组胺对培养新生大鼠心肌细胞自发性搏动及动作电位的影响

以培养大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞为模型,观察组胺对培养心肌细胞自发性搏动频率及动作电位的影响。结果表明：组胺０．１－１０ｕｍｏｌ／Ｌ可以引起剂量依赖性的心肌细胞搏动频率的增快,而且这种效应呈时间依赖性。组胺１０ｕｍｏｌ／Ｌ可以使心肌细胞动作电位的幅度（ＡＰＡ）,最大上升速率（Ｖｍａｘ）及超射（ＯＳ）明显增加,动作电位持续时间（ＡＰＤ５０和ＡＰＤ９０）明显延长,窦性周长（ＳＣＬ）明显缩短。以上结果提示,组胺致     

9—蒽羧酸对豚鼠心室动作电位和L型Ca电流的影响

目的：研究９－蒽羧酶（９－ＡＣ）对豚鼠以肌动作电位（ＡＰ）和Ｌ型Ｃａ电流（Ｌｃａ）的影响。方法：电流钳配合制霉菌素膜等孔方法记录心室肌动作电位,用全细胞式膜片钳（Ｗｈｏｌｅ ｃｅｌｌ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ）技术记录Ｌｃａ。结果：在低ＣＩ＾－状态下,β肾上腺素能受体激动剂异丙肾上腺素（ＩＳＯ）可使动作电位时程（ＡＰＤ）明显延长。９－ＡＣ单独使用时对ＡＰ无作用,但在ＩＳＯ的作用下,蛋白磷酸酶抑制剂９－Ａ     

儿茶酚胺在川芎嗪对豚鼠乳头状肌慢反应电位及收缩力影响中的作用

本实验室以往的工作提示,川芎嗪增加心肌细胞慢内向电流（Ｉｓｉ）。本实验观察川芎嗪对正常及儿茶酚胺耗竭豚鼠乳头肌慢反应电位（ＳＡＰ）和收缩力（ＦＣ）的影响。探讨川芎嗪增加心肌细胞Ｉｓｉ与心肌内儿茶酚胺的关系。１材料与方法（１）试剂单体川芎嗪（ｌｉｇｕｓ...     

P物质在谷氨酸兴奋外侧下丘脑-穹窿周围区引起的升压反应中之作用

Ｐ物质（ＳＰ）能神经元及其轴突末梢和受体广泛分布于很多心血管中枢。外侧下丘脑含ＳＰ能神经元,外侧下丘脑投射的升压区内又存在ＳＰ能纤维及ＳＰ受体;因此本工作检验ＳＰ在外侧下丘脑升压反应中的作用。实验显示：（１）Ｌ－谷氨酸（Ｇｌｕ）兴奋外侧下丘脑的穹窿周围区（ＬＨ／ＰＦ）或将ＳＰ分别注入各ＬＨ投射区：蓝斑（ＬＣ）、臂旁核（ＮＰＢ）或中脑导水管周围灰质（ＰＡＧ）均引起升压反应;（２）［Ｄ－Ｐｒｏ２,Ｄ－Ｐｈｅ７,Ｄ－Ｔｒｐ９］－ＳＰ（ＳＰ拮抗剂）预先注入ＬＣ或ＰＡＧ可使Ｇｌｕ兴奋ＬＨ／ＰＦ引起的升压反应减小,而注入ＮＰＢ对该反应无明显影响;（３）双侧延髓头端腹外侧区（ＲＶＬ）分别用酚妥拉明、心得安或阿托品预处理也可明显削弱该反应。结合我们以往的实验结果：ＲＶＬ内的α－、β－、Ｍ－受体介导ＬＣ升压反应,α－和β－受体介导ＰＡＧ－升压反应;本工作显示ＬＨ／ＰＦ可通过其ＳＰ能投射纤维作用于ＬＣ－ＲＶＬ和ＰＡＧ－ＲＶＬ升压系统而实现其升压反应。     

口服双歧杆菌,酪酸梭菌活菌制剂药效作用研究

利用氨苄青霉素引起ＳＰＦ－ＢＡＬＢ／Ｃ小鼠肠道菌群失调腹泻作为模型,观察肠康平制调整扬道菌群的药效作用,并与它同类单价制剂不平制剂对该ＳＰＦ－ＢＡＬＢ／Ｃ小鼠肠道菌群失调腹泻具有治疗作用,高剂量组９１０＾６ＣＦＵ／次）的治疗效果优于低剂量组（１０＾４ＣＦＵ／次）,肠康平制剂缓解ＳＰＦ－ＢＡＬＢ／Ｃ小鼠筵菌群失调后腹泻症状的时间较单价制剂略快。     

CRF在谷氨酸兴奋中央杏仁核引起的升压反应中之作用

促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子（ＣＲＦ）能神经元的胞体和轴突末梢广泛分布在中央杏仁核（ＡＣ）及其投射的重要升压区。本工作显示：（１）谷氨酸兴奋ＡＣ或将ＣＲＦ分别注入ＡＣ投射区：室旁核（ＮＰＶ）、外侧下丘脑／穹窿周围区（ＬＨ／ＰＦ）、蓝斑（ＬＣ）、臂旁核（ＮＰＢ）、中脑导水管周围灰质（ＰＡＧ）或延髓头端腹外侧区（ＲＶＬ）均引起升压反应;（２）ＡＣ的上述投射区内预先分别注入α－ＨｅｌｉｃａｌＣＲＦ［９－４１］（ＣＲＦ拮抗剂）均能阻断谷氨酸兴奋ＡＣ引起的升压反应。以上结果结合以往报道：ＬＨ／ＰＦ也有纤维投射至ＬＣ、ＮＰＢ和ＰＡＧ,后三者均可通过ＲＶＬ引起升压反应,表明ＡＣ发出的ＣＲＦ能投射纤维一方面可兴奋ＮＰＶ,另一方面则可间接（通过ＬＨ／ＰＦ）或直接作用于ＬＣ、ＮＰＢ和ＰＡＧ,进而激活ＲＶＬ－交感兴奋神经元,也可能直接兴奋ＲＶＬ而引起升压反应     

兔迷走复合区内微量注射TRH对奥迪氏括约肌肌电的影响及传出途径分析

目的和方法：本工作旨在研究免迷走复合区（ＤＶＣ）内ＴＲＨ对奥迪氏括约肌（ＳＯ）肌电的调节作用及外周途径。结果：（１）ＤＶＣ内注射ＴＲＨ（０．８ｎｍｏｌ,１μｌ）后,慢波电位（ＳＷ）频率不变,但锋电位频率（ＦＳＰＳＯ）及幅度（ＡＳＰＳＯ）、锋电位发生率（ＩＳＰ）明显增加．（２）ＤＶＣ内分别注射不同剂量ＴＲＨ（０．１３,０．２５,０．５０,０．８０,１．３０ｎｍｏｌ,１μｌ）后,各剂量ＴＲＨ均能引起ＦＳＰＳＯ增加。随注射剂量的增加,ＳＯ反应强度和持续时间均增加,呈现明显的剂量反应关系。（３）ＤＶＣ内注射ＴＲＨ兴奋ＦＳＰＳＯ的效应可被静脉注射阿托品（０．２ｍｇ／ｋｇ）或迷走神经切断完全阻断,但不能被静脉注射酚妥拉明（１．５ｍｇ／ｋｇ）、心得安（１．５ｍｇ／ｋｇ）或脊髓切断术所阻断。结论：ＤＶＣ内ＴＲＨ可能对ＳＯ肌电有重要的调节作用,这种作用是通过迷走神经及外周Ｍ受体介导。     

表皮生长因子对离体大鼠肺动脉及肺动脉平滑肌细胞作用的研究

本研究着重探讨表皮生长因子（ＥＧＦ）对大鼠肺动脉的收缩作用及对肺动脉平滑肌细胞分裂增殖的影响。浓度为１×１０－９－１×１０－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＥＧＦ可引起大鼠肺动脉剂量依赖性收缩（ｒ＝０．９６８,Ｐ＜０,００１）,其Ｅｍａｘ为１００．６ｍｇ,ＥＣ５０为１１．９６ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ。在同时存在０．５％胎牛血清（ＦＣＳ）时,ＥＧＦ能促进平滑肌细胞的３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ参入率,该作用与剂量呈正相关（ｒ＝０．８２３,Ｐ＜０．０５）,其ＥＣ５０为６．５×１Ｏ－１２ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。１×１０－９ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＥＧＦ＋０．５％ＦＣＳ能产生与１０％ＦＣＳ相当的促细胞分裂增殖能力（在培养的第１,３,５,７天,二者促分裂增殖能力相差不明显,Ｐ均＞０．０５,第９天时,前者大于后者,Ｐ＜０．０５）。１×１０－９ｍｏｌ／ＬＥＧＦ单独存在时对平滑肌细胞未显示出明显的致分裂活性。上述作用提示ＥＣＦ在某些肺血管病变如缺氧性肺动脉高压中可能有一定意义。     

八肽胆囊收缩素减轻肿瘤坏死因子诱导的离体兔肺动脉反应性变化及内皮细胞损伤

为探讨八肽胆囊收缩素（ＣＣＫ－８）缓解内毒素休克时肺动脉高压的作用机制,应用离体血管环张力测定技术及扫描电镜方法,观察了ＣＣＫ－８对肿瘤坏死因子α（ＴＮＦ－α）引起的肺动脉反应性及肺动脉内皮细胞超微结构变化的影响。结果显示：离体脑动脉经ＴＮＦ－α（４０００Ｕ／ｍｌ）孵育２ｈ对苯肾上腺素（ＰＥ）的收缩反应、对乙酰胆碱（ＡＣｈ）及硝普钠（ＳＮＰ）的内皮依赖性及非内皮依赖性舒张反应均无明显影响。ＴＮＦ－     

肺血管EDNO及其合酶在大鼠低氧性肺动脉高压形成中的作用

本研究观察了低氧对大鼠肺组织和血管内皮一氧化氮合酶（ＮＯＳ）活性及内皮衍生一氧化氮（ＥＤＮＯ）依赖性舒张反应的影响,以及ＮＯＳ抑制剂（Ｌ－ＮＡＭＥ）对常氧和低氧大鼠肺组织和血管内皮ＮＯＳ活性及颈、肺动脉血压（ＣＡＰｓ、ｍＰＡＰ）的作用。结果表明常氧大鼠肺泡内无肌性血管内皮未见ＮＯＳ活性,其肺血管床对ＥＤＮＯ依赖性舒血管物质ＢＫ没有反应,注射Ｌ－ＮＡＭＥ后大鼠ｍＰＡＰ略有降低,ＣＡＰｓ有所升高。低氧大鼠肺泡内无肌性血管内皮显示ＮＯＳ活性,对ＢＫ的ＥＤＮＯ依赖性舒张反应呈剂量依赖性增大,注射Ｌ－ＮＡＭＥ使低氧大鼠ｍＰＡＰ显著降低（Ｐ＜０．０１）,ＣＡＰｓ显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。提示肺血管ＥＤＮＯ及其合酶在维持正常成年大鼠肺循环低压低阻中的生理作用值得进一步探讨;低氧引起肺血管内皮ｅｃＮＯＳ活性增加和ＥＤＮＯ生成增多可能起到限制肺动脉压过度升高的调制作用,也可能对肺血管内皮产生毒性作用,反而促进肺动脉高压的发生和发展。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.