scholarly journals Resveratrol regulates cytokine secretion by cardiac microvascular endothelium under hypoxia/reoxygenation condition

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Cui ◽  
Y J Yang ◽  
W J Zong

Abstract Background Microvascular endothelial injury is recently considered playing an initial role in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI). Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) regulate cardiomyocytes and haematocytes via secreting cytokine. MIRI jeopardize not only the barrier function but also the paracrine function of microvasculature. Resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, was demonstrated to protect myocardium against MIRI and to preserve the function of endothelium. However, how the paracrine function of CMECs is regulated by MIRI and resveratrol remains to be elucidated. Purpose The study was to illuminate the alteration of cytokine profiles secreted by CMECs under hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) condition and its modulation by resveratrol. Methods CMECs were exposed to different concentrations of resveratrol for 30 minutes and then were subjected to H/R for 12 h/2 h. Apoptotic rates were measured to determine the optimal concentration. Protein antibody arrays were performed to find the alteration of cytokine secreted into conditioned medium by CMECs. A Gene Ontology (GO) analysis was applied to interpret the functional implication of changes in cytokine profiles. Results Resveratrol inhibited apoptosis of CMECs in a dose-dependent manner after H/R and reached its peak effect at the concentration of 100μM, which reduced apoptosis from 27.27±2.95% to 15.01±1.36% (Figure 1A and B). The results of a cluster analysis and all significantly altered factors are shown in figure 1C (fold-change >1.5; p<0.05). Twenty-nine types of cytokine were significantly changed by H/R (15 factors decreased and 14 increased, Figure 2A), and resveratrol at 100μM changed 98 types of cytokine compared with the H/R group (93 factors decreased and 5 increased, Figure 2B). Among these cytokine, eight factors were increased by H/R and they were decreased by resveratrol. Eleven were attenuated by H/R and further decreased by resveratrol. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 was up-regulated by H/R and it was further increased by resveratrol (Figure 2C). The factors with significant alteration were involved in cellular growth, proliferation and differentiation, as well as chemotaxis and transport. Conclusions Resveratrol inhibited the apoptosis of CMECs and modulated the paracrine function of cardiac microvascular endothelium under ischemia/reperfusion condition. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): National Natural Science Foundation Figure 1 Figure 2

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Walker ◽  
Julian Siegel ◽  
Andrea Nolte ◽  
Silke Hartmann ◽  
Angela Kornberger ◽  
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Background. Adhesion molecules are known to influence postoperative organ function, they are hardly involved in the inflammatory response following the ischemia-reperfusion injury. We sought to investigate the potency of small interfering RNAs to suppress adhesion molecule expression in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells.Methods. Human lung microvascular endothelial cells were transfected with specific siRNA followed by a stimulation of the cells with an inflammatory cytokine. Adhesion molecule expression was determined by FACS-analysis, and reduction of intracellular mRNA was determined by qRT-PCR. Furthermore, the attachment of isolated neutrophils on the endothelial layer was determined after siRNA transfection.Results. In summary, siRNA transfection significantly decreased the percentage positive cells in a single cocktail transfection of each adhesion molecule investigated. Adhering neutrophils were diminished as well.Conclusion. siRNA might be a promising tool for the effective suppression of adhesion molecule expression on pulmonary microvascular cells, potentially minimizing leukocyte-endothelial depending interactions of a pulmonary allograft.


2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (2) ◽  
pp. F191-F198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. Sutton ◽  
Henry E. Mang ◽  
Silvia B. Campos ◽  
Ruben M. Sandoval ◽  
Mervin C. Yoder ◽  
...  

The role of renal microvascular endothelial cell injury in the pathophysiology of ischemic acute renal failure (ARF) remains largely unknown. No consistent morphological alterations have been ascribed to the endothelium of the renal microvasculature as a result of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine biochemical markers of endothelial injury and morphological changes in the renal microvascular endothelium in a rodent model of ischemic ARF. Circulating von Willebrand factor (vWF) was measured as a marker of endothelial injury. Twenty-four hours after ischemia, circulating vWF peaked at 124% over baseline values ( P = 0.001). The FVB-TIE2/GFP mouse was utilized to localize morphological changes in the renal microvascular endothelium. Immediately after ischemia, there was a marked increase in F-actin aggregates in the basal and basolateral aspect of renal microvascular endothelial cells in the corticomedullary junction. After 24 h of reperfusion, the pattern of F-actin staining was more similar to that observed under physiological conditions. In addition, alterations in the integrity of the adherens junctions of the renal microvasculature, as demonstrated by loss of localization in vascular endothelial cadherin immunostaining, were observed after 24 h of reperfusion. This observation temporally correlated with the greatest extent of permeability defect in the renal microvasculature as identified using fluorescent dextrans and two-photon intravital imaging. Taken together, these findings indicate that renal vascular endothelial injury occurs in ischemic ARF and may play an important role in the pathophysiology of ischemic ARF.


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 973-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHIANG-TING CHIEN ◽  
PO-HUANG LEE ◽  
CHAU-FONG CHEN ◽  
MING-CHIEH MA ◽  
MING-KUEN LAI ◽  
...  

Abstract. Ischemia-induced oxidative damage to the reperfused kidney was examined. A modified chemiluminescence method, anin situnitro blue tetrazolium perfusion technique, and a DNA fragmentation/apoptosis-related protein assay were adapted for demonstrationde novoand co-localization of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and apoptosis formation in rat kidneys subjected to ischemia/reperfusion injury. The results showed that prolonged ischemia potentiated proapoptotic mechanisms, including increases in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, CPP32 expression, and poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase fragments, and subsequently resulted in severe apoptosis, including increases in DNA fragmentation and apoptotic cell number in renal proximal tubules (PT) and distal tubules (DT) in a time-dependent manner. The increased level of ROS detected on the renal surface was correlated with that in blood and was intensified by a prolonged interval of ischemia. The main source of ROS synthesis was the PT epithelial cells. The ROS and apoptotic nuclei detected in the PT cells can be ameliorated by superoxide dismutase (SOD) treatment before reperfusion. However, the apoptotic nuclei remained in DT in the SOD-treated rats, indicating that formation of apoptosis in DT was not influenced by the small amounts of ROS produced. In PT and DT cell cultures, significant increases in apoptotic cells and ROS were evident in PT cells after hypoxia/reoxygenation insult. Furthermore, the oxidative damage in PT, but not in DT, can be alleviated by ROS scavengers SOD and hexa(sulfobutyl)fullerene, confirming that PT are vulnerable to ROS. These results lead us to conclude that ROS produced in significant amounts in PT epithelium under ischemia/reperfusion or hypoxia/reoxygenation conditions may be responsible for the apoptotic death of these cells.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Chong Liu ◽  
Minmin Zhang ◽  
Shenyi Ye ◽  
Chenliang Hong ◽  
Jiaxi Chen ◽  
...  

Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. We previously demonstrated that acacetin protects against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rats, although the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we investigated the effects of acacetin on autophagy during hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury by exposing H9c2 myocardial cells to H/R with or without acacetin pretreatment during hypoxia. Our results show that acacetin significantly increased cell viability in a dose-dependent manner, enhanced antioxidant capacity, and suppressed protein apoptosis of rat cardiomyocytes H9c2 cells following H/R injury. In addition, lentiviral infection of H9c2 cardiomyocytes revealed that acacetin pretreatment significantly enhanced the fluorescence intensity of autophagy proteins Beclin 1, LC3-II, and p62. These results indicate that acacetin protected H9c2 cardiomyocytes from H/R damage by enhancing autophagy. Moreover, we found that application of acacetin increased activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, whereas cotreatment with the PI3K inhibitor LY294002 reversed the inhibition of apoptosis and autophagy induced by acacetin. In conclusion, acacetin mitigated H/R injury by promoting autophagy through activating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Shi ◽  
Guizhou Tao ◽  
Lili Ji ◽  
Ge Tian

Abstract Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) is a complex pathophysiological process involved with the activation of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. Sappanone A (SA), a homoisoflavanone isolated from the heartwood of Caesalpinia sappan L., could exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities. Therefore, we assumed that SA has a potential use for preventing against MIRI. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of SA treatment on MIRI and its mechanism. Cardiomyocytes (H9c2 cells) were treated with SA for 1 h, followed by 6 h of hypoxia/3 h of reoxygenation. Cell viability assay was detected by CCK-8 assay. Apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry and Hoechst staining. Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening and mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨm) were measured by spectrophotometry and JC-1 staining. The changes of mitochondrial apoptosis-related proteins and PI3K–Akt–Gsk-3β signaling pathway were evaluated by Western blotting. The results showed that SA pretreatment enhanced the cell viability and decreased the activity of myocardial enzyme in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, SA pretreatment significantly inhibited apoptosis, blocked mPTP opening, suppressed the release of ΔΨm, prevented the cytochrome c releasing from mitochondria into cytoplasm, and repressed the cleavage of caspase-9 and caspase-3. Furthermore, SA pretreatment increased the phosphorylation levels of Akt and Gsk-3β but not of Stat-3. Meanwhile, the protective effect of SA was abrogated by PI3K inhibitor (LY294002). In conclusion, our results demonstrate that SA could prevent hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cardiomyocytes injury through inhibition of mitochondrial apoptosis and activation of PI3K–Akt–Gsk-3β pathway. Thus, SA may have a potential use for the prevention of MIRI.


Author(s):  
Kang Zhou ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Qiong Wang ◽  
Lini Dong

Abstract Myocardial injury is still a serious condition damaging the public health. Clinically, myocardial injury often leads to cardiac dysfunction and, in severe cases, death. Reperfusion of the ischemic myocardial tissues can minimize acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-induced damage. MicroRNAs are commonly recognized in diverse diseases and are often involved in the development of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the role of miR-431 remains unclear in myocardial injury. In this study, we investigated the underlying mechanisms of miR-431 in the cell apoptosis and autophagy of human cardiomyocytes in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R). H/R treatment reduced cell viability, promoted cell apoptotic rate, and down-regulated the expression of miR-431 in human cardiomyocytes. The down-regulation of miR-431 by its inhibitor reduced cell viability and induced cell apoptosis in the human cardiomyocytes. Moreover, miR-431 down-regulated the expression of autophagy-related 3 (ATG3) via targeting the 3ʹ-untranslated region of ATG3. Up-regulated expression of ATG3 by pcDNA3.1-ATG3 reversed the protective role of the overexpression of miR-431 on cell viability and cell apoptosis in H/R-treated human cardiomyocytes. More importantly, H/R treatments promoted autophagy in the human cardiomyocytes, and this effect was greatly alleviated via miR-431-mimic transfection. Our results suggested that miR-431 overexpression attenuated the H/R-induced myocardial damage at least partly through regulating the expression of ATG3.


Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John E Baker ◽  
Jidong Su ◽  
Stacy Koprowski ◽  
Anuradha Dhanasekaran ◽  
Tom P Aufderheide ◽  
...  

Thrombopoietin confers immediate protection against injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion in the rat heart at a dose that does not increase platelet levels. Eltrombopag is a small molecule agonist of the thrombopoietin receptor; the physiological target of thrombopoietin. Administration of thrombopoietin and eltrombopag result in a dose- and time-dependent increase in platelet counts in patients with thrombocytopenia. However, the ability of eltrombopag and thrombopoietin to immediately protect human cardiac myocytes against injury and the mechanisms underlying myocyte protection are not known. Human cardiac myocytes (7500 cells, n=10/group) were treated with eltrombopag (0.1- 30.0 μM) or thrombopoietin ( 0.1 - 30.0 ng/ml) and then subjected to 5 hours of hypoxia (95% N 2 /5%CO 2 ) and 16 hours of reoxygenation to determine their ability to confer resistance to necrotic and apoptotic myocardial injury . The thrombopoietin receptor (c-Mpl) was detected in unstimulated human cardiac myocytes by western blotting. Eltrombopag and thrombopoietin confer immediate protection to human cardiac myocytes against injury from hypoxia/reoxygenation by decreasing necrotic and apoptotic cell death in a concentration-dependent manner with an optimal concentration of 3 μM for eltrombopag and 1.0 ng/ml for thrombopoietin. The extent of protection conferred to cardiac myocytes with eltrombopag is equivalent to that of thrombopoietin. Eltrombopag and thrombopoietin activate multiple pro-survival pathways; inhibition of JAK-2 (AG-490, 10 μM), p38 MAPK (SB203580, 10 μM), p44/42 MAPK (PD98059, 10 μM), Akt/PI 3 kinase (Wortmannin, 100 nM), and src kinase (PP1, 20 μM) prior to and during hypoxia abolished cardiac myocyte protection by eltrombopag and thrombopoietin. These inhibitors had no effect on hypoxia/reoxygenation injury in myocytes when used alone. Eltrombopag and thrombopoietin may represent important and potent agents for immediately and substantially increasing protection of human cardiac myocytes, and may offer long-lasting benefit through activation of pro-survival pathways during ischemia.


Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaharu Katayama ◽  
Motoaki Sano ◽  
Jin Endo ◽  
Kentaro Hayashida ◽  
Tomohiro Matsuhashi ◽  
...  

[Introduction] Despite an increase in the levels of aldehydes, the heart from aldehyde dehydrogenase ( ALDH ) 2*2 -transgenic (Tg) mice, loss of function model of ALDH, exhibited a greater tolerance to oxidative stress via activation of amino acid metabolism leading to glutathione biosynthesis. This study was designed to identify the signaling cascades responsible for the activation of amino acid metabolism by aldehydes. [Methods & Results] (1) Phosphorylation of α -subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2 α ) and subsequent translational activation of ATF4 have been shown to induce amino acid metabolism as a common response to a wide variety of stressors. Consistent with this, phosphorylation levels of eIF2 α and protein expression of ATF4 were increased in ALDH2*2 -Tg hearts. (2) Among four eIF2 α kinases, general control non-depressible (GCN)2 kinase, a sensor for amino acid insufficiency, was activated in ALDH2*2 -Tg heart. (3) Quantification of intracellular amino acid demonstrated that free histidine concentration in ALDH2*2 -Tg heart was selectively reduced by 50% compared to that in non-Tg littermates. (4) To clarify the functional significance of observed reduction in histidine, ALDH2*2 -Tg mice were fed a high histidine diet. The phosphorylation levels of eIF2 α and the protein levels of ATF4 were diminished by 50% in ALDH2*2 -Tg mice fed the high histidine diet, in agreement with the normalization of histidine concentration. Accordingly, both enhanced tolerance to ischemia-reperfusion injury and elevated levels of glutathione were partially diminished in the heart from ALDH2*2 -Tg mice fed the high histidine diet compared to ALDH2*2 -Tg mice fed normal chow. (5) In culture, exposure to 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) phosphorylated GCN2 and eIF2 α and increased protein levels of ATF4 in a time-dependent manner. (6) siRNA-mediated knockdown of GCN2 abrogated 4-HNE-induced induction of amino acid metabolic genes. [Conclusions] Activation of eIF2 α -ATF4 pathway via GCN2 kinase might be of special importance in the transcriptional control that coordinately promotes amino acid metabolism in response to aldehydes. Intracellular depletion of free histidine is at least partly involved in the activation of GCN2 kinase by aldehydes.


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