目的探讨小儿腹泻外敷散对腹泻大鼠小肠Cajal间质细胞(ICC)和血管活性肠肽受体1(VIP-R1)表达的影响。方法 30只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、药物组,每组10只。采用番泻叶水煎液灌胃(2ml/100g)的方法建立腹泻模型,药物组给予小儿...目的探讨小儿腹泻外敷散对腹泻大鼠小肠Cajal间质细胞(ICC)和血管活性肠肽受体1(VIP-R1)表达的影响。方法 30只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、药物组,每组10只。采用番泻叶水煎液灌胃(2ml/100g)的方法建立腹泻模型,药物组给予小儿腹泻外敷散贴敷。采用透射电镜观察药物对腹泻大鼠小肠ICC超微结构的影响,免疫组化法观察VIP-R1在腹泻大鼠小肠内的分布,RT-PCR和Western blotting测定VIP-R1 m RNA和蛋白表达水平。结果药物贴敷可使ICC形态和缝隙连接基本恢复正常。VIP-R1主要分布在小肠组织环形肌与纵形肌之间、小肠组织肌间神经丛处、结肠黏膜层上皮细胞及固有层细胞的周围。小儿腹泻外敷散可抑制VIP-R1分泌并下调VIP-R1 m RNA及蛋白表达。结论小儿腹泻外敷散可修复腹泻大鼠损伤的ICC细胞,同时可通过下调VIP-R1表达而治疗腹泻。展开更多
Background and aims: Achalasia is a disease of unknown aetiology. An immune mechanism has been suggested on the basis of previous morphological observations. The objective of this study was to test whether the serum o...Background and aims: Achalasia is a disease of unknown aetiology. An immune mechanism has been suggested on the basis of previous morphological observations. The objective of this study was to test whether the serum of achalasia patients could reproduce the phenotype and functional changes that occur with disease progression in an ex vivo human model. Methods: Specimens of normal human fundus were maintained in culture in the presence of serum from patients with achalasia, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), or healthy subjects (controls). Immunohistochemical detection of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), neurone specific enolase (NSE), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and substance P was carried out in whole mounts of gastric fundus myenteric plexus. In addition, the effects of achalasia serum on electrical field stimulation (EFS) induced contractions were measured in circular muscle preparations. Results: Serum from achalasia patients did not affect the number of myenteric neurones. Tissues incubated with serum from achalasia patients showed a decrease in the proportion of NOS (- 26% of NSE positive neurones; p = 0.016) and VIP (- 54% ; p = 0.09) neurones, and a concomitant increase in ChAT neurones (+ 16% ; p< 0.001) compared with controls. In contrast, GORD serum did not modify the phenotype of myenteric neurones. Area under the curve of EFS induced relaxations (abolished by N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester) was significantly decreased following incubation with serum from achalasia patients compared with controls (- 7.6 (2.6) v - 14.5 (5.0); p = 0.036). Conclusions: Serum from achalasia patients can induce phenotypic and functional changes which reproduce the characteristics of the disease. Further identification of putative seric factors and mechanisms involved could lead to the development of novel diagnostic and/or therapeutic strategies in achalasia.展开更多
文摘目的探讨小儿腹泻外敷散对腹泻大鼠小肠Cajal间质细胞(ICC)和血管活性肠肽受体1(VIP-R1)表达的影响。方法 30只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、药物组,每组10只。采用番泻叶水煎液灌胃(2ml/100g)的方法建立腹泻模型,药物组给予小儿腹泻外敷散贴敷。采用透射电镜观察药物对腹泻大鼠小肠ICC超微结构的影响,免疫组化法观察VIP-R1在腹泻大鼠小肠内的分布,RT-PCR和Western blotting测定VIP-R1 m RNA和蛋白表达水平。结果药物贴敷可使ICC形态和缝隙连接基本恢复正常。VIP-R1主要分布在小肠组织环形肌与纵形肌之间、小肠组织肌间神经丛处、结肠黏膜层上皮细胞及固有层细胞的周围。小儿腹泻外敷散可抑制VIP-R1分泌并下调VIP-R1 m RNA及蛋白表达。结论小儿腹泻外敷散可修复腹泻大鼠损伤的ICC细胞,同时可通过下调VIP-R1表达而治疗腹泻。
文摘Background and aims: Achalasia is a disease of unknown aetiology. An immune mechanism has been suggested on the basis of previous morphological observations. The objective of this study was to test whether the serum of achalasia patients could reproduce the phenotype and functional changes that occur with disease progression in an ex vivo human model. Methods: Specimens of normal human fundus were maintained in culture in the presence of serum from patients with achalasia, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), or healthy subjects (controls). Immunohistochemical detection of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), neurone specific enolase (NSE), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and substance P was carried out in whole mounts of gastric fundus myenteric plexus. In addition, the effects of achalasia serum on electrical field stimulation (EFS) induced contractions were measured in circular muscle preparations. Results: Serum from achalasia patients did not affect the number of myenteric neurones. Tissues incubated with serum from achalasia patients showed a decrease in the proportion of NOS (- 26% of NSE positive neurones; p = 0.016) and VIP (- 54% ; p = 0.09) neurones, and a concomitant increase in ChAT neurones (+ 16% ; p< 0.001) compared with controls. In contrast, GORD serum did not modify the phenotype of myenteric neurones. Area under the curve of EFS induced relaxations (abolished by N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester) was significantly decreased following incubation with serum from achalasia patients compared with controls (- 7.6 (2.6) v - 14.5 (5.0); p = 0.036). Conclusions: Serum from achalasia patients can induce phenotypic and functional changes which reproduce the characteristics of the disease. Further identification of putative seric factors and mechanisms involved could lead to the development of novel diagnostic and/or therapeutic strategies in achalasia.