Effect of Fatigue on Hamstring Reflex Responses and Posterior-Anterior Tibial Translation in Men and Women

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture ranks among the most common injuries in sports. The incidence of ACL injuries is considerably higher in females than in males and the underlying mechanisms are still under debate. Furthermore, it has been suggested that muscle fatigue can be a risk factor for ACL injuries.We investigated gender differences in hamstring reflex responses and posterior-anterior tibial translation (TT) before and after fatiguing exercise. We assessed the isolated movement of the tibia relative to the femur in the sagittal plane as a consequence of mechanically induced TT in standing subjects. The muscle activity of the hamstrings was evaluated. Furthermore, isometric maximum voluntary torque (iMVT) and rate of torque development (RTD) of the hamstrings (H) and quadriceps (Q) were measured and the MVT H/Q as well as the RTD H/Q ratios were calculated.After fatigue, reflex onset latencies were enhanced in women. A reduction of reflex responses associated with an increased TT was observed in females. Men showed no differences in these parameters. Correlation analysis revealed no significant associations between parameters for TT and MVT H/Q as well as RTD H/Q.The results of the present study revealed that the fatigue protocol used in this study altered the latency and magnitude of reflex responses of the hamstrings as well as TT in women. These changes were not found in men. Based on our results, it is conceivable that the fatigue-induced decrease in neuromuscular function with a corresponding increase in TT probably contributes to the higher incidence of ACL injuries in women.     

小腿挤压伤伴撕脱伤23例的临床治疗效果分析

目的:探讨小腿挤压伤伴撕脱伤患者的整体治疗方法,并分析其临床应用价值。方法:回顾性分析我院近5年来收治的23例小腿挤压伤伴撕脱伤患者的临床资料,分别采用行自体皮肤反削回植、异种皮覆盖或封闭负压吸引治疗+二期植皮、知名血管皮瓣转移、单纯清创缝合。结果:23例中,18例Ⅰ期愈合;5例局部皮肤坏死,经换药后Ⅱ期愈合2例,残余创面行植皮后Ⅱ期愈合1例;骨外露者经皮瓣转移修复后Ⅱ期愈合2例。随访3-16月,临床效果满意。结论:对于小腿挤压伤伴撕脱伤,依具体情况采用自体皮肤反削回植、异种皮覆盖或封闭负压吸引治疗+二期植皮、知名血管皮瓣转移、单纯清创缝合等方法修复创面对患者肢体功能恢复有较大的作用,临床效果较好,利于患者康复,具有一定的推广应用价值。     

刺参酸性粘多糖对诱发性肝癌大鼠的干预作用及免疫功能的影响*

目的:通过建立诱发性大鼠肝癌动物模型,研究用刺参酸性粘多糖(SJAMP)对大鼠诱发性肝癌的干预作用及免疫功能的影响。方法:将雄性Wistar大鼠50只随机均分为5个组,正常对照组、模型组和3个SJAMP干预组(A组,B组和C组),模型组和SJAMP干预组灌胃0.2%DEN生理盐水溶液以诱发肝癌,同时SJAMP干预组按照不同剂量(0.175μg/g,0.35μg/g,0.7μg/g)给予SJAMP,至16周处死大鼠,取血,无菌取脾、胸腺,计算脾指数、胸腺指数。比较各组>3mm和>5mm的结节数以及最大结节的体积,计算肿瘤抑制率。贴壁法纯化巨噬细胞,用中性红吞噬实验检测巨噬细胞吞噬功能,MTT法检测巨噬细胞杀伤功能。结果:SJAMP干预组>3mm和>5mm的结节数明显少于模型组,最大结节的平均体积明显小于模型组(P<0.05);与模型组相比,SJAMP干预组脾指数和胸腺指数明显升高(P<0.05),SJAMP干预组巨噬细胞吞噬能力和杀伤功能显著提高(P<0.05)。结论:刺参酸性粘多糖对大鼠诱发性肝癌有明显的抑制作用;其机制可能是通过刺激免疫器官生长,增强机体的细胞免疫能力来实现的。     

Effects of Relaxing Music on Mental Fatigue Induced by a Continuous Performance Task: Behavioral and ERPs Evidence

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether listening to relaxing music would help reduce mental fatigue and to maintain performance after a continuous performance task. The experiment involved two fatigue evaluation phases carried out before and after a fatigue inducing phase. A 1-hour AX-continuous performance test was used to induce mental fatigue in the fatigue-inducing phase, and participants’ subjective evaluation on the mental fatigue, as well as their neurobehavioral performance in a Go/NoGo task, were measured before and after the fatigue-inducing phase. A total of 36 undergraduate students (18–22 years) participated in the study and were randomly assigned to the music group and control group. The music group performed the fatigue-inducing task while listening to relaxing music, and the control group performed the same task without any music. Our results revealed that after the fatigue-inducing phase, (a) the music group demonstrated significantly less mental fatigue than control group, (b) reaction time significantly increased for the control group but not for the music group, (c) larger Go-P3 and NoGo-P3 amplitudes were observed in the music group, although larger NoGo-N2 amplitudes were detected for both groups. These results combined to suggest that listening to relaxing music alleviated the mental fatigue associated with performing an enduring cognitive-motor task.     

Impact of the Phosphatidylinositide 3-Kinase Signaling Pathway on the Cardioprotection Induced by Intermittent Hypoxia

Background

Exposure to intermittent hypoxia (IH) may enhance cardiac function and protects heart against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, we developed a cardioprotective IH model that was characterized at hemodynamic, biochemical and molecular levels.

Methods

Mice were exposed to 4 daily IH cycles (each composed of 2-min at 6-8% O₂ followed by 3-min reoxygenation for 5 times) for 14 days, with normoxic mice as controls. Mice were then anesthetized and subdivided in various subgroups for analysis of contractility (pressure-volume loop), morphology, biochemistry or resistance to I/R (30-min occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) followed by reperfusion and measurement of the area at risk and infarct size). In some mice, the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor wortmannin was administered (24 µg/kg ip) 15 min before LAD.

Results

We found that IH did not induce myocardial hypertrophy; rather both contractility and cardiac function improved with greater number of capillaries per unit volume and greater expression of VEGF-R2, but not of VEGF. Besides increasing the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) and the endothelial isoform of NO synthase with respect to control, IH reduced the infarct size and post-LAD proteins carbonylation, index of oxidative damage. Administration of wortmannin reduced the level of Akt phosphorylation and worsened the infarct size.

Conclusion

We conclude that the PI3K/Akt pathway is crucial for IH-induced cardioprotection and may represent a viable target to reduce myocardial I/R injury.     

理气调补汤对运动性疲劳大鼠血清皮质醇和白细胞介素2影响的研究

目的:通过观察理气调补汤对运动性疲劳大鼠血清皮质醇(C)和白细胞介素2(IL-2)水平的影响,以期揭示中药理气调补汤促进运动性疲劳恢复的作用机理.方法:健康雄性SD大鼠30只,随机分为对照组(Ⅰ组)8只、单纯运动组(Ⅱ组)11只、中药运动组(Ⅲ组)11只.实验时Ⅲ组每天定时定量中药灌胃1ml/100g体重,Ⅰ组、Ⅱ组灌胃相同剂量的生理盐水.实验采用游泳运动训练方式.6周末力竭训练后24h分离血清测定C和IL-2含量.结果:Ⅲ组大鼠游泳至力竭的时间较Ⅱ组显著延长;Ⅱ组和Ⅲ组大鼠血清IL-2浓度均显著低于Ⅰ组,但Ⅲ组大鼠血清IL-2浓度显著高于Ⅱ组;血清C浓度Ⅱ组显著高于Ⅰ组,Ⅲ组较Ⅱ组显著降低.结论:大强度运动训练可能导致HPA轴释放过量皮质醇,从而使免疫功能受到抑制.理气调补汤能够调节疲劳大鼠的HPA轴适应性,降低C的过量释放,维持免疫功能稳定,延缓疲劳的发生.     

内侧开放楔形胫骨高位截骨术治疗膝关节内翻畸形的疗效及对术后下肢力线和创伤应激的影响

摘要 目的：对比内侧开放楔形胫骨高位截骨术（OWHTO）、人工全膝关节置换术（TKA）治疗膝关节内翻畸形的疗效及对术后下肢力线和创伤应激的影响。方法：回顾性分析贵州医科大学附属医院2020年3月~2022年1月期间接收的膝关节内翻畸形患者临床资料,共计75例。根据手术方案的不同分为OWHTO组（n=40）和TKA组（n=35）。对比两组围术期指标、视觉疼痛模拟评分（VAS）评分、美国特种外科医院（HSS）膝关节评分、膝关节活动度（ROM）、应激指标和术后下肢力线改变情况。结果：OWHTO组手术时间、切口长度短于TKA组,术中出血量、住院费用少于TKA组（P<0.05）。OWHTO组术后1个月VAS评分低于TKA组,ROM、HSS膝关节评分高于对照组（P<0.05）。OWHTO组术后3 d、术后7 d血清皮质醇（COR）、促肾上腺皮质激素（ACTH）水平低于TKA组（P<0.05）。两组术后6个月股胫角（FTA）下降,髋-膝-踝角（HKA）升高（P<0.05）。两组术后6个月FTA、HKA组间对比差异不显著（P>0.05）。两组并发症发生率组间对比未见差异（P>0.05）。结论：OWHTO、TKA这两种治疗方案治疗膝关节内翻畸形,具有相当的疗效,均可有效改善下肢力线,但OWHTO的创伤小、应激程度轻。     

墨旱莲对4种蝮蛇毒引起的炎症和出血的影响

目的探讨墨旱莲提取液对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒所致的炎症和出血的影响。方法应用短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的致炎模型,观察墨旱莲提取液对蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的影响。墨旱莲提取液分别与不同蛇毒混合,给小鼠腹部皮下注射,观察其对蛇毒引起的小鼠皮下出血的影响。结果墨旱莲提取液15g／kg连续2次灌胃给药,对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒或尖吻蝮蛇毒所致大鼠足跖肿胀的急性炎症造模和短尾蝮蛇毒棉球肉芽肿的慢性炎症造模(20g／kg)均有明显的抑制作用,对这些蛇毒引起的小鼠皮下出血也能明显抑制。结论墨旱莲提取液对短尾蝮蛇毒、蛇岛蝮蛇毒、白眉蝮蛇毒及尖吻蝮蛇毒引起的炎症和出血均有明显的抑制作用。     

The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation on the Functional Activity of Spinal Inhibition in the System of Synergistic Muscles of the Lower Leg in Humans

Human Physiology - The effect of 20-minute transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tESCS) on the severity of nonreciprocal and recurrent inhibition of spinal α-motoneurons in humans...     

Protective Effect of Phenolic Antioxidants on the Cytotoxicity Induced by Phosphatidylcholine Hydroperoxide

Phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides show weak but distinct toxicity toward cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The protective effect of phenolic antioxidants against the cytotoxicity of phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides was examined. Probucol depressed the toxicity most effectively among the antioxidants studied under both pretreatment and concurrent treatment conditions. α-Tocopherol showed a protective effect in the case of concurrent treatment. Protection by phenolic antioxidants against the cytotoxicity of phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides seems to depend on their incorporation rate into cells, their affinity for phospholipids, their antioxidative activity, and their orientation in membranes.     

The Effect of Potassium on Cotyledon Expansion Induced by Cytokinins

Potassium has been found to enhance greatly the expansion response of cucumber cotyledons to cytokinins. A reduction of the response to kinetin is obtained with increasing age of the cotyledons. The lesser response is associated with lower levels of potassium remaining in the cotyledon. A high level of KCI in the incubation medium offsets the lower potassium content of the tissue and enables a much larger response to the cytokinins. At 40 mM KCI the response to kinetin is 4.2 times greater than in the absence of KCI. Calcium increases the effect of potassium on the response to kinetin. When incubated in 40 mM KCI and 10 mM CaCI₂ with 10 mg/I 6-benzylamino-purine, the final weight of the cotyledons is 6.8 times the initial weight after just 4 days. This KCI-CaCI₂ combination is also found to promote chlorophyll synthesis in the usual cucumber cotyledon bioassay.     

EGFR S1166 Phosphorylation Induced by a Combination of EGF and Gefitinib Has a Potentially Negative Impact on Lung Cancer Cell Growth

Phosphorylation of protein plays a key role in the regulation of cellular signal transduction and gene expression. In recent years, targeted mass spectrometry facilitates functional phosphoproteomics by allowing specific protein modifications of target proteins in complex samples to be characterized. In this study, we employed multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) to examine the influence of gefitinib (also known as Iressa) on the phosphorylation sites of EGFR protein before and after EGF treatment. By coupling MRM to MS/MS, 5 phosphotyrosine (Y1110, Y1172, Y1197, Y1069, and Y1092) and 1 S/T (T693) sites were identified on EGFR. Y1197 and T693 were constitutively phosphorylated. All phosphorylation sites were sensitive to gefitinib treatment except T693. Interestingly, gefitinib treatment induced phosphorylation of S1166 only in the presence of EGF. We further showed that lung cancer cells overexpressing phosphomimic S1166D EGFR mutant possessed significantly lower growth and proliferation property compared to wildtype EGFR-expressing cells. While the function and mode of regulation of S1166 remain unclear, our data supports the notion that S1166 represents a regulatory site that exerts a negative regulation on growth and proliferation of cancer cells. The data presented has implication in our understanding of dynamic drug (gefitinib)-target (EGFR) interaction and in improving the efficacy of target-directed therapeutics.