目的研究内皮-单核细胞激活多肽II(endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide-II,EMAP-II)选择性开放血肿瘤屏障(blood-tumor barrier,BTB)的作用机制。方法荷瘤大鼠被随机分成4组(每组12只):对照组,EMAP-II组,寡霉素组和寡霉素+EMAP-II组。采用伊文思蓝(Evans blue,EB)渗透性实验评估各组BTB通透性变化情况;Western Blot法检测脑微血管内皮细胞上紧密连接相关蛋白ZO-1的表达水平变化;双重免疫荧光法检测EMAP-II和α-ATP合成酶在脑微血管内皮细胞上的分布。结果 EMAP-II组BTB通透性显著高于对照组和寡霉素组(〈0.01),紧密连接相关蛋白ZO-1的表达水平显著降低(〈0.01),其作用受到ATP合成酶抑制剂寡霉素(Oligomycin)的显著抑制(〈0.05);EMAP-II与α-ATP合成酶在胶质瘤微血管内皮细胞上共定位。结论 EMAP-II可能通过开放紧密连接增强BTB的通透性,脑微血管内皮细胞上的α-ATP合成酶是其可能的作用位点。
Objective To gain an insight into the working mechanisms for endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide-II(EMAP-II)-induced opening of blood-tumor barrier(BTB).Methods Tumor-bearing rats were randomly divided into 4 groups(n = 12,each):control group,EMAP-II group,oligomycin group and oligomycin + EMAP-II group.Evans blue(EB) method was used to evaluate the changes in BTB permeability.The protein expression level of tight junction(TJ)-related protein ZO-1 on brain microvascular endothelial cells(BMECs) was measured by western blot assay.Double immunofluorescence was used to identify the expression and distribution of EMAP-II and α-ATP synthase on BMECs.Results Compared with control and oligomycin groups,the BTB permeability of EMAP-II group was increased significantly(0.01),and the expression level of TJ-related proteins ZO-1 was significantly decreased(0.01).The effects of EMAP-II above-mentioned were significantly inhibited by pretreatment with oligomycin(0.05).Also,our data showed that both EMAP-II and α-ATP synthase were expressed on BMECs.Moreover,EMAP-II was co-localized with α-ATP synthase on the surface of BMECs.Conclusions EMAP-II may increase the BTB permeability by opening TJ,and α-ATP synthase on the BMECs surface might serve as its functional target.