实验性肾功能衰竭大鼠血浆中分子物质总量和自由基的变化研究

用腺嘌呤复制动物性慢性肾功能衰竭（ＣＲＦ）模型。观察大鼠血浆血尿素氮（ＢｕＮ）、血肌酐（Ｃｒ）、血红蛋白（Ｈｂ）、超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）和中分子物质（ＭＭＳ）总量的变化。结果表明,ＣＲＦ大鼠血浆ＢｕＮ、Ｃｒ和ＭＭＳ总量明显升高（Ｐ〈０．０１）、Ｈｂ和ＳＯＤ含量显著降低（Ｐ〈０．０１）。提示ＣＲＦ大鼠ＭＭＳ总量升高、ＳＯＤ活性降低。     

纳洛酮在延髓腹外侧加压区加强P物质引起的升压效应

目的：探讨Ｐ物质（ＳＰ）在延髓腹外侧加压区（ＶＳＭｐ）的升压效应是否与内源性阿片样物质有关。方法：氨基甲酸乙酯麻醉、人工呼吸,暴露延髓腹侧面,ＶＳＭｐ 敷贴ＳＰ等药物。结果：ＶＳＭｐ 敷贴ＳＰ可使血压呈剂量效应关系的明显增高,但心率无明显变化;在ＶＳＭｐ 给纳洛酮进行预处理,可显著增强ＳＰ的升压效应;应用神经元细胞体兴奋剂Ｌ谷氨酸钠到ＶＳＭｐ 可使血压显著升高。结论：ＳＰ 在ＶＳＭｐ 具有明显的升压作用,内源性阿片样物质在ＶＳＭｐ 对ＳＰ升压效应起拮抗作用,ＳＰ的升压效应可能是兴奋ＶＳＭｐ 的神经元细胞体实现的     

心梗患者血浆MMS对大鼠心脏功能的作用观察

心梗患者血浆ＭＭＳ对大鼠心脏功能的作用观察崔存德王桂兰李韶关兵才张慧（滨州医学院生理教研室,滨州２５６６０３）血浆中分子物质（ＭＭＳ）是分子量在３００～５０００Ｄａｌｔｏｎ之间的一类多肽。资料证明ＭＭＳ可抑制细胞对葡萄糖的摄取、腺苷酸环化酶、Ｎａ＋－...     

三种钠尿肽抑制大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖效应的比较

本文比较了心房钠尿肽（ＡＮＰ）、Ｃ－型钠尿肽（ＣＮＰ）、血管钠肽（ＶＮＰ）抑制肺动脉平滑肌细胞（ＰＡＳＭＣｓ）增殖的效应。用蛋白激酶Ｃ激动剂佛波酯（ＰＭＡ）刺激体外培养大鼠ＰＡＳＭＣｓ的增殖,以总蛋白含量和ＭＴＴ比色ＯＤ值为指标,观察三种钠尿肽对ＰＭＡ刺激大鼠ＰＡＳＭＣｓ增殖的影响。结果表明,ＰＭＡ（１０＾－９－１０＾－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５）ＰＡＳＭＣｓ的总蛋白含量和ＭＴＴＯＤ值,     

急性运动对大鼠骨骼肌中丙二醛和血清肌酸激酶的影响

研究一次急性力竭运动对大鼠骨骼肌红肌、白肌中脂质过氧化水平的影响及血清酶的变化情况。发现运动组大鼠红肌中丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量和碱性磷酸酶（ＡＫＰ）活性比安静组显著升高;白肌中ＭＤＡ含量、超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性和ＡＫＰ活性有升高的趋势;血清肌酸激酶（ＣＫ）活性运动组比安静组有显著升高;但肌肉中ＭＤＡ含量与血清ＣＫ活性之间无显著相关。因此,ＭＤＡ增多可能并不是血清ＣＫ活性升高的主要原因。     

油麻藤凝集素的荧光光谱研究

用化学修饰、内源荧光和荧光淬灭等方法研究了油麻藤凝集素（ＭＳＬ）的溶液构象变化和微环境的构象特征。研究发现ＭＳＬ分子中总共有９个色氨酸（Ｔｒｐ）残基,它们的荧光能被丙烯酰胺淬灭,但不易为ＫＩ接近而淬灭,ＭＳＬ经Ｎ－溴代琥珀酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）修饰后,其内源性荧光发射谱发生相应变化,结果表明ＭＳＬ分子中部分Ｔｒｐ残基埋藏于分子内部,而位于分子表面的Ｔｒｐ残基可能处于分子的疏水袋中。     

α-黑色素细胞刺激素对白细胞介素-1β发热的解热机理研究

本研究观察了α－黑色素细胞刺激素（α－ＭＳＨ）对家兔白细胞介素－１β（ＩＬ－１β）发热效应及下丘脑组织腺苷环－磷酸（ｃＡＭＰ）含量的影响;同时观察了下丘本外培养过程中,α－ＭＳＨ对ＩＬ－１β刺激下丘脑释放ｃＡＭＰ的影响。结果显示：α－ＭＳＨ能显著降低ＩＬ－１β引起的体温升高（Ｐ〈０．０５）;同时抑制下丘脑组织ｃＡＭＰ含量的增高（Ｐ〈０．０１）。ＩＬ－１β与下丘脑组织培养,其上清液的ｃＡＭＰ含量明显     

油麻藤凝集素的荧光光谱研究

用化学修饰,内源荧光和荧光淬灭等方法研究了油麻藤集素（ＭＳＬ）的溶液的象变化和微环境的构象特征,研究发现ＭＳＬ分子中总共有９个色氨酸（Ｔｒｐ）残基,它们的荧光能被丙烯酰胺淬灭,但不易为ＫＩ接近而淬灭,ＭＳＬ经Ｎ－溴化琥珀酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）修饰后,其内源性荧光发射谱发生相应变化,结果表明ＭＳＬ分子中部分Ｔｒｐ残基埋藏于分子内部,而位于分子表面的Ｔｒｐ残基可能处于分子的疏水袋中。     

川芎嗪对缺血心肌的保护及抗氧化作用的实验研究

研究川芎嗪的心肌保护及抗氧化作用机制。在心脏停跳液中加入川芎嗪后对离全兔心脏进行缺血再灌注,然后观察心肌线粒体内丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量、超氧化物岐化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性及心肌组织超微结构损伤程度。发现含有川芎嗪的停跳液组丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量显著降低,超氧化物岐化酶（ＳＯＤ）活显著升高,观察心肌组织超微结构损伤程度发现较轻,因此,川芎嗪对缺血心肌具有良好的保护脑抗氧化作用。     

地塞米松和肺成纤维细胞对大鼠胎肺表面活性物质合成的影响

为提高ＤＥＸ对新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征（ＮＲＤＳ）的防治,本文研究了地塞米松（ＤＥＸ）促进肺表面活性物质（ＰＳ）合成的作用机制。用分离培养的２０天大鼠胚胎肺泡Ⅱ型细胞为材料,观察了单独用ＤＥＸ、用与不用ＤＥＸ刺激后的成纤维细胞条件培养液（ＤＥＸＦＣＭ、ＦＣＭ）对肺泡Ⅱ型细胞ＰＳ中磷脂合成及特异性肺表面活性物质蛋白质ＳＰＢ、ＳＰＣｍＲＮＡ表达的影响。结果表明,ＤＥＸ本身及未用ＤＥＸ刺激的ＦＣＭ对肺泡Ⅱ型细胞的上述三种指标均没有影响,而ＤＥＸ刺激后的ＤＥＸＦＣＭ使这三个指标有不同程度的增加效应。提示糖皮质激素刺激肺泡Ⅱ型细胞ＰＳ合成增加是由成纤维细胞介导的     

The modifying action of methylmethane sulfonate on unscheduled DNA synthesis in the UV irradiation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes

The value of the unscheduled DNA synthesis after the combined effect of UV radiation and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) was considerably lower than that upon exposure to UV radiation alone and after two-hour incubation of the culture. These differences were insignificant after 26 h incubation. The result can be attributed to the alkylating effect of MMS on the repair DNA polymerase. With MMS delivered prior to UV irradiation there was an even larger decrease in the unscheduled DNA synthesis with both 2- and 26-hour incubation. The data obtained can be explained by the fact that MMS inhibits an excision endonuclease.     

Dose response at low doses of X-irradiation and MMS on the induction of micronuclei in mouse erythroblasts.

The test of induced micronuclei in erythrocytes of mammalian bone marrow constitutes, because of its high experimental resolution power, a suitable method for the screening of induced chromosomal lesions at very low dosages of chemicals or irradiations. This test was used for a comparative investigation of the effect of low dose levels of X-irradiation and of the alkylating agent methyl methanesulphonate (MMS). The dose-effect curve of X-irradiation indicated a deviation from linearity at 10 rad, showing a significantly stronger effect than expected on extrapolation from the control to 100 rad. This deviation from linarity, however, only appeared at a low dose rate (18 R/min), whereas a linear dose-effect relation was indicated with a high dose rate (95 R/min). Experiments at 10 rad with different dose rates at two different current potentials suggested that this effect of the dose rate is more pronounced with soft than with hard X-irradiation. The induction of micronuclei with MMS follows a drastically different dose-effect curve as compared with X-irradiation. The relative efficiency of the treatment is lowest at low concentrations, presumably as a result of the efficient repair process at such dose levels. Simultaneous treatment with X-rays and MMS at low dose levels only resulted in an additive effect. This suggests that X-irradiation does not interfere with the repair process operating with MMS. The difference in the dose-effect relations of X-irradiation as compared with MMS may be brought back to the fact that X-rays, in contrast with MMS, produce double-strand breaks.     

Strand breaks arising from the repair of the 5-bromodeoxyuridine-substituted template and methyl methanesulphonate-induced lesions can explain the formation of sister chromatid exchanges

5-Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-induced sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) are mainly determined during replication on a BrdU-substituted template. The BrdU, once incorporated, is rapidly excised as uracil (U), and the gap is repaired with the incorporation of BrdU from the medium, which leads to further repair. During the second S period in BrdU medium, this process continues as the strand acts as template. Experiments suggest that 3-amino-benzamide (3AB) delays the ligation of the gaps formed after U excision, resulting in enhanced SCE levels during the second cycle of BrdU incorporation. When normal templates of G1 cells are treated before BrdU introduction with methyl methanesulphonate (MMS), 3AB in the first cycle doubles the MMS-induced SCEs but has no effect on them during the second cycle. When the BrdU-substituted template is treated with MMS in G1 of the second cycle, 3AB again doubles the SCEs due to MMS and also enhances the SCEs resulting from delays in ligation of the gaps following U excision in the BrdU-substituted template. The repair processes of MMS lesions that are sensitive to 3AB and lead to SCEs take place rapidly, while the repair process of late repairing lesions that lead to SCEs appear to be insensitive to 3AB. A model for SCE induction is proposed involving a single-strand break or gap as the initial requirement for SCE initiation at the replicating fork. Subsequent events represent natural stages in the repair process of a lesion, ensuring replication without loss of genetic information. G1 cells treated with methylnitrosourea (MNU) and grown immediately in BrdU medium rapidly lose the O⁶-methylguanine from their DNA and the rate of loss is BrdU-dose dependent. The rapid excision of the U lesions can explain the effect of BrdU concentration on SCE reduction following both MNU or MMS treatment.     

Phosphorylation of Mcm2 modulates Mcm2-7 activity and affects the cell's response to DNA damage

The S-phase kinase, DDK controls DNA replication through phosphorylation of the replicative helicase, Mcm2-7. We show that phosphorylation of Mcm2 at S164 and S170 is not essential for viability. However, the relevance of Mcm2 phosphorylation is demonstrated by the sensitivity of a strain containing alanine at these positions (mcm2(AA)) to methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and caffeine. Consistent with a role for Mcm2 phosphorylation in response to DNA damage, the mcm2(AA) strain accumulates more RPA foci than wild type. An allele with the phosphomimetic mutations S164E and S170E (mcm2(EE)) suppresses the MMS and caffeine sensitivity caused by deficiencies in DDK function. In vitro, phosphorylation of Mcm2 or Mcm2(EE) reduces the helicase activity of Mcm2-7 while increasing DNA binding. The reduced helicase activity likely results from the increased DNA binding since relaxing DNA binding with salt restores helicase activity. The finding that the ATP site mutant mcm2(K549R) has higher DNA binding and less ATPase than mcm2(EE), but like mcm2(AA) results in drug sensitivity, supports a model whereby a specific range of Mcm2-7 activity is required in response to MMS and caffeine. We propose that phosphorylation of Mcm2 fine-tunes the activity of Mcm2-7, which in turn modulates DNA replication in response to DNA damage.     

Properties of N-maleoylmethionine sulphone, a novel impermeant maleimide, and its use in the selective labelling of the erythrocyte glucose-transport system.

1. The synthesis of N-maleoylmethionine sulphone (MMS), a membrane-impermeant protein-labelling reagent, is described. Radioactively labelled MMS can be readily prepared at high specific radioactivity from [35S]methionine. 2. The permeability of the erythrocyte membrane to the reagent was assessed by determining the extent of inactivation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase after treatment of erythrocytes with MMS. Some inactivation of this enzyme was found when high concentrations (20mM) of the compound were used, but this could be prevented by pretreatment of the erythrocytes with 4,4'-di-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid, suggesting that MMS slowly enters the cells via the anion-transport system. 3. Treatment of erythrocytes with [35S]MMS resulted in the labelling of six major components. Labelling of erythrocyte membranes resulted in the intense labelling of many additional components. 4. MMS inhibited erythrocyte glucose transport. Cytochalasin b protected glucose transport against inactivation by MMS. Labelling experiments in erythrocytes in the presence and in the absence of cytochalasin b showed that the cytochalasin b-protected material was a broad band in the band-4.5 region.     

Mutagenicity of derivatives of the flame retardant tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate: halogenated propanols.

The sensitivity of larval populations of Drosophila melanogaster to the lethal action of methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) was determined. Wild-type strains were compared with strains carrying X-linked mutations that increase mutagen sensitivity. The determination of dose—response relationships for MMS-induced lethality allowed for a quantitative comparison of the MMS sensitivity of the mutants. The sensitivity difference, measured by the LD-50 values, between the most resistant and the most sensitive stock used in this study was 40-fold. Stocks containing mutations in the meiotic genes mei-41 and mei-9 were by far the most sensitive ones. These mutants are known to be repair-deficient.The meiotic mutants were tested in various stocks with different genetic backgrounds. It turned out that the larval MMS sensitivity strongly depended on the genotype of the parental females used to obtain the larval populations for MMS treatment. These maternal effects were not simulated by an age-dependent variation in MMS sensitivity because no differences in developmental time between the strains with different genetic constitution were found. Furthermore, a maternal effect on the relative frequency of spontaneous lethality of genetically identical mutant progeny derived from different types of female was demonstrated.These maternal effects, both on spontaneous lethality and on larval MMS sensitivity, are of interest because they extend beyond the embryonic stages of development.     

Effects of curcumin on methyl methanesulfonate damage to mouse kidney

Methylmethane sulfonate (MMS) is an alkylating agent that may react with DNA and damage it. We investigated histological changes and apoptosis caused by MMS and the effects of curcumin on MMS treated mouse kidneys. Twenty-four mice were divided into four equal groups: controls injected with saline, a group injected with 40 mg/kg MMS, a group injected with 40 mg/kg MMS and given 100 mg/kg curcumin by gavage, and a group given 100 mg/kg curcumin by gavage. MMS caused congestion and vacuole formation, and elevated the apoptotic index significantly, but had no other effect on kidney tissue. Curcumin improved the congestion and vacuole formation caused by MMS and decreased the apoptotic index. Curcumin administered with MMS appears to decrease the deleterious effects of MMS on the kidney.     

Mutagenesis induced by 5-bromouracil and methyl methane sulfonate: role of DNA polymerase I

A polA1 mutation in the DNA polymerase I gene of E. coli results in a drastic reduction of the frequency of mutagenesis induced by 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BUdR). Comparisons of the effect of a polA1 mutation on mutagenesis induced by methyl methane sulfonate (MMS), ultraviolet irradiation (UV) and 2-aminopurine (2-AP) demonstrated that a similar effect of a polA1 mutation is observed with MMS. This effect is much less marked with UV-and-2-AP-induced mutagenesis. It follows that DNA polymerase I plays a key role in the process of mutagenesis induced by BU and MMS. Bearing in mind that mutagenesis provoked by UV, MMS and BU involves participation of the accompanying induced error-prone system, the sources of the differences in requirement for DNA polymerase I are critically examined.