BACKGROUND： Learning and memory damage is one of the most permanent and the severest symptoms of traumatic brain injury; it can seriously influence the normal life and work of patients. Some research has demonstrated...BACKGROUND： Learning and memory damage is one of the most permanent and the severest symptoms of traumatic brain injury; it can seriously influence the normal life and work of patients. Some research has demonstrated that cognitive disorder is closely related to nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. OBJECTIVE： To summarize the cognitive disorder and changes in nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor following brain injury. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY： A computer-based online search was conducted in PUBMED for English language publications containing the key words ＂brain injured, cognitive handicap, acetylcholine, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, brain-derived neurotrophic factor＂ from January 2000 to December 2007. There were 44 papers in total. Inclusion criteria： ① articles about changes in nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor following brain injury; ② articles in the same researching circle published in authoritative journals or recently published. Exclusion criteria： duplicated articles. LITERATURE EVALUATION： References were mainly derived from research on changes in these four factors following brain injury. The 20 included papers were clinical or basic experimental studies. DATA SYNTHESIS： After craniocerebral injury, changes in these four factors in brain were similar to those during recovery from cognitive disorder, to a certain degree. Some data have indicated that activation of nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor could greatly improve cognitive disorder following brain injury. However, there are still a lot of questions remaining; for example, how do these factors change at different time points after brain injury, and what is the relationship between associated factors and cognitive disorder. CONCLUSION： It is necessary to comprehensively study some associated factors, to analyze their changes and their relationship with cognitive disorder following brain injury, and to investigate their effects at different time points after brain injury.展开更多
In normal rat forebrain, the NR1/NR2A and NR1/NR2B dimmers are the main constitutional forms of NMDA receptors. The present study was carried out to determine the functional properties of the heteromeric NMDA receptor...In normal rat forebrain, the NR1/NR2A and NR1/NR2B dimmers are the main constitutional forms of NMDA receptors. The present study was carried out to determine the functional properties of the heteromeric NMDA receptor subunits and their inhibition by bis(7)-tacrine (B7T). Rat NR1, NR2A and NR2B cDNAs were transfected into human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK-293).The inhibition of NMDA-activated currents by B7T was detected in HEK-293 cell expressing NR1/NR2A or NR1/NR2B receptors by using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. The results showed that in HEK-293 cells expressing NR1/NR2A receptor, 1μmol/L B7T inhibited 30μmol/L NMDA- and 1000μmol/L NMDA-activated steady-state currents by 46% and 40%, respectively (P>0.05; n=5), suggesting that the inhibition of B7T on NR1/NR2A receptor doesn’t depend on NMDA concentration, which is consistent with a non-competitive mechanism of inhibition. But for the NR1/NR2B receptor, 1μmol/L B7T inhibited 30μmol/L NMDA- and 1000 μmol/L NMDA-activated steady-state currents by 61% and 13%, re-spectively (P<0.05; n=6), showing that B7T appears to be competitive with NMDA. In addition, simultaneous application of 1μmol/L B7T and 1000μmol/L NMDA produced a moderate inhibition of peak NMDA-activated current, followed by a gradual decline of the current to a steady state. However, the gradual onset of inhibition produced by B7T applied simultaneously with NMDA was eliminated when B7T was given 5s before NMDA. These results suggested that B7T inhibition of NMDA current mediated by NR1/NR2B receptor was slow onset, and it did not depend on the presence of the agonist. With holding potentials ranging from -50 to +50 mV, the B7T inhibition rate of NMDA currents didn’t change significantly, and neither did the reversal potential. We are led to conclude that the NR1/NR2B recombinant receptor can serve as a very useful model for studying the molecular mechanism of NMDA receptor inhibition by B7T.展开更多
Objective: To observe and elucidate the neuroprotective effect of Xingnaojing (XNJ) injection on hippocampal N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors of focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Methods: Cerebral ischemia was...Objective: To observe and elucidate the neuroprotective effect of Xingnaojing (XNJ) injection on hippocampal N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors of focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Methods: Cerebral ischemia was established by occluding the middle cerebral artery with an intraluminal suture technique in rats. Neurological deficit score, infarct volume and quantity of NMDA receptors were estimated in all groups and compared. Results: After being treated with XNJ, the score decreased in the initial 6 hours and infarct volume decreased in 24 hours. And within 24 hours, the quantity of NMDA receptors obviously decreased compared with the model group (P<0. 01) It indicated that XNJ could ameliorate neurological behavior of middle cerebral artery occlusion rats and down-regulate the expression of hippocampal NMDA receptors. Conclusion: The neuroprotective effect of XNJ on focal cerebral ischemia is possibly related to down-regulating the expression of NMDA receptors in rats.展开更多
目的探索伴有焦虑症状双相抑郁患者认知功能与N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体2B亚基(glutamate iono-tropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2B,GRIN2B)基因启动子区各CpG位点甲基化水平的相关性。方法根据汉密尔顿焦虑量表(14-item Hamilton anxie...目的探索伴有焦虑症状双相抑郁患者认知功能与N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体2B亚基(glutamate iono-tropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2B,GRIN2B)基因启动子区各CpG位点甲基化水平的相关性。方法根据汉密尔顿焦虑量表(14-item Hamilton anxiety rating scale,HAMA)评分将31例双相抑郁患者分为焦虑组15例和非焦虑组16例,同期选取16名健康对照。采用蒙特利尔认知评估量表(Montreal cognitive assessment,MoCA)、数值广度测验(digital span test,DST)、连线测试A部分(trail making test A,TMT-A)、斯特鲁普色词测验(Stroop color and word test,SCWT)评估3组总体认知功能、注意力及执行控制、信息处理速度、执行功能等认知功能维度,采用Massarray质谱法检测所有受试者外周血GRIN2B基因启动子区各CpG位点的DNA甲基化水平。结果3组GRIN2B基因启动子区DNA甲基化水平差异性位点为CpG3、CpG5、CpG7、CpG10、CpG12(P<0.05),其中,焦虑组CpG12甲基化水平低于非焦虑组(36.23%±16.41%vs.50.20%±19.79%,P<0.05)。偏相关分析显示,焦虑组患者中较差的命名能力与GRIN2B基因CpG4低甲基化水平相关(r=0.670,P=0.034),较差的执行功能与CpG6低甲基化水平相关(r=0.926,P<0.001),较差的注意力与GRIN2B基因CpG8高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.810,P=0.025),较差的言语记忆与CpG9高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.810,P<0.001),较差的抽象能力与CpG10高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.756,P=0.011)。结论GRIN2B基因启动子区DNA甲基化水平与伴有焦虑症状双相抑郁患者认知功能损害可能有关联,与双相抑郁患者焦虑症状的产生也可能有关联。展开更多
Clinical and animal experiments have proved that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has an analgesic effect. However, whether the analgesic effect is associated with activation of the N-methyI-D-aspartate （NMDA） r...Clinical and animal experiments have proved that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has an analgesic effect. However, whether the analgesic effect is associated with activation of the N-methyI-D-aspartate （NMDA） receptor remains unclear. This study presumed that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has an analgesic effect on formalin-induced inflammatory pain in rats, and its analgesic effect is associated with inhibition of NMDA receptors. Concurrently, ketamine was injected into the intrathecal space, which is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, to determine the analgesic mechanism of butorphanol. The total reflection time in phase 1 and phase 2 of rat hind paws carding action was reduced when the butorphanol dose was increased to 25 μg, or a low dose of butorphanol was combined with ketamine. Intrathecal injection of a high dose of butorphanol alone or a low dose of butorphanol combined with ketamine can remarkably reduce NMDA receptor expression in the Ls spinal dorsal hom of formalin-induced pain rats. The results suggest that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has analgesic effects on formalin-induced inflammatory pain, and remarkably reduces NMDA receptor expression in the rat spinal dorsal horn Ketamine strengthens this analgesic effect. The analgesic mechanism of intrathecal injection of butorphanol is associated with inhibition of NMDA receptor activation.展开更多
基金the grantsfrom Fujian Science and Technology Bureau, No.2006Y0012
文摘BACKGROUND： Learning and memory damage is one of the most permanent and the severest symptoms of traumatic brain injury; it can seriously influence the normal life and work of patients. Some research has demonstrated that cognitive disorder is closely related to nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. OBJECTIVE： To summarize the cognitive disorder and changes in nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor following brain injury. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY： A computer-based online search was conducted in PUBMED for English language publications containing the key words ＂brain injured, cognitive handicap, acetylcholine, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, brain-derived neurotrophic factor＂ from January 2000 to December 2007. There were 44 papers in total. Inclusion criteria： ① articles about changes in nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor following brain injury; ② articles in the same researching circle published in authoritative journals or recently published. Exclusion criteria： duplicated articles. LITERATURE EVALUATION： References were mainly derived from research on changes in these four factors following brain injury. The 20 included papers were clinical or basic experimental studies. DATA SYNTHESIS： After craniocerebral injury, changes in these four factors in brain were similar to those during recovery from cognitive disorder, to a certain degree. Some data have indicated that activation of nicotine cholinergic receptors, N-methyl-D aspartate receptors, neural cell adhesion molecule, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor could greatly improve cognitive disorder following brain injury. However, there are still a lot of questions remaining; for example, how do these factors change at different time points after brain injury, and what is the relationship between associated factors and cognitive disorder. CONCLUSION： It is necessary to comprehensively study some associated factors, to analyze their changes and their relationship with cognitive disorder following brain injury, and to investigate their effects at different time points after brain injury.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30970927)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China(No.2008CDA053)the Wuhan Science and Technology Foundation(Nos.200970634270,201250499145-27 and 20115069-9189-23)
文摘In normal rat forebrain, the NR1/NR2A and NR1/NR2B dimmers are the main constitutional forms of NMDA receptors. The present study was carried out to determine the functional properties of the heteromeric NMDA receptor subunits and their inhibition by bis(7)-tacrine (B7T). Rat NR1, NR2A and NR2B cDNAs were transfected into human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK-293).The inhibition of NMDA-activated currents by B7T was detected in HEK-293 cell expressing NR1/NR2A or NR1/NR2B receptors by using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. The results showed that in HEK-293 cells expressing NR1/NR2A receptor, 1μmol/L B7T inhibited 30μmol/L NMDA- and 1000μmol/L NMDA-activated steady-state currents by 46% and 40%, respectively (P>0.05; n=5), suggesting that the inhibition of B7T on NR1/NR2A receptor doesn’t depend on NMDA concentration, which is consistent with a non-competitive mechanism of inhibition. But for the NR1/NR2B receptor, 1μmol/L B7T inhibited 30μmol/L NMDA- and 1000 μmol/L NMDA-activated steady-state currents by 61% and 13%, re-spectively (P<0.05; n=6), showing that B7T appears to be competitive with NMDA. In addition, simultaneous application of 1μmol/L B7T and 1000μmol/L NMDA produced a moderate inhibition of peak NMDA-activated current, followed by a gradual decline of the current to a steady state. However, the gradual onset of inhibition produced by B7T applied simultaneously with NMDA was eliminated when B7T was given 5s before NMDA. These results suggested that B7T inhibition of NMDA current mediated by NR1/NR2B receptor was slow onset, and it did not depend on the presence of the agonist. With holding potentials ranging from -50 to +50 mV, the B7T inhibition rate of NMDA currents didn’t change significantly, and neither did the reversal potential. We are led to conclude that the NR1/NR2B recombinant receptor can serve as a very useful model for studying the molecular mechanism of NMDA receptor inhibition by B7T.
基金Provided financial assistance by"Hundred Talented Projects"of Shanghai Health Bureau (No. 97BR016)
文摘Objective: To observe and elucidate the neuroprotective effect of Xingnaojing (XNJ) injection on hippocampal N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors of focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Methods: Cerebral ischemia was established by occluding the middle cerebral artery with an intraluminal suture technique in rats. Neurological deficit score, infarct volume and quantity of NMDA receptors were estimated in all groups and compared. Results: After being treated with XNJ, the score decreased in the initial 6 hours and infarct volume decreased in 24 hours. And within 24 hours, the quantity of NMDA receptors obviously decreased compared with the model group (P<0. 01) It indicated that XNJ could ameliorate neurological behavior of middle cerebral artery occlusion rats and down-regulate the expression of hippocampal NMDA receptors. Conclusion: The neuroprotective effect of XNJ on focal cerebral ischemia is possibly related to down-regulating the expression of NMDA receptors in rats.
文摘目的探索伴有焦虑症状双相抑郁患者认知功能与N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体2B亚基(glutamate iono-tropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2B,GRIN2B)基因启动子区各CpG位点甲基化水平的相关性。方法根据汉密尔顿焦虑量表(14-item Hamilton anxiety rating scale,HAMA)评分将31例双相抑郁患者分为焦虑组15例和非焦虑组16例,同期选取16名健康对照。采用蒙特利尔认知评估量表(Montreal cognitive assessment,MoCA)、数值广度测验(digital span test,DST)、连线测试A部分(trail making test A,TMT-A)、斯特鲁普色词测验(Stroop color and word test,SCWT)评估3组总体认知功能、注意力及执行控制、信息处理速度、执行功能等认知功能维度,采用Massarray质谱法检测所有受试者外周血GRIN2B基因启动子区各CpG位点的DNA甲基化水平。结果3组GRIN2B基因启动子区DNA甲基化水平差异性位点为CpG3、CpG5、CpG7、CpG10、CpG12(P<0.05),其中,焦虑组CpG12甲基化水平低于非焦虑组(36.23%±16.41%vs.50.20%±19.79%,P<0.05)。偏相关分析显示,焦虑组患者中较差的命名能力与GRIN2B基因CpG4低甲基化水平相关(r=0.670,P=0.034),较差的执行功能与CpG6低甲基化水平相关(r=0.926,P<0.001),较差的注意力与GRIN2B基因CpG8高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.810,P=0.025),较差的言语记忆与CpG9高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.810,P<0.001),较差的抽象能力与CpG10高甲基化水平相关(r=-0.756,P=0.011)。结论GRIN2B基因启动子区DNA甲基化水平与伴有焦虑症状双相抑郁患者认知功能损害可能有关联,与双相抑郁患者焦虑症状的产生也可能有关联。
基金a Grant from Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Prov-ince, No. 2009SK3112a Grant from Department of Health of Hunan Province, No. C2008005
文摘Clinical and animal experiments have proved that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has an analgesic effect. However, whether the analgesic effect is associated with activation of the N-methyI-D-aspartate （NMDA） receptor remains unclear. This study presumed that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has an analgesic effect on formalin-induced inflammatory pain in rats, and its analgesic effect is associated with inhibition of NMDA receptors. Concurrently, ketamine was injected into the intrathecal space, which is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, to determine the analgesic mechanism of butorphanol. The total reflection time in phase 1 and phase 2 of rat hind paws carding action was reduced when the butorphanol dose was increased to 25 μg, or a low dose of butorphanol was combined with ketamine. Intrathecal injection of a high dose of butorphanol alone or a low dose of butorphanol combined with ketamine can remarkably reduce NMDA receptor expression in the Ls spinal dorsal hom of formalin-induced pain rats. The results suggest that intrathecal injection of butorphanol has analgesic effects on formalin-induced inflammatory pain, and remarkably reduces NMDA receptor expression in the rat spinal dorsal horn Ketamine strengthens this analgesic effect. The analgesic mechanism of intrathecal injection of butorphanol is associated with inhibition of NMDA receptor activation.
