Analysis of epidemiologic situation of cholera in 2012 in Kazakhstan

In the world the tendency of growth of cholera cases has been increasing. In Kazakhstan in 2011 epidemic cholera strains were isolated from the environment. In 2012 the cholera situation was quite stable. The cholera strains were isolated from the environment. Strains V. cholerae non O1 were isolated from people. But all isolated strains were not hazardous. By the complex of factors the South. Kazakhstan. Region is more cholera unfavorable region in Kazakhsta

Benidipine reduces ischemia reperfusion-induced systemic oxidative stress through suppression of aldosterone production in mice

Aldosterone is implicated in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases, including ischemia reperfusion (I/R) and myocardial infarction, and also causes oxidative stress and inflammation in cardiovascular systems. Benidipine, a long-acting T-and L-type calcium channel blocker, reduces infarct size following myocardial I/R in rabbits. Benidipine also inhibits the production of aldosterone in vitro. However, the precise mechanism of this phenomenon in vivo remains unknown. We therefore evaluated whether benedipine has a beneficial role through the regulation of oxidative stress in myocardial I/R. C57BL/6J mice were subjected to 30 min of left ascending coronary I/R. Benidipine was administered orally at 3 mg kg -1daily for 3 weeks without any changes in hemodynamic variables. Benidipine significantly reduced infarction size (13.4±2.5%) compared with controls (25.5±3.6%). Urinary 8-hydroxy-2′ deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a marker of oxidative DNA damage, increased significantly after I/R. I/R induced increases in 8-OHdG were significantly lower with benidipine. Local myocardial 8-OHdG was also elevated in I/R, but this augmentation was significantly suppressed with benidipine. The plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) significantly increased 2 days after I/R and remained elevated at least 7 days after I/R. Treatment with benidipine significantly decreased I/R-induced elevation of the PAC. I/R-induced markers of fibrosis in hearts also reduced in benidipine. These results suggest that the administration of benidipine reduces myocardial infarct size as well as systemic oxidative stress after I/R. These phenomena are partially linked to reduced plasma aldosterone levels. © 2012 The Japanese Society of Hypertension All rights reserved

Stimulation of lymphocyte responses by angiotensin II promotes kidney injury in hypertension

Activation of the renin-angiotensin system contributes to the progression of chronic kidney disease. Based on the known cellular effects of ANG II to promote inflammation, we posited that stimulation of lymphocyte responses by ANG II might contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertensive kidney injury. We therefore examined the effects of the immunosuppressive agent mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on the course of hypertension and kidney disease induced by chronic infusion of ANG II in 129/SvEv mice. Although it had no effect on the severity of hypertension or cardiac hypertrophy, treatment with MMF significantly reduced albuminuria and ameliorated kidney injury, decreasing glomerulosclerosis and reducing lymphocyte infiltration into the renal interstitium. Attenuation of renal pathology with MMF was associated with reduced expression of mRNAs for the proinflammatory cytokines interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α and the profibrotic cytokine transforming growth factor-β. As infiltration of the kidney by T lymphocytes was a prominent feature of ANG II-dependent renal injury, we carried out experiments examining the effects of ANG II on lymphocytes in vitro. We find that exposure of splenic lymphocytes to ANG II causes prominent rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton. These actions require the activity of Rho kinase. Thus, ANG II exaggerates hypertensive kidney injury by stimulating lymphocyte responses. These proinflammatory actions of ANG II seem to have a proclivity for inducing kidney injury while having negligible actions in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy

Study on Optimal Path Changing Tools in CNC Turret Typing Machine Based on Genetic Algorithm

International audienceThis paper is aimed to find the optimum path of CNC turret typing system to reduce the changing tools times and optimize tool movement routes to make up for the deficiency of CNC Turret Typing machine production efficiency. An uncertainty polynomial model is raised based on the asymmetric traveling salesman problem. And genetic algorithm (GA) is used to solve the path optimization problem. The optimization of path can minimize the moving tools times. Furthermore, the optimization problem is simplified to shortest distance between points. Fitness function, selection operator, crossover operator, mutation operator and other genetic operations are studied in this paper. In addition, the greedy crossover operator, the elite preservation strategy and the self-adaption strategy are imported in GA, which enhance the ability of finding the optimum and speed the efficiency. Finally, MATLAB simulation testifies that the algorithm is valid. The experiment result shows that the GA can shorten processing time and can reduce the air travel effectively without changing the machine’s hardware through reasonable arrangement of the changing and moving tools path. As a result, the efficiency and precision of CNC turret typing system was improved availably

Aldosterone deficiency adversely affects pregnancy outcome in mice

Circulating aldosterone levels are increased in human pregnancy. Inadequately low aldosterone levels as present in preeclampsia, a life-threatening disease for both mother and child, are discussed to be involved in its pathogenesis or severity. Moreover, inactivating polymorphisms in the aldosterone synthase gene have been detected in preeclamptic women. Here, we used aldosterone synthase-deficient (AS(-/-)) mice to test whether the absence of aldosterone is sufficient to impair pregnancy or even to cause preeclampsia. AS(-/-) and AS(+/+) females were mated with AS(+/+) and AS(-/-) males, respectively, always generating AS(+/-) offspring. With maternal aldosterone deficiency in AS(-/-) mice, systolic blood pressure was low before and further reduced during pregnancy with no increase in proteinuria. Yet, AS(-/-) had smaller litters due to loss of fetuses as indicated by a high number of necrotic placentas with massive lymphocyte infiltrations at gestational day 18. Surviving fetuses and their placentas from AS(-/-) females were smaller. High-salt diet before and during pregnancy increased systolic blood pressure only before pregnancy in both genotypes and abolished the difference in blood pressure during late pregnancy. Litter size from AS(-/-) was slightly improved and the differences in placental and fetal weights between AS(+/+) and AS(-/-) mothers disappeared. Overall, an increased placental efficiency was observed in both groups paralleled by a normalization of elevated HIF1α levels in the AS(-/-) placentas. Our results demonstrate that aldosterone deficiency has profound adverse effects on placental function. High dietary salt intake improved placental function. In this animal model, aldosterone deficiency did not cause preeclampsia

Regulated acid-base transport in the collecting duct

The renal collecting system serves the fine-tuning of renal acid-base secretion. Acid-secretory type-A intercalated cells secrete protons via a luminally expressed V-type H(+)-ATPase and generate new bicarbonate released by basolateral chloride/bicarbonate exchangers including the AE1 anion exchanger. Efficient proton secretion depends both on the presence of titratable acids (mainly phosphate) and the concomitant secretion of ammonia being titrated to ammonium. Collecting duct ammonium excretion requires the Rhesus protein RhCG as indicated by recent KO studies. Urinary acid secretion by type-A intercalated cells is strongly regulated by various factors among them acid-base status, angiotensin II and aldosterone, and the Calcium-sensing receptor. Moreover, urinary acidification by H(+)-ATPases is modulated indirectly by the activity of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC. Bicarbonate secretion is achieved by non-type-A intercalated cells characterized by the luminal expression of the chloride/bicarbonate exchanger pendrin. Pendrin activity is driven by H(+)-ATPases and may serve both bicarbonate excretion and chloride reabsorption. The activity and expression of pendrin is regulated by different factors including acid-base status, chloride delivery, and angiotensin II and may play a role in NaCl retention and blood pressure regulation. Finally, the relative abundance of type-A and non-type-A intercalated cells may be tightly regulated. Dysregulation of intercalated cell function or abundance causes various syndromes of distal renal tubular acidosis underlining the importance of these processes for acid-base homeostasis