目的 :观察大鼠视神经挫伤后视网膜内质网应激(endoplasmic reticulum stress,ERS)变化。方法 :复制大鼠视神经挫伤(optic nerve crush,ONC)模型。实验分正常对照组、假手术组和ONC组。用TUNEL方法检测细胞凋亡;用蛋白印迹技术检测凋亡相关蛋白表达和ERS相关蛋白表达;观察大鼠视网膜病理变化、检测神经节细胞(retinal ganglion cells,RGCs)数量和视网膜内侧部分厚度(retinal thickness of inner part,RTIP)。结果 :与正常对照组比较,假手术组大鼠视网膜RGCs数量、RTIP未见明显变化;与假手术组比较,ONC 7~21 d组大鼠RGCs数量、RTIP分别呈时间依赖性数量减少、厚度变薄,ONC 3 d组TUNEL阳性细胞数量明显增多、主要分布于RGCs,细胞凋亡相关蛋白Cleaved caspase-3、Cleaved PARP-1和ERS相关蛋白GRP78、CHOP和caspase 12蛋白表达明显上调。结论 :ONC能够诱导大鼠视网膜发生ERS,ERS可能是神经节细胞死亡的机制之一。
Objective: The changes of endoplasmic reticulum stress(ERS) in retina were investigated in optic nerve crush (ONC) of rats. Methods: ONC model of rats was established. Experiments were divided into normal control, sham and ONC groups. Apoptosis cells were detected with TUNEL. Apoptosis-related proteins such as cleaved caspase 3 and PARP-1 as well as ERS-related proteins such as GRP78, CHOP and cleaved caspase 12 were mesured with Western Blot. Retinal pathology, retinal ganglion cells(RGCs) and retinal thickness of inner part(RTIP) were mesured. Results: RGCs numbers and RTIP in ONC group repectively became more fewer and thiner compared with those of sham group in time-dependent manner. Apoptosis-related proteins such as cleaved caspase 3 and PARP-1 as well as ERS-related proteins such as GRP78, CHOP and cleaved 12 were upregulated in ONC group compared with those of sham group. Conclusion: ONC induced ERS in the retina of rats, latter might eontibute to RGC death during ONC.