小鼠大脑皮质N─甲基－D－天冬氨酸受体的鉴定及其在衰老时的变化

以放射性配基结合分析法对正常成年小鼠大脑皮质中Ｎ─甲基－Ｄ－天冬氨酸（ＮＭＤＡ）受体作了鉴定;观察了衰老小鼠ＮＭＤＡ受体、空间辨别能力、海马突触传递长时程增强（ｌｏｎｇｔｅｒｍｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｔｉｏｎ,ＬＴＰ）的变化及补肾中药复方对这些变化的影响。结果表明：小鼠大脑皮质含有丰富的、高亲和力的ＮＭＤＡ受体;衰老过程中小鼠ＮＭＤＡ受体的最大结合容量（Ｂｍａｘ）呈渐进性降低,空间辨别能力下降,ＬＴＰ的振幅和斜率明显降低;补肾中药复方具有提高衰老小鼠ＮＭＤＡ全体Ｂｍａｘ值和维持ＬＴＰ于较高水平的作用。     

低氧对肺动脉内皮细胞PDGF—B链释放及平滑肌细胞生长的影响

应用蛋白ｄｏｔｂｌｏｔ技术检测了低氧内皮细胞条件培养液（ＨＥＣＣＭ）和常氧内皮细胞条件培养液（ＮＥＣＣＭ）内ＰＤＧＦ相对含量,并利用［３Ｈ］－ＴｄＲ掺入法和流式细胞术观察了ＨＥＣＣＭ和ＮＥＣＣＭ及加入特异ＰＤＧＦ抗体对肺动脉平滑肌细胞（ＰＡＳＭＣ）生长的影响。结果表明,ＨＥＣＣＭ中的ＰＤＧＦ含量明显高于ＮＥＣＣＭ;ＨＥＣＣＭ能明显增强ＰＡＳＭＣ内ＤＮＡ合成,促进ＰＡＳＭＣ从Ｇｏ／Ｇ１期进入Ｓ期;当预先加入ＰＤＧＦ－Ｂ链抗体时,则会明显地抑制ＨＥＣＣＭ对ＰＡＳＭＣ的ＤＮＡ合成,阻止ＰＡＳＭＣ从Ｇｏ／Ｇ１期进入Ｓ期。结果提示,低氧时ＰＡＳＭＣ增殖与肺动脉内皮细胞分泌释放ＰＤＧＦ增加有关     

刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中作用的探讨

目的探讨大鼠实验性肝癌发病中刺五加对肌体免疫功能和抗氧化酶活性的影响。方法４６只ＳＤ雄性大鼠被随机分成对照组（喂普通饲料）、３－甲基４－双甲氨基偶氮苯（３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ）组（喂含０．０６％３Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ饲料 １０周）和刺五加组（饲喂同 ３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ外、另加入刺五加 ４．５ｇ／ｋｇ饲料,用常规方法检测全血谷光甘肽过氧化物酶（ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ）、血清超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性和丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量,用微量化学发光造检测吞噬细胞活性（ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ）。结果１．ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ检测峰值、积分值和吞噬细胞指数,３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组较正常组和刺五加组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５和Ｐ＜０．０１）２．全血ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ活性、ＳＯＤ活性,刺五加组较３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。ＭＤＡ含量刺五加组和３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均较正常组升高（均Ｐ＜０．０５）。结论刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中有提高抗氧化酶活性和对抗致癌剂引起的机体中性粒细胞吞噬功能代偿性增高的作用。     

哺乳动物视皮层的长时程增强效应

目前一般认为长时程增强效应（ｌｏｎｇ－ｔｅｒｍｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｔｉｏｎ,ＬＴＰ）和哺乳动物大脑学习记忆的机制有关。本文简述了视皮层中ＬＴＰ的诱导,产生的关键期以及ＬＴＰ在脑皮层功能柱的不同层中的差异。讨论了Ｎ－甲基－Ｄ－氨基丁酸（Ｎ－ｍｅｔｈｙｌ－Ｄ－ａｓｐａｒｔａｔｅ,ＮＭＤＡ）受体、低阈值Ｇａ２＋通道（ｌｏｗ－ｔｈｒｅｓｈｏｌｄＣａ２＋ｃｈａｎｎｅｌｓ,ＬＴＣｓ）在ＬＴＰ诱导过程中的作用,以及视皮层ＬＴＰ和海马ＬＴＰ的差异。     

DDPH对猪肺动脉平滑肌细胞PDGF·BB和bFGF表达的影响：免疫细胞化学研究

ＤＤＰＨ［１－（２．６－二甲基苯乙氧基）－２－（３．４二甲氧基苯乙胺基）丙烷盐酸盐］是南京药科大学合成的降压新化合物,也具有降低肺动脉高压和抑制肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖作用。本实验用细胞培养、免疫细胞化学、图像分析、３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ、细胞周期测定等方法,进一步探讨ＤＤＰＨ对缺氧性肺动脉平滑肌细胞（ＰＡＳＭＣＳ）增殖的抑制机制。结果：缺氧促进肺动脉内皮细胞（ＰＡＥＣｓ）的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ两种生长因子的表达（积分光密度ＯＤ值）增高。缺氧内皮细胞条件培养液（ＨＥＣＣＭ）能促进ＰＡＳＭＣＳ的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ的ＯＤ值增高,ｂＦＧＦ的ＯＤ值无明显改变。加药组（ＨＥＣ－ＣＭ＋ＤＤＰＨ）的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ的ＯＤ值均显著降低,尤以ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ的ＯＤ值减少最多．提示：ＤＤＰＨ能抑制ＨＥＣＣＭ引起ＰＡＳＭＣＳ的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ表达增多和细胞增殖。结果与大鼠实验观察相符。     

硒对培养人胚肝细胞Ⅲ型前胶原,羟脯氨酸合成的影响

原代培养人胚肝细胞经１．１５６×１０￣(－７）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ硒预处理４ｈ,加入２０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ四氟化碳作用２０ｈ,观察硒对其Ⅲ型前胶原（ＰＣⅢ）和羟脯氨酸（Ｈｙｐ）生成的影响。结果培养液中ＰＣⅢ水平、细胞内Ｈｙｐ含量及细胞内外丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）水平均降低,与未加硒对照组比较差别有显著性（Ｐ＜０．０１）。而硒谷腕甘肽过氧化物酶（Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ）活性则较对照组显著增高（Ｐ＜０．００１）,且ＰＣⅢ水平与Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－Ｐ＿Ｘ／ＭＤＡ比值呈负相关（ｒ＝－０．９１５６,Ｐ＜０．０１）。提示硒可提高Ｓｅ－ＧＳＨ－Ｐ＿Ｘ／ＭＤＡ比值,抑制脂质过氧化激发的肝细胞胶原合成。     

人主动脉硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖对培养的人血管壁细胞生长的作用

通过培养的人主动脉平滑肌细胞（ｈＡＳＭＣ）及脐静脉内皮细胞（ｈＵＶＥＣ）,应用３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ参入、Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ分析、逆转录多聚酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）、放射免疫分析（ＲＩＡ）、和紫外比色法等技术观察了人主动脉中硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖（ＨＳＰＧ）对ｈＡＳＭＣ和ｈＵＶＥＣＤＮＡ合成的作用及对血小板源生长因子（ＰＤＧＦ）、ＰＤＧＦ受体、转化生长因子β（ＴＧＦ－β）、内皮素－１（ＥＴ－１）或碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（ｂＦＧＦ）基因表达和肾素－血管紧张系统（ＲＡＳ）的影响,结果显示,ＨＳＰＧ明显抑制培养的ｈＡＳＭＣ基础的ＤＮＡ合成（ｃｐｍ值为：１０３８５±３２６３ｖｓ,２５５４１±６４２１,Ｐ＜０．０１）及外源性ＰＤＧＦ诱导的ＤＮＡ合成（ｃｐｍ值为：９８７８±１９４７ｖｓ．１３４８１±４４ｌ０,Ｐ＜０．０５）;抑制ＰＤＧＦＡ链、ＴＧＦ－Ｂｐ和ＥＴ－１ｍＲＮＡ表达,提高ＰＤＧＦａ和β受体ｍＲＮＡ的表达;显著降低ｈＡＳＭＣ培养液中血管紧张素Ⅱ（ＡｎｇⅡ）的浓度和血管紧张素转换酶（ＡＣＥ）的活性,推测ＨＳＰＧ抑制ＰＤＧＦＡ链、ＴＧＦ－β及ＥＴ－１ｍＲＮＡ表达,降低ＡＣＥ活性及ＡｎｇⅡ浓度是其抑制ｈＡＳＭＣ增殖的重要机     

MPEG－SOD对急性低氧下鼠左心功能的保护作用

单甲氧基聚乙二醇（ＭＰＥＧ）活化后与超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）偶联,经纯化后得到ＭＰＥＧ－ＳＯＤ,鉴定其分子量约为７．０×１０５Ｄａｔｉｏｎ。其在血液循环中酶活性半衰期超过３０ｈ,远大于天然ＳＯＤ（６－１０ｍｉｎ）。ＳＤ雄性大鼠分三组．对照组（ｎ＝８．由股静脉注入０．２ｍｌ生理盐水）、ＮａｔｉｖｅＳＯＤ组（ｎ＝８,注以０．２ｍｌ生理盐水配的８００ＵＳＯＤ）和ＭＰＥＧ－ＳＯＤ组（ｎ＝９,注以８００ＵＭＰＥＧ－ＳＯＤ）。低氧前三组鼠的心率（ＨＲ）、左室内峰压（ＬＶＰ）、左室压微分（ＬＶ±ｄｐ／ｄｔｍａｘ）和股动脉压（ＡＰ）均无统计学差别。在模拟６０００—６５００ｍ高度急性低氧１．８．１４ｍｉｎ记录上述各项指标,结果如下：除ＨＲ外,ＮａｔｉｖｅＳＯＤ组与对照组各指标均无统计学差别,ＭＰＥＧ－ＳＯＤ组的各项指标均明显高于对照组。表明ＭＰＥＧ－ＳＯＤ对急性低氧导致的左心室力学指标的减弱有明显保护作用,提示超氧自由基（Ｏ２－）在急性低氧导致左心室功能损伤中起重要作用,即可能是由Ｏ２－及其衍生的其它自由基损害心肌细胞生物膜系统所致。     

慢波睡眠的激素与细胞因子调节

慢波睡眠（ＳＷＳ）是最重要的睡眠成分。近年来的研究揭示：腹外侧视前区－结节乳头核（ＶＬＰＯ－ＴＭＮ）可能是睡眠－觉醒的中枢发生部位。基底前脑吻端前列腺素Ｄ２（ＰＧＤ２）敏感性睡眠促进区（ＰＧＤ２－ＳＰＺ）参与睡眠的皖控。ＰＧＤ２延长ＳＷＳ;前列腺素Ｅ２（ＰＧＥ２）延长觉醒,抑制ＳＷＳ和快动眼睡眠（ＲＥＭＳ）。ＳＷＳ与下丘脑－垂体－肾上腺皮质轴的活动呈负相关,与生长激素的分泌呈正相关。褪黑素（ｍｅｌ     

人主动脉壁硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖对培养的人主动脉平滑机细胞合成蛋白聚糖的影响

从人正常胸主动脉分离硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖（ＨＳＰＧ）,观察其对体外培养的人主动脉平滑肌细胞（ＨＡＳＭＣ）合成ＰＧ的影响。ＨＡＳＭＣ在不加（对照）或加ＨＳＰＧ（１９μｇ醛酸／ｍｌ）的￣（３５）Ｓ－硫酸钠培养液中培养,以标记ＰＧ。继之,培养液及细胞层的４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ盐酸胍提取液中的ＰＧｓ经离子交换及凝胶过滤柱层析分离,发现加ＨＳＰＧ后,培养液中的ＨＳＰＧ,硫酸软骨素ＰＧ（ＣＳＰＧ）及硫酸皮肤素－硫酸软骨素ＰＧ（ＤＳＣＳＰＧ）均明显增高,而细胞层中仅ＨＳＰＧ和ＣＳＰＧ增高,且加ＨＳＰＧ后细胞层的ＤＳＣＳＰＧ分子大小有所不同,进一步分析ＤＳＣＳＰＧ中ＤＳ及ＣＳ含量发现加ＨＳＰＧ组ＨＡＳＭＣ细胞层中的ＤＳ％含量略低于对照组。结果提示ＨＳＰＧ可刺激ＨＡＳＭＣ的ＰＧ合成,其可能与血管壁修复及动脉壁脂质沉积有关。     

脑发育不同阶段慢性铅暴露对大鼠在体海马齿状回LTP的影响

目的和方法：探讨脑发育不同阶段慢性铅暴露对在体海马ＬＴＰ的影响。应用细胞外微电极记录单脉冲刺激穿通路纤维在海马齿状回诱发的群体锋电位（ＰＳ）,观察母体期、断乳后及出生前后持续性慢性铅暴露大鼠于高频刺激（ＨＦＳ）前后的ＰＳ幅值变化,并与对照组相比较。结果：ＨＦＳ前,基线记录的各铅暴露组ＰＳ平均幅值及峰潜伏期与对照组无显著差异;ＨＦＳ后,各铅暴露组ＬＴＰ发生率虽与对照组无显著差异,但铅暴露组的ＬＴＰ增幅减小,并出现了短时增强转为抑制及ＬＴＤ型反应。统计显示各铅暴露组ＨＦＳ后ＰＳ振幅的平均增强率显著低于对照组：对照组平均增强至基线值的１３８．２％,母体期铅暴露组为基线值的１０８．８％,断乳后铅暴露组为基线值的１０７．８％,持续铅暴露组为基线值的１０４．４％。结论：脑发育任一阶段的慢性铅暴露均可损害海马ＬＴＰ的在体诱导和维持,且以维持过程受损为主;与发育成熟海马相比,未成熟期海马对铅的神经毒性更为敏感,突触可塑性更易受损。     

Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation Attenuated by Lesions in the Marginal Division of Neostriatum

The marginal division (MrD) is a spindled-neurons consisted zone at the caudal border of the neostriatum in the mammalian brain and has been verified as contributing to associative learning and declarative memory in the rat and human with behavior and functional magnetic resonance imaging methods. It was proved to have functional connections with the limbic system. Whether the MrD has influence on the hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) was investigated in this study. LTP was induced from the dentate gyrus (DG) in the hippocampus by high-frequency stimulation (HFS) to the perforant path (PP). The amplitude of the population spike (PS) and the slope of the excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) increased significantly to form LTP in the DG of the hippocampus after HFS of PP in normal and saline-injected control groups of rats. Lesions introduced in the MrD reduced significantly both the amplitude of PS and the slope of the EPSP following HFS of the PP. The results indicated that lesions in the MrD could attenuate LTP formation in the hippocampus. Our data suggest that the MrD might very possibly have excitatory functional influence on the hippocampus and therefore might influence the function of the hippocampus.     

东莨菪碱,印防己毒素对习得性长时程突触增强的影响

在大鼠条件性饮水反应的建立、消退和再建立过程中,于海马 CA_3区记录电极部位微量注射 M-胆碱受体阻断剂东莨菪碱和 GABA 受体阻断剂印防已毒素,观察其对习得性长时程突触增强的影响。结果表明,东莨菪碱有明显的抑制作用,印防已毒素则有明显的易化作用,同时相应地影响条件性行为;并发现习得性长时程突触增强的发展与变化是超前于条件性行为的发展和改变的。上述结果为进一步论证习得性长时程突触增强可能是学习和记忆的神经基础之一提供了证据,并提示海马 CA_3区习得性长时程增强的产生与保持有胆碱受体与 GABA 受体参与。     

Effects of Chronic Stress and Phenytoin on the Long-term Potentiation （LTP） in Rat Hippocampal CA1 Region

Stress is the response to stimulation from inside andoutside with complicated effects on organisms. Appropri-ate stressful reactions are helpful in resisting diseases byactivating unspecific modulation system, while severe orprolonged stresses are harmful and even induce mentaland physical disorders such as recurrent depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Alzheimer’s disease andepilepsy [1]. Hippocampus, a main brain region of keyimportance for learning, memory and emotion, is t…     

变间隔的脉冲改变高频刺激对于脑神经元的作用

通常采用恒定电脉冲间隔的高频刺激(high-frequency stimulation,HFS),进行深部脑刺激治疗帕金森氏症等运动障碍疾病.为了开发适用于不同脑疾病治疗的新刺激模式,近年来脉冲间隔(inter-pulse-interval,IPI)变化的变频刺激模式受到关注.已有研究表明,即使具有相同的平均电脉冲频率,变频刺激与恒频刺激的治疗效果也不同.我们推测,变频刺激的短小IPI变化就足以改变HFS对于神经元的作用.为了验证此推测,本文在大鼠海马CA1区锥体神经元的输入轴突纤维上交替施加恒频刺激(100或133 Hz,即IPI=10 ms或7.5 ms)和随机变频刺激(100～200 Hz,即IPI=5～10 ms,平均频率为133 Hz),记录并分析刺激下游神经元群体的诱发电位,用于定量评价神经元对于恒频和变频刺激的响应.实验结果表明,持续的恒频刺激使得神经元的响应从最初的同步发放形成的群峰电位(population spike,PS)转变为非同步的动作电位发放(即单元锋电位).但是,当刺激切换为变频模式时,却又可以诱发神经元群体同步产生动作电位,重新形成PS波.并且,变频刺激诱发的PS幅值和神经元发放的同步程度可达基线的单脉冲刺激诱发波的水平.但是,PS的发生率只有脉冲刺激频率的7%左右,表明在持续的变频刺激时,多个脉冲累积的作用才能诱发这种同步的神经元发放.而且PS的出现与前导IPI的长度之间存在一定关系.神经元的轴突和突触等结构对于高频刺激的非线性响应可能是变频刺激诱发同步活动的原因.这些结果表明,变频刺激序列中短小的间隔变化可以产生与恒定间隔不同的调控作用.本文的结果对于揭示脑刺激的作用机制,促进新型刺激模式的开发及其在不同类型脑疾病治疗中的应用具有重要意义.     

Effects of adrenal steroids and their reduced metabolites on hippocampal long-term potentiation

We studied the effects of steroid hormones on the hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), a putative mechanism of neuronal plasticity and memory storage in the CNS. In vivo experiments were performed in rats under chloral hydrate anesthesia (0.4 mg/kg i.p.). All animals were adrenalectomized 48 h before recording. LTP was induced after priming tetanic stimulation at the perforant pathway (PP) and single pulse field potentials were obtained from the dentate gyrus (DG). The excitatory post-synaptic potential (EPSP) slope and population spike (PS) amplitude were analyzed before and after the i.v. injection of the steroids and after the induction of LTP, and followed up to 1 h. Results obtained with the hormones were compared with matched control animals injected with vehicle alone, Nutralipid 10%. Previous results from our laboratory showed that deoxycorticosterone (DOC) decreased the magnitude of the EPSP at all times after priming stimulation and the PS decreased during the first 30 min of the LTP. Corticosterone decreased the EPSP in the first 15 min and the PS during the first 30 min after priming stimuli. In these experiments the mineralocorticoids aldosterone and 18-OH-DOC elicited a decrease of the EPSP at all times post-train; and no significant difference against vehicle was observed in the PS. Post-injection values were not changed except for 18-OH-DOC at a dose of 1 mg, where a decrease of both the EPSP (P less than 0.01) and the PS (P less than 0.02) was observed against vehicle. ATH-progesterone at 0.1 mg/rat also decreased the EPSP values significantly after priming stimulation and no significant changes against vehicle were observed in the PS. These results show that adrenal steroids can modulate hippocampal LTP, that they can act at different neuronal loci and with different time courses in the development of the phenomena.     

C-Type natriuretic peptide modulates pre- and postsynaptic properties in hippocampal area CA1 in vitro

The cGMP producing natriuretic peptide receptor B (NPR-B) and its ligand C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) are widely distributed in the brain and are highly expressed in the hippocampal regions CA1-CA3. To date only limited functional data is available concerning the physiological effects of the peptide hormone in the hippocampus. Therefore, we were interested in how bath application of the peptide hormone might influence synaptic plasticity following high frequency stimulation (HFS). We found that CNP application decreased the population spike (PS) amplitude after HFS, thereby affecting long-term potentiation (LTP) in acute hippocampal slices. To investigate the molecular consequences of CNP application leading to a decrease in PS amplitude, we further analyzed the impact of the hormone on the number of presynaptic synapsin I clusters and number of postsynaptic AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 clusters as well as their co-localization in a primary hippocampal cell culture system. The observed pre-and postsynaptic effects after CNP stimulation of the cGMP pathway in hippocampal cell cultures may underlie the effect of the peptide hormone on LTP.     

Posttetanic potentiation and presynaptically induced long-term potentiation at the mossy fiber synapse in rat hippocampus

A form of long-term potentiation (LTP) is induced at the mossy fiber (MF) synapse in the hippocampus by highfrequency presynaptic stimulation (HFS). It is generally accepted that induction of this form of LTP (MF LTP) does not depend on postsynaptic Ca²⁺ current gated by N-methyl-D -aspartate receptors, but it has remained controversial whether induction depends on postsynaptic depolarization and voltage-gated entry of Ca²⁺. There are also contradictory data on the time course of both LTP and post-tetanic potentiation (PTP), a shorter duration form of potentiation observed at MF synapses immediately following HFS. It has been proposed that some of these differences in results may have arisen because of difficulties in isolating monosynaptic responses to MF input. In the present study, whole cell recording was used to observe excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) elicited in CA3 pyramidal cells by input from MFs. Postsynaptic cells were dialyzed with 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) and F^? to inhibit postsynaptic mechanisms that required Ca²⁺, cells were under voltage clamp during HFS, and conditions were selected to minimize the likelihood of polysynaptic contamination. Under these conditions, HFS nevertheless induced robust LTP (mean magnitude, 62%). The possibility that EPSCs were contaminated by polysynaptic components was investigated by exposing the slices to a suppressing medium (one that partially blocked neurotransmission). EPSC waveforms did not change shape during suppression, indicating that contamination was absent. The LTP observed always was accompanied by prominent PTP that lasted through the first 5 to 15 min following HFS (mean decay time constant, 3.2 min). Induction of this LTP was not cooperative; there was no relationship between the size of responses and the magnitude of the LTP induced. LTP magnitude also was unrelated to the extent to which postsynaptic cells depolarized during HFS. These results show that high rates of presynaptic MF activity elicit robust LTP whether or not there is accompanying postsynaptic depolarization or increase in the concentration of postsynaptic Ca²⁺. High-frequency MF activity also results in a PTP that is unusually large and long. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Protein kinase C inhibitors affect induction of long-lasting potentiation in the somatosensory cortex

The effects of protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors on the induction of long lasting potentiation (LLP) of field potentials in the feline somatosensory cortex were studied. LLP was induced by high frequency stimulation (HFS, 200 Hz) of the ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus. First, the effects of a protein kinase inhibitor, H-7, and a specific PKC catalytic domain inhibitor, chelerythrine, on the LLP in the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) were investigated. Intracortical microinjections of H-7 and chelerythrine at 30 min before HFS inhibited induction of LLP in SII, while an injection of chelerythrine at 60 min after LLP induction had no effect on the potentiation. Second, changes in PKC activity in the presence of calcium and phosphatidylserine were investigated in SII after induction of LLP. Triton-soluble membrane fractional PKC activity had increased to 350% of the control value with low frequency test stimulation (0.1 Hz) by five min after HFS. In contrast, PKC activities of cytosolic fractions decreased to 25.6% of the control value. At 60 min after HFS, the PKC activity level returned to the control value, despite persistent potentiation in all cases. PKC activation is considered to be one of the factors required for induction of LLP but not for maintenance in SII.     

神经元对于高频电刺激的动态响应

深部脑刺激(deep brain stimulation,DBS)在许多神经系统疾病的临床治疗上都展现出良好的应用前景,然而,其作用机制尚不明确.常规DBS采用高频刺激(high frequency stimulation,HFS)的脉冲序列,这种窄脉冲最容易激活神经元结构中的轴突部分,通过轴突的投射,将HFS的作用传播至下游神经元.因此,为了探讨DBS的作用机制,并鉴于海马脑区是治疗癫痫和痴呆症等疾病的重要靶点,我们研究了海马区轴突HFS对于下游神经元的作用.对麻醉大鼠的海马CA1区传入神经通路Schaffer侧支施加1 min的100 Hz高频刺激,记录并提取下游CA1区锥体神经元和中间神经元的单元锋电位.计算锋电位的发放率,以及它们与刺激脉冲之间的锁相值(phase-locking value,PLV)和潜伏期,以定量分析HFS期间神经元动作电位发放的变化趋势.结果显示,在传入轴突上施加HFS时,初期会诱发下游神经元群体同步产生动作电位(即群峰电位).在HFS后期(群峰电位消失之后),两类神经元的单元锋电位发放仍然持续,并且发放率较稳定.但是,锋电位与刺激脉冲之间的锁相性逐渐减弱、潜伏期逐渐延长.而且,与中间神经元相比较,锥体神经元锋电位的锁相性更弱、潜伏期更长.这些结果表明,持续的轴突HFS可以诱导下游神经元产生非同步的活动,高频脉冲刺激引起的不完全轴突传导阻滞可能是导致该现象产生的主要原因.本文的研究为揭示脑刺激的作用机制提供了重要信息.