妊娠期的促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素

妊娠中、晚期,胎盘分泌大量促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素（ＣＲＨ）进入母体和胎儿循环。胎盘分泌的ＣＲＨ除参与胎盘、垂体ＰＯＭＣ肽类释放外,还与异常妊娠有关。调节胎盘ＣＲＨ分泌的因子与下丘脑各有异同,糖皮质激素对胎盘ＣＲＨ分泌起正反馈作用,一氧化氮也对胎盘ＣＲＨ分泌具有抑制作用。     

促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素对人早期胎盘组织绒毛膜促性腺激素释放 …

为探讨人早期胎盘组织产生的促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素（ＣＲＨ）的生物学作用及其绒毛膜促性腺激素（ｈＣＧ）合成和释放的调控机制,在人早期胎盘组织体外孵育模型上研究了ＣＲＨ及其拮抗剂（α－ＨｅｌｉｃａｌＣＲＦ９－４１）对ｈＣＧ基础分泌和由ＧｎＲＨ刺激的ｈＣＧ分泌的影响。结果表明,１０＾－１０￣１０＾－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的外源性ＣＲＨ可明显抑制ｈＣＧ的基础释放,而以１０＾－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ作用最显著;加入１０＾＝－     

CRF也能调节垂体中叶和后叶

下丘脑的促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子(CRF)可强烈刺激在体垂体前部促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)的分泌。最近,用组织化学方法显示,在垂体柄和垂体后部存在CRF免疫反应阳性纤维。还有实验表明,CRF也影响垂体中叶肽类物质的释放。这些结果提示:CRF可能对垂体后部及中间部均起一定的作用。Saavedra等用放射免疫测定法观察完全切断垂体柄对大鼠垂体中间部及后部CRF样物质含量的影响。结果表明,假手术组大鼠垂体中叶及后叶的CRF含量分别为591±78和487±34ng/mg蛋白,而切断垂体     

电场刺激对离体温育垂体前叶促肾上腺皮质激素分泌的影响

本实验应用离体温育大鼠垂体前叶组织块结合电场刺激及放射免疫测定方法,观察了垂体前叶内的神经纤维兴奋对促肾上腺皮质激素（ＡＣＴＨ）分泌的影响以及其它因素的作用。结果表明,一定参数的电场刺激使温育的大鼠四分之一垂体前叶组织块ＡＣＴＨ分泌增加,能被河豚毒素（ＴＴＸ）和藜芦碱部分阻断,此效应也可被地塞米松显著抑制,而同一参数的电场刺激与促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素（ＣＲＨ）诱发的ＡＣＴＨ分泌没有相互作用。经典神经递质受体阻断剂阿托品、心得安、酚妥拉明对电场刺激诱发的ＡＣＴＨ分泌没有显著影响;ＧＡＥＡ＿Ａ受体拮抗剂荷包牡丹碱明显促进此效应。该作用不受Ｐ物质拮抗剂ｓｐａｎｔｉｄｅ的影响,而降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）受体拮抗剂ＣＧＲＰ片段８－３７能部分阻断这一作用。上述结果提示电场刺激所诱发的ＡＣＴＨ分泌可能部分由垂体前叶内ＣＧＲＰ能神经纤维介导。     

糖皮质激素抑制加压素释放的细胞膜机制

利用离休孵育脑薄片和放射免疫测定其释放的精氨酸加压素（ＡＶＰ）方法,探讨糖皮质激素（ＧＣ）在不能进入细胞内的情况下,对去肾上腺大鼠的下丘脑薄片释放ＡＶＰ的快速影响及其可能的细胞膜机制。结果如下：（１）下丘脑薄片能够稳定地释放ＡＶＰ（２ｈ）,其释放量为１５．４２±１．２８ｐｇ／ｍｉｎ;（２）牛血清白蛋白耦联皮质酮（Ｂ－ＢＳＡ）对ＡＶＰ的释放具有快速的（２０ｍｉｎ）抑制性效应,在１０￣（－７）─１０￣（－４）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ范围内呈剂量一效应关系;（３）ＧＣ细胞内受体拮抗剂ＲＵ４８６（１０￣（－４）─１０￣（－３）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）能部分地阻断Ｂ─ＢＳＡ的快速抑制效应;（４）孵育液中Ｃａ￣（２＋）程度升高,Ｂ─ＢＳＡ的快速抑制效应明显增强;反之,孵育液中无Ｃａ￣（２＋）则Ｂ－ＢＳＡ的快速抑制效应有所减弱。表明ＧＣ在未进入细胞内的情况下也可快速地抑制大鼠下丘脑薄片释放ＡＶＰ,因此没有通过传统的基因组机制,而是由非基因组机制介导的,其作用部位在细胞膜水平上,可能是影响Ｃａ￣（２＋）的跨细胞膜内流通量或／和影响有Ｃａ￣（２＋）参与的ＡＶＰ释放过程的结果。     

抗体应答期间大鼠脑和胸腺中儿茶酚胺含量的变化

目的：探讨在抗体应答期间,脑和淋巴器官中儿茶酚胺（ＣＡｓ）含量的动态变化,籍以了解免疫状态对中枢和外周ＣＡｓ神经活动的影响。方法：用绵羊红细胞（ＳＲＢＣ）免疫大鼠,在免疫后第２￣７ｄ应用高效液相色谱－电化学检测法（ＨＰＬＣ－ＥＣＤ）测定大鼠下丘脑、海马、脑干和胸腺中云甲肾上腺素（ＮＡ）、肾上腺素（Ａ）、多巴胺（ＤＡ）和高香草酸（ＨＶＡ）的含量。结果：①下且脑和海马内ＮＡ在抗体应答期间升高,而胸腺中     

侧脑室注射牛磺酸对脑内生长抑素含量的影响

目的和方法：利用放射免疫分析技术,测定侧脑室注射不同浓度牛磺酸后１０ｍｉｎ、３０ｍｉｎ等不同时间内,大鼠部分脑区及血浆生长抑素含量的变化。结果：①侧脑室注射牛磺酸４０ｇ／Ｌ５μｌ１０ｍｉｎ后,垂体、下丘脑及桥延部生长抑素含量明显增加（Ｐ〈０．０５￣０．０１）;３０ｍｉｎ后,垂体、桥延部生长抑素含量恢复正常;②侧脑室注射４００ｇ／Ｌ５μｌ牛磺酸后,下丘脑生长抑系含量较对照组升高（Ｐ〈０．０５￣０．０     

神经介质C对促胃液素分泌的影响

采用带血管灌流的离体大鼠胃模型,就铃蟾肽类肽能神经介质Ｃ（ＮＭＣ）对促胃液素分泌的影响及其与胆碱能神经的关系,以及铃蟾肽受体拮抗剂（ＢＮ－Ａｎｔ）Ｄ－Ｐｈｅ~６－ＢＮ（６－１３）ＯＭｅ对ＮＭＣ诱导的促胃液素分泌的影响等问题进行探讨。实验结果表明,ＮＭＣ可明显刺激大鼠胃分泌促胃液素（从基础的５５０±１２６ｐｇ／１０ｍｉｎ增加到刺激时的１０６０±１８０ｐｇ／１０ｍｉｎ）,与对照组或自身基础状态比较,差异非常显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）;此效应（净增量）被Ｄ－Ｐｈｅ~６－ＢＮ（６－１３）ＯＭｅ完全消除或被阿托品抵消约６０％（Ｐ＜０．０１）。本实验结果证实,铃蟾肽类肽能神经递质ＮＭＣ是促胃液素分泌的强刺激剂;新近问世的ＢＮ－ＡｎｔＤ－Ｐｈｅ~６－ＢＮ（６－１３）ＯＭｅ具有高效拮抗ＮＭＣ刺激促胃液素分泌的作用;同时揭示,ＮＭＣ的作用机制不仅直接对胃Ｇ细胞、而且还可能通过影响胆碱能神经而发挥效应。     

降钙素基因相关肽对大鼠分离的心肌细胞内游离Ca~（2＋）含量的影响

用荧光染色法观察了合成的大鼠降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）对大鼠心肌细胞内游离Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量的影响。结果证明,ＣＧＲＰ能明显增加心肌细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量,小、中和大剂量（１０￣（－９）、１０￣（－８）、１０￣（－７）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）的ＣＧＲＰ使Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量分别增加至２７６．８８±６．３１、３６４．９９７±１２．７０、５７６．３９７±１５ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ与对照组（１３６．２８±７．２４ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ）相比差异非常显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）,且随着ＣＧＲＰ剂量的增加而作用明显加强,呈现剂量—效应关系。３０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的维拉帕米对ＣＧＲＰ所致的细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）增加有抑制作用,对小、中、大剂量ＣＧＲＰ作用的抑制率分别为４８％、４４％和１８％。我们推测,ＣＧＲＰ可能直接作用于心肌细胞。低浓度ＣＧＲＰ的正性肌力作用主要是促进Ｃａ￣（２＋）经Ｃａ￣（２＋）通道内流,使心肌细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量增加的结果。在大剂量ＣＧＲＰ的正性肌力作用中Ｃａ￣（２＋）内流也起到一定作用。     

达乌尔黄鼠不同脑区及血浆中阿片肽含量的年周期变动

利用放射免疫测定法,观测了不同季节中达乌尔黄鼠四个脑区及血浆中β－内啡肽（β－ＥＰ）、甲啡肽（ＭＥＫ）与强啡肽（Ｄｙｎ Ａ１－１３）的含量。结果表明：黄鼠下丘脑、垂体、海马、桥延脑中的β－内啡肽与甲啡肽的含量在秋、冬季普遍低于春、夏季,而强啡肽含量在秋、冬季则显著高于春、夏季。提示不同类型的阿片肽在冬眠季节及其准备阶段中的作用可能不同。     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Land,livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender,caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

Over the past 10 years, Ghusel VDC, Lalitpur District has moved from primarily subsistence agriculture into the wider cash economy aided by the Small Farmers' Development Program (SFDP), which provides credit to farmers mainly for the purchase of buffalo for milk production, and by the National Dairy Corporation, which supports local dairy cooperatives. Analysis reveals that buffalo-keeping and milk sales are increasing the well-being of many households, while at the same time creating new inequalities in gender roles and responsibilities, greater inequities between Brahmin and Tamang residents in Ghusel, and placing pressures on the ecosystem for increased supplies of fodder and fuelwood. Evidence suggests that there is critical, need for attention to the social, and particularly gender-based, implications of maintaining livestock for milk sales and to the ecological underpinnings of this livelihood system.     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Chiral Separation of G‐type Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents via Analytical Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs) are extremely toxic organophosphorus compounds that contain a chiral phosphorus center. Undirected synthesis of G‐type CWNAs produces stereoisomers of tabun, sarin, soman, and cyclosarin (GA, GB, GD, and GF, respectively). Analytical‐scale methods were developed using a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system in tandem with a mass spectrometer for the separation, quantitation, and isolation of individual stereoisomers of GA, GB, GD, and GF. Screening various chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for the capacity to provide full baseline separation of the CWNAs revealed that a Regis WhelkO1 (SS) column was capable of separating the enantiomers of GA, GB, and GF, with elution of the P(+) enantiomer preceding elution of the corresponding P(–) enantiomer; two WhelkO1 (SS) columns had to be connected in series to achieve complete baseline resolution. The four diastereomers of GD were also resolved using two tandem WhelkO1 (SS) columns, with complete baseline separation of the two P(+) epimers. A single WhelkO1 (RR) column with inverse stereochemistry resulted in baseline separation of the GD P(–) epimers. The analytical methods described can be scaled to allow isolation of individual stereoisomers to assist in screening and development of countermeasures to organophosphorus nerve agents. Chirality 26:817–824, 2014. © 2014 The Authors. Chirality published by John Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

八种脑-肠肽侧脑室内注射对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响

用乌拉坦麻醉大鼠作急性实验,采用连续灌流胃并收集流出液的方法,观察向侧脑室内注射微量脑-肠肽对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响。实验结果如下:(1)雨蛙肽、八肽胆囊收缩素、促甲状腺素释放激素及四肽胃泌素均使总酸排出量增加;(2)生长抑素、胰多肽、P 物质、胰高血糖素则使总酸排出量减少;(3)上述肽类用侧脑室注射的剂量作肌肉注射,除四肽胃泌素也产生明显的刺激胃酸分泌作用外,对胃酸分泌均无明显影响。以上结果提示,脑内的一些肽类可能以神经递质或调制物的方式,参与中枢对胃酸分泌的调节。     

Gamma-glutamylcysteine protects ergothioneine-deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants against oxidative and nitrosative stress

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), cannot synthesize GSH, but synthesizes two major low molecular weight thiols namely mycothiol (MSH) and ergothioneine (ERG). Gamma-glutamylcysteine (GGC), an intermediate in GSH synthesis, has been implicated in the protection of lactic acid bacteria from oxidative stress in the absence of GSH. In mycobacteria, GGC is an intermediate in ERG biosynthesis, and its formation is catalysed by EgtA (GshA). GGC is subsequently used by EgtB in the formation of hercynine-sulphoxide-GGC. In this study, M.tb. mutants harbouring unmarked, in-frame deletions in each of the fives genes involved in ERG biosynthesis (egtA, egtB, egtC, egtD and egtE) or a marked deletion of the mshA gene (required for MSH biosynthesis) were generated. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analyses (LC-MS) revealed that the production of GGC was elevated in the MSH-deficient and the ERG-deficient mutants. The ERG-deficient ΔegtB mutant which accumulated GGC was more resistant to oxidative and nitrosative stress than the ERG-deficient, GGC-deficient ΔegtA mutant. This implicates GGC in the detoxification of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in M.tb.     

A chromium-tolerant plant growing in Cr-contaminated land

In this paper, a kind of Typhaceae plant species, Typha angustifolia L, with a high tolerance to Cr is described. Experiments were carried out to examine its ability to tolerant Cr and its physiological response. The results showed that there was no difference in growth, plant height, and biomass response to external Cr (VI) between the plants exposed to 100 microM Cr (VI) and control (0 microM), while increasing Cr levels to 200-800 microM induced a significant decrease in plant height and biomass, but no significant injury was detected, even for the plants exposed to 800 microM Cr. Chromium induced significant increases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) activities. Meanwhile, a significantly positive correlation was found between Cr and Mn or Cu in leaves and roots, respectively. The Cr tolerance of the plant appeared to be associated with the enhancement of SOD and POD activities and the improvement in uptake and translocation of the essential microelements.