Xu Jianying, Du Yongcheng, Li Dongyan, Xu Yongjian
Department of Pulmonary Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan 430030, China.
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi. 2002 Aug;25(8):493-6.
To investigate the changes and of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 expression in airway epithelial cells from smoking rats.
Wistar rats (n = 39) were randomly divided into a nonsmoking control group and 2 smoking groups-smoking for 1 month and 3 months, with 13 rats in each group. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization staining were used to semiquantitatively analyse the changes of NF-kappaB and ICAM-1 expression in airway epithelial cells.
(1) The percentages of positive cells for NF-kappaB nuclear staining in bronchiolar epithelial cells in 1 month smoking group (63 +/- 4)% and 3 month smoking group [(51 +/- 5)%] were significantly higher than that in the control group [(27 +/- 5)%] (P < 0.01 respectively). (2) ICAM-1 mRNA expression in bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells in the 1 month smoking group (0.645 +/- 0.038, 0.747 +/- 0.041) and the 3 month smoking group (0.688 +/- 0.062, 0.809 +/- 0.023) was significantly higher than those in the control group (0.526 +/- 0.023, 0.635 +/- 0.044), (P < 0.01 respectively), and the expression of ICAM-1 mRNA in the 3 month smoking group was higher than that in the 1 month smoking group (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01 respectively). (3) ICAM-1 protein expression in the main bronchial and bronchiolarepithelial cells in the 1 month smoking group (0.73 +/- 0.04, 0.94 +/- 0.05) and the 3 month smoking group (0.77 +/- 0.04, 0.99 +/- 0.03) was significantly higher than those in the control group (0.57 +/- 0.04, 0.83 +/- 0.04) (P < 0.01 respectively), and the expression of ICAM-1 protein in the 3 month smoking group was higher than those in the 1 month smoking group (P < 0.05 respectively). (4) ICAM-1 mRNA and protein expression in bronchioles were significantly higher than those in the bronchi (P < 0.01 respectively) in all groups. (5) The percentage of cells staining positive for nuclear NF-kappaB correlated with ICAM-1 protein expression in bronchioles from the 1 month smoking group (r = 0.462, P < 0.05).
NF-kappaB and ICAM-1 may play an important role in smoking-induced airway inflammation.
探讨吸烟大鼠气道上皮细胞核因子-κB(NF-κB)及细胞间黏附分子(ICAM)-1表达的变化。
将39只Wistar大鼠随机分为非吸烟对照组和2个吸烟组,即吸烟1个月组和吸烟3个月组,每组13只。采用免疫组织化学和原位杂交染色法半定量分析气道上皮细胞中NF-κB和ICAM-1表达的变化。
(1)吸烟1个月组细支气管上皮细胞中NF-κB核染色阳性细胞百分比为(63±4)%,吸烟3个月组为[(51±5)%],均显著高于对照组[(27±5)%](P均<0.01)。(2)吸烟1个月组支气管和细支气管上皮细胞中ICAM-1 mRNA表达(0.645±0.038,0.747±0.041)及吸烟3个月组(0.688±0.062,0.809±0.023)均显著高于对照组(0.526±0.023,0.635±0.044)(P均<0.01),且吸烟3个月组ICAM-1 mRNA表达高于吸烟1个月组(P分别<0.05和<0.01)。(3)吸烟1个月组主支气管和细支气管上皮细胞中ICAM-1蛋白表达(0.73±0.04,0.94±0.05)及吸烟3个月组(0.77±0.04,0.99±0.03)均显著高于对照组(0.57±0.04,0.83±0.04)(P均<0.01),且吸烟3个月组ICAM-1蛋白表达高于吸烟1个月组(P均<0.05)。(4)所有组中细支气管ICAM-1 mRNA和蛋白表达均显著高于支气管(P均<0.01)。(5)吸烟1个月组细支气管中核NF-κB染色阳性细胞百分比与ICAM-1蛋白表达相关(r = 0.462,P<0.05)。
NF-κB和ICAM-1可能在吸烟诱导的气道炎症中起重要作用。