小檗碱通过PTEN/Nrf2途径抑制胰岛βTC6氧化应激及细胞凋亡

摘要 目的：探讨小檗碱（Berberine,BBR）在棕榈酸（palmitic acid,PA）诱导的胰岛β细胞氧化应激及凋亡中的角色及分子机制。方法：BBR和PA单独或联合处理敲低PTEN的βTC6细胞,利用MTT、Caspase-3活性检测、流式细胞术、ROS含量检测、硝基酪氨酸定量等测定各实验分组的细胞凋亡程度并比较彼此氧化应激水平,利用定量PCR以及Western blotting检测PTEN、AMPK、Nrf2的表达变化。此外,我们还评估了BBR是否可以缓解糖尿病小鼠全身炎症状态和胰岛细胞凋亡,并再次验证了BBR对糖尿病小鼠的治疗效果。结果：BBR通过降低PTEN同时升高Nrf2的表达,进而减轻PA诱导胰岛βTC6细胞ROS以及硝基酪氨酸积累,降低PA诱导性Caspase-3升高。干扰PTEN表达可以与BBR发生协同效应,即协同降低氧化应激性凋亡。经动物实验发现BBR可明显降低糖尿病小鼠血糖以及血清IL-6水平,同时在转录水平降低小鼠胰腺PTEN并上调Nrf2,TUNEL实验发现BBR可以明显抑制糖尿病小鼠胰岛细胞凋亡,而二甲双胍（Metformin, Met）未发现抑制效应。结论：BBR通过下调PTEN并上调Nrf2的表达来发挥对PA引起的βTC6细胞氧化应激以及凋亡的保护作用,而沉默PTEN可反过来与BBR形成协同保护作用。BBR与MET治疗2型糖尿病的降糖效果没有差异性,但BBR可以额外地通过PTEN/Nrf2途径发挥抗炎及抗氧化应激作用。     

锰对PC12 细胞的增殖抑制与凋亡研究

目的:研究锰作用下PC12细胞的增殖抑制作用与凋亡相关的形态学、生化指标改变。方法:用200,400,600,800μmol/LMnCl2的培养液,分别作用对数生长期PC12细胞1,2,3,4d后,用MTT筛选锰的细胞毒性剂量;透射电镜观察细胞形态学变化;琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测MnCl2对PC12细胞基因组DNA的影响。结果:MTT实验显示200-800μmol/L MnCl2作用4天对PC12有显著的抑制作用,呈剂量和时间依赖趋势,600μmol/L MnCl2作用4d对PC12的抑制率可达50%以上。600μmol/L MnCl2作用4d电镜可见细胞凋亡,同样条件下细胞DNA碎片化。结论:PC12细胞在锰作用下发生增殖抑制,原因是锰诱导PC12细胞凋亡。     

Diabetes-induced Activation of Caspase-3 in Retina: Effect of Antioxidant Therapy

Apoptosis of retinal endothelial cells and pericytes is postulated to contribute to the development of retinopathy in diabetes. The goal of this study is to investigate diabetes-induced activation of retinal caspase-3, an apoptosis executer enzyme, in retina, and examine the effects of antioxidants on the activation. Caspase-3 activation was determined in the retina of alloxan diabetic rats (2-14 months duration) and in the isolated retinal capillary cells (endothelial cells and pericytes) by measuring cleavage of caspase-3 specific fluorescent substrate, and cleavage of caspase-3 holoenzyme and poly (ADP ribosyl) polymerase. Effect of antioxidants on the activation of caspase-3 was determined by feeding a group of diabetic rats diet supplemented with a comprehensive mixture of antioxidants, including Trolox, &#102 -tocopherol, N -acetyl cysteine, ascorbic acid, &#103 -carotene and selenium for 2-14 months, and also under in vitro conditions by incubating isolated retinal capillary cells with antioxidants with wide range of actions. Caspase-3 was activated in the rat retina at 14 months of diabetes ( P <0.05 vs. normal), but not at 2 months of diabetes, and administration of antioxidants for the entire duration inhibited this activation. In the isolated retinal capillary cells incubated in 25 mM glucose medium, caspase-3 activity was increased by 50% compared to the cells incubated in 5 mM glucose ( P <0.02), and antioxidants or caspase-3 inhibitor inhibited this increase. Our results suggest that increased oxidative stress in diabetes is involved in the activation of retinal caspase-3 and apoptosis of endothelial cells and pericytes. Antioxidants might be inhibiting the development of diabetic retinopathy by inhibiting microvascular apoptosis.     

超氧化物歧化酶和Bcl-2在实验性精索静脉曲张大鼠睾丸中的变化

目的:建立大鼠实验性精索静脉曲张(experimental varicocele EV)的模式,测量睾丸中超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutaseSOD)活性和Bcl-2的表达。方法:将40只雄性青春期Wistar大鼠随机分为EV8周组和12周组(各12只)和相应的假手术对照组2组(各8只),通过部分结扎左肾静脉建立大鼠EV模型,分别于术后8周、12周处死动物,测左侧精索静脉直径,用比色法测SOD 活力,免疫组化法测Bcl-2的表达。结果:成功建立了EV型,与相应的对照组相比左侧精索静脉直径明显增大(P<0.01)。光学显微镜下观察睾丸组织,发现大鼠睾丸生精上皮退变,曲细精管萎缩,间质水肿和精子发育阻滞。EV组双侧睾丸的SOD活性显著低于相应的对照组(P<0.01),左侧睾丸比右侧睾丸更低,但无明显统计学意义(P>0.05)。EV组双侧睾丸间质细胞中Bcl-2的染色指数与相应的对照组相比均显著降低(P<0.01),左侧睾丸染色指数比右侧睾丸下降更明显(P<0.01),EV12周组与 EV8周组相比,EV12周组染色指数更低(P<0.05)。SOD活性与Bcl-2的染色指数在0.01水平有显著相...     

Ataxin-1 poly(Q)-induced proteotoxic stress and apoptosis are attenuated in neural cells by docosahexaenoic acid-derived neuroprotectin D1

Neurodegenerative diseases share two common features: enhanced oxidative stress and cellular inability to scavenge structurally damaged abnormal proteins. Pathogenesis of polyglutamine (poly(Q)) diseases involves increased protein misfolding, along with ubiquitin and chaperon protein-containing nuclear aggregates. In spinocerebellar ataxia, the brain and retina undergo degeneration. Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) is made on-demand in the nervous system and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in response to oxidative stress, which activates prosurvival signaling via regulation of gene expression and other processes. We hypothesized that protein misfolding-induced proteotoxic stress triggers NPD1 synthesis. We used ARPE-19 cells as a cellular model to assess stress due to ataxin-1 82Q protein expression and determine whether NPD1 prevents apoptosis. Ectopic ataxin-1 expression induced RPE cell apoptosis, which was abrogated by 100 nm docosahexaenoic acid, 10 ng/ml pigment epithelium-derived factor, or NPD1. Similarly, NPD1 was protective in neurons and primary human RPE cells. Furthermore, when ataxin-1 82Q was expressed in 15-lipoxygenase-1-deficient cells, apoptosis was greatly enhanced, and only NPD1 (50 nm) rescued cells from death. NPD1 reduced misfolded ataxin-1-induced accumulation of proapoptotic Bax in the cytoplasm, suggesting that NPD1 acts by preventing proapoptotic signaling pathways from occurring. Finally, NPD1 signaling interfered with ataxin-1/capicua repression of gene expression and decreased phosphorylated ataxin-1 in an Akt-independent manner, suggesting that NPD1 signaling modulates formation or stabilization of ataxin-1 complexes. These data suggest that 1) NPD1 synthesis is an early response induced by proteotoxic stress due to abnormally folded ataxin-1, and 2) NPD1 promotes cell survival through modulating stabilization of ataxin-1 functional complexes and pro-/antiapoptotic and inflammatory pathways.     

c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK-1) confers protection against brief but not extended ischemia during acute myocardial infarction

Brief periods of ischemia do not damage the heart and can actually protect against reperfusion injury caused by extended ischemia. It is not known what causes the transition from protection to irreversible damage as ischemia progresses. c-Jun N-terminal kinase-1 (JNK-1) is a stress-regulated kinase that is activated by reactive oxygen and thought to promote injury during severe acute myocardial infarction. Because some reports suggest that JNK-1 can also be protective, we hypothesized that the function of JNK-1 depends on the metabolic state of the heart at the time of reperfusion, a condition that changes progressively with duration of ischemia. Mice treated with JNK-1 inhibitors or transgenic mice wherein the JNK-1 gene was ablated were subjected to 5 or 20 min of ischemia followed by reperfusion. When JNK-1 was inactive, ischemia of only 5 min duration caused massive apoptosis, infarction, and negative remodeling that was equivalent to or greater than extended ischemia. Conversely, when ischemia was extended JNK-1 inactivation was protective. Mechanisms of the JNK-1 switch in function were investigated in vivo and in cultured cardiac myocytes. In vitro there was a comparable switch in the function of JNK-1 from protective when ATP levels were maintained during hypoxia to injurious when reoxygenation followed glucose and ATP depletion. Both apoptotic and necrotic death pathways were affected and responded reciprocally to JNK-1 inhibitors. JNK-1 differentially regulated Akt phosphorylation of the regulatory sites Ser-473 and Thr-450 and the catalytic Thr-308 site in vivo. The studies define a novel role for JNK-1 as a conditional survival kinase that protects the heart against brief but not protracted ischemia.     

Protective Role of Quercetin on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Aroclor‐1254) Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Liver of Adult Male Rats

The present study aims to investigate the protective effect of quercetin against Aroclor‐1254–induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Male Wistar rats were grouped into Group I control received vehicle (corn oil; 1 mL/kg bwt); Group II quercetin alone (50 mg/kg bwt/day orally); Group III Aroclor‐1254 (2 mg/kg bwt/day intraperitoneally); Group IV Aroclor‐1254 + quercetin treated for 30 days. The Aroclor‐1254 treatment caused significant alteration in the biochemical parameters (hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione levels, and alkaline phosphatase activity). The expressions of apoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins and the liver histology of Aroclor‐1254–exposed rats showed cytoplasmic degeneration along with infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells. Whereas simultaneous treatment with quercetin normalized all the biochemical parameters, consequently it inhibited apoptosis mediated by Aroclor‐1254 by downregulating aryl hydrocarbon receptor, p53 and apoptotic protein (Bax, caspase‐9, caspase‐3) and upregulating the antiapoptotic protein (Bcl‐2) expression patterns; thereby, quercetin reduces alteration in hepatocellular morphology. Thus quercetin exhibited hepatoprotective effect. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J BiochemMol Toxicol 26:522‐532, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/jbt.21466     

Stress-induced ER to Golgi translocation of ceramide synthase 1 is dependent on proteasomal processing

The ceramide synthase (CerS) enzymes are key regulators of ceramide homeostasis. CerS1 is central to regulating C18 ceramide which has been shown to be important in cancer and the response to chemotherapeutic drugs. Previous work indicated that some drugs induced a novel and specific translocation of CerS1 from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus. We now show that diverse stresses such as UV light, DTT, as well as drugs with different mechanisms of action induce CerS1 translocation. The stresses cause a specific cleavage of the CerS1 enzyme, and the cleavage is dependent on the action of the proteasome. Inhibition of proteasome function inhibits stress-induced CerS1 translocation, indicating that this proteolytic cleavage precedes the translocation. Modulation of protein kinase C activity shows that it plays a central role in regulating CerS1 translocation. Analysis of the C-terminus of the CerS1 protein shows that several KxKxx motifs are not involved in regulating stress induced translocation. The study suggests that diverse stresses initiate responses through different signaling pathways, which ultimately converge to regulate CerS1 localization. The data provide an increasingly detailed understanding of the regulation of this important enzyme in normal and stressed cells and support the idea that it is uniquely regulated with respect to the other CerS enzymes.     

川芎嗪对顺铂诱导豚鼠耳蜗细胞凋亡的影响

目的:探讨川芎嗪对顺铂耳蜗毒性中细胞凋亡的影响及可能的作用机制。方法:将60只健康白色红目豚鼠随机分为3组:对照组、顺铂组和中药组,各组动物均于用药前及停药后测试听觉脑干诱发电位(ABR).电镜观察螺旋神经节细胞超微结构损伤情况,利用TUNEL测定各组耳蜗细胞凋亡情况。结果:对照组ABR阈值为40.94±6.75 db,顺铂组ABR阈值为76.26±4.54 db,中药组ABR阈值为58.98±5.82 db,三组比较,差异具有显著性(P<0.01);耳蜗透射电镜显示中药组较顺铂组耳蜗组织超微结构损伤明显减轻;TUNEL检测顺铂组有大量阳性细胞,与中药组比较,差异具有显著性(P<0.01)。结论:川芎嗪可以通过抑制细胞凋亡来拮抗顺铂的耳蜗毒性。