Effects of atherosclerosis on mean and daily variation of arterial pressure in conscious WHHL rabbits.

Effects of atherosclerosis on the mean value and daily variation of arterial pressure were studied in 12 Watanabe-heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits aged 12 to 35 months and 25 normal Japanese white rabbits aged 6 to 30 months. A pressure catheter was inserted through the left subclavian artery under pentobarbital anesthesia. A few days after the catheterization, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) of the rabbits, which were active and in a good state of appetite, was recorded by an analogue-to-digital converter every second for about 6 hrs and stored in a computer. The mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) in the WHHL rabbit, calculated from each successive MAP record, ranged widely from 85.8 to 131.4 mmHg and 5.6 to 12.6 mmHg, respectively. There was no significant correlation between M and SD in the WHHL rabbit. M and variance (V) of MAP in the WHHL rabbit were significantly higher than those in the normal rabbit. M did not show any significant change with increasing ages, whereas SD increased significantly with aging in the WHHL rabbit. Concentrations of serum total cholesterol and triglyceride in the WHHL rabbit were 475 and 328 mg/dl, which were about nine and seven times as high as those in the normal rabbit, respectively. Macroscopic and histopathological examinations of the aorta revealed development and spread of sclerotic lesions with aging in the WHHL rabbit. We can conclude that development of atherosclerosis with aging in the WHHL rabbit causes malfunction of the baroreceptors, which contributes to hypertension and lability of arterial pressure.     

锗─132对鸡马立克氏病肿瘤病变的抑制效果及其作用机理的研究Ⅰ．锗─132对健康及人工感染MDV雏鸡抗氧化功能的影响

选用１日龄肉用雏鸡３００只，随机分为４组：Ｉ组为健康对照；Ⅱ、Ⅲ组喂１００ｐｐｍ锗─１３２（Ｇｅ－１３２）；Ⅲ、Ⅳ组人工感染马立克氏病病毒（ＭＤＶ）。经６０ｄ临床观察并每隔１０ｄ用电子自旋共振波谱（ＥＳＲ）法测定胸腺、法氏囊及脾组织中自由基含量，同时检测全血ＧＳＨ－Ｐｘ、血清ＳＯＤ活性及血清丙二醛含量。结果，健康雏鸡全血ＧＳＨ－ｐｘ活性均值为７．９３８７±１．２３７８Ｕ／ｍＬ血清ＳＯＤ活性为８０．４６４３±１．０９８７ｎＵ／ｍＬ血清丙二醛含量为２．９９７８±０１７６０ｎｍｏｌ／ｍＬ；健康雏鸡胸腺、法氏囊及脾组织中自由基平均含量分别为：０．２７±０．０４、０．３４±０．０８、０．２８±０．０６相对浓度（×１０１０ｓｐｉｎｓ／ｇ湿重）。通过与健康对照组比较，人工感染ＭＤＶ雏鸡全血ＧＳＨ－ｐｘ和血清ＳＯＤ活性明显降低，而上述各组织中自由基和血清丙二醛含量则显著增多。Ⅲ、Ⅳ两组对比结果表明：Ⅲ组的全血ＧＳＨ－ｐｘ和血清ＳＯＤ活性高于Ⅳ组，组织中自由基和血清丙二醛含量却低于Ⅳ组，从而证实Ｇｅ－１３２能增强人工感染ＭＤＶ雏鸡的抗氧化功能。     

Growth activity of bovid herpesvirus 1 in bovine follicular oocytes with cumulus cells.

Bovine follicular oocytes collected from bovine ovaries were exposed to bovid herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1). After washings, these oocytes were cultured to mature. As a result BHV-1 could not be removed from the oocytes and could replicate in the oocytes with cumulus cells, but not in the oocytes without the cells. Moreover, the specific fluorescence for BHV-1 was detected in the cumulus cells by a indirect immunofluorescent technique. Therefore these findings suggested BHV-1 could be absorbed in the oocytes but the replication of BHV-1 was done in the cumulus cells.     

Anti-erythrocyte membrane antibodies detected in sera of dogs naturally infected with Babesia gibsoni.

Due to the potential for anti-erythrocyte membrane antibodies as possible enhancers of erythrocyte destruction, the presence of serum anti-erythrocyte membrane antibodies in 31 dogs with Babesia gibsoni infection admitted to a veterinary hospital was investigated by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoblotting analyses. This infection resulted in an increase of anti-erythrocyte membrane antibodies in 84% (IgG) and 74% (IgM) of 31 infected dogs, respectively. This was confirmed by the similarity in the protein profiles of the erythrocyte membrane antigens immunoblotted with rabbit antiserum to dog erythrocyte membrane antigens and infected dog serum. These results suggest the production of anti-erythrocyte membrane antibodies was induced by B. gibsoni infection.     

Feline Ubiquitin Fusion Protein Genes

Using cDNA from a CRFK cell line as a template, PCR amplification was performed with the Ub1S and poly(dT) primers to isolate feline ubiquitin genes. Sequencing of the 495 bp PCR fragment revealed that the putative amino acids induced by this fragment gave a fusion protein consisting of a ubiquitin polypeptide (76 amino acids) and an extension protein of ribosomal proteins L40 (52 amino acids). The putative amino acid sequence of ubiquitin was identical to those of humans, rats and pigs.The recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST)–feline ubiquitin fusion proteins were produced in Escherichia coli and purified. The fusion proteins had a molecular weight of about 42 kDa and were detected by immunoblot assay with rabbit anti-ubiquitin antiserum.The mRNAs from heat-shocked and non-heat-shocked cells were subjected to RT-PCR (Ub1S and poly(dT) primers) analysis. The molecular weights of the ubiquitinated proteins in heat-shocked CFRK cells were between 18 kDa and 24 kDa by immunoblot assay.These results suggested that there were more ubiquinated proteins in the heat-shocked CRFK cells than in the pre-heat-shocked cells.     

桑悬浮细胞原生质体培养的研究

采用继代培养三个月后的桑子叶悬浮细胞为材料,进行了原生质体的分离和培养。桑悬浮细胞在纤维素酶、果胶酶、半纤维素酶的混合溶液中,酶解获得产量高、活力强的原生质体。原生质体在K8p(附加6—BA、NAA、2,4—D、LH)液体培养基中,再生细胞经多次分裂,得到肉眼可见的小愈伤组织。再通过增殖继代培养,获得浅黄色、具有明显颗粒结构的愈伤组织,转至各种激素含量的MSB固体培养基中,尚未获得绿苗分化。     

饲粮不同蛋白质、能量水平对大白鼠生长发育及体成分的影响

本试验所用动物为53—57日龄雄性大白鼠(sprague——Dawley品系),初始体重为121.73±3.95g,试验期为大白鼠生长发育旺期的21天。试验拟研究不同粗蛋白水平(10％、15％、20％、25％和30％)及两个能量水平(消化能:3.6和3.9kcal/g)的饲粮对大白鼠生长发育及各种体成分的影响。结果表明,当饲粮蛋白质供应充分时,大白鼠生长随饲粮能量浓度的提高而改善;而当饲粮蛋白质供应感觉不足时,提高能量浓度对生长无益。机体各项成分指杯中,以蛋白质、脂肪、水分沉积受饲粮蛋白质,能量浓度影响显著;而蛋白质、脂肪沉积在很大程度上受饲粮能朊比的影响,饲粮中添加脂肪可使大白鼠机体肥胖。