目的观察新生小鼠颅内感染鼠巨细胞病毒(murinecytomegalovirus,MCMV)后听性脑干反应(ABR)反应阈值的变化以及蜗神经核细胞内游离钙([Ca2+]i)和钙调素(calmodulin,CaM)的变化。方法69只新生小鼠(出生24h内)随机数字表法分为实验组和对照组,实验组(54只)经颅内注射MCMV悬液20μl,对照组(15只)颅内注射无菌生理盐水20Ixl。1个月后小鼠在麻醉状态下行ABR检测,并记录反应阈。测完反应阈后,麻醉处死小鼠,分离蜗神经核,流式细胞仪测定蜗神经核细胞内[Ca2+]i的荧光强度,反转录聚合酶链反应(RT·PCR)测定CaMmRNA的表达。比较实验组与对照组各检测指标的差异。结果实验组小鼠ABR阈值[(84.5±2.7)dBSPL]高于对照组[(64.0±1.3)dBSPL],差异具有统计学意义(F=2.789,P=0.000)。实验组小鼠蜗神经核[Ca2+]i浓度较对照组增高(F=1.290,P=0.000),CaMmRNA表达较对照组增多(F=4.252,P=0.023),差异均具有统计学意义。结论颅内感染MCMV可以引起小鼠ABR阈值升高,蜗神经核细胞内[Ca2+]i及CaMmRNA表达的增高可能是MCMV感染导致感音神经性聋的机制之一。
Objective To investigate the changes in the threshold of auditory brainstem response (ABR), [Ca2+ ]i and calmodulin (CaM) in cochlear nucleus of the newborn mice infected by murine cytomegalovirus(MCMV) in the brain. Methods Sixty-nine newborn mice were randomized into the model group and the control group. The model group (54 mice ) was established by intracranial injection with MCMV viral suspension 20 μl, and the same volume of 0. 9% sodium chloride was injected in the control group(15 mice). After one month, the ABR was tested in a sound-electric screen environment and the threshold was recorded. Then intracellular free calcium [ Ca2+ ] i and the mRNA level of CaM in the cochlear nucleus were assayed by flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Results Compared to the control group [ (64. 0 ± 1.3)dBSPL], the threshold of ABR in the model group [ (84. 5 ±2. 7)dBSPL] was increased(F =2. 789, P = 0. 000). Moreover, in the model group the intracellular free calcium [ Ca2 + ] i and the mRNA level of CaM in the cochlear nucleus were increased(F = 1.290, P =0.000; F =4.252, P =0.023), the differences were statistically significant. Conclusions The intracranial injection of MCMV can lead to abnormal changes in the threshold of ABR in mice, and the change of [ Ca2+ ] i/CaM in cochlear nucleus may be the important pathological basis of sensorineural hearing loss induced by MCMV infection.