胞外ATP在呼吸道中的作用

ATP不但是各种细胞的能量来源,而且更是一种自分泌或旁分泌的胞外信使,参与细胞一系列的生物学效应。ATP从呼吸道上皮细胞中释放,在调节呼吸道表面液体量的平衡、黏膜纤毛清除能力和呼吸道防御功能方面起重要作用,并参与呼吸道疾病及炎症的发生。本文对ATP从呼吸道上皮释放的途径,ATP调节呼吸道上皮离子转运的机制,ATP对呼吸道平滑肌的双重调节作用,以及ATP参与呼吸道疾病和炎症的发生机制等方面予以综述。     

胞外ATP的作用,来源和命运

胞外ＡＴＰ（三磷酸腺苷）浓度的改变,影响许多重要的生理功能,诸如神经递质作用、上板凝聚、篾这紧张、心脏功能肉收缩等。胞外ＡＴＰ作为递质直接影响神经效应器接点和／调制其它神经递质以及通过第二信使调节细胞活动,都是由膜上不同的ＡＴＰ受体或激活的离子通道介导的。本文从胞外ＡＴＰ的递质作用的发现与确证,胞外ＡＴＰ的来源、ＡＴＰ的受体、ＡＴＰ介导的反应及包外ＡＴＰ的降解等几方面对胞外ＡＴＰ研究的进展作一综述     

ATP合成下降在β细胞胰岛素分泌障碍中的作用

胰岛β细胞胰岛素分泌过程是受多种因素协调精确控制的,ATP合成酶在这一调控网络中起着重要作用.高糖、高脂及炎症细胞因子,通过不同的信号通路,引起线粒体膜电位改变及/或ATP合成酶核心亚基表达下降,导致ATP合成速率下降,是β胰岛素分泌障碍发生的共同核心环节,在2型糖尿病病理生理过程中起了关键性作用.糖尿病动物胰岛β细胞内的ATP含量较正常β细胞明显降低,而上调2型糖尿病患者胰岛细胞ATP合成酶β亚基表达能提高ATP合成速率,增加细胞ATP含量并逆转损伤的胰岛素分泌功能.目前的研究提示,亮氨酸、肠抑素(enterostatin)及过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(PPAR-γ)能通过调控ATP合成酶β亚基表达或活性提高细胞ATP合成速率,这为改善β细胞功能障碍提供了新的思路和信息.     

胞内钙释放在胃泌素引起胃平滑肌细胞收缩中的作用

本研究用大鼠游离的胃平滑肌细胞,观察五肽胃泌素（G5）对胃平滑肌细胞的收编作用及胃泌索引起胃平滑肌细胞收缩时胞内游离钙释放作用。结果表明：（1）G5能够引起胃体、胃窦、幽门平滑肌细胞收缩,并对胃窦作用最强。在G54×10－8～16×10－8mol／L剂量范围内,呈剂量依赖性。（2）丙谷胺或抗胃泌素血清可以阻断G5对胃肌细胞的收缩反应,而阿托品则不影响G5的作用。（3）G5与乙酸胆碱对平滑肌细胞收缩有相加作用。（4）胞内钙释放阻断剂TMB-8可抑制G5对胃肌细胞的收缩作用。（5）G5作用于胃窦平滑肌细胞后胞内游离Ca2 显著上升。上述结果提示：胃泌素通过特异性受体引起胃平滑肌细胞收缩,其收缩作用通过胞内Ca2 释放介导。     

胞外ATP：一种新的细胞凋亡诱导剂

众所周知 ,ＡＴＰ是生物细胞内最主要的能量储存和供应物质。而Ｇｒｅｅｎ等 ( 1 95 0 )注意到ＡＴＰ对新血管的产生有重要影响 ,使得对ＡＴＰ的研究从胞内转向胞外。目前已发现 ,胞外ＡＴＰ不仅具有兴奋性递质功能 (ｅｘ ｃｉｔａｔｏｒｙｔｒａｎｓｍｉｔｔｅｒｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎ) ,还参与有丝分裂原刺激 (ｍｉｔｏｇｅｎｉｃｓｔｉｍｕｌａｔｉｏｎ)、基因表达、细胞生长及其死亡等多种代谢活动的调控。近年来的研究表明 ,胞外ＡＴＰ还是一种细胞凋亡诱导剂 ,能通过胞外专一受体和胞内代谢产物破坏细胞正常代谢的两条完全不同途径诱导不同…     

平滑肌肌球蛋白轻链激酶的非激酶作用及对ATP 酶活性的调节

肌球蛋白轻链激酶（myosin light chain kinase, MLCK）具有激酶活性和非激酶活性,在平滑肌收缩过程中起着关键酶调控的作用.为探寻MLCK的非激酶活性区域对MLCK活性的影响,以进一步阐明MLCK的非激酶活性在调节平滑肌收缩过程中的分子机制.采用PCR技术构建MLCK部分氨基酸缺失的重组表达载体pGEX-F6-5/D,经大肠杆菌表达得到可溶性GST融合蛋白,利用SDS-PAGE及Western 印迹鉴定表达的MLCK在细胞中的分布,结果还显示,提取液的上清和沉淀中均有MLCK片段的表达.运用亲和层析技术分离并纯化删除前、后表达的MLCK片段（F6.5和F6-5/D）,经谷胱甘肽琼脂糖凝胶 4B 纯化,SDS-PAGE鉴定显示为单一表达条带.应用EnzChek磷分析试剂盒和孔雀绿两种方法分别测定不同浓度的MLCK对非磷酸化肌球蛋白Mg²⁺-ATP酶活性的影响.两种MLCK的片段均具有激活ATP酶活性的作用,并随MLCK浓度的增加,酶的活性增加.比较删除前后不同MLCK片段对ATP酶活性的影响结果显示,删除MLCK片段1002位丙氨酸至1019位亮氨酸后,对ATP酶的激活作用较删除前明显降低,表明删除的部分氨基酸序列为MLCK非激酶活性所必需的区域.利用电镜技术观察到MLCK片段（F6.5）使非磷酸化肌球蛋白构象发生明显的变化.加入MLCK片段后肌球蛋白的构象由非活性型转化为活性型,并且MLCK片段还具有促进肌球蛋白单体形成肌丝的作用.     

非生物胁迫对烟草悬浮细胞胞内和胞外ATP水平的影响

以烟草悬浮细胞BY-2(Nicotiana tabacum ‘Bright Yellow-2’)为材料,研究了NaCl、PEG(6000)、低温3种非生物胁迫对细胞内ATP(intracellular ATP,iATP)和细胞外ATP(extracellular ATP,eATP)水平的影响。结果显示：50～200 mmol·L^-1 NaCl处理导致烟草悬浮细胞膜通透性显著增加(P<0.05),100和200 mmol·L^-1 NaCl处理时iATP和eATP水平显著降低(P<0.05)。随着PEG质量浓度的增加(50、100、200 g·L^-1),烟草悬浮细胞膜通透性和eATP水平逐渐增加,其中在200 g·L^-1 PEG处理时eATP水平显著增加至对照的3.4倍(P<0.05),而iATP水平则在200 g·L^-1 PEG处理时显著降低至对照的0.5倍(P<0.05)。0～10℃低温处理后,烟草悬浮细胞膜通透性和iATP水平呈不同程度增加,其中0℃处...     

胞外ATP对壳聚糖诱导的ROS和PAL活性变化的影响

以烟草BY-2悬浮细胞为材料,探讨了胞外ATP对壳聚糖引起的活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)水平和苯丙氨酸解氨酶(phenylalanine ammonia-lyase,PAL)活性变化的影响。结果表明,5~20μg·mL^-1壳聚糖处理导致了烟草悬浮细胞细胞内ROS水平逐渐增加;壳聚糖也导致了PAL活性的增加,其活性在15μg·mL^-1壳聚糖处理下达到峰值,此后有所降低。10~40μmol·L^-1外源ATP处理未引起烟草悬浮细胞内ROS水平和PAL活性的显著变化。细胞外ATP水平则随壳聚糖浓度的增加而逐渐下降。本文进一步分析了细胞外ATP对壳聚糖引起的ROS水平和PAL活性变化的影响。结果显示,外源施加20μmol·L^-1ATP可以有效降低壳聚糖诱导的烟草悬浮细胞ROS水平上升,同时外源ATP也明显减缓了壳聚糖所诱导的PAL活性的上升。上述结果表明,细胞外ATP水平能够影响壳聚糖引起的ROS水平和PAL活性的变化。     

Galanin potentiates electrical stimulation and exogenous norepinephrine-induced contractions in the rat vas deferens

In order to evaluate the mode of action of galanin (GAL) on the neuroeffector mechanism of peripheral sympathetic nerve fibers, the effects of this peptide were tested on the electrical stimulated and the unstimulated preparations of the isolated rat vas deferens in the presence of 10(-7) M atropine. The contractile responses, which were mediated predominantly by activation of postganglionic noradrenergic nerve fibers were dose-dependently potentiated by GAL in concentrations ranging from 1 to 50 nM. The facilitatory action induced by GAL in high concentrations (greater than 10 nM) usually returned to the control level at 2-3 min and were tachyphylactic. The potentiating action of GAL was not modified by pretreatment with 10(-7) M propranolol. Contractions produced by exogenous norepinephrine (NE) in the unstimulated preparations were not affected by pretreatment with low concentrations (less than 5 nM) of GAL. On the other hand, the contractions were dose-dependently potentiated 1 min after pretreatment with higher concentrations (greater than 10 nM) of GAL, which recovered 15 min after constant flow washout. Contractions developed by exogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine were not affected, or slightly inhibited, by GAL (1-50 nM). In some preparations without electrical stimulation, high concentrations of GAL caused a slight contraction, which was not blocked by pretreatment with 10(-6) M phentolamine and 10(-6) M tetrodotoxin. These results suggest that GAL receptors exist presynaptically in the rat vas deferens and that stimulation of the receptors by GAL potentiates the release of NE from the nerve terminals during postganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation. Other mechanisms for GAL action, such as influence on neuronal uptake and catecholamine metabolism, cannot be ruled out.     

一氧化氮和K+通道参与乙酰胆碱引起的大鼠离体输精管平滑肌细胞超极化

本文旨在探讨大鼠新鲜离体输精管平滑肌细胞中乙酰胆碱（acetylcholine,ACh）引起超极化反应的机制,采用细胞内微电极记录技术和细胞内荧光标记技术研究ACh对大鼠输精管不同走行方向平滑肌细胞的作用。用尖端含0．1％碘化吡啶（propidium iodide,PI）的记录电极标记电生理记录后的平滑肌细胞,其中37个为外层纵行细胞,17个为内层环行细胞。它们的平均静息膜电位分别为（-53．56±3．88）mV和（-51．62±4．27）mV,膜输入阻抗分别为（2245．60±372．50）MQ和（2101．50±513．50）MQ。ACh引起的膜超极化反应是浓度依赖性的,EC50为36 μmol／L。ACh引起的超极化反应可被非选择性的毒草碱（muscarinic receptor,M）受体阻断剂阿托品（atropine,1 μmol／L）和选择性的M3受体阻断剂diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine-methiodide（DAMP,100nmol/L）阻断。ACh引起的超极化还能被一氧化氮合酶抑制剂L-硝基-精氨酸甲酯（N-nitro-L-arginine methylester,L．NAME,300μmol／L）阻断,并可被ATP敏感的钾通道阻断剂glipizide（5μmol／L）或内向整流钾通道阻断剂钡离子（50μmol／L）部分阻断。Glipizide和钡离子联合使用可完全阻断ACh引起的超极化反应。上述结果表明：ACh通过作用于大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞膜上的M3受体引起超极化反应,一氧化氮、ATP敏感性钾通道和内向整流钾通道参与了ACh引起的超极化反应。     

Male reproductive seasonality of the Snake-eyed Lizard,Ophisops elegans Ménétriés, 1832, from Lebanon (Reptilia: Lacertidae)

We studied the male reproductive cycle in a population of Ophisops elegans from Mount Sannine, Lebanon, by histological analysis. Testicular histology showed active spermatogenesis in spring, followed by a testicular regression at the end of summer and a subsequent recrudescence in autumn. Monthly variations in the epididymis, the ductus deferens and the sexual segment of the kidney were in synchrony with the testicular cycle. They were hypertrophied as spermatogenetic activity increased and atrophied as spermatogenetic activity decreased. Males of O. elegans showed a vernal type of spermatogenesis with a close relationship between the evolution of the seminiferous tubules and the secondary sexual characters.     

The Influence of Oxidatively Modified Low Density Lipoprotein on Parameters of Energy Metabolism and Contractile Function of Arterial Smooth Muscle

Recently published results provide evidence of the importance of oxidatively modified LDL in the development of atherosclerosis. Several typical characteristics of this disease can be ascribed to the effects of oxidized LDL on the different cells involved in lesion formation. In various cell culture systems oxidized LDL was found to be cytotoxic. Therefore we were interested in its influence on parameters of energy metabolism such as glycogen and ATP content as determined for aortic segments in vitro. The results show that oxidized LDL leads to sharp decreases in both parameters, indicating an activation of cellular energy metabolism. Findings obtained from contraction experiments in which oxidized LDL shows a contractionenhancing effect on arterial segments suggest that the oxidized lipoprotein facilitates cellular Ca²⁺ liberation. This seems to be a common signal leading to its effects on energy metabolism and contraction and could also explain its cytotoxicity if cells are exposed to it for longer periods.     

大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞的体外培养及形态学特征(英文）

建立大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞的培养方法。取大鼠输精管,剥离外膜和内膜,用组织块法进行体外培养。用抗α-SMA(anti α-smooth muscle actin)免疫组化染色的方法鉴定培养的细胞。结果显示,在倒置显微镜下观察细胞形态多样,表现为长梭形或星形,细胞伸出突起互相接触,彼此融合,部分区域细胞多层重叠,部分区域细胞单层高低起伏,呈\"峰-谷\"状生长。免疫组化染色鉴定呈阳性反应,用该方法所分离、培养的输精管平滑肌细胞纯度达99%以上。应用组织块法培养大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞,操作简单,结果稳定。