H2O2 promotes neutrophil adherence and injury of human umbilical vein endothelial cells / 生理学报

ABSTRACT

To explore the role of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in promoting polymorphonuclear neutrophils adherence and injury of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), the ordinary optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy were used to observe the adherence and injury after HUVECs co-cultured with neutrophils pretreated by extracellular H2O2 (HUVECs and neutrophils co-culture without H2O2 pretreatment as control), and the adhesion rates of neutrophils were measured through cell count test. The percentages of HUVECs expressing intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and Apo2.7 were detected by flow cytometry. After being cocultured with the neutrophils pretreated by extracellular H2O2, HUVECs showed obvious injury changes, such as round or oval shape, shortened or disappeared microvilli, and membrane structural damage; The adhesion rate of neutrophils was (57.74 ± 9.18)%, which was significantly higher than that in control [(23.12 ± 6.43)%, P < 0.01, n = 8]; The percentages of HUVECs expressing ICAM-1 and Apo2.7 were (44.69 ± 1.52)% and (39.29 ± 1.81)% respectively, which were significantly higher than those in control [(21.79 ± 1.43)% and (9.79 ± 1.43)%] (P < 0.01, n = 8). The results suggest that extracellular H2O2 can promote the neutrophils adherence and injury of HUVECs.