豚鼠庆大霉素耳中毒后HSP70 mRNA的表达

为探讨热休克蛋白(heatshockprotein,HSP)70mRNA在庆大霉素(gentamicin,GM)耳中毒中的意义,本实验选用耳廓反射灵敏的健康白色红目豚鼠(200~250g)20只,雌雄不拘,随机分成两组,每组10只。实验组动物每日腹腔注射GM100mg/kg;对照组动物每日腹腔注射与GM等量的生理盐水2.5ml/kg。两组动物混合饲养,均连续用药10d。在用药前1天和停药后第1天进行听脑干反应(auditorybrainstemresponse,ABR)测试。各组豚鼠在行第二次ABR检测后,应用原位杂交及图像分析技术观察GM耳中毒后HSP70mRNA在豚鼠耳蜗中表达。结果显示:实验组耳蜗ABR阈值明显高于对照组,有显著性差异(P<0.01);实验组豚鼠耳蜗血管纹、螺旋韧带、螺旋神经节细胞HSP70mRNA表达呈强阳性,其平均灰度值较正常对照组明显减小(P<0.001),即GM能显著增强耳蜗HSP70mRNA的表达。结果提示,GM中毒后,动物可能通过增加HSP70mRNA在耳蜗的表达,起保护听力的作用。     

丹参注射液对庆大霉素耳中毒豚鼠耳蜗NOS异构体表达的影响

目的：研究丹参注射液（SM）对庆大霉素（GM）耳中毒豚鼠耳蜗一氧化氮合酶（NOS）异构体表达的影响,探讨SM对GM耳毒性的防护机制。方法：40只豚鼠随机分成对照组、GM组、SM组和GM＋SM组,应用SABC免疫组织化学方法及显微图像分析技术,观察NOS三型异构体在豚鼠耳蜗的表达;同时结合听脑干反应（ABR）测试,观察用药前后豚鼠听阈的变化。结果：GM＋SM组豚鼠耳蜗诱导型NOS（iNOS/NOSⅡ）表达和ABR阈值均明显低于GM组（P〈0.01）;且iNOS表达变化与ABR阈值改变高度相关（｜r｜〉0.7,P〈0.01）;而各组豚鼠耳蜗神经元型NOS（nNOS/NOSⅠ）和内皮型NOS（eNOS/NOSⅢ）表达均无显著性差异。结论：SM对GM耳中毒后豚鼠耳蜗nNOS和eNOS表达无影响,但可通过抑制GM所致iNOS高表达,以减少NO的过量生成,从而对GM的耳毒性损伤发挥防护作用。     

豚鼠庆大霉素耳中毒后诱发的耳蜗热休克反应

目的：探讨热休克蛋白（HSP）70在庆大霉素（GM）耳中毒中的意义。方法：应用SABC免疫组化技术及图像分析技术并结合听脑干反应（ABR）测试。观察庆大霉素耳中毒后热休克蛋白70在豚鼠耳蜗中表达及其与听阈的关系。结果：实验组耳蜗Corti‘s器、血管纹、螺旋韧带、螺旋缘、螺旋神经节细胞HSP70表达呈强阳性。且ABP阈值变化与HSP70表达的变化高度相关（｜γ｜＞0．8,P＜0．01）。结论：庆大霉素耳中毒后能够诱发耳蜗热休克反应,增加HSP70在豚鼠耳蜗的表达,保护听力。     

甲状腺激素对豚鼠卡那霉素中毒性耳聋的预防作用

卡那霉素、庆大霉素等抗生素常引起耳聋,目前尚无较好的防治方法。卡那霉素对内耳的毒性作用,主要先影响有关的酶功能,继而破坏毛细胞而致聋。甲状腺激素具有促进蛋白质合成、增强细胞生物氧化的功能。因此可能具有减轻卡那霉素耳毒性的作用。本实验以耳廓反射、内耳生物电及耳蜗铺片为指标,观察甲状腺激素对卡那霉素耳中毒的预防。实验豚鼠分两组,各13只,对照组每天注射卡那霉素300mg/kg,共10天;甲状腺素组先隔天服甲状腺片20mg共四次,以后给予与对照组相同剂量卡那霉素,同时仍隔天服甲状腺片20mg直至停药后16天,前后总共服17次。结果:(1)耳廓反射阈变化,对8、4、2KHz三个频率听力均下降的耳,对照组为11只耳,甲状腺素组为3只耳,两者差异显著。听力下降的频率范围及程度,对照组比甲状腺素组更大。对照组听力下降开始出现的时间明显早于甲状腺素组;(2)内耳生物电,0～80dβ不同程度短声引起的耳蜗微音器电位与听神经动作电位幅值甲状腺素组动物均高于对照组;(8)耳蜗铺片,对照组大部分动物耳蜗各回的毛细胞严重变性缺损,甲状腺素组耳蜗病变仅局限在底回。以上结果表明甲状腺激素能减轻卡那霉素的耳毒性,为耳毒性抗生素致聋的防治提供了一条新的研究途径。     

卡那霉素致聋豚鼠耳蜗电极植入模型的建立及意义

目的:探讨人工耳蜗电极的插入对耳蜗功能的影响,为研究人工耳蜗植入建立相应的动物模型。方法:取听力正常的豚鼠8只,4只注射卡那霉素联合呋塞米致聋,为致聋组;4只仅注射生理盐水,为对照组。对两组动物行听性脑干反应(ABR)及耳声发射(DPOAE)检查后,将耳蜗电极植入左侧耳蜗。结果:致聋组术侧4个频率段ABR阈移随着时间的推移逐渐减小,术后24 h、48 h、72 h时间段比较无显著性差异(P0.05);对照组术侧ABR阈移随着时间的推移逐渐减小,32 kHz频率的三个时间段比较有显著性差异(P0.05),其余3个频率无显著性差异。此外,致聋组与对照组术侧耳ABR阈移比较均无显著性差异(P0.05)。致聋组术前5个频率的DPOAE无法引出,术后DPOAE仍无法引出;对照组术前DPOAE均可引出,术后术侧的DPOAE均无法引出。术后72 h可见电极周围有组织包绕,固定良好,局部未见明显炎症反应。结论:本实验成功建立了卡那霉素致聋的豚鼠耳蜗电极植入模型,可为人工耳蜗植入术后颞骨病理改变的研究提供实验基础。     

丹参注射液对链霉素耳中毒豚鼠耳蜗iNOS表达的影响

目的: 探讨链霉素(SM)耳中毒过程中豚鼠耳蜗iNOS表达,以及丹参注射液(DS)的拮抗作用.方法: 应用光镜、电镜、免疫组化及图像分析技术,结合听性脑干反应(ABR)测试.结果: 用药10d后,SM组ABR阈值明显升高,DS SM组ABR阈值明显低于SM组,差异显著(P<0.01).光镜及电镜下可见SM组柯蒂氏器、内外毛细胞、螺旋神经节细胞、血管纹损伤严重,DS SM组损伤较轻.SM组iNOS在柯蒂氏器、内外毛细胞、螺旋神经节、血管纹的表达明显高于DS SM组.结论: SM耳中毒时ABR阈值升高,iNOS表达增强.DS能有效的降低SM所致的ABR阈值升高,并抑制iNOS的过量表达,从而减轻SM的耳毒性损伤,提示DS对SM耳毒性损伤有保护作用.     

丹参注射液对庆大霉素耳中毒豚鼠耳蜗氧自由基生成的影响

目的:研究丹参注射液(SM)对庆大霉素(GM)耳中毒豚鼠耳蜗氧自由基生成的影响,探讨SM对GM耳毒性损伤的保护作用及其机制.方法:检测豚鼠耳蜗组织中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活力和丙二醛(MDA)含量,结合听性脑干反应(ABR)测试及透射电镜技术.结果:经GM处理的耳蜗组织中SOD活力明显下降,MDA含量则明显增加(P＜0.01),且与ABR阈值升高高度相关(|r|＞0.8,P＜0.05).同时接受SM的动物,其耳蜗组织中SOD活力明显升高(P＜0.01),MDA含量则明显减少(P＜0.05),且听功能显著改善.电镜观察显示耳蜗形态学改变与听力变化相一致.结论:氧自由基及其引发的脂质过氧化参与了GM耳中毒过程,SM可通过提高耳蜗组织中SOD活力,防止脂质过氧化,减轻GM的耳蜗毒性,改善听功能.     

川芎嗪抗链霉素耳毒性作用及其对豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞钾通道的影响

本文旨在研究川芎嗪（tetramethylpyrazine,TMP）拮抗链霉素耳毒性作用及其对豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞K^＋通道的影响,探讨TMP拈抗链霉素耳毒性的离子通道机制。60只豚鼠随机分为6组,应用听觉脑干反应（auditory brainstem response,ABR）技术检测豚鼠ABR听阈,观测TMP的抗链霉素耳毒作用;并采用全细胞膜片钳技术观察TMP对耳蜗外毛细胞Ca^2＋敏感艮电流的影响。结果显示,TMP明显降低链霉素导致的豚鼠ABR听阈升高,提示TMP具有抗链霉素耳毒性作用;TMP能明显增大豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞Ca^2＋敏感艮电流,并呈浓度依赖关系。结果提示,TMP通过增大艮通道电导而拮抗链霉素耳毒性作用。     

头孢哌酮钠和卡那霉素在豚鼠化脓性中耳炎中的作用及耳毒性机制研究

目的探讨头孢哌酮钠和卡那霉素在豚鼠化脓性中耳炎中的作用、耳毒性。方法 A、B、C组均应用金黄色葡萄球菌菌苗中耳腔注射法制备化脓性中耳炎模型。然后分别应用生理盐水、头孢哌酮钠滴耳液和卡那霉素滴耳液中耳腔给药治疗,各0.2 ml/次,2次/天,连续给药7天。听性脑干反应(ABR)检测豚鼠鼓室内注射金黄色葡萄球菌前后以及抗生素滴耳后ABR阈值。脓性分泌物评分和菌落计数。耳蜗基底膜铺片:毛细胞计数和形态学观察。结果 A组(生理盐水组)、B组(头孢哌酮钠组)、C组(卡那霉素组)实验后ABR听阈分别为(46.00±5.1)dB peSPL(peSPL:等效峰值声压级),(35.25±4.9)dB peSPL,(42.25±5.2)dB peSPL(差别主要是给药后,造模前后无差别)。脓性分泌物评分分别为A组(2.33±0.4)、B组(1.65±0.4)、C组(1.53±0.3)。细菌培养计数分别为A组(117±10.5)、B组(63±6.9)、C组(49±6.1)。A组和B组毛细胞未见缺失,纤毛和表皮板完好,结构正常,C组毛细胞大片缺失,相应部位的纤毛和表皮板也见缺失。结论头孢哌酮钠滴耳液的抗菌效应可以应用于化脓性中耳炎的治疗,且无耳毒性。卡那霉素滴耳液虽然抗菌效应强,但耳毒性较强,所以不推荐作为治疗化脓性中耳炎的一线用药。     

Caspase-3在豚鼠内淋巴积水耳蜗中的表达

目的观察Caspase-3在豚鼠内淋巴积水耳蜗中的表达。方法实验分正常对照组和实验组,每组10只豚鼠。用破坏并阻塞豚鼠内淋巴囊的方法造成豚鼠内淋巴积水模型。3周后处死豚鼠,取耳蜗分别用石蜡及火棉胶包埋、切片,免疫组织化学方法观察caspase-3在耳蜗的表达。结果caspase-3在豚鼠内淋巴积水耳蜗中表达呈阳性,阳性区域为耳蜗外侧壁和螺旋神经节细胞。结论caspase-3在豚鼠内淋巴积水耳蜗中呈阳性表达,提示在内淋巴积水病理过程中存在耳蜗细胞凋亡。     

Antigenicity of penicillin G in the guinea pig

Antigenicity of penicillin G (PCG) was studied in guinea pigs. PCG 5 mg, 10 mg or 25 mg with Freund's complete adjuvant each on days 0, 7 and 21 was injected to a guinea pig: intramuscularly into both thighs and intracutaneously into four locations on the back. A remarkable antigenicity was induced in animals immunized with 25 mg although only low antigenicity in 5 mg and 10 mg. A maximum serum level of the antibody was observed about 2 weeks after last immunization and all of animals immunized with 25 mg died in active systemic anaphylaxis test. As mentioned above, it has been firstly demonstrated that a remarkable antigenicity of PCG can be produced by immunizing with a high dose of 25 mg in the guinea pig model in which PCG itself is used as immunogen.     

Efficacy of marbofloxacin for naturally occurring contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

The aim of the present study is to determine the efficacy of marbofloxacin used in goats with naturally occurring contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP). The study was performed in two groups (consisting of 15 animals in each group) with two different doses of 10% aqueous solution of marbofloxacin injected intramuscularly into the semitendinous muscle. 2 mg/kg BW for 3 days (total dose administered: 6 mg/kg BW) was injected to the first group (group 1) and 3 mg/kg for 2 times every other day (total dose administered: 6 mg/kg BW) was injected to the second group (group 2). Microbiological analyses revealed that the causative agent of the disease was Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. Cure rates for groups 1 and 2 were determined as 100% (15/15 goats) and 93% (14/15 goats), respectively. The results of this field trial suggest that marbofloxacin could be an effective drug against CCPP in goats.     

DNA degradation in the kidney of folic acid-treated guinea pigs

Previous investigators agree on the increased DNA synthesis and destruction of tissues caused by folic acid (FA) administered parenterally. This study aims to clarify whether DNA degradation due to the destruction of cells and nuclei precedes DNA synthesis following FA administration. Forty guinea pigs were divided into four groups: group 1, contained 10 controls; in group 2, ten animals received intraperitoneally 300 mg/kg of body wt FA; in group 3, ten animals received FA and 12 h later frusemide intramuscularly in a dose of 7 mg/kg body wt; and finally in group 4, ten animals received frusemide as in group 3. FA produced necrosis of the epithelial cells of the convoluted tubules as the detection of the beta-aminoisobutyric acid end product of DNA and thymine catabolism indicated. Frusemide administered in group 3 had a favourable effect on the acute renal failure induced by FA.     

Protection Provided by a Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) Glycoprotein C and D Subunit Antigen Vaccine against Genital HSV-2 Infection in HSV-1-Seropositive Guinea Pigs

A prophylactic vaccine for genital herpes disease remains an elusive goal. We report the results of two studies performed collaboratively in different laboratories that assessed immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy in herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)-seropositive guinea pigs immunized and subsequently challenged intravaginally with HSV-2. In study 1, HSV-2 glycoproteins C (gC2) and D (gD2) were produced in baculovirus and administered intramuscularly as monovalent or bivalent vaccines with CpG and alum. In study 2, gD2 was produced in CHO cells and given intramuscularly with monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) and alum, or gC2 and gD2 were produced in glycoengineered Pichia pastoris and administered intramuscularly as a bivalent vaccine with Iscomatrix and alum to HSV-1-naive or -seropositive guinea pigs. In both studies, immunization boosted neutralizing antibody responses to HSV-1 and HSV-2. In study 1, immunization with gC2, gD2, or both immunogens significantly reduced the frequency of genital lesions, with the bivalent vaccine showing the greatest protection. In study 2, both vaccines were highly protective against genital disease in naive and HSV-1-seropositive animals. Comparisons between gD2 and gC2/gD2 in study 2 must be interpreted cautiously, because different adjuvants, gD2 doses, and antigen production methods were used; however, significant differences invariably favored the bivalent vaccine. Immunization of naive animals with gC2/gD2 significantly reduced the number of days of vaginal shedding of HSV-2 DNA compared with that for mock-immunized animals. Surprisingly, in both studies, immunization of HSV-1-seropositive animals had little effect on recurrent vaginal shedding of HSV-2 DNA, despite significantly reducing genital disease.     

豚鼠甲流H1N1感染模型的建立及激素甲强龙对感染干预作用的探讨

目的建立豚鼠的甲流感染模型并评价激素甲强龙对感染的干预作用。方法将4～6周龄雌性SPF级豚鼠（200～300）g分为4组：正常对照组,模型组,甲强龙1组和甲强龙2组,除对照组外,豚鼠经乙醚麻醉后进行滴鼻接种A/California/7/2009（CA7）病毒,分别于攻毒后3 d和5 d给予激素甲强龙,大剂量3 d后1/4剂量给3 d,检测豚鼠感染的多项指标,观察期为14 d。结果成功建立了豚鼠的甲流感模型;甲强龙1组豚鼠肺部炎症减轻较模型组和甲强龙2组明显,存活率较这两组均降低,甲强龙2组肺部炎症较模型组减轻,而较甲强龙1组重,豚鼠的存活率较这两组均无差异。结论豚鼠能感染A/California/7/2009（CA7）病毒,感染后5 d比感染后3 d开始给予激素的干预效果好。     

Tachykinins mediate bronchoconstriction elicited by isocapnic hyperpnea in guinea pigs

We tested the hypothesis that tachykinins mediate hyperpnea-induced bronchoconstriction (HIB) in 28 guinea pigs. Stimulus-response curves to increasing minute ventilation with dry gas were generated in animals depleted of tachykinins by capsaicin pretreatment and in animals pretreated with phosphoramidon, a neutral metalloendopeptidase inhibitor. Sixteen anesthetized guinea pigs received capsaicin (50 mg/kg sc) after aminophylline (10 mg/kg ip) and terbutaline (0.1 mg/kg sc). An additional 12 animals received saline (1 ml sc) instead of capsaicin. One week later, all animals were anesthetized, given propranolol (1 mg/kg iv), and mechanically ventilated (6 ml/kg, 60 breaths/min, 50% O2 in air fully water saturated). Phosphoramidon (0.5 mg iv) was administered to five of the noncapsaicin-treated guinea pigs. Eucapnic dry gas (95% O2-5% CO2) hyperpnea "challenges" were performed by increasing the tidal volume (2-6 ml) and frequency (150 breaths/min) for 5 min. Capsaicin-pretreated animals showed marked attenuation in HIB, with a rightward shift of the stimulus-response curve compared with controls; the estimated tidal volume required to elicit a twofold increase in respiratory system resistance (ES200) was 5.0 ml for capsaicin-pretreated animals vs. 3.7 ml for controls (P less than 0.03). Phosphoramidon-treated animals were more reactive to dry gas hyperpnea compared with control (ES200 = 2.6 ml; P less than 0.0001). Methacholine dose-response curves (10(-11) to 10(-7) mol iv) obtained at the conclusion of the experiments were similar among capsaicin, phosphoramidon, and control groups. These findings implicate tachykinin release as an important mechanism of HIB in guinea pigs.     

Effect of the extract made from Cochinchina momordica seeds on the humoral immune responses of mice to a commercial foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (serotypes O and Asia 1)

The extract from ECMS was investigated for its effect on the humoral immune responses to foot-and-mouth disease vaccination. Fifty-six mice were randomly divided into seven groups with eight animals in each. Mice in groups 5 to 7 were subcutaneously (s.c.) injected with 0.5 mg DEX daily for 4 days to induce immunosuppression. The animals were then orally given ECMS (200 μg in 250 μl saline) in groups 3 and 6 or 250 μl saline in group 2, or s.c. injected with ECMS (50 μg in 100 μl saline) in groups 4 and 7 or 100 μl saline in group 5. After that, the animals in groups 2 to 7 were s.c. immunized twice with 100 μl of commercial oil-adjuvanted bivalent FMDV vaccine (serotypes O and Asia 1) at intervals of 21 days. Mice in group 1 received injection of 100 μl saline only. After 2 weeks, blood was sampled to determine FMDV-specific IgG and isotype IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3. Results indicated that oral administration or s.c. injection of ECMS augmented responses of specific IgG and most IgG isotypes. Giving ECMS tended to enhance serum-specific IgG and IgG isotype responses of mice immunosuppressed by s.c. injection of DEX. Considering the safety and immunomodulatory effect of ECMS in both normal and immunosuppressed mice demonstrated in the present study, this extract deserves further investigation to evaluate its potential in improving FMD vaccination in farm animals such as pigs, sheep and cattle.     

Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on the febrile response to muramyl dipeptide and lipopolysaccharide in rats

We have administered aminoguanidine, a relatively specific inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, and N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an unspecific nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, to rats made febrile with the gram-positive pyrogen, muramyl dipeptide and gram-negative pyrogen, lipopolysaccharide. Sprague-Dawley rats, housed individually at approximately 25 degrees C with a 12:12 h light:dark cycle (lights on 0700 hours), were injected (at 0900 hours) intraperitoneally with 50 mg/kg aminoguanidine, 25 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg L-NAME, and intramuscularly with 500 microg/kg muramyl dipeptide or 100 microg/kg lipopolysaccharide. Pyrogen injections were spaced at least 14 days apart. Body temperature was measured throughout the study in unrestrained animals using radio-telemetry. Neither muramyl dipeptide nor lipopolysaccharide-induced fevers were affected by aminoguanidine. However, L-NAME administration inhibited muramyl dipeptide and lipopolysaccharide-induced fevers, but only for the 1st 2-4 h of the fevers (two-way ANOVA, P<0.05). After the initial inhibition, lipopolysaccharide fevers developed normally. Therefore, constitutively expressed nitric oxide synthase appears to be involved in the initial phases of fever genesis of gram-negative and gram-positive fevers in rats. On the other hand, inducible nitric oxide synthase appears not to play a role in these fevers.     

Apoptosis induction by S-allylcysteine,a garlic constituent,during 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis

The apoptosis-inducing capacity of S-allylcysteine (SAC), a water-soluble garlic constituent, during 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced hamster buccal pouch (HBP) carcinogenesis was investigated in male Syrian hamsters using DNA fragmentation and the apoptosis-associated proteins, tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and Bcl-2. Hamsters were divided into four groups of six animals each. Animals in group 1 were painted with a 0.5% solution of DMBA in liquid paraffin on the right buccal pouches three times a week for 14 weeks. Group 2 animals painted with DMBA as in group 1, in addition received 200 mg kg(-1) body weight SAC orally on days alternate to DMBA application. Group 3 animals received SAC as in group 2. Group 4 animals received neither DMBA nor SAC and served as the control. The experiment was terminated at the end of 14 weeks. Administration of SAC (200 mg kg(-1) body weight) to animals painted with DMBA inhibited DMBA-induced HBP carcinogenesis as revealed by the absence of neoplasms, induction of tTG and inhibition of Bcl-2 expression. The results of the present study suggest that SAC may exert its chemopreventive effect by inducing apoptosis.     

Pneumocystis carinii infection in corticosteroid-treated cats

Corticosteroids were administered to produce Pneumocystis carinii infection in cats. Six of 10 cats, injected intramuscularly for 97-141 days with 2 mg/cat twice weekly of betamethasone sodium phosphate, developed a light infection with P. carinii. Six of 7 cats, injected intramuscularly for 11-168 days with 10-25 mg/cat weekly of prednisolone acetate, also developed a light infection with P. carinii. There was no significant difference in the infection rate between the sexes and ages of the cats. Using Giemsa staining and Gomori's methenamine silver nitrate stain, P. carinii organisms were indistinguishable morphologically from human and rat P. carinii. The cysts and trophozoites were usually present singly or in small groups, and they always were adhering to the periphery of alveoli. The inflammatory changes were inconspicuous except for the fact that alveolar macrophages often were seen. Corticosteroid-treated cats should be useful in the study of experimental P. carinii infection. This is the first reported case of experimentally induced P. carinii infection in cats.