高血压患者血压控制水平、血脂水平及颈动脉斑块与冠脉病变的关系

目的:探讨血压控制水平、血脂水平和颈动脉斑块与高血压患者冠脉病变程度和病变支数的关系。方法:回顾性分析2014年01月至2016年05月收住于南京中医药大学附属江苏省中西医结合医院心血管科的原发性高血压患者273例,按血压控制水平分为达标组和未达标组。按颈动脉超声结果判断有无斑块,冠状动脉造影结果使用Gensini评分和病变支数表示,并检测血脂指标。结果:血压控制达标者130人(47.61%),颈动脉有斑块者193例(70.70%)。与血压控制达标患者相比,血压控制不达标者冠脉病变支数及冠脉狭窄程度得分均明显增加(P0.05)。血压不达标合并斑块患者冠脉病变支数和狭窄程度与血压达标无斑块、血压达标合并斑块及血压不达标无斑块患者相比均明显增加(P0.001)。患者HDL-C水平与冠状动脉狭窄程度呈负相关(r=-0.139,P=0.022),AI与冠状动脉狭窄程度呈正相关(r=0.136,P=0.025),LDL/HDL-C和AI与冠脉病变支数均呈正相关,分别为(r=0.128,P=0.035)和(r=0.137,P=0.023)。结论:血压控制不佳,高血脂和颈动脉斑块形成可增加高血压患者冠脉病变的严重程度。     

栓塞和夹闭治疗对颅内动脉瘤患者认知功能的影响

目的:评估血管内栓塞治疗和显微手术夹闭两种治疗方法对颅内动脉瘤患者认知功能的影响。方法:选取2014年3月至2015年9月重庆市中医院神经外科收治的颅内动脉瘤患者80例,按随机数字表法分为对照组和实验组各40例,对照组采用显微手术夹闭治疗,实验组采用血管内栓塞治疗。应用简易精神状态检查量表(MMSE)评估术后认知功能,并对比两组住院时间、院内死亡率和1年死亡率以及术后不良反应发生率。结果:实验组MMSE总分为(26.78±0.85)分,高于对照组的(22.25±0.63)分(P0.05);实验组认知功能障碍率为37.50%,低于对照组的55.00%(P0.05);实验组住院时间为(6.7±3.9)天,低于对照组的(9.6±4.5)天(P0.05),两组院内死亡率和1年死亡率比较无统计学差异(P0.05);两组术后不良反应发生率比较无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:血管内介入治疗可改善颅内动脉瘤患者治疗后的认知功能,缩短住院时间。     

抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体水平与缺血性卒中患者颅内大动脉狭窄发生和短期转归的关系

目的:探讨急性缺血性卒中患者血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体水平与患者颅内大动脉血管有无狭窄和短期转归的关系。方法:回顾性分析225例急性缺血性卒中患者的临床资料,根据颅脑MRA、颅脑CTA及DSA结果,将卒中患者分为颅内大动脉分为血管狭窄组(n=146)和非狭窄组(n=79),并将狭窄组按狭窄程度分为1-6组,每组代表一个等级。在入院24 h内检测血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体、同型半胱氨酸、C-反应蛋白、尿酸、甲功、血脂、血糖等生化指标,入院当天采用美国国立卫生研究院卒中量表(NIHSS)评定神经功能缺损情况。在出院时或发病后14 d,采用改良Rankin量表(mRS)评估临床转归。结果:颅内大动脉血管狭窄组血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体水平显著高于非狭窄组(P0.01)。血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体(TPO-Ab)[优势比(odds ratio,OR)1.003,95%可信区间(confidence interval,CI)(1.001~1.005);P0.05]水平升高是脑梗死患者血管狭窄的独立危险因素。入院时血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体水平升高与短期转归不良有关(P0.01),但校正其他混杂因素后丧失统计学意义(OR:0.998,95%CI:0.993~1.002;P0.05。结论:急性缺血性卒中患者血清抗甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体水平是脑梗死患者血管狭窄的独立危险因素,但与血管狭窄组狭窄程度及短期转归无关短期转归无关。     

Specific Staining of Nucleolar Substance with Aceto-Carmine

A method is described for staining nucleoli intensely by treating tissues with formaldehyde, hydrolysing in normal HC1 at 60°C. and staining with aceto-carmine. With correct hydrolysis time, chromosomes and cytoplasm are almost colorless.

Formaldehyde increases the acidity of cell parts, especially the nucleolus, presumably by neutralizing the basic protein groups, and increases the resistance to hydrolysis, perhaps by protecting the phospholipoprotein complexes which are most abundant in the nucleolus.

Hydrolysis reduces the acidity of cell parts, chiefly by removal of nucleic acids.

Aceto-carmine stains cell structures which are weakly acid in character (about pH 4-5) probably by precipitating as large dye aggregates.

The technic appears to be highly specific for nucleoli and related cell bodies.     

牙斑幽门螺杆菌与慢性胃炎之间的关系

目的研究牙斑幽门螺杆菌与慢性胃炎之间的关系。方法对胃炎组、胃炎治疗组分别进行牙斑和胃黏膜幽门螺杆菌培养和比较。结果牙斑细菌培养：胃炎组阳性14例,阳性率为12．8％;治疗组阳性11例,阳性率为10．1％。胃黏膜细菌培养：胃炎组阳性47例,阳性率为43．1％;治疗组阳性19例,阳性率为17．4％。治疗前后比较牙斑标本差异无显著性（P〉0．05）,胃黏膜标本差异有非常显著性（P〈0．001）。结论牙斑中确实存在着幽门螺杆菌,而且是胃内反复感染的源泉,以致慢性胃病反复发作,难以治愈。     

Further reading in geomicrobiology

In the wetland rhizosphere, high densities of lithotrophic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) and a favorable environment (i.e., high Fe(II) availability and microaerobic conditions) suggest that these organisms are actively contributing to the formation of Fe plaque on plant roots. We manipulated the presence/absence of an Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium (Sideroxydans paludicola, strain BrT) in axenic hydroponic microcosms containing the roots of intact Juncus effusus (soft rush) plants to determine if FeOB affected total rates of rhizosphere Fe(II) oxidation and Fe plaque accumulation. Our experimental data highlight the importance of both FeOB and plants in influencing short-term rates of rhizosphere Fe oxidation. Over time scales ca. 1 wk, the FeOB increased Fe(II) oxidation rates by 1.3 to 1.7 times relative to FeOB-free microcosms. Across multiple experimental trials, Fe(II) oxidation rates were significantly correlated with root biomass, reflecting the importance of radial O ₂ loss in supporting rhizosphere Fe(II) oxidation. Rates of root Fe(III) plaque accumulation (time scales: 3 to 6 wk) were ～ 70 to 83% lower than expected based on the short-term Fe(II) oxidation rates and were unaffected by the presence/absence of FeOB. Decreasing rates of Fe(II) oxidation and Fe(III) plaque accumulation with increasing time scales indicate changes in rates of Fe(II) diffusion and radial O ₂ loss, shifts in the location of Fe oxide accumulation, or temporal changes in the microbial community within the microcosms. The microcosms used herein replicated many of the environmental characteristics of wetland systems and allowed us to demonstrate that FeOB can stimulate rates of Fe(II) oxidation in the wetland rhizosphere, a finding that has implications for the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, metals, and nutrients in wetland ecosystems.     

Root iron plaque formation and characteristics under N2 flushing and its effects on translocation of Zn and Cd in paddy rice seedlings (Oryza sativa)

Background and Aims

Anoxic conditions are seldom considered in root iron plaque induction of wetland plants in hydroponic experiments, but such conditions are essential for root iron plaque formation in the field. Although ferrous ion availability and root radial oxygen loss capacity are generally taken into account, neglect of anoxic conditions in root iron plaque formation might lead to an under- or over-estimate of their functional effects, such as blocking toxic metal uptake. This study hypothesized that anoxic conditions would influence root iron plaque formation characteristics and translocation of Zn and Cd by rice seedlings.

Methods

A hydroponic culture was used to grow rice seedlings and a non-disruptive approach for blocking air exchange between the atmosphere and the induction solution matrix was applied for root iron plaque formation, namely flushing the headspace of the induction solution with N₂ during root iron plaque induction. Zn and Cd were spiked into the solution after root iron plaque formation, and translocation of both metals was determined.

Key Results

Blocking air exchange between the atmosphere and the nutrient solution by N₂ flushing increased root plaque Fe content by between 11 and 77 % (average 31 %). The N₂ flushing treatment generated root iron plaques with a smoother surface than the non-N₂ flushing treatment, as observed by scanning electron microscopy, but Fe oxyhydroxides coating the rice seedling roots were amorphous. The root iron plaques sequestrated Zn and Cd and the N₂ flushing enhanced this effect by approx. 17 % for Zn and 71 % for Cd, calculated by both single and combined additions of Zn and Cd.

Conclusions

Blocking of oxygen intrusion into the nutrient solution via N₂ flushing enhanced root iron plaque formation and increased Cd and Zn sequestration in the iron plaques of rice seedlings. This study suggests that hydroponic studies that do not consider redox potential in the induction matrices might lead to an under-estimate of metal sequestration by root iron plaques of wetland plants.     

cDNA cloning,expression, and enzymatic activity of a novel endogenous cellulase from the beetle Batocera horsfieldi

In this study, we report a novel cellulase [β-1,4-endoglucanase (EGase), EC 3.2.1.4] cDNA (Bh-EGase II) belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family (GHF) 45 from the beetle Batocera horsfieldi. The Bh-EGase II gene spans 720 bp and consists of a single exon coding for 239 amino acid residues. Bh-EGase II showed 93.72% protein sequence identity to Ag-EGase II from the beetle Apriona germari. The GHF 45 catalytic site is conserved in Bh-EGase II. Bh-EGase II has three putative N-glycosylation sites at 56–58 (N–K–S), 99–101 (N–S–T), and 237–239 (N–Y–S), respectively. The cDNA encoding Bh-EGase II was expressed in baculovirus-infected insect BmN cells and Bombyx mori larvae. Recombinant Bh-EGase II from BmN cells and larval hemolymph had an enzymatic activity of approximately 928 U/mg. The enzymatic catalysis of recombinant Bh-EGase II showed the highest activity at 50 °C and pH 6.0.