钙激活性氯离子通道的电生理研究

目的:研究大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞上钙激活性氯离子通道的电流、电压电流关系等电生理特性.方法:采用急性酶分离法(胶原酶Ⅰ型和木瓜蛋白酶)分离出单个肺动脉平滑肌细胞,应用膜片钳技术,测定各组大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞上钙激活性氯离子通道电流和电压电流.结果:急性酶分离法能成功分离出适用于膜片钳记录的单个大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞,并测到稳定的钙激活性氯离子通道电流,该电流表现出时间、电压及钙离子依赖性,并呈外向整流特征.结论:大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞的钙激活氯离子通道具有时间依赖性、钙离子依赖性和电压依赖性,并具有外向整流特征.     

一种改进的适用于膜片钳记录的成年大鼠海马神经元急性分离法

本文建立了一种快速、可靠的急性分离成年大鼠海马神经细胞的方法。此法可将实验大鼠的年龄提高到500d以上,体重300g以上;不损伤神经细胞膜的电学特性：形态上有差异的细胞易于分辨。用膜片钳技术的单通道和全细胞模式证实,在本实验条件下,约95％左右的健康细胞均能形成高阻抗封接,并成功地记录了电压依赖性钾、钠、钙通道,外向整流氯通道和大电导的钙激活钾通道电流。     

胞外pH降低对肺动脉平滑肌细胞膜上电压门控性钾通道的调节

目的：观察pH对大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞（PASMCs）钾电流的调控作用并探讨其机制。方法：用全细胞膜片钳技术记录在正常细胞外液和不同pH的灌流液中,PASMCs膜上电压门控性钾电流大小（Ikv）,并分析了其电生理学特性的改变。结果：①胞外pH降低可快速可逆性抑制Ikv。,与对照相比（pH7.4）,pH值为7.0、6.5、6.0时,＋60mV处的峰电流的抑制率分别为：16.93％±2.47％、33.03％±2.13％、41.59％±6.53％,电流一电压关系曲线右下移。②胞外pH为7.0、6.5、6.0时,使电压依赖性Gk-Em向去极化方向移动。同时使半激活电压增加。结论：在缺氧所致缺氧性肺血管收缩反应（HPV）的发生中,胞外pH的降低可参与对Ikv的调节,从而使细胞膜去极化,Ikv减小电压门控钙通道打开,平滑肌细胞收缩,这可能是缺氧导致HPV的机制之一。     

猪冠状动脉平滑肌细胞的自发瞬时外向电流的特性

自发瞬时外向电流（spontaneous transient outward currents,STOCs）在小动脉的肌源性调节中起着非常重要的作用。本文应用穿孔膜片钳技术记录了猪冠状动脉平滑肌细胞上的STOCs,研究了其基本特性以及调节。结果显示：STOCs有明显的电压依赖性和钙依赖性,其频率和幅度具有变异性。STOCs可以随机叠加在阶跃刺激方案和斜坡刺激方案引出的全细胞钾电流上。STOCs可被大电导钙激活钾（large-conductance Ca^2＋-activated potassium,BKCa）通道的特异性阻断剂ChTX、螯合胞外钙离子和50μmol／L ryanodine完全抑制。钙离子载体A23187可以明显增加STOCs的幅度和频率;而L型钙通道阻断剂verapamil和CdCl2对STOCs的影响很小。咖啡因使STOCs瞬时爆发性增加,然后抑制。钠离子载体可明显增加STOCs的频率;钠钙交换体选择性抑制剂KB．R7943可明显抑制STOCs。由此可以认为STOCs是BKCa通道介导的。STOCs的产生和激活依赖于经钠钙交换的钙内流和经肌浆网ryanodine受体介导的钙释放,钠钙交换可能决定钙库重载,而细胞膜下肌浆网的胞内钙释放（钙火花）所致的局部钙浓度瞬时增加激活与其相邻的BKCa通道,产生STOCs。     

谷氨酸对海马CA1区锥体细胞A-电流特性的影响

利用全细胞膜片钳记录方法,在急性分离的大鼠海马CA1区锥体细胞上深入研究了谷氨酸对方波诱导的短暂性外向钾电流（IA）激活和失活特性的影响。结果发现：在谷氨酸灌流条件下,IA的激活时间常数没有明显改变（P＞0 ．05）,谷氨酸升高了A－通道稳态失活电压;谷氨酸延长了A－电流失活时间,并具有电压依赖性。实验结果说明了谷氨酸从不同的方面调控着A－通道,对A－通道稳态失活电压依赖性的改变可能是其调控A－通道的主要途径。     

不同牵张刺激对豚鼠胃窦环行肌细胞电压依赖性钙电流的影响

利用全细胞膜片钳技术,在胃窦环行肌细胞上观察了不同方式的牵张刺激对电压依赖性钙电流的影响,探讨牵张刺激对胃窦平滑肌细胞电压依赖性钙电流的作用。用低渗性溶液灌流细胞引起的牵张刺激首先增加电压依赖性钙电流,接着激活一种内向性钳制电流。钙电流的增加发生在灌流后１ｍｉｎ内,而内向性钳制电流在细胞明显膨胀之后缓慢激活。低渗和正压引起的细胞膨胀明显增加电压依赖性钙离子电流,而利用两个电极直接牵细胞则不出现钙电     

耐钙心肌细胞的分离和电生理特性观察

用快速、恒压的无钙和胶原酶Ｔｙｒｏｄｅ液相继灌流豚鼠心脏冠脉系统后,再经无钙液室温浸泡心脏和用改变的Ｋ－Ｂ液帮助分离细胞的恢复,可获得耐钙的游离心肌细胞。全细胞电流记录：静息电位为－７２±９ｍＶ（ｎ＝１２）,并显示出快内向电流（ＩＮａ）,可被异搏定阻断的慢钙离子流和时间依赖性外向钾流（Ｉｋ）;单通道记录分别显示了Ｎａ＋Ｃａ２＋和Ｋ＋通道的电压依赖性等特征。结果表明了用此法分离的细胞具有耐钙性和正常电生理特性。     

熊果酸激活低分化鼻咽癌细胞氯通道和减小细胞容积

本文旨在研究熊果酸对低分化鼻咽癌细胞氯通道的激活作用,以及熊果酸对其细胞容积的影响。采用膜片钳技术记录熊果酸激活的鼻咽癌细胞(CNE-2Z)全细胞氯电流,应用离子置换、改变细胞外渗透压、氯通道阻断剂等观察熊果酸诱导的氯电流的特性,活细胞动态图像分析技术测量细胞容积变化。结果显示,等渗条件下可记录到CNE-2Z细胞微弱且稳定的背景氯电流,细胞外灌流熊果酸可浓度依赖性(1～100nmol/L)诱发氯电流的产生,在±80mV电压钳制下,100nmol/L熊果酸激活的氯电流的平均电流密度为(78.92±6.39)pA/pF和(59.86±4.86)pA/pF,该电流具有较明显的外向优势,不表现明显的时间依赖性和电压依赖性失活。该电流翻转电位为(4.83±0.30)mV,较接近Cl平衡电位(0.9mV)。熊果酸激活的氯通道对不同阴离子的通透性为:Cl-=I->Br->葡萄酸根离子。该电流具有容积敏感性,可被细胞外高渗透压显著抑制;氯通道阻断剂他莫昔芬(tamoxifen)、5-硝基-2-(3-苯丙胺)苯甲酸[(5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpro-pylamino)benzoic acid,NPPB]可抑制该电流。细胞外灌流熊果酸1h后,细胞容积减小,氯通道阻断剂NPPB可抑制该容积变化。以上结果提示,熊果酸可以激活低分化鼻咽癌细胞的氯通道,使Cl外流,进而引起细胞容积减小。     

SHRsp内脏阻力血管平滑肌钙通道动力学特征

用膜片箝全细胞钡电流方式比较成年雄性卒中易感型自发性高血压大鼠（ＳＨＲｓｐ）及正常大鼠（Ｗｉｓｔａｒ）肠系膜动脉Ａ４－Ａ５分支阻力血管平滑肌电压依赖性钙通道的动力学特性。结果发现：１）两种大鼠该段均存在有Ｌ型与Ｔ型钙通道。２）峰值电流（ｐｅａｋＩＢａ２＋）幅度和密度ＳＨＲｓｐ均大于Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠。３）通道激活时间常数（τａ）ＳＨＲｓｐ小于Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠,失活时间常数（τｉ）于箝制电压（ＨＰ）＝－４０ｍＶ时,两种大鼠无区别,ＨＰ＝－８０ｍＶ时,ＳＨＲｓｐ显著大于Ｗｉｓｔａｒ。４）和Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠相比较,ＳＨＲｓｐ的稳态激活曲线（Ｄ∞）与稳态失活曲线（Ｆ∞）,均呈现左移。ＳＨＲｓｐ肠系膜动脉阻力血管平滑肌电压依赖性钙通道的如此特征更有利于胞外钙离子进入胞内。而关于内脏阻力血管的实验结果迄今鲜有报道。     

过氧化氢对老年豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞大电导钙激活钾通道电流的影响

本文旨在研究氧自由基(oxygen free radical)供体——过氧化氢(H2O2)对老年豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞大电导钙激活钾通道(large-conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channels,BKCa channels)电流的影响,探讨氧自由基对老年豚鼠耳蜗外毛细胞BKCa通道电流的作用机制。采用急性酶分离方法分离耳蜗外毛细胞,用全细胞膜片钳记录通道电流,鉴别并分析通道特性,观察不同浓度H2O2对BKCa通道电流的影响。结果显示,在膜片钳全细胞模式下,可记录到一串幅值较大、快速激活、几乎不失活的电流,激活电压大于-40~-30 mV,电流随膜电位的增加而增强,电流幅值不断增大,并表现出外向整流的特性,无"rundown"现象;IbTX(100 nmol/L)可完全阻断通道活动,证实该电流为BKCa通道电流。BKCa通道电流表现出明显的H2O2浓度依赖性激活,电流幅值和峰值电流密度随H2O2浓度(1、2、4μmol/L)增加而增大。以上结果提示,外毛细胞可能存在能够调节胞内钙平衡的氧自由基/BKCa途径。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.