Objective To establish a rapid,sensitive and specific diagnostic test for detecting Neisse-ria gonorrhoea.Methods The major outer membrane proteins(P Ⅰ )in different gonococcal serogroups were obtained by isolation of outer membrane complex with CTB-ethanol precipitation,the outer membrane proteins were extracted with Z 3,14 and EDTA,and purified with DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B to obtain P Ⅰ .Hybridoma cell lines producing McAbs against P Ⅰ were established with lymphocyte hybridoma techniques.Results The molecular weight of P Ⅰ A and P Ⅰ B were determined with SDS-PAGE as35.2kDa and36.7kDa,respectively.Five hybridoma cell lines producing McAbs continuouslly and stably against P Ⅰ A and P Ⅰ B were obtained,in-cluding two hybridoma cell lines producing McAbs against P Ⅰ A and three hybridoma cell lines producing McAbs against P Ⅰ B.The titers of McAbs in the supernatants in the cultures and in abdominal ascites of BALB/c were from1:64to1:256and from1:4096to1:16384,respectively;and the specificity of the McAbs against P Ⅰ A and P Ⅰ B was so high that they easily reacted with N.gonorrhoeae but did not with other antigens such as N.meningitidis etc.Conclusion The purified P Ⅰ and the McAbs obtained in the study provide a basis to establish a rapid,sensitive and specific diagnostic test for detecting N.gonorrhoea.

OBJECTIVETo explore the synergistic antidepressant effect of quercetin and hyperforin (HF, extracted from Hypericum perforatum).

METHODSMale ICR mice were divided into nine groups:blank control, positive control (Paroxetine, 10 mg/kg), quercetin groups (A: 5 mg/kg, B: 10 mg/kg, C: 20 mg/kg), Hypericum perforatum extract (HF 10 mg/kg),combination groups (A: quercetin 2.5 mg/kg + HF 5 mg/kg,B:quercetin 5 mg/kg + HF 5 mg/kg,C: quercetin 10 mg/kg + HF 5 mg/kg). All drugs were administered intragastrically. Reserpine reversal tests were used to compare the reversal effects of drugs on body temperature decline, eyelid ptosis and akinesia. Tail suspension test was used to compare immobility time in each group.

RESULTSCombination group B showed no significant difference (P>0.05) compared with combination group C in reserpine reversal tests and tail suspension test. However, its body temperature reversal effect was significantly higher (P<0.01) than that of quercetin group B, and its effect in shortening immobility time was stronger than that of HF 10 mg/kg group (P<0.05) and quercetin group B (P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONThe combination of quercetin and Hypericum perforatum extract in certain ratio has significant synergistic antidepressant effect in ICR mice.

Animals ; Antidepressive Agents ; pharmacology ; Depression ; drug therapy ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hypericum ; chemistry ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Plant Extracts ; pharmacology ; Quercetin ; pharmacology