Long-term pancreatic duct occlusion impairs the entero-insular axis in the dog--failure of plasma VIP to respond as "incretin"

The response of VIP to either an oral glucose load (OGT) or intravenous glucose (IV glucose), aimed at reproducing the plasma glucose level after OGT, was studied in trained, conscious, sham-operated (Sham; n = 6) dogs, and dogs having initially (12 months before the glucose experiments) undergone occlusion of the pancreatic duct by the prolamine glue technique (Occ; n = 5). As a result, prior to glucose studies, the exocrine pancreas function was found subtotally reduced, as indirectly evaluated by the para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) test, but no signs of diabetes were detected. The two studies with glucose administration designed to demonstrate the release of insulin, VIP, somatostatin into plasma as modified by enteric signals (represented by the difference of plasma peptide concentration during OGT minus peptide concentration during IV glucose) revealed the following: (1) basal plasma glucose, insulin, VIP, somatostatin did not differ between Sham and Occ dogs; (2) after OGT in Occ dogs the plasma glucose was elevated, whereas plasma insulin was markedly reduced, and VIP, somatostatin were largely unchanged; (3) the integrated output of insulin only was impaired when considering the so-called entero-insulin axis, while integrated VIP, somatostatin were unaltered. It was concluded (a) the Occ procedure in the dog has the capacity to subtotal destruction of the pancreatic acinar tissue, and of the entero-insular axis of insulin, the latter through yet unknown pathways, (b) the Occ technique may be a useful tool for investigation of the nature of "incretin," (c) VIP and somatostatin do not respond to elevated blood glucose and may have no role in the "incretin" concept of enteric modulation of the B-cell.     

高迁移率族蛋白1拮抗剂BoxA对血管性痴呆大鼠急性期海马区域神经炎症的抑制作用

目的:探究高迁移率族蛋白1(HMGB1)拮抗剂BoxA脑室立体定向注射对双侧颈总动脉闭塞(2VO)后大鼠海马区域神经炎症(血脑屏障通透性、小胶质细胞的激活以及炎症因子水平等)的抑制作用。方法:60只雄性Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠分为假手术组(即Sham组)、PBS组以及BoxA组(各组n=20),分别在行2VO(n=40,正常手术)或假手术(n=20,仅暴露不结扎)后,立即用BoxA(10μg在10uL PBS溶液中,n=20)或者等体积PBS(n=20)立体定向注射到左侧侧脑室中。造模3 d后,用HMGB1和NeuN免疫荧光双染,western blot观察HMGB1出核现象,伊文思蓝(EB)染色和脑水含量测量评价血脑屏障(BBB)通透性,Iba1免疫荧光染色观察小胶质细胞活化,定量逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测炎症细胞因子(白介素1β(Interleukin-1β, IL-1β)和白介素6(In-terleukin-6, IL-6)和肿瘤坏死因子α(Tumor necrosis factor-α, TNF-α))的基因表达水平。结果:相比Sham组,PBS组海马CA1亚区HMGB1阳性细胞核(%)以及HMGB1NeuN阳性细胞/HMGB1阳性细胞(%)显著下降(P0.01),而BoxA组以上改变较PBS组部分减少(P0.05)。PBS组EB渗漏、脑含水量均较Sham组显著增加(P0.001),而BoxA组以上指标均较PBS组明显减轻(P0.05)。PBS组Iba1阳性细胞相比Sham组明显增多(P0.01),且炎症因子(IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α)表达显著增高(P0.05);而相比PBS组,BoxA组Iba1阳性细胞表达减少((P0.05),且炎症因子(IL-1β、IL-6 and TNF-α表达明显减少(P0.05)。结论:HMGB1抑制剂BoxA立体定向注射能够有效缓解急性期血管性痴呆大鼠海马区域的神经炎症反应。     

Ultrasound-targeted microbubble enhances migration and therapeutic efficacy of marrow mesenchymal stem cell on rat middle cerebral artery occlusion stroke model

To investigate the role of ultrasound-targeted microbubbles in the homing effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and in the therapeutic efficacy of BMSCs on the ischemic stroke. A middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was induced by plug wire preparation. Seventy-two hours after MCAO, the treatment of BMSCs with ultrasound-targeted microbubble was assessed via modified neurological severity score (mNSS), infarct volumes, and cerebral edema. In addition, immunofluorescence was performed to analyze the homing effect of BMSCs with ultrasound-targeted microbubble. We find that BMSCs with ultrasound-targeted microbubble (BMMSCs with ultrasound-targeted microbubble [USMM] group) could significantly ameliorate mNSS, infarct volumes, and cerebral edema of MCAO compared with phosphate buffer saline group, BMSCs alone group (BMSC group), and BMSCs with Ultrasound group (Ultrasound group). Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that ultrasound-targeted microbubbles promoted the accumulation of BMSCs in rat MCAO brains. Our findings demonstrated that ultrasound-targeted microbubble could be an effective approach for the accumulation of BMSCs on ischemic stroke, and further improved the therapeutic efficacy of BMSCs on MCAO.     

Effect of transient focal ischemia of mouse brain on energy state and NAD levels: no evidence that NAD depletion plays a major role in secondary disturbances of energy metabolism

It has been proposed that NAD depletion resulting from excessive activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase is responsible for secondary energy failure after transient cerebral ischemia. However, this hypothesis has never been verified by measurement of ATP and NAD levels in the same tissue sample. In this study, we therefore investigated the effect of transient focal cerebral ischemia on the temporal profiles of changes in the levels of energy metabolites and NAD. Ischemia was induced in mice by occluding the left middle cerebral artery using the intraluminal filament technique. Animals were subjected to 1-h ischemia, followed by 0, 1, 3, 6, or 24 h of reperfusion. During ischemia, ATP levels, total adenylate pool, and adenylate energy charge dropped to approximately 20, 50, and 40% of control, respectively, whereas NAD levels remained close to control. Energy state recovered transiently, peaking at 3 h of recovery (ATP levels and total adenylate pool recovered to 78 and 81% of control). In animals subjected to reperfusion of varying duration, the extent of ATP depletion was clearly more pronounced than that of NAD. The results imply that depletion of NAD pools did not play a major role in secondary disturbances of energy-producing metabolism after transient focal cerebral ischemia. Changes in ATP levels were closely related to changes in total adenylate pool (p<0.001). The high energy charge after 6 h of reperfusion (0.90 versus a control value of 0.93) and the close relationship between the decline of ATP and total adenylate pool suggest that degradation or a washout of adenylates (owing to leaky membranes) rather than a mismatch between energy production and consumption is the main causative factor contributing to the secondary energy failure observed after prolonged recovery.     

In vivo monitoring of PHA granule formation using GFP-labeled PHA synthases

For the first time a functional protein was fused to a PHA synthase resulting in PHA granule formation and display of the respective function at the PHA granule surface. The GFP reporter protein was N-terminally fused to the class I PHA synthase of Cupriavidus necator (PhaC) and the class II PHA synthase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 (PhaC1), respectively, while maintaining PHA synthase activity and PHA granule formation. Fluorescence microscopy studies of GFP-PHA synthase attached to emerging PHA granules indicated that emerging PHA granules locate to cell poles and to midcell representing the future cell poles. A rapid oscillating movement of GFP-PHA synthase foci from pole to pole was observed. In cell division impaired Escherichia coli, PHA granules were localized between nucleoids at regular spacing suggesting that nucleoid occlusion occurred. Accordingly, anucleate regions of the E. coli mukB mutant showed no regular spacing, but PHA granules with twofold increased diameter were formed. First evidence was provided that the cell division and the localization of GFP-PHA synthase foci are in vivo co-located.     

Systemic fatty acid responses to transient focal cerebral ischemia: influence of neuroprotectant therapy with human albumin

Human albumin therapy is highly neuroprotective in focal cerebral ischemia. Because albumin is the main carrier of free fatty acids (FFA) in plasma, we investigated the content and composition of plasma FFA in jugular vein (JV), femoral artery (FA) and femoral vein (FV) of rats given intravenous human albumin (1.25 g/kg) or saline vehicle (5 mL/kg) 1 h after a 2 h middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) or sham surgery. Arachidonic acid was the only FFA significantly increased by MCAo in all plasma samples prior to albumin administration, remaining at the same level regardless of subsequent treatments. Albumin treatment induced in both MCAo- and sham-groups a 1.7-fold increase in total plasma FFA (mainly 16:0, 18:1, 18:2n-6) during 90-min reperfusion. MCAo selectively stimulated the albumin-mediated mobilization of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), with an early increase in 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 in the FA prior to detectable changes in the JV. In the MCAo-albumin group, the lower level of FFA in JV as compared with FA and FV suggests an albumin-mediated systemic mobilization and supply of FFA to the brain, which may favor the replenishment of PUFA lost from cellular membranes during ischemia and/or to serve as an alternative source of energy, thus contributing to albumin neuroprotection.     

Stereological and Flow Cytometry Characterization of Leukocyte Subpopulations in Models of Transient or Permanent Cerebral Ischemia

Microglia activation, as well as extravasation of haematogenous macrophages and neutrophils, is believed to play a pivotal role in brain injury after stroke. These myeloid cell subpopulations can display different phenotypes and functions and need to be distinguished and characterized to study their regulation and contribution to tissue damage. This protocol provides two different methodologies for brain immune cell characterization: a precise stereological approach and a flow cytometric analysis. The stereological approach is based on the optical fractionator method, which calculates the total number of cells in an area of interest (infarcted brain) estimated by a systematic random sampling. The second characterization approach provides a simple way to isolate brain leukocyte suspensions and to characterize them by flow cytometry, allowing for the characterization of microglia, infiltrated monocytes and neutrophils of the ischemic tissue. In addition, it also details a cerebral ischemia model in mice that exclusively affects brain cortex, generating highly reproducible infarcts with a low rate of mortality, and the procedure for histological brain processing to characterize infarct volume by the Cavalieri method.     

复方抗栓酶股动脉注射与静滴治疗下肢动脉闭塞性疾病101例分析

比较股动脉注射与静脉滴注两法给予复方抗栓确治疗下肢动脉闭性疾病的疗效。方法１０１例患者随机分成股动脉注射与静脉滴注复方抗栓酶两组。结果显效率股动脉组６２．３％，静脉组４１．７％。结论复方抗栓酶股动脉注射治疗下肢动脉闭塞性疾病的疗效明显优于静脉滴注（Ｐ＜０．０１）。