中国组织工程研究 ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (26): 4183-4189.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2765

• 组织构建实验造模 experimental modeling in tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

免疫调控受体TIGIT在“怒”模型大鼠胸腺及外周血单个核细胞表达的意义

陈俊贤1,李玮婷2,杨军平2,王  2,金桂林2   

  1. 1江西中医药大学,江西省南昌市  3300042江西中医药大学附属医院检验科,江西省南昌市  330004

  • 收稿日期:2019-09-20 修回日期:2019-09-24 接受日期:2019-11-19 出版日期:2020-09-18 发布日期:2020-09-02
  • 通讯作者: 杨军平,副教授,硕士生导师,江西中医药大学附属医院检验科,江西省南昌市 330004
  • 作者简介:陈俊贤,男,1993年生,汉族,广东省江门市人,江西中医药大学在读硕士,主要从事中西医结合免疫学研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(81860806)

The significance of immunoregulatory receptor TIGIT expression in thymus and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in an “anger” rat model

Chen Junxian1, Li Weiting2, Yang Junping2, Wang Ying2, Jin Guilin2   

  1. 1Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, Jiangxi Province, China; 2Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, Jiangxi Province, China

  • Received:2019-09-20 Revised:2019-09-24 Accepted:2019-11-19 Online:2020-09-18 Published:2020-09-02
  • Contact: Yang Junping, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, Jiangxi Province, China
  • About author:Chen Junxian, Master candidate, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81860806

摘要:

文题释义:

TIGIT(T cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain)2005年由Abbas等发现的由免疫球蛋白(IgV)样结构、Ⅰ型跨膜结构和免疫受体酪氨酸基序(ITIM)组成的跨膜分子,其胞内的ITIM基因序列,后来被研究组定义为具有负性免疫调节的基因结构,并证实了TIGIT分子具有直接或间接抑制T细胞活化的作用;TIGIT在人与啮齿动物的同源性为58%

“怒”模型建立:“怒”动物模型的制备有多种方法,可采用刺激怒吼中枢的方法诱发怒反应、夹尾间接激怒法、颈部枷锁模具限制法、社会隔离与居住入侵法等。在复制精神心理应激“怒”模型方法中,尚未有明确的评断标准。实验通过孤立饲养及日夜颠倒改变模型大鼠的生存环境,提高了大鼠对环境应激因素的敏感性,旷场试验结果表明,随应激时间延长,模型大鼠水平和垂直活动活跃及修饰次数增多,说明大鼠心理焦虑度、紧张度升高,同时伴随攻击行为试验得分上升,提示大鼠处于易激易怒的应激状态,说明应激“怒”模型建立是有效的。

背景:既往研究表明,应激反应能引起机体免疫功能紊乱。免疫调控受体TIGIT能够抑制T细胞活性,促进T细胞凋亡及T细胞亚群分布失衡。应激反应的免疫反应机制是否与TIGIT的表达及作用相关,目前尚未明确。

目的探讨免疫调控受体TIGIT在“怒”模型大鼠胸腺细胞及外周血单个核细胞中的表达情况及TIGIT与免疫功能的相关意义。

方法48Wistar雄性大鼠随机分成空白组(正常大鼠)、模型7 d14 d21 d组,每组12只。除空白组外,其余各组以“社会隔离法”结合足底电击法进行“怒”模型大鼠复制。以旷场试验、攻击行为试验观察大鼠行为学变化,记录试验前后体质量变化及胸腺指数,应用免疫组织化学法观察各组大鼠胸腺及外周血单个核细胞中TIGIT阳性表达情况,流式细胞术测试外周血CD4+CD8+ T细胞亚群表达水平,并进行胸腺细胞及外周血单个核细胞上TIGIT表达与外周血CD4+T/CD8+T淋巴细胞比值的相关性分析。实验方案经江西中医药大学动物实验伦理委员会批准。

结果与结论①模型14 d组、21 d组大鼠旷场试验水平活动、垂直活动得分,修饰动作次数较空白组升高(P < 0.05,或P < 0.01);②模型7 d组、14 d组、21 d组攻击行为试验的攻击隐藏时间较空白组明显缩短(P < 0.01),攻击次数和攻击累计时间明显增多(P < 0.01),体质量和胸腺指数明显下降(P < 0.05,或 P < 0.01);③模型7 d组、14 d组胸腺及外周血单个核细胞中TIGIT表达较空白组明显升高(P < 0.01);④模型7 d组、14 d组大鼠外周血T细胞亚群CD4+/CD8+比值较空白组明显下降(P < 0.05, P < 0.01);⑤大鼠外周血T细胞亚群CD4+/CD8+比值与胸腺T细胞上TIGIT表达呈负相关(r2=0.627 0P < 0.00 01),与单个核细胞上TIGIT表达呈负相关(r2=0.624 4P < 0.000 1);⑥结果提示,模型大鼠处于应激“怒”状态,动物行为学发生明显改变,应激大鼠出现胸腺萎缩及外周血T淋巴细胞亚群CD4+/CD8+比值水平异常,免疫功能出现紊乱,此现象可能与胸腺及外周血单个核细胞TIGIT表达水平相关,但其具体作用机制需进一步研究。

ORCID: 0000-0001-9886-5835(陈俊贤)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: TIGIT, 应激, T淋巴细胞, 胸腺, “怒”模型, 动物模型, 免疫调控受体

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that stress response can cause immune dysfunction in the body. T cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) is an immunoregulatory receptor that can inhibit T cell activity, promote T cell apoptosis and promote T cell subgroup distribution imbalance. Whether the immune response mechanism of stress response is related to the expression and function of TIGIT is still unclear.

OJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of immunomodulatory receptor TIGIT in thymus cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in an anger rat model and its significance to immune function.

METHODS: Forty-eight Wistar male rats were randomly divided into normal group, 7-, 14- and 21-day model groups, with 12 rats in each group. In addition to the blank group, social isolation method with plantar electric shock method was used to establish rat anger models in the other groups. The behavioral changes of rats were observed by open-field test and aggressive behavior test, and the changes in body mass and thymus index before and after the test were recorded. The positive expression of TIGIT in thymus and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of rats in each group was observed by immunohistochemistry, and the expression levels of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometry. The correlation between TIGIT expression in thymus and peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio of T cell subsets in the peripheral blood was analyzed. An ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Animal Ethics Committee of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In the 14- and 21-day model groups, the scores of horizontal and vertical activities in the open-field test of rats were higher than the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). In the 7-, 14- and 21-day model groups, the attack hiding time of the attack behavior test was significantly shortened (P < 0.01), the number of attacks and the cumulative attack time were significantly increased (P < 0.01), and the body mass and thymus index were significantly decreased compared with the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). In the 7- and 14-day model groups, the expression level of TIGIT in thymus and peripheral blood mononuclear cells was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.01), while the CD4+/CD8+ ratio level of the peripheral blood T cell subsets was significantly lower than the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The CD4+/CD8+ ratio of T cell subsets in the peripheral blood of random samples of rats was negatively correlated with the expression level of TIGIT in T cells of thymus (r2=0.627 0, P < 0.000 1) and in mononuclear cells (r2=0.624 4, P < 0.000 1). These results indicate that the model rats in the stress-induced anger state have obvious changes in animal behavior, present with thymus atrophy and abnormalities in peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets CD4+/CD8+ ratio and immune function. This phenomenon may be related to the thymus and peripheral blood mononuclear cells TIGIT expression level, but the specific mechanism needs to be elucidated further.

Key words: TIGIT, stress, T lymphocyte, thymus, “Anger” model, animal model, immunoregulatory receptor

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