胆碱能神经对人餐后神经降压素释放的影响

本文比较了6名健康成人进食、餐前肌注阿托品以及单纯咀嚼食物后的血浆神经降压素样免疫活性物质(NTLI)水平的变化,以探讨胆碱能神经对神经降压素释放的影响。用放射免疫测定法分别测定NTLI和胰多肽(PP)的含量,以便同时比较两者释放的状态。6人的基础血浆NTLI和PP的水平平均分别为15.7±2.4和16.6±9 7pmol/L。进食后,血浆NTLI和PP水平均显著增高,并呈双相反应。第一个血浆NTLI高峰平均为60.7±13.2pmol/L,出现于餐后的20min。餐后90min,又出现另一个高峰,其平均水平为58.8±8.2pmol/L。在进食前肌注阿托品1mg,餐后的第一个血浆NTLI高峰消失,而第二个高峰仍存在。单纯咀嚼食物后,血浆PP水平明显增高,而对NTLI的释放无刺激作用。本文结果提示,餐后早期的神经降压素释放的调节是由非迷走胆碱能神经参与的,而后期的释放不受胆碱能神经的影响。     

Morphological Response of Witchweed (Striga asiatica) to In Vitro Culture

Excised sorghum root segments (5–10 mm in length) werecultured for 50 d in four different liquid media containingmineral salts, vitamins, amino acids, glucose, and IAA. Theroots were removed and the remaining medium was solidified withan equal volume of warm 1–6% water agar. Dry unconditionedor conditioned Striga asiatica seeds were transferred to themedium. Some of the seeds germinated and developed into parasitic-typeseedlings. These seedlings had haustoria, tubercles, dense roothairs, branched shoots, and multiple shoot-borne adventitiousroots. The plumule pole developed into a shoot, but the radiclepole displayed only rudimentary development. On the same media,but which had not previously been used to grow sorghum roots,the seedlings displayed a well-developed radicle-derived rootsystem, but the plumule did not grow. Shoots began to appearon the roots only after 35–50 d of culture. These seedlingshad no haustoria, no tubercles, few or scattered root hairs,no shoot-borne adventitious roots and few shoot branches, andappeared to be non-parasitic-type seedlings. Shoots grew ina medium supplemented with IAA and kinetin, but did not in amedium containing NAA plus IBA. On replacement of glucose andIAA with sucrose and 2,4-D, respectively, Striga seeds germinated,and the heart-shaped embryos dedifferentiated into calli. Thecalli have been maintained by subculturing for over 9 months.The results demonstrated that a host signal, in addition tothose for germination and haustorium formation, is requiredfor further development. Moreover, morphogenesis of culturedS. asiatica is influenced by exogenous growth regulators. Key words: Striga asiatica, parasitic weeds, haustoria, Sorghum bicolor, in vitro culture