CD3+4-8- alpha beta T cell population with biased T cell receptor V gene usage. Presence in bone marrow and possible involvement of IL-3 for their extrathymic development.

Analysis of TCR of a series of CD4-8- (double negative; DN) alpha beta T cell lines induced with IL-3 revealed that their V gene usage was biased for V alpha 4 and V beta 2. This has been confirmed in the primary short-term cultures. Thus, IL-3 induced the generation of DN alpha beta T cells with predominant V beta 2 gene expression from the CD4+/CD8+ T cell-depleted spleen or bone marrow (BM) cells of both normal and nude BALB/c mice within 10 days. It was further indicated that the V beta 2+ beta-chain genes contained few junctional N regions in both IL-3-induced primary DN alpha beta T cells and continuous lines. Search for the in vivo counterpart of in vitro IL-3-induced DN alpha beta T cells revealed that BM, but not spleens, of normal BALB/c and B6 mice did contain a significant proportion of DN alpha beta T cells, and that the majority of them expressed V beta 2+ beta-chain genes with few junctional N regions. The presence of V beta 2+ DN alpha beta T cells was similarly observed in the BM of BALB/c nude mice, but their proportion varied markedly among various strains of mice, which was not linked to H-2 haplotypes. The results indicated that V beta 2+ DN alpha beta T cells in the BM represented one of the thymus-independent T cell populations, whose development was under the major histocompatibility Ag complex-unlinked genetic control. TCR of these T cells were shown to be functional as judged by the proliferative response to anti-V beta 2 antibody. Taken together, present results suggested that IL-3 could induce differentiation and/or proliferation of DN alpha beta T cells with uniquely limited repertoire, which existed preferentially in BM in vivo, and implied the possible involvement of extrathymic endogenous ligands as a positive selection force.     

土壤皿蛛二新种记述（蜘蛛目：皿蛛科：微蛛亚科）

蚊微蛛属Solenysa是一类小型微蛛,以往该属仅记述一种,Solenysa mellottei Simon,1984,分布于朝鲜和日本,我国尚系首次记述该属蜘蛛。本属最典型的特征为:体微小,腹柄发达而使蜘体呈蚁状,Ⅰ—Ⅳ均仅有一根背刺。本文所记述的二种蜘蛛均系土壤蜘蛛。文内所用单位均为mm。全部模式标本均保存于中国科学院动物研究所。     

Integration of bovine leukemia virus DNA in the genomes of bovine lymphosarcoma cells

Integration of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) in the genomes of infected cells was investigated in cattle with enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) and sporadic bovine leukosis (SBL). Southern blot hybridization of BLV cDNA to Eco RI and Xba I restriction fragments of EBL tumor DNAs revealed that: 1) one to four or more copies of proviral DNA were integrated per genome; 2) the restriction pattern of the integrated proviral DNA was the same in two or three different tumors from the same animals; and 3) different patterns were observed among tumors from four different animals. These findings suggest the monoclonal origin of different tumors in an individual animal and the existence of multiple chromosomal integration sites of BLV provirus. DNAs from several SBL tumors were also analyzed with the same restriction enzymes, but with both representative and cDNA3'-enriched's of BLV RNA. No hybridization bands reactive with representative BLV cDNA could be detected, while several bands appeared to hybridize with cDNA3'-enriched.     

济南市社会经济发展与儿童少年生长的长期变化

本文分析了１９５６－１９９５年济南市７－１８岁儿童少年生长发育的变化趋势。３９年间,男女生身高平均增长值分别为１０．８３ｃｍ的９．４７ｃｍ,平均每１０年增长２．７６８ｃｍ和２．４３ｃｍ;男一体重增长值分别为９．１９ｋｇ和５．１２ｋｇ,平均每１０年增长２．３６ｋｇ和１．３１ｋｇ。将不同年代人均工业总产值作对数转换后发现,与各年龄儿童少年身高、体重的发育水平呈明显的直线正相关,不同年代人均工业总产值的     

几种念珠菌DNA总含量的流式细胞分析

应用流式细胞术(FCM)对处于稳定生长阶段的念珠菌属(Candida)的7种8株念珠菌进行了DNA总含量的流式细胞(FCM)分析。这8株念珠菌是:白念珠菌(C.albicans)2株,热带念珠菌(C.tropicalis),克柔念珠菌(C.krusei),近平滑念珠菌(C.parapsiolosis),乳酒念珠菌(C.kefyr),白念珠菌星形变种(C.stellatoidea),即血清B型白念珠菌,季也蒙念珠菌(C.guilliermondii)各一株。应用EB一步插入法染色,用鸡红细胞(CRBC)作为内参标准进行DNA总含量测定。分析结果表明:稳定生长阶段的组方图上,大多数念珠菌细胞处于DNA合成周期的G_0/G_1期;DNA总含量有明显的种间和种内差异。     

Serum resistin is associated with the severity of microangiopathies in type 2 diabetes

Resistin, secreted from adipocytes, causes insulin resistance and diabetes in rodents. To determine the relation between serum resistin and diabetic microangiopathies in humans, we analyzed 238 Japanese T2DM subjects. Mean serum resistin was higher in subjects with either advanced retinopathy (preproliferative or proliferative) (P=0.0130), advanced nephropathy (stage III or IV) (P=0.0151), or neuropathy (P=0.0013). Simple regression analysis showed that serum resistin was positively correlated with retinopathy stage (P=0.0212), nephropathy stage (P=0.0052), and neuropathy (P=0.0013). Multiple regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, and BMI, revealed that serum resistin was correlated with retinopathy stage (P=0.0144), nephropathy stage (P=0.0111), and neuropathy (P=0.0053). Serum resistin was positively correlated with the number of advanced microangiopathies, independent of age, gender, BMI, and either the duration of T2DM (P=0.0318) or serum creatinine (P=0.0092). Therefore, serum resistin was positively correlated with the severity of microangiopathies in T2DM.     

Discovery and structure-activity relationships of new steroidal compounds bearing a carboxy-terminal side chain as androgen receptor pure antagonists

Lead optimization of CH4892280 (4), an androgen receptor (AR) pure antagonist, was investigated. Compounds 6 and 7, which have a carboxylic acid at the end of the side chain at the position 7alpha of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), showed partial agonistic activities in reporter gene assay (RGA). Conversion of the steroidal core structure to 17alpha-methyltestosterone gave compound 14, which showed weak pure antagonistic activity. Optimization of the side chain by the insertion of a phenyl ring led to compounds 22 and 28-30, which showed pure antagonistic activities at submicromolar concentrations. The structure-activity relationships were clarified.     

Long-term exposure to a continuous 900 MHz electromagnetic field disrupts cerebellar morphology in young adult male rats

The pathological effects of exposure to an electromagnetic field (EMF) during childhood and adolescence may be greater than those from exposure during adulthood. We investigated possible pathological changes in the cerebellum of adolescent rats exposed to 900 MHz EMF daily for 25 days. We used three groups of six 21-day-old male rats as follows: unexposed control group (Non-EG), sham-exposed group (Sham-EG) and an EMF-exposed group (EMF-EG). EMF-EG rats were exposed to EMF in an EMF cage for 1 h daily from postnatal days 21 through 46. Sham-EG rats were placed in the EMF cage for 1 h daily, but were not subjected to EMF. No procedures were performed on the Non-EG rats. The cerebellums of all animals were removed on postnatal day 47, sectioned and stained with cresyl violet for histopathological and stereological analyses. We found significantly fewer Purkinje cells in the EMF-EG group than in the Non-EG and Sham-EG groups. Histopathological evaluation revealed alteration of normal Purkinje cell arrangement and pathological changes including intense staining of neuron cytoplasm in the EMF-EG group. We found that exposure to continuous 900 MHz EMF for 1 h/day during adolescence can disrupt cerebellar morphology and reduce the number of Purkinje cells in adolescent rats.