胰岛素样生长因子-Ⅰ、肝细胞生长因子、转化生长因子-β1、干扰素-γ对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖活性的影响

本试验应用组织块培养和差速消化法获取原代奶牛乳腺上皮细胞,免疫荧光鉴定正确后MTT法评价不同浓度的胰岛素样生长因子-Ⅰ（insulin-like growth factor-Ⅰ,IGF-Ⅰ）、肝细胞生长因子（hepatocyte growth factor, HGF）、转化生长因子-β1（transforming growth factor-β1,TGF-β1）、干扰素-γ （interferon-γ,IFN-γ）对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞体外增殖的影响。结果表明,IGF-Ⅰ、HGF分别在 10～200和0.1～100 ng/mL对乳腺上皮细胞的增殖呈正相关,而TGF-β1（2.5～100 ng/mL）、IFN-γ（5～160 ng/mL）则剂量依赖性地抑制乳腺上皮细胞增殖。提示,IGF-Ⅰ、HGF均能促进奶牛乳腺上皮细胞的体外增殖,该作用在一定浓度范围内有剂量依赖性;TGF-β1、IFN-γ对乳腺上皮细胞的增殖作用出现剂量抑制效应。     

玉米赤霉烯酮对小鼠胸腺上皮细胞的毒性作用

采用台盼蓝计数、流式细胞仪分析等方法,离体研究玉米赤霉烯酮对小鼠胸腺上皮细胞增殖与细胞周期的影响,结果发现:不同质量浓度(1～25 mg/L)玉米赤霉烯酮对小鼠胸腺上皮细胞的增殖均具有显著抑制作用(P<0.05),并表现出与剂量和处理时间依赖性关系.高剂量(10～25 mg/L)ZEA使小鼠胸腺上皮细胞细胞周期显著阻滞于G2/M期(P<0.05),并存在剂量依赖性关系.这些结果表明,玉米赤霉烯酮对小鼠胸腺上皮细胞有直接毒害作用.     

不同泌乳相关激素和生长因子对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖的影响

本研究旨在探讨不同泌乳相关激素和生长因子对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖的影响及其与细胞外基质主要成分层黏连蛋白的关系。将正常的荷斯坦泌乳期奶牛乳腺上皮细胞进行体外培养,在未包被或包被层黏连蛋白的条件下,以MTT法检测催乳素(PRL)、牛生长激素(GH)、类胰岛素生长因子-1(IGF-Ⅰ)、类胰岛素生长因子-2(IGF-Ⅱ)对细胞增殖作用的影响。在层黏连蛋白包被条件下,进行血清恢复的同时添加不同泌乳相关激素和生长因子,GH、IGF-Ⅰ有促进细胞增殖的作用(P<0.05),PRL、IGF-Ⅱ有维持细胞存活的作用(P<0.05);无血清时,几种激素和生长因子单独添加均无明显促增殖效应(P>0.05)。无基质条件下,与血清联合使用时,PRL、GH、IGF-Ⅰ、IGF-Ⅱ均对细胞生长有不同程度促进作用(P<0.05);无血清时,仅IGF-Ⅰ使细胞增殖速率显著加快(P<0.05)。层黏连蛋白作为培养基质对于体外培养的泌乳乳腺上皮细胞生长速度没有显著促进作用,但有利于PRL和IGF-Ⅱ发挥促存活作用。PRL、GH、IGF-Ⅰ、IGF-Ⅱ对细胞增殖和存活有促进作用,但需要与血清中其他成分协同才能充分发挥作用,其中IGF-Ⅰ促增殖能力最强。     

组织块再移法分离培养奶山羊乳腺上皮细胞

通过比较组织块贴壁培养法、组织块再移法、胰蛋白酶消化法、胶原酶Ⅱ消化法和胶原酶消化配合组织块贴壁法分离、培养、纯化山羊乳腺上皮细胞,绘制细胞生长曲线并计算细胞群体倍增时间,研究乳腺上皮细胞培养效果。结果显示,利用胶原酶消化配合组织块贴壁法不能获得正常生长的乳腺上皮细胞;利用组织块贴壁培养法、组织块再移法和胶原酶Ⅱ消化法获得大量的乳腺上皮细胞,所得到的上皮细胞生长曲线呈典型的＂S＂型,符合细胞生长的一般规律。组织块再移法不仅可快速获得大量纯化的乳腺上皮细胞,而且所得到的细胞经传代后,细胞群体倍增时间最短、增殖能力最强,表明,该法是获得山羊乳腺上皮细胞最适宜的方法。     

Measles virus infection induces interleukin-8 release in human pulmonary epithelial cells

Measles virus (MV) infection primarily targets epithelial cells of the respiratory tract, which have the potential to synthesize a variety of cytokines. In this report, we studied the effect of MV infection on the production of interleukin (IL)-8 by the pulmonary epithelial cells. A549 cells, a lower airway epithelial cell line, produced IL-8 after MV inoculation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The IL-8 production was little affected by UV-inactivation of MV and scarcely suppressed by cycloheximide treatment. These results indicated that MV particle binding to and/or incorporation into cells stimulated IL-8 expression in A549 cells.     

Immunological characterization of the equine airway epithelium and of a primary equine airway epithelial cell culture model

Our understanding of innate immunity within the equine respiratory tract is limited despite growing evidence for its key role in both the immediate defense and the shaping of downstream adaptive immune responses to respiratory disease. As the first interface to undergo pathogen invasion, the respiratory epithelium is a key player in these early events and our goal was to examine the innate immune characteristics of equine respiratory epithelia and compare them to an in vitro equine respiratory epithelial cell model cultured at the air-fluid interface (AFI). Respiratory epithelial tissues, isolated epithelial cells, and four-week old cultured differentiated airway epithelial cells collected from five locations of the equine respiratory tract were examined for the expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and host defense peptides (HDPs) using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Cultured, differentiated, respiratory epithelial cells and freshly isolated respiratory epithelial cells were also examined for the expression of TLR3, TLR9 and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis. In addition, cytokine and chemokine profiles from respiratory epithelial tissues, freshly isolated respiratory epithelial cells, and cultured, differentiated, epithelial cells from the upper respiratory tract were examined using real-time PCR. We found that respiratory epithelial tissues and isolated epithelial cells expressed TLRs 1-4 and 6-10 as well as HDPs, MxA, 2'5' OAS, β-defensin-1, and lactoferrin. In contrast, epithelial cells cultured at the AFI expressed TLRs 1-4 and 6 and 7 as well as MxA, 2'5' OAS, β-defensin-1, but had lost expression of TLRs 8-10 and lactoferrin. In addition, MHC-I and MHC-II surface expression decreased in epithelial cells cultured at the AFI compared to isolated epithelial cells whereas TLR3 and TLR9 were expressed at similar levels. Lastly, we found that equine respiratory epithelial cells express an array of pro-inflammatory, antiviral and regulatory cytokines and that after four weeks of in vitro growth conditions, equine respiratory epithelial cells cultured at the AFI retained expression of GM-CSF, IL-10, IL-8, TGF-β, TNF-α, and IL-6. In summary, we describe the development of an in vitro equine respiratory epithelial cell culture model that is morphologically similar to the equine airway epithelium and retains several key immunological properties. In the future this model will be a used to study equine respiratory viral pathogenesis and cell-to-cell interactions.     

牦牛乳腺上皮细胞的体外分离培养及鉴定

为提高牦牛乳腺上皮细胞体外培养成功率,实现高度可重复性,试验采用2.5 g/L(含0.5 g/L EDTA)胰酶和Ⅰ型胶原酶(1 mg/mL)分段消化牦牛乳腺组织块以分离细胞,原代培养时于DMEM/F12培养体系内添加氢化可的松(1 μg/mL)、表皮生长因子(50 ng/mL)及胰岛素-转铁蛋白-硒(5 μg/mL)...     

Characterisation of porcine monocyte-derived dendritic cells according to their cytokine profile

The influence of interferon (IFN)-alpha on the in vitro differentiation of myeloid porcine dendritic cells (DC) was evaluated as the ability of the DC to stimulate to cell proliferation in a mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR), and as their ability to produce cytokines at exposure to bacterial and viral preparations. Porcine monocytes were enriched from purified peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by plastic adherence and cultured in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-4 or in GM-CSF, IL-4 and IFN-alpha. After 5 days of culture, the cells developed a dendritic morphology and the proportion of cells expressing MHC class II and B7 molecules was increased as determined by flow cytometry. Dendritic cells, differentiated for 5 days in GM-CSF, IL-4 and IFN-alpha, were able to stimulate both allogeneic and syngeneic PBMC to proliferation in an MLR. The DC produced the Th1 associated cytokines IFN-alpha at Sendai virus stimulation, and IL-12 at stimulation with plasmid DNA (pre-incubated in the presence of lipofectin), heat-inactivated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, UV-inactivated Aujeszky's disease virus and live Sendai virus. The heat-inactivated bacteria and Sendai virus also induced production of the Th2 associated cytokines IL-10 and IL-6. The addition of IFN-alpha during differentiation of DC in GM-CSF and IL-4 enhanced their ability to stimulate allogeneic and syngeneic MLR, but did not alter their ability to produce cytokines.     

In vitro model of parathyroid hormone-related protein secretion from mammary cells isolated from lactating cows

Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is produced by the lactating mammary gland and is present in milk in a biologically active form. The goal of this investigation was to determine if cells cultured from the lactating mammary glands of cows would secrete PTHrP in vitro. Mammary acini were isolated from lactating cows at 1–6 wk after calving, and fresh or cryopreserved mammary acini were cultured for 14 d on Type I collagen. Cultures on thick layers of collagen (2.5 mm) were detached and allowed to contract on Day 6. PTHrP production was measured by N-terminal radioimmunoassay and bioassay (increased cAMP levels in ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast-like cells). The mammary cells reached confluence at Day 6. PTHrP production was low at Day 2 (<0.5 ng/ml) but increased to peak production (2–4 ng/ml) at approximately Day 6 and remained constant until Day 14. Immunoreactive and bioactive PTHrP levels in the culture medium correlated well. The cultures produced lactoferrin (2,000–2,300 ng/ml) and α_s1-casein (14–19 ng/ml). Prolactin stimulated PTHrP production approximately 50% on Days 6–14. PTHrP production was increased approximately 100% by treatment with epidermal growth factor (10 ng/ml) for 2 d. Morphologic evaluation of cultures on thick, contracted collagen at Day 14 revealed an inner layer of mammary epithelial cells overlying myoepithelial cells and an outer layer of collagen containing stromal cells. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated positive staining for PTHrP and cytokeratin in both mammary epithelial and myoepithelial cells and a-smooth muscle actin in myoepithelial cells. These data demonstrated that cryopreserved mammary tissue from lactating cows could be cultured in vitro and secreted PTHrP in a regulated manner. This in vitro model will be useful to investigate the function and regulation of PTHrP in the lactating mammary gland.     

异体移植炎症因子1通过核因子κB信号促进牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症因子的释放

奶牛乳腺炎是指在不同理化因素刺激下奶牛乳腺的炎性反应,其严重影响了奶牛养殖业的健康发展。许多细胞因子是炎症调节剂,但与奶牛乳腺炎相关的关键细胞因子还未被鉴定。异体移植炎症因子1（allograft inflammatory factor-1,AIF-1）在免疫调节中扮演重要角色,并在多种炎性疾病中过量表达。因此,本研究探讨了牛AIF-1在乳腺炎中的可能作用。首先,利用ELISA试剂盒检测了乳腺炎牛奶中牛AIF-1的含量,并用RT-PCR方法克隆牛AIF-1基因,然后,用亲和层析纯化牛AIF-1蛋白。用此重组蛋白刺激牛乳腺上皮细胞,ELISA试剂盒检测肿瘤坏死因子α、白细胞介素6和单核细胞趋化蛋白1的分泌,Western blot测定IκBα的磷酸化。结果显示,患乳腺炎奶牛乳中AIF-1的平均含量显著高于健康奶牛,而抗生素治愈后的奶牛乳中AIF-1的含量回落到正常水平。这些结果提示,牛AIF-1是一个分泌型蛋白,可能与乳腺炎相关。为了进一步探索这种关系,本研究克隆了牛AIF-1基因并纯化了牛AIF-1蛋白。此蛋白上调了牛乳腺上皮细胞肿瘤坏死因子α、白细胞介素6和单核细胞趋化蛋白1的分泌,并刺激了IκBα的磷酸化。IκBα磷酸化抑制剂BAY 11-7085阻断了牛AIF-1刺激的炎性细胞因子上调。综上表明,牛AIF-1通过核因子κB信号促进了牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症因子的释放。     

Bovine pituitary, kidney, uterine and mammary gland extracts contain bovine mammary epithelium growth factors that synergise with IGF-I and fetal calf serum: indication for involvement of GTP-binding proteins

Bovine mammary undifferentiated epithelial cells from young female calves, cultured in three-dimensional collagen gels in serum-free medium exhibited ultrastructural organization that resembled the in vivo situation. Extracts of bovine pituitary, kidney, uterus and mammary gland, stimulated cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. This mitogenic activity strongly synergised with the existant growth factors (GFs) in FCS and with IGF-I, while the addition of EGF had only minor effect. No synergistic manifestation was found with cholera toxin but pertussis toxin inhibited the growth-promoting activity of all four extracts. Other experiments indicated that this mitogenic activity does not result from prolactin, growth hormone or fibroblast growth factor. The present and former results, in which synergism between IGF-I and cholera toxin was demonstrated, suggest therefore, that the mitogenesis of normal mammary epithelial cells regulated by several tissue derived growth factors, consists of at least two pathways which are distinct from those activated by EGF and IGF-I. One of these pathways indicates involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding proteins, and the other, activation of cholera toxin-sensitive adenylate cyclase.     

Interleukin-8 expression by mammary gland endothelial and epithelial cells following experimental mastitis infection with E. coli

Epithelial and endothelial cells play a pivotal role in initiating and controlling the movement of leukocytes into tissues during inflammation through the production of cytokines and chemokines such as interleukin-8 (IL-8). In situ hybridization with an IL-8 riboprobe was used to determine IL-8 mRNA expression by mammary gland epithelial and endothelial cells in cows with experimental Escherichia coli mastitis. Epithelial cells of the gland, especially surrounding the alveoli, had increased IL-8 mRNA levels at all time points at which tissue samples were collected (8, 12, and 24h) after E. coli challenge. Levels of IL-8 expression in the epithelial cells decreased at 24h post-infection. IL-8 expression by mammary gland endothelial cells was low, but did increase slightly at 24h post-infection. Both epithelial and endothelial cells of the mammary gland can contribute to the production of IL-8 that is typically seen in coliform mastitis.     

Use of an immortalized bovine mammary epithelial cell line (MAC-T) to measure the mitogenic activity of extracts from heifer mammary tissue: effects of nutrition and ovariectomy

The objectives of the experiment were (1) to determine whether MAC-T cells would accurately mimic the previously observed proliferative responses of primary mammary epithelial cells (MEC) to mammary tissue extracts from high and low-fed heifers and (2) to determine whether mammary tissue extracts from ovariectomized (OVX) heifers would have lower mitogenic activity than intact controls. Addition of mammary tissue extracts to cell culture media of MAC-T cells plated on plastic or collagen-coated plastic to a range of concentrations between 1 and 8% resulted in dose-dependent increases in cell proliferation. Furthermore, mammary tissue extracts from low-fed prepubertal heifers aged 9 months, stimulated significantly more proliferation of MAC-T cells, as measured by 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA than mammary tissue extracts from high-fed heifers (40.6 cpm x 10(3) per well versus 21.9+/-1.8 cpm x 10(3) per well). These observations suggested that MAC-T cells would be a suitable alternative to primary MECs for measuring the mitogenic activity of mammary tissue extracts. Conversely, no difference was observed in the mitogenic activity of mammary tissue extracts from OVX or control heifers. Possibly, MAC-T cells provide a good model for nutrition- but not ovarian-induced changes in mammary growth. Alternatively, that reduction of in vivo mammary development following OVX did not result in reduced mitogenic activity of the mammary tissue extracts emphasizes that heifer mammary development is the result of complex interactions between local growth factors and systemic hormones.     

Effect of miR-142-3p on Cell Proliferation of Human Mammary Epithelial Cells MCF-10A and Synthesis of Milk Protein

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small,non-coding RNA molecules about 22 nucleotides to regulate a wide variety of important biological processes,including cell proliferation,differentiation,apoptosis as well as the progression of tumors.Liposome transfection was used to detect the expression of miR-142-3p in human mammary epithelial cells,the effects of miR-142-3p on the cell proliferation,apoptosis and milk protein synthesis were detected by Real-time PCR,Western blotting,cell proliferation analysis.The results indicated that after miR-142-3p being silenced,prolactin receptor (PRLR) protein was increased,at the same time the expressions of related pathways protein AKT,mTOR,STAT5 and cyclinD1 were increased,the ability of cell proliferation was increased.The results suggested that in human mammary epithelial cells,the silence of miR-142-3p could increase the expression of PRLR protein,miR-142-3p could promote the synthesis of milk protein and increase the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells by regulating related pathways proteins AKT,mTOR,STAT5 and cyclinD1.     

Involvement of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF1) stimulation of proliferation of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line

The objective of this study was to determine the mechanism by which insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF1) stimulates proliferation of mammary epithelial cells, using the bovine mammary epithelial cell line MAC-T as a model. IGF1 significantly up- or down-regulated the expression of 155 genes in MAC-T cells. Among the most significantly suppressed was the gene for connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a secretory protein that has both proliferative and apoptotic effects and is also a low-affinity binding protein of IGF1. IGF1 inhibited CTGF expression through the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Administration of growth hormone (GH), a strong stimulator of IGF1 production in vivo, decreased mammary CTGF mRNA in cattle; however, GH did not affect CTGF expression in MAC-T cells, suggesting that IGF1 may also inhibit CTGF expression in the mammary gland. Added alone CTGF stimulated proliferation of MAC-T cells, but in combination with IGF1 it attenuated IGF1's stimulation of proliferation of MAC-T cells. Excess IGF1 reversed this attenuating effect of CTGF. Despite being an IGF binding protein, CTGF did not affect IGF1-induced phosphorylation of IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) or IGF1R expression in MAC-T cells, indicating that the attenuating effect of CTGF on IGF1 stimulated proliferation of MAC-T cells was not mediated by decreasing IGF1's ability to bind to IGF1R or by decreasing IGF1R expression. Overall, these results suggest a novel biochemical and functional relationship between CTGF and IGF1 in the bovine mammary gland, where IGF1 may inhibit CTGF expression to reduce the attenuating effect of CTGF on IGF1 stimulated proliferation of epithelial cells.     

大豆异黄酮对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖及泌乳性能的影响

通过体外细胞培养方法研究大豆异黄酮对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖及泌乳性能的影响。取对数生长期的奶牛乳腺上皮细胞,用无血清培养基培养24 h,使细胞同步化后分组试验。试验分空白对照组(0 mg/L大豆异黄酮)和添加不同浓度大豆异黄酮(1、10、100、1000 mg/L)组,培养48 h后,采用CASY 细胞计数仪检测细胞增殖能力与活力,高效液相色谱检测β-酪蛋白和乳糖,甘油三酯检测试剂盒检测甘油三酯的分泌情况。结果表明,与对照组相比,10、100、1000 mg/L大豆异黄酮组奶牛乳腺上皮细胞的增殖能力与活力显著增强(P<0.05);细胞分泌β-酪蛋白、乳糖和甘油三酯的能力也显著提高(P<0.05)。因此,添加10、100、1000 mg/L大豆异黄酮均能促进奶牛乳腺上皮细胞增殖及提高其泌乳性能,且呈一定的浓度依赖性。