低氧诱导大鼠肺泡巨噬细胞产生TNF-α的机制

目的：研究低氧诱导肺泡巨噬细胞低氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)的表达及HIF-1α对肺泡巨噬细胞产生肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)的影响。方法：应用HIF-1α诱骗法(HIF-1α decoy)抑制低氧(3％O2，5％CO2，92％N2)培养的肺泡巨噬细胞中HIF-1α的作用，并用免疫组织化学、Western blot、半定量RT-PCR、酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)分别检测HIF-1α蛋白、mRNA的表达和TNF-α的产生。结果：HIF-1α在常氧对照组肺泡巨噬细胞核中表达呈阴性，在低氧组和HIF-1α decoy组表达呈阳性；低氧组和HIF-1α decoy组中HIF-1α蛋白的含量显著高于常氧对照组(P<0.05)。HIF-1α mRNA的含量在低氧组和HIF-1α decoy组明显高于常氧对照组(P<0.05)；培养的巨噬细胞上清液中TNF-α的含量在低氧组(115±17 ng／L)明显高于常氧对照组(69±13 ng／L，P<0.05)和HIF-1α decoy组(81±15 ng／L，P<0.05)。结论： 低氧可明显诱导肺泡巨噬细胞HIF-1α的表达和活性增强，后者能促进TNF-α的产生，提示在可导致肺部低氧的炎症性疾病如COPD中HIF-1α可能发挥重要作用。

Mechanisms of hypoxia-induced tumor necrosis factor-α production in rat alveolar macrophages

AIM: To study the effect of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) on tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) production in rat alveolar macrophages cultured under hypoxic condition. METHODS: Using HIF-1α decoy inhibiting its function, Immunohistochemistry, Western blot, semiquantitative RT-PCR and ELISA were used to determine the expression of HIF-1α protein and mRNA and the production of TNF-α in rat alveolar macrophages cultured under hypoxic condition (3% O2, 5% CO2, 92% N2), respectively. RESULTS: Expression of HIF-1α was positive in cultured macrophage nucleoli in hypoxia group and HIF-1α decoy group but it was negative in nomoxic control group. The content of HIF-1α protein in hypoxia group and HIF-1α decoy group were significantly higher than that in nomoxic control group (P<0.05). The content of HIF-1α mRNA in hypoxia group and HIF-1α decoy group were markedly higher than that in nomoxic control group (P<0.05), respectively. The content of TNF-α in hypoxia group (115±17 ng/L) was higher than that in control group ［（69±13） ng/L, P<0.05］ and HIF-1α decoy group ［（81±15） ng/L, P<0.05］. CONCLUSION: Hypoxia can increase significantly expression and activity of HIF-1α， which can promote the production of TNF-α in rat alveolar macrophages. It suggests that HIF-1α plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammation-related diseases that can give rise to lung hypoxia such as COPD.