重组人干扰素α1b与新型冠状病毒肺炎防治

干扰素调节免疫具有广谱抗病毒和抗肿瘤作用。重组人干扰素α1b是国内自主产权的基因工程I类新药,通过多年研究,研制出儿童和成人应用的重组人干扰素α1b注射液、喷雾剂等多种剂型,完成治疗冠状病毒等肺炎的药理学、毒理学、药代动力学和相关临床研究,形成了多个临床应用的专家共识和指南性文件。新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情发生后,这些研究为国家卫健委将干扰素α雾化吸入作为首推抗病毒药物试用方案纳入《新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎国家诊疗方案》提供了基础。经过大量新冠肺炎患者的临床使用,取得了良好的治疗效果。重组人干扰素α1b喷雾剂作为可预防病毒感染的药物,用于医护人员等高暴露人群的生物防护,为疫情防控发挥了重要作用,将对国民健康和国家生物安全保障做出应有的贡献。     

新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV)IgM /IgG抗体检测试剂的研制及性能评价

目的:建立新型冠状病毒(2019 novel coronavirus,2019-nCoV)IgM /IgG胶体金抗体联合检测试剂的制备方法,并对检测试剂的性能指标进行评价。方法: 采用柠檬酸三钠还原法制备胶体金溶液,分别用刺突蛋白(S蛋白)受体结合域(receptor binding domain, RBD)和核衣壳蛋白(nucleocapsid protein, NP)作为标记抗原,硝酸纤维素膜上包被鼠抗人IgM单抗(M线)和鼠抗人IgG单抗(G线),并用二硝基苯酚-牛血清白蛋白(DNP-BSA)和兔抗DNP多抗为独立C线质控系统制备胶体金检测试剂;比较RBD蛋白和NP蛋白临床测试符合率,选取较优抗原制备检测试剂,对试剂交叉、干扰反应性,加速稳定性及临床诊断特异性和灵敏度进行性能评价。结果: RBD蛋白临床测试总符合率 98.48%(389/395);NP蛋白临床测试总符合率89.11%(352/395),RBD蛋白总符合率高于NP蛋白。选用RBD蛋白制备检测试剂盒,与13种常见病原体抗体阳性样本均无交叉反应;样本中的甘油三酯、血红蛋白、胆红素、类风湿因子(RF)、人抗鼠抗体(HAMA)、抗核抗体(ANA)对测试结果无干扰。试剂盒50℃加速破坏6周稳定。临床确诊样本及排除样本测试,IgM灵敏度为78.31%(65/83),特异性为98.90%(721/729);IgG灵敏度为92.77%(77/83),特异性为99.31%(724/729);IgM和IgG联合检测灵敏度为92.77%(77/83),特异性为98.35%(717/729);一致性检验Kappa值为0.883 0,P<0.05。结论: 2019-nCoV IgM/IgG抗体检测试剂(胶体金法)检测性能的特异性和灵敏度高,检测速度快,操作便携,可作为已有的2019-nCoV核酸检测法的补充手段。     

Pathogenicity and transmissibility of 2019-nCoV—A quick overview and comparison with other emerging viruses

A zoonotic coronavirus, tentatively labeled as 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been identified as the causative agent of the viral pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. Although 2019-nCoV can cause a severe respiratory illness like SARS and MERS, evidence from clinics suggested that 2019-nCoV is generally less pathogenic than SARS-CoV, and much less than MERS-CoV. The transmissibility of 2019-nCoV is still debated and needs to be further assessed. To avoid the 2019-nCoV outbreak turning into an epidemic or even a pandemic and to minimize the mortality rate, China activated emergency response procedures, but much remains to be learned about the features of the virus to refine the risk assessment and response. Here, the current knowledge in 2019-nCoV pathogenicity and transmissibility is summarized in comparison with several commonly known emerging viruses, and information urgently needed for a better control of the disease is highlighted.     

Estrogen facilitates fear conditioning and increases corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA expression in the central amygdala in female mice

Estrogens exert important actions on fear and anxiety-like behavior both in humans and non-human animals. Currently, the mechanisms underlying estrogenic modulation of fear are not known. However, evidence suggests that estrogens may exert their influence on fear within the amygdala. The purpose of the present study was to examine effects of estrogen on fear conditioning. Specifically, the present study examined whether long-term estrogen treatment in ovariectomized female mice via Silastic capsule implantation would facilitate both contextual and cued fear conditioning. In a separate set of experiments, we then examined whether estrogen treatment in ovariectomized female mice would modulate corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) gene expression within the amygdala. Long-term estrogen treatment facilitated both contextual and cued fear. Ovariectomized mice treated with estrogen froze significantly more to a context as well as to a discrete auditory cue. In addition, estrogen treatment significantly increased CRH mRNA expression within the central nucleus of the amygdala as measured by in situ hybridization and quantitative PCR. These data raise the possibility that estrogens could influence fear responses in females through their actions in the amygdala.     

Anxiety stress and nociceptive responses in mice

Nociception in laboratory animals appears to be influenced by physical or emotional stressors. Nevertheless, the reported data are not univocal. Discrepancies seem to be caused by some kind of stress model and/or by the timing of stressor application. The aim of the present work is to study the influence of chronic application of a well-controlled and defined anxiety stress paradigm (rotational stress) on the behavioral formalin pain responses in mice maintained in a low-stress environment. The results indicate that emotional chronic stress increases specific pain responses in the late inflammatory phase and, correspondingly, decreases self-grooming. Locomotor activity appears influenced by pain presence only. The hormonal and neural mechanisms that could be involved in the observed nonspecific and specific nociceptive responses to stress are discussed.     

“工业微生物学”课程线上教学的改革与实践

为了保证新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情下的教学质量,我们教学团队通过重构教学体系和教学过程设计,进行了“工业微生物学”课程教学改革的探索.基于超星泛雅网络教学平台,建立集网络课堂和数字化资源为一体的智能教学体系,改革教学过程的设计与实施途径,探讨“线上”教学的考核模式,评价教学改革效果.实践表明,改革后的课程教学激发了学生的学习...     

应激状态下机体与肠道菌群的相互作用及天然多酚干预作用研究

机体长期处于应激状态下,导致焦虑和抑郁等精神疾病的发病率不断上升,严重威胁着人类健康和社会发展。许多研究表明应激会导致肠道菌群的紊乱,影响神经通路发生精神性疾病、使细菌移位产生免疫炎症。天然多酚类化合物具有多种生物活性,但绝大部分难以直接进入体内,而是在肠道中被肠道菌群降解。多酚可以调整机体应激反应状态下被扰乱的肠道菌群的组成和结构,使之恢复动态平衡,进而改善机体各种应激因素所致的焦虑和抑郁等症状。     

Psychophysiological Effects of Breathing Instructions for Stress Management

Stressed and tense individuals often are recommended to change the way they breathe. However, psychophysiological effects of breathing instructions on respiration are rarely measured. We tested the immediate effects of short and simple breathing instructions in 13 people seeking treatment for panic disorder, 15 people complaining of daily tension, and 15 controls. Participants underwent a 3-hour laboratory session during which instructions to direct attention to breathing and anti-hyperventilation instructions to breathe more slowly, shallowly, or both were given. Respiratory, cardiac, and electrodermal measures were recorded. The anti-hyperventilation instructions failed to raise end-tidal pCO(2) above initial baseline levels for any of the groups because changes in respiratory rate were compensated for by changes in tidal volume and vice versa. Paying attention to breathing significantly reduced respiratory rate and decreased tidal volume instability compared to the other instructions. Shallow breathing made all groups more anxious than did other instructions. Heart rate and skin conductance were not differentially affected by instructions. We conclude that simple and short instructions to alter breathing do not change respiratory or autonomic measures in the direction of relaxation, except for attention to breathing, which increases respiratory stability. To understand the results of breathing instructions for stress and anxiety management, respiration needs to be monitored physiologically.     

Prolactin administration during early postnatal life decreases hippocampal and olfactory bulb neurogenesis and results in depressive-like behavior in adulthood

Tight regulation of hormone and neurochemical milieu during developmental periods is critical for adequate physiological functions. For instance, activation of peptide systems during early life stress induces morphological changes in the brain resulting in depression and anxiety disorders. Prolactin (PRL) exerts different actions within the brain; it regulates neurogenesis and modulates neuroendocrine functions in the adult. However, PRL effects during early postnatal life are hardly known. Therefore, we examined whether neonatal administration of PRL influences cell survival in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) and in the olfactory bulb (OB) and whether such influence results in behavioral consequences in adulthood. PRL-treated rat pups (13 mg/kg; PND1 to PND14), injected with BrdU at postnatal day 5 (PND5), showed a decrease in the density of DG BrdU/DCX and BrdU/NeuN-positive cells that survive at PND15. Similarly, PRL treatment decreased the density of BrdU + cells in the OB compared with VEH. Fluorojade B analysis showed no significant changes in the amount of cell death in the DG between the groups. Postnatal PRL administration induced a passive coping strategy in the forced swimming test in male and female adult rats when compared with control and vehicle groups. Corticosterone endogenous levels at PND12 were not affected by PRL or VEH treatment. Altogether, these results suggest that opposed to its effects in the adult, postnatal PRL treatment affects neurogenesis and results in psychopathology later in life. High PRL levels, as observed in neonates under several pathological states, might contribute to detrimental effects on the developing brain.     

Tolerance and recovery responses of playa halophytes to light,salinity and temperature stresses during seed germination

Halogeton glomeratus (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey., Lepidium latifolium Linn. and Peganum harmala Linn. are distributed in temperate salt playa habitats of Upper Hunza, Pakistan. Seeds were germinated under various salinity (0–500 mM NaCl), light (12 h-light:12 h-dark and 24 h-dark) and temperature (5/15, 10/20, 15/25, 20/30, and 25/35 °C, dark/light) regimes for 20 days to determine the optimal conditions for germination and recovery of seeds from these factors when exposed to less than optimal conditions. Seeds that failed to germinate in dark were transferred successively to 12 h-photoperiod, salinity to distilled water and from various temperature regimes to 20/30 °C, to determine the effect of these stresses and the ability of these seeds to recover respectively. Highest seed germination (H. glomeratus and L. latifolium: 100%; P. harmala: 80%) was obtained in non-saline control at 20/30 °C in 12 h-photoperiod, however, increase in salinity progressively inhibited seed germination. Seed germination of H. glomeratus and P. harmala was substantially inhibited and that of L. latifolium was prevented in dark. Salinity and dark treatments have a synergistic effect in inhibiting seed germination of all species. No seed of any species germinated at 5/15 °C; germination was substantially inhibited at 25/35 °C both for H. glomeratus and P. harmala while L. latifolium failed to germinate at 25/35 °C. Rate of germination also decreased with an increase in salinity at all temperature regimes but this effect was minimal at optimal temperature regime of 20/30 °C. After successive elimination of light, salinity and temperature stresses, final seed germination was identical to respective controls. The results indicate that seeds of these temperate halophytes could endure environmental stresses without losing viability and germinate readily when these stresses are removed. Under the extremely variable conditions of the playa habitat these species are highly opportunistic exploiting the windows of opportunity available during spring or early summer.     

Stress, glucocorticoids and glutamate release: effects of antidepressant drugs

Stressful life events impact on memory, cognition and emotional responses, and are known to precipitate mood/anxiety disorders. It is increasingly recognized that stress and its neurochemical and endocrine mediators induce changes in glutamate synapses and circuitry, and this in turn modify mental states. Half a century after the monoamine hypothesis, it is widely accepted that maladaptive changes in excitatory/inhibitory circuitry have a primary role in the pathophysiology of mood/anxiety disorders. The neuroplasticity hypothesis posits that volumetric changes consistently found in limbic and cortical areas of depressed subjects are in good part due to remodeling of neuronal dendritic arbors and loss of synaptic spines. A considerable body of work, carried out with in vivo microdialysis as well as alternative methodologies, has shown that both stress and corticosterone treatment induce enhancement of activity-dependent glutamate release. Accordingly, results from preclinical studies suggest that stress- and glucocorticoid-induced enhancement of glutamate release and transmission plays a main role in the induction of maladaptive cellular effects, in turn responsible for dendritic remodeling.Additional recent work has showed that drugs employed for therapy of mood/anxiety disorders (antidepressants) prevent the enhancement of glutamate release induced by stress. Understanding the action of traditional drugs on glutamate transmission could be of great help in developing drugs that may work directly at this level.     

医护人员对抗肿瘤药物的职业暴露及防护措施

配置和输入化疗药物是护士的主要工作之一,故对护理人员的健康造成了很大的威胁。职业防护已成我们近年来高度关注的话题。虽很多医院现已改为中心配液,但在工作中仍有很多临时化疗医嘱需要临床护士,接触抗肿瘤药物可能导致个人健康风险。本文综述了抗肿瘤治疗过程中常见的职业暴露途径,并提出了针对性的防护措施,以期为医护人员提供安全保障信息。     

Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces

Physical condition (e.g., health, fertility) influences female mate preferences in many species, with females in good condition preferring "higher quality" (e.g., healthier) mates. In humans, condition may comprise both physical (e.g., health and fertility) and psychological factors (e.g., stress, anxiety, and depression). We found that women with low waist-to-hip ratios (indicating health and fertility) or who scored low on anxiety, depression, and stress measures expressed greater attraction to composite male (but not female) faces with color and texture cues associated with apparent health than did women with relatively high waist-to-hip ratios or who scored relatively high on the anxiety, depression, and stress measures. These effects of physical and psychological condition were independent and were not mediated by women's perceptions of their own attractiveness. Our findings indicate that women's physical and psychological conditions both contribute to individual differences in face preferences.     

Sex differences in depression and anxiety disorders: potential biological determinants

The phenomenon of higher rates of affective disorders in women illustrates many of the difficulties as well as promises of translating preclinical models to human disorders. Abnormalities in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis and the sympathoadrenomedullary system have been identified in depression and anxiety disorders, and these disorders are clearly precipitated and exacerbated by stress. Despite the striking sex difference in the prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders, attempts to identify corresponding sex differences in stress response reactivity in animal models have met with limited success. Processes which may contribute to increased rates of affective disorders in women are greater fluxes in reproductive hormones across the life span, and increased sensitivity to catecholamine augmentation of emotional memory consolidation.     

The role of salivary cortisol and DHEA-S in response to sexual, humorous, and anxiety-inducing stimuli

Stress and anxiety are commonly thought to be detrimental to sexual function. Several studies in both the human and animal literature, however, have found that inducing anxiety can enhance sexual function in women. The mechanisms that explain a negative relationship between physical and psychological stress and sexual functioning are well documented, but little is known about how stress or anxiety might have a facilitatory effect on sexual arousal. As an initial step in exploring the relationship between anxiety and sexual arousal, the present study examined the role of the autonomic nervous system, and the adrenal hormones cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) in response to a sexual film, an anxiety-inducing film, and a humorous film. Nineteen premenopausal women (mean age 24.4 years) who were free from sexual difficulties came into the lab on three separate days. At each session they were shown an anxiety-inducing, sexually arousing, or humorous (control) film while their physiological arousal was measured. They also provided saliva samples before and after each film. Cortisol significantly decreased, while DHEA-S increased in the sexual and humorous conditions. Neither hormone changed significantly in the anxiety-inducing condition. Autonomic nervous system activity measured by heart rate and heart rate variability did not change in response to the sexual or anxiety-inducing films, but heart rate variability increased significantly in response to the humorous film. The cortisol/DHEA-S ratio at the post-sexual film time point was significantly negatively correlated with genital arousal (measured by vaginal pulse amplitude). Anxiety-inducing films did not result in a physiological stress response, which can explain why they do not impair sexual function.     

Dentin hypersensitivity induces anxiety and increases corticosterone serum levels in rats

Aims

Investigate the relationships between experimentally induced dentin hypersensitivity (DH) with behavioral, endocrine and dentin erosion data.

Methods

Male Wistar rats divided into four groups, two controls and two experimental, received tap water or isotonic solution (Gatorade®, lemon, pH 2.7) for 30 or 45 days. The DH test was performed by a cold water stimulus on molars. A score (0–3) was given to the rats' pain response. Anxiety was evaluated by the elevated plus maze model and by serum corticosterone levels. The dentin erosion was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Anatomopathological studies were performed on the stomach, adrenal, kidney, and liver.

Results

Relative to control groups, experimental rats showed: 1) increased hypersensitivity scores (control group, 0; experimental groups, 2 (limits 0.5–3) on the 30th day and 2 (limits 1–3) on the 45th day); 2) reduced percentage of time and entries in the open arms and in serum corticosterone levels; 3) totally exposed dentinal tubules on the 30th day in SEM analysis of the teeth; and 4) no alterations in the anatomopathological and histological evaluations.

Conclusions

The treatment with isotonic solution for 30 days was able to induce DH after erosive challenge and severe DH was observed after isotonic solution treatment for 45 days. The pain induced by cold stimuli was consistent with the grade of DH. The close relationships between dental erosion, response to pain, serum levels of corticosterone and the EPM behavior responses reveal the effects of DH at several levels.     

安全、便捷技术再生一次性医用口罩的实验研究

在防控新型冠状病毒(2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV)疫情中,为了减少病毒的传播,一次性医用口罩是普通民众必不可缺少的防护品。然而,随着2019-nCoV的蔓延,口罩短缺现象严重。本研究旨在探讨一次性医用外科口罩(口罩)的再生方法,以达到既有个人防护的效果又能节省资源。用流行性感冒病毒(简称流感)模拟2019-nCoV污染口罩,采用常用的恒温烘箱干烤及电吹风机热风处理2种方法,对表面污染有流感病毒的医用口罩进行病毒灭活,洗脱口罩上已灭活处理的病毒,感染Mardin-Darby狗肾细胞(Mardin-Darby canine kidney cell,MDCK细胞),观察细胞病变并定量检测病毒基因组拷贝数以评价病毒灭活效果。同时采用抽滤系统和PM2.5监测仪对以2种相似热灭活方式处理过的口罩滤过截留PM2.5的效果进行评价。结果显示电吹风机30 min热风处理后病毒基因组拷贝数降低至原来的1/1 000 000～1/10 000 000,接近未感染组,但烘箱56 ℃ 30 min干热处理仅灭活部分病毒。2种热灭活方式对口罩的PM2.5滤过截留效果无显著影响。本研究提供了一个安全、便捷处理一次性医用外科口罩的方法,为个人防护用品口罩表面污染病毒的灭活及其再生利用提供了科学依据。然而,应注意的是在口罩匮乏的非常时期,普通人群可采用该简便技术再生口罩后再次使用,但该方法再生的口罩不适合密切接触患者的人群、医护人员及实验室工作人员使用。     

Effects of prenatal stress on lever-press acquisition with delayed reinforcement in male and female rats

The prenatally stressed (PS) rat shows enhanced conditioned fear and increased behavioral inhibition in response to footshock compared to control (CON) rats. It is unclear whether this facilitated learning will occur only with aversive stimulation, or if it will also be observed in the context of positive reinforcement. There are limited and inconsistent data regarding sex differences and the impact of prenatal stress on learning. The present study was designed to examine lever-press acquisition with a 10-s delay to food reinforcement in male and female PS and CON rats. Overall, twice as many PS male rats acquired the lever-press response than the PS female rats, CON male rats, and CON female rats. PS male rats also earned significantly more reinforcers and responded on the operative lever at a significantly greater rate than the other three rat groups. These findings suggest that PS rats exhibit altered learning with a task involving positive reinforcement, and this effect of PS is sex specific for male rats.