金沙江水系鱼体中稀土元素环境背景值研究

采用等离子发射光谱法测定了金沙江水系鱼体肌肉中十个稀土元素的含量。根据统计方法提供了金沙江水系鱼体中稀土元素环境背景值。它们分别是:La 0.064mg·kg~(-1),Ce 0.156mg·kg~(-1),Pr 0.080mg·kg~(-1),Nd 0.025mg·kg~(-1),Eu 0.002mg·kg~(-1),Dy 0.009mg·kg~(-1),Er 0.019mg·kg~(-1),Yb 0.007mg·kg~(-1)和Y 0.015mg·kg~(-1)。结果表明:金沙江水系鱼体肌肉中稀土元素含量与江水中溶解态稀土元素含量有关。同时获得了该水系十个稀土元素的生物富因子。     

Functional investigations of exercising muscle: a noninvasive magnetic resonance spectroscopy-magnetic resonance imaging approach

Muscle fatigue, which is defined as the decline in muscle performance during exercise, may occur at different sites along the pathway from the central nervous system through to the intramuscular contractile machinery. Historically, both impairment of neuromuscular transmission and peripheral alterations within the muscle have been proposed as causative factors of fatigue development. However, according to more recent studies, muscle energetics play a key role in this process. Intramyoplasmic accumulation of inorganic phosphate (P_i) and limitation in ATP availability have been frequently evoked as the main mechanisms leading to fatigue. Although attractive, these hypotheses have been elaborated on the basis of experimental results obtained in vitro, and their physiological relevance has never been clearly demonstrated in vivo. In that context, noninvasive methods such as 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy and surface electromyography have been employed to understand both metabolic and electrical aspects of muscle fatigue under physiological conditions. Mapping of muscles activated during exercise is another interesting issue which can be addressed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Exercise-induced T2 changes have been used in order to locate activated muscles and also as a quantitative index of exercise intensity. The main results related to both issues, i.e. the metabolic and electrical aspects of fatigue and the MRI functional investigation of exercising muscle, are discussed in the present review.Received 4 September 2003; received after revision 4 December 2003; accepted 22 December 2003     

肌肉力量衰退与中老年人的力量训练

从生理生化角度分析了肌肉力量的生长发育规律,以及肌肉中肌纤维和结缔组织的自然衰退规律,阐述了中老年肌肉力量锻炼的必要性与可行性,提出了中老年人进行肌肉力量训练应强化Ⅱ型肌纤维、易衰退肌肉和柔韧性的训练等建议。     

Frequency-dependent effect of verapamil on rat soleus muscle

Summary In the presence of verapamil (0.1 mM) rat soleus muscle fibers failed to generate action potentials with overshoots. In fibers with their V_m set to a local level of –90 mV, verapamil produces a gradual reduction in the amplitude of the repetitive action potentials; this effect is more pronounced at high rates of stimulation (100 Hz). Our results suggest a local anesthetic action of this drug that could contribute with its calcium channel blocking effect to the diminished mechanical tension observed in the presence of the drug.Acknowledgments. We thank A. Losavio and M. Stefanolo for technical assistance. This work was supported by grants from CONICET and SUBCYT, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Muscular Dystrophy Association, USA.     

Effects of nitric oxide on the contraction of skeletal muscle

A review of the literature suggests that the effects of nitric oxide (NO) on skeletal muscles fibers can be classified in two groups. In the first, the effects of NO are direct, due to nitrosation or metal nitrosylation of target proteins: depression of isometric force, shortening velocity of loaded or unloaded contractions, glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration. The effect on calcium release channels varies, being inhibitory at low and stimulatory at high NO concentrations. The general consequence of the direct effects of NO is to ‘brake’ the contraction and its associated metabolism. In the second group, the effects of NO are mediated by cGMP: increase of the shortening velocity of loaded or unloaded contractions, maximal mechanical power, initial rate of force development, frequency of tetanic fusion, glucose uptake, glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration; decreases of half relaxation time of tetanus and twitch, twitch time-to-peak, force maintained during unfused tetanus and of stimulus-associated calcium release. There is negligible effect on maximal force of isometric twitch and tetanus. The general consequence of cGMP-mediated effects of NO is to improve mechanical and metabolic muscle power, similar to a transformation of slow-twitch to fast-twitch muscle, an effect that we may summarize as a ‘slow-to-fast’ shift.     

Muscle fluorometry: A determination of the depth of penetration

Summary Fluorometric recordings of NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) were made on rabbit papillary muscles. The specimens were placed between the UV light source and a small window of the detection stage. As the muscle was moved over the window in a transverse direction, simultaneous measurement could be taken of transmitted UV light and fluorescent light for various thicknesses of tissue. It is concluded that a muscle thinckness of 0.65 mm, is optimal before absorption of the incident light decreases the fluorescence signal.     

Integrins and cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular diseases involve abnormal cell-cell interactions leading to the development of atherosclerotic plaque, which when ruptured causes massive platelet activation and thrombus formation. Parts of a loose thrombus may detach to form an embolus, blocking circulation at a more distant point. The integrins are a family of adhesive cell receptors interacting with adhesive proteins or with counterreceptors on other cells. There is now solid evidence that the major integrin on platelets, the fibrinogen receptor α _IIb  β ₃ , has an important role in several aspects of cardiovascular diseases and that its regulated inhibition leads to a reduction in incidence and mortality due to these disorders. The development of α _IIb  β ₃ inhibitors is an important strategy of many pharmaceutical companies which foresee a large market for the treatment of acute conditions in surgery, the symptoms of chronic conditions and, it is hoped, maybe even the successful prophylaxis of these conditions. Although all the associated problems have not been solved, the undoubted improvements in patient care resulting from the first of these treatments in the clinic have stimulated further research on the role of integrins on other vascular cells in these processes and in the search for new inhibitors. Both the development of specific inhibitors and of mice with specific integrin subunit genes ablated have contributed to a better understanding of the function of integrins in development of the cardiovascular system.     

关于快慢两种肌纤维的形态结构及代谢特性与运动能力的研究

本文从形态结构及生理代谢角度论述了人体骨骼肌中的快慢两种肌纤维的生理机制及运动能力，并揭示出了用不同强度的练习可分别发展不同类型的肌纤维，同时也为运动员的选材提供了可靠的科学依据。     

Intercellular dye-coupling in intestinal smooth muscle. Are gap junctions required for intercellular coupling?

Summary The dye Lucifer Yellow was injected into single smooth muscle cells in the guinea pig small intestine in order to study intercellular coupling. Dye-coupling was observed in both the circular and longitudinal muscle layers and was markedly reduced when the intercellular pH was lowered. These results suggest the presence of gap junctions among intestinal muscle cells, but are inconsistent with previous ultrastructural studies that failed to demonstrate such junctions in the longitudinal muscle.     

幼儿体操教学对幼儿大肌肉动作发展影响的实验研究

采用大肌肉动作发展测试量表,研究了幼儿体操教学对4～6岁幼儿大肌肉群动作发展的影响,结果表明：幼儿体操教学可以有效地促进4～6岁幼儿的大肌肉群动作的发展,且对位移技能的影响较为显著;4～6岁幼儿大肌肉动作的发展具有不平衡性,男女孩位移动作方面发展较均衡,而男孩物体控制方面较好。