病毒性心肌炎小鼠心肌中MMP-2和NF-κB的表达

目的:初步探讨基质金属蛋白酶2(matrix metalloproteinase-2,MMP-2)和核因子κB(nuclear factor-κB,NF-κB)p65在柯萨奇病毒B3(CVB3)诱导的小鼠病毒性心肌炎心肌中的表达。方法:6周龄近交系雄性BALB/c小鼠随机分为对照组和病毒性心肌炎组,分别给予0.1 m L PBS和10-5.69TCID50/m L CVB3注射,第4天和第10天各随机取8只小鼠处死并取血和心脏标本。Reed-Muench法测定接种病毒滴度;苏木素伊红(hematoxylin and eosin,HE)染色后光镜观察心肌组织病理学改变;应用免疫组化法(immunohistochemistry,IHC)检测MMP-2和NF-κB p65在心肌组织表达的分布和含量;用Western blot法检测MMP-2、NF-κB p65和IκBα在心肌组织的表达,用ELISA检测血清TNF-α含量的变化。结果:与对照组相比,免疫组化和Western blot实验结果提示病毒性心肌炎小鼠心肌中MMP-2和NF-κB p65的表达显著升高(P0.05);感染组IκBα的表达呈下降趋势(P0.05);ELISA结果提示血清TNF-α含量在感染组显著升高,差异有统计学显著性(P0.05)。结论:病毒性心肌炎小鼠心肌组织中TNF-α、NF-κB p65和MMP-2表达显著上调,可能通过相关机制参与疾病的发生。

Expression of MMP-2 and NF-κB in myocardium of mice with viral myocarditis

AIM: To observe the effects of TNF-α/nuclear factor-κB(NF-κB)/matrix metalloproteinase-2(MMP-2) pathway on the expression of MMP-2 in the mice with viral myocarditis. METHODS: Six-week-old inbred male mice were randomly assigned to control and myocarditis group. The mice in myocarditis group and control group were intraperitoneally inoculated with 0.1 mL 10^-5.69 TCID50/mL coxsackievirus B3 and vehicle (PBS), respectively. Ten mice were sacrificed at the 4th and 10th days after injection. The blood and heart specimens were harvested. The serum content of TNF-α was measured by ELISA. The myocardial levels of MMP-2, NF-κB p65 and IκBα were determined by Western blot. RESULTS: Compared with control group, the protein expression of MMP-2 and NF-κB p65 in the myocardium and the serum content of TNF-α were significantly increased in myocarditis group (P<0.05). The protein expression of IκBα was lower in myocarditis group than that in control group (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: TNF-α, NF-κB p65 and MMP-2 were higher in the mice with acute viral myocarditis. The increased expression of them might be involved in the pathogenesis of viral myocarditis.