[ Objective] To investigate the mechanisms involved in the Up-regulatory effects of 17β-estrodiol on β-defensin-2 （SBD-2） in epithelial cells of ovine oviduct. [ Methods] Epithelial cells of ovine oviduct were isolated and cultured; and then the cultured cells at secondary generation were divided into 17β-estradiol （E2, 10^-8 tool/L） group, estrogen nuclear receptor antagonist ICI182780 （10^-7 tool/L） group, PKA antagonist KT-5720 （1 μmol/L） group, PKC antagonist H- 7（50 μmol/L） group, nuclear factor kappa B antagonist PDTC（50μmol/L） group and the blank control group （ Control ）. Firstly, different antagonists were added into corresponding antagonist groups in order to interfere the epithelial ceils of ovine oviduct for 1 h. Then, 17β-estradiol （ 10^-8 mol/L） was added into each antagonist group and E2 group for cultivation for 6 h. Finally, real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR was used to detect the changes of SBD-2 mRNA expression. [ Results] 10^-8 mol/L 17β-estrodiol had significantly Up-regulatory effects on the expression of SBD-2 mRNA （P 〈 0. 05 ）. Estrogen nuclear receptor antagonist ICI182780, NF-κB antagonist PDTC and PKC antagonist H-7 could all block the Up-regnlatory effects on SBD-2. But PKA antagonist KT-5720 showed no significant effects on the Up-regulation of SBD-2 mRNA expression induced by 17β-estrodiol. [ Conclusions] SBD-2 mRNA expression induced by 17β-estrodiol in epithelial cells of ovine oviduct was mediated by estrogen nuclear receptor ICI182780, NF-κB and PKC pathways. However, PKA pathway might not participate in the Up-regulation of SBD-2 mRNA expression.
The paper was to study the effects of different concentrations of lipopelysaccharide （LPS） on expression of nuclear factor Kappa B （NF-κB） and lingual antimicrobial peptide （LAP） gene in mammary epithelial ceils of dairy cow. The mammary epithelial ceils of dairy cow were stimulated by different concentrations （50, 100,200,400 and 800 ng/mL） of LPS. The total RNA of cells was extracted after stimulation for 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 48 and 72 h, respectively, and the mRNA expression levels of NF-κB P65 and LAP were evaluated by real-time quantitative PCR. The results showed that the expression of NF-κB P65 and LAP mRNA treated with 400 ng/mL LPS for 72 h were the highest compared to the control group （ P 〈0.01 ）. The result confirmed that the expression activity of NF-κB was enhanced in inflammatory effects of inammary epithelial cells induced by LPS, which regulated the expression of defense gene LAP, with certain dose and time effects.
