Calcium-release channels of sheep cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum were incorporated into phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers and single channel currents were recorded under voltage-clamp conditions. The effect of adenosine on single channel conductance and gating was investigated, as were the interactions between adenosine and caffeine and adenosine and ,-methylene ATP.Addition of adenosine (0.5–5 mm) to the cytosolic but not the luminal side of the membrane increased the open probability of single calcium-activated calcium-release channels by increasing the frequency and duration of open events, yielding an EC50 of 0.75 mm at 10 m activating Ca2+.Addition of 1 mm caffeine potentiated the effects of adenosine at 10 or 100 m-activating cytosolic calcium, but had no effect on the inability of adenosine to activate the channel at 80 pmcalcium, suggesting discrete sites of action on the calcium-release channel for adenosine and caffeine. In contrast, addition of 100 m ,-methylene-ATP decreased single channel open probability in the presence of adenosine, suggesting that these compounds act on the same site on the channel.Activation of single channel opening by adenosine, or by adenosine together with caffeine, had no effect on single channel conductance or the Ca2+/Tris+ permeability ratio. Channels activated by adenosine were characteristically modified by ryanodine and blocked by m ruthenium red or mm magnesium.These results show that adenosine activates the sheep cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-release channel by increasing the frequency and duration of open events in a Ca2+-dependent manner. The receptor site on the channel for adenosine is distinct from that for caffeine but probably the same as that for adenine nucleotides.This work was supported by the British Heart Foundation. 相似文献
Cl– conductance in cultured embryonic chick cardiac myocytes was characterized using whole-cell patch clamp techniques. Following elimination of cation currents in Na+and K+-free internal and external solutions, the basal whole-cell current was predominantly a Cl– current. Cl–-sensitive current (ICl) was defined as the difference between the whole-cell currents recorded in normal and low [Cl–]o when measured in the same cell. The whole-cell current in the absence or presence of 10 m cAMP was time independent, displayed outward rectification with the pipette [Cl–] < 40 mm, and was not saturated with a physiological Cl– gradient. The Cl– current was also activated by 1 m forskolin and inhibited by 0.3 mm anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (9-AC). Forskolin was less effective than cAMP (internal dialysis) in activating the Cl– current. The cAMP- or forskolin-activated and basal Cl– current were reasonably fit by the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation. The calculated PCl in the presence of cAMP was increased by fiveto sixfold over the basal level. In the presence of 5 mm EGTA to decrease free [Ca2+]i, the whole-cell current could not be stimulated by cAMP, forskolin or IBMX (0.1 mm). These data suggest that cultured chick cardiac myocytes have a low basal Cl– conductance, which, as in some mammalian cardiac ventricular myocytes, can be activated by cAMP. However, this study shows that the activation process requires physiological free [Ca2+]i.This study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HL-17670, HL-27105 and HL-07107) for M.L. and by Institutional funds of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for S.L.We thank Meei-Yueh Liu, Kathleen Mitchell, and Shirley Revels for their technical assistance. 相似文献
1. 1. Isolated cardiac myocytes of perch, Perca fluviatilis, were kept in culture conditions for 1–2 months at 12 or 22°C. In the culture most myocytes flattened, lost their spindle-shaped morphology, protruded pseudopod-like branches and many of them started visible contractions in 1–2 weeks and continued beating for several months. Myocytes did not divide in the sparse cell population used. Typical intracellular structures could be seen in electron micrographs still after 1–2 months, but the sarcoplasmic organization became gradually more irregular in the culture.
2. 2. Beat rates showed linear temperature relationship on the Arrhenius plot. Myocytes cultivated at 22°C showed higher frequencies and slightly less dependence on temperature than myocytes cultivated at 12°C (apparent activation energies (Ea) 86 and 107 kJ/mol, respectively).
3. 3. Temperature dependence of frequencies was related to the presence of added serum or adrenergic agonists: β-adrenergic agonists increased the frequencies and rendered the cells less dependent on temperature; apparent activation energy was 43 kJ/mol for isoprenaline or adrenaline and 108 kJ/mol for noradrenaline and control group.
4. 4. Heat tolerance was greater in myocytes cultivated at 22°C than in myocytes cultivated at 12°C, and the change in tolerance appeared in 12 h after the alteration of culture temperature and the increased tolerance was persistent after that.
5. 5. It is suggested, that the processes of quick heat-hardening and of slower but persistent heat resistance acclimation developed in these cells in culture conditions but not the capacity acclimation, which seems to be dependent on adrenergic regulation of beat rate.
Somatic cell and gene therapy involve the application of biological technologies to an individual patient through the use of living cells which provide a therapeutic benefit (Aliski, 1991). Various forms of cellular and gene therapies are being developed and evaluated in an increasing number of clinical trials for congential and acquired disorders. The potential and progress of these therapeutic applications have resulted in an increasing effort by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop the regulatory framework under which these therapeutic approaches would insure safety and efficacy, the primary mandate of the FDA.Over five years ago Cellcor began to define the parameters, specifications, and conditions relevant to a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program that has evolved to insure safety and maximize the efficacy of applications of the company'sex vivo technology, autolymphocyte therapy. Autolymphocyte therapy is an outpatient form of somatic cell immunotherapy based upon the infusion of T cells that have been activatedex vivo using a combination of previously generated autologous cytokines and an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody.We have been able to demonstrate the feasibility for the safe, controlled, and consistent preparation and delivery of a cellular therapy by application of relevant GMP regulations. This presentation reviews aspects of this program and chronicles our experience which at present amounts to over 4400 infusions for over 700 patients. This program provides a high degree of assurance that a cellular therapy program can be carried out in a multisite mode involving hundreds of patients through the strict adherence to cGMP as set forth in existing regulations. It would be prudent that developers of cellular andex vivo gene therapies establish a similar cell processing and QA/QC infrastructure at an early developmental stage to optimize safety and reproducibility and facilitate regulatory review. 相似文献
A two component system, consisting of a fusion protein and an appropriate prodrug, suited to perform selective tumor therapy
in vivo, is presented. The fusion protein, owing to its humanized carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-specific variable region,
specifically binds to CEA-expressing tumors and has an enzymatic activity comparable to human β-glucuronidase. The prodrug
is a nontoxic glucuronide-spacer-derivative of doxorubicin decomposing to doxorubicin by enzymatic deglucuronidation.
In vivo studies in nude mice bearing human CEA-expressing tumor xenografts revealed that 7 d after injection of 20 mg/kg fusion
protein, a high specificity ratio (>100:1) was obtained between tumor and plasma. Injection of 250 mg/kg of prodrug at d 7
resulted in tumor therapeutic effects superior to conventional chemotherapy without any detectable toxicity. These superior
therapeutic effects that were observed using established human tumor xenografts can be explained by the approx 10-fold higher
drug concentrations found in tumors of mice treated with fusion protein and prodrug than in those treated with the maximal
tolerable dose of drug alone. 相似文献
The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationship between the rapidity of increased gas exchange (i.e. oxygen uptake
) and increased cardiac output (
) during the transient phase following the onset of exercise. Five healthy male subjects performed multiple rest-exercise or light exercise (25 W)-exercise transitions on an electrically braked ergometer at exercise intensities of 50, 75, or 100 W for 6 min, respectively. Each transition was performed at least eight times for each load in random order. The
was obtained by a breath-by-breath method, and
was measured by an impedance method during normal breathing, using an ensemble average. On transitions from rest to exercise,
rapidly increased during phase I with time constants of 6.8–7.3 s. The
also showed a similar rapid increment with time constants of 6.0–6.8 s with an apparent increase in stroke volume (SV). In this phase I,
increased to about 29.7%–34.1% of the steady-state value and
increased to about 58.3%–87.0%. Thereafter, some 20 s after the onset of exercise a mono-exponential increase to steady-state occurred both in
and
with time constants of 26.7–32.3 and 23.7–34.4 s, respectively. The insignificant difference between
and
time constants in phase I and the abrupt increase in both
and SV at the onset of exercise from rest provided further evidence for a cardiodynamic contribution to
following the onset of exercise from rest. 相似文献
The treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a challenge for those who cannot use amoxicillin.
Objective
To evaluate the eradication rate and adverse effects of vonoprazan and tetracycline dual therapy as first-line and rescue treatment regimens used in special populations with penicillin allergy or failed in previous amoxicillin-containing therapies.
Design
Patients enrolled were those who were H. pylori-positive with selected conditions: (1) allergic to penicillin, either naïve to treatment or had failed before; or (2) failed in previous amoxicillin-containing therapies. All enrolled patients accepted 14-day vonoprazan and tetracycline dual therapy (VT dual therapy) as follows: vonoprazan (20 mg b.i.d.) and tetracycline (500 mg t.i.d. [body weight < 70 kg] or 500 mg q.i.d. [body weight ≥ 70 kg]). H. pylori status was evaluated by 13C-urease breath test 6 weeks after treatment. All adverse effects were recorded. Some patients underwent bacterial culture and antibiotic susceptibility testing.
Results
A total of 62 patients were enrolled; 18 of them received VT dual therapy as first-line treatment, 44 patients received VT dual therapy as rescue treatment. Overall, 58 of 62 patients achieved successful eradication (93.5%), while all involved (100%,18/18) succeeded in the first-line treatment group and 40 cases (90.9%, 40/44) succeeded in the rescue treatment group. Sixty-one (61/62, 98.4%) patients completed the whole course of treatment. Adverse events occurred in 6 patients (6/62, 9.7%), while one patient quit because of skin rash. All adverse effects were mild and relieved spontaneously after H. pylori treatment. Five patients achieved successful H. pylori culture, and all strains isolated were sensitive to tetracycline.
Conclusions
For the treatment of H. pylori infection in special populations with penicillin allergy or failed in previous amoxicillin-containing therapies, a 14-day vonoprazan and tetracycline dual therapy was effective and safe as first-line and rescue treatment in our study. Further study is warranted to verify its efficacy, especially for those who cannot use amoxicillin. 相似文献