光学相干层析成像技术对关节软骨组织解剖分层表现对照研究

光学相干层析成像技术是一种高分辨率、非创伤性成像技术,它能够利用近红外光产生软骨组织的解析图像.实验的研究目的是验证光学相干层析成像技术对软骨组织解剖分层结构的成像能力.以猪膝关节软骨为样本,选择OCT检测的软骨区域运用解剖学方法获得组织切片,显微镜下观察.调查软骨OCT成像与组织学成像的相关性.结果显示OCT所测得的所有软骨的厚度值与切片显微镜结果一致,差异无显著意义 （P〉0.05）.光学相干层析成像系统能够呈现软骨组织解剖分层,该技术在软骨检测和临床关节病变诊断方面具有应用前景.     

OCT于大鼠脱水组织中光散射特性的分析研究

目的:探讨活体组织液体含量的改变对OCT成像的影响,以期提高OCT在诊断组织病理性质方面的能力。方法:实验中复制脱水大鼠病理模型,应用光学相干层析成像设备,进行大鼠舌浅表组织在体显微成像检测,并对图像中组织的信号衰减特性进行量化分析。结果:正常对照组大鼠体重明显增加,病理模型组显著下降,病理模型组于脱水3天和5天后组织的平均OCT信号衰减系数明显高于正常对照组(P<0.01),且5天较3天的病理模型组组织的信号衰减系数变化尤其显著(P<0.01)。结论:改变组织含液量,可显著改变OCT成像效果,且通过对OCT图像中信号的衰减系数分析,可获得组织细微的散射变化,从而有望提高OCT技术在组织性质方面的诊断能力。     

基于自适应光学的视网膜单细胞光学相干层析成像技术

介绍了一种基于CCD相机的并行光学相干层析成像技术,将所建立的层析成像系统和自适应光学视网膜相机结合。利用一维光学相干层析系统对人眼视网膜进行追踪并控制相干门在视网膜内的位置,利用基于CCD相机的二维光学相干层析成像系统记录视网膜的干涉图像。用眼模型和牛眼视网膜组织对系统进行了测试,通过将4幅干涉图像的获取时间控制在7 ms以内来减少视网膜运动对成像的影响;系统的轴向点扩展函数和灵敏度分别达到10 μm和76 dB。实验结果表明,所建立的基于自适应光学的视网膜光学相干层析成像系统的空间分辨率和灵敏度远远高于其它基于自适应光学的视网膜成像技术。     

基于光学相干层析图像的离体牙三维重建

利用shear-warp算法对离体牙的光学相干层析图像进行三维重建,通过不透明度传递函数的合理设置及光照模型的引入实现牙齿内部组织结构的可视化,便于医生在早期龋齿诊断中定位病变.介绍了shear-warp算法的原理、用于龋齿检测的全光纤光学相干层析成像系统及其二维层析图,以及利用离体牙牙冠的二维层析图重建获得三维结构图.     

基于OCT技术的鼠皮肤激光热损伤修复过程的监测

采用Er:YAG激光(波长为2 940 nm,能量密度为:2.5 J/cm2单光斑,扫描次数为4)照射活体小白鼠皮肤,利用光学相干层析成像(optical coherence tomography,OCT)技术在活体小鼠上观察其皮肤组织在激光作用之前及作用之后光热损伤修复的整个过程,得到了激光光热作用下引起损伤的皮肤组织在此过程中皮肤光学特性参数的变化情况,发现皮肤修复过程中光学参数有显著差异,并分析了这些差异引起的原因,以揭示激光美容中并发症主要因素。     

基于光学相干层析成像技术的小鼠表皮厚度的无损测量及分析

光学相干层析成像技术(optical coherence tomography,OCT)在研究活体皮肤的表皮和真皮上层方面是一种很有潜力的手段.本文以小白鼠为研究对象,脱毛后,采用OCT系统对同一部位的小鼠皮肤在制作切片过程中(活体、离体、固定24 h后)进行成像跟踪,分别获得OCT强度图中第一强度峰到第一个波谷,以及第一、二强度峰之间的距离,比较两种结果和组织学的对应情况,并分析其原因,同时关注切片过程中各种物理、化学因素对皮肤各层厚度的影响,研究了OCT图像的各个反射峰与实际皮肤的结构之间联系.     

光学相干层析成像技术用于裸鼠皮肤霉菌感染研究

利用中心波长为850 nm的宽带光源SLD实现了纵向分辨率为8μm的光学相干层析成像系统。系统采用傅里叶域光学延迟线实现了深度扫描速度为160 mm/s,成像深度为3 mm。获得了裸鼠皮肤霉菌感染部位和健康皮肤的光学相干层析(optical coherence tom ography,OCT)图像,皮肤病变前后的内部结构信息清晰可见。     

基于光学相干层析成像技术的鼠皮肤II度烫伤及其修复过程监控

建立小鼠皮肤的Ⅱ度烫伤的模型,分别于烫伤前、烫伤后1 min、8 h、1 d、3 d、5 d、7 d、9 d、11 d、13 d、15 d、17 d,用光学相干层析成像技术(OCT)对烫伤的创面进行动态的监测,同时对创面进行组织病理学的检测,对结果进行分析。利用OCT单次散射模型获得皮肤在烫伤前后光衰减系数的变化情况,结果显示光衰减系数的值在烫伤后是呈先减小后增大的趋势,待修复完全后又恢复到烫伤前相近的值。该结果与组织病理学的结果相吻合,这表明OCT技术可以用于实时诊断烫伤的皮肤。     

光学相干层析分子成像方法初探

介绍了分子对比剂在光学相干层析成像(optical coherence tom ography,OCT)技术中的研究现状,概述了迄今出现的几种不同的光学相干层析分子成像方法(m olecu lar contrast OCT,简称为MCOCT),讨论了MCOCT的几个重要的实际问题:对比剂的选择范围、激发光强的限制、各种方法灵敏度比较以及MCOCT应用于临床与生物学领域需要考虑的因素。     

水黄皮根总黄酮对大鼠乙酸型胃溃疡胃黏膜EGF及TGF-α表达的影响

目的:观察水黄皮根总黄酮(PRF)对胃溃疡大鼠乙酸型胃溃疡的作用,探讨该药促进溃疡愈合的可能机制。方法:采用乙酸注射至大鼠浆膜下形成胃溃疡模型,观察水黄皮根总黄酮对胃溃疡大鼠乙酸型胃溃疡愈合质量的影响,用放免法检测血清表皮生长因子(EGF)含量,用免疫组化法检测胃黏膜组织EGF、转化生长因子-α(TGF-α)的表达。结果:PRF能显著降低溃疡指数(P<0.05,P<0.01),提高血清中EGF含量(P<0.05,P<0.01),增强溃疡边缘胃黏膜EGF、TGF-α的表达(P<0.05,P<0.01)。结论:PRF能提高溃疡愈合质量,增强溃疡瘢痕处EGF、TGF-α的表达可能是其作用机制之一。     

Different metabolic behavior of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human platelets

Whereas numerous studies deal with the effects and metabolism of eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5(n - 3)) in platelets, very few concern docosahexaenoic acid (22:6(n - 3)), although both acids are consumed in equal amounts from most fish fat. The present paper reports the modulation of 22:6(n - 3) oxygenation as well as that of endogenous arachidonic acid (20:4(n - 6)) in 22:6(n - 3)-rich platelets. Like the oxygenation of 20:5(n - 3), the lipoxygenation of 22:6(n - 3) occurred at a low level when incubated alone, but was markedly increased in the presence of 20:4(n - 6), suggesting a similar peroxide tone dependency. 20:5(n - 3) could not replace 20:4(n - 6) in the increasing 22:6(n - 3) lipoxygenation, whereas 22:6(n - 3) shared the potentiating effect of 20:4(n - 6) on both the cyclooxygenation and the lipoxygenation of 20:5(n - 3). On the other hand, 20:5(n - 3), 22:6(n - 3) or 20:5(n - 3) + 22:6(n - 3) enrichment of platelet phospholipids inhibited the formation of cyclooxygenase but not lipoxygenase products from endogenous 20:4(n - 6) in thrombin-stimulated platelets. In doing so, 22:6(n - 3) appeared even more potent than 20:5(n - 3), although it was not liberated after acylation in phospholipids, the opposite of what was observed with 20:5(n - 3). Therefore, it seems that, in contrast to 20:5(n - 3), which may compete with endogenous 20:4(n - 6) at the cyclooxygenase level, 22:6(n - 3) would affect the latter enzyme activity in a different way. We conclude that 20:5(n - 3) and 22:6(n - 3) behave differently and might act synergistically on the inhibition of platelet functions after fish fat intake.     

Essential fatty acid metabolism in cultured human airway epithelial cells.

To characterize essential fatty acid metabolism of human airway epithelium, we examined the capacity of epithelial cells to incorporate and desaturate/elongate 18:2(n - 6) and the turnover of phospholipid fatty acyl chains in these cells. Epithelial cells were cultured for 5-7 days and incubated with [1-14C]18:2(n - 6) (1 microCi, 100 nmol). The essential fatty acid profile of the cells was readily modified by 18:2(n - 6) supplementation to culture medium. After 4 h incubation, 32 +/- 5.6 nmol of [1-14C]18:2(n - 6) was incorporated into phospholipids (65 +/- 9.5%, of which 74% was incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC)) and neutral lipid (31 +/- 10%) per mg protein of cultured cells. 30 +/- 8% of [1-14C]18:2(n - 6) incorporated, was converted to homologous trienes, tetraenes and pentaenes, the major products being 20:3(n - 6) and 20:4(n - 6). The conversion of 18:2(n - 6) was time-dependent and donor age-related. A higher proportion of 20:3(n - 6) and 20:4(n - 6) was incorporated into phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). About 10-15% of total products formed from 18:2(n - 6) was released from membrane to culture medium. Both 20:4(n - 6) and 20:5(n - 3) inhibited 18:2(n - 6) incorporation and desaturation. Rate of incorporation of 18:2(n - 6) was more than either 18:1(n - 9) or 16:0. With pulse-chase studies, the half-life of 18:2(n - 6) in PC, PI and PE was estimated to be 5.5, 6.0 and 7.3 h, respectively. These data indicate active metabolism of essential fatty acids in human airway epithelial cells. This metabolism may play a key role in the regulation of membrane properties and function in these cells.     

Plant complex type free N-glycans occur in tomato xylem sap

Free N-glycans (FNGs) are ubiquitous in growing plants. Further, acidic peptide:N-glycanase is believed to be involved in the production of plant complex-type FNGs (PCT-FNGs) during the degradation of dysfunctional glycoproteins. However, the distribution of PCT-FNGs in growing plants has not been analyzed. Here, we report the occurrence of PCT-FNGs in the xylem sap of the stem of the tomato plant.

Abbreviations: RP-HPLC: reversed-phase HPLC; SF-HPLC: size-fractionation HPLC; PA-: pyridylamino; PCT: plant complex type; Hex: hexose; HexNAc: N-acetylhexosamine; Pen: pentose; Deoxyhex: deoxyhexose; Man: D-mannose; GlcNAc: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine; Xyl: D-xylose; Fuc: L-fucose; Le^a: Lewis a (Galβ1-3(Fucα1-4)GlcNAc); PCT: plant complex type; M3FX: Manα1-6(Manα1-3)(Xylβ1-2)Manβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAc-PA; GN2M3FX: GlcNAcβ1-2Manα1-6(GlcNAcβ1-2Manα1-3)(Xylβ1-2)Manβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAc-PA; (Le^a)1GN1M3FX: Galβ1-3(Fucα1-4)GlcNAc1-2 Manα1-6(GlcNAcβ1-2Manα1-3)(Xylβ1-2)Manβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAc-PA or GlcNAc1-2Manα1-6(Galβ1-3(Fucα1-4)GlcNAc1-2Manα1-3)(Xylβ1-2)Manβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAc-PA.     

Identification of the sex pheromone of Isoceras sibirica Alpheraky (Lepidoptera, Cossidae)

We discovered that extracts of the female sex pheromone gland of the carpenterworm moth Isoceras sibirica Alpheraky, a pest of Asparagus officinalis Linn., contained (Z)-7-tetradecen-1-ol (Z7-14:OH), (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-ol (Z9-14:OH), (Z)-7-tetradecenyl acetate (Z7-14:Ac), (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (Z9-14:Ac), and (Z)-9-hexadecadecenyl acetate (Z9-16:Ac). The average levels of the chemicals in a single sex pheromone gland of a calling moth were (0.71 +/- 0.24) ng, (1.42 +/- 0.44) ng, (4.36 +/- 0.32) ng, (8.71 +/- 0.26) ng, and (0.82 +/- 0.38) ng, respectively. The electroantennography (EAG) analysis of these chemicals and their analogues demonstrated that Z9-14:Ac triggered significantly the male EAG response. Traps with rubber septa lure impregnated with Z9-14:Ac (500 microg/septum), Z7-14:Ac (250 microg/septum), and Z9-16:Ac (50 microg/septum) were more effective in catching male moths than traps with other baits or virgin females. Addition of Z7-14:OH and Z9-14:OH to rubber septa did not enhance the efficiency of the trap.     

The effect of aging on adrenergic and nonadrenergic receptor expression and responsiveness in canine skeletal muscle

We tested the hypothesis that adrenergic and nonadrenergic receptor responsiveness and protein expression would be altered with advancing age. Young (n = 6; 22 ± 1 mo; mean ± SE) and old (n = 6; 118 ± 9 mo) beagles were instrumented with flow probes and an indwelling catheter for continuous measurement of external iliac blood flow and arterial blood pressure. Vascular conductance (VC) was calculated as hindlimb blood flow/mean arterial pressure. Selective agonists for α-1, α-2, neuropeptide-Y (NPY), and purinergic (P2X) receptors were infused at rest and during treadmill running at moderate (2.5 mph) and heavy (4 mph with 2.5% grade) exercise intensities. Feed arteries were dissected from gracilis muscles, and α-1D, α-1B, α-2A, P2X-4, P2X-1, and NPY-Y1 receptor protein expression was determined. Phenylephrine produced similar decreases (P > 0.05) in VC in young and old beagles at rest (young: -62 ± 5%; old: -59 ± 5%) and during moderate (young: -67 ± 5%; old: -62 ± 4%) and heavy (young: -54 ± 4%; old: -49 ± 3%) exercise. Clonidine caused similar (P > 0.05) decreases in VC in old compared with young dogs at rest (young: -59 ± 8%; old: -70 ± 6%) and during moderate (young: -52 ± 6%; old: -47 ± 5%)- and heavy (young: -42 ± 5%; old: -43 ± 5%)-intensity exercise. NPY infusion resulted in a similar decline in VC in young and old beagles at rest (young: -40 ± 7%; old: -39 ± 9%) and during moderate (young: -47 ± 6%; old: -40 ± 6%)- and heavy (young: -40 ± 3%; old: -38 ± 4%)-intensity exercise. α-β-Methylene-ATP also produced similar decreases in VC in young and old beagles at rest (young: -36 ± 6%; old: -40 ± 8%) and during exercise at moderate (young: -42 ± 5%; old: -40 ± 9%) and heavy (young: -47 ± 5%; old: -42 ± 8%) intensities. α-1B receptor protein expression was elevated (P < 0.05) in old compared with young dogs, whereas there were no age-related differences in α-1D or α-2A receptor expression and nonadrenergic P2X-4, P2X-1, and NPY-Y1 receptor expression. The present findings indicate that postsynaptic adrenergic and nonadrenergic receptor responsiveness was not altered by advancing age. Moreover, the expression of adrenergic and nonadrenergic receptors in skeletal-muscle feed arteries was largely unaffected by aging.     

Composition of phospholipid molecular species from mammary tumors

The molecular phospholipid species of mammary tumors induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in rats that were fed diets containing 20 or 3% sunflower-seed oil and different levels of calcium were analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Twenty-seven molecular species of phospholipids were identified. Phosphatidylcholine was predominantly composed of palmitoyl-arachidonoyl (16:0-20:4) (17-21%), palmitoyl-oleoyl (16:0-18:1) (19-21%), stearoyl-arachidonoyl (18:0-20:4) (12-13%), and 1,2-dipalmitoyl (16:0-16:0) (10-14%) species. The major molecular species of phosphatidylethanolamine were 18:0-20:4 (37-39%) and 16:0-20:4 (10-11%). The composition of diacyl phosphatidylcholine and diacyl phosphatidylethanolamine molecular species from rat mammary tumors was not greatly affected by the different diets.     

Systematic synthesis of four epicatechin series procyanidin trimers and their inhibitory activity on the Maillard reaction and antioxidant activity

A systematic synthesis of four natural epicatechin series procyanidin trimers [[4,8:4",8"]-2,3-cis-3,4-trans: 2",3"-cis-3",4"-trans: 2,3-trans-(-)-epi-catechin-(-)-epicatechin-(+)-catechin, [4,8:4",8"]-2,3-cis-3,4-trans: 2",3"-cis-3",4"-trans: 2,3-cis-tri-(-)-epicatechin: procyanidin C1, [4,8:4",8"]-2,3-cis-3,4-trans: 2",3"-trans-3",4"-trans: 2,3-trans-(-)-epicatechin-(+)-catechin-(+)-catechin: procyanidin C4, and [4,8:4",8"]-2,3-cis-3,4-trans: 2",3"-trans-3",4"-trans: 2,3-cis-(-)-epicatechin-(+)-catechin-(-)-epicatechin] is described. Condensation of (2R,3R,4S)-5,7,3'4'-tetra-O-benzyl-4-(2"-ethoxyethyloxy)flavan derived from (-)-epicatechin as an electrophile with the dimeric nucleophiles in the presence of TMSOTf followed by deprotection yielded trimers. Inhibitory activities on the Maillard reaction and antioxidant activity on lipid peroxide of the synthesized oligomers were also investigated.     

温度和光周期对棉铃虫雌性信息素成分的含量与比例的影响

用气相色谱分析法研究了温度和光周期对棉铃虫雌蛾分泌性信息素的影响。结果表明,温度和光周期对棉铃虫雌蛾分泌性信息素各组分的含量影响较为明显。统计分析表明,不同温度和光周期条件下,性信息素各组分的含量差异显著（P＜0．05）,温度越低,光周期越短,各组分的含量越高。温度对性信息素各组分的相对比例影响较小,而光周期对性信息素各组分的相对比例影响明显,不同光周期下性信息素各组分的相对比例差异显著（P＜0．05）。     

De novo biosynthesis of arachidonic acid and 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus

The de novo biosynthesis of 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid (5,11,14-20:3), arachidonic acid (20:4(n - 6] and eicosadienoic acid (20:2(n - 6] and the elongation/desaturation of linoleic acid (18:2(n - 6] to 20:4(n - 6) and alpha-linolenic acid (18:3(n - 3] to eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5(n - 3] were demonstrated in adult males of the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Sodium [1-14C]acetate, [1-14C]18:2(n - 6) and [1-14C]18:3(n - 3) were injected into adult male crickets and after an incubation period, the testes and remaining tissues were extracted and the methyl esters obtained from the phospholipid and triacylglycerol fractions were analyzed. After 5 days of daily injections of [1-14C]acetate, the methyl esters of the triene and tetraene fatty acids from the testicular phospholipid fraction were purified by AgNO3-TLC and HPLC and analyzed by GLC, radio-HPLC, and radio-GLC of ozonolysis products. The results demonstrate the de novo biosynthesis of 20:2(n - 6), 20:4(n - 6) and an isomer of 20:3(n - 6) with double bonds in the 5,11,14 positions. the elongation/desaturation of 18:2(n - 6) to 20:4(n - 6) and 18:3(n - 3) to 20:5(n - 3) was demonstrated by analysis of the methyl esters derived from the testicular phospholipid fraction by radio-HPLC after injecting crickets with radiolabeled substrates.     

Sex pheromone of Etiella behrii, a pod borer of soybean in Indonesia: identification and field attraction

Four EAG-active components were detected in GC-EAG analyses of hexane extracts from virgin Etiella behrii (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) females. These components were identified as dodecyl acetate (12:Ac), (E)-9-dodecenyl acetate (E9-12:Ac), either (Z)-9- or (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (Z9- or E11-14:Ac), and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (Z11-14:Ac) by comparison of retention indices on both nonpolar and polar GC columns. The available extract was insufficient for further GC-MS or other chemical analyses (<0.2 ng/female). In field tests carried out in East Java, a 10:90 mixture of E9-12:Ac and Z11-14:Ac showed attractiveness to male moths and addition of 12:Ac and/or E11-14:Ac significantly increased the trap catches while addition of Z9-14:Ac showed no significant effect. Maximum attraction was obtained with 5.35 or 10.7 g/rubber septum of a mixture of E9-12:Ac, Z11-14:Ac, 12:Ac and E11-14:Ac at the ratio of 10:90:0.7:6.3, respectively. The role of pheromone blends in species discrimination between E. behrii and the related E. zinckenella (Treitschke) is discussed.