八肽胆囊收缩素对内毒素休克时海马损伤的影响及其机制初探

目的：观察八肽胆囊收缩素（CCK-8）对内毒素休克（ES）时海马损伤的影响,并探讨其可能的作用机制。方法：将日本大耳白兔经静脉注入内毒素的主要活性成分脂多糖（LPS,8mg／kg）复制ES模型。动物（32只）随机分为对照组、LPS组、CCK-8＋LPS组和非特异性CCK受体拮抗剂丙谷胺（Pro）＋LPS组（n=8）。监测平均动脉压（MAP）的变化,光、电镜观察海马的组织形态学改变,比色法检测海马NOS和SOD活性、N0和MDA含量的改变．用SD大鼠（12只,同上复制模型及分组）以免疫组织化学染色法观察海马iNOS和nNOS表达的变化。结果：与对照组相比,注入LPS后出现MAP显著而持续下降（P〈0．01）;海马部位神经元损伤明显;iNOS和nNOS表达增强,NOS活性、NO和MDA含量显著升高（P〈0．05、P〈0．01和P〈0．01）,SOD活性则降低（P〈0．01）。预先注入CCK-8可明显减轻上述变化,预先注入Pro则加剧以上变化。结论：CCK-8可减轻ES时脑内海马部位的损伤。其机制可能与其抗氧化作用和抑制NO的过量生成有关。     

八肽胆囊收缩素对家兔内毒素休克时肺动脉张力的影响

为探讨八肽胆囊收缩素(CCK-8)缓解内毒素休克(ES)时肺动脉血压(PAP)增高的机制,观察了CCK-8对脂多糖(LPS)引起家兔ES时PAP变化以及离体肺动脉环(PARs)张力改变的影响。实验用新西兰大耳白雄性家兔40只,分为颈静脉注入LPS(8mg／kg i．v.)复制的家兔ES模型、LPS注入前15min给CCK-8(15μg/kg,i.v.)、LPS注入前15min给CCK受体拮抗剂丙谷胺(Pro 1mg／kg,i.v.)、单独注入CCK-8(15μg/kg,i.v.)和注射生理盐水(对照)共5组。用生理记录仪监测平均动脉压(MAP)和PAP的变化;5h后制备PARs,应用血管张力测定技术,检测各组PARs张力。结果为：(1)ES时MAP降低、PAP升高,CCK-8可完全翻转ES时PAP的增高,而Pro加剧ES时PAP的增高;(2)LPS组的PARs对苯肾上腺素(PE)的收缩反应增强,对ACh内皮依赖性舒张反应降低,而CCK-8可逆转LP5的上述作用。上述结果提示CCK—8可缓解ES时的PAP升高,这可能与其调节肺动脉张力改变有关。     

诱导型一氧化氮合酶对内毒素休克小肠微循环的影响

采用静脉注射脂多糖(1ipopolysaccharide,LPS)的方法建立小鼠内毒素休克模型,探讨内毒素休克时小肠微循环的变化以及诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)对小肠微循环的影响。实验过程中连续监测小鼠平均动脉血压(mean afterial pressure,MAP)变化情况。利用FTTC标记红细胞和活体显微镜方法直接观察并计算小鼠小肠绒毛尖端小动脉和毛细血管内红细胞的流速和流量,并观察敲除小鼠iNOS基因和选择性iNOS抑制剂S-methylthiourea sulfate(SMT)对实验过程中小肠微循环的影响。结果显示,对于野生型小鼠,应用SMT处理和敲除iNOS基因对基线的MAP、小肠绒毛尖端小动脉和毛细血管的红细胞流速和流量没有显著性差别。给予LPS后,小鼠的MAP进行性下降。给予LPS前,应用SMT和敲除小鼠iNOS基因可以显著提高MAP：给予LPS后,小鼠小肠绒毛尖端小动脉和毛细血管内红细胞流速和流量显著下降。给予LPS前,应用SMT和敲除小鼠iNOS基因可以显著提高小肠绒毛尖端小动脉和毛细血管的红细胞流速和流量。结果表明,iNOS在内毒素休克小肠微循环衰竭的过程中发挥重要作用。一能性     

Role of superoxide anion in the fungicidal activity of murine peritoneal exudate macrophages against Penicillium marneffei.

Penicillium marneffei is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen. The mechanisms of host defense against P. marneffei are not fully understood. In the present study, we, for the first time, investigated the role of superoxide anion (O2-) in the killing of two forms of P. marneffei, yeast cells and conidia, and the role of this killing mediator in the fungicidal activity of IFN-gamma-stimulated murine peritoneal macrophages. P. marneffei yeast cells were susceptible to the killing effect of activated macrophages and chemically generated O2, while conidia were not. These results suggested that O2- played some role in the fungicidal activity of macrophages. However, an oxygen radical scavenger, superoxide dismutase (SOD), did not suppress, but rather enhanced the fungicidal activity of IFN-gamma-stimulated macrophages against P. marneffei yeast cells. This inconsistency was explained by the release of insufficient concentrations of O2- by activated macrophages as compared with the amount of O2- necessary for the killing of yeast cells, which was predicted in a chemical generating system. On the other hand, SOD enhanced the production of nitric oxide (NO) by IFN-gamma-activated macrophages, and their increased fungicidal activity was significantly inhibited by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), a competitive inhibitor of NO synthase. Our results suggested that O2- does not function as the killing mediator of macrophages against P. marneffei, but rather plays an important role in the regulation of the NO-mediated killing system by suppressing NO production.     

脂多糖诱导小鼠脏器中胞间粘附分子-1的表达

为研究脂多糖（lipopolysaccharide,LPS)诱导的内毒素休克小鼠多种脏器中胞间粘附分子-1（intercellu-lar adhesion molecule-1,ICAM-1)表达的差异。用5mg/kgLPS腹腔注射小鼠后,分别采用Western blotting和RT-PCR法检测组织中ICAM-1蛋白和mRNA的表达情况,结果显示,在正常小鼠,ICAM-1蛋白和mRNA的表达在肺中最多,其次是脾脏,在肾脏和肠有少量表达,在肝脏和心脏中未能检出,LPS腹腔注射后6h可诱导小鼠发生内毒素休克,此时,ICAM-1蛋白表达仍以在肺中最多,在肝、脾、心、肾和肠依次减少;其中在肺,肾和脾分别比正常时增加4.5、3.0和1.5倍,而且在正常时不能检出的肝和心中呈现阳性,但在肠中则变化不大,脏器中ICAM-1mRNA亦相应显著增加,上述结果表明,在LPS诱导的内毒素休克小鼠的多种脏器中ICAM-1蛋白和mRNA表达显著增加,脏器间ICAM-1表达上调的差异可能带来内毒素休克时脏器的不同易伤性,抑制ICAM-1的表达可能对内毒素休克的防治有重要的意义。     

Progranulin deficiency leads to severe inflammation,lung injury and cell death in a mouse model of endotoxic shock

Progranulin (PGRN) is a crucial secreted growth factor involved in various kinds of physiologic and disease processes and often has a protective role in inflammatory diseases. This study was designed to investigate the protective effects of PGRN on endotoxic shock in a mouse model of PGRN deficiency. After lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection to induce endotoxic shock in mice, PGRN levels were induced in wild‐type (WT) mice at 6 and 24 hrs. Survival rate analysis, haematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemical staining, enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay and in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase–mediated uridine triphosphate nick‐end labelling assay were used to reveal the susceptibility, lung injury, inflammatory cell infiltration, production of inflammatory mediators and lung cell death in mice after LPS injection. PGRN‐deficient (Grn ^−/−) mice were highly susceptible to LPS‐induced endotoxic shock, with decreased survival, severe lung injury, increased production of pro‐inflammatory mediators, and inflammatory cell infiltration and apoptotic death in the lung. Additionally, recombinant PGRN (rPGRN) administration before LPS stimulation ameliorated the survival of and abnormalities in both WT and Grn ^−/− mice. Altogether, these findings indicate that PGRN may be a novel biologic agent with therapeutic potential for endotoxic shock probably by inhibiting LPS‐induced systemic and local inflammation in mice for treating endotoxic shock.     

淋浆对内毒素休克大鼠微循环障碍的干预作用

目的：探讨淋浆对内毒素休克的干预作用及其机制。方法：Wistar雄性大鼠60只,随机分为对照组、模型组和淋浆组,以颈静脉注射LPS（15 mg/kg）复制内毒素休克模型,造模15 min后,淋浆组自颈静脉注射正常淋浆（占全血量1/15）,观察对平均动脉血压（MAP）、回肠下段肠系膜微循环、细静脉壁白细胞粘附数、血浆P-选择素和细胞间粘附分子（ICAM-1）含量的影响。结果：正常淋浆可防止内毒素休克的MAP进行性下降,解除肠系膜微血管的病理性缩窄,减少白细胞在细静脉壁的粘附,改善微循环的流态,降低血浆P-选择素和ICAM-1的水平。结论：小量正常淋浆对LPS攻击导致内毒素休克的微循环障碍和低血压均有良好的干预作用,其机制与减少细胞粘附分子生成有关。     

Studies on the inactivation of superoxide dismutase activity by nitric oxide from rat peritoneal macrophages

Rat peritoneal macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) generated increased levels of superoxide anions (O2ú-) by 122% as compared to those stimulated with PMA alone. However, Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors-n-monomethyl arginine (nMMA) or spermine-HCI lowered the enhanced levels of O2ú- released by LPS treated macrophages. The Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in LPS treated macrophages was 51% lower than that observed in resident cells. NO synthase inhibitors prevented the loss of SOD activity in LPS treated cells. Exogenously added SOD during sensitization of cells with LPS also inactivated the enzyme. This inactivation of SOD is inhibited by Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. PMA alone did not affect SOD activity. NO synthase inhibitors also did not affect PMA activated superoxide anion generation in macrophages. These studies indicate that nitric oxide generated by LPS treated macrophages can inactivate SOD activity.     

In vitro effect of diacetoxyscirpenol and deoxynivalenol on microbicidal activity of murine peritoneal macrophages

Diacetoxyscirpenol and deoxynivalenol, two trichothecene mycotoxins shown previously to exert immunosuppressive effects on the immune system were examined for their in vitro effects on some functions of murine peritoneal macrophages. The cells were pre-incubated for 4 hr with the mycotoxin concentrations of 0.1 ng/ml–1 g/ml. At concentrations that did not affect the cell viability (Specific Lactate Dehydrogenase test), diacetoxyscirpenol and deoxynivalenol suppress microbicidal activity of phagocytic cells. The diacetoxyscirpenol concentrations, which reduce phagocytosis (2ng/ml), microbicidal activity (1 ng/ml), superoxide anion production (1 ng/ml) and phagosome-lysosome fusion (0.1 ng/ml), indicate that the inhibition of killing mechanism arise from both oxidative and non-oxidative pathways. Phagocytosis, microbicidal activity and superoxide anion production are inhibited by deoxynivalenol at 1 ng/ml whereas phagosome-lysosome fusion is reduce above 100 ng/ml. These results suggest that microbicidal activity inhibition by deoxynivalenol did not depend on non-oxidative pathway (phagosome-lysosome fusion) impairment.     

Isolation of the receptor for Amaranthus Leucocarpus lectin from murine peritoneal macrophages

The receptor for Amaranthus leucocarpus lectin from CD-1 resident macrophages was purified with affinity chromatography with biotin labeled A. leucocarpus lectin and using avidin-agarose as affinity matrix. The receptor is a glycoprotein of 70 kDa that contains 18% of sugar by weight; it is mainly composed of galactose and N-acetyl D galactosamine in its saccharidic portion, and lacks sialic acid; the protein is rich in glycine, serine and alanine and lacks cysteine residues. The amino terminus of the receptor is blocked. By ionic strength chromatography on a mono P column in anionic form we purified three isoforms from the affinity purified receptor, each showing quantitative differences in glycosylation. The A. leucocarpus lectin receptor is identified only in resting, not activated, macrophages suggesting that it plays a role in activation mechanisms of macrophages     

Protein expression changes induced in murine peritoneal macrophages by Group B Streptococcus

Protein expression changes induced in thioglycolate‐elicited peritoneal murine macrophages (MΦ) by infection with type III Group B Streptococcus (GBS) are described. Proteins from control MΦ and MΦ incubated 2 h with live or heat‐inactivated GBS were separated by 2‐DE. Proteins whose expression was significantly different in infected MΦ, as compared with control cells, were identified by MS/MS analysis. Changes in the expression level of proteins involved in both positive and negative modulation of phagocytic functions, stress response and cell death were induced in MΦ by GBS infection. In particular, expression of enzymes playing a key role in production of reactive oxygen species was lowered in GBS‐infected MΦ. Significant alterations in the expression of some metabolic enzymes were also observed, most of the glycolytic and of the pentose‐cycle enzymes being down‐regulated in MΦ infected with live GBS. Finally, evidence was obtained that GBS infection affects the expression of enzymes or enzyme subunits involved in ATP synthesis and in adenine nucleotides interconversion processes.     

外源性硫化氢对家兔内毒素休克诱发肺动脉高压的干预作用

目的:探讨外源性硫化氢(H₂S)对家兔内毒素休克(ES)诱发肺动脉血管反应性的影响。方法:本实验采用家兔经颈静脉注射脂多糖(LPS,8 mg/0.8 ml/kg)复制家兔ES模型,并提前15 min腹腔注射H₂S供体硫氢化钠(NaHS,28μmol/kg)进行干预。随机将新西兰大耳白家兔分为4组(n=8):溶剂对照组、LPS组、LPS+NaHS组和NaHS组。监测平均动脉压(MAP)和平均肺动脉压(MPAP)的变化;应用血管环张力测定技术,检测各组家兔离体肺动脉张力变化;应用光镜和扫描电镜分别观察肺动脉管壁结构及肺动脉内皮细胞超微结构变化。结果:(1)注射LPS后家兔出现MAP降低、MPAP升高,成功复制家兔ES模型;与LPS组相比,LPS+NaHS组家兔MPAP在各个时间点均显著降低(P均﹤0.05);(2)与正常对照组相比,LPS组家兔肺动脉对苯肾上腺素(PE)的收缩反应增强,对乙酰胆碱(ACh)的舒张反应降低(P均﹤0.01);与LPS组相比,LPS+NaHS组家兔肺动脉对PE的收缩反应降低,而对ACh的舒张反应增强(P均﹤0.05)。...     

Effective inhibition of Candida albicans growth by the combination of murine peritoneal neutrophils and activated macrophages.

The effect of leukocytes on the anti-Candida activity of neutrophils was examined. Murine neutrophils which were purified from casein-induced peritoneal cells inhibited the mycelial growth of Candida albicans. This anti-Candida activity of neutrophils was augmented by the addition of spleen cells prepared from mice pretreated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide 3 hr before, but not from non-treated mice. The population in the spleen cells, which enhanced the anti-Candida activity of neutrophils, was plastic-plate adherent, nylon-fiber columns adherent and anti-Mac-1 antigen-positive. These immunological profiles suggested that the enhancing cells are classified to splenic macrophages. Peritoneal-exudated macrophages from mice treated with lipopolysaccharide also augmented the anti-Candida activity of neutrophils. These results suggest that the anti-Candida activity of neutrophils may be upregulated by activated macrophages.     

Comparative toxicity studies on bromochloroacetate,dibromoacetate, and bromodichloroacetate in J774A.1 macrophages: Roles of superoxide anion and protein carbonyl compounds

The brominated and mixed bromo‐chloro‐haloacetates, such as dibromoacetate (DBA), bromochloroacetate (BCA), and bromodichloroacetate (BDCA), are by‐products of water chlorination and are found at lower levels than the fully chlorinated acetates in the drinking water. The toxicities of the compounds were assessed in J774A.1 cells and were found to induce concentration‐dependent increases in cell death and superoxide anion and protein carbonyl compounds production. Compared to the previously tested concentrations of dichoroacetate (DCA) and trichloroacetate (TCA) in the same cell line, the tested haloacetates induced similar effects on cellular viability and superoxide anion production but at DBA and BCA concentrations that were approximately 40–160 times lower than those of DCA and TCA, and at BDCA concentrations that were 4–16 times lower than those of DCA and TCA. Also, production of super oxide anion, protein carbonyl compounds, and induction of phagocytic activation are suggested to play a role in their toxicity.     

Changes in several functions of murine peritoneal macrophages by N-acetylcysteine and thioproline ingestion. Comparative effect between two strains of mice

The administration of the thiol compounds, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and in particular thioproline (thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid) at 0.1% w/w concentration in the diet, improves lymphocyte functions in old female Swiss mice, as has been shown in our previous studies. In the present work, adult mice from two different strains, namely BALB/c (an inbred strain) and OF1-Swiss (noninbred strain), were fed a diet supplemented with the above dose of each thiol compound jointly for five weeks. At 28 weeks of age, peritoneal cell suspensions were obtained and different steps of the phagocytic process, the most representative activity of macrophages, as well as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) production, were studied. Thus, adherence to substrate, mobility directed to a chemoattractant gradient (chemotaxis), ingestion of inert particles and superoxide anion production were analysed. The results show that diet supplementation with NAC plus thioproline increased all macrophage functions studied with the exception of superoxide anion production, which was decreased. These effects were more evident in macrophages from Swiss mice, whereas in BALB/c mice the stimulation of phagocytosis and IL-1beta production was lower and no differences were seen after treatment in adherence and superoxide anion production. These data suggest that immune function can be improved in adult mice by administration of the above thiol compounds, especially in the noninbred strain of OF1-Swiss mice.     

Comparative study of several lymphocyte functions in two strains of mice with different models of endotoxic shock

Previously, the changes in phagocyte functions such as adherence, chemotaxis or TNFalpha production were found to be associated with oxidative stress in endotoxin-induced septic shock. However, in this type of oxidative stress the lymphocyte involvement has rarely been studied. In the present report, we analyzed the above functions in peritoneal lymphocytes from male and female BALB/c mice with a lethal endotoxic shock caused by intraperitoneal injection of E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (100 mg/kg), male and female Swiss mice with lethal endotoxic shock caused by intraperitoneal injection of LPS (150 and 250 mg/kg, respectively) or non-lethal endotoxic shock (100 mg/kg). In peritoneal lymphocytes obtained at 0, 2, 4, 12 or 24 h after LPS injection, the first two functions of these cells in the immune response, i.e. adherence to tissues and directed migration (chemotaxis), were studied. At 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 12 and 24 h after LPS injection, TNFalpha released by lymphocytes was also analyzed. The results show that endotoxic shock increases the adherence and TNFalpha release, and decreases the chemotaxis of peritoneal lymphocytes. These changes were more significant in mice with lethal than with non-lethal endotoxic shock, a fact that confirms the important role of lymphocytes during endotoxic shock.     

Effect of nitric oxide donor and gamma irradiation on MAPK signaling in murine peritoneal macrophages

Irradiation (IR) of cells is known to activate enzymes of mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) family. These are known to be involved in cellular response to stress and are determinants of cell death or survival. When radiotherapy is delivered to malignant cells, macrophages, being radioresistant, survive, get activated, and produce large amounts of nitric oxide. As a result of activation they recognize and phagocytose tumor and normal cell apoptotic bodies leading to tumor regression. In this study, the MAPK signaling in peritoneal macrophages was investigated which plays an important role in its various functions, in an environment which is predominantly nitric oxide, as is after IR. The behavior of macrophages in such an environment was also looked at. The three MAPK (ERK1/2, p38, and JNK) respond differently to Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) alone or IR alone. All the three were activated following IR but only JNK was activated following SNP treatment. Surprisingly, when both the stresses were given simultaneously or one after the other, this differential response was lost and there was a complete inhibition of phosphorylation of all the three MAPKs, irrespective of the order of the two insults (IR and SNP). The noteworthy observation was that despite the complete inhibition of MAPK signaling there was no effect on either the viability or the phagocytic efficiency of peritoneal macrophages.