放射损伤、烧伤与放烧复合伤血清成份对心肌细胞钙离子通道活动的影响

本实验研究了放射损伤、烧伤与放烧复合伤后血清成份对培养心肌细胞Ｌ－型钙离子通道活动的影响,结果表明：伤后血清对上述通道均有激活作用,从而改变细胞内钙离子水平,此可能为伤后心脏功能抑制的一个重要机理。在作用强度上,复合伤血清重于单一伤、烧伤重于放射损伤,这是导致不同伤后血清对心功能抑制程度不一的重要因素。对伤后血清成分作用的进一步研究表明：伤后血清大分子的作用不明显,主要是血清低分子与血清脂质起作用。其中,放烧复合伤血清低分子不仅使通道开放增加,还使膜片噪声增加,提示其作用包括改变其Ｌ－型钙离子通道活动与改变膜的物理特性二个方面,它们共同导致细胞的功能变化;血清脂质对钙通道的作用可被ＳＯＤ所抑制,表明其作用与氧自由基反应有关。至于伤后血清低分子与血清脂质中的具体毒性成分以及它们对Ｌ－型钙离子通道影响的调控机制,有待于进一步研究     

全身放射损伤对皮肤伤口成纤维细胞参与组织修复能力的影响

合并全身放射损伤的创伤（放创复合伤）是一种重要而有代表性的难愈性创伤,其难愈机制尚未完全阐明,成纤维细胞是最为重要的组织修复细胞,其辐射敏感性较低,为了明确放创复合伤时合并的放射损伤是否对伤口成纤维细胞有直接损伤作用,以及这些损伤作用对创伤愈合的影响,实验检测了分离,培养的放创复合伤和单纯创伤大鼠皮肤伤口成纤维细胞的增殖,凋亡及其他反映其参与组织修复能力的指标变化,结果发现,在去除全身因素和局部因素,特别是创伤局部细胞因子和细胞外基质对成纤维细胞的反馈作用后,放创复合伤组伤口成纤维细胞增殖力,贴壁力和粘附力均显著弱于单纯创伤组,而成纤维细胞的凋亡率则显著增加,这些细胞表明,全身放射损伤对伤口成纤维细胞有直接损伤作用,使其参与组织修复能力显著受抑,这是合并全身放射损伤时创伤难愈的重要原因。     

CNTF对烧伤大鼠血清引起大鼠海马神经元细胞毒性的影响

应用整体和离体神经元培养,观察CNTF对烧伤大鼠海马神经元及烧伤血清引起海马神经元损伤的影响,结果表明,大鼠烧伤后海马组织神经元数目减少,NO含量升高;烧伤大鼠血清可引起培养的海马神经元细胞存活率下降,培养液中NO含量升高;CNTF能降低烧伤大鼠海马组织中NO的含量,保护海马神经元,并能提高培养的海马神经元的存活率,减少培养液中NO含量,其作用呈剂量依赖性;CNTF对神经元存活率的影响与NO含量呈显著负相关,提示CNTF对烧伤大鼠血清引起的海马神经元损伤有保护作用,其作用机制可能是通过抑制NO的神经毒性。     

腺苷A2A受体在小鼠颅脑创伤与外周组织损伤模型中的作用差异

本文旨在探索腺苷A2A受体在颅脑创伤、皮肤创伤及放射损伤复合创伤中的作用差异.分别观察和检测野生型小鼠、A2A受体基因敲除小鼠以及给予A2A受体激动剂CGS21680治疗的小鼠在皮肤创伤、放射损伤复合创伤后的伤口愈合时间以及颅脑创伤后的神经功能缺损情况、伤侧皮层脑含水量、脑脊液中谷氨酸浓度.结果表明,CGS21680促进外周组织伤口愈合,却加重颅脑创伤模型的神经功能损害,这与其促进谷氨酸释放有关.相反,A2A受体基因敲除显著延迟小鼠皮肤创伤及放射损伤复合创伤模型的伤口愈合,而在颅脑创伤模型中通过抑制谷氨酸释放产生保护效应.本研究初步证实,A2A受体激活促进谷氨酸大量释放可能是其在中枢损伤与外周损伤产生作用差异的机理之一,这为将来临床应用A2A受体激动剂减轻外周损伤,而用A2A受体拈抗剂减轻颅脑损伤提供了一定的实验依据.     

TRPV4通道与脑缺血再灌注损伤的研究进展

香草素受体4型瞬时感受器电位通道(transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel,TRPV4通道)是瞬时感受器电位通道家族成员之一。TRPV4通道是一种对钙离子具有选择通透性的阳离子通道,该通道激活后可以引起胞内钙离子浓度升高,进而参与调节机体多种生理或病理过程。现已证明,TRPV4通道可能在脑缺血再灌注所致的神经损伤中发挥重要作用。本文对近年来有关TRPV4通道与脑缺血再灌注损伤方面的研究进展予以综述。     

Ca2+在水杨酸诱发的丹参培养细胞培养基碱化过程中的作用

利用质膜钙离子通道抑制剂LaCl3、异搏定(Verapamil,VP),钙离子载体A23187,内膜系统钙离子通道抑制剂2-APB和LiCl处理,研究水杨酸(SA)诱发的丹参培养细胞内Ca2+迸发在培养基碱化过程中的作用。结果显示:SA处理诱发丹参培养细胞培养基碱化,质膜钙离子通道抑制剂LaCl3和VP、内膜系统钙离子通道抑制剂2-APB和LiCl单独处理均可显著抑制SA处理诱发的培养基碱化过程,但质膜钙离子通道抑制剂对SA处理诱发的培养基碱化的抑制作用要显著强于内膜系统钙离子通道抑制剂;当两类钙离子通道抑制剂同时使用,培养基碱化过程被完全抑制,甚至培养基出现酸化趋势;钙离子载体A23187可以显著促进培养基碱化过程。以上结果说明,由水杨酸诱发的胞外Ca2+内流与胞内钙库Ca2+释放均参与了丹参培养基碱化的诱导过程,但胞外Ca2+内流的作用更重要。本研究揭示了SA诱发的Ca2+与丹参细胞培养基碱化之间的关系,为更深层次地阐明植物次生代谢调控机制提供理论基础。     

双荧光素酶报告质粒检测小鼠巨噬细胞热休克转录因子1调控核转录因子kappa B活性的研究

目的：观察烧伤血清刺激后小鼠巨噬细胞NF-κB活性的变化,以及HSF1对NF-κB可能的调控作用.方法：制作15%TBSA Ⅲ°烧伤小鼠模型,提取烧伤血清.通过表达质粒与报告质粒共转染,检测烧伤血清诱导下NF-κB活性的变化以及过表达HSFI后NF-κB活性的变化规律.结果：对比正常血清,烧伤血清刺激后相对荧光素酶活性早期即明显增加（P〈0.05）,这种变化在诱导后2 h即达到高峰,12 h后逐渐下降;过表达HSF1可以显著抑制烧伤血清引起这种活性变化（P〈0.05）.结论：烧伤后NF-κB早期即活化,热休克反应可能通过HSF1途径抑制NF-κB的活性.     

大鼠严重烧伤后大脑皮质神经元和腓肠肌细胞bcl-2、HSP70蛋白的表达及意义

目的 探讨大鼠严重烧伤后大脑皮质神经元和腓肠肌细胞bcl-2,HSP70蛋白的表达及其意义。方法 应用免疫组化SP法检测大鼠体表总面积（TBSA）为30%Ⅲ度烧伤后大脑皮质及腓肠肌组织bcl-2,HSP70蛋白的表达及动态变化。结果 严重烧伤后1-3hbcl-2,HSP70在大脑皮质神经元胞浆呈中度阳性表达。此后呈阴性,而在腓肠肌呈强阳性表达且持续至伤后12h。两种蛋白的表达强度及持续时间与细胞的损伤程度密切相关。结论 严重烧伤后bcl-2,HSP70蛋白在抗损伤及决定细胞损伤的差异性方面发挥着重要作用。     

线粒体ATP敏感钾通道与钙激活钾通道激活对正常与缺血脑线粒体通透性转变的影响

目的：明确线粒体ATP敏感钾通道与钙激活钾通道对正常和缺血脑线粒体渗透性转变的作用。方法：实验采用分光光度法,在分离的线粒体上分别观察两种线粒体钾通道激动剂对正常与缺血脑线粒体肿胀的影响。结果：在正常脑线粒体,diazoxide与NSl619能有效抑制由钙诱导的线粒体氏20下降,但其效应可被atractyloside所阻断。与正常相比,缺血损伤后的脑线粒体在钙离子诱导下线粒体A520下降较快,diazoxide与NS1619仍可抑制由钙诱导的线粒体A520下降,其作用同样为atractykxside所阻断。结论：线粒体ATP敏感钾通道与钙激活钾通道激活在离体条件均具有保护脑线粒体的作用,其作用可能是通过影响线粒体通透性转变而实现。     

颈交感神经阻滞对严重烧伤大鼠的救治作用及其机制研究

目的:观察颈交感神经阻滞(CSB)对严重烧伤大鼠的救治作用,并对其可能机制进行初步探讨。方法:将大鼠随机分为正常对照组、烧伤组和CSB组,烧伤组与CSB组均制作20%体表面积Ⅲ0烧伤模型,CSB组于致伤后进行颈交感神经阻滞,观察动脉血压和心率变化;测定大鼠血中皮质酮、肾上腺素浓度;观察伤后21天动物伤死情况。结果:1.颈交感神经对严重烧伤大鼠救治效果显著,烧伤组和CSB组动物21天死亡率分别为73.33%和53.33%;2.创伤后大鼠血浆内肾上腺素浓度在伤后24小时有明显上升,然后迅速下降,但是CSB组肾上腺素浓度上升幅度远远低于烧伤组;3.与正常组相比,烧伤后血清GC的水平升高非常显著,CSB治疗组虽较正常组也升高,但显著低于烧伤组。结论:颈交感神经阻滞对严重创伤动物具有明显保护效应,其保护作用机制可能与调节创伤后神经-内分泌-免疫系统功能紊乱有关。     

Monoclonal antibody that recognizes the carbohydrate portion of cell adhesion molecule L1 influences calcium current in cultured neurons.

A monoclonal antibody (mAb), 2E12, against the neural cell adhesion molecule L1 recognized the 200 kDa component of L1. The epitope of L1 reacting with mAb 2E12 was localized in its carbohydrate chain, judging from the results of experiments on glycopeptidase F treatment. The physiological effect of adding mAbL1 (2E12) to cultured mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons was studied using patch-clamp techniques. The binding of mAbL1 (2E12) to the neurons expressing L1 molecule induced an inward current inhibited by calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine and Lanthanum. It was also found that the mAbL1 (2E12) leads to a rise in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in cultured neurons. This rise seems to be due to an influx of extracellular Ca2+, since treatment with EGTA abolished those phenomena. L-type calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine and cadmium, as well as inward current, blocked the effect of mAbL1 (2E12). These results suggest that the carbohydrate chain of L1 glycoprotein is directly involved in the induction of calcium current, and that the L1 molecule may play a prominent role in regulation of the Ca2+ channel.     

Experimental research on the management of combined radiation-burn injury in China

Combined radiation-burn injury can occur in people exposed to nuclear explosions, nuclear accidents or radiological terrorist attacks. Using different combined radiation-burn injury animal models, the pathological mechanisms underlying combined radiation-burn injury and effective medical countermeasures have been explored for several years in China, mainly at our institute. Targeting key features of combined radiation-burn injury, several countermeasures have been developed. Fluid transfusion and the calcium antagonist verapamil can prevent early shock and improve myocardial function after combined radiation-burn injury. Recombinant human interleukin 4 (rhIL-4) is able to effectively reduce bacterial infection and increase intestinal immunological ability. Chitosan-wrapped human defensin 5 (HD5) and glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) nanoparticles can increase the average survival time of animals with severe combined radiation-burn injury. After treatment by cervical sympathetic ganglia block (SB), hematopoietic function is promoted and the release of inflammatory cytokines is suppressed. The optimal time for escharectomy and allo-skin grafting is 24 h after injury. Transfusion of irradiated (20 Gy) or stored (4°C, 7 days) blood improves the survival of allo-skin grafting and allo-bone marrow cells. In conclusion, as our understanding of the mechanisms of combined radiation-burn injury has progressed, new countermeasures have been developed for its treatment. Because of the complexity of its pathology and the difficulty in clinical management, further efforts are needed to improve the treatment of this kind of injury.     

Effect of glucose on endothelin-1-induced calcium transients in cultured bovine retinal pericytes.

Published work has shown that endothelin-1-induced contractility of bovine retinal pericytes is reduced after culture in high concentrations of glucose. The purpose of the present study was to establish the profile of endothelin-1-induced calcium transients in pericytes and to identify changes occurring after culture in high concentrations of glucose. Glucose had no effect on basal levels of cytosolic calcium or on endothelin-1-induced calcium release from intracellular stores. However, influx of calcium from the extracellular medium after endothelin-1 stimulation was reduced in pericytes that had been cultured in 25 mM D-glucose. L-type Ca(2+) currents were identified by patch clamping. The L-type Ca(2+) channel agonist, (-)-Bay K8644, caused less influx of calcium from the extracellular medium in pericytes that had been cultured in 25 mM D-glucose than in those cultured with 5 mM D-glucose. However, 3-O-methylglucose, a nonmetabolizable analogue of glucose which can cause glycation, had similar effects to those of high concentrations of glucose. The results suggest that reduced function of the L-type Ca(2+) channel that occurs in bovine retinal pericytes after culture in high concentrations of D-glucose is probably due to glycation of a channel protein.     

Identification and differential subcellular localization of the neuronal class C and class D L-type calcium channel alpha 1 subunits

To identify and localize the protein products of genes encoding distinct L-type calcium channels in central neurons, anti-peptide antibodies specific for the class C and class D alpha 1 subunits were produced. Anti-CNC1 directed against class C immunoprecipitated 75% of the L-type channels solubilized from rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Anti-CND1 directed against class D immunoprecipitated only 20% of the L-type calcium channels. Immunoblotting revealed two size forms of the class C L-type alpha 1 subunit, LC1 and LC2, and two size forms of the class D L-type alpha 1 subunit, LD1 and LD2. The larger isoforms had apparent molecular masses of approximately 200-210 kD while the smaller isoforms were 180-190 kD, as estimated from electrophoresis in gels polymerized from 5% acrylamide. Immunocytochemical studies using CNC1 and CND1 antibodies revealed that the alpha 1 subunits of both L-type calcium channel subtypes are localized mainly in neuronal cell bodies and proximal dendrites. Relatively dense labeling was observed at the base of major dendrites in many neurons. Staining in more distal dendritic regions was faint or undetectable with CND1, while a more significant level of staining of distal dendrites was observed with CNC1, particularly in the dentate gyrus and the CA2 and CA3 areas of the hippocampus. Class C calcium channels were concentrated in clusters, while class D calcium channels were generally distributed in the cell surface membrane of cell bodies and proximal dendrites. Our results demonstrate multiple size forms and differential localization of two subtypes of L-type calcium channels in the cell bodies and proximal dendrites of central neurons. The differential localization and multiple size forms may allow these two channel subtypes to participate in distinct aspects of electrical signal integration and intracellular calcium signaling in neuronal cell bodies. The preferential localization of these calcium channels in cell bodies and proximal dendrites implies their involvement in regulation of calcium-dependent functions occurring in those cellular compartments such as protein phosphorylation, enzyme activity, and gene expression.     

含硫气体信号分子对心血管调节的效应及机制研究进展

含硫气体信号分子硫化氢(hydrogen sulfide,H2S)和二氧化硫(sulfur dioxide,SO2)过去被认为是废气,但是研究先后发现这两种含硫气体能在哺乳动物体内通过含硫氨基酸代谢内源性生成。心血管系统存在H2S和SO2的生成体系,并且H2S和SO2具有重要的心血管生理学效应,包括舒张血管和心肌负性肌力作用。H2S和SO2的心血管病理生理学效应也逐渐被认识,如缓解高血压和肺动脉高压、抑制动脉粥样硬化进展、保护心肌缺血再灌注损伤和异丙肾诱导的心肌损伤。ATP敏感性钾通道、L型钙通道、c GMP、NF-κB信号通路及MAPK信号通路等都参与H2S和SO2的生物学效应。以上发现表明H2S和SO2是重要的心血管内源性气体信号分子,为阐明心血管疾病的发病机制和治疗靶点提供新的思路。     

Calcium current subtypes in GnRH neurons

Calcium plays roles in excitability, rhythm generation, and neurosecretion. Identifying channel subtypes that regulate calcium influx is thus important to understanding rhythmic GnRH secretion, which is a prerequisite for reproduction. Whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings were made from short-term dissociated GnRH adult ovariectomized (OVX) mice (n = 21) to identify channel subtypes that carry calcium current using selective channel blockers and voltage characteristics. Low-voltage activated (LVA) currents were not observed in 42 GnRH neurons tested, although most non-GnRH neurons (4/6) displayed LVA current. The L-type component of the high-voltage activated (HVA) calcium current was 25% +/- 2%. The remaining HVA calcium current passed through N-type (27% +/- 3%), P-type (15% +/- 1%), Q-type (18% +/- 3%), and R-type (15% +/- 1%) channels. Because these data differ substantially from reports on cultured GnRH neurons, which may represent reproductively immature models, we also examined GnRH neurons from gonadal-intact young (Postnatal Days 4-10, n = 8 mice) mice. LVA currents were still rare (2/28) in young mice. Although the same HVA components were observed, the proportions were shifted toward significantly more L-type and less N-type current, suggesting a possible developmental shift in calcium currents in GnRH neurons. These data suggest that calcium channel subtypes in GnRH neurons prepared in the short term from brain slices differ substantially from those in long-term cultured GnRH models. These findings provide a vital foundation to examine the role of calcium channels in the secretory and rhythmic machinery of GnRH neurons.     

Hydrogen sulfide inhibits L-type calcium currents depending upon the protein sulfhydryl state in rat cardiomyocytes

Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is a novel gasotransmitter that inhibits L-type calcium currents (I (Ca, L)). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear. In particular, the targeting site in the L-type calcium channel where H(2)S functions remains unknown. The study was designed to investigate if the sulfhydryl group could be the possible targeting site in the L-type calcium channel in rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiac function was measured in isolated perfused rat hearts. The L-type calcium currents were recorded by using a whole cell voltage clamp technique on the isolated cardiomyocytes. The L-type calcium channel containing free sulfhydryl groups in H9C2 cells were measured by using Western blot. The results showed that sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS, an H(2)S donor) produced a negative inotropic effect on cardiac function, which could be partly inhibited by the oxidant sulfhydryl modifier diamide (DM). H(2)S donor inhibited the peak amplitude of I( Ca, L) in a concentration-dependent manner. However, dithiothreitol (DTT), a reducing sulfhydryl modifier markedly reversed the H(2)S donor-induced inhibition of I (Ca, L) in cardiomyocytes. In contrast, in the presence of DM, H(2)S donor could not alter cardiac function and L type calcium currents. After the isolated rat heart or the cardiomyocytes were treated with DTT, NaHS could markedly alter cardiac function and L-type calcium currents in cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, NaHS could decrease the functional free sulfhydryl group in the L-type Ca(2+) channel, which could be reversed by thiol reductant, either DTT or reduced glutathione. Therefore, our results suggest that H(2)S might inhibit L-type calcium currents depending on the sulfhydryl group in rat cardiomyocytes.     

The neuronal beta 4 subunit increases the unitary conductance of L-type voltage-gated calcium channels in PC12 cells

beta subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels influence channel behavior in numerous ways, including enhancing the targeting of alpha1 subunits to the plasma membrane and shifting the voltage dependence of activation and inactivation. Of the four beta subunits that have been identified, beta 4 is of particular interest because mutation of its alpha1 subunit interaction domain produces severe neurological defects. Its differential distribution in the hippocampus prompted us to examine whether this subunit was responsible for the heterogeneity of hippocampal L-type calcium channels. To study the functional effects of the beta 4 subunit on native L-type calcium channels, we transfected beta 4 cDNA subcloned out of embryonic hippocampal neurons into PC12 cells, a cell line that contains the beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 subunits but not the beta 4 subunit. Cell-attached single-channel recordings of L-type channel activity from untransfected and transfected PC12 cells compared with recordings obtained from hippocampal neurons revealed an effect of the beta 4 subunit on single-channel conductance. L-type channels in untransfected PC12 cells had a significantly smaller conductance (19.8 picosiemens (pS)) than L-type channels in hippocampal neurons (22 pS). After transfection of beta 4, however, L-type single-channel conductance was indistinguishable between the two cell types. Our data suggest that calcium channel beta 4 subunits affect the conductance of L-type calcium channels and that native hippocampal L-type channels contain the beta 4 subunit.     

Insulin induces changes in the subcellular distribution of actin and 5′-nucleotidase

The present study utilized a cultured adult myocardial cell model to examine the arachidonic acid metabolism under different cell-damaging and normoxic conditions. Cell injury was caused by short-time hypoxia, calcium ionophore A 23187-triggered cell-damage under hypoxia and cell disruption by freezing and thawing. The current study demonstrates that under the cell-damaging conditions cultured adult heart myocytes resemble myocardial cells under normoxic conditions in metabolizing arachidonic acid into triacylglycerols and phospholipids as the major route (a), in formation of ETYA-inhibitable indomethacin-resistant lipid metabolites in minor amounts (b) and in being independent of calcium overload in the metabolic pathways of arachidonic acid metabolism (c). The ETYA-inhibitable components were resolved by HPLC. There was no evidence in formation of lipoxygenase products. The results were supported by negative hybridisation experiments of the total mRNA isolated from adult myocardial cells with a cDNA probe of a red-cell-specific lipoxygenase mRNA. We conclude from these observations that cell injury does not result in expression of lipoxygenase activities in heart myocytes.Abbreviations HETE Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid - DiHETE Dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid - ETYA 5.8.11.14-Eicosatetraynoic acid - TLC Thin-Layer Chromatography - NP-HPLC Normal Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatography - RBC Red Blood Cell - LOX Lipoxygenase