[Expression and Role of PD-L1 in a Mouse Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis].

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban

Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Published: May 2022

Objective: To investigate the expression and role of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) in a mouse model of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Methods: A total of 20 wild-type 57 /6 mice were randomly assigned to the control and the model groups. Mice in the control group were breastfed, while mice in the model group were given lipopolysaccharide, formula feeding, hypoxia, and cold stimulation for NEC induction. Then, the intestines of the mice were collected in order to assess the pathological changes through HE staining, to examine PD-L1 expression and localization with immunofluorescence co-localization, and to evaluate intestinal PD-L1 expression with Western blot. Peripheral blood was collected for flow cytometry to examine leukocyte subpopulations and their PD-L1 expression. On the other hand, 14 1 (+/+) mice and 14 1 (-/-) mice were randomly divided into their respective genotype control groups and model groups. The same induction method as was already mentioned was adopted for the model groups. The intestines of the mice were collected for HE staining to evaluate the pathological change and peripheral blood was collected to examine the expression of inflammatory factors.

Results: The NEC mouse model was successfully constructed. PD-L1 was widely expressed in enterocytes and inflammatory cells in the mouse intestines and in T cells, monocytes, and neutrophils in peripheral blood. The expression of PD-L1 in NEC mouse intestines increased in comparison with that of the control group. In the peripheral blood of NEC mice, the proportion of T cells and monocytes and their PD-L1 expression showed no significant changes compared with those of the control group, while the proportion of neutrophils and their PD-L1 expression increased by about 140% and 150%, respectively, in comparison with those of the control group ( <0.05). According to the results of the 1 gene mouse experiment, the control groups of 1 (+/+) mice and 1 (-/-) mice showed no significant difference in their intestinal conditions and serum inflammatory factor levels, while the 1 (-/-) NEC mouse had worse intestinal pathological changes and increased mean pathological scores compared with those of 1 (+/+) NEC mouse ( <0.05). In addition, serum interleukin (IL)-10 in 1 (-/-) NEC mouse decreased by about 44% compared with that of 1 (+/+) NEC mice, and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1/IL-6/IL-1β all increased by more than 25% (all <0.05).

Conclusion: PD-L1 is widely expressed in inflammatory cells and enterocytes in mice. Knocking out 1 aggravates the degree of NEC inflammation and intestinal pathological changes. PD-L1 plays a protective role by reducing inflammation in the pathogenesis of NEC, the mechanism of which may be related to the regulation of neutrophils/enterocytes.

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