生产工艺对乌龙茶中咖啡因含量的影响

目的:为研究乌龙茶生产工艺对其咖啡因含量的影响。方法:利用紫外分光光度法测定各个生产工序的安溪乌龙茶本山品种半成品中咖啡因含量。结果:安溪乌龙茶本山品种成品相对其他工序的半成品而言,咖啡因含量明显增多,比鲜叶提高了16.1%。结论:生产工艺尤其是加热对安溪乌龙茶本山品种中咖啡因含量有较大影响。     

Positive Expiratory Pressure Improves Oxygenation in Healthy Subjects Exposed to Hypoxia

Introduction

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is commonly used in critical care medicine to improve gas exchange. Altitude sickness is associated with exaggerated reduction in arterial oxygenation. We assessed the effect of PEEP and pursed lips breathing (PLB) on arterial and tissue oxygenation under normobaric and hypobaric hypoxic conditions.

Methods

Sixteen healthy volunteers were exposed to acute normobaric hypoxia (Laboratory study, FiO₂=0.12). The protocol consisted in 3-min phases with PEEPs of 0, 5 or 10 cmH₂O, PLB or similar ventilation than with PEEP-10, interspaced with 3-min phases of free breathing. Arterial (pulse oximetry) and quadriceps (near-infrared spectroscopy) oxygenation, ventilation, cardiac function, esophageal and gastric pressures and subjects’ subjective perceptions were recorded continuously. In addition, the effect of PEEP on arterial oxygenation was tested at 4,350 m of altitude in 9 volunteers breathing for 20 min with PEEP-10 (Field study).

Results

During the laboratory study, PEEP-10 increased arterial and quadriceps oxygenation (arterial oxygen saturation +5.6±5.0% and quadriceps oxyhemoglobin +58±73 µmol.cm compared to free breathing; p<0.05). Conversely, PLB did not increase oxygenation. Oxygenation improvement with PEEP-10 was accompanied by an increase in expiratory esophageal and gastric pressures (esophageal pressure swing +5.4±3.2 cmH₂O, p<0.05) but no change in minute ventilation, breathing pattern, end-tidal CO₂ or cardiac function (all p>0.05) compared to PEEP-0. During the field study, PEEP-10 increased arterial oxygen saturation by +6.7±6.0% after the 3^rd minute with PEEP-10 without further significant increase until the 20^th minute with PEEP-10. Subjects did not report any significant discomfort with PEEP.

Conclusions

These data indicate that 10-cmH₂O PEEP significantly improves arterial and muscle oxygenation under both normobaric and hypobaric hypoxic conditions in healthy subjects. PEEP-10 could be an attractive non-pharmacological tool to limit blood oxygen desaturation and possibly symptoms at altitude.     

Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase 1 (AMD1)-Mediated mRNA Processing and Cell Adhesion Activated & Inhibited Transition Mechanisms by Different Comparisons Between Chimpanzee and Human Left Hemisphere

To understand adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1 (AMD1)-mediated mRNA processing and cell adhesion activated & inhibited transition mechanisms between chimpanzee and human left hemisphere, AMD1-activated different complete (all no positive correlation, Pearson correlation coefficient < 0.25) and uncomplete (partly no positive correlation except AMD1, Pearson < 0.25) networks were identified in higher human compared with lower chimpanzee left hemisphere from the corresponding AMD1-stimulated (Pearson ≥ 0.25) or inhibited (Pearson ≤ ?0.25) overlapping molecules of Pearson and GRNInfer, respectively. This result was verified by the corresponding scatter matrix. As visualized by GO, KEGG, GenMAPP, BioCarta, and disease database integration, we proposed mainly that AMD1-stimulated different complete network was involved in AMD1 activation with cytoplasm ubiquitin specific peptidase (tRNA-guanine transglycosylase) to nucleus paired box-induced mRNA processing, whereas the corresponding inhibited network participated in AMD1 repression with cytoplasm protocadherin gamma and adaptor-related protein complex 3-induced cell adhesion in lower chimpanzee left hemisphere. However, AMD1-stimulated network contained AMD1 activation with plakophilin and phosphodiesterase to SH3 binding glutamic acid-rich protein to dynein and zinc finger-induced cell adhesion, whereas the corresponding inhibited different complete network included AMD1 repression with mitochondrial denine nucleotide translocator, brain protein, and ADH dehydrogenase to ribonucleoprotein-induced mRNA processing in higher human left hemisphere. Our AMD1 different networks were verified by AMD1-activated or -inhibited complete and uncomplete networks within and between chimpanzee left hemisphere or (and) human left hemisphere.     

Catestatin Improves Post-Ischemic Left Ventricular Function and Decreases Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Heart

The Chromogranin A (CgA)-derived anti-hypertensive peptide catestatin (CST) antagonizes catecholamine secretion, and is a negative myocardial inotrope acting via a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. It is not known whether CST contributes to ischemia/reperfusion injury or is a component of a cardioprotective response to limit injury. Here, we tested whether CST by virtue of its negative inotropic activity improves post-ischemic cardiac function and cardiomyocyte survival. Three groups of isolated perfused hearts from adult Wistar rats underwent 30-min ischemia and 120-min reperfusion (I/R, Group 1), or were post-conditioned by brief ischemic episodes (PostC, 5-cycles of 10-s I/R at the beginning of 120-min reperfusion, Group 2), or with exogenous CST (75 nM for 20 min, CST-Post, Group-3) at the onset of reperfusion. Perfusion pressure and left ventricular pressure (LVP) were monitored. Infarct size was evaluated with nitroblue-tetrazolium staining. The CST (5 nM) effects were also tested in simulated ischemia/reperfusion experiments on cardiomyocytes isolated from young-adult rats, evaluating cell survival with propidium iodide labeling. Infarct size was 61 ± 6% of risk area in hearts subjected to I/R only. PostC reduced infarct size to 34 ± 5%. Infarct size in CST-Post was 36 ± 3% of risk area (P < 0.05 respect to I/R). CST-Post reduced post-ischemic rise of diastolic LVP, an index of contracture, and significantly improved post-ischemic recovery of developed LVP. In isolated cardiomyocytes, CST increased the cell viability rate by about 65% after simulated ischemia/reperfusion. These results suggest a novel cardioprotective role for CST, which appears mainly due to a direct reduction of post-ischemic myocardial damages and dysfunction, rather than to an involvement of adrenergic terminals and/or endothelium.     

Frequent Words Do Not Break Continuous Flash Suppression Differently from Infrequent or Nonexistent Words: Implications for Semantic Processing of Words in the Absence of Awareness

Continuous flash suppression (CFS) has been used as a paradigm to probe the extent to which word stimuli are processed in the absence of awareness. In the two experiments reported here, no evidence is obtained that word stimuli are processed up to the semantic level when suppressed through CFS. In Experiment 1, word stimuli did not break suppression faster than their pseudo-word variants nor was suppression time modulated by word frequency. Experiment 2 replicated these findings, but more critically showed that differential effects can be obtained with this paradigm using a simpler stimulus. In addition, pixel density of the stimuli did prove to be related to suppression time in both experiments, indicating that the paradigm is sensitive to differences in detectability. A third and final experiment replicated the well-known face inversion effect using the same set-up as Experiments 1 and 2, thereby demonstrating that the employed methodology can capture more high-level effects as well. These results are discussed in the context of previous evidence on unconscious semantic processing and two potential explanations are advanced. Specifically, it is argued that CFS might act at a level too low in the visual system for high-level effects to be observed or that the widely used breaking CFS paradigm is merely ill-suited to capture effects in the context of words.     

When Correction Turns Positive: Processing Corrective Prosody in Dutch

Current research on spoken language does not provide a consistent picture as to whether prosody, the melody and rhythm of speech, conveys a specific meaning. Perception studies show that English listeners assign meaning to prosodic patterns, and, for instance, associate some accents with contrast, whereas Dutch listeners behave more controversially. In two ERP studies we tested how Dutch listeners process words carrying two types of accents, which either provided new information (new information accents) or corrected information (corrective accents), both in single sentences (experiment 1) and after corrective and new information questions (experiment 2). In both experiments corrective accents elicited a sustained positivity as compared to new information accents, which started earlier in context than in single sentences. The positivity was not modulated by the nature of the preceding question, suggesting that the underlying neural mechanism likely reflects the construction of an interpretation to the accented word, either by identifying an alternative in context or by inferring it when no context is present. Our experimental results provide strong evidence for inferential processes related to prosodic contours in Dutch.     

Deficit in Complex Sequence Processing after a Virtual Lesion of Left BA45

Although the contribution of Broca''s area to motor cognition is generally accepted, its exact role remains controversial. A previous functional imaging study has suggested that Broca''s area implements hierarchically organised motor behaviours and, in particular, that its anterior (Brodmann area 45, BA45) and posterior (BA44) parts process, respectively, higher and lower-level hierarchical elements. This function of Broca''s area could generalize to other cognitive functions, including language. However, because of the correlative nature of functional imaging data, the causal relationship between Broca''s region activation and its behavioural significance cannot be ascertained. To circumvent this limitation, we used on-line repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to disrupt neuronal processing in left BA45, left BA44 or left dorsal premotor cortex, three areas that have been shown to exhibit a phasic activation when participants performed hierarchically organised motor behaviours. The experiment was conducted in healthy volunteers performing the same two key-press sequences as those used in a previous imaging study, and which differed in terms of hierarchical organisation. The performance of the lower-order hierarchical task (Experiment #1) was unaffected by magnetic stimulation. In contrast, in the higher-order hierarchical task (Experiment #2, “superordinate” task), we found that a virtual lesion of the anterior part of Broca''s area (left BA45) delayed the processing of the cue initiating the sequence in an effector-independent way. Interestingly, in this task, the initiation cue only informed the subjects about the rules to be applied to produce the appropriate response but did not allow them to anticipate the entire motor sequence. A second important finding was a RT decrease following left PMd virtual lesions in the superordinate task, a result compatible with the view that PMd plays a critical role in impulse control. The present study therefore demonstrates the role of left BA45 in planning the higher-order hierarchical levels of motor sequences.     

Caffeine resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Four caffeine-resistant haploid isolates, two resistant to 50 mM caffeine and two resistant to 100 mM caffeine, were genetically analyzed. Complementation and tetrad analysis indicated that all four mutations are alleles of the same locus. All four isolates demonstrated incomplete dominance when hybridized to the wild-type strain and dominance of high to low resistance when hybridized to one another. Differences in caffeine resistance were found between wild-type grande cells and its petite derivative.     

Caffeine derivatives of haematin compounds

1. Caffeine reacts with haematin to form a caffeine-haematin compound that has a characteristic absorption spectrum. 2. Graphical analysis of the titration of haematin with caffeine shows that 2mol.prop. of caffeine split the dimeric haematin. 3. Thermodynamic parameters suggest that the reaction involves the making and breaking of hydrophobic bonds. 4. Graphical analysis shows dimeric haem to be split by 2mol.prop. of caffeine to yield a compound with an unusual multibanded absorption in the Soret region. 5. It is postulated that the linkage between the haem groups of dimeric haem and the haematin groups of dimeric haematin is essentially hydrophobic in nature.     

枸橼酸咖啡因联合正压通气对新生儿呼吸窘迫患儿铁蛋白及Clara细胞分泌蛋白的影响

摘要 目的：探讨枸橼酸咖啡因联合正压通气对新生儿呼吸窘迫患儿铁蛋白及Clara细胞分泌蛋白的影响。方法：选取我院2016年1月到2021年1月共收治的82例新生儿呼吸窘迫患儿作为研究对象,所有患儿均需要机械通气治疗,将所有患儿随机分为观察组与对照组,每组41例。对照组患儿应用无创正压通气治疗,对照组患儿应用枸橼酸咖啡因联合无创正压通气治疗,对比两组患儿的住院时间、给氧时间和机械通气时间,治疗前后的呼吸功能指标与血气指标,治疗前后的SF、CC16表达水平以及两组患儿治疗过程中出现的用药不良反应和并发症情况。结果：观察组患儿的住院时间、给氧时间、机械通气时间明显低于对照组,组间对比,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;两组患儿治疗前P/F值、PaO₂、PaCO₂和pH值表达水平对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,治疗24 h后,两组患儿pH值对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,与对照组相比,观察组P/F值、PaO₂水平显著升高,PaCO₂水平显著降低（P＜0.05）;两组患儿治疗前SF、CC16水平对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,治疗后两组患者SF、CC16表达水平均降低,且观察组显著低于对照组（P＞0.05）;观察组患儿并发症及不良反应发生总计11例,发生率为26.83,显著低于对照组的22例（53.66%）（P＜0.05）。结论：枸橼酸咖啡因联合正压通气比单一正压通气治疗新生儿呼吸窘迫效果更好,能够缩短患儿的住院时间和通气时间,减轻家属压力,同时能够提升患儿的氧合效率和血气指标,改善铁蛋白及Clara细胞分泌蛋白水平,降低并发症发生率,安全性好,值得临床应用推广。     

胸内正压对正常人左室功能影响及其力学原理

目的：探讨胸内正压对正常人左室射血及充盈的影响及其力学原理。方法：超声心动图观测30例正常人初始时与标准乏氏动作张力期10s时左室舒张末容积（LVEDV）、左室收缩末容积（LVESV）、每搏量（SV）、射血分值（EF）、流入道血流速度（E峰、A峰）、E／A值、二尖瓣环舒张早期运动速度（e）及舒张早期充盈压（E/e）的变化。结果：与初始时比较,标准乏氏动作张力期LVEDV、LVESV及SV减低而心率（陬）增快（P均〈0．001）,EF值增加,但无统计学意义（P〉0．05）;E峰与E／A值减低（P均〈O．05）;e没有变化（P〉0．05）．E／e值减低（P〈O．05）。结论：胸内正压对左室游离壁的力学作用促进了左室收缩运动而阻碍了左室舒张运动,会引起EF值增加,E峰及E／A值减低;2,胸内正压降低了肺静脉系统与心脏的跨壁压力,增加了血流阻力也是导致肺静脉系统与左室血液回流减少．E峰减低．E／e值减低的一个原因。     

胸内正压对正常人左室功能影响及其力学原理

目的:探讨胸内正压对正常人左室射血及充盈的影响及其力学原理。方法:超声心动图观测30例正常人初始时与标准乏氏动作张力期10s时左室舒张末容积(LVEDV)、左室收缩末容积(LVESV)、每搏量(SV)、射血分值(EF)、流入道血流速度(E峰、A峰)、E/A值、二尖瓣环舒张早期运动速度(e)及舒张早期充盈压(E/e)的变化。结果:与初始时比较,标准乏氏动作张力期LVEDV、LVESV及SV减低而心率(HR)增快(P均<0.001),EF值增加,但无统计学意义(P>0.05);E峰与E/A值减低(P均<0.05);e没有变化(P>0.05),E/e值减低(P<0.05)。结论:胸内正压对左室游离壁的力学作用促进了左室收缩运动而阻碍了左室舒张运动,会引起EF值增加,E峰及E/A值减低;2,胸内正压降低了肺静脉系统与心脏的跨壁压力,增加了血流阻力也是导致肺静脉系统与左室血液回流减少,E峰减低,E/e值减低的一个原因。     

Electrical Correlate of Right Hemisphere Function

IN right handed individuals, the two cerebral hemispheres seem to be specialized for different functions. The role of the left hemisphere in controlling language and the preferred hand is well known, but the specialization of the right hemisphere has proved harder to define¹. The effects of unilateral cortical damage and, in particular, right temporal resections² have led to the view that the right hemisphere is concerned with analysis of complex visuo-spatial patterns. This view is supported by work on brain bisected patients³ and by tachistoscopic studies such as those of Durnford and Kimura⁴.     

Microbial Production of Theobromine from Caffeine

Production of theobromine from caffeine by caffeine-degrading bacteria was studied. We found that addition of metal ions such as Zn²⁺ to intact cells of a caffeine-degrading isolate from soil, Pseudomonas sp. No.6, resulted in a high theobromine accumulation from caffeine. We hypothesized that Zn²⁺ acts as a selective inhibitor of one of the theobromine-demethylating enzymes and further screened for theobromine-producing activities in the presence of Zn²⁺ among a number of caffeine-using microorganisms. A strain identified taxonomically as Pseudomonas putida No. 352 showed the best productivity among 973 microorganisms of stock cultures and soil isolates. Culture conditions for the production of theobromine from caffeine by P. putida No. 352 were studied. Under optimal conditions, nearly 20 g/liter of theobromine was produced from caffeine in a yield of 92%.     

Overexpression of ER Protein Processing and Apoptosis Regulator Genes in Human Embryonic Kidney 293 Cells Improves Gene Therapy Vectors Production

Gammaretroviral and lentiviral vectors (γ‐RV and LV) are among the most used vectors in gene therapy. Currently, human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells, the manufacture platform of choice for these vectors, provide low transducing particle yields, challenging their therapeutic applications and commercialization. This work studies metabolic pathways, focusing on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein processing and anti‐apoptotic mechanisms, influencing vector productivity in HEK 293 cell substrates. To that end, four candidate genes—protein disulfide isomerase family A member 2 gene, heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5 gene, X‐box binding protein 1 gene (ER protein processing), and B‐cell lymphoma 2 protein gene (anti‐apoptotic)—are individually stably expressed in the cells. How their overexpression level influence vector yields is analyzed by establishing cell populations with incremental genomic copies of each. γ‐RV volumetric productivity increases up to 97% when overexpressing ER protein processing genes. LV volumetric production increases 53% when overexpressing the anti‐apoptotic gene. Improvements are associated with higher cell specific productivities and dependent on gene overexpression level, highlighting the importance of fine‐tuning gene expression. Overall, this work discloses gene engineering targets enabling efficient gene therapy product manufacture showing that ER protein processing and anti‐apoptotic pathways are pivotal to producer cell performance.