The level of serum hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and the regulation of pantoprazole in patients with gouty arthritis / 中华风湿病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the level of serum hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and the effect of pantoprazole on HIF-1α in patients with gouty arthritis.Methods Subjects were divided into acute gouty arthritis (group A),intermittent gouty arthritis (group B) and healthy controls (group C).Patients in group A were divided into mild (A1) and severe (A2) subgroups according to the severity of inflammation.Levels of serum HIF-1α in the three groups,and the levels of interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in group A1 and group A2 were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Patients in group A2 were randomly divided into three groups,saline 100 ml/twice a day,20％ pantoprazole 100 ml,twice a day and 40％ panto-prazole 100 ml,twice a day were administered respectively.After 7 days,the levels of serum HIF-1α were measured by ELISA.One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and two independent sample t test were conducted in this study.Results ① Levels of serum HIF-1α in group A [(48±13) ng/L] were significantly higher than those in group B [(40±12) ng/L,P＜0.01] and group C [(28±12) ng/L,F=29.838,P＜0.01].② Levels of serum HIF-1α [(56±10) ng/L],IL-1β [(51 ±13) ng/L] and TNF-α [(161 ±45) ng/L] in the experimental group A2 were higher than those in the experimental group A1 [HIF-1α(42±11) ng/L,t=4.600,P＜0.01;IL-1β(42±12) ng/L,t=2.552,P＜0.05;TNF-α(122±34) ng/L,t=3.432,P＜0.01].③ Levels of HIF-1α [(26±6) ng/L],IL-1β [(23±4) ng/L],TNF-α [(92±6) ng/L] in the 40％ pantoprazole group were lower than those in 20％ pantoprazole 100 ml,twice a day group [HIF-1α(33±4) ng/L];IL-1β(30±5) ng/L;TNF-α(102±7) ng/ L] and saline group [HIF-1α(37±5) ng/L];IL-1β(38±5) ng/L];TNF-α(108±9) ng/L](all P＜0.05);Levels of HIF-1α,IL-1β and TNF-αin the 20％ pantoprazole group were lower than those in saline group (all P＜0.05).Conclusion ① HIF-1α may be one of the indicators of acute inflammation,which may reflect the degree of inflammation in patients with gout.② Pantoprazole can reduce the level of serum HIF-1α,IL-1β and TNF-α in patients with gouty arthritis,with a concentration dependent characterisit.