伤椎置钉联合短节段内固定与单纯短节段固定治疗胸腰椎爆裂性骨折的比较研究

目的:比较伤椎置钉联合短节段内固定与单纯短节段固定治疗胸腰椎爆裂性骨折的临床疗效、固定效果及其对患者炎症反应和脊髓损伤的影响。方法:选取2014年3月到2016年12月期间我院收治的胸腰椎爆裂性骨折患者94例,根据手术方法的不同将患者分为伤椎置钉组(40例)和短节段内固定组(44例)。短节段内固定组患者采用单纯后路短节段椎弓根螺钉内固定进行治疗,伤椎置钉组采用伤椎置钉联合后路短节段椎弓根螺钉内固定进行治疗。比较两组患者的手术时间、术中出血量、住院时间、伤椎前沿高度比、Cobb’s角、伤椎椎体楔形变角、视觉模拟评分(VAS)和Oswestry功能障碍指数(ODI),炎性因子指标、脊髓损伤指标及术后并发症。结果:伤椎置钉组的手术时间长于短节段内固定组(P<0.05),术后6个月、术后12个月伤椎置钉组的伤椎前沿高度比明显高于短节段内固定组,Cobb’s角、伤椎椎体楔形变角明显低于短节段内固定组(P<0.05),术前、术后1周、术后6个月、术后12个月两组患者的VAS评分和ODI比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),术后3 d两组患者血清中IL-1β、IL-6、IL-8、TNF-α和pNF-H、NSE、S100β、GFAP水平比较差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。随访期间两组患者均未出现严重并发症。结论:伤椎置钉联合后路短节段椎弓根螺钉内固定可有效改善胸腰椎爆裂性骨折患者的椎体高度、Cobb’s角和伤椎椎体楔形变角,并且不会增加脊髓损伤和机体的炎症反应。     

小鼠胸主动脉血管管壁结构和平滑肌细胞表型的年龄变化

目的:通过研究小鼠胸主动脉血管直径和管壁厚度以及平滑肌细胞表型标志物波形蛋白(Vimentin)和平滑肌细胞肌动蛋白(α-SM-actin)的表达,探讨胸主动脉在发育、成熟和老化过程中血管管壁结构和平滑肌细胞表型的变化。方法:将24只昆明小鼠按年龄分成4组:3天组、3个月组、6个月组和16个月组。采用HE染色和免疫荧光术分别观察胸主动脉血管管壁结构以及Vimentin和α-SM-actin的表达变化。结果:随着年龄的增长,胸主动脉血管直径和管壁厚度增加,以16个月小鼠胸主动脉的直径最大和管壁最厚,但细胞密度减少。3天小鼠胸主动脉的Vimentin表达较高,6个月表达下降,16个月重新上调;而α-SM-actin在3天小鼠的胸主动脉表达较低,6个月表达增加,16个月表达出现下调,其差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:小鼠胸主动脉的直径和管壁的厚度随年龄的增长而增加,而细胞的密度则随着年龄增加而减少;平滑肌细胞的表型从幼龄时的合成表型转变为收缩表型,老龄时又转变为合成表型。     

氟对镍钛拉簧的腐蚀性研究

目的:研究模拟应用氟化物防龋的口腔环境下,不同浓度氟化物对镍钛拉簧的应力衰减的影响。方法:选取两种国内常用品牌0.010 inch镍钛拉簧各40根,随机将每种拉簧平均分入四个浓度组(0.05%、0.10%、0.15%和对照组),将相同浓度组的不同品牌弹簧分别固定于间距为20 mm的四个支架的两端。将四个支架分别放入37℃人工唾液中水浴。将实验组按浓度分组放入不同浓度氟化人工唾液(0.05%、0.10%、0.15%)中处理5 min,每天三次。分别于实验前、实验后1周、2周、3周、4周用拉伸机测量每根弹簧拉伸至20 mm时的应力。对实验结果使用重复测量的方差分析。结果:时间因素对两种镍钛拉簧拉伸应力的衰减的影响有统计学意义,氟化物浓度有辅助效应,二者有交互作用。氟化物作用下不同品牌镍钛拉簧的应力腐蚀变化不同。(P0.05)。结论:1.氟化物的存在可以增加镍钛拉簧的应力衰减。2.在正畸治疗的临床工作中在使用氟化物时应考虑增加镍钛拉簧的更换频率。     

Protection of blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) against the White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) when injected with shrimp lysozyme

In this study we found that a blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) lysozyme gene (Lslzm) was up-regulated in WSSV-infected shrimp, suggesting that lysozyme is involved in the innate response of shrimp to this virus. Shrimp were intramuscularly injected with Lslzm protein to identify how this recombinant protein protects L. stylirostris from WSSV infection and to determine how this protein influences nonspecific cellular and humoral defense mechanisms. Higher survival rates and a lower viral load (compared with controls) were reported for shrimps that were first injected with the Lslzm protein and then infected with WSSV. In addition, the Lslzm expression level and the immunological parameters (including THC, phagocytic activity, respiratory burst activity, phenoloxidase activity and lysozyme activity) were all significantly higher in the WSSV-infected shrimp treated with the Lslzm protein, compared with the controls. These results indicate that lysozyme is effective at blocking WSSV infection in L. stylirostris and that lysozyme modulates the cellular and humoral defense mechanisms after they are suppressed by the WSSV virus.     

金匮肾气丸和男宝胶囊对肾阳虚证雄性大鼠生殖能力影响的干预研究

目的:研究金匮肾气丸和男宝胶囊对肾阳虚证雄性大鼠生殖能力的影响及作用机理.方法:用成年雄性SD大鼠80只随机分成4组:空白对照组(正常组)、金匮肾气丸组、男宝胶囊组、模型组.除正常组外,其他组大鼠用氢化可的松注射液制造肾阳虚模型.正常组和模型组用等体积蒸馏水灌胃,治疗组用相应剂量的药物灌胃,持续给药30d.检测各组大鼠左侧睾丸、脾脏、胸腺质量,测血清睾丸酮(T)、促黄体生成激素(LH)、促卵泡生成激素(FSH)水平,精子密度、精子活率改变情况.结果:模型组左侧睾丸、脾脏、胸腺质量低于正常组、金匮肾气丸组和男宝胶囊组(P.∞.05 o模型组血清T、LH、FSH水平低于正常组、金匮肾气丸组和男宝胶囊组(P＜0.05).模型组精子密度、精子活率低于正常组、金匮肾气丸组和男宝胶囊组(P＜0.05).结论:金匮肾气丸和男宝胶囊对肾阳虚证雄性大鼠生殖能力有较好的治疗作用.     

祁连山青海云杉林群落结构的空间异质性

以动态监测样地(340 m×300 m)的网格(5 m×5 m)为基本单元,选择5个群落结构属性变量,采用分形几何学和地统计学方法对祁连山大野口流域青海云杉林群落结构的空间异质性进行研究.结果表明: 青海云杉林5个结构属性的变异程度大小依次为:密度＞平均冠幅＞显著度＞盖度＞平均树高,变异系数为43.7%～79.6%.Moran I系数表明,各个结构属性均有不同程度的空间自相关性,自相关大小顺序为:密度＞平均树高＞盖度＞平均冠幅＞显著度,变化范围为-0.047～0.382.指数理论变异函数模型能很好地拟合不同结构属性的空间变异,变程为24.6～68.1 m,各属性变量的结构比除盖度表现为中等空间相关,其他指标均为强烈空间相关,各属性指标分维数接近2,空间依赖性较小.植被密度和盖度空间分布呈带状结构和斑块结构叠加的特点,其他指标呈较强的斑块状空间结构,密度和盖度对平均冠幅、显著度和平均树高有一定的空间依赖性.青海云杉林群落结构空间异质性适宜的采样间隔和采样面积分别为10 m和0.5 hm².     

Hepatotoxicity or Hepatoprotection? Pattern Recognition for the Paradoxical Effect of the Chinese Herb Rheum palmatum L. in Treating Rat Liver Injury

The hepatotoxicity of some Chinese herbs has been a cause for concern in recent years. However, some herbs, such as rhubarb, have been documented as having both therapeutic and toxic effects on the liver, leading to the complex problem of distinguishing the benefits from the risks of using this herb. To comparatively analyze the dose-response relationship between rhubarb and hepatic health, we administrated total rhubarb extract (RE) to normal and carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-treated rats for 12 weeks at 4 dosage levels (2.00, 5.40, 14.69 and 40.00 g·kg(-1), measured as the quantity of crude material), followed by biochemical and histopathological tests of the rats' livers. A composite pattern was extracted by factor analysis, using all the biochemical indices as variables, into a visual representation of two mathematically obtained factors, which could be interpreted as the fibrosis factor and the cellular injury factor, according to the values of the variable loadings. The curative effect of administering the two lowest dosages of RE to CCl(4)-treated rats was mainly expressed as a decrease in the extent of cellular injury. The hepatoprotective mechanism of RE might be related to its antioxidant effect, the antagonism of the free radical damage to hepatocytes caused by CCl(4). By contrast, the RE-induced liver damage was mainly expressed as a significant increase in the amount of fibrosis in both normal rats at all dosage levels and CCl(4)-treated rats at the two highest dosage levels. Therefore, the hepatotoxic potential of RE could be attributable to the liver cell fibrosis induced by high doses of the herb. This study illustrates the bidirectional potential of rhubarb and demonstrates the feasibility of using factor analysis to study the dose-response relationships between herbal medicines and hepatotoxicity or the healing effects of these herbs by extracting the underlying interrelationships among a number of functional bio-indices in a holistic manner.     

GAL4/UAS系统在果蝇Tis11基因RNA干扰中的应用

TTP在哺乳动物许多关键基因表达的转录后水平上起调控作用,Tis11是TTP蛋白在果蝇中的同源物.目前还没有现成的可用于研究Tis11功能的基因敲除或敲低的果蝇.为了获得肌动蛋白启动子或者热激蛋白启动子驱动表达Tis11 mRNA干扰序列的具有较高干扰效率的Tis11基因干扰果蝇,将肌动蛋白启动子或者热激启动子驱动表达的GAL4果蝇品系与融合有Tis11 mRNA干扰序列的UAS品系杂交,收集同时带有GAL4基因和UAS序列的子一代果蝇.提取所收集果蝇的总RNA,将其中的mRNA逆转录成cDNA,并设计检测Tis11基因的特异性引物,然后通过Real-time PCR检测Tis11 mRNA的表达情况.结果显示所收集的能表达Tis11基因干扰序列的子一代果蝇与不能表达Tis11基因干扰序列的对照果蝇相比,其体内Tis11 mRNA的表达水平下降明显.收集的果蝇其体内所表达的干扰序列对Tis11 mRNA干扰效果显著,我们成功获得了Tis11基因的RNA干扰果蝇.     

北京油鸡ADSL基因的克隆、表达及其结构与功能分析

采用RT-PCR与RACE方法扩增出北京油鸡腺苷酸琥珀酸裂解酶(ADSL)基因全长cDNA序列,亚克隆和序列分析结果表明:该基因开放阅读框长为1455个碱基,编码485个氨基酸;5'端非转录调控区具有典型管家基因的特征,在临近起始密码子27号碱基发生C→T突变,该突变使得本来小是核呼吸因子2(NRF-2)结合位点的CTCC突变为NRF-2结合位点CTTC.将ADSL基因完整斤放阅读框重组至融合表达载体pGEX-4T-l中,构建成北京油鸡ADSL基因融合表达载体pOEX-ADSL,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),筛选阳性克隆,IPTG诱导表达.经SDS-PAGE电泳显示重组融合蛋白在约80.5kD处有特异蛋白条带出现,与预期分子量大小一致,等电点为6.79.该蛋白的表达最随诱导时间的延长而增加,5h达最高值,达到细胞总蛋白的26.9%,且主要以不可溶的包涵体形式存在,经优化表达条件,成功地获得了可溶性的融合蛋白,经Glutathione Sepharase 4B凝胶纯化后Western blotting检测表明其为北京油鸡ADSL蛋白,为其进一步的生物学功能及其应用研究鉴定基础.     

玉米杂交种及其亲本基因组DNA胞嘧啶甲基化水平研究

基因组DNA甲基化对基因表达起着重要的调控作用.本研究采用MSAP方法,对2个玉米杂交种及其相应亲本DNA 5'-CCG G位点胞嘧啶的甲基化水平进行分析,比较了2个玉米杂交种与其相应亲本的甲基化类型与差异.研究发现,2个玉米杂交种Mo17×Suwan 5和Suwan 1×太3221的F1代的甲基化敏感扩增多态性(MASP)比率分别为39.1%和40.1%,均略低于其相应的双亲(39.8%和39.7%、44.6%和43.2%).2个杂交种的全甲基化(双链CmCGG)率分别为24.4%和23.3%,而其相应亲本Mo17、Suwan 5、Suwan 1和太3221分别为17.1%、24.4%、24.6%和21.6%.4个玉米亲本的MASP比率变化范围为39.7%～44.6%,平均为41.8%,全甲基化比率为17.1%～24.6%,平均为21.9%.杂交种与其相应亲本比较有4种类型的变化A型,F1与其亲本甲基化模式相同;B型,去甲基化;C型,超甲基化;D型,次甲基化.杂交种F1代DNA的甲基化模式与其双亲比较,发生了较大的改变与调整.F1代基因组的杂合性与基因组DNA甲基化模式的重新调整有关.