Shi Weiwei,He Wenjuan,Ou Shan,Cui Jian,Wen Huizhong,Ruan Huaizhen.Dexamethasone suppresses P2Y1 receptor expression and TNF-α secretion of rat spinal dorsal horn astrocytes in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(01):9-12.
Shi Weiwei,He Wenjuan,Ou Shan,Cui Jian,Wen Huizhong,Ruan Huaizhen.Dexamethasone suppresses P2Y1 receptor expression and TNF-α secretion of rat spinal dorsal horn astrocytes in vitro[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(01):9-12.DOI:
Objective To investigate the influence of dexamethasone (DEX) on the changes of P2Y1 receptor (P2Y
1
R) and secretion of TNF-α in cultural astrocytes derived from suckling rat spinal dorsal horn. Methods Suckling SD rats at age of 3 d were anaesthetized and their spinal dorsal horn was resected and digested to obtain astrocytes of high purity with cell suspension culture. Astrocytes were classified into 4 groups
control
and treated with DEX at a final concentration of 0.1
1 and 10 μmol/L respectively. The expression of P2Y1R in the astrocytes and the concentration of TNF-α were detected by using immunohistochemical staining and ELISA respectively. R
esults The expression of P2Y
1
R was decreased with the increase of DEX final concentration compared with control group (P0.01)
and the contents of the TNF-α in the supernatant was para-llel to the trend of P2Y
1
R expression (P0.01). Conclusion DEX supresses the expression of P2Y
1
R and secretion of TNF-α in the cultured rat spinal dorsal horn astrocytes in a negatively dose-dependent manner.