疼痛的神经生物学--理解大脑机制及神经疾病治疗的机理

中枢神经系统的神经元和突触具有可塑性，他们能够发生贯穿整个生命过程的长时程改变。研究这种长时程变化的分子和细胞学机制，不仅可以帮助我们了解大脑如何学习和储存新的知识，而且还可以揭示机体损伤后病理变化的机制。我认为，一方面学习和记忆等生理学功能的神经机制可能与大脑在疼痛期间的反常或机体损伤相关的变化过程共用一些信号分子；另一方面，一些不参与认知学习和记忆过程的突触和神经元网络机制也可能与疼痛的病理过程相关。伤害性感受可以从脊髓传递到前脑并在不同水平受到调节。其中，前扣带脑皮质(anterior cingulate cortex，ACC)在痛觉的感受和调节中具有重要作用。我们的实验结果表明，ACC中的N-甲基-D-门冬氨酸(NMDA)受体依赖的、钙／钙调蛋白激活的腺苷酸环化酶(adenylyl cyclases，AC)(ACl和ACB)在慢性痛的表达过程中起着重要的作用。ACC还可以通过激活内源性易化系统影响脊髓背角的痛觉信号传递。这些结果为机体对损伤的生理反应如痛行为反应、情绪变化和不良记忆等提供了重要的突触和分子水平的机制。加强对疼痛机制研究，会带动中国的神经科学的基础和临床研究。     

突触可塑性与学习记忆

以LTP为例,通过综述前人实验及理论,对突触可塑性的两种表现形式:即结构可塑性和 传递效能可塑性与学习记忆的关系进行了研究.突触可塑性被认为是学习记忆的神经学基础,而其 中最受人们关注、研究最多的是突触传递的长时程增强(LTP).     

Crystallogeny fundamentals of the cholesterol gallstone

The nucleation mechanism and crystal growth process of the cholesterol gallstone are studied and a systematic theory expounded by crystallogeny is proposed. Normal feed and stone-forming feed were used to raise guinea pigs in the control and stone-causing groups respectively. The state and transformation of liquid crystal vesicles, the appearance of crystal nuclei, and the formation of microcrystal grains were observed under a polarizing microscope during the experimental period. It was found that the liquid crystal vesicles in the bile of the control group were small, scattered, and always existed as single forms, and no shaped gallstone crystals were formed. While in the stone-causing group, liquid crystal vesicles grew to larger ones, and then aggregated to form large liquid crystal cells. Solid crystal growth along the edge of these liquid crystal cells formed microcrystal grains. These demonstrated that bile liquid crystal vesicles form the basic nuclei of cholesterol gallstone. Heterogeneous nucleation is the common process in the formation of crystal nuclei and crystal growth.     

Neurosteroid enhances glutamate release in rat prelimbic cortex via activation of α1-adrenergic and σ1 receptors

The present paper studied the effect and mechanism of neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate (PREGS) on spontaneous glutamate release using electrophysiological and biochemical methods combined with a pharmacological approach. The results suggested that PREGS had a selective enhancing effect on spontaneous glutamate release in the prelimbic cortex and the hippocampus but not in the striatum. The effect of PREGS in the prelimbic cortex appeared to be via modulation of ₁-adrenergic and ₁ receptors, but in the hippocampus it might be dependent on ₁ receptors only. The activation of ₁-adrenergic receptors synergized ₁ receptor activation in the prelimbic cortex. Intracellular calcium released from the endoplasmic reticulum, protein kinase C, adenylyl cyclase and protein kinase A played a key role in the effect of PREGS. Intracellular calcium, protein kinase C and adenylyl cyclase might be upstream events in the activation of protein kinase A after PREGS.Received 7 January 2005; received after revision 19 February 2005; accepted 22 February 2005 Available online 29 March 2005     

多巴胺与慢突触传递

介绍了2000年诺贝尔生理医学奖和慢突触传递的发现,讨论了多巴胺在神经信息传递过程中的化学机制以及与快突触传递相比较,慢突触传递的区别、特点、作用和意义。     

类DLVO理论与胆固醇单水结晶形成过程

就人体胆汁胆固醇单水结晶形成过程提出了类DLVO理论，应用该理论初步阐明了其结晶过程可能的化学物理机制，并分析了该理论在促、抗风核因于及溶石方面的意义。     

全麻剂作用下Ca~(2 )诱导膜融合的研究

全麻剂通过干扰膜的结构与功能而起作用，研究了四种全麻剂（氯仿、乙醚、乙醇及辛醇）对３ｍｍｏｌＣａ２＋诱导融合影响用ＰＳ：ＤＭＰＣ：Ｃｈｏｌｅｓｔｅｒｏｌ＝５：３：２的人工膜脂质体进行实验，脂质体融合用荧光共振能量转移监测，初步实验表明：在临床浓度范围内，氯仿，乙酸及辛醇能轻微地抑制膜融合，而乙醇在临床浓度附近能促进膜融合，并且随着乙醇浓度的提高其促融合效应变得十分明显，这可能是乙醇分子的极性及通过氢键与磷脂头缔结，并取代部份结构水，减弱水化排斥力而促使膜融合。     

Lipid transport pathways in mammalian cells

Summary A major deficit in our understanding of membrane biogenesis in eukaryotes is the definition of mechanisms by which the lipid constituents of cell membranes are transported from their sites of intracellular synthesis to the multiplicity of membranes that constitute a typical cell. A variety of approaches have been used to examine the transport of lipids to different organelles. In many cases the development of new methods has been necessary to study the problem. These methods include cytological examination of cells labeled with fluorescent lipid analogs, improved methods of subcellular fractionation, in situ enzymology that demonstrates lipid translocation by changes in lipid structure, and cell-free reconstitution with isolated organelles. Several general patterns of lipid transport have emerged but there does not appear to be a unifying mechanism by which lipids move among different organelles. Significant evidence now exists for vesicular and metabolic energy-dependent mechanisms as well as mechanisms that are clearly independent of cellular ATP content.     

神经系统识别爆发性锋电位序列的机制讨论

讨论神经系统识别爆发型锋电位序列信息的机制,认为序列的信息存储在爆发锋电位组内间隔和组间间隔2个时间变量中,建立了一个神经回路,通过突触传递过程中的易化、反馈调节机制以及时间依赖的学习机制等突触可塑性机制,给出了神经系统识别爆发性锋电位序列信息的一种可能机制,其中包括分解机制和整合机制两部分.首先通过神经元选择性响应的动力学性质,将锋电位序列的信息分解,并将每组锋电位内部间隔的信息通过不同神经元学习存储.通过突触延迟时间的动力学调整,将2组锋电位之间的时间间隔学习、存储在回路中.经过多次学习训练,神经回路对输入信号形成特定的突触连接结构以及时空响应输出模式,实现对爆发性锋电位序列信息的识别.