通络救脑注射液对脑微血管内皮细胞活性影响的特征

目的：观察通络救脑注射液对培养的正常及缺血脑微血管内皮细胞的活性影响。揭示其通络作用的效应靶点与特征。方法：原代培养大鼠脑皮质微血管内皮细胞,传至第三代。分为正常及拟缺血组,采用培养基氧糖刺夺（OGD）法建立拟缺血模型。通过四甲基偶氮唑盐（MTT）比色分析法测定不同浓度的通络救脑注射液对正常及OGD内皮细胞的活性影响。结果：通络救脑注射液作用于正常脑微血管内皮细胞,与未加药组比较,小剂量药物抑制细胞活性趋势,大剂量促进细胞活性趋势,剂量总趋势呈反抛物线形;通络救脑注射液作用于OGD组脑微血管内皮细胞,小剂量范围促进内皮细胞的增殖活性,呈显著和极显著差异,而大剂量组则抑制细胞活性,剂量总趋势呈抛物线形。结论：通络救脑注射液对正常及缺血脑微血管内皮细胞具有双向调节作用,药物剂量与细胞增殖活性呈非线性关系。天剂量与小剂量可能是不同的作用机制,反映了中药复方药效的多维性。     

脑微血管内皮细胞条件培养液对星形胶质细胞的影响及通络中药的干预特征

目的:揭示脑微血管内皮细胞生理、病理及通络中药处理后不同状态的培养液对正常星形胶质细胞影响的特征,从细胞间相互作用角度探讨脑微血管内皮细胞与星形胶质细胞的生物学关系,为阐释脑微环境稳定的血脑屏障维护机制以及通络中药通过内皮细胞调节脑内微环境理论假说提供新的证据。方法:制备正常、拟缺血和拟缺血合并通络救脑注射液处理的大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞条件培养液,观察其对星形胶质细胞活性和凋亡率的影响。结果:与正常星形胶质细胞相比,正常内皮细胞条件培养液能够降低正常星形胶质细胞的活性,并促进星形胶质细胞的凋亡;而拟缺血处理的内皮细胞条件培养液能够提高正常星形胶质细胞的活性和凋亡率;拟缺血合并通络药物处理的内皮细胞条件培养液对正常星形胶质细胞的活性有提高作用,并显著降低其凋亡率。结论:三种不同处理方式的内皮细胞条件培养液对正常星形胶质细胞活性和凋亡产生不同的影响,提示不同状态的微血管内皮细胞对脑内微环境产生影响,通络救脑注射液可能通过调节微血管内皮细胞的分泌而对星形胶质细胞发挥作用。     

脑微血管内皮细胞条件培养液对星形胶质细胞活性的影响

目的:观察脑微血管内皮细胞与星形胶质细胞的相互关系,探讨血脑屏障维持脑内环境稳定的生理学基础.方法:原代培养大鼠脑皮质微血管内皮细胞,传至三代,收集在指数生长期细胞生长48 h后的务件培养液;将条件培养液分别按20%、30%、40%、50%、60%、70%、80%、90%、100%不同浓度作用于星形胶质细胞,MTT法检测不同浓度内皮细胞条件培养液作用于星形胶质细胞24 h、48h后的活性变化.结果:48h时间点的各浓度内皮细胞条件液组与相应的正常对照组相比差异均有显著统计学意义(P<0.01),内皮细胞条件液对星形胶质细胞表现出显著的抑制效应,而24 h的70%、80%、90%、100%浓度组与相应正常对照组相比也有显著统计学意叉的差异(P<0.01),且有浓度依赖性.结论:正常脑微血管内皮细胞条件培养液抑制了正常星形胶质细胞的活性.     

脑微血管内皮细胞氧糖剥夺条件培养液对PC12细胞活性的影响

目的:观察脑微血管内皮细胞氧糖剥夺后条件培养液对PC12细胞的影响.方法:原代培养大鼠脑皮质微血管内皮细胞,传至三代.制备其正常、氧糖剥夺、复糖复氧三种状态条件液,并观察内皮细胞在这三种状态下的形态改变;将这三种条件培养液作用于PC12细胞,分4组:正常对照组(Normal)、正常内皮细胞条件液组(N-CM)、氧糖剥夺内皮细胞条件液组(I-CM)、复糖复氧内皮细胞条件液组(R-CM).每组分别设6h、12 h、24 h、48 h、72 h、96 h、120 h、144 h 8个时间点,MTS/PMS法检测三种脑微血管内皮细胞条件液作用后的不同时间点PC12细胞活性的变化.结果:氧糖剥夺后脑微血管内皮细胞发生核固缩等明显病理改变,复糖复氧后这些改变有所恢复.N-CM组、R-CM组与相应时间点的Normal组PC12细胞活性相比差异均有统计学意义(P＜0.01).正常和复糖复氧内皮细胞条件液显著抑制了PC12细胞的增殖和活性.N-CM组、R-CM组与相应时间点的I-CM组PC12细胞活性相比差异均有统计学意义(P＜0.01).结论:正常脑微血管内皮细胞条件液抑制了PC12细胞的活性,氧糖剥夺后的脑微血管内皮细胞务件液抑制效应消失,复糖复氧后,这种抑制效应也同时恢复.     

IGF1在脑缺血大鼠脑组织中的表达与通络救脑注射液的脑保护作用

目的:观察脑缺血模型大鼠血清及脑组织中IGF1蛋白表达水平,以及通络救脑注射液对该因子表达水平的影响,分析通络救脑注射液的脑保护作用途径。方法:以线栓法制作大鼠大脑中动脉缺血模型(MCAO),将SD大鼠随机分为空白对照组、模型组及通络救脑注射药组,分别在造模后12小时、24小时、3天、7天4个时间点采取动物血清和脑组织,以免疫组化、酶联免疫(ELISA)以及RTPCR的方法,分别检测IGF1的表达部位及定量检测该因子的蛋白及mRNA表达水平,并测定血清NSE含量。结果:IGF1在正常脑组织有表达,在脑缺血后24小时表达增多,此后随脑缺血时间的延长不断减少;通络救脑组IGF1各时间点表达均高于模型组。模型组血清NSE水平显著升高,各时间点与正常组均有显著差异,通络救脑注射液组血清NSE水平在12小时、1天和7天时显著低于模型组。结论:大鼠脑缺血损伤后IGF1表达减少与神经元的坏死有相关性,通络救脑注射液能够提高其表达水平,对缺血损伤的脑组织发挥保护作用。     

内皮细胞条件培养液诱导单核细胞分化为内皮细胞的实验研究

目的研究ECV-304条件培养液诱导单核细胞分化为内皮细胞的可能性.方法贴壁法分离培养外周血单核细胞并进行鉴定.用购买的ECV-304细胞株制备条件培养液和M-CSF诱导单核细胞分化,观察细胞形态变化,收集细胞,用免疫组化与异植物血凝素结合试验鉴定.结果获得的单核细胞具有CD14阳性细胞占84.3%;刺激一周后的单核细胞形态发生改变并且Ⅷ因子、异植物血凝素结合试验阳性.结论 ECV-304条件培养液能诱导单核细胞分化为内皮细胞,提示内皮细胞来源的一条途径.     

骨髓内皮细胞无血清条件培养液对骨髓内皮细胞增殖的促进作用

本文通过制备小鼠骨髓内皮细胞无血清条件培养液(serum-free murine bone marrow endothelial cell conditioned medium, mBMEC-CM),经超滤分为分子量>10 kDa组分和<10 kDa组分,分别观察mBMEC-CM原液及其组分以及外源性细胞因子对小鼠骨髓内皮细胞集落生成的影响。用Wright’S Giemsa染色计数内皮细胞集落及检测骨髓内皮细胞的vWF,通过[3H]- TdR掺入量,观察mBMEC-CM原液及其组分以及外源性细胞因子对小鼠骨髓内皮细胞增殖的影响,并用分子杂交方法检测内皮细胞表达的细胞因子,从几个方面来研究mBMEC-CM对骨髓内皮细胞增殖的作用。结果显示,骨髓内皮细胞vWF 检测阳性。mBMEC-CM原液及其分子量>10 kDa组分能刺激骨髓内皮细胞集落增殖,且能明显增加骨髓内皮细胞[3H]-TdR 掺入量;分子量<10 kDa组分对骨髓内皮细胞集落增殖无明显刺激作用,也不能增加骨髓内皮细胞[3H]-TdR掺入量。外源加入IL-6、IL-11、SCF、GM-CSF、VEGF、bFGF 6种细胞因子能明显刺激骨髓内皮细胞集落增殖,SCF、VEGF、bFGF能明显增加骨髓内皮细胞[3H]-TdR掺入量。Atlas array膜杂交实验显示骨髓内皮细胞内源性表达GM-CSF、SCF、MSP-1、endothelin-2、thymosin β10、connective tissue GF、PDGF-A chain、MIP-2α、PlGF、neutrophil activating protein ENA-78、INF-γ、IL-1、IL-6、IL-13、IL-11、inhibin-α等细胞因子的mRNA。上述结果提示,骨髓内皮细胞无血清条件培养液对骨髓内皮细胞增殖具有促进作用。     

流动剪切力对鼠脑微血管内皮细胞ICAM—1表达的影响

利用内皮细胞流动小室方法,对大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞的剪切力作用下细胞内粘附分子－1（ICAM－1,intercellular adhesion molecule-1）的表达进行了研究。图像分析结果提示,脑微血管内皮细胞在剪切力作用下ICAM－1的表达呈特异上调,且存在着时间依赖性,与一定范围内的剪切力强度无关,用对细胞施加剪切力作用后提取上清液孵育内皮细胞的方法证明：剪切力对鼠脑微血管内皮细胞ICAM－1表达的影响,是直接作用于内皮细胞引起的细胞内的直接反应,而不是剪切力导致细胞先释放细胞因子,释放的细胞因子再引起ICAM－1变化的间接反应。该工作为进一步开展剪切力对微血管内皮细胞信号转导机制的影响提供了实验数据。     

培养的大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞生化特性观察

用胶原酶消化、差异离心和尼龙网过滤的方法分离鼠脑微血管内皮细胞,建立其体外长期培养方法。经形态学、免疫组化,酶学鉴定,培养细胞为脑微血管内皮细胞,动态观察培养细胞酶含量变化,发现随着细胞培养时间的延长,血管紧张素转换酶Ⅰ（ACE）呈上升趋势,而γ－谷氨酰胺转化酶（γ-GT）和硷性磷酸酶（ALP）则明显下降,实验结果提示,血脑屏障的主要功能酶γ－GT和ALP可作为体外脑微血管内皮细胞的标志酶,但要维持长时间体外表达则需要某种因子的介导。本实验可为体外研究血脑屏障及相关疾病提供帮助。     

剪切力对脑微血管内皮细胞骨架蛋白的影响

利用自行研制的细胞流动小室对大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞在剪切力作用下细胞骨架蛋白的结构改变进行了初步研究,结果提示脑微血管内皮细胞在剪切力作用下,细胞形态学发生明显改变,细胞间隙增大、皱缩、脱落,细胞骨架蛋白的结构也有类似的变化,骨架蛋白沿流动方向重新排列,微丝中Ｆ－Ａｃｔｉｎ的数量增加、变粗。这些改变的直接后果是内皮细胞通透性的增加。该工作为进一步开展剪切力对微血管内皮细胞功能、代谢等方面的影响提供了实验数据     

C-reactive protein induced expression of adhesion molecules in cultured cerebral microvascular endothelial cells

Ischemic stroke can trigger an acute phase response resulting in a rise of plasma concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP). Clinical data about the relationship between CRP and prognosis suggest that CRP might be involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia. In the present work, a significant increase of circulating level of CRP was observed in an vivo rat brain ischemia model of middle cerebral artery occlusion. To determine the possible effects of CRP on brain microvessel endothelium, we performed a dose-dependent experiment in mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells (bEnd.3 cells) with emphasis on its relation to cell adhesions molecules. Incubation with CRP (1-75 mg/L) for 24 h significantly increased Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage from bEnd.3 cells (P<0.01) in a dose-dependent manner, and induced significant up-regulations of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expressions analyzed by Western blotting (P<0.01). In contrast to earlier report, CRP also induced significant increase in ICAM-1 expression in the absence of serum (P<0.01). In conclusion, the present results suggest that CRP may be involved directly in the development of inflammation in response to cerebral ischemia.     

Effects of an endothelial cell-conditioned medium on the hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation of embryonic stem cells

We have examined the effect of mouse bone marrow endothelial cell-conditioned medium (mEC-CM) on hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). mEC-CM can efficiently promote the differentiation of mESCs into Flk⁺ cells and hematopoietic colony-forming cells. mEC-CM proved to be as potent as a cytokine cocktail comprised of VEGF, bFGF, IGF and EGF. After inducing mESCs with mEC-CM, cobblestone-like cells were mechanically selected and identified which had the ability to incorporate DiI-Ac-LDL. DiI-Ac-LDL-positive cells were endothelial-like cells due to their expression of CD31 and Flk1, ability to bind to UEA1 and capacity to form capillary-like tube structures on matrigel. In conclusion, mEC-CM can efficiently promote the differentiation of mESCs into endothelial cells and hematopoietic colony-forming cells. The differentiated endothelial-like cells can be isolated by using DiI-Ac-LDL labeling and mechanical selection.     

Effects of ghrelin on homocysteine-induced dysfunction and inflammatory response in rat cardiac microvascular endothelial cells

Ghrelin is a well-characterized hormone that has protective effects on endothelial cells. Elevated HCY (homocysteine) can be a cardiovascular risk factor, but it is not known whether ghrelin can inhibit HCY-induced dysfunction and inflammatory response in rat CMECs (cardiac microvascular endothelial cells). We found that HCY treatment for 24 h inhibited proliferation and NO (nitric oxide) secretion, but with increased cell apoptosis and secretion of cytokines in CMECs. In contrast, ghrelin pretreatment significantly improved proliferation and NO secretion, and inhibited cell apoptosis and secretion of cytokines in HCY-induced CMECs. In addition, Western blot assay showed that NF-κB (nuclear factor κB) and cleaved-caspase 3 expression were elevated, and PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) and eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) expression were decreased after treatment with HCY, which was significantly reversed by pretreatment with ghrelin. The data suggest that ghrelin inhibits HCY-induced CMEC dysfunction and inflammatory response, probably mediated by inhibition of NF-κB activation.     

Lipid peroxidation and growth inhibition of human microvascular endothelial cells

Peroxidation products of polyunsaturated fatty acids may cause growth inhibition of cells in culture. This study was carried out to elucidate to what extent peroxidation products may be found in growth media, with and without cells and albumin, using thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and protein carbonyl groups as measures of peroxidation. The growth of human microvascular endothelial cells was studied as influenced by docosahexaenoic (C22:6, n - 3), arachidonic acid (C20:4. n - 6), and serum albumin. Cell growth was strongly inhibited by the fatty acids, and the inhibition was related to the concentration of TBARS in the medium. Defatted albumin (0.5 g/100 ml) nullified the increase of TBARS in the medium and released the growth inhibition by the fatty acids. With polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) there was a time- and concentration-dependent increase in media TBARS, observed both with and without cells, but the TBARS increase was somewhat greater in the presence of cells. Surprisingly, TBARS in cell-free media also increased somewhat upon increasing the albumin concentration from 0.5 to 5 g/100 ml, and the TBARS increase differed among various preparations of albumin. Unexpectedly, the albumin that had not been defatted gave the lowest TBARS values. The amount of protein carbonyl groups did not differ among various albumin preparations. It is concluded that PUFA may autooxidize in media used for cell cultures, and thereby cause an unspecific growth inhibition, which can be prevented by a low albumin concentration. However, even defatted albumin preparations may contain lipid peroxidation products, the causes and implications of which remain to be elucidated.     

Isolation and culture of rat microvascular endothelial cells

The purpose of this study is to identify the separation techniques that result in pure cultures of rat microvascular endothelial cells (MECs). A multistep process is used to optimize the separation of the cells from rat epididymal fat pads, obtaining as pure a culture as possible within a relatively short processing time. The process initially employs the digestion, filtration, and density gradient separation steps. We further describe the use of an attachment phase that allows the differential adherence of contaminating cell types. Immunomagnetic purification is the final step in the process and is performed using anti-PECAM-1 (CD31) monoclonal antibody-labeled DynaBeads.