Heat transfer modeling of the tongue

The heat transfer mechanism of tongue was investigated on the basis of experimental and theoretical research. Firstly, the relationship between tongue temperature and blood perfusion was obtained from animal experiment that mainly carried out on porcine tongue, subordinate on human tongue. Secondly, a one-dimensional variable coefficients second-order inhomogeneous heat transfer equation is developed by simplifying tongue as fin cube and the analytical solution is got. The results show that the change regulations of temperature by blood perfusion rate are the same in human and porcine tongue, and also, there is a good agreement between calculation and experimental results. When checking the model with corresponding properties of human tongue, the result is also satisfied. In conclusion, predicting temperature distribution of tongue is feasible with the fin cube model.     

动物舌温与血液灌注率的关系特性研究

结合中医舌诊机理而进行的生物传热研究具有重要的意义。采用多种先进仪器和手段,在大量动物实验的基础上,通过对动物造模改变猪舌的血液灌注率,测试相应条件下的舌面温度,得到舌表面不同位置处的温度与血液灌注率之间的关系。结果表明,舌表面温度随血液灌注率的增加而升高,但血液灌注率增大到一定值后,舌面温度将维持不变,血液灌注率值也不再增长。通过实验得到的温度与血液灌注率间的变化规律,将为建立适合于舌体传热特性的生物传热模型提供客观依据。     

Nitrate-reducing bacteria on rat tongues.

Nitrite-producing bacteria (NPB) were isolated from tongues of laboratory rats. The most commonly found nitrite-producing organism was Staphylococcus sciuri, followed by Staphylococcus intermedius, Pasteurella spp., and finally Streptococcus spp. Both morphometric quantification of bacteria on tongue sections and enumeration of culturable bacteria (CFU) showed an increase in the density of bacteria towards the posterior tongue. Up to 65% of bacteria were located in the deep clefts on the posterior tongue. The proportion of culturable NPB in the total culturable microbial population increased from 6% (10(5) CFU cm-2) on the anterior tongue to 65% (10(7) CFU cm-2) on the posterior tongue. Different species compositions of NPB were found on different tongue sections with S. intermedius populations decreasing and S. sciuri and Pasteurella populations increasing towards the posterior tongue. Nitrite production was sensitive to oxygen, and significant nitrite production was only detected on the posterior tongue where the majority of bacteria are situated in deep clefts in the tongue surface. This study suggests the importance of bacteria in nitrite production, from nitrate, on the tongue. Nitrite produced on the tongue may subsequently form nitric oxide in the acidic environment of the stomach. Because of the antimicrobial properties of nitric oxide, a key role for nitrate-reducing tongue bacteria in host animal defense against food-borne pathogens in proposed.     

Observations on the structure of the subepithelial nerve plexus in the tongue

The intrinsic innervation of the anterior two thirds of the tongue in adult dogs of both sexes was studied in paraffin sections stained with Bodian, Holmes, cholinesterase and other stains. In all the sections, a subepithelial plexus of nerve fibres and cells was always seen on the dorsum of the tongue. Nerve endings were seen extending in between the epithelial cells on the dorsum of the tongue. The nerve cells were usually spindle-shaped and collected to form numerous ganglia in the submucosa. There were other ganglia in the tongue whose structure was very much similar to terminal autonomic ganglia. The significance of the ganglia consisting of biopolar nerve cells is being discussed.     

Morphology and histochemistry of the hyolingual apparatus in chameleons

We reexamined the morphological and functional properties of the hyoid, the tongue pad, and hyolingual musculature in chameleons. Dissections and histological sections indicated the presence of five distinctly individualized pairs of intrinsic tongue muscles. An analysis of the histochemical properties of the system revealed only two fiber types in the hyolingual muscles: fast glycolytic and fast oxidative glycolytic fibers. In accordance with this observation, motor-endplate staining showed that all endplates are of the en-plaque type. All muscles show relatively short fibers and large numbers of motor endplates, indicating a large potential for fine muscular control. The connective tissue sheet surrounding the entoglossal process contains elastin fibers at its periphery, allowing for elastic recoil of the hyolingual system after prey capture. The connective tissue sheets surrounding the m. accelerator and m. hyoglossus were examined under polarized light. The collagen fibers in the accelerator epimysium are configured in a crossed helical array that will facilitate limited muscle elongation. The microstructure of the tongue pad as revealed by SEM showed decreased adhesive properties, indicating a change in the prey prehension mechanics in chameleons compared to agamid or iguanid lizards. These findings provide the basis for further experimental analysis of the hyolingual system.     

秋汛带鱼对水团舌锋的聚集反应与渔场预报初探

本文分析了秋汛带鱼对水温舌锋伸展的聚集反应,这种聚集反应常出现在舌锋延伸与流界的交汇区、带鱼的适温区域内,舌锋线附近聚集密度较大,渔业产量也与聚集强度成正比。利用这一现象,在现有的技术条件下,从海洋表层水温分布着手,分析水团和海流的分布变动情况,结合当时生产实际和鱼类生物学状况,进行中心渔场短期预报。预报实践初步表明,这种方法是可行的,它对渔业生产有重要价值,对于探讨鱼发规律和预报方法也是有益的。     

Aqueous aldehyde (Faglu) methods for the fluorescence histochemical localization of catecholamines and for ultrastructural studies of central nervous tissue.

Aqueous solutions combining a high concentration of formaldehyde (4%) with low concentrations of glutaraldehyde (0.5--01%) have been used to simultaneously localize amines by the formation of fluorescent products and to fix central nervous tissue for electron microscopy. The fluorescence reaction is produced by the aldehyde mixture at room temperature and the fluorescence is stable when the tissue is maintained in aqueous solution. This means that nerve cell bodies and terminal fields which contain catecholamines can be located accurately in vibratome sections at the light microscope level and, after further processing, can be examined under the electron microscope. With 1% glutaraldehyde in the aldehyde mixture, ultrastructural details are well preserved; there is no significant distortion of any component of the tissue. If vibratome or cryostat sections are dried against glass slides, the intensity of the fluorescence reaction is enhanced and the sections can be permanently mounted.     

基于Gabor小波和特征加权的红刺舌象分类

红刺为舌尖、边、根等处突出之刺状物。根据红刺类型,并结合其他颜色、纹理或形状特征,中医能够快速准确的识别出多种疾病,如阑尾炎,支气管炎等。Gabor小波是纹理分析领域一种应用较多也较为成功的方法,本文以这种方法提取特征,在此基础上使用特征加权的聚类方法对红刺舌象进行识别分类,取得了较好的结果。     

Osteopontin's colocalization with the adhesion molecule CEACAM5 in cytoplasm of carcinoma of tongue and its correlation with the invasion of that diease

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of carcinoembryonic antigenrelated cell adhesion molecule 5 (CEACAM5) and correlate it with OPN expression and function in squamous carcinoma of tongue. Paraffin were sections of 80 samples with squamous carcinoma of tongue and 40 samples with normal tissue of tongue for benign lesion having undergone surgery. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to study the distribution of CEACAM5 and OPN, and double-labeling immunohistochemistry was used to observe the relationship between CEACAM5 and OPN expression. CEACAM5 and OPN are found in normal tissue of tongue, but with different expression pattern. CEACAM5 expression mainly with membranous staining is restricted on the superficial epithelium. However, OPN expression with mainly cytoplasmic staining is restricted on the deep epithelium. No colocalization of CEACAM5 and OPN have been observed in normal tissue of tongue. In squamous carcinoma of tongue, CEACAM5 expression with cytoplasmic staining is different from normal tongue tissue with membranous staining, and the transformation of CEACAM5 distribution from membrane to cytoplasm is an important incident for the invasion and differentiation of tumor. CEACAM5 and OPN are colocalized in cytoplasm, and a significant correlation was observed between the positive colocalization and the negative colocalization in the depth of invasion and the differentiation of the tumor.     

Non-specific Immunostaining by a Rabbit Antibody against Gustducin α Subunit in Mouse Brain

Gustducin is a guanosine nucleotide-binding protein functionally coupled with taste receptors and thus originally identified in taste cells of the tongue. Recently, bitter taste receptors and gustducin have been detected in the airways, digestive tracts and brain. The existing studies showing taste receptors and gustducin in the brain were carried out exclusively on frozen sections. In order to avoid the technical shortcomings associated with frozen sectioning, we performed immunofluorescence staining using vibratome-cut sections from mouse brains. Using a rabbit gustducin antibody, we could not detect neurons or astrocytes as reported previously. Rather, we found dense fibers in the nucleus accumbens and periventricular areas. We assumed these staining patterns to be specific after confirmation with conventional negative control staining. For the verification of this finding, we stained gustducin knockout mouse brain and tongue sections with the same rabbit gustducin antibody. Whereas negative staining was confirmed in the tongue, intensive fibers were constantly stained in the brain. Moreover, immunostaining with a goat gustducin antibody could not demonstrate the fibers in the brain tissue. The present study implies a cross immunoreaction that occurs with the rabbit gustducin antibody in mouse brain samples, suggesting that the conventional negative controls may not be sufficient when an immunostaining pattern is to be verified.     

Ultrastructure of the tongue and anterior process of the sublingual plica in four species of venomous snakes

The general histology and ultrastructure of the tongue and anterior process of the sublingual plica of four Taiwanese venomous snakes, the Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra), banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), Taiwan habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus), and bamboo snake (Trimeresurus stejnegeri stejnegeri) are described. The tongue fork exhibits a mid-dorsal invagination that broadens gradually toward its base. No mid-ventral invagination is observed. The epithelial cells on both dorsal and ventral aspects of the tongue fork have large and small microfacets, micropores and microvilli. The cell size, distribution pattern of the large microfacets, and the number of small microfacets present on both sides of the fork are essentially the same within a species, but vary among species. The function of these ultrastructures on the cell surface might be for the capture of chemical substances. The large microfacets are raised areas of the cell membrane, each with a pale granule contained within. The chemical nature of the pale granule is not yet known. The small pores surrounding the large microfacets are shallow hollows left after the release of the pale granules from the microfacets. The basic histological pattern of the tongue fork of these species is similar, being composed of a mucosal layer outside and dense musculature inside. No taste buds are discernible. The anterior processes are concave-like expansions of the anteriormost portions of the sublingual plicae. The oblique folds and micropapillae of this organ might be helpful for receiving the chemicals collected on the tongue, when the tongue makes contact with the elevated processes. The elevated processes may penetrate the ducts of Jacobson's organs to effect the final transfer.     

舌苔菌群与中医病证诊断的文献研究与思考

人体与舌苔微生物相互依存,相互影响。现今对舌苔微生态系统的研究主要集中于舌苔菌群。体质、疾病等诸多因素都可对舌苔产生影响,此时舌苔中菌群会有怎样的变化？菌群变化是否具有疾病诊断意义？这些问题已经受到关注和研究。文献研究显示,目前有关舌苔菌群病证诊断研究主要围绕中医心系疾病、脾系疾病和肺系疾病等进行,诸多研究表明脾系疾病湿热证患者,舌苔存在菌群失调,舌苔中细菌总数较正常人群明显升高,心系、肺系疾病暂无较为一致的结论。文献研究表明舌苔菌群的变化与病证诊断密切相关,其可能成为中医病证诊断的一种新方法。     

The Gram Staining Mechanism of Cat Tongue Keratin. II. The Role of Potassium Iodide-Iodine Solution

The aniline-xylene decolorizer of the Gram-Weigert staining procedure failed to remove crystal violet dye from stained sections of cat tongue without prior treatment of the sections with potassium iodide-iodine solution. The potassium iodide of the iodide-iodine solution was found to release the major part of the crystal violet dye bound by the tongue sections. Iodine appeared also to play a role in dye release, but only to a slight degree. The amount of Gram-positive staining was increased both by alkaline treatment of the tissue prior to staining, and by increasing the pH of the iodide-iodine solution.     

The effect of cooling the tongue on the perceived intensity of taste

Two experiments were performed (i) to measure the effect ofcooling on the perceived intensity of taste, and (ii) to determinewhether the temperature of the tongue or the temperature ofthe solution was primarily responsible for the changes in perceivedintensity that were observed. The first experiment revealedthat cooling both the tongue and the taste solutions from 36to either 28 or 20°C produced measurable reductions in theperceived intensity of the sweetness of sucrose and the bitternessof caffeine. The saltiness of NaCl and the sourness of citricacid were unaffected by cooling. The second experiment demonstratedthat the temperature of the tongue was the critical factor forproducing the effects on sweetness and bitterness. The latterfinding implies that some of the inconsistencies in the literatureon taste–temperature interactions might have been avoidedif the temperature of the tongue had been routinely controlled.In addition, the importance of lingual temperature suggeststhat thermal effects on taste intensity may often be due tochanges in the sensitivity of the gustatory transduction processrather than to changes in the molecular properties of the tastesolutions.     

The morphology of the vertical and transverse intrinsic musculature of the tongue in the 15-week human fetus

The attachments, courses and interrelationships of the transverse and vertical intrinsic muscle masses of the tongue were examined in 28 fifteen-week fetal specimens. Observations were made from 30-micron sections cut through the tongue in one of the three standard planes of section. Both sets of muscululature are qualitatively well-developed by this time period in fetal life. The transverse fibers were found to occupy the entire length of the tongue. They attach to the lamina propria of the lateral aspect of the body of the tongue and, in the root, to perimysial and adventitial connective tissue. In addition, some fibers were observed to be confluent with the mm. palatoglossus, tonsilloglossus and pharyngis superior. Medially, transverse fibers were found for the most part to terminate in the dense ventral aspect of the median septum. Vertical fibers are present from a point slightly posterior to the tip of the tongue to the level of the foramen cecum, beyond which they become sparse. All vertical fibers attach superiorly to the dorsal lamina propria. In the free part of the body, their ventral attachment, likewise, is to lamina propria. In the middle part of the tongue and, to a greater extent, in the root (as the inferior and lateral free surface decreases) these fibers attach in either the fascial plane underlying the transverse component or to the perimysium of longitudinally-running muscle bundles.     

Aqueous aldehyde (Faglu) methods for the fluorescence histochemical localization of catecholamines and for ultrastructural studies of central nervous tissue

Summary Aqueous solutions combining a high concentration of formaldehyde (4%) with low concentrations of glutaraldehyde (0.5–1%) have been used to simultaneously localize amines by the formation of fluorescent products and to fix central nervous tissue for electron microscopy. The fluorescence reaction is produced by the aldehyde mixture at room temperature and the fluorescence is stable when the tissue is maintained in aqueous solution. This means that nerve cell bodies and terminal fields which contain catecholamines can be located accurately in vibratome sections at the light microscope level and, after further processing, can be examined under the electron microscope. With 1% glutaraldehyde in the aldehyde mixture, ultrastructural details are well preserved; there is no significant distortion of any component of the tissue. If vibratome or cryostat sections are dried against glass slides, the intensity of the fluorescence reaction is enhanced and the sections can be permanently mounted.     

Electromagnetic acceleration of electron transfer reactions

The Moving Charge Interaction (MCI) model proposes that low frequency electromagnetic (EM) fields affect biochemical reactions through interaction with moving electrons. Thus, EM field activation of genes, and the synthesis of stress proteins, are initiated through EM field interaction with moving electrons in DNA. This idea is supported by studies showing that EM fields increase electron transfer rates in cytochrome oxidase. Also, in studies of the Na,K-ATPase reaction, estimates of the speed of the charges accelerated by EM fields suggest that they too are electrons. To demonstrate EM field effects on electron transfer in a simpler system, we have studied the classic oscillating Belousov--Zhabotinski (BZ) reaction. Under conditions where the BZ reaction oscillates at about 0.03 cycles/sec, a 60 Hz, 28 microT (280 mG) field accelerates the overall reaction. As observed in earlier studies, an increase in temperature accelerates the reaction and decreases the effect of EM fields on electron transfer. In all three reactions studied, EM fields accelerate electron transfer, and appear to compete with the intrinsic chemical forces driving the reactions. The MCI model provides a reasonable explanation of these observations.     

Histochemical demonstration of monoaminergic and cholinesterase-positive nerve fibres in regenerating rat submandibular gland autografts

Summary A cholinesterase localization method and a monoamine histofluorescence technique were used to locate nerve fibres in regenerating rat submandibular gland autografts. Experimental rats had a portion of one submandibular gland excised and cut into small fragments which were autografted immediately into the middle one-thrid of the tongue. Control rats had a portion of one submandibular gland removed and discarded, and their tongues were sham-operated. Seven to ten weeks later, the rats were killed and the tongues were removed, frozen and sectioned in a cryostat. A light microscopical study of the tongue sections subjected to the cholinesterase technique showed that the submandibular gland autografts contained many nerve fibres that exhibited cholinesterase activity. These cholinesterase-positive nerve fibres were distributed throughout the autografts. The fibres were associated with the numerous duct-like structures and the less numerous acini. In addition, ultraviolet illumination of tongue sections after treatment with a glyoxylic acid mixture revealed histofluorescent monoaminergic nerves within the autografts. These fibres were less prominent than the cholinesterase-positive fibres and appeared to run primarily along blood vessels within the autografts. The results suggest that autonomic nerves are present within regenerating submandibular gland autografts.     

The direct measurement of cytochrome P450 in unfixed tissue sections

Summary A method for the measurement of cytochrome P450 in unfixed cryostat sections is described. The sections are incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature in a buffered solution containing polyvinyl alcohol and sodium dithionite. Two incubations are performed on serial sections, one in nitrogen and the other in carbon monoxide. Readings are taken on a Vickers M85 microdensitometer fitted with a high sensitivity photomultiplier amplifier system, the measurements being made on corresponding fields in the serial sections. Subtraction of the nitrogen values from the carbon monoxide values, after allowing for an absorption shift, gives the absolute spectrum of cytochrome P450. The subtraction corrects for the tissue content of other haem-containing proteins. The cytochrome P450 spectrum shows a sharp maximum at 450 nm, and two other minor components absorbing at 444 nm and 458 nm. The content of cytochrome P450 in animals fed with phenobarbitone was 2.4 times greater than in control animals.