百草枯和草甘膦对多刺裸腹溞的毒性效应

采用急性毒性实验方法研究了两种常见除草剂百草枯和草甘膦对多刺裸腹溞(Moina macrocopa)的48hLC50值,应用生命表实验方法研究了亚致死浓度的百草枯(0、0.01和0.04mg·L-1)和草甘膦(0、0.4和1.6mg·L-1)对多刺裸腹溞生命表统计学参数的影响。结果表明:百草枯和草甘膦对多刺裸腹溞的48hLC50值分别为0.626和26.287mg·L-1;百草枯浓度对多刺裸腹溞的生命期望、世代时间、净生殖率和种群内禀增长率有显著影响(P<0.01),草甘膦浓度对多刺裸腹溞的生命期望、世代时间和种群内禀增长率有显著影响(P<0.01),百草枯和草甘膦的交互作用对多刺裸腹溞的世代时间和种群内禀增长率有显著影响(P<0.01)。多重比较显示:当忽略草甘膦的影响时,0.01mg·L-1的百草枯使多刺裸腹溞的生命期望显著延长,而0.04mg·L-1的百草枯则相反,0.04mg·L-1的百草枯使多刺裸腹溞的净生殖率显著降低;当忽略百草枯的影响时,0.4和1.6mg·L-1的草甘膦均使多刺裸腹溞的生命期望显著缩短;与空白对照组相比,0.01mg·L-1的百草枯和1.6mg·L-1的草甘膦混合液使多刺裸腹溞的世代时间显著延长;而0.04mg·L-1的百草枯和0、0.4、1.6mg·L-1的草甘膦混合液均使多刺裸腹溞的世代时间显著缩短,种群内禀增长率显著降低。随着草甘膦浓度的升高,0.04mg·L-1的百草枯对多刺裸腹溞的毒性显著降低,表现出明显的拮抗作用。     

儿童急性淋巴细胞白血病对预后的影响分析

目的:探讨儿童急性淋巴细胞白血病分型对预后的影响,为临床治疗提供依据.方法:回顾性分析2007年1月～2008年12月我院收治的急性淋巴细胞白血病患儿32例,比较不同分型的预后情况.结果:ALL-L1、ALL-L2与ALL-L3的首次诱导CR率(X2=1.087,P＞0.05)、完全CR率(X2=0.607,P＞0.05),差异无统计学意义;CR的治疗时间(t=6.001,P＜0.05)、3年生存率(X2=9.458,P＜0.05),差异有统计学意义.T-ALL、B-ALL的首次诱导CR率(X2=8.891,P＜0.05)、达到CR治疗时间(t=6.361,P＜0.05)、完全CR率(X2=11.892,P＜0.05),差异有统计学意义.两型的3年生存率(X2=1.536,P＞0.05),差异有统计学意义.B-ALL中各型别首次诱导CR率(X2=0.494,P＞0.05)和完全CR率(X2=0.405,P＞0.05),差异统计学意义.B-ALL中各型别达到CR的治疗时间(t=7.007,P＜0.05)和3年生存率(X2=6.609,P＜0.05),差异有统计学意义.结论:儿童急性白血病其预后与其分型有一定的相关性,因此临床治疗应结合患儿的分型进行个体化治疗.     

Current perspectives in pulmonary surfactant — Inhibition, enhancement and evaluation

Pulmonary surfactant (PS) is a complicated mixture of approximately 90% lipids and 10% proteins. It plays an important role in maintaining normal respiratory mechanics by reducing alveolar surface tension to near-zero values. Supplementing exogenous surfactant to newborns suffering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a leading cause of perinatal mortality, has completely altered neonatal care in industrialized countries. Surfactant therapy has also been applied to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) but with only limited success. Biophysical studies suggest that surfactant inhibition is partially responsible for this unsatisfactory performance. This paper reviews the biophysical properties of functional and dysfunctional PS. The biophysical properties of PS are further limited to surface activity, i.e., properties related to highly dynamic and very low surface tensions. Three main perspectives are reviewed. (1) How does PS permit both rapid adsorption and the ability to reach very low surface tensions? (2) How is PS inactivated by different inhibitory substances and how can this inhibition be counteracted? A recent research focus of using water-soluble polymers as additives to enhance the surface activity of clinical PS and to overcome inhibition is extensively discussed. (3) Which in vivo, in situ, and in vitro methods are available for evaluating the surface activity of PS and what are their relative merits? A better understanding of the biophysical properties of functional and dysfunctional PS is important for the further development of surfactant therapy, especially for its potential application in ARDS.     

Accumulation and activation of natural killer cells in local intraperitoneal HIV-1/MuLV infection results in early control of virus infected cells

Natural killer (NK) cells are important effectors in resistance to viral infections. The role of NK cells in the acute response to human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infected cells was investigated in a mouse model based on a HIV-1/murine leukemia virus (MuLV) pseudovirus. Splenocytes infected with HIV-1/MuLV were injected intraperitoneally and local immunologic responses and persistence of infected cells were investigated. In vivo depletion with an anti-NK1.1 antibody showed that NK cells are important in resistance to virus infected cells. Moreover, NK cell frequency in the peritoneal cavity increased in response to infected cells and these NK cells had a more mature phenotype, as determined by CD27 and Mac-1 expression. Interestingly, after injection of HIV-1/MuLV infected cells, but not MuLV infected cells, peritoneal NK cells had an increased cytotoxic activity. In conclusion, NK cells play a role in the early control of HIV-1/MuLV infected cells in vivo.     

常见血清酶测定在急性心肌梗塞诊断中的应用

对1992年6月至1993年4月入院诊断为急性心肌梗塞(AMI)患者在发病后即时至48 h分三个阶段进行连续取血样测定4种血清酶（AST、CK、LDH、CKMB）的含量,且与心电图作比较.结果表明,在AMI过程中酶异常检出率最高可达到90%（AST、CK-MB）,最低为70%（LDH）.若以异常Q波为AMI确诊,其不能检出率为40%;提示在AMI早期作血清酶检测有助于进一步确诊及减少漏诊率.若AMI患者已下降的CK-MB再度上升,提示可能有新的梗死灶发生;AMI患者在发病6 h内,血清酶显著升高,提示预后不佳.     

The effect of cell fixation on the discrimination of normal and leukemia cells with laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy

Laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) was used to characterize the effect of different chemical fixation procedures on the Raman spectra of normal and leukemia cells. Individual unfixed, paraformaldehyde-fixed, and methanol-fixed normal and transformed lymphocytes from three different cell lines were analyzed with LTRS. When compared to the spectra of unfixed cells, the fixed cell spectra show clear, reproducible changes in the intensity of specific Raman markers commonly assigned to DNA, RNA, protein, and lipid vibrations (e.g. 785, 1230, 1305, 1660 cm(-1)) in mammalian cells, many of which are important markers that have been used to discriminate between normal and cancer lymphocytes. Statistical analyses of the Raman data and classification using principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis indicate that methanol fixation induces a greater change in the Raman spectra than paraformaldehyde. In addition, we demonstrate that the spectral changes as a result of the fixation process have an adverse effect on the accurate Raman discrimination of the normal and cancer cells. The spectral artifacts created by the use of fixatives indicate that the method of cell preparation is an important parameter to consider when applying Raman spectroscopy to characterize, image, or differentiate between different fixed cell samples to avoid potential misinterpretation of the data.