Spinal Excitatory Dynorphinergic Interneurons Contribute to Burn Injury-Induced Nociception Mediated by Phosphorylated Histone 3 at Serine 10 in Rodents

The phosphorylation of serine 10 in histone 3 (p-S10H3) has recently been demonstrated to participate in spinal nociceptive processing. However, superficial dorsal horn (SDH) neurons involved in p-S10H3-mediated nociception have not been fully characterized. In the present work, we combined immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization with the retrograde labeling of projection neurons to reveal the subset of dorsal horn neurons presenting an elevated level of p-S10H3 in response to noxious heat (60 °C), causing burn injury. Projection neurons only represented a small percentage (5%) of p-S10H3-positive cells, while the greater part of them belonged to excitatory SDH interneurons. The combined immunolabeling of p-S10H3 with markers of already established interneuronal classes of the SDH revealed that the largest subset of neurons with burn injury-induced p-S10H3 expression was dynorphin immunopositive in mice. Furthermore, the majority of p-S10H3-expressing dynorphinergic neurons proved to be excitatory, as they lacked Pax-2 and showed Lmx1b-immunopositivity. Thus, we showed that neurochemically heterogeneous SDH neurons exhibit the upregulation of p-S10H3 shortly after noxious heat-induced burn injury and consequential tissue damage, and that a dedicated subset of excitatory dynorphinergic neurons is likely a key player in the development of central sensitization via the p-S10H3 mediated pathway.     

Plant Copper Amine Oxidases: Key Players in Hormone Signaling Leading to Stress-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity

Polyamines are ubiquitous, low-molecular-weight aliphatic compounds, present in living organisms and essential for cell growth and differentiation. Copper amine oxidases (CuAOs) oxidize polyamines to aminoaldehydes releasing ammonium and hydrogen peroxide, which participates in the complex network of reactive oxygen species acting as signaling molecules involved in responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. CuAOs have been identified and characterized in different plant species, but the most extensive study on a CuAO gene family has been carried out in Arabidopsis thaliana. Growing attention has been devoted in the last years to the investigation of the CuAO expression pattern during development and in response to an array of stress and stress-related hormones, events in which recent studies have highlighted CuAOs to play a key role by modulation of a multilevel phenotypic plasticity expression. In this review, the attention will be focused on the involvement of different AtCuAOs in the IAA/JA/ABA signal transduction pathways which mediate stress-induced phenotypic plasticity events.     

菌型叶根动叶片叶根叶冠内径向的加工

菌型叶根动叶片是一种新型的动叶片,采用数控铣加工叶根内径向面时留0.1~0.2mm余量,然后在进行叶根内径向磨削,叶冠直接加工到位,没有后序磨削加工,由于叶根叶冠在加工过程中不是一次装夹完成的,根冠存在一定的落差,在后续的装配中容易产生配合间隙,无法达到要求。文中介绍了一种新的加工工艺,解决了这一问题。     

正交特征群

本文在证明了有限Ａｂｅ１群Ｇ与它的特征群Ｇ√存在同构的一个必要充分条件之后，构造了一类正交特征群，从而概括了相当一大类正交变换（它包括了离散付里叶变换、阿达玛变换、数论变换、Ｃｈｒｅｓｔｅｎｓｏｎ变换）这对构成有限域与整环上的正交变换具有指导作用。     

An Algorithm For Selecting a Generator of Z_p

How to select a generator of Zp* is an important problem in cryptographic applications, where p is an odd prime. In this paper, we mainly consider the especial case that p is a safe prime, and give an algorithm for selecting a generator of Zp*,and find all generators of Zp* , where p is a safe prime. Our algorithm is more faster than the algorithm in [1]. Based on the proposed algorithm, one could find all generators of Zp* as well, where p is a perfect prime.     

Localization of Function Within the Dorsal Hippocampus: The Role of the CA3 Subregion in Paired-Associate Learning.

Computational models and electrophysiological data suggest that the CA3 subregion of the hippocampus supports the formation of arbitrary associations; however, no behavioral studies have been conducted to test this hypothesis. Rats with neurotoxin-induced lesions of dorsal dentate gyrus (DG), CA3, or CA1 were tested on object-place and odor-place paired-associate tasks to test whether the mechanism that supports paired-associate learning is localized to the CA3 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus or whether all hippocampal subregions contribute to paired-associate learning. The data indicate that rats with DG or CA1 lesions learned the tasks as well as controls; however, CA3-lesioned rats were impaired in learning the tasks. Thus, the CA3 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus contains a mechanism to support paired-associate learning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

甘草纤素对实验动物化学性肝损伤保护功能研究

目的:了解甘草纤素对大鼠化学性肝损伤的保护作用。方法:按照卫生部《保健食品功能学评价程序和检验方法》进行。并比较四氯化碳染毒后第48h和第5d处死动物对各项指标的影响。结果:与肝损伤模型对照组比较,染毒后第48h,甘草纤素的二个剂量组血清ALT(丙氨酸氨基转移酶)水平均有显著降低(p<0.05),中、高剂量组血清AST(天门冬氨酸氨基转移酶)水平也有显著降低(p<0.05)。受试物的高剂量组可改善肝细胞的退行性变,且高剂量组可明显减轻CCl4引起的肝细胞坏死(p<0.05)。结论:适量甘草纤素对CCl4所致动物急性肝损伤具有保护作用。     

人睫状神经营养因子基因克隆、表达、纯化及其生物活性

［摘 要］目的 克隆人睫状神经营养因子（hCNTF）基因，在大肠杆菌宿主系统中高效表达并纯化，获得具有生物活性的hCNTF蛋白。方法 以人染色体DNA为模板，经PCR扩增到编码CNTF成熟蛋白的cDNA序列，并克隆进原核表达载体 pBV220，在大肠杆菌 BL21（Gold）中进行表达，产物经 CM-Sepharose FF柱纯化后，以体外培养的鸡胚背根神经节（DRG）测定生物活性。结果 重组表达质粒pBV22Z- CNTF在大肠杆菌BL21（Gold）中获得了非融合的稳定、高效表达，目的蛋白占细胞总蛋白的45％左右，以可溶性和包涵体两种形式存在，表达上清及包涵体复性后经CM柱一步纯化纯度达90％以上；表达的重组hCNTF能促进培养的鸡胚背根神经节神经突起的生长。结论 基因工程rhCNTF的获得为进一步研究其结构功能关系和临床应用奠定基础。     

关于正整数的k次根的整部

对于给定的自然数m，令口α（m)为m的是的次根的整部。即：α(m)=[m^1/k]。研究了α(m)的渐近性质，并给出了一个有趣的渐近公式。