DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INSECTICIDES BETWEEN ADULTS AND LARVAE OF HOUSEFLY, MUSCA DOMESTICA (L.)

Abstract  In this paper, we reported the differences in susceptibility to insecticides between adults and larvae of housefly, Musca domestica (L.), and the mechanisms for the differences. The larvae of housefly were much more tolerant to insecticides than the adults, and the tolerance ratio to cyhalothrin was as high as 205.5 for susceptible strain. Mechanism studies showed that higher GST activity was associated with higher insecticide tolerance in the larvae. The co-toxicity coefficient of the mixture of cyhalothrin and methylene dithiocyanate(4:1) on pyrehid-resistant houseflies was 188.     

Interrelationship between estrogen and thyroxine on the release of luteinizing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vitro

The present experiments were designed to study the interaction between estradiol benzoate (EB) and thyroxine (T4) given in vivo on the responsiveness of pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and the release of GnRH in vitro. Ovariectomized-thyroidectomized (Ovx-Tx) rats were injected s.c. with saline or T4 (2 micrograms/100 g b.wt), and oil or EB (0.1 microgram) once daily for 40 days following a 2 x 2 factorial design. All animals were then decapitated and blood samples were collected. Anterior pituitaries (APs) were incubated in vitro with and without 0.1 ng GnRH at 37 degrees C for 4 h. Mediobasal hypothalami (MBHs) were excised and then incubated with and without APs from Ovx donor rats. Concentrations of LH and GnRH in the medium and that of LH in the serum were measured by radioimmunoassay. The LH level in media containing MBHs and donor APs was used as the index of bioactive GnRH release. In Ovx-Tx rats, T4 injections reduced the serum LH concentration, the pituitary LH response to GnRH, and the bioactive as well as the immunoreactive GnRH release. The serum LH levels and the spontaneous as well as the GnRH-stimulated release of LH in vitro were suppressed in Ovx-Tx rats following administration of EB. By contrast, the serum LH concentration, as well as pituitary LH response to GnRH and GnRH release in vitro, were higher in the group treated with both T4 and EB than in that treated with saline and EB. These results suggest that the differential changes in the LH secretion after thyroidectomy of Ovx versus non-Ovx rats are due to an antagonistic effect between T4 and estrogen on the response of pituitary LH to GnRH, and the release of GnRH.     

脑室注射P物质对大鼠血压、心率及交感传出活动的影响

给乌拉坦麻醉六鼠侧脑室注射P物质(SP)10μg,引起动脉血压、心率和内脏交感神经放电增加。同样剂量的SP静脉注射后却引起血压降低。阿托品预处理不影响SP的开心率作用。预先脑室注射0.25,4,64μg阿片受体拮抗剂纳洛酮,对SP的升压效应有剂量依赖式对抗作用。以上说明脑室注射SP 引起的血压升高是交感神经活动增强,导致心率加快及外周血管紧张性增加的结果,并提示SP的中枢升压效应可能与脑内释放内源性阿片样物质有关。     

Genetic mechanisms of tumor-specific loss of 11p DNA sequences in Wilms tumor.

Wilms tumor, a common childhood renal tumor, occurs in both a heritable and a nonheritable form. The heritable form may occasionally be attributed to a chromosome deletion at 11p13, and tumors from patients with normal constitutional chromosomes often show deletion or rearrangement of 11p13. It has been suggested that a germinal or somatic mutation may occur on one chromosome 11 and predispose to Wilms tumor and that a subsequent somatic genetic event on the normal homologue at 11p13 may permit tumor development. To study the frequency and mechanism of such tumor-specific genetic events, we have examined the karyotype and chromosome 11 genotype of normal and tumor tissues from 13 childhood renal tumor patients with different histologic tumor types and associated clinical conditions. Tumors of eight of the 12 Wilms tumor patients, including all viable tumors examined directly, show molecular evidence of loss of 11p DNA sequences by somatic recombination (four cases), chromosome loss (two cases), and recombination (two cases) or chromosome loss and duplication. One malignant rhabdoid tumor in a patient heterozygous for multiple 11p markers did not show any tumor-specific 11p alteration. These findings confirm the critical role of 11p sequences in Wilms tumor development and reveal that mitotic recombination may be the most frequent mechanism by which tumors develop.     

大麻叶蜂的研究

大麻叶蜂是安徽麻区大麻上的主要害虫之一.单食性,以幼虫咀食大麻叶片形成孔洞和缺刻,严重时仅残留叶柄和主叶脉,致使麻皮产量锐减.据室内饲养及结合田间定点观察,大麻叶蜂在安徽六安每年发生二代,以老熟幼虫于土内结茧越冬.两性或孤雌生殖,幼虫六龄、三龄前食量小,是药剂防治的有利时机,幼虫有趋嫩性和假死性. 室内测定和田间试验表明,喷洒杀螟松、乐果、西维因和敌敌畏1,000倍液,对三龄前幼虫有很好的效果,特别是杀螟松效果更佳,杀虫快速,药效期长,即使对高龄幼虫仍有良好的效果.     

刺激杏仁基底外侧核对外侧缰核神经元单位放电的影响

用玻璃微电极细胞外记录大鼠外侧缰核(LHN)神经元的单位放电。共记录了110个神经元。其中痛兴奋神经元(LHPE)75个;痛抑制神经元(LHPI)11个;广动力型神经元2个;无反应神经元17个;此外还有5个对躯体与内脏伤害性刺激反应不同的神经元。电刺激杏仁基底外侧核(以下简称杏仁核,AMG)对LHPE和LHPI的自发放电主要产生抑制作用,分别占总数的81.1％和72.7％,并抑制其对伤害性刺激的反应;对无反应神经元和广动力型神经元无明显影响。AMG内微量注射吗啡能抑制LHPE的伤害性刺激反应,但对其自发放电无明显影响。微量注射纳洛酮则可增加LHPE的自发放电频率,并加强其对伤害性刺激的反应。注射纳洛酮还可以取消电针对LHPE的伤害性刺激反应的抑制作用。     

刺激兔迷走神经引起的压抑心室纤颤作用

单个期前刺激引起急性缺血心脏能终止的心室纤颤。电刺激左侧颈迷走神经外周端可以缩短心室纤颤的持续时间。静脉注射β受体阻滞剂心得安后,刺激迷走神经对心室纤颤的作用消失。实验表示增加迷走神经的紧张性可能对终止室颤起有益作用。