中国组织工程研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (15): 2338-2345.doi: 10.12307/2024.250

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黑磷调控氧化应激-炎症级联效应延缓椎间盘退变的机制

寇  裕,顾  勇,陈  亮   

  1. 苏州大学附属第一医院,江苏省苏州市  215000
  • 收稿日期:2022-12-13 接受日期:2023-02-14 出版日期:2024-05-28 发布日期:2023-09-19
  • 通讯作者: 陈亮,教授,博士生导师,主任医师,苏州大学附属第一医院,江苏省苏州市 215000
  • 作者简介:寇裕,男,1996年生,内蒙古自治区包头市人,汉族,苏州大学附属第一医院研在读硕士,主要从事骨组织工程方向的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81972078,82072438),项目负责人:陈亮

Mechanism of black phosphorus regulating oxidative stress-inflammation cascade in retarding intervertebral disc degeneration

Kou Yu, Gu Yong, Chen Liang   

  1. First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2022-12-13 Accepted:2023-02-14 Online:2024-05-28 Published:2023-09-19
  • Contact: Chen Liang, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Chief physician, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Kou Yu, Master candidate, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81972078, No. 82072438 (to CL)

摘要:


文题释义:

黑磷量子点:黑磷是一种磷原子构成的片层状二维材料,化学性质较为稳定,生物相容性良好,具有一定的还原性。黑磷量子点是将黑磷晶体通过超声液相剥离法制备的、具有超小尺寸和超薄厚度的黑磷纳米材料。黑磷量子点特定的理化性质使得其在光伏、光电子器件和生物医学等领域具有广泛的应用前景。
Nrf2/ARE通路:对调节细胞氧化应激起重要作用。Nrf2蛋白是一种转录因子,正常情况下细胞在受到氧化性物质激活后,Nrf2转入细胞核与ARE的DNA序列结合,促进NQO1和血红素加氧酶1等具有抗氧化作用的Ⅱ期解毒酶的表达。


背景:氧化应激在椎间盘退行性变中扮演了重要的角色,黑磷量子点作为具有良好生物相容性的还原性材料,具有抗氧化应激并延缓椎间盘退变的潜力。

目的:通过体内外实验验证黑磷量子点清除椎间盘微环境内活性氧的作用,并进一步探究黑磷量子点对抗氧化通路Nrf2/ARE与椎间盘炎症的作用。
方法:采用超声液相剥离法制备黑磷量子点。①体外实验:分离提取SD大鼠髓核细胞,将第2-4代髓核细胞分别与不同的溶液共培养,分别为F12-DMEM培养基(空白组)、黑磷量子点溶液、过氧化氢溶液、过氧化氢+黑磷量子点溶液、过氧化氢+黑磷量子点+Nrf2特异性抑制剂ML385溶液,分别进行细胞活/死染色及细胞内活性氧、线粒体膜电位及Western Blot检测;②体内实验:将30只SD大鼠随机分为假手术组、穿刺组、穿刺+黑磷组,每组10只,穿刺组与穿刺+黑磷组采用椎间盘穿刺法建立Co7-10椎间盘退变模型,穿刺+黑磷组穿刺后向椎间盘注射黑磷量子点分散液,术后4,8周进行椎间盘组织影像学与组织学染色评估。

结果与结论:①体外实验:活/死染色显示,黑磷量子点生物相容性好,对细胞无毒性作用,且在氧化应激条件下对髓核细胞具有保护作用。细胞内活性氧及JC-1荧光探针显示,黑磷量子点可调控氧化应激导致的髓核细胞线粒体膜电位降低,并保护细胞免受过氧化氢诱导的细胞内氧化应激。Western Blot检测显示,与空白组比较,过氧化氢组Nrf2、血红素加氧酶1、醌氧化还原酶、Ⅱ型胶原的蛋白表达降低(P < 0.05),肿瘤坏死因子α、白细胞介素1β、基质金属蛋白酶13、p65的蛋白表达升高(P < 0.05);黑磷量子点的加入可逆转过氧化氢对Nrf2通路的抑制作用,减轻氧化应激造成的炎症反应,但Nrf2特异性抑制剂可取消这一作用。②体内实验:X射线片与MRI检测显示,术后4,8周,穿刺组椎间盘高度与髓核含水量低于假手术组(P < 0.05),穿刺+黑磷组椎间盘高度与髓核含水量高于穿刺组(P < 0.05)。组织学染色显示,穿刺+黑磷组椎间盘退变程度轻于穿刺组,血红素加氧酶1蛋白表达量高于穿刺+黑磷组。③结果表明:黑磷量子点可通过调控Nrf2/ARE通路发挥抗氧化作用,并延缓椎间盘退变。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2936-8031(寇裕)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料口腔生物材料纳米材料缓释材料材料相容性组织工程

关键词: 黑磷量子点, 抗氧化应激, Nrf2/ARE通路, 炎症, 椎间盘退变

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress plays a critical role in intervertebral disc degeneration. As a reducing material with good biocompatibility, black phosphorus quantum dots have the potential to resist oxidative stress and retard intervertebral disc degeneration.  
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of black phosphorus quantum dots on scavenging reactive oxygen species in the microenvironment of an intervertebral disc through in vivo and in vitro experiments, and further explore the role of black phosphorus quantum dots in Nrf2/ARE pathway and intervertebral disc inflammation. 
METHODS: Black phosphorus quantum dots were prepared by a liquid exfoliation technique. (1) In vitro experiment: The nucleus pulposus cells of SD rats were isolated and extracted, and the passages 2-4 nucleus pulposus cells were cocultured with different solutions, including F12-DMEM medium (blank group), black phosphorus quantum dot solution, hydrogen peroxide solution, hydrogen peroxide+black phosphorus quantum dot solution, hydrogen peroxide+black phosphorus quantum dot+Nrf2 specific inhibitor ML385 solution. Cell live/dead staining and intracellular reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential and western blot assay were performed respectively. (2) In vivo experiment: Thirty SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation, puncture and puncture + black phosphorus groups, with 10 rats in each group. A Co7-10 intervertebral disc degeneration model was established using intervertebral disc puncture in the puncture group and the puncture+black phosphorus group. Black phosphorus quantum dot solution was injected in the intervertebral disc after a puncture in the puncture+black phosphorus group. The intervertebral disc tissue imaging and histological staining were evaluated at 4 and 8 weeks after surgery. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) In vitro experiment: Live/dead staining revealed that the black phosphorus quantum dots had good biocompatibility, were non-toxic to cells, and had a protective effect on nucleus pulposus cells under oxidative stress. Intracellular reactive oxygen species and JC-1 fluorescent probes showed that black phosphorus quantum dots could regulate the reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential caused by oxidative stress in nucleus pulposus cells and protected cells from hydrogen peroxidation-induced intracellular oxidative stress. Western blot analysis showed that compared with the blank group, the protein expressions of Nrf2, heme oxygenase 1, quinone oxidoreductase and type II collagen were decreased in the hydrogen peroxide group (P < 0.05), while the protein expressions of tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin 1β, matrix metalloproteinase 13 and p65 were increased (P < 0.05). The addition of black phosphorus quantum dots could reverse the inhibitory effect of hydrogen peroxide on the Nrf2 pathway and reduce the inflammatory response caused by oxidative stress, but NrF2-specific inhibitors could cancel this effect. (2) In vivo experiment: X-ray and MRI demonstrated that at 4 and 8 weeks after surgery, the intervertebral disc height and water content of nucleus pulposus in the puncture group were lower than those in the sham operation group (P < 0.05), and the intervertebral disc height and water content of nucleus pulposus in the puncture+black phosphorus group were higher than those in the puncture group (P < 0.05). Histological staining exhibited that the degree of intervertebral disc degeneration in the puncture+black phosphorus group was less than that in the puncture group, and the expression of heme oxygenase 1 protein was higher than that in the puncture+black phosphorus group. (3) Our results have indicated that black phosphorus quantum dots can exert an antioxidant effect and delay intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating Nrf2/ARE pathway. 

Key words: black phosphorus quantum dot, antioxidant stress, Nrf2/ARE pathway, inflammation, intervertebral disc degeneration

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