中国组织工程研究 ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (31): 5044-5051.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2114

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Th-17细胞因子在哮喘期可促进中性粒细胞产生白细胞介素17A和17F

韦江红1,贾爱军1,马礼兵1,王月玲2,邱露露3,肖  兵4   

  1. 1桂林医学院附属医院,广西壮族自治区桂林市  541001;2中南大学,湖南省长沙市  410008;3湘西自治州人民医院,湖南省吉首市  416000;4中南大学湘雅二医院,湖南省长沙市  41001
  • 收稿日期:2019-01-02 修回日期:2019-01-10 接受日期:2019-03-18 出版日期:2020-11-08 发布日期:2020-09-04
  • 作者简介:韦江红,女,广西壮族自治区桂林市人,汉族,2010年桂林医学院毕业,硕士,副主任医师,主要从事哮喘研究。
  • 基金资助:
    广西医疗卫生适宜技术研究与开发项目(S201316-04);广西壮族自治区卫生厅中医药科技项目(GZPT1247)

Th-17 regulatory cytokines promote interleukins-17A and 17F production by neutrophils during asthma

Wei Jianghong1, Jia Aijun1, Ma Libing1, Wang Yueling2, Qiu Lulu3, Xiao Bing4   

  1. 1Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; 2Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China; 3Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture People’s Hospital, Jishou 416000, Hunan Province, China; 4The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410012, Hunan Province, China
  • Received:2019-01-02 Revised:2019-01-10 Accepted:2019-03-18 Online:2020-11-08 Published:2020-09-04
  • About author:Wei Jianghong, Master, Associate chief physician, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:
    Guangxi Medical and Health Appropriate Technology Research and Development Project, No. S201316-04 ; Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project of the Department of Health of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. GZPT1247

摘要:

文题释义:

辅助性T细胞17(T helper cell 17,Th17)是一种新发现的能够分泌白细胞介素17T细胞亚群,在自身免疫性疾病和机体防御反应中具有重要的意义。β转化生长因子、白细胞介素6、白细胞介素23和白细胞介素21Th17细胞的分化形成过程中起着积极的促进作用,而γ干扰素、白细胞介素4、细胞因子信号传送阻抑蛋白3和白细胞介素2则抑制它的分化。

白细胞介素17(interleukin 17,IL17)是已发现的30余种白细胞介素之一,按序号排在第17位。白细胞介素17CD4+ T细胞分泌,能够诱导上皮细胞、内皮细胞、成纤维细胞合成分泌白细胞介素6、白细胞介素8粒细胞集落刺激因子前列腺素E2,促进ICAM-1的表达。

背景:在重度哮喘患者中,Th-17细胞及其衍生的细胞因子(白细胞介素17,白细胞介素21,白细胞介素22)表达升高,但具体的调机制尚未明确。

目的:探讨重症哮喘患者Th-17调节性细胞因子对中性粒细胞中的白细胞介素17的影响。

方法:纳入哮喘患者28例,正常健康受试者28名。用白细胞介素21、白细胞介素23和白细胞介素6细胞因子刺激从2组受试者外周血分离的中性粒细胞,并测定它们产生白细胞介素17A和白细胞介素17F的能力。使用流式细胞仪测量刺激后中性粒细胞中的信号转导和转录激活因子3(STAT3)磷酸化水平。通过使用特定化学抑制剂阻断转录激活因子3磷酸化来判断白细胞介素17基因表达是否与其有关。研究由桂林医学院附属医院的伦理委员会审查和批准,伦理审批号:院字2017013号。

结果与结论:相对于健康对照组,用白细胞介素21、白细胞介素23和白细胞介素6刺激哮喘患者的中性粒细胞,能够显著提高白细胞介素17A和白细胞介素17F的产生;使用白细胞介素21、白细胞介素23和白细胞介素6细胞因子刺激中性粒细胞均能够增强转录激活因子3磷酸化;同时,使用特异性化学抑制剂抑制转录激活因子3的磷酸化能够显著阻断中性粒细胞产生白细胞介素17的能力,这表明转录激活因子3激活可能是介导白细胞介素17基因表达的主要路径;结果说明,严重哮喘患者肺部的中性粒细胞浸润可能是促炎性细胞因子白细胞介素17A和白细胞介素17F的重要来源,转录激活因子3途径可能是严重哮喘期间调节中性粒细胞的潜在靶点。

ORCID: 0000-0001-6258-5495(韦江红)

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: 哮喘, 细胞因子,  炎症反应,  中性粒细胞,  Th-17细胞,  转录激活因子3

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Th-17 cells and their derived cytokines (interleukins 17, 21, and 22) show an increasing trend in patients with severe asthma, but the specific regulatory mechanism has not yet been determined.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of Th-17 regulatory cytokines on the expression of interleukin 17 in neutrophils in patients with severe asthma.

METHODS: There were 28 patients with asthma and 28 healthy controls in the study. Peripheral blood neutrophils isolated from all the subjects were stimulated with interleukins 21, 23, and 6 cytokines and their ability to produce interleukin 17A and 17F was determined relative to healthy controls. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation levels were measured in stimulated neutrophils using flow cytometry. The requirement for STAT3 phosphorylation was determined by blocking its activation using a specific chemical inhibitor. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, with an approval No. 2017-013.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Stimulating asthmatic neutrophils with interleukins 21, 23, and 6 significantly enhanced the production of interleukins-17A and 17F in neutrophils, and increased STAT3 phosphorylation in all the patients compared with the healthy controls. Interestingly, inhibiting STAT3 phosphorylation using a specific chemical inhibitor dramatically blocked the ability of neutrophils to produce interleukin 17, demonstrating that STAT3 activation is the major approach to mediate the expression of interleukin 17 gene. To conclude, neutrophil infiltration in lungs of severe asthmatics may represent an important source of pro-inflammatory interleukins 17A and 17F. STAT3 pathway may be a potential target for regulating neutrophilic inflammation during severe asthma.

Key words: asthma,  cytokines,  inflammatory response,  neutrophils,  Th-17 cells,  STAT3

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