Correlation between autophagy of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and clinical parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4904.2019.03.011
- VernacularTitle:慢性阻塞性肺病患者外周血单个核细胞自噬与疾病状态的相关性研究
- Author:
Xia SUN
1
;
Zhipeng ZHANG
;
Xu WEN
;
Ling ZHANG
Author Information
1. 海南省第三人民医院感染科
- Keywords:
Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive;
Peripheral vascular diseases;
Monocytes;
Autophagy;
Tumor necrosis factor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
2019;42(3):238-244
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective Autophagy serves a role in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases. The aim of the present study was to compare the autophagy levels of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy individuals and to assess the association between autophagy and the clinical parameters of COPD. Methods Samples of peripheral blood from 20 patients with stable COPD and 20 healthy controls were collected. PBMCs were harvested using Ficoll density gradient centrifugation. Levels of the autophagy-associated proteins ubiquitin-binding protein P62 (P62), microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A (LC3 I/Ⅱ) and beclin-1 in PBMCs were detected by western blotting. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits were used to detect the serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. Results Western blotting demonstrated that the protein expression of P62 decreased (P62/GAPDH = 0.212 ± 0.089 vs. 0.378 ± 0.176,P = 0.001 1), but LC3 I/Ⅱ(4.94 ± 1.85 vs. 3.85 ± 1.06, P = 0.024 9) and beclin-1 (Beclin-1/GAPDH = 0.578 ± 0.126 vs. 0.149 ± 0.035, P<0.01) levels increased in patients with COPD compared with healthy controls. Serum levels of IL-6 [(11.96 ± 3.46) ng/L vs. (2.70 ± 1.72) ng/L, P < 0.01], IL-8[(20.38 ± 18.44) ng/L vs. (6.00 ± 4.08) ng/L, P=0.001 6] and TNF-α (29.50 ± 28.18 vs. 11.08 ± 12.07, P=0.010 6) increased in patients with COPD. The extent of PBMC autophagy was negatively correlated with FEV1% predicted, but positively correlated with levels of proinflammatory cytokines. The levels of autophagy in PBMCs in patients with COPD increased and were negatively correlated with FEV1% predicted and positively correlated with circulating levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Conclusions Autophagy may serve a role as a biomarker of the severity of COPD or as a therapeutic target for treatment of COPD.
