目的:初步探讨HMGB1是否通过Toll like receptor-2 (TLR-2)促进小鼠系膜细胞增殖.方法:选取小鼠系膜细胞MMC为研究对象,为了确定HMGB1对小鼠系膜细胞增殖的影响,将小鼠系膜细胞随机分为正常对照组及50、100和200μg/L HMGB1刺激组,分别培养2、4、8和12 h,以BrdU掺人法检测小鼠系膜细胞的增殖水平.为了检测HMGB1对小鼠系膜细胞TLR2、PCNA、Cyclin D1、CDK4、p16表达的影响,将常规培养的MMC细胞随机分为正常对照组及100 μg/L HMGB1刺激组,分别于培养2、4、6、8和12 h收集细胞,采用Real-time PCR及Western blot检测小鼠系膜细胞TLR2、PCNA、Cyclin D1、CDK4、p16的表达变化.为了明确TLR2表达与HMGB1介导的MMC增殖中的作用,将MMC细胞随机分为正常对照组、HMGB1刺激组(100μg/L)、HMGB1刺激+pYr-3.1-shTLR2组(转染组)、HMGB1刺激+空白质粒组(空白质粒组),刺激8h收集细胞,Western blot检测pYr-3.1-shTLR2的沉默效果及细胞周期蛋白PCNA、Cyclin D1、CDK4、p16蛋白的表达变化.结果:HMGB1上调小鼠系膜细胞增殖水平;HMGB1时间依赖性上调小鼠系膜细胞TLR2的表达;HMGB1刺激能够上调小鼠系膜细胞中PCNA、Cyclin D1、CDK4mRNA及蛋白的表达,时间依赖性地降低小鼠系膜细胞中p16的表达;RNA干扰沉默TLR2表达,能够有效地下调HMGB1诱导的小鼠系膜细胞中细胞周期蛋白的表达,降低系膜细胞的增殖水平.结论:HMGB1可能通过与小鼠系膜细胞膜表面受体TLR2结合后,通过某种信号途径上调细胞周期调控蛋白Cyclin D1、CDK4的表达,并下调细胞周期依赖性激酶抑制剂p16的表达,推动细胞从G0/G1期进入S期,促使细胞增殖水平提高.
Objective:To explore the effect and possible mechanism of TLR2 on cell proliferation of MMC cells induced by HMGB1.Methods:Mouse renal mesangial cells line (MMC) were grown as described previously.Cells were made quiescent by culturing in serum-free medium for 24 h.In order to determine the effect of HMGB1 on cell proliferation of MMC cells,cells were randomly divided into normal control group,50,100 and 200 μg/L HMGB1 stimulated group,and cells were collected at 2,4,8 and 12h,BrdU assay was used to detect cell proliferation level.To determine the time-dependent effect of HMGB1 on the expression of TLR2,PCNA,Cyclin D1,CDK4 and pl6,MMC cells were randomly divided into normal control group,100 μg/L HMGB1 stimulated group,and were collected at 2,4,6,8 and 12 h respectively.Real-time PCR and Western Blot were used for the detection of TLR2,PCNA,Cyclin D1,CDK4 and p16 expressions.RNAi experiment was performed to assess the effect of TLR2 on HMGB1-stimulated cell proliferation.Cells were divided into four groups:control,untransfected HMGB1-treated,control vector sh-Scramble-transfected HMGB1-treated and shTLR2-transfected HMGB1-treated.Cells were collected after 8 h,Western blot were used to detect the silence effect of pYr-3.1-shTLR2 and the expression of PCNA,Cyclin D1,CDK4 and p16 protein.Results:HMGB1 upregulated the level of mouse mesangial cell proliferation; HMGB1 induced TLR2 upregulation of MMC cells in time-dependent manner; HMGB1 upregulated the expression of PCNA,Cyclin D1 and CDK4 protein in mouse mesangial cells; HMGB1 down-regulated the p16 expression time-dependently in mouse mesangial cells ;the sh-TLR2 vector effectively prevented HMGBl-induced cell proliferation,decreased Cyclin D1/CDK4/p16 pathway and PCNA expression.Conclusion:HMGB1 might combined with its surface receptor TLR2,and then up-regulated the expression of cell cycle regulatory protein Cyclin D1,CDK4 and down-regulated the expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16 through activating signaling pathways to ind