[Normal Mouse Serum Alleviates Radiation Pneumonitis in Mice by Inhibiting the Focal Adhesion Signaling Pathway]

Overview

Journal Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Jun 11

PMID 38862437

Authors

Tong Yuan

Yuying Guo

Junling Zhang

Saijun Fan

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of normal mouse serum on radiation pneumonitis in mice and explore the possible mechanism.

Methods: Mouse models of radiation pneumonitis induced by thoracic radiation exposure were given intravenous injections of 100 μL normal mouse serum or normal saline immediately after the exposure followed by injections once every other day for a total of 8 injections. On the 15th day after irradiation, histopathological changes of the lungs of the mice were examined using HE staining, the levels of TNF-α, TGF-β, IL-1α and IL-6 in the lung tissue and serum were detected using ELISA, and the percentages of lymphocytes in the lung tissue were analyzed with flow cytometry. Highth-roughput sequencing of exosome miRNA was carried out to explore the changes in the signaling pathways. The mRNA expression levels of the immune-related genes were detected by qRT-PCR, and the protein expressions of talin-1, tensin2, FAK, vinculin, α-actinin and paxillin in the focal adhesion signaling pathway were detected with Western blotting.

Results: In the mouse models of radiation pneumonitis, injections of normal mouse serum significantly decreased the lung organ coefficient, lowered the levels of TNF-α, TGF-β, IL-1α and IL-6 in the serum and lung tissues, and ameliorated infiltration of CD45, CD4 and T lymphocytes in the lung tissue (all < 0.05). The expression levels of and genes at both the mRNA and protein levels and the protein expressions of talin-1, tensin2, FAK, vinculin, α?actinin and paxillin were all significantly down-regulated in the mouse models after normal mouse serum treatment.

Conclusion: Normal mouse serum ameliorates radiation pneumonitis in mice by inhibiting the expressions of key proteins in the Focal adhesion signaling pathway.

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