In order to clarify the regulation of granule cell stimulating factor (GCSF) on granulosa cells, we studied the effect of GCSF on proliferation and apoptosis of in vitro cultured granulosa cells for research on GCSF used in sheep reproduction and breeding. Sheep GCSF protein was prokaryotic expressed and purified. Its bio-activity was measured with M-NSF60 cells. The purified GCSF was added in cell culture medium in experiment groups with non-added as control. Alarmarblue was used to measure cell proliferation, and flow cytometry was used to detect cell cycles and apoptosis. Sheep GCSF could be expressed and purified. Cell activity increased with GCSF concentration from 0.06 to 600 ng/mL at 24 h and 48 h. Cell cycles were significantly different between experiment and control groups at 24 h. Cell ratio of S was significantly reduced (P<0.05) and G2/M phase significantly increased (P<0.05). The apoptosis ratio of experiment group was significantly reduced (P<0.05) at 48 h. In conclusion, GCSF could enhance cell proliferation, inhibit apoptosis, and regulate cell cycles on in vitro cultured sheep granulosa cells.
文中旨在研究粒细胞集落刺激因子 (Granule cell stimulating factor，GCSF) 对绵羊颗粒细胞体外培养过程中细胞增殖和凋亡的影响，明确GCSF 对绵羊颗粒细胞生存的调节作用，为今后该蛋白用于羊繁育方面的研究奠定基础。原核克隆表达纯化羊GCSF 蛋白，纯化的蛋白用M-NSF60 细胞检测生物学活性，将纯化的GCSF 添加到颗粒细胞培养基中作为试验组，以培养基中未添加GCSF 的细胞为对照，利用 Alarmarblue 检测细胞增殖情况，流式细胞仪检测细胞周期和凋亡的变化。结果表明，羊GCSF 可以原核表达并纯化，并且具有生物学活性。在24 h 和48 h 时，在0.06–600 ng/mL 的范围内随着加入GCSF 的终浓度增加，细胞活力升高。试验组颗粒细胞体外培养24 h 后，与阴性对照相比，细胞周期的分布显著改变，S 期细胞比例显著减少 (P<0.05)，G2/M 期细胞比例显著增多 (P<0.05)。试验组凋亡率和对照组相比，48 h检测时凋亡率显著降低 (P<0.05)。综上表明，GCSF 在体外培养的绵羊颗粒细胞中，可调控绵羊颗粒细胞周期，促进细胞增殖，抑制细胞凋亡。.
Keywords: GCSF; apoptosis; cell cycles; cell proliferation; granulosa cells; sheep.