[摘" "要]" "目的:探討珠蛋白轉(zhuǎn)錄因子1(globin transcription factor 1,GATA 1)和B細(xì)胞淋巴瘤因子(B-cell leukemia/lymphoma xL,BCL-xL)在骨髓增生異常綜合征(myelodysplastic syndromes,MDS)患者外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中的表達(dá)以及Notch信號(hào)通路相關(guān)機(jī)制。方法:以36例MDS患者為MDS組,20例定期獻(xiàn)血的健康人為對(duì)照組。采用實(shí)時(shí)熒光定量PCR法檢測(cè)外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中GATA 1、BCL-xL、Notch 1及其下游分子HES 1和Herp 2的表達(dá),分析GATA 1和BCL-xL的表達(dá)與MDS患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)和血紅蛋白的相關(guān)性,采用流式細(xì)胞術(shù)分析外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞的凋亡。結(jié)果:與對(duì)照組比較,MDS患者外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中GATA 1和BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)量明顯降低(Plt;0.05),而Notch 1、HES 1、Herp 2 mRNA表達(dá)量顯著增加(Plt;0.05)。GATA 1 mRNA表達(dá)水平與MDS患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)呈正相關(guān)(r=0.7575,P=0.0181)。與對(duì)照組比較,凋亡細(xì)胞比例增高(Plt;0.01)。結(jié)論:MDS患者GATA 1和BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)下降,Notch信號(hào)通路下游因子HES 1和Herp 2增高,可能是導(dǎo)致細(xì)胞凋亡顯著增加的原因。
[關(guān)鍵詞]" "骨髓增生異常綜合征;珠蛋白轉(zhuǎn)錄因子1;B細(xì)胞淋巴瘤因子;Notch信號(hào)通路;凋亡
[中圖分類(lèi)號(hào)]" "R551.3 [文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)志碼]" "A [DOI]" "10.19767/j.cnki.32-1412.2024.04.001
Study on the expression of GATA1 and BCL-xL in peripheral blood cells of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome
MA Sifei, YANG Hongmei
(Changzhou Central Blood Bank, Blood Transfusion Laboratory, Jiangsu 213003)
[Abstract]" "Objective: To investigate the expression of globin transcription factor 1" (GATA 1) and B-cell leukemia/lymphoma xL (BCL-xL) in peripheral blood cells of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and explore the mechanism related to Notch signaling pathway. Methods: A total of 36 MDS patients were selected as the MDS group and 20 healthy people who donated blood regularly were selected as the control group. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of GATA 1, BCL-xL, neurogenic gene Notch homologous protein 1(Notch 1) and its downstream molecules" HES 1 and Herp 2 in peripheral blood cells. The correlation between the expression of GATA 1, BCL-xL and platelet count, hemoglobin in MDS patients was analyzed. The apoptosis of peripheral blood cells was observed by flow cytometry. Results: Compared with the control group, the mRNA levels of GATA 1 and BCL-xL were significantly decreased in peripheral blood of MDS patients(Plt;0.05),while the mRNA levels of Notch 1, HES 1 and Herp 2 were significantly increased(Plt;0.05). Moreover, the expression of GATA 1 mRNA was positively correlated with the platelet count in MDS patients(r=0.7575,P=0.0181). Compared with the control group, the apoptotic cells increased in the MDS group(Plt;0.01). Conclusion: The expression of GATA 1 and BCL-xL decreased, and the expression of Notch 1, HES 1 and Herp 2 increased in MDS patients, which may be the cause of significant increase in cell apoptosis.
[Key words]" "myelodysplastic syndromes; globin transcription factor 1; B-cell leukemia/lymphoma xL; Notch signaling pathway; apoptosis
* [基金項(xiàng)目] 常州市中心血站課題(xz202402)。
** [作者簡(jiǎn)介] 馬思飛,女,漢族,黑龍江齊齊哈爾人,生于1994年3月,碩士,主管技師。研究方向:輸血免疫學(xué)。" "通信作者:楊紅梅,E-mail:yhmei83@126.com
骨髓增生異常綜合征(myelodysplastic syndro-
mes,MDS)是高度異質(zhì)性的骨髓惡性腫瘤,臨床上以外周血細(xì)胞減少和造血功能障礙為特征,約30%患者會(huì)發(fā)展為急性髓系白血病,其病理機(jī)制是由于祖細(xì)胞凋亡增加以及成熟缺陷所致[1]。血小板減少是MDS患者較常見(jiàn)的臨床表現(xiàn),5%~10%患者以血小板減少為首診癥狀,嚴(yán)重患者常需要輸注紅細(xì)胞或血小板支持性治療[2]。
珠蛋白轉(zhuǎn)錄因子1(globin transcription factor 1,GATA 1)屬于鋅指轉(zhuǎn)錄因子家族,調(diào)控紅系前體細(xì)胞的存活、增殖和終末分化,是紅系基因表達(dá)的中心介質(zhì)[3]。GATA 1基因位于X染色體p11.23,主要表達(dá)于紅細(xì)胞和巨核細(xì)胞,在其他細(xì)胞中也有少量表達(dá)(如肥大細(xì)胞、嗜酸性粒細(xì)胞等)[3-4],在MDS紅細(xì)胞生成分化過(guò)程中GATA 1表達(dá)異常。B細(xì)胞淋巴瘤因子(B-cell leukemia/lymphoma xL,BCL-xL)屬于細(xì)胞凋亡調(diào)節(jié)蛋白BCL-2家族[5],常作為GATA 1的合作者存在。
Notch信號(hào)通路在造血、惡性轉(zhuǎn)化和白血病發(fā)生過(guò)程以及在細(xì)胞命運(yùn)決定和器官發(fā)生中起著重要作用,其配體分子在MDS中呈現(xiàn)高表達(dá)[5],其下游因子HES 1和Herp 2通過(guò)某些物理構(gòu)象[6]以及化學(xué)解離作用[7]抑制GATA 1表達(dá),從而破壞紅細(xì)胞分化和紅系未成熟前體細(xì)胞的存續(xù)。此外,Notch 1信號(hào)通路還可下調(diào)BCL-xL,損害紅系及巨核細(xì)胞祖細(xì)胞的凋亡耐受性,加劇異常凋亡[8]。本研究探討GATA 1、BCL-xL在MDS患者外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中的表達(dá)及其與Notch信號(hào)通路相關(guān)機(jī)制。
1" "資料與方法
1.1" "一般資料" "收集2022年1月—2023年9月送至本中心交叉配血的36例MDS患者外周靜脈血標(biāo)本(MDS組),其中男性18例,女性18例;年齡32~84歲,中位年齡68歲。MDS診斷標(biāo)準(zhǔn)參照《骨髓增生異常綜合征診斷與治療中國(guó)專(zhuān)家共識(shí)(2014版)》[9-10],均為初診MDS,尚未接受相關(guān)治療。另收集同期20例定期獻(xiàn)血的健康人外周靜脈血標(biāo)本作為對(duì)照組,其中男性10例,女性10例;年齡45~55歲,中位年齡52歲。兩組性別、年齡的差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05)。
1.2" "實(shí)驗(yàn)方法
1.2.1" "外周血細(xì)胞RNA提取和cDNA反轉(zhuǎn)錄:Ficoll淋巴細(xì)胞分離液分離外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞,提取細(xì)胞總RNA,利用超微量分光光度計(jì)測(cè)量RNA濃度和純度。采用一步法反轉(zhuǎn)定量試劑盒去除基因組DNA后進(jìn)行反轉(zhuǎn)錄實(shí)驗(yàn),反應(yīng)產(chǎn)物進(jìn)行后續(xù)定量PCR實(shí)驗(yàn)。
1.2.2" "實(shí)時(shí)熒光定量PCR(qPCR):GATA 1、BCL-xL、Notch 1、HES 1、Herp 2和GAPAH引物由南京金斯瑞生物科技有限公司合成,見(jiàn)表1。使用qPCR試劑盒,反應(yīng)體系為20 μL,每個(gè)樣品重復(fù)至少2次。GATA 1、BCL-xL、Notch 1、HES 1和Herp 2 mRNA表達(dá)量以GAPDH作為內(nèi)參基因,用2-ΔΔCt表示目的基因mRNA的相對(duì)表達(dá)量。
1.2.3" "流式細(xì)胞術(shù)檢測(cè)細(xì)胞凋亡:生理鹽水重懸單個(gè)核細(xì)胞,300 g離心5 min,棄上清,加入500 μL 1×Annexin V Binding Buffer工作液重懸細(xì)胞,再加入5 μL Annexin V- FITC染色液和5 μL PI染色液。輕柔混勻,避光孵育15min,1 h內(nèi)上流式細(xì)胞儀檢測(cè)。
1.3" "統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)處理" "使用STAT View 5.01統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)軟件進(jìn)行數(shù)據(jù)處理分析。計(jì)量數(shù)據(jù)以±s表示,組間比較采用方差分析;采用Spearman秩相關(guān)分析法分析GATA 1、BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)與患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)、血紅蛋白的關(guān)系。Plt;0.05為差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義。
2" "結(jié)" " " 果
2.1" "兩組外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞GATA 1、BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)比較" "與對(duì)照組比較,MDS組外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中GATA 1、BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)量分別為0.721±0.078和0.478±0.062,低于對(duì)照組的1.003±0.060和1.017±0.140(Plt;0.05)。見(jiàn)圖1。
2.2" "GATA 1、BCLxl表達(dá)量與MDS患者臨床病理參數(shù)的相關(guān)性" "MDS患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)為(107.1±38.12)×109/L,血紅蛋白為(62.33±3.460)g/L。Spearman相關(guān)分析顯示,GATA 1 mRNA表達(dá)水平與患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)正相關(guān)(r=0.7575,P=0.0181),與血紅蛋白水平無(wú)關(guān)(r=-0.1681,P=0.6656);BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)水平與患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)(r=-0.1709,P=0.6603)及血紅蛋白水平(r=0.2223,P=0.5654)無(wú)關(guān)。見(jiàn)圖2A~D。
2.3" "兩組外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞Notch 1、HES 1、Herp 2 mRNA表達(dá)比較" "為了研究在MDS中是否發(fā)生Notch信號(hào)通路異常活化,我們檢測(cè)兩組外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞Notch通路元件的主要受體Notch 1以及兩種下游效應(yīng)物HES 1和Herp 2的mRNA表達(dá)。與對(duì)照組比較,MDS組外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中Notch 1、HES 1、Herp 2 mRNA表達(dá)量分別為1.888±0.135、1.639±0.153和1.370±0.120,高于對(duì)照組的1.007±0.086、1.008±0.088和1.003±0.051(Plt;0.05或Plt;0.01),提示在MDS疾病進(jìn)程中存在Notch信號(hào)通路顯著活化。見(jiàn)圖3。
2.4" "兩組單個(gè)核細(xì)胞凋亡比較" "在流式細(xì)胞儀散點(diǎn)圖上,左下象限為活細(xì)胞(Annexin V-FITC-/PI-),右下象限為早期凋亡細(xì)胞(Annexin V-FITC+/PI-),左上象限為細(xì)胞碎片(Annexin V-FITC-/PI+),右上象限為晚期凋亡或壞死細(xì)胞(Annexin V-FITC+/PI+)。與對(duì)照組相比,MDS組活細(xì)胞比例降低,凋亡細(xì)胞比例增高(Plt;0.01)。見(jiàn)圖4A~D。
3" "討" " " 論
MDS是一種造血干細(xì)胞疾病,表現(xiàn)為外周血一系或一系以上細(xì)胞減少,骨髓增生亢進(jìn),病態(tài)造血,細(xì)胞凋亡和增殖異常同時(shí)存在[11]?;虍惓?、表觀遺傳學(xué)異常、造血微環(huán)境改變以及免疫機(jī)制缺陷等在MDS發(fā)病中均起著重要作用[12-13]。有研究發(fā)現(xiàn),骨髓CD34+細(xì)胞過(guò)度凋亡是MDS主要特征[5]。
GATA 1是紅系分化的關(guān)鍵基因,其表達(dá)水平的變化可引起下游基因表達(dá)調(diào)控的異常,引發(fā)不同的臨床疾病[3,14]。國(guó)外研究發(fā)現(xiàn)GATA 1(-/-)會(huì)導(dǎo)致紅系祖細(xì)胞發(fā)育遲緩甚至大量凋亡,其中雄性模型小鼠胚胎因嚴(yán)重貧血于E10.5~11.5天死亡[15]。另有研究發(fā)現(xiàn),GATA 1敲除的成年小鼠出現(xiàn)再障危象[16],證實(shí)GATA 1異常表達(dá)會(huì)加速細(xì)胞凋亡而誘發(fā)嚴(yán)重貧血。GATA 1聯(lián)合促紅細(xì)胞生成素調(diào)控凋亡抑制基因BCL-xL的表達(dá),從而保證細(xì)胞穩(wěn)定發(fā)育。BCL-xL參與正常紅細(xì)胞生成,降低對(duì)細(xì)胞死亡信號(hào)的易感性,促進(jìn)成紅細(xì)胞的存活[17-18]。有研究證實(shí),在正常紅細(xì)胞分化后期,GATA 1和BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)穩(wěn)步上調(diào),而在MDS紅細(xì)胞生成過(guò)程中GATA 1和BCL-xL上調(diào)缺失[5]。本研究結(jié)果顯示,MDS患者外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中GATA 1和BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)顯著降低,GATA1 mRNA表達(dá)水平與患者血小板計(jì)數(shù)呈正相關(guān),細(xì)胞凋亡率增高,與相關(guān)研究結(jié)果一致。
Notch信號(hào)通路參與多種疾病進(jìn)程,有研究證實(shí)在MDS發(fā)生發(fā)展中,Notch配體DLK 1異常高表達(dá),其下游效應(yīng)分子HES 1和Herp 2通過(guò)識(shí)別MDS靶基因順勢(shì)調(diào)控區(qū)的特定結(jié)合位點(diǎn)而對(duì)某些基因發(fā)揮抑制作用。其中Herp 2可通過(guò)直接物理作用抑制GATA 1,導(dǎo)致紅系分化受損和紅系前體細(xì)胞不成熟;HES 1通過(guò)解離必需因子p300與GATA1來(lái)抑制紅細(xì)胞生成[5]。此外,Notch1信號(hào)傳導(dǎo)可下調(diào)BCL-xL,損害紅系/巨核細(xì)胞祖細(xì)胞[19]。本研究發(fā)現(xiàn),MDS患者外周血單個(gè)核細(xì)胞中Notch信號(hào)通路受體Notch 1以及下游分子HES 1和Herp 2 mRNA水平顯著升高,提示Notch信號(hào)通路活化參與MDS疾病進(jìn)程。
綜上所述,本研究發(fā)現(xiàn)MDS患者GATA 1和BCL-xL mRNA表達(dá)水平下降,Notch信號(hào)通路下游因子HES 1和Herp 2活化,可能是導(dǎo)致細(xì)胞凋亡顯著增加的原因。
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