中国组织工程研究 ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (28): 4546-4553.doi: 10.12307/2023.151

• 组织构建实验造模 experimental modeling in tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

淫羊藿苷改善甲状腺功能减退模型大鼠的垂体发育

白改改1,赵玉娟2,魏家凯2,黄文娣2,安  瑶2,王  志2   

  1. 西安市儿童医院,1内分泌遗传代谢科,2新生儿科,陕西省西安市  710000
  • 收稿日期:2021-11-24 接受日期:2022-02-25 出版日期:2023-10-08 发布日期:2023-01-29
  • 通讯作者: 王志,硕士,主治医师,西安市儿童医院新生儿科,陕西省西安市 710000
  • 作者简介:白改改,女,1985年生,陕西省子长县人,汉族,2012年西安交通大学医学院毕业,硕士,主治医师,主要从事内分泌遗传代谢方面的研究。

Icariin improves pituitary development in hypothyroidism model rats

Bai Gaigai1, Zhao Yujuan2, Wei Jiakai2, Huang Wendi2, An Yao2, Wang Zhi2   

  1. 1Department of Endocrine Genetics and Metabolism, 2Department of Neonatology, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710000, China
  • Received:2021-11-24 Accepted:2022-02-25 Online:2023-10-08 Published:2023-01-29
  • Contact: Wang Zhi, Master, Attending physician, Department of Neonatology, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710000, China
  • About author:Bai Gaigai, Master, Attending physician, Department of Endocrine Genetics and Metabolism, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710000, China

摘要:

文题释义:

甲状腺功能减退:甲状腺功能减退症(简称甲减),是由于甲状腺激素合成及分泌减少,或其生理效应不足所致机体代谢降低的一种疾病。按其病因分为原发性甲减、继发性甲减及周围性甲减3类。
垂体:位于丘脑下部的腹侧,为一卵圆形小体,可分为腺垂体和神经垂体两大部分。垂体是人体最重要的内分泌腺,分前叶和后叶两部分,它分泌多种激素,如生长激素、促甲状腺激素、促肾上腺皮质激素、促性腺素、催产素、催乳素、黑色细胞刺激素等,还能够贮藏并释放下丘脑分泌的抗利尿激素,这些激素对代谢、生长、发育和生殖等有重要作用。

背景:甲状腺功能减退常伴随着垂体合成分泌激素分泌不足,有研究表明淫羊藿苷对甲状腺功能减退引起的垂体激素分泌不足有确切疗效,但其作用机制还不清楚。
目的:探究淫羊藿苷对大鼠甲状腺功能减退后垂体合成分泌激素的影响及机制。
方法:①40只新生雌性SD大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组及75,150,300 mg/kg淫羊藿苷组,每组8只,后4组给予丙基硫氧嘧啶1.5 mg/(kg·d)灌胃处理构建甲状腺功能减退大鼠模型,各淫羊藿苷剂量组给予75,150,300 mg/kg淫羊藿苷干预治疗,检测各组miR-17-5p、LIM同源框4(LIM homeobox 4,LHX4)、PROP成对同源1蛋白(prop paired end homology 1 protein,PROP1)和HESX1表达,以及垂体合成分泌激素含量。②采用锂盐处理共培养的大鼠甲状腺细胞和垂体前叶细胞,给予不同浓度淫羊藿苷(10,30,50,70,100 μmol/L)干预,CCK-8试剂盒检测垂体前叶细胞活力;ELISA试剂盒检测促卵泡激素、生长激素和促甲状腺激素水平;实时荧光定量PCR检测miR-17-5p表达;Western印迹法检测PROP1和HESX1蛋白水平;采用双荧光素报告酶基因和RNA结合蛋白免疫沉淀实验检测miR-17-5p和LHX4的结合关系。

结果与结论:①体内实验结果显示,150 mg/kg淫羊藿苷组较模型组促甲状腺激素含量降低(P < 0.05),生长激素(P < 0.01)和促卵泡激素(P < 0.05)含量显著升高;此外,150 mg/kg淫羊藿苷组较模型组血清游离三碘甲状腺原氨酸、血清游离甲状腺素、血清三碘甲状腺原氨酸和血清甲状腺素激素分泌水平增加;②用50,70,100 μmol/L淫羊藿苷干预能够增强大鼠垂体前叶细胞活力(P < 0.01),其中70 μmol/L淫羊藿苷干预效果最佳(P均< 0.01);③淫羊藿苷处理抑制了锂盐处理的大鼠垂体前叶细胞中miR-17-5p表达增加,上调PROP1和HESX1表达(P均< 0.05);④锂盐处理组细胞上清液中生长激素和促卵泡激素含量明显降低,促甲状腺激素含量增加,与对照组相比差异有显著性意义(P < 0.01);⑤用不同浓度淫羊藿苷干预细胞后,生长激素和促卵泡激素含量增加(P < 0.01),促甲状腺激素水平明显降低(P < 0.05),70 μmol/L时干预效果最佳(P < 0.01);⑥与对照组相比,转染miR-17-5p mimic抑制锂盐处理的大鼠垂体前叶细胞活力(P < 0.05),下调细胞中PROP1和HESX1的蛋白表达,增加促甲状腺激素含量(P < 0.05),减少生长激素和促卵泡激素含量(P均< 0.01),而转染miR-17-5p inhibitor与转染miR-17-5p mimic的作用相反;⑦LHX4是miR-17-5p的靶基因,过表达LHX4增加细胞活力,促进PROP1和HESX1蛋白表达(P均< 0.01),减少促甲状腺激素含量(P < 0.05),增加生长激素和促卵泡激素含量(P < 0.01);⑧提示淫羊藿苷可能通过miR-17-5p/LHX4轴恢复失调的垂体合成分泌激素水平。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-7289(白改改)

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: 淫羊藿苷, 甲状腺功能减退, miR-17-5p/LHX4轴, 生长素, 促甲状腺激素, 促卵泡激素

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hypothyroidism is often accompanied by inadequate secretion of pituitary synthetic secretory hormones. Some studies have shown that icariin has an exact effect on pituitary hormone secretion deficiency caused by hypothyroidism, but the mechanism is still unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and mechanism of icariin on pituitary hormone synthesis and secretion after hypothyroidism in rats. 
METHODS: (1) Forty newborn female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into control, model, 75, 150, 300 mg/kg icariin groups with 8 rats in each group. The rats in the latter four groups were intragastrically treated with propylthiouracil (1.5 mg/kg/day) to construct a hypothyroid rat model, and treated with different doses (0, 75, 150, and 300 mg/kg) of icariin. The expression of miR-17-5p, LIM homeobox 4 (LHX4), prop paired end homology 1 protein (PROP1), and HESX1 was detected, as well as hormone content synthetized and secreted by the pituitary gland. (2) Co-cultured rat thyrocytes and anterior pituitary cells were treated with lithium salt, and different concentrations of icariin (10, 30, 50, 70, 100 μmol/L) were administered. Anterior pituitary cell viability was assessed by cell counting kit-8. Follicle-stimulating hormone, growth hormone, and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were detected by ELISA kits. miR-17-5p expression was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. PROP1 and HESX1 protein levels were measured by western blot assay. The binding relationship between miR-17-5p and LHX4 was examined by RNA binding protein immunoprecipitation and dual luciferin reporter assays. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In vivo results showed that the treatment with 150 mg/kg icariin decreased the contents of thyroid-stimulating hormone and significantly increased the contents of growth hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone compared with the model group. In addition, the hormone secretion levels of serum free triiodothyronine, serum free thyroxine, serum triiodothyronine, and serum thyroxine were increased in the 150 mg/kg icariin group compared with the model group. Intervention with 50, 70 and 100 μmol/L icariin could enhance the cell viability of rat anterior pituitary cells (P < 0.01), among which 70 μmol/L icariin had the best effect (P < 0.01). Icariin treatment inhibited the increased expression of miR-17-5p and upregulated the expression of PROP1 and HESX1 in lithium salt-treated rat anterior pituitary cells (P < 0.05). The contents of growth hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in the cell supernatant of the lithium salt treated group were obviously decreased, and the content of thyrotropin was significantly increased compared with the control (P < 0.01). When the cells were intervened with different doses of icariin, the contents of growth hormone (P < 0.01) and follicle stimulating hormone (P < 0.01) increased, the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (P < 0.01) decreased significantly, and the best intervention effect was achieved at 70 μmol/L, with a significant difference (P < 0.01). Compared with the control group, transfection with miR-17-5p mimic inhibited cell viability of anterior pituitary cells (P < 0.05), downregulated the protein expression of PROP1 and HESX1 in the cells, increased thyrotropin content (P < 0.05), and decreased growth hormone (P < 0.01) and follicle-stimulating hormone (P < 0.01) contents in the cells (P < 0.01), whereas transfection with miR-17-5p inhibitor had the opposite effect as transfection with miR-17-5p mimic. LHX4 is a target gene of miR-17-5p. Overexpression of LHX4 increased cell viability, promoted PROP1 and HESX1 protein expression (P < 0.01), reduced thyrotropin content (P < 0.05), and increased growth hormone (P < 0.01) and follicle-stimulating hormone (P < 0.05) contents. To conclude, icariin may restore the level of secretory hormones synthesized by dysregulated pituitary gland through the miR-17-5p/LHX4 axis.

Key words: icariin, hypothyroidism, miR-17-5p/LHX4 axis, growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone

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