听源性遗传癫痫易感大鼠大脑皮层胆囊收缩素mRNA的原位杂交检测

本实验用原位杂交法,对听源性遗传癫痫易感大鼠（P77PMC)癫痫发作前,单次癫痫发作和多次发作时大脑颞皮层CCK mRNA阳性信号进行了检测,结果显示：（1）单次和多次癫痫发作后颞皮层CCK mRNA阳性神经元数量明显增加（P＜0．01）;（2）多次癫痫发作者上述脑区CCK mRNA阳性神经元数量较单次癫痫发作有明显的下降（P＜0．01）,大脑颞皮层CCK mRNA增高表明,CCK mRNA在癫痫发作过程中起了某种作用,多次癫痫发作大鼠CCK mRNA表达降低提示,单次和多次癫痫发作时大脑皮层CCK mRNAl转录的调控可能存在不同的机制。     

海马胆囊收缩素对大鼠癫痫发作的影响及其机制

目的和方法：采用原位杂交技术,观察遗传性听源性癫痫易感大鼠海马内ＣＣＫｍＲＮＡ表达的改变及少我注射ＣＣＫ３及其受体阻断剂对大鼠癫痫发作的影响。结果：（１）癫痫发作大鼠海马内ＣＣＫｍＲＮＡ表达明显增强（Ｐ〈０．０５－０．０１）,但癫痫反复发作的大嫌海马内ＣＣＫｍＲＮＡ表达的较癫痫发作一次大鼠明显减少（Ｐ〈０．０５）,海马ＣＡ主射Ｌ３６５后,ＣＣＫ８压抑癫痫发作的作用消失（Ｐ〈０．０１）。结论：ＣＣＫ     

蝎毒对癫痫大鼠海马内强啡肽原mRNA表达的影响

目的和方法：本工作用红藻氨酸癫痫模型,通过对癫痫大鼠蝎毒处理后民内哟啡肽原ｍＲＮＡ（ＫＰＵＹＮｍＲＮＡ）表达的原位杂交观察,对国产蝎粗毒抗癫痫反复发作的细胞分子机制进行初步探讨。结果：原位杂交的实验显示,三周ＫＡ后,实验对照组与空白对照组相比,腹侧海马尤其是海马门区ＰＤＹＮｍＲＮＡ阳性数目明显减少（Ｐ〈０．０１）。实验给药组大鼠８例,其中有６例腹侧海马门区ＰＤＹＮｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数目未见减少且有     

蝎毒诱导红藻氨酸癫痫大鼠海马内胆囊收缩素原mRNA的表达

目的和方法：本工作用红藻氨酸（ＫＡ）癫痫模型,对用蝎毒处理住房第马内胆囊收缩素原ｍＲＮＡ（ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ）表达进行原位杂交观察,并对国产东亚钳蝎粗毒抗癫痫反复发作的机制做了初步探讨。结果：原位杂交的实验显示,三周ＫＡ后,实验对照组与空白对照组相比,腹侧海马是海马门区ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数目明显减少（Ｐ〈０．０５）;实验给药组大鼠８例,其中有６例腹侧海马门区ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数     

吗啡对福尔马林引起大鼠海马内IL-2RβmRNA表达的影响

本实验采用原位杂交法观察足底注射福尔马林（Ｆｏｒ）痛敏对海马内白细胞介素２受体βｍＲＮＡ（ＩＬ－２ＲβｍＲＮＡ）生成的影响及其与吗啡、促肾上腺皮质激素（ＡＣＴＨ）的关系。结果表明：正常大鼠海马有ＩＬ－２ＲβｍＲＮＡ表达,集中分布于ＣＡ１－ＣＡ４区神经元、齿状回颗粒细胞。足底注射Ｆｏｒ后６ｈ双侧海马ＩＬ－２ＲβｍＲＮＡ表达均增加（Ｐ〈０．０５）,１２ｈ达高峰,２４ｈ仍高于正常。在６ｈ时,腹腔注射吗啡     

应激刺激对大鼠下丘脑血管升压素mRNA水平的影响

实验在给予慢性应激刺激的Ｓｐｒａｇｕｅ Ｄａｗｌａｙ雄性大鼠中进行,用核酸斑点杂交技术观察大鼠下丘脑组织中血管升压素（ＡＶＰ）ｍＲＮＡ水平变化,用异羟基洋地黄毒甙（ＤＩＧ）标记的２６个碱基长寡聚核苷酸作为检测探针。结果观察到：在给予电击足底结合噪声的应激刺激之后,尾动脉收缩压逐渐升高,到刺激第５天,刺激组与对照组动物之间尾动脉收缩压差别有统计学显著意义;到刺激第９天,刺激组尾动脉收缩压达最高值;以     

琥珀酰—CCK7对大鼠胰腺腺泡细胞分泌α淀粉酶和蛋白酶的影响

琥珀酰－ＣＣＫ７为新合成的ＣＣＫ８的一种类似物,当琥珀酰－ＣＣＫ７的浓度为１×１０＾－１１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ－１×１０［－７］ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,能促使大鼠胰腺离体腺泡细胞分泌α淀粉酶和蛋白酶,其最有效浓度为１×１０＾－９ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。在相同摩尔条件下,琥珀酰－ＣＣＫ７的促分泌效应明显大于ＣＣＫ８,且这种效应在３小时内随着作用时间的延长而增加,这为开发高活性ＣＣＫ８的类似物提供了依据。     

大鼠杏仁核内注射八肽胆囊收缩素（CCK—8）拮抗吗啡镇痛的研究

大鼠双侧杏仁核内注射ＣＣＫ－８１ｎｇ（１μｌ）,能明显降低皮下注射４ｍｇ／ｋｇ吗啡产生的镇痛作用,并在０．１－１ｎｇ范围内呈量效关系。分别向双侧仁核注射ＣＣＫ－Ａ受体拮抗剂Ｄｅｖａｚｅｐｉｄｅ５０ｎｇ能部分翻转,２００ｎｇ则完全翻转ＣＣＫ－８的抗吗啡镇痛作用,１０ｎｇ无效;而ＣＣＫ－Ｂ受体拮抗剂Ｌ－３６５,２６０在５－８ｎｇ时即可完全番转ＣＣＫ－８的抗吗啡镇痛作用。杏仁核注射２００ｎｇ的Ｄｅｖａｚ     

电刺激兔大脑皮层对呼吸频率和幅度的影响

本工作用家兔３８只,麻醉并切断双侧迷走神经和三叉神经上颌支,观察连续刺激大脑皮层不同区域对呼吸的影响。结果：１．适度的电刺激：（１）对肢体运动区（Ｌ）,使吸气加强,呼吸频率（ＲＦ）和潮气量（ＴＶ）均显著增加;（２）对颜面运动区（Ｆ）,使ＲＦ显著增加,但呼气和吸气均被抑制,ＴＶ显著降低;（３）对咀嚼运动区（Ｍ）,出现间歇性吸气或呼气加强,ＲＦ和ＴＶ均明显增加;（４）对眶后区（ＰＯ）,使ＲＦ和ＴＶ均显     

Day-night cycle of lipidic composition in rat cerebral cortex

A study of the lipidic pattern of the cerebral cortex of the normal adult rat during the daynight cycle was carried out. The changes observed were the following: phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylserine plus phosphatidic acid showed a peak at 16:00 hr possibly due to a general increase in phospholipid biosynthesis. During the nocturanl period the variations of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were not clearly observe, they might be due to an increase in the interconversion or exchange reaction, since the ratio phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylethanolamine showed a significative change at 04:00 hr. This occurred because small but opposite changes in both phospholipids were observed, suggesting an increase in the methylation reactions of phospholipids. Cardiolipin showed a significant peak at 04:00 hr. Plasmalogens exhibited significative changes, an important diminution at 16:00 hr and a prominent peak at 24:00 hr. Cholesterol levels were high during the light period and low in the dark one. Cerebrosides and gangliosides showed no day-night variations. The changes observed indicate a phenomenon of biological rhythmicity synchronized by the photoperiod, suggesting that these fluctuations could act as physiological modulators of the properties and functions of the nerve cell membrane.     

Phase precession in the human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex

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Behavioral reactions of gerbils and structural alterations in their hippocampus after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion

We studied changes in behavior of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) after ischemia-reperfusion of the brain (7-min-long occlusion of both arteriae carotis) and structural alterations in the hippocampus of such animals. Behavioral manifestations were observed under conditions of the open field test within 7 days of the postischemic period; immunofluorescent staining of brain sections with antibodies against specific proteins of neurons and glial cells was used. Motor hyperactivity reaching its maximum a day after ischemization and gradually decreasing within the postocclusion period was found in ischemized animals. On the 7th day, the level of locomotor activity in experimental gerbils was practically equal to that in the control group. In contrast, a postischemic decrease in the duration of episodes of resting was preserved for a longer time. A week after ischemia-reperfusion, intense delayed neuronal death and activation of glial cells were observed in the CA1 hippocampal area. Thus, cerebral ischemia-reperfusion results in significant transient disorders of behavioral phenomena in gerbils; at the same time, a clear correlation is observed between structural changes of neurons and the level of reactivity of glial cells in the hippocampus. These events can be significant aspects of the dynamics of postischemic damage to the above structure. Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 458–467, November–December, 2007.     

高压氧对急性脑创伤后皮层一氧化氮合酶mRNA表达的影响

目的:拟观察高压氧(HBO)治疗对急性创伤性颅脑损伤后皮层NOSmRNA表达的影响,探讨HBO治疗急性脑损伤的机理。方法:采用自由落体法打击模型制备SD大鼠急性脑创伤,伤后1 h、12 h采用0.25 MPaHBO治疗,伤后6 h、24 h取样皮层,应用半定量逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)观察神经元型一氧化氮合酶(nNOS)、内皮型一氧化氮合酶(eNOS)和诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)mRNA表达量变化。结果:0.25MPaHBO治疗各时间组nNOS、eNOS和iNOSmRNA较急性颅脑损伤各时间组显著下降(P<0.01),且HBO治疗24 h组较6 h组下降更明显(P<0.05,P<0.01),0.25 MPa常氧高氮各时间组与急性颅脑损伤各时间组NOSmRNA表达量无统计学意义。结论:HBO治疗可以下调nNOSmRNA、iNOSmRNA和eNOSmRNA的表达量,可能为HBO治疗脑创伤的机理之一。     

Representations of specific acoustic patterns in the auditory cortex and hippocampus

Previous behavioural studies have shown that repeated presentation of a randomly chosen acoustic pattern leads to the unsupervised learning of some of its specific acoustic features. The objective of our study was to determine the neural substrate for the representation of freshly learnt acoustic patterns. Subjects first performed a behavioural task that resulted in the incidental learning of three different noise-like acoustic patterns. During subsequent high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning, subjects were then exposed again to these three learnt patterns and to others that had not been learned. Multi-voxel pattern analysis was used to test if the learnt acoustic patterns could be ‘decoded’ from the patterns of activity in the auditory cortex and medial temporal lobe. We found that activity in planum temporale and the hippocampus reliably distinguished between the learnt acoustic patterns. Our results demonstrate that these structures are involved in the neural representation of specific acoustic patterns after they have been learnt.     

Genetic inactivation of prohormone convertase (PC1) causes a reduction in cholecystokinin (CCK) levels in the hippocampus, amygdala, pons and medulla in mouse brain that correlates with the degree of colocalization of PC1 and CCK mRNA in these structures in rat brain

Prohormone convertase (PC1) is found in endocrine cell lines that express cholecystokinin (CCK) mRNA and process pro CCK to biologically active products. Other studies have demonstrated that PC1 may be a one of the enzymes responsible for the endoproteolytic cleavages that occur in pro CCK during its biosynthesis and processing. Prohormone convertase 1 (PC1) has a distribution that is similar to cholecystokinin (CCK) in rat brain. A moderate to high percentage of CCK mRNA-positive neurons express PC1 mRNA. CCK levels were measured in PC1 knockout and control mice to assess the degree to which loss of PC1 changed CCK content. CCK levels were decreased 62% in hippocampus, 53% in amygdala and 57% in pons-medulla in PC1 knockout mice as compared to controls. These results are highly correlated with the colocalization of CCK and PC1. The majority of CCK mRNA-positive neurons in the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus express PC1 mRNA and greater than 50% of CCK mRNA-positive neurons in several nuclei of the amygdala also express PC1. These results demonstrate that PC1 is important for CCK processing. PC2 and PC5 are also widely colocalized with CCK. It may be that PC2, PC5 or another non-PC enzyme are able to substitute for PC1 and sustain production of some amidated CCK. Together these enzymes may represent a redundant system to insure the production of CCK.     

BAX敲除对小鼠大脑皮层和海马星形胶质细胞分布的影响

星形胶质细胞是大脑中一类高度异质的重要大胶质细胞,不仅在脑的发育和功能中起到重要作用,也参与多种神经病理生理学过程.多项研究表明B淋巴细胞瘤-2相关X蛋白(B-cell lymphoma-2 associated X protein,BAX)依赖性凋亡通路参与调控正常发育过程中脑内神经元的数量与分布,但是对其调控星形胶...     

Alterations of cerebral cortex and hippocampal proteasome subunit expression and function in a traumatic brain injury rat model

Following cellular stress or tissue injury, the proteasome plays a critical role in protein degradation and signal transduction. The present study examined the β-subunit expression of constitutive proteasomes (β1, β2, and β5), immunoproteasomes (β1i, β2i, and β5i) and the 11S proteasome activator, PA28α, in the rat CNS after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Concomitant measures assessed changes in proteasome activities. Quantitative real time PCR results indicated that β1 and β2 mRNA levels were not changed, while β5 mRNA levels were significantly decreased in injured CNS following TBI. However, β1i, β2i, β5i, and PA28α mRNA levels were significantly increased in the injured CNS. Western blotting studies found that β1, β2, β5, β2i, and β5i subunit protein levels remained unchanged in the injured CNS, but β1i and PA28α protein levels were significantly elevated in ipsilateral cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Proteasome activity assays found that peptidyl glutamyl peptide hydrolase-like and chymotrypsin-like activity were significantly reduced in the CNS after TBI, and that trypsin-like proteasome activity was increased in the injured cerebral cortex. Our results demonstrated that both proteasome composition and function in the CNS were affected by trauma. Treatments that preserve proteasome function following CNS injury may be beneficial as an approach to cerebral neuroprotection.     

Reduction of glial glutamate transporters in the parietal cortex and hippocampus of the EL mouse

There is extensive experimental evidence indicating a crucial role for glutamate in epileptogenesis and epileptic activity. The glial glutamate transporters GLT1 and GLAST are proposed to account for the majority of extracellular glutamate re-uptake. In the present study, polyclonal antibodies specific to GLT1 and GLAST were generated and characterized, revealing distribution patterns for the two transporters confirming those previously reported. In situ hybridization and immunoblotting were then used to compare levels of these two transporters in the parietal cortex and hippocampus of unstimulated and stimulated EL mice with DDY control mice. Additionally, HPLC determined tissue glutamate concentrations in the same regions of these animals. These experiments revealed reductions in GLT1 mRNA and protein in the parietal cortex of unstimulated and stimulated EL mice compared with DDY controls, accompanied by an increase in tissue glutamate concentration in the stimulated EL mice group. GLT1 mRNA was also reduced in the CA3 hippocampal subfield of both unstimulated and stimulated EL mice. GLAST protein was reduced in the hippocampus of the stimulated EL mice group, while no changes in GLAST mRNA or protein were detected in the parietal cortex of EL mice when compared with DDY controls. The glial glutamate transporter down-regulation reported here may play a role in seizure initiation, spread and maintenance in the EL mouse.     

Nicotinic binding sites in cerebral cortex and hippocampus in alzheimer's dementia

Postmortem cerebral neocortical and hippocampal samples were taken from patients who died with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and individuals without diagnoses of neurological or psychiatric disease (control). Nicotinic binding was assayed with 20 nM [³H]acetylcholine ([³H]ACh) in the presence of atropine, or with 4 nM (-)-[³H]Nic). Binding of both ligands was lower in the following regions from DAT vs. control brains (P0.05): superior, middle and inferior temproal gyri, orbital frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, pre- and postcentral gyri, inferior parietal lobule, and hippocampal endplate. Values of the correlation coefficient (r's) for binding of the nicotinic cholinergic ligands in these regions ranged from 0.70 to 0.93 (P's<0.05), suggesting that [³H]ACh and (-)-[³H]Nic labeled the same sites in human brain. There was no difference in nicotinic binding in the presubiculum, comparing DAT and control samples (P>0.05). Here too, correlations between binding of the two ligands were statistically significant in control and DAT groups (r's=0.92,P's<0.05). Nicotinic binding measured with [³H]ACh, but not (-)-[³H]Nic, was significantly lower in the H₂ (field of Rose) and H₁-subiculum areas of DAT samples compared to control. Correlations between binding of the two ligands in these regions ranged from 0.21 to 0.34 for the two groups (P's>0.05). The findings support a loss of neocortical and hippocampal nicotininc cholinergic binding sites in DAT. Further study is necessary to better characterize the regional losses of nicotinic binding in DAT and to resolve the differences in binding measured by [³H]ACh and (-)-[³H]Nic in the H₁-subiculum and H₂ (field of Rose) regions.