低氧对大鼠体液免疫的抑制作用

本实验以模拟高原低氧的方法,探讨了低氧对大鼠体液免疫的作用,并与高原鼠兔比较,体液免疫以溶血素和ＩｇＧ产生为指标。实验结果：与对照组相比,大鼠低氧１０ｄ,５ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成１０．３％,７ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成２１．９％;经再次免疫后又低氧１０ｄ,５ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成４．２％,７ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成４．６％,高原土著动物高原鼠兔则不表现上述的抑制现象;大鼠经ＳＲＢＣ腹腔致敏形成２ｄ后低氧     

高原低氧对大鼠大脑皮质生长休止蛋白7表达的影响

目的 探讨高原低氧对大鼠大脑皮质生长休止蛋白7(Gas7)表达的影响.方法 36只大鼠随机分为正常对照组和模拟高原低氧组,模拟高原低氧组大鼠进行6周缺氧,复制慢性高原低氧动物模型.实验结束后,所有动物采用免疫组织化学和免疫印迹技术检测大鼠大脑皮质中Gas7的表达.结果 与对照组相比,Gas7在模拟高原低氧组大鼠大脑皮质的表达明显增强.结论 Gas7可能参与了高原低氧对大鼠大脑皮质神经元结构和功能的影响.     

低氧对甘肃鼢鼠体内ACTH及血液生理指标的影响

为研究低氧对甘肃鼢鼠(Myospalax cansus)血清促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)及血液生理指标的影响,采用KX-21N全自动血液分析仪对甘肃鼢鼠低氧处理前后血液中红细胞数(RBC)﹑血红蛋白浓度(HGB)﹑红细胞压积(HCT)、平均红细胞体积(MCV)、平均血红蛋白含量(MCH)及平均血红蛋白浓度(MCHC)进行测定,并采用SN-695A型智能放免r测量仪测定血清中ACTH浓度。结果表明,氧浓度分别为14.1%、10.5%和6.5%条件下,甘肃鼢鼠RBC、HGB和HCT均显著升高,MCV变化不明显,MCH和MCHC下降,血清ACTH含量显著升高;腹腔注射ACTH后甘肃鼢鼠RBC、HGB、HCT均显著升高。说明低氧激活了甘肃鼢鼠下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺皮质轴(HPA),导致ACTH分泌增加,刺激皮质酮分泌,致RBC、HGB、HCT含量增加,从而提高血液中红细胞的携氧能力以适应低氧生活环境。     

孕期低氧应激对子代雄性大鼠性行为的影响

目的:研究孕期低氧应激对子代雄性大鼠的繁殖行为及相关激素分泌的影响。方法:实验将配对获得的怀孕第14天的母鼠随机分为3组:对照组(Control)、3300m模拟高原低氧应激组和5000m模拟高原低氧应激组,实验组母鼠放入低氧舱中进行持续7天的模拟低氧应激处理,对照组在实验条件下常规饲养。结果:孕期经低氧应激子代雄性性成熟个体具有与雌性个体交配的能力,但是行为能力有不同程度的下降。同时,应激组个体肛阴距变短,血浆睾酮水平下降而皮质酮水平显著升高,而3组动物睾酮、附睾以及肾上腺指数间无显著差异。结论:出生前受到低氧应激对子代雄性个体的性行为能力产生持久的抑制影响。     

低氧暴露对大鼠外周血T淋巴细胞活化的影响

目的：探讨低氧暴露后大鼠外周血T淋巴细胞亚群及活化共刺激分子的变化,为干预措施的研究提供科学依据。方法：采用三色免疫荧光标记流式细胞仪分析法,观察在低氧暴露前和模拟海拔8 000 m低氧暴露8 h、3d6、d和10 d后,大鼠外周血T淋巴细胞亚群和T淋巴细胞活化共刺激分子的变化。结果：模拟海拔8 000 m低氧暴露8 h后,大鼠CD3＋、CD8＋、CD8＋CD28-细胞数较低氧前均显著降低（P均〈0.01）;低氧暴露3 d后,除上述变化外,CD4＋CD28＋细胞数也显著降低（P〈0.01）,CD4＋CD28-细胞数显著增加（P〈0.01）;低氧暴露6 d和10 d后,CD3＋、CD4＋呈现进一步降低趋势,CD8＋CD28＋细胞数显著增加（P〈0.01）。结论：说明模拟海拔8 000 m低氧暴露8 h和3 d后,大鼠外周血CD8＋、CD4＋T淋巴细胞活化水平均显著下降,随着低氧暴露时间的延长,CD8＋T淋巴细胞活化水平由降低变为增加。     

急性低氧下去甲肾上腺素对大鼠淋巴细胞转化的调节作用

本研究以模拟高原低氧方法,观察低氧作用于大鼠细胞免疫功能以及去甲肾上腺素对免疫作用的调节机制。实验结果：与对照相比,７ｋｍ急性低氧２４ｈ淋巴细胞转化下降４１％（Ｐ〈０．０１）;５ｋｍ低氧暴露时间为７ｄ,２０ｄ时,低氧抑制淋巴细胞转化,分别下降３４％和６０％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,侧脑室注入５ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮＥ,淋巴细胞转化比对照下降２９％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,７ｋｍ１０ｈ低氧暴露时,侧脑室注入酚妥拉明２５μ     

高原低氧对机体无氧代谢阈值的影响

为了探讨高原低氧对机体无氧代谢阈值(AT)的影响,本研究采用Wasserman无创性方法,分别测定了11名新兵在平原(四川淮口,海拔500m)和经空运进驻高原 (西藏错那,海拔4370m)后的第3、5、7和14天的AT。结果表明:新兵进驻高原后AT由平原的813.6±147.4kg·m/min降低到395.5±194.5 kg·m/min(P<0.01);高原低氧引起AT的降低幅度与受试者平原AT的高低呈正相关(r=0.933,P<0.01);进驻高原后第3、5、7天AT维持在较低水平,随后呈上升趋势。但移居高原1年战士的AT仍低于平原水平(P<0.05)。提示,高原低氧能够显著地降低机体的AT,并且AT越高的个体进驻高原后受低氧环境的影响程度越大。     

模拟高原低氧对大鼠脑内神经胶质细胞的影响

目的：观察模拟高原低氧对成年大鼠脑内胶质细胞的影响。方法：大鼠在模拟海拔4000m高原低压舱内连续暴露1、3、7d,胶质原纤维酸性蛋白（GFAP）与Griffoniasimplicifolia同功凝集素（GSA-IB4）组织细胞化学分别显示星形胶质细胞与小胶质细胞。结果：GFAP与GSA-IB4阳性细胞在低氧后3．7d两个时相显著增多,主要分布于新皮层、海马、纹状体及室管膜下层等区域。结论：模拟高原低氧能引起大鼠脑内星形胶质细胞与小胶质细胞的显著活化。     

低氧对氧生大鼠下丘脑促勇上腺皮质激素释放激素发育的…

本文研究模拟高原低氧下新生和胚胎大鼠发育时,下丘脑内肿肾上腺皮质激素及垂体环磷酸腺苷水平的变化,结果表明：５ｋｍ海拔高度抑制下丘脑ＣＲＦ的发育,当以育至２５天和３０天时,ＣＲＦ含量分别为对照组的６４．８％和５７．９％。此时,体重分别为４７．８％和５２．９％,３０天时,ｃＡＭＰ为２０．８％,本研究还显示,在７ｋｍ海拔高度已怀孕大鼠难以完成正常的妊娠和胎儿发育过程,５ｋｍ海拔高拔高度暴露１７天时,胚胎     

间断性低氧对大鼠淋巴细胞转化的影响

目的: 探讨间断性低氧对机体免疫反应的影响.方法: 以模拟海拔高度间断性低氧(4 h/d)模型观察大鼠脾淋巴细胞对丝裂原(Con A)的反应性.结果: 与对照相比,5 km急性低氧4 h大鼠淋巴细胞的转化率下降25.43%(P<0.05) ,间断性低氧2、5、15 d后淋巴细胞转化率分别为97.03%、104.5%和99.55%,与对照组无明显差异.2 km间断性低氧(4 h/d)1、2、5、15 d,大鼠脾淋巴细胞转化率分别为93.19%、96.43%、99.03%和100.54%,与对照组无明显差异.脾单个核细胞DNA含量显示, 5 km急性低氧4 h DNA含量明显下降(76.22%±7.06%,P<0.05),间断性低氧5 d和15 d后与对照组无显著差异.结论: 急性低氧抑制淋巴细胞的转化,并随低氧的加重而增加,重复间断性低氧暴露其抑制作用减弱,引起大鼠淋巴细胞转化产生适应.推测免疫适应与HPA轴的适应有关.     

Long-term trophic effect of ACTH on rat adrenocortical cells

Summary The changes occurring in rat adrenocortical cells (zona fasciculata) during an 8 day period of treatment with ACTH, were investigated by morphometric and autoradiographic methods.The most important ultrastructural change consists in a conspicuous increase in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum, that accounts for about 50% of the total increase of cellular volume. Also the mitochondrial fraction shows a significant increase, which is found to be due both to the increment in the number of mitochondria per cell and to the increase in the mean volume of organelles themselves.The quantitative autoradiographic data, indicating an increment in the incorporation of 3H-orotate and 3H-leucine into adrenocortical cells of the treated animals, allow us to conclude that the ACTH-induced ultrastructural changes are the morphological expression of a stimulation of the cellular protein synthesis.Since mitochondria are largely autonomous in the synthesis of their enzymes and structural proteins, it is possible to hypothesize that ACTH also intervenes in the regulation of the mitochondrial protein synthesis.The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to Mr. G. Gottardo for his excellent technical assistance.     

The Met-enkephalin analog D-Ala2-Met-enkephalinamide decreases the adrenocortical response to ACTH in dispersed rat adrenal cells

The effects of the Met-enkephalin analog D-Ala²-Met-enkephalinamide (DALA) on basal and ACTH-stimulated corticosterone secretion from dispersed adrenal cells were investigated. Low doses (10^?10 and 10^?12 M) of DALA resulted in no apparent alteration in the response to ACTH (8×10^?9, 3.2×10^?8 or 1.6×10^?7 M). High doses of DALA (10^?8 and 10^?6 M) produced a decline in the steroidogenic response to ACTH. The opiate receptor antagonist naloxone (10^?4–10^?10 M) did not influence the basal production of corticosterone or the stimulating action exerted by ACTH. However, the presence of naloxone reversed the blocking action on corticosterone production that was exerted by DALA. These findings indicate that enkephalins may decrease adrenocortical responsiveness to ACTH.     

Effect of ACTH on mitochondrial RNA synthesis of rat adrenocortical cells

Summary The incorporation of 3H-thymidine and 3H-uridine into adrenocortical cells of intact and ACTH-treated rats was investigated by high-resolution autoradiography. The quantitative analysis of autoradiographs shows no effect of ACTH on the incorporation of 3H-thymidine, at least in our experimental conditions. On the contrary, ACTH was found to enhance the incorporation of 3H-uridine into both adrenocortical nuclei and mitochondria. These findings are discussed in relation to numerous biochemical and morphological data, indicating that ACTH stimulates the synthesis of enzymes and structural proteins of adrenocortical cells.It is suggested that the mechanism of action of ACTH on adrenal cortex, consists in an integrated stimulation of both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA-dependent RNA synthesis.The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to Mrs. L. Rebonato and Mr. G. Gottardo for skilled technical assistance.     

Development of the ACTH and corticosterone response to acute hypoxia in the neonatal rat

Acute episodes of severe hypoxia are among the most common stressors in neonates. An understanding of the development of the physiological response to acute hypoxia will help improve clinical interventions. The present study measured ACTH and corticosterone responses to acute, severe hypoxia (8% inspired O(2) for 4 h) in neonatal rats at postnatal days (PD) 2, 5, and 8. Expression of specific hypothalamic, anterior pituitary, and adrenocortical mRNAs was assessed by real-time PCR, and expression of specific proteins in isolated adrenal mitochondria from adrenal zona fascisulata/reticularis was assessed by immunoblot analyses. Oxygen saturation, heart rate, and body temperature were also measured. Exposure to 8% O(2) for as little as 1 h elicited an increase in plasma corticosterone in all age groups studied, with PD2 pups showing the greatest response ( approximately 3 times greater than PD8 pups). Interestingly, the ACTH response to hypoxia was absent in PD2 pups, while plasma ACTH nearly tripled in PD8 pups. Analysis of adrenal mRNA expression revealed a hypoxia-induced increase in Ldlr mRNA at PD2, while both Ldlr and Star mRNA were increased at PD8. Acute hypoxia decreased arterial O(2) saturation (SPo(2)) to approximately 80% and also decreased body temperature by 5-6 degrees C. The hypoxic thermal response may contribute to the ACTH and corticosterone response to decreases in oxygen. The present data describe a developmentally regulated, differential corticosterone response to acute hypoxia, shifting from ACTH independence in early life (PD2) to ACTH dependence less than 1 wk later (PD8).     

Localization of ACTH in the human hypothalamus

Summary Using an antiserum to porcine ACTH and the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique, we have found that ACTH is present in neuronal cell bodies located exclusively in the arcuate nucleus of the human hypothalamus. ACTH-containing fibers are distributed extensively throughout the hypothalamus with the greatest density in the periventricular nucleus. No concentration of ACTH fibers could be observed in the neurovascular zone of the pituitary stalk.     

Existence of a common precursor to ACTH and endorphin in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituaitary

Extracts of rat anterior and intermediate-posterior pituitary were fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and assayed for immunoactive ACTH and endorphin. In both lobes the major forms of immunoactive ACTH have apparent molecular weights of 31,000 (31K), 20–21K, 14K, and 4.5K, and the major forms of immunoactive endorphin have apparent molecular weights of 31K (coincident with the peak of immunoactive ACTH), 13K (a βLPH-like peptide), and 3.5K (a β-endorphin-like peptide). However, the quantitative distribution of immunoactivity among the various forms differs greatly between the lobes. Assays using an extreme COOH-terminal ACTH antiserum indicate that the 31K ACTH/endorphin molecule in rat antierior and intermediate pituitary is similar to the pro-ACTH/endorphin molecule from mouse pituitary tumor cells. A radioimmunoassay that is specific for the NH₂-terminal non-ACTH, nonendorphin segment (referred to as 16K fragment) of the mouse pro-ACTH/endorphin molecule was used to assay extracts of rat pituitary. In addition to detecting material at 31K and 20–21K, the 16K fragment radioimmunoassay detects significant amounts of cross-reactive material with an apparent molecular weight of 16K in extracts of both lobes. This result also suggests that the structure and processing of the rat 31K ACTH/endorphin molecule is similar to that of mouse tumor cell pro-ACTH/endorphin. Cell suspensions were prepared from the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituitary and maintained in culture for a 24-h period. The isolated cells from both lobes incorporate [³H] phenylalanine into immunoprecipitable ACTH- and endorphin-containing molecules. By sequential immunoprecipitation with ACTH and endorphin antisera, it is possible to demonstrate directly that a single molecule (31K ACTH/endorphin) has antigenic determinants for both ACTH and endorphin. Significant amounts of 31K ACTH/endorphin are released into the culture medium by isolated anterior lobe and intermediate lobe cells. The isolated intermediate lobe cells synthesize and secrete relatively large amounts of a β-endorphin-like molecule; the isolated anterior lobe cells secrete significant amounts of both a βLPH-like molecule and a β-endorphin like molecule. These same quantitative differences between anterior and intermediate lobe tissue were observed in immunoassays of extracts of the separated lobes and probably reflect differences in the processing of the common precursor. The isolated anterior lobe cells can be stimulated to release increased amounts of immunoprecipitable ACTH and endorphin by incubation with a cyclic AMP analog and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.     

Interaction of ACTH synthetic fragments with rat adrenal cortex membranes.

Synthetic peptide, corresponding to the amino acid sequence 11-24 of human adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), was labeled with tritium (specific activity of 22 Ci/mmol). [(3)H]ACTH (11-24) was found to bind to rat adrenal cortex membranes with high affinity and specificity (K(d) = 1.8 +/- 0.1 nM). Twenty nine fragments of ACTH (11-24) have been synthesized and their ability to inhibit the specific binding of [(3)H]ACTH (11-24) to adrenocortical membranes has been investigated. Unlabeled fragment ACTH 15-18 (KKRR) was found to replace in a concentration-dependent manner [(3)H]ACTH (11-24) in the receptor-ligand complex (K(i) = 2.3 +/- 0.2 nM). ACTH (15-18) was labeled with tritium (specific activity of 20 Ci/mmol). [(3)H]ACTH (15-18) was found to bind to rat adrenal cortex membranes with high affinity (K(d) = 2.1 +/- 0.1 nM). The specific binding of [(3)H]ACTH (15-18) was inhibited by unlabeled ACTH (11-24) (K(i) = 2.2 +/- 0.1 nM). ACTH (15-18) at the concentration range of 1-1000 nM did not affect the adenylate cyclase activity in adrenocortical membranes.     

Effect of 41-CRF antiserum on the secretion of ACTH, B-endorphin and alpha-MSH in the rat

In order to elucidate the physiological role of the 41 amino-acid residue corticotropin-releasing factor (41-CRF) on the secretion of ACTH, B-Endorphin and alpha-MSH, plasma levels of these peptides were measured by radioimmunoassay in intact and adrenalectomized rats, two hours after the injection of either 41-CRF antiserum (CRF-AS) or normal rabbit serum for controls. The administration of CRF-AS strikingly lowered the plasma ACTH levels in both intact and adrenalectomized rats. A statistically significant reduction of plasma levels of B-Endorphin was also observed in the same rats. However, the effect of CRF-AS on B-Endorphin release was less pronounced than the effect on ACTH release. No changes in plasma alpha-MSH levels were observed after passive immunization with CRF-AS. We conclude that, in the rat, 41-CRF plays a physiological role in the regulation of ACTH and B-Endorphin secretion, but is not involved in the regulation of alpha-MSH release from the pituitary gland.     

Localization of sialic acid-containing hormones in GTH cells and ACTH cells of the rat anterior pituitary

Summary The localization of sialic acid-containing substances in the rat anterior pituitary gland has been studied by light and electron microscopy, using a peroxidase-labeled lectin (Limulus polyphemus agglutinin: LPA) which binds specifically to sialic acid residues. LPA stains two types of anterior pituitary cells: (1) round or ovoid cells which are also positively stained with anti-hCG (GTH cell), and (2) small, stellate cells which are unstained with anti-hCG (ACTH cell). All of the LPA-positive cells can be distinguished from TSH cells which are identified by the use of anti-hTSH. On ultrathin sections directly stained with LPA using the postembedding method, the reaction is confined to the secretory granules in GTH cells, and ACTH cells. Of two types of secretory granules in GTH cells, the larger one is intensely stained, whereas the smaller type shows only weak staining with LPA. Since follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is known to have high sialic acid contents, the results suggest possible detection of FSH with a technique other than immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, if the sialic acid-containing substances in GTH cells represents FSH, then these results support the hypothesis that LH cells and FSH cells are one cell type.This research was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education of Japan