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叔丁基对苯二酚上调Nrf2调控的基因表达并减轻环磷酰胺导致的小鼠血液毒性

阙琳玲, 王欣竹, 钱鹏展, 曹宝山, 王夔, 余四旺*   

  1. 1. 北京大学医学部 药学院 化学生物学系, 北京 100191
    2. 北京大学附属第三医院肿瘤中心 肿瘤化疗科, 北京 100191 
  • 收稿日期:2013-06-17 修回日期:2013-07-10 出版日期:2014-01-23 发布日期:2014-01-22
  • 通讯作者: 余四旺*
  • 作者简介:*Corresponding author. Tel.: +86-10-82801539; E-mail: swang_yu@bjmu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 81272468 and 21001011) and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education.

Upregulation of Nrf2-regulated gene expression by tBHQ alleviates cyclophosphamide-induced hematotoxicity in mice

Linling Que, Xinzhu Wang, Pengzhan Qian, Baoshan Cao, Kui Wang, Siwang Yu*    

  1. 1. Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
    2. Department of Oncology, Cancer Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China 
  • Received:2013-06-17 Revised:2013-07-10 Online:2014-01-23 Published:2014-01-22
  • Contact: Siwang Yu*
  • About author:*Corresponding author. Tel.: +86-10-82801539; E-mail: swang_yu@bjmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 81272468 and 21001011) and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education.

摘要:

血液毒性 (或称骨髓抑制)是癌症化疗最常见的剂量限制毒副作用, 而转录因子Nrf2控制着包括骨髓在内的许多组织对化学刺激的敏感性。本文研究了叔丁基对苯二酚(tBHQ)对小鼠外周血细胞中Nrf2调控的基因表达和环磷酰胺 (CTX)导致的血液毒性的影响。CTX处理导致了小鼠外周血有核细胞的凋亡和白细胞减少, 伴随着骨髓造血细胞的动员tBHQ处理则可以在体外和体内激活RAW264.7小鼠巨噬细胞和外周血细胞中Nrf2信号和下游基因如血红素氧化酶1和谷胺酸半胱氨酸连接酶催化亚基等的表达; 同时, tBHQ预处理可以减轻CTX导致的小鼠外周血有核细胞的凋亡和白细胞减少, 说明Nrf2可能在减轻CTX血液毒性中发挥作用。本文的研究有助于加深对化疗所致血液毒性的了解, 并提示Nrf2可能作为减轻化疗毒副作用的化疗保护剂的药物靶标。

关键词: 环磷酰胺, 血液毒性, 外周血细胞, 骨髓, 叔丁基对苯二酚, 转录因子Nrf2

Abstract:

Hematological toxicity (bone marrow suppression) is the most common dose-limiting adverse effect of chemotherapies. The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a pivotal coordinator of cellular defensive responses against chemical insults in many tissues including bone marrow. In the present study, the effects of tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) on the expression of Nrf2-regulated genes in peripheral blood cells and cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced hematotoxicity in mice were investigated. CTX induced apoptosis of peripheral blood nucleated cells and leukopenia in mice, accompanied by mobilization of bone marrow hematopoietic cells. tBHQ treatment induced the expression of Nrf2-regulated genes such as heme oxygenase 1 (HO1) and glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC) in RAW264.7 mouse macrophage cells and peripheral blood cells both in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, pretreatment with tBHQ alleviated CTX-induced mouse peripheral blood cell apoptosis and leukopenia in vivo, indicating possible involvement of Nrf2 in the protection against CTX-induced hematotoxicity. This study provides new information on the chemotherapy-induced hematotoxicity, and suggests Nrf2 could serve as a target for the development of chemoprotectants against hematotoxicity.

Key words: Cyclophosphamide, Hematotoxicity, Peripheral blood cells, Bone marrow, tBHQ, Nrf2

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Supporting: National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 81272468 and 21001011) and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education.