Effect and significance of TNF-? to cardiomyocyte apoptosis in VMC / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study cardiomyocyte apoptosis of viral myocarditis (VMC) mice,study the effect and significance of Tumor Necrosis Factor-? (TNF-?) to cardiomyocyte apoptosis in VMC.Methods:Our experiments studied cardiomyocyte apoptosis at 3、5、7、9、15、35 days after virus inoculation in VMC mice by ways of TUNEL and electron microscope.We studied the effect of TNF-? to cardiomyocyte apoptosis in VMC by the way of intervention with TNF-? and TNF-? mAb.Results:Apoptotic cardiomyocyte of VMC mice increased appaently compared with control mice.Cardiomyocyte apoptosis increased after TNF-? intervention,cardiomyocyte apoptosis reduced after TNF-? mAb intervention.Conclusion:Abnormal cardiomyocyte apoptosis was observed in VMC,cardiomyocyte apoptosis may has relation with the Pathogenesis of VMC.TNF-? can induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis in VMC.TNF-? induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis may has relation with its role in VMC.