Effect ofβ2-adrenergic receptor expression on migration of early-EPCs in COPD patients
10.3969/j.issn.1000-4718.2014.07.008
- VernacularTitle:COPD 患者 early-EPCs β2-肾上腺素受体的表达及其对细胞迁移的影响
- Author:
Xiaoran LIU
;
Xinyan HUANG
;
Gengpeng LIN
;
Weiping TAN
;
Yangli LIU
;
Canmao XIE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
Endothelial progenitor cells;
β2-Adrenergic receptor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
2014;(7):1196-1203
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
AIM:To investigate whether early endothelial progenitor cells (early-EPCs) expressβ2-adrenergic receptor (β2 AR) in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) patients and the effect of β2 AR expression on the migration of early-EPCs.METHODS:Venous blood samples (20 mL) were obtained from antecubital vein of COPD pa-tients or healthy controls .Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated by standard Ficoll gradient centrifugation , and purified by CD34 positive selection cocktail .The mRNA expression of β2 AR in the early-EPCs was detected by RT-PCR. The protein levels of β2 AR were assessed by Western blotting and flow cytometry .Chemotaxis was studied by Transwell as-say.Cultured early-EPCs were treated with ICI118551, norpinephrine (NE) or monoclonal antibody of β2AR (mAb-β2 AR) for 24 h.The number of migratory cells was counted under a light microscope .RESULTS:The level of β2 AR ex-pression in the COPD patients was higher than that in the controls .The number of migratory early-EPCs to stromal cell-de-rived factor 1αwas significantly improved by ICI 118551 compared with other COPD groups .When early-EPCs from the COPD patients or the controls were treated with different concentrations of mAb-β2 AR for 24 h, the number of migratory early-EPCs from the COPD patients and the controls treated with NE at concentration of 100 nmol/L was significantly re-duced.However, a marked decrease in the number of migratory early-EPCs from the COPD patients treated with NE was observed compared with control group .Before treated with ICI118551 or NE for 24 h, the early-EPCs were co-incubated with mAb-β2 AR for 40 min, and the number of migratory early-EPCs was not significantly different between COPD group and control group .Genetic down-regulation of β2 AR promoted the migration of early-EPCs in COPD group .CONCLU-SION:The level of β2 AR expression in the COPD patients is increased compared with the controls .The down-regulation ofβ2 AR improves the migration of early-EPCs.