Abstract: Objective To study the relationship and dynamic changes between PPARγ and iNOS in LX-2 cells, and the anti-fibrosis mechanism of PPARγ. Methods Human hepatic stellate cells were cultured and divided into four groups: the control group, stimulated by rosiglitazone group, blocked by GW9662 group and joint experimental group. The four groups were cultured for 48 hours with adding the drug intervention. MTT, RT-PCR, nitrate reductase and ELISA were used to detect the cell proliferation inhibition, PPARγ and iNOS mRNA expressions, the content of NO and the content of typeⅠcollagen and α- SMA respectively. Results ⑴ results of MTT: the agonist group was significantly inhibited in the proliferation of LX-2 cells (0.610 ± 0.063), and had significant difference compared with the other three groups (aP = 0.000, bP = 0.007, cP =0.003). ⑵ results of RT-PCR: the expression of PPARγ mRNA in the group stimulated by rosiglitazone was significantly higher than the other three groups (dP = 0.005, eP=0.004, fP=0.008), while the expression of iNOS mRNA was significantly reduced (aP = 0.001, bP = 0.003, cP = 0.000); the expressions of iNOS and PPARγ mRNA were significantly negative correlated (r = -0.8870, P = 0.0080, P <0.01). ⑶ results of nitrate reductase: the content of NO [(44.89 ± 13.01) μmol/L] was lower than the other three groups, which was of significantly different (aP = 0.001, bP = 0.000, cP = 0.003). ⑷ results of ELISA: the expressions of typeⅠ collagen and α-SMA were significantly different from the other three groups (aP = 0.007, bP = 0.009, cP = 0.005, dP = 0.004, eP = 0.003, f P = 0.003). Conclusions PPARγ agonists may increase PPARγ expression
and inhibit iNOS mRNA expression to reduce NO produced by LX-2 cells. Rosiglitazone reduces theexpressions of type Ⅰcollagen and α-SMA, and has the effect of anti-fibrosis. Meanwhile, the expressions of iNOS mRNA and PPARγ have a significantly negative correlation.
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