摘要
小胶质细胞是中枢神经系统内的免疫细胞,当脑组织出现损伤时,小胶质细胞被激活,对脑组织起到保护作用。在自身免疫性脑脊髓炎模型大鼠和视神经脊髓炎患者体内,均观察到在脊髓炎性病灶及小胶质细胞内,P2X4受体表达上调。本课题组进行在体和离体实验,用LPS活化小胶质细胞,观察P2X4受体在小胶质细胞炎性反应中的作用。膜片钳检测显示,在LPS激活的小胶质细胞内,P2X4受体活性增加。P2X4受体阻断剂可显著降低小胶质细胞的膜皱缩、TNFα的分泌、细胞形态的改变及LPS导致的小胶质细胞死亡。在体研究显示,LPS髓内注射后会诱发炎性反应,迅速导致小胶质细胞丢失;给予P2X4受体阻断剂可显著减少小胶质细胞的丢失,而P2X4受体激活剂则可显著增加小胶质细胞的丢失。海马齿状回的小胶质细胞特别容易被LPS诱导的炎症反应激活。注射LPS后2 h,位于海马齿状回的小胶质细胞即被激活,大约24 h后死亡,P2X4受体阻断剂可减少LPS诱导的小胶质细胞活化和死亡。上述数据提示,P2X4受体对于小胶质细胞的激活和存活有重要的调控作用。
Microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, responds to brain disarrange- ments by becoming activated to contend with brain damage. Here we show that the expression of P2X4 receptors is upregulated in inflammatory loci and in activated microglia in the spinal cord of rats with experimental au- toimmune encephalomyelitis （EAE） as well as in the optic nerve of multiple sclerosis patients. To study the role of P2X4 receptors in microgliosis, we activated microglia with LPS in vitro and in vivo. We observed that P2X4 receptor activity in vitro was increased in LPS-activated microglia as assessed by patch-clamp recordings. In ad- dition, P2X4 receptor blockade significantly reduced microglial membrane ruffling, TNFα secretion and morpho- logical changes, as well as LPS-induced microglial cell death. Accordingly, neuroinflammation provoked by LPS injection in vivo induced a rapid microglial loss in the spinal cord that was totally prevented or potentiated by P2X4 receptor blockade or facilitation, respectively. Within the brain, microglia in the hippocampal dentate gyms showed particular vulnerability to LPS-induced neuroinfiammation. Thus, microglia processes in this re- gion retracted as early as 2 h after injection of LPS and died around 24 h later, two features which were prevented by blocking P2X4 receptors. Together, these data suggest that P2X4 receptors contribute to controlling the fate of activated microglia and its survival.
出处
《神经损伤与功能重建》
2014年第1期50-50,共1页
Neural Injury and Functional Reconstruction
