褪黑素对小鼠卵母细胞体外自发成熟的影响

本文通过卵母细胞自发成熟体外培养模型研究了褪黑素(MT)对小鼠如母细胞成熟的影响。结果表明:0.1mg/ml、0.02mg/ml、0.004mg/mg及0.0008mg/ml浓度的MT均能显著抑制小鼠卵丘卵母细胞复合体(CEO_s)自发成熟过程(P<0.01)。但对裸卵(DO_s)自发成熟,没有影响。结论:MT是调节哺乳动物卵母细胞成熟的重要激素之一,其作用机制可能是通过卵丘细胞实现的。     

Quantitative intact specimen magnetic resonance microscopy at 3.0 T

In this report, we discuss the application of a methodology for high-contrast, high-resolution magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) of murine tissue using a 3.0-T imaging system. We employed a threefold strategy that included customized specimen preparation to maximize image contrast, three-dimensional data acquisition to minimize scan time and custom radiofrequency resonator design to maximize signal sensitivity. Images had a resolution of 100×78×78 μm³ with a signal-to-noise ratio per voxel greater than 25:1 and excellent contrast-to-noise ratios over a 30-min acquisition. We quantitatively validated the methods through comparisons of neuroanatomy across two lines of genetically engineered mice. Specifically, we were able to detect volumetric differences of as little as 9% between genetically engineered mouse strains in multiple brain regions that were predictive of underlying impairments in brain development. The overall methodology was straightforward to implement and provides ready access to basic MRM at field strengths that are widely available in both the laboratory and the clinic.     

小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞的分离培养

目的探讨小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞(MEF)的分离与培养。方法取BALB/c小鼠胚胎分离成纤维细胞,利用体外培养体系,对MEF的生长形态进行观察,并对传代细胞培养液、胚胎胎龄、胰蛋白酶浓度进行筛选。结果 MEF在体外为贴壁生长型细胞,第三、四、五代细胞纯度较高且增殖最为旺盛;添加血清的M199和DMEM均能较好的满足原代细胞的生长,两种培养液中细胞增殖的速度无明显差异;11.5～16.5d胎龄的小鼠胎儿MEF分离效果最好;0.1%胰蛋白酶消化MEF时间以8～11min为宜。结论通过对MEF分离培养影响因素的筛选,为MEF的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

小鼠腹腔注射卡介苗加脂多糖建立急性免疫性肝损伤的实验研究

目的比较卡介苗(BCG)加脂多糖(LPS)小鼠腹腔注射和尾静脉注射建立急性免疫性肝损伤模型的优劣。方法用不同剂量BCG和LPS腹腔注射诱导昆明小鼠建立急性免疫性肝损伤模型,与BCG 0.5 mg/只和LPS 7.5μg/只联合尾静脉注射诱导昆明小鼠建立急性免疫性肝损伤模型比较;以小鼠血清丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)和天冬氨酸转氨酶(AST)水平变化及肝脏病理学检查指标作为肝损伤判断标准。结果BCG+LPS小鼠腹腔注射所造急性免疫性肝损伤模型,ALT和AST随注射剂量增加均逐步增高;第6组(BCG 0.5 mg/只+LPS7.5μg/只)和第13组(BCG1 mg/只+LPS15μg/只)相对较高。与空白组比较,ALT升高约3倍,AST升高1~3倍;肝组织病理损伤则随着BCG和LPS剂量增加逐渐升高。第5组大部分小鼠出现Ⅰ级或Ⅰ级以上肝细胞损害;第13组大部分小鼠出现Ⅱ级或Ⅱ级以上肝细胞损害。但与尾静脉注射造模相比,小鼠腹腔注射造模肝细胞损伤的特异性实验室指标ALT和AST表达不高,肝组织病理损伤较轻。结论"BCG+LPS"小鼠尾静脉注射建立急性免疫性肝损伤模型优于腹腔注射建立免疫性肝损伤模型。     

小鼠主要组织相容性复合体在鼠肝癌H_(22)中的表达

目的观察小鼠主要组织相容性复合体(H-2)在小鼠移植性肝癌的核酸及蛋白水平的表达,初步探讨动物移植性肿瘤的可移植机制。方法以小鼠移植性肿瘤H22为实验材料,BALB/c小鼠为荷瘤动物,以荷瘤小鼠肝脏为参照,应用RT-PCR技术检测H-2分子在mRNA水平的表达,以免疫组化技术检测在蛋白水平的表达。结果在小鼠移植性肝癌H22中,H-2分子在核酸水平的表达无异常,而在蛋白表达水平出现下调。结论鼠肝癌H22的H-2分子在蛋白水平的表达下调可能与肿瘤的可移植性有关。     

小鼠大脑急性缺血过程中31P NMR研究

利用³¹P NMR研究了小鼠大脑在急性缺血状态下能量代谢的特点,结扎带迷走神经的颈总动脉后,PCr/Pi、β-ATP/Pi比值迅速下降,且PCr/Pi下降速度较快,同时脑细胞内酸中毒加重.缺血5min后恢复供血,可部分地逆转缺血造成的损伤.     

鼠标文字输入法及其应用

鼠标文字输入法是我校首家推出的一种新型文字输入方法.这种方法是利用鼠标器作为文字输入设备,结合机器的窗口提示系统,而完成对文字信息的输入.具有易学好用的特点,本文介绍了这种方法的基本思想和应用该方法实现的多文种处理系统.     

Unifying ontological similarity measures: A theoretical and empirical investigation

This paper theoretically and empirically investigates ontological similarity. Tversky’s parameterized ratio model of similarity [3] is shown as a unifying basis for many of the well-known ontological similarity measures. A new family of ontological similarity measures is proposed that allows parameterizing the characteristic set used to represent an ontological concept. The three subontologies of the prominent Gene Ontology (GO) are used in an empirical investigation of several ontological similarity measures. Another study using well known semantic similarity within two different anatomy ontologies, the NCIT anatomy and the mouse anatomy, is also presented for comparison to several of the GO results. A discussion of the correlation among the measures is presented as well as a comparison of the effects of two different methods of determining a concept’s information content, corpus-based and ontology-based.     

Proteome analysis of the culture environment supporting undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem and germ cell growth

The therapeutical interest of pluripotent cells and ethical issues related to the establishment of human embryonic stem cell (ESC) or embryonic germ cell (EGC) lines raise the understanding of the mechanism underlying pluripotency to a fundamental issue. Establishing a protein pluripotency signature for these cells can be complicated by the presence of unrelated proteins produced by the culture environment. Here, we have analyzed the environment supporting ESC and EGC growth, and established 2-D reference maps for each constituent present in this culture environment: mouse embryonic fibroblast feeder cells, culture medium (CM) and gelatin. The establishment of these reference maps is essential prior to the study of ESC and EGC specific proteomes. Indeed, these maps can be subtracted from ESC or EGC maps to allow focusing on spots specific for ESCs or EGCs. Our study led to the identification of 110 unique proteins from fibroblast feeder cells and 23 unique proteins from the CM, which represent major contaminants of ESC and EGC proteomes. For gelatin, no collagen-specific proteins were identified, most likely due to difficulties in resolution and low quantities. Furthermore, no differences were observed between naive and conditioned CM. Finally, we compared these reference maps to ESC 2-D gels and isolated 17 ESC specific spots. Among these spots, proteins that had already been identified in previous human and mouse ESC proteomes were identified but no apparent ESC-specific pluripotency marker could be identified. This work represents an essential step in furthering the knowledge of environmental factors supporting ESC and EGC growth.     

A chiral HPLC-UV method for the quantification of dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide derivatives in mouse plasma and brain tissue: eslicarbazepine acetate, carbamazepine and main metabolites

For the first time, a selective and sensitive chiral HPLC-UV method was developed and fully validated for the simultaneous quantification of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL), carbamazepine (CBZ), S-licarbazepine (S-Lic), R-licarbazepine (R-Lic), oxcarbazepine (OXC) and carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide (CBZ-E), in mouse plasma and brain homogenate supernatant. After the addition of chloramphenicol as the internal standard, samples were processed using an SPE procedure. The chiral chromatographic analysis was carried out on a LiChroCART 250-4 ChiraDex column, employing a mobile phase of water and methanol (88:12, v/v) pumped at 0.9 mL/min and the UV detector set at 235 nm. The assay was linear (r(2) ≥0.995) for ESL, CBZ, OXC, S-Lic, R-Lic and CBZ-E in the range of, respectively, 0.2-4, 0.4-30, 0.1-60, 0.2-60, 0.2-60 and 0.2-30 μg/mL, in plasma, and of 0.06-1.5 μg/mL for ESL, 0.12-15 μg/mL for CBZ and CBZ-E and 0.06-15 μg/mL for OXC and both licarbazepine (Lic) enantiomers in brain homogenate supernatant. The overall precision was within 8.71% and accuracy ranged from -7.55 to 8.97%. The recoveries of all the compounds were over 92.1%. Afterwards, the application of the method was demonstrated using real plasma and brain samples obtained from mice administered simultaneously with ESL and CBZ.