镉对豚鼠乳头肌动作电位的影响

目的:研究氯化镉(CdCl2)对正常豚鼠心室乳头肌细胞动作电位(AP)的影响。方法:用常规细胞内微电极方法记录乳头肌细胞AP。结果:在生理条件下,CdCl2可使APo期振幅(APA)和最大除极速率(Vmax)降低,动作电位时程(APD)缩短,且具有剂量依赖性。结论:CdCl2可使心室肌AP的APA、Vmax、APD发生改变,提示CdCl2有抑制Na 、Ca2 内流和激活K 外流作用。     

Ⅰ-磷酸鞘氨醇对豚鼠心室肌动作电位和收缩力的影响

目的研究1-磷酸鞘氨醇(SIP)对豚鼠心室肌动作电位(AP)和心肌收缩力(CF)的影响.方法实验采用标准玻璃微电极细胞内记录技术记录心室肌细胞动作电位(AP)肌力换能器记录心肌收缩力(CF).结果①应用0.1μmol/LSlP后心室肌动作电位幅度(APA)和时程(APD)与应用SIP前比较差异无显著性,而应用1.0μmol/LSlP,10μmol/L SIP后心室肌动作电位的幅度(APA)与应用SIP前比较明显降低而动作电位的时程(APD)与应用SIP前比较明显延长(P＜0.01).②应用1.0μmol/L SIP和10μmol/LSIP后心室肌的CF与给药前相比明显增强(P＜0.01),应用0.1μmol/LSlP后心室肌的CF与给药前比较差异无显著性(P＞0.05).而加入SIP特异性G蛋白耦联内皮细胞分化基因(EDG)受体阻断剂苏拉明后,SIP的上述作用与给药前比较差异无显著性(P＞0.05).结论SIP可以降低心室肌动作电位幅值延长动作电位时程,增加心室肌收缩力,并且是通过其特异性的G蛋白耦联内皮细胞分化基因(EDG)受体介导而产生这些作用,有一定的剂量依赖性.     

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     

腺苷抗豚鼠室性心律失常的电生理研究

实验用全细胞膜片钳技术在单个豚鼠心室肌细胞上研究了腺苷 (Ado)对正常及异丙肾上腺素 (Iso)致豚鼠心室肌细胞动作电位、迟后除极 (DAD)、L 型钙电流 (ICa.L)和短暂内向电流 (Iti)的作用。结果表明 :(1)Ado在2 0～ 10 0 μmol/L时对豚鼠心室肌细胞动作电位和ICa .L无明显直接作用 ,但却可明显降低Iso所致的动作电位时程(APD)延长和ICa .L峰值增大 ,Iso (10nmol/L)使细胞APD50 从 3 40± 2 1ms延长到 486± 2 8ms (P <0 0 1) ,APD90从 3 61± 17ms延长至 5 0 1± 2 9ms (P <0 0 1) ;ICa .L峰值从 - 6 5 3± 1 4pA/pF增大到 - 18 2 8± 2 4pA/pF (P <0 0 1) ,电流电压曲线明显左移和下移 ;Ado (5 0 μmol/L)使APD50 和APD90 降至 40 3± 19ms和 419± 2 6ms ,但并不影响动作电位其它参数 ,使ICa.L峰值降低至 - 10 2± 1 5pA/pF (P <0 0 1)。 (2 )Iso (3 0nmol/L)可诱发心室肌细胞产生DADs,其发生率为 10 0 % ;Ado (5 0 μmol/L)可完全抑制Iso引发DADs;细胞经 - 40～ +2 0mV、时程 2s的除极电压 ,Iso (3 0nmol/L)诱导出Iti,其发生率为 10 0 % ;Ado (5 0 μmol/L)可明显抑制Iso致Iti的发生 ,其发生率降为 14 3 %。研究结果提示 ,Ado对豚鼠心室肌细胞动作电位和ICa.L无明显直接作用 ,但却可显著降低Is     

葛根素对大鼠心室肌细胞动作电位及钾通道电流的影响

目的:观察葛根素对大鼠心室肌细胞动作电位及钾通道电流的影响。方法:用常规微电极方法记录大鼠心室肌细胞动作电位,用全细胞膜片钳技术记录游离心室肌细胞钾离子流。结果:不同浓度的葛根素均能延长大鼠心室肌细胞动作电位时程(APD)及抑制内向整流钾电流,具有明显的浓度依赖关系。结论:葛根素延长APD,抑制内向整流钾电流,可能是其抗心律失常的机制。     

雌、孕激素联合应用对豚鼠心室乳头肌细胞动作电位及收缩力的影响

目的:观察不同浓度17β雌二醇(E2)与孕酮(P)联合运用时豚鼠心室乳头肌细胞动作电位及心肌收缩力的影响.方法:采用常规玻璃微电极技术记录豚鼠心室乳头肌细胞动作电位,生理二道记录仪与示波器连接记录收缩力.结果:①E2与P单独作用可使动作电位时程(APD90、APD)延长,APD20缩短,心肌收缩力降低,APA、Vmax降低.②不同浓度E2与P联合应用,P可加强E2的效应.结论:E2与P可能抑制Ca2 通道、K 通道、Na 通道,不同浓度E2与P联合应用,P可加强E2的效应,这种作用可能呈现浓度依赖性,提示在临床应用中加用孕激素应以低浓度为益.     

苯肾上腺素对豚鼠和兔离体心室乳头肌的作用

在心得安(1μM)阻断β-受体的情况下,本文通过观察苯肾上腺素(PE)对豚鼠和兔心室乳头肌动作电位及收缩的作用,探讨了心脏α-受体兴奋引起正性变力作用的机制。PE(1—16μM)延长豚鼠心室乳头肌动作电位时程(APD),增加兔和豚鼠心室乳头肌的收缩幅度(AC)。PE 在兔心室乳头肌上表现出的正性变力作用比在豚鼠心室肌上显著得多。FE(16μM)加强兔和豚鼠心室乳头肌收缩力的作用可被α_1-受体阻断剂哌唑嗪(Prazosin)(0.3—0.5μM)所取消。然而,在豚鼠心室乳头肌上被PE延长的APD,仅APD_(30)在哌唑嗪作用下有所缩短,而APD_(90)则不受其影响。在高钾(22mM)除极的心室乳头肌,PE(50μM)使 9个兔标本中的8个、8个豚鼠标本中的2个分别恢复慢反应动作电位。这些慢反应动作电位可被哌唑嗪(1μM)或钙通道阻断剂Mn~( )(1mM)所取消或抑制。以上的结果提示心脏α-肾上腺素能受体兴奋引起正性变力作用可能是由于慢内向电流(I_si)的增加。     

尿素通道蛋白B基因敲除小鼠心脏电生理特性的改变

目的:研究尿素通道蛋白B(UT-B)基因敲除对小鼠心脏电生理特性的影响。方法:使用常规的心电图、心肌细胞动作电位记录方法和膜片钳实验技术。结果:①UT-B基因敲除小鼠30%发生了不同程度的心律失常,而对照组的野生C57小鼠无一例发生心律失常。②基因敲除小鼠心室肌细胞动作电位幅值(APA)及最大除极速度(Vmax)明显受到抑制(P<0.05),而心室肌细胞动作电位复极50%、90%时程(APD50、APD90)和正常对照组比明显延长(P<0.05)。③基因敲除小鼠心室肌细胞膜上钠离子通道电流幅值和对照组比明显降低(p<0.01)。结论:UT-B基因敲除可以导致小鼠心脏电生理特性发生改变。     

Calcineurin在心衰小鼠左心室跨壁电压依赖性钾电流下调中的作用

本文旨在探讨钙调神经磷酸酶(calcineurin,Ca N)在心衰心脏左室跨壁电压依赖性钾电流下调中的作用及意义。主动脉弓部分结扎法制备小鼠压力超负荷心衰模型,采用全细胞膜片钳技术,记录应用Ca N抑制剂环孢素A(cyclosporine A,Cs A)后,假手术或心衰小鼠心室肌内膜下(subendocardial,Endo)、外膜下(subepicardial,Epi)心肌细胞电压依赖性钾电流各种成分及动作电位(action potential,AP)的变化。结果显示:各组小鼠左室游离壁心肌细胞的Ca N活性存在明显区域性差异,Endo细胞Ca N活性均高于Epi。心衰时Endo、Epi细胞Ca N活性明显升高,而使用Cs A后Ca N活性降低。在心衰模型小鼠上,Cs A可部分逆转Ito密度的下调,完全逆转Endo和Epi细胞IK,slow密度的下调,完全逆转Endo细胞Iss密度的下调。Cs A可部分逆转心衰小鼠心室肌细胞动作电位时程(action potential duration,APD)的延长,使得增高了的AP跨壁复极离散度(transmural dispersion of repolarization,TDR)明显降低,Endo、Epi细胞APD90的比值由心衰时的4.8:1恢复到2.6:1。以上结果提示,心衰时Endo、Epi细胞Ca N不同程度的激活是电压依赖性钾电流非同步下调,AP的TDR增大的重要原因,抑制Ca N可望成为防治心衰心律失常和猝死的新策略。     

1-磷酸鞘氨醇对豚鼠心室肌动作电位和收缩力的影响

目的：研究1-磷酸鞘氨醇（S1P）对豚鼠心室肌动作电位（AP）和心肌收缩力（CF）的影响。方法：实验采用标准玻璃微电极细胞内记录技术记录心室肌细胞动作电位（AP）肌力换能器记录心肌收缩力（CF）。结果：①应用0．1μmol／LS1P后心室肌动作电位幅度（APA）和时程（APD）与应用SIP前比较差异无显著性,而应用1．0μmol／LS1P,10μmol／LS1P后心室肌动作电位的幅度（APA）与应用S1P前比较明显降低而动作电位的时程（APD）与应用S1P前比较明显延长（P〈0．01）。②应用1．0μmol／LS1P和10μmol／LSIP后心室肌的CF与给药前相比明显增强（P〈0．01）,应用0．1μmol／LS1P后心室肌的CF与给药前比较差异无显著性（P〉0．05）。而加入S1P特异性G蛋白耦联内皮细胞分化基因（EDG）受体阻断剂苏拉明后,S1P的上述作用与给药前比较差异无显著性（P〉0．05）。结论：S1P可以降低心室肌动作电位幅值延长动作电住时程,增加心室肌收缩力,并且是通过其特异性的G蛋白耦联内皮细胞分化基因（EDG）受体介导而产生这些作用,有一定的剂量依赖性.     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.