目的探讨以小胶质细胞(microglia,MG)为中心Toll样受体-4(toll like receptor-4,TLR-4)介导的T细胞获得性免疫炎症损伤机制在早产儿脑白质损伤中的作用。方法分别分离纯化C3H/HeJ(tlr4基因缺失)小鼠和C57B/L(野生型)小鼠脾脏CD4+T细胞和大脑MG细胞并制作交互共培养模型。各组分别加以细菌脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)为刺激因素,流式细胞术和细胞化学染色观察MG变化,检测CD4+T细胞增殖变化和ELISA方法检测其分泌功能;通过上调(LPS刺激)或下调TLR-4(tlr4基因缺失)表达对MG活化和共同免疫刺激因子MCHII的影响及对CD4+T细胞增殖分化及Thl/Th2极化方向的影响,阐明TLR-4在T细胞获得性免疫中的关键作用。结果显微镜下观察,LPS刺激后tlr4基因缺失小鼠MG细胞胞体较小,突起细长,仍处于静息状态;相反,野生型组LPS刺激后出现较明显的细胞体积变大、胞体变大显圆满,突起增加呈分支状。LPS活化的MG其TLR-4和MCHII蛋白表达显著上调与tlr4基因缺失小鼠比较有显著性差异(P〈0.01)。此外,LPS刺激活化的CD4+T淋巴细胞增殖明显,且伴有Th1型细胞因子显著升高和Th2型细胞因子的显著下降,与tlr4基因缺失小鼠比较均有显著性差异(P〈0.01)。TLR-4表达与CD4+T细胞Th1细胞因子浓度间具有显著相关性(P〈0.01)。结论TLR-4介导MG活化在固有免疫和获得性免疫中发挥桥梁作用,并由此提出由Th1/Th2偏移向TLR4-Thl偏移的新的早产儿脑白质损伤模式。
Objective To investigate the mechanisms of microglia (MG) toll like receptor-4 (TLR-4) mediated CD4+ T cell adaptive immune response in LPS induced premature white matter iniury in vitro. Methods C3H/HeJ (tlr4 gene deletion) mouse,C57B/L (tlr4 wild type) mouse spleen CD4+ T cells and MG were isolated and purified respectively as protocol and interactively co-cultured between these two types of cells [wild MG + wild T cell(groupⅠ) ,wild MG + deleted T cell (group Ⅱ) ,deleted MG + deleted T (group Ⅲ) and deleted MG + wild T cell (group Ⅳ)]. Every co-cultured group was stimulated by LPS in vitro. Flow cytometer,immuncytochemistry, Western blotting, and ELISA methods were used to detect MG activation and CD 4* T cell proliferation and cytokines ( Th 1 and Th 2 ) production via up ( LPS stimulation ) and down regulation (tlr4 gene deletion) of TLR-4 expression on MG. Results In response to the stimulation of LPS, MG rapidly differentiated into the activated form with enlarged body and amoeboid-like in group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ compared with ramified resting stage MG with bipolar and a small oval cell body in group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ. Compared with group Ⅲ and Ⅳ, LPS stimulation significantly enhanced the TLR-4 and co- stimulator MCH Ⅱ expression in a dose-dependent manner on MG of group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ (P〈0.01). We also detected the significant increase of Thl cytokines (P〈0.01)and significant decrease of Th 2 cytokines (P〈0. 01) production following the dramatic proliferation of CD4+ T cell (P〈0. 01 )in wild type group compared with tlr-4 deletion group and PBS control group, and there was a close relationship between the TLR-4 expression and CD4+ T cell proliferation and Thl cytokines production (P〈0.01). Conclusions Activated MG acts as a bridge between innate and adaptive immune response following LPS induced premature white matter injury in vitro and the turnover from "Th1/Th2 bias" to "TLR-4-Th1 bias"