竹叶青(Trimeresurus stejnegeri)蛇毒5^-核苷酸酶对血小板聚集功能的抑制机制研究

竹叶青蛇毒中分离的5^-核苷酸酶能抑制ADP、AA、TMVA、凝血酶诱导的血小板聚集,且对ADP诱导的血小板聚集有明显的解聚作用。其抑制率与剂量增加成正比。该酶在抑制AA和TMVA诱导的血小板聚集的同时,对于血小板中5-羟色胺(5-HT)释放亦有明显抑制,抑制率同样与剂量相关,不能抑制TXB_(2)的生成。

Enhanced contextual fear memory in central serotonin-deficient mice

Central serotonin (5-HT) dysregulation contributes to the susceptibility for mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and learning and memory deficits. We report that the formation of hippocampus-dependent spatia

Stress within the postseizure time window inhibits seizure recurrence

Recurrence is a key characteristic in the development of epilepsy. It remains unclear whether seizure recurrence is sensitive to postseizure stress. Here, tonic-clonic seizures were induced with a convulsive dose of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), and acute seizure recurrence was evoked with a subconvulsive dose of the drug. We found that stress inhibited seizure recurrence when applied 30 minutes or 2 hours, but not 4 hours, after the tonic-clonic seizure. The time-dependent anti-recurrence effect of stress was mimicked by the stress hormone corticosterone and blocked by co-administration of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. Furthermore, in a PTZ-induced epileptic kindling model, corticosterone administered 30 minutes after each seizure decreased the extent of seizures both during the kindling establishment and in the following challenge test. These results provide novel insights into both the mechanisms of and therapeutic strategies for epilepsy. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

海马突触可塑性与异常记忆

5-羟色胺(5-HT)是中枢神经系统内非常重要的神经递质，广泛参与各种行为和生理过程。5-羟色胺功能低下可导致多种精神类疾病尤其是焦虑、抑郁和创伤后应激障碍等，而这些疾病都伴有学习和记忆的障碍；海马是参与学习记忆的重要脑区。海马接受5-HT神经元的直接投射且富含5-HT受体，因而海马也可以通过5-HT系统调控焦虑、抑郁及学习记忆。海马突触可塑性是学习记忆的细胞分子机制，是学习记忆的基础。我们条件性敲除转录因子Lmx1b得到中枢5-HT缺失小鼠，利用该小鼠进行中枢神经系统5-HT功能的研究。我们发现该小鼠的脑结构和运动能力正常；水迷宫空间学习能力正常，但空间记忆受损；焦虑水平降低，但是环境恐惧学习和记忆能力增强，增强的恐惧记忆能被外源给予的5-HT逆转；在中枢5-HT缺失小鼠中，应激对海马可塑性的作用即损伤LTP易化LTD消失，外源给予5-HT可以恢复应激的效果。这些结果提示应激导致海马LTP损伤可能是保护机制，缺乏这种保护机制可能导致恐惧记忆相关的创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)的易感。成瘾的核心特征是对药物的强迫性渴求和复吸。成瘾与学习记忆有很多共同的脑区和分子通路，它可能通过篡夺正常生理神经通路而产生比正常生理反应更强烈的可塑性，形成有害的异常记忆。以前的报道证实海马的兴奋性突触可塑性在成瘾过程中的适应性改变可能是成瘾的机制；但是成瘾涉及复杂的生物机制，因而不可能仅是兴奋性突触可塑性的贡献。我们研究了5-HT系统和抑制性系统（主要是GABA能系统）在成瘾中的贡献。利用中枢5-HT缺失小鼠，我们发现5-HT缺失小鼠的吗啡显著地易化了5-HT CKO的海马LTP，同时也导致成瘾行为持续不消退；5-HT和5-HT1a受体激动剂能逆转此现象。这提示毒品成瘾可能导致中枢5-HT缺失，进而增强海马LTP，使毒品相关记忆牢固不消退。GABA能系统是中枢神经系统最重要的抑制性系统，我们研究发现一次吗啡对内源性大麻受体（CB1R）依赖的抑制性突触的长时程抑制（Inhibitory long-term depression，I-LTD）没有影响，成瘾后I-LTD抑制，而吗啡成瘾后戒断导致了内源性大麻受体(CB1R)和L-型钙通道(LTCC)依赖的GABA能LTD (I-LTD)，使I-LTD增大了一倍，提示在吗啡成瘾阶段过程中，有组合突触可塑性发生，进而增强了突触可塑性的调控范围。 本论文是对中枢5-HT系统对海马兴奋性突触可塑性在焦虑、应激、成瘾等异常记忆中的调节作用以及海马抑制性系统在成瘾和戒断中的贡献进行研究，表明恐惧记忆和毒品成瘾记忆存在许多共同的细胞分子机理，对今后治疗焦虑、创伤后应激障碍和成瘾提供了新的思路。

新型非肽类血管紧张素II受体拮抗剂设计合成及其生物活性研究

Ang II受体拮抗剂是作用于肾素-血管紧张素系统(RAS)的抗高血压药，因其抗高血压作用与较老的抗高血压药物作用相同，且更具有选择性，不良反应状况与安慰剂相似,而在高血压治疗中逐渐引起研究者重视，并成为目前增长最快的抗高血压药物。在许多AngII受体拮抗剂中四氮唑结构已成为固定基团，但四氮唑有许多合成及代谢弊端。因此，寻找其他合适的杂环酸性基团来替代四氮唑，在保持较高口服活性的同时克服相应缺陷，具有极其重要的意义。 本项目以四氮唑沙坦类药物为先导化合物，运用生物电子等排原理及拼合原理，根据计算机分子模拟研究结果，对其进行结构修饰和改造，首次将咪唑、氯代咪唑、三氮唑及咪唑啉替代四氮唑，并结合具有较高AngII受体拮抗活性的联苯并咪唑衍生物，设计并合成一系列含咪唑，咪唑啉，氯代咪唑及三氮唑衍生物的Ang II受体拮抗剂。 研究这一系列新型AngII受体拮抗剂的体内、体外抗高血压活性时，发现咪唑啉衍生物展示了与对照药物几乎相当的活性，而咪唑、氯代咪唑和三氮唑衍生物分别表现了较弱或者没有活性，这些研究对今后更进一步设计合成新的Ang II受体拮抗剂具有重要的指导意义，同时也为筛选抗高血压药物奠定良好的基础。 The angiotensin II receptor antagonists act on renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which are as effective as other types of anti-hypertensive drugs. Because even the more specific and comparable to placebo in terms of side effects, Ang II receptor antagonists cause a high attention and become the fastest growing anti-hypertension drugs. Most of such compounds share the biphenyltetrazole unit with the lead Losartan. However, there are many defects in tetrazole synthesis and vivo metabolism. Therefore, we felt quite encouraged to find some proper acidic heterocyclic groups which maintain the same oral bioavailability to replace the tetrazole. In the present paper, we applied the bioisostere and combination principle, in accordance with the results of computer modeling of molecular, to modify the lead structural of terazole in sartan compounds reported. We turned our attention to replace the tetrazole ring with imidazole rings, chloro-imidazole, imidazoline, traizole ring and combinated them with benzimidazoles derivatives which have antagonistic activity for angiotensin II to design and synthesize a series of Ang II receptor antagonists contaning imidazole ring, chloro-imidazole, imidazoline or traizole ring. In addition, activity tests in vivo and in vivo had shown that imidazoline derivatives display almost equivalent activity with the reference drug, but imidazole derivatives, chloro-imidazole, triazole derivatives were weak or non-performance of the hypotensive activity. We believe that the imidazoline derivative type Ang II receptor antagonists can build a foundation for the development of a novel series of anti-hypertensive drugs.

中国沙棘(Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. sinensis)天然群体的遗传变异分析

近十年，植物群体遗传学的研究飞速发展，然而与海拔相关的植物群体遗传结构和遗传变异研究却相对较少。到目前为止，还不清楚遗传变异与海拔之间是否有一个通用的格局。在山区，各种生态因子，如温度、降水、降雪、紫外线辐射强度以及土壤成分都随海拔梯度急剧变化，造成了即使在一个小的空间区域，植被类型变化显著，这种高山环境的异质性和复杂性为我们研究植物群体遗传结构和分化提供了方便。沙棘(Hippophea)属于胡颓子科(Elaeagnaceae)为多年生落叶灌木或乔木，雌雄异株，天然种群分布极为广泛。中国沙棘(H. rhamnoides subsp. sinensis)是沙棘属植物中分布较广的一个亚种，种内形态变异非常丰富，加之其具有独特的繁育系统和广泛的生态地理分布，是研究沙棘属植物遗传变异和系统分化的理想材料。本文从1,800 m 到3,400 m 分5 个海拔梯度进行取样，用RAPD 和cpSSR 分子标记研究了卧龙自然保护区中国沙棘天然群体的遗传结构和遗传变异。5 个取样群体依次标记为A、B、C、D 和E，它们分别代表分布在海拔1,800，2,200，2,600，3,000 和3,400 m 的5 个天然群体。RAPD实验用11 条寡核苷酸引物，扩增得到151 个重复性好的位点，其中143 个多态位点，多态率达94.7%。在5 个沙棘群体中，总遗传多样性值(HT)为0.289，B群体内的遗传多样性值为0.315，这完全符合沙棘这种多年生、远交的木本植物具有高遗传变异的特性。5 个群体内遗传多样性随海拔升高呈低－高－低变异趋势，在2,200 m海拔处的B群体遗传多样性达最大值0.315，3,400 m海拔处的E群体则表现最小仅0.098。5 个群体间的遗传分化值GST＝0.406，也即是说有40.6%的遗传变异存在于群体间，1,800 m海拔处的A群体与其它群体的明显分离是造成群体间遗传分化大的原因。UPGMA聚类图和PCoA散点图进一步确证了5 个群体间的关系和所有个体间的关系。最后，经过Mantel检测，遗传距离与海拔表现了明显的相关性(r = 0.646, P = 0.011)。cpSSR 实验中，经过对24 对cpSSR 通用引物筛选，11 对引物能扩增出特异性条带，只有2 对引物(ccmp2 和ARCP4)呈现多态性。4 个等位基因共组合出4 种单倍型，单倍型Ⅰ出现在A 群体的所有个体和B 群体的8 个个体中，C、D、E 三个群体均不含有，而单倍型Ⅱ出现在C、D、E 三个群体的所有个体及B 群体的18 个个体中，A 群体不含有。另外两种单倍型Ⅲ和Ⅳ为稀有类型，仅B 群体中的4 个个体拥有。这种单倍型分布模式和TFPGA 群体聚类图揭示了，C、D、E 群体可能来源于同一祖先种，而A 群体却是由另一祖先种发展起来的，B 群体则兼具了这两种起源种的信息，这可能是因为在历史上的某一时期，在中国沙棘群体高山分化的过程中，B 群体处某个或者某些个体发生了基因突变，具备了适应高海拔环境的能力，产生了高海拔沙棘群体的祖先种。 In recent ten years, studies about population genetics of plants developed rapidly,whereas their genetic structure and genetic variation along altitudinal gradients have beenstudied relatively little. So far, it is uncleared whether there is a common pattern betweengenetic variation and altitudinal gradients. In the mountain environments, importantecological factors, e.g., temperature, rainfall, snowfall, ultraviolet radiation and soil substratesetc., change rapidly with altitudes, which cause the vegetation distribution varying typically,even on a small spatial scale. The mountain environments, which are heterogeneous andcomplex, facilitate and offer a good opportunity to characterize population genetic structureand population differentiation.The species of the genus Hippophae L. (Elaeagnaceae) are perennial deciduous shrubs ortrees, which are dioecious, wind-pollinated pioneer plants. The natural genus has a widedistribution extending from Northern Europe through Central Europe and Central Asia toChina. According to the latest taxonomy, the genus Hippophae is divided into six species and12 subspecies. The subspecies H. rhamnoides ssp. sinensis shows significant morphologicalvariations, large geographic range and dominantly outcrossing mating system. Thesecharacteristics of the subspecies are favourable to elucidate genetic variation and systemevolution. To estimate genetic variation and genetic structure of H. rhamnoides ssp. sinensisat different altitudes, we surveyed five natural populations in the Wolong Natural Reserve at altitudes ranging from 1,800 to 3,400 m above sea level (a.s.l.) using random amplifiedpolymorphic DNA markers (RAPDs) and cpSSR molecular methods. The five populations A,B, C, D, and E correspond to the altitudes 1,800, 2,200, 2,600, 3,000 and 3,400 m,respectively.Based on 11 decamer primers, a total of 151 reproducible DNA loci were yielded, ofwhich 143 were polymorphic and the percentage of polymorphic loci equaled 94.7%. Amongthe five populations investigated, the total gene diversity (HT) and gene diversity within population B equaled 0.289 and 0.315, respectively, which are modest for a subspecies of H.rhamnoides, which is an outcrossing, long-lived, woody plant. The amount of geneticvariation within populations varied from 0.098 within population E (3,400 m a.s.l.) to 0.315within population B (2,200 m a.s.l.). The coefficient of gene differentiation (GST) amongpopulations equaled 0.406 and revealed that 40.6% of the genetic variance existed amongpopulations and 59.4% within populations. The population A (1,800 m a.s.l.) differed greatlyfrom the other four populations, which contributes to high genetic differentiation. A UPGMAcluster analysis and principal coordinate analyses based on Nei's genetic distances furthercorroborated the relationships among the five populations and all the sampling individuals,respectively. Mantel tests detected a significant correlation between genetic distances andaltitudinal gradients (r = 0.646, P = 0.011).Eleven of the original 24 cpSSR primer pairs tested produced good PCR products, onlytwo (ccmp2 and ARCP4) of which were polymorphic. Four total length variants (alleles) werecombined resulting in 4 haplotypes. The haplotype was present in all individuals of Ⅰpopulation A and 8 individuals of populations B, the other three populations (C, D and Epopulations) did not share. The haplotype was present in all individuals of populations C, D Ⅱand E and 18 individuals of populations B, population A did not share. The other twohaplotypes and were rare haplotypes, which were only shared in 4 individuals of Ⅲ Ⅳpopulation B. The distribution of haplotypes and TFPGA population clustering map showedthat the populations C, D and E might be origined from one ancestor seed and population Amight be from another, whereas population B owned information of the two ancestor seeds. Itwas because that gene mutation within some individual or seed in the location of population Bwas likely to happen in the history of H. rhamnoides, which was the original ancestor of thehigh-altitude populations.

双壳贝类幼虫变态诱导及其机理研究

变态过程是双壳贝类由幼虫向成体转变的一个必不缺少的发育阶段。研究双壳贝类幼虫的变态过程及其机理，对于阐明它们的种群数量变动，促进重要经济双壳贝类增养殖的发展有重要的理论和实践意义。本论文除了用化学物质对几种双壳贝类(海湾扇贝、墨西哥湾扇贝和硬壳蛤)幼虫的变态进行诱导外，主要以激素和神经递质的作用方式为基础，通过直接测定双壳贝类(以海湾扇贝为代表)幼虫体内激素和神经递质、第二信使cAMP等生化物质含量的变化来研究双壳贝类幼虫变态过程中的信息传递途径，从分子生物学和神经生物学角度阐明双壳贝类幼虫变态机理。主要结果如下：1．通过参考国内外大量文献的基础上，较为系统地评述了近二十年来海洋无脊椎动物幼虫附着变态研究的一些进展情况，主要包括诱导因子、附着变态机理模型、人工诱导物的应用和延迟变态四个方面。到目前为止，人们已经发现了许多海洋无脊椎动物幼虫附着变态的诱导物质，主要分为天然诱导物和人工诱导物两大类，一些人工诱导物如GABA、肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素已经在经济贝类苗种生产中得到应用。幼虫附着变态机理模型主要有长牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)幼虫附着变态的双调控模型、红鲍(Haliotis rufescens)幼虫附着变态的上行调节模型以及多毛类Phragmatopoma california幼虫附着变态的脂肪酸调控模型。本论文还评述了海洋无脊椎动物幼虫发生延迟变态的原因以及延迟变态对海洋无脊椎动物造成的影响，并提出了解决的方法和今后研究的重点问题。2．在室内用氯化乙酰胆碱、ATP和CaCl_2 3种化学物质对海湾扇贝幼虫的变态进行了诱导实验。结果表明，虽然在个别浓度和处理时间氯化乙酰胆碱和ATP有诱导作用，但总体诱导效果不显著。而10×10~(-3)～40×10~(-3M的CaCl_2在处理12～24h后诱导效果较显著，其诱导效果对处理时间的依赖性较显著，在浓度为40×10~(-3)M和处理时间为24h时诱导效果最好，与对照组相比，变态率提高23.18％。3种诱导物对幼虫死亡率均有显著影响，并且死亡率对浓度和处理时间均有显著的依赖性，浓度越高，处理时间越长，死亡率越高。3．用KCl、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和氯化胆碱进行了墨西哥湾扇贝(Argopectenirradians concentricus Say)幼虫变态的诱导作用实验。结果表明，KCl、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和氯化胆碱对墨西哥湾扇贝幼虫变态均有显著诱导作用。KCl在处理时间为12h～48h范围内均有诱导作用；13.42×10~(-3)M和20.13×10~(-3)M的KCl诱导效果较好，变态率平均提高10％以上。1．O×10~(-6)M～50×10~(-6)M的肾上腺素在处理时间为lh～12h较适宜，此时变态率均提高10％以上。1.0×10~(-6)M～50×10~(-6)M的去甲肾上腺素在处理时间为1h～24h都较适宜，变态率平均均提高10％以上，最高可提高31．07％。0.01×10~(-4)M～1.O×10~(-4)M的氯化胆碱在处理时间为12h～48h时诱导效果均较好，它们之间的平均变态提高率并没有显著差别，均在12％～13％之间。10×10~(-4)M的氯化胆碱在处理时间为12h时诱导效果较明显，变态率可以提高19.14％，超过12h，变态率明显下降，100×10~(-4)M的氯化胆碱明显产生毒害作用，幼虫变态率均为零，而幼虫的死亡率均为100％。4．用KCl、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素、L-DOPA、5-羟色胺(5-hydroxytryptamine，Serotonin，5-HT)和GABA(γ-氨基丁酸)进行了不同浓度不同处理时间对硬壳蛤(Mercenaria mercenaria L.)幼虫变态诱导实验。结果表明，KCl、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素、L-DOPA和5-羟色胺对硬壳蛤幼虫的变态均有诱导作用，而GABA的诱导 作用不显著。KCl的最佳诱导浓度随处理时间不同而有所不同。当处理时间为1～24h时，KCl的最佳诱导浓度为33.56×10~(-3)M，此时幼虫变态率均提高24％以上，当处理时间为48h时，KCl的最佳诱导浓度为20.13～26.85×10~(-3)M，处理时间为72h时，最佳诱导浓度为13.42×10~(-3)M。肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素的诱导作用与浓度和处理时间均有关。肾上腺素的最佳处理浓度为100×10~(-6)M，最佳处理时间均为8h，此时幼虫变态率提高最大，为36.97％。当去甲肾上腺素的诱导浓度为100×10~(-6)M，处理时间为8h～16h时，幼虫变态提高率较高，均大于18％，死亡提高率均低于30％，当去甲肾上腺索诱导浓度为500×10~(-6)M时，虽然在8h～16h的处理时间范围内，幼虫变态提高率也较高，均大于18％，但当处理时间超过8h，在16～48h范围内，幼 虫死亡提高率明显升高，均大于50％。L-DOPA的适宜诱导浓度为10×10~(-6)M～50×10~(-6)M，适宜处理时间为8～24h，此时幼虫变态率均提高30％以上，最高可提高79.43％。5-羟色胺的诱导作用较强，其适宜诱导浓度为100×10~(-6)M—1000×10~(-6)M，适宜处理时间为0.5～24h，此时幼虫变态率提高均在30％以上，当处理时间为8h时，最佳诱导浓度为1000×10~(-6)M，此时幼虫变态率提高57.5％，当处理时间为24h时，最佳诱导浓度为100×10~(-6)M，此时幼虫变态率提高69.29％。GABA的诱导作用较弱，最佳诱导浓度随处理时间的不同而有所不同。处理时间为24h和48h时，最佳诱导浓度为0.1×10~(-6)M；处理时间为0.5～16h时，最佳诱导浓度为100×10~(-6)M。5．KCl、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺索、L-DOPA、5-羟色胺、GABA、茶碱和咖啡因8种诱导物对不同发育阶段海湾扇贝幼虫变态的诱导作用是不同的。13．42×10~(-3)M和20.13×10~(-3)M的KCl对第12天幼虫的变态有抑制作用，变态提高率为负值；之后当幼虫发育至第13和14天时，两浓度的KCl能够明显诱导幼虫变态，变态提高率均高于20％，而对于第16天的幼虫诱导作用有所减弱，变态提高率有所降低；26.85×10~(-3)M的KCl对第12和13天幼虫的变态均有抑制作用，变态提高率为负值，对第14和16天幼虫的变态却有明显的持续的诱导作用，变态提高率分别为22.98％和37.5％。神经递质肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素、L-DOPA、5-羟色胺和GABA的诱导作用规律基本相似，即对第13天海湾扇贝幼虫的变态有明显的抑制作用，变态提高率均为负值，而对第14天幼虫的诱导作用较显著。茶碱和咖啡因作为影响细胞内cAMP的物质，它们的诱导作用规律与神经递质有所不同。它们对第13天海湾扇贝幼虫变态的诱导效果最好。6．测定了不同发育阶段及人工诱导后海湾扇贝幼虫体内去甲肾上腺素、多巴胺和5-羟色胺含量的变化规律。结果表明，海湾扇贝幼虫体内去甲肾上腺索含量在变态前和变态后没有明显变化，变态前为2352(pg／mg湿重)，变态后为2770(pg／mg湿重)。多巴胺和5-羟色胺含量在变态前随幼虫的发育而增加，变态前(第13天)急剧增加，第13天的幼虫比第12天的幼虫分别增加了2.8倍和5.7倍，变态后急剧下降，变态后幼苗比第13天的幼虫分别降低了25.1倍和16.4倍。海湾扇贝幼虫体内DA：NE比和5-HT：NE比在变态前和变态后变化比较剧烈。DA：NE比和5-HT：NE比在变态前(第13天)急剧增加，第13天的幼虫比第12天的幼虫增加了3.O倍(DA：NE比)和5.0倍(5-HT:NE比)；变态后急剧降低，变态后幼苗比第13天的幼虫降低了29.8倍(DA：NE比)和19.5倍(5-HT：NE比)。海湾扇贝幼虫经KCl和氯化钙诱导24h后，体内去甲肾上腺素、多巴胺和5-羟色胺以及DA：NE比和5-HT：NE比均有所降低。本实验的结果表明，多巴胺和5-羟色胺可能启动了海湾扇贝幼虫的变态过程。7．茶碱和咖啡因对墨西哥湾扇贝幼虫的变态均有明显诱导作用。它们的诱导作用均对浓度的依赖性较强，对处理时间的依赖性较弱。10×10~(-4)M的茶碱诱导效果最好，平均变态提高率达33％，其次为1.0×10~(-4)M和100×10~(-4)M的茶碱，平均变态提高率分别为23.15％和21.97％。处理时间对茶碱诱导效果影响不显著，在1～24h范围内，平均变态提高率在19.07～26.1％之间变动。10×10~(-4)M的咖啡因诱导效果最佳，4个处理时间的平均变态提高率为36.01％，其次为100×10~(-4)M，平均变态提高率为26.43％。处理时间对茶碱的诱导效果影响不大，在1～24h范围内，平均变态提高率在19.65～22.02％之间变动。8．采用直接测定cAMP的方法来研究cAMP是否参与了海湾扇贝幼虫的变态过程。结果表明，cAMP参与了海湾扇贝幼虫的变态过程。海湾扇贝幼虫体内cAMP含量随着发育阶段的不同而有所变化。在D形幼虫期最低，为73 pmol／(mg蛋白质)；当到达壳顶期幼虫时cAMP含量明显增加，比D形幼虫期提高了12.7倍。从壳顶期幼虫到眼点幼虫(100％，第13天)cAMP含量增加速度较慢，各发育阶段分别比前一发育阶段增加了0.4倍、0.3倍和0.2倍。但当幼虫变态后，体内cAMP含量又急剧增加，幼苗体内cAMP含量比眼点幼虫(100％，第13天)增加了6.1倍。当用KCl、肾上腺索和L-DOPA诱导后，幼虫体内cAMP含量明显增加，分别比对照组提高了7.8倍、1.5倍和10.7倍，说明cAMP参与了这3种诱导物诱导海湾扇贝幼虫变态的过程。9．在前面实验结果和参考有关文献的基础上，初步提出了以海湾扇贝为代表的双壳贝类幼虫变态机理模型：幼虫变态分为两个过程：启动过程和后续过程。当幼虫发育到一定阶段，在外界刺激因子的作用下，体内分泌多巴胺和5-羟色胺，多巴胺和5-羟色胺通过某种信号转导途径(如以DG和IP_3为第二信使)启动变态过程，变态过程启动后，又激活以cAMP为第二信使的信号转导途径(暂时称为后续过程)，两者共同完成了幼虫的变态过程。

硬壳蛤性腺发育和卵母细胞成熟机理初步研究

采用体外药物诱导的方法，研究了5-羟色胺（5-hydroxytryptamine，5-HT）诱导的硬壳蛤卵母细胞成熟过程中cAMP信号通路的作用。结果表明，5-HT （0.01—100µM）均能够显著地诱导硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟。磷酸二酯酶抑制剂—咖啡因、茶碱和IBMX（3-异丁基-1-甲基黄嘌呤）可以单独抑制卵母细胞的自发成熟，但效果不显著。10mM的咖啡因和茶碱以及5mM的IBMX能够显著地抑制5-HT的诱导效果。dbcAMP（双丁酰基环腺苷一磷酸）不但能够抑制卵母细胞的自发成熟，而且还可以抑制5-HT诱导的成熟。因此，cAMP信号通路参与了5-HT诱导的硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟过程，并且该信号通路起着负调控的作用。 研究了PLC（磷脂酶C）和PKC（蛋白激酶C）的激活剂/抑制剂对5-羟色胺诱导的卵母细胞成熟的影响。高浓度的新霉素（PLC抑制剂）可以抑制5-HT诱导的卵母细胞的成熟，而DMBA（9,10-Dimethy-1,2-benzanthracene，9,10–二甲基胆蒽，PLC激活剂）则能够促进成熟。PMA（phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate，佛波十四烷酸乙酸酯，PKC激活剂）能够抑制5-HT诱导的成熟，而Spingosine（PKC抑制剂）则可以促进卵母细胞的成熟。从而推测，5-HT诱导的卵母细胞成熟需要磷脂酰肌醇信号通路的激活。PLC浓度的降低能够抑制5-HT诱导的卵母细胞成熟；PKC浓度的降低则会促进卵母细胞的成熟。因此，在硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟过程中，PLC起促进的作用，DAG（二酰肌甘油）–PKC通路则起抑制的作用。 细胞外高浓度Ca2+能够促进硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟，Ca2+离子载体A23187也可以促进硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟。1-100µM异搏定（Verapamil，钙离子通道阻断剂）能够抑制卵母细胞的成熟，而100µM的Verapamil能够完全抑制其成熟。上述结果表明细胞外Ca2+对硬壳蛤卵母细胞的成熟是必需的，而且起到促进卵母细胞成熟的作用。三氟拉嗪（TFP，Ca2+与CaM结合的拮抗剂）能够抑制卵母细胞的成熟，高浓度的三氟拉嗪（1mM）能够完全抑制卵母细胞的成熟。说明CaM起到促进卵母细胞成熟的作用。可见，Ca2+通过与CaM的相互作用，共同起到促进硬壳蛤卵母细胞成熟的作用。 5-HT诱导成熟的卵母细胞可以完成受精过程，其受精过程以及幼虫发育情况与正常受精发育过程类似，没有显著差异。高浓度的新霉素可以抑制受精过程，而茶碱和咖啡因对受精没有影响。从而推测，磷脂酰肌醇信号通路参与了硬壳蛤卵母细胞的受精过程，而cAMP信号通路可能没有参与受精过程。 发现硬壳蛤的性腺发育与我国常见的双壳类如泥蚶相似。硬壳蛤卵母细胞中卵黄粒主要由线粒体、高尔基液泡、内质网和微吞饮泡形成。

Simultaneous determination of monoamine and amino acid neurotransmitters in rat endbrain tissues by pre-column derivatization with high-performance liquid chromatographic fluorescence detection and mass spectrometric identification

A sensitive and efficient method for simultaneous determination of glutamic acid (Glu), gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA), dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) in rat endbrains was developed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection and on-line mass spectrometric identification following derivatization with 1,2-benzo-3,4-dihydrocarbazole-9-ethyl chloroformate (BCEOC). Different parameters which influenced derivatization and separation were optimized. The complete separation of five neurotransmitter (NT) derivatives was performed on a reversed-phase Hypersil BDS-C-18 column with a gradient elution. The rapid structure identification of five neurotransmitter derivatives was carried out by on-line mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (ESI) source in positive ion mode, and the BCEOC-labeled derivatives were characterized by easy-to-interpret mass spectra. Stability of derivatives, repeatability, precision and accuracy were evaluated and the results were excellent for efficient HPLC analysis. The quantitative linear range of five neurotransmitters were 2.441-2 x 10(4) nM, and limits of detection were in the range of 0.398-1.258 nM (S/N = 3:1). The changes of their concentrations in endbrains of three rat groups were also studied using this HPLC fluorescence detection method. The results indicated that exhausting exercise could obviously influence the concentrations of neurotransmitters in rat endbrains. The established method exhibited excellent validity, high sensitivity and convenience, and provided a new technique for simultaneous analysis of monoamine and amino acid neurotransmitters in rat brain. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Cflec-5, a pattern recognition receptor in scallop Chlamys farreri agglutinating yeast Pichia pastoris

C-type lectins are a superfamily of carbohydrate-recognition proteins which play crucial roles as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in the innate immunity. In this study, the full-length cDNA of a C-type lectin was cloned from scallop Chlamys farreri (designated as Cflec-5) by expression sequence tag (EST) analysis and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) approach The full-length cDNA of Cflec-5 was of 1412 bp. The open reading frame encoded a polypeptide of 153 amino acids, including a signal sequence and a conserved carbohydrate-recognition domain with the EPN motif determining the mannose-binding specificity The deduced amino acid sequence of Cflec-5 showed high similarity to members of C-type lectin superfamily. The quantitative real-time PCR was performed to investigate the tissue distribution of Cflec-5 mRNA and its temporal expression profiles in hemocytes post pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) stimulation. In healthy scallops, the Cflec-5 mRNA was mainly detected in gill and mantle, and marginally in other tissues The mRNA expression of Cflec-5 could be significantly induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and glucan stimulation and reached the maximum level at 6 h and 12 h, respectively But its expression level did not change significantly during peptidoglycan (PGN) stimulation The function of Cflec-5 was investigated by recombination and expression of the cDNA fragment encoding its mature peptide in Escherichia coli Rosetta Gami (DE3) The recombinant Cflec-5 agglutinated Pichia pastoris in a calcium-independent way The agglutinating activity could be inhibited by D-mannose. LPS and glucan, but not by D-galactose or PGN. These results collectively suggested that Cflec-5 was involved in the innate Immune response of scallops and might contribute to nonself-recognition through its interaction with various PAMPs (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children with a 7-repeat allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene have extreme behavior but normal performance on critical neuropsychological tests of attention

An association of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene located on chromosome 11p15.5 and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been demonstrated and replicated by multiple investigators. A specific allele [the 7-repeat of a 48-bp variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in exon 3] has been proposed as an etiological factor in attentional deficits manifested in some children diagnosed with this disorder. In the current study, we evaluated ADHD subgroups defined by the presence or absence of the 7-repeat allele of the DRD4 gene, using neuropsychological tests with reaction time measures designed to probe attentional networks with neuroanatomical foci in D4-rich brain regions. Despite the same severity of symptoms on parent and teacher ratings for the ADHD subgroups, the average reaction times of the 7-present subgroup showed normal speed and variability of response whereas the average reaction times of the 7-absent subgroup showed the expected abnormalities (slow and variable responses). This was opposite the primary prediction of the study. The 7-present subgroup seemed to be free of some of the neuropsychological abnormalities thought to characterize ADHD.

Effect of Co-administration of Morphine and Cholinergic Antagonists on Y-maze Spatial Recognition Memory Retrieval and Locomotor Activity in Mice

吗啡和胆碱能系统的相互作用已在多项研究中提到,本实验想查明吗啡是否能和胆碱能拮抗剂、东莨菪碱以及阿托品共同作用对小鼠的Y迷宫空间识别记忆提取产生影响.采用测试前腹腔给药的方法,选用3种剂量的吗啡(5、1.5、0.5mg/kg),两种剂量的东莨菪碱(1、0.1mg/kg),以及两种剂量的阿托品(0.5、0.1mg/kg),剂量由高到低相配对作为联合给药的手段.其结果表明:1)0.5mg/kg低剂量吗啡与0.1 mg/kg低剂量的东莨菪碱,或与0.1 mg/kg低剂最的阿托品联合给药的小鼠,在记忆提取测试中, 空间探查行为(各臂停留时间百分比)对新异臂没有偏好,而新奇探索行为(各臂访问次数百分比)仍保持了对新异臂的偏好,而相应剂最药物单独给药的小鼠记忆提取均没有被损害;2)吗啡能和东莨菪碱相互作用使小鼠的活动性显著增强.暗示吗啡和胆碱能拮抗剂对小鼠空间记忆提取的破坏存在一定程度的相互作用.

Enhancement of GABAA Receptor-Mediated Inhibitory Postsynaptic Currents Induced by "Partial Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation

下载PDF阅读器"氧糖剥夺"模型作为研究脑缺血的离体模型被广泛使用,该模型模拟了局灶性脑缺血的主要病理变化.然而在缺血病灶核心区与正常脑组织之间称为缺血半暗带的区域,脑血流也有程度不一的降低.为了模拟这种病理变化,发展了一种"不完全氧糖剥夺"的离体脑片模型,该模型满足两个条件,灌流液里氧气部分剥夺而葡萄糖含量降低;"氧糖剥夺"可以导致谷氨酸介导的兴奋性毒性,从而引起神经细胞的坏死.而A型γ-氨基丁酸受体(GABAAR)介导的神经元抑制性活动可以对抗谷氨酸引起的兴奋性毒性,因此近年来引起广泛的研究兴趣.而谷氨酸受体和γ-氨基丁酸受体功能在缺血半暗带是否有改变尚不得而知.因此本文采用海马脑片全细胞膜片钳的记录方法,研究"不完全氧糖剥夺"对海马CA1区神经元的A型γ-氨基丁酸受体介导的抑制性突触后膜电流(IPSCs)的影响.研究发现"不完全氧糖剥夺"使GABAAR介导的IPSCs的峰值增加而衰减时程延长.进一步研究发现该电流的峰值增加是由于GABAAR-氯离子通道的电导增加所致,而与氯离子的反转电位变化无关.这些发现提示在脑缺血的缺血半暗带区域GABAAR介导的神经元抑制性活动可能是增强的,这可能是神经元面对缺血状态产生自我保护的一种内稳态机制.