The Difference of the Pulmonary-Artery Pressure of the Migrants from Difference Elevation at the 4636 - 4907 m Altitude

Study Objective： To compare and analyze the changes of the pulmonary-artery pressure of the migrants coming from different elevation in the hypoxic environment of 4636 - 4907 m extreme altitude. To explore the susceptibility to hypoxic pulmonary-artery hypertension （PH） in the subjects from different altitude and profession. Methods： By using Color Doppler Ultmsonography （CDU）, measuring the pulmonary-artery pressure of 207 healthy men, who had continuously being lived and worked at the extreme altitude for more than six months, and then were divided into three groups according to their profession and the altitude of original living place. Results： There was a significant difference in the outcomes of pulmonary-artery pressure from the 3 groups. Conclusions： Altitude of original living place, labor intensity are some of factors that impact the pulmonary-artery pressure of the people who exposure to a hypoxic environment. The pulmonary- artery pressure of person without strenuously physical work experience was more sensitive to hypoxic surroundings than that of labor workers. It was not always the fact at an extreme altitude that the moderate altitude mountaineers were superior to other migrants from a lower altitude or plain. The higher PH was found in the groups of the moderate altitude mountaineers and labor workers. It is unlikely certain that one with PH would surfer from HAPE.     

核因子-kB在低氧性肺动脉高压大鼠肺组织表达的研究

研究核因子NF-κB在低氧性肺动脉高压大鼠肺组织表达的变化,探讨NF-κB在低氧性肺动脉高压发病机制中的作用。将20只SD大鼠随机分为正常对照组、低氧组,以常压低氧3周复制肺动脉高压模型,测量大鼠右心室Rright Ventricle(RV)和左心室+室间隔Left ventricle+septum(LV+S)重量,以RV/(LV+S)代表其右心室肥厚指数;对大鼠肺组织切片采用HE染色,经图像分析技术测定大鼠肺小动脉管壁厚度占血管外径的百分比Wall thickness/external diameter(WT%)和管壁面积占血管总面积的百分比Wall area/total vascular area(WA%)反映其肺血管重建情况。对大鼠肺组织切片采用免疫组化法观察2组大鼠肺组织NF-κB表达的变化。结果表明:1)低氧组大鼠RV/(LV+S)为(33.11±0.95)%、WT%为(22.36±2.99)%、WA%为(69.14±5.38)%,正常对照组RV/(LV+S)为(24.48±0.56)%、WT%为(13.30±2.77)%、WA%为(46.75±6.54)%,两组之间的差异有显著性(P均<0.01)。2)低氧组细支气管上皮细胞NF-κB核染色阳性细胞百分比为(29.11±1.12)%,与正常组(12.23±1.08)%比较,差异有显著性(P<0.01)。NF-κB在低氧性肺动脉高压大鼠肺组织表达增加,可能为低氧性肺动脉高压作用机制之一。     

碘化N-正丁基氟哌啶醇对大鼠缺氧复氧心肌细胞钠钙交换体电流的抑制作用

碘化N-正丁基氟哌啶醇(N-n-butyl haloperidol iodide,F2)为本研究室改造合成的新化合物。前期研究发现F2作为L-型钙通道拮抗剂,能剂量依赖地拮抗缺血再灌注所导致的大鼠心脏损伤。研究F2对缺氧复氧(hypoxia/reoxygenation,H/R)大鼠心肌细胞钠钙交换体电流的作用并探讨其保护机制。采用Langendorff灌流系统灌流SD大鼠心脏,标准酶解法消化分离得到单个心室肌细胞。正常台式液灌流5min,立即灌流充90%N2-10%CO2的缺氧液,建立体外心肌细胞H/R模型,采用全细胞膜片钳技术记录对照、模型以及不同浓度F2(0.1、1、10μmol/L)对心肌细胞钠钙交换体电流,观察H/R状态F2对心肌细胞钠钙交换体电流的影响。结果显示:缺氧抑制钠钙交换体电流主要是抑制外向电流;H/R引起钠钙交换体电流增大,尤其是外向电流的增大。F2呈浓度依赖地抑制钠钙交换体电流,钠钙交换体电流I-V曲线上移。以上表明:F2能抑制钠钙交换体电流,尤其是外向电流,防止H/R时心肌细胞的钙超载,保护心肌细胞。     

Flame spread over the surface of thermal insulation materials in different environments

Experiments were conducted in a plateau area in Lhasa and a plain area in Hefei China to investigate the flame spread characteristics on thermal insulation materials under different environmental conditions (pressure and oxygen concentration).Molded polystyrene foam (EPS) and extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) samples were placed horizontally on a small-scale flame spread experimental bench.Changes in the average length of the pool fire,flame spread speed,average flame height,and length of preheating zone were used to determine the effect of the plateau and plain environments on flame spread characteristics.These parameters were all larger in Hefei than in Lhasa,which indicates the fire hazard in Hefei will be higher than that in Lhasa if insulation materials of the same size are used.     

Monochromophore-Based Phosphorescence and Fluorescence from Pure Organic Assemblies for Ratiometric Hypoxia Detection

Hypoxia is a parameter related to many diseases. Ratiometric hypoxia probes often rely on a combination of an O₂-insensitive fluorophore and an O₂-sensitive phosphor in a polymer matrix, which require high cost and multi-step synthesis of transition metal complexes. The two-chromophore hypoxia probes encounter unfavorable energy transfer processes and different stabilities of the chromophores. Reported herein is a pure organic ratiometric hypoxia nanoprobe, assembled by a monochromophore, naphthalimide ureidopyrimidinone (BrNpA-UPy), bridged by a bis-UPy-functionalized benzyl skeleton. The joint factors of quadruple hydrogen bonding, the rigid backbone of UPy, and bromine substitution of the naphthalimide derivative facilitate bright phosphorescence (Φ_P=7.7 %, τ_P=3.2 ms) and fluorescence of the resultant nanoparticles (SNPs) at room temperature, which enable accurate, ratiometric, sensitive oxygen detection (K_sv=189.6 kPa⁻¹) in aqueous solution as well as in living HeLa cells.     

Ferric Ion Driven Assembly of Catalase-like Supramolecular Photosensitizing Nanozymes for Combating Hypoxic Tumors

A facile approach to assemble catalase-like photosensitizing nanozymes with a self-oxygen-supplying ability was developed. The process involved Fe³⁺-driven self-assembly of fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-protected amino acids. By adding a zinc(II) phthalocyanine-based photosensitizer (ZnPc) and the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) inhibitor acriflavine (ACF) during the Fe³⁺-promoted self-assembly of Fmoc-protected cysteine (Fmoc-Cys), the nanovesicles Fmoc-Cys/Fe@Pc and Fmoc-Cys/Fe@Pc/ACF were prepared, which could be disassembled intracellularly. The released Fe³⁺ could catalyze the transformation of H₂O₂ enriched in cancer cells to oxygen efficiently, thereby ameliorating the hypoxic condition and promoting the photosensitizing activity of the released ZnPc. With an additional therapeutic component, Fmoc-Cys/Fe@Pc/ACF exhibited higher in vitro and in vivo photodynamic activities than Fmoc-Cys/Fe@Pc, demonstrating the synergistic effect of ZnPc and ACF.     

用于细胞和组织中弗林蛋白酶特异性成像的双光子荧光探针研究

弗林蛋白酶是前体蛋白转化酶家族中最具特色的酶之一,具有重要的生物学功能,其表达量水平与许多疾病有密切的关系,如癌症的发生和发展与弗林蛋白酶表达水平有着密切关联.目前文献中报道了一些单光子荧光探针用于弗林蛋白酶的检测,但这些探针不能应用于深层组织成像,且弗林蛋白酶在肿瘤发展过程的作用仍没有得到很好地研究.针对这些问题,本工作构建了一种新型双光子荧光探针Nap-F用于细胞和肿瘤组织内弗林蛋白酶的检测与双光子成像.Nap-F是由经典双光子荧光染料1,8-萘酰亚胺、弗林蛋白酶特异性多肽序列RVRR和自消除连接体整合而成.实验结果表明Nap-F对弗林蛋白酶具有很好的特异性,能够定量检测弗林蛋白酶的活性.在飞秒激光820 nm激发下,Nap-F能有效降低生物背景,并提高组织穿透深度,适用于细胞和组织的双光子成像.Nap-F成功地实现了几种活细胞中弗林蛋白酶的双光子成像,揭示了癌细胞和表达缺陷细胞中弗林蛋白酶含量的差异.更重要的是,我们将该探针用于CoCl₂固定HIF-1构建的肿瘤细胞缺氧模型成像,实验结果表明弗林蛋白酶的表达与肿瘤细胞缺氧程度存在正相关性.     

Effects of Roxadustat on Erythropoietin Production in the Rat Body

Anemia is a major complication of chronic renal failure. To treat this anemia, prolylhydroxylase domain enzyme (PHD) inhibitors as well as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have been used. Although PHD inhibitors rapidly stimulate erythropoietin (Epo) production, the precise sites of Epo production following the administration of these drugs have not been identified. We developed a novel method for the detection of the Epo protein that employs deglycosylation-coupled Western blotting. With protein deglycosylation, tissue Epo contents can be quantified over an extremely wide range. Using this method, we examined the effects of the PHD inhibitor, Roxadustat (ROX), and severe hypoxia on Epo production in various tissues in rats. We observed that ROX increased Epo mRNA expression in both the kidneys and liver. However, Epo protein was detected in the kidneys but not in the liver. Epo protein was also detected in the salivary glands, spleen, epididymis and ovaries. However, both PHD inhibitors (ROX) and severe hypoxia increased the Epo protein abundance only in the kidneys. These data show that, while Epo is produced in many tissues, PHD inhibitors as well as severe hypoxia regulate Epo production only in the kidneys.     

Tumor Hypoxia Heterogeneity Affects Radiotherapy: Inverse-Percolation Shell-Model Monte Carlo Simulations

Tumor hypoxia was discovered a century ago, and the interference of hypoxia with all radiotherapies is well known. Here, we demonstrate the potentially extreme effects of hypoxia heterogeneity on radiotherapy and combination radiochemotherapy. We observe that there is a decrease in hypoxia from tumor periphery to tumor center, due to oxygen diffusion, resulting in a gradient of radiative cell-kill probability, mathematically expressed as a probability gradient of occupied space removal. The radiotherapy-induced break-up of the tumor/TME network is modeled by the physics model of inverse percolation in a shell-like medium, using Monte Carlo simulations. The different shells now have different probabilities of space removal, spanning from higher probability in the periphery to lower probability in the center of the tumor. Mathematical results regarding the variability of the critical percolation concentration show an increase in the critical threshold with the applied increase in the probability of space removal. Such an observation will have an important medical implication: a much larger than expected radiation dose is needed for a tumor breakup enabling successful follow-up chemotherapy. Information on the TME’s hypoxia heterogeneity, as shown here with the numerical percolation model, may enable personalized precision radiation oncology therapy.     

盐酸戊乙奎醚对大鼠心肌微血管内皮细胞缺氧/复氧后的保护作用

目的：从细胞水平建立大鼠心肌微血管内皮细胞缺氧/复氧模型，观察了盐酸戊乙奎醚对心肌微血管内皮细胞的H/R损伤的保护作用。方法：实验采用酶消化法进行细胞的原代培养，1：2传代。采用荧光标记乙酰化Dil-Ac-LDL的方法鉴定。培养的细胞随机分为4组，①对照组，常氧环境下培养，不给予任何处理；②H/R组，改培养液为D-Hank,s液，于37℃、5%CO2、95%N2 密闭缺氧鑵内培养2h后，弃D-Hank,s液，改为完全培养液，放入常氧培养箱中继续培养4h;③PHC预处理组，在细胞缺氧2h前给予PHC（终浓度为0.1μm•L-1）预处理，④H/R +PHC组，在细胞H/R后，给予PHC（终浓度为0.1μm•L-1）孵育2h。MTT自动比色法测细胞活力，流式细胞法检测细胞凋亡。结果：①成功培养大鼠心肌微血管内皮细胞，用荧光标记乙酰化Dil-Ac-LDL的方法鉴定为微血管内皮细胞。②成功制备出微血管内皮细胞的H/R模型 将试验细胞培养液改为D-Hank,s 液，置于37℃、5%CO2、92%N2 密闭缺氧罐中环缺氧2h，后改为完全培养液放入常氧培养箱中继续培养4h可制备出微血管内皮细胞的I/R模型。③. H/R组细胞死亡率和凋亡率与对照组相比明显增高，差异有统计学意义（P<0.01），PHC+H/R组的细胞死亡率和凋亡率下降，差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）,H/R+PHC组与对照组相比，虽然细胞的死亡率和凋亡率有所下降，但差异没有统计学意义（P>0.05）。结论：PHC预处理对大鼠微血管内皮细胞的H/RI有保护作用。 关键词：盐酸戊乙奎醚；心肌微血管内皮细胞；缺氧/复氧