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This study aims to explore the effect and mechanism of Danggui Buxue Decoction(DBD)-containing serum in alleviating the H9c2 cell injury caused by the exposure to intermittent low oxygen. H9c2 cells were assigned into five groups: control(CON) group, intermittent low oxygen(IH) group, intermittent low oxygen plus DBD-containing serum(IH+DBD) group, intermittent low oxygen plus the autophagy enhancer rapamycin(IH+RAPA) group, and intermittent low oxygen plus DBD-containing serum and the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine(IH+DBD+3-MA) group. Monodansylcadaverine(MDC) staining was employed to detect the changes of autophagosomes. Cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) assay was employed to determine the activity of myocardial cells, and lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) and creatine kinase(CK) kits were used to measure the LDH and CK levels in the cell culture, which would reflect the degree of cell damage. TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling(TUNEL) staining was used to detect the apoptosis of myocardial cells, and JC-1 fluorescence probe to detect the changes in mitochondrial membrane potential. Western blot was employed to determine the expression levels of the autophagy-related proteins microtubule-associated proteins light chain 3Ⅱ(LC3Ⅱ), microtubule-associated proteins light chain 3Ⅰ(LC3Ⅰ), P62, Parkin and apoptosis related proteins pro caspase-3, caspase-3, B-cell lymphoma-2(Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated X(Bax). The results showed that compared with the CON group, the IH group showed decreased fluorescence intensity of MDC staining, decreased LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ ratio, down-regulated Parkin expression, and up-regulated expression of P62. In addition, the IH group showed decreased cell survival rate, increased content of LDH and CK in the culture medium, increased number of TUNEL positive cells, and decreased pro caspase-3/caspase-3 and Bcl-2/Bax ratios and mitochondrial membrane potential. Compared with the IH group, the IH+DBD and IH+RAPA groups showed increased fluorescence intensity of MDC staining, increased LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ ratio, up-regulated Parkin expression, and down-regulated P62 expression. In addition, the two groups showed increased cell survival rate, reduced content of LDH and CK in the culture medium, decreased number of TUNEL positive cells, and increased pro caspase-3/caspase-3 and Bcl-2/Bax ratios and mitochondrial membrane potential. The IH+DBD+3-MA and IH groups showed no significant differences in the above indicators. Compared with the IH+DBD group, the IH+DBD+3-MA group showed decreased fluorescence intensity of MDC staining, decreased LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ ratio, down-regulated Parkin expression, and up-regulated P62 expression. In addition, the group had decreased cell survival rate, increased content of LDH and CK in the culture medium, increased number of TUNEL positive cells, decreased pro caspase-3/caspase-3 and Bcl-2/Bax ratios, and declined mitochon-drial membrane potential. To sum up, DBD could promote the mitophagy, inhibit the apoptosis, and alleviated the injury of H9c2 cells exposed to low oxygen.
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Oxygen , bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism , Caspase 3/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism , Apoptosis , Autophagy , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases , Microtubule-Associated ProteinsABSTRACT
Aim To investigate the protective effect of cyclovirobuxine D(CVB-D) on aldosterone (ALD)-induced primary neonatal rat cardiac myocytes (PNRC-Ms) injury and the possible mechanism. Methods PNRCMs were extracted by trypsin, and the PNRCMs injury model was established by ALD (10 μmol · L
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Aim To investigate whether Sal B alleviates hypoxic-induced cardiomyocyte injury by regulating the priming of NLRP3 inflammasomes. Methods The effects of Sal B on growth of H9C2 cells were examined by CCK8 assay,then the appropriate concen tration of Sal B was selected. The expression level of LDH was detected by Microliter assay. The expression levels of cTn/IL-lp were measured by Elisa assay. The protein and mRNA levels of TLR4/Myd88/I-RAK1/NF-kB/NLRP3 were detected by Western blot and qPCR. Results Hypoxia intervention notably reduced the viability of H9C2 cells and increased the expression levels of cTn/IL-IP. Besides,the protein and mRNA expression levels of TLR4/Myd88/IRAK1/NF-kB/NLRP3 were significant uP-regulated after hypoxia intervention. However, the viability of H9C2 cells increased, the secretion levels of LDH/cTn/IL-1 p were reduced,and the protein and mRNA levels of TLR4/Myd88/IRAK1/NF-KB/NLRP3 were significant inhibited after pretreated with Sal B. Conclusion Sal B attenuates cardiomyocyte injury by regulating the priming of NLRP3 inflammasome.I.
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Myocardiel hypertrophy,a common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease,has attracted more and more atten?tion worldwide in recent years. Investigation of its pathogenesis is important for its prevention and treatment. The choice and establish?ment of experimental models play a vital role in these investigations. A proper experimental model can not only reduce costs and labor , but also reflect the nature of the experimental phenomena,which helps to achieve adequate experimental purposes. In the review,we introduce a brief discussion of on currently used primary cellular model of myocardial hypertrophy to provide reference for ventricular remodeling diseases researches.
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Myocardiel hypertrophy, a common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, has attracted more and more attention worldwide in recent years. Investigation of its pathogenesis is important for its prevention and treatment. The choice and establishment of experimental models play a vital role in these investigations. A proper experimental model can not only reduce costs and labor, but also reflect the nature of the experimental phenomena, which helps to achieve adequate experimental purposes. In the review, we introduce a brief discussion of on currently used primary cellular model of myocardial hypertrophy to provide reference for ventricular remodeling diseases researches.