China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (7): 2627-2634.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2021.07.039

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Effect of Escherichia coli on Inflammatory Damage of Bovine Endometrial Epithelial Cells

LI Botong, WANG Shiyu, LIU Jiawei, ZHANG Weiqi, NI Yaodi, LIU Mingchao   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine/Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
  • Received:2020-11-05 Online:2021-07-20 Published:2021-07-15

Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to study the in vitro inflammatory damage of bovine endometrial epithelial cells caused by Escherichia coli (E.coli),and explore the optimal concentration and duration time of E.coli to induce inflammatory reactions and its mechanism.Firstly,different concentrations of E.coli (5×104,5×105,1×106,2.5×106,5×106 CFU/mL) were used to infect the cells for 3,6 and 9 h,then detected the effect of E.coli on cell viability by observing the cells morphology with inverted microscope morphology and measured the D450 nm with CCK-8 method;Secondly,different concentrations of E.coli (5×104,5×105 CFU/mL) were used to infect the cells for 3,6 and 9 h,then detected the secretion levels of IL-1β,IL-6,IL-8 and TNF-α in the cell supernatant with ELISA method.Finally,different concentrations of E.coli (5×104,5×105 CFU/mL) were used to infect the cells for 6 and 9 h,then the phosphorylation level of IκBα and p65 protein were detected by Western blotting.The results showed that compared with control group,the cell viability of 1×106,2.5×106 and 5×106 CFU/mL E.coli groups was extremely significantly reduced after 9 h of E.coli infection (P<0.01),while the cell viability of 5×105 CFU/mL E.coli group was significantly decreased (P<0.05).The levels of IL-1β,IL-6,IL-8 and TNF-α of 5×105 CFU/mL E.coli group were extremely significantly increassed after 9 h infection (P<0.01).Moreover,the levels of IκBα and p65 phosphorylation protein were significantly higher than those in both 5×104 CFU/mL and control groups (P<0.01).The levels of IL-6,IκBα and p65 phosphorylation protein in 5×105 CFU/mL E.coli group were extremely significantly increased after 6 h infection (P<0.01),while IκBα and p65 phosphorylation protein in the 5×104 CFU/mL E.coli group were significantly increased after 6 h infection (P<0.05).In conclusion,bovine endometrial epithelial cells inflammatory response could be induced by E.coli and the optimal action time was 6 h when E.coli infection concentration was 5×105 CFU/mL,and 9 h when E.coli infection concentration was 5×104 CFU/mL.

Key words: bovine endometrial epithelial cells; Escherichia coli; inflammation; cytokines

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