催产素在脊髓水平对电针镇痛的影响

采用玻璃微电极胞外记录和脊髓表面给药的方法观察了催产素（ＯＴ）、抗催产素血清（ＡＯＴＳ）以及电针穴位对背角神经元伤害性诱发放电的影响。结果表明：电针穴位或脊髓表面施加ＯＴ可部分抑制脊髓背角神经元的伤害性诱发放电;在电针的基础上施加ＯＴ则明显加强电针的抑制效应;相反,用ＡＯＴＳ预处理后,电针的抑制作用放取消。提示ＯＴ在脊髓水平参与了对痛觉信息的调制,并与一定频率的针刺镇痛有关。     

Anatomy and lignin deposition of stone cell in Camellia oleifera shell during the young stage

Protoplasma - As the by-products of edible oil production with rich lignin, the reserves of Camellia oleifera shell were abundant and had a great economic value. Lignin was the most important...     

2018年河南省肠道病毒环境监测结果分析

通过对2018年河南省环境污水中肠道病毒(Enterovirus,EV)的持续监测,了解河南省环境污水中脊灰病毒(PV)和非脊灰肠道病毒(NPEV)的血清型分布及流行情况.选取了河南省东、西、南、北、中部的五个城市,对每个城市有10万～30万人共同使用的下水管网的地区进行污水采样,每两个月采集1次,每次采集两份污水样品,采集持续1年,对污水样品进行浓缩,将浓缩液接种至RD细胞、L20B细胞和HEp-2细胞进行病毒分离.对病毒分离物进行VP1区核苷酸序列测定分析,采用最大似然法构建系统进化树对EV进行分子定型,并进行核苷酸相似性分析.共采集污水样品60份,分离到EV阳性毒株16株(26.67％),分别为8株CVB5、3株E7、3株E11、1株CVB5+E11混合株;1株PVIII;环境监测标本与急性弛缓性麻痹(Acute flaccid paralysis,AFP)病例标本,在济源市和周口市分离到的CVB5比例有一致性,郑州市和济源市分离到的E7比例有一致性;污水标本中阳性毒株的检出时间要早于AFP病例标本中同种毒株型别的检出时间1～3个月.来源于AFP病例监测和环境监测的CVB5之间的核苷酸相似性为94.7％～99.6％,来源于AFP病例监测和环境监测的E7之间的核苷酸相似性为92.5％～100.0％.来源于AFP病例监测和环境监测的CVB5属于同一个基因型,E7也是同一个基因型,甚至是同一个病毒传播链.河南省2018年建立了环境监测方法,是AFP病例监测的有益的补充,也可对人类肠道病毒病流行或暴发进行预测和预警.     

江西省2010年柯萨奇病毒A组24型变异株的全基因组序列分析

急性出血性结膜炎(Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis,AHC)是目前人类最常见的眼病之一,柯萨奇病毒A组24型变异株(Coxsackievirus A24 variant,CV-A24v)是近年来报道引起该病的主要病原体。本研究选取10株来自江西省2010年AHC暴发疫情的CV-A24v,采用特异性引物扩增并测定其全基因组序列。对该10条CV-A24v的全基因组序列进行系统发育分析以及重组分析,计算本研究测定的江西10条以及GenBank中所有22条CV-A24v的全基因组序列的氨基酸置换熵值,并预测其正向选择位点。结果表明,在江西10条CV-A24v基因组序列中未检测到重组。基于全基因组序列构建的最大似然树表明江西10株CV-A24v属于GIV基因型,且分处于两条传播链。对上述32条CV-A24v序列的氨基酸置换熵值计算,共得到25个易突变位点(熵值>0.6),易突变概率最高的区段为2A区。基于Datamonkey中FUBAR和FEL模型分析,发现位于结构蛋白VP2区的234位氨基酸为两种模型共同获得的CV-A24v的正向选择位点。本研究分析了江西10株CV-A24v的全基因组序列特征,为CV-A24v引起的AHC防控工作提供了基础资料。     

Regional Brain Structural Abnormality in Meal-Related Functional Dyspepsia Patients: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

Background and Aims

Brain dysfunction in functional dyspepsia (FD) has been identified by multiple neuroimaging studies. This study aims to investigate the regional gray matter density (GMD) changes in meal-related FD patients and their correlations with clinical variables, and to explore the possible influence of the emotional state on FD patients’s brain structures.

Methods

Fifty meal-related FD patients and forty healthy subjects (HS) were included and underwent a structural magnetic resonance imaging scan. Voxel-based morphometry analysis was employed to identify the cerebral structure alterations in meal-related FD patients. Regional GMD changes'' correlations with the symptoms and their durations, respectively, have been analyzed.

Results

Compared to the HS, the meal-related FD patients showed a decreased GMD in the bilateral precentral gyrus, medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and midcingulate cortex (MCC), left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and right insula (p<0.05, FWE Corrected, Cluster size>50). After controlling for anxiety and depression, the meal-related FD patients showed a decreased GMD in the bilateral middle frontal gyrus, left MCC, right precentral gyrus and insula (p<0.05, FWE Corrected, Cluster size>50). Before controlling psychological factors, the GMD decreases in the ACC were negatively associated with the symptom scores of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index (NDI) (r = −0.354, p = 0.048, Bonferroni correction) and the duration of FD (r = −0.398, p = 0.02, Bonferroni correction) respectively.

Conclusions

The regional GMD of meal-related FD patients, especially in the regions of the homeostatic afferent processing network significantly differed from that of the HS, and the psychological factors might be one of the essential factors significantly affecting the regional brain structure of meal-related FD patients.     

Impaired Autophagy in Adult Bone Marrow CD34+ Cells of Patients with Aplastic Anemia: Possible Pathogenic Significance

Aplastic anemia (AA) is a bone marrow failure syndrome that is caused largely by profound quantitative and qualitative defects of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. However, the mechanisms underlying these defects remain unclear. Under conditions of stress, autophagy acts as a protective mechanism for cells. We therefore postulated that autophagy in CD34⁺ hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) from AA patients might be impaired and play a role in the pathogenesis of AA. To test this hypothesis, we tested autophagy in CD34⁺ cells from AA samples and healthy controls and investigated the effect of autophagy on the survival of adult human bone marrow CD34⁺ cells. We found that the level of autophagy in CD34⁺ cells from AA patients was significantly lower than in age/sex-matched healthy controls, and lower in cases of severe AA than in those with non-severe AA. Autophagy in CD34⁺ cells improved upon amelioration of AA but, compared to healthy controls, was still significantly reduced even in AA patients who had achieved a complete, long-term response. We also showed that although the basal autophagy in CD34⁺ cells was low, the autophagic response of CD34⁺ cells to “adversity” was rapid. Finally, impaired autophagy resulted in reduced differentiation and proliferation of CD34⁺ cells and sensitized them to death and apoptosis. Thus, our results confirm that autophagy in CD34⁺ cells from AA patients is impaired, that autophagy is required for the survival of CD34⁺ cells, and that impaired autophagy in CD34⁺ HPCs may play an important role in the pathogenesis of AA.     

柯萨奇病毒A组9型的基因分型方法的建立

血清型别鉴定及基因分型分析是开展肠道病毒（Enterovirus,EV）分子进化特征研究的重要内容。目前为止,国内外对柯萨奇病毒A组9型（Coxsackievirus A9,CVA9）的研究主要集中在衣壳蛋白区的细胞受体结合位点及其基因特性分析,而基于全长VP1序列的基因型划分结果尚未明确。本研究依托国家手足口病监测网络,对2010-2019年全国31个省级行政区（省、自治区、直辖市）上送的18 238份手足口病样本中分离出的24株CVA9进行全长VP1区序列测定,并与GenBank中所有全长VP1区序列一起进行基因型划分研究。测序结果显示24株CVA9分离株VP1全长为906bp,编码302个氨基酸,与CVA9原型株（Griggs）核苷酸和氨基酸相似性分别为80.5%～97.6%和92.3%～99.6%。结合系统进化树和同一血清型内不同基因型的核苷酸差异界值为15%～25%,将全球CVA9划分为A-H八个基因型。进化树显示B、C和D基因型在病毒进化过程中已消失,而E、F和G基因型呈现共循环的趋势,其中G基因型包含了亚洲、北美洲、大洋洲和欧洲等9个国家的毒株,是CVA9的优势基因型。大...     

Dependence of artesunate on long noncoding RNA-RP11 to inhibit epithelial-mesenchymal transition of hepatocellular carcinoma

As a first line medicine for malaria treatment, artesunate (ART) also shows antitumor potential. However, little is known about the effect of ART on the cancer cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this study, we found that ART inhibited cell growth in SK-HEP1 and SM7721 hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. A microarray was used to identify differentially expressed protein-coding RNAs (pcRNA) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) between SK-HEP1 cells with and without ART treatment. A differentially expressed lncRNA—RP11, the most related to the EMT of liver cancer cells—RP11 was identified by abioinformatics method Overexpressing and silencing assays were used to verify the role of RP11 in cancer cell EMT. The levels of RP11- and EMT-related genes in liver cancer samples from 75 patients were detected by using qualitative polymerase chain reaction or immunohistochemistry. We identified 1334 pcRNAs and 1670 lncRNA with differential expression induced by ART. ART inhibits EMT, proliferation, migration, invasion, and adhesion of liver cancer cells. RP11 depresses the inhibitory effect of ART on cancer cell EMT. The level of RP11 is associated with cancer cell EMT and metastasis and survival rate of the patient. These data suggest that RP11-linking ART and cancer cell EMT are important for ART-inhibited metastasis of liver cancer.     

Increase in the molecular weight and radius of gyration of apocalmodulin induced by binding of target peptide: evidence for complex formation

Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to investigate a complex state of apocalmodulin induced by the binding of a Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV calmodulin target site. Upon binding of the peptide, the molecular weight for apocalmodulin increased by 8.4%, which provides direct evidence for the formation of a calmodulin/target peptide complex. Comparison of the radius of gyration and Kratky plots of the apocalmodulin/peptide complex with those of apocalmodulin indicates that the overall conformation remains unchanged but the flexibility of the central linker decreases. An analysis of residue pairs between calmodulin and the target peptides suggests that the complex formation is induced by electrostatic interactions and subsequent van der Waals interactions.