scholarly journals Silencing MR-1 Protects against Myocardial Injury Induced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia by Targeting Nrf2 through Antioxidant Stress and Anti-Inflammation Pathways

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Qixue Wang ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Jiner Zhang ◽  
Shuo Pan ◽  
Shaofeng Liu

Background. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) often have cardiac insufficiency mainly due to hypoxia/reperfusion injury caused by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). Inflammation and oxidative stress are involved in the cardiovascular events of OSAHS patients. Studies have found that myofibrillation regulator-1 (MR-1) participates in the pathological process of OSAHS-induced myocardial injury, but the specific mechanism is still unclear. Methods. We used a CIH-induced rat model to simulate the process of OSAHS disease. Indices of myocardial injury, inflammation, and oxidative stress were detected using quantitative PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). After administration of adenoassociated viral vector (AAV) encoding silencing RNA against MR-1, we examined expression of the classic antioxidant stress pathway protein NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) using western blotting. Results. We found that levels of serum inflammatory factors tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and IL-8 were increased, and we further observed disturbance of the oxidative stress system, in which the content of reactive oxygen species (ROS), superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced glutathione (GSH), and malondialdehyde (MDA) was enhanced in CIH-induced rats. Subsequently, we detected that expression of Nrf2 and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) was slightly increased, while the expression of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap-1) was significantly increased in the CIH model. Interestingly, after administration of silencing MR-1 AAV, the elevated levels of inflammatory factors were reduced, and the disordered oxidative stress system was corrected. Additionally, the expression of Nrf2 and HO-1 was distinctly increased, but the high expression of Keap-1 was decreased. Conclusions. Our research results demonstrate that silencing MR-1 rescued the myocardium the injury from inflammatory and oxidative stress in CIH-induced rats by administration of the Nrf2 signaling pathway.

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Guan ◽  
Zhi-Min Sun ◽  
Li-Fei Luo ◽  
Ya-Shuo Zhao ◽  
Sheng-Chang Yang ◽  
...  

Iron-induced oxidative stress has been found to be a central player in the pathogenesis of kidney injury. Recent studies have indicated H2 can be used as a novel antioxidant to protect cells. The present study was designed to investigate the protective effects of H2 against chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH)-induced renal injury and its correlation mechanism involved in iron metabolism. We found that CIH-induced renal iron overloaded along with increased apoptosis and oxidative stress. Iron accumulates mainly occurred in the proximal tubule epithelial cells of rats as showed by Perl’s stain. Moreover, we found that CIH could promote renal transferrin receptor and divalent metal transporter-1 expression, inhibit ceruloplasmin expression. Renal injury, apoptosis and oxidative stress induced by CIH were strikingly attenuated in H2 treated rats. In conclusion, hydrogen may attenuate CIH-induced renal injury at least partially via inhibiting renal iron overload.


Heart ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 98 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. E121.2-E121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Yin ◽  
Tianchang Li ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Li Zhao ◽  
Ye Yang

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Badran ◽  
Bisher Abuyassin ◽  
Saeid Golbidi ◽  
Najib Ayas ◽  
Ismail Laher

Objective. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by recurrent airway collapse that causes chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). OSA is associated with systemic inflammation and oxidative stress resulting in endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a potent antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties. We hypothesized that dietary ALA can improve endothelial function of mice exposed to CIH. Methods. Mice were exposed to either CIH or intermittent air (IA) and treated with dietary ALA (0.2% w/w) or a regular chow diet for 8 weeks. Endothelial function, endothelial nitric oxide (eNOS) uncoupling, systemic oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, aortic expression of inflammatory cytokines, and antioxidant enzymes were measured after 8 weeks. Results. Mice exposed to CIH exhibited endothelial dysfunction accompanied by systemic oxidative stress and inflammation as well as increased aortic expression of inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, CIH led to eNOS uncoupling. Treatment with dietary ALA reversed endothelial dysfunction in mice exposed to CIH, lowered systemic oxidative stress and inflammation, prevented the increases of inflammatory cytokine gene expression, increased the expression of antioxidant enzymes, and preserved eNOS in a coupled state. Conclusion. ALA attenuates endothelial dysfunction by preventing oxidative stress and inflammation and restoring nitric oxide bioavailability in mice exposed to CIH. Our data suggests the potential beneficial use of ALA as adjunctive therapy in OSA.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 204062232092210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Moulin ◽  
Claire Arnaud ◽  
Sophie Bouyon ◽  
Jean-Louis Pépin ◽  
Diane Godin-Ribuot ◽  
...  

Background: Chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH), the hallmark feature of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, contributes to infarct size enhancement after myocardial ischemia–reperfusion (I/R). Curcumin (Curc), the natural pigment of Curcuma longa, has been demonstrated to be beneficial in the context of myocardial injury. In this study, we assessed the effects of Curc on the maladaptive cardiac response to IH, and particularly on IH-induced hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) expression, oxidative stress, inflammation, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and apoptosis. Methods: Swiss/SV129 mice were exposed to normoxia or IH (21–5% FiO2, 60 s cycles, 8 h per day, for 21 days) and treated orally with Curc (100 mg kg−1 day−1, oral gavage) or its vehicle. Mice were then either euthanised for heart sampling in order to perform biochemical and histological analysis, or subjected to an in vivo ischemia-reperfusion protocol in order to measure infarct size. Results: IH increased nuclear HIF-1α expression and superoxide anion (O2.–) production as well as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) p65, glucose-regulated protein (Grp78) and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) expression. IH also induced apoptosis and increased infarct size after I/R . The IH-induced HIF-1 activation, oxidative stress, inflammation, ER stress and apoptosis were abolished by chronic Curc treatment. Curc also significantly decreased infarct size only in mice exposed to IH. Conclusion: Curc prevents IH-induced myocardial cell death signalling. Curc might be used as a combined therapy with continuous positive airway pressure in sleep apnoea patients with high cardiovascular risk.


Author(s):  
Hong Wang ◽  
Wenjuan Zhang ◽  
Jinren Liu ◽  
Junhong Gao ◽  
Le Fang ◽  
...  

Abstract Blast lung injury (BLI) is the major cause of death in explosion-derived shock waves; however, the mechanisms of BLI are not well understood. To identify the time-dependent manner of BLI, a model of lung injury of rats induced by shock waves was established by a fuel air explosive. The model was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin staining and pathological score. The inflammation and oxidative stress of lung injury were also investigated. The pathological scores of rats’ lung injury at 2 h, 24 h, 3 days, and 7 days post-blast were 9.75±2.96, 13.00±1.85, 8.50±1.51, and 4.00±1.41, respectively, which were significantly increased compared with those in the control group (1.13±0.64; P<0.05). The respiratory frequency and pause were increased significantly, while minute expiratory volume, inspiratory time, and inspiratory peak flow rate were decreased in a time-dependent manner at 2 and 24 h post-blast compared with those in the control group. In addition, the expressions of inflammatory factors such as interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, FosB, and NF-κB were increased significantly at 2 h and peaked at 24 h, which gradually decreased after 3 days and returned to normal in 2 weeks. The levels of total antioxidant capacity, total superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase were significantly decreased 24 h after the shock wave blast. Conversely, the malondialdehyde level reached the peak at 24 h. These results indicated that inflammatory and oxidative stress induced by shock waves changed significantly in a time-dependent manner, which may be the important factors and novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of BLI.


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