硒对培养人胚肝细胞Ⅲ型前胶原,羟脯氨酸合成的影响

原代培养人胚肝细胞经１．１５６×１０￣(－７）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ硒预处理４ｈ,加入２０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ四氟化碳作用２０ｈ,观察硒对其Ⅲ型前胶原（ＰＣⅢ）和羟脯氨酸（Ｈｙｐ）生成的影响。结果培养液中ＰＣⅢ水平、细胞内Ｈｙｐ含量及细胞内外丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）水平均降低,与未加硒对照组比较差别有显著性（Ｐ＜０．０１）。而硒谷腕甘肽过氧化物酶（Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ）活性则较对照组显著增高（Ｐ＜０．００１）,且ＰＣⅢ水平与Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－Ｐ＿Ｘ／ＭＤＡ比值呈负相关（ｒ＝－０．９１５６,Ｐ＜０．０１）。提示硒可提高Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－Ｐ＿Ｘ／ＭＤＡ比值,抑制脂质过氧化激发的肝细胞胶原合成。     

刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中作用的探讨

目的探讨大鼠实验性肝癌发病中刺五加对肌体免疫功能和抗氧化酶活性的影响。方法４６只ＳＤ雄性大鼠被随机分成对照组（喂普通饲料）、３－甲基４－双甲氨基偶氮苯（３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ）组（喂含０．０６％３Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ饲料 １０周）和刺五加组（饲喂同 ３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ外、另加入刺五加 ４．５ｇ／ｋｇ饲料,用常规方法检测全血谷光甘肽过氧化物酶（ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ）、血清超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性和丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量,用微量化学发光造检测吞噬细胞活性（ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ）。结果１．ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ检测峰值、积分值和吞噬细胞指数,３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组较正常组和刺五加组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５和Ｐ＜０．０１）２．全血ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ活性、ＳＯＤ活性,刺五加组较３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。ＭＤＡ含量刺五加组和３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均较正常组升高（均Ｐ＜０．０５）。结论刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中有提高抗氧化酶活性和对抗致癌剂引起的机体中性粒细胞吞噬功能代偿性增高的作用。     

乳酸脱氢酶C4的精子免疫荧光定位特性

用１４个抗小鼠ＬＤＨ－Ｃ４的单克隆抗体对小鼠、树鼯和人精子的ＬＤＨ－Ｃ４进行了间接免疫荧光定位。结果显示：不同的单抗可以结合到小鼠精子表面不同的位置，其中ＰＡ１（Ｋ０２１）在尾部，ＰＡ２（Ｋ０２２）、ＰＡ４和ＰＡ５（Ｋ０２３）在中段和尾部，ＳＭ１、ＳＭ２和ＰＧ２的中段，ＳＭ３和ＳＭ４在顶体，ＳＭ５在顶体和赤道板。人和树鼯精子表面的ＬＤＨ－Ｃ４也呈现类似的情况。这些研究表明精子表面的ＬＤＨ－Ｃ４呈现     

有氧运动对小鼠高脂血症及脂蛋白代谢的影响

本研究以高胆固醇饮食小鼠为实验对象,观察有氧运动对脂质水平异常的动物个体血脂及脂蛋白代谢的影响。结果显示,经１１周有氧耐力训练后,高脂膳食＋运动组小鼠血浆ＴＧ、ＴＣ及ＬＤＬ－Ｃ水平均显著低于高脂膳食组（Ｐ＜０．０５）,而ＨＤＬ－Ｃ／ＴＣ和ＨＤＬ－Ｃ／ＬＤＬ－Ｃ比值均显著高于高脂膳食组（Ｐ＜０．０５）。表明长期有氧耐力训练能显著改善高胆固醇饮食小鼠血脂及脂蛋白代谢状况。     

高原红细胞增多症患者红细胞二磷酸甘油酸和氧亲和力变…

在海拔４３００地区,对１８名移居汉族、２４名世居藏族和２１名高原红细胞增多症（ＨＡＰＣ）患者测定了２,３－二磷酸甘油酸（２,３－ＤＰＧ）和肺通气功能,并进行了血气分析。结果显示：ＨＡＰＣ患者的全血和红细胞内２,３－ＤＰＧ深度均显著高于健康组,但世居、移居健康组之间无明显差异。ＨＡＰＣ组的红细胞２,３－ＤＰＧ和Ｐａｏ２呈显著负相关（ｒ＝－０．７７１,Ｐ＜０．０１）,而在健康组无显著相关（ｒ＝－０＼２     

有氧运动对高胆固醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体活性调节的影响

本文研究了实验性高胆固醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体（ＬＤＬＲ）活性变化及有氧运动时ＬＤＬＲ活性调节的影响。发现,高脂（ＨＣ）组肝组织匀浆ＬＤＬＲ活性较正常对照（ＮＣ）组降低３７％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,同时血清总胆固醇（ＴＣ）、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇（ＬＤＬＣ）及血清载脂蛋白Ｂ（ＡｐｏＢ）均显著高于ＮＣ组（Ｐ＜０．０１）;高脂＋运动（ＨＥ）组ＴＣ、ＬＤＬＣ及ＡｐｏＢ均明显低于ＨＣ组,而ＬＤＬＲ活性则较ＨＣ组增高２６％（Ｐ＜０．０５）。结果提示：（１）高胆固醇负荷时细胞可通过下行调节影响ＬＤＬＲ活性;（２）运动可能通过增加对细胞内胆固醇利用和降解,反馈作用于下行调节过程影响ＬＤＬＲ的合成,增加对ＬＤＬＣ摄取而显著改善血脂水平。     

有氧运动对高胆固醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体活性调节…

本文研究了实验性在醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体（ＬＤＬ－Ｒ）活性变化及有氧运动时ＬＤＬ－Ｒ活性调节的影响,发现,高脂（ＨＣ）组肝组织匀浆ＬＤＬ－ＲＩ自古以来生较正常对照（ＮＣ）组降低３７％（Ｐ〈０．０５）,同时血清大醇（ＴＣ）、低密度脂收白胆固醇（ＬＤＬ－Ｃ）及血清栽脂蛋白Ｂ（ＡｐｏＢ）均显著高于ＮＣ组（Ｐ〈０．０１）;高脂＋运动（ＨＥ）组ＴＣ、ＬＤＬ－Ｃ及ＡｐｏＢ均明显低于ＨＣ组,而ＬＤＬ－Ｒ     

高原红细胞增多症患者红细胞二磷酸甘油酸和氧亲和力变化的探讨

在海拔４３００ｍ地区,对１８名移居汉族、２４名世居藏族和２１名高原红细胞增多症（ＨＡＰＣ）患者测定了２,３—二磷酸甘油酸（２,３—ＤＰＧ）和肺通气功能,并进行了血气分析。结果显示：ＨＡＰＣ患者的全血和红细胞内２,３—ＤＰ６浓度均显著高于健康组,但世居、移居健康组之间无明显差异。ＨＡＰＣ组的红细胞２,３—ＤＰＧ和Ｐｄｏ＿２呈显著负相关（ｒ＝—０．７７１,Ｐ＜０．０１）,而在健康组无显著相关（ｒ＝—０．２６,Ｐ＞０．０５）。ＨＡＰＣ组与健康组相比,ｐＨ、Ｐａｏ＿２和Ｓａｏ＿２降低,Ｐａｃｏ＿２和肺泡动脉氧分压差增高。ＨＡＰＣ病人Ｐ＿（５０）为３．７５±０．６６ｋＰａ,健康组为３．４０±０．１２ｋＰａ（Ｐ＜０．０５）,Ｐ＿（５０）与２,３－ＤＰＧ呈正相关（ｒ＝０．５９２,Ｐ＜０．０５）。ＨＡＰＣ组最大呼气中段流量和５０％肺活量最大呼气量明显低于健康组（Ｐ＜０．０１）。本研究提示：①ＨＡＰＣ患者的低氧血症可能与血中２,３－ＤＰＧ浓度过高有关;②轻度肺功能异常亦可促使红细胞进一步增多。     

渗透胁迫下玉米幼叶延伸生长与生长部位质膜H~＋─ATPase的关系

－０．４ＭＰａ和－０．８ＭＰａＰＥＧ６０００对玉米幼叶延伸生长和生长部位Ｈ＋分泌有明显的抑制作用,但对生长部位ＰＭＨ＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ则有不同程度的激活作用,正常水分条件下,Ｎａ３ＶＯ４和ＤＣＣＤ强烈抑制ＬＥＲ和Ｈ＋分泌,抑制程度ＤＣＣＤ＞Ｎａ３ＶＯ４,二者使膜透性增加的程度很相近。－０．４ＭＰａ　ＰＥＧ胁迫下,Ｎａ３ＶＯ４对ＬＥＲ和Ｈ＋分泌的抑制作用不明显,而ＤＣＣＤ仍显著抑制ＬＥＲ和Ｈ＋分泌;ＤＣＣＤ促进膜透性增加的程度远大于Ｎａ３ＶＯ４。     

辛伐他丁治疗冠心病高血脂症临床观察

目的观察辛伐他丁对冠心病高血脂症患者血清脂质的影响。方法冠心病高血脂症病人５０例,均有血脂（ＴＣ、ＴＧ、ＨＤＬ－Ｃ、ＬＤＬ－Ｃ或４项中任何一项）异常。服用辛伐他丁,５～２０ｍｇ,每日１次,晚间顿服,疗程８周。服药前后晨起空腹查血脂以作自身对照。结果对高ＴＣ下降有效率达９１．５％,对高ＬＤＬ－Ｃ下降有效率达８２．５％,对高ＴＧ下降有效率达７６．２％,对低ＨＤＬ－Ｃ增高有效率为７２．２％。其中对ＴＣ、ＬＤＬ－Ｃ治疗８周有极显著意义（Ｐ＜０．０１）,,对ＴＧ下降、ＨＤＬ－Ｃ升高８周后有显著意义（Ｐ＜０．０５）。治疗期间不良反应轻微。结论辛伐他丁可作为冠心病患者减少ＣＨＤ事件发病率及住院率的理想药物。     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.