Microspectrofluorometric study of monoamines in the auricle of the heart of Protopterus aethiopicus

Summary The auricle of the heart of Protopterus aethiopicus contains large numbers of chromaffin cells, often lying immediately adjacent to the endothelium and displaying a bright blue-white fluorescence characteristic for catecholamines after formaldehyde treatment (Falck and Owman 1965). These results combined with X-ray microanalysis after initial fixation with glutaraldehyde and subsequent treatment with dichromate established that these chromaffin cells are the storage site of primary catecholamines (Scheuermann 1978, 1979, 1980; Scheuermann et al. 1980). The aim of the present pilot study was to demonstrate in these cells noradrenaline (NA) or dopamine (DA), or a mixture of both. The evaluation of the excitation spectra of the catecholamine fluorophore transformed by treatment with HCl vapour (excitation maxima at 320 and 370 nm) and the excitation-peak ratio analysis (peak ratio 370/320 nm =1.05–1.5; and 320/280 nm >1.5) identify DA as the primary catecholamine stored in these chromaffin cells. The low fading rate of the monoamine fluorescence after acidification confirms the presence of DA. These microspectrofluorometric findings demonstrate that chromaffin cells in the auricle of the Protopterus heart, which are a part of the medullary homologue of the adrenal gland of higher vertebrates, contain a primary catecholamine, namely DA.     

Isolation and partial characterization of a calcium-dependent lectin (chiletin) from the haemolymph of the flat oyster, Ostrea chilensis

A calcium-dependent lectin (chiletin) was isolated from oyster haemolymph by mannose elution from Sepharose CL-6B followed by anion exchange chromatography. Chiletin was predominantly composed of 12 and 24 kDa bands when examined with SDS-PAGE under reducing and non-reducing conditions, respectively. Larger molecular weight bands of 36 and 50 kDa were also variably present under reducing conditions. The NH2-terminal sequence of the 24 kDa band was determined and was not homologous to any known protein from the databases searched. Isolated chiletin was composed of multiple isomers approximately 12 kDa in size and ranging in pI from 5.2 to 6.0. Rabbit antiserum was raised to a synthetic peptide coupled to keyhole limpet hemocyanin and the size of the chiletin subunits was confirmed by Western blot. Two and five different conformational aggregates of chiletin were resolved in oyster haemolymph using size exclusion chromatography in 8 M urea and PBS, respectively. The largest aggregate obtained from size exclusion in 8 M urea was estimated to be greater than 640 kDa. The ability of whole haemolymph and isolated chiletin to agglutinate sheep red blood cells was inhibited by galactose and mannose. Chiletin was identified by immunohistochemistry to be most consistently present in the auricle, followed by the digestive gland, however staining was seen sporadically in haemocytes, gastrointestinal epithelium and interstitial connective tissue cells.     

不同生理状态对大鼠右心耳肌细胞特殊颗粒的影响──形态学和计量学研究

本文通过电镜观察和立体计量学方法,研究迷走神经和肾上腺素对ＳＤ大鼠右心耳肌细胞特殊颗粒（ＳＧ）的影响。结果是迷走神经切除组ＳＧ的体密度（ＶＶ）、颗粒平均直径（Ｄ）明显小于对照组（Ｐ＜０．００１）,肾上腺素组ＳＧ的ＶＶ、Ｄ、数密度（Ｎｖ）也明显小于相应对照组（Ｐ＜０．００１）。结果提示迷走神经对心钠素的释放是抑制作用,肾上腺素对心钠素的释放是促进作用。本研究还为ＳＧ的产生与分型,心钠素的多种释放方式提供了形态学资料。     

EarWell耳矫治器对新生儿耳廓畸形的效果及其预后不良影响因素分析

摘要 目的：探讨EarWell耳矫治器对新生儿耳廓畸形的效果及其预后不良影响因素。方法：选取我院2019年3月到2022年3月收治的60例（共78耳）耳廓畸形新生儿作为研究对象,依照患儿年龄进行分组,将年龄≤7 d的16例（21耳）患儿分为A组,8-14 d的21例（26耳）分为B组,15-28 d的23（31耳）分为C组,对所有患儿采取EarWell耳矫治器治疗,对比不同组别患儿新生儿耳廓畸形的治疗总有效率,并发症和矫治时间。通过复查随访评价患儿预后情况,将48例（60耳）预后良好的患儿分为预后良好组,将12例（18耳）预后不良的患儿分为预后不良组,对比两组患儿临床相关资料。最后,采用logistic回归分析分析EarWell耳矫治器对新生儿耳廓畸形治疗预后不良的影响因素。结果：三组患儿治疗总有效率差异显著,A组（100.00 %）高于B组（88.46 %）与C组（64.52 %）（P＜0.05）;A组患儿并发症发生率为14.29 %,B组为15.38 %,C组为19.35 %,组间对比有差异（P＞0.05）;预后良好组与预后不良组患儿性别、畸形部位对比无差异（P＞0.05）,预后良好组与预后不良组患儿年龄、耳廓畸形Max分型、外耳道闭锁分级以及容貌耳长差值对比差异显著（P＜0.05）;logistic回归分析结果显示,年龄、耳廓畸形Max分型为新生儿耳廓畸形治疗预后不良的独立影响因素（P＜0.05）。结论：EarWell耳矫治器对于新生儿耳廓畸形矫治效果显著,并发症发生率较低,且年龄越小矫治效果越好。年龄、耳廓畸形Max分型为耳廓畸形新生儿的预后不良的独立影响因素,临床上针对此类患儿需采取一定预防措施,预防预后不良现象的发生。