College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010000, China.
Rheumatology Department, Hohhot Hospital of Mongolian Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hohhot 010010, China.
J Tradit Chin Med. 2019 Apr;39(2):181-190.
To investigate the efficacy of Zhonglun'a-decoction-containing serum (ZHONGL-CS) on the in vitro apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) from rats with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) by investigating the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway.
A CIA rat model was established using bovine type Ⅱ collagen. FLS were isolated, cultured and identified. A cell counting kit-8 was used to detect cell activity. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) was calculated. Experimental subjects were divided into control, CIA, ZHONGL-CS, JAK2 inhibitor AG490, and ZHONGLCS with AG490 groups. The in vitro cell cycle and apoptosis rate were detected in FLS by flow cytometry. Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), caspase-3, cyclin D1, phosphorylated JAK2, STAT1, and STAT3 protein expressions in FLS were examined by Western blotting. JAK2, STAT1 and STAT3 mRNA levels were examined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Compared with the CIA group, FLS proliferation was inhibited, the FLS G0/G1 cell cycle was arrested, and the rate of FLS apoptosis was increased in the ZHONGL-CS group. In the ZHONGLCS group, the protein levels of Bcl-2 and cyclin D1 were reduced compared with the CIA group and the levels of Bax and caspase-3 in FLS were increased. In the ZHONGL-CS group, the expressions of JAK2, STAT1, and STAT3 mRNA and the levels of phosphorylated JAK2, STAT1, and STAT3 proteins were reduced.
ZHONGL-CS may induce FLS apoptosis in CIA rats. Activation of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway was inhibited in FLS in vitro.
通过研究中伦汤(ZHONGL-CS)含药血清对胶原诱导关节炎(CIA)大鼠成纤维样滑膜细胞(FLS)体外凋亡的影响,探讨 Janus 激酶/信号转导和转录激活因子(JAK/STAT)信号通路。
采用牛Ⅱ型胶原建立 CIA 大鼠模型。分离、培养和鉴定 FLS。用细胞计数试剂盒-8 检测细胞活性,计算半数抑制浓度(IC50)。将实验对象分为对照组、CIA 组、ZHONGL-CS 组、JAK2 抑制剂 AG490 组和 ZHONGLCS+AG490 组。通过流式细胞术检测 FLS 体外细胞周期和凋亡率。Western blot 检测 FLS 中 B 细胞淋巴瘤 2 相关 X 蛋白(Bax)、B 细胞淋巴瘤 2(Bcl-2)、半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶-3(caspase-3)、细胞周期蛋白 D1、磷酸化 JAK2、STAT1 和 STAT3 蛋白的表达。用实时定量聚合酶链反应检测 JAK2、STAT1 和 STAT3mRNA 的水平。
与 CIA 组相比,ZHONGL-CS 组可抑制 FLS 增殖,阻滞 FLS G0/G1 细胞周期,增加 FLS 凋亡率。与 CIA 组相比,ZHONGLCS 组 FLS 中 Bcl-2 和细胞周期蛋白 D1 蛋白水平降低,Bax 和 caspase-3 蛋白水平升高。ZHONGL-CS 组 JAK2、STAT1 和 STAT3mRNA 的表达及磷酸化 JAK2、STAT1 和 STAT3 蛋白水平降低。
ZHONGL-CS 可能通过抑制 JAK/STAT 信号通路的激活,诱导 CIA 大鼠 FLS 凋亡。