Rho激酶在血管紧张素Ⅱ刺激大鼠心肌成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成中的作用

目的： 探讨Rho激酶在血管紧张素Ⅱ（AngⅡ）刺激心肌成纤维细胞（CFBs）增殖和胶原合成中的作用。方法： 采用胰酶消化、差速贴壁法培养新生Sprague-Dawley (SD) 大鼠CFBs，并用AngⅡ诱导CFBs增殖和胶原合成。采用四氮唑盐（MTT）比色法测定细胞增殖,羟脯氨酸法测定CFBs胶原含量, RT-PCR检测Rho激酶mRNA表达，Western blotting检测肌球蛋白结合亚基磷酸化（MBS-P）表达作为Rho激酶功能活化的标志。结果：（1）AngⅡ（10-７ mol/L）刺激48h可诱导CFBs增殖和胶原合成(均P<0.01)；（2) AngⅡ（10-7 mol/L）可显著上调新生SD大鼠CFBs的Rho激酶mRNA表达并诱导Rho激酶快速活化；（3）在一定浓度范围内，Rho激酶特异性抑制剂hydroxyfasudil (H4413)对AngⅡ（10-7 mol/L）刺激的CFBs增殖与胶原合成具有明显的抑制作用(P<0.05或P<0.01)。结论： AngⅡ可诱导新生SD大鼠CFBs的Rho激酶mRNA转录并活化Rho激酶，抑制Rho激酶活化对AngⅡ刺激的CFBs增殖与胶原合成具有明显的抑制作用，提示Rho激酶在调控AngⅡ刺激大鼠CFBs增殖与胶原合成中可能具有重要作用。

Roles of Rho-kinase in rat cardiac fibroblasts proliferation and collagen synthesis induced by angiotensin Ⅱ

AIM: To investigate the role of Rho-kinase signal pathway in rat cardiac fibroblasts (CFBs) proliferation and collagen synthesis induced by angiotensinⅡ (AngⅡ). METHODS: CFBs of neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were isolated with the method of trypsin digestion and differential anchoring velocity. The CFBs were stimulated with AngⅡto induce fibrosis. Proliferation of CFBs was observed by MTT coloricmetric assay. Synthesis of collagen was detected by the hydroxyproline. The expression of Rho-kinase mRNA was examined using RT-PCR analysis. The extent of phosphorylation of myosin-binding subunit (MBS-P) of myosin phosphatase was quantified by Western blotting analysis, which was used to evaluate the activity of Rho-kinase.RESULTS: (1) Stimulation of neonatal SD rat CFBs with AngⅡ (10-7 mol/L) significantly increased CFBs proliferation and collagen synthesis (P<0.01). (2）Stimulation of neonatal SD rat CFBs with AngⅡ (10-7 mol/L) significantly increased the expression of Rho-kinase mRNA and rapidly activated Rho-kinase in a time-dependent manner. (3) Within a concentration coverage, hydroxyfasudil (H4413), a Rho-kinase inhibitor, effectively inhibited AngⅡ-induced CFBs proliferation and collagen synthesis (P<0.05 or P<0.01).CONCLUSION: Rho-kinase signal pathway may be one of the most important signal transducter for AngⅡ-induced CFBs proliferation and collagen synthesis in neonatal SD rats.