慢性低压低氧暴露对小鼠海马CA1区神经元树突棘形态及细丝蛋白A表达的影响

目的:探讨低压低氧暴露对小鼠海马CA1区神经元树突棘形态及细丝蛋白A表达的影响。方法:6～8周龄C57BL/6雄性小鼠分为常氧暴露7 d组、常氧暴露14 d组、低压低氧暴露7 d组和低压低氧暴露14 d组。低压低氧暴露组置于低压舱模拟6 000 m海拔高原进行低压低氧暴露。Golgi染色法观察小鼠海马CA1区树突的分支数,以及基树突棘和顶树突棘长度和密度的变化; Western blot方法检测小鼠海马细丝蛋白A表达水平的变化;免疫组织荧光染色法检测小鼠海马CA1区细丝蛋白A的表达及分布变化。结果:与常氧暴露组相比,低压低氧暴露后,小鼠海马CA1区树突分支数的差异无统计学显著性,但基树突棘和顶树突棘的长度显著增加(P 0. 05),密度显著降低(P 0. 01)。低压低氧暴露后,小鼠海马细丝蛋白A表达水平低于常氧暴露组(P 0. 01或P0. 05)。免疫组织荧光染色显示细丝蛋白A在小鼠海马CA1区表达,低压低氧暴露后,海马CA1区细丝蛋白A表达水平降低(P 0. 05)。结论:慢性低压低氧暴露可影响小鼠海马CA1区细丝蛋白A表达,并导致海马CA1区神经元树突棘形态发生改变。

Effects of chronic hypobaric hypoxia exposure on dendritic spine morphological changes and filamin-A expression in neurons of mouse hippocampal CA1 region

AIM:To investigate the effects of hypobaric hypoxic exposure on the morphological changes of dendritic spines and the expression of filamin-A in the neurons of mouse hippocampal CA1 region. METHODS:C57BL/6 male mice (6~8-week-old) were divided into normoxia 7 d group, normoxia 14 d group, hypobaric hypoxia 7 d group and hypobaric hypoxia 14 d group. The mice in hypobaric hypoxia exposure groups were placed in a hypobaric chamber with hypobaric hypoxia exposure to simulate the plateau at an altitude of 6 000 m. Golgi staining assay was used to observe the branch number of dendrites, and the length and density of basal and apical dendritic spines in the hippocampal CA1 region. The protein expression of filamin-A in the hippocampus of the mice was determined by Western blot. The protein expression and distribution of filamin-A in the hippocampal CA1 region were detected by immunofluorescence staining. RESULTS:Compared with normoxia exposure group, no significant difference of the number of dendritic branches in the hippocampal CA1 region after hypobaric hypoxia exposure was observed. However, the length of basal spines and apical spines was increased significantly (P<0.05), and the density of basal spines and apical spines was significantly reduced after hypobaric hypoxia exposure (P<0.01). The results of Western blot showed that the protein expression of filamin-A in the hippocampus of the mice after hypobaric hypoxia exposure was lower than that in normoxia exposure group (P<0.01 or P<0.05). Immunofluorescence staining showed that the filamin-A protein was expressed in the mouse hippocampal CA1 region, and the expression level after hypobaric hypoxia exposure was lower than that in normoxia group. CONCLUSION:Chronic hypobaric hypoxia exposure affects the protein expression level of filamin-A in the mouse hippocampal CA1 region, thus leading to the morphological changes of dendritic spines in the hippocampal CA1 region.