Effect of aerospace weightlessness on cognitive functions and the relative dialectical analysis of Chinese medicine / 中国中西医结合杂志

Aerospace medicine has paid more and more attention to abnormal changes of physiological functions induced by weightlessness and studies on their prevention during space flight. In this paper, the effect of space weightlessness on cognitive functions was introduced. We tried to analyze the correlation between the cognitive function changes and relevant Chinese medical syndromes, thus providing a potential available way to prevent and treat weightlessness induced cognitive deficit during space flight.

The effect of AGS3 on the I(A) of newborn rat prefrontal cortical neurons pretreated by chronic morphine / 中国应用生理学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The effect of chronic morphine treatment on the I(A) (transient outward K+ current) of prefrontal cortical neurons of newborn rat. On this basis, we use AGS3 antibody to inhibit the function of AGS3, for observing the impact of AGS3 on the I(A), thus further explore the mechanism of AGS3 protein in morphine addiction.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>By using whole-cell patch-clamp technique, I(A) was recorded. In the whole-cell configuration, observed the impact of morphine on the current density-voltage curve (I-V) of I(A) and the effect of AGS3 antibody with three different concentrations on the I(A) of morphine treated rat prefrontal cortical neurons.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Morphine increased the I(A). When the test potential was + 55 mV, different concentrations of AGS3, 10(-3) microg/L, 10(-2) micdrog/L and 10(-1) microg/L acted on morphine treated rat prefrontal cortical neurons, the enhanced IA by morphine was inhibited.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Morphine increases the I(A), AGS3 protein may participate in signal transduction pathway involved with I(A).</p>

Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis-based serum protein separation: comparison of two sample preparation methods / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the effects of two sample preparation methods on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE)-based serum protein separation, and produce high-resolution and reproducible 2-DE images for identifying disease-related serum protein.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Direct solubilization and hot SDS methods were used separately to extract and handle the total proteins of serum samples from patients with colorectal carcinoma. Immobilized pH gradient 2-DE was used to separate the total proteins. After image analysis of silver-stained 2-D gels, 3 differential protein spots were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/time-of-flight mass spectrometry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total proteins treated with hot SDS method were used to perform 2-DE. 2-DE patterns with high resolution and reproducibility were obtained for human serum samples. 2-DE was performed 3 times for the samples treated by direct solubilization and hot SDS methods, respectively, resulting in the average number of spots of 675-/+46 and 702-/+49, respectively. The average matching protein spots were 573-/+42 and 623-/+52, with average matching rate of 85.3% and 89.6%, respectively. The average position deviation of matched spots in different gels was 0.85-/+0.30 mm and 0.81-/+0.28 mm in IEF direction, and 1.02-/+0.18 mm and 0.97-/+0.12 mm in SDS-PAGE direction. Mass spectrometry of the 2-D gels treated with hot SDS method generated high-quality mass spectra, and the sample preparation method allowed detection of relatively low abundance protein.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Hot SDS method is more effective for human serum protein sample preparation and well-resolved, reproducible 2-DE profiles of human serum have been established in this study.</p>

Adjustment effect of Radix Astragalus and Radix Angelicae sinensis on TNF-alpha and bFGF on renal injury induced by ischemia reperfusion in rabbit / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the mechanism of Astragalus membeanaceus and Angelica sinensis inrenal ischemia reperfusion injury of rabbits.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Thirty-four heathy mature Japanese big-ear rabbits were randomized into control group, IR model group, Astragalus Membeanaceus + IR groupand Danggui + IR group. Renal ischemia lasted for 1 hour and then the renal reperfusion lasted for 48 hours. At the end, kidneys were observed with Electron Microscopy and the level of Cr in serum and the level of TNF-alpha and bFGF in kidneys were measured.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The changes of kidneys in IR model group were significant, but they were slight in Astragalus Membeanaceus + IR group and Danggui + IR group. The level of Cr in serum and the level of TNF-alpha in kidneys of IR model group were higher and yet the level of bFGF decreased obviously. The level of Cr and TNF-alpha in Astragalus Membeanaceus + IR group and Danggui + IR group was lower than that in IR model group and the level of bFGF was higher than that in IR model group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The mechanism of Astragalus Membeanaceus and Danggui in remedying renal IR injury may be relative to their regulation of TNF-alpha, bFGF and other cytokines.</p>