摘要目的 探讨D氨基半乳糖联合脂多糖诱导急性肝功能衰竭小鼠血清微小核糖核酸(miRNA)的表达变化以及与肝组织miRNA的相关性.方法 Balb/C清洁级小鼠40只分为两组,模型组32只,对照组8只.模型组应用D-氨基半乳糖联合脂多糖诱导Balb/C小鼠急性肝功能衰竭,对照组腹腔注射0.9％氯化钠溶液1 mL.模型组给药后0、3、5和7h分别处死小鼠各8只,采集血清及肝组织,观察小鼠给药后肝功能生物化学指标及肝组织病理学变化.抽提血清及肝组织miRNA,取0、5和7h肝组织进行锁核酸(LNA)-miRNA微阵列分析,并用实时定量反转录PCR检测miRNA.组间均数比较用单因素方差分析,相关性分析采用Pearson和Spearman相关分析.结果 随着小鼠急性肝功能衰竭的发生,肝组织miRNA的表达发生显著变化,共有21个miRNA明显上调,27个miRNA明显下调,其中miRNA-122和miRNA-1187表达下调,miRNA-146a、miRNA-155表达上调.经PCR验证发现小鼠肝组织miRNA 122和miRNA-1187表达逐渐下调,血清miRNA-122和miRNA-1187的表达则逐渐上调；炎性相关的miRNA 146a和miRNA-155在肝组织和血清中表达均明显增加.小鼠miRNA-122和miRNA-1187在组织与血清中的表达呈负相关(r值分别=-0.477和-0.420,P值分别=0.0089和0.0231),而miRNA-155在组织与血清中表达呈正相关(r=0.678,P=0.0001).小鼠血清miRNA 122(r值分别=0.571和0.554)、miRNA-1187(r值分别=0.471和0.542)的相对表达量与ALT和AST水平均呈正相关(均P＜0.05).血清miRNA 122和miRNA-1187在给药5h上升显著,早于血清转氨酶的变化.结论急性肝功能衰竭小鼠肝组织和血清miRNA-122和miRNA-1187的表达呈负相关,血清中miRNA-122、miRNA-1187的变化早于血清转氨酶的变化,有可能成为早期预测肝损伤的血清标志物.

abstractsObjective To explore the expressions of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in acute liver failure mice induced by D-galactosamine (GalN)/lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and the correlation with miRNAs in the liver.Methods Forty clean grade Balb/C mice,with 32 in the model group and 8 in the control group were enrolled in the study.Liver failure was induced by intraperitoneally injection of D-GalN and LPS in mice of the model group,while mice of the control group were intraperitoneally injected with 1 mL 0.9 ％ sodium chloride solution.Serum and liver samples were collected at 0,3,5,7 hours following administration,and eight mice should be supplied to each sample,and changes of alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and histopathology of the liver were observed.miRNA from both the serum and the liver was extracted,miRNA expression profile in the liver at 0,5,7 hours by locked nucleic acid (LNA)-miRNA microarray was analyzed and miRNA by quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was detected.Means of the two groups were compared using one-way ANOVA and correlation analyses were performed using Pearson and Spearman correlation.Results Expression of miRNAs in the liver tissue changed significantly over time with the occurrence of acute liver failure in the mice.Twenty-one miRNAs were up-regulated and 27 were down-regulated,among which miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 were down-regulated while miRNA-146a and miRNA-155 were up-regulated.It was confirmed by the PCR assay that the expression of miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 in the liver gradually decreased,while those in the serum were up-regulated over time.However,the expressions of inflammation associated miRNA-155 and miRNA-146a were up-regulated both in the serum and the liver after administration.The expressions of miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 were negatively correlated between serum and liver (r=-0.477,P=0.0089,r=-0.420,P=0.231),while the expressions of miRNA-155 in serum and liver were positively correlated (r=0.678,P=0.0001).Moreover,the expressions of miRNA-122 (r=0.571,0.554) and miRNA-1187 (r=0.471,0.542) were also positively correlated with serum levels of ALT and AST (all P＜0.05).Liver and serum levels of miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 changed significantly at 5 hours after administration,which preceded the changes of ALT/AST.Conclusions The expressions of miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 in serum are well inversely correlated with the corresponding expressions in liver tissues during acute liver failure in mice.The changes of miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 in the serum precede those of ALT/AST.These data suggest that serum miRNA-122 and miRNA-1187 might be the candidate serum biomarkers for early prediction of liver injury.