正丘脑弓状核区注射β—内啡肽对大鼠血浆唾液酸水平的影响

采用大鼠下丘脑弓状核区微量注射β－内啡肽和分光光度法测定血浆唾液酸水平,探讨弓状核区注射β－内啡肽对唾液酸的影响及其机制。结果表明：（１）弓状核区注射β－内啡肽后,血浆唾液酸水平较注前前明显降低（Ｐ〈０．０５）,与对照组相比,亦有显著差异（Ｐ〈０．０５）;（２）静脉注射胆碱能Ｍ型受体阻断剂阿托品后,弓状核区再注射β－内啡肽,血浆唾液酸水平无明显变化（Ｐ〉０．０５）;（３）切断双侧颈迷走神经后,弓状     

性腺甾体激素对雌,雄大鼠下丘脑血管升压素mRNA水平的影响

实验用１０－１１周龄经阉割的雌、雄Ｓｐｒａｇｕｅ－Ｄａｗｌｅｙ大鼠进行。以３末端异羟基洋地黄毒甙标记的２６个碱基长的寡核苷酸作为检测探针,用核酸斑点杂交技术检测大鼠下丘脑血管升压素ｍＲＮＡ水平。在假手术对照组,雄性大鼠下丘脑ＡＶＰｍＲＮＡ水平经雌性大鼠高４５％（Ｐ〈０．０５）,血浆渗透压高于雌性大鼠（Ｐ〈０．０５）。摘除卵巢的大鼠下丘脑ＡＶＰｍＲＮＡ深恶痛绝经假手术组雌性大鼠高３０％（Ｐ〈０．０５     

肾大部切除、高盐摄食对SD大鼠脑心房钠尿肽的影响

为探讨脑内心房钠尿肽（ＡＮＰ）的作用,本工作采用ＳＤ大鼠,用放射免疫方法测定３／４肾大部切除与高盐摄食后脑内ＡＮＰ的含量。结果表明,对照组大鼠脑内ＡＮＰ分布广泛。３／４肾切除大鼠每日饮水量,尿量均比对照组高（Ｐ＜０．０５）,尿钠浓度低于对照组时,脑内ＡＮＰ含量尽管略有增加,但１０个核团（下丘脑室周核、弓状核、室旁核、视前室周核、中缝背核、尾壳核、杏仁核、脑桥背侧部、蓝斑和大脑皮质）ＡＮＰ含量和对照组无明显差别（Ｐ＞０．０５）。高盐摄食组每日饮水量和尿量均比对照组高,且尿钠浓度高于对照组,同时下丘脑室周核和弓状核ＡＮＰ含量比对照组高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。上述结果提示,大脑第三脑室前腹侧区（ＡＶ３Ｖ区）的ＡＮＰ可能在水盐调节上发挥重要作用。     

神经肌接头上产生持续性去极化时小终板电位的变化

实验在大鼠膈肌标本上观察梭曼处理后,终板区持续性去极化（ｓｕｓｔａｉｎｅｄｄｅｐｏｌａｒｉｚａｔｉｏｎ,ＳＤ）产生时小终板电位（ＭＥＰＰ）的变化,以分析产生ＳＤ的机理。静息时,加入５．５μｍｏｌ／Ｌ梭曼后,ＭＥＰＰ的频率、幅度和下降时间常数分别是加药前的１．８,１．３和３．０倍（Ｐ＜０．０１）。间接强直刺激时,记录到ＳＤ,ＳＤ过程中不仅终板电位消失,ＭＥＰＰ也完全消失。ＳＤ之后一定时间ＭＥＰＰ恢复出现,然后其频率逐渐增高。从ＳＤ开始到ＭＥＰＰ明显恢复的时间与强直刺激参数有关,５０Ｈｚ×１ｓ和５０Ｈｚ×０．１ｓ强直刺激时,分别为２９．７±０．７ｓ和１１．７±３．０ｓ。结果表明,在乙酰胆碱酯酶活性被抑制后,静息时突触前自发ＡＣｈ释放增加;刺激神经时,突触后对ＡＣｈ反应性降低甚至失去反应性,是产生ＳＤ的主要机理。     

中枢注射Nesfatin-1与Exendin(9-39)对大鼠摄食和胃肠动力调节的影响

目的:探讨下丘脑室旁核注射GLP-1R拮抗剂Exendin(9-39)对Nesfatin-1所致大鼠摄食和胃肠动力改变的影响及作用机制。方法:选择40只雄性Wistar大鼠,随机分成正常对照组(NC组)、Nesfatin-1组(NS组)、Exendin(9-39)组(ES组)、Nesfatin-1联合Exendin(9-39)组(NE组)。采用下丘脑室旁核(PVN)埋置套管并分别给予以上药物干预,干预前和干预后的12小时、24小时记录和比较各组大鼠的摄食、饮水及体重变化。2天后,采用甲基纤维素-酚红溶液灌胃法测各组大鼠胃排空率,实时荧光定量法(RT-PCR)检测下丘脑及胃组织GLP-1Rm RNA的表达。结果:与基础摄食量比较,NS组大鼠给药后12 h、24 h的摄食量减少(P0.05),NE组大鼠给药后12 h、24 h的摄食量减少(P0.05),但较NS组增加(P0.05);与基础饮水量比较,NS组、NE组给药后12 h饮水量减少(P0.05);与基础体重比较,NS组大鼠给药后12 h、24 h的体重降低(P0.05),NE组大鼠给药后12 h的体重降低(P0.05),但较NS组增加(P0.05);NS组大鼠给药后胃排空率较NC、NE组大鼠显著下降(P0.05),NS组大鼠下丘脑GLP-1Rm RNA的表达量较NC组增加(P0.05)。结论:中枢给予GLP-1R拮抗剂能减弱Nesfatin-1引起的摄食抑制、胃排空延迟及体重下降效应,Nesfatin-1可能通过与GLP-1的协同作用参与摄食及胃肠动力的调节。     

去甲肾上腺素刺激高原鼠兔CRF的分泌

用脑室注射神经递质去甲肾上腺素（ＮＥ）和ＲＩＡ法测定下丘脑正中隆起处促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素（ＣＲＦ）水平,研究ＮＥ对高原鼠兔下丘脑ＣＲＦ分泌的作用。脑室给予不同剂量ＮＥ３．７５,７．５,１５,３０μｇ／１００ｇＢＷ．正中隆起（ＭＥ）处ＣＲＦ含量分别增加到对照组的１０６．０５％,１３５．２８％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,１３８．９４％（Ｐ＜０．０１）,１０３．６５％,同时,血浆皮质酮浓度也分别增加到对照组的３２３．３５％（Ｐ＜０．０１）,３２３．３５％（Ｐ＜０．００１）,３４６．７１％,３６６．４７％。肾上腺切除后２天和６天时,下丘脑ＮＥ下降到对照的７６．３２％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,７６．２７％（Ｐ＜０．０１）,血浆皮质酮也下降到１６．５７％（Ｐ＜０．０１）,２．０５％（Ｐ＜０．００１）。上述结果表明,ＮＥ刺激高原鼠兔下丘脑ＣＲＦ的分泌并激活下丘脑垂体肾上腺皮质轴。肾上腺皮质激素对维持下丘脑ＮＥ水平和ＣＲＦ神经元活动有一定的紧张作用     

大鼠下丘脑微量注射TRH对心功能的作用及其机制

目的：探讨下丘脑促甲状腺激素释放激素（TRH）对心功能活动的调节作用及其作用机制。方法：在SD大鼠下丘脑促垂体区埋管,微量注射TRH或预先注射一氧化氮合酶抑制剂L—NAME及M型乙酰胆碱受体阻断剂阿托品,记录给药前后左心室内压峰值（LVSP）、心率（HR）、室内压瞬时上升速率峰值（dp／dtmax）和瞬时下降速率峰值（-dp／dtmax）。结果：①与对照组相比,下丘脑促垂体区注射TRH可引起LVSP、HR、dp／dtmax及-dp／dtmax显著升高（P〈0．05或P〈0．01）。②单独注射L—NAME后只引起LVSP显著升高（P〈0．05或P〈0.01）,L-NAME预处理可抑制TRH引起的正向调节效应。③单独注射阿托品引起LVSP及dp／dtmax的显著升高（P〈0．05）,HR显著下降（P〈0．05）,阿托品预处理减弱了TRH加快心率和提高-dp／dtmax的效应。结论：①下丘脑TRH对心脏有正性变时、变力作用。②下丘脑内源性NO能降低LVSP,但对HR、dp／dtmax及-dp／dtmax明显影响,TRH的作用是经NO依赖通路的。③下丘脑内源性胆碱能递质对心脏有正性变时但负性变力的作用,下丘脑TRH调节心功能可能部分通过胆碱能M受体通路。     

急性低氧下去甲肾上腺素对大鼠淋巴细胞转化的调节作用

本研究以模拟高原低氧方法,观察低氧作用于大鼠细胞免疫功能以及去甲肾上腺素对免疫作用的调节机制。实验结果：与对照相比,７ｋｍ急性低氧２４ｈ淋巴细胞转化下降４１％（Ｐ〈０．０１）;５ｋｍ低氧暴露时间为７ｄ,２０ｄ时,低氧抑制淋巴细胞转化,分别下降３４％和６０％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,侧脑室注入５ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮＥ,淋巴细胞转化比对照下降２９％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,７ｋｍ１０ｈ低氧暴露时,侧脑室注入酚妥拉明２５μ     

大鼠肥厚心肌缩短速度和肌凝蛋白重链同功酶谱的变化

用聚丙烯酰胺电泳分离并测定了大鼠左室肌凝蛋白ＡＴＰ酶活性依次降低的同功酶Ｖ_１,Ｖ_２和Ｖ_３的百分比（ＭＩ谱）,从乳头肌力－速度曲线读取心肌最大缩短速度（Ｖ_（ｍａｘ））,观察到：（１）正常大鼠出现增龄性Ｖ_１向Ｖ_３迁移和Ｖ_（ｍａｘ）下降,与８周龄组（Ｓ_０）相比,１６周和２４周龄组（Ｓ_８和Ｓ_（１６））的Ｖ_１／Ｖ_３比,分别下降３８．９％和６１．０％;Ｖ_（ｍａｘ）下降８．３％和１３．３％。（２）高血压肥厚心肌ＭＩ谱的迁移和Ｖ_（ｍａｘ）下降的程度大大超过增龄效应：高血压８周和１６周组（Ｈ_８和Ｈ_（１６））的Ｖ_１／Ｖ_３比值较术前对照Ｓ_０分别下降８４．４％和９３．５％,较同龄假手术对照Ｓ_８和Ｓ_（１６）组也分别低７４．５％和８３．３％,而Ｖ_（ｍａｘ）则比Ｓ_０组下降３３．３％和４８．３％。（３）６组４８只大鼠结果相关分析表明,Ｖ_（ｍａｘ）与Ｖ_１％高度正相关,与Ｖ_３％高度负相关。（Ｐ均小于０．０１）。上述结果提示：高血压肥厚心肌收缩速度明显下降,其主要生化机制似与同功酶谱由Ｖ_１优势向Ｖ_３迁移有关。     

褐黑素对大鼠海马神经元谷氨酸所致毒性的拮抗作用

在大鼠海马脑片上电刺激Ｓｃｈａｆｆｅｒ侧支纤维,胞外记录ＣＡ１区锥体细胞层诱发群体锋电位,观察灌流谷氨酸和褪黑素对ＰＳ的影响。结果显示：５．０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度的Ｇｌｕ可使ＰＳ值下降至对照值的４．１％;ＭＥ（０．４、０．５和０．６μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）一５．０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ浓度的Ｇｌｕ可使ＰＳ值下降至对照值的１４．７％、１０５．２％、２４．３％;ＭＥＬ、Ｇｌｕ,与赛庚啶混合给药,ＰＳ值下降至０。上述结果提示。     

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.     

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     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various