肠道菌群可能为高血压发病的环境因素

本文通过分析人体肠道菌群与高血压危险因素(胆固醇、动脉粥样硬化、肥胖、代谢综合征、糖尿病)之间的关系,并结合高血压患者肠道菌群变化及乳酸菌降压研究,认为肠道菌群可能为高血压发病的环境因素。     

气管切开患者吸痰护理的新模式探索

目的:评价经过标准化吸痰护理培训的陪护人员自行为气管切开患者进行浅部吸痰护理的安全性、实用性及可行性.方法:选取兰州军区乌鲁木齐总医院神经外科2007年3月～2011年12月预计气管切开可能达到4周以上的脑卒中患者120例,将其随机分为护士吸痰组、经标准化培训的陪护人员吸痰组和简单培训的培训人员吸痰组,每组40例.对标准化培训吸痰组陪护人员按照既定的标准化培训方案进行培训,提高陪护人员吸痰护理技能,让陪护人员对患者进行浅层吸痰,与经简单培训的患者陪护人员及专业护士吸痰进行对比,比较三组的吸痰效果、并发症发生情况及家属满意度.结果:经过统一标准化培训后陪护人员的吸痰技能较经简单培训的陪护人员显著提高,患者低氧血症、气道粘膜损伤、呛咳等并发症的发生率显著降低,吸痰效果及家属满意度均明显提高,其浅部吸痰技能接近于专业护士水平,标准化培训吸痰组患者肺部感染发生率、治愈率及治疗时间均较护士吸痰组下降.结论:经过标准化吸痰护理培训的陪护人员自行为气管切开患者进行浅部吸痰护理安全可靠、实用性强,是一种理想的气管切开患者吸痰护理新模式.     

圈养蟒的人工饲养训练

对成都动物园2000年以来饲养过的14条蟒进行了训练.通过观察蟒的反应,采用试探、轻触、抚摩和用温热水给蟒洗浴或用温热湿巾给蟒檫拭身体等方式,让野性较大不易接近或对新饲养环境应激反应很大的蟒尽快适应人工饲养并变得更加温顺可接近.本文获得了圈养蟒接近和保定的一些经验.     

ER stress and ASK1-JNK activation contribute to oridonin-induced apoptosis and growth inhibition in cultured human hepatoblastoma HuH-6 cells

Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries. On the other hand, local and regional heat therapy has been used for the treatment of some cancers, such as liver cancer, lung cancer, and kidney cancer. Although heat stress has been shown to induce the accumulation of p53 protein, a key regulator of cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA repair, and autophagy, how it regulates p53 protein accumulation and what the p53 targets are remain unclear. Here, we show that, among various genotoxic stresses, including ionizing radiation (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, heat stress contributes significantly to increase p53 protein levels in normal liver cells and liver cancer cells. Heat stress did not increase p53 mRNA expression as well as p53 promoter activity. However, heat stress enhanced the half-life of p53 protein. Moreover, heat stress increased the expression of puma and light chain 3 (LC-3), which are associated with the apoptotic and autophagic function of p53, respectively, whereas it did not change the expression of the cell cycle regulators p21, 14-3-3δ, and GADD45α, suggesting that heat-triggered alteration of p53 selectively modulates the downstream targets of p53. Our study provides a novel mechanism by which heat shock stimulates p53 protein accumulation, which is different from common DNA damages, such as IR and UV, and also provides new molecular basis for heat injuries or heat therapy.     

Endogenous interferon-alpha production by differentiating human monocytes regulates expression and function of the IL-2/IL-4 receptor gamma chain

In vitro monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMac) and synovial fluid macrophages from inflamed joints differ from monocytes in their responses to interleukin 4 (IL-4). While IL-4 can suppress LPS-induced interleukin beta (IL-beta) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production by monocytes, IL-4 can suppress LPS-induced IL-1 beta, but not TNFalpha production by the more differentiated cells. Recently we reported a correlation between the ability of IL-4 to regulate TNFalpha production by monocytes and the expression of the IL-4 receptor gamma chain or gamma common (gamma c chain). Like MDMac, interferon alpha (IFNalpha)-treated monocytes expressed less IL-4 receptor gamma c chain, reduced levels of IL-4-activated STAT6 and IL-4 could not suppress LPS-induced TNFalpha production. In addition, like monocytes and MDMac, IFNalpha-treated monocytes expressed normal levels of the IL-4 receptor alpha chain and IL-4 significantly suppressed LPS-induced IL-1 beta production. With addition of IFNalpha-neutralizing antibodies, the ability of IL-4 to suppress LPS-induced TNFalpha production with prolonged monocyte culture was restored. Detection of IFNalpha in synovial fluids from inflamed joints further implicates IFNalpha in the inability of IL-4 to suppress TNFalpha production by synovial fluid macrophages. This study identifies a mechanism for the differential expression of gamma c and varied responses to IL-4 by human monocytes compared with MDMac.     

中华鬣羚行为谱及PAE编码系统的建立

栖息地破碎化、人为干扰等因素影响着中华鬣羚(Capricornis sumatraensis)的生存.目前,中华鬣羚的行为研究还比较匮乏,因此有必要构建中华鬣羚的行为谱及PAE (posture-act-environment)编码系统,以期促进其基础行为资料的完善,为深入开展科学研究和保护工作奠定基础.本文旨在:(1...     

A novel exopolysaccharide from the biofilm of Thermus aquaticus YT-1 induces the immune response through Toll-like receptor 2

Bacterial polysaccharides are known to induce the immune response in macrophages. Here we isolated a novel extracellular polysaccharide from the biofilm of Thermus aquaticus YT-1 and evaluated its structure and immunomodulatory effects. The size of this polysaccharide, TA-1, was deduced by size-exclusion chromatography as 500 kDa. GC-MS, high performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection, electrospray ionization-MS/MS, and NMR revealed the novel structure of TA-1. The polysaccharide is composed of tetrasaccharide-repeating units of galactofuranose, galactopyranose, and N-acetylgalactosamine (1:1:2) and lacked acidic sugars. TA-1 stimulated macrophage cells to produce the cytokines TNF-α and IL-6. Screening of Toll-like receptors and antibody-blocking experiments indicated that the natural receptor of TA-1 in its immunoactivity is TLR2. Recognition of TA-1 by TLR2 was confirmed by TA-1 induction of IL-6 production in peritoneal macrophages from wild-type mice but not from TLR2(-/-) mice. TA-1, as a TLR2 agonist, could possibly be used as an adjuvant and could enhance cytokine release, which increases the immune response. Furthermore, TA-1 induced cytokine release is dependent on MyD88/TIRAP.     

氨基酸锌化合物的研究进展

氨基酸锌作为一种重要的营养添加剂,在补充人体微量元素方面有着重要的作用,本文重点综述了氨基酸锌制备的方法以及制备过程中的影响因素。     

高温对水稻叶片蛋白质表达的影响

为明确高温对耐热性不同水稻品种叶片蛋白质表达的影响,以耐热性不同的2个籼稻品种双桂1号(不耐热)和黄华占(耐热)为材料,分别于苗期、减数分裂期及抽穗(始穗后0—10d)和灌浆早期(始穗后11—20d)进行高温处理,之后取材并采用双向凝胶电泳技术研究高温对不同水稻品种叶片蛋白质表达的影响。结果表明,高温胁迫导致叶片中蛋白质的变化呈4种状况:新蛋白质的产生,一些蛋白质表达量上调,一些蛋白质的表达被抑制,一些蛋白质表达量下调。蛋白质表达变化在两品种以及4个处理时期的表现不同,总体表现为在热敏感品种中表达谱发生变化的蛋白质总数高于耐热品种。质谱分析表明,差异蛋白质主要涉及光合作用和信号转导,该类蛋白质在热敏感品种中表现为不表达或表达量下降,而在耐热品种则表现为有新诱导的蛋白质的产生或表达量上调,表明参与光合作用和信号转导的蛋白质在水稻耐热机制中发挥了重要作用。     

Instability of, and generation of hydrogen peroxide by, phenolic compounds in cell culture media

Many papers in the literature have described complex effects of flavonoids and other polyphenols on cells in culture. In this paper we show that hydroxytyrosol, delphinidin chloride and rosmarinic acid are unstable in three commonly-used cell culture media (Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM), RPMI 1640 (RPMI) and Minimal Essential Medium Eagle (MEM)) and undergo rapid oxidation to generate H₂O₂. This may have confounded some previous studies on the cellular effects of these compounds. By contrast, apigenin, curcumin, hesperetin, naringenin, resveratrol and tyrosol did not generate significant H₂O₂ levels in these media. Nevertheless, curcumin and, to a lesser extent, resveratrol (but not tyrosol) were also unstable in DMEM, so the absence of detectable H₂O₂ production by a compound in cell culture media should not be equated to stability of that compound. Compound instability and generation of H₂O₂ must be taken into account in interpreting effects of phenolic compounds on cells in culture.