The highly specific ligand of the N-acetylcholine receptor(N-AChR),alpha-bungarotoxin,was used to determine the effect of soman,sarin and VX onN-AChR of the diaphragm and extensor digitorum Iongus muscle of mice and...The highly specific ligand of the N-acetylcholine receptor(N-AChR),alpha-bungarotoxin,was used to determine the effect of soman,sarin and VX onN-AChR of the diaphragm and extensor digitorum Iongus muscle of mice andrats.The effects of the three anti-cholinesterase agents on N-AChR weredifferent.Sarin did not act directly on N-AChR and cause a change in the numberof N-AChR.VX decreased the binding sites of the receptor by binding with N-AChRdirectly.The LD<sub>50</sub>was 0.054mg/kg in mousse.Soman increased the binding sites,e.g.1~1.5 LD<sub>50</sub>soman increased the number of N-AChR of mouse diaphragm by 25%.The peak increaseof N-AChR was reached 0.5 h after poisoning and could last 96h.The receptornumber was still 22% higher than that of the control on the fourth day aftersoman poisoning in rats.Soman mainly increased the number of extrasynapticN-AChR,leading to the enhancement of sensitivity of cholinergic effectors toacetylcholine(ACh),which is similar to the hypersensitiveness resulting fromdenervation.These findings are of significance in probing the receptor mecha-nisms and treatment of soman poisoning.展开更多
Autoradiography of nicotinic acetytcholine receptors(N-ACHR)with the application ofhistochemical staining location of cholinesterase was used to observe the effect of soman onjunctional and extrajunctional N-AChR.Test...Autoradiography of nicotinic acetytcholine receptors(N-ACHR)with the application ofhistochemical staining location of cholinesterase was used to observe the effect of soman onjunctional and extrajunctional N-AChR.Testing with the diaphragms and extensor digitorum longusmuscles of mice and rats,we found that soman mainly increased the number of extrajunctionalN-AChR.It did not alter the number of junctional N-AChR significantly,nor did it have any pro-nouneed effects on the gtycoprotein property and isoelectfic point(pI)of junctional andextrajunctional N-AChR.The change of extrajunctional N-AChR number caused by somanis similar to the phenomenon of increased extrajunctional N-AChR number and sensitivity resultingfrom denervation,but the mechanism of action is different from the latter.The increase ofN-AChR number is one of the important characteristics of soman poisoning which make it differ-ent from other nerve agents.To maintain the metabofic balance of N-AChR may be an importantnew approach to the treatment of soman poisoning.展开更多
Experiments to investisate the effects of soman on lymphocyte proliferation werecarried out on balb/c mice,which were injected subcutaneously with soman in the doseof 154μg/kg (0.8 LD<sub>50</sub>),96μg/...Experiments to investisate the effects of soman on lymphocyte proliferation werecarried out on balb/c mice,which were injected subcutaneously with soman in the doseof 154μg/kg (0.8 LD<sub>50</sub>),96μg/kg (0.5 LD<sub>50</sub>) and 38.4μg/kg (0.2 LD<sub>50</sub>) respectively.Itwas found that from the 1st to the 7th day after poisoning with 154μg/kg soman,B-lymphocyte proliferation was severely inhibited (P【0.05),and it returned to the controllevel on the 10th day.Con A-stimulated T-cell proliferation showed a diphasic change,increasing at first and then markedly decreasing thereafter,after soman poisoning.The re-sults imply that the mitogenic response of both B- and T- cells and the primary increaseof T- cell response are closely related to the dosage of soman but not with the changes ofwhole blood cholinesterase activity.展开更多
To investigate the effects of hypoxia, soman and their combined ones on PC12 cells. Methods: After the PC12 cells were exposed to an atmosphere containing different concentrations of oxygen and cultured in a medium co...To investigate the effects of hypoxia, soman and their combined ones on PC12 cells. Methods: After the PC12 cells were exposed to an atmosphere containing different concentrations of oxygen and cultured in a medium containing different concentrations of soman, the amount of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) released by the cells and their survival rate were determined to observe the dose-dependent and time-dependent cytotoxic effects. Student’s t test and two-way ANOVA were employed to determine the statistical differences and interaction between hypoxia and soman exposure. Results: 1) Both hypoxia and soman exposures exerted dose-dependent cytotoxic effects on PC12 cells and the interaction between the two injurious factors was significant; 2)The combined effects of the two factors were equal to the sum of those exerted by each one separately; and the combined application of the two factors resulted in a more severe cytotoxicity than that caused by either agent used singly; 3) The amount of LDH released from PC12 cells could serve as a more sensitive indicator of cytotoxicity than the survival rate of the cells. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the cytotoxic effects of the combined exposure to hypoxia and soman acted in a summative manner, which suggests that the two factors might induce intracellular release of LDH in PC12 cells through different mechanisms.展开更多
Objective:To study the therapy effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on blood AChe activity and lung injury due to acute soman intoxication in rabbits. Methods:Forty rabbits were randomly di...Objective:To study the therapy effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on blood AChe activity and lung injury due to acute soman intoxication in rabbits. Methods:Forty rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups: normal control group, intoxication group, routine therapy group and UBIO therapy group. Blood AChe activity and artery blood gas were analyzed 2 h after intoxication. ACP and AKP activities in BALF were determined respectively. Results:Blood AChe activity in intoxication group was lower than that in normal control group (P<0.05). BALF ACP and AKP activities in intoxication group were higher than that in normal control group. Blood AChe activities in UBIO therapy group increased and were higher than that in intoxication and routine therapy groups. Compared with intoxication group, BALF ACP and AKP activities were decreased (P<0.05) in UBIO therapy group, while artery blood pH, PaO2 and SaO2 increased (P<0.05). Conclusion: UBIO therapy can elevate blood AChe activity and alleviate lung injury induced by soman intoxication. So it may be a new way to treat acute soman intoxication.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on the metabolism of oxygen free radicals in rabbits with acute soman intoxication. Methods: One hundred rabbits were random...Objective: To investigate the effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on the metabolism of oxygen free radicals in rabbits with acute soman intoxication. Methods: One hundred rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups: normal control group, intoxication group, routine therapy group. UBIO therapy group and combined therapy group. After 14 d, the concentration of malondiadehyde(MDA) and activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD), glutathionperoxidase(GSH-Px), catalase (CAT) and total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC) in serum were determined respectively. Results: Compared with the normal control group, the concentration of MDA and activity of CAT in the intoxication group were significantly higher (P < 0. 05). but SOD. GSH-Px activity and T-AOC were significantly lower (P<0. 05). After UBIO or combined therapy, serum MDA level was significantly lower in comparison with intoxication group (P<0. 05). but the activity of SOD. GSH-Px, CAT and T-AOC were higher than intoxication group(P<0. 05). Conclusion: There is an obvious oxygen free radical injury in rabbits with a-cute soman intoxication. UBIO can improve the antioxidation ability of rabbits and may be applied to treat acute soman intoxication as adjunctive therapy.展开更多
Fos immunohistochemistry and NADPH-d histochemistry and double labeling of the 2 methods were used to study therelationship between c-Fos expressed neurons and NADPH-d positive neurons of the amygdala in soman-induced...Fos immunohistochemistry and NADPH-d histochemistry and double labeling of the 2 methods were used to study therelationship between c-Fos expressed neurons and NADPH-d positive neurons of the amygdala in soman-induced seizures in the rat.It was found that protooncogene c-fos was overexpressed in the amygdala from 1.5 h to 2 d after soman-induced seizures occurred.c-fos overexpression was in the persisting and delayed pattem. The distribution of Fos immunoreactively positive neurons was sub-nuclear specific. About 10% of the Fos-positive neurons were NADPH-d positive and almost all the NADPH-d positive neuronswere also stained with Fos immunohistochemistry. Our findings together with those reported in our previous paper in which c-fosexpression and NOS activation were found to share the common upstream of the intracellular signal transducing cascade mediatedthrough NMDA receptor depended Ca2+ influx suggest that c-fos expression and nitric oxide neurotoxicity mighy exist in the amygdala lesions after soman induced seizures occurred.展开更多
Nerve agents are used in civil wars and terrorist attacks,posing a threat to public safety.Acute exposure to nerve agents such as soman(GD)causes serious brain damage,leading to death due to intense seizures induced b...Nerve agents are used in civil wars and terrorist attacks,posing a threat to public safety.Acute exposure to nerve agents such as soman(GD)causes serious brain damage,leading to death due to intense seizures induced by acetylcholinesterase inhibition and neuronal injury resulting from increased excitatory amino-acid levels and neuroinflammation.However,data on the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective efficacies of currently-used countermeasures are limited.Here,we evaluated the potential effects of transient receptor vanilloid 4(TRPV4)in the treatment of soman-induced status epilepticus(SE)and secondary brain injury.We demonstrated that TRPV4 expression was markedly up-regulated in rat hippocampus after soman-induced seizures.Administration of the TRPV4 antagonist GSK2193874 prior to soman exposure significantly decreased the mortality rate in rats and reduced SE intensity.TRPV4-knockout mice also showed lower incidence of seizures and higher survival rates than wild-type mice following soman exposure.Further in vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrated that blocking TRPV4 prevented NMDA receptor-mediated glutamate excitotoxicity.The protein levels of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex and its downstream cytokines IL-1βand IL-18 increased in soman-exposed rat hippocampus.However,TRPV4 inhibition or deletion markedly reversed the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.In conclusion,our study suggests that the blockade of TRPV4 protects against soman exposure and reduces brain injury following SE by decreasing NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity and NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation.To our knowledge,this is the first study regarding the“dual-switch”function of TRPV4 in the treatment of soman intoxication.展开更多
A γ-hydroxyphosphonate P6 (O1-methyl-O2-(1, 2, 2-trimethylpropyl)-2-hydroxy-5-nitro-phenyl methylphosphonic acid) which is proposed to be an analog of the transition state in hydrolysis of soman was synthesized. Arti...A γ-hydroxyphosphonate P6 (O1-methyl-O2-(1, 2, 2-trimethylpropyl)-2-hydroxy-5-nitro-phenyl methylphosphonic acid) which is proposed to be an analog of the transition state in hydrolysis of soman was synthesized. Artificial antigens were obtained by conjugating P6 to the carrier proteins BSA (bovine serum albumin) and LPH (Limulus polyphenus hemocyanin). Mice were immunized with P6-LPH and recombinant single-chain antibody phage display library was constructed. After 4 rounds of panning against P6-BSA and competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay, more than 70 strains of phage antibodies capable of binding soman were obtained and 11 of them can accelerate the hydrolysis reaction of soman. One of them (EP6) was studied further. Soluble single-chain antibody was prepared and purification was performed by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. The kinetic experiment was carried out showing that the turnover number kcatt= 198 min-1 and the rate enhancement kcatkuncat = 122 419. When 0.16 mg · mL-1 EP6 was preincubated in vitro with 0.132 mmol·L-1 (220 μg·kg-1 =1.1×LD95) of soman prior to the administration to mice by subcutaneous route, all animals (19 mice) survived whereas all the control mice (14) treated with PBS and soman died within 30 min. Furthermore, EP6 could prolong the latent time of spasm and death when mice were passively immunized with EP6 intravenously 15 min before 1×LD95 of soman challenge. These results demonstrate that EP6 is able to increase the rate of soman degradation and protect against soman's toxicity, especially in vitro.展开更多
文摘The highly specific ligand of the N-acetylcholine receptor(N-AChR),alpha-bungarotoxin,was used to determine the effect of soman,sarin and VX onN-AChR of the diaphragm and extensor digitorum Iongus muscle of mice andrats.The effects of the three anti-cholinesterase agents on N-AChR weredifferent.Sarin did not act directly on N-AChR and cause a change in the numberof N-AChR.VX decreased the binding sites of the receptor by binding with N-AChRdirectly.The LD<sub>50</sub>was 0.054mg/kg in mousse.Soman increased the binding sites,e.g.1~1.5 LD<sub>50</sub>soman increased the number of N-AChR of mouse diaphragm by 25%.The peak increaseof N-AChR was reached 0.5 h after poisoning and could last 96h.The receptornumber was still 22% higher than that of the control on the fourth day aftersoman poisoning in rats.Soman mainly increased the number of extrasynapticN-AChR,leading to the enhancement of sensitivity of cholinergic effectors toacetylcholine(ACh),which is similar to the hypersensitiveness resulting fromdenervation.These findings are of significance in probing the receptor mecha-nisms and treatment of soman poisoning.
文摘Autoradiography of nicotinic acetytcholine receptors(N-ACHR)with the application ofhistochemical staining location of cholinesterase was used to observe the effect of soman onjunctional and extrajunctional N-AChR.Testing with the diaphragms and extensor digitorum longusmuscles of mice and rats,we found that soman mainly increased the number of extrajunctionalN-AChR.It did not alter the number of junctional N-AChR significantly,nor did it have any pro-nouneed effects on the gtycoprotein property and isoelectfic point(pI)of junctional andextrajunctional N-AChR.The change of extrajunctional N-AChR number caused by somanis similar to the phenomenon of increased extrajunctional N-AChR number and sensitivity resultingfrom denervation,but the mechanism of action is different from the latter.The increase ofN-AChR number is one of the important characteristics of soman poisoning which make it differ-ent from other nerve agents.To maintain the metabofic balance of N-AChR may be an importantnew approach to the treatment of soman poisoning.
文摘Experiments to investisate the effects of soman on lymphocyte proliferation werecarried out on balb/c mice,which were injected subcutaneously with soman in the doseof 154μg/kg (0.8 LD<sub>50</sub>),96μg/kg (0.5 LD<sub>50</sub>) and 38.4μg/kg (0.2 LD<sub>50</sub>) respectively.Itwas found that from the 1st to the 7th day after poisoning with 154μg/kg soman,B-lymphocyte proliferation was severely inhibited (P【0.05),and it returned to the controllevel on the 10th day.Con A-stimulated T-cell proliferation showed a diphasic change,increasing at first and then markedly decreasing thereafter,after soman poisoning.The re-sults imply that the mitogenic response of both B- and T- cells and the primary increaseof T- cell response are closely related to the dosage of soman but not with the changes ofwhole blood cholinesterase activity.
文摘To investigate the effects of hypoxia, soman and their combined ones on PC12 cells. Methods: After the PC12 cells were exposed to an atmosphere containing different concentrations of oxygen and cultured in a medium containing different concentrations of soman, the amount of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) released by the cells and their survival rate were determined to observe the dose-dependent and time-dependent cytotoxic effects. Student’s t test and two-way ANOVA were employed to determine the statistical differences and interaction between hypoxia and soman exposure. Results: 1) Both hypoxia and soman exposures exerted dose-dependent cytotoxic effects on PC12 cells and the interaction between the two injurious factors was significant; 2)The combined effects of the two factors were equal to the sum of those exerted by each one separately; and the combined application of the two factors resulted in a more severe cytotoxicity than that caused by either agent used singly; 3) The amount of LDH released from PC12 cells could serve as a more sensitive indicator of cytotoxicity than the survival rate of the cells. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the cytotoxic effects of the combined exposure to hypoxia and soman acted in a summative manner, which suggests that the two factors might induce intracellular release of LDH in PC12 cells through different mechanisms.
文摘Objective:To study the therapy effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on blood AChe activity and lung injury due to acute soman intoxication in rabbits. Methods:Forty rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups: normal control group, intoxication group, routine therapy group and UBIO therapy group. Blood AChe activity and artery blood gas were analyzed 2 h after intoxication. ACP and AKP activities in BALF were determined respectively. Results:Blood AChe activity in intoxication group was lower than that in normal control group (P<0.05). BALF ACP and AKP activities in intoxication group were higher than that in normal control group. Blood AChe activities in UBIO therapy group increased and were higher than that in intoxication and routine therapy groups. Compared with intoxication group, BALF ACP and AKP activities were decreased (P<0.05) in UBIO therapy group, while artery blood pH, PaO2 and SaO2 increased (P<0.05). Conclusion: UBIO therapy can elevate blood AChe activity and alleviate lung injury induced by soman intoxication. So it may be a new way to treat acute soman intoxication.
文摘Objective: To investigate the effect of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on the metabolism of oxygen free radicals in rabbits with acute soman intoxication. Methods: One hundred rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups: normal control group, intoxication group, routine therapy group. UBIO therapy group and combined therapy group. After 14 d, the concentration of malondiadehyde(MDA) and activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD), glutathionperoxidase(GSH-Px), catalase (CAT) and total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC) in serum were determined respectively. Results: Compared with the normal control group, the concentration of MDA and activity of CAT in the intoxication group were significantly higher (P < 0. 05). but SOD. GSH-Px activity and T-AOC were significantly lower (P<0. 05). After UBIO or combined therapy, serum MDA level was significantly lower in comparison with intoxication group (P<0. 05). but the activity of SOD. GSH-Px, CAT and T-AOC were higher than intoxication group(P<0. 05). Conclusion: There is an obvious oxygen free radical injury in rabbits with a-cute soman intoxication. UBIO can improve the antioxidation ability of rabbits and may be applied to treat acute soman intoxication as adjunctive therapy.
文摘Fos immunohistochemistry and NADPH-d histochemistry and double labeling of the 2 methods were used to study therelationship between c-Fos expressed neurons and NADPH-d positive neurons of the amygdala in soman-induced seizures in the rat.It was found that protooncogene c-fos was overexpressed in the amygdala from 1.5 h to 2 d after soman-induced seizures occurred.c-fos overexpression was in the persisting and delayed pattem. The distribution of Fos immunoreactively positive neurons was sub-nuclear specific. About 10% of the Fos-positive neurons were NADPH-d positive and almost all the NADPH-d positive neuronswere also stained with Fos immunohistochemistry. Our findings together with those reported in our previous paper in which c-fosexpression and NOS activation were found to share the common upstream of the intracellular signal transducing cascade mediatedthrough NMDA receptor depended Ca2+ influx suggest that c-fos expression and nitric oxide neurotoxicity mighy exist in the amygdala lesions after soman induced seizures occurred.
基金the Special Fund for Military Medical Science(AWS15J007 and BWS16J007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81703505).
文摘Nerve agents are used in civil wars and terrorist attacks,posing a threat to public safety.Acute exposure to nerve agents such as soman(GD)causes serious brain damage,leading to death due to intense seizures induced by acetylcholinesterase inhibition and neuronal injury resulting from increased excitatory amino-acid levels and neuroinflammation.However,data on the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective efficacies of currently-used countermeasures are limited.Here,we evaluated the potential effects of transient receptor vanilloid 4(TRPV4)in the treatment of soman-induced status epilepticus(SE)and secondary brain injury.We demonstrated that TRPV4 expression was markedly up-regulated in rat hippocampus after soman-induced seizures.Administration of the TRPV4 antagonist GSK2193874 prior to soman exposure significantly decreased the mortality rate in rats and reduced SE intensity.TRPV4-knockout mice also showed lower incidence of seizures and higher survival rates than wild-type mice following soman exposure.Further in vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrated that blocking TRPV4 prevented NMDA receptor-mediated glutamate excitotoxicity.The protein levels of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex and its downstream cytokines IL-1βand IL-18 increased in soman-exposed rat hippocampus.However,TRPV4 inhibition or deletion markedly reversed the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.In conclusion,our study suggests that the blockade of TRPV4 protects against soman exposure and reduces brain injury following SE by decreasing NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity and NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation.To our knowledge,this is the first study regarding the“dual-switch”function of TRPV4 in the treatment of soman intoxication.
文摘A γ-hydroxyphosphonate P6 (O1-methyl-O2-(1, 2, 2-trimethylpropyl)-2-hydroxy-5-nitro-phenyl methylphosphonic acid) which is proposed to be an analog of the transition state in hydrolysis of soman was synthesized. Artificial antigens were obtained by conjugating P6 to the carrier proteins BSA (bovine serum albumin) and LPH (Limulus polyphenus hemocyanin). Mice were immunized with P6-LPH and recombinant single-chain antibody phage display library was constructed. After 4 rounds of panning against P6-BSA and competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay, more than 70 strains of phage antibodies capable of binding soman were obtained and 11 of them can accelerate the hydrolysis reaction of soman. One of them (EP6) was studied further. Soluble single-chain antibody was prepared and purification was performed by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. The kinetic experiment was carried out showing that the turnover number kcatt= 198 min-1 and the rate enhancement kcatkuncat = 122 419. When 0.16 mg · mL-1 EP6 was preincubated in vitro with 0.132 mmol·L-1 (220 μg·kg-1 =1.1×LD95) of soman prior to the administration to mice by subcutaneous route, all animals (19 mice) survived whereas all the control mice (14) treated with PBS and soman died within 30 min. Furthermore, EP6 could prolong the latent time of spasm and death when mice were passively immunized with EP6 intravenously 15 min before 1×LD95 of soman challenge. These results demonstrate that EP6 is able to increase the rate of soman degradation and protect against soman's toxicity, especially in vitro.