Low Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Systemic and Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Dogs with a Chronic Enteropathy

Introduction

Vitamin D deficiency, as assessed by serum concentrations of 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), has been linked to the development of over-zealous and inappropriate inflammation in humans. However, the relationship between vitamin D status and inflammation in dogs is ill-defined. Chronic enteropathies (CE) are frequently diagnosed in client owned dogs, have a wide range of serum 25(OH)D concentrations, and represent a spontaneous model in which to probe the relationship between vitamin D and inflammation. The hypothesis of this study was that vitamin D status would be negatively associated with systemic and gastrointestinal inflammation in dogs with a CE. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and markers of systemic and gastrointestinal inflammation in a cohort of dogs with CE.

Methods and Materials

Serum 25(OH)D concentrations, together with neutrophil, monocyte, eosinophil and lymphocyte counts, duodenal histopathology scores, serum IL-2, IL-6, IL-8 and TNFα concentrations and were measured in 39 dogs with histologically confirmed CE. A linear regression model examined the relationship between serum 25(OH)D status and measures of inflammation.

Results

Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were negatively associated with neutrophil and monocyte counts, duodenal histopathology scores and serum IL-2 and IL-8 concentrations. Dogs with low serum 25(OH)D concentrations typically had an inflammatory signature characterised by high monocyte and neutrophil numbers together with low lymphocyte numbers. There is a need to establish whether low vitamin D status is a cause or consequence of inflammation.     

益生菌治疗结肠癌患者术后化疗相关性腹泻的效果观察

目的:探讨益生菌对结肠癌术后患者化疗相关性腹泻(CID)的治疗效果,为临床提供依据。方法:选择我院2011年1月-2013年6月结肠癌术后化疗并有CID患者85例,根据治疗方法分为对照组和观察组,其中对照组41例,按照常规治疗,观察组44例,在对照组基础上应用益生菌治疗;观察指标主要为患者平均腹泻持续时间、腹泻治疗效果以及不良反应。结果:观察组总有效率为93.18%(41/44),高于对照组78.05%(32/41)(P0.05);观察组腹泻持续时间为2.91±0.17d,低于对照组4.86±0.24d(P0.05);两组治疗后不良反应比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:采用益生菌可以缩短CID持续时间,提高疗效,改善患者生活质量。     

Effects of Dorsal Bilateral Rhizotomy Treatment on Transmitter Systems in the Spinal Cord of Normal and Spastic Dogs

The high-affinity uptakes of [3H]serotonin, [3H]-glutamate, and gamma-[3H]aminobutyric acid were studied using a myelin-free crude synaptosomal fraction prepared from the spinal cords of normal dogs and spastic dogs following sham treatment or dorsal bilateral rhizotomy surgery. Compared to sham-operated controls, rhizotomy surgery of normal dogs produced, after 1 week, a 30% reduction in the Vmax value of [3H]glutamate, but did not alter the uptake of gamma-[3H]aminobutyric acid. This treatment also produced a 60% decrease in the Vmax value of [3H]serotonin. Comparison of the effect of rhizotomy surgery on normal and spastic dogs revealed that the spastic group had 60% higher Vmax values for uptakes of [3H]glutamate and gamma-[3H]aminobutyric acid. Comparison of sham-operated spastic dogs and rhizotomy-treated spastic animals showed that there was a 25% decrease in the uptake of both amino acids in the rhizotomy-treated spastic group. Overall, the data (a) support the hypothesis that glutamate is the neurotransmitter from some of the primary afferents, and (b) suggest that sprouting of interneuronal amino acid transmitter systems may occur in the spinal cords of spastic dogs.     

Enhancing Effects of Chronic Lithium Treatment on Detour Learning in Chicks

Lithium is the first line of therapeutic drugs used to treat both mania and depression in bipolar disorder.Although a body of research suggests that lithium acts as a cognitive enhancer, other animal studies suggest that lithium induces cognitive deficits. Comparatively, the effects of lithium on cognitive behaviour in these studies are inconsistent and contradictory. Further investigations in different species of animals and behavioural tasks are important to evaluate the possibility that lithium may act as a cognitive enhancer. In the present study, the chicks were treated intraperitoneally with lithium chloride (120 mg/kg), and the effects of chronic lithium treatment on chick cognitive behaviour were examined using a detour learning task.Additionally, the effects of chronic lithium treatment on BDNF messenger RNA (mRNA) expression were measured in RTPCR. We found that chronic lithium treatment(120 mg/kg) had no effect on spontaneous motor activity or weight gain of the chicks and that the chicks had a general healthy appearance, while chronic lithium treatment significantly promoted the response latency of detour learning and BDNF mRNA expression. These results suggest that chronic lithium treatment may improve cognitive function.     

益生菌对肠易激综合征患者肠道微环境及免疫功能的影响

目的:探讨益生菌对肠易激综合征患者肠道微环境及免疫功能的影响,为临床相关研究提供参考。方法:选择2013年6月-2015年6月在我院接受治疗的肠易激综合征患者79例作为研究对象,根据治疗方案不同分为研究组(47例)和对照组(42例)。研究组患者采用双歧三联活菌联合美沙拉嗪治疗,对照组患者给予美沙拉嗪治疗。观察并比较两组患者治疗前后肠道内肠杆菌、双歧杆菌、乳酸杆菌、粪肠球菌及类杆菌的变化情况,以及血清CD4~+,CD8~+及CD4~+/CD8~+水平,并评价两组的临床疗效。结果:治疗前,两组患者肠道菌群数量比较,差异无统计学意义(P0.05);治疗后,两组患者肠道内大肠杆菌及粪肠球菌数量均减少,且研究组少于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);治疗后,两组患者肠道内乳酸杆菌、双歧杆菌和类杆菌数量均增加,且研究组高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。治疗前,两组患者免疫功能指标比较,差异无统计学意义(P0.05);治疗后,两组患者CD4~+T细胞以及CD4~+/CD8~+均显著高于治疗前,而CD8~+T细胞显著降低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);治疗后,研究组患者CD4~+T细胞及CD4~+/CD8~+均高于对照组,而CD8+T细胞低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。研究组患者的临床疗效(91.67%)高于对照组(76.67%),但两组比较,差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:益生菌制剂治疗不仅能够调节肠易激综合征患者肠道内的菌群平衡,而且能够改善患者的免疫功能,值得临床推广应用。     

An Acetylation Switch of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Regulates Aging-Associated Chronic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

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In-Vitro and In-Vivo Effects of Aldicarb on Survival and Development of Heterodera schachtii

Aqueous solutions of 5-500 μg/ml aldicarb inhibited hatching of Heterodera schachtii. Addition of hatching agents, zinc chloride, or sugarbeet root diffusate, to the aldicarb solutions did not decrease the inhibition of hatching. When cysts were removed from the aldicarb solufions and then treated for 4 wk in sugarbeet root diffusate, larvae hatched and emerged. Treatments of newly hatched larvae of H. schachtii with 5-100 μg/ml aldicarb depressed later development of larvae on sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris). Similar treatments with aldicarb sulfoxide had less effect on larval development, and aldicarb sulfone had no effect. Numbers of treated larvae that survived and developed were inversely proportional to concentration (0.1-5.0 μg/ml) and duration (0-14 days) of aldicarb treatments. Development of H. schachtii on sugarbeet grown in aldicarb-treated soil was inversely proportional to the concentration of aldicarb in the tested range of 0.75 - 3.0 μg aldicarb/g of soil. Transfer of nematode-infected plants to soil with aldicarb retarded nematode development, whereas transfer of plants first grownin treated soil to nematode-infested soil only slightly suppressed nematode development. Development of H. schachtii was inhibited in slices of storage roots of table beet (B. vulgaris), sugarbeet and turnip, (Brassica rapa), that had grown in soil treated with aldicarb.     

NLRP3炎症小体表达与慢性阻塞性肺疾病合并肺癌的相关性研究

目的:分析核苷酸结合寡聚化结构域样受体蛋白3(NLRP3)炎症小体表达与慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)合并肺癌的相关性。方法:选取2015年1月-2018年2月我院收治的COPD合并肺癌患者62例作为实验组及同期88例COPD患者作为对照组。酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)检测两组患者外周血IL-1β、IL-18浓度,免疫组化法检测两组患者术后肺病理组织中Caspase-1、ASC、NLRP3、IL-1β、IL-18蛋白相对表达量,并比较不同病理特征下患者术后肺病理组织中NLRP3、ASC、Caspase-1、IL-1β、IL-18蛋白相对表达量的差异,并分析其与COPD合并肺癌的相关性。结果:实验组患者外周血IL-1β、IL-18水平均明显高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);实验组患者术后肺病理组织中NLRP3、ASC、Caspase-1、IL-1β、IL-18蛋白相对表达量均明显高于对照组,差异均具有统计学意义(P0.05);中低分化、临床分期Ⅲ期、淋巴结有转移的急性加重期COPD合并肺癌患者术后肺病理组织中NLRP3、ASC、Caspase-1、IL-1β、IL-18蛋白相对表达量高于高分化、临床分期Ⅰ-Ⅱ期、淋巴结无转移的稳定期COPD合并肺癌患者,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。经Spearman秩相关性分析发现,患者术后肺病理组织中NLRP3、ASC、Caspase-1、IL-1β、IL-18蛋白相对表达量与COPD合并肺癌患者病情严重程度、淋巴结转移情况、分化程度以及病情所处时期均呈正相关(r0,P0.05)。结论:NLRP3炎症小体通路可能参与了COPD合并肺癌的发展过程,其释放的细胞因子IL-1β、IL-18水平升高可能与患者持续炎症有关,并进一步导致机体免疫病理损伤,促进疾病进展。     

Fasting Reduces the Incidence of Delayed-Type Vomiting Associated with Doxorubicin Treatment in Dogs with Lymphoma

Fasting reduces gastrointestinal cellular proliferation rates through G₁ cycle blockade and can promote cellular protection of normal but not cancer cells through altered cell signaling including down-regulation of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of fasting on delayed-type chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in dogs receiving doxorubicin. This prospective randomized crossover study involved intended administration of two doses of doxorubicin. Cancer-bearing dogs were randomized to be fasted for 24 hours beginning at 6 P.M. the night before the first or second doxorubicin administration, and all treatments were administered within an hour before or after 12 P.M. Dogs were fed normally before the alternate dose. Circulating IGF-1 concentrations were determined from serum samples obtained immediately before each doxorubicin treatment. Data from 35 doses were available from 20 dogs enrolled. Dogs that were fasted exhibited a significantly lower incidence of vomiting, when compared to fed dogs (10% compared to 67%, P = .020). Furthermore, among the 15 dogs that completed crossover dosing, vomiting was abrogated in four of five dogs that experienced doxorubicin-induced vomiting when fed normally (P = .050). No differences in other gastrointestinal, constitutional, or bone marrow toxicities or serum IGF-1 levels were observed.     

低聚半乳糖对肠道益生菌产胞外多糖作用的研究

旨在研究低聚半乳糖对肠道益生菌产胞外多糖的作用。以低聚半乳糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖和乳糖4种碳源作比较,分别从碳源的利用、胞外多糖的产量和种类及其对有害菌的黏附作用进行研究。结果显示,低聚半乳糖不仅能促进长双歧杆菌和植物乳杆菌的增殖,而且有利于胞外多糖的产生,其含量分别为208.78μg/m L和192.78μg/m L,产生的胞外多糖种类较其他3种碳源更多,对肠道有害菌大肠杆菌具有明显黏附作用。结果证明,与其他3种碳源相比,低聚半乳糖能促进植物乳杆菌和两歧双歧杆菌生成更多的胞外多糖。     

Effects of Consumption of Probiotics and Prebiotics on Serum Lipid Levels in Humans

Referee: Dr. Marcel Roberfroid, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Faculte de Medicine, Dept. des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Avenue E. Mournier 73, UCL/BCTC, B-1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

The objective of this article is to review existing studies concerning the effects of probiotics and prebiotics on serum cholesterol concentrations, with particular attention on the possible mechanisms of their action. Although not without exception, results from animal and human studies suggest a moderate cholesterol-lowering action of dairy products fermented with appropriate strain(s) of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Mechanistically, probiotic bacteria ferment food-derived indigestible carbohydrates to produce short-chain fatty acids in the gut, which can then cause a decrease in the systemic levels of blood lipids by inhibiting hepatic cholesterol synthesis and/or redistributing cholesterol from plasma to the liver. Furthermore, some bacteria may interfere with cholesterol absorption from the gut by deconjugating bile salts and therefore affecting the metabolism of cholesterol, or by directly assimilating cholesterol.

For prebiotic substances, the majority of studies have been done with the fructooligosaccharides inulin and oligofructose, and although convincing lipid-lowering effects have been observed in animals, high dose levels had to be used. Reports in humans are few in number. In studies conducted in normal-lipidemic subjects, two reported no effect of inulin or oligofructose on serum lipids, whereas two others reported a significant reduction in serum triglycerides (19 and 27%, respectively) with more modest changes in serum total and LDL cholesterol. At present, data suggest that in hyperlipidemic subjects, any effects that do occur result primarily in reductions in cholesterol, whereas in normal lipidemic subjects, effects on serum triglycerides are the dominant feature.     

无创呼吸机在慢性阻塞性肺疾病急性加重期应用的疗效评价

摘要目的：观察无创呼吸机对不伴有呼吸衰竭的慢性阻塞性肺疾病急性加重期（AECOPD）患者症状、体征、血气分析和肺功能的影响。方法：80例AECOPD患者随机分为对照组和试验组,对照组给予常规治疗,如常规抗感染、化痰、平喘等治疗。试验组在常规治疗的基础上给予无创呼吸机正压通气（NIPPV）治疗。评价两组患者治疗前和治疗一周后临床症状体征、血气分析和肺功能的变化。结果：两组患者治疗后临床症状及体征评分较治疗前均呈下降趋势（P〈0．05）,但试验组下降更为明显（P〈0．05）,并且试验组症状改善时间明显缩短（P〈0．05）;治疗后两组的pH,PO2和SaO2均较治疗前升高,PC02较治疗前下降（P〈0．05）,和对照组相比,治疗后试验组的PO：和PC02改善更明显（P〈0．05）,而pH和Sa02无显著差异（P〉0．05）;治疗后两组的FEV1,FVC,FEV1实测值／预计值和FEVI％均较治疗前升高（P〈0．05）,试验组升高更明显（P〈0．05）。结论：对不伴有呼吸衰竭的AECOPD患者早期应用NIPPV治疗能有效改善临床症状和体征,缩短症状改善时间,改善通气,缓解呼吸肌疲劳,预防呼吸衰竭的发生。     

Comparative Effects of Chronic Haloperidol and Sulpiride Treatment on Nigral and Striatal GABA Content

Nigral and striatal GABA contents were assayed in male rats treated chronically with haloperidol or sulpiride, two dopamine-receptor blocking agents that have different neuropharmacological spectra in regard to their biochemical, behavioural, and clinical properties. No great difference was observed between the chronic effects of haloperidol and sulpiride on nigral and striatal GABA content. However, low doses (30 μg/kg, intraperitoneally) of the dopamine-receptor agonist apomorphine, injected 12 h after the discontinuation of chronic haloperidol or chronic sulpiride treatment, induced opposite changes in nigral GABA levels suggesting the existence of a different “status” of the dopamine receptors during the 12 h-period following the withdrawal of haloperidol or sulpiride.     

奥平栓联合微波治疗慢性宫颈炎合并高危型HPV感染的临床分析

目的:探讨奥平栓联合微波治疗慢性宫颈炎合并高危型HPV感染的临床效果。方法:选择我院2006年10月-2015年2月诊治的慢性宫颈炎合并高危型HPV感染患者196例,采用随机数字表法分为治疗组与对照组各98例,对照组给予微波治疗,治疗组给予奥平栓联合微波治疗,治疗观察周期为2个月。对两组患者疗效、HPV阳性状况、生活质量及治疗依从性进行观察与对比。结果:与对照组相比,治疗组显效率明显较高(P0.05)。治疗后经过检测,治疗组与对照组的HPV阳性率分别为1.0%和7.1%,组间对比差异明显(P0.05)。治疗后经过调查,与对照组相比,治疗组的总体健康、情感职能、社会功能和精神健康评分明显较高(P0.05);治疗组的治疗依从率为99.0%,高于对照组91.8%的治疗依从率,组间对比差异明显(P0.05)。结论:奥平栓联合微波治疗慢性宫颈炎合并高危型HPV感染能提高治疗依从性,促进HPV转阴,显著改善生活质量,从而有利于总体疗效的提高,是目前较为理想的治疗方式。     

Effects of Vasopressin on Blood-Brain Transfer of Methionine in Dogs

We used a simplified probe detection system for positron-emitting radionuclides in order to measure blood-brain barrier transport of amino acids in anesthetized dogs. Plasma and brain time-activity curves were recorded after intravenous bolus injection of L-[11C]methionine before and after administration of 1 microgram of vasopressin. Three-compartment models with three or four transfer coefficients were used to derive the kinetics of L-[11C]methionine uptake in brain. The blood-brain clearance of the tracer (K1) was 0.075 ml ml-1 min-1 before and 0.041 ml ml-1 min-1 after injection of vasopressin. The partition volume and the initial distribution (plasma) volume of methionine were unchanged and within the expected limits. The net accumulation rate of methionine (K), estimated by both the four-parameter (kinetic) and three-parameter (graphic) approaches, decreased after vasopressin injection in all six studies.     

Effects of Gastric Freezing on the Isolated Denervated Gastric Pouch in Dogs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of gastric freezing on the chief and parietal cells of the stomach. To carry this out six Heidenhain pouch dogs were prepared. The secretions of these pouches were studied, both for HCl levels and pepsin activity, for 30 days before and 30 days after the freezing of the pouch. Freezing was carried out for one hour at -17 to -20° C. The results show that no essential depression of either the HCl levels or the pepsin activity of the juice was effected by freezing. Therefore, it is deduced that freezing does not affect the functional activity of either the chief or the parietal cells. Complications such as ulceration and fistula formation into adjacent organs occurred as a result of freezing in certain pouch dogs.     

阿洛司琼联合微生态制剂治疗腹泻型肠易激综合征的临床研究

目的:探究阿洛司琼联合微生态制剂治疗腹泻型肠易激综合征的临床效果。方法:选择2016年1月-2018年1月于我院进行治疗的96例腹泻型肠易激综合征患者为研究对象,按照随机数字表法将其均分为实验组与对照组,每组各48例。对照组患者单纯使用阿洛司琼治疗,实验组患者在对照组患者基础上加用微生态制剂,两组患者治疗时间均为4周,分别于干预前及干预后对两组患者症状进行评分,使用IBS病情严重程度调查表(IBS-SSS)对两组患者干预前后治疗效果进行评估,并比较两组患者干预前后肠道乳酸杆菌、肠球菌及酵母样真菌菌群数及生活质量(SF-36)评分。结果:干预后,实验组患者症状评分及IBS-SSS量表评分均显著低于对照组(P0.05),SF-36生理功能、心理功能及生活功能得分、乳酸菌及肠球菌菌群数均显著高于对照组,而酵母样真菌菌群数低于对照组(P0.05)。结论:阿洛司琼联合微生态制剂治疗腹泻型肠易激综合征能够有效改善患者的肠道菌群、有效缓解临床症状,并可显著提高患者的生活质量。