组入院10 d c Tnl、MYO均低于入院第1 d,具有统计学意义(P0.05);病毒性心肌炎组入院第10 d c Tnl、MYO显著高于支原体肺炎组,具有统计学意义(P0.05)。2组入院10 d CK、CK-MB、AST、LDH均低于入院第1 d,具有统计学意义(P0.05);病毒性心肌炎组入院第10 d CK、CK-MB、AST显著高于支原体肺炎组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。根据ROC曲线分析临床性能,c Tnl、MYO、CK、CK-MB、AST、LDH的临界值分别为0.38μg/L、56.2μg/L、236.58 U/L、32.8 U/L、71.6 U/L、232.8 U/L,灵敏度分别为82.7%、85.4%、84.8%、89.6%、90.2、79.8%。结论:心肌损伤标志物可作为诊断病毒性心肌炎和支原体肺炎的重要指标,应用ROC回归曲线确定各指标的临界值,还可对两种疾病进行鉴别诊断。     

Calpain inhibition protects against virus-induced apoptotic myocardial injury

Viral myocarditis is an important cause of human morbidity and mortality for which reliable and effective therapy is lacking. Using reovirus strain 8B infection of neonatal mice, a well-characterized experimental model of direct virus-induced myocarditis, we now demonstrate that myocardial injury results from apoptosis. Proteases play a critical role as effectors of apoptosis. The activity of the cysteine protease calpain increases in reovirus-infected myocardiocytes and can be inhibited by the dipeptide alpha-ketoamide calpain inhibitor Z-Leu-aminobutyric acid-CONH(CH(2))3-morpholine (CX295). Treatment of reovirus-infected neonatal mice with CX295 protects them against reovirus myocarditis as documented by (i) a dramatic reduction in histopathologic evidence of myocardial injury, (ii) complete inhibition of apoptotic myocardial cell death as identified by terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling, (iii) a reduction in serum creatine phosphokinase, and (iv) improved weight gain. These findings are the first evidence for the importance of a calpain-associated pathway of apoptotic cell death in viral disease. Inhibition of apoptotic signaling pathways may be an effective strategy for the treatment of viral disease in general and viral myocarditis in particular.     

Propranolol ameliorates and epinephrine exacerbates progression of acute and chronic viral myocarditis

Recent studies point to important interactions between proinflammatory cytokines and neurohumoral mediators in heart failure. Here we investigate the influence of the beta-adrenergic system on cytokines and neurohumoral factors and the sequelae of viral myocarditis. In an experimental model with virus-infected BALB/c mice, we studied the acute and chronic effects of epinephrine and propranolol on myocardial morphology, cytokine gene expression, and survival. BALB/c mice were inoculated with the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) or sham inoculated with saline and followed for 30 days. Epinephrine increased the severity of inflammatory cell infiltration and myocardial necrosis induced by EMCV. Gene expression of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-10 was markedly enhanced by epinephrine in EMCV-inoculated mice. Survival rate after 30 days was reduced to 40% in epinephrine-treated EMCV-inoculated mice compared with 70% in untreated EMCV-inoculated mice (P < 0.05). Treatment with the beta-blocker propranolol significantly decreased mortality, myocardial necrosis, and infiltration of inflammatory cells in EMCV-inoculated mice. Propranolol also suppressed gene expression of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-10. A single dose of epinephrine 120 days after EMCV inoculation caused sudden death in 70% of infected mice; propranolol significantly reduced incidence of death to 33%. These results indicate that acute and chronic stages of viral myocarditis are modulated by the beta-adrenergic system and its interactions with proinflammatory cytokines.     

Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 enhances myocardial damage in a mouse model of viral myocarditis

To determine critical role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) for development of viral myocarditis, a mouse model of encephalomyocarditis virus-induced myocarditis was used. The virus was intraperitoneally given to COX-2 gene-deficient heterozygote mice (COX-2+/-) and wild-type mice (WT). We examined differences in heart weights, cardiac histological scores, numbers of infiltrating or apoptotic cells in myocardium, cardiac expression levels of COX-2, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and adiponectin mRNA, immunoreactivity of COX-2, TNF-alpha, and adiponectin in myocytes, cardiac concentrations of TNF-alpha and adiponectin, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels in hearts, and viral titers in tissues between COX-2+/- and WT. We observed significantly decreased expression of COX-2 mRNA and reactivity in hearts from COX-2+/- on day 8 after viral inoculation as compared with that from WT, together with elevated cardiac weights and severe inflammatory myocardial damage in COX-2+/-. Cardiac expression of TNF-alpha mRNA, reactivity, and protein on day 8 was significantly higher in COX-2+/- than in WT, together with reciprocal expression of adiponectin mRNA, reactivity, and protein in hearts. Significantly reduced cardiac PGE2 levels on day 8 were found in COX-2+/- compared with those in WT. There was no difference in local viral titers between both groups on day 4. Infected WT treated with a selective COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, also showed the augmented myocardial damage on day 8. These results suggest that inhibition of COX-2 may enhance myocardial damage through reciprocal cardiac expression of TNF-alpha and adiponectin in a mouse model of viral myocarditis.     

Caspase inhibition protects against reovirus-induced myocardial injury in vitro and in vivo

Viral myocarditis is a disease with a high morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of this disease remains poorly characterized, with components of both direct virus-mediated and secondary inflammatory and immune responses contributing to disease. Apoptosis has increasingly been viewed as an important mechanism of myocardial injury in noninfectious models of cardiac disease, including ischemia and failure. Using a reovirus murine model of viral myocarditis, we characterized and targeted apoptosis as a key mechanism of virus-associated myocardial injury in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrated caspase-3 activation, in conjunction with terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling and annexin binding, in cardiac myocytes after myocarditic viral infection in vitro. We also demonstrated a tight temporal and geographical correlation between caspase-3 activation, histologic injury, and viral load in cardiac tissue after myocarditic viral infection in vivo. Two pharmacologic agents that broadly inhibit caspase activity, Q-VD-OPH and Z-VAD(OMe)-FMK, effectively inhibited virus-induced cellular death in vitro. The inhibition of caspase activity in vivo by the use of pharmacologic agents as well as genetic manipulation reduced virus-induced myocardial injury by 40 to 60% and dramatically improved survival in infected caspase-3-deficient animals. This study indicates that apoptosis plays a critical role in mediating cardiac injury in the setting of viral myocarditis and is the first demonstration that caspase inhibition may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for this devastating disease.