氟化物对FRTL细胞甲状腺激素代谢相关基因表达的影响

为探讨氟对FRTL细胞甲状腺球蛋白(TG),甲状腺过氧化物酶(TPO)和钠碘转运体(NIS)基因表达的影响,传代培养FRTL细胞,在对数生长期用氟化钠处理,使培养液中的氟浓度分别为20、10、5、2.5、1.25 mg/L,同时设空白对照细胞.培养72 h后收集细胞;采用半定量RT-PCR分析FRTL细胞TG、TPO、NIS mRNA和β-actin表达水平.试验结果表明,与对照细胞相比,较低浓度氟化钠处理的FRTL细胞TG基因表达量代偿性升高,随氟质量浓度增加(5.0 mg/L以上),TG表达量显著降低(P<0.05);各个浓度氟化钠处理的FRTL细胞TPO、NIS基因表达量均下降或显著下降(P<0.05).由此可知,氟化物降低了甲状腺细胞TG、TPO、NIS基因表达水平,造成甲状腺摄取和利用碘、甲状腺激素合成、贮存、分泌功能障碍,进而导致甲状腺结构和功能异常.

Effects of fluoride on the expression of functional genes related with the metabolism of thyroid hormone in FRTL cells

To investigate the effects of fluoride on the expression of thyroglobulin (TG),thyroid peroxidase(TPO),odium iodide symporter (NIS) genes in FRTL cells,FRTL cells cultured in vitro were treated in logarithmic phase with sodium fluoride at different concentration of 20.0,10.0,5.0,2.5,1.25 mg/L,respectively.After 72 h,the cells were collected and semi-quantitative RT-PCR for TG mRNA,TPO mRNA and NIS mRNA and β-actin was performed.The results showed that compared with the control cells,the expression levels of TG gene in FRTL cells treated with lower concentration of sodium fluoride increased compensatively,but decreased significantly (P<0.05) with higher concentration(>5.0 mg/L);the RT-PCR products of TPO and NIS in FRTL cells treated with all concentration of sodium fluoride reduced,some of them were significant (P<0.05).It is concluded that fluoride can reduce the expression of TG,TPO,NIS genes in thyroid cells,conseguently cause dysfunction" of thyroid in uptaking and unilizing of iodine,and synthesizing,storing,secreting of thyroid hormones.