高糖诱导滋养层细胞内质网应激及凋亡

目的探讨高糖对滋养层细胞系HTR-8内质网应激及凋亡的影响。方法用不同浓度的含糖培养基培养人滋养层细胞系HTR-8细胞24小时,实时定量PCR检测细胞中内质网应激相关分子CHOP、GRP78、ATF6、XBP-1 mRNA的表达水平;Western blot检测CHOP、GRP78蛋白表达水平;流式细胞术检测细胞早期凋亡率。结果实时定量PCR结果显示,与正常血糖及渗透压对照组相比,高糖组CHOP及XBP-1 mRNA表达水平显著升高,GRP78 mRNA表达降低,ATF6表达无差异;Western blot检测显示,CHOP蛋白表达水平升高,GRP78蛋白表达水平降低;流式细胞术检测显示,高糖组细胞早期凋亡率增加。正常血糖组与渗透压对照组相比,CHOP、GRP78、ATF6、XBP-1 mRNA、蛋白表达水平及细胞早期凋亡率均无差异。结论高糖能激活滋养层细胞HTR-8内质网应激,并诱导细胞凋亡。     

银杏叶提取物对AGEs诱导心肌细胞内质网应激的影响

目的：探索银杏叶提取物对晚期糖基化终产物（AGEs）作用下心肌细胞损伤以及内质网应激标记性分子GRP 78和CHOP的影响。方法：原代培养SD大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞,随机分为对照组、AGEs组、AGEs＋银杏叶提取物组。MTT法检测心肌细胞存活率,Western blot法检测GRP 78和CHOP蛋白表达水平。结果：与对照组比较,AGEs组48、72 h时心肌细胞存活率降低;与AGEs组比较,银杏叶提取物处理增加心肌细胞存活率。与对照组比较,AGEs组GRP 78和CHOP蛋白表达水平显著升高;与AGEs组比较,银杏叶提取物组GRP 78和CHOP表达水平显著下调。结论：银杏叶提取物能够抑制AGEs诱导的心肌细胞损伤,其机制可能与拮抗GRP 78和CHOP的表达,减轻内质网应激有关。     

内质网应激在晚期糖基化终产物诱导心肌细胞损伤中的作用

目的:研究晚期糖基化终产物(AGEs)对原代培养SD乳鼠心肌细胞的损伤,探讨内质网应激在AGEs诱导心肌细胞损伤中的作用.方法:原代培养SD大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞,随机分为对照组、AGEs组.MTT法检测心肌细胞存活率,Western blot法检测内质网应激蛋白GRP 78和CHOP蛋白表达水平.结果:与对照组相比,AGEs具有损伤心肌细胞的作用,并呈现剂量和时间依赖性;AGEs可以诱导内质网应激相关蛋白GRP 78和CHOP的高表达,并呈现剂量依赖性增加.结论:AGEs可以导致心肌细胞损伤,GRP 78和CHOP蛋白表达水平升高,提示内质网应激通路可能参与了AGEs诱导的心肌细胞损伤.     

内质网应激与胰岛素抵抗

肥胖是一种影响人群健康的重要致病因素 ,肥胖导致胰岛素抵抗和Ⅱ型糖尿病的机制目前尚不清楚 .最近Umut zcan等人在细胞培养和动物模型研究的基础上认为 ,内质网应激可能参与肥胖时胰岛素抵抗的发病过程 .研究者以PKR likekinase(PERK ,内质网膜上的一种蛋白激酶 )和翻译起始因子eIF2α的磷酸化水平为内质网应激指标 ,发现饮食诱导肥胖组及遗传性肥胖组小鼠肝组织和脂肪组织PERK和eIF2α磷酸化水平较正常饮食组和遗传性消瘦组明显升高 .同时 ,葡萄糖调节蛋白 78(GRP78,内质网应激指标 )mRNA的表达水平增高 ,且GRP78mRNA表达的…     

衣霉素诱导大鼠心肌细胞内质网应激凋亡模型的构建

目的:通过衣霉素诱导内质网应激建立新生大鼠心肌细胞凋亡模型。方法:不同浓度、不同时间的衣霉素作用于原代培养乳鼠心肌细胞,通过MTT实验和流式细胞术测定心肌细胞的存活率和凋亡率,Western blot检测内质网应激蛋白GRP78,CHOP表达水平。结果:①与阴性对照组相比,衣霉素具有损伤心肌细胞的作用,并呈现剂量与时间依赖关系(P<0.05,n=12)。②通过流式细胞术判断心肌细胞死亡的性质,当衣霉素浓度为100ng/ml,作用72h时,心肌细胞存活率和凋亡率分别为57.4±3.2%(n=12),25.9±5.8%(n=3)。提示衣霉素损伤细胞的形式主要为凋亡性死亡。③内质网应激蛋白GRP78和CHOP表达于6h开始增加,24h达到峰值,随后呈下降趋势。结论:应用衣霉素成功诱导SD乳鼠心肌细胞内质网应激凋亡模型,衣霉素的最佳诱导浓度为100ng/ml,作用时间为72h。     

雌激素受体GPER通过抑制内质网应激减轻脑缺血再灌注损伤

本文旨在研究G蛋白耦联雌激素受体(G protein-coupled estrogen receptor, GPER)是否通过作用于内质网应激(endoplasmic reticulum stress, ERS)减轻脑缺血再灌注损伤(cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, CIRI)中的海马神经元损伤。采用大脑中动脉栓塞法(middle cerebral artery occlusion, MCAO)制备CIRI动物模型。选取雌性去卵巢(ovariectomized, OVX) Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠,随机分为4组:对照(Control)组、缺血再灌注损伤(MCAO)组、溶媒(MCAO+DMSO)组、GPER特异性激动剂G1(MCAO+G1)组。用Longa评分法对大鼠进行神经行为学评分,用尼氏染色法观察神经元形态学改变,用TTC染色法检测脑梗死情况,用TUNEL染色法检测海马CA1区神经元凋亡情况,用免疫荧光染色技术观察海马CA1区GRP78 (78 kDa glucoseregulatedprotein78)的分布和表达,用Westernblot检测GRP78、Caspase-12、CHOP和Caspase-3蛋白表达水平,用real-time PCR检测GRP78、Caspase-12、CHOPmRNA水平。结果显示,与对照组相比,MCAO组大鼠神经行为学评分、脑梗死体积、细胞凋亡指数、GRP78、Caspase-12和CHOP蛋白和mRNA表达水平均显著升高。而G1可逆转MCAO组大鼠的上述变化。以上结果提示,激活GPER可减少神经元凋亡,减轻大鼠CIRI,其机制可能涉及GPER对ERS的抑制。     

Klotho对CsA慢性肾毒性大鼠肾脏内质网应激相关凋亡的影响

24只雄性SD(Sprague dawley)大鼠在低盐饮食的基础上,随机分为3组:对照组、模型组、治疗组。模型组给予环孢素A(Cyclosporin A,Cs A)30 mg/kg/d腹腔注射共28 d建立慢性肾毒性大鼠模型;治疗组在给予等量Cs A的基础上腹腔注射给予重组可溶性Klotho蛋白(0.02 mg/kg/d腹腔注射,隔日一次)。28 d后处死大鼠,收集肾组织标本;行Masson染色观察肾脏病理损害;TUNEL(Td T-mediated d UTP nick end labeling)染色观察细胞凋亡情况;Western-blot检测肾组织内质网应激标志物兔抗葡萄糖调节蛋白78(glucose regulated protein78,GRP78)及CCAAT/增强子结合蛋白同源蛋白(pro-apoptotic protein CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein,CHOP)的表达情况。分析发现,模型组大鼠肾脏病理损害明显加重,肾小管上皮细胞大量凋亡,GRP78及CHOP表达显著上调,而Klotho治疗组大鼠肾脏病理损害明显减轻,细胞凋亡减少,GRP78及CHOP的表达明显降低。表明Klotho蛋白可通过抑制内质网应激诱导的凋亡缓解Cs A慢性肾毒性的发生。     

内质网膜复合亚基3调控内质网应激影响人畸胎瘤细胞的存活

内质网膜蛋白复合物（endoplasmic reticulum membrane complex,EMC）在跨膜蛋白质的生物发生和膜整合中发挥重要作用。内质网膜复合亚基3(endoplasmic reticulum membrane complex 3,EMC3)是EMC的重要组成部分,但其在生殖细胞中发挥的作用未见报道。本研究通过实时荧光定量PCR法检测18周龄小鼠睾丸、肺、脾、下丘脑组织中的EMC3 mRNA表达水平差异。结果显示,小鼠睾丸中EMC3 mRNA表达水平较高。体外培养人畸胎癌细胞NCCIT,通过不同浓度衣霉素诱导细胞产生内质网应激(endoplasmic reticulum stress,ERS),应用实时荧光定量PCR法、蛋白质印迹法检测其中EMC3、葡萄糖调节蛋白78(glucose regulatory protein,GRP78)、CCAAT-增强子结合蛋白同源蛋白(CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein,CHOP)的mRNA及其蛋白质表达水平。结果显示,相对于对照组,EMC3、GRP78、CHOP的mRNA与蛋白质水平表达极显著升高(P< 0.01),表明衣霉素成功诱导了NCCIT细胞产生内质网应激,EMC3在衣霉素诱导的内质网应激的精原细胞中,mRNA与蛋白质水平表达升高。以NCCIT细胞cDNA为模板,利用PCR法扩增EMC3基因片段,并将其与pRK5-myc载体连接,构建pRK5-myc-EMC3重组质粒,经双酶切鉴定及DNA测序表明：pRK5-myc-EMC3重组质粒构建成功。将重组质粒和空载体分别转染至NCCIT细胞中进行表达,应用实时荧光定量PCR法与CCK8法检测细胞中GRP78、CHOP的mRNA转录水平以及细胞活力。结果显示,EMC3转染组的GRP78、CHOP的mRNA水平表达显著升高(P< 0.05),细胞活性极显著降低(P< 0.01),表明EMC3可以在NCCIT细胞中调控内质网应激并抑制细胞存活的发生。综上表明,过表达EMC3能够在精原细胞中调控内质网应激抑制细胞存活,EMC3可能在精原细胞的内质网应激中发挥重要作用。     

佛手苷内酯对磷酸三钙磨损颗粒诱导骨细胞损伤的影响及机制*

目的:研究佛手苷内酯(BP)对磷酸三钙(TCP)磨损颗粒诱导骨细胞损伤的影响,并阐明其可能作用机制。方法:将TCP磨损颗粒与小鼠骨细胞MLO-Y4细胞共孵育48 h建立骨细胞体外损伤模型,随机分为正常对照(Control)组、TCP磨损颗粒(TCP,0.1 mg/ml)组、佛手苷内酯(1 μmol/L)组、佛手苷内酯(5 μmol/L)组和佛手苷内酯(20 μmol/L)组。MTT法和Calcein-AM染色检测各组骨细胞活性和形态改变;Hoechst 33342染色和流式细胞术分析各组骨细胞凋亡情况;实时荧光定量PCR检测各组骨细胞特征蛋白牙本质基质蛋白-1(DMP-1)、骨硬化蛋白(SOST)、成纤维细胞生长因子23(FGF23)的mRNA水平;Western blot法检测各组骨细胞中内质网应激标志蛋白葡萄糖调节蛋白78(GRP78)、蛋白激酶R样内质网激酶(PERK)、磷酸化PERK(p-PERK)、真核细胞翻译起始因子2α (eIF2α)、磷酸化eIF2α(p-eIF2α)、活性转录因子(ATF4)和 C/EBP 同源蛋白(CHOP)等的表达及caspase-3的活化变化。结果:与Control组比较,TCP组骨细胞的活性和DMP-1的mRNA水平显著降低(P＜0.05),骨细胞凋亡率及SOST、FGF23的mRNA水平显著增加(P＜0.05),GRP78、ATF4和CHOP等蛋白质表达、p-PERK/PERK值和p-eIF2α/eIF2α值显著升高;与TCP组比较,佛手苷内酯组骨细胞损伤明显减轻,骨细胞凋亡率显著减少(P＜ 0.05),GRP78、ATF4和CHOP等蛋白质表达、p-PERK/PERK值和p-eIF2α/PERK值也明显下降(P＜0.05)。结论:佛手苷内酯可明显抑制TCP磨损颗粒所致的骨细胞损伤,其机制可能与减弱TCP磨损颗粒诱导的内质网应激反应及PERK通路的活化密切相关。     

内质网应激诱导的细胞凋亡在大鼠压疮深部组织损伤中的作用

目的:观察压疮大鼠深部组织损伤(DTI)中肌细胞内质网应激(ERS)相关因子表达的变化,探讨内质网应激诱导的细胞凋亡在压疮深部组织损伤中的作用。方法:健康雄性SD大鼠50只,随机分为正常(Con)组,模型(Model)组,实验组(生理盐水(NS)组与4-苯基丁酸(PBA)组),实验组按观察时间点又分为4 d,7 d,14 d,21 d四组(n=5)。PBA组于造模结束后2 ml生理盐水溶解PBA灌胃,隔天1次;NS组予等量生理盐水灌胃。于各时间点处死动物,收集受压肌肉组织。HE染色观察肌肉组织病理变化;TUENL染色观察细胞凋亡;免疫组化检测ERS分子葡萄糖调节蛋白78(GRP78)、C/EBP(CHOP)、凋亡酶12(Caspase 12)的水平。结果:HE染色显示与Con组相比,各实验组肌肉组织出现不同程度病理退化表现,PBA组与NS组相比,损伤程度有所缓解,新生肌纤维融合更快;TUNEL结果显示受压各组较正常组细胞凋亡数增加,于4 d达到高峰,以后逐渐下降,PBA干预后细胞凋亡有所减少(P0.05);免疫组化结果显示:肌肉组织NS组GRP78、CHOP、Caspase 12蛋白表达在4 d达到高峰后逐渐下降。NS组各蛋白在各时间点表达均明显高于PBA组(P0.05)。结论:内质网应激诱导的细胞凋亡参与压疮深部组织损伤病理进程,其相关机制可能与CHOP、Caspase 12介导的的细胞凋亡有关。     

Regional Lung Function in Patients with Obstructive Lung Diseases

Regional lung function was measured, using radioactive xenon-133, in a group of normal subjects and in three carefully defined groups of patients with obstructive lung disease. When compared with the normal subjects, patients in the emphysematous group showed a relative reduction of ventilation and perfusion to the upper zones, while patients having chronic bronchitis without cardiac or respiratory failure showed a predominantly lower zone defect. In the group of patients with chronic bronchitis with cardiac and respiratory failure no consistent pattern was found.     

慢性阻塞性肺病大鼠模型的肺功能及肺组织病理学变化评估

目的:探讨被动吸烟的时间长短与慢性阻塞性肺病(COPD)大鼠模型的肺功能及肺组织病理学的变化之间的关系.方法:采用被动吸烟法建立COPD大鼠模型,随机分为被动吸烟4周组、6周组、8周组和对照组,分别测定和评估不同时间段的各组大鼠模型的肺功能和气道肺组织的病理变化.结果:6周组及8周组大鼠模型的呼气峰流速(PEF)显著降低、气道内压上升坡度(IP-slope)显著增高,与对照组比较P＜0.01.以PEF值小于对照组的大鼠80%PEF值为存在气流受限的界线,则4周组、6周组、8周组出现气流受限的鼠分别为0只(0)、6只(75%)及8只(100%),6周组及8周组的大鼠气流受限发生率显著高于4周组(P＜0.01).8周组大鼠出现明显气道壁增厚、气道狭窄及显著肺气肿改变,其气道壁炎细胞浸润、杯状细胞化生、气道壁坏死糜烂、纤维结缔组织及平滑肌增生等评分均显著高于对照组(P＜0.01),气道坏死糜烂、小气道阻塞发生率及气道平滑肌增生等指标显著高于6周组(P＜0.01).6周组中有6只大鼠出现气道狭窄及肺气肿改变,气道壁炎细胞浸润、杯状细胞化生、气道壁坏死糜烂、纤维结缔组织及平滑肌增生等评分均显著高于对照组(P＜0.01).6周组及8周组大鼠PEF值与气道壁纤维组织和平滑肌增生呈显著负相关(P＜0.05);而4周组大鼠未出现典型肺气肿及气道狭窄.结论:COPD的形成与吸烟时间有关,在吸烟量相同条件下,吸烟时间越长,气道和肺组织病变越重,气流受限的发生率越高.     

NDRG2在大鼠肺缺血再灌注损伤中的表达

目的:通过建立大鼠肺缺血再灌注损伤(Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury,LIRI)模型,观察肺缺血再灌注损伤后,肺组织中N-myc下游调节基因2(N-myc downstream regulated gene,NDRG2)表达水平的变化.方法:将70只健康成年雄性SD大鼠随机分成对照组(C)、缺血组(I)、缺血再灌注组(I/R)(后两组各含3个亚组),每组10只.麻醉固定大鼠,颈部切口行气管插管.右侧开胸,肺缺血组依次分别选择游离夹闭右肺门(即右主支气管,右肺动、静脉)缺血30 min、60 min、120 min后,麻醉处死大鼠获取肺组织.肺缺血再灌注组同样选择游离夹闭右肺门,于夹闭右肺门60 min后松开,分别取再灌注30 min、60 min、120m in后麻醉处死大鼠获取肺组织样本.采用免疫组化对肺组织NDRG2进行蛋白定位检测、RT-PCR对肺组织NDRG2 mRNA含量进行检测、Western-blot对肺组织NDRG2蛋白含量进行检测.结果:肺缺血组与对照组比较,肺组织NDRG2的表达无明显变化(P＞0.05);肺缺血再灌注组与对照组比较,NDRG2蛋白含量和mRNA表达量逐渐下降,在60 min时达最低,之后又有所回升,但仍低于对照组(P＜0.05).结论:肺缺血再灌注损伤可下调肺组织中NDR G2的表达含量,NDRG2可能是肺缺血再灌注损伤的靶向调控位点.     

The Association of Systemic Microvascular Changes with Lung Function and Lung Density: A Cross-Sectional Study

Smoking causes endothelial dysfunction and systemic microvascular disease with resultant end-organ damage in the kidneys, eyes and heart. Little is known about microvascular changes in smoking-related lung disease. We tested if microvascular changes in the retina, kidneys and heart were associated with obstructive spirometry and low lung density on computed tomography. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis recruited participants age 45–84 years without clinical cardiovascular disease. Measures of microvascular function included retinal arteriolar and venular caliber, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio and, in a subset, myocardial blood flow on magnetic resonance imaging. Spirometry was measured following ATS/ERS guidelines. Low attenuation areas (LAA) were measured on lung fields of cardiac computed tomograms. Regression models adjusted for pulmonary and cardiac risk factors, medications and body size. Among 3,397 participants, retinal venular caliber was inversely associated with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁) (P<0.001) and FEV₁/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio (P = 0.04). Albumin-to-creatinine ratio was inversely associated with FEV₁ (P = 0.002) but not FEV₁/FVC. Myocardial blood flow (n = 126) was associated with lower FEV₁ (P = 0.02), lower FEV₁/FVC (P = 0.001) and greater percentage LAA (P = 0.04). Associations were of greater magnitude among smokers. Low lung function was associated with microvascular changes in the retina, kidneys and heart, and low lung density was associated with impaired myocardial microvascular perfusion. These cross-sectional results suggest that microvascular damage with end-organ dysfunction in all circulations may pertain to the lung, that lung dysfunction may contribute to systemic microvascular disease, or that there may be a shared predisposition.     

支纤镜肺活检联合刷检与经皮肺穿刺活检对肺周围型病变诊断价值的研究

目的:探讨两种肺检查方法对肺部周围常见疾病的诊断价值.方法:回顾性分析胸片和CT检查发现肺周围型病变的43例患者,在经支气管肺活检联合刷检和/或CT引导经皮肺穿刺活检病理确诊阳性率.结果:43例患者共行33次支气管肺活检联合刷检,26例获取标本成功,阳性诊断率为78.79%.经皮肺穿刺活检17例,全部获取标本成功,1例患者因取材量少,病理结果无诊断意义,阳性诊断率为94.11%,两者结合诊断率97.67%.结论:经支气管肺活检联合刷检与经皮肺穿刺活检对肺周围型病变诊断都是安全、有效、准确、损伤小的诊断方法,两种方法联合使用可明显提高诊断率.     

Lung Microbiota Changes Associated with Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection and the Impact of Intravenous Colistimethate Sodium

Background

Exacerbations associated with chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a major contributor to morbidity, mortality and premature death in cystic fibrosis. Such exacerbations are treated with antibiotics, which generally lead to an improvement in lung function and reduced sputum P. aeruginosa density. This potentially suggests a role for the latter in the pathogenesis of exacerbations. However, other data suggesting that changes in P. aeruginosa sputum culture status may not reliably predict an improvement in clinical status, and data indicating no significant changes in either total bacterial counts or in P. aeruginosa numbers in sputum samples collected prior to pulmonary exacerbation sheds doubt on this assumption. We used our recently developed lung segmental model of chronic Pseudomonas infection in sheep to investigate the lung microbiota changes associated with chronic P. aeruginosa lung infection and the impact of systemic therapy with colistimethate sodium (CMS).

Methodology/Principal Findings

We collected protected specimen brush (PSB) samples from sheep (n = 8) both prior to and 14 days after establishment of chronic local lung infection with P aeruginosa. Samples were taken from both directly infected lung segments (direct) and segments spatially remote to such sites (remote). Four sheep were treated with daily intravenous injections of CMS between days 7 and 14, and four were treated with a placebo. Necropsy examination at d14 confirmed the presence of chronic local lung infection and lung pathology in every direct lung segment.The predominant orders in lung microbiota communities before infection were Bacillales, Actinomycetales and Clostridiales. While lung microbiota samples were more likely to share similarities with other samples derived from the same lung, considerable within- and between-animal heterogeneity could be appreciated.Pseudomonadales joined the aforementioned list of predominant orders in lung microbiota communities after infection. Whilst treatment with CMS appeared to have little impact on microbial community composition after infection, or the change undergone by communities in reaching that state, when Gram negative organisms (excluding Pseudomonadales) were considered together as a group there was a significant decrease in their relative proportion that was only observed in the sheep treated with CMS. With only one exception the reduction was seen in both direct and remote lung segments. This reduction, coupled with generally increasing or stable levels of Pseudomonadales, meant that the proportion of the latter relative to total Gram negative bacteria increased in all bar one direct and one remote lung segment.

Conclusions/Significance

The proportional increase in Pseudomonadales relative to other Gram negative bacteria in the lungs of sheep treated with systemic CMS highlights the potential for such therapies to inadvertently select or create a niche for bacteria seeding from a persistent source of chronic infection.