Neuropeptide Y: presence in sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the nasal mucosa

Summary The occurrence of neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) in the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the nasal mucosa was studied in various species including man. A dense network of NPY-immunoreactive (IR) fibres was present around arteries and arterioles in the nasal mucosa of all species studied. NPY was also located in nerves around seromucous glands in pig and guinea-pig, but not in rat, cat and man. The NPY-IR glandular innervation corresponded to about 20% of the NPY content of the nasal mucosa as revealed by remaining NPY content determined by radioimmunoassay after sympathectomy. These periglandular NPY-positive fibres had a distribution similar to the VIP-IR and PHI-IR nerves but not to the noradrenergic markers tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) or dopamine--hydroxylase (DBH). The NPY nerves around glands and some perivascular fibres were not influenced by sympathectomy and probably originated in the sphenopalatine ganglion where NPY-IR and VIP-IR ganglion cells were present. The venous sinusoids were innervated by NPY-positive fibres in all species except the cat. Dense NPY and DBH-positive innervation was seen around thick-walled vessels in the pig nasal mucosa; the latter may represent arterio-venous shunts. Double-labelling experiments using TH and DBH, and surgical sympathectomy revealed that the majority of NPY-IR fibres around blood vessels were probably noradrenergic. The NPY-positive perivascular nerves that remained after sympathectomy in the pig nasal mucosa also contained VIP/PHI-IR. The major nasal blood vessels, i.e. sphenopalatine artery and vein, were also densely innervated by NPY-IR fibres of sympathetic origin. Perivascular VIP-IR fibres were present around small arteries, arterioles, venous sinusoids and arterio-venous shunt vessels of the nasal mucosa whereas major nasal vessels received only single VIP-positive nerves. The trigeminal ganglion of the species studied contained only single TH-IR or VIP-IR but no NPY-positive ganglion cells. It is concluded that NPY in the nasal mucosa is mainly present in perivascular nerves of sympathetic origin. In some species, such as pig, glandular and perivascular parasympathetic nerves, probably of VIP/PHI nature, also contain NPY.     

采用康宁克通—A治疗鼻息肉的临床疗效观察

鼻息肉与变态反应之间有密切联系。本文拟报道康克通—A用于鼻息肉摘除术前、后以延迟与防止息肉复发的临疗效观察。     

金莲花液雾化吸入对慢性鼻窦炎功能性内窥镜术后患者鼻通气功能、生活质量和血清炎性因子的影响

目的:探讨金莲花液雾化吸入对慢性鼻窦炎(CRS)功能性内窥镜术后患者鼻通气功能、生活质量和血清炎性因子的影响。方法:选取2017年10月~2019年8月期间我院收治的CRS功能性内窥镜术后患者160例,采用随机数字表法将患者分为对照组(n=80)和研究组(n=80),对照组术后在常规治疗的基础上予以鼻腔生理盐水雾化吸入治疗,研究组在常规治疗的基础上予以金莲花液雾化吸入治疗,比较两组患者鼻通气功能[鼻腔最小截面积(NMCSA)、鼻腔容积(NV)]、生活质量和血清炎性因子[白介素-5(IL-5)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、降钙素原(PCT)]及预后相关指标。结果:两组患者治疗10 d后NMCSA、NV均升高,且研究组高于对照组(P<0.05)。两组治疗10 d后情感职能、躯体疼痛、社会功能、生理功能、精神健康、活力、生理职能、总体健康的维度评分均升高,且研究组高于对照组(P<0.05)。两组治疗10 d后血清IL-5、TNF-α、PCT水平均较治疗前下降,且研究组低于对照组(P<0.05)。研究组术腔清洁时间、上皮化时间均短于对照组(P<0.05);研究组鼻黏液纤毛传输速度高于对照组(P<0.05)。结论:金莲花液雾化吸入治疗CRS功能性内窥镜术后患者,可有效改善其鼻通气功能及生活质量,抑制炎性反应,促进患者恢复。     

经鼻高流量氧疗对慢性阻塞性肺疾病急性加重期患者血气指标、膈肌功能及炎性反应的影响

摘要 目的：探讨经鼻高流量氧疗对慢性阻塞性肺疾病急性加重期（AECOPD）患者血气指标、膈肌功能及炎性反应的影响。方法：回顾性分析2018年2月~2020年8月我院收治的119例AECOPD患者的临床资料。根据不同氧疗方法分为传统组59例和研究组60例,传统组给予传统氧疗,研究组给予经鼻高流量氧疗。对比两组治疗前后血气指标、膈肌功能及炎性反应的变化情况,观察两组不良反应发生率、治疗后再插管率、喘急胸闷和咳痰困难消失率。结果：研究组治疗后动脉血二氧化碳分压（PaCO₂） 较传统组低,血氧饱和度（SaO₂）、动脉血氧分压（PaO₂）高于传统组（均P<0.05）。研究组治疗后膈肌浅快呼吸指数（D-RSBI）、平静呼吸膈肌移动度（DEq）低于传统组（均P<0.05）。研究组治疗后血清白细胞介素(IL)-6、肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)-α 低于传统组（均P<0.05）。研究组治疗后再插管率低于传统组,喘急胸闷消失率、咳痰困难消失率高于传统组（均P<0.05）。两组的不良反应总发生率组间对比无统计学差异（P>0.05）。结论：与传统氧疗相比,经鼻高流量氧疗应用于AECOPD患者可有效改善血气指标、膈肌功能,减轻炎性反应,改善患者的临床症状。     

Changes in nasal airflow and heat transfer correlate with symptom improvement after surgery for nasal obstruction

Surgeries to correct nasal airway obstruction (NAO) often have less than desirable outcomes, partly due to the absence of an objective tool to select the most appropriate surgical approach for each patient. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models can be used to investigate nasal airflow, but variables need to be identified that can detect surgical changes and correlate with patient symptoms. CFD models were constructed from pre- and post-surgery computed tomography scans for 10 NAO patients showing no evidence of nasal cycling. Steady-state inspiratory airflow, nasal resistance, wall shear stress, and heat flux were computed for the main nasal cavity from nostrils to posterior nasal septum both bilaterally and unilaterally. Paired t-tests indicated that all CFD variables were significantly changed by surgery when calculated on the most obstructed side, and that airflow, nasal resistance, and heat flux were significantly changed bilaterally as well. Moderate linear correlations with patient-reported symptoms were found for airflow, heat flux, unilateral allocation of airflow, and unilateral nasal resistance as a fraction of bilateral nasal resistance when calculated on the most obstructed nasal side, suggesting that these variables may be useful for evaluating the efficacy of nasal surgery objectively. Similarity in the strengths of these correlations suggests that patient-reported symptoms may represent a constellation of effects and that these variables should be tracked concurrently during future virtual surgery planning.     

Serum B-cell activating factor predicts prognosis in nasal type,extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma

B-cell activating factor (BAFF) plays important roles in a variety of lymphoid malignancies. Compared with healthy adults, patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma had higher level of serum BAFF, and it corresponded with disease severity, response for therapy and clinical outcome. Latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) encoded by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) which is a known agent of nasal, extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) can switch the BAFF activating promoter leading to higher expression of BAFF in EBV-related tumor cells. However, the relationship between BAFF and ENKTCL has not been reported. Here we proposed a hypothesis that BAFF might play a regulatory role in ENKTCL development and maintenance. Our results showed that serum BAFF in ENKTCL patients was significantly higher than that in control group and negatively correlated with patients’ survival. It may be a valuable prognostic factor and deserved further study.     

鼻中隔成形术中鼻腔填塞法及鼻中隔“8”字缝合法的疗效比较研究

目的:探讨鼻中隔成形术中鼻腔填塞法及鼻中隔"8"字缝合法的疗效。方法:选取2017年7月~2018年7月期间我院收治的拟行鼻中隔成形术的鼻中隔偏曲患者60例。采用乱数表法将患者分为对照组、实验组两组,各30例患者,两组患者均行鼻内镜下鼻中隔成形术,术后对照组给予鼻腔填塞法处理,实验组给予鼻中隔"8"字缝合法处理。比较两组术后临床疗效、鼻粘膜水肿情况,观察两组不同时间点视觉疼痛模拟评分(VAS)情况,记录两组患者术后鼻中隔并发症发生情况。结果:实验组术后7d临床总有效率为96.67%(29/30),显著高于对照组患者的80.00%(24/30),差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。与术前相比,两组患者术后12hVAS评分升高,术后24h、术后48hVAS评分下降(P0.05);与术后12h相比,两组患者术后24h、术后48hVAS评分均下降,且术后48hVAS评分低于术后24h(P0.05);实验组术后12h、术后24h、术后48hVAS评分均低于对照组(P0.05)。实验组鼻粘膜水肿0级患者数量显著高于对照组,鼻粘膜水肿1级患者数量显著低于对照组(P0.05);两组鼻粘膜水肿2级患者数量比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05);两组患者鼻中隔并发症总发生率比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:相较于鼻腔填塞法,鼻中隔成形术中采用鼻中隔"8"字缝合法疗效显著,可减轻患者疼痛,改善患者鼻粘膜水肿情况,且不会增加并发症发生率,具有一定的临床应用价值。     

Induction of olfactory mucosal and liver metabolism of lidocaine by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Formulation of drugs for administration via the nasal cavity is becoming increasingly common. It is of potential clinical relevance to determine whether intranasal drug administration itself, or exposure to other xenobiotics, can modulate the levels and/or activity of nasal mucosal metabolic enzymes, thereby affecting the metabolism and disposition of the drug. In these studies, we examined changes in several of the major metabolic enzymes in nasal epithelial tissues upon exposure to the environmental contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), as well as the impact of these changes on the metabolism of a model intranasally administered drug, lidocaine. Results of these studies show that TCDD can induce multiple metabolic enzymes in the olfactory mucosa and that the pattern of induction in the olfactory mucosa does not necessarily parallel that which occurs in the liver. Further, increases in enzyme levels noted by Western blot analysis were associated with increased activities of several nasal mucosal enzymes as well as with enhanced conversion of lidocaine to its major metabolite, monoethyl glycine xylidide (MEGX). These results demonstrate that environmental exposures can influence the levels and activity of nasal mucosal enzymes and impact the pharmacology of drugs administered via the nasal route.