常见肠道菌群代谢产物作为疾病诊断的指针的研究进展

人类肠道菌群能够产生多种代谢产物或与人体相互作用产生肠道菌群-宿主共代谢物,显著影响人体各大系统的生理功能。当人体健康状态以及肠道菌群发生变化时,肠道代谢物的种类和含量也会相应受到影响,因此肠道菌群代谢产物具有作为疾病诊断指针的巨大潜力。本文总结了常见的几类肠道微生物代谢产物,包括糖类、胆碱代谢物、脂质、氨基酸与肽类、维生素、胆汁酸、短链脂肪酸、酚、苯甲酰基和苯基衍生物等,及其在不同疾病状态下的作用机理,以期更好地理解肠道菌群、代谢产物和疾病之间的相关性,为疾病的预防、诊断和治疗提供新的靶点。     

肠道病毒组在疾病中的治疗潜力及其机制研究进展

肠道病毒组是人体肠道微生态系统中的重要组成部分。近年来,肠道微生态与疾病的关系受到广泛关注,越来越多的证据表明粪菌移植过程中病毒组的转移对粪菌移植的疗效起到了不可忽视的作用。本文根据近些年的相关研究,综述粪菌移植中肠道病毒组在疾病中的治疗潜力,总结肠道病毒组在疾病治疗中的可能机制,同时对肠道病毒组在未来疾病治疗中的应用作出展望。     

地衣芽胞杆菌在消化系统疾病中的应用

地衣芽胞杆菌在土壤等环境中普遍存在,体外研究显示该菌株的代谢产物可对致病菌的生长产生抑制作用。地衣芽胞杆菌活菌制剂进入肠道后可产生多种抗菌物质,并可通过生物夺氧作用改善肠道内环境,具有调节肠道微生态,改善消化道屏障功能,减轻炎症反应,增强免疫功能等作用,在肠道菌群失调相关疾病中应用前景广阔。地衣芽胞杆菌活菌制剂已广泛应用于腹泻疾病的治疗,并在炎症性肠病、某些肝病及幽门螺杆菌根除等治疗的研究中显示出其在改善肠道内环境,促进病情缓解的疗效。本文将对地衣芽胞杆菌活菌制剂及其消化系统疾病中的应用进行简要的叙述,并对该益生菌的研究方向做初步的探讨。     

多糖与肠道菌群相互作用及其构效关系研究进展

肠道菌群是一个复杂的生态系统,影响宿主的饮食、疾病发展、药物代谢和免疫系统调节等诸多生理方面。多糖广泛存在于动物、植物及微生物中,具有多种生理活性。肠道菌群与多糖相互作用,消化难以消化的多糖,多糖作为肠道菌群的重要能量来源,促进益生菌增殖。肠道菌群紊乱导致疾病的发生,多糖通过调节肠道菌群改善疾病。随着“人类微生物组计划”的启动和国内外学者对肠道菌群的深入研究,多糖与肠道菌群的关系逐渐清晰,但多糖的结构与肠道菌群之间的关系还有待进一步探究。因此,本文综述了多糖与肠道菌群的相互作用,并通过调节肠道菌群的组成来改善疾病,以及从多糖的分子量、糖苷键、单糖组成三方面探讨多糖与肠道菌群的构效关系,同时对未来研究的方向进行展望,以期为治疗疾病的深入研究提供重要参照和建议。     

肠道真菌研究进展

摘要：肠道真菌是肠道微生物的重要组成部分，在肠道正常菌群中所占比例极小，主要包括假丝酵母属（Candida）、隐球酵母属（Cryptococcus）、青霉属（Penicillium）、曲霉属（Aspergillus）、红酵母属（Rhodotorula）等，对维持肠道微生态稳态和机体健康具有重要作用，也与抗生素相关性腹泻（AAD）、乙型肝炎、炎症性肠病（IBD）等疾病的发病机制息息相关。本文主要总结了目前已发现的肠道真菌属及其对人体的影响机制以及肠道真菌相关的研究方法，为肠道真菌在疾病的诊断和治疗方面的进一步研究提供依据与思路。     

去分化脂肪细胞的研究进展

去分化脂肪(Dedifferentiated fat,DFAT)细胞是由人体内含量最丰富的成熟脂肪细胞经体外天花板法培养去分化而来。研究发现:DFAT细胞具有均一性高、对供者年龄要求较低等脂肪来源干细胞(Adipose-derived stem cells,ASCs)和骨髓间充质干细胞(Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells,BMSCs)所不具有的优势。此外,它还具有体内外成脂、成软骨、成骨、成肌、成神经等多向分化能力以及免疫调节能力。作为具有潜力的组织工程及同种异体干细胞移植的优秀种子细胞,DFAT细胞在治疗骨缺损、神经性疾病、局部缺血性心脏病及肾脏疾病等方面均具有较好的应用前景,对其开展深入的研究具有重要的理论和实践意义。文中从免疫学性质、多向分化能力及临床应用潜力等方面对DFAT细胞的研究进展作一综述。     

Murine Ileocolic Bowel Resection with Primary Anastomosis

Intestinal resections are frequently required for treatment of diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, with Crohn’s disease and colon cancer being two common examples. Despite the frequency of these procedures, a significant knowledge gap remains in describing the inherent effects of intestinal resection on host physiology and disease pathophysiology. This article provides detailed instructions for an ileocolic resection with primary end-to-end anastomosis in mice, as well as essential aspects of peri-operative care to maximize post-operative success. When followed closely, this procedure yields a 95% long-term survival rate, no failure to thrive, and minimizes post-operative complications of bowel obstruction and anastomotic leak. The technical challenges of performing the procedure in mice are a barrier to its wide spread use in research. The skills described in this article can be acquired without previous surgical experience. Once mastered, the murine ileocolic resection procedure will provide a reproducible tool for studying the effects of intestinal resection in models of human disease.     

血液流变学在临床疾病诊断、治疗中的应用

近十多年来,血液流变学在临床医学的各领域得到了广泛而深入的研究,不仅发现了许多疾病可导致血液流变学的异常,而且发现了血液流变学的变化可作为许多疾病诊断、治疗及愈后的重要指标。本文主要介绍血液流变学在这些方面的应用研究。     

More than metabolic: Considering the broader paleoepidemiological impact of vitamin D deficiency in bioarchaeology

Vitamin D deficiency has traditionally been viewed as a metabolic bone disease by bioarchaeologists and considered primarily in terms of the development of specific musculoskeletal changes used for diagnosis in paleopathological research. These skeletal manifestations are usually interpreted as representing general ill‐health. Clinical research shows that vitamin D is also integral to a number of extra‐skeletal physiological processes including immunoregulation, blood pressure homeostasis, cell division, and programmed cell death. Vitamin D deficiency and sub‐clinical insufficiency are thought to be risk factors for infectious and autoimmune diseases, as well as certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Epidemiological work indicates that the skeletal manifestations of vitamin D deficiency represent the extreme end of a spectrum of morbidity associated with negative health outcomes, including increased risk for secondary tuberculosis. This article provides a review of clinical research on the extra‐skeletal roles of vitamin D and the pathological consequences of poor vitamin D status. Additionally, it presents an interpretive model for bioarchaeological analyses of rickets and osteomalacia for consideration of the whole‐body impact of poor vitamin D nutriture and possible comorbidities that may have affected the wider population. Am J Phys Anthropol 160:183–196, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

活体生物药的应用及在遗传性代谢缺陷病治疗中的展望

活体生物药(live biotherapeutic products,LBPs)是指来自于人体肠道内或自然界中能够治疗人类疾病的活性菌。但天然筛选的活菌存在治疗效果不明显、差异性较大等缺点,难以满足个性化诊疗的需要。近年来,随着合成生物学的发展,研究者利用生命科学及工程科学手段,设计并构建了若干可响应外界复杂环境信号的工程菌株,加快了活体生物药的研发和应用过程。遗传性代谢缺陷病(inherited metabolic disease)是因体内某些酶的遗传缺陷致使体内相应的代谢物不能正常代谢而引发一系列临床症状的一类疾病,因此利用合成生物学技术,针对特定缺陷的酶设计重组活体生物药,未来有希望用于遗传性代谢缺陷病的治疗。本综述以活体生物药为切入点,并结合国内外文献综述,来探讨活体生物药在疾病治疗中的应用,以及对遗传性代谢缺陷病治疗的潜力。     

Comparative study of alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes,bone histology,and skeletal radiography in dialysis bone disease.

Liver, intestinal, and bone alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes were measured using heat stability and L-phenylalanine inhibition techniques in 78 patients on intermittent haemodialysis. Fifty-five patients had abnormalities in one or more of the isoenzymes. Changes in bone and intestinal alkaline phosphatase activities seemed to be related and raised liver isoenzyme activity was associated with the development of liver disease. Abnormal histological and radiological findings were better correlated with bone alkaline phosphatase levels than with total alkaline phosphatase, and serial estimations of bone isoenzyme activity were useful in assessing the response of renal osteodystrophy to treatment with a vitamin D analogue. Serum alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme measurement provides another useful and non-invasive index for monitoring metabolic bone disease in patients with chronic renal failure.     

New ways of thinking about (and teaching about) intestinal epithelial function

This article summarizes a presentation made at the Teaching Refresher Course of the American Physiological Society, which was held at the Experimental Biology meeting in 2007. The intestinal epithelium has important ion transport and barrier functions that contribute pivotally to normal physiological functioning of the intestine and other body systems. These functions are also frequently the target of dysfunction that, in turn, results in specific digestive disease states, such as diarrheal illnesses. Three emerging concepts are discussed with respect to ion transport: the complex interplay of intracellular signals that both activate and inhibit chloride secretion; the role of multiprotein complexes in the regulation of ion transport, taking sodium/hydrogen exchange as an example; and acute and chronic regulation of colonic sodium absorption, involving both sodium channel internalization and de novo synthesis of new channels. Similarly, recently obtained information about the molecular components of epithelial tight junctions and the ways in which tight junctions are regulated both in health and disease are discussed to exemplify ways to teach about intestinal barrier properties. Finally, both genetically determined intestinal diseases and those arising as a result of infections and/or inflammation are described, and these can be used as the means to enhance the basic and clinical relevance of teaching about intestinal epithelial physiology as well as the impact that the understanding of such physiology has had on associated therapeutics. The article also indicates, where relevant, how different approaches may be used effectively to teach related concepts to graduate versus medical/professional student audiences.     

二代益生菌嗜黏蛋白阿克曼菌与慢性疾病的研究进展

随着人们对肠道菌群研究的深入,越来越多的证据表明肠道菌群失调与许多慢性疾病的发生和进展密切相关。目前,采用益生菌治疗疾病已成为国际热点,而嗜黏蛋白阿克曼菌(Akkermansia muciniphila,A. muciniphila)作为人类肠道黏液层中的常见定植菌,逐渐被认为是二代益生菌中有前途的候选者。本文综述了A. muciniphila对慢性疾病的改善作用及其可能机制,从而为疾病治疗提供新思路。     

Protein misfolding in the late‐onset neurodegenerative diseases: Common themes and the unique case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Enormous strides have been made in the last 100 years to extend human life expectancy and to combat the major infectious diseases. Today, the major challenges for medical science are age‐related diseases, including cancer, heart disease, lung disease, renal disease, and late‐onset neurodegenerative disease. Of these, only the neurodegenerative diseases represent a class of disease so poorly understood that no general strategies for prevention or treatment exist. These diseases, which include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are generally fatal and incurable. The first section of this review summarizes the diversity and common features of the late‐onset neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on protein misfolding and aggregation—a recurring theme in the molecular pathology. The second section focuses on the particular case of ALS, a late‐onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by the death of central nervous system motor neurons, leading to paralysis and patient death. Of the 10% of ALS cases that show familial inheritance (familial ALS), the largest subset is caused by mutations in the SOD1 gene, encoding the Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). The unusual kinetic stability of SOD1 has provided a unique opportunity for detailed structural characterization of conformational states potentially involved in SOD1‐associated ALS. This review discusses past studies exploring the stability, folding, and misfolding behavior of SOD1, as well as the therapeutic possibilities of using detailed knowledge of misfolding pathways to target the molecular mechanisms underlying ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. Proteins 2013; 81:1285–1303. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

骨髓间充质干细胞外泌体中miRNA在视网膜新生血管形成中的作用及机制

视网膜血管疾病如早产儿视网膜病变、糖尿病视网膜病变和视网膜静脉阻塞等以异常增生的视网膜新生血管为主要病理表现。骨髓间充质干细胞来源外泌体通过旁分泌作用传递生物活性分子介导细胞间的物质与信息交换。其中,miRNA等内容物在传递信息中起关键作用,可调控缺血缺氧环境下内皮细胞的增殖、管腔形成和新生血管的形成。并且能够通过血视网膜屏障而不引起免疫、炎症反应,在眼科疾病治疗中极具潜力。本文总结骨髓间充质干细胞衍生外泌体中miRNA在视网膜新生血管形成中的作用和可能的作用机制,以期为外泌体在眼科疾病诊治中的应用拓宽新思路。     

The Role of Cyclophilins in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer

Cyclophilins (Cyps) is a kind of ubiquitous protein family in organisms, which has biological functions such as promoting intracellular protein folding and participating in the pathological processes of inflammation and tumor. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are two common intestinal diseases, but the etiology and pathogenesis of these two diseases are still unclear. IBD and CRC are closely associated, IBD has always been considered as one of the main risks of CRC. However, the role of Cyps in these two related intestinal diseases is rarely studied and reported. In this review, the expression of CypA, CypB and CypD in IBD, especially ulcerative colitis (UC), and CRC, their relationship with the development of these two intestinal diseases, as well as the possible pathogenesis, were briefly summarized, so as to provide modest reference for clinical researches and treatments in future.     

胃癌和甲状腺疾病相关性研究进展

胃癌是我国常见的恶性肿瘤之一。多种因素与胃癌的发生相关,如环境、饮食、幽门螺杆菌感染、慢性萎缩性胃炎和肠上皮化生等。随着对胃癌研究的深入,国外学者发现胃癌的发病率在碘摄入不足或者摄入过多的地区有逐渐增高的趋势,而碘是甲状腺疾病发病的重要因素。最新的研究发现,胃癌和甲状腺疾病的关系可能受到地域因素的影响,但目前缺乏对此关系的大样本临床研究。本文试对这些研究的最新进展作一综述。     

从肠道菌群探讨高血压脾胃论治机理

高血压已成为严重威胁人类健康的疾病之一,其发病是遗传、环境因素及生活方式相互作用的结果。大量研究表明,肠道菌群在高血压的发生发展过程中起着重要的作用,其机制主要涉及促进能量吸收、激活炎症反应、调节肠道通透性等多个方面,因此调节肠道菌群可以有效调节血压。中医认为高血压的根本在于脾胃功能失调,临床从脾胃论治行之有效,脾主运化水谷,肠道菌群影响消化吸收,二者生理功能相似,肠道菌群的研究为中医从脾胃论治高血压提供了新思路,故从肠道菌群入手阐述中医从脾胃论治高血压的机理。     

Novel Aspects of Prions,Their Receptor Molecules,and Innovative Approaches for TSE Therapy

1. Prion diseases are a group of rare, fatal neurodegenerative diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), that affect both animals and humans and include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. TSEs are usually rapidly progressive and clinical symptoms comprise dementia and loss of movement coordination due to the accumulation of an abnormal isoform (PrP^Sc) of the host-encoded prion protein (PrP^c). 2. This article reviews the current knowledge on PrP^c and PrP^Sc, prion replication mechanisms, interaction partners of prions, and their cell surface receptors. Several strategies, summarized in this article, have been investigated for an effective antiprion treatment including development of a vaccination therapy and screening for potent chemical compounds. Currently, no effective treatment for prion diseases is available. 3. The identification of the 37 kDa/67 kDa laminin receptor (LRP/LR) and heparan sulfate as cell surface receptors for prions, however, opens new avenues for the development of alternative TSE therapies.