内皮素和ATP敏感性钾通道介导缺氧所致家兔窦房结起搏细胞的电生理效应

用细胞内微电极技术研究了ＡＴＰ－敏感性钾（Ｋ_（ＡＴＰ））通道和内皮素（ｅｎｄｏｔｈｅｌｉｎ,ＥＴ）在缺氧所致窦房结起搏细胞负性频率中的作用,主要结果如下：（１）缺氧引起窦房结起搏细胞的ＲＰＦ降低和ＡＰＤ缩短,这一效应随时间延长而加重。（２）Ｋ_（ＡＴＰ）通道开放剂ｃｒｏｍａｋａｌｉｍ浓度依赖性地对窦房结起搏细胞有负性频率作用,且明显缩短ＡＰＤ_（５０）。该通道的阻断剂格列苯脲能部分阻断缺氧对起搏细胞的上述效应,表明缺氧效应中有Ｋ_（ＡＴＰ）通道的参与。（３）ＥＴ－１可显著加重缺氧所致的ＲＰＦ降低,使起搏细胞停跳时间前移;而以ＥＴ_Ａ受体阻断剂ＢＱ－１２３预处理窦房结标本后,则能有效地缓解缺氧对起搏细胞的效应,提示内源性ＥＴ－１的释放在缺氧效应中的作用。上述结果表明,缺氧所致起搏细胞的负性频率作用和ＡＰＤ缩短,与Ｋ_（ＡＴＰ）通道的激活和内源性ＥＴ－１的释放有关。     

α受体激动对绵羊心脏浦肯野纤维延迟后除极的影响

用乙酰毒毛旋花子成元０．２μｍｏｌ／Ｌ诱发绵羊心脏浦肯野纤维产生延迟后除极（ＤＡＤ）,采用细胞内微电极记录。在用普奈洛尔１．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ阻断β受体条件下,苯肾上腺素１．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ使ＤＡＤ幅值由８．１±２．２ｍＶ增至９．５±２．８ｍＶ,时程由２４０±４７ｍｓ延长到２７３±４７ｍｓ（ｎ＝１３,ＰＭ＜０．０１）,ＤＡＤ上升速率由０．０３９±０．０２３Ｖ／ｓ增至０．０５１±０．０２６Ｖ／ｓ（ｎ＝１３,Ｐ＜０．０５）,ＤＡＤ在动作电位后出现的时间提前了３０±４７ｍｓ（ｎ＝１３,Ｐ＜０．０５）。用去甲肾上腺素１．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ增强ＤＡＤ引起触发活动时,酚妥０拉明１．８μｍｏｌ／Ｌ不能抑制触发活动,普奈洛尔１．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ能抑制之。上述结果表明α受体激动对ＤＡＤ有轻度增强作用,但由ＤＡＤ引起的触发活动,α受体阻滞剂的抑制作用不如β受体阻滞剂有效。     

Cs对兔窦房结细胞起搏离子流If和IK及自律活动的影响

运用微电极记录窦房结细胞动作电位及穿孔膜片箝技术记录酶解游离的窦房结细胞电流,研究兔心窦房结的起搏原理。实验结果显示,Ｃｓ对自律性动作电位的频率及４期自动除极速率仅有轻度抑制作用。在同一细胞、同一时间、同一测试电位范围内,Ｃｓ能基本阻断Ｉｆ及它的电导变化而对Ｉｋ电流无明显抑制作用。上述结果表明在兔心窦房结细胞的起博活动初期,Ｉｆ不是起搏的主要因素。     

东亚钳蝎蝎毒成分BmK—9及其次级提取物对心肌细胞电活动的影响

培养小鼠的心肌细胞,用微电极胞内引导快反应心肌细胞动作电位。以五项除极化参数ＡＰＡ,ＯＳ,ＭＤＰ,ＴＰ,Ｖｍａｘ和波宽参数ＡＰＤ５０为指标,发现东亚钳蝎蝎毒三级提取物ＢｍＫ－９－（３）、ＢｍＫ－９－（４）、ＢｍＫ－９－（５）３μｇ／ｍｌ使除极有关参数全部减小,而不影响动作电位波宽。表明它们可能是蝎毒中单纯阻滞钠通道的活性成分。     

内皮素对家兔窦房结起搏细胞电活动的影响

本文用细胞内微电极技术观察了ＥＴ－１对家兔窦房结起搏细胞电生理活动的影响。所得结果如下：（１）在以ＥＴ－１作表面灌流时,起搏细胞的４相自动去极化的速度（ＶＤＤ）显著减慢,且呈浓度依赖性,结果导致起搏细胞的自发放电频率（ＲＰＦ）降低。（２）由ＥＴ－１引起的ＶＤＤ和ＲＰＦ下降,可由事先投用ＥＴ＿Ａ＾受体选择性阻断剂ＢＱ－１２３（２０,１００μｇ／Ｌ）所阻断。这一结果有力提示,ＥＴ－１对起搏细胞的电生理效应是由ＥＴ＿Ａ受体亚型介导的。（３）事先投用Ｋ＿（ＡＴＰ）通道阻断剂格列苯脲（１０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）,可完全消除ＥＴ－１对起搏细胞的负性频率作用。根据上述结果,似可认为,ＥＴ－１与ＥＴ＿Ａ受体的结合可激活Ｋ＿（ＡＴＰ）通道,致使Ｋ￣＋电流增加和起搏细胞的ＶＤＤ减慢。     

缺血对心室浦肯野纤维跨膜电位和起搏离子流的影响

采用细胞内微电极和双微电极电压箝制术观察缺血对绵羊心室浦肯野纤维跨膜电位和起搏离子流（Ｉｆ）的影响。结果：模拟缺血液灌流３０ｍｉｎ,浦肯野纤维最大舒张电位（ＭＤＰ）、动作电位幅度（ＡＰＡ）明显减少;动作电位时程ＡＰＤ５０,ＡＰＤ９０明显缩短（ｎ＝１５Ｐ＜０．０１）;起搏离子流（Ｉｆ）,幅度降低,激活曲线向超极化方向移位,最大激活时间及半最大激活时间延长（ｎ＝１３Ｐ＜０．００１）。上述结果表明：心肌缺血时,心室浦肯野细胞跨膜电位及正常起搏活动不是增强,而是减弱。提示缺血性室性心律失常不是由于正常心室自律活动异常增强引起     

血管平滑肌细胞增殖与Cdk抑制蛋白p27的表达

ｐ２７蛋白是细胞周期素依赖性激酶（Ｃｄｋ）抑制蛋白家族中的一种,主要对外部促进或抑制细胞增殖的信号起反应。本研究应用流式细胞仪（ＦＣＭ）双标记的方法观察血管紧张素Ⅱ（ＡｎｇⅡ）、血管加压素（ＡＶＰ）和血小板源生长因子（ＰＤＧＦ）对血管平滑肌细胞（ＶＳＭＣｓ）细胞周期百分比和ｐ２７蛋白表达量的影响。静止状态培养的ＶＳＭＣｓ加入ＡｎｇⅡ,ＡＶＰ,ＰＤＧＦＢＢ后,在不同时间收集细胞,用碘化丙啶（ＰＩ）标记细胞ＤＮＡ,以确定细胞所处的周期。用ｐ２７蛋白的单抗和标记了ＦＩＴＣ的二抗标记细胞,通过流式细胞仪测定被激发出的荧光量来确定细胞ｐ２７蛋白表达的相对量。结果显示,ＡｎｇⅡ刺激ＶＳＭＣｓ增生,其蛋白含量增加了４３６％（Ｐ＜００１）,但不抑制ｐ２７蛋白的表达;ＡＶＰ可轻度抑制ｐ２７的表达,有轻度促进ＶＳＭＣｓ增殖和增生的作用（Ｐ＜００５）;ＰＤＧＦ明显抑制ｐ２７的表达,引起细胞增殖。本研究结果提示,ｐ２７蛋白抑制ＶＳＭＣｓ通过Ｇ１期进入Ｓ期,是抑制ＶＳＭＣｓ增殖的重要调节因子。     

草鱼出血病病毒多肽的基因定位

用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离纯化的草鱼出血病病毒ＧＣＨＶ８７３的基因组ｄｓ－ＲＮＡ的１１个片段,分别在麦胚无细胞翻译体系中进行翻译。其翻译产物经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ系统分析。结果表明,基因组片段１、２、３、４、５、和１０分别编码病毒核心衣壳的结构多肽ＶＰ１、ＶＰ２、ＶＰ３、ＶＰ４、ＶＰ５和ＶＰ１０,片段６和７分别编码病毒外层衣壳的结构多肽ＶＰ６和ＶＰ７。片段８和９分别编码５２ｋＤ和４１ｋＤ的多肽,片段１１编码两种多肽,分子量分别为２９ｋＤ和１９．５ｋＤ,它们与病毒结构多肽无明显对应关系。病毒基因组与多肽大体是一一对应的关系。     

甲型肝炎病毒结构蛋白的分离纯化及鉴定

利用高效持续带毒增殖的细胞株传代增殖获取甲型肝炎病毒（ Ｈ Ａ Ｖ） 。采用不连续蔗糖／甘油密度梯度超速离心分离高度纯化的 Ｈ Ａ Ｖ 颗粒。温和病毒裂解液裂解病毒后,运用高效液相色谱分离出三种蛋白, Ｓ Ｄ Ｓ Ｐ Ａ Ｇ Ｅ 和 Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ 证实所分离蛋白为 Ｈ Ａ Ｖ 三种主要结构蛋白 Ｖ Ｐ１ 、 Ｖ Ｐ２ 和 Ｖ Ｐ３ ,蛋白含量较高     

简便的窦房细胞分离和穿孔膜片箝

用含胶原酶,弹性蛋白酶的无钙溶液和改良的回复式液体运动来酶解和机械分离兔心窦房结自律细胞。为防止“衰减”现象的出现、运用含ＡｍｐｈｏｔｅｒｃｉｎＢ的电极液作穿孔膜片箝。通过穿孔膜片箝的形成过程,记录分离细胞的自律性动作电位,慢内向离子流,外向钾流和起搏离子流Ｉｆ,表明本分离方法和穿孔膜片箝的优越性和简便性。     

Morphological and membrane characteristics of spider and spindle cells isolated from rabbit sinus node

This study reports the comparative quantitative, morphological, and electrophysiological properties of two pacemaker cell types, spider and spindle-shaped cells, isolated from the rabbit sinoatrial node. Isolated nodal cells were studied with perforated and ruptured patch whole cell recording techniques. The basic spontaneous cycle length of the spider cells was 381 +/- 12 ms, and the basic spontaneous cycle length of the spindle cells was 456 +/- 17 ms (n = 12, P < 0.05). The spider cells had a more positive maximum diastolic potential (-54 +/- 1 mV) compared with the spindle cells (-68 +/- 1mV, P < 0.05). The overshoot and action potential amplitudes were also smaller in the spider cells. The hyperpolarization-activated inward (I(f)) current density, measured from their tail currents, was 15 +/- 1.3 pA/pF for the spider cells and 9 +/- 0.7 pA/pF for the spindle cells (P < 0.01). I(f) current activation voltage was more positive in the spider cells than the spindle cells. Isoproterenol (1 microM) decreased the spontaneous cycle length of the spider cells by 28 +/- 3% and the spindle cells by 20 +/- 1.5% (P < 0.05). Acetylcholine (0.5 microM) hyperpolarized the membrane potential of the spider cells to -86 +/- 0.7 mV and the spindle cells to -76 +/- 0.8 mV (P < 0.05). In summary, there are at least two distinct pacemaker cell types in the sinus node with different electrophysiological characteristics.     

Estimation of the membrane potential of cultured macrophages from the fast potential transient upon microelectrode entry

Analysis of membrane potential recordings upon microelectrode impalement of four types of macrophages (cell lines P388D1 and PU5-1.8, cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages, and cultured human monocytes) reveals that these cells have membrane potentials at least two times more negative than sustained potential values (E(s)) frequently reported. Upon microelectrode entry into the cell (P388D1), the recorded potential drops to a peak value (E(p)) (mean -37 mV for 50 cells, range -15 to -70 mV) within 2 ms, after which it decays to a depolarized potential (E(n)) (mean -12 mV) in about 20 ms. Thereafter, the membrane develops one or a series of slow hyperpolarizations before a final sustained membrane potential (E(s)) (mean -14 mV, range -5 to -40) is established. The mean value of the peak of the first hyperpolarization (E(h)) is -30 mV (range -10 to -55 mV). The initial fast peak transient, measured upon microelectrode entry, was first described and analyzed by Lassen et al. (Lassen, U.V., A.M. T. Nielson, L. Pape, and L. O. Simonsen, 1971, J. Membr. Biol. 6:269-288 for other change in the membrane potential from its real value before impalement to a sustained depolarized value. This was shown to be true for macrophages by two-electrode impalements of single cells. Values of E(p), E(n), E(h), E(s), and membrane resistance (R(m)) measured for the other macrophages were similar to those of P388D1. From these results we conclude that E(p) is a better estimate of the true membrane potential of macrophages than E(s), and that the slow hyperpolarizations upon impalement should be regarded as transient repolarizations back to the original membrane potentials. Thus, analysis of the initial fast impalement transient can be a valuable aid in the estimation of the membrane potential of various sorts of small isolated cells by microelectrodes.     

The membrane potentials of fibroblasts in different environments

The membrane potentials of human embryonic lung fibroblasts have been measured in different cellular environments. Sparse cells on plastic have a mean membrane potential of ?8.5 mV. As the cells progress to dense culture, the mean membrane potential rises to ?14.7 mV. The mean membrane potential of fibroblasts in human embryonic lung fragments by comparison was found to be ?16.5 mV. Sparse cells on collagen, at the same density as the sparse cells on plastic, have mean membrane potentials of ?10.8 mV. Sparse cells on plastic migrating from dense cellular areas, following a cut being made in a thick sheet of cells, have mean membrane potentials of ?5.9 mV. The significance of these results in relation to cellular environments has been discussed.     

Tonic activity of parasympathetic efferent nerve fibers hyperpolarizes the resting membrane potential of frog taste cells

We investigated the relationship between the membrane potential of frog taste cells in the fungiform papillae and the tonic discharge of parasympathetic efferent fibers in the glossopharyngeal (GP) nerve. When the parasympathetic preganglionic fibers in the GP nerve were kept intact, the mean membrane potential of Ringer-adapted taste cells was -40 mV but decreased to -31 mV after transecting the preganglionic fibers in the GP nerve and crushing the postganglionic fibers in the papillary nerve. The same result occurred after blocking the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on parasympathetic ganglion cells in the tongue and blocking the substance P neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptors in the gustatory efferent synapses. This indicates that the parasympathetic nerve (PSN) hyperpolarizes the membrane potential of frog taste cells by -9 mV. Repetitive stimulation of a transected GP nerve revealed that a -9-mV hyperpolarization of taste cells maintained under the intact GP nerve derives from an approximately 10-Hz discharge of the PSN efferent fibers. The mean frequency of tonic discharges extracellularly recorded from PSN efferent fibers of the taste disks was 9.1 impulses/s. We conclude that the resting membrane potential of frog taste cells is continuously hyperpolarized by on average -9 mV by an approximately 10-Hz tonic discharge from the parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in the medulla oblongata.     

Intracellular chloride activity in rabbit papillary muscle: effect of serum

The intracellular chloride activity (aiCl), measured with Cl-selective microelectrodes on stimulated rabbit papillary muscles (1 Hz) incubated in serum, was 7.2 +/- 2.2 mM (48 measurements). Under the same condition, on the quiescent muscle, aiCl was 7.5 +/- 2.8 mM (45 measurements). The membrane potential of quiescent papillary muscles and diastolic potential of stimulated papillary muscles were -79.0 +/- 0.7 (50 measurements) and -83.5 +/- 0.5 mV (50 measurements), respectively. The experimental conditions were chosen to reproduce the in vivo conditions where the Cl equilibrium potential is close to the membrane potential or to the diastolic potential. After correcting for cytoplasmic interference (4 mM) on the aiCl measurements, the Cl equilibrium potential (ECl) was -84 mV. In conclusion, the Cl distribution in cardiac cells bathed in serum is passive as for in vivo cardiac cells.     

Regulation of a voltage-dependent,calcium-activated K conductance by cyclic GMP in dissociated flounder enterocytes

Enterocytes from the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) were isolated by collagenase digestion and maintained in flounder Ringer's solution. Whole cell currents were studied using the amphotericin-perforated whole-cell patch clamp technique. The mean resting membrane potential and capacitance values or dissociated cells were-45±7 mV and 5±0.4 pF, respectively. Enterocytes held at-20 mV and treated with 1 mol·l^-1 ionomycin exhibited outward currents when cells were stepped through a series of voltages from-60 to +110 mV. The reversal potential of this current in flounder Ringer's solution was-55 mV and the voltage at which half-maximal activation occurred was +20 mV. Voltage-dependent inhibition of outward current was observed at +60 mV and above. When cells were bathed in symmetric K Ringer's solution the reversal potential shifted to zero mV and no inhibition of current was observed at voltages between-60 and 140 mV. When the holding potential of the cell was changed from-20 to-80 mV and stepped from-60 to +110 mV, a second [previously characterized, O'Grady et al. (1991)] K current with delayed-rectifier properties was identified. This observation demonstrated that the delayed rectifier K channel and the Ca²⁺-activated K channel described in this study exist in the same cell. Extracellular addition of 2 mmol·l^-1 Ba²⁺ to cells bathed in symmetric K Ringer's solution resulted in nearly complete inhibition of outward current. Charybdotoxin produced only minor effects on this current. Addition of 8-Br cGMP to the bathing solution also inhibited outward current and this effect could be partially reversed following washout of 8-Br cGMP from the bathing solution. The results of this study indicated that a Ca²⁺-activated K conductance in winter flounder enterocytes is potentially inhibited by agents that increase intracellular cGMP. A similar effect of cGMP on a delayed rectifier K channel in flounder enterocytes was previously demonstrated.Abbreviations ANP atrial natriuretic peptide - CTX charybdotoxin - EPPS N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-3-propanesulfonic acid     

Comparison of two methods for determining human adipose cell size

The mean cell sizes of specimens of human adipose tissue were determined on sectioned slices according to the method described by Sj?str?m et al. (J. Lipid Res. 1971. 12: 521-530) and on adipocytes isolated after treatment of the tissue with collagenase. The average mean cell sizes from 11 biopsy specimens were 94.4 and 94.0 micro m, respectively (r = 0.964; P(t(b)) < 0.001; y = 0.90x + 9.74), for the two methods. There was no indication of an increased rupture of isolated large human adipose cells. Thus, with precautions (freshly siliconized glassware and omitting the centrifugation of the isolated cells), the collagenase method may be used for metabolic as well as morphologic studies of human adipose tissue.     

A rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ current regulates pacemaker activity in adult mouse sinoatrial node cells

We have investigated the physiological role of the "rapidly activating" delayed rectifier K+ current (IKr) in pacemaker activity in isolated sinoatrial node (SAN) myocytes and the expression of mouse ether-a-go-go (mERG) genes in the adult mouse SAN. In isolated, voltage-clamped SAN cells, outward currents evoked by depolarizing steps (greater than -40 mV) were strongly inhibited by the class III methanesulfonanilide compound E-4031 (1-2.5 microM), and the deactivation "tail" currents that occurred during repolarization to a membrane potential of -45 mV were completely blocked. E-4031-sensitive currents (IKr) reached a maximum at a membrane potential of -10 mV and showed pronounced inward rectification at more-positive membrane potentials. Activation of IKr occurred at -40 to 0 mV, with half-activation at about -24 mV. The contribution of IKr to action potential repolarization and diastolic depolarization was estimated by determining the E-4031-sensitive current evoked during voltage clamp with a simulated mouse SAN action potential. IKr reached its peak value (approximately 0.6 pA/pF) near -25 mV, close to the midpoint of the repolarization phase of the simulated action potential, and deactivated almost completely during the diastolic interval. E-4031 (1 microM) slowed the spontaneous pacing rate of Langendorff-perfused, isolated adult mouse hearts by an average of 36.5% (n = 5). Expression of mRNA corresponding to three isoforms coded by the mouse ERG1 gene (mERG1), mERG1a, mERG1a', and mERG1b, was consistently found in the SAN. Our data provide the first detailed characterization of IKr in adult mouse SAN cells, demonstrate that this current plays an important role in pacemaker activity, and indicate that multiple isoforms of mERG1 can contribute to native SAN IKr.     

Progesterone induces hyperpolarization after a transient depolarization phase in human spermatozoa

Progesterone (P4) induces a membrane depolarization and various ion fluxes (chloride efflux, sodium and calcium influxes), which are required for the human sperm acrosome reaction (AR). By use of the potentiometric fluorescent dye DiSC3(5) and two different technical approaches, the present study aimed to quantify and further analyze P4-induced modifications in membrane potential in capacitated human spermatozoa. Spectrofluorimetric analysis revealed that the mean resting membrane potential of sperm was -58 +/- 2 mV (n = 12). When 10 microM P4 was added, the sperm membrane depolarized by approximately +15 mV, partly driven by a Cl- efflux. It subsequently repolarized to reach a significant lower potential than the initial resting potential in two thirds of the tested samples. The flow cytometry analysis showed a heterogeneous resting membrane potential and revealed that the depolarization-hyperpolarization events concerned only subpopulations, between 3% and 40% of the sperm cells according to the samples (n = 7). We hypothesize that P4 has a beneficial effect on the ability of zona pellucida to promote the AR in a sperm subpopulation by increasing the number of hyperpolarized cells presenting a membrane potential that is compatible with the opening of T-type calcium channels by subsequent zona pellucida-induced depolarization.     

Na channel kinetics during the spontaneous heart beat in embryonic chick ventricle cells.

Using cell-attached and whole-cell recording techniques simultaneously allows the measurement of Na currents during action potentials in beating heart cells. In 7-d chick ventricle, the dynamic reversal potential for Na is 30 mV, which is 20 mV less than the reversal potential in nonbeating cells. This result implies that the spontaneous activity of heart cells raises the Na concentration at the internal face of the membrane to nearly 40 mM. Fitting the Na action currents to the Hodgkin and Huxley equations shows that patches may contain from 50 to 700 Na channels, with an average density of 23 +/- 21 per micron2. Only approximately 2% of the available Na channels are open at the peak of the Na action current. This low probability is a consequence of the channels' continual inactivation during the diastolic depolarization phase.