Determination of zinc contents in rabbits with cerebral ischemia by NAA and ICP-AES

Cerebral ischemia is an important cerebral vascular disease, and zinc is a necessary trace element for humans. In this work, a cerebral ischemia model of rabbit was established by operation. The samples of brain and serum in the animal models were collected. The Zn contents in the samples were determined by neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. The results show the Zn contents in brain decreased 2 mo after cerebral ischemia, and Zn contents in serum decreased even more obviously. In addition, a positive correlation of Zn contents between left and right cerebral hemispheres was observed, and the positive correlation between brain and serum was also observed. A test of Chinese medicine was also carried out in the work. Two Chinese medicines were fed to rabbits with cerebral ischemia in the experiments. The results showed they probably can prevent the decrease of Zn contents in serum.     

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies on Changes in Cerebral Calcium and Zinc and the Energy State Caused by Excitotoxic Amino Acids

Under control conditions, superfused hippocampal slices exhibited a significantly higher phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP ratio than cortical slices; the evidence suggests that this is due to lower concentrations of ATP, rather than higher concentrations of PCr. Glutamate caused relatively rapid decreases in PCr and ATP levels to approximately 45%, accompanied or immediately followed by an increased free intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and the release of Zn2+ in the cortex. In the hippocampus PCr and ATP decreased further to approximately 20% of control values, but the changes in [Ca2+]i and Zn2+ content were slower. This is in contrast to the effects of depolarisation, which produced the same rapid changes in the energy state and [Ca2+]i, with no detectable Zn2+, in both tissues. NMDA causes effects similar to those of glutamate in the cortex (decreases in the energy state, increased [Ca2+]i, and release of Zn2+). Pretreatment of the cortex for 1 h with the NMDA blocker MK-801 prevented all of the observed effects of NMDA. In contrast, pretreatment with MK-801 had no detectable effect on the increase in [Ca2+]i or the decreases in PCr and ATP caused by glutamate, although it prevented the release of zinc. The results are discussed in relation to the function of the NMDA subtype of glutamate receptor in excitotoxicity.     

脑缺血再灌流诱导的巨噬细胞增加的组织化学研究

用组织化学方法显示非特异性酯酶,观察了大鼠脑缺血再灌流脑组织巨噬细胞数量的变化。结果显示,大鼠脑缺血１ｈ再灌流２ｈ巨噬细胞数量明显高于正常对照组（Ｐ＜０．０５）,再灌流１６ｈ,巨噬细胞数量最多。缺血侧皮质区与基底节区比较,后者巨噬细胞计数明显高于前者（Ｐ＜０．０５）。结果提示,大鼠脑缺血再灌流与脑组织巨噬细胞数量增加有关     

十六排螺旋CT血管造影在颅内疾病中应用初探

脑血管疾病是危及人体生命的危险疾病。传统的血管造影虽然是诊断该类疾病的最佳方法,但属于有创伤检查,且有1．5％-2．0％的合并症或死亡危险的报导^[1]。CT血管造影(computed tomographic angiography cTA)的应用给传统的血管造影带来了极大的挑战。1998年问世的多层螺旋CT(MSCT)以亚秒级的扫描速度具有更长的解剖覆盖、更薄的层厚、多种后处理能力、更简单方便等优势。2002年7月,我院引进GE公司Lightspeed十六排螺旋CT机,并进行了几十例颅内CTA检查,现对其应用情况进行分析。目的：初讨十六排螺旋CT血管造影在颅内病变中的应用及其技术优势。材料与方法：使用GE公司的十六排螺旋CT对自发性脑内出血、动脉瘤、脑肿瘤等几十例病人进行CTA检查,对血管显示情况进行评价;其中AVM和动脉瘤进行DSA检查并与CTA结果比较;另外颜面部AVM及脑肿瘤病人与手术结果比较。结果：CTA检查结果如下,脑血管主干及其1-3级分支显示率为100％,大脑中动脉4—5级分支显示率为94．7％。发现动脉瘤并清晰显示了瘤体、瘤颈、载瘤动脉及其详细关系;AVM清楚地显示了AVM的畸形团及其供血动脉和引流静脉;脑肿瘤显示了肿瘤与周围血管、颅骨间的三维关系。结论：十六排螺旋CT血管造影重建图像质量显著提高,它对颅内各种血管性病变以及血管与颅内其他病变三维空间关系,对各类疾病的诊断具有重要价值,它能显示更细小分支,具备作为动脉瘤等其他血管性病变筛选的首选方法。     

Simultaneous Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow and Unidirectional Movement of Substances Across the Blood-Brain Barrier: Theory, Method, and Application to Leucine

Abstract: The uptake of compounds by the brain depends upon cerebral blood flow. To determine the normal blood flow-cerebral extraction relationship, a method for rapid, simultaneous measurement of cerebral blood flow and brain extraction was developed and applied to blood-brain leucine transfer. Awake rats were injected intravenously with a mixture of n-[¹⁴C]butanol and [³H]leucine. The quantities of indicators accumulated over the following 5–12 s in brain and in a sample of arterial blood withdrawn at a known rate were used to determine the flux of butanol and leucine into brain. Butanol extraction was assessed independently by measuring arterial and cerebral venous concentrations of the indicator after a bolus injection. Cerebral blood flow was equal to the ratio of butanol flux into brain to butanol extraction by brain; leucine extraction was then calculated as the ratio of leucine influx to cerebral blood flow. Leucine extraction by brain and cerebral blood flow were shown to be related exponentially. The maximum velocity of active leucine transport was virtually the same at flows of 150 and 400 ml/100 g/min. The present method is theoretically applicable to the measurement of the extraction of any compound from blood by brain. By measuring the noimal blood flow-extraction relationship, one can differentiate changes in extraction secondary to altered flow from changes intrinsic to pathologic conditions with inconstant cerebral blood flow.     

川芎嗪对大鼠CIR顶叶皮质神经元超微结构及Caspase-9mRNA表达的影响

目的探讨川芎嗪治疗脑缺血再灌注损伤的机制。方法采用Bannisters方法复制大鼠脑缺血再灌注动物模型,利用川芎嗪治疗;在透射电镜下观察顶叶皮质神经元超微结构变化;采用核酸原位杂交技术观察治疗前后额顶叶皮质神经元半胱天冬蛋白酶基因（caspase-9mRNA）的表达变化。结果模型组顶叶皮质神经元水肿,质膜、线粒体膜破裂;溶酶体、内质网和高尔基复合体破坏;caspase-9mRNA数密度增高,着色加深（灰度值下降）。川芎嗪治疗组顶叶皮质神经元质膜、核膜、内质网、线粒体和溶酶体损伤明显减轻;caspase-9mRNA阳性神经元减少,着色变浅。结论川芎嗪下调脑缺血再灌注顶叶皮质神经元中凋亡相关基因caspase-9mRNA的表达并具有神经保护作用。     

dl-3-正丁基苯酞对脑损伤大鼠的神经保护作用的实验研究

目的:研究dl-3-正丁基苯酞(NBP)对脑损伤大鼠的神经保护作用。方法:将100只7周龄清洁级雄性Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠随机分成5组,分别为假手术组、模型组、NBP低、中和高剂量组,每组20只。使用控制性皮层撞击损伤建立中型大鼠颅脑损伤模型。将NBP溶解在大豆油中,NBP低、中和高剂量组分别按照每天20、40和80 mg/kg的剂量灌胃,假手术组和模型组灌胃等体积的大豆油,共给药2周。采用改良神经功能缺损评分(m NSS)对大鼠的神经系统状况进行评价。检测各组大鼠治疗后的脑组织含水量以及脑组织中丙二醛(MDA)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)水平。TUNEL方法鉴定细胞的凋亡。通过RT-PCR、Western blot或免疫组化检测脑组织中Nrf2、NQO-1、HO-1、ApoJ、MMP9、AQP4、Caspase-3和AKT的表达。结果:NBP治疗2周后,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的m NSS评分和神经元凋亡率以剂量依赖性方式显著降低(P0.05)。与模型组比较,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的脑含水量均显著降低(P0.05)。与模型组比较,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的MDA显著降低,而SOD和GSH-Px显著升高(P0.05)。与模型组比较,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的细胞核Nrf2显著升高,而细胞质Nrf2显著降低(P0.05)。与模型组比较,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的NQO-1和HO-1蛋白表达水平显著升高(P0.05)。与模型组比较,NBP低、中和高剂量组大鼠的AQP4、MMP-9、ApoJ和Caspase-3的m RNA和蛋白表达水平均显著降低,而AKT显著升高(P0.05)。结论:NBP对创伤性颅脑外伤大鼠具有一定的神经保护作用。     

STAT3信号转导系统介导了CNTF对大鼠尾壳核出血后的神经保护作用

目的研究睫状神经生长因子(CNTF)在中枢神经元抗损伤中的作用及机制。方法对尾壳核出血大鼠进行CNTF治疗,观察海马信号转导和转录激活蛋白-3(STAT3)含量及阳性神经元分布的变化。结果CNTF能显增加尾壳核出血大鼠海马STAT3阳性神经元数量、海马STAT3含量。结论CNTF能通过促进STAT3的表达增强中枢神经元的抗损伤能力。     

冠心病合并脑梗死患者心率变异性及心律失常的变化分析

目的：研究冠心病合并脑梗死患者的心率变异性情况,和心律失常的发生率,分析它们的变化规律,为患者疾病的治疗及预后提供更好的治疗指导。方法：研究对象为2012年2月~2012年12月我院心内科及神经内科的患者,其中Ⅰ组：冠心病合并脑梗死患者40例、Ⅱ组：单纯冠心病患者40例、Ⅲ组：单纯脑梗死患者40例、以及Ⅳ组：健康成人50例,统计全部患24 h心率变异性及心律失常发生情况,并进行对比分析。结果：Ⅰ组患者的心率变异性和心律失常发生明显高于其它组患者,差异均具有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。且心率变异性时域参数下降,心律失常发生率升高。结论：冠心病合并脑梗死患者的心率变异性和心律失常发生率增高,为避免冠心病合并脑梗死的患者突然心律失常及猝死,应积极改变治疗措施。     

血清Hcy、FA、VitB12水平及H.pylori感染与脑梗死的相关性研究

目的：探讨脑梗死（cerebral infarction,CI）患者血清同型半胱氨酸（homocysteine,Hcy）、叶酸（folate,FA）、维生素B12（Vitamin B12,VitBl2）水平及幽门螺杆菌（H_pylori）感染与脑梗死的关系,为预防和治疗脑梗死提供参考依据。方法：选择本科收治的132例脑梗死患者和同期81例健康对照者为研究对象,检测和比较其血清同型半胱氨酸（Hey）、叶酸（FA）、VitB12水平及HP-IgG抗体。结果：（1）脑梗死患者H．pylori的感染率为50．76％,显著高于健康对照组（35．80％）（X2=0．54,P〈0．05）;（2）脑梗死患者血清Hey[（20．02±8．84）μmol／L]和FA水平[（14．47±6．38）ng／mL）]与健康对照组[（12．36±4．97）μmol／L,（16．82±11．43）ng／mL）]比较,均具有显著差异（P〈0．01,P〈0．01）;而VitB12水平与健康对照组比较无统计学意义（P〉0．05）;（3）脑梗死患者中,HP-IgG阳性的患者Hey水平[（24．20±8．81）μmol／L]明显高于HP-IgG阴性的患者[（15．71±6．53）μmol／L]（P〈0．01）,血清FA水平[（14．59±7．54）ng／mL）]明显低于于HP-IgG阴性的患者[（14．43±4．98）ng／mL]（P〈0．05）,而两组之间VitBl2水平比较无明显差异（P〉0．05）;HP—IgG阳性的脑梗死患者Hey水平[（24．20±8．81）bLmol／L]与HP—IgG阳性的健康对照组[（13．25±5．24）μmol／L]相比,差异显著（P〈0．05）,FA,VitB12水平低于健康对照组,但并无显著差异（P〉0．05）.结论：脑梗死患者H．pylori的感染率高于健康人群;H．pylori感染可能影响脑梗死患者Hey的代谢,导致Hey水平升高,促进了脑梗死的发生和发展。