p300乙酰化在卡介苗感染中的作用

研究p300乙酰化在卡介苗(bacillus Calmette Guérin,BCG)感染中的作用。构建THP-1巨噬细胞模型,比较BCG感染前后p300蛋白表达水平和组蛋白H3乙酰化水平的改变,加入p300特异性抑制剂Delphinidin,观察细胞内组蛋白H3乙酰化水平的变化。结果表明,在分化成熟的THP-1细胞系中,BCG感染能够上调p300蛋白表达水平和组蛋白H3乙酰化水平,加入p300特异性抑制剂Delphinidin后,组蛋白H3乙酰化水平降低。BCG感染通过p300途径导致蛋白质乙酰化水平发生改变。     

U937细胞中GATA1调控c-myb基因表达

c-myb是血细胞生成过程中的一个重要转录因子,与造血干细胞的增殖、分化、凋亡有关.在白血病、结肠癌、乳腺癌和黑色素瘤等恶性肿瘤中,c-myb异常表达,但是在白血病细胞中c-myb调控的机制尚不清楚.本研究探究了U937细胞中GATA1与c-myb的调控关系,可能对白血病研究和治疗提供帮助.用12-氧-十四烷酰佛波醇-13-乙酸酯(TPA)诱导U937细胞分化,并检测分化前后GATA1与c-myb蛋白的变化.Western blot结果显示U937细胞经TPA诱导分化后c-myb与GATA1蛋白均明显下降.利用慢病毒包装GATAl shRNA质粒和GATA1过表达质粒并感染到U937细胞中实现转录因子GATA1的敲降及过表达后,检测c-myb的mRNA和蛋白的表达水平.结果 显示:敲降GATA1后,c-myb的mRNA和蛋白质水平明显下降;过表达GATA1后,c-myb的mRNA和蛋白质水平明显上调.本研究揭示了U937细胞中GATA1对c-myb的正向调控关系,为白血病研究和治疗方案提供了新的思路.     

利用双向电泳技术研究异烟肼耐药MTB感染U937引致的差异表达蛋白

利用双向电泳技术对结核分枝杆菌（MTB）异烟肼（INH）耐药株和敏感株感染人源巨 噬细胞（U937）后的全细胞蛋白表达图谱进行差异比较和分析,发现其中产生差异的有86个蛋白质斑点.利用基质辅助激光解吸/电离飞行时间质谱技术对其中8个差异表达蛋白质斑点进行分析鉴定,获得8个明确的肽质量指纹图谱.通过在蛋白质数据库中进行检索分析,确定这8个蛋白质中的2个为在INH耐药株感染的U937中差异表达的干细胞生长因子和主要组织相容性复合物Ⅰ类抗原,6个为在敏感株感染的U937中差异表达的微管蛋白β4、信号转导和转录激活子3、延长因子-2激酶、环指蛋白29、锌指蛋白193和SNARE Vti1a-β蛋白.实验结果显示,INH耐药株和敏感株感染后的U937表达蛋白有差异,这有助于分析解释临床中观察到的受INH耐药株感染的病例出现毒力下降、致病性下降、传染性降低以及潜伏期延长的现象.结果为针对INH耐药株进行的新疫苗的设计提供了探索方向.     

白血病耐药细胞系U937/ADR的建立及其生物学性状

目的：建立白血病耐药细胞系U937/ADR模型,并检测其多药耐药相关基因及其生物学性状的改变。方法：以大剂量阿霉素(IC50浓度),短时间(2h)暴露法诱导人白血病细胞系U937细胞的阿霉素耐药性。检测细胞的生长曲线,计算阿霉素耐药倍数,流式细胞术分析细胞周期分布;罗丹明123检测药物外排功能;荧光定量PCR（FQ-PCR）检测MDR1、MRP1、NF-Κb、Bcl-2、Bax mRNA水平变化;Western blot 检测Akt、p-Akt、P65、P-gp、MRP1和Bcl-2蛋白水平变化。结果：成功构建耐阿霉素U937/ADR细胞系,对阿霉素耐药指数为亲代U937细胞的11倍,U937/ADR群体倍增时间为43.6h,高于亲代细胞8.9h;流式细胞分析显示与U937细胞相比,U937/ADR的G0/G1期细胞增多,而G2/M期细胞减少。并对多种化疗药物产生交叉耐药性。罗丹明123外排试验显示,U937/ADR细胞外排明显增加。U937/ADR细胞MDR1、NF-Κb、Bcl-2 mRNA表达水平明显增加,P-gp及p-Akt、P65表达水平增加。结论：成功构建的U937/ADR细胞系其生物学特性明显不同与亲代U937细胞,对多种化疗药物产生多药耐药,高表达多药耐药蛋白P-gp,同时激活p-Akt及NF-Kb。     

HFCL细胞对U937细胞的诱导分化作用

为了观察正常人骨髓成纤维样细胞系HFCL对急性单核细胞白血病U937细胞促分化作用,及其对经典诱导分化剂TPA诱导分化作用的影响,先建立U937细胞和HFCL细胞共培养体系,以细胞形态学改变、硝基四氦唑蓝(NBT)、流式细胞仪检测细胞周期和CD11b、CD13、CD14、CD33细胞表面抗原作为诱导分化指标;Western印迹检测P38蛋白的表达变化。结果发现,与HFCL细胞共培养后,U937细胞出现分化成熟的形态学改变,且与HFCL细胞直接接触组的诱导分化作用大于用transwell组。同时发现U937细胞与HFCL细胞共培养后,G1期细胞增高,S期细胞减少;CD11b、CD13、CD14和CD33表达增高;且NBT阳性细胞增高至46、3％。Western印迹检测结果显示,直接接触组总P38蛋白表达增加。而且HFCL细胞还能增强TPA对U937的诱导分化作用。     

丝裂原活化的细胞外信号调节激酶在金黄色葡萄球菌诱导的U937细胞凋亡中的作用

目的探讨细胞外信号调节激酶（ERK1／2）在金黄色葡萄球菌（简称金葡菌）诱导的人巨噬细胞系U937细胞凋亡中的作用。方法采用AnnexinVFITc／PI双染流式细胞仪检测U937细胞凋亡,用Westernblotting方法分析不同作用时间MEK和ERK1／2的磷酸化水平。预先用不同浓度的PD98059（ERK途径抑制剂）处理U937细胞1h,观察金葡菌感染30min后U937细胞的凋亡情况。结果U937细胞经过金葡菌处理后,发生凋亡,细胞凋亡率呈时间依赖性升高;随着感染时间的延长,MEK和ERK1／2的磷酸化水平逐渐增加,尤以ERK2比较明显。U937细胞的凋亡可被PD98059抑制。结论金葡菌以时间依赖的方式诱导U937细胞凋亡;金葡菌诱导U937细胞凋亡的效应与激活ERK1／2信号转导通路有关。     

LPS诱导肝细胞L02释放HMGB1蛋白的研究

以人单核巨噬细胞系U937细胞为对照,探讨肝细胞L02分泌晚期炎症介质高迁移率族蛋白HMGB1过程的特点.400μg/L LPS作用于人U937细胞和L02细胞,MTT和荧光TUNEL结果显示0～24 h,两种细胞均未见明显坏死和凋亡.RT-PCR结果表明L02细胞HMGB1 mRNA表达水平高于相应对照组的时相(20 h)晚于U937细胞(16 h).Western blot显示L02细胞上清中检测到HMGB1蛋白的时相(16 h)晚于U937细胞(8h);两者上清HMGBl蛋白水平呈时间依赖性,但U937细胞分泌HMGB1蛋白的量占有绝对优势.细胞免疫荧光观察到两者均有HMGB1从细胞核向胞浆移位的现象,但L02细胞晚于U937细胞.由此可见,LPS诱导肝细胞分泌晚期炎症介质HMGB1具有时相晚、量少的特点,且其分泌HMGB1的过程与HMGB1蛋白移位有关,而并不依赖于细胞坏死与凋亡.     

LPS诱导肝细胞LO2释放HMGB1蛋白的研究

以人单核巨噬细胞系U937细胞为对照,探讨肝细胞LO2分泌晚期炎症介质高迁移率族蛋白HMGB1过程的特点.400 μg/L LPS作用于人U937细胞和LO2细胞,MTT和荧光TUNNEL结果显示0～24 h,两种细胞均未见明显坏死和凋亡.RT-PCR结果表明LO2细胞HMGb1 mRNA表达水平高于相应对照组的时相(20 h)晚于U937细胞(16 h).Western blOT显示LO2细胞上清中检测到HMGB1蛋白的时相(16 h)晚于U937细胞(8h);两者上清HMGB1蛋白水平呈时间依赖性,但U937细胞分泌HMGB1蛋白的量占有绝对优势.细胞免疫荧光观察到两者均有HMGB1从细胞核向胞浆移位的现象,但LO2细胞晚于U937细胞.由此可见,LPS诱导肝细胞分泌晚期炎症介质HMGB1具有时相晚、量少的特点,且其分泌HMGB1的过程与HMGB1蛋白移位有关,而并不依赖于细胞坏死与凋亡.     

氧化修饰LDL诱导U937细胞凋亡及其机制探讨

用氧化修饰低密度脂蛋白（ox-LDL）诱导人髓系白血病细胞株U937细胞凋亡,并研究其作用机制.用脱氧核苷酸转移酶介导的dUTP切口末端标记技术(TUNEL法)、流式细胞仪和DNA断裂分析检测细胞凋亡;用免疫组化检测c-fos、c-jun和c-myc蛋白表达,RT-PCR显示c-fos、c-jun和c-myc mRNA表达水平.结果表明ox-LDL可致U937细胞凋亡,其作用具有浓度效应;ox-LDL可以上调c-fos、c-jun和c-myc基因表达,使c-fos、c-jun和c-myc蛋白合成增多,最终诱导U937细胞凋亡.     

PI3K/AKT途径在大肠埃希菌诱导U937细胞凋亡中的作用

目的探讨PI3K/AKT信号转导通路在大肠埃希菌（Escherichia coli,E.coli）诱导的人巨噬细胞系U937细胞凋亡中的作用。方法利用Western blot分析检测E.coli感染不同时间后磷酸化及非磷酸化AKT的表达;预先用不同浓度的LY294002（PI3K途径抑制剂）处理U937细胞60min,观察E.coli感染30min后U937细胞的凋亡情况。结果随着感染时间的延长,磷酸化AKT的表达逐渐下降。加入PI3K的抑制剂LY294002后,U937细胞的凋亡率逐渐升高。结论PI3K/AKT信号转导通路参与了E. coli诱导的U937细胞凋亡过程。LY294002通过特异性地抑制PI3K/AKT活性增加E.coli诱导的U937细胞凋亡率。     

Aleutian mink disease parvovirus infection of mink macrophages and human macrophage cell line U937: demonstration of antibody-dependent enhancement of infection.

Aleutian mink disease parvovirus (ADV) infects macrophages in adult mink. The virulent ADV-Utah I strain, but not the cell culture-adapted ADV-G strain, infects mink peritoneal macrophage cultures and the human macrophage cell line U937 in vitro. However, preincubation of ADV-G with ADV-infected mink serum enhanced its infectivity for U937 cells. the enhancing activity was present in the protein A-binding immunoglobulin G fraction in the serum, but F(ab')2 fragments failed to enhance the infection. On the other hand, the same sera inhibited ADV-G infection of Crandell feline kidney (CRFK) cells. Although U937 cells were not fully permissive for antibody-enhanced ADV-G infection, ADV mRNA expression, genome amplification, and protein expression were identical to those found previously for ADV-Utah I infection of U937 cells. Preincubation of ADV-Utah I with soluble protein A partly inhibited the infection of U937 cells but did not affect infection of CRFK cells. In mink peritoneal macrophages, preincubation with the infected mink serum did not make ADV-G infectious. However, the infectivity for mink macrophages of antibody-free ADV-Utah I prepared from the lungs of infected newborn mink kits was enhanced by ADV-infected mink serum. Moreover, protein A partly blocked ADV-Utah I infection of mink macrophage cultures. These results suggested that ADV-Utah I enters mink macrophages and U937 cells via an Fc receptor-mediated mechanism. This mechanism, antibody-dependent enhancement, may also contribute to ADV infection in vivo. Furthermore, since ADV infection in mink is characterized by overproduction of anti-ADV immunoglobulins, antibody-dependent enhancement may play a critical role in the establishment of persistent infection with ADV in vivo.     

TNF-α-mediated activation of HIV-1 LTR in monocytoid cells by mycobacteria

Mycobacterial infection occurs commonly in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Incubation of monocytoid cell line U937 cells, which was cotransfected HIV-1 long terminal repeat sequence (LTR) chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) plasmid and Tat expression plasmid, with Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis resulted in enhancement of CAT production, indicating that these mycobacteria could activate LTR in this cell line. The amount of CAT in the cells coexisting with M. smegmatis was higher than that infected with other mycobacteria. The amounts of CAT production in the cells coculturing with M. avium and M. bovis BCG were intermediate. M. tuberculosis slightly stimulated CAT production. The amount of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha produced by transfected U937 cells was correlated with the amount of CAT production. The interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6 levels in the supernatant from coculturing with all species were similar. The antibody to TNF-alpha inhibited CAT production induced by mycobacterial infections. The anti-IL-1beta and anti-IL-6 antibodies, however, scarcely influenced stimulation of LTR by mycobacteria. In addition, U937 cells transfected with full length LTR CAT plasmid showed increased CAT production by activation with mycobacteria, but the cells transfected with mutant LTR CAT constructs from which the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB binding site was deleted did not show activation. These findings indicated that activation of Mycobacterium-induced LTR CAT is NF-kappaB dependent. These findings suggested that activation of HIV-1 LTR by mycobacteria was mainly mediated by NF-kappaB-induced secondary release of cytokine TNF-alpha.     

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2536 protein implicated in specific binding to human cell lines

The gene encoding the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2536 protein is present in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (as assayed by PCR) and transcribed (as determined by RT-PCR) in M. tuberculosis H37Rv, M. tuberculosis H37Ra, M. bovis BCG, and M. africanum strains. Rabbits immunized with synthetic polymer peptides from this protein produced antibodies specifically recognizing a 25-kDa band in mycobacterial sonicate. U937 and A549 cells were used in binding assays involving 20-amino-acid-long synthetic peptides covering the whole Rv2536 protein sequence. Peptide 11207 (161DVFSAVRADDSPTGEMQVAQY180) presented high specific binding to both types of cells; the binding was saturable and presented nanomolar affinity constants. Cross-linking assays revealed that this peptide specifically binds to 50 kDa U937 cell membrane and 45 kDa A549 cell membrane proteins.     

Cell-specific differences in activation of NF-kappa B regulatory elements of human immunodeficiency virus and beta interferon promoters by tumor necrosis factor.

Three aspects of the involvement of tumor necrosis factor in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pathogenesis were examined. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA production was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction amplification in monocytic U937 cells and in a chronically HIV infected U937 cell line (U9-IIIB). TNF-alpha RNA was undetectable in U937 cells, whereas a low constitutive level was detected in U9-IIIB cells. Paramyxovirus infection induced a 5- to 10-fold increase in the steady-state level of TNF-alpha RNA in U9-IIIB cells compared with U937 cells, suggesting that HIV-infected monocytic cells produced higher levels of TNF-alpha than did normal cells after a secondary virus infection. The effects of TNF-alpha on gene expression were examined by transient expression assays using reporter chloramphenicol acetyltransferase plasmids linked to regulatory elements from the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR) and the beta interferon promoter. In U937 and Jurkat T lymphoid cells, the inducibility of the different hybrid promoters by TNF-alpha or phorbol ester varied in a cell type- and promoter context-specific manner; the levels of gene activity of NF-kappa B-containing plasmids correlated directly with induction of NF-kappa B DNA-binding activity. Although the intact beta interferon promoter was only weakly stimulated by phorbol ester or TNF-alpha, multimers of the PRDII NF-kappa B-binding domain were inducible by both agents. TNF-alpha was able to increase expression of the HIV LTR in T cells, but in monocytic cells, TNF-alpha did not induce the HIV LTR above a constitutive level of activity. This level of NF-kappa B-independent activity appears to be sufficient for virus multiplication, since TNF-alpha treatment had no effect on the kinetics of de novo HIV type 1 (HIV-1) infection and viral RNA production in U937 cells. However, in Jurkat cells, TNF-alpha dramatically enhanced the spread of HIV-1 through the cell population and increased viral RNA synthesis, indicating that in T cells HIV-1 multiplication was stimulated by TNF-alpha treatment.     

Mycobacterium bovis BCG induces high mobility group box 1 protein release from monocytic cells

High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB-1), a nuclear protein is a critical cytokine that mediates the response to infection, injury and inflammation. The aim of our study was to elaborate a reliable in vitro model to investigate whether Mycobacterium bovis BCG is able to induce HMGB-1 secretion from the monocytic U-937 cells. Western blot technique was applied for the detection of HMGB-1 from supernatants of cells, following induction with LPS, Staphylococcus aureus, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. HMGB-1 was subjected to MALDI-TOF mass and PSD analysis. Quantitation of the secreted HMGB-1 was performed by ELISA. The BCG strain induced higher amounts of secreted HMGB-1 than LPS or Staphylococcus aureus. The translocation of the HMGB-1 to the cytoplasm following infection of cells with BCG was demonstrated by immunofluorescence examinations. CONCLUSION: Our pilot experiments draw attention the to HMGB-1-inducing ability of Mycobacterium bovis. Assessment of the pathophysiological role of this late cytokine in mycobacterial infections demands further in vitro and in vivo examinations.     

人可溶性CD14基因克隆表达及功能研究

利用反转录PCR技术,从U937细胞总RNA中,扩增编码人可溶性CD14的基因序列,构建了重组表达质粒pEF1/HisC/sCD14^348aa;用脂质体转染法,实现了在真核细胞中的高效表达;用免疫亲和层析纯化表达产物,纯度达90％以上;PLS刺激U937细胞产生CD14的变化,证明了表达产物具有结合LPS的功能。