中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (23): 3620-3632.doi: 10.12307/2022.659

• 组织构建细胞学实验 cytology experiments in tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

凋亡相关斑点样蛋白寡聚阻断剂对小鼠脊髓损伤急性期局部基因转录表达影响的转录组分析

李璟璐1,2,王赛男1,2,3,王阳阳1,2,3,付贵强1,2,3,王  颖2, 胡建国1,2,唐  洁1,3,吕合作1,2,3   

  1. 1蚌埠医学院第一附属医院检验科,安徽省蚌埠市  233004;2蚌埠医学院组织移植安徽省重点实验室,安徽省蚌埠市  233000;3蚌埠医学院免疫学教研室,安徽省蚌埠市  233000
  • 收稿日期:2021-05-20 接受日期:2021-07-21 出版日期:2022-08-18 发布日期:2022-02-15
  • 通讯作者: 吕合作,博士,硕士生导师,蚌埠医学院第一附属医院检验科,安徽省蚌埠市 233004;蚌埠医学组院织移植安徽省重点实验室,安徽省蚌埠市 233000;蚌埠医学院免疫学教研室,安徽省蚌埠市 233000
  • 作者简介:李璟璐,女,1994年生,江苏省丰县人,汉族,蚌埠医学院在读硕士,主要从事脊髓损伤的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81772321),项目负责人:吕合作;蚌埠医学院首批“512人才培养计划”项目(51201109),项目负责人:吕合作

CRID3, a blocker of apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a card, influences local gene transcription in mice with acute spinal cord injury: a transcriptomic analysis

Li Jinglu1, 2, Wang Sainan1, 2, 3, Wang Yangyang1, 2, 3, Fu Guiqiang1, 2, 3, Wang Ying2, Hu Jianguo1, 2, Tang Jie1, 3, Lyu Hezuo1, 2, 3   

  1. 1Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China; 2Key Laboratory of Tissue Transplantation, 3Department of Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, Anhui Province, China
  • Received:2021-05-20 Accepted:2021-07-21 Online:2022-08-18 Published:2022-02-15
  • Contact: Lyu Hezuo, MD, Master candidate, Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China; Key Laboratory of Tissue Transplantation, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, Anhui Province, China; Department of Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, Anhui Province, China
  • About author:Li Jinglu, Master candidate, Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China; Key Laboratory of Tissue Transplantation, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, Anhui Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81772321(to LHZ); the First-batch “512 Talent Training Program” of Bengbu Medical College, No. 51201109 (to LHZ)

摘要:

文题释义:
CRID3:又称CP-456 773、MCC 950,目前尚无中文名称,是一种特异性的凋亡相关斑点样蛋白(Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD,ASC)寡聚阻断剂,它可以通过抑制凋亡相关斑点样蛋白寡聚化抑制炎症小体的活化和相应细胞因子的产生。脊髓损伤后炎症小体活化,凋亡相关斑点样蛋白是炎性小体共有的接头蛋白,CRID3可以通过阻断凋亡相关斑点样蛋白,从而治疗脊髓损伤。
转录组测序:其研究对象是某一特定功能状态下的细胞,检测该细胞所能转录出来的所有RNA的总和,能够全面快速地检测某一组织或器官在某一特定状态下所有转录本的序列信息。

背景:炎症小体在脊髓损伤后发挥重要作用,凋亡相关斑点样蛋白是炎症小体的共同接头蛋白。作者前期的研究表明,一种特异性的凋亡相关斑点样蛋白寡聚阻断剂CRID3,可以通过抑制凋亡相关斑点样蛋白寡聚化而抑制炎症小体的活化和相应细胞因子的产生,进而改善损伤脊髓局部微环境,发挥神经保护作用。但是其在转录水平对损伤脊髓的影响尚未见报道。
目的:采用转录组测序技术分析CRID3对小鼠脊髓损伤急性期(8 h)局部基因转录表达的影响。   
方法:共取雌性8周龄C57BL/6小鼠30只,体质量18-20 g,随机分为假手术组和脊髓损伤组,将脊髓损伤后的小鼠分为模型对照组和给药组,给药组术后腹腔注射CRID3(50 mg/kg),对照组只注射等体积的生理盐水。脊髓损伤后8 h,每组各灌注取材3只小鼠,取脊髓冰冻切片进行苏木精-伊红染色,确定损伤模型是否成功。损伤后8 h每组各取3只小鼠,取脊髓提取纯化总RNA,进行文库制备和转录组测序,用DESeq2软件分析3组模型的差异基因表达。同转录组测序,模型对照组和给药组各取6只小鼠脊髓提取纯化总RNA,采用反转录实时定量PCR方法验证转录组测序结果。用GOseq R软件和KOBAS软件对差异基因分别进行基因本体分析和京都基因与基因组百科全书富集分析;结合文献挖掘与炎症小体相关的信号通路、深入分析CRID3对其相关基因表达的影响;与CRID3作用相关的基因表达蛋白String互作分析。
结果与结论:①苏木精-伊红染色结果表明脊髓损伤模型构建成功;②转录组测序结果分析显示,与假手术组比较,模型对照组有5 661个差异表达基因,其中包括3 427个上调和2 224个下调基因;与模型对照组比较,给药组有2 924个差异表达基因,其中包含1 409个上调基因和1 515个下调基因;③基因本体分析结果表明,差异表达的基因主要富含趋化因子受体结合、G-蛋白偶联受体结合、细胞外-谷氨酸门控离子通道活性、兴奋性胞外配体门控离子通道活性、跨膜转运蛋白活性、酸性磷酸酶活性等;④京都基因与基因组百科全书分析结合文献挖掘表明,与炎症小体相关的信号通路主要包括肿瘤坏死因子、Toll样受体、核因子κB、PI3K-Akt、缺氧诱导因子1、MAPK、NOD-样受体信号通路以及细胞焦亡、白细胞跨内皮迁移、细胞因子与其受体相互作用等;⑤CRID3最敏感的基因包括Asc、Casp4、Cyba、Cybb、F11r、Hif1a、Il18、Il1b、Itgal、Itgam、Itgb2、Jam3、Mmp3、Mmp9、Tlr4等;⑥String蛋白互作分析表明炎症小体组成成分Nlrp1、Nlrp3、Nlrp6、Nlrc4、Aim2、ASC、Csap1和Csap4相互作用密切,并且它们又通过Csap8与白细胞介素1β、白细胞介素18形成完整的链接;此外还有一些重要的节点蛋白,如Actn1、Cxcl5、Cd14、Cyba、Cybb、Fgf2、Hif1a、F11r、Itgal、Itga2b、Itgam、Itgb1、Jam3、Mmp3、Tlr4等被确定;⑦结果表明,脊髓损伤后可以激活大量与炎症小体活化相关的基因表达,这些表达基因形成的信号通路可能是炎症小体活化的原因也可能是其活化的结果;CRID3可以通过抑制炎症小体相关基因的表达直接或间接导致脊髓损伤急性期基因表达抑制,其相关的分子和信号通路主要与炎症反应、局部缺氧、细胞的黏附、迁移、分化、增殖和凋亡有关,提示在脊髓损伤急性期应用CRID3可改善脊髓损伤局部微环境,这些关键的节点分子也可以作为新的治疗干预靶点。
缩略语:凋亡相关斑点样蛋白:Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD,ASC;京都基因与基因组百科全书:Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes,KEGG;反转录实时定量PCR:reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR,RT-qPCR

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-8351(李璟璐);https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-835X(吕合作)

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: 脊髓损伤, CRID3, 小鼠, 转录组测序, 炎症小体

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Inflammasomes play an important role in spinal cord injury. Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD is a common adaptor protein of inflammasome. Our previous studies have shown that CRID3, a specific oligomerization blocker of apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a card, can inhibit the activation of inflammasome and the production of corresponding cytokines by inhibiting the oligomerization of apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a card, so as to improve the local microenvironment of the injured spinal cord and play a neuroprotective role. However, its effect on spinal cord injury at transcriptional level has not been reported.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of CRID3 on local gene transcription at acute phase (8 hours) of spinal cord injury in mice by using RNA-sequencing.  
METHODS: Thirty female C57BL/6 mice aged 8 weeks and weighing 18-20 g were divided into a sham operation group and a spinal cord injury group. Mice in the spinal cord injury group were randomly subdivided into a control group and a CRID3 administration group. Mice in the CRID3 administration group were intraperitoneally injected with CRID3 (50 mg/kg) after operation, while mice in the control group were injected with an equal volume of physiological saline solution. At 8 hours after spinal cord injury, three mice from each group were perfused, and the spinal cord was taken to make frozen sections that were then stained with hematoxylin-eosin to determine whether the spinal cord injury model was successfully established. Meanwhile, another three mice were selected from each group to taken spinal cord tissue. The total RNA was then extracted and purified for library preparation and RNA-sequencing. The differential gene expression of the three groups was analyzed by DESeq2 software. Another six mice were selected from the control group and the CRID3 administration group, and spinal cord tissue was taken to extract and purify total RNA. The results of RNA-sequencing were verified by real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR. GOseq R and KOBAS software were used for gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes enrichment analysis of the differentially expressed genes. Based on literature mining, signaling pathways related to inflammasomes were explored, and the effect of CRID3 on the expression level of related genes were further analyzed. String protein-protein interaction analysis was used to detect CRID3-related proteins. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Hematoxylin-eosin staining results showed that the spinal cord injury model was successfully constructed. The results of RNA-sequencing showed that compared with the sham operation group, there were 5 661 differentially expressed genes in the control group, including 3 427 up-regulated genes and 2 224 down-regulated genes. Compared with the control group, 2 924 differentially expressed genes were found in the CRID3 administration group, including 1 409 up-regulated genes and 1 515 down-regulated genes. The results of gene ontology analysis showed that the differentially expressed genes were mainly rich in chemokine receptor binding, G-protein coupled receptor binding, extracellular-glutamate-gated ion channel activity, excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity, transmembrane transporter activity, and acid phosphatase activity. Kyoto gene and genome encyclopedia analysis combined with literature mining showed that the signaling pathways related to inflammasome mainly included tumor necrosis factor, Toll-like receptor, nuclear factor‑κB, PI3K-Akt, hypoxia-inducible factor-1, MAPK, NOD-like receptor signaling pathways as well as pyrocytosis, leukocyte transendothelial migration, and interaction between cytokines and receptors. The genes most sensitive to CRID3 included Asc, Casp4, Cyba, Cybb, F11r, Hif1a, Il18, Il1b, Itgal, Itgam, Itgb2, Jam3, Mmp3, Mmp9, and Tlr4. The results of String protein-protein interaction analysis showed that inflammasome components (Nlrp1, Nlrp3, Nlrp6, Nlrc4, Aim2, ASC, Csap1, and Csap4) interacted closely, and they formed a complete link with interleubin 1b and interleubin 18 through Csap8. In addition, some important nodal proteins such as Actn1, Cxcl5, Cd14, Cyba, Cybb, Fgf2, Hif1a, F11r, Itgal, Itga2b, Itgam, Itgb1, Jam3, Mmmp3, and Tlr4 were identified. To conclude, after spinal cord injury, a large number of genes related to inflammasomes can be activated and the signaling pathways formed by these genes may be the cause or result of the activation of inflammasomes. CRID3 can directly or indirectly inhibit gene expression in the acute stage of spinal cord injury by inhibiting the expression of inflammasome-related genes. Its related molecules and signaling pathways are mainly related to inflammatory response, local hypoxia, cell adhesion, migration, differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. CRID3 can improve the local microenvironment of spinal cord injury in the acute stage, and these key node molecules can also be used as new therapeutic intervention targets.

Key words: spinal cord injury, CRID3, mouse, RNA-sequencing, inflammasome

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