安宫牛黄丸原方及简方对脑出血大鼠损伤保护作用的研究

探讨安宫牛黄原方及简方对脑出血大鼠的保护作用,寻找更合理的组方。方法:采用胶原酶尾状核注射法造模,观察安宫牛黄丸原方及简方对脑出血损伤大鼠脑组织匀浆中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、丙二醛(MDA)含量的影响。结果:安宫牛黄原方及简方能不同程度的降低谷氨酸损伤神经元MDA含量,提高SOD的活性。结论:安宫牛黄丸全方及简方可在一定程度上通过抗氧化损伤来起到脑保护作用。     

妊娠期糖耐量标准与妊娠结局的关系

目的:探讨不同的诊断标准的妊娠期糖尿病的妊娠结局。方法:回顾性分析我院2001-2004年产前检查并分娩,无显性糖尿病及其他内分泌疾病的单胎孕妇共337例,按糖尿痛不同的诊断标准分成三组进行比较:干预组78例(OGTT(oral glucose toler- ante test)血糖值达到妊娠期糖尿病诊断标准,予饮食调整、运动指导,和或胰岛素治疗);未干预组91例(OGTT值小于妊娠期糖尿病诊断标准,但第2小时血糖≥7.8mmol/L,一般产科检查,无相应血糖的检测与治疗);对照组168例(OGTT正常,且第2小时血糖<7.8mmol/L一般产科检查)。结果:未干预组在巨大胎与干预组及对照组间有显著差异。干预组在妊娠周数与对照组及未干预组之间有差异。三组在年龄、分娩前体重指数、分娩方式等方面无显著差异。结论:未干预糖尿病组与巨大胎有关。建议诊断妊娠期糖尿病标准采用空腹血糖≥5.8mmol/L和或75克糖耐量试验2小时血糖≥7.8mmol/L。     

直接遗忘效应中认知抑制机制研究新进展

随着认知抑制研究的兴起,作为测量认知抑制能力的主要方法,直接遗忘效应得到了不断深入的研究。本文简要介绍了直接遗忘效应的研究范式,并就直接遗忘的内在机制是"选择性复述"的作用,还是"认知抑制"的作用展开讨论。在此基础上还就个体抑制能力的发展进程及其应用价值的研究进展做了简要介绍,并指出了已有研究存在的一些问题。     

Peptide-specific, allogeneic T cell response in vitro induced by a self-peptide binding to HLA-A2

The role of the bound peptide in alloreactive T-cell recognition is controversial, ranging from pep-tide-independent to peptide-specific recognition of alloreactive T-cells. The aim of this study is to find the evidence that there exist peptide/MHC complex (pMHC)-specific CTLs among alloreactive T cells generated with long-term mixed lymphocytes culture (LTMLC). A single pMHC was manipulated by loading the TAP-defective, HLA-A2 expressing T2 cells with a viral peptide (LMP2A426-434) or a self-peptide (Tyr369-377). The PBLs samples from 4 HLA-A2 positive (HLA-A2 ve) and 4 HLA-A2 negative (HLA-A2-ve) donors were included in this study. The HLA-A2 ve PBL co-cultured with the LMP2A426-434 pulsed T2 (T2/LMP) stands for the nominal T-cell response to a viral antigen, and the HLA-A2-ve PBLs co-cultured with the Tyr369-377 pulsed T2 (T2/Tyr) for alloreactive T-cell response to an allogeneic antigen. The specificity of the expanded CTLs after the LTMLC was detected by their specific cytotoxicity and binding ability to specific pMHC-tetramer. An HLA-A2 restricted, HIV peptide (Gag77-85)was included for control. The cultural bulk of HLA-A2 ve PBLs with the T2/LMP showed an elevated specific cytotoxicity against the T2/LMP compared to that against the T2/HIV (26.52%±3.72% vs 7.01%±0.87%, P<0.001), and an increased frequency of binding to LMP-tetramer compared to that binding to HIV-tetramer (0.98%±0.33% vs 0.05%±0.01%, P=0.0014). The cultural bulk of HLA-A2-ve PBLs with the T2/Tyr showed a more active cytotoxicity against the T2/Tyr than that against T2/HIV (28.07%±2.58% vs 6.87%±0.01 %, P<0.001), and a higher frequency of binding to the Tyr-tetramer than that binding to the HIV-tetramer (0.88%±0.3% vs 0.06%±0.03%, P=0.0018). Our results indicate that the LTMLC is able to expand the viral antigen-specific CTLs as well as allogeneic antigen-specific CTLs. A relatively large proportion of alloreactive CTLs should be pMHC-specific, i.e., the specificity of the alloreactive lines depends on both the bound peptide and the allotype of MHC. Our observations support the hypothesis that the cumulative effect of T cells specific to each peptide epitope could account for the strength and diversity of the alloresponse. The method using manipulated pMHC and the LTMLC to generate pMHC-specific, alloreactive CTLs is of potential importance for adoptive T-cell immunotherapy.     

The formation of improved tetraploid population of red crucian carp × common carp hybrids by androgenesis

Bisexual fertile diploid androgenetic individuals (A0) (2n=100) were formed by androgenesis. In this way, the diploid spermatozoa from male allotetraploid hybrids (AT) (4n=200) of red crucian carp (Carassius auratus red var.) (♀) × common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) (♂) were used to fertilize the UV-treated hap- loid eggs of goldfish (Carassius auratus), and living androgenetic diploid fish were developed. The A0 became sexually mature at the age of 2 years, and they fertilized with each other to form their offspring (A1). In this study, we observed the chromosomal number, gonadal structure and appearance of A1 fish. The results are as follows: (1) In A1, there were 85% tetraploids (A1-4n), 10% triploids (A1-3n) and 5% diploids (A1-2n), suggesting that diploid A0 could produce diploid gametes. It was concluded that the formation of diploid gametes generated from diploid A0 was probably related to the mechanism of pre-meiotic endoreduplication. (2) Among A1, only A1-4n possessed normal ovaries and testes. The mature males of A1-4n produced white semen. Under the electron microscope, the head of diploid sperm generated by A1-4n was bigger than that of haploid sperm generated by red crucian carp. In the testes of the A1-4n, there were many mature normal spermatozoa with a head bearing plasma mem- brane and a tail having the typical structure of "9 2" microtubules. Between the head and the tail, there were some mitochondria. The ovaries of A1-4n developed well and mainly contained II, III and IV-stage oocytes. The IV-stage oocytes were surrounded by inner and outer follicular cells. The micropyle was observed on the oolemma of follicular cells. There were abundant yolks and plenty of endoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm of IV-stage oocytes. Because A1-2n and A1-3n were distant crossing diploid hybrids and triploid hybrids respectively, they possessed abnormal gonads, and no mature semen and eggs were observed. (3) Compared with allotetraploids, the A1-4n fish not only had advantages such as fast growth rate and strong resistibility but also showed some new good performances such as high ratio of body width to body length, smaller heads and shorter tails. These results indicated that an- drogenesis could produce bisexual fertile tetraploids and improve the shape of allotetraploid hybrids as well, which will be of great significance in both the cell genetics research and fish breeding.     

OPGmRNA在牙齿萌出过程中牙台方组织内的表达

目的：探讨骨保护素（osteoprotegerin OPG）mRNA在牙齿萌出过程中胎方组织内的表达。方法：运用原位杂交方法检测大鼠下颌第一磨牙胎方组织内OPGmRNA的表达。结果：大鼠下颌第一磨牙牙台方组织内牙囊成纤维细胞中OPGmRNA在牙齿骨内萌出阶段中期阳性表达,与萌出早、晚期比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0．01）,其中早期比晚期差异显著（P〈0．01）;成釉细胞中OPGmRNA在牙齿骨内萌出阶段中期阳性表达,与萌出早、晚期比较差异亦有统计学意义（P〈0.01）,早期与晚期没有显著性差异（P〉0．05）。结论：OPGmRNA在大鼠出生后下颌第一磨牙牙囊成纤维细胞、成釉细胞骨内萌出阶段中期表达最强,牙齿萌出过程中可能通过OPGmRNA表达量的变化来调节牙齿的萌出。     

Evolutionary history of bacteriophages with double-stranded DNA genomes

Background

Reconstruction of evolutionary history of bacteriophages is a difficult problem because of fast sequence drift and lack of omnipresent genes in phage genomes. Moreover, losses and recombinational exchanges of genes are so pervasive in phages that the plausibility of phylogenetic inference in phage kingdom has been questioned.

Results

We compiled the profiles of presence and absence of 803 orthologous genes in 158 completely sequenced phages with double-stranded DNA genomes and used these gene content vectors to infer the evolutionary history of phages. There were 18 well-supported clades, mostly corresponding to accepted genera, but in some cases appearing to define new taxonomic groups. Conflicts between this phylogeny and trees constructed from sequence alignments of phage proteins were exploited to infer 294 specific acts of intergenome gene transfer.

Conclusion

A notoriously reticulate evolutionary history of fast-evolving phages can be reconstructed in considerable detail by quantitative comparative genomics.

Open peer review

This article was reviewed by Eugene Koonin, Nicholas Galtier and Martijn Huynen.     

Development of a RP-HPLC method for screening potentially counterfeit anti-diabetic drugs

Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is becoming a serious problem in the world, especially in developing countries including China. Herein an isocratic reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method was developed for screening counterfeit medicines and adulterated dietary supplement products. The developed method could be employed to separate and determine simultaneously six anti-diabetic drugs (glipizide, gliclazide, glibenclamide, glimepiride, gliquidone, repaglinide) on an isocratic solvent system using an Alltima C18 column (5 microm, 150 mmx4.6 mm) with an isocratic mobile phase of methanol-phosphate buffer (pH 3.0; 0.01 mol/L) (70:30, v/v), at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and at a wavelength of 230 nm. The proposed method was successfully applied to the analysis of medicinal and dietary supplement samples purchased from the local market in China.     

Development and validation of a LC-MS/MS method for the determination of viaminate in human plasma

A sensitive and specific method for determination of viaminate in human plasma by using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed in this study. The plasma samples were simply deproteinated, extracted, evaporated, and then reconstituted in 200 microl of methanol prior to analysis. Chromatographic separation was carried out on a Shimadzu VP-ODS column (250 mm x 2.0 mm, 5 microm) with a mobile phase of methanol-water (95:5, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.2 ml/min. Quantification was performed in the negative-ion electrospray ionization mode by selected ion monitoring of the product ions at m/z 164 for viaminate and m/z 109 for testosterone propionate which was used as the internal standard. The corresponding parent ions were m/z 446 and m/z 345. A linear calibration curve was observed within the concentration range of 0.10-200 ng/ml. The lowest limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 0.1 ng/ml. The extraction-efficiency at three concentrations was 100.7, 93.6, and 99.7%. Practical utility of this new LC-MS/MS method was confirmed in pilot pharmacokinetic studies in humans following oral administration.