WHBE 兔、日本大耳白兔和新西兰兔遗传多样性的 RAPD 分析

目的：应用随机引物扩增多态性DNA技术（ random amplified polymorphic DNA , RAPD）对大耳白黑眼兔（ white hair black eyes rabbit , WHBE rabbit ）、日本大耳白兔（ Japanese white rabbit , JW rabbit ）和新西兰兔（New Zealand white rabbit, NZW rabbit）3个实验兔品系进行遗传分析。方法选用90只实验兔的皮肤组织样品提取基因组DNA,用60个随机引物对实验兔基因组DNA进行PCR扩增,根据电泳结果筛选出多态性较高的引物进行RAPD-PCR分析,再利用Popgene 3．2统计软件对3个品系的扩增条带进行遗传分析,获得实验数据。结果分析结果表明：（1）60个随机引物中筛选出25个多态性较高的引物,3个品系实验兔共检测到493个扩增片段,长度在100～1800 bp之间,筛选的25个引物中,其中16个引物既可扩增出3个品系共同的DNA条带,也可扩增出WHBE兔特有的特征条带;（2） WHBE兔位点数为234个,其中多态位点数166个,多态位点比为70．94％,JW兔位点数为228个,其中多态位点数122个,多态位点比为53．51％,NZW兔位点数为231个,其中多态位点数94个,多态位点比为40．69％;（3）三个群体的Shannon多样性指数分别为0．3385,0．2222和0．1905;（4） JW兔和NZW兔的遗传相似系数最高,为0．8443,其次为WHBE兔和JW兔的遗传相似系数,为0．8204,WHBE兔和NZW兔的遗传相似系数最低,为0．7862。结论结果表明WHBE兔与JW兔和NZW兔之间有遗传的相似性,也存在着遗传差异,应用RAPD技术可以很好地检测实验兔不同品系之间以及同一品系不同个体之间的亲缘关系。     

Neuroleptanalgesia in the rabbit

The efficacy of the neuroleptanalgesic combinations of fentanyl-fluanisone with diazepam; and etorphine-methotrimeprazine, either alone, or with diazepam, was investigated in the rabbit. The effects of these drugs on some cardiovascular variables were studied in chronically catheterized rabbits. Fentanyl-fluanisone and diazepam produced good surgical anaesthesia. Although respiratory depression occurred, this had little effect on blood gas values. In contrast, etorphine-methotrimeprazine and diazepam produced severe respiratory depression with consequent hypercapnia and acidosis.     

Uteroglobin in the rabbit

Summary Rabbit uterine uteroglobin (UGL) was studied by electrophoretic and immunological methods following normal copulation, after ovariectomy and progesterone treatment, 17-oestradiol and combined progesterone treatment, 17-oestradiol treatment alone and after HCG-induced pseudopregnancy. Electrophoretic studies show the amount of ULG in uterine secretions, the immunological investigations indicate the intracellular localization of ULG and the distribution of ULG-positive cells in the endometrium.No obvious differences were found between the uteri 7 days after injection with chorion-gonadotropin and those 7 days following normal copulation. No differences could be demonstrated between the uteri of animals 35 days following ovariectomy and subsequent progesterone treatment on Days 31–33 and those of normal 7 d. post coitum (p.c.) animals. Uteri from animals treated with progesterone on Days 2–5 p.c. contained more ULG-positive cells than controls. 17-oestradiol treatment with and without subsequent progesterone treatment resulted, in both gravid and ovariectomized animals, in the formation of a tall columnar endometrial epithelium. Treatment with 17-oestradiol on Days 1 and 2 p.c. led to a decrease in the number of UGL-positive cells at 7 days p.c. Even after ovariectomy with 17-oestradiol substitution, UGL-positive cells were still present in the endometrium. However a secretion of any magnitude could not be detected. The importance of differentiation between synthesis and secretion (= release) as distinct phases of the glandular response is especially emphasised by the latter findings.Supported by Grant No. Ki 154/5-6, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Microtubules in the spermatid of the rabbit

Summary In the cytology of the developing rabbit spermatid two systems of microtubules are conspicuous features. One corresponding to the manchette of light microscopy is in correlation with changes in the nuclear membrane giving rise to the posterior nuclear space. This system disappears as the elongation of the nucleus is accomplished without leaving any remnants. In the late spermatid another system of microtubules is observed just anterior to the fibrous sheath inside the periflagellar invagination giving this part of the flagellum a spindle shaped form. — The possible functions of the microtubules and related cellular events are discussed.This investigation was supported by United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health (HD 02493) and the Lalor Foundation.     

Histochemistry of implantation in the rabbit

Summary The distribution of glycogen, acid and neutral mucopolysaccharides, hydrolases alkaline phosphatases, and carbohydrate dehydrogenases is described in the rabbit blastocyst and its surroundings over the implantation period from 5 to 9 days.Glycogen is found mainly in the embryonic tissues, where peaks of concentration coincide with differentiation, some is also seen in the uterine epithelium and secretion, and large quantities accumulate in the developing decidua.Neutral mucopolysaccharide is found in the yolk-sac and embryonic endoderm, and as secretion droplets in the uterine epithelium and secretion.Acid mucopolysaccharide occurs in the embryonic coverings and uterine secretion.RNA is associated in the embryo with developing tissues, and accumulates in the developing decidual cells.Hydrolases (acid phosphatase, and B esterase) increase their activity in the trophoblast knobs, in developing syncytiotrophoblast, and in the embryonic endoderm. Degeneration of the uterine epithelium is associated with maximal hydrolase activity.Trophoblastic alkaline phosphatase activity (non-specific and specific) decreases from 5 to 7 days of gestation, then increases markedly in the developing syncytiotrophoblast. AMPase appears in the embryonic mesoderm. In the uterine epithelium intense brush border staining is seen, and TPPase and UDPase become visible for a short period in the Golgi region. Phosphatases increase their activity in the decidua to 8 days and then decrease.Carbohydrate dehydrogenases (except -glycero-phosphate and -hydroxy-butyrate dehydrogenases) increase their activity in embryonic tissues, particularly in the developing syncytiotrophoblast and endoderm. Symplasma formation in the uterine epithelium is also associated with increase in enzyme activity, and a similar increase, up to 8 days of gestation, is seen in the decidua with isocitrate, malate, glucose-6-phosphate, lactate, succinate, and furfuryl alcohol dehydrogenases.Some correlation is found between the histochemical findings and the phenomena of epithelial removal, uterine secretion, decidual formation and function, giant cell function, morphogenesis, and histiotrophic nutrition, and the results are compared with previous findings for the rat in which implantation is morphologically, and probably physiologically a very different process.