The incidence of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), which can result in blindness in severe cases, is leading in orbital disease. However,the pathogenesis of TAO is still unclear. Orbital fibroblasts (OF) is both target cells and effector cells, which could be stimulated by specific immunocyte, such as T cell or B cel, and plays a leading role in the pathogenesis. Previous study reported that monocytes produced inflammatory cytokines, which played an important role in the formation of extracellular matrix. Monocytes also exist in orbital tissue, which include 3 monocyte subsets, and Intermediate monocytes express inflammatory factors. We found that the IGF-1R signaling pathway in monocytes could produced inflammatory factors, such as TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-12. Therefore, we make a hypothesis that IGF-1R signaling pathway in monocytes have a double role in progression of TAO. This research will be performed through in vivo and in vitro study, to investigate the phenotype change in monocyte subsets and function of IGF-1R signaling pathway in actived and unactived TAO, and do further studies on intracellular signal transduction pathway of IGF-1R in monocytes. This is the first explore on the role of IGF-1R signaling pathway in monocytes on the pathogenesis of TAO and it probably provide a new target in treatment of TAO.
甲状腺相关眼病(TAO)是居于首位的眼眶疾病,严重者可致盲。其发病机制尚未完全明确,眼眶成纤维细胞(OF)起着靶细胞和效应细胞的作用,受特异性免疫细胞的刺激,增殖分化成效应细胞而在发病中起重要作用,既往主要研究T细胞与OF的相互作用。研究证明单核细胞产生的促炎症因子在细胞外基质形成中发挥重要作用,眼眶组织中存在单核细胞,分为经典型、中间型和非经典型,中间型为"促炎症细胞",我们研究发现,其IGF-1R信号通路受刺激可产生炎症相关因子(TNF-α、IL-6、IL-8、IL-10和IL-12)。因此,单核细胞IGF-1R信号通路在TAO发病、发展中可能起着双重作用。本项目拟通过体内分析和体外研究,在细胞水平上阐明单核细胞表型与TAO发病的关系;在分子水平上,分析单核细胞IGF-1R信号通路对TAO发病的影响及其机制;了解IGF-1R信号通路功能状态与表型之间的关系,及两者在TAO防治中的意义。
甲状腺相关眼病(TAO)的发病机制尚不完全明确,研究认为T淋巴细胞、B淋巴细胞以及单核细胞(Mo)等均可能参与了TAO的发病。Mo可分为CD14++CD16-的经典型单核细胞(CMo)、CD14++CD16+的中间型单核细胞(IMo)和CD14+CD16++的非经典型单核细胞(NMo)等三个亚群,各亚型Mo数量分布及功能与自身免疫性疾病关系十分密切;且外周血Mo中存在IGF-1R表达,本项目研究了外周血Mo分型及其IGF-1R与TAO的关系,分析中、重度TAO在中国人群中的临床特征;观察TAO患者外周血IL-10+Breg细胞频率。研究发现,与正常受试者相比,TAO患者的CMo比例由84.35±5.830%下降至81.77± 5.527%(P=0.034),IMo比例由7.694±4.089%上升至10.174±4.189%(P=0.006),NMo无明显差异(P=0.892);与稳定期TAO患者相比,活动期TAO患者的CMo比例由82.64±5.026%下降至77.29±5.803%(P<0.001),IMo比例由9.20±3.556%上升至13.79±4.817%(P<0.001),NMo比例无明显差异(P=0.283);曲安奈德眶周注射治疗前后,TAO患者的外周血各亚型Mo比例均无明显变化(P>0.05)。MPT治疗前后,TAO患者的CMo比例由75.44±4.802%上升至82.90±4.048%(P=0.003),IMo比例由14.97±2.604%下降至10.40±3.763%(P=0.009),NMo比例无明显变化(P=0.187)。外周血各亚型Mo中IGF-1R表达在正常受试者与TAO患者间、不同活动度TAO患者间、以及不同治疗方式前后均无明显差异(P>0.05)。TAO患者与正常受试者血浆IGF-1浓度无明显差异(P>0.05)。因此,TAO患者Mo亚型呈由经典型向中间型偏移,并随TAO活动性升高而显著加强;MPT治疗能显著抑制Mo亚型的偏移。同时,发现中、重度TAO患者在中国人群中的临床特征与白种人有差异,在中国人群中,中、重度TAO患者女性对男性的性别比率、眼球突出度平均值均明显低于白种人。下直肌、上直肌和内直肌是最常受累的眼外肌;下睑退缩也应该考虑纳入亚洲患者的诊断标准中。TAO患者IL-10+Breg细胞的频率低于正常人表明其在TAO患者。
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