问号钩端螺旋体磷脂酶C的活性及其内化时细胞内游离Ca2+水平的变化

目的:了解不同毒力的钩端螺旋体(简称钩体)对细胞内游离Ca2 水平的影响及其磷脂酶C(PLC)活性与细胞内游离Ca2 水平的关系.方法:建立问号钩体Vero和J774A.1细胞感染模型.采用fluo-3/AM胞内Ca2 特异荧光标记激光共聚焦技术,检测强毒力的问号钩体黄疸出血群赖型56601株和弱毒力的波摩那群波摩那型56608株及无毒力的双曲钩体Patoc Ⅰ株作用的Vero和J774A.1细胞胞内游离Ca2 水平.以3H]PIP2为底物,采用同位素法检测上述3株钩体培养物上清、胞浆和胞膜中PLC的活性.结果:正常Vero和J774A.1细胞胞内游离Ca2 基础值分别为(102.3±8.2)%和(105.9±7.3)%,在观察时间内Patoc Ⅰ株钩体作用细胞的荧光强度变化百分数一直波动于(102.3±8.2)%～(102.2±8.3)%.问号钩体56601株感染的Vero和J774A.1细胞胞内游离Ca2 浓度呈双峰型增高,第一峰荧光强度变化百分数分别为(430.5±35.7)%和(747.5±18.5)%,第二峰荧光强度变化百分数分别为(380.6±17.4)%和(804.6±22.4)%.问号钩体56608株感染Vero和J774A.1细胞,其胞内游离Ca2 浓度均呈缓慢的单一坡型升高,其最大荧光强度变化百分数分别为(235.0±19.3)%和(402.4±17.4)%,明显小于56601株问号钩体(P<0.01).问号钩体56601株和56608株及双曲钩体Patoc Ⅰ株的培养物上清、胞浆蛋白和胞膜蛋白成分中均显示PLC活性(P<0.05).结论:不同毒力的问号钩体所感染细胞的胞内游离Ca2 水平及其峰型有明显差异,而且与被感染细胞的种类有关,与PLC活性无关.

Phospholipase C activity and alteration of intracellular free Ca2+levels during internalization of Leptospira interrogans

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of leptospiral strains with different virulence on intracellular free Ca(2+)level and its relation with phospholipase C (PLC) activity of L.interrogans. METHODS: L.interrogans-j infection cell modals were established with Vero and J774A.1 cell lines.Vero and J774A.1 cells were co-incubated with L.interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae serovar lai strain 56601 (strong virulence) and serogroup Pomona serovar pomona strain 56608 (weak virulence) and L.biflexa serogroup Samaranga serovar patoc strain Patoc I (non-virulence). Intracellular free Ca(2+)levels were detected by laser scanning confocal microscopy with specific fluorescence labeling of fluoj3/AM. Using (3)H] PIP2 as the substrate, the PLC activities in the culture supernatant, and cytoplasma and cytomembrane of the three strains of Leptospira were measured by isotope assay. RESULTS: The baseline intracellular free Ca(2+)levels in the normal Vero and J774A.1 cells were (102.3+/-8.2)% and (105.9+/-7.3)%,respectively. The fluorescence intensity in the two cell lines incubated with L.biflexa strain Patoc I were fluctuated in range of (102.3+/-8.2)%approximate, equals(102.2+/-8.3)% during the observation period. The intracellular free Ca(2+)levels in the two cell lines infected with L.interrogans strain 56601 showed elevation with double peak patterns, with first peaks of (430.5+/-35.7)%, (747.5+/-18.5)% and the second peak of (380.6+/-17.4)%, (804.6+/-22.4)%, respectively. When the cells were infected with L.interrogans strain 56608, the intracellular free Ca(2+)levels were rising slowly with a single slope-like pattern, with the maximal of (235.0+/-19.3)% in Vero cells and (402.4+/-17.4)% in J774A.1 cells, which were significantly lower than those in the cells infected with L.interrogans strain 56601 (P<0.01). The culture supernatants, and cytoplasma and cytomembrane proteins of all three strains displayed PLC activities (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The cells infected with L.interrogans of different virulence show distinct intracellular free Ca(2+)levels and peak patterns. The different host cell lines can affect the intracellular free Ca(2+)levels, which is not related to the PLC activity in the leptospiral strains.