Zheng Rui, Pan George, Thobe Bjoern M, Choudhry Mashkoor A, Matsutani Takeshi, Samy T S Anantha, Kang Shih-Ching, Bland Kirby I, Chaudry Irshad H
Center for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294-0019, USA.
Mol Med. 2006 Apr-Jun;12(4-6):65-73. doi: 10.2119/2006-00030.Zheng.
Hypoxia produces sex dimorphic immune responses in males and proestrus females. Because Kupffer cells are the major source of proinflammatory cytokines, studies were conducted to discern IL-6 production in mouse Kupffer cells following hypoxia. Hypoxia enhances TLR4 expression in Kupffer cells irrespective of sex. However, MyD88 and Src expression in Kupffer cells decreased significantly after hypoxia in proestrus females, whereas Src protein expression and phosphorylation increased in males in concurrence with differences in IL-6 production. 17beta-estradiol administration elevated MyD88 and Src expression in males to levels in normoxic proestrus females. Administration of Src inhibitor in hypoxic males prevented increased IL-6 production. Thus, differential regulation of MyD88 and Src in males and females plays an important role in sex-specific immune response following hypoxia.
缺氧会在雄性和发情前期雌性中产生性别二态性免疫反应。由于库普弗细胞是促炎细胞因子的主要来源,因此开展了相关研究以辨别缺氧后小鼠库普弗细胞中白细胞介素-6(IL-6)的产生情况。无论性别如何,缺氧都会增强库普弗细胞中Toll样受体4(TLR4)的表达。然而,发情前期雌性小鼠缺氧后,库普弗细胞中的髓样分化因子88(MyD88)和Src表达显著降低,而雄性小鼠中Src蛋白表达和磷酸化增加,同时IL-6产生存在差异。给予17β-雌二醇可将雄性小鼠中的MyD88和Src表达提高到正常氧分压下发情前期雌性小鼠的水平。在缺氧雄性小鼠中给予Src抑制剂可阻止IL-6产生增加。因此,雄性和雌性中MyD88和Src的差异调节在缺氧后的性别特异性免疫反应中起重要作用。