中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (14): 2167-2171.doi: 10.12307/2022.478

• 口腔组织构建 oral tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

慢性根尖周炎模型大鼠表观遗传分子:溴结构域蛋白4的表达变化

许颖华1,姜  龙2,史  春3   

  1. 1上海市浦东新区眼病牙病防治所,上海市   200120;2大连医科大学中山学院,辽宁省大连市   116044;3大连医科大学口腔医学院,辽宁省大连市   116044
  • 收稿日期:2021-06-09 修回日期:2021-06-10 接受日期:2021-07-28 出版日期:2022-05-18 发布日期:2021-12-21
  • 通讯作者: 史春,硕士,讲师,大连医科大学口腔医学院口腔内科教研室,辽宁省大连市 116044
  • 作者简介:许颖华,男,1980年生,上海市人,汉族,2007年大连医科大学毕业,硕士,副主任医师,主要从事口腔临床和基础研究。
  • 基金资助:
    浦东新区卫生系统学科带头人培养计划(PWRd2017-13),项目负责人,许颖华;辽宁省自然科学基金(20180550564),项目负责人,史春

Changes in the expression of bromodomain-containing protein 4, an epigenetic molecule, in a rat model of chronic periapical periodontitis

Xu Yinghua1, Jiang Long2, Shi Chun3   

  1. 1Pudong New Area Eye Disease and Dental Disease Prevention & Treatment Center, Shanghai 200120, China; 2Zhongshan College of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China; 3School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-09 Revised:2021-06-10 Accepted:2021-07-28 Online:2022-05-18 Published:2021-12-21
  • Contact: Shi Chun, Master, Lecturer, School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Xu Yinghua, Master, Associate chief physician, Pudong New Area Eye Disease and Dental Disease Prevention & Treatment Center, Shanghai 200120, China
  • Supported by:
    Discipline Leader Training Program of the Health System in Pudong New Area, No. PWRd2017-13 (to XYH); the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, No. 20180550564 (to SC)

摘要:

文题释义:
根尖周炎:是一种由感染牙髓引起的根尖周组织的感染性炎性疾病。牙髓系统中的感染,包括龋齿、修复缺陷、创伤或失败根管治疗都会导致根尖周炎的发生。
溴结构域蛋白4:是溴结构域和末端外结构域的双溴结构域蛋白,溴结构域蛋白4被视为许多炎性疾病的潜在治疗靶点,还可以调节破骨细胞分化并参与骨质疏松症的发生。

背景:根尖周炎是一种由感染牙髓内的细菌引起的根尖周组织的炎性疾病。溴结构域蛋白4在表观遗传的传递中起核心作用,研究表明溴结构域蛋白4在炎症及骨破坏中起到了重要的作用,但是其在慢性根尖周炎中的作用尚未见报道。
目的:通过建立根尖周炎大鼠模型,探究溴结构域蛋白4在根尖周炎发展中的作用。
方法:选取30只SD大鼠,随机分为5组,分别为0周组、1周组、2周组、3周组以及4周组,每组各6只。于左侧下颌第一磨牙行开髓术,暴露牙髓,分别于术后0,1,2,3,4周麻醉处死。多聚甲醛固定后取下颌骨,拍摄Micro-CT鉴定根尖周炎动物模型是否构建成功。脱钙1个月后制作冰冻切片,免疫组化法检测溴结构域蛋白4在慢性根尖周炎发展中的作用。
结果与结论:①Micro-CT结果显示,大鼠根尖周炎动物模型在术后一两周出现牙周膜增宽及根尖阴影,根尖阴影面积随时间推移而增加;3周组和4周组阴影面积增加明显,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);1周组、2周组、3周组以及4周组根尖阴影面积均高于0周组,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05),3周组及4周组相比差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05);②免疫组化结果显示,1周组、2周组、3周组以及4周组的溴结构域蛋白4表达水平均高于0周组,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);溴结构域蛋白4在2周组表达最高,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);溴结构域蛋白4在1周组和4周组表达无明显差异(P > 0.05);③提示溴结构域蛋白4在根尖周炎发生发展中起到了一定的作用,溴结构域蛋白4参与了慢性根尖炎的发展。
缩略语:溴结构域蛋白4:bromodomain-containing protein 4,BRD4

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-999X (许颖华) 

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: 溴结构域蛋白4, 慢性根尖周炎, 动物模型, 口腔, 牙周膜, 大鼠

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Apical periodontitis is an infectious inflammatory disease of the periapical tissue caused by bacterial infection. Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) plays a central role in epigenetic transmission. Studies have shown that BRD4 exerts an important role in inflammation and bone destruction; however, its role in chronic apical periodontitis has not yet been reported.
OBJECTIVE: To establish a rat model of apical periodontitis to detect the role of BRD4 in the development of apical periodontitis.
METHODS: Thirty Sprague-Dawley rats were selected and randomly divided into five groups, 0-week group, 1-week group, 2-week group, 3-week group, and 4-week group, with six rats in each group. Dental pulp of the left mandibular first molar was exposed by pulpectomy, and they were sacrificed at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks postoperatively. After paraformaldehyde fixation, the mandible was removed, and Micro-CT was taken to identify whether the animal model of periapical periodontitis was successfully constructed. Frozen sections were made 1 month after decalcification, and the role of BRD4 in the development of chronic apical periodontitis was detected by immunohistochemistry.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The results of Micro-CT showed that widened periodontal ligament and a certain apical shadow appeared in the rat apical periodontitis model at 1-2 weeks postoperatively. The shadow area increased over time and increased significantly at 3 and 4 weeks (P < 0.05). The apical shadow area in the 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-week groups was significantly higher than that of the 0-week group P < 0.05). However, there was no statistical difference between the 3- and 4-week groups (P > 0.05). Immunohistochemical results showed that the expression of BRD4 in the 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-week groups was significantly higher than that of the 0-week group (P < 0.05). Highest BRD4 expression appeared in the 2-week group (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between the 1- and 4-week groups (P > 0.05). To conclude, BRD4 plays a certain role in the occurrence and development of apical periodontitis, suggesting that BRD4 participates in the development of chronic apical periodontitis.

Key words: bromodomain-containing protein 4, chronic apical periodontitis, animal model, oral cavity, periodontal ligament, rat

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