Early expression of PTX3 in Aspergillus fumigatus infected rat cornea
Early expression of PTX3 in Aspergillus fumigatus infected rat cornea作者机构：Department of Ophthalmology the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Department of Administrative Office the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2018年第11卷第7期
页 面：1084-1089页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学]
基 金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81170825 No.81470609) Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No.20123706110003) the Youth Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2013HQ007) the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2012HZ001)
主 题：fungal keratitis AspergiIlus fumigates pentraxin 3 innate immunity
摘 要：AIM： To investigate the expression of pentraxin 3（PTX3） in rat corneal epithelium at the early stage of Aspergillus fumigatus（A. fumigatus） infection. METHODS： A total of 50 Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group, Sham group and experimental group（fungal keratitis group, FK group）. The right eye was chosen as the experiment one and infected by A. fumigatus. Rats were executed at 8, 16 and 24 h after the experimental models being established. Corneal epithelia were collected to assess the expression of PTX3 by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction（q RT-PCR） and Western blot analysis. RESULTS： Corneal inflammation scores increased as infection prolonged（P〈0.05, P〈0.001）. PTX3 m RNA expression was low in normal and Sham group rats＇ corneas. Level of PTX3 m RNA in infected rat cornea was elevated at 8 h and peaked at 16 h. The difference was significant compared with control group（P〈0.001）. Western blot analysis also showed a significant increase of PTX3 protein in experimental group at 8 h and peaked at 16 h（P〈0.001）. The synchronous expression of control group and experimental group were also in significant difference（P〈0.001）. CONCLUSION： PTX3 exists in cornea epithelium and is significantly increased after A. fumigatus infection. PTX3 plays an important role in the early stage of cornea innate immunity against A. fumigatus.
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