补骨脂酚通过抑制凋亡、氧化应激和炎症反应缓解小鼠脓毒症脑病

目的:探究补骨脂酚能否抵抗小鼠脓毒症脑病。方法:通过小鼠盲肠结扎穿孔法建立脓毒症脑损伤模型。盲肠结扎穿孔后通过腹腔注射补骨脂酚(10 mg/kg)。小鼠随机分为以下4组:假手术(Sham)组;单纯补骨脂酚处理(BAK)组;盲肠结扎穿孔(CLP)组;盲肠结扎穿孔+补骨脂酚处理(CLP+BAK)组。盲肠结扎穿孔48小时后检测脑组织水含量、血脑屏障通透性、凋亡率、IL-1β与TNF-α表达量、MDA含量、SOD与CAT活性。结果:与Sham组相比,CLP组小鼠脑组织水含量(增加21.20%)、脑组织Evans蓝含量(增加237.05%)、凋亡率、MDA含量、IL-1β与TNF-α表达量均明显增高,而SOD与CAT活性明显降低(P0.05)。与CLP组相比,补骨脂酚处理可明显降低脑组织水含量(下降10.94%)、Evans蓝含量(下降39.40%)、凋亡率、MDA含量、IL-1β与TNF-α表达量,而增加SOD与CAT活性(P 0.05)。结论:补骨脂酚通过抑制凋亡、氧化应激和炎症反应,最终减轻脓毒症脑损伤。     

沙漠干热环境创伤失血性休克猪模型的氧代谢特点

目的:探讨沙漠干热环境创伤失血性休克猪的氧代谢特点。方法:选择长白仔猪40头,随机分为四组:常温假手术组(NS)、常温创伤失血性休克组(NTHS)、干热假手术组(DS)、干热创伤失血性休克组(DTHS),分别置于相应的环境暴露3小时后,进行麻醉,动静脉置管,NTHS组和DTHS组分别自剖腹术后,行左下叶1/4肝脏切除及脾切除术后,再快速放血至平均动脉压(MAP)降至45±5mmHg;NS组和DS组仅行腹中线剖腹术。持续检测计算动脉、混合静脉氧饱和度、氧含量及氧输送(DO_2)、氧耗(VO_2)、氧摄取率(O_2ER)和动脉血乳酸(Lac)。结果:整个病程中,各组动脉氧饱和度均无显著变化。DTHS组混合静脉氧饱和度和氧含量均较相同时间点的其他各组低,DO_2、VO_2、O_2ER均显著高于常温环境组(P0.05)。模型成功后,NTHS组和DTHS组DO_2均经历"下降-代偿-稳定"的过程,但DTHS组短暂稳定后立即呈进行性快速下降至到动物死亡。在实验过程中,DTHS组各时间点氧摄取率(O_2ER)均高于相同时间点的其他组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。NTHS组和DTHS组氧O_2ER均在休克后0 h出现明显变化,而动脉血乳酸(Lac)在休克后1.5 h才出现明显变化,但DTHS组动脉Lac增高较NTHS组升高更加明显(P0.05),且进展迅速。结论:(1)沙漠干热环境创伤失血性休克较高的氧代谢,是机体代偿能力弱、病程变化快的重要原因之一;(2)VO_2、O_2ER等直接氧代谢指标可作为早期评估监测机体氧代谢的敏感指标;(3)血Lac浓度可能是反映干热环境创伤失血性休克严重程度的重要指标。     

血栓弹力图联合凝血指标评估脓毒症病情严重程度的临床价值分析

目的:探讨血栓弹力图(TEG)联合常规凝血指标评估脓毒症病情严重程度的临床价值。方法:选取2015年11月-2016年11月兰州军区兰州总医院重症医学科收治的重症感染患者97例为研究对象。依据脓毒症3.0将患者分为脓毒症(Sepsis)组(67例)、脓毒症休克(Septic Shock)组(30例)。完善相关检查后,检测和比较两组常规凝血功能指标(活化部分凝血活酶时间(APTT)、凝血酶原时间(PT)、纤维蛋白原(FIB)、D-二聚体(D-D)),描绘TEG(血凝时间(R)、血块成型时间(K)、α角、血块强度(MA))的差异及以上指标之间的相关性。结果:脓毒症休克组PT、APTT、FIB和D-D水平均较脓毒症组显著升高(P0.05),R、K均较脓毒症组显著缩短(P0.05),而α角、MA均较脓毒症组显著增大(P0.05)。TEG中R值、K值与PT、APTT呈正相关(r=0.439、0.267、0.379、0.136),与FIB、D-D呈负相关(r=-0.397、-0.671、-0.628、-0.534);α角、MA值与PT、APTT呈负相关(r=-0.127、-0.238、-0.459、-0.213),与FIB、D-D呈正相关(r=0.386、0.53、0.687、0.652)。结论:TEG联合凝血指标可较真实地判断脓毒症患者凝血纤溶状态,为脓毒症患者病情严重程度的判断提供更可靠的依据。     

Chaperoning the guardian of the genome. The two-faced role of molecular chaperones in p53 tumor suppressor action

Organized networks of heat shock proteins, which possess molecular chaperone activity, protect cells from abrupt environmental changes. Additionally, molecular chaperones are essential during stress-free periods, where they moderate housekeeping functions. During tumorigenesis, these chaperone networks are extensively remodeled in such a way that they are advantageous to the transforming cell. Molecular chaperones by buffering critical elements of signaling pathways empower tumor evolution leading to chemoresistance of cancer cells. Controversially, the same molecular chaperones, which are indispensable for p53 in reaching its tumor suppressor potential, are beneficial in adopting an oncogenic gain of function phenotype when TP53 is mutated. On the molecular level, heat shock proteins by unwinding the mutant p53 protein expose aggregation-prone sites leading to the sequestration of other tumor suppressor proteins causing inhibition of apoptosis and chemoresistance. Therefore, within this review therapeutic approaches combining classical immuno- and/or chemotherapy with specific inhibition of selected molecular chaperones shall be discussed.     

Sex‐biased gene expression during the adult stage of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella

Sexual dimorphisms are primary regulated by sex‐biased gene expression. In the present study, using real‐time polymerase chain reaction, we determined the expression profiles of nine genes associated with development, metabolism, stress, and defense throughout adulthood of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella, a global pest of stored food products. Most genes were differentially expressed in a sex‐biased manner during the adult lifespan of the moth. Expression of the heat shock protein genes hsp25 and hsp90 and the antioxidant gene thioredoxin peroxidase (Tpx) was highly female biased, whereas the expression of a gene related to host development (ecdysone receptor [EcR]) and two genes associated with immunity (β‐glycan recognition protein [βgrp] and prophenoloxidase [ProPO]) was male biased. In contrast, the expression of hsp70, glucose‐regulated protein 78 (grp78) and ultraspiracle (USP) was not sex biased. The results of the present study provide important insights into the role of sex‐biased genes in the physiology and behavior of P. interpunctella.     

The role of the heat shock protein Hsp12p in the dynamic response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the addition of Congo red

In this study, we investigate the electrohydrodynamic and nanomechanical characteristics of two Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains, a wild-type (WT) strain and a strain overexpressing (OE) Hsp12p, in the presence and absence of hydrophobic Congo red compound. By combining these two advanced biophysical methods, we demonstrate that Hsp12p proteins are mostly located within a thin layer ( c . 10 nm thick) positioned at the external side of the cell wall. However, this Hsp12p-enriched layer does not prevent Congo red from entering the cell wall and from interacting with the chitin therein. The entrance of Congo red within the cell wall is reflected in an increase of the turgor pressure for the OE strain and a decrease of that for the WT strain. It is shown that these opposite trends are consistent with significant modulations of the water content within the cell wall from/to the cytoplasm. These are the result of changes in the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity balance, as governed by the intertwined local concentration variations of Congo red and Hsp12p across the cell wall. In particular, the decrease of the turgor pressure in the case of WT strain upon addition of Congo red is shown to be consistent with an upregulation of Hsp12p in the close vicinity of the plasma membrane.