力竭游泳对大鼠心肌线粒体钙运输的影响

 力竭游泳对大鼠心肌线粒体钙运输的影响丁树哲,王文信,连克杰,许豪文（华东师范大学体育系运动生化实验室,上海２０００６２）线粒体钙运输在细胞功能调节方面有重要作用．线粒体通过摄取与释放钙,对其跨膜质子、不依赖底物及产物抑制的ＡＴＰ合成、磷酸化偶联等均有...     

Transformation of fibroblasts into endothelial cells during angiogenesis

Light-and electron-microscopic autoradiography have been used to study fibroblast transformation into endothelial cells in the formation of new blood vessels during wound healing in rabbit ear chambers. When cultured fibroblasts labeled with tritium thymidine were transplanted autologously into the chambers, newly formed blood vessels contained endothelial cells labeled with tritium thymidine. This result suggests that fibroblasts play a pivotal role in angiogenesis, as progenitors of endothelial cells in newly formed blood vessels.     

TGFβ alters growth and differentiation related gene expression in proliferating osteoblasts in vitro,preventing development of the mature bone phenotype

This study examines the mechanism by which TGF-β1, an important mediator of cell growth and differentiation, blocks the differentiation of normal rat diploid fetal osteoblasts in vitro. We have established that the inability for pre-osteoblasts to differentiate is associated with changes in the expression of cell growth, matrix forming, and bone related genes. These include histone, jun B, c-fos, collagen, fibronectin, osteocalcin, alkaline phosphatase, and osteopontin. Morphologically, the TGF-β1-treated osteoblasts exhibit an elongated, spread shape as opposed to the characteristic cuboidal appearance during the early stages of growth. This is followed by a decrease in the number of bone nodules formed and the amount of calcium deposition. These effects on differentiation can occur without dramatic changes in cell growth if TGF-β1 is given for a short time early in the proliferative phase. However, continuous exposure to TGF-β1 leads to a bifunctional growth response from a negative effect during the proliferative phase to a positive growth effect during the later matrix maturation and mineralization phases of the osteoblast developmental sequence. Extracellular matrix genes, fibronectin, osteopontin and α1(I) collagen, are altered in their expression pattern which may provide an aberrant matrix environment for mineralization and osteoblast maturation and potentiate the TGF-β1 response throughout the course of osteoblast differentiation. The initiation of a TGF-β1 effect on cell growth and differentiation is restricted to the proliferative phase of the culture before the cells express the mature osteoblastic phenotype. Second passage cells that are accelerated to differentiate by the addition of dexamethasone or by seeding cultures at a high density are refractory to TGF-β1. These in vitro results indicate that TGF-β1 exerts irreversible effects at a specific stage of osteoblast phenotype development resulting in a potent inhibition of osteoblast differentiation at concentrations from 0.1 ng/ml. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Differential effects of warfarin on mRNA levels of developmentally regulated vitamin K dependent proteins,osteocalcin, and matrix Gla protein in vitro

The role of the vitamin K dependent proteins, osteocalcin which is bone specific and matrix Gla protein (MGP) found in many tissues, has been studied by inhibition of synthesis of their characteristic amino acid, γ-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) with the anticoagulant sodium warfarin. The effect of sodium warfarin on expression of these proteins, and other phenotypic markers of bone and cartilage during cellular differentiation and development of tissue extracellular matrix, was examined in several model systems. Parameters assayed include cell growth (reflected by histone gene expression) and collagen types I and II, osteopontin, alkaline phosphatase, and mineralization. Studies were carried out in calvarial bone organ cultures, normal diploid rat osteoblast and chondrocyte cultures, and rat osteosarcoma cell lines ROS 17/2.8 and 25/1. In normal diploid cells, warfarin consistently stimulated cell proliferation (twofold). In osteoblast cultures, MGP mRNA levels were generally increased (three to tenfold). Notably, MGP mRNA levels were not affected in chondrocyte cultures, either with chronic or acute warfarin treatments. Osteocalcin mRNA levels and synthesis were decreased up to 50% in ROS 17/2.8 cells and in chronically treated (1 and 5 μg/ml sodium warfarin) rat osteoblast cultures after 22 days. Early stages of osteoblast phenotype development from the proliferation period to initial tissue formation (nodules) appeared unaffected; while after day 14, further growth and mineralization of the nodule areas were significantly decreased in warfarin-treated cultures. In summary, warfarin has opposing effects on the expression of two vitamin K dependent proteins, MGP and osteocalcin, in osteoblast cultures and MGP is regulated differently between cartilage and bone as reflected by cellular mRNA levels. Additionally, warfarin effects expression of nonvitamin K dependent proteins which may reflect the influence of warfarin on endoplasmic reticulum associated enzymes. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

准分子激光治疗近视眼

本文对准分子激光PRK治疗近视眼息者503例的早期临床结果进行分析,近视范围为－2．0至－15．0D,根据术前屈光度不同分为三组,术后随访三个月．结果证实准分子激光是一种安全、有效、预测性较好的治疗近视眼方法．全部病人提高了裸眼视力,绝大部分保持了最佳矫正视力,且没有产生危及视力的并发症．     

Methane fermentation of xylan by mesophilic and thermophilic methane sludges

The degradation of xylan during methane fermentation proceeded as a first-order reaction. The rate constants were calculated to be 0.40–0.09 day^–1 at 37° C and 0.341 day^–1 at 55° C. From calculations based on the experimental data, K _A and C _A values in the expression of the velocity of xylose consumption changed as the fermentation progressed. In the mesophilic fermentation, the degradation of xylan slowed down after 2 days of incubation, but the rate of consumption of xylose increased between days 3 and 4 of incubation and slow again at the 5th day of incubation. In the thermophilic fermentation, the degradation of xylan proceeded at a constant rate and the rate of consumption of xylose increased slightly on the 3rd day of incubation. When the velocity of gas evolution was determined, the C _G value for acetate at 55° C was about 1.8 times larger than the value at 37° C.