丝素材料植入大鼠皮下微动脉生成过程及形态学变化

目的:探讨多孔丝素材料植入体内后的微动脉生成过程及形态学变化而进行实验研究,为合理设计创伤修复用多孔丝素膜生物材料的形态结构提供基础理论及实验依据.方法:选择成年雄性健康SD大鼠16只,每只大鼠在背部皮下植入多孔丝素材料,于术后5 d,7 d,10 d,13 d,15d,18 d,23 d和25 d时取材进行组织学观察、分析微动脉长入多孔丝素材料的情况,并对材料中的微动脉的密度变化进行分析.结果:术后7d,在组织和材料交界处,看到有微动脉长入其中.术后18 d,材料与组织交界处的微动脉血管密度接近术后10 d的微动脉密度,材料中血管密度继续呈增加趋势.术后25 d,微动脉血管分布得更加均匀,且材料交界处与材料中微动脉的血管密度大体一致.结论:植入皮下前期,丝素材料与组织交界处先有微动脉生成并向材料中长入;推想在中后期,出现了微动脉套叠式血管新生来进行重塑血管网络.     

纳米碳聚氨酯复合材料在心血管领域研究应用现状及展望

纳米碳聚氨酯复合材料是一种新型材料,具有特殊的纳米结构和优异的力学、电学和磁学性能,在生物医学领域显示出诱人的潜在应用价值和前景,吸引了越来越多的研究者的关注。本文简要介绍纳米碳聚氨酯复合材料的结构与性能,并对纳米碳聚氨酯复合材料在心血管领域的研究现状以及因其优越的生物学性能在心血管领域的发展趋势进行了综合评述。     

睡莲微型化栽培试验

睡莲属(Nymphaea)是水生植物睡莲科(Nymphaeaceae)的一个重要属。自古以来成为我国湖、塘、庭园水池中点缀水景的名花。它与荷花一样出污泥而不染,花型秀美,色彩艳丽,花期长,因而赢得了人们的喜爱。为了培育适合城市居民家庭养花的小型睡莲品种,我们从1988年开始进行睡蓬微型化栽培试验,取得了较明显的效果。     

LncRNA GAS5 regulates vascular smooth muscle cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via p53 pathway

Vascular remodeling is a pathological process following cardiovascular intervention. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) play a critical role in the vascular remodeling. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) are a class of gene regulators functioning through various mechanisms in physiological and pathological conditions. By using cultured VSMC and rat carotid artery balloon injury model, we found that lncRNA growth arrest specific 5 (GAS5) serves as a negative regulator for VSMC survival in vascular remodeling. By manipulating GAS5 expression via adenoviral overexpression or short hairpin RNA knockdown, we found that GAS5 suppresses VSMC proliferation while promoting cell cycle arrest and inducing cell apoptosis. Mechanistically, GAS5 directly binds to p53 and p300, stabilizes p53-p300 interaction, and thus regulates VSMC cell survival via induction of p53-downstream target genes. Importantly, local delivery of GAS5 via adenoviral vector suppresses balloon injury-induced neointima formation along with an increased expression of p53 and apoptosis in neointimal SMCs. Our study demonstrated for the first time that GAS5 negatively impacts VSMC survival via activation the p53 pathway during vascular remodeling.     

Genome wide computational analysis of Brugia malayi helicases: a comparison with human host

The availability of Brugia malayi genome sequence has paved ways for the search of homologues for a variety of genes. Helicases are ubiquitous enzymes involved in all the nucleic acid metabolic pathways and are essential for the development and growth. The genome wide analysis of B. malayi for different helicases showed the presence of a number of DEAD box helicases, 7 DEAH box helicases, RecQ helicases, repair helicases, super killer helicases, MCM2-7 complex, Rad54 and two subunits of Ku helicase. The comparison of protein sequence of each helicase with its human counterpart indicated characteristic differences in filarial helicases. There are noticeable differences in some of the filarial helicases such as DHX35, RecQL1 and Ku. Further characterization of these helicases will help in understanding physiological significance of these helicases in filarial parasites, which in future can be utilized for chemotherapy of parasitic infection.     

杨树-农作物复合系统中的化感作用

综述了植物化感作用的类型、作用机理、影响植物化感作用的因素,并从化感作用角度提出目前长江中下游主要农林复合系统(杨树-农作物)的研究方向,杨树与不同农作物种类配置研究;针对杨树主要害虫天牛进行生物防治的“相生植物”的筛选;杨树自毒作用以及对后续农作影响研究;杨树对土壤微生物区系和土壤酶活性的影响等。     

Low population differentiation revealed in the highly threatened elongate loach (Leptobotia elongata,Bleeker), a species endemic to the fragmented upper reaches of the Yangtze River

The elongate loach (Leptobotia elongata) is a typical migratory fish that was formerly found in abundance throughout the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River but is now classified as a highly threatened fish on the China Species Red List. Here, a comparative study of microsatellite loci was performed to evaluate the genetic diversity and analyze the population structure in seven locations in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, China. The results showed that genetic diversity of L. elongata is generally still at a high level. Populations from Xinshi, Panzhihua, Hechuan and Chishui, were found to have lower levels of genetic diversity than those that lived in Leshan, Yibin and Jiangjin. The IAM model indicated that populations from Panzhihua, Xinshi and Hechuan have undergone recent bottlenecks. AMOVA analysis revealed a small amount of differentiation among populations (3.6%), but most of the total variation occurred within populations (96.4%). Pairwise comparisons of populations confirmed a low population differentiation. STRUCTURE analysis showed no obvious genetic structure among populations, indicating that L. elongata living in the main stem of the river and its tributaries should be considered a single management unit.     

脂肪干细胞上清液培养雪旺细胞的实验研究

目的:研究应用脂肪干细胞上清液培养新生小鼠雪旺细胞的可行性。方法:取新生(出生5-7天)C57BL/6小鼠的坐骨神经,采用0.2%的复合胶原酶NB4消化法分离获取细胞,然后应用雪旺细胞条件培养基(SCCM)和C57BL/6小鼠的脂肪干细胞上清液(ADSC-CM)分别培养雪旺细胞。用0.2%复合胶原酶NB4差速分离纯化这两种方法培养的雪旺细胞,每48 h纯化1次,共进行2次纯化。应用P75免疫荧光染色方法鉴别两组P2代雪旺细胞并比较两组雪旺细胞的纯度和生长情况。结果:脂肪干细胞上清液培养的雪旺细胞纯化两次后,数量明显增多,其纯度与雪旺细胞条件培养基相比没有明显差异(P0.05)。结论:脂肪干细胞上清液可以较好的培养雪旺细胞,可以作为一种新的廉价方便的培养基代替雪旺细胞条件培养基来培养许雪旺细胞。     

Presynaptic GABA(B) receptors modulate synaptic facilitation and depression at distinct synapses in fusiform cells of mouse dorsal cochlear nucleus

The mammalian dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) is considered to contribute to the localization of the sound sources. Fusiform cells (FCs), principal projection neurons in the DCN, integrate two excitatory inputs from auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) and parallel fibers (PFs). Although an immunohistochemical study suggested presence of GABA_B receptors at excitatory presynaptic terminals in the DCN, it has not been elucidated how GABA_B receptors modulate the synaptic transmission to FCs. Here, we examined effects of baclofen on the transmission in vitro. Baclofen reduced both PF-EPSC and ANF-EPSC by reducing transmitter releases, and it enhanced the facilitation in PF-FC synapses and prevented the depression in ANF-FC synapses. The enhancement and prevention were prominent during high-frequency (50 Hz) synaptic input, suggesting the activation of presynaptic GABA_B receptors may optimize both PF-FC and ANF-FC synapses for high-frequency transmission. Postsynaptic GABA_B receptors activated GIRK current and would further modulate the activity of FCs.