鼠窒息后缺氧诱导因子1-α在心、肺中的表达

目的研究大鼠机械性窒息死亡后缺氧诱导因子1-α(HIF1-α)在心、肺中的表达变化,探讨其作为窒息死亡诊断指标的可行性。方法制作大鼠缢死模型,分别于窒息死后及正常断颈处死后0、2、6、24h时间段取材,用免疫组织化学、RT-PCR方法测定缢死后HIF1-α在心肌和肺组织中的分布和表达变化。结果HIF1-α在窒息组的心肌和肺组织中表达,窒息组和对照组在各时间段表现出明显差异,对照组仅在死后2、6、24h阳性表达。窒息死亡组可见核阳性表达,而对照组未见核阳性表达。半定量RT-PCR结果显示HIF1-α在0h时各组未见升高,但在2、6、24h窒息组则较对照组升高。结论心和肺组织HIF1-α表达核阳性细胞的出现,可以作为窒息死亡的特征性表现。

Expression of HIF1-α on Myocardium and Lung in Rats Model of Asphyxia Death

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of HIF1-alpha in heart and lung tissue died from asphyxia. METHODS: The rats model of asphyxia death was constructed by hanging, different asphyxia groups and control group sets were made according the postmortem time (0,2,6,24 h), immunohistochemistry and half-quantitative RT-PCR methods were used to investigate expression of HIF1-alpha and mRNA changes on heart and lung tissue. RESULTS: The positive staining of HIF1-alpha could be observed in the myocardium and lung tissue. Significant differences were found between the groups of asphyxia and their corresponding control group. HIF1-alpha expression was found in all the asphyxia groups while it was only expressed in the control groups of 2 h, 6 h and 24 h. Nucleic positive staining could be detected in all the asphyxia groups but none was found in the control groups. RT-PCR showed that the expression of mRNA between 0 h asphyxia group and 0 h control group were equal in both cardic muscle and lung, but elevated expression in groups of 2,6,24h compared to their control groups. CONCLUSION: The nuclear positive staining of HIF1-alpha in heart and lung can be a special character of suffocation death.