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An outpatient regimen of oral high-dose methotrexate was studied in 14 patients with solid tumours over 12 months. Detailed pharmacokinetic analysis in five patients showed high oral bioavailability (mean +/- SE of mean 87.6 +/- 1.5%), indicating that with this regimen oral methotrexate was well absorbed and the first-pass effect low. Oral administration resulted in peak plasma methotrexate concentrations of 8.4 +/- 0.5 mumol/l (382 +/- 23 microgram/100 ml) and was almost as effective as intravenous administration, which achieved peak concentrations of 9.9 +/- 0.4 mumol/l (450 +/- 18 microgram/100 ml). In all 14 patients the clinical response to oral treatment was comparable to that reported to intravenous administration of high-dose methotrexate used in combination with other cytotoxic drugs. The disease-free interval in cases of adult sarcoma was 7.4 +/- 1.3 months and the relapse rate 29%. Out of four patients with small-cell carcinoma, two showed an objective response to oral treatment. We suggest that oral high-dose methotrexate given in divided doses is a rational alternative to expensive intravenous high-dose methotrexate regimens, but further clinical evaluation is necessary. 相似文献
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C K Biswas R S Arze J M Ramos M K Ward J H Dewar D N Kerr D H Kenward 《BMJ (Clinical research ed.)》1982,284(6318):776-778
According to the Bricker-Slatopolsky theory, secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is switched on in chronic renal failure by hypocalcaemia due to phosphate retention. In an attempt to reverse this process 20 patients in preterminal renal failure (plasma creatinine 569 +/- 195 mumol/l) were given aluminium hydroxide, 3.8 g daily. They were studied for four weeks and all measurements were made at the start and weekly, except measurements of serum aluminium concentration, which were made at the start and at the end of the fourth week. Mean serum phosphate fell from 1.89 to 1.47 mmol/l (5.9 to 4.6 mg/100), mean serum calcium rose from 2.07 to 2.24 mmol/l (8.3 to 9.0 mg/100 ml), and serum ionised calcium rose from 1.07 to 1.20 mmol/l (4.3 to 4.8 mg/100 ml), but serum immunoreactive PTH did not fall. Thirteen patients had initial serum immunoreactive PTH concentrations at or near to normal and 11 were taking beta-blockers but even in those with neither explanation, PTH concentrations did not fall. Serum aluminium concentrations rose from 0.4 to 1.02 mumol/l (10.9 to 27.4 microgram/l). Aluminium hydroxide corrects serum phosphate, total calcium, and ionised calcium at the price of a rise in serum aluminium concentration; in this study it did not affect serum immunoreactive PTH. The Bricker-Slatopolsky theory still needs verification in studies of patients with chronic renal failure. 相似文献
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R Procházka E Nagyová Z Rimkevicová T Nagai K Kikuchi J Motlík 《Journal of reproduction and fertility》1991,93(2):569-576
Oocyte-cumulus cell complexes (OCC) and complexes with an attached piece of membrana granulosa (C + P), isolated from prepubertal or cyclic gilts stimulated with pregnant mares' serum gonadotrophin, were cultured in media supplemented with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH; 0.01-1.0 micrograms/ml) or forskolin (50-100 mumol/l) for 24 and 32 h. FSH and forskolin each induced dose-dependent cumulus and membrana granulosa expansion. After 2 h of culture, FSH (0.1 microgram/ml) or forskolin (100 mumol/l) increased the contents of intracellular adenosine 3',5'-phosphate (cAMP) in OCC from prepubertal gilts to almost 10 times that in unstimulated complexes. After 24 h of culture in media supplemented with FSH (0.1 microgram/ml) or forskolin (100 mumol/l), the oocytectomized OCC and C + P showed similar expansion to that of the control groups. The intracellular cAMP contents in intact and oocytectomized OCCs were similar in all groups except those treated with FSH, in which the intact OCCs had significantly higher contents than their oocytectomized counterparts (P less than 0.01). After hyaluronidase treatment, cumulus and membrana granulosa cells of intact and oocytectomized OCC and C + P were suspended, except for those of the innermost layers of the corona radiata. The results suggest that increases in cAMP contents and synthesis of an extracellular, hyaluronidase-sensitive mucus by pig OCC and C + P induced by FSH or forskolin are not dependent on the oocyte. 相似文献
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P Congdon A Horsman P A Kirby J Dibble T Bashir 《BMJ (Clinical research ed.)》1983,286(6373):1233-1235
Vitamin D deficiency is common in pregnant Asian women. The effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency on fetal skeletal mineralisation was assessed by measuring the bone mineral content of babies born to 45 Asian women, 19 Asian women who had received 1000 units of vitamin D during the last trimester, and 12 white women. The mean cord blood concentrations of 25-hydroxy vitamin D in the three groups were 5.9 +/- SE 0.9 nmol/l (2.4 +/- SE 0.4 ng/ml), 15.2 +/- 3.2 nmol/l (6.1 +/- 1.3 ng/ml), and 33.4 +/- 3.6 nmol/l (13.4 ng/ml), respectively. Despite this wide variation in values there was no significant difference in the bone mineral content (as assessed by photon absorptiometry) of the forearms of babies born to these women. This suggests that mineralization of the fetal skeleton is not impaired in maternal vitamin D deficiency. Craniotabes (skull softening) was present in seven of the 64 Asian babies. The bone mineral content in these babies was not significantly different from that of babies without this sign, and craniotabes should not therefore be taken as an indication of a generalized impairment in skeletal mineralization. 相似文献
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Clauss M Jessup DA Norkus EB Chen TC Holick MF Streich WJ Dierenfeld ES 《Journal of wildlife diseases》2002,38(2):402-413
Several disease syndromes in captive rhinoceroses have been linked to low vitamin status. Blood samples from captive and free-ranging black (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and tissue samples of captive individuals from four rhinoceros species were analysed for vitamins A and E. Circulating vitamin A levels measured as retinol for free-ranging versus captive black and white rhinoceros were 0.04 (+/- 0.03 SD) vs. 0.08 (+/- 0.08) and 0.07 (+/- 0.04) vs. 0.06 (+/- 0.02) microgram/ml, respectively. Circulating vitamin E levels measured as alpha-tocopherol were 0.58 (+/- 0.30) vs. 0.84 (+/- 0.96) and 0.62 (+/- 0.48) vs. 0.77 (+/- 0.32) microgram/ml, respectively. In contrast to earlier findings, there was no significant difference in vitamin E concentration between captive and free-ranging black rhinoceros. When the samples of captive black rhinoceros were grouped into those taken before 1990 and after 1990, however, those collected before 1990 had significantly lower (P < 0.001) vitamin E levels (0.46 +/- 0.83 microgram/ml) and those collected in 1990 or later significantly higher (P < 0.001) vitamin E levels (1.03 +/- 1.04 micrograms/ml) than the captive population as a whole. This is probably due to increased dietary supplementation. There were significant differences in circulating vitamin concentrations in black rhinoceroses from different regions in the wild. Serum 25-hydroxy (OH) vitamin D3 averaged 55.7 ng/ml in free-ranging rhinoceroses; no carotenoids were detected in any blood samples. Captive black and white rhinoceroses appear to be adequately supplemented in vitamin A and E. Captive Indian rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) had significantly lower vitamin A concentrations in blood (P < 0.001) and higher vitamin A concentrations in liver tissue samples (P < 0.001) than other rhinoceros species. Equine requirements are not recommended as a model for rhinoceros vitamin requirements. 相似文献
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F M Tomas 《Australian journal of biological sciences》1975,28(5-6):511-520
Renal clearance experiments were performed on six Merino ewes in which plasma phosphate concentrations were increased by the intravenous infusion of isohydric sodium phosphate. As the phosphate load to the kidney increased, the renal tubular reabsorptive capacity became saturated and a definite tubular maximum for phosphate reabsorption (Tmp) was demonstrated. The Tmp was directly related to the glomerular filtration rate and had a mean value of 333-1+/-27-0 (s.e.m.) mumol/min or 416-6+/-13-5 mumol/100 ml glomerular filtrate. Calcium infused concurrently with phosphate in order to maintain plasma total calcium levels did not alter the Tmp. Ultrafilterability of calcium and phosphate in the plasma decreased with phosphate infusion and this was accentuated by an accompanying calcium infusion. The Tmp in sheep's kidney is higher than in non-ruminant animals and the implications of this are discussed. 相似文献
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Effects of method of preservation on functions of livers from fed and fasted rabbits 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Livers from fed, fasted (48 h) and glucose-fed rabbits were preserved for 24 and 48 h by either simple cold storage (CS) or continuous machine perfusion (MP) with the University of Wisconsin preservation solutions. After preservation liver functions were measured by isolated perfusion of the liver (at 37 degrees C) for 2 h. Fasting caused an 85% reduction in the concentration of glycogen in the liver but no change in ATP or glutathione. Glucose feeding suppressed the loss of glycogen (39% loss). After 24 h preservation by CS livers from fed or fasted animals were similar including bile production (6.2 +/- 0.5 and 5.6 +/- 0.4 ml/2 h, 100 g, respectively), hepatocellular injury (LDH release = 965 +/- 100 and 1049 +/- 284 U/liter), and concentrations of ATP (1.17 +/- 0.15 and 1.18 +/- 0.04 mumol/g, glutathione (1.94 +/- 0.51 and 2.35 +/- 0.26 mumol/g, respectively), and K:Na ratio (6.7 +/- 1.0 and 7.7 +/- 0.5, respectively). After 48 h CS livers from fed animals were superior to livers from fasted animals including significantly more bile production (5.0 +/- 0.9 vs 2.0 +/- 0.3 ml/2 h, 100 g), less LDH release (1123 +/- 98 vs 3701 +/- 562 U/liter), higher concentration of ATP (0.50 +/- 0.16 vs 0.33 +/- 0.07 mumol/g) and glutathione (0.93 +/- 0.14 vs 0.30 +/- 0.13 mumol/g), and a larger K:Na ratio (7.4 vs 1.5). Livers from fed animals were also better preserved than livers from fasted animals when the method was machine perfusion. The decrease in liver functions in livers from fasted animals preserved for 48 h by CS or MP was prevented by feeding glucose. Glucose feeding increased bile formation after 48 h CS preservation from 2.0 +/- 0.3 (fasted) to 6.9 +/- 1.2 ml/2 h, 100 g; LDH release was reduced from 3701 +/- 562 (fasted) to 1450 +/- 154 U/liter; ATP was increased from 0.33 +/- 0.07 (fasted) to 1.63 +/- 0.18 mumol/g; glutathione was increased from 0.30 +/- 0.01 (fasted) to 2.17 +/- 0.30 mumol g; and K:Na ratio was increased from 1.5 +/- 0.9 to 5.3 +/- 1.0. This study shows that the nutritional status of the donor can affect the quality of liver preservation. The improvement in preservation by feeding rabbits only glucose suggests that glycogen is an important metabolite for successful liver preservation. Glycogen may be a source for ATP synthesis during the early period of reperfusion of preserved livers. 相似文献
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Direct stimulation of monocyte release of interleukin 1 by mycobacterial protein antigens 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
We examined stimulation of monocyte (MN) release of interleukin 1 (IL 1) by soluble microbial products. MN from tuberculin skin test nonreactive donors incubated with PPD (100 micrograms/ml) released IL 1 activity of 80.5 +/- 33.9 U/ml (mean +/- SD, n = 6), similar to that induced by optimal concentrations of LPS (76.4 U/ml). OKT3-reactive cells were not required for this process. PPD-stimulated IL 1 release by MN did not appear to be due to endotoxin contamination, as 1) PPD contained 0.01% endotoxin, 2) MN incubated in LPS (0.1 micrograms/ml) produced 19.5 +/- 13.9 U/ml, significantly less than PPD (p = 0.03), and 3) addition of polymyxin B (12.5 micrograms/ml) abrogated IL 1 production in response to LPS (0.1 microgram/ml) but had no significant effect on PPD induction of IL 1. Antigen 5, a partially purified cytoplasmic antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, had similar IL 1-inducing effects. Arabinogalactan (a mycobacterial polysaccharide), streptolysin O, and tetanus toxoid did not. Thus, mycobacterial protein antigens directly stimulate MN to release IL 1. This property may be central to the response of the naive host to mycobacterial infection and may play a pathophysiologic role in tuberculosis. 相似文献
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Reversibility of decreased insulin-stimulated glucose transport capacity in diabetic muscle with in vitro incubation. Insulin is not required 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
H Wallberg-Henriksson N Zetan J Henriksson 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1987,262(16):7665-7671
The mechanisms by which insulin deficiency affects muscle glucose transport were investigated. Epitrochlearis muscles from rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and from controls were incubated in vitro for 0.5-14 h. The incubation was shown not to impair muscle energy stores or tissue oxygenation. Diabetes decreased basal 3-O-methylglucose transport by 40% (p less than 0.01), and insulin-stimulated (20 milli-units/ml) glucose transport capacity by 70% (p less than 0.001). In vitro incubation gradually normalized insulin responsiveness (3.77 +/- 0.38 before versus 8.97 +/- 0.65 mumol X ml-1 X h-1 after 12 h of incubation). Basal glucose transport remained significantly reduced. The reversal of the insulin responsiveness did not require the presence of rat serum and, furthermore, took place even in the absence of insulin. In fact, insulin responsiveness was higher after incubation (14 h) with no insulin than with 100 microunits/ml insulin (9.85 +/- 0.59 versus 8.06 +/- 0.59 mumol X ml-1 X h-1, p less than 0.05). Glucose at 30 mM did not affect the normalization of the insulin-stimulated glucose transport capacity, whereas incubation in serum from diabetic rats resulted in a slightly (26%) blunted reversal (7.60 +/- 0.39 versus 8.89 +/- 0.45 mumol X ml-1 X h-1 with diabetic versus control serum for 14 h, p less than 0.05; before incubation the value was 3.87 +/- 0.40). Inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide blocked the normalization by 80%. These results suggest the presence in diabetic serum of some labile factor that might inhibit the glucose transport system. The results indicate that the decreased insulin-stimulated glucose transport capacity, in the insulin-deficient diabetic muscle, is not a direct consequence of the lack of insulin or of high glucose concentrations. 相似文献
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A partial deficiency of UMP synthase has been detected in Holstein dairy cattle. Since affected females secrete milk with elevated concentrations of orotate, milk orotate was used to screen for the condition among 880 cows in 17 randomly selected Holstein herds in Illinois. Mean orotate was 85.0 +/- 1.5 microgram/ml milk and 17 cows had milk orotate in excess of 170 micrograms/ml. Including the latter animals, 42 cows were evaluated for erythrocyte UMP synthase and 15 were found to be partially deficient. Thus, at least 1.7 percent of all cows had the condition; this is a minimal estimate because the initial screen was milk orotate and this may be low, particularly early in lactation. Deficient cows had half the level of UMP synthase as normal, nondeficient cows (1.30 +/- 0.06 vs. 2.79 +/- 0.10 units/ml). The binomial classification of deficient versus normal accounted for 72 percent of the variation noted in UMP synthase. Milk orotate was significantly elevated in deficient cows (337.8 +/- 31.3 micrograms/ml), validating its use as a screening device. Urinary orotate also was higher for deficient cows (28.4 +/- 5.2 vs. 9.2 +/- 0.8 micrograms/ml) and differentiated the two groups as well as milk orotate. Normal and deficient cows did not differ in milk lactose concentrations. Erythrocyte UMP synthase also was measured in 85 Holstein bulls used for artificial insemination and 6 had low levels of UMP synthase (1.39 +/- 0.19 vs. 2.92 +/- 0.05 units/ml); the binomial classification accounted for 42 percent of the variation. The partially deficient animals identified appear to be heterozygotes for a condition expected to be lethal in the homozygous state. 相似文献
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Comparison of anti-Vibrio activities of potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, and glycerol and sucrose esters of fatty acids. 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
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L R Beuchat 《Applied microbiology》1980,39(6):1178-1182
The effects of fatty acids and their glycerol and sucrose esters, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzoate on growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in laboratory media at pH 6.7 were evaluated. The minimum concentrations at which inhibition by esters of glycerol could be detected were lowest for monolaurin (5 microgram/ml) and monocaprin (40 microgram/ml); these concentrations were lower than those observed for inhibition by lauric and capric acids, respectively. Inhibitory action of sucrose caprylate was detected at 40 microgram/ml, whereas sucrose caprate was effective at 100 microgram/ml; sucrose esters of lauric, myristic, and palmitic acids were ineffective at 100 microgram/ml. Potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate inhibited growth at concentrations as low as 30 and 300 microgram/ml, respectively, and enhanced the rate of thermal inactivation of V. parahaemolyticus at slightly higher concentrations. Fatty acid esters of glycerol and sucrose offer potential as perservatives for slightly acid or alkaline low-fat foods which do not lend themselves to the full antimicrobial action of traditional food preservatives such as potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. 相似文献
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Studies of low density lipoprotein molecular weight in human beings with coronary artery disease 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Low density lipoprotein molecular weight (LDL MW) correlates positively with coronary artery disease in cholesterol-fed nonhuman primates. To evaluate this in human beings with coronary artery disease (CAD) we measured LDL MW in 93 volunteers undergoing coronary angiography (47 controls and 46 CAD patients). LDL MW of CAD patients was less than that of controls (patients, 2.79 +/- 0.17 g/mumol; controls, 2.93 +/- 0.19 g/mumol; P less than 0.001). However, LDL MW decreased as plasma triglyceride increased and concentrations of triglyceride were greater in CAD patients than in controls. Since decreased LDL MW is likely to result, in part, from increased plasma triglyceride concentrations, we attempted to determine the effect of triglyceride on the relation of LDL MW to CAD in this study. After covariance adjustment for triglyceride, there was no LDL MW difference between CAD patients and controls. Because LDL heterogeneity has been identified in other studies and was apparent on inspection of agarose column profiles of LDL of these volunteers, we sought differences in the profiles that might distinguish coronary disease cases from controls. No differences could be found. In addition, we used density gradient ultracentrifugation to characterize LDL in more detail in a subset of volunteers who had a wide range of plasma triglyceride concentrations (50 mg/dl to 900 mg/dl). LDL mean hydrated density was inversely related to LDL MW and increased as triglyceride increased. The increase in peak density was reflected in an increase in percent of total protein in LDL found to have d greater than 1.045 g/ml and a decrease in protein in LDL of d 1.035-1.040 g/ml. These interrelationships were not apparently influenced by coronary artery status. 相似文献
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Ovarian function in the elephant: luteinizing hormone and progesterone cycles in African and Asian elephants 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
E D Plotka U S Seal F R Zarembka L G Simmons A Teare L G Phillips K C Hinshaw D G Wood 《Biology of reproduction》1988,38(2):309-314
Serum samples were collected weekly for 3 yr from two female African elephants, for 18 mo from two other female African elephants, and for 2 yr from two female Asian elephants. Animals were not sedated at the time of blood collection. Ovarian cycles, characterized by changes in progesterone and immunoreactive luteinizing hormone (ILH) concentrations, averaged 15.9 +/- 0.6 wk (N = 25) for African females and 14.7 +/- 0.5 wk for Asian females (N = 10). The length of the active luteal phase averaged 10.0 +/- 0.3 wk for African elephants (range 8-14 wk) and 10.6 +/- 0.6 wk for Asian females (range 9-13 wk). Interluteal phases were 5.9 +/- 0.6 wk for African females and 4.2 +/- 0.5 wk for Asian females. One African female (Maliaca) had two extended interluteal phases, both occurring between the months of February and May. Excluding these two periods, there were no differences in the length of the ovarian cycle or the length of the luteal phase between species of elephant. Serum progesterone in both species ranged from less than 50 pg/ml to 933 pg/ml. Average progesterone concentrations during the luteal phase were significantly lower in African elephants compared with Asian elephants (328 +/- 13, N = 30 cycles vs. 456 +/- 23, N = 14 cycles; p less than 0.001). ILH ranged from nondetectable to 11.6 ng/ml. These data suggest that the length of the ovarian cycle in the African elephant is about 16 wk and confirm that the length of the ovarian cycle in the Asian elephant is about 15 wk. 相似文献
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H M Druce R F Bonner C Patow P Choo R J Summers M A Kaliner 《Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)》1984,57(4):1276-1283
Laser-Doppler velocimetry (LDV) has been adapted to measure nasal blood flow (NBF) in the mucosa of human volunteers. Resting NBF was 42.4 +/- 2.1 ml X 100 g-1 X min-1 in 19 nonatopic subjects and 37.9 +/- 1.7 ml X 100 g-1 X min-1 in 24 atopic subjects. Topical saline, but not water, reduced ipsilateral NBF by 15.4 +/- 6.6% (n = 22) without affecting contralateral NBF. Administration of 60 microgram of oxymetazoline reduced NBF by 26.5% (n = 28), whereas 120 microgram resulted in a 54.3% reduction. Phenylephrine produced a dose-related reduction in NBF with an ID50 (dose producing 50% reduction) of 1,456 microgram. Methacholine (0.006 to 12 mg) had no significant effect on NBF when studied alone or after oxymetazoline pretreatment. Therefore, LDV can be employed to monitor NBF, which has been found to be sensitive to alpha-adrenergic, but not cholinergic, stimulation. 相似文献
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P D Neufer M N Sawka A J Young M D Quigley W A Latzka L Levine 《Journal of applied physiology》1991,70(4):1490-1494
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of moderate hypohydration (HY) on skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis after exhaustive exercise. On two occasions, eight males completed 2 h of intermittent cycle ergometer exercise (4 bouts of 17 min at 60% and 3 min at 80% of maximal O2 consumption/10 min rest) to reduce muscle glycogen concentrations (control values 711 +/- 41 mumol/g dry wt). During one trial, cycle exercise was followed by several hours of light upper body exercise in the heat without fluid replacement to induce HY (-5% body wt); in the second trial, sufficient water was ingested during the upper body exercise and heat exposure to maintain euhydration (EU). In both trials, 400 g of carbohydrate were ingested at the completion of exercise and followed by 15 h of rest while the desired hydration level was maintained. Muscle biopsy samples were obtained from the vastus lateralis immediately after intermittent cycle exercise (T1) and after 15 h of rest (T2). During the HY trial, the muscle water content was lower (P less than 0.05) at T1 and T2 (288 +/- 9 and 265 +/- 5 ml/100 g dry wt, respectively; NS) than during EU (313 +/- 8 and 301 +/- 4 ml/100 g dry wt, respectively; NS). Muscle glycogen concentration was not significantly different during EU and HY at T1 (200 +/- 35 vs. 251 +/- 50 mumol/g dry wt) or T2 (452 +/- 34 vs. 491 +/- 35 mumol/g dry wt). These data indicate that, despite reduced water content during the first 15 h after heavy exercise, skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis is not impaired. 相似文献
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We evaluated whether acute anemia results in altered blood glucose utilization during sustained exercise at 26.8 m/min on 0% grade, which elicited approximately 60-70% maximal O2 consumption. Acute anemia was induced in female Sprague-Dawley rats by isovolumic plasma exchange transfusion. Hemoglobin and hematocrit were reduced 33% by exchange transfusion to 8.6 +/- 0.4 g/dl and 26.5 +/- 1%, respectively. Glucose kinetics were determined by primed continuous infusion of [6-3H]glucose. Rates of O2 consumption were similar during rest (pooled means 25.1 +/- 1.8 ml.kg-1.min-1) and exercise (pooled means 46.8 +/- 3.0 ml.kg-1.min-1). Resting blood glucose and lactate concentrations were not different in anemic animals (pooled means 5.1 +/- 0.2 and 0.9 +/- 0.02 mM, respectively). Exercise resulted in significantly decreased blood glucose (4.0 +/- 0.2 vs. 4.6 +/- 0.1 mM) and elevated lactate (6.1 +/- 0.4 vs. 2.3 +/- 0.5 mM) concentrations in anemic animals. Glucose turnover rates (Rt) were not different between anemic and control animals at rest and averaged 58.8 +/- 3.6 mumol.kg-1.min-1. Exercise resulted in a 30% greater increase in Rt in anemic (141.7 +/- 3.2 mumol.kg-1.min-1) than in control animals (111.2 +/- 5.2 mumol.kg-1.min-1). Metabolic clearance rates (MCR = Rt/[glucose]) were not different at rest (11.6 +/- 7.4) but were significantly greater in anemic (55.2 +/- 5.7 ml.kg-1.min-1) than in control animals (24.3 +/- 1.4 ml.kg-1.min-1) during exercise.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) 相似文献
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Of 38 children investigated between 1966 and 1971 who had a blood lead concentration greater than 37 μg/100 ml eight had encephalopathy and one died; all these eight had a blood lead concentration of 99 μg/100 ml or above. Blood lead levels are related to haemoglobin concentrations and anaemia is common in children with blood lead concentrations of 37-60 μg/100 ml, levels previously accepted as harmless.Children with blood lead concentrations greater than 60 μg/100 ml show radiological evidence of lead intoxication, and treatment for this should be considered when blood lead concentration exceeds 37 μg/100 ml. Children presenting with unexplained encephalopathy should be radiographed for evidence of lead intoxication. 相似文献
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N Konno 《Endocrinologia japonica》1977,23(4):313-317
The response in serum thyrotropin (TSH) to synthetic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) as well as serum free thyroxine index (FT4I) and free triiodothyronine index (FT3I) was investigated in six patients with familial thyroxine-binding-globulin (TBG) deficiency. The total serum thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations were significantly decreased, compared with those of normal subjects (3.4 +/- 0.9 microgram/dl, mean +/- SD. vs. 9.0 +/- 1.5 microgram/dl, p less than 0.01 and 87 +/- 27 ng/dl vs. 153 +/- 37 ng/dl, p less than 0.01, respectively). FT4I was lower than the normal range in all but one (5.3 +/- 1.5 vs. 8.9 +/- 1.6, p less than 0.01), whereas FT3I was all in the normal range and of no significant difference from the normal control (132 +/- 22 vs. 148 +/- 25). Serum TSH concentrations in TBG deficiency were all in the normal range (1.0-4.2 muU/ml) and the maximum TSH increments following TRH 500 microgram iv were 8.9 +/- 2.0 muU/ml and of no significant difference from the normal control (10.2 +/- 4.5 muU/ml). These results indicate that the euthyroid state in familial TBG deficiency is more clearly defined by TRH-test and the normal response to TRH in familial TBG deficiency is presumably under the control of the serum free T3 level rather than the serum free T4 level. 相似文献
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Although several reports imply that anticoagulants and preservatives contain zinc, the quantity of zinc in heparin, if any, has not been documented. Zinc concentration was determined by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy in varying dilutions of multiple commercially obtained samples of purified sodium heparin N = 15 (microgram Zn/1000 Units heparin). Rubber stoppers of sterile heparin vials and of blood evacuation tubes were incubated in pre-analyzed water or saline on a mechanical shaker with fluid aliquots obtained up to 27 hours and analyzed for zinc content (microgram Zn/0.1 ml). Heparin, with contact or without contact with rubber stoppers, recorded identical zinc concentrations. Zinc concentrations varied from 0.222 +/- 0.01 (mean +/- SE) to 3.49 +/- 0.005 microgram Zn/1000 Units heparin. Leaching of zinc from rubber stoppers of vacutainer tubes (N = 9) was noted only with those containing known chelators of zinc. These results indicate that zinc is present in certain lots of sodium heparin and that caution must be exercised when reporting zinc concentrations of blood samples that contain sodium heparin as the anticoagulant. 相似文献
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Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis in the ovine fetus: ontogeny of action of ovine corticotropin-releasing factor 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
R J MacIsaac R J Bell J G McDougall G W Tregear X Wang E M Wintour 《Journal of developmental physiology》1985,7(5):329-338
In samples from twenty chronically cannulated ovine fetuses the plasma immunoreactive adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) concentrations were 12.5 +/- 3.2(8), 15.2 +/- 4.1(9) and 21.2 +/- 5.6(8) pg/ml at periods, prior to parturition, of -30 to -35, -25 to -29 and -20 to -24 days respectively. Values are mean +/- SEM (number of samples). These values were not significantly different from each other but were significantly lower (P less than 0.02) than values in the next two age groups -36.0 +/- 4.9(7) pg/ml at -19 to -15 days, and 39.6 +/- 6.6(11) pg/ml at -14 to -9 days. A further significant increase (P less than 0.05) occurred in the -8 to -3 day period, ACTH being 53.9 +/- 5.4(12) pg/ml. On day of delivery two samples had values of 325 and 360 pg/ml. A single injection, intravenously of 1.0 microgram ovine corticotrophin-releasing factor (O-CRF), caused a significant increase in fetal plasma ACTH concentrations in fetuses of -6 to -23 days prior to delivery but not in fetuses -24 to -35 days prior to parturition. The maximum values of ACTH after O-CRF were significantly greater in fetuses -2 to 0 days prior to parturition than in younger fetuses (P less than 0.01). In 6 experiments in 4 fetuses (parturition -1 to -13 days) the effect of 1.0 microgram O-CRF persisted for at least 2.5 h. The results support the hypothesis that the pituitary release of ACTH changes sensitivity to hypothalamic O-CRF at least twice during the last fifth of gestation; an increasing sensitivity is seen as term approaches. 相似文献