中国组织工程研究 ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (14): 2241-2246.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.3126

• 组织构建基础实验 basic experiments in tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

心脏细胞衰老与Uvrag基因的缺失

来帅威,张沙沙,刘晓芸,Haniya Mazhar,Amber Naz,贺  林,朱洪新   

  1. 上海交通大学Bio-X研究院,遗传发育与精神神经疾病教育部重点实验室,上海市   200240
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-03 修回日期:2020-04-15 接受日期:2020-05-30 出版日期:2021-05-18 发布日期:2020-12-31
  • 通讯作者: 朱洪新,副研究员,上海交通大学Bio-X研究院,遗传发育与精神神经疾病教育部重点实验室,上海市 200240
  • 作者简介:来帅威,男,1995年生,河南省柘城县人,汉族,2020年上海交通大学毕业,硕士,主要从事心血管疾病生物学研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(81974020),项目负责人:朱洪新;上海市自然科学基金(16ZR1418200),项目负责人:朱洪新

Ultraviolet resistance-associated gene (Uvrag) deficiency promotes cellular senescence in the heart

Lai Shuaiwei, Zhang Shasha, Liu Xiaoyun, Haniya Mazhar, Amber Naz, He Lin, Zhu Hongxin   

  1. Bio-X Research Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory of Genetic Development and Psychiatric Diseases of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2020-04-03 Revised:2020-04-15 Accepted:2020-05-30 Online:2021-05-18 Published:2020-12-31
  • Contact: Zhu Hongxin, Associate researcher, Bio-X Research Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory of Genetic Development and Psychiatric Diseases of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China
  • About author:Lai Shuaiwei, Master, Bio-X Research Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory of Genetic Development and Psychiatric Diseases of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81974020 (to ZHX); Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation, No. 16ZR1418200 (to ZHX)

摘要:

文题释义:
紫外线抵抗相关基因(ultraviolet resistance-associated gene,UVRAG):是自噬相关基因,具有多种生物学功能。前期工作发现Uvrag基因缺失小鼠发生年龄相关心肌病伴有心功能下降,与细胞自噬受到阻断、细胞凋亡和炎症增加有关。
p53基因:是一种抑癌基因,是细胞生长周期中的负调节因子,与细胞周期的调控、DNA修复、细胞分化、细胞凋亡等重要的生物学功能有关。p53基因分为野生型和突变型两种,其产物也有野生型和突变型。野生型p53蛋白极不稳定,半衰期仅数分钟,并具有反式激活功能和广谱的肿瘤抑制作用;突变型p53蛋白稳定性增加,半衰期延长,可被免疫组化方法检测出来。

背景:前期工作发现自噬相关基因Uvrag缺失导致年龄相关心肌病,但细胞衰老在此过程中的作用尚不清楚。
目的:研究Uvrag基因缺失对心脏细胞衰老的影响。
方法:从Uvrag基因缺失纯合子小鼠和野生型小鼠中各取14只雄性小鼠分两批分别饲养到3月龄和8月龄。采用real time RT-PCR检测小鼠心脏组织衰老相关分泌表型相关因子mRNA表达变化,苏木精-伊红染色、天狼猩红染色、衰老相关β-半乳糖苷酶染色进行心肌组织学观察,透射电镜观察小鼠心肌细胞超微结构的变化,蛋白免疫印迹检测小鼠心脏组织p53蛋白表达量。实验方案经上海交通大学动物实验伦理委员会批准。
结果与结论:①苏木精-伊红染色和天狼猩红染色结果显示,Uvrag基因缺失导致单个心肌细胞显著增大及心脏纤维化;②透射电镜显示,Uvrag基因缺失小鼠心肌细胞线粒体形态异常、排列紊乱,肌浆网肿胀;③衰老相关β-半乳糖苷酶染色发现,Uvrag基因缺失小鼠心脏衰老细胞显著增多;④real time RT-PCR结果表明,Uvrag基因缺失小鼠心脏衰老相关分泌表型因子表达显著上调;⑤Western blot结果显示Uvrag基因缺失导致心脏组织衰老调控关键蛋白p53表达显著升高;⑥结果说明,自噬相关基因Uvrag缺失促进小鼠心脏细胞衰老;Uvrag基因是潜在的延缓心脏衰老及抗衰老相关心脏疾病的靶分子。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5189-7706 (朱洪新) 

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: 心脏, 基因, Uvrag, 衰老, 细胞衰老, 衰老相关分泌表型, p53, 自噬

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previously we have shown that ultraviolet resistance-associated gene (Uvrag) deficient mice develop age-related cardiomyopathy. However, whether cellular senescence contributes to the pathogenesis remains unknown.
OBJECTIVE: To determine cellular senescence in Uvrag-deficient hearts. 
METHODS: Wild-type and Uvrag-deficient male mice at 3 and 8 months of age were utilized. Real-time RT-PCR was used to detect the changes in the mRNA expression of senescence-associated secretory phenotype-related factors in mouse heart tissue, and myocardial histological observation was performed using hematoxylin-eosin staining, Sirius scarlet staining, and aging-related β-galactosidase staining. Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the ultrastructure changes of mouse cardiomyocytes. Western blot was used to detect the expression of p53 protein in mouse heart tissue. An approval was obtained from the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Hematoxylin-eosin staining and Sirius red staining showed that cross-sectional area of individual cardiomyocytes was enlarged and cardiac fibrosis was enhanced in the Uvrag-deficient mice. In addition, cardiomyocytes in the Uvrag-deficient mice exhibited abnormal mitochondrial morphology, disordered arrangement, and swollen sarcoplasmic reticulum as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. Senescence-associated ß-galactosidase staining suggested that Uvrag deficiency significantly increased senescent cells in the hearts from Uvrag-deficient mice. Furthermore, real-time RT-PCR demonstrated a marked increase in the expression of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype genes in Uvrag-deficient hearts. Finally, western blot showed that the expression of p53, a key regulator of cellular senescence, was upregulated in Uvrag-deficient hearts. To conclude, Uvrag deficiency promotes cellular senescence in the mouse heart. Uvrag is a potential target for delaying senescence of the heart and anti-aging-related heart disease.

Key words: heart, gene, Uvrag, senescence, cellular senescence, age-related secretory phenotype, p53, autophagy

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