米非司酮(RU486)对吗啡成瘾后新颖环境探究活动量的影响

精神成瘾性药物急性戒断后行为活动量增加是一个突出表现,本实验以米非司酮(RU486)为干涉药物,抑制糖皮质激素与受体结合,间接抑制戒断期间DA递质升高所引起活动量的增加.结果表明,米非司酮可以明显降低成瘾后急性戒断期间的活动量,但是对腹腔注射生理盐水动物活动量影响不显著.结论:进一步验证糖皮质激素在吗啡成瘾戒断期间的易化作用,同时也表明RU486可以在一定程度上缓解戒断后药物敏感化行为

Evaluation of soot particles of biomass fuels with endocrine-modulating activity in yeast-based bioassay

Exposure to indoor air pollution (IAP) from the combustion of biomass fuels is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In the work discussed in this paper we evaluated the endocrine activity of soot particles from biomass fuels by using yeast bioassay. These pollutants could have beta-galactosidase activity with a relative potency (RP) about 10(-7)-10(-9) that of estradiol. Soot particles from wood and straw combustion only partially induced beta-galactosidase activity whereas others produced fully inductive activity in the yeast assay system. These pollutants did not have estrogen antagonist and progesterone agonist activity within the defined concentration range. However, these pollutants require 2-4 orders of magnitude higher IC50 to inhibit the activity of progesterone in a similar dose-response manner to mifepristone. We therefore propose that the endocrine activity of some environmental pollutants may be because of inhibition of the progesterone receptor (hPR). GC-MS results showed that substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds, substituted phenolic compounds and derivatives, aromatic carbonyl compounds, and phytosteroids in these soot particles may be mimicking endogenous hormones.