Protective effect of fistular onion bulb extract on myocardial ischemia / reperfusion injury / 解剖学报

Objective To explore the effects of fistular onion bulb extract (FOB) on myocardial ischemia / reperfusion (I / R) injury and possible regulation mechanism. Methods The left anterior descending (LAD) artery of 36 adult rat heart was ligated for 30 minutes and subsequently released for 120 minutes to establish the I / R injury model in vivo. Cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were subjected to 6 hours of hypoxia followed by 18 hours of reoxygenation to establish the hypoxia / reoxygenation (H / R) model in vitro. The rats or cardiomyocytes were randomly divided into the control group, I / R group (or H / R group) and FOB pretreatment+I / R group (or H / R group). The left ventricular (LV) function was measured using PowerLab multichannel physiological recorder; the infarct size was detected by 2, 3, 5-triphenyl tetrazolium chlorid(TTC) staining. The apoptosis rate was detected by flow cytometry, Western blotting and Real-time PCR were used to detect the expression of apoptosis-related proteins and mRNA (Bcl-2, Bax and Caspase-3); Immunofluorescence was used to detect the expression of cytochrome C (Cyt-C). Results In the animal experiments, compared with the control group, the left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions were deteriorated (P<0. 05); compared with the I / R group, the pretreatment of FOB significantly improved the left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, and decreased the infarct size (P<0. 05). In cultured cardiomyocytes, compared with the control group, the apoptosis rate was significantly increased (P<0. 01), the protein and mRNA expression of Bcl-2 decreased, meanwhile the expression of Bax, Caspase-3 and Cyt-C increased in the H / R group (P< 0. 05); Compared with the H / R group, the pretreatment of FOB significantly reduced the apoptosis rate (P < 0. 05), increased the protein and mRNA expression of Bcl-2, at the same time, decreased the expression of Bax, Caspase-3 and Cyt-C(P<0. 05). Conclusion Fistular onion bulb extract has the protective effect on myocardial ischemia / reperfusion injury, and its possible mechanism is to reduce cardiomyocyte apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway.

The body weight changes and gut morphometry of clarias gariepinus juveniles on feeds supplemented with walnut (Tetracarpidium conophorum) leaf and onion (Allium cepa) bulb residues / Cambios de peso corporal y morfometría intestinal en clarias gariepinus juvenilespor alimentos suplementados con hojas de nogal (Tetracarpidium conophorum)y residuos de bulbo de cebolla (Allium cepa)

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of walnut (T. conophorum) leaf and onion (A. cepa) bulb on the gut morphometry of Clarias gariepinus towards elucidating its mechanism of growth promotion. Twenty Clarias gariepinus juveniles (7.39+/-0.29g/ fish) were allocated to nine treatments, with three replicates each. Nine experimental diets were formulated at 40 percent crude protein representing different level of walnut leaf and onion bulb (0.5 percent, 1.0 percent, 1.5 percent and 2.0 percent) respectively and the control diet was free from walnut leaf and onion bulb and were fed twice daily at 3 percent body weight for 12 weeks. Growth indices like Mean Weight Gain (MWG), Specific Growth Rate (SGR), Feed Intake (FI) and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) were measured. Gut morphormetry such as villi length, villi width and cryptal depth were investigated. Data were analyzed using linear regression, descriptive statistics and ANOVA at p= 0.05. Results showed that weight gain and specific growth rate of Clarias gariepinus increased with increasing level of walnut leaf and onion bulb residues. The highest weight gain (53.81+/-5.85), specific growth rate (1.09+/-0.11), feed conversion ratio (2.16+/-0.02) was observed with 1.5 percent inclusions of walnut leaf residue diets. Although, FCR and SGR were not significantly different (p>0.05) among the treatments, the treated groups had better area of absorption and cryptal depth compared to the control. Treatment with 1.5 percent inclusion of walnut leaf residue recorded highest villi length and villi width and treatment with 1.5 percent inclusion of onion bulb recorded highest cryptal depth (30.00+/-0.00). These results indicate that using walnut leaf and onion bulb as a supplement in plant ­based diets may be useful in improving feed acceptability and growth performance of cultured C. gariepinus fed low cost, plant ­ based diets and it was concluded that walnut (T. conophorum) leaf at 1.5 percent inclusion...

Este estudio fue realizado para evaluar los efectos de la hoja del nogal (T. conophorum) y el bulbo de la cebolla (A. cepa) sobre la morfometría intestinal de Clarias gariepinus con el fin de dilucidar su mecanismo de promoción del crecimiento. Veinte Clarias gariepinus jóvenes (7,39+/-0,29 g/pez) fueron asignadas a nueve tratamientos, con tres repeticiones cada uno. Nueve dietas experimentales se formularon con la proteína cruda al 40 por ciento que representan los diferentes niveles de hoja del nogal y el bulbo de la cebolla (0,5 por ciento, 1,0 por ciento, 1,5 por ciento y 2,0 por ciento), respectivamente, y dieta de control libre de la hoja del nogal y el bulbo de la cebolla, que fueron alimentados dos veces al día en un 3 por ciento del peso corporal durante 12 semanas. Fueron medidos los índices de crecimiento como aumento de peso medio (APM), tasa de crecimiento específico (TCE), consumo de alimento (CA) y el índice de conversión alimeticia (ICA). La morfometría intestinal como longitud de las vellosidades, ancho de las vellosidades y profundidad de las criptas fueron investigados. Los datos fueron analizados mediante regresión lineal, estadística descriptiva y ANOVA con un valos p=0,05. Los resultados mostraron que el aumento de peso y la tasa de crecimiento específico de Clarias gariepinus se elevó al aumentar el nivel de la hoja de nogal y los residuos del bulbo de cebolla. La mayor ganancia de peso (53,81 +/- 5,85), tasa de crecimiento específico (1,09 +/- 0,11), tasa de conversión alimenticia (2,16 +/- 0,02) se observó con inclusiones de 1,5 por ciento de las dietas de residuos de hojas de nogal. Aunque el ICA y TCE no fueron significativamente diferentes (p> 0,05) entre los tratamientos. Los grupos tratados tuvieron una mejor área de absorción y profundidad de las criptas en comparación con el control. El tratamiento con 1,5 por ciento de inclusión de hojas de nogal registró la mayor longitud y ancho de las vellosidades y el tratamiento con 1,5...

Hypertrophic neuropathy with complete conduction block: hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type III

Hypertrophic neuropathy is a non-specific consequence of repeated demyelination and remyelination, encountered in a wide range of inherited and acquired disorders. We report an 11-year-old boy with HMSN III, a kind of hypertrophic neuropathy, with clinical, electrophysiologic and pathologic data. The electrophysiologic studies show complete conduction block in the upper and lower extremities with severe abnormal spontaneous activities. The pathologic findings of sural nerve reveal prominent hypomyelination, onion bulb formation, and severe endoneurial collagenization. Complete conduction block with the preservation of fair to good grade muscle strength is an unusual finding in hypertrophic neuropathy and other peripheral neuropathies, in general.

A Case of Progressive Hypertrophic Neuropathy in Childhood with Facial Diplegia: Dejerine-Sottas Disease

Due to unknown underlying biochemical disorders, the delineation of Dejerine-sottas disease has been subject to recent controversy. This is a case of a 9 year-old Korean female with the clinical manifestations of sporadic occurence, chronic severe and symmetrical motor sensory polyneuropathy, thickened palpable peripheral nerves, facial diplegia, areflexia and abnormal pupillary reactivity to light. The electrophysiological studies are indicative of chronic demyelination neuropathy showing markedly slowed motor NCV, low and dispersed CMAPs and extreme dispersion of a SNAP. The pathology of the sural nerve reveals prominant hypomyelination and onion bulbs characterized by whorling concentric proliferations of the cytoplasmic processes of Schwann cells. The nosological problems of hypertrophic neuropathy in childhood are discussed.