Objective: To investigate the effect of sulfur dioxide (SO2) on the apoptosis of alveolar macrophage (AM) in lung protection of limb ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) induced acute lung injury (ALI), and to find a new target for the control of inflammatory response.
Methods: Twenty pathogen-free, adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats (180-230 g) were used in this study. Five rats were to be used for limb ischemia/reperfusion, then plasma was extracted as ischemia/reperfusion serum stimulation. Fifteen rats were to be used for extracting AM by bronchoalveolar lavage. The AM was isolated and cultured, then the cell count was adjusted to 1×106/mL, and randomly divided into the following 4 groups (n=6): control group, I/R group, SO2 group, and I/R+SO2 group. The I/R group was given ischemia/reperfusion serum (500 μg/L) to stimulate 6 h; the SO2 group was given an SO2 donor, Na2SO3/NaHSO3 [(0.54 mmol/kg) / (0.18 mmol/kg)]; and the I/R+SO2 group was given the same ischemia/reperfusion serum and Na2SO3/NaHSO3 at the same time. The level of mitochondrial membrane potential, the state of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP), the rate of AM apoptosis, the expression of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 proteins were detected by flow cytometry, microplate reader and Western blotting.
Results: Compared with the control group, in the I/R group, the ratio of red to green fluorescence and the absorbance decreased significantly, the percentage of apoptotic cells increased obviously, the apoptotic rate was 43.81%±2.40%, Caspase-3 protein expression increased, Bcl-2 protein expression decreased. While compared with the I/R group, in the I/R+SO2 group, the ratio of red to green fluorescence and the absorbance increased significantly; the apoptotic rate decreased to 37.01%±1.93%, Caspase-3 protein expression decreased, Bcl-2 protein expression increased.
Conclusion: Exogenous SO2 has the effect of accelerating AM apoptosis by stimulating mPTP to open and mitochondrial membrane potential to decrease; besides, exogenous SO2 could stimulate AM to secrete more anti-inflammatory cytokines and less inflammatory cytokines. In conclusion, exogenous SO2 can reduce macrophage apoptosis by inhibiting mitochondrial pathways.
目的: 探讨二氧化硫(sulfur dioxide,SO2)在肢体缺血再灌注(ischemia/reperfusion,I/R)致急性肺损伤(acute lung injury,ALI)保护作用中对肺泡巨噬细胞(alveolar macrophage,AM)凋亡的影响,为控制炎症反应寻找新的靶点。
方法: 分离培养AM,应用肢体缺血再灌注致ALI大鼠血清制备细胞模型,给予外源性SO2,然后检测线粒体膜电位以及线粒体通透性转换孔(mitochondrial permeability transition pore,mPTP)开放情况,AM凋亡情况及凋亡相关Bcl-2、Caspase-3分子蛋白表达情况。
结果: 与对照组相比,I/R组红、绿荧光的比值下降,吸光度显著降低,AM凋亡率增加到43.81%±2.40%,Caspase-3蛋白表达升高,Bcl-2蛋白表达下降;而与I/R组比较,I/R+SO2组红、绿荧光的比值升高,吸光度增高,AM凋亡率减少37.01%±1.93%,Caspase-3蛋白表达降低,Bcl-2蛋白表达升高。
结论: 外源性SO2可通过抑制线粒体途径改善巨噬细胞的凋亡。