N-亚硝基左旋精氨酸的心血管效应及其对肾交感神经活动的影响

在麻醉大鼠观察了新型NO合成抑制剂N-亚硝基左旋精氨酸(L-NNA)的血流动力学效应及其对肾交感神经活动的影响,旨在阐明NO在全身动脉血压调节中的可能作用及其作用机制。实验结果如下:(1)静注L-NNA(15 mg/kg)后,平均动脉压(MAP)由9.87±0.80升至14.67±0.53kPa(P<0.001),心率(HR)由317±13减至303±14 bpm(P<0.05),心指数(CI)由9.79±0.83降至7.04±0.41ml/min·100g~(-1)(P<0.05),总外周阻力指数(TPRI)由1.04±0.10升至2.15±0.18 u/100 g(P<0.001),持续30min以上;此效应可被预先注射左旋精氨酸(200 mg/kg)所逆转。(2)在缓冲神经切断的大鼠,i.v.L-NNA时,MAP,CI和TPRI的变化依然存在,而HR则加快,表明神经完整大鼠的HR减慢系压力感受器反射所致。(3)在缓冲神经完整大鼠i.v.L-NNA后,MAP升高,HR减慢,而肾交感神经活动(RSNA)无明显改变。(4)切断缓冲神经后,再i.v.L-NNA时,MAP,HR和RSNA分别增加55.6％、5.1％和34.3％,提示L-NNA可能兴奋交感中枢,而压力感受器反射可掩盖其对RSNA的影响;预先注射左旋精氨酸则可抑制L-NNA的上述效应。根据以上结果似可认为,NO合成抑制剂的血流动力学效应,由两种机制所介导:一是L-NNA抑制外周部位NO的基础性释放,致使血管紧张度增加,进而血压升高;另一是L-NNA兴奋交感中枢,从而引     

心房钠尿多肽对麻醉大鼠血压和肾神经传出放电的影响

本实验观察了心房肽Ⅱ(Atriopeptin Ⅱ,APⅡ)对麻醉大鼠血压(AP)、心率(HR)和肾交感神经传出放电(RSNA)的影响,并与硝普钠对 AP 和 RSNA 的影响作比较。结果如下:(1)缓冲神经完整和迷走神经完整条件下(n=12)静脉注射 APⅡ(50μg/kg)后,动脉收缩压(SAP)降低23.0±1.66 mmHg(Μ±SE,p<0.001),HR 减慢9±3.5b/min(p<0.05),RSNA 降低4.89±2.95%(P>0.05)。迷走神经切断后,静脉注射 APⅡ引起的~⊿SAP 虽有所减小,但与切断迷走神经前的反应比较,无统计学意义,HR 减慢不再出现,而 RSNA 则有所增加;(2)缓冲神经切断和迷走神经完整条件下(n=7),静脉注射 APⅡ时 SAP 降低27.4±3.25mmHg(P<0.001),HR 减慢13±3.1b/min(P<0.01),RSNA 降低11.67±1.95%(P<0.001)。切断迷走神经后,静脉注射 APⅡ引起的 SAP 降低程度有明显減小(P<0.01),HR减慢不再出现,RSNA 则反而增加(3)无论在迷走神经完整还是切断条件下,静脉注射硝普钠(n=6) SAP 均明显降低,同时伴有 RSNA 的反射性增加。以上结果表明:APⅡ的降压效应,部分是通过迷走神经传入纤维;在切断缓冲神经条件下,APⅡ可经由迷走神经传入纤维的激活而反射地抑制 RSNA。     

CATECHOLAMINES IN SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA OF RAT: EFFECTS OF DEXAMETHASONE AND RESERPINE1

The superior cervical sympathetic ganglion of rats contains a finite amount of epinephrine all of which is of ganglionic origin. Treatment of new-born rats with dexamethasone for 8 days results in a 112-fold increase in the epinephrine concentration, whereas the norepinephrine and dopamine are increased by only 1·4- and 1·9-fold respectively. This epinephrine increase in newborn rats is reversible if treatment is discontinued, and it fails to occur in adult animals. The epinephrine store of normal and dexamethasone treated animals is resistant to the depletion by reserpine. There is no increase in the epinephrine content in organs innervated by axons emanating from the ganglion. The data presented support the localization of epinephrine in small intensely fluorescent cells in the ganglion and we propose that epinephrine may be released from these cells and function as a modulator of ganglionic transmission.     

PROPERTIES OF MONOAMINE OXIDASES IN SYMPATHETIC NERVE AND PINEAL GLAND

Abstract— The monoamine oxidases (MAO) of rat pineal gland and superior cervical ganglion were compared and found to have different characteristics. The predominant enzyme in the ganglion was inhibited by low concentrations of clorgyline (0.1 μM), exhibited a lower apparent K_m for tyramine than the enzyme in the pineal, was readily inactivated by trypsin, and was relatively heat-stable. In contrast, the MAO of the pineal was inhibited by 0.1 m m clorgyline, was not readily inactivated by trypsin, and was heat-labile. Moreover, these enzymes appeared to have different substrate specificities. Our results are consistent with the view that there may be multiple forms of MAO and that these forms may be associated with specific cell types.     

失血引起兔肾神经和肾上腺交感神经活动的变化

本文观察了急性失血引起的戊巴比妥钠麻醉兔的肾交感神经活动(RSNA)和肾上腺交感神经活动(AdSNA)的变化。股动脉放血,在10min内使平均动脉压(MAP)下降至5.3kPa。失血过程中RSNA先兴奋后抑制,AdSNA则一直呈兴奋反应,这反应可由动脉压力感受器去神经而消失。失血前和失血后切断迷走神经均可翻转失血引起的RSNA抑制,但不能阻断AdSNA的兴奋反应。静脉注射纳洛酮和延髓腹外侧头端(RVLM)微量注射纳洛酮可翻转失血引起的RSNA抑制,但对AdSNA兴奋反应无显著影响。失血引起心率(HR)和RSNA一样,但不能为纳洛酮所反转。上述结果表明:失血引起的RSNA抑制是由迷走神经传入纤维和阿片肽(尤其是RVLM中的阿片肽)参与所致,而AdSNA的兴奋则与动脉压力感受器传入纤维有关。     

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OF CHOLINESTERASES AND MONOAMINE OXIDASE IN CHICK EMBRYO SPINAL AND SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA

Abstract— Total cholinesterase, acetylcholinesterase, (AChE) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and protein content were determined throughout the embryonic life of the chick in spinal and sympathetic ganglia. The greatest part of total cholinesterase activity was due to AChE.
AChE and MAO activity increased in both spinal and sympathetic ganglia very similarly from the 6th to the 12th day of incubation; from this day on a significant divergence occurred, mainly owing to a steady fall in spinal ganglion AChE, which decreased to approximately one tenth of the maximum value. The ratio of MAO activity in sympathetic and spinal ganglia increased from the 8th day onwards and approached 5·0 at hatching. The ratio between sympathetic and spinal ganglia, for AChE, choline acetylase (ChAc) and MAO activity, suggests a relationship between the maturation of the synapse in the sympathetic ganglia and the maximal activity of these enzymes.     

EFFECTS OF PRE- OR POSTNATAL DEXAMETHASONE, ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ON PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND CATECHOLAMINES IN SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA OF NEONATAL RATS

Abstract— Injections of dexamethasone (0.1 mg/kg/day, s.c.) on the first 2–3 days of life increased the phenylethanolamine- N -methyltransferase (PNMT) activity and epinephrine content of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and stellate ganglion of neonatal rats; the dopamine content was unaltered while norepinephrine was slightly reduced in these ganglia. Dexamethasone did not alter the PNMT activity or epinephrine content of the salivary glands or heart. The PNMT activity and epinephrine content of the SCG remained elevated for 10–14 days. Pretreatment with 6-hydroxydopamine did not alter the dexamethasone effects.
Injections of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) (25 munits/rat twice a day) or exposure to a cold stress (4°C, 3 times a day) on the first 2–3 days of life, elevated the plasma concentration of corticosterone, and also increased the PNMT activity and epinephrine content in SCG of neonatal rats. Injecting pregnant rats with dexamethasone or ACTH, or exposing them to cold or restraint stress on the last 3 days of gestation increased the PNMT activity and epinephrine content in the SCG of their pups. These results indicate that the actions of dexamethasone on neonatal sympathetic ganglia may be mimicked by increasing the plasma concentration of endogenous adrenocortical steroids.     

脑室注射P物质对大鼠血压、心率及交感传出活动的影响

给乌拉坦麻醉六鼠侧脑室注射P物质(SP)10μg,引起动脉血压、心率和内脏交感神经放电增加。同样剂量的SP静脉注射后却引起血压降低。阿托品预处理不影响SP的开心率作用。预先脑室注射0.25,4,64μg阿片受体拮抗剂纳洛酮,对SP的升压效应有剂量依赖式对抗作用。以上说明脑室注射SP 引起的血压升高是交感神经活动增强,导致心率加快及外周血管紧张性增加的结果,并提示SP的中枢升压效应可能与脑内释放内源性阿片样物质有关。     

DEPLETION OF NORADRENALINE STORES IN SYMPATHETIC NERVE TERMINALS

—The alpha blocking agents phenoxybenzamine and phentolamine were used to increase impulse evoked release of noradrenaline from sympathetic nerve terminals. Measurement of the resulting depletion suggests that most of the noradrenaline released from nerve terminals comes from the low density noradrenaline storage particles.     

延髓腹外侧区微量注射L－NNA和SNP对大鼠血压、心率和肾交感神经活动的影响

在麻醉大鼠观察了向延髓腹外侧区微量注射ＮＯ合成酶抑制剂Ｎ－硝基左旋精氨酸（ＬＮＮＡ）和硝普钢（ＳＮＰ）对血压、心率和肾交感神经活动的影响,旨在探讨中枢左旋精氨酸－ＮＯ通路在动脉血压调节中的作用及其机制。实验结果如下：（１）向延髓腹外侧头端区（ＲＶＬＭ）注射Ｌ－ＮＮＡ后,平均动脉压（ＭＡＰ）升高,肾交感神经活动（ＲＳＮＡ）增强;心率（ＨＲ）减慢,但无统计学意义。ＭＡＰ和ＲＳＮＡ的变化持续３０ｍｉｎ以上;此效应可被预先静注左旋精氨酸所逆转。（２）向ＲＶＬＭ微量注射ＳＮＰ,ＭＡＰ降低,ＲＳＮＡ减弱;但ＨＲ的变化无统计学意义。（３）向延髓腹外侧尾端区（ＣＶＬＭ）注射Ｌ－ＮＮＡ,ＭＡＰ降低,ＨＲ减慢,ＲＳＮＡ减弱。（４）向ＣＶＬＭ微量注射ＳＮＰ,ＭＡＰ升高,ＲＳＮＡ增强,而心率无明显变化。以上结果表明,中枢左旋精氨酸－ＮＯ通路对延髓腹外侧部的神经元活动有调变作用。     

FINE STRUCTURE OF NERVE FIBERS AND GROWTH CONES OF ISOLATED SYMPATHETIC NEURONS IN CULTURE

The leading tips of elongating nerve fibers are enlarged into "growth cones" which are seen in tissue culture to continually undergo changes in conformation and to foster numerous transitory slender extensions (filopodia) and/or a veillike ruffling sheet. After explantation of 1-day-old rat superior cervical ganglia (as pieces or as individual neurons), nerve fibers and tips were photographed during growth and through the initial stages of aldehyde fixation and then relocated after embedding in plastic. Electron microscopy of serially sectioned tips revealed the following. The moving parts of the cone, the peripheral flange and filopodia, contained a distinctive apparently filamentous feltwork from which all organelles except membranous structures were excluded; microtubules were notably absent from these areas. The cone interior contained varied forms of agranular endoplasmic reticulum, vacuoles, vesicles, coated vesicles, mitochondria, microtubules, and occasional neurofilaments and polysomes. Dense-cored vesicles and lysosomal structures were also present and appeared to be formed locally, at least in part from reticulum. The possible roles of the various forms of agranular membranous components are discussed and it is suggested that structures involved in both the assembly and degradation of membrane are present in the cone. The content of these growing tips resembles that in sensory neuron growth cones studied by others.     

NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATASE AND CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITIES IN DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA AND PERIPHERAL NERVE

In dorsal root ganglia and peripheral nerve of the rat and other species, nucleoside phosphatase and unspecific cholinesterase reaction products are found in the plasma membranes and spaces between them at two sites: (1) Schwann cell-axon interfaces and mesaxons of unmyelinated fibers, and (2) sheath cell-perikaryon interfaces and interfaces between adjacent sheath cells. Acetylcholinesterase reaction product is found in the perikaryon (within the endoplasmic reticulum) and the axon (axoplasmic surface). Nucleoside phosphatase reaction product is also found in the numerous vacuoles at the surface of perineurium cells, ganglion sheath cells, and cells surrounding some ganglion blood vessels. Nucleoside phosphatase activities in the sections fail to respond, in the manner described for "transport ATPase," to diisopropylphosphofluoridate, sodium and potassium ions, and ouabain. Nucleoside diphosphates are hydrolyzed more slowly than triphosphates in unmyelinated fibers, and are not hydrolyzed at the perikaryon surface. Nucleoside monophosphates are either not hydrolyzed or hydrolyzed very slowly. In contrast to these localizations, which are believed to demonstrate sites of enzyme activity, it is considered likely that diffusion artifacts account for the nucleoside phosphatase reaction product frequently found along the outer surfaces of myelinated fibers and within vacuoles at the Schwann cell surfaces of these fibers. The diffuse reaction product seen in basement membranes of ganglion and nerve may also be artifact.     

CHANGES IN ADRENALS AND SYMPATHETIC NERVE TERMINALS FOLLOWING COLD EXPOSURE

Abstract— Rats kept at 3°C for 24 h show no significant change in the catecholamine content of the adrenals, although the protein content is raised. Whole heart ventricles show no change in noradrenaline content, but the vesicular pellet isolated from heart ventricles has a decreased noradrenaline concentration and DBH activity and an increased protein content.     

EFFECT OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS ON NERVE GROWTH FACTOR-MEDIATED ENZYME INDUCTION IN ORGAN CULTURES OF RAT SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA: ENHANCED RESPONSE AND REDUCED TIME REQUIREMENT TO INITIATE ENZYME INDUCTION

Abstract— After previous studies had shown that nerve growth factor produces a very similar change in the enzyme pattern of adrenergic neurons as does an increased activity of the preganglionic cholinergic nerves, the present experiments revealed that the nerve growth factor-mediated selective induction of TH and DBH is enhanced by glucocorticoids in a way similar to that mediated by acetylcholine via nicotinic receptors. Corticosterone (5 μM) produced not only an increase in the maximal response to NGF but shifted the concentration response curve of TH to NGF to the left. The potentiation effect was shown to be specific for glucocorticoids, since other steroid hormones like testosterone, β-estradiol and progesterone had no effect. Moreover, the glucocorticoid effect could be antagonized by cortexolone, suggesting an effect via glucocorticoid receptors. In addition to the potentiation of the nerve growth factor-mediated enzyme induction, glucocorticoids reduced the exposure time to NGF, necessary to initiate maximal TH induction, from 4 h to 10 min. The glucocorticoid potentiation of NGF-mediated specific enzyme induction is discussed in relation to the site and mechanism of action of NGF.     

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR AND THE ACTIVITY OF TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE IN ORGAN CULTURES OF RAT SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIA

Abstract— Superior cervical ganglia from young rats were cultured in the absence of serum. The effect of nerve growth factor on the level of tyrosine hydroxylase was studied. In the absence of nerve growth factor the specific activity of tyrosine hydroxylase fell by more than 50% within 48 h. In the presence of nerve growth factor the total and specific activities were maintained and even increased in the same period. Both the 2.5 S and the 7 S forms of nerve growth factor were effective. Oxidized nerve growth factor had no effect except when present in very high concentration. Purified antibody to nerve growth factor was inhibitory. Insulin had only a slight effect in this system, but dibutyryl CAMP elevated tyrosine hydroxylase activity substantially. Propranolol inhibited the action of nerve growth factor but its action appeared to be nonspecific and unrelated to its action on the β-adrenergic receptor. Changes in the activity of dihydropteridine reductase paralleled those seen in tyrosine hydroxylase.     

大鼠听神经单纤维的活动

本文以声压级(SP)的dB值为单位,用不同频率(从音频到超声)的声刺激,对大鼠听觉一级神经元325根单一纤维的活动进行了观察。结果表明:每一纤维都有自己的最佳频率和相应的最低阈值。测得最佳频率的最低值为0.58kHz,最高值为62.6kHz; 最低阈值为6dBSPL,其相应频率为27.49kHz;最敏感的频率范围在20—50kHz。频率-阈值曲线在比最佳频率高的一侧斜度陡峭,低的一侧倾斜缓慢。频率-阈值曲线的锐度若以Q值表示,它对最佳频率分布的回归曲线由最佳频率的低频向高频方向逐渐升高,且Q10,Q20,Q30,Q40,Q50,dB的回归曲线具有相似的倾斜度。绝大多数纤维都有自发放电。给最佳频率持续音作用时,随刺激强度的增强,放电速率增加,但到阈上30dB左右皆达饱和。由各频率的最低阈值绘成的听反应阈曲线与行为测听所得的听力曲线颇为近似。     

神经生长因子受体Trka在糖尿病大鼠膀胱和腰骶背根神经节的表达

目的研究糖尿病大鼠膀胱组织及背根神经节中神经生长因子受体Trka的表达变化及意义。方法建立糖尿病大鼠模型20只,以15只正常大鼠为对照,应用免疫组化方法,分别检测大鼠膀胱组织及背根神经节中Trka的表达情况。结果无论是在膀胱组织还是在背根神经节中,糖尿病组Trka的表达均低于对照组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.01）。结论神经生长因子受体Trka的表达降低与糖尿病膀胱病变的发生有关。     

CYTOPLASMIC INCLUSIONS RESEMBLING NUCLEOLI IN SYMPATHETIC NEURONS OF ADULT RATS

A distinctive cytoplasmic inclusion consisting of a convoluted network of electron-opaque strands embedded in a less dense matrix was identified in the neurons, but not in the supporting cells, of rat sympathetic ganglia. This ball-like structure, designated "nematosome," measures ~ 0.9 µ and lacks a limiting membrane. Its strands (diameter = 400–600 A) appear to be made of an entanglement of tightly packed filaments and particles ~ 25–50 A thick. Cytochemical studies carried out with the light microscope suggest the presence of nonhistone proteins and some RNA. Usually only one such structure is present in a cell, and it appears to occur in most ganglion cells. Although they can be seen anywhere in the cell body, nematosomes are typically located in the perinuclear cytoplasm, where they are often associated with smooth-surfaced and coated vesicles. In fine structure and stainability, they bear a resemblance to the fibrous component of the nucleolus. Subsynaptic formations, which are a special feature of some of the synapses in sympathetic ganglia, appear similar to the threadlike elements in the nematosomes. The possibility that these three structures—nucleolus, nematosome, and subsynaptic formation—may be interrelated in origin and function is discussed.     

RELEASE OF NOREPINEPHRINE FROM NEURONS IN DISSOCIATED CELL CULTURES OF CHICK SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA VIA STIMULATION OF NICOTINIC AND MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS

Abstract— Dissociated cell cultures of chick embryo sympathetic ganglia were incubated with [³H]nor-epinephrine ([³H]NE) which was taken up and stored in reserpine-sensitive sites. Exposure of the cultures to cholinergic agonists for 5 min intervals resulted in the releaseof a significant proportion (2–20%) of the intracellular stores of [³H]NE. Studies with specific cholinergic agonists and antagonists indicated that release of [³H]NE could be evoked by stimulation of either nicotinic or muscarinic receptors. Release evoked by both nicotinic and muscarinic agonists was totally blocked in the presence of 3 μM-tetrodotoxin. thus indicating that release was mediated via active electrical responses. Release by both types of agonists was also blocked in the presence of elevated Mg²⁺ or when free Ca²⁺ was removed from the extracellular medium. These findings are consistent with the presence of a stimulus-secretion coupling mechanism. Release evoked by nicotine was optimal in the presence of 1.2 mM-Ca²⁺, whereas release evoked by the muscarinic agonist methacholine increased by about 2-fold when the Ca²⁺ concentration was decreased from 1.2 to 0.3 mM. The latter observation may be due to a lowered threshold for evocation of active responses at low concentrations of Ca²⁺. Finally, no evidence was observed for interaction between the two types of receptors. These findings (a)indicate that cultured chick sympathetic neurons possess functional nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors as well as the ability to release NE via a stimulus-secretion coupling mechanism; (b) suggest that such cultures may be particularly useful for studying the molecular events which link stimulation of cholinergic receptors to neurotransmitter release; and (c) provide further evidence that muscarinic receptors may play aphysiological role in ganglionic transmission.