scholarly journals Tetrandrine Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury through miR-202-5p/TRPV2

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Youyang Wu ◽  
Fanhao Ye ◽  
Shiwei Huang ◽  
Hao Chen ◽  
...  

Objective. This study is aimed at investigating the therapeutic effects of tetrandrine (Tet) on myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury and probe into underlying molecular mechanism. Methods. H9C2 cells were divided into hypoxia/oxygenation (H/R) group, H/R+Tet group, H/R+Tet+negative control (NC) group, and H/R+Tet+miR-202-5p inhibitor group. RT-qPCR was utilized to monitor miR-202-5p and TRPV2 expression, and TRPV2 protein expression was detected via western blot and immunohistochemistry in H9C2 cells. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was evaluated through detection of apoptosis-related markers and flow cytometry. Furthermore, myocardial enzyme levels were detected by ELISA. Rats were randomly separated into sham operation group, I/R group, I/R+Tet group (50 mg/kg), I/R+Tet+NC group, and I/R+Tet+miR-202-5p inhibitor group. miR-202-5p and TRPV2 mRNA expression was assessed by RT-qPCR. TRPV2 protein expression was detected through western blot and immunohistochemistry in myocardial tissues. Apoptotic levels were assessed via apoptosis-related proteins and TUNEL. Pathological changes were observed by H&E staining. Myocardial infarction size was examined by Evans blue-TCC staining. Results. Abnormally expressed miR-202-5p as well as TRPV2 was found in H/R H9C2 cells and myocardial tissues of I/R rats, which was ameliorated following Tet treatment. Tet treatment significantly suppressed H/R- or I/R-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. ELISA results showed that CK-MB and LDH levels were lowered by Tet treatment in H/R H9C2 cells and serum of I/R rats. H&E staining indicated that Tet reduced myocardial injury in I/R rats. Also, myocardial infarction size was lowered by Tet treatment. The treatment effects of Tet were altered following cotreatment with miR-202-5p inhibitor. Conclusion. Our findings revealed that Tet may ameliorate myocardial I/R damage via targeting the miR-202-5p/TRPV2 axis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Liang Zong ◽  
Weixin Wang

Objective. This project is aimed at investigating whether CircANXA2 can promote the apoptosis of myocardial cells by inhibiting miR-133 expression and thereby participate in the development of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Materials and Method. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression level of CircANXA2 in H9c2 cells after hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) treatment. Evaluation of myocardial injury markers in H9c2 cells was performed using commercial kits, including lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malonaldehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidation (GSH-PX). MTT analysis and flow cytometry were used to detect myocardial cell proliferation and apoptosis, respectively. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression of apoptosis-related genes. Result. qRT-PCR results showed that compared with the control, the expression of CircANXA2 was upregulated and the expression level of miR-133 was significantly decreased in H/R-treated H9c2 cells. CircANXA2 overexpression increased LDH, MDA, SOD, and GSH-PX activity in H/R-treated H9c2 cells. At the same time, CircANXA2 overexpression inhibited the proliferation of H/R-treated cells, and CircANXA2 was able to induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Western blot results showed that after overexpression of CircANXA2, the proapoptotic genes Bax and cytochrome C was upregulated, while the antiapoptotic gene Bcl-2 was downregulated. In H9c2 cells, upregulating miR-133 can reverse the inhibition of proliferation induced by CircANXA2 overexpression and increase apoptosis. Conclusions. CircANXA2 promotes cardiomyocyte apoptosis in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting the expression of miR-133. CircANXA2 may be a potential target for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.


Author(s):  
Zi-Long Wang ◽  
Xiao-Chen Sun ◽  
Rong Luo ◽  
Dong-Ye Li ◽  
Hao-Chen Xuan

IntroductionTo explore serum norepinephrine (NE) concentration and β3-adrenoceptor (β3AR) protein expression at different times during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) and examine the role of β3AR in I/R.Material and methods28 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into one sham group and six I/R groups. The rats in the I/R groups were subjected to ischemia for 45 minutes. After reperfusion, the serum NE concentration and the β3AR protein expression in the myocardial tissue of the left ventricular injury region were detected. Another 18 SD rats were randomly divided into a sham group, I/R groups, and I/R + BRL37344 group.ResultsCompared with the sham group, the serum NE concentration of rats in the I/R groups significantly increased at 6 hours (P < 0.001). The serum NE concentration and myocardial β3AR protein expression were both highest at 72 hours. Compared with the sham group, the expressions of the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and cleaved caspase-3 after I/R were significantly increased (P < 0.01, P < 0.001, respectively), and the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 was significantly decreased (P < 0.01). Compared with I/R groups, the expressions of Bax and cleaved caspase-3 in the I/R + BRL37344 group were significantly decreased (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, respectively).ConclusionsWith the prolongation of myocardial I/R in rats, serum NE concentration and β3AR protein expression showed a significant increase trend and reached a peak at 72 hours. Specific β3AR agonist BRL37344 can reduce myocardial I/R injury in vivo in rats, alleviate apoptosis, reduce infarct size, and improve cardiac function.


2013 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 614-616
Author(s):  
Ming Gao ◽  
Guo Qing Zhao ◽  
Jia Wang ◽  
Da Peng Gao

Objective.To investigate the effects of sufentanil preconditioning on Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rats in vivo.Methods. To randomly divide 50 male SD rats equally into 5 groups, including ischemia-reperfusion group( Group I/R ), ischemic preconditioning group(Group IPC), high-dose sufentanil preconditioning group(Group HS, 6.0µg/kg), medium-dose sufentanil preconditioning group(Group MS,2.0µg/kg) and low-dose sufentanil preconditioning group(Group LS, 0.60µg/kg).The left anterior descending coronary arterys(LAD) of rats in five groups are ligated for 30 minutes and are re-perfused for 90 minutes. To measure the myocardial infarction size (IS/AAR%) with double-staining with Even's blue and triphenyltetrazolium chloride, and to calculate the concentration of LK, LK-MB and LDH. Result. Comparing with Group 1/R , the myocardial infarction size(IS/AAR%) in Group IPC, HS, MS and LS all reduced at different levels. Among the Group HS, MS and LS, the infarction size in Group HS reduced most significantly. Comparing with Group 1/R, the concentration of the serum myocardial enzymes in the other four groups all reduced at different levels. Conclusion. Sufentanil preconditioning can reduce myocardial infarct size, decrease the concentration of the serum myocardial enzymes. Therefore, sufentanil preconditioning has protective effects on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats in vivo, and the effects are dose-dependent. Suffentanil is a potent kind of opioid analgesics, which is widely used in clinical anesthesia. However, further studies are needed on effects of sufentanil preconditioning on myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. In order to protect the Myocardial ischemia patients and provide the foundations for application of sufentanil in peri-operative period, the authors investigate the effects of sufentanil preconditioning on myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury through comparison and analysis of the myocardial infarction size(IS), the concentration of the serum myocardial enzymes in the ischemia-reperfusion group(Group IPC), the ischemic preconditioning group(Group IPC) and different-dose sufentanil preconditioning group(Group HS, MS LS).


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1256-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyu Li ◽  
Yunshu Su ◽  
Xiongli Yu ◽  
Durgahee S.A. Mouniir ◽  
Jackson Ferdinand Masau ◽  
...  

Stem cell transplantation represents a promising therapeutic approach for myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, where cortical bone-derived stem cells (CBSCs) stand out and hold superior cardioprotective effects on myocardial infarction than other types of stem cells. However, the molecular mechanism underlying CBSCs function on myocardial I/R injury is poorly understood. In a previous study, we reported that Trop2 (trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2) is expressed exclusively on the CBSCs membrane, and is involved in regulation of proliferation and differentiation of CBSCs. In this study, we found that the Trop2 is essential for the ameliorative effects of CBSCs on myocardial I/R-induced heart damage via promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting cardiomyocytes apoptosis in a paracrine manner. Trop2 is required for the colonization of CBSCs in recipient hearts. When Trop2 was knocked out, CBSCs largely lost their functions in lowering myocardial infarction size, improving heart function, enhancing capillary density, and suppressing myocardial cell death. Mechanistically, activating the AKT/GSK3β/β-Catenin signaling axis contributes to the essential role of Trop2 in CBSCs-rendered cardioprotective effects on myocardial I/R injury. In conclusion, maintaining the expression and/or activation of Trop2 in CBSCs might be a promising strategy for treating myocardial infarction, I/R injury, and other related heart diseases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuizhi Li ◽  
Huafeng Song ◽  
Chunlin Chen ◽  
Shaoxian Chen ◽  
Qiyu Zhang ◽  
...  

Objective: Myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R) damage is a life-threatening vascular emergency after myocardial infarction. Here, we observed the cardioprotective effect of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) PVT1 knockdown against myocardial I/R damage.Methods: This study constructed a myocardial I/R-induced mouse model and a hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-treated H9C2 cells. PVT1 expression was examined via RT-qPCR. After silencing PVT1 via shRNA against PVT1, H&amp;E, and Masson staining was performed to observe myocardial I/R damage. Indicators of myocardial injury including cTnI, LDH, BNP, and CK-MB were examined by ELISA. Inflammatory factors (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6), Gasdermin D (GSDMD), and Caspase1 were detected via RT-qPCR, western blot, immunohistochemistry, or immunofluorescence. Furthermore, CCK-8 and flow cytometry were presented for detecting cell viability and apoptosis.Results: LncRNA PVT1 was markedly up-regulated in myocardial I/R tissue specimens as well as H/R-induced H9C2 cells. Silencing PVT1 significantly lowered serum levels of cTnI, LDH, BNP, and CK-MB in myocardial I/R mice. H&amp;E and Masson staining showed that silencing PVT1 alleviated myocardial I/R injury. PVT1 knockdown significantly lowered the production and release of inflammatory factors as well as inhibited the expression of GSDMD-N and Caspase1 in myocardial I/R tissue specimens as well as H/R-induced H9C2 cells. Moreover, silencing PVT1 facilitated cell viability and induced apoptosis of H/R-treated H9C2 cells.Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that silencing PVT1 could alleviate myocardial I/R damage through suppressing GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis in vivo and in vitro. Thus, PVT1 knockdown may offer an alternative therapeutic strategy against myocardial I/R damage.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiujing Zhang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Jie Tang ◽  
Qin Xie ◽  
Di Ma

Abstract BackgroundTo investigate the effect and possible mechanisms of total saponins from Trillium Tschonoskii Maxim. (TST) on myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rat.Methods and ResultsRats were pre-treated with TST in 100 and 200 mg/kg, respectively. After 14 days intragastric administration, the model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury was established by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min and then releasing the ligated artery for 120 min. The hemodynamic indexes, anti-oxidation index, and the anti-inflammation factors were detected. Pathological changes in myocardia tissue were observed by H&E staining. Apoptosis protein expression of caspase 3, 9, 12, AMPK, phosphorylation AMPK (p-AMPK) and Sirt1 was detected by Western blot. Pretreating the rats with TST dramatically decreased the levels of MDA, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β, increased the levels of SOD and GSH-Px, and the apoptosis protein expression were all significantly decreased. In addition, the protein expression of p-AMPK and Sirt1 were markedly increased in TST pre-treated group. Furthermore, TST pre-treatment also improved the histopathological changes.ConclusionTST protect the myocardium by reducing the levels of inflammation factors, peroxides and cell apoptosis, increasing the anti-oxidase, and improving the pathological changes. The possible mechanism maybe through the activating of the AMPK/Sirt1 signaling pathway.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Fan ◽  
Liangliang Cai ◽  
Shengnan Wang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Bohua Chen

Baicalin is a natural flavonoid glycoside that confers protection against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, its mechanism has not been fully understood. This study focused on elucidating the role of ferroptosis in baicalin-generated protective effects on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury by using the myocardial I/R rat model and oxygen–glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) H9c2 cells. Our results show that baicalin improved myocardial I/R challenge–induced ST segment elevation, coronary flow (CF), left ventricular systolic pressure , infarct area, and pathological changes and prevented OGD/R-triggered cell viability loss. In addition, enhanced lipid peroxidation and significant iron accumulation along with activated transferrin receptor protein 1 (TfR1) signal and nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4)-medicated ferritinophagy were observed in in vivo and in vitro models, which were reversed by baicalin treatment. Furthermore, acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) overexpression compromised baicalin-generated protective effect in H9c2 cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that baicalin prevents against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via suppressing ACSL4-controlled ferroptosis. This study provides a novel target for the prevention of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Fadhil G. Al-Amran ◽  
Najah R. Hadi ◽  
Haider S. H. Al-Qassam

Background. Global myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury after heart transplantation is believed to impair graft function and aggravate both acute and chronic rejection episodes. Objectives. To assess the possible protective potential of MK-886 and 3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid DITPA against global myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury after heart transplantation. Materials and Methods. Adult albino rats were randomized into 6 groups as follows: group I sham group; group II, control group; groups III and IV, control vehicles (1,2); group V, MK-886 treated group. Donor rats received MK-886 30 min before transplantation, and the same dose was repeated for recipients upon reperfusion; in group VI, DITPA treated group, donors and recipients rats were pretreated with DITPA for 7 days before transplantation. Results. Both MK-886 and DITPA significantly counteract the increase in the levels of cardiac TNF-α, IL-1β, and ICAM-1 and plasma level of cTnI (). Morphologic analysis showed that both MK-886 and DITPA markedly improved () the severity of cardiac injury in the heterotopically transplanted rats. Conclusions. The results of our study reveal that both MK-886 and DITPA may ameliorate global myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury after heart transplantation via interfering with inflammatory pathway.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuifang Kuang ◽  
Lingqin Su ◽  
Manman Qin ◽  
Liang Qiu ◽  
Jun Yu

Abstract Background The gut microbiota plays important roles in the development of cardiovascular diseases. However, whether myocardial ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) alters gut microbiota composition and its significance remains unknown. In this work, Sprague–Dawley rats were subjected to left anterior descending coronary artery ligation and reperfusion. The fecal DNA isolated before myocardial ischemia and after reperfusion were analyzed for microbiota changes by high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing. Results Results showed that compared with the pre-I/R and pre-sham surgery group, I/R and sham surgery significantly increased the relative abundance of the phyla Proteobacteria , and decreased the relative abundance of the phylum Firmicutes . The I/R surgical procedure increased the proportions of phylum Spirochaetes and genus Enterococcus compared to pre-I/R and sham surgery group. Moreover, I/R surgery significantly worsened the infiltration of macrophages into heart tissue compared with sham surgery. Conclusions Taken together, these findings suggested that myocardial I/R altered the gut microbiota profile, which may promote inflammatory cell infiltration in the injured heart.


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