Lack of effect of dihydroergotamine on endothelial and smooth muscle cell proliferation and endothelial cell prostanoid production

Summary The most important effect of dihydroergotamine is venoconstriction, but certain metabolic effects and changes in vessel prostanoid activity have also been suggested. In this study endothelial cell production of 6-keto PGF₁ and TxB₂ was quantitated in vitro. No evidence of altered prostanoid production was noted after incubation with dihydroergotamine (exposure ranging from 5×10^–3 to 5×10^–7 g/l). Similarly, no effect of dihydroergotamine on the growth rates of endothelial cells or smooth muscle cells in vitro was documented.     

Molt-induced muscle atrophy decreases the zinc content of the pectoralis of the Giant Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima)

Summary During molt-induced atrophy of the pectoralis muscle of the Giant Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima), the zinc content of the muscle was significantly reduced (p0.0139), though the concentration of zinc per unit weight of muscle appeared higher (p0.0232). Zinc lost from the muscle during molt could be utilized for growth of the new flight feathers.Acknowledgments. Funds for this study were obtained from an operating grant awarded to J. C. G. by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.     

The susceptibility to exercise-induced muscle damage increases as rats grow larger

Summary Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and N-acetyl--glucosaminidase activities were both elevated after eccentric exercise indicating that this type of exercise causes muscle damage. Muscle damage as measured by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in the vastus intermedius was greater and occurred later in larger rats indicating that the susceptibility to muscle damage is increased and the repair process delayed in older and larger animals.     

Effects of a new cholecystokinin antagonist (GE 410) on the smooth muscle of the guinea pig ileum

Summary Suc-Tyr-(SE)-Met-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp--phenethylamide (GE 410) competitively antagonized the contractions of smooth muscle strips from guinea pig ileum (pA₂=7.6, n=0.95) induced by cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK8). GE 410 inhibited the electrically-induced cholinergically mediated contractile responses and the [³H]ACh release in the ileum, as well as the CCK-stimulated electrical contractile responses and the [³H]ACh release in the cholinergic nerve terminals. The results suggest the existence of CCK-receptors not only in the smooth muscles but also on the neurons.     

Influence of bistramide A on the twitch tension in rat atrial heart muscle

Bistramide A, a new toxin isolated from the UrochordateLissoclinum bistratum Sluiter, was applied to rat auricular heart muscle bundles. At a stimulation frequency of 0.2 Hz, the toxin induces a dose-dependent reduction of the stimulated twitch tension force; it decreases and shortens the duration of the plateau and the slow repolarizing phase of the action potential. In the control solution, switching from a stimulation frequency of 0.2 Hz to 1 Hz decreases the force with which a positive potentiation develops either at a maintained high frequency or after switching from 1 Hz to 0.2 Hz. Bistramide A reduces both the force evoked at 1 Hz and the potentiation. The data suggest that Bistramide A blocks Na⁺ conductance; inhibits Ca⁺⁺ channels in a time-and frequency-dependent manner; reduces Na⁺–Ca⁺⁺ exchange activity; but does not modify the ability of the sarcoplasmic reticulum to be refilled although the rate of Ca⁺⁺ accumulation is decreased.     

电化学数值模拟算法改进及未补偿溶液电阻存在下的快扫循环伏安研究

本文报道使用Ｇ１算法改进了积分方程数值解的一种电化学数值模拟方法,并用它模拟研究了未补偿溶液电阻对快扫循环伏安曲线的影响,分析了充电电流和法拉第电流的耦合效应,对有效电势校正法和背景电流扣除法的误差来源和可能的消除方法进行了探讨．     

Triphasic vascular effects of thiol compounds and their oxidized forms on dog coronary arteries

The vascular effects of 2-mercaptoethanol, cysteamine, L-cysteine, glutathione (GSH), cystamine and oxidized GSH (GSSG) on the isometric tension of isolated dog coronary arterial strips were examined, and these effects were compared with the triphasic response induced by dithiothreitol (DTT); a rapid and weak contraction (phase A), an intervening slow relaxation (phase B) and a slowly-developing strong contraction (phase C) which we previously reported. The responses of the arteries induced by 2-mercaptoethanol, cysteamine and L-cysteine consisted of phases A, B and C. The order of contractile potency (ED₅₀ of phase C) was DTTL-cysteine>2-mercaptoethanolcysteamine, while the order of relaxant potency (ED₅₀ of phase B) was DTT>cysteamine2-mercaptoethanol. GSSG and cystamine mainly produced relaxation, which corresponded to phase B. The phase C contraction was specific to the reduced forms of thiols, except for GSH, which produced only relaxation. The participation of endothelial cells was not essential for the contracting or relaxing effects of the thiol compounds. The phase C contraction was depressed by W-7, a calmodulin antagonist, while phase A was not. Therefore calmodulin-dependent protein kinases may participate in phase C, not in phase A.     

FRP筋拉挤成型工艺过程的光纤光栅监测与结果分析

FRP材料的力学性能受到成型加工参数的影响,而利用传统的方法不能对这些参数进行准确的测量.本文基于光栅对拉挤工艺生产FRP筋的过程中的固化温度和由于树脂固化过程中的化学收缩造成的残余应变进行监测,并采用双光栅法实现温度与应变的双参量同时监测.结果表明利用光栅测量的温度较设备设定温度低10℃左右;光栅在模具中所受到的应变随进入模具的长度增加而增加,在温度达到最高的固化温度处应变开始减小,表明了在此位置树脂开始固化;固化后的FRP筋的应变与温度变化呈线性关系,利用光栅测量FRP筋热膨胀系数为5.19×10-6/℃;同时在室温下,受拉状态下的残余应变为-50με左右,这为该材料的残余应力分析提供了依据.利用光栅可以定量测量FRP挤拉成型工艺过程中的固化温度,树脂在模具中的固化状态以及FRP制品中的内部残余应变.     

等速肌力测试和训练技术在膝关节伤病中的应用

等速肌力测试和训练技术是一项用于肌肉功能评定和肌肉功能训练的新的和有价值的技术．研究表明,通 过等速肌力测试可对肌肉功能进行定量和客观的评价,可用于运动员运动损伤的康复治疗．就等速技术及其在膝关 节伤病中的应用作一综述．     

类人气动肌肉模型与实验研究

在理论分析和实验的基础上，建立了人工气动肌肉的数学模型．该模型中考虑了橡胶管弹性、类人气动肌肉壁厚、人工肌肉末端弧度、编织网线之间以及编织网和橡胶管之间的摩擦力对气动肌肉驱动特性的影响．设计实验系统对人工气动肌肉进行了等压实验、负载拉力恒定实验和等长实验，实验结果与改进后的模型仿真结果吻合较好．