Echocardiographic evidence of left atrial mechanical dysfunction after conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in 5 horses     

Schwarzwald CC  Schober KE  Bonagura JD 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2007,21(4):820-827

BACKGROUND: Atrial contractile dysfunction occurs in some species after conversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) to normal sinus rhythm (NSR) but has not been reported in horses with naturally occurring AF. HYPOTHESIS: Transthoracic echocardiography allows detection of left atrial (LA) mechanical dysfunction in horses after conversion of AF to NSR. ANIMALS: Five Standardbreds with AF and 6 healthy Standardbreds of similar age, weight, and athletic condition were included in this study. METHODS: Four horses were treated pharmacologically (quinidine), and 1 horse was treated by means of transvenous electrical cardioversion. Echocardiographic examinations were performed in normal horses (once) and in AF horses (24 hours and 72 hours after conversion to NSR) by means of 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE), transmitral flow Doppler, and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) techniques. Echocardiographic indices of LA mechanical function were compared between normal horses and AF horses. RESULTS: Two-dimensional echocardiography and TDI indices of LA mechanical function revealed significant decreases in LA contractile function and LA reservoir function 24 hours after cardioversion. This decrease was no longer statistically significant 72 hours after cardioversion, but changes in echocardiographic variables between 24 and 72 hours varied among horses. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: LA contractile dysfunction can be evaluated in horses by use of 2DE, transmitral Doppler flow velocity profiles, and analyses of LA wall motion by TDI. The results of this study are consistent with AF-induced atrial remodeling, although residual treatment effects or influence of underlying primary myopathy cannot be excluded.  相似文献   

低温压力对ZF4细胞组蛋白修饰的影响     

姜蓬垒  时应娣  侯艳雯  韩兵社  张俊芳 《中国水产科学》2019,26(2):280-286

为探索低温压力对斑马鱼细胞组蛋白修饰的影响,建立并优化使用斑马鱼(Danio rerio)成纤维细胞ZF4进行染色质免疫共沉淀(chromatin immunoprecipitation, ChIP)的条件。本研究分别优化了ChIP过程中裂解细胞所使用的NP-40浓度、超声破碎的时间,确定了最佳NP-40浓度为0.2%,超声时间为20 min。利用针对β-actin启动子区域的引物,通过常规PCR初步验证ChIP实验是否成功。琼脂糖凝胶电泳结果显示, IgG组常规PCR产物基本无条带,H3K27me3组条带较暗, H3K4me3和H3K27ac组有较亮条带,初步说明实验可靠。使用正常培养(28℃)与长期低温驯化(18℃, 30 d)的斑马鱼成纤维细胞ZF4作为实验材料,通过优化之后的ChIP技术进行实验。分别使用qPCR和ChIP-qPCR检测低温驯化对肿瘤坏死因子b(tumor necrosis factor b,tnfb)基因表达以及其启动子区域H3K4me3、H3K27ac、H3K27me3的影响。qPCR结果显示tnfb基因经过低温驯化后上调,而ChIP-qPCR结果显示,tnfb基因启动子区域的H3K4me3、H3K27ac富集度也出现升高, H3K27me3没有明显变化,提示低温压力可能通过影响tnfb基因启动子区域的H3K4me3、H3K27ac水平来调控tnfb基因的表达。本研究建立并优化的ChIP实验条件可以用来研究ZF4细胞组蛋白修饰变化,为下一步探索低温压力对斑马鱼细胞全基因组组蛋白修饰的影响奠定基础。  相似文献   

Zacopride attenuates pressure overload-induced ventricular remodeling in rats     

LIU Cheng-fang  REN Fang-fang  HE Rong-li  ZHANG Wei-guo  FU Ping  WU Bo-wei 《园艺学报》2019,35(2):206-211

AIM:To investigate the protective effect of zacopride (ZAC) on the pressure-overload left ventricular remodeling in the rats induced by coarctation of abdominal aorta. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with pressure overload were induced by the coarctation of abdominal aorta. The model rats were intraperitoneally administered with ZAC, chloroquine (Chlor), and zacopride+chlorquine (ZAC+Chlor). The study duration was 8 weeks. The cardiac structure and function were assessed by echocardiography. The heart weight/body weight (HW/BW) ratio and the left ventricular weight/body weight (LVW/BW) ratio were calculated. The changes of structure and shape in myocardial tissue were observed with HE staining. The ultrastructure of the myocytes was observed under transmission electron microscope. The inward rectifier potassium channel (I_K1) protein expression was determined by Western blot. The mRNA expression of Kir2.1 was detected by RT-PCR. RESULTS:Compared with vehicle group, ZAC improved cardiac function, as indicated by the decreased left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD) and left ventricular end systolic dimension (LVESD) (P<0.05), and the increased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) (P<0.01). The HW/BW and LVW/BW ratios were significantly decreased, and the cross-sectional area of the cardiomyocytes was significantly less in ZAC group than that in vehicle group (P<0.01). The ultrastructure of the myocytes was significantly improved. Chlor blocked the protective effect of zacopride on the pressure-overload left ventricular remodeling. The protein level of I_K1 and mRNA expression of Kir2.1 in the cardiac tissues in ZAC group were significantly increased compared with vehicle group (P<0.01). CONCLUSION:I_K1 agonist ZAC significantly attenuates pressure overload-induced ventricular remodeling in rats.  相似文献   

Changes in renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system during cardiac remodeling after mitral valvuloplasty in dogs     

Chieh&#x;Jen Cheng  Ahmed S. Mandour  Tomohiko Yoshida  Toshihiro Watari  Ryou Tanaka  Katsuhiro Matsuura 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2022,36(2):397

BackgroundInformation regarding changes in renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS) during cardiac remodeling after mitral valvuloplasty (MVP) in dogs remains lacking.Hypothesis/ObjectivesTo assess the longitudinal effects of MVP on circulating RAAS activity.AnimalsEight client‐owned dogs receiving MVP for myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD).MethodsThis is a cohort study. Plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin II (AT2), aldosterone (PAC), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine concentrations, were measured in these dogs before (baseline) and at 3 consecutive monthly follow‐ups (Post‐1M, Post‐2M, Post‐3M). Echocardiography was concomitantly used to assess the process of cardiac recovery after MVP.ResultsThe echocardiography revealed a significant decrease in LVIDDN, LA/Ao, FS, E velocity, E/A, E′ sep, S′ lat, E′ lat, and A′ lat after MVP compared with baseline (P < .05). There was a significant reduction in the PRA (2.45, 3.05, 2.74 vs 8.8 ng/mL/h; P = .002), AT2 (466, 315, 235 vs 1200 pg/mL; P = .009), and PAC (39.88, 47, 54.62 vs 179.5 pg/mL; P = .01), respectively at Post‐1M, Post‐2M, Post‐3M compared to the baseline. Additionally, BUN and creatinine concentrations decreased from Post‐1M. The RAAS variables showed significant, weak to moderate, relationship with selected echocardiographic variables.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceMitral valvuloplasty contributes to decreased RAAS activity in MMVD dogs, which paralleled the process of cardiac reverse remodeling up to Post‐3M. This information facilitates formulating strategies to optimize clinical outcomes for dogs after MVP.  相似文献   

Effect of CKLF1-C19 polypeptide on differentiation of human lung fibroblast into myofibroblast induced by TGF-β     

LONG Hang  TAN Ya-xia  QIU Yuan  SHI Yan-qing  WANG Yan-sheng  HUANG Jie-hong  ZHOU Wen-liang 《园艺学报》2017,33(11):2047-2052

AIM: To investigate the effect of CKLF1-C19 polypeptide (C19) on differentiation of human lung fibroblast (LFB) into myofibroblast (MFB) induced by TGF-β. METHODS: LFBs were cultured and identified. LFBs were treated with TGF-β (5 μg/L) to establish the cell model of LFB differentiate into MFB. The LFBs were divided into 6 experimental groups including control group, TGF-β group, and TGF-β plus different doses (1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 mg/L) C19 groups. The cell morphology, cell proliferation rate, and the expression of α smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and collagen I were observed. RESULTS: Human primary LFB was successfully cultured and was confirmed by the method of immunofluorescence. TGF-β at 5 μg/L induced proliferation and differentiation of LFB. The mRNA levels of α-SMA and collagen I in TGF-β group were higher than that in control group (P<0.05).The cell proliferation rates, mRNA levels of α-SMA and collagen I, and the protein expression of α-SMA in 0.01 mg/L+TGF-β group and 0.001 mg/L+TGF-β group were markedly lower than those in TGF-β group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: C19 at 0.01 mg/L and 0.001 mg/L effectively inhibits differentiation of LFB into MFB induced by TGF-β, thus inhibiting the process of airway remodeling and fibrosis to some extent.  相似文献   

肉鸡肺动脉高压综合征自然病例肺微细动脉肌型化的观察   总被引：12，自引：5，他引：12  

向瑞平  王小龙  王金勇  李家奎 《南京农业大学学报》2001,24(1):85-88

随机抽取12羽与缺氧有关的肺动脉高压\综合征（PHS）自然病鸡和12羽同种，同龄健康AA肉鸡，用组织形这方法对患PHS肉鸡和健康肉鸡肺细小动脉结构变化进行定量检测和比较分析，结果显示：患PHS肉鸡的肺细小动脉血管管壁面积与管总面积之比（WA／TA），中膜厚度与管外径之比均极显高于健康肉鸡（P＜0．01），以直径小于60um和直径小于200um的肺微细动脉 的末稍厚血管百分率和三型血管占位比例进行测定，结果患PHS肉鸡的肌化百分率也极显高于健康肉鸡（P＜0．01），组织病理学检查显示，血管内膜及中膜细胞增生，肥厚，揭示缺氧性肺动脉高压肉鸡的肺血管发生了以非肌性动脉肌型化，肌性动脉管壁增生，肥厚为主要特征的血管重构现象。  相似文献   

性成熟鲶精巢发育的显微结构研究     

陈永  魏刚 《西南大学学报(自然科学版)》1996,18(4):375-378

光镜观察表明，性成熟鲶的精巢属叶型结构，各小叶由数个小囊组成。可根据各期细胞大小、数量多少、核染色质凝聚程度等划分精巢的发育时期。鲶的精巢从第Ⅲ期到第Ⅴ期时，初级精母细胞发育成为次级精母细胞、精子细胞和精子，第Ⅵ期为排精后退化时期。  相似文献   

牧草表观遗传学研究进展   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

赵媛媛  刘自扬  边佳辉  孙占敏  周焘  唐益雄  吴燕民 《草业学报》2020,29(4):168-183

表观遗传是指在DNA序列不变的情况下基因表达发生变化的现象。表观遗传现象与外界环境条件的变化紧密相关,它参与植物的生长发育、胁迫响应、衰老死亡等重要生命过程并在其中起到了关键作用。表观遗传学作为一门新兴学科在近20年间得到了快速发展,成为当前动植物和医学领域的研究热点。目前植物表观遗传学的相关研究主要集中在DNA甲基化、组蛋白修饰、RNA甲基化、染色质重塑和非编码RNA修饰等方面,并取得了许多重要成果。然而,相对于模式植物拟南芥和其他主要作物而言,牧草的表观遗传学研究仍处于起步阶段。因此,开展牧草表观遗传学研究对我国草牧业的可持续发展具有重要意义。本研究对表观遗传学的概念、研究方法、研究内容(包括DNA甲基化、组蛋白修饰、RNA甲基化、染色质重塑和非编码RNA修饰等)及牧草表观遗传学相关研究进行了全面总结和综述,并对表观遗传在草牧业中的发展前景进行了展望。  相似文献   

Musculoskeletal Injury in Thoroughbred Racehorses : Correlation of Findings Using Multiple Imaging Modalities     

Lorrie Gaschen  Daniel J. Burba  DVM 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice》2012

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Role of connective tissue growth factor in airway remodeled in rats induced by repeated bacterial infection     

WEN Wen  LAI Guo-xiang  LIU De-ling  ZHANG Ya-bin  YAO Li-qing  WANG Ai-min 《园艺学报》2012,28(3):546-549

AIM: To investigate the role of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in airway remodeling in rats induced by repeating Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection. METHODS: The rats were intratracheally injected with PA for 12 times to induce chronic lung inflammation. The pathological changes of the trachea and lungs were observed, and the thickness of the trachea wall and vessel wall was measured. At the same time, the methods of immunochemistry and real-time quantitative RT-PCR were used to determine the protein and mRNA expression of CTGF in the lung tissues. The relevance between pathological changes and CTGF expression was also analyzed. RESULTS: From the 4th week, the thickness of the trachea wall and vessel wall in infectious group was larger than that in NS group (P<0.05). At the 16th week, obvious chronic inflammation in all grade bronchi appeared, the trachea walls were thickened and the lumens were narrowed in the infected animals. The expression of CTGF was significantly up-regulated (P<0.01) with positive correlations to the thickness of the trachea wall and vessel wall (r=0.880, r=0.829,P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Airway remodeling in rats is induced by repeated injection of PA. CTGF may play some roles in the pathogenesis of airway remodeling.  相似文献