丝裂原活化蛋白激酶信号途径在苯并[a]芘影响内皮细胞热休克蛋白70基因表达中的作用

目的研究丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(mitogen activated protein kinase,MAPK)信号途径在苯并a]芘(BaP)影响内皮细胞热休克蛋白70(HSP70)基因表达中的作用.方法猪主动脉内皮细胞以不同浓度BaP(0、0.1、0.5、1.0、5.0、10.0 μmol/L)染毒24 h,或以PD98059(10μmol/L)或SB203580(20μmol/L)预处理1 h后再加一定剂量的BaP共同孵育24 h.分别以Western-blot法检测各组细胞磷酸化细胞外信号调节蛋白激酶(extracellularsignal regulated protein kinase,ERK)、磷酸化c-Jun氨基末端激酶(c-Jun amino-terminal kinase,JNK)、磷酸化p38和HSP70表达水平的改变.结果随BaP浓度的升高,MAPK途径的3种磷酸化激酶表达水平出现不同程度的改变,其中磷酸化ERK1表达改变最明显,呈剂量反应性增加.BaP抑制内皮细胞HSP70表达,在中、高剂量(≥1.0μmol/L)暴露时,HSP70表达明显低于对照组,差异有显著性(P＜0.05);尽管ERK途径抑制剂PD98059可部分减弱BaP对HSP70表达的抑制效应,但经PD98059预处理后内皮细胞HSP70表达水平仍明显低于正常状态下的表达水平,差异亦有显著性(P＜0.05).结论BaP可能通过ERK1途径而影响内皮细胞HSP70基因表达,同时可能还有其他信号途径在BaP影响HSP70基因表达过程中起作用.

Effects of mitogen activated protein kinase signal transduction pathways on heat shock protein 70 gene expression in endothelial cells exposed to benzo (a) pryene

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathways on heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) gene expression in endothelial cells exposed to benzo(a)pryene (BaP). METHODS: Porcine aortic endothelial cells were pre-treated or by PD98059 (10 micro mol/L) or SB203580 (20 micro mol/L) for 1 hour, then treated with different concentrations of BaP (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10.0 micro mol/L) for 24 hours respectively;Expression levels of three phosphorylated MAPKs extracellular signal regulated protein kinase (ERK), c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38] and HSP70 were determined by Western-blot. RESULTS: The three phosphorylated MAPKs expressional levels especially p-ERK1 had different extents of changes with dose-response relationship under BaP exposure. BaP inhibited the expression of HSP70, which significantly decreased in medium and high dose group (>or= 1.0 micro mol/L) but did not decrease in control group (P < 0.05). Although the inhibitor of ERK (PD98059) could partly weaken the inhibited effects of BaP on HSP70 expression, HSP70 expression levels of endothelial cells pre-treated with PD98059 were still significantly lower than that of control cells (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: ERK1 pathway might play some roles in HSP70 gene expression in endothelial cells exposed to BaP, and other unknown signal pathways might also have some effects on this process.