中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (19): 2985-2990.doi: 10.12307/2022.375

• 骨髓干细胞 bone marrow stem cells • 上一篇    下一篇

敲减ATR基因对大鼠骨髓内皮祖细胞衰老及其功能的影响

唐  蜜,秦  臻,韦正新,倪  鸣,柴小康   

  1. 贵州医科大学基础医学院,贵州省贵阳市   550025
  • 收稿日期:2021-06-26 修回日期:2021-08-09 接受日期:2021-08-30 出版日期:2022-07-08 发布日期:2021-12-28
  • 通讯作者: 秦臻,博士,副教授,硕士生导师,贵州医科大学基础医学院,贵州省贵阳市 550025
  • 作者简介:唐蜜,女,1993年生,四川省广安市人,汉族,贵州医科大学基础医学院在读硕士,主要从事心血管药理学与干细胞相关研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81403445),项目负责人:秦臻

Effect of ATR gene knockdown on senescence and function of rat bone marrow endothelial progenitor cells

Tang Mi, Qin Zhen,Wei Zhengxin, Ni Ming, Chai Xiaokang   

  1. School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-26 Revised:2021-08-09 Accepted:2021-08-30 Online:2022-07-08 Published:2021-12-28
  • Contact: Qin Zhen, MD, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China
  • About author:Tang Mi, Master candidate, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81403445 (to QZ)

摘要:

文题释义:
内皮祖细胞:是一类能够增殖分化为内皮细胞的多潜能干细胞,主要分布于骨髓,参与修复损伤血管及血管新生,可摄取Dil标记的乙酰化低密度脂蛋白,体外培养贴壁呈梭形,可分化增生为成熟内皮细胞,形成管腔样结构。
ATR基因:因其和ATM及酵母Rad3基因有着较高同源性,被命名为ATR,作为DNA损伤检测点的主要成员,ATR属于PIKK家族,可独立激活DNA损伤通路,参与单链DNA损伤,导致细胞周期阻滞。


背景:内皮祖细胞在血管内皮更新及修复中发挥重要作用,利用体外扩增的自体内皮祖细胞移植促进缺血部位血管新生,现已成为防治缺血性心血管疾病的新策略,但取自老年机体的内皮祖细胞在体外扩增中会出现细胞衰老迹象,难以发挥修复能力,研究表明DNA损伤与细胞衰老关系密切,DNA损伤检测点是调控DNA损伤的重要关卡。
目的:通过慢病毒RNA干扰技术敲减大鼠骨髓内皮祖细胞中的ATR基因,探讨其在内皮祖细胞衰老进程中的作用。
方法:将大鼠骨髓源内皮祖细胞进行分离、培养并鉴定,将分离出的内皮祖细胞继续培养至第3代,随机分为3组:未转染组(空白组)、阴性对照组、基因敲减组(ATR-RNAi组)。未转染组正常培养,阴性对照组、基因敲减组分别予以慢病毒RNAi及慢病毒ATR-RNAi稳定转染至第3,6天,通过qRT-PCR和Western blot检测各组细胞中ATR mRNA和蛋白表达水平,β-半乳糖苷酶染色检测各组细胞的衰老情况,MTT比色法检测各组细胞的增殖能力,Transwell实验和体外血管生成试剂盒分别检测各组细胞迁移能力及成血管功能,流式细胞术检测各组细胞周期变化。
结果与结论:①与未转染组比较,ATR-RNAi 组内皮祖细胞表达ATR mRNA和蛋白水平明显降低(P < 0.01),表明ATR基因表达被有效敲减;②与未转染组比较,ATR-RNAi组蓝染细胞数量减少,表明衰老程度明显减轻(P < 0.01);③与未转染组相比,ATR-RNAi组细胞增殖、迁移和成血管功能明显增强(P < 0.05);④与未转染组比较,ATR-RNAi 组处于G1、G2期的细胞百分率明显减少,S期细胞百分率显著增多(P < 0.05);⑤结果表明,敲减ATR基因表达可以延缓内皮祖细胞的衰老进程,同时增强内皮祖细胞的功能,减轻细胞周期的停滞。

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-013X (秦臻) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

关键词: 内皮祖细胞, 骨髓, ATM与Rad相关蛋白激酶, 慢病毒转染, 细胞衰老, 细胞功能, 细胞周期

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Endothelial progenitor cells play an important role in vascular endothelial renewal and repair. The transplantation of autologous endothelial progenitor cells expanded and cultured in vitro to promote angiogenesis in ischemic sites has become a new strategy for the prevention and treatment of ischemic cardiovascular diseases. However, the endothelial progenitor cells derived from the elderly body will show signs of cellular senescence when expanded in vitro. The ability of aging endothelial progenitor cells to repair vascular endothelium is difficult to exert. Studies have shown that DNA damage is closely related to cell aging, and DNA damage detection points are an important checkpoint for regulating DNA damage.  
OBJECTIVE: Lentiviral RNA interference technology was used to knockdown ATM and Rad3-related kinase (ATR) gene in rat bone marrow endothelial progenitor cells, and to explore its role in the aging process of endothelial progenitor cells.
METHODS: Endothelial progenitor cells from bone marrow in rats were isolated, cultured and identified. After the isolated endothelial progenitor cells were cultured to the third generation, they were counted and randomly divided into three groups: non-infection control group (blank group), negative control group, and gene knockdown group (ATR-RNAi group). The non-infection control group was cultured normally, and the negative control group and gene knockdown group were stably transfected with lentiviral RNAi and lentiviral ATR-RNAi to day 3 and day 6, respectively. The level of ATR mRNA in each group of cells was detected by qRT-PCR. The protein expression of ATR in each group of cells was detected by western blotting. The senescence of each group of cells was detected by β-galactosidase staining. MTT colorimetric method was used to detect cell proliferation activity in each group. Transwell chamber and in vitro angiogenesis kit were used to detect cell migration ability and tubule formation of each group. Flow cytometry was applied to detect the cell cycle change in each group.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:  (1) Compared with the non-infection control group, the expression levels of ATR mRNA and ATR protein in the endothelial progenitor cells in ATR-RNAi group were decreased significantly (P < 0.01), indicating that ATR gene expression was effectively reduced. (2) Compared with the non-infection control group, the number of blue-stained cells in the ATR-RNAi group decreased, indicating that the degree of aging was significantly reduced (P < 0.01). (3) Compared with the non-infection control group, cell proliferation, migration and tubule formation in the ATR-RNAi group were significantly enhanced (P < 0.05). (4) Compared with the non-infection control group, the percentages of cells in the G1 and G2 phases in the ATR-RNAi group were decreased significantly, and the percentage of cells in the S phase was increased significantly (P < 0.05). (5) These results indicate that knockdown of the expression of ATR genes could delay the aging process of endothelial progenitor cells, promotes the function of endothelial progenitor cells, and reduces the stagnation of cell cycles.

Key words: endothelial progenitor cells, bone marrow, ATM and Rad3-related kinase, lentiviral transfection, cell senescence, functional activity, cell cycle

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