辅酶Q10 对子痫前期中氧化应激的防治作用的研究进展

子痫前期是导致全球孕产妇和围生儿发病和死亡的主要原因之一.子痫前期的病因至今尚未明确,但是大量研究已证实多系统的氧化应激与子痫前期发病机制有关.辅酶Q10是目前受到广泛关注的一种抗氧化剂,并且已有辅酶Q10药品制剂问世.本文从细胞水平简要总结了氧化应激与子痫前期发病机制的关系,并讨论了辅酶Q10对予痫前期中氧化应激的防治作用.希望为子痫前期的早期治疗及改善预后提供新的思路.     

蛋白质sFlt1构成子痫前期发生的基础

在世界范围内 ,子痫前期 (preeclampsia)是引起产妇死亡和早产儿出生的主要原因 .研究者现已发现 ,子痫前期的许多症状皆起源于一个专一的蛋白质 ,该发现导致产生检测与治疗子痫前期的新方法 .2 0个孕妇中便有一人会发生子痫前期 ,通常是在怀孕最后 3个月时发生 .症状包括高血压和蛋白尿———即尿中有过量的蛋白 .子痫前期可逐步升级成为子痫 .子痫的特征是产妇发生威胁生命的惊厥与肾损害 .较早的研究认为 ,子痫前期与胎盘有关 ,胎盘是连接母亲与胎儿的血管器官 .由于没有针对构成疾病基础的特效药 ,因此往往需要提早分娩出胎儿与胎盘方能…     

血中ADMA浓度可预报子痫前期的发生

研究者发现 ,在发生子痫前期以及发生妊娠晚期并发症的某些孕妇中 ,有一种使血管收缩的天然化合物含量过多 .测试这种化合物可邦助医生在孕妇发生高血压或其他症状之前确定其发生子痫前期的危险性 .今年早期时候鉴定了一种蛋白质 ,可引起子痫前期 ,现在发现的该化合物可能与这种蛋白质一样在引起子痫前期中起作用 .新研究所发现的天然化合物称为不对称二甲基精氨酸 (ADMA) ,其作用是抑制血管扩张剂—氧化氮的产生 .子宫内的血管必须扩张才能给胎儿供应足够的氧和营养 .医生诊断子痫前期的根据通常是孕妇有高血压 ,同时有面部、手足水肿、…     

干燥综合征样动物模型的研究现状与思考

干燥综合征(Sj?gren’s syndrome, SS)是一种病因不明的慢性自身免疫性疾病，又称原发性干燥综合征(primary Sj?gren’s syndrome, pSS)。主要累及外分泌腺，以口干、眼干为主要症状，部分患者会出现全身系统性损害。目前对pSS的发病机制仍不甚清楚，临床缺乏治疗手段。通过动物模型研究pSS是阐明人类疾病发病机制的有效工具，但研究过程中仍需谨慎评价从不同动物模型身上得到的研究结果。本文对3类SS样小鼠模型的研究现状进行了系统论述，其中特别关注杂交型小鼠模型，以期为进一步研究pSS提供帮助。     

子痫前期发病机制的研究现状

子痫前期的发病原因仍然是我们这个时代的医学之谜,研究者认为子痫前期的发病存在两个阶段,首先是胎盘的异常植入从而导致了产妇全身的炎症反应。目前治疗子痫前期唯一有效的方法是娩出胎盘,但是这可能引起早产。正是由于人们对子痫前期发病机理知道的还十分有限,本研究希望通过对众多观点的总结,整合相关资源,更新研究理念和丰富研究手段来取得子痫前期发病机理研究的新的突破。     

抑郁症动物模型与其发病机制研究的进展

抑郁症在全球范围内高发,目前尚无有效的治疗手段,使其成为全球性卫生问题之一。抑郁症动物模型作为疾病机理研究以及药物筛选的主要手段,一直以来备受关注,现有的抑郁模型创新性地融合了比较行为学以及最新的分子生物学等相关技术。本文将结合模型的表面效度、结构效度及预测效度对现有的抑郁症动物模型及发病机制研究的最新进展进行综述,主要包括应激模型、损伤模型、化学诱导模型及转基因模型,这些模型均能不同程度的模拟人抑郁症的特征,在抗抑郁药物开发及发病机理研究中发挥重要作用。     

低分子肝素对子痫前期大鼠炎症反应、肝功能及胎盘组织Bcl-2、Bax蛋白表达的影响

目的:研究低分子肝素对子痫前期大鼠炎症反应、肝功能及胎盘组织Bcl-2、Bax蛋白表达的影响.方法:将90只孕期大鼠以随机数表法分成正常孕组、子痫前期组、治疗组,每组30只.其中子痫前期组和治疗组大鼠于妊娠第13 d开始皮下注射左旋硝基精氨酸甲酯,建立子痫前期大鼠模型,注射剂量为200mg/(kg·d),正常孕组予以等...     

IL-4 和IFN-γ mRNA 在子痫前期患者胎盘组织中的表达及意义

目的:检测胎盘组织中IFN-γ和IL-4的表达,探讨IFN-γ和IL-4在子痫前期的发病中的作用.方法:采用原位杂交法检测了20例正常妊娠孕妇和34例子痫前期组(包括16例轻度和18例重度)中的IFN-γ、IL-4 mRNA的表达水平,并通过图像分析系统对染色结果进行定量分析.结果:(1)IL-4 mRNA的表达在正常妊娠组、子痫前期轻度组和子痫前期重度组的表达无差异(P＞0.05).(2)与正常妊娠组、子痫前期轻度组相比,子痫前期重度组IFN-γ mRNA的表达有差异性(P＜0.05);子痫前期轻度组与正常妊娠组相比无差异(P＞0.05).(3)与正常妊娠组相比,子痫前期轻度组、重度组IFN-γ mRNA/IL-4 mRNA的比值均有差异性(P＜0.05),且随病情的加重比值增大.结论:Th1/Th2细胞因子的平衡偏离可能是导致子痫前期发病的病因之一.     

CD40/CD40L信号系统与子痫前期的关系

子痫前期是病理产科中常见的疾病,是导致孕产妇和围生儿死亡的主要原因,其具体病因目前尚未完全阐明,大多数学者认为主要与氧化应激导致的血管内皮细胞损伤,胎盘浅着床,免疫平衡的破坏等因素有关,其中内皮细胞损伤导致的内皮细胞生理功能失衡是其病因学研究的热点.CD40/CD40L是一对互补的肿瘤坏死因子和肿瘤坏子因子受体超家族跨膜糖蛋白,相互作用可以促进内皮细胞、平滑肌细胞表达和释放细胞因子、组织因子、金属蛋白酶、粘附分子,这些物质间接或直接的参与了炎症反应和免疫调节,导致内皮细胞损伤.因此,CD40/CD40L相互作用在炎症反应和免疫失调中亦起着关键作用,可能是子痫前期的病因之一,以CD40/CD40L为靶点为子痫前期的诊断和治疗提供了新的思路和方向.本文拟对CD40/CD40L信号系统与子痫前期的关系做一综述.     

子痫前期胰岛素抵抗相关因素研究进展

子痫前期是影响孕、产妇发病率和死亡率的重要原因,但是其发病机制目前仍未完全阐明.胰岛素抵抗在子痫前期临床表现出现之前即可被检测到,并参与其发生发展.近来,一些研究认为视黄醇结合蛋白4,同型半胱氨酸等均与胰岛素抵抗相关,并参与子痫前期的发病机制.本文就相关研究进展作一综述.     

Is there an ideal animal model for SARS?

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was controlled by public health measures at a time when specific interventions such as antiviral drugs, vaccines and immunotherapy were not available. Since then, several animal models have been developed for the study of SARS and, although no model replicates the human disease in all aspects, the use of animal models for SARS has led to the establishment of several important principles for vaccine and immunotherapy. Consistency and reproducibility of findings in a given model must be demonstrated to establish the superiority of one model over others. Here, we suggest aspects of an ideal animal model for studies of SARS pathogenesis and vaccine development and present our assessment of the strengths and limitations of the current animal models for SARS.     

阿尔茨海默病转基因小鼠的特点和应用

建立动物模型的目的是在实验动物身上复制人类疾病的模型,用于研究人类疾病的病因、发病、病理变化以及疾病的预防和治疗。目前尚无理想的阿尔茨海默病（Alzheimer’s disease,AD）动物模型,AD实验动物模型的滞后在很大程度上制约了AD治疗药物的筛选。随着AD病因和发病机制研究的不断深入,更完善的AD动物模型也在陆续出现。近年来出现的转基因动物模型属于AD的病因模型,但也不能完整复制出AD的所有特征。最大的缺憾在于缺乏神经原纤维缠结（neurofibrillary tangles,NFTs）和在某些转基因模型中（尤其是单转基因模型）无广泛的神经元丢失。虽然用免疫组化方法检测到tau蛋白,但从未发现成对螺旋纤丝（paired helical filaments,PHF）。     

Review: Experimental models for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

Several different cell culture systems and laboratory animal models have been used over the years to study Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Most of the existing models have key differences with the human esophagus and complex pathogenesis of disease. None of the models offers an ideal system for the complex study of environmental exposure, genetic risk, and prevention strategies. In fact, different model systems may be required to answer different specific research questions about the pathogenesis of BE and EAC. Given the high mortality associated with EAC and the fact that current screening strategies miss most cases of EAC, advances in basic and translational science related to esophageal injury, repair, and carcinogenesis are clearly needed. This review describes several of the existing and potential model systems for BE and EAC with their benefits and disadvantages.     

Comparative proteome analysis of serum from acute pulmonary embolism rat model for biomarker discovery

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common, potentially fatal disease and its diagnosis is challenging because clinical signs and symptoms are nonspecific. In this study, to investigate protein alterations of a rat PE model, total serum proteins collected at different time points were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and identified using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Bioinformatics analysis of 24 differentially expressed proteins showed that 20 had corresponding protein candidates in the database. According to their properties and obvious alterations after PE, changes of serum concentrations of Hp, Fn, DBP, RBP, and TTR were selected to be reidentified by western blot analysis. Semiquantitative RT-PCR showed DBP, RBP, and TTR to be down-regulated at mRNA levels in livers but not in lung tissues. The low serum concentrations of DBP, RBP, and TTR resulted in the up-regulation of 25(OH)D3, vitamin A, and FT4 (ligands of DBP, RBP, and TTR) after acute PE in rat models. The serum levels of Hp and Fn were detected in patients with DVT/PE and controls to explore their diagnostic prospects in acute PE because the mRNA levels of Hp and Fn were found to be up-regulated both in lung tissues and in livers after acute PE. Our data suggested that the concentration of serum Fn in controls was 79.42 +/- 31.57 microg/L, whereas that of PE/DVT patients was 554.43 +/- 136.18 microg/L (P < 0.001), and that the concentration of serum Hp in controls was 824.37 +/- 235.24 mg/L, whereas that of PE/DVT patients was 2063.48 +/- 425.38 mg/L (P < 0.001). The experimental PE rat model selected in this study was more similar to the clinical process than the other existing PE animal models, and the findings indicated instant changes of serum proteins within 48 h after acute PE. The exploration of these differentially expressed proteins or their combination with existent markers such as D-dimer may greatly improve the accuracy of the diagnosis of acute PE, but diagnostic tests are still needed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of these markers and also the number of false positives and false negatives.     

人源化鼠嵌合肝动物模型研究进展

动物模型是人类疾病研究、发病机制、药物研发的重要工具,对于困扰人类健康的肝脏疾病还没有理想的动物模型能有效地反映出人类疾病发病的机制。建立人源化鼠嵌合肝动物模型,对于研究人类肝脏疾病的发病机制、疫苗和药物的研发及疾病的诊治等方面都具有十分广阔的应用前景。     

Method used to establish a large animal model of drug-induced acute kidney injury

Acute kidney injury is a serious health hazard disease due to its complex etiology and lack of effective treatments, resulting in high medical costs and high mortality. At present, a large number of basic research studies on acute kidney injury have been carried out. However, acute kidney injury models established in rodents sometimes do not simulate the course of human disease well. Research in large animal models of acute kidney injury is relatively rare, and methods to build a mature model of acute kidney injury have failed. Because its kidney anatomy and morphology are very similar to those in humans, the mini pig is an ideal animal in which to model kidney disease. Nephrotoxic drug-induced acute kidney injury has a high incidence. In this study, we established models of acute kidney injury induced by two drugs (gentamicin and cisplatin). Finally, the model of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury was developed successfully, but we found the model of gentamycin-induced acute kidney injury was not reproducible. Compared to other models, these models better represent acute kidney injury caused by antibiotics and chemotherapeutic drugs and provide a basis for the study of new treatments for acute kidney injury in a large animal model.     

Are animal models as good as we think?

Models have been a tool of science at least since the 18th century and serve a variety of purposes from focusing abstract thoughts to representing scaled down version of things for study. Generally, animal models are needed when it is impractical or unethical to study the target animal. Biologists have taken modeling by analogy beyond most other disciplines, deriving the relationship between model and target through evolution. The "unity in diversity" concept suggests that homology between model and target foretells functional similarities. Animal model studies have been invaluable for elucidating general strategies, pathways, processes and guiding the development of hypotheses to test in target animals. The vast majority of animals used as models are used in biomedical preclinical trials. The predictive value of those animal studies is carefully monitored, thus providing an ideal dataset for evaluating the efficacy of animal models. On average, the extrapolated results from studies using tens of millions of animals fail to accurately predict human responses. Inadequacies in experimental designs may account for some of the failure. However, recent discoveries of unexpected variation in genome organization and regulation may reveal a heretofore unknown lack of homology between model animals and target animals that could account for a significant proportion of the weakness in predictive ability. A better understanding of the mechanisms of gene regulation may provide needed insight to improve the predictability of animal models.     

结核病动物模型研究进展

结核病是由结核分枝杆菌感染引起的传染病,是危害人类健康的主要传染病之一。动物模型已经成为研究人类传染病的标准化工具。虽然对于结核分枝杆菌而言并没有真正意义的动物资源,但由于不同种类的动物,对分枝杆菌的敏感性不一样,因此可以成为结核病研究的有利工具。结核病最常用的实验动物模型包括小鼠、兔和豚鼠。每种动物有其自身特点,但并不能完全模拟人类疾病。通过建立结核病的动物模型,可以大大增加我们对疾病的病因、毒力和发病机制的理解。除了这三种模型外,非人灵长类也常被用于结核病的研究。本文总结了这几种结核病模型的研究状况。     

Establishment of orthotopic mouse superficial bladder tumor model for studies on intravesical treatments

Various animal models of bladder tumor have been developed for the preclinical evaluation of therapeutic modalities for the treatment of bladder cancers. The ideal model for the investigation of therapeutic effects of proposed novel intravesical treatments requires the mass of the implanted tumor to be confined to the urothelium of the bladder at least for the initial phase. However, previously reported bladder tumor models are not suitable for the evaluation of intravesical therapies for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer, since the muscle invasive tumors have developed from the beginnings of the experiments. These models are too aggressive to study local treatment effects. In the current study, we demonstrated that careful instillation of MBT-2 mouse bladder cancer cells into the bladder of a syngenic C3H/HeJ mouse could establish a superficial bladder tumor with an incidence of 100%. The procedure and technique for handling animals are simple for standard animal investigators. Maintenance of the in vitro conditions of MBT-2 cells without contamination of Mycoplasma and careful selection of the substrain of C3H mouse seem to be essential for stable tumor establishment. This bladder tumor model appeared to be easy to reproduce among several investigators in different institutions. The orthotopic bladder tumor model, which was confined to urothelium, lets us evaluate various intravesical treatment strategies.     

Use, misuse and extensions of "ideal gas" models of animal encounter

Biologists have repeatedly rediscovered classical models from physics predicting collision rates in an ideal gas. These models, and their two-dimensional analogues, have been used to predict rates and durations of encounters among animals or social groups that move randomly and independently, given population density, velocity, and distance at which an encounter occurs. They have helped to separate cases of mixed-species association based on behavioural attraction from those that simply reflect high population densities, and to detect cases of attraction or avoidance among conspecifics. They have been used to estimate the impact of population density, speeds of movement and size on rates of encounter between members of the opposite sex, between gametes, between predators and prey, and between observers and the individuals that they are counting. One limitation of published models has been that they predict rates of encounter, but give no means of determining whether observations differ significantly from predictions. Another uncertainty is the robustness of the predictions when animal movements deviate from the model's assumptions in specific, biologically relevant ways. Here, we review applications of the ideal gas model, derive extensions of the model to cover some more realistic movement patterns, correct several errors that have arisen in the literature, and show how to generate confidence limits for expected rates of encounter among independently moving individuals. We illustrate these results using data from mangabey monkeys originally used along with the ideal gas model to argue that groups avoid each other. Although agent-based simulations provide a more flexible alternative approach, the ideal gas model remains both a valuable null model and a useful, less onerous, approximation to biological reality.