The biological effects of kidney injury molecule-1 in lipopolysaccharide mediated HK-2 cell inflammatory response
JIANG Yingying1, CHEN Longwang2, LIN Yue1, CHEN Xinguo1, ZHEGN Yanyan1, LU Zhongqiu2
1.Department of Emergency, the Third Clinical Institute Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou People’s Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China; 2.Department of Emergency, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
JIANG Yingying,CHEN Longwang,LIN Yue, et al. The biological effects of kidney injury molecule-1 in lipopolysaccharide mediated HK-2 cell inflammatory response[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2019, 49(2): 85-90.
Abstract:Objective: To investigate the expression of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced HK-2 cells and explore the biological process it maybe involved. Methods: Human renal tubular epithelial HK-2 cells were treated with LPS to establish the sepsis-induced renal cell inflammatory model. CCK-8 assay was used to detect the growth inhibition effect of LPS on HK-2 cells. The mRNA and protein expression levels of KIM-1 were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively. The siRNA sequences targeted on KIM-1 gene were designed and tranfected to HK-2 cells, and then the effects of LPS on the growth inhibition of transfected HK-2 cells were detected by CCK-8 assays. Hoechst33342/PI staining was performed to detect the apoptosis in siRNA and control groups. Results: The proliferation of HK-2 cells was inhibited after treatment with LPS at final concentration of 50 μg/mL and 100 μg/mL for 24 h and 48 h, and the differences were statistically significant compared with the control group (P<0.05). The mRNA and protein levels of KIM-1 and IL-6 gene were greatly up-regulated after treatment with LPS in a dose-dependent manner, the differences being statistically significant (P<0.05). The proportion of Hoechst3342 positive cells in LPS treatment group was significantly higher than that in control group. The expression levels of KIM-1 and IL-6 genes in siRNA groups were significantly lower than that in siRNA-NC group, with significant differences (P<0.05); The proliferation rate was significantly higher in siRNA transfection group, compared with the siRNA-NC group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The fluorescence intensity of Hoechst3342 staining in siRNA transfection groups was lower than that in siRNA-NC group, suggesting that siRNA transfection targeting on KIM-1 gene could inhibit the apoptosis induced by LPS. Conclusion: LPS can induce the proliferation inhibition and apoptosis of HK-2 cells, and up-regulate the expression of KIM-1 and IL-6 genes. KIM-1 may participate in the inflammatory reaction by regulating the process of apoptosis and cell growth inhibition.
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