实验动物与比较医学 ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 259-268.DOI: 10.12300/j.issn.1674-5817.2024.165

• 人类疾病动物模型 • 上一篇    下一篇

秦皮素对碘乙酸钠诱导骨关节炎模型大鼠的软骨保护与抗炎作用

刘智伟, 杨然, 连浩, 张玉, 金立伦()()   

  1. 上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院中医科, 上海 200092
  • 收稿日期:2024-11-08 修回日期:2025-02-07 出版日期:2025-07-07 发布日期:2025-06-25
  • 通讯作者: 金立伦(1967—),男,硕士,主任医师,研究方向:膝骨关节炎的发病机制与中药干预。E-mail:jinlilun@xinhuamed.com.cn。ORCID:0000-0001-9840-836X
  • 作者简介:刘智伟(1997—),男,硕士研究生,研究方向:膝骨关节炎的发病机制与中药干预。E-mail:rickyliu13@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    上海市进一步加快中医药传承创新发展三年行动计划项目“北部区域中医骨关节病专病联盟建设” [ZY(2021-2023)-03-02-25]

Cartilage Protection and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Fraxetin on Monosodium Iodoacetate-Induced Rat Model of Osteoarthritis

LIU Zhiwei, YANG Ran, LIAN Hao, ZHANG Yu, JIN Lilun()()   

  1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
  • Received:2024-11-08 Revised:2025-02-07 Published:2025-06-25 Online:2025-07-07
  • Contact: JIN Lilun (ORCID: 0000-0001-9840-836X), E-mail: jinlilun@xinhuamed.com.cn

摘要:

目的 建立大鼠骨关节炎模型,研究秦皮素对骨关节炎大鼠的抗炎作用及机制。 方法 18只8周龄雄性SPF级SD大鼠随机分为3组:空白组大鼠右膝关节腔注射50 μL生理盐水并连续1周;模型组和干预组大鼠右膝关节腔注射碘乙酸钠(monosodium iodoacetate,MIA)造模,干预组再注射秦皮素(5 mg·kg-1·d-1)并连续干预1周。药物干预后4周,采集腹主动脉血,安乐死动物后采集膝关节软骨。采用苏木精-伊红染色、番红O-固绿染色和甲苯胺蓝染色进行膝关节软骨的组织病理学观察以及Mankin和OARSI评分,并用micro-CT扫描系统比较分析每组膝关节的骨体积分数、骨表面积密度和骨小梁数目。采用酶联免疫吸附试验法检测各组大鼠血清中多种炎症因子[肿瘤坏死因子α(tumor necrosis factor-α,TNF-α)、白细胞介素1β(interleukin-1β,IL-1β)、白细胞介素6(interleukin-6,IL-6)]以及软骨寡聚基质蛋白(cartilage oligomeric matrix protein,COMP)的表达。采用蛋白质印迹法测定膝关节软骨中丝裂原活化蛋白激酶p38(mitogen-activated protein kinase p38,p38 MAPK)、磷酸化丝裂原活化蛋白激酶p38(phosphorylation-p38 MAPK,p-p38 MAPK)、c-Jun氨基末端激酶(c-Jun N-terminal kinase,JNK)、磷酸化JNK氨基末端激酶(phosphorylation-JNK,p-JNK)的表达。 结果 大鼠膝关节软骨切片染色显示,模型组的关节面缺损严重,干预组的软骨破坏相对减轻。micro-CT显示,干预组的骨体积分数、骨表面积密度和骨小梁数目均明显高于模型组(P<0.05);模型组的Mankin评分明显高于空白组(P<0.05),干预组的Mankin评分明显低于模型组(P<0.05);而干预组的OARSI评分明显低于模型组(P<0.05)。酶联免疫吸附试验结果显示,模型组大鼠血清中TNF-α、IL-1β、IL-6和COMP含量均明显高于空白组(均P<0.05),而干预组含量明显低于模型组(均P<0.05)。蛋白质印迹结果显示,干预组膝关节软骨组织中p-p38 MAPK和p-JNK表达水平明显低于模型组(均P<0.05),而模型组的p-p38 MAPK和p-JNK蛋白表达水平明显高于空白组(均P<0.05)。 结论 秦皮素药物干预可能通过p38 MAPK通路对碘乙酸钠诱导的骨关节炎模型大鼠发挥治疗作用。

关键词: 秦皮素, 骨关节炎, 软骨, 炎症, 大鼠

Abstract:

Objective To establish a rat model of osteoarthritis and study the anti-inflammatory effects and mechanisms of fraxetin. Methods Eighteen 8-week-old male SPF-grade SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: Rats in the blank group received a right articular cavity injection of 50 μL of normal saline for 1 week; the model and intervention groups were injected with monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) into the right joint cavity to induce osteoarthritis, while the intervention group subsequently received fraxetin (5 mg·kg-1·d-1) for 1 week. Four weeks after drug intervention, abdominal aortic blood was collected. The animals were then euthanized, and knee joint cartilage were collected. The cartilage samples were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, safranin O-fast green, and toluidine blue for histopathological examination and scoring using the Mankin and OARSI scoring systems. The trabecular bone volume/total volume (Tb.BV/TV), trabecular bone surface density/total volume (Tb.BS/TV), and trabecular number (Tb.N) of each group were compared and analyzed using a micro-CT scanning system. The expression levels of various inflammatory factors [tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6)], and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expression levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 (p38 MAPK), phosphorylation-p38 MAPK (p-p38 MAPK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and phosphorylation-JNK (p-JNK) were measured by western blotting. Results The staining of cartilage sections of rat knee joints showed that the articular surface defects in the model group were severe, while the cartilage destruction in the intervention group was relatively reduced. Micro-CT results showed that Tb.BV/TV, Tb.BS/TV and Tb.N in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the model group (P < 0.05); the Mankin score in the model group was significantly higher than that in the blank group (P < 0.05), the Mankin score in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the model group (P < 0.05); while the OARSI score in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the model group (P < 0.05). The results of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that the serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and COMP in the model group were significantly higher than those in the blank group (all P < 0.05), while those in the intervention group were significantly lower than in the model group (P < 0.05). Western blot results showed that the expression levels of p-p38 MAPK and p-JNK in the knee cartilage tissue were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the model group (both P < 0.05), and significantly higher in the model group than in the blank group (both P < 0.05). Conclusion Fraxetin may play a therapeutic role in a monosodium iodoacetate-induced rat model of osteoarthritis through the p38 MAPK pathway.

Key words: Fraxetin, Osteoarthritis, Cartilage, Inflammation, Rats

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