目的探讨铜蓝蛋白(cp)在石英诱导的人胚肺成纤维细胞(HELF)中JNK/ERK/AP-1信号通路改变中的作用。方法分别在100μg/ml石英作用前lh、同时和作用后1h加入30μg/mlcp,同时设立单独用石英和单独用cp处理以及不做任何处理的细胞组,刺激细胞24h后,用噻唑蓝(MTT)比色法观察cp对石英诱导的HELF细胞增殖的影响。用100μg/ml石英分别作用于HELF细胞、转染JNK显性失活突变体质粒的HELF细胞(DN.JNK)和转染ERK显性失活突变体质粒的HELF细胞(DN-ERK)24h;用100μg/ml石英作用1h后,加入30Ixg/mlCp作用24h;同时设立不做任何处理的对照组。用MTT法检测分别抑制JNK和ERK后对细胞增殖的影响;用蛋白免疫印迹(Westernblotting)实验检测JNK、ERK、c—Jun、c—Fos及其磷酸化水平的改变。结果石英作用1h后加入cp,对石英诱导的细胞增殖有促进作用,后续的实验选择这种作用模式。Cp可以明显增加JNK、ERK蛋白及磷酸化ERK(P.ERK)、磷酸化JNK(p-JNK)、磷酸化c—Jun(p-c—Jun)和磷酸化c—Fos(P-C—Fos)蛋白水平。抑制JNK蛋白活性后,cp诱导的p-JNK、P—C—Jun和P—c.Fos蛋白水平的增加被抑制,Cp、石英以及Cp和石英共同诱导的细胞增殖加快被抑制;抑制ERK蛋白后,cp诱导的p-ERK和p-c—Fos的增加被抑制,Cp、石英以及cp和石英共同诱导的细胞增殖加快被抑制。结论Cp通过JNK/c.Jun和c.Fos及ERK/c.Fos通路进一步增强石英诱导的促细胞增殖作用。
Objective To investigate the roles of ceruloplasmin (Cp) in JNK/ERK/ AP-1 cell signaling pathway change in human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HELFs) induced by silica. Methods Cp stimulated HELFs in different time points (before I h, accompanied with or after 1 h of silica-adding). HELFs were divided into these groups: control group, silica(100 μg/ml for 24 h) group, Cp (30μg/ml for 24 h) group and silica plus Cp (100μg/ml silica plus 30 μg/ml Cp) group. DN-JNK ceils and DN-ERK cells (cells were transfected with dominant negative mutant plasmid) contained thesegroups: control group, silica group, silica plus Cp group. MTT assay was used to detect the effects of Cp on silica-induced cell proliferation. Western blot assay was performed to detect the levels of JNK, ERK, c-Jun, c-Fos and their phosphorylated levels. Results Cp promoted cell proliferation induced by silica when silica stimulated HELFs 1 h then adding to Cp. Cp significantly increased silica-induced the high levels of JNK, ERK and phosphorylated JNK (p-JNK) , p-ERK, p-c-Jun and p-c-fos protein. After inhibition of JNK or ERK, silica-and-Cp-induced cell proliferation was markedly decreased. When suppressing JNK protein, the increased levels of p-JNK, p-c-Jun and p-c-fos protein was not observed. The high levels of p-ERK, p-c-Jun and p-c-fos protein were decreased when inhibiting ERK protein. Conclusion Cp could further strengthen silica-induced cell proliferation by JNK/c-Jun/c-Fos and ERK/c-Jun cell signaling pathway.